Chairman Obama

This morning I was in a hearty discussion with a close friend over the value and use of outdated products. A strange and seemingly useless topic for an argument, yes, but we were merely attempting to pass time. Without warning, an acquaintance briefly interjected the conversation with a statement intended to bolster my already strong position.

“Obama says that change is good. In fact, sometimes everyone needs change.”

A simple pair of sentences, yes, yet ones that were meant to have great meaning. However, instead of using my friends words to my advantage, I stopped, and realized what the naive friend had just done. Obviously one under the spell of Obama’s charismatic personality, powerful speeches, and driving message, he had done something I had hoped would never come to America.

Barack Obama, with his books and speeches, has imprinted his message of hope and change on many of the youth of this nation. In this, he has joined a special elite group of men across history. However, it isn’t the group of men you would of thought. Obama is slowly joining the ranks of Lenin, Stalin, and Mao Zedong, but not for any obvious reasons. These leaders all ingrained their doctrine into the minds of the population, and created a way of life from their words. See my point? For example, depending on my location in time and place, my same friend could of just as easily said;

“Chairman Mao says that change is good. The anti-communists must be gotten rid of.”

Or

“Comrade Stalin says that change is good. It is our responsibility to move forward and match the west.”

However, now that I think about it, this country does need a little cultural revolution, and what better to do it than two consecutive 4 year plans?