The ROOT RANT:

As published at FoxNews.com on 5/21/13

 

By Wayne Allyn Root

Remember Kevin Cosner’s movie, “No Way Out”? President Obama could star in the remake. Either he knew about the IRS scandal and he should be impeached…or he knew nothing about it, and he should resign for incompetence. Take your pick.

The reasons I believe he is lying is because I’ve never heard of a CEO who knows nothing going on under his own command.

Certainly Obama has always given the impression he knows everything going on. When it came to his big success- the killing of Osama bin Laden- the Obama White House was quick to take full credit. We heard the narrative that Obama was involved in all the planning. He knew every minute detail. Obama was the hands-on CEO. It was Obama’s kill.

It was like a UFC Championship bout to the death: Osama versus Obama. That’s certainly what the public relations spinners at the Obama White House wanted us to believe.

But suddenly when it comes to the IRS scandal, Obama morphed from Chuck Norris to Sgt. Shultz of “Hogan’s Heroes.” He knew…NOTHING. He heard…NOTHING. He saw…NOTHING. Suddenly it’s a big government and no one man can know what’s going on under his command. Suddenly he is the ultimate hands-off CEO. Suddenly he was too busy on the golf course.

Even when the Obama White House was briefed on the IRS scandal during election season, senior aides told Obama nothing. Why on earth would you mention to the CEO that a massive scandal is being investigated that involved his own employees acting like gangsters to destroy his critics and opponents. No one would inform a CEO about a little thing like that, right?

The first time the President of the United States found out was on a Friday a couple of weeks ago- like the rest of us. We are to believe he was watching CNN and they mentioned this IRS scandal. And Obama turned to his Chief of Staff and said, “Wow, those IRS dudes really went rogue!”

Suddenly Obama gets his news about what his own government is up to from the media. This would be funny, if it wasn’t tragic.

We’re being lied to by our own President. He knew about the IRS scandal, because it was his White House doing the targeting. I am living proof. I am a witness to how bad this scandal really is- with a personal story of IRS harassment and persecution to make your toes curl. I’m Obama’s outspoken Columbia University classmate, who happened to be in the media day and night criticizing him. You think he never noticed? You think Valerie Jarrett, David Axelrod, and Rahm Emanuel never noticed?

Suddenly out of the blue I found myself under massive IRS attack. Pure coincidence, you think? Just low-level rogue employees acting on their own, you think? Just a case of low-level nobodies at the IRS willing to risk losing their jobs, salaries, pensions…and of course risk going to jail.

All to intimidate a small businessman who just happens to be a college classmate and critic of the President? You think they got this idea all on their own? They went rogue out of the Las Vegas office of the IRS, at the same time other low-level IRS employees went rogue out of the Cincinnati, Fresno and Washington DC offices.

These same low-level career bureaucrats that decided to profile, target, and persecute me, also chose to persecute Billy Graham, James Dobson, a Catholic professor, a St. Louis TV anchorman, a Fox News host, various radio talk show hosts, and everyone associated with Tea Party groups, conservative foundations, Jewish Pro Israel groups, and any group daring to educate the public about the U.S. Constitution? And all of this was decided “on the fly” by low level employees, in different offices, with no coordination, and no orders from above. Really? I’ve got a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn.

But let’s assume for a moment that Obama really knew nothing about all this. Well that’s almost as damning as if he knew. That would make him the most incompetent and clueless CEO in history.

Let’s use the example of a CEO of a public company on Wall Street. He steps up to the podium with cameras flashing and says, “There was an organized mafia-style intimidation and extortion scheme going on among my employees…with the intent to destroy my competitors. I never knew a thing about it. I was not involved. I found out this morning by watching CNN. I’m as shocked as you.”

Note: this is where the audience laughter drowns out the CEO. The next series of events are clear. The Board terminates this CEO on the spot. The company announces a lawsuit to recover all his salary and stock options. The SEC announces an indictment and he is prosecuted under RICO statues for fraud, racketeering and extortion. He loses everything and goes to prison.

There you have it folks. This IRS scandal did involve a rogue employee. That rogue employee is our rogue President.

Rest assured you’ve only seen the tip of the iceberg. This IRS scandal will soon get much worse. And it will lead to the President himself- if the media does their job.

But if it turns out that Obama really knew nothing…if he was too busy playing golf to bother with running his own government…then the problem is even worse than we imagined. In that case, we have a CEO who knows nothing running the U.S. economy and commanding the U.S. military.

God help America.

 

 

Wayne Allyn Root is a Capitalist Evangelist, serial entrepreneur, and Libertarian-conservative media commentator. He is a former Libertarian vice presidential nominee. He serves as Executive Vice Chairman of the Conservative Caucus in Washington DC. Wayne’s latest book is the National Bestseller: The Ultimate Obama Survival Guide: How to Survive, Thrive and Prosper During Obamageddon. Wayne’s twitter: http://twitter.com/WayneRoot/

 

 

By Wayne Allyn Root

 

The IRS scandal just gets bigger and bigger. No ordinary scandal, this is the very definition of an un-American, Joe McCarthy-style persecution. This is Gambino Crime Family criminal behavior. We now officially know America is being run by a gangster government, the Obama Crime Family.

The real question is “Will the same IRS (or IRS-like bureaucracy) that targeted and persecuted conservatives, GOP donors, Tea Party groups, Pro Israel Jewish Groups, Christian groups, Pro Life groups, and outspoken critics of the President (like me), now use Obamacare to deny us medical care?”

Will these same thugs use the process to frustrate, intimidate or slow it down just long enough…to allow us to die?

Think I’m kidding? Exaggerating? The IRS official that targeted and persecuted conservatives is the EXACT same executive assigned to oversee the IRS office of Obamacare. This couldn’t happen in a fictional horror movie, without media critics charging it’s absurd and unrealistic.

This is the same IRS that asked questions such as “What books do your members read?” “What is the content of the PRAYERS of your members?” “Please send us all your Facebook posts” and “Send us the list of your donors.” Now they are in charge of your healthcare.

