With a price tag of $150 million, Oba-mad-ulation soared to a feverish pitch on January 20th.  Unprecedented security, celebs of all stripes (including "young pop phenoms"), Aretha Franklin live -- what else compares?  Eight years of abuse from GWB could only give birth to this in a universe of ultimate justice.

The content of the Obam-address was powerful, poetic and brilliantly crafted -- assuredly uplifting for the love-festers, but frighteningly foreboding to the ears of any student of Oba-mania.  Amazingly, BHO read from no notes or from any teleprompter ... the poetry was memorized!  That he flubbed his lines while taking his inaugural oath is VERY strange indeed ... for how could one man memorize pages of a speech flawlessly and then be unable to repeat (yes, merely repeat!) a simple couple of lines??  Because of the oath-bumble, the Pres was sworn in a second time BEHIND CLOSED DOORS ... and the question to be asked is: Good people of America, what did he say this time?

Fast forwarding into The Passionate Inaugural Speech Itself (watch the video below), the Obama-brow was creased with concern as he gave it, hand punching and punctuating like a Grand Slam tennis player.  We were warned of "gathering clouds and raging storms."  Our crisis: "War against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred."  Our habits: "The ways we use energy strengthen our adversaries and threaten our planet."  Our future: "The next generation must lower its sights."  Our commitment: "The time has come to set aside childish things.  We must begin again the re-making of America."

What did he mean by continual references to "demands of the New Age"?  Would it be an Age of Reform (for we must "spend wisely ... reform bad habits") or an Age of Responsibility (for we have "duties to our nation and to the world")?  Was "the world has changed and we must change with it" to have us run straight into the arms of geo-engineering or a continuation of GWB's War on Terror?  In either case, the creation of problems (Hegelian dialectic) necessitates changes in the way we do things, and Obama is the President of Change.

Prediction: The BHO regime will be one of Service, Sacrifice and Submission.  First will come service: "Giving our all to a difficult task ... the price and promise of citizenship."  From service will come sacrifice:  "The selflessness of workers who would rather cut their hours than see a friend lose their job."  And from sacrifice will come submission:  "Our power grows through ... the tempering qualities of humility and restraint." 

In sacrifice there is ultimate reward, and Obama's speech urges us to get ready to suck it up so that we can preserve what our forefathers seeded.  Never mind that the former administration messed everything up!  And we are not to know that the puppeteers behind the scenes gave us both regimes, and all the others, as well.  We are only to get ready to roll up our sleeves and do the repair work.  It's the same government, people.  Only the face at the helm has changed.  A face that represents "progress," "equality," "fraternity" -- because it has been selected to.  "This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed — why men and women and children of every race and every faith can join in celebration across this magnificent mall, and why a man whose father less than 60 years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath."

The words are beautiful, but they are ominous, packed with emotion-creating programming intended to cement the dedication and loyalty of the millions of hounds for Hope, Progress and Change.  Listen carefully as you watch the address again below (full transcript here), and read this pithy post on the Love-Festers and their Hollywood President.

It Was All About Ice Cream ...

This little gem appeared in the November 2008 Idaho Observer:

The most eye-opening civics lesson I ever had was while teaching third grade in 2000.  The presidential election was heating up and some of the children showed an interest.  I decided we would have an election for class president.

We would choose our nominees.  They would make a campaign speech and the class would vote.  To simplify the process, candidates were nominated by other class members.  We discussed what kinds of characteristics these students should have.  We got many nominations, and from those Jamie and Olivia were picked to run for the top spot.

The class had done a great job in their selections.  Both candidates were good kids.  I thought Jamie might have an advantage because he got lots of parental support.  I had never even seen Olivia's mother.  The day arrived when they were to make their speeches.  Jamie went first.  He had specific ideas about how to make our class a better place.  He ended by promising to do his very best.  Everyone applauded.  He sat down and Olivia came to the podium.

Her speech was concise.  She said, "If you will vote for me, I will give you ice cream."  She sat down.  The class went wild.  "Yes!  Yes!  We want ice cream!"  Surely she would say more ... She did not have to.

A discussion followed.  How did she plan to pay for the ice cream?  She wasn't sure.  Would her parents buy it or would the class pay for it?  She didn't know.  The class really didn't care.  All they were thinking about was ice cream.  Jamie was forgotten.  Olivia won by a landslide.

Every time Barack Obama opens his mouth, he offers ice cream, and 60% of America reacts like nine-year-olds.  They want ice cream.  The other 40% know they're going to have to feed the cow.