In Obamaland, the impossible is possible, I suppose due to the overwhelming persuasive powers of Obama. Unfortunately in the Real World, where all of us with the exception of Barack Obama and his minions live, things like laws of physics, economics, and human nature do not bow to the Obama charm.
In Obamaland, we can add 40 million new subscribers to healtcare roles without stressing the the capacity of the existing system or raising costs. Sadly, according to all who just stop and think about it and also according to those in the CBO who actually crunch the numbers, Obamaland holds no connection to reality.
In Obamaland, bad people with hate in their hearts and nefarious plans in their brains will put aside their hate and join the community of peace through persuasive negotiations with the all feeling, all sensing, all healing Obama. In Obamaland, it is possible for weapons technology to be "banished from the face of the Earth". In the real world, bad people take advantage of the overconfident silliness of Obamaland dwellars. In the real world, people who actually take action when needed and drive results feel their heads explode when Obamaland platitudes suffice where firm action and resolve are needed.
Most dangerously for all of us, people in the real world, with real hate, real plans, and real weapons eat the lunch of those who live in Obamaland. Were Obama not the president of the United States, this would be just another heady idealist being shoved to irrelevance by things they ironically do not understand. However, Obamaland has moved into the White House and many people will suffer the economic consequences of his failures at a minimum. In the worst case scenario, a lot of people who live in the real world could die from the hubris of Obamaland and its disconnect from the reality of evil in the real world.
Obamaland is a great place for university professors, community organizers, and for young idealists short on real world experience. Obamaland is a bad place when decisions of consequence are at hand, when one must delineate between good and evil. The infinite shades of grey and idea that no one is wrong or bad they are just different doesn't play very well when one of those "different" from us in planning to blow Israel off the map. Obamaland doesn't translate very well into the real world in which we live. I guess we are finding that out a little too late.
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