Will the same litmus test be in place? Before granting approval for expensive medical treatment, will we be asked what groups we belong to? What books we read? What is the content of our prayers? Will they look at our Facebook postings before deciding if we’re worthy of receiving expensive medical care?

Just as the groups who dared to teach American citizens about the U.S. Constitution were targeted and denied tax exempt status, will those of us who dare to believe in the U.S. Constitution be denied the health care we need to save our lives?

A close friend headed a large Tea Party group in Florida. Every Board member was audited and intimidated by the IRS. Do you doubt that this same IRS (or whatever thug-like bureaucracy they put in charge of approving medical care) might make it difficult or impossible for these same Tea Party Board members to get permission for necessary medical care?

Soon after asking President Obama a couple of tough questions, a television anchorman in St Louis was audited by the IRS. Will any member of the media who criticizes the President (or even worse- any government agency) have a hard time getting approval for medical care?

Another friend, a successful hedge fund CEO, attended a Romney fundraiser. Within 60 days, almost everyone who wrote a check to Romney’s campaign was targeted for painful audits by the IRS. Will large GOP donors be denied medical treatment by these same corrupt government bureaucrats? Will Wall Street CEO’s be denied medical care for the sin of “being rich” in Obama’s America?

Will the Obama Crime Family deny medical care to anyone who criticizes the President in the media? I’ve been doing it nonstop for 4 years, and as a result, I faced a massive IRS attack. I was profiled, targeted, and marked for financial destruction. In the future, with the IRS or an IRS-like bureaucracy in charge of Obamacare, will I be put on “Obama Enemies List” and denied lifesaving medical care?

After what I’ve gone through let me assure you, the threat and intimidation is serious enough to make even someone as patriotic and committed to freedom as me, think twice. I can stand the heat.  But am I really willing to put the lives of my wife and children at risk?

Are you aware the IRS shared confidential tax information of conservative organizations with their liberal opposition? It now appears they shared Mitt Romney’s confidential tax information with Obama’s Presidential Campaign Co-Chairman. With the IRS in charge of Obamacare, will the confidential medical records of GOP candidates now be shared with their Democratic opponents?

Am I suggesting the IRS and other executive branch Obamacare bureaucracies are capable of murder? No, of course not. They’ll just play politics with your medical care, the same way they used the power of the IRS to bleed the finances of Obama’s critics.

They will:

*Slow pay your bills

*Repeatedly lose your medical requests or bills

*Deny permission just long enough that you’ll be denied your chance to live.

*Compound your illness by adding frustration and stress, thereby cutting years off your life.

*Approve only 50% of your bills for cancer treatment, while paying 100% for Obama donors.

*Or maybe they’ll just extort Obama’s enemies- by offering to pay for the medical care you need, as long as you never appear again on Fox News or conservative talk radio.

You know- “little stuff” like that.

The liberal media laughed when conservatives warned about “Death Panels” manned by government bureaucrats deciding whether you get the treatment you need to live or die. They accused us of paranoia and conspiracy theories. Well who’s laughing now? We were right. 

Then, there’s the Associated Press scandal.  It’s clear the media better stay in line. Write a story that Obama doesn’t appreciate and you’ll soon find your medical care denied, or delayed by the Obama Crime Family too.

Forget “Death Panels.” Now we must fear TARGETED DEATH PANELS.

 

Wayne Allyn Root is a Capitalist Evangelist, serial entrepreneur, and Libertarian-conservative media commentator. He is a former Libertarian vice presidential nominee. He serves as Executive Vice Chairman of the Conservative Caucus in Washington DC. Wayne’s latest book is the National Bestseller: The Ultimate Obama Survival Guide: How to Survive, Thrive and Prosper During Obamageddon. Wayne’s twitter: http://twitter.com/WayneRoot/

 

By Wayne Allyn Root

 

We are dealing with a modern-day Nixon.

The IRS just admitted to targeting and intimidating conservative and Tea Party groups. But why? The answer- the IRS thought a quick apology and throwing a few “low level employees” under the bus could nip it in the bud and make it all go away. They’re wrong. This will be one of the biggest scandals in U.S. political history- if the media does their job.

This IRS scandal is a threat to everything America stands for. It’s why we fought a revolution against King George. It’s one of the main ways the left brought down Richard Nixon- they accused Nixon of targeting political opponents with IRS attacks to intimidate and silence them. These attacks were prominently included in Nixon’s “Articles of Impeachment” and should be in Obama’s too- if the media does their job. 

How do I know?

Because I am the face of Obama’s IRS attacks. I am proof of how bad it is, when it started, that it was directed at individuals as well as groups, and that it did not involve only “low level IRS employees.” 

It did not involve only “low level IRS employees.” It did not happen in only one year (2012). It does not involve one office in Cincinnati. It was a widespread attack (mine emanated from the Las Vegas IRS office). It goes to the top of the IRS, it started early in Obama’s Presidency, and you can bet your last dollar that it was all conducted upon direct orders of the Obama White House. 

Most importantly, I’m living proof it was directed at individuals- with the intent of ruining our lives. It almost ruined mine.

Here is my personal story. I’m a small businessman, but also a national media personality with a megaphone. I’m an outspoken critic of Obama. My views are seen by millions on Fox News Channel, and read at conservative web sites like FoxNews.com.

The result? In January, 2011 an unprecedented IRS attack was launched against me. My personal story of IRS attack was covered extensively by conservative media. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2012/10/08/outspoken-obama-classmate-the-president-used-the-irs-to-punish-me-through-18-month-witch-hunt

In 30 years of doing business, I’ve had a spotless tax record. And I had never heard a peep from the IRS. The attack was so over-zealous and out of bounds, I was forced to hire one of this nation’s top tax attorneys, who took my case to court where we won a 100% victory. My relief at being vindicated lasted FIVE DAYS. Then the IRS announced a new tax audit against me.  

My attorney had never heard of such a thing and, before me, assumed it wasn’t possible. The many legal and accounting experts (who drained my savings) all agreed this could only happen if I was on “Obama Enemies List.”

The attack was chilling and intimidating, affecting every aspect of my life. It was meant to bleed me dry, and teach me a lesson- if you dare to criticize Obama, get ready to lose everything. 

