America Eats Peas, While Obama Dines With the Elite
By: Ed Farnan | Published Tuesday, November 1, 2011, 7:08 PM | Updated Tuesday, November 1, 2011, 7:08 PM
Before jetting off for his ten day vacation at Mahthas Vineyard, President Obama admonished us to eat our peas. Interwoven in his message were many references of shared sacrifice. ...For us.
Most assume he meant, we will have to tighten our belts. Times are tough right now and it will take sacrifice="eat yer peas"! I lived in a house where you had to sit at the table until you finished ALL of the peas on your plate. To hear a voice of authority say "eat your peas" evokes memories of long unpleasant nights at the dinner table.
It seems every time we turn around we are getting hit with"shared sacrifice" talking points from whatever media source is within earshot. These talking points are used to drive home a point of austerity, softening us up for the hammer to come down on the benefits and entitlements that many have come to expect as Americans.
Marthas Vineyard is the playground for the wealthy elite of America. The elite that own those private jets and corporations, the very types that Obama and his allies always rail against. Yet the President seems to move comfortably among them & mingle.
So before the Washington elite start to hack away at the rest of our benefits and "entitlements" lets see them practice some shared sacrifice by eating peas along with the rest of us.
How about the President and Congress take a pay cut, eliminate their pensions and get Social Security like most of Americans. No special Cadillac health plans, but live under Obamacare like the rest of us are supposed to do.
Please Mr. President how about the next time you and the family go off on a vacation, fly together instead of separately, it will save us hundreds of thousands of dollars. Not to mention the extra green house gasses, separate jet transports spew.
Lead by example. Us pea eaters want you to sit down at the table next to us and finish everyone of those round vegetables. Then we can talk about shared sacrifice.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.mamaginnty | Nov 01, 2011, 07:32 PM EDT
From the day Mr Obama won the election for president, most of you have blamed him for all that is wrong in America, get a life people.
maloney | Sep 02, 2011, 09:51 PM EDT
Typical liberal tripe, name calling and threats. The threats coming from the left in America. Ever heard of the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution roohumper?
seanomelbourne | Sep 01, 2011, 09:27 PM EDT
Typical moronic reply "pull a trigger"
maloney | Aug 31, 2011, 01:40 PM EDT
just smart enough to vote Perry into the White House. Oh yea, and pull a trigger.
seanomelbourne | Aug 30, 2011, 07:49 PM EDT
Maloney is of the same unintelligent design as his teahadist morons.
maloney | Aug 30, 2011, 07:39 PM EDT
Seano, huge fan of liberal golden showers. Like sean's son ratboy, never let facts get in the way of name calling when the facts make you look like a fool.
seanomelbourne | Aug 29, 2011, 07:35 PM EDT
Give me a "liberal" spinkling of peas anyday
Monsoonman | Aug 28, 2011, 02:36 PM EDT
Yes ratslayer makes a point lad, he does: Crazy neocon nutbaggers. Hate America. Hate minorites. Tea Baggers. Clueless cons & roaches. He definitely illuminates the lefts thought processes. Pass the tinfoil hates scotty!
seanomelbourne | Aug 27, 2011, 07:58 PM EDT
ratslayer has an amusing way with words but he does make his point.
maloney | Aug 25, 2011, 09:42 PM EDT
It won't be to much longer before Perry takes over and obama can take his peas back to his Chicago hole.
Monsoonman | Aug 24, 2011, 08:22 PM EDT
Ratslayer, you are an eloquent spokesman for your side.
Ratslayer | Aug 24, 2011, 04:43 PM EDT
Hey crazy con nutbaggers, you guys prove once again you hate America. You'd rather see the economy tank and keep GOVT ungovernable so Obama can become of those unemployed minorities who you claim is milking the system and yer tax dollars. What crap! It's the wealthy who are ripping off the system at the working man's expense. You tea-baggers and clueless cons are like roaches who think a can of Raid is good for them.
seanomelbourne | Aug 23, 2011, 07:20 PM EDT
Bush in his first three years spent over 100 days in his Texas compound as the U.S. burned and add to that his camp David and golfing trips.One could be forgiven for thinking he was an M.I.A. and all poor Ed can talk of is peas.
joanxis | Aug 23, 2011, 12:42 PM EDT
pea to Tea? In your dreams, Maloney.
