Barack Obama...did he post a comment on my blog? Is someone impersonating the Presidential Candidate?

Yesterday, after I penned a post about "Joe the Plumber" calling Barack Obama a "Socialist", a blogger added a brief comment.

"WTF dudes. I’m not a socialist!"

Then, the individual proceeded to provide a link.

http://www.myblogaspresident.wordpress.com

Guess what?

The dude signed off as "Barack".

Golly, was this actually Barack Obama responding in person to my lowly blog???

When I clicked on the link, I was connected to a blog site which - for all intents-and-purposes - gave the impression of being an actual blog constructed by the Presidential hopeful.

An article on the first page noted that the "Economist" allegedly endorsed Barack Obama.

Take that, Joe!

Farther down the page, there is an article (allegedly posted by Barack) which touts his partnership on the campaign trail with Bill Clinton.

Maybe this is where the tip-off glaringly reared its ugly head.

Would the real Barack step beyond the bounds of good taste and make those earthy remarks about Bill in the political arena?

Also, there is a new post asking web surfers if they caught (his) thirty-minute infomercial on TV last night.

So, the blog is being updated currently.

It appears that the individual (if not Barack!) has deceitfully tried to give off the impression that it is an actual web site connected with (or endorsed by Barack).

For example, at the top of the blog page, there is a photo of Barack with the campaign web site address (www.barackobama.com) etched on its face.

If you click on the photo, the image "stutters" for a second, but remains at the blog site.

When I keyed in the "barackobama.com" address manually, I was transported to the actual site for Barack Obama, no problem.

Did this individual doctor the link so that web surfers would get the impression that they were at the actual blog page for the barackobama.com site?

Curious!

So, is this all just a prank, or has this individual elected to set up this site for some other sinister reason?

In view of the fact a number of web surfers (and potential voters) may actually be fooled by this site (if it is a spoof?) - one has to wonder - has there been an attempt to hijack Barack's identity for dubious reasons?

In that event, has a crime been committed?

You decide!

My original post may be viewed at:

www.julian1st.wordpress.com (Joe the Plumber)

Joe the Plumber...calls Obama a dirty name: Socialist!

On a high over his recent spat of publicity in the wake of his dialogue with John McCain, the man who caught the Nation's attention for about a nano-second - Joe the Plumber - has taken a ballsy political step and labelled Barack Obama a "socialist".

But, what is a socialist exactly?

According to the dictionary, Socialism pertains to:

*A theory or system of social organization that advocates the vesting of ownership and control of the means of production and distribution, of capital, land, etc., in the community as a whole.

*A procedure or practice in accordance with this theory.

And, here comes the scary one.

*The stage following capitalism (as in the Marxist theory) in the transition of a society to communism, characterized by the imperfect implementation of collectivist principles.

Golly, that's a mouthful, isn't it?

Here's my favorite from the new dictionary of cultural literacy (!)

"An economic system in which the production and distribution of goods are controlled substantially by the government rather than by private enterprise and in which cooperation rather than competition guides economic activity."

"There are many varieties of socialism. Some socialists tolerate capitalism, as long as the government maintains the dominant influence over the economy; others insist on an abolition of private enterprise."

"All communists are socialists, but not all socialists are communists."

On the heels of the crisis with the banks failing - and subsequent government intervention - many are inclined to argue that America may be ripe for a socialist phase in the near future.

In that event, is the government capable of micro-managing the affairs of its citizens, so there is economic justice for all in the final analysis?

Getting back to Obama, then.

Is this the change he talks about?

A new social "order"?

Bottom line?

You have to be cautious of any label that ends in the three little letters - "ist".

For example, communist, capitalist, and - socialist?

You decide!