If you think it was just myself or a few Tea Party groups targeted, I’ve got a bridge in Brooklyn to sell you. I’ve done the research. The IRS targeted more than just groups- they targeted outspoken opponents of Obama and large GOP donors. And you can bet neither IRS agents, nor their IRS bosses, would take such actions without specific directions from Obama’s White House.   

This is all a pattern. See what Obama and Hillary (his Secretary of State) have done to the whistleblowers and members of the CIA and military who know what truly happened in Benghazi. See General Petraeus and his affair.  Given his continued silence, I can only imagine what other threats Obama is holding over his head.

Or take the rating agencies who downgraded the credit of America. Both were indicted by the federal government soon after daring to confirm America’s economic decline under Obama.

In my new bestselling book, “The Ultimate Obama Survival Guide,” I disclose how Obama is purposely implementing the plan of two Columbia University professors to overwhelm America’s economic system with massive spending, entitlements and debt, in order to destroy capitalism, bankrupt business owners (ie conservative donors) and incite crisis (that always leads to bigger government). It is a plan Obama learned at Columbia using the tactics from Saul Alinsky’s book “Rules for Radicals.” That book encourages distortion, lies, and intimidation- because “the ends justify the means.” 

How do I know this is a purposeful plan? Because I was Obama’s Columbia University Class of ’83 classmate, while we were being taught this specific plan. Now you know why he was so interested in intimidating and silencing me.

This IRS scandal gets bigger by the day. The latest development is that top IRS officials and lawyers were in fact aware of this scandal since 2011 (the very year I was targeted).

http://hotair.com/archives/2013/05/11/breaking-senior-irs-officials-knew-of-targeting-conservative-groups-in-2011/

It gets worse. It turns out the IRS was targeting Pro-Israel Jewish groups. It’s now gone from political targeting to racism and anti-semitism.

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/348013/irs-inquisition-update

“Enough is Enough.” It’s time our elected representatives in Congress find the courage to face up to Obama’s culture of lies, cover-ups and criminal intimidation. Nixon was forced from office for a combination of Watergate and IRS attacks on opponents. It’s time for Congress to act against a President who has the exact same combination- Benghazi (which involves murder, not burglary) and unconstitutional IRS attacks.

Obama deserves the same fate– IMPEACHMENT!

 

Wayne Allyn Root is a Capitalist Evangelist, serial entrepreneur, and Libertarian-conservative media commentator. He is a former Libertarian vice presidential nominee. He serves as Executive Vice Chairman of the Conservative Caucus in Washington DC. Wayne’s latest book is the National Bestseller: The Ultimate Obama Survival Guide: How to Survive, Thrive and Prosper During Obamageddon. Wayne’s twitter: http://twitter.com/WayneRoot/

 

 

By Wayne Allyn Root 


When did the media lose all objectivity? When did America become a Banana Republic that refuses to allow opponents of Barack Obama free speech? When did the media decide to cross the line from journalists presenting all viewpoints, to political hacks promoting only one side (and blackballing the other)? When did the media decide censorship was acceptable?

Let’s ASK WGN TV NEWS in Chicago.

WGN knows the answer. This week WGN TV Network made it crystal clear they are a wholly-owned subsidiary of Barack Obama and the Chicago Democratic machine. I’m a witness to the crime of media bias and the purposeful violation of free speech.

My new book, “The Ultimate Obama Survival Guide” is out. It’s been ranked the #1 conservative/liberal bestseller at Amazon for almost 4 weeks. Because it’s more of a financial advice book than a political one, it’s also been ranked the #1 Finance book at Amazon for most of the past 4 weeks.

WGN TV News has chosen to interview me each and every time I have been in Chicago on book tours for my prior books- from “The Joy of Failure”…to “Millionaire Republican”…to most recently “The Conscience of a Libertarian.”

So you can imagine the shock when I was told that the head honchos at WGN had decided to refuse an interview when I come to Chicago this week. What was their excuse? This is a direct quote…make sure you’re sitting down to avoid any serious falls…WGN is refusing an interview about my new #1 national bestseller because my book “is too partisan.” I have that quote on email.

Too partisan? That’s an interesting phrase for a TV news network. This is AMERICA- All politics is “partisan.” Every word out of President Obama’s mouth is partisan. Every Democrat politician interviewed by WGN is partisan. Every Republican politician interviewed by WGN is partisan.  Every word out of the mouth of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is partisan. My prior interviews for “Millionaire Republican” and “The Conscience of a Libertarian” were certainly partisan. All politics is partisan.

So why the sudden change of heart? Why is this book, by this author, that dares to criticize Barack Obama, declared “partisan” and blackballed by Chicago’s leading TV news network? Is WGN trying to keep my views from their listeners? I thought that only happened in Venezuela, Cuba, or China.

Ironically, the definition of “partisan” is WGN. Any TV news network that refuses to allow free speech for opposing viewpoints can only be described as biased and partisan. I never thought I would see the media sink to these levels. It is a sad day for free speech in America. 

This decision is a symbol of the decline of ethical journalism in the age of Obama.

Thom Hartmann is one of the most popular liberal talk show hosts in America. He loves Obama. He disagrees with every view I’ve got. Yet Thom Hartmann has had me as a guest twice in the four weeks since my book came out. That’s called free speech, fair and balanced. That’s how you promote open and honest dialogue and debate. 

Thom Hartmann is a class act.

But one thing Thom Hartmann is not is unbiased. We debated, argued and both made valid points. Isn’t this what America is about?

 WGN TV News on the other hand is supposedly an unbiased TV news network, not a liberal propaganda tool. It’s now clear they are only masquerading as an objective unbiased news outlet. They’ve got a biased opinion about Chicago’s own Barack Obama- and all other opinions will be blackballed.

Is this legal? I don’t know. I think we should ask the FCC if a news station that regularly interviews authors (including this one) has a right to only air viewpoints with which they agree. You can bet I’ll have my legal team asking the FCC that very question. 

But, the more important question is…does this decision pass the smell test? Is it moral or ethical? That answer is clear- NO! Does it stink to high heaven that a conservative author criticizing Obama can’t get an airing of his views from a Chicago TV News network that has always jumped to interview that same author in the past? That answer is quite clearly YES.

