A recent trip to Tracy left me very surprised and upset. While visiting the Tracy Post Office to pick up my mail, I noted a young man sitting under a canopy outside the post office. The 105-degree weather should have alerted me to the fact that he might not have all his marbles. Even if he had enough marbles, they must have been boiling.
The first thing I noted was that there was a large poster of Barack Obama under the canopy with him. The image of our president had been altered to include the likeness of a Hitler-style moustache beneath our president’s nose. If that wasn’t disturbing enough, he tried to engage me in a political discussion regarding our president.
As an American, a military veteran and a human being I was upset to the point of explosion. I remained calm, however and informed this individual of my utter disgust with his actions.
To mutilate the image of our president and to assume a likeness to Adolf Hitler was well beyond the realm of accepted behavior. How dare this man to take the liberty to defame our president, our commander in chief, and most of all the people of the United States, with this asinine behavior?
I realize that all Americans have their freedom of speech and I would respect and welcome all those who wish to respectfully criticize this or any prior-standing cabinet, but I abhor the disrespectful manner in which he has chosen to criticize our president, our nation and our freedoms with his sophomoric gestures.
God help us as a nation if this is how our youth or young adults feel they should express their freedom of speech. Let them re-assess the lives that have been sacrificed to ensure their freedom of expression over their lifetime, and the number of American soldiers currently in harms way representing our nation in its fight against terrorism.
While this young man bakes beneath his canopy of freedom, the press continues to list dead and wounded.
If you can’t find a respectful way, if you can’t find the right way, take the highway and get out of Dodge.
Hitler started with the Rhineland. Anybody know what's happened to our Gulf Coast?
"I don't think anyone ever compared G.W. Bush to Hitler" Really! Do you by chance have a selective memory? I suggest you Google, Bush compared to Hitler. Maybe the hundreds of sites will refresh your memory.
Dr. Pepper also enjoys the freedom to express himself and to state he feels disgusted with such actions and if you don't like it, get out of town.
Hopefully most Americans can consider both sides and think for themselves. Obama is not Hitler and yes, it is an obscene comparison, but I think I can figure that out for myself. I don't think anyone ever compared G.W. Bush to Hitler, but yes, he was ridiculed quite a bit. It comes with the territory.
Dr. Pepper could've quietly walked away, but he felt compelled to write and suggest a more meaningful discourse of the issues. That maybe impossible for many people, but he can ask.
I don't think Obama is an idiot. Americans seem to believe the President has more power than he actually has. A President can't control the economy. Only large corporations (many of whom lack ethical leaders), small business and the people have the power to control the economy. There are no easy answers.
Can anyone out there think of someone to get us out of this mess?
"I was upset to the point of explosion. I remained calm, however and informed this individual of my utter disgust with his actions".
Sorry, I must have missed your letter to the editor about all the vile disgusting cartoons and posters about our president George W Bush.
What we’re seeing against Obama today really is not different what Bush received. I do believe the language against both sides can be blamed on talk radio and the cable news stations who only care about ratings to generate advertising revenue.
I don’t always find myself in agreement with the party I’m registered to, but it does seem today that the extremist have the attitude that you must be 100% in agreement with them, or you’re a racist, communist, socialist or whatever label they want to put on you. I know the feeling of the old saying of when you stand in the middle of the road, you’re going to get run over, and that seems to be especially true in politics today.
Actually, from what I gather frum th Bible it was neither. Most people are under th impression that th Bible says th first sin was commited by Eve an then Adam. An even then it wasn't ignorance or hate that caused Eve ta sin it was pride.
If ya study yer Bible ya probably know that thair was a war in heaven that ended up with Satan an his followers bein cast out. Th issue was one of pride, not hate. Well actually hate did come into th picture but it was pride that gave birth ta it.
Satan wanted ta be equal to or greater than God. That pride fostered hate an th results are a matter of history.
So much fer th Biblical version, which I believe.
But let's look at it frum th evolutionary perspective.
Again, it seems th issue was pride. Thankin yerself ta be better than someone else. When ya thank that way ya start ta act an eventually, as others resist, hate enters inta th picture.
Either way, with God, who by th way created evolution, or with evoltion without God, it all seems ta start with pride.
I'm with Bree here on this that regardless if ya believe in God or not, if ya follow th sociatial rules established in th Bible, an don't thank yerself ta be better than anyone else, yer gonna have fewer problems as a result.
Or we can simply bicker back an forth like two kids arguein one dad is better than th other an end up accomplishin nothin but growin more an more hate along with less and less tolarance fer one another.
Just my thoughts is all.
Build bridges not fences.
But I believe the worst offenders are those who listened to her and pushed for it.
Result? Is it not so obvious around us? I am worried for USA, since I have seen so much fanning of hates. All misguided. Hate is a spiritual disease that consumes others and self.
If these misguided youth had grown up with moral direction that affects their decision making, would they be so impressionable?
Parents, aren't you worried that your children may be impressed by the wrong people? Keep close watch on them, their associations and teach them right from wrong.
You might think your child is okay as long as he/she is home alot in their room with the computer, BUT what are they seeking? Validation of themselves?
CN
When Ignorance is widespread it breeds hatred and when hatred is widespread it breeds ignorance.
Hitler was the scourge of the 20th century and he managed to eradicate more than 12 million minorities in less than a decade all in the name of the superior Aryan race. All Americans should be offended when our president is compared to this Monster. Agree or disagree with the president and his policies but please do not spread more hate!
Average Said: Without God there is no rule of law. Without God, there is no right or wrong?
We have Federal law, state Law, Local law. We don’t need religious law on top of that.
Your freedom of religion is same as my freedom of non religion. Don’t mess with my freedom and I won’t mess with yours.
There's the problem. God has been intentionally and systematically removed from our society over the past 50 years. He's not allowed in our schools, our courts, our businesses, our public places, and soon our homes. Without God there is no rule of law. Without God, there is no right or wrong. If you (society at large) won't allow our children to know God or his laws, then don't act surprised when our children grow up to act without conscience or are lawless in their behavior.
But I digress. Were you so consumed with outrage when the previous president was demonized for 8 straight years? He was consistently portrayed as Hitler, the devil, a Nazi, and on and on. I hope you were equally dismayed by that non-stop "asinine behavior" displayed by the leftist media.
I don't believe Obama is Hilter, meaning I don't believe he's a lunatic who wants to commit genocide on a particular race in our country. However, I do find his socialist policies to be very similar to Germany's in the late 1930's, early 1940's. From that perspective, Obama is quite frightening. So, perhaps that was the comparison this young man was attempting to make.
Would you accuse Ben Stein of losing his marbles because he pointed out some comparisons? I think not.
People have used these type of illustrations (such as these caricatures) under free speech, for years. Most newspapers include political voice section with caricatures of everyone in the public spotlight under societal scrutiny.
I guess I'm just not so thin-skinned. but when some folks see a cartoonist's rendition in the paper we laugh. When we see the cartoonist in a booth on the street we criticize.
Let's not bring back the book burners. There are watchgroups in this world for a reason. And that's a good thing. It's just too bad they were sleeping on the job during Hitler's time.