The Dumbest President...EVER!
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The Dumbest President...EVER!
By Stuart Schwartz
Barack Obama is the dumbest president...EVER.
That is a reasonable conclusion once you've assessed the first nineteen
months of his presidency and compared it to the definition of
intelligence put together by researchers in the field. Although the
mainstream media have spent the last two years proclaiming Obama
"super-smart" or, as Newsweek put it, "sort of God" in stature and
brilliance, the 44th president of the United States is poised to
surpass our 15th president, James Buchanan. Jr., as the White House
occupant who has made the dumbest moves while in office. With two years
left, he is on the fast track to last.
That takes some doing, for the leadership of the hapless Buchanan prior
to the Civil War "has led to his consistent ranking by historians as
one of the worst Presidents." This is the president who vetoed a
college funding bill because "there were already too many educated
people" in the young nation. Buchanan's judgment was so wretched that
he thought anti-slavery forces could be convinced to give up their
opposition by his personal assurances that slaves were "treated with
kindness and humanity" and that poverty could be ended by simply
printing more money. Sound familiar?
Barack Obama is dumb. How dumb? Alfred E. Newman dumb, says columnist
David Limbaugh, who labeled him "President Alfred E. Obama" because of
his blithe disregard of the basics of fiscal responsibility. Alfred E.
Newman is the Mad magazine mascot, whose answer to every problem is his
signature statement: "What, me worry?"
How dumb? How-many-Obamas-does-it-take-to-screw-in-a-light-bulb dumb.
And in the answer lies the answer, the key to his pole position in the
race to last: It takes 242. One to hold the light bulb, four to turn
the ladder, eighteen to assess conformity to OSHA workplace
requirements, four to assess the environmental impact of the burnt-out
bulb disposal, twelve to participate in a task force to evaluate green
energy solutions for a replacement bulb, eight to script his actions,
four to script instructions and work the teleprompter, 23 to work with
the justice department to sue the light bulb manufacturer...you get the
picture. And, à la Buchanan, Obama never does get that light bulb
changed.
That James Buchanan "fiddled while Rome burned" seems to be the
consensus of historians. His approach to the raging controversy over
slavery in the decade preceding the Civil War was based on ignoring
evidence and acting upon events as he wished them to be, not as they
were. Fast-forward to the present: Obama responds to the Gulf crisis by
trying to move us toward the collapsed centralized green economy of
Spain, ignoring the fact that even Spain acknowledges that "every
'green job' created with government money...came at the cost of 2.2
regular jobs, and only one in 10 of the newly created green jobs became
a permanent job."
In all areas of his presidency, Obama has demonstrated a striking
disregard of facts, lack of good reasoning, and inability to function
at an executive level, all at the core of the textbook definition of
intelligence derived from more than a half century of research.
Intelligence, the experts tell us, comes down to understanding the
meaning of the world around us, and then using that understanding to
live skillfully and appropriately (i.e., to get stuff done). One survey
of more than fifty researchers in the field of intelligence offers the
following definition:
A very special mental capability that, among other things, involves
the ability to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly,
comprehend complex ideas, learn quickly and learn from experience. It
is not merely book learning, a narrow academic skill, or test-taking
smarts. Rather, it reflects a broader and deeper capability for
comprehending our surroundings---"catching on", "making sense" of
things, or "figuring out" what to do.
Obama is Buchanan-esque in his inability to function as an executive, a
key part of intelligence. Even a cursory analysis of history shows that
limited government and free markets have produced prosperity; so Obama
expands government and takes over private businesses, causing one
observer to throw up his hands at another Buchanan moment from Obama
and exclaim, "It isn't rocket science, Mr. President!" Hands-on
executives and laser focus are business school basics for solving
problems; so Obama parties rather than roll up his sleeves, unleashes
federal regulators on hapless Gulf state residents rather than cutting
through the red tape, and appoints study panels even as the oil washes
ashore (e.g., see video timeline). Radical Islamists are waging war
against the United States; Obama does a full Buchanan -- or, if you
will, an Alfred E. Newman-style "What, me worry?" -- and, denying the
existence of Islamic terrorism, asks whom are you going to believe --
me or your lying eyes?
The ability to draw reasonable conclusions from everyday life and then
use those conclusions to adapt is fundamental to high intelligence,
says cognitive psychologist Robert J. Steinberg, the award-winning
Tufts University dean and University of Cambridge fellow. In other
words, the scientific community has established good reasoning,
learning from past experience, and acting according to those
experiences as integral to high intelligence.
