Raymond Sobel's excellent Oct. 26 letter (“Facts can't compete with irrational opinion”) was brilliantly constructed to bring attention to growing destructive forces in America, and written clearly to accommodate the simple-minded. Here is the rub though: The simples, partisans and haters will not consider the facts, as was pointed out in the research article that Sobel presented.
For years I have been hearing/seeing these armies of nation-destroying nuts multiplying at a fast rate, contributing to many of America's downward spirals. Only a few are exposing and opposing this evil movement, so I see no bright future for America.
The hate for President Barack Obama by these groups is unbelievable. What is there about this man to hate? If one can't like him, who could one like? He is friendly, considerate, humble and more. He is trying to erase the divide, so much so that he is losing objectivity and not showing leadership. Obama's concessions to Republicans (Party of No) is very detrimental to America. He seems obsessed with bipartisanship to the point that it is more important than what must be done for our country. I couldn't hate him for that though; it just isn't leadership.
Talking about hate, I saw a letter written by a so-called preacher to an acquaintance and this man of God was chastising my acquaintance for bringing attention to Fox's lies. This preacher called Obama the “almighty president” in a very detrimental way. Another example of how hate shines through while hiding behind the Bible.
Could there be a large underground organization that funds these start-up religions? How else would these neo-con Bible carriers live in comfort with a wife and five or six children while they build their flock to spread evil?
DEWEY FUNKHOUSER
Greenville
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cc
11/11/2009 02:00:09 PM
More Dewey. Blah, blah, blah. Same old, same old, just a different letter.
Suggest removalcc
11/11/2009 01:56:00 PM
And we can all be certain that Dewey loved Bush, right? (yeah, right!) Someone please find Dewey a hobby.
Suggest removalJust sayin
11/10/2009 04:03:24 PM
Anon
Suggest removal11/05/2009 01:32:59 PM
THE REASON WHY SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE PRESIDENT OBAMA IS BECAUSE HE IS BLACK
AND, THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE.
Many will not like him because he's half black, but let's remember if he was white he wouldn't be prez right now.
Poor Dewey
11/09/2009 10:08:23 PM
Get over yourself Dewey. Doesn't matter who is in the Office. White, black, green, purple. If they were as inept as he has been and as misguided as he is, everyone would still be ticked off. You are mistaking "hate" for disgust.
Suggest removaland you'd still be wrong, sc
11/09/2009 02:46:09 PM
http://www.snopes.com/politics/christmas/ornaments.asp
Suggest removalI actually don't care if he does or doesn't, but this type of crap obviuosly is meant to whip up fervor against Obama, not for religious, but political reasons.
Just one
11/07/2009 06:03:25 PM
Sorry about that first post. Stupid computer!!!!!
Suggest removalJust one
11/07/2009 06:01:26 PM
Dewey. Name just one thing Obama has done that should have made us all love and adore him as you do. I'll give you some time because you will need it to come up with an answer.
Suggest removalJust one
11/07/2009 05:59:42 PM
Dewey, name just
Suggest removalsc
11/07/2009 05:58:06 PM
I should have been mores specific - in the White House. A lady who has designed an ornament for the White House trees for years has declined this year because they want no religious ornaments. Maybe we should all send the pres a religious CHRISTMAS card.
Suggest removalha
11/06/2009 08:50:36 AM
what about the hatred for bush?
Suggest removaltristan
11/06/2009 08:39:46 AM
mr. funkhouser
Suggest removalso I take it you are looking in the mirror and seeing yourself!
anyone who has a differing opinion with you or your messiah obama is part of a "flock to spread the evil"
you will be a happier person when you can accept there are differing views and maybe even open that mind of yours, listen, hear what others say and maybe learn something!
look forward to your next sign!
tristan
Sc, sc, sc <shakes head>
11/06/2009 08:14:20 AM
http://www.nps.gov/whho/index.htm
Suggest removalThe National Christmas Tree lighting must be a typo on the website, eh? Stop listening to Beck and Malkin, they're rotting your brain...and it appears they're lying to you.
sc
11/06/2009 07:00:47 AM
Yes, no CHRISTMAS trees. The Obamas instead are having "Winter Holiday" trees, taking CHRIST out. I guess that is to make his Muslim friends happy. Check it out on hoax/slayer.
Suggest removalJeb
11/06/2009 01:53:11 AM
I have also been a Republican all my life, and will not rest until my party is lilly white, with all the liberal RINO's tossed out. As for the poor folks, I got mine, you get yours. I rue the day when this country socialized medical coverage with MediCare, I think ALL the profits should go into the small pool of hands of big insurance companies, and that everyone was born with a pre-existing condition. Long live Jesse Helms!
Suggest removalErskine
11/05/2009 10:12:24 PM
I have been a Republican for over forty years,and will carry the GOP philosophy of hate, greed, and racism to my grave.Thank God above for folks like Limbaugh, Beck, and Hannity. Long live the GOP,and we don't need no health insurance, medicare, unemployment insurance, or free schol lunches. PRAISE THE LORD
Suggest removalErskine
11/05/2009 10:12:23 PM
I have been a Republican for over forty years,and will carry the GOP philosophy of hate, greed, and racism to my grave.Thank God above for folks like Limbaugh, Beck, and Hannity. Long live the GOP,and we don't need no health insurance, medicare, unemployment insurance, or free schol lunches. PRAISE THE LORD
Suggest removalDo any of you guys actually
11/05/2009 09:45:28 PM
believe he crap you write in these comments or editorials? The author of this letter sounds deranged and the commenters...well, they just sound silly. No Christmas trees, eh? Great balls of Zues, where do you get this excrement?
