We've all heard or read the story of President Barack Obama's life espoused by the mainstream news media, the Democratic Party and the President himself.
It goes something like this. He grew up in impoverished Indonesia and later in Hawaii. As a low-income student in Hawaii, he began abusing drugs and alcohol, before turning his life around. Someway, somehow, he made it through high school and later on to college, eventually earning his way to Ivy League schools. Later, as a professor, he was considered to be a "rock star" by his students, who were drawn to his magnetic personality. He became an attorney and a community organizer, struggling to make it financially, much like the people he was trying to help. As a legislator in Illinois and later as a U.S. Senator, he fought for those less fortunate, especially African-Americans. He rose to national prominence to become America's first black President.
This is a very touching and inspiring story, isn't it? It almost brings tears to one's eyes. The only problem with this biography is that it's mostly fiction.
A 10-part article in the Washington Examiner exposes President Obama's biography for what it is --a fantasy. Interviewing people who have known the President throughout his life, the Examiner did what others in the mainstream news media didn't do when he ran in 2008 and haven't done in the past four years. They actually checked to see if what they were told is the truth, a lie or something in between.
http://washingtonexaminer.com/obama#.UFsoFI0iZnM
Where should I start to bring a dose of reality to the awe-inspiring, but fictional story of Barack Obama?
First off, our President did not spend the majority of his childhood and teen years living in poverty. When he lived in Jakarta, Indonesia, he lived much of the time in a very affluent section reserved for diplomats and economic elites. When he moved back to Hawaii, he lived with his grandmother, who was a bank vice president. In both Indonesia and Hawaii, he attended elite private schools reserved for the upper class. While he may have lived in poverty for a short period during his childhood, the vast majority of his childhood was spent living much more affluently than we've been led to believe.
The truth about our President is that he started out as a popular guest lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School. He was one of the school's most popular lecturers his first two years, but his ratings began to decline to the point that in 1999 only 23 percent of students recommended his class. In that same year, he was the third lowest rated lecturer. Colleagues interviewed for the article in the Examiner said that he was disengaged. He never wrote scholarly papers and was rarely at the school. In short, it appears he did the absolute minimum required for the job.
In this revealing article, numerous other facts about President Obama run contradictory to the story we've all been told. A supposed champion of black people, he never lived in a community with a predominantly African-American population. Instead, he chose to live in one of the most affluent areas of Chicago, mostly inhabited by rich white people. He may have helped poor people in the ghetto through his job as a community organizer, but he certainly didn't live among them as we have been led to believe. As an attorney, Obama may have taken on a couple of cases that championed people living in poverty, but he also defended slumlords who overcharged poor people for run-down apartments.
The truth is quite a different narrative, isn't it? But there's a lot more to this story.
President Obama's service to the people of Illinois, first as an Illinois legislator and later as a U.S. Senator can be described as barely "present." He never championed significant legislation and never worked collaboratively with other lawmakers to write legislation of note. He voted numerous times as "present," apparently not willing to take a stand that might offend, or maybe, once again, he was doing the absolute minimum for the job.
So how did Obama become our President? An accurate bio will show that the only things he's done well that could possibly explain his ascension to President are that he's delivered two great speeches and he's used government funds to help his friends make millions. Seriously.
He gave a stirring speech in Chicago in 1997 as a newly-elected state senator that allowed him to get noticed by that city's and Illinois' political elite, which then propelled him to become a U.S. Senator. In 2004, he delivered another inspiring speech at the Democratic National Convention that elevated him to the national stage. He parlayed that national recognition into a successful run for the White House in 2008.
While in Chicago, Obama surrounded himself with people who became millionaires through Chicago's $1.6 billion neighborhood demolition program known as the Plan for Transformation. At least 25,000 low-income apartments in Chicago were destroyed under the guise of urban renewal, which forced thousands of black families -- many of whom lived in Obama's state Senate district -- to move out of Chicago. Many saw the Plan for Transformation as a scam or con game, with those in charge acting like they were doing charitable work, but using public money to demolish and redevelop property or to get rid of all the tenants. The goal wasn't to help poor people; the goal was to use public money to make millions if not billions for Obama's closest allies, who directed the efforts.
As one can see now, the President's "investments" in companies like Solyndra, which coincidentally was headed by a staunch supporter, was simply a continuation of his practice of lining friends' pockets with money from public coffers. The only difference is that the federal government has significantly more money to invest in schemes that make money for the President's allies.
It's evident after examining the President's more accurate biography provided by the Examiner that much of what we've learned about him from the news media, the Democratic Party and President Obama himself is a gross exaggeration at best, an outright lie at worst. It's also evident that our President is largely a creation of the mainstream news media, who refuse to let Americans learn the truth about this man.
What I find ironic and quite sad is that Obama, who became our President largely on the basis of his public speaking prowess, began his political ascension in what is affectionately called the Windy City.
How apropos.
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