Trickle Down Tyranny

by Michael Savage

  This separation of government from people, this widening of the gap, took place so gradually and so insensibly, each step disguised (perhaps not even intentionally) as a temporary emergency measure or associated with true patriotic allegiance or with real social purposes. And all the crises and reforms (real reforms, too) so occupied the people that they did not see the slow motion underneath, of the whole process of government growing remoter and remoter.1

  Can you see that the path that Obama is leading our nation down is dangerously similar to that of Nazi Germany? And that he may be using the very techniques Hitler perfected?

  Let me step back here and show you what’s happened in the last three years.

  Let me start with the most memorable image I have taken away from the Zuccotti Park Occupy Wall Street fiasco: an older black man wearing a beret and carrying this sign around his neck: “Ask not what you can do for your country . . . ask what your country can do for you.”

  It’s Barack Obama’s mantra.

  It sums up the mentality not just of the OWS protesters, but of the entire Obama administration.

  You might remember that it was I, Michael Savage, who defined George W. Bush as a “fiscal socialist” during the last two years of his term. I explained to you how he expanded the federal government and made it larger than the previous three administrations combined.

  So if Bush was a fiscal socialist, what does that make Barack Obama?

  It makes him a fiscal Marxist.

  Never before in American history has a single president expanded the government so rapidly and accumulated so much power to himself. Never before have we seen this level of overt cronyism, corruption, and graft. Just as Europe is beginning to move away from large government and entitlement spending and toward lowering taxes to stimulate private enterprise, Obama, who is stuck in a perennial 1960s purple haze, is taking this nation in the opposite direction! Even Cuba is moving toward some privatization and reducing the number of Castro government jobs.

  In the meantime, Barack Obama, the naked tyrant, the tired ’60s radical, keeps pushing in the opposite direction.

  Let me set the record straight for you about the Obama presidency with a brief catalog of his accomplishments.

  He’s bankrupting America with trillion-dollar-plus annual deficits—despite the fact that he hasn’t submitted a budget in two years.

  He stood by as millions of Americans were unfairly driven out of their homes by a robot foreclosure system.

  He funneled tens of billions of stimulus dollars confiscated from taxpayers to his political donors and crony bankers to fund bailouts and green energy projects that he knew were destined to fail.

  He’s presided over the largest real-job loss in this country since the Great Depression.

  He’s waged an ongoing battle against freedom of speech and ideas contrary to his own Marxist ideology by trying to “regulate” Internet communications.

  He’s sent billions of dollars to energy companies in China and Brazil to promote oil exploration while at the same time doing everything in his power to shut down the American oil industry and prevent us from becoming energy independent within the next decade.

  He refused for more than two years to negotiate with Iraq in order to make sure we could keep American troops in that country, and because he subsequently withdrew all of our military, he created a massive power vacuum in Iraq. In the wake of Obama’s ill-advised retreat, Iran has stepped in to fill the void. We’ve watched as sectarian violence resurfaced and Shiite Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki put out an arrest warrant for his own vice president, Tareq al-Hashemi, who is a member of the rival Sunni sect. Obama’s timid, apologetic foreign policy removed even the semblance of democracy that U.S. presence in Iraq helped guarantee.

  Obama has presided over the most corrupt administration in history, undermining our military and giving up control of our southern border as he sold weapons to Mexican drug cartels while bringing lawsuits against states that tried to enforce immigration law.

  He’s bypassed Congress and the Constitution, instituting what amounts to rule by imperial fiat through executive orders and czars and cabinet secretaries who do his bidding.

  He’s put economic “solutions” in place that consist of taxing and spending us into indentured servitude while he transitions the U.S. into a Euro-like socialist country that fosters a dangerous dependency of citizens on the government.

  He’s even turned our election results over to a foreign company, a move that could compromise the way we track votes at the precinct level and eliminate our ability to challenge election results. All of our elections are now controlled by a foreign firm of questionable ownership.

  Are you wondering why I call this list Obama’s accomplishments?

  Let me explain.

  Barack Obama’s intent is not to preside over the United States in order to guide it as it strengthens its position of economic and military pre-eminence in the world. It’s just the opposite. This president of the United States is determined to undermine the values, principles, and practices on which this nation rose to greatness. He’s doing that because he’s none of the things he would have us believe he is.