Suggest removalsc cont
11/05/2009 09:22:37 PM
And just a bit of info - did you Obama supporters know that the White House will not have Christmas trees this year? They are taking the very reason for this holiday out of our White House. Sorry, but that would be enough for me to question the agenda of this man.
Suggest removalsc cont
11/05/2009 09:19:46 PM
Does it not bother you Obama lovers that he is trying to court the Muslim nations? Remind me, who was responsible for 9/11/01? YOu people need to wake up. Obama is no leader, he stands back and lets others do his job, he is threatening a news network because they do not agree with him, and the list goes on. And I did not get this from Fox, but from Obama himself.
Suggest removalsc
11/05/2009 09:15:13 PM
I do not hate Obama. What I hate is what he and his administration is doing to our country. You can continue to talk about Bush and the Repubs all you want, but the bottom line is that Obama has not done anything he said he would do and Bush nor Repubs have anything to do with that.
Suggest removalBB
11/05/2009 06:35:36 PM
Anon
Suggest removalHe is half white!
Joe 6 pack
11/05/2009 05:34:03 PM
Don't blame the Republicans....they can't help it. They lived in cognitive dissonance for so long, having to support policies of the previous president, which all but destroyed our economy, as well as an entire country which we invaded for reasons based on lies. I can't imagine what it would have taken to support that, now they are releasing all that pent up anger on Obama. It won't work, the country is wise to the Republicans.
Suggest removalto Hondro and the rest of you
11/05/2009 04:50:06 PM
Obama has been in office for not 1/8th the time that Bush was in office and unfortunately, while I voted for Bush,
Suggest removalall Bush did is add more to the national debt, get us into two asinine wars and nearly sink our economy
If Obama does as bad, then I will listen but I doubt he will I have seen Bush destroy what I thought was a small government party- He and the republicans are losers- do not take your spleen out on Obama he inherited this mess.
Hondro
11/05/2009 04:17:10 PM
I seem to remember Dewey expressing his disapproval of Obama not that long ago in one of his letters here. It's strange that he would be taking up for him again.
Suggest removalTo anon
11/05/2009 02:23:20 PM
It's the economy stupid not the color. White, black, pink or purple the jobs aren't there, the proposed insurance bills will kill business, and the payback of the stimulus money will bankrupt us. Obama didn't make this mess but he accepted responsiblity when he ran so now it's on his watch. And so far it's been disappointing to say the least.
Suggest removalcj
11/05/2009 01:53:39 PM
anon: i'll agree with that to a point. however, my motivation lies with his ideologies, not his skin color. i don't give a rat's A$$ if he's green. his policies and those of the far left (i.e. pelosi, reid and the like minded) will DESTROY this nation.
Suggest removalAnon
11/05/2009 01:32:59 PM
THE REASON WHY SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE PRESIDENT OBAMA IS BECAUSE HE IS BLACK
Suggest removalAND, THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE.
cj
11/05/2009 01:02:08 PM
mel, do you not like our place in the world? our place at the top. do you not like the lifestyle and freedoms you currently enjoy? what about that do you not understand? which concept of liberty over tyranny does your over 'educated' unlogical mind not grasp?
Suggest removalMel
11/05/2009 11:32:17 AM
Don't waste time trying to understand them, Dewey. There's no logic or reason behind their beliefs or talk.
Suggest removal11-5-9
11/05/2009 11:09:13 AM
terry---i've been laughing for fifteen minutes--my sentiments exactly--if we just ignore this guy, do you think he'll just go away? probably not--he's so self-absorbed.
Suggest removalJS
11/05/2009 11:04:34 AM
For YEARS leftists threw everything but the kitchen sink at Bush, now they can't imagine for the life of them why anyone would dislike Obama? This is not the first time I've heard this argurment. "Like him because he's the president, and he's nice.." NEVER.
Suggest removalcj
11/05/2009 11:01:42 AM
sorry, Obamma's policies are what is dimming America's future. Not those that are standing up for the freedoms they were born with. when will you people wake up? when we are all slaves? then will you finally see the light?
Suggest removalTerry
11/05/2009 10:04:36 AM
Has it been two weeks already?
Suggest removalto Dewey
11/05/2009 09:51:44 AM
THE GROWING NUMBER OF AMERICANS THAT DO NOT APPROVE OF OBAMA'S VISION BASE THEIR CONCERNS IN THE WAY HE IS TAKING AMERICA.
Suggest removalIT IS NOT A MATTER OF LIKE OR DISLIKE OF OBAMA. FACE FACTS.
What????
11/05/2009 08:48:34 AM
Are you kidding me???? Obama is not liked for what he is doing to this country. He can have a pleasing personality all he wants but when he is tearing this country down it becomes personal.
Suggest removalTrue Hatred
11/05/2009 08:47:35 AM
Dewey, I recognize that you expew hatred in your letter just as the factions you mention. How is this different? You might want to consider that tolerance can run both ways. Look inside your own heart for your reflection.
Suggest removaltalk about hatred
11/05/2009 07:41:17 AM
Nothing compares with the vicious hatred coming from leftists such as Olbermann, Garofalo, Maher, Madow, etc. These people are great examples of the intolerance of the left for anyone who disagrees with them or Obama.
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