The Roots of Obama's Rage

I just finished reading Dreams from My Father, 1995 by Barak Obama.   The book indeed does closely follow the themes outlined in a book about President Obama by Dinesh D'Souza.   Why does Mr. Obama do what he does?  What motivates him?  How can we understand him?  This book goes a long way to explain these things, and I highly recommend it.  Thanks to my friend Bill for recommending it.   You can read my review/summary by clicking below:

 

A Book Review by Bernie Iven: The Roots of Obama's Rage by Dinesh D'Souza

 

Please click here>>>>  http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/127081842

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After you read the review, below is an analogy between the Obama way of thinking and the American Conservative habits of thought.....

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Check out this photo.  It's a photo of the world at night.   From it, you can see the developed parts of the globe because of the lights.   

 

http://www.princeton.edu/~ina/images/infographics/lights_earth.jpg

 

There are two ways to look at this photo. 

 

In the anti-neocolonialist vision, the world is finite, and it not being fair that some parts of the world have lights and others don't, then what needs to happen is for the developed world to use less energy, so that the world will be equally dark, equally powerless.

 

In the free market vision, the world is continually surpassing limits.... and... gee, there sure are a lot of dark places in the world.   What can we do to bring light and power there too?

 

Best Wishes,

 

Bernie

 

PS.  Did Obama actually write this book?  I don't know.