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Obama Is Not King

capitalust Wrote: Jan 30, 2013 5:22 PM

Noblesse oblige: "Whoever claims to be noble must conduct himself nobly." Obama certainly doesn't ACT like a King. According to long standing principle (above), a King should take responsibility to do things that are in his subjects' best interest. Obama does everything in his power to DESTROY his subject's wealth, freedom and self reliance. He acts in a totally IGNOBLE manner. He is the alcoholic father that continually abuses his family and denies that he has a spending (oops, drinking) problem.

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Obama Is Not King

Watching President Obama's inaugural, I was confused. It looked like a new king was being crowned. Thousands cheered, like subjects worshipping nobility. At a time when America faces unsustainable debt and terrible economic troubles, why such pomp?

Maybe it's because so many people tell themselves presidents can solve any problem, like fairy-tale kings -- or gods.

Before America's first inauguration, John Adams suggested George Washington be called "His Most Benign Highness." Fortunately, Congress insisted on the more modest title, "President."

At his inaugural, President Obama himself said, "The patriots of 1776 did not fight to replace the tyranny of a king with the...

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