  Most Americans are asleep to this reality. The American sheeple are overwhelmed by the onslaught of lies perpetuated by so-called journalists who are nothing more than left-wing propagandists, apologists for the most radical and incompetent chief executive this country has ever been forced to endure.

  Here’s why I’m so worried that Obama might be re-elected.

  I believe that Obama thinks his administration has sold the idea that we’ve weathered the worst with our economy.

  Nine percent unemployment has become the new normal, and Americans have accepted the idea that we have to live with it, that it’s not going to change.

  Trillion-dollar deficits are now the reality as Obama plunges us deeper and deeper into debt to finance his payoffs to the American people in the form of the entitlement society. Half of all Americans now receive government benefits, and they’re not likely to want to give them back.

  Obama is satisfied that his economic policies have succeeded.

  I’m afraid the American people are, too.

  Obama has made it clear that he’s not going to try to work with Congress, and he’s not hiding it from the American people. Here’s what he told a crowd at one of his ongoing series of campaign appearances: “We can’t wait for an increasingly dysfunctional Congress to do its job. Where they won’t act, I will. . . . I’ve told my administration to keep looking every single day for actions we can take without Congress, steps that can save consumers money, make government more efficient and responsive, and help heal the economy. And we’re going to be announcing these executive actions on a regular basis.”2

  Where is the outcry against this president ignoring the separation of powers delineated in the Constitution?

  Obama went so far as to laugh at Congress’s ineptitude in one appearance on The Tonight Show with the stooge Jay Leno. He’s able to do this because Congress’s approval ratings have fallen as low as nine percent in opinion polling. The Republican Party itself has generated negatives over 70 percent in one poll.

  Obama is going to continue to make Congress his whipping boy, and the American people aren’t going to realize that what he’s proposing as an alternative is that he become this nation’s “glorious leader,” like the tyrants he’s seeking to emulate. Since the Republicans haven’t been able to develop anything resembling a response, a counter strategy to provide a viable alternative to Obama’s message, the president is likely to succeed here, too.

  Obama advisor David Axelrod, who’s back in Chicago plotting the continuing presidential takeover strategy for the 2012 election, must be smiling as he picks one Republican after another to skewer as soon as he or she begins to rise in the polls.

  Among the other things our own Dictator-in-Chief believes are going to help him get reelected is the Occupy Wall Street movement
. He’s selling the idea that they represent 99 percent of Americans and that their “success” will rub off on him, making him look like a true populist instead of the crony capitalist thug he really is.

  Again, I sense that America is going to buy this, thanks to the saturation positive news coverage the street rabble of the OWS movement are getting from the government-media complex.

  Barack Obama has taken over jobs, health care, the auto industry, student loans, and mortgages. He’s wiped out habeas corpus in the name of national security. He’s eliminated the posse comitatus act, effectively instituting martial law by authorizing the U.S. military to arrest and detain indefinitely any U.S. citizen he and his cadre declare to be a threat.

  That is why you must crush the Obama steamroller.

  What I’ve delivered in this book is the most important analysis you’ll ever read of why we must stop the tyrant in the White House now, before it’s too late. If we allow Obama another four years, he will have destroyed our country. We’re living under a crypto dictatorship right now. In Trickle Down Tyranny, I’ve shown you the scope of the Obama takeover and I’ve shown you how we can crush it before it crushes us.

  Notes

  Chapter 1. Advice to the Next President: A Savage Worldview

  1. Mackenzie Eaglen, “A Shrinking Navy,” The Foundry blog, January 29, 2010, http://blog.heritage.org/2010/01/29/a-shrinking-navy/.

  2. Luke Harding and Ian Traynor, “Obama abandons missile defence shield in Europe,” Guardian, September 17, 2009, http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/17/missile-defence-shield-barack-obama.

  3. Robert Saiget, “China’s Hu urges navy to prepare for combat,” Agence France-Presse, December 6, 2011, http://news.yahoo.com/chinas-hu-urges-navy-prepare-combat-160509787.html.

  4. Margaret Menge, “U.S. Spent $200M on Egypt Election,” Newsmax.com, December 2, 2011, http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/us-money-egypt-elections/2011/12/02/id/419829.

