The Zen of Mountain Biking and Political Expressions

One of my favorite pastimes is mountain biking.   My mountain biking companion is Mansi (my dog).  Yesterday, we went to one of our favorite local places – the Marsh Creek Lake Park. 


My loyal mountain biking partner, Mansi, next to my Cannondale MTB



My favorite playground -- Marsh Creek Lake Park
 

I was flying down a single track trail on a nice fall day with the landscape around me presenting the beautiful fall colors of north east Pennsylvania. Mansi was running ahead or next to me (except for real quick down hills) effortlessly showing a muscular body of a magnificent looking animal full of confident strength. I enjoy watching Mansi’s muscles displaying a symphony of purpose during a full speed gallop and fast trots reminding videos of wolves during a hunt.

On a single track mountain biking trail one has to occasionally overcome obstacles. I typically scale fallen tree branches or negotiate my way over larger rocks. The technique scaling larger branches has to be fairly precise – getting enough speed, I lift my front wheel barely hitting the branch and then pull up on my pedals just in time for the rear wheel to go over the branch. This way I almost jump over the branch with minimum impact (or ideally no impact, but I am not that good).

Yesterday, however, it took me some time to warm up and perfect my technique. Jumping over first couple of tree branches my timing was off, and I hit the branches with my wheels harder than I hopped. My Cannondale Lefty’s shocks did their work and I stayed on the bike. Every time this happened I thought to myself “well this was not optimum need to improve next time.”

After thinking this in my head, I instantly remembered the same expression Obama used as a response to Jon Stewart: “Here is what I will say, if four Americans get killed it is not optimal.” Really?! I thought. Even if I really mess up on the next obstacle and take a fall, I would not call this “not optimum,” I would think something like “this was really bad”or “shit, I hope I was not hurt too badly.”

Obama’s use of this word to describe the death of four Americans in the hands of Jihadists was not only a bad use of words; it was a window into his thought process. The same time he said “you did not build it”referring to people who built their own businesses. Well Mr. President, their deaths was not only“not optimal”, their death was a result of your attitude towards the war on Jihadists Islam and terrorism – of course, you do not recognize that there is war and this is a big part of the problem. The attack on the Benghazi consulate did not fit the Obama administration campaign narrative, so they tried to cover it up and make excuses. Now there is a growing mountains of evidence that they even refused to provide help to the attacked consulate in a hope that this is just a minor skirmish not wanting to attract attention.

So let’s hope that this incident was more than “not optimal” for the Obama campaign. That as the American people learn more facts, they conclude that Obama not only failed in his domestic economic policies, but in his handling of foreign affairs and our security as well, and in November the American people send this President permanently packing to his home in Chicago. Let’s elect someone who is capable of handling our economy and foreign policy more optimally, while preserving the American values.

Shocking New Revelation of "The Uniter In Chief"

Not long ago I had a discussion with one of my relatives.  She told me that she is leaning to vote for Obama again because he seems as a nice and intelligent person and that anyway no one can do anything to improve the current economy -- so the logic goes, if Romney cannot do anything anyway, then why not vote for a person that seems nice.  Obviously, I disagree with her.  I know that her opinion is based on lack of understanding of the differences between Romney’s principles and Obama’s in managing the economy and that there is plenty of historic evidence that point to assured success of those economic principles that Romney/Ryan advocate.  I have no doubt that once Romney is elected, the economy will significantly improve and United States will return to its glory both from economic and international affairs perspectives within several years.  But this is not the subject of this message (I will do what I can to educate this person on why conservative principles were and will be more successful for our well-being in America).  I would like to address the premise that Obama is a nice person.

I would like to bring your attention to the recent uncovered video by The Daily Caller of Obama’s speech at Hampton University in Virginia, where Barack Obama gave a speech to an audience of predominately black ministers INCLUDING his pastor of twenty years, Rev. Jeremiah Wright.  The video which captured his pronouncements is stunning for two reasons: 1) It shows Obama (fake accent and all) stirring racial unrest, and 2) It proves that the media won't cover the real Barack Obama. In this video then-presidential candidate Barack Obama tells an audience of black ministers that the U.S. government shortchanged Hurricane Katrina victims because of racism!  The racially charged and at times angry speech undermines Obama's carefully-crafted image as a leader eager to build bridges between ethnic groups. For nearly 40 minutes, using an accent he almost never adopts in public, Obama describes a racist, zero-sum society, in which the white majority profits by exploiting black America. The mostly black audience shouts in agreement. The effect is closer to an Al Sharpton rally than a conventional campaign event.  I highly recommend to refer to the following link for a full story which includes the link to the full video: http://www.gopusa.com/theloft/2012/10/03/shocking-video-reveals-the-real-barack-obama/?subscriber=1

So, Barack Obama is not such a “nice guy” as my relative, and many other naive people think.  Barack Obama is the most divisive President in the recent U.S. history.  Many experts say that he is a great politician.  I do not agree that he is a great politician.  A good politician (Democrat or Republican) would have the skills to unite the nation around him.  A good politician would know how to compromise for the benefit of the nation.  Barak Obama may be a great dirty politician in a sense of knowing how to lie, deceive, and use divisiveness to promote his far left ideology.

Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are two honest people that have the best plan to save this nation.  But if you think that Barack Obama is a “nice guy” – you better think again.  Anyone would be a better president than Barak Obama.