The culture of mean

From all outward appearances, Barack Obama has had a charmed life, as has his wife, Michelle.
By her own accounts, Michelle grew up in a loving, secure home. Her brother is a well-regarded basketball coach for a university team (no small accomplishment, and to be successful, one must be a "team player"). Michelle graduated from two Ivy League schools, and has secured the American dream....a job that pays well above the norms, even in her chosen field; a stable and loving marriage (by her assertions); a mansion in the "right" neighborhood; two beautiful children who attend the "right" tony private school; and ample comfort, including a local designer to prepare her wardrobe.

So why is Michelle Obama so angry and jealous? What does she not have that would cause these outbursts on the campaign trail?

For Michelle, the sky is always falling. Disaster waits around every corner. America is a failure and a racist country. The Obamas deserve more. The Obamas deserve the White House. Not because of their accomplishments, their verifiable record of service for the betterment of their communities, but because, "it's time".

Well, we'll see if the majority of voters buy into their divide-and-conquer, doom-and-gloom pitch. I hope not.

9500 Liberty's effort to "manage the message" fails...

I'm from Prince William County, VA (PWC), home of the controversial and illegal billboard at 9500 Liberty Street in Manassas, VA and the raison-d'etre for the eponymously titled blog, "9500 Liberty" by Eric Byler, an aspiring film maker desperately in search of a controversial topic that will catapult him from the ranks of the wannabees/struggling to the dizzying heights of Michael Moore fame.

His editing style is reminiscent of Moore's in that it is not fair or balanced and his bias in favor of any pro-illegal alien group or philosophy is evident in his approach to his "documentary".

Although Eric and Annabel claim to want to elevate public discourse about this timely and difficult topic, any viewpoint that is consistently contrarian to their "vision" and bias is edited, suppressed and blocked. In true Orwellian fashion, certain words and thoughts are "verboten" in Eric and Annabel land -- especially the term "anchor baby" which is deemed racist and offensive.

However, allowing scurrilous and continuous ad hominem attacks against dissenters is encouraged and allowed free rein in 9500 Liberty land.

Note that the term "anchor baby" is offensive and "hate speech", but this recent posting is "not":
by a poster identified as "AuntieM16" on May 26th:

"hear what you're saying, but Help Save MyWhiteAss is doing a good job of marginalizing themselves right now. No one is paying them any mind other than the FBI and other law enforcement agencies watching them for hate crimes and vigilantism."

Note that the epithet is racially-based....but since it is anti-white, it is okay in 9500 Liberty Land and not flagged as "hate speech".

Also, there is no evidence that "Help Save Manassas" is being "watched" for hate crimes and/or "vigilantism", but it is an important part of the need to manage the narrative to cast out insinuations that HSM is a "vigilante" group.

The idea that a group of like-minded patriot and democracy loving citizens banded together to resolve an issue that was having deleterious effect on our neighborhoods and community at large is something that Eric, Annabel and their fellow travelers refuse to accept, and the success of local activist groups like HSM are further evidence that their concerted effort to "manage the message" has failed.