Obama Seizes Situations, Earns Strong Citizen Support.
(EUGENE, Ore.) - President Obama has already earned the confidence and trust of the American people by his proven courage, concentration on the economy and on cooperation to build absolutely essential consensus.
He is courageously tackling head-on those multiple “overwhelming situations” left behind by a fleeing former White House Occupant --awaiting further word from Spain.
Here’s both the WHY and the HOW of the new President’s first 100 days.
You can easily find the fine, strong, growing record of accomplishments so far in other reports. When did any previous President seize a truly “threatening situation” situation so firmly in rebuilding one major component of our American bedrock industry - the American auto industry?
He even had to invoke Fiat, a foreign firm, now seen as surely essential to return efficient manufacture to the U.S., for the rescue of an historic, job-making American originator of the industry.
President Obama put honest, open priority on what is best for the business stakeholders, the partnership worker-unions, AND the commonweal in his Thursday special press conference.
The entire story was nationally broadcast for all “to see with own eyes” (AND, naturally, “evaluate with own mind, too!”)
Very properly, he denounced by detail those few lush-profit/seekers paralyzed by their own private interests in known-perilous hedge-funds --while all others involved “gave back until it hurt.”
What more American remediating/rescue/rebuilding effort must one see-and-hear in full, open detail? How more confident, confiding, comforting and consensus-building could he be?
Face-the-nation open, honest dialog denoting the demanded Fiat-Chrysler legal-process proceedings surely now should provide full proof --even for determined political-principle dissidents-- not only of his abilities but his fiery, soon-to-be-famous determination to build a truly action-Presidency in the interests of ALL the American people.
His fully-transparent “tell it like it really is” tone, this time with fully-detailed information for a public eager to hear-directly AND understand, sets a standard for all future public servant leaders to match. (“See with own eyes” shows all who did so that he spoke completely off-the-cuff, without T-Prompter.
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The only parallel is FDR’s “fireside chats”. But this was an open Press Conference, considerably tougher.) President Obama, one day after his first-100, was explaining the unavoidable necessity for an historic bankruptcy to make it possible to build historic industry leader Chrysler anew, despite destructive past situations forcing the company into crisis now.
Even in that difficult situation, he made clear and entirely understandable why a foreign firm is NOW an essential working component to accomplish a unique demanded forward step in American remediation of this “tipping point for a whole U.S. industry.”
That’s part of overall world fiscal/financial events forced by U.S. dereliction through desperate, dangerous “deregulation” of our own shaky, insensitive, greed-driven and extremely selfish fiscal/financial “entrepreneurs.” (Read dollar-snatching pirates profiting from the unprecedented properties of this once-a century situation.)
Next-step, sure to come, is to list fully, openly and for all to see, “comprehend, and compensate-by-action” the full details of each hedge-fund operation refusing the cooperative, consensus-building steps the President and his team were able to create. We owe them our full thanks, expressed in typical fashion by the full weight and determination of the American people via their own wit, wisdom and will.
That’s one well-deserved consequence-to-come from the courageous, open-statement by this just-beginning President --and it exemplifies for all his ongoing attitude and highly competent concentration on the real shaping responsibilities of the American Presidency. But there are far more already on record, too, for those who will set aside previous impatient demands that he “walk on water” within the first weeks, first term.
Some few continue to demand that he rapidly and immediately push every possible “Emergency Button”; provide ever more potent pattern-and-program progress --even if imperfect because rushed and therefore rash; and meanwhile satisfy every possible--even if improbable-- insistence on “how we see it.”
American government is --as, indeed, President Obama has stated-- precisely positioned like a massive ocean liner, built that way to preserve and protect its high presence on any otherwise-overwhelming wave. This ship of state may be ponderous, slow to shift direction, hard to turn even a few degrees in heading; But it has survived every storm --and will do so again, to bring its passengers safely to sunlit shores for further opportunity meant for ALL.
President Obama is in unique position to know and appreciate precisely what that can mean in any truly American life.
