By Alexander Ott M.Ed.

America is under attack. The fundamental fabric of what America and Americans stand for is being systematically and methodically changed by the Obama administration and far left liberal Democrats. A government hasn’t seen these kind of changes since National Socialism reared its ugly denigrating head in pre-war Germany in the 1940s. The purpose of this blog post is for Americans to be careful and mindful of the slippery slope when government takes a larger role in our everyday lives. While America is not a dictatorship, the parallels to Nazi Germany are uncanny. Here are some of the comparisons that should answer the question, is history repeating itself?
• When Hitler came to power in 1933, he was elected primarily by the middle class, democratically elected in a deep economic recession. Obama primarily elected by the middle class, democratically elected in a deep economic recession.
• Hitler promised to fundamentally remake German society. Obama promised to fundamentally change and remake American society.
• Hitler used his public speaking rhetoric to convince the electorate that he was the change agent. Obama used his public speaking rhetoric to convince the electorate that he was the agent of change.
• Hitler uses his stagecraft in huge stadiums to hypnotically feed the people en mass his ideas of what Germany will look like under Hitler. Obama uses his charisma in speeches in huge stadiums to feed his visions of America en mass. Hitler watches us watching him. Obama watches us watching him.
• Hitler writes an autobiography, Mein Kampf (My Struggle), foretelling his vision of Germany and what he is going to do as Germany’s leader. Obama writes two autobiographies, Dreams of My Father, and Audacity of Hope, in which his vision of America is clearly spelled out as what he will do as President.
• Hitler was accused later of concealing his birth certificate and his possible Jewish origins. Obama is accused of concealing his birth certificate and his Muslim origins.
• Hitler had many radicals who were his advisors and organizers (Goebbels, Himmler, Goering, Hess, Röhm, etc) Obama has many radicals who are his advisors and organizers (Rahm Emanuel, Dr. E. Emanuel, David Axelrod,etc.
• Hitler and the Nazi movement utilized a community organizing strategy on a national level to push policy objectives and intimidate dissenters. Obama uses a community organizing strategy on a national level to push policy objectives and intimidate dissenters.
• Hitler and Himmler’s SS strategy was to have Germans spy on everyday Germans. Obama has used the Internet and email to flush out “fishy” dissenters on his policies in order to spy on everyday Americans.
• Hitler and Himmler used internment camps to quell civil unrest against Nazi ideology and policies. Obama and Congress have introduced legislation HR 465 which would establish six national emergency centers to prepare for civil unrest for a social and/or economic crisis as determined by Homeland Security and Obama.
• Hitler said “He alone, who owns the youth, gains the future”, and the Hitler Youth movement provided a community organizing structure on a grand scale for Nazi ideology. Obama has used his appeal to the youth in order to seduce the gullible and unwary. The youth most often falls into this category, not yet “broken in” to the number one rule in electing a ruler: watch their actions, not their lips.
• Hitler paraphrase Joseph Goebbels in saying ““Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it.” Obama uses his rhetoric to make the populace and world audiences believe that America is bad and needs change. Obama in the current debate on healthcare keeps telling the American public people are lying about the proposals. He is the one lying, he's making it simple, he keeps saying it, and he is counting that everyone will believe him.
• Hitler’s focus on a state ideology forcing the populace into a new state religion with its god-like figurehead, Adolf Hitler. Obama’s statements to a world-wide audience that America is no longer a “Christian Nation” replaces religion with a secular state to become the object of the new religion of government and its leader Obama as its figurehead.
• Hitler’s racial policies eliminated children born as undesirables. Obama opposed a bill (Induced Infant Liability Act) as an Illinois state senator that would protect infants who were alive after a failed abortion from being “aborted” after birth. Even NARAL, an abortion rights group did not oppose it and both abortion rights and anti-abortion critics believed the legislation was not unfair.
• Hitler forced National Socialism on the German people as a fundamental change to German society as necessary in an economic crisis. Obama has forced socialistic fundamental changes to American society as necessary in an economic crisis.
• Hitler was of mixed racial heritage and distorted his racial heritage to control public opinion. Obama is of mixed racial heritage, but has distorted what his racial heritage is for public opinion. Obama is 50% Caucasian, 43.75% Arab, and 6.25% Black. According to federal law, an American citizen must be at least 1/8th, or 12.5% of a particular race to be considered a member of that race. Obama meets the criteria easily to be considered an Arab American but not African American. Kenyan records for Obama’s father indicate that he was classified as Arab-African and not African. The area from where Obama’s father is from is significantly Arab.
• Hitler was a vegetarian, pro-abortion, an advocate for strict gun control, desirous of universal health care, and continually extolling the virtues of state control. Obama is pro-abortion, sympathetic to groups such as vegetarians, an advocate for strict gun control, desirous of universal health care, and continually extolling the virtues of state (government) control. For both Hitler and Obama, government is the answer, and more of it, and not the problem.
• Hitler knew that by seizing government control in a time of crisis was crucial to gaining power. Obama and his advisor (Rahm Emanuel) believe that only during a crisis (economic) can fundamental change occur. It’s in Emanuel’s book The Plan: Big Ideas for America.
• Hitler bargained with religious leaders to quell opposition to sell his moral policies when he needed them. Obama is using religious leaders to promote policies for healthcare as a moral obligation, yet believes religion should stay out of the pro-choice, pro-abortion policies.
• Hitler used propaganda through the government to increase support for policies and highlight dissenters as communists, Jewish sympathizers, and Jews as vermin, and dissenters as un-German. Obama’s administration and liberal counter-parts have used propaganda through the government calling dissenters; astroturf, Nazis, Right-Wing extremists, mobs, and un-American.
• Hitler intimidated his rivals with face to face meetings, letters, media propaganda, radio and print to sell Nazi ideology and policies. Obama and Congress are using face-to-face meetings, letters to business leaders, and industry takeovers and intimidation to sell socialist policies.
• Hitler gave away free radios with a preset number of radio stations favorable to the government to control information. Obama and Congress want to enact the fairness doctrine to control information in print, television, and talk radio.
• Hitler believed that the state should control the social aspects of society and make choices on behalf of the good of society since only the government can be the objective arbiter. Obama believes only government (the state) should make the moral and social decisions for society as government as the arbiter (the public option).
I have to say that the major difference between Hitler and Obama is that Hitler was a stringent capitalist and detested the Marxist or state control of industry. Obama believes that government should control the evils of capitalism, greed.
While these are some of the more important similarities, I do think that Americans are now speaking out against Obama and his policy objectives. The electorate is now aware and as one town hall American said the "Sleeping Giant is now awake" . We have a choice and it is not to have history repeat itself.
Do not be silent. Be vigilant and speak softly and carry a big stick. Use your public voice, as only Americans have done for over 200 years. Be as American as you can be, and use facts to back up your arguments. Violence is not the answer. Be mindful and respectful of opinions you don’t agree with, but most of all, “We the People” will be heard.