HOPE

He rode the "hope" slogan all the way to the White House, like a snake oil salesman making promises about his product that can never be realized. Obama was able to get half of the country to swallow his empty rhetoric, filled with dreams of prosperity and a new freedom for all.

We now realize that hope actually means: His Own Powerful Empire. He has set the dynamics in place for a radical change to what used to be our democratic republic. The perfect storm exists, the right president, the congress, the cabinet and appointees, for the socialization of America to take place.

It's been happening incrementally, as I've been warning about the past five years. Bit by bit, freedoms are taken from us, government intrudes into our private lives with burdensome, onerous regulations. Think I'm wrong? Nationalization of the banks is taking place in front of our very eyes. Government is taking them over with controlling interest in stock. Banks that don't want this to happen are trying to pay back the TARP money, but Turbo Tax Cheat Tim won't allow it. The government is dictating to the auto industry, although they started their takeover of the big 3 years ago by loading up unrealistic standards upon their products.

I see BHO rubbing shoulders with Ortega and Chavez; yesterday Chavez made a national speech (sound familiar Obama?) praising Obama and telling his country that America has finally learned her lesson and is leaning toward their philosophy. Chavez started the same way Obama did, he took over the banks, the oil companies...every major industry that was a money maker. Check out the communist nations, the socialist states, note that pictures and statues of the leader appear everywhere. Now look around here in America...Obama logos, pictures, etc. Soon the statues will be erected.

Remember the slogan, "I love my country, but I fear my government?" That's changing..."I fear my country; I fear my government." I feel like an outsider in my own nation.