It does not include, as David Brooks, tells us, having an exceptional
and "perfectly creased pant [leg]" or -- in what Hot Air's Allahpundit
calls "a loathsome expression of elitism" -- being able to "talk like
us," Brooks, and others of the "smart set." If that were the case, all
we would need to increase intelligence in the U.S. Congress is to
provide our elected representatives with dry cleaning services. As for
the "talk like us" part, it doesn't take intelligence to talk like a
self-styled intellectual, a.k.a. a New York Times columnist. Hawkeye
Pearce has already shown us the way in the classic "Love Story" episode
of television's "Mash." He teaches Radar, the shy Iowa farm boy who has
a crush on a nurse who reads the classics and enjoys Bach, to reply
with, eyebrows uplifted, "Ahhh...Bach" when she discusses music and
throw in the occasional "That's highly significant."
Want to impress David Brooks and others of the media engaging in what
Bernard Goldberg calls "a slobbering love affair" with the president?
Simple. Reply, as Obama has done, "Ahhh...Burke" to David Brooks,
enthralled by a president who expressed appreciation for the "finer
points" of political philosophy; or flash your degree to Christopher
Buckley, formerly of National Review, awestruck by Obama's "Harvard
intellect"; or simply present Marxism and mainline elegance as typical
of the academic life, and media academics like Michael Beschloss will
gush on mainstream news, "he's probably the smartest guy ever to become
President."
But intelligence is as intelligence does, as Forest Gump might remind
us. Harvard has produced more than its share of great men and women,
but it has also produced the Unabomber, Barney Frank, and Enron CEO
Jeffrey Skilling...and now, the next James Buchanan.
So the next time Brooks or others in the mainstream media firmament
tell you that Barack Obama is a towering intellect, the smartest
president ever, just nod your head wisely and say, "Ahhh...pant leg."
Stuart Schwartz, a former retail and media executive, is on the faculty
at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia
--
Obama - Ps 109:8
Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
KJV
Just words, just speeches
Obama - 2008
Curt
<Larry_Nampa...@lefites.are_a_load_in_the_pants> wrote:
>
> That takes some doing, for the leadership of the hapless Buchanan prior
> to the Civil War "has led to his consistent ranking by historians as
> one of the worst Presidents."
Heh. Till 2008 that is.
Curt
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Yup, 2008 brought in someone just as inept.
Scratch
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Care to document that?
Scratch
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Worse! :)
gb
<Larry_N...@lefites.are_a_load_in_the_pants> wrote:
>July 08, 2010
>The Dumbest President...EVER!
>By Stuart Schwartz...
>Stuart Schwartz, a former retail and media executive, is on the faculty
>at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia
LU is an Xtian Fundy "university" and one would expect nothing less
than this sort of screed from that source.
Lobby Dosser
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Bernard Curry
<Larry_N...@lefites.are_a_load_in_the_pants> wrote:
I haven;t read your post although it may be good. I see the situation
from a different perspective than many US Citizens seem unable to see.
Obama is establishg that he is willing to destroy the U.S. if it
furthers the Communist New World Order and the Fascist Global Economy.
Al lof the worlds leader blame their economic problems on the
prosperity of the US populace. That is what they ostensibly want to
see ended.
Obama is willing to let that happen because je sees his political
futhre in world government. Clinton was doing the same thing. They
consider themselves as world citizens and they are following the One
World communist agenda and the Global Trade agenda..
Bernard Curry.
Curt
Every single president we had in 2008 was more inept than Buchanan.
Thank goodness the Grownups are back in charge now, eh?
Curt
Curt
> >July 08, 2010
> >The Dumbest President...EVER!
> >By Stuart Schwartz...
> >Stuart Schwartz, a former retail and media executive, is on the faculty
> >at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia
>
> LU is an Xtian Fundy "university" and one would expect nothing less
> than this sort of screed from that source.
I think they're referred to as one of those "fourth tier" schools.
There's four tiers.
Curt
Curt
> On Fri, 9 Jul 2010 12:30:53 +0000 (UTC), Scratch
>
>
> I haven;t read your post although it may be good. I see the situation
> from a different perspective than many US Citizens seem unable to see.
I didn't read your post and I'm sure it's not good.
Curt
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Don't mind curt. Rarely does he document anything and seems he only
reads a couple lines of a post before he hits the reply key.
--
Ps 109:8
Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
KJV
Just words, just speeches
- Obama - 2008
Scratch
news:c6486643-4f11-4923...@h40g2000pro.googlegroups.com:
The grownups are in charge? Where? When? I know this Marxist in office
was a johnny come lately on the BP spill. To busy playing golf. Or was
it to listen to the beattle at the WH or maybe, it was a date nite with
his boss. Hard to keep track you know between all his travels around
the world an all. Guess he was to busy bowing before the muslims and
making sure they got a seat on the NASA shuttle.
