Barack Obama Maintains Control Over Banks By Refusing to Accept Repayment of TARP Money – WSJ.com.

Here’s a true story first reported by my Fox News colleague Andrew Napolitano (with the names and some details obscured to prevent retaliation). Under the Bush team a prominent and profitable bank, under threat of a damaging public audit, was forced to accept less than $1 billion of TARP money. The government insisted on buying a new class of preferred stock which gave it a tiny, minority position. The money flowed to the bank. Arguably, back then, the Bush administration was acting for purely economic reasons. It wanted to recapitalize the banks to halt a financial panic.

Fast forward to today, and that same bank is begging to give the money back. The chairman offers to write a check, now, with interest. He’s been sitting on the cash for months and has felt the dead hand of government threatening to run his business and dictate pay scales. He sees the writing on the wall and he wants out. But the Obama team says no, since unlike the smaller banks that gave their TARP money back, this bank is far more prominent. The bank has also been threatened with “adverse” consequences if its chairman persists. That’s politics talking, not economics.

Is this the “Change” for which the drones voted? Want to hear something funny? Just bait an Obamoron into uttering the word “liberty!” There can be little to no doubt regarding the goals of this administration now that they have had a couple of months to capitalize on the “chance” squishy moderates and other fools suggested they be given.

This grotesque arrogance is not shocking, at least to a person with the clarity of mind to have avoided falling into the FFT. The only sliver of true “hope” is that perhaps some of the FFT will read the WSJ editorial and awaken… assuming they can read. (Oh, I realize that many of the FFT are highly indoctrinated, I mean educated.) The refusal to accept repayment of TARP funds is concrete proof of the power lust that permeates this dangerous administration. Obama Motors, Obama Bank & Trust, First Obamanational Bank, The Washington Obamost (oh wait, they voluntarily serve as “Big Brother” Barry’s Ministry of Truth)… what will be the next enterprise to fall into the clutches of the encroaching governmental tapeworm?

The alarm has been sounded, but who will hear? Our government has to be watched like a criminal on house-arrest. We may not have an ankle bracelet large enough for the swollen government, but we can utilize a variety of networks to communicate future boundary violations. True, we don’t have taxpayer dollars funneled to our networks (we aren’t ACORN, Organizing For America, or Unity ‘09,) but we do have certain “natural” resources. We have the benefit of appreciating man’s natural state, which is freedom for you Obamabots and “moderates.” We possess the heart to secure for our children the life of liberty which they deserve. We are rich in the knowledge that there are distinct differences between right and wrong (politically known as right and left) and that which is right is on our side.

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There are certainly other groups and means for preserving and restoring our liberty. The point is that we are not powerless in the face of Obammunism. Knowledge is power and we can communicate the knowledge that the traditional media suppresses via networks such as the above.

If any of the FFT wake up and smell what is being shoveled on their behalf, perhaps they can be guided to one of these networks.

From the Politico piece:

A broad coalition of left-leaning groups is quietly closing ranks into a new coalition, “Unity ‘09,” aimed at helping President Barack Obama push his agenda through Congress.

Conceived at a New York meeting before the November election, two Democrats familiar with the planning said, Unity ‘09 will draw together money and grassroots organizations to pressure lawmakers in their home states to back White House legislation and other progressive causes.

The destructive alliance reads like a police line-up of organizations that exist to further prod our nation toward Socialism, destroy innocent life, degrade our society, silence honest voices, and punish success. This foul gathering consists of:

• MoveOn.org
• ACLU
• La Raza
• Planned Parenthood
• labor unions
• environmentalist nuts

Barack Obama’s agenda is nothing more than a dangerous homage to these leftist parasites so it is fitting that they would ban together to ram the ruination of our society through Congress. This should be cause for outrage and alarm given the terrifying fact that Obama has already begun the process of implementing so much of his hopeful “change” (or as Americans call it redistributive punishment.) Imagine the frenetic pace at which this teleprompted fool has already issued or rescinded executive orders, initiated unprecedented government intrusions, and damaged a fragile economy… multipLIED by the coordinated efforts of the well-funded propagandists listed above!

There is a very real justification for alarm. This is not a time for RINO “reformers” or moderate weenies to sell their wares to The Republican Party. This is not a time for messages of softening values or acceptance of the principles espoused by this unholy alliance. Once again, so that even Meghan McCain or David Frum might be able to understand it, The Democrats already have the Unholy ‘09 market cornered!

I want President Obama to succeed because I am tired. Having to get up and go to work every weekday morning wears on a person. The “progressive” cuts at my place of employment are evidence of of the “hope” President Obama’s plans for economic and environmental “justice” can inspire. My former co-workers can now sleep late on a Monday morning, resting comfortably with the knowledge that given a chance to succeed, President Obama’s economic message will enable the majority of their former peers to be able to catch up on their sleep.

