WhiteBear
Jedi Master
A friend of mine recommended this book...The Roots of Obama's Rage. At first glance, I thought "Oh, awesome...another right-wing Obama-bashing book", which it sort of is...but it brings up some points that I'd been wondering myself about the Big O. Why, for instance, was he such a different person now than before he was elected? The author, Dinesh D'Souza, brings what seems to be a fairly extensive look into the mind of Obama to his book. Even though D'Souza -is- a conservative, and I expected a certain amount of bashing, I got a real, deep laugh out of the following:
...and this is a bad thing?
It -is-, IMHO, a very good insight into Obama, done by someone who has a very similar personal background and history.
Dinesh D'Souza - The Roots of Obama's Rage said:For Obama, the task ahead is simple: he must work to wring the neocolonialism out of America and the West. First, he must rein in the military so that it does not conduct wars of occupation against other countries. Then he must use American leverage to restrict military adventurism on the part of America's allies, especially the former colonial powers in Europe. Even symbolic measures of humiliation are helpful in showing the former European colonialists that their day is now gone. In addition, Obama seeks to check American and Western consumption of global resources so that the former colonial (and now neocolonial) powers do not consume what belongs to others. Another objective for Obama is to bring the powerful sectors of American industry, such as the investment banks and health care, under government supervision and control. Obama seeks a large custodial state as a protection against the dangers of concentrated corporate power. Finally, Obama seeks to castigate and expose the rich, who are viewed as a neocolonial force within American society, so that they cease to be exploiters of the rest of the population.
It may seem shocking to suggest that this is Obama's core ideology, and that he believes it still. That is what I am saying. * Emphasis mine
...and this is a bad thing?

It -is-, IMHO, a very good insight into Obama, done by someone who has a very similar personal background and history.