WGN’s job is to do exactly what Thom Hartmann and Fox News strive to do each and every day- present differing viewpoints. Yes, Fox News does it every day. Every time I turn on Fox News they have guests from both sides of issues, and both sides of the aisle. Whether it’s a debate on “Kelly’s Court” with Megyn Kelly, or the panel on “The Five,” or the panel on Special Report with Bret Baier, or Sean Hannity’s Great American Panel- there is always a representative from the left. Isn’t presenting only one viewpoint how repressive governments worldwide control their citizens?

This is CHICAGO THUG CENSORSHIP as its finest. Shame on WGN.


Wayne Allyn Root is a Capitalist Evangelist, serial entrepreneur, and Libertarian-conservative media commentator. He is a former Libertarian vice presidential nominee. He serves as Executive Vice Chairman of the Conservative Caucus in Washington DC. Wayne’s latest book is the #1 National Bestseller: The Ultimate Obama Survival Guide: How to Survive, Thrive and Prosper During Obamageddon. <http://www.amazon.com/The-Ultimate-Obama-Survival-Guide/dp/1621570916/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1363622157&sr=8-1&keywords=wayne+root>  Wayne’s twitter: http://twitter.com/WayneRoot/

As published at FoxNews.com on Monday 4/22/13

By Wayne Allyn Root


It has now become clear that President Obama’s policies will continue to kill jobs, damage the private sector, and destroy the economy in the next four years. After all, they are the same policies that have led to the collapse of the EU economy—happening now before our very eyes. 


But there is good news amidst this terrible economic crisis. Did you know that there were more self-made millionaires created during the Great Depression than in any other period in history? While the vast majority of citizens were crushed, a select smart few Americans made fortunes. That’s because crisis, decline and collapse create great opportunity for those with vision, courage and a unique understanding of what is happening.

So how can you capitalize on this same scenario today? Much like the first Great Depression, we are about to experience “the greatest wealth transfer in world history.” You’ll need to get on the right side. You’ll need a detailed plan that will empower you to do better, even as the economy gets worse. And it will get worse- Obama’s policies guarantee that.

The first thing going in our favor is that Obama is so predictable. He’s going to do what he’s always done: more big government spending and massive cradle-to-grave entitlements. That much is clear as a bell.

Despite the president’s reckless policies and insane levels of spending and debt, your path to success is to create your own “Booming Personal Economy” in the midst of economic collapse. To write my new book, “The Ultimate Obama Survival Guide,” I turned to 18 of the smartest and richest superstars of business and finance for help. I was honored that the most talented and successful businessmen in America agreed to give my readers their valuable advice and game plan for the next four years.

Let me give you a small taste of what they told me.

First, let me demonstrate something: If you had invested $1 million in 1913 (kept your money in the bank, or put it under the mattress), your assets today would be worth about $40,000. But if you had instead invested in gold, your assets would be worth $87 million.


Our reckless and spendthrift politicians and inept government have let it happened again and again. In 1971 if you had invested the same $1 million in the dollar, today it’s worth $200,000. If you had chosen gold instead, you’d have about $47,000,000. How about the year 2000? Today your $1 million investment in the dollar would be worth $663,000. If you chose gold, it’s worth about $5,700,000.


The smartest bankers in the world concur. In 2012 Central Bankers of the world’s industrialized nations bought more gold to protect their countries than in all the years since 1964 combined. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-03-26/guest-post-whom-believe-gold-central-banks-or-bloomberg They know what my 18 business superstars know: bad times are coming. If you don’t invest in precious metals to protect your assets, you are playing Russian Roulette with your family’s future.

And now it’s the perfect time to buy… Gold and silver have had a large decline in the past week. Count your blessings. You can now buy at a big discount! The masses are (as usual) headed for disaster—panicking and selling gold at its lowest point in years…and crowding (like a herd of cattle) into stocks, bonds, and the U.S. dollar at their highest points. History suggests this is not a good move. My 18 millionaires and billionaires friends are using this drop in price to buy gold with both fists!


The Superstars of Finance also agree that you should…

*Move to a no tax state like Texas, Nevada, or Florida. Over the course of a typical 40-year working life you can save an extra $1,000,000 for your retirement, without actually earning one dollar more or working any harder. You save the extra money simply because you keep more of what you earned.

*Invest in energy stocks. Instead of complaining about the price of gas and heating your home, prosper from it!

*Invest in farmland and agriculture stocks. Instead of complaining about the dramatic rise in the price of food, prosper from it!

*Invest in medical real estate, and medical stocks. Instead of complaining about how much the government is wasting on Obamacare, prosper from it!

*Invest in foreign stocks, bonds and real estate. You already have a home, a career, and a pension fund invested in America. It’s time to diversify. Obama was right about one thing: you must “spread your wealth around”—to countries that have lower taxes, more opportunity, better demographics, and a brighter future than America under Obama.

This is just the tip of the iceberg – and you’ll need a very sturdy lifeboat to weather this storm! As I detail in my book “The Ultimate Obama Survival Guide, ” you’ll need an 18-point plan I call Y-PODS: Your Personal Obama Defense Shield. These investment ideas will allow you to survive, thrive and prosper, even while many around you lose their jobs, assets, incomes and belief in themselves and America.

When it comes to Obama—First get mad, then GET EVEN. This is how you do it!

Wayne Allyn Root is a Capitalist Evangelist, serial entrepreneur, and Libertarian-conservative media commentator. He is a former Libertarian vice presidential nominee. He serves as Executive Vice Chairman of the Conservative Caucus in Washington DC. Wayne’s latest book is out on April 15, 2013: The Ultimate Obama Survival Guide: How to Survive, Thrive and Prosper During Obamageddon. Wayne’s twitter: http://twitter.com/WayneRoot/

Hello, I’m Wayne Allyn Root. My new book, “The Ultimate Obama Survival Guide” was just released days ago- hot off the presses. And timing is everything in life. Because at this moment our economic survival is very much in question. Have you seen the latest numbers on jobs, workforce participation, retail sales and consumer confidence. One word sums it all up- DISASTER. Shouldn’t the American people have a right to know what our President’s real economic agenda is? Is he out to help us? Or hurt us? I have a story that sheds light on that life or death question.