  5. Tiffany Gabbay, “Muslim Brotherhood Takes Egypt Elections by Storm, Poised to Win Islamic Majority,” Blaze, December 1, 2011, http://www.theblaze.com/stories/muslim-brotherhood-takes-egypt-elections-by-storm-poised-to-islamic-majority/.

  6. Ibid.

  7. “Britain cuts relations with Iranian banks over nuclear fear,” Business Etc., November 21, 2011, http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/britain-cuts-relations-with-iranian-banks-over-nuclear-fear-284918-Nov2011/.

  8. “Obama urging US lawmakers to soften Iran sanctions,” Jerusalem Post, December 6, 2011, http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=248396.

  9. “US urges Israel to end ‘isolation in the Middle East,’ ” BBC News, December 2, 2011, http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16014194.

  10. Rob Bluey, “Defense Spending Dwindles Under Obama,” The Foundry, November 20, 2011, http://blog.heritage.org/2011/11/20/chart-of-the-week-defense-spending-dwindles-under-obama/.

  11. Rick Maze, “Senate committee slashes 2012 defense budget,” Air Force Times, September 8, 2011, http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2011/09/military-senate-committee-slashes-2012-defense-budget-090811/.

  12. James Delingpole, “Climategate 2.0,” Wall Street Journal, November 28, 2011, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204452104577059830626002226.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_LEADTop.

  13. “The United States of EPA,” Wall Street Journal, November 28, 2011, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204630904577056393981840650.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_AboveLEFTTop.

  14. “The Non-Green Jobs Boom,” Wall Street Journal, November 28, 2011, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204190704577024510087261078.html.

  15. Pat Shannan, “Scientists Confirm U.S. Has World’s Biggest Oil Reserves,” American FreePress.net, June 29, 2009, http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/biggest_oil_re serves_182.html.

  16. “Sovereign Bond Auction Fizzles in Germany,” Spiegel Online International, November 23, 2011, http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,799550,00.html.

  17. Edwin Mora, “Annual DHA Appropriations for Border Security Costs Halved Under Obama,” CNSNews.com, November 28, 2011, http://cnsnews.com/news/article/annual-dhs-appropriations-border-security-costs-halved-under-obama.

  Chapter 2. Tyranny of a Naked Marxist Presidency

  1. Jonathan Turley, “The NDAA’s historic assault on American Liberty,” The Guardian, January 2, 2012, http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/jan/02/ndaa-historic-assault-american-liberty.

  2. Charlie Savage, “Secret U.S. Memo Made Legal Case to Kill a Citizen,” New York Times, October 8, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/09/world/middleeast/secret-us-memo-made-legal-case-to-kill-a-citizen.html?_r=4&hp#h[].

  3. Jonathan Alter, “The Obama Miracle, a White House Free of Scandal,” Bloomberg.com, October 27, 2011, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-27/obama-miracle-is-white-house-free-of-scandal-commentary-by-jonathan-alter.html.

  4. Keith Koffler, “Michelle’s Separate Travel Costs Taxpayers Thousands,” White House Dossier, August 19, 2011, http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2011/08/19/michelles-separate-travel-costs-taxpayers-thousands/.

  5. “Expensive massages, top shelf vodka and five-star hotels: First Lady accused of spending $10m in public money on her vacations,” Mail Online, August 25, 2011, http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2029615/Michelle-Obama-accused-spending-10m-public-money-vacations.html.

  6. Mark Tapscott, “Nearly $500K to send Michelle, family to Africa,” Washington Examiner, October 4, 2011, http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/nearly-half-million-send-michelle-africa.

  7. Bob Unruh, “U.S. sued over Michelle’s secretive ‘family outing,’ ” WorldNetDaily, August 25, 2011, http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=337833.

  8. “Who’s Footing the Bill for the Obama Family’s Estimated $4 million Hawaii Vacation?” The Blaze, December 19, 2011, http://www.theblaze.com/stories/so-whos-footing-the-bill-for-the-obama-familys-4-million-hawaii-vacation/.

  9. “September 11 Memorial Ceremony at the World Trade Center,” C-SPAN Video Library, September 11, 2011, http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/Ceremonyatt/start/2003/stop/2076.

