In the movie Star Trek II, The Wrath of Khan, Mr. Spock says to Admiral Kirk,
“He is intelligent, but not experienced; his pattern indicated two dimensional thinking”
This perhaps is one of the best descriptions of President Obama, and yet more accurately applies to members of the house and senate. As a former Military Intelligence Analyst as well as a former Crime Analyst, I believe that these elected officials share the traits of not only children, but career criminals as well.
They know what they want, they think of ways to get it, but are oblivious to the consequences of their actions, the key third dimension in any logical thought process is addressing the ramifications of the action in trying to achieve the goal.
They consistently design legislation and regulation perhaps with the best of intentions (questionable in recent years) yet fail to take the time to actually look at what impact their decisions will have. There are real consequences for every decision we make, especially when it is done spur of the moment or in the heat of the moment. Doing something for the sake of doing something usually does not have the desired results, and even if you achieve the desired result, what impact did that decision have on another aspect of your life. Yet they do their damage, move on and leave others to clean up their messes.
If you decide that you want to reduce your energy bill by installing replacement windows you have some decision to make. Do you have the money to buy low end windows or do you want the most expensive windows in existence? Do your finances allow you to get cheaper windows and pay for them all at once or will you opt for financing. If you go low end will the seals and frame hold together?, if not will you have to expend more money to replace the replacement windows? If you go high end and finance them have you the ability within your existing budget to adjust the monthly payment on them without throwing you closer to the edge of financial ruin.
Most of us face these decisions every day, and we deliberate the cost/benefit ratios. The problem with our elected officials is that they do not do that, they make wild predictions about currency reserves and deficits based upon unknown circumstances years in advance. The average citizen makes these decisions based upon a projection in weeks, not years.
We know what we want, and we plan on how to achieve it, fewer and fewer families are willing to continue deficit spending in our own lives and circumstance, we need to demand that those in Washington do the same. The things being forced down the throats of the citizens of this country are going to generate a massive case of acid reflux and those who have doled out this swill, regardless of party affiliation are going to be the ones who are regurgitated out of office.
We the people ask that they stop rushing legislation through before it is read by those who are going to have to pay the bills. We demand that this tyrannical exploitation of the common good which is held by all lawful citizens be stopped.
It is time that Two Dimensional Thinking be replaced with dutiful debate and consideration. We have to stop operating in crisis mode, and survey the entire landscape for the most correct path out of the difficulties we are in. We cannot continue to allow those whose primary consideration remains the retention of their power over us to be the driving force in their thought processes. We the people deserve better.
Born in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania, married over 30 years to a wonderful woman, with 1 daughter and three grandchildren.
Steve has served an Intelligence Analyst in the U.S. Army and as a Analyst for a municipal Police Department.
He founded Conservative Army and Conservative Army Gear, USA in response to what he believes are the continued assaults on our nation and way of life.
Steve, In the 80’s I worked for a man who said he was the F. Lee Bailey of Canada. He had reached the end of his crier and the only cases he took were the spectacular ax murderers and serial killers.
He had obviously been extremely successful and had no reason to exaggerate. It was interesting to hear of all the strange characters he had defended.
He said the idea of a Master Criminal is a myth. They tend to do things seem like a good idea at the moment. I am thinking our congressmen seem to operate on the same principles.
Skook, I think they think” it seemed like a good thing to do at the moment, but they also consider how will this get me relected and how will it increase my stock portfolio?”
@Randy:
You give too much credit to them for “thinking it’s a good idea at the moment”. When they start campaigning for office again at the very moment their current opponent has conceded an election, you know they are only out for themselves and care little to nothing about how their votes affect the populace.
if I understand STEVE, IT WOULD mean; oops, I have an idea today, what can I do to help me?
and what can I say for them to help me,
But you are not bothered by President Bush’s many increases of the debt ceiling (Oh, I know, those pesky Democrats forced him to do that) or his attack on Iraq as an answer to the Saudi 9/11 attack? Had President Bush not started his Modern Crusades we’d be in good financial shape.
I entirely agree that Americans, and most other people, use two-dimensional thinking and can’t see the consequences of their action. Claiming President Obama and liberals are the epicenter of two-dimensional thinking is one-dimensional.
CateManhatten, but they are in the WHITE HOUSE now, aren’t they?
and pushing rules and regulations down your throat now,
with two dimensional directions, each one defacto of the other,
so the people are confuse about it, and want out.
bye
The one point that you all miss is that the ones you reference as “they” all have handlers! Does the name Rothschild or Bilderberg come to mind? Bet you that “they” are thinking three-dimensionally.
Charles Lucier
yes, I believe that even that they work hard to be out of the public scrutiny,
they have put in place dominos, but why this one?
which doesn’t fit their goal,
but maybe it does, because by coming from the back door, the continue to exploit
the most hard heads of the WORLD, and with a propaganda it seems to work in minds of unaware PEOPLE,
so face they win, and back they win. smart is in it,
we can call it a GLOBAL achievement of rowdy but peaceful integration,
what come next? the 4 rth dimension needed to return to the 1rst dimension? this one I can see the most ugly one
bye
@ilovebeeswarzone: They needed the black vote! I want to know how stupid Americans are that they actually elected a president on one word? “CHANGE!” His entire cabinet are Bilderbergs. Just about every post he appointed to was a Bilderberg or Rothschild crony. I guess “they’ figured that people wouldn’t say anything about the black man because if you do you will be labeled a racist. Just like you can’t criticize Israel without being called anti-Semitic. Conveniently the Rothschilds control Israel pretending to be Jewish. He is a Khazar just like “all” of the Ashkenazi Jews and are not genetically connected to the Biblical Hebrews in any way.
Charles Lucier
that is quite interesting, and new to my knowledge, I had learned of BILDENBERG,SOME YEARS AGO, THERE WAS THAT CANADIAN WOMAN STARTING A NEW PARTY THE WORD TRILATERAL WAS IN THE CONVERSATION, LIKE A MERGING OF CANADA, USA AND MEXICO IN ONE UNIQUE COUNTRY, AND MENTIONNED HOW IMPORTANT
SHE HAD TO BE WINNING BEFORE THE NEXT NOVEMBER, WHICH SHE WOULD BE ABLE TO STOP THAT MERGING, I was wondering then why NOVEMBER,
I think it was before the 2008, BUT SHE WAS CANADIAN, and lead the readers to the BILDENBERG PLACE WHERE NAMES OF PEOPLE GATHERD ON A VERY HIGH CLASS SECRET HOTEL,
THE GUESS WHERE KINGS AND QUEENS AND TOP JOB AMERICAN, I remember VAN JONES NAME PLUS BERNANKE AND GEITNER, FROM USA, THEN AGAIN 2011, FROM A COMMENTER HERE, IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE, AND NOW WITH YOU, AND AGAIN IT make me think of NEXT NOVEMBER
COMING WITH THE BIG QUESTION,
COULD IT BE THAT IF OBAMA WIN, THAT TRILATERAL MERGER COULD HAPPEN?
I DON’T think CANADA WOULD AGREE TO IT, but the power could be force on it by let’s say a war?
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