JamesDempsey | Aug 23, 2011, 10:36 AM EDT
Ya he should be really careful about telling people to tighten their belts while at the same time heading on luxury holidays. That said im sure the man deserves a break too. This is kinda reminiscent of Charles Haughey tellin the Irish to tighten their belts while he was having clothes tailor made in Paris and London,except i doubt Obama is corrupt like Haughey was.
KMcSinger | Aug 23, 2011, 10:22 AM EDT
What a ridiculous article! There's nothing wrong with peas and I've been to Martha's Vinyard. Parts of it are decidedly shabby and hometowny. It's hardly St. Bart's now is it?
tundish45 | Aug 23, 2011, 09:52 AM EDT
This Standard guy is right! All the talk about Obama being a fascist/socialist and stuff is mere smoke by his elite puppet masters. He really is the willing enabler of all those rich fat cats in their private planes. No wonder he says 'awe shucks' when the unselfish minions of the rich job builders resist tax changes.
cillowen | Aug 22, 2011, 07:01 PM EDT
its about time obama sought refuge from the re and rerepug lunatics who appear to have views that don't fit with reality. Hope they get in and then we'll get to feel pain unimaginable. Bushy's reign was a disaster he could not find his Daddy's Carlyle partner's son, Usama. He was focussed in Iraq in service to our master's interests and the oil that is now secure. Libya is another with oil and mucho gold accumulations. Gadaffi had some gall to suggest a United States for Africa - the wealth to be tapped in that region boggles minds - do wiki's on each country for clues.
clonmel21 | Aug 22, 2011, 06:44 PM EDT
FINALLY PEOPLE ARE REALIZING WHO/WHAT THIS president IS
whitebirtch | Aug 22, 2011, 06:14 PM EDT
Yeah, we eat the peas, "they" hold the corn so "they" can shuck us later F/X
cathy/marty | Aug 22, 2011, 06:00 PM EDT
RATSLAYER CALM DOWN YOU HAVE HACX TO MANY PINTS. IT NOT THE CONSERVATIVES THAT ARE DESTROYING THIS COUNTRY. IT'S THE BLEEDING HEART LIBERAL. GIVE THEM SOMETHING AND THEY WILL BEHAVE.
cathy/marty | Aug 22, 2011, 05:54 PM EDT
ED LETS FACE IT,THIS CLOWN IS A ONE TERM PRESIDENT.HE CARES NOTHING ABOUT THE PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY.HE THINKS HE HAS EVERYONE B.S. BUT THE TRUE AMERICANS KNOW BETTER.WHERE EVER THIS MAN CAME FROM HE NEVER LEARNED THE ABC OF LIFE.I WILL NOT GET INTO WHAT I BELIEVE ABOUT HIM BECAUSE IRISH CENTRAL WON'T WILL SHUT ME DOWN.BUT REMEMBER 2012 WE HAVE A CHOICE.
maloney | Aug 22, 2011, 05:18 PM EDT
ratboy is one of them with his hand in the working man's pocket. He knows nothing else.
capmotion | Aug 22, 2011, 05:05 PM EDT
Uh..., I emphasize to my boys what a fine food peas are and we get this crack-pot political commentary suggesting otherwise! Way to go, Farnan!!!
JBRAFTREE | Aug 22, 2011, 04:54 PM EDT
Rat, Kindly decipher why I have to pay more for Medicare for Obamacare to give my $ to people that can't afford it, or, simply want their hand in my pocket.
