Barrack
Obama and the Flying Circus is a perfect way to describe the current
President of the United States, and his prominent cabinet members.
For the
past year and a half, every single day was and still is about Barrack
Obama and his extravaganza. A day does not go by without Obama making
news or saying something. In addition, we have witnessed the media
madness about Obama’s dog, Obama’s family, Obama’s citizenship,
Obama’s religion, Obama’s cabinet, Obama’s associates, among
others.
There is no
way to avoid Obama and his flying circus, no matter where we live. They
are everywhere, not just in the US. They are in Europe, Asia, Pacific,
Africa, Middle East, and even the North Pole. They are filling front
pages of the world's newspapers, and making breaking news around the
world several times a day. It appears there is just no room for other
country's leaders, Presidents, novelists, scientist, and artist. It is
like they do not exist, like Obama is the only important one in this
contemporary world.
However,
the appearance of Obama and his sidekicks on late night are not
fascinating anymore, and looks more like harassment than entertainment. No
matter if we read the news papers, watch TV, listen to the radio or go
online, Obama and his circus-men and women are there 24/7 to remind us
that they exist, in case we forgot.
And, in
addition to all “amusement” by Obama and his extravaganza, on
October 9, 2009, for his extraordinary global entertainment, Barack
Obama got a present from his circus-men: his first Nobel Peace Prize.
Yet, what
Obama’s circus-man did not know is that for the extraordinary
entertainment one does not receive Nobel Peace Prize, one receives
Academy Award-the Oscar or the Emmy, among other movie awards. It
appears circus-men were late for the Oscar, as the Oscar was played on
February 22, 2009; therefore they went to present him with the Nobel
Prize instead.
The award
came as a surprise even to President Obama himself, he said: "To be
honest, I do not feel that I deserve to be in the company of so many
transformative figures".
Maybe
President Obama was thinking about these transformative figures: Martti
Ahtisaari (got the prize as a reward for his contribution in illegal
2008 Kosovo independence. No need to talk too much about Mr. Ahtisaari
because his picture tells a thousand words), Al Gore (got the prize as a
compensation for all of his failures in US politics), Muhammad Yunus
(got the prize as a gift, thanks to a good friend of his, Ted Turner
(CNN), and the members of the board of directors of the UN Foundation.
They couldn't give him the prize in Economics because the idea for
Grameen Bank was first introduced by Pakistani Akhter Khan), Mohamed
Mostafa ElBaradei (got the prize as a gift for his support of
USA-Afghanistan war and USA-Iraqi war), Kofi Annan (UN and Annan got the
prize in 2001; for their work for a better organized and more peaceful
world. On October 7, 2001, the US attacked Afghanistan, they got the
peace prize the same year), among others. So much for world peace!
The
question that probably intrigues many is: Why is this first Peace Prize
for Obama?
Obama is
scheduled to receive three Nobel Prizes, two for Peace and one for
Economics. His second prize will be in Economics, while the third will
be for Peace. After receiving his prizes, Obama will be the only man in
human history to receive three unshared Nobel Prizes.
Linus
Pauling was the only person to win two unshared prizes, one in Chemistry
and one in Peace. When Michele Obama, wife of President Obama, receives
her unshared Nobel Prize, the Obama family will be the only multi
laureate family to receive four unshared prizes, beating Curie family
which holds the Nobel Prize family record.
It is not
so important that Barack Obama got the Nobel Peace Prize, since Nobel
Prize lost its original meaning long time ago. But, the most freighting
thing is that people who support this prize and talk about peace only to
forget the meaning of the word “Peace”.
Men who
sent soldiers to the battlefield and threatens other sovereign countries
cannot be "man of peace", no matter how many prizes you award
those individuals. Do these decision makers have any sense of reality,
and what is right or wrong?
Peace is
not some mainstream phrase. Without doubt, Obama is very popular at the
moment, thanks to the media, but that does not mean that Obama is a man
of peace. What about the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, and threats to
North Korea and Iran? Are these peaceful objectives?
Adolf
Hitler, Joseph Stalin and Benito Mussolini were very popular at the
time, but they were not presented with the Nobel Prize. Yet, they were
nominated for same.
If we look
down the history from 1900 to 2009, we will find only one person who was
extremely popular and talked about like President Obama. That
person was Adolf Hitler, leader of the Nazi Party and chancellor of
Germany.
Despite
both men’s popularity; there are more scary similarities between these
two leaders:
Both Obama
and Hitler share similar ancestries: Obama German, Hitler Austrian.
Both
leaders had been surrounded by many controversies concerning birth
certificates, citizenship and religion.