  10. “Michelle Obama’s Marxist World View,” Potter Williams Report, October 21, 2011, http://potterwilliamsreport.com/2011/10/20/michelle-obamas-marxist-world-view-3.aspx.

  11. Kirit Radia, “War Powers Showdown Heats Up in the Senate Over Libya Operations,” ABC News, June 4, 2011, http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/war-powers-showdown-heats-us-libya-operations/story?id=13948848.

  12. “CBS Reporter Says WH Screamed at Her Over Fast and Furious,” Jammie Wearing Fool, October 4, 2011, http://jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com/2011/10/cbs-reporter-says-wh-screamed-at-her.html.

  13. Joe Eaton, “Limousine Liberals? Number of government-owned limos has soared under Obama,” iWatch News, May 31, 2011, http://www.iwatchnews.org/2011/05/31/4765/limousine-liberals-number-government-owned-limos-has-soared-under-obama.

  14. Ibid.

  15. “Breaking: ALIPAC Calling for Impeachment of Barack Hussein Obama,” T-Room.us, June 28, 2011, http://www.t-room.us/2011/06/breaking-alipac-calling-for-impeachment-of-barack-hussein-obama/.

  16. Joe Farah, “World Net Daily: Yes, It’s Time to Impeach Obama,” ImpeachObama Campaign.com, March 31, 2011, http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/worldnet-daily-yes-its-time-to-impeach-obama/.

  17. “Obama: Impeach and Convict Now!” Sodahead.com, March 8, 2011, http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/obama-impeach-and-convict-now/question-1567225/.

  Chapter 3. Tyranny of the Government-Media Complex

  1. “Tammy Haddad,” Politico, http://www.politico.com/click/focus/tammy_haddad.html.

  2. Daniel Kurtzman, “Obama at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner,” Political Humor.com, http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/barackobama/a/obama-white-house-correspondents-transcript.htm.

  3. “Media Bias Basics,” Media Research Center, http://www.mrc.org/biasbasics/bias basics3.asp.

  4. Deborah White, “Profile of Chr
is Matthews of MSNBC’s Hardball,” US Liberal Politics, http://usliberals.about.com/od/thepressandjournalist1/p/CMatthews.htm.

  5. “Amb. Marc Ginsberg,” Huffington Post, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/amb-marc-ginsberg.

  6. “Tony Blankley,” Townhall.com, http://townhall.com/columnists/tonyblankley/.

  7. “Mary Matalin,” Infoplease, http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0880181.html.

  8. “James Carville,” CNN.com, http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/carville.james.html.

  9. David Theroux, “Federal Government Workers Make Twice That of Private-Sector Counterparts,” MyGovCost.com, June 5, 2011, http://www.mygovcost.org/2011/06/05/federal-government-workers-make-twice-that-of-private-sector-counterparts/.

  10. Glynnis MacNichol, “George Soros Donates $1 Million To Media Matters To Combat Fox News,” Mediaite.com, October 20, 2010, http://www.mediaite.com/online/george-soros-donates-1million-to-media-matters-to-combate-fox-news/.

  11. “George Soros to Fareed Zakaria: Fox News Uses Orwellian Newspeak and Nazi Propaganda Techniques,” News Hounds, February 20, 2011, http://www.newshounds.us/2011/02/20/george_soros_to_fareed_zakaria_fox_news_uses_orwellian_newspeak_and_nazi_propaganda_techniques_.php.

  12. Paul Bedard, “Report: Liberal Soros’s Cash Funds ‘Nonpartisan’ Media Watchdogs,” U.S. News & World Report, May 17, 2011, http://www.usnews.com/news/washington-whispers/articles/2011/05/17/report-liberal-soross-cash-funds-nonpartisan-media-watchdogs.

  13. Meredith Dake, “Media Matters Declared War, Let’s Give Them One,” Big Government, July 11, 2011, http://biggovernment.com/mdake/2011/07/11/media-matters-declared-war-lets-give-them-one/.

  14. Arthur Beesley, “Vlaams Belang blends Flemish cause into its anti-migrant agenda,” Irish Times, April 28, 2011, http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/world/2011/0428/1224295619981.html.