UpTake Op/Ed-Obama And Lincoln

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Last week I brought to your attention the far flung theory of Russian academic Igor Panarin, who foresees civil war in the United States arising from the current economic crisis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_wzMDQgpHw

With Obama's new Director of Intel Dennis Blair telling congress that the number one security peril facing the United States is global economic turmoil, has the Intel community agree with Panarin?

Furthermore, is the Obama strategy of inviting comparison between himself and Lincoln an example in "be careful what you wish for?"


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Dennis Trainor, Jr is a regular video contributor to TheUptake.org. He was a writer & media consultant for Dennis Kucinich's 2008 presidential campaign & a 2007 "Best of YouTube" nominee for his work as writer/ performer on "The Hermit with Davis Fleetwood." He is currently at work on two books: "My Progressive Dilemma" (chronicling President Obama's 1st year in office) and a novel adapted from his play, "I Coulda Been a Kennedy."

Contact: dennistrainorjr (at) gmail (dot) com

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[procommenter]

Gen. U.S. Grant's family held slaves throughout Lincoln's War. Negro slavery was highly profitable to African kinglets & chieftains who gleefully sold their brethren into bondage.

[TainaAtheist1]

Unless you missed something on 9/11/2001, the goal of the attack was to hurt the heart of the world's financial sector. This wasn't a secret. This economic crisis is no coincidence.

Anyone who knows human nature knows that when you attack a home, that home spends more to lick its pride. That's what Americans, who are primarily Christian, did. Greed. They know us better than we know ourselves.

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[JagdtygerII]

I should hope that Obama does not want another Civil War.

But if you can believe some of the Fringe Element, that is what is being deliberately formented through global economic collapse

All I know is that since 2007 25% of American Jobs went overseas and you cannot borrow your way out of debt

Anyone who wants to correct the problem needs to get Americans back to work. It has always been bad economic hard times which precipitate revolutions and Civil Wars

[RooferHoofer]

The stimulus package -- will it work? Well its not a time machine that can undo the crazy azz real estate bubble.

It can't undo our economic bullshit since Reagan of punishing actual work, and rewarding credit swaps naked shorts, leverage buy outs, and unearned income.

Obama could have just let it all fall, the banks, wall street, the car companies, let it all fall, to 50% unemployment and chaos.

Maybe that would make you happy. Oh wait, you would biotch more.

[RooferHoofer]

I knew GOPS who were fucking estatic over the 15% interest they were getting on CDS under Carter.

And high intereset rates are what you fucking need to stop inflation idiot. Carter had the balls to allow them to rise idiot.

[RooferHoofer]

chry idiot.

The double digit inflation under Carter, dummb fuck, was NEEDED to stop the fucking run away inflation during Ford and Nixon idiot.

Remember Nixons price controls? Remember Fords WIN (whip inflation now)

Besides that dumb fuck -- GOPS loved high interest rates then idiot -- guess who fucking got the MONEY? The money from CDS and investments? The fucking rich got it dumb ass - they LOVED it then idiot.

So learn some fucking real history and real economics.

[chrycohauler]

the stimulus can't possibly work in the long run..there will be a short term recovery followed by double digit inflation the likes of which we saw with Jimmy Carter..the only real answer is to lower taxes on everyone ..business and individuals...let us keep what we earn and WE will stimulate the economy..and i know that alot of liberals are going to moan when i say this...REAGAN proved it..He lowered taxes and revenues to the gov't doubled and 22 million jobs were created..all the proof you need

[JohnnyBB82]

I wonder if you know how ridiculous you make yourself look, typing these outrageously xenophobic diatribes against Muslims? WorldNetDaily is a conservative (I.E. propaganda) website, that will only post things that make Obama look bad, or themselves and the Republican party look good.

[bigc028282]

when will that ever happen? these assholes steal elections, pass a patriot act, tax us to death, and misappropriate the money. now that the economy is crap, the states need the federal fake dollar even more. as you say, i wouldn't, but there are alot of believers and idiots out there who may participate in furthering a police state. when that happens, who knows what will happen in the service. Semper Fi

[jimmynjdevils]

you are just as stupid and extreme as the taliban