In addition to being tired, I know that I have been living the life of the sucker, who works for a living and believes that a person can be responsible for himself and his family. What a dumbass! Obviously I should be dependent upon government to decide my future and control my destiny. I have learned that the wage earner is evil if said earner does not belong to a labor union, isn’t in a government job, or isn’t in the entertainment industry. I don’t want to be evil! I do not deserve a wage beyond that which meets my basic needs and perhaps a subsidy for the needs of my family. I should give up my cares to the state.

I need Obama to succeed because it is only “fair” that we as ugly Americans do not consume more resources (thank you Mark Levin for reminding us of “The One’s” moving campaign speech) than those in lesser developed regions of the world. The same type of “fairness” should be applied via government mandate such that there is income equality. Of course I do not seek income equality based on skill or contribution, that is the archaic way! That is not “change!” I seek income equality based on… nothing but pure “fairness.” I am a person and therefore I do not deserve to earn more than another person. After all, its not like I’m a member of the liberal elite.

I need President Obama to succeed so that my children (which I should not have fathered, but hadn’t been enlightened by the glow of his emminence Obama) can grow into productive party members and have a “green” planet to inherit. Our children should not be drawn to material wealth, unless they are the children of the liberal elite. Our children should be raised in the natural way… without using electricity or indoor plumbing. Our children should worship Al Gore as a prophet of the eco-gods and should pray an Inconvenient Truth. We should teach our children to forego square meals (because some might be starving) and use only one square per dirt toilet visit.

We need President Obama to succeed because there can never be too much government regulation and the only way jobs can truly be “created or saved” is by implementing such restrictive and “progressive” regulations that private business cannot survive. In this brilliant and “fair” plan, we can eventually work for the one great entity and we can do our part. We want to do our part, don’t we? We want to produce or give according to our ability and receive based on our need.(Uncle Karl would be proud… as would Nikita Kruschev.)

We need healthcare reform and we need Barack Obama to do it now before, as Tom Daschle warned in his book, the honeymoon wears off and people lose the afterglow of this “historic” election.  We need this healthcare reform to control immigration and save our planet. Sound far-fetched? Our new healthcare system will rival that of other nations and therefore there will be no reason for citizens of those nations to flee to our country to receive care. The elderly, the disabled, and others that cannot contribute to the cause will not be treated in a timely manner according to quality of life calculations, so we can have a greener future with less people leeching off Mother Earth and expelling the filthy (yet plant feeding, oh well to Hell with the plants) carbon dioxide.

People, we need Barack Obama to succeed! To wish otherwise would just plain make sense!

I suppose the benefit of the doubt can be given to a portion of the FFT. Certainly some just did not care to look beyond the fabricated image presented by Obama’s media fan club. This portion of of the FFT allows itself to be (mis)led around by the nose. This group will have unwittingly earned the unfortunate results of its electoral folly.

“What if” pondering:

I wonder what could have been if “Big Brother” Barry had not been effectively running unopposed in the general election. “What ifs” serve no purpose other than the necessary reminder of the tragic chain of events that culminated in what could be a catastrophe (at least for liberty.) What if Mike Huckabee, Charlie Crist, the RNC, and the ridiculous primary system hadn’t come together to ensure an Obama victory by allowing a John McCain nomination? Even worse, Obama was such a bad candidate that even John McCain stood a chance until the (convenient for Dems) economic crash occurred.

If “Big Brother” Barry has a mandate, it is courtesy of the portion of the FFT that did pay attention and knew what they were imposing upon this nation. They have spoken and their message is:

• Innocent life does not matter. Social justice is required for artificial victim groups not babies, which according to Barack “Born Alive, Let Them Die” Obama are punishment!
• “Spreading the wealth around” as applied by wealthy liberals using our money is perfectly acceptable.
• Terrorism is acceptable and a president’s history of terrorist association (Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn) is no cause for concern.
• Chicago politics will be good for the entire nation.
• A president need not have ever done anything other than run for office in order to be qualified… unless registering people to vote Democrat and writing multiple memoirs count as relevant experience. (I wonder if “Magnificent Me” is in the works or if it will be withheld until his two or more terms are up.)
• We want a president who believes The Constitution has a “blind spot” which he can take upon himself to fill with socialist programs and wealth redistribution.
• We will accept socialism in the name of fighting anthropogenic global warming… oh wait, we have been instructed that the buzz phrase is now “climate change” due to the cooling trend. Campaign omen flashback from Oregon speech:

“We can’t drive our SUVs and, you know, eat as much as we want and keep our homes on, you know, 72 degrees at all times, whether we’re living in the desert or we’re living in the tundra, and then just expect every other country is going to say OK, you know, you guys go ahead keep on using 25 percent of the world’s energy, even though you only account for 3 percent of the population, and we’ll be fine. Don’t worry about us. That’s not leadership.”

• We were inspired by candidate Obama’s rare senate action of introducing his “Global Poverty Act” and even more inspired that he is willing to spread our wealth around the globe (….but won’t help his own poor relatives out of his own pocket.)

Yes, the electorate has spoken and this Tuesday a nation begins to pay for their expression of insanity.