That truly American concept is now is in process of further proof by his accomplishments when opportunity arrived. with “overwhelming situations” still arriving. The prescient providers of our Constitution, the Founders famed for what they gave the world, knew the rough seas of governance from their own navigational experiences.
That’s why they worked as-they-did, via patience and proven process of ethical dialog, to bring the best thinking of historic philosophers into close relation and win consensus with the realities they faced then. They knew --and presciently provided for us-- the major means and mechanisms to protect, preserve and project that American way of life: Opportunity for all; assistance by government for those crucially needing it, as required, at all levels; and honest, open consensus reached democratically; to guide cooperation and wise action --always in the interests of the commonweal.
How well he has succeeded is only in the beginnings of basic proof-by-accomplishment; but already the wit, wisdom and will of the many millions now facing furious “new developments” --and “new and unique life-and-fortune difficulties”-- is on the public record.
Rising poll results, from authoritative sources, show clear and strong results reflecting widespread, well expressed understanding and appreciation for his attitude, concentration and continued wise efforts. Despite desperate effort by the now-disintegrating, dispirited and depressed minority, driven by their self imposed, deeply-embedded disinheritance from American values for many reasons --some seemingly “natural”, some surely psychological, some simply malign-- the many millions who gave this President his operational mandate have a multiplicity of reasons to be grateful for this first One Hundred Days.
That is WHY every thinking American, surveying this early scene, should have no problem in joining progress this nation is now set-to-make --by supporting with loyalty and personal action what is now clearly --and again very cleanly --underway by already-demonstrated courageous Presidential action.
That in no way precludes continuing probing, potent surveillance, and its resulting properly-Constituted dissent --always a democratic right, and surely the height of our chosen American Way.
Remember FDR. in similar situation: “Now make me do it!”. That way stresses not only demand-for consensus but the heart of American public opinion. Given the current particularly painful Un-informed and Mis-informed status of far too many Un-responsible Americans still avoiding full immersion in dialog to shape and supply ethical consensus rationally reached, can we hope for anything more until we correct that weakness damaging, potentially even destroying, our democracy?
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Reader’s Note:Quotes unattributed, shortened, summarized, and/or excerpted for space reasons; verbatim list on request to Editor with complete ID. For this “informed opinion” more than 40 sources were consulted, including 32 Internet 100-Day reports from national and international sources, collected within the past 24 hours. Full source list and links available on request to Editor with complete ID, as LMA report.
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Reader’s Note:See the Associated Press report for IMF summary of the current economic crisis: “Global recession deepest since Great Depression, IMF declares.” at registerguard.com. More than 40 sources, in standard reference books, current magazines, writer’s working files, and via the Internet, were utilized for “the facts converted into knowledge, shaping this ‘informed opinion’ for your convenience”. Full documentation available as LMA report, via complete ID and phone to Editor.
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At 21, Henry Clay Ruark was Aroostook Editor for the Bango, Maine DAILY NEWS, covering upper 1/4 of the state. In the ‘40s, he was Staff Correspondent, then New England Wires Editor at United Press-Boston; later Editor for the Burlington, Vermont 3-daily group owned by Wm. Loeb, later notorious at Manchester, New Hampshire UNION LEADER for attacks on Democratic Presidential candidates.
Hank returned to Oregon to complete M. Ed degree at OSU, went on to Indiana University for Ed.D. (abd) and special other course-work; was selected as first Information Director for NAVA in Washington, D.C.; helped write sections of NDEA, first Act to supply math, science, foreign language consultants to state depts. of education; joined Oregon Dept. of Education as NDEA administrator/Learning Media Consultant for tenyears.
He joined Dr. Amo DeBernardis at PCC, helping establish, extend programs, facilities, Oregon/national public relations; moved to Chicago as Editor/Publisher of oldest educational-AV journal, reformed as AV GUIDE Magazine; then established and operated Learning Media Associates as general communications consultant group. Due to wife’s illness, he returned to Oregon in 1981, semi-retired, and has continued writing intermittently ever since, joining S-N in 2004. His Op Eds now total over 560 written since then.
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