Topic: Obama takes insults from Felipe Calderon, insults American people
Wednesday, May 19, noonish joint press conference with Mexican president Felipe Calderon:
After first listening to Felipe Calderon describe Arizona's law as one which violates the rights of Mexicans... which I found odd, because it has 0 impact on Mexicans living in Mexico, and I doubt that Mr. Calderon would view Obama commenting on internal Mexican laws with respect and understanding. Adding only more to the hypocrisy is the fact that Mexico has monumentally bigger failures of law and government than the US has ever imagined. But I digress. After Calderon described Arizona's law as unacceptable to him, Obama took the insult to American sovereignty and agreed with Calderon on Arizona's law. Perhaps next, in the spirit of cooperation, Obama can take advice from Calderon on combating drug lords. Normally I would follow with a joke on taking advice from Calderon on economics, but... more on that later.
Their speeches included Obama talking about the priority of economic growth, which I have always found odd--talking about economic growth while taking zero actions to encourage yet many to tax it more. Perhaps Obama was speaking more in the spirit of cooperation, hoping that, with Calderon's help, together they could shrink the United States' economy closer to the size of Mexico's in the name of reducing greenhouse gases and saving the planet (and Al Gore's new beach-front home).
One of the questions posed to Obama after their speeches referred to the "fundamental rights violation" of Arizona's new law. I was confused by this, not being aware of what document grants illegal immigrants to the United States what rights. But neither the question-asker nor Obama revealed this information. Upon investigation, I found that Americans illegally in Mexico do not have these "fundamental human rights" that Mexicans illegally in America have. The reason for this double standard was not mentioned in the question nor referenced in Obama's response. I thus concluded that both the questioner and Obama are ignorant hypocrites. Once again, America's sovereignty was challenged by a Mexican and Obama again responded that he was glad to compromise it. Obama did not question the presumptions upon which the question was based, but agreed with the presumption that Americans owe Mexicans something (something not reciprocated; something Americans should not expect Mexicans to also give them, just something Americans owe Mexicans).
The same questioner then referenced controlling weapons imported into Mexico from the United States, with the obvious presumption that there's a weapons problem and the United States is providing a large number of weapons for Mexicans to kill each other. This presumption can only be backed up by claims that a majority number of traceable weapons used in crimes in Mexico can be traced to the United States. This may sound significant, as long as one does not mention that the vast majority of weapons used in crimes in Mexico are not traceable nor from the United States (only 17 percent of guns found at Mexican crime scenes have been traced to the U.S.). Obama, despite his being a professor at Harvard University, and despite having spoken of his "gift" for oration and explaining himself, made no attempt to correct the ignorant false assumption under which the question was asked. Nor did he correct the record in order to not further the dissemination of misinformation in responding to a question which was asked with the assumption of a falsehood.
Speaking of immigration reform, Obama said that he was frustrated by the same federal failure to regulate immigration that Arizonans are frustrated by. I found this odd, considering that Obama has no desire to 'reform' immigration other than to grant amnesty to everyone and their 3rd cousins. I do not think he understands the frustration of Arizonans at all. Obama went on to declare that obviously this federal failure was not his fault, because he will need Republican support to pass comprehensive immigration reform. I found this questionable, considering that he just passed monumentally larger legislation with absolutely no Republican support. Why would he need Republican support for a matter of national security, when he just passed much larger legislation for the expansion of government without any Republican support nor [a majority of] public support? If I can buy a $200 dinner on the company card without consulting my boss, why do I have to have his approval to buy a $10 pen? I don't.
So, these are a few of the things that insulted me, watching and listening to the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, speak today in a joint press conference with Mexican President Felipe Calderon. Why would Obama listen to Calderon tell him that something is unacceptable, when Calderon would never listen to Obama voice a parallel concern in Mexico without being outraged that Obama was being a colonialist, pushing his will where he has no sovereignty? No other country in the world just lets anyone and everyone enter their nation as Calderon demands Obama do. If Calderon is not being an ignorant hypocrite, why does he not speak out against the "fundamental human rights" abuses of every other nation on Earth? Sure the USA is one of their neighbors, but I think the fact that the USA is the closest nation on earth to not abusing those "fundamental human rights" and all others abuse them even worse is worthy of mention. Why did Obama, with all of his intellect and education, not even suggest the hypocrisy of this demand as politely as politicians are easily capable? Why did Obama respond to a question concerning American guns in Mexico without clearing up the obvious false pretense upon which the question was asked? Why did Obama participate in disseminating a lie by not correcting this false assumption? It's well documented. Why didn't Obama care about speaking the truth? Why doesn't Obama care about America's Sovereignty or being insulted by hypocrites? Shouldn't the President of the United States be above taking ignorant insults from hypocrites and apologizing to them for things that America hasn't done/isn't doing?
I'm just responding to the press conference after watching it. I'm not interested in reading what people are ignorant about. I pulled up a few articles to double check my statements concerning guns used in crimes in Mexico, for instance, but I didn't link them and I'm not interested in hearing what you don't know about (and so is presumed to be true/false as is convenient for making excuses for one's ideology). What insulted me is explained briefly above. Thoughts/feelings? Because I'm pretty sure Obama just insulted his people and bowed his head to insults from a foreign leader of an economic midget compared to the USA which cannot even defend its sovereignty from drug lords. I'm not liking Obama being such a weak, insulting, and embarrassing leader of my nation.