Both had
father figure issues. Obama’s parents separated when he was two years
old, and divorced in 1964. His father returned to Kenya and saw him only
once before dying in an automobile accident in 1982. Hitler had a
troubled relationship with his tradition-minded authoritarian father,
who frequently beat him.
During
their teenage years both leaders had problems with alcohol. Obama called
the alcohol phase "greatest moral failure", Hitler called it
“most humiliated experience in life”.
Both are
unloved by the Jewish people; for Hitler, it is well known. For Obama,
well, his victory in Presidential elections was not received with
welcome in Israel.
Time
magazine named Obama person of the year in 2008, Hitler in 1938.
Both had
bestseller's books: Obama had “Dreams of my Father” (memoir) and
“the Audacity of Hope” (political convictions), Hitler had “Mein
Kampf " (My Struggle) in Volumes 1 and 2. It combines elements of
autobiography with an exposition of Hitler's political ideology.
Obama was
influenced by Martin Luther King, Hitler by Martin Luther.
Both Obama
and Hitler came to power during the recession-depression; Obama in 2009,
Hitler in 1933.
Both are
personality cult leaders, portrayed as saviors of political and
economical depression; Obama as an American savior, Hitler as German. A cult
of personality arises when a country's leader uses mass media to
create an idealized and heroic public image, often through unquestioned
flattery and praise.
Both
are/were very gifted orators, having ability to attract great interests
in their speeches. Both have/had hand gestures when giving a speech.
Both
leaders had initiated health reforms, environmentalism and animal
protection rights, among others.
Obama and
his extravaganza occupied Europe and North Africa with their charm. Next
in agenda is an Asia Tour (Korea, China, Japan and Singapore). On the
other side, Hitler’s military occupied Europe, North Africa, East and
South East Asia, and Pacific Ocean. The question is: will Obama go by
the Hitler’s path and visit Pacific Ocean in his next tour?
Talking
about Hitler and Obama, one cannot avoid Hitler’s words without
thinking of Obama;
“All
great movements are popular movements. They are the volcanic eruptions
of human passions and emotions, stirred into activity by the ruthless
Goddess of Distress or by the torch of the spoken word cast into the
midst of the people”.
“The art
of leadership . . . consists in consolidating the attention of the
people against a single adversary and taking care that nothing will
split up that attention. . . . The leader of genius must have the
ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one
category”.
“All
propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the
comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach.
By the skillful and sustained use of propaganda, one can make a people
see even heaven as hell or an extremely wretched life as paradise”.
So, what
can we expect from President Obama and his sidekick’s?
Satire
or real possibility
In order to
pull his country out of recession Barrack Obama will have no other
option then to use his popularity to fill movie theaters. The US
President will make movies! This is the only productive business left in
the US. Obama will make few so called blockbuster movies which will make
more than a billion dollars in revenues, beating the legendary Titanic.
Money from the movies will be used to support the US economy.
For his
brilliant talent on movie screen, Obama will get several Oscar’s and
other movie awards. In addition, Obama will be presented with his second
Nobel Prize, but this time in Economics (for discovering unique
mechanism to use movie industry to directly support government budget).
Here are
some possible titles for Obama’s movies:
Obama: The
Extra-Terrestrial (E.T: The Extra-Terrestrial), Obama Wars (Star Wars),
Obama-Man (Spider-Man), Obama Almighty (Bruce Almighty), The Obama
Ultimatum (The Bourne Ultimatum), Obama vs. Aliens (Monsters vs.
Aliens), Mr. & Mrs. Obama (Mr. & Mrs. Smith), Obama Forever
(Batman Forever), Obama’s 21 (Ocean’s eleven), among other notable
titles.
But what
will Obama do when his movie carrier fades away? What else showmen can
do, he will sing! Obama will record the peace album with the possible
hit song “Heal the world make it Obamaland” (Heal the world by
Michael Jackson), which will receive numerous MTV awards and Grammy’s
(Obama won two Grammy’s, one in 2006 and one in 2008). It appears
Democrats like Grammy’s; An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore won in
2009, Jimmy Carter in 2007, Bill Clinton in 2005, Hillary Clinton
in 1997 and Jesse Jackson in 1989.
Obama
singing career will fill the US budget, additionally, and will get him
his third Nobel Prize, again in Peace (for sharing his gracious voice
which brought untold happiness to all mankind, especially the ones
caught by a war machinery).
For the
end, the question the Obama Presidency should be asked is: Who is the
director of this extraordinary performance in which Obama will plays
leading role?