--
Ps 109:8
Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
KJV
Just words, just speeches
- Obama - 2008
Scratch
news:bc8c5afd-650a-4867...@u38g2000prh.googlegroups.com:
So your accusing the Christian of lying? If so, do you care to document
the lies? I'd enjoy reading them.
--
Ps 109:8
Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
KJV
Just words, just speeches
- Obama - 2008
gb
<Larry_N...@lefites.are_a_load_in_the_pants> wrote:
>Curt <obadia...@gmail.com> wrote in
>news:bc8c5afd-650a-4867...@u38g2000prh.googlegroups.com:
>
>> On Jul 9, 7:59 am, gb <g...@amusenet.com> wrote:
>>> On Fri, 9 Jul 2010 12:30:53 +0000 (UTC), Scratch
>>>
>>> <Larry_Nampa...@lefites.are_a_load_in_the_pants> wrote:
>>> >July 08, 2010
>>> >The Dumbest President...EVER!
>>> >By Stuart Schwartz...
>>> >Stuart Schwartz, a former retail and media executive, is on the
>>> >faculty at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia
>>>
>>> LU is an Xtian Fundy "university" and one would expect nothing less
>>> than this sort of screed from that source.
>>
>> I think they're referred to as one of those "fourth tier" schools.
>>
>> There's four tiers.
>>
>So your accusing the Christian of lying? If so, do you care to document
>the lies? I'd enjoy reading them.
Nope. Lying contravenes a Known Fact.
In this case, there is no Known Fact. There is only his Opinion.
slide trombone
Keep in mind that it is the first tier school graduates that ran the
auto companies.
Curt
<Larry_Nampa...@lefites.are_a_load_in_the_pants> wrote:
> Curt <obadiahly...@gmail.com> wrote innews:bc8c5afd-650a-4867...@u38g2000prh.googlegroups.com:
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Jul 9, 7:59 am, gb <g...@amusenet.com> wrote:
> >> On Fri, 9 Jul 2010 12:30:53 +0000 (UTC), Scratch
>
> >> <Larry_Nampa...@lefites.are_a_load_in_the_pants> wrote:
> >> >July 08, 2010
> >> >The Dumbest President...EVER!
> >> >By Stuart Schwartz...
> >> >Stuart Schwartz, a former retail and media executive, is on the
> >> >faculty at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia
>
> >> LU is an Xtian Fundy "university" and one would expect nothing less
> >> than this sort of screed from that source.
>
> > I think they're referred to as one of those "fourth tier" schools.
>
> > There's four tiers.
>
> > Curt
>
> So your accusing the Christian of lying? If so, do you care to document
> the lies? I'd enjoy reading them.
It's an opinion piece by an unqualified opinionator. It's similar to
when Alec Baldwin goes on the teevee and makes political comments --
it's amusing, but not something you'd base decisions on, y'know?
The difference between Ds and Rs, when it comes to our unqualified
opinionators, is that we put ours on Saturday Night Live and Letterman
where they belong, and you put yours on the news.
Curt
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> On Jul 9, 7:12 pm, Scratch
> <Larry_Nampa...@lefites.are_a_load_in_the_pants> wrote:
>> Curt <obadiahly...@gmail.com> wrote
>> innews:bc8c5afd-650a-4867-a58b-8cf471
> 4c9...@u38g2000prh.googlegroups.com:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> > On Jul 9, 7:59 am, gb <g...@amusenet.com> wrote:
>> >> On Fri, 9 Jul 2010 12:30:53 +0000 (UTC), Scratch
>>
>> >> <Larry_Nampa...@lefites.are_a_load_in_the_pants> wrote:
>> >> >July 08, 2010
>> >> >The Dumbest President...EVER!
>> >> >By Stuart Schwartz...
>> >> >Stuart Schwartz, a former retail and media executive, is on the
>> >> >faculty at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia
>>
>> >> LU is an Xtian Fundy "university" and one would expect nothing
>> >> less than this sort of screed from that source.
>>
>> > I think they're referred to as one of those "fourth tier"
>> > schools.
>>
>> > There's four tiers.
>>
>> > Curt
>>
>> So your accusing the Christian of lying? If so, do you care to
>> document the lies? I'd enjoy reading them.
>
> It's an opinion piece by an unqualified opinionator. It's similar to
> when Alec Baldwin goes on the teevee and makes political comments --
> it's amusing, but not something you'd base decisions on, y'know?
>
> The difference between Ds and Rs, when it comes to our unqualified
> opinionators, is that we put ours on Saturday Night Live and
> Letterman where they belong, and you put yours on the news.
>
> Curt
>
Now curt, you know full well Palin has been on SNL.
--
Obama - Ps 109:8
Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
KJV
Just words, just speeches
Obama - 2008