From the Obama becomes Bush files

This hubris and hard-headedness is enough to make one truly believe that it does not matter any longer who is president.  This is the world that 9-11 wrought.

This petulant childish behavior is enough to make one wonder how anyone (including me) ever thought Obama would be an improvement over the childish oppositional defiance of Bush. 

So - let's see:  The Obama administration, via the NSA leak, gets caught spying and outed by one of their contracted.  Of course, having committed to changing the tone in Washington, DC, to bring a new era of openness to government, Obama's response was immediately to acknowledge this over-reach and let the citizenry know what was going on.  Yea, right.  Instead, in their best Bush/Cheney imitation, he and his administration ask Putin for the head of Edward Snowden on a plate - and if you won't give it to us, we will stomp our feet and refuse to talk to you.  For one moment, imagine the tables were turned - as they have been before - and think about what would happen.  Honestly, when will Americans realize that the rest of the world no longer cares much what we think?

Wait - maybe it was not Snowden, but Russia's new law banning "gay propaganda"? See, what I do not understand here is why a nation that has been taken over by the notion cultural relativism - we cannot even question each others norms - the view that all cultures have value and must be understood on their own terms - now so vehemently wants to tell other cultures how to live. 

What the world see of us?  They watch our technological superiority lead to nothing more than mechanized remote-controlled death to mostly innocent civilians, creating more animosity and hate toward us as a nation.  They watch our government act like cold war Stalinists, wanting to bury any one who exposes their totalitarian-like surveillance of the population.  They see our society, wallowing in its own depravity, trying to tell them how to set their house in order.

No secret - I was an Obama voter (not supporter) - I have explained that before.  But his increasingly childish and petulant behavior, his continuing blatant political and partisan grandstanding and use of race-based maneuvering at the expense of presidential leadership, and his continuing adoption of Bush policies of confrontation abroad have taken away the luster and replaced it with bluster.  I have begun to cringe at the sound of his voice, much like I did with W.