Mooch Says “No One Gets Where They Are On Their Own”…

Well, good for you then. Have a great evening.

Just because she didn't doesn't mean that thousands of Americans haven't made it on their own. Who the hell cares what that unAmerican America hating excuse thinks anyway.

That's typical of liberals: never admit that such a thing as individual incentive exists.

How in the hell is this rhetoric supposed to inspire people to work to succeed at anything?

So is dropping out of college a part of success?

It depends on what you do once you drop out. If you do something else that makes you happy and leads you to something positive then it CAN be a success. College isn't for everyone.

Trashing a positive roll model like Michelle Obama, who is an inspiration to 69% of the population for encouraging people to get an education, to exercise and eat right is not what I call a positive thing to do with your life. Or a gentlemanly thing to do either. I despised Laura Bush's husband , but I never attacked her for his monumental faults. She was a decent person who never offended anyone and so is Michelle Obama. Too bad you find it necessary to attack a woman who has never done anything but be example to people of all races and creeds.

I find Michelle Obama to be a phony-Just like her husband. I have no respect for either of them. You're entitled to your opinion and I'm entitled to mine.

Well I have none for a classless slime like you so I guess we are even.

That's because so many of the people that respond to these posts are just pathetic losers that complain about anything. It is disgusting what they stoop to in responding to these types of questions.

You're certainly 100% correct there. The things they call Michele are despicable and beyond all reason. I wonder how they would like their mates referred to in such a revolting manner.

You're seriously complaining about her family values?

I swear, they can criticize anything, no matter what is said. It's disgusting.

That's the gawdawful truth, Tarheel.

You have that right!

Boy they sure are trying hard to justify, soften and explain the "you didn't build it" Obama gaff. How many times will that 'theme' be in his and her speeches until the election? I bet all of them.

They have added that slogan as a campaign tactic to promote their race/class
warfare......... divisive tactics!

I THINK that's what she's talking about, RJ. But she was using people, instead of concepts.

So, if "society" is people working together, you really DIDN'T "build that all by yourself" -- and you agree with the President and Mrs. Obama. Wow.

No, not at all. But at least you admit to the plain meaning of his words.

(BTW - he never said "you didn't build that by yourself". He said: you didn't build that. Period. )

There is a world of difference between saying that we live in a society, and obviously no one can do everything themselves***, and saying that "you didn't build that."

As part of the social contract, we agree to give over certain functions to others. But that has never meant, until first Lying Dog Warren and now both 0bama Presidents have stated it, that someone didn't build their business by themselves. With the social contract as the background to everyone's activities, we have all agreed - until now - that individuals get the credit for their individual achievements.

The 0bama Presidents are attempting to subvert that 250-year-old American, and almost universal, tradition.


*** Although in fact there have been cases of people living that way and doing quite well.

"If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business -- you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn’t get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet.

The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together. There are some things, just like fighting fires, we don’t do on our own. I mean, imagine if everybody had their own fire service. That would be a hard way to organize fighting fires."

THAT is what he said. Verbatim. Not one sentence taken out of context. You might want to memorize the first sentence of the 2nd paragraph before you overflow again: "THE POINT IS, IS THAT WHEN WE SUCCEED, WE SUCCEED BECAUSE OF OUR INDIVIDUAL INITIATIVE, BUT ALSO BECAUSE WE DO THINGS TOGETHER."

Get it? Individual initiative AND cooperation. The Obamas are NOT "attempting to subvert that 250-year-old American, and almost universal, tradition." You, otoh, may be trying to subvert common sense. Find another soapbox; this one's collapsed.

Great post. I think that the people who keep pounding on this really have some issues. Even more ridiculous, it the fact that the republicans had "We built this" sign at their convention. (Ironic, though, that they had the national debt numbers under it. lol)

Thanks. :)

Again, at least you agree to what he said, and aren't trying to spin it to something totally different than the plain meaning of the words.

The key phrase is this:

If you’ve got a business -- you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.

There are only two possibilities here:

a) He's making the single most trivial point any sitting President has ever made - that we all live in society - or

b) There's something more to the point he's making, which is that no individual truly deserves the credit for his accomplishments.

So which is it?

Just because you say "The key phrase is..." doesn't mean that's a FACT. That's just your opinion. You can't admit that.

Your options are also only your opinions.

No, I'm not spinning the words -- nor am I making up some lame "deduction" and trying to pass it off as logic.

Let's say It was "the single most trivial point..." So the bloody hell what? Having decided that (for yourself, I'm not agreeing, this is hypothetical), why don't you just shut up and move on? I am. Bye.

"Shut up and move on."

Is that your final answer?

What a joke you are.

That is true

Especially that piss poor excuse of a family getting there in the tax payer`s dime.

She thinks that, thats not even controversy to a lefty.

The commies are relying on their support base to continue being brain dead sheep.

The 0bama campaign is doubling down on stupid.

She's spewing that old african proverb the same as hitlery did? That may be true in africa but doubt the same applies here...

Right. Car pools don't exist. Baby-sitting doesn't exist. Neighborhood co-ops don't exist. Church picnics don't exist. Rotary doesn't exist. Neighbors never help each other out.

NO ORGANIZATION OR PERSON IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES HELPS ANYONE ELSE DO ANYTHING. Really?

How did you get the computer you wrote this question on? Buy it? Go to a library and use a public terminal? Either way you needed others to get it. You didn't just snap your fingers and have it magically appear.

I never used a car pool. I never used a baby sitter.
Didn't have neighbors or a neighborhood (I lived in the country). I considered myself self efficient and if anything needed to be done I did it.

So... what's your point?

Using the computer as an example is just plain assinine... I'm sure they wanted to sell it as much if not more than I wanted to buy it!

You sound lonely. You should be.

I prefer it that way... Thank you!

I was brought up to be independent. And not to count on others and that way of life has never failed me!

Do you drive on a road to get to work? You are being nonsensical. No one lives in a vacuum.

I don't work! Any more stupid questions? And if I did drive on the road to get to work I'd figure my taxpayer money paid for my fair share!

Exactly, that's the point.