Ratslayer | Aug 22, 2011, 03:33 PM EDT
Tens of millions of Americans will continue to suffer as long greedy wealthy conservatives and the tea-bagging crazies continue to fight--under the guise of deficit reduction--any or all Govt programs designed to creat new jobs. The Republican Party/Bush are the ones responsible for running up the debt (bank bailout Bush's baby) and ditching the economy--NOT the Dems, NOT Obama. Now the GOP would rather have the economy fall back into recession simply to make Obama a one-termer. So when Ed whines about shared sacrafice, remember it's the treasonous GOP that is sacraficing the economic recovery and our livelihoods for political reasons.
maloney | Aug 22, 2011, 03:21 PM EDT
In 2012 things will change from pea to TEA.
nicgearailt | Aug 22, 2011, 03:20 PM EDT
Mr Farnan...you should have googled "peas" before using them in this article...peas are an excellent food...you should check it out, and be enlightened about the goodness of peas....as you educate us ,we can return the favor,with a smile..so, eat some peas,if you can.....they are excellent source of lots of goodies...you will be surprised...as for our President..if you can get the congress to enact some legislation ,to allow the super rich to pay more taxes..and to cut earmarks and wasteful spending etc...let the President know ..he would love to hear from you....then you can ask him about the shared sacrifice thing...
maloney | Aug 22, 2011, 03:19 PM EDT
Obama will be doing his pea eating from a different address in 2012. hollowbutt, you mistake yourself for some one that matters.
jamthecat | Aug 22, 2011, 01:51 PM EDT
Ed's just one of those IOKIFYAR hypocrites. (Meaning: It's OK If You're A Republican.)
hollabackgurl | Aug 22, 2011, 01:24 PM EDT
President Obama has done what Reagan and W Bush could not: end Gadhafi's reign and kill Bin Laden. You really ought to note that. I'm sure it'll be your next blog post.
JBRAFTREE | Aug 22, 2011, 01:13 PM EDT
Ed: You sound like the voice of reason to me. Siobhan, he's had way too many vacations.
Siobhan39 | Aug 22, 2011, 12:53 PM EDT
Since when is eating peas a bad thing? I'm sure both the rich and poor like peas. What is the point here? Oh, I know - the POTUS is taking a vacation (which makes him the only president to ever do so!!)
EdinCali | Aug 22, 2011, 10:51 AM EDT
The nation is in an economic crisis and a leadership vacuum. The point of the story was to illuminate the hypocrisy of telling the citizens they will have to cut back while the President takes no steps to cut back on his percs and privileges. Has nothing to do with race. Remember he is Irish?
mikilomikilo | Aug 22, 2011, 09:56 AM EDT
C'mon Ed! Its ok to drub Obama for vacationing in a nice place but nobody ever laid a hand on any of the other president's destinations??? Is it cause he's black you cant stand him mixin with all those rich white folk????
TheOldPerfessor | Aug 22, 2011, 09:36 AM EDT
Guess you forgot that at this stage in his presidency, Bush had taken about three times as much vacation. When the economy capsized under his watch, I didn't notice him cutting back on the high life in the White House. I actually agree with you that it would be appropriate for everyone in Washington to take a pay cut.
antoman | Aug 22, 2011, 07:35 AM EDT
Not a reference to Obama's lineage just saying.Mix a tin of peas and beans together then eat the lot before going to bed.Next morning carefully record the audio from your arsehole as you are sat on the pot.Then play the audio backwards like a Judas Priest album.I believe the answer to all our woes is contained within us all it just needs peas and beans to issue it forth.In conclusion I would suggest Obama,as he's POTUS, eat a bowl of peas and beans immediately and have NASA on standby to record the message.
Towngate | Aug 22, 2011, 05:39 AM EDT
Don't worry Ed; Obama will soon be back to eating just peas when he is driven back to where-ever it is he is supposed to be from! ~ His bitterly disappointed and mysterious, Marthas's Vinyard frequenting Puppet-Masters will see to that! Make no mistake!
GeorgeDillon | Aug 22, 2011, 03:30 AM EDT
"How about the President and Congress take a pay cut". Whatever about the Congress, the idea that Obama take a pay cut is ridiculous. Obama isn't well paid. In fact, he earns far less than McAleese, the President of Ireland, who has no power and does nothing.