President Obama and I were college classmate at Columbia University, class of ’83. I know all too well how mindlessly radical and in many cases, anti-American and hostile to capitalism the leftist the students and faculty of that institution can be, and Barack Obama was certainly no exception. It is in this cesspool of intolerance that Obama and his Marxist cronies hatched a secret plan to destroy our country.

There are two things you need to know about Obama at Columbia University. First, he was Pre Law and a Political Science major- just like me. I thought I knew everyone studying Political Science during my four years at Columbia. Not Obama. I never met him, never saw him, never even heard of him. Strange.

Same major, same career path, and graduated on the same day– where was he? Was he busy attending communist party meetings? No need to guess. In his autobiography he proudly admits attending Socialist Party meetings at Cooper Union in downtown Manhattan. He also admits publicly in his own book to not wanting to meet or befriend anyone at Columbia who wasn’t black, Hispanic, gay, or a Marxist professor. His words- in print. So it’s possible he was so busy attending communist meetings and trying to avoid guys like me (white, straight, patriotic)that our paths never crossed.

But, it’s the second thing you really need to know about Obama at Columbia. He says he graduated Class of ’83. Let’s give him the benefit of the doubt. I always have. Well then Obama had to attend the same Political Science classes as me. I can tell you, almost to a man, my classmates in the Class of ’83 proudly called themselves Marxist, communist or socialist. They bragged of being “radical” like a badge of honor. They openly hated America- calling it racist. They hated capitalism- and vowed to bring “the system down.”

In my class the typical Columbia political science student vowed to change America, bankrupt business owners, and vaporize what they called “the white power structure.” For the most part these were children of wealth, given everything on a silver platter. Yet all they felt was anger and guilt. Their goal was to destroy their own fathers. They talked about it all day long.

So let me tell you a story that explains the anger, hate, and radicalism. Back in 1981 I was sitting in a political science class. The president at the time was Ronald Reagan, a man reviled by the left just as viciously as any Republican is today. Suddenly our lecture was interrupted by a door swinging open violently—whereupon a breathless fellow student raced into the room screaming, “The president has been shot! They’ve just assassinated President Reagan.”

Ronald Reagan was my hero. The news hit me like a ton of bricks. I instantly felt sick to my stomach, and tears flowed down my cheeks. But it was the response of the rest of the class that I will remember for the rest of my life. They cheered. They clapped, they yelled, they high-fived, and whooped in sheer unadulterated joy. My fellow classmates, the ones I was naively trying so hard to befriend despite their radical leftist views, were HAPPY that my hero President Ronald Reagan was dead (or so they thought). They were celebrating what they thought was the assassination of America’s president. Incidently, if Obama actually went to Columbia, he’d almost certainly have to have been in that class leading the cheers. Feel like you need a shower yet?

Lest you think I’m exaggerating, British leftists just celebrated and cheered upon hearing of the death of Margaret Thatcher only days ago. It was all over the news. Some Brits held parties celebrating her death. Nothing has changed.

But wait, the most frightening and eye-opening revelation is still to come. You see political science students at Columbia were taught a detailed plan designed by two former Columbia professors named Cloward & Piven to bring down “the system,” destroy capitalism, and turn America into a socialist state. We discussed it in class, wrote about it, and debated it outside class. It was a hot topic of discussion around the halls of Columbia for four years.

The plan was revolting, but brilliant. Cloward & Piven taught that America could only be destroyed from within. Only by overwhelming the system with debt, welfare, and entitlements could capitalism and the America economy be destroyed. So the plan was to make a majority of Americans dependent on welfare, food stamps, disability, unemployment, and entitlements of all kinds. Then, under the weight of the debt, the system would implode and the economy collapse, bankrupting business owners (i.e. conservative donors). Americans would be brought to their knees, begging for big government to save them. Voila – you’d have a new system.

A system based on fairness, equality and social justice. It’s called Socialism.

Sound familiar?

Lo and behold, one of my classmates was elected as President and it’s clear as a bell that he is using that plan right now to destroy America, capitalism, and the U.S. economy right in front of our eyes. It’s the exact plan hatched at Columbia University in our college days. Exact in every way.

Under Obama, 660,000 Americans dropped off the job rolls…just last month. 90 million working-age, able-bodied Americans are no longer in the workforce. Almost 50 million Americans are on food stamps (20% of all eligible adults). 14 million are on disability. Millions more are on welfare, unemployment, and so many different categories of entitlements, my head is spinning. Now, add in free healthcare. Plus 22 million government employees. Record-setting numbers of Americans are emptying their retirement accounts to survive. Student loan debt is a national disaster- with defaults up 36% from a year ago. 16.4 million Americans live in poverty…in the suburbs.

Liberals joked about Sarah Palin seeing Russia from her home in Alaska. Well I’m betting Obama sees Cloward and Piven from every window at the White House.

Remember the plan from Columbia. Overwhelm the system with debt. Obama promised to cut the deficit in half; instead he gave us five consecutive trillion dollar deficits. He promised to spend responsibly; instead now owns the title of “biggest spender in world history.” He called Bush’s $4 trillion in debt over 8 years reckless, then proceed to pile on $6 trillion in only 4 years. He added 6,118 new rules, regulations and mandates in just the last 90 days. He claimed taxes are low, yet he just raised taxes to the same level as bankrupt EU countries like Greece, Spain, Italy and France. Our federal income taxes are now far higher than former Soviet Republics.
Now I ask you- Does this sound like a man trying to “save” us? Folks, this is Cloward & Piven. This is Karl Marx, who despised the middle class and vowed to wipe it out. This is Saul Alinsky (Obama’s mentor) who dedicated his book…Obama’s favorite book by the way…to Lucifer, the devil.

This is no accident, or the work of an economically inept liberal. This is a purposeful plan to drown the nation in debt and hook a majority to government handouts, happening in front of our eyes. It’s crystal clear Obama’s plan was hatched in our college days, at Columbia, Class of ’83.

While I never met Obama at Columbia, I can certainly put him at the scene of the crime. He either went to Columbia, or he didn’t. If he didn’t, he’s a fraud. If he did, he knew the Cloward & Piven plan like the back of his hand. He studied it and his goal- like almost all my classmates- was to use it to bring down the U.S. economy and destroy capitalism to create what they consider to be “equality, fairness and social justice.”

Why would anyone want to purposely collapse the economy you might ask? Saul Alinsky taught the ends justify the means. A bankrupt America wipes out the middle class and small business. That wipes out the majority of donors to conservatives causes- meaning Obama has no opposition. It creates “equality”- by putting everyone on equal footing (shared misery). It causes panic- and in panic, voters often make hasty decisions- like choosing big government to save them.

The destruction and devastation we see happening right now is the plan we learned, studied, and discussed day and night at Columbia. This is the Marxist attack from within designed by Cloward and Piven. And it’s working. Obama has been working on his plan for 30 years (our 30th Columbia class reunion is next month).

Now it is time for us to get to work. It’s time for battle.

It all starts with the battle plan in my new book, “The Ultimate Obama Survival Guide.” America’s survival is in doubt, but yours doesn’t have to be. You have a duty to survive, to protect your assets, to save your family. You must create your own “Booming Personal Economy,” no matter what Obama does to the American economy. Your mission is to survive, thrive, and prosper despite Obama. I’ve got an 18-point plan called Y-PODS that empowers you to do that. Y-PODS stands for Your Personal Obama Defense Shield.

You can find my book “The Ultimate Obama Survival Guide:” at Amazon.com where it is already a Best-Seller…it hit #1 of all conservative books and #1 of all Finance books and #28 of all 3 million books sold at Amazon BEFORE it ever came out…that is how frightened people are at what Obama is doing to America and our economy.

You can also find it at any major book seller such as Barnes & Noble, Costco or Sam’s Club.

The economic news has gone from bad to worse. First we found out the jobs numbers are collapsing. Then retail sales figures were released- they show across the board contraction. Next we found out U.S. business inventory figures were a disappointment. Finally consumer confidence not only collapsed, but it was the largest miss from expectations in U.S. economic history. 2 words explain it all: “Ninety days.”

90 days is all it took to put the U.S. economy into a coma, to destroy any chance of recovery. 90 days defined by the Obama “Axis of Evil”- Taxation, regulation, unionization, litigation, IRS intimidation, demonization, and government strangulation. The last 90 days of this Axis of Evil have sealed our fate.

There are no new jobs. There will be no new jobs. Creating jobs in Obama’s America is like trying to grow healthy plants in a nuclear blast zone. Obama has turned the U.S. economy into a “Hostile Work Environment.” I call it Obamageddon.

Look at the toxic results of what has happened in the last deadly 90 days. Last month we added a miserable 88,000 jobs. 660,000 Americans dropped off the job rolls…in one month. 90 million working-age, able-bodied Americans are no longer in the workforce. The workforce participation rate is the lowest since 1979. For men it’s the lowest since 1948 (when record keeping began). Disposable income in January was the lowest since 1959 (since record-keeping began). Under Obama we’re truly back to the future.

20% of eligible adults are on food stamps. 14 million on disability. Record-setting numbers of Americans are breaking into their own retirement accounts just to survive. Student loan debt is a disaster – with defaults up 36% from a year ago. 16.4 million Americans live in poverty…in the suburbs.

You’re on your own as the American economy descends into darkness- overwhelmed by debt and entitlements. Obama and the mainstream media have been blowing smoke for months, but the gig is up. No recovery is coming.

Let’s take a look at what Obama did to “save us” in the past 90 days:

Federal income taxes went up dramatically on business owners (ie jobs creators). Payroll taxes went up. Exemptions and deductions were taken away. Obamacare taxes took effect. State and local taxes went up across the USA. Gas prices went up drastically- even as we learned Obama’s EPA wants new gas taxes. Grocery prices soared. Health insurance soared. For many small businesses we learned it will double next year. Electric rates went up- as we learned Obama’s EPA doubled biofuel taxes, while also trying to eradicate the coal industry and ban oil drilling. IRS audits went up dramatically on business owners (which means higher accountant and legal bills).

Add it up. There’s no money left. Even “the rich” feel poor. The middle class is drowning. Small business is under attack. How can anyone spend if they have no money left after Obama’s relentless taxes? Where is the money coming from to start a business?

But it gets even worse. In those same 90 days, the government created 6,118 new rules and regulations. That’s 68 per day. To produce that many job-killing regulations, Obama must have sweatshops populated with slave lawyers, whipped and kept in chains, working in shifts 24 hours per day. Obama is literally killing the spirit of business owners and taxpayers.

Obama is like a drug addict with giant bills to pay and no income. He has to find a way to pay for his food stamps, disability and unemployment society. The bill to keep this Ponzi scheme going gets bigger by the hour. But with 90 million adults no longer working, and everyone who is willing to work being robbed to pay for a nation of deadbeats, who is left to jump-start the economy? Who is left to create jobs? The answer is…clearly…no one.

Even more shocking and depressing are Obama’s priorities. He claims we desperately need to raise all these taxes. Yet, he had no problem giving away $250 million to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, $500 million to the Palestinians, $1.5 million in grant money to study why lesbians are fat (I’m not kidding), and billions of dollars in income tax credits to illegal aliens (who never paid income taxes in the first place). And you wonder why people are angry and disillusioned?

This has been 90 days for the history books. 90 days that have made an economic collapse much more likely than a recovery. 90 days that has put capitalism and American exceptionalism on life support.

90 days of the Obama “Axis of Evil” showcasing what one man, supported by a blind, adoring liberal-biased media, can do to snuff out ambition, drive, work ethic, creativity, inspiration and enthusiasm- all in the name of equality, fairness and social justice.

90 days that will live in infamy. My book “The Ultimate Obama Survival Guide” is out today. Just in time- because now it’s a fight for survival.

Wayne Allyn Root is a Capitalist Evangelist, serial entrepreneur, and Libertarian-conservative media commentator. He is a former Libertarian vice presidential nominee. He serves as Executive Vice Chairman of the Conservative Caucus in Washington DC. Wayne’s latest book is out TODAY: The Ultimate Obama Survival Guide: How to Survive, Thrive and Prosper During Obamageddon. Wayne’s twitter: http://twitter.com/WayneRoot/

By Wayne Allyn Root

The media was wrong in pronouncing the economic crisis over in Europe. They are wrong in America too. The REAL economic indicators…the ones not based on fraud, propaganda, deception, or delusion…prove that the economic crisis caused by too much government, too much spending, too much taxing, too many government regulations, and too many government employees with obscene salaries and pensions, is just beginning.

Get ready for bank runs, capital controls, theft of your pension funds, economic collapse, and a government armed to the teeth, that wants to disarm you- its citizens. Because what is happening now in Europe is a sign of things to come under Obama.

The media has told us for months that “everything is fine in Europe, a recovery is underway, the worst is over.” Really? How’s that working out for you? The economic crisis and contagion in Europe that was supposedly “under control” is now spiraling out of control. There is desperation in the air. Fear and panic are everywhere.

Think I’m exaggerating? Well don’t take my word for it. A major bank executive stated publicly last week that “Only Jesus can save the EU now.” http://business.financialpost.com/2013/03/14/only-jesus-can-save-the-eurozone-deutsche-bank/

Bank runs might be a sign that things are deteriorating, don’t you think? Well they started in Cyprus last week as it became clear that Cyprus was bankrupt, insolvent, and out of options.

http://www.theage.com.au/world/atms-drained-as-bailout-tax-triggers-run-on-bank-deposits-20130317-2g8rx.html

Just as I’ve predicted in dozens of commentaries over the past three years, a historic economic collapse is underway in the EU. The media and world leaders denied it, but it’s getting worse by the day. Do you think this can’t happen in the USA under Obama? Think again.

Over the past three years in Europe we’ve heard political and leaders and economic experts recite the same lies over and over again… telling us to relax, government is smarter than you, and we have it all under control. Recognize that theme? It’s the same theme we hear daily from Obama, his socialist lackeys, and the Obama-adoring media here in the U.S. It’s how you keep the masses calm, prevent unrest, rioting, and bank runs.

Well the Cyprus crisis proves that the worst isn’t over…it’s actually just beginning.

More importantly, you need to understand how the EU “solved” the Cyprus crisis. By stealing the money out of the citizens’ personal bank accounts. The final decision is in. EU authorities are freezing any funds above 100,000 Euros in personal bank accounts and stealing up to 40% to pay for the bailout.http://www.businessinsider.com/sunday-night-cyprus-bailout-negotiations-2013-3

But worst of all, this is now the model for what’s to come all around the globe. It was announced just yesterday that this is exactly how the EU will bailout Italy, Spain and France too. By stealing money directly out of citizens’ bank accounts.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9952979/Cyprus-bail-out-savers-will-be-raided-to-save-euro-in-future-crises-says-eurozone-chief.html

Well I have news for the EU’s financial geniuses. They haven’t solved anything. This news will start a banking crisis. The falling dominoes will now accelerate. Tell me what sane citizen would keep more than 100,000 Euros in their accounts any longer? Which means starting at this moment, the wealthy of Europe are removing all their money from their bank accounts. And if no one has over 100,000 Euros in their bank accounts anymore, then the only choice for the next bailout will be raiding smaller bank accounts of average citizens- which was the original plan anyway.

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/b501c302-8cea-11e2-aed2-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2Nu1c4VHc

Guess what this does to the EU banking system? There will be panic, uncertainty, and loss of confidence. Your money is certainly no longer safe in a bank account. Guess how the first Great Depression started? Exactly how this one is starting- with bank runs and loss of confidence in the banking system. And if bank runs spread throughout Europe, you can be sure the USA is next as American bank account holders realize that our money is no longer safe from theft by government in a crisis.

The signs of an EU economic collapse are everywhere:

While the EU seizes bank accounts from citizens in Cyprus, Spain has already stolen the pensions of its citizens.

http://qz.com/40640/spain-is-running-out-of-people-to-borrow-from-after-raiding-its-own-pensions-piggy-bank/

Formerly respectable professionals in Spain and Greece are eating out of dumpsters.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/25/world/europe/hunger-on-the-rise-in-spain.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

In Bulgaria, citizens are so desperate they are setting themselves on fire.

http://www.marinij.com/ci_22789964/poverty-plagued-bulgaria-4-people-have-set-themselves

In Greece there is no money to heat homes, forcing desperate residents go out into the night to cut down trees in parks and national forests to use as firewood.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324442304578232280995369300.html

We recently found out that Italy’s economic situation may be even worse off than pathetic, completely bankrupt Portugal.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2013-03-01/europes-scariest-chart-update-italy-now-worse-portugal

In Italy buses return to the station because there is no money to pay for gasoline.

http://peakoil.com/consumption/bus-service-grinds-to-halt-in-naples-no-fuel

The Jobs Minister of France publicly slipped and called the country “completely bankrupt.”

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/france-is-totally-bankrupt-french-jobs-minister-michel-sapin-embarrasses-francois-hollande-with-shocking-statement-on-state-of-the-countrys-economy-8471077.html

Why is this not front page news in the USA? Because the Obama-adoring media doesn’t want you to make the connection that Obama’s policies mirror the exact same policies that destroyed the EU- big government, big debt, big spending, big taxes, big unions, big pensions, big entitlements, early retirement, free healthcare, green energy and high speed rail.

The EU is the canary in the coal mine. Europe’s economic collapse proves that if everyone actually believes they deserve something for “nothing”…and everyone either works for government or gets checks from government…and everyone thinks it is their right to have free healthcare…eventually the economy collapses and the country (or in this case, the continent) goes kaput. Eventually everyone lives in shared misery and malaise.

We will be reading about this disaster in the history books decades from now- shaking our heads saying, “How could we have been this stupid to think that government had the answer…or that government was too big to fail…or that there was such a thing as a “free lunch.”

Now to put this all in perspective, the EU is America’s #1 trade partner. Meaning our best customer is about to go broke. That’s just another hit on our economy. Secondly, the EU banking system will require a massive record-setting bailout. Guess who will be on the hook to give them trillions of taxpayer dollars? The USA. And third, the EU economic plan that led to this disaster is nothing more than the Obama economic plan. They are mirror images. The EU just started a couple of decades sooner with their financial suicide.

Up next- America. Because what happens in Europe, doesn’t stay in Europe. It’s just a sneak peak at our future under Obama. Get ready for the bank runs. Get ready for a crisis that makes 2008 look like a walk in the park. I’m Wayne Allyn Root for PersonalLiberty. See you next week right back here. And may God Bless America- because we will need all the help we can get!

Wayne Allyn Root is a Capitalist Evangelist, serial entrepreneur, and Libertarian-conservative media commentator. He is a former Libertarian vice presidential nominee. He serves as Executive Vice Chairman of the Conservative Caucus in Washington DC. Wayne’s latest book is out on April 15, 2013: The Ultimate Obama Survival Guide: How to Survive, Thrive and Prosper During Obamageddon. Wayne’s twitter: http://twitter.com/WayneRoot/

 

By Wayne Allyn Root

 

 

Hugo Chavez just died and many of us said “Good riddance” to a tyrant who took advantage of his people, intimidated his political opposition, and left his country in disarray. Rand Paul seemed to be reminding us, “Why would we want a tyrant in America too?” That was the point of Senator Rand Paul’s nearly 13-hour filibuster on the U.S. Senate floor on Wednesday.

 

Yes Obama is cool, and hip, and a man of the people. But with each hour Rand Paul kept up his filibuster, you could feel Obama’s popularity melting away. Rand seemed to be saying, “Does it really matter if he’s hip, if he wants to kill you- an American citizen, on American soil? Does it matter if he’s cool, and the kind of guy you’d like to have a beer with, if he wants you dead without a trial?”

 

Heck, forget no trial, you won’t even get to hear the charges. Your President will just order a drone to hunt you down and blow up your car- with you in the front seat. You won’t ever know what hit you, you’ll never see your kids again, and you’ll never even know what you’ve done, you’ll never know who made the charges against you. Perhaps they were false charges. Perhaps it was over jealousy, or a grudge. Perhaps it was political. No matter. You’re dead because the President believes you had no right to a trial.

 

That was why Rand Paul stood on the Senate floor for 13 courageous hours embarrassing the President of the United States, with the whole world watching. Rand was daring Obama to end the filibuster by answering one simple question- “Do you have the right to order the killing of U.S. citizens, on U.S. soil, without arrest, without due process, without hearing charges, without a lawyer, without a trial?”

 

King Obama has become King George. Rand was reminding us this is why our Founding Fathers risked torture and death in the first American Revolution. This is why so many of our ancestors risked their lives to travel thousands of miles to a new country. For freedom, for rights, for due process, to escape tyrants.

 

As John Lennon might say, “Imagine with me.”

 

If George W. Bush, a Republican-conservative was President, and he refused to answer the question about whether he had a right to order the assassination of American citizens on American soil, what would liberals say? What would the media say? What would Michael Moore, George Clooney and Sean Penn say? What would Senator Obama say?

 

If a Republican President wanted to listen to our phone calls and read our emails without a warrant, what would the left say?

 

If a Republican President wanted to imprison you for a limitless period without ever telling you what you are charged with, what would the ACLU say?

 

If a Republican President was presiding over 14% black unemployment, what would Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson say? What would Senator Obama say?

 

If a Republican was President while homelessness reached the highest levels in New York City since the 1929 Great Depression, what would liberals say? What would New York clergy say? How about black leaders?

 

If a Republican President presided over the biggest drop in disposable income in 54 years (since record-keeping began in 1959), what would the media say? What would the left say?

 

If a pro business Republican President presided over record numbers of suicides, at the same time we were suffering the worst economic crisis since 1929, what would the media say?

 

If a Republican President presided over a country with 50 million people on food stamps, what would the champions of the poor say?

 

If a Republican President nominated a man for Treasury Secretary held his money in the Cayman Islands in a building liberals called “the world’s biggest tax scam”…what would Democratic U.S. Senator Obama say about that?

 

What if a Republican President sold guns to Mexican drug cartels that were then used to kill 300 Mexicans plus a U.S. Border Agent? What would the Democrat controlled Senate say?

 

What if a Republican President refused higher security for a U.S. Ambassador, then upon hearing he was under attack, refused to allow a rescue attempt, and then left for the night. Would the media have a problem with the image of a Republican President sleeping while our Ambassador and three American heroes were slaughtered, while waiting for help that never came? Somehow I think Geraldo would be up in arms.

 

What if a Republican President played golf with Tiger Woods at a luxury resort all weekend and refused media access, while Americans were suffering, and a sequestration crisis that could damage the economy was looming within days? What would the media say?

 

What if a Republican President named Bush was presiding over historic numbers of Americans under the age of 30 living in poverty, record numbers of college graduates in default on student loans, and record numbers of middle aged Americans raiding their retirement accounts out of desperation to survive? Do you think the media would report this economy is in “recovery?”

 

U.S. Senator Rand Paul has had enough. Yesterday he stood up to President Obama for nearly 13 courageous hours. For nearly 13 hours he showed America how a real United States Senator should act. For nearly 13 long hours he prodded a sleeping giant (the American public) to wake up and shout “I’m not going to take it anymore.”

 

Perhaps this was a moment that we’ll be reading about in the history books one day. This was certainly the moment we learned the emperor has no clothes…and he reserves the right to kill us, without charges, without lawyer, without trial.

 

Thank you Rand for reminding us what it means to be an American.

 

Wayne Allyn Root is a Capitalist Evangelist, entrepreneur, and conservative media commentator. He is a former Libertarian vice presidential nominee. Wayne’s latest book is out on April 15, 2013: “The Ultimate Obama Survival Guide: Secrets to Protecting Your Family, Your Finances, and Your Freedom. It is available at Amazon at: amzn.to/ZTZVLg.