Obama opens a brand new can of Whoop-Ass hypocrisy

I read the following words at 4&20 and felt a sickness. It is Obama, the detestable mesmerizer, laying claim to the symbol of a man who sat in prison for 27 years courtesy of the government of South Africa, supported throughout by the United States. Here’s what our Con-Mander-In-Chief had to say:

“On behalf of our family we’re deeply humbled to stand where men of such courage faced down injustice and refused to yield. The world is grateful for the heroes of Robben Island, who remind us that no shackles or cells can match the strength of the human spirit.”

In 2008, the same year that Obama won the presidential election, Nelson Mandela was removed from the U.S. State Department terrorist “Watch List.” The absurdity of that list, with the nation that is the greatest source of terror on the planet contending that it can designate and watch other terrorists … can pass without comment. More to the point, I lack words. However, if you felt a sense of absurdity when Henry Kissinger won the Nobel Peace Prize in the face of near-genocidal behaviors, and again when Obama won it for no discernible reason, then we can agree that the award is cheap.

Nelson Mandela too won a Nobel. I think we can dispense with that prize. It doesn’t mean anything.

Nelson Mandela is a just a man. But he has also become a symbol, and because that symbol overcame apartheid, and we now all agree apartheid as practiced in South Africa is a bad thing (but OK in Palestine). In our propaganda system, it was necessary to transform Mandela from a “terrorist” to a symbol of courage and strength. So the man who presides over Guantanamo visited Robben Island and wrote the above words in the visitor’s book.

Absurdity: A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with one’s own opinion. (Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary)