No Chris, it doesnt piss me off, and for several reasons.

For one, some of this is false or misleading, and

some of it is just nonsense. Lets look at a few points.

1. Obama smuggled billions of dollars from the US to Muslims. What Muslims? This point isnt
clear enough to even argue, because it lacks any context. Do you mean the $221 million he sent
to the Palestinian Authority? That happened, but it wasnt smuggling, and it wasnt billions.
http://www.snopes.com/obama-released-millions-palestinians/
Do you mean the $400 million we sent Iran? Or the $1.3 billion we sent Iran? Well, those both
happened, and created quite a bit of controversy.
http://fortune.com/2016/08/05/money-america-iran/
http://fortune.com/2016/09/07/us-iran-billion-hostages-arms-deal/
Honestly I dont know enough about those events to comment on them. I know there have been
a lot of opponents to Obamas dealings with Iran. I have disagreed strongly with many things
Obama did, and this might be one of them, but I dont know yet.

2. Obama invaded USA. What? By being born here and getting elected to multiple public offices?
Next point please.

3. Sold weapons to Muslims creating ISIS. Okay, its been said many times before, but Obama
did not create ISIS. The roots of ISIS go back way before Obama. At least to 2003. Under Bush.
http://www.factcheck.org/2016/08/trumps-false-obama-isis-link/
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/aug/11/donald-trump/donald-
trump-pants-fire-claim-obama-founded-isis-c/
As for Obama selling weapons to Muslims or the Middle East, again, he didnt exactly start
that. You can disagree with him and his actions as President, but he didnt invent selling arms to
the Middle East. You can easily go back to, oh, 1953 for a history of the US and arms in the
Middle East.
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/arming-the-middle-east-the-checkered-history-of-
american-weapons-deals-a-498421.html
There was also that time when good ol Ronnie Reagan sold arms to Iran. What was that called?
Oh yeah, the Iran-Contra Affair. It was kind of a big deal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran%E2%80%93Contra_affair
So this point is bullshit.

4. Gave Muslims time & money to put nukes all over the world Again. What? This one is just silly.
There is plenty of evidence that terrorists would love to have a nuclear bomb, but no evidence
they do. In fact, most people believe that if they ever got one, they would use it immediately.
This is a huge concern for many politicians, including former President Obama. He said There is
no doubt that if these mad men ever got their hands on a nuclear bomb or nuclear material,
they would certainly use it to kill as many people as possible.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/politics/isis-nuclear-bomb-is-a-serious-threat-
warns-barack-obama-a6964621.html
Huh. Calling ISIS mad men doesnt sound like something a secret Muslim terrorist would say.
So it doesnt seem like Muslims have nukes all over the world. There are a few Muslim countries
that have nuclear weapons. Maybe that was Obamas fault. Lets see. Theres Pakistan. How did
 we ever let Pakistan develop nukes? Oh wait, that was Reagan and his administration.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-abrams/ronald-reagan-yes-ronald_b_819117.html
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/oct/13/usa.pakistan
Then theres Turkey. They have nuclear weapons in their country. They are US nukes, were put
there by NATO, and have been around a hell of a lot longer than Obama. And they are of
concern to the entire world.
So this point is bullshit.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/turkeys-frightening-trifecta-isis-erdogan-and-us-nukes
So no, Obama did not let Muslims put nukes all over the world.

5. Gave our uranium to Muslims. Im not exactly sure what this is in reference to, but I did some
Googling. It looks like Trump claimed Hillary Clinton gave up 20 percent of Americas uranium
supply to Russia (Obama could have vetoed it, maybe) and that Russia sent Iran a huge
shipment (130 tons) of natural uranium. The Clinton/Obama accusation seems mostly, if not
entirely, false.
http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2016/sep/30/donald-trump/nuclear-claim-
donald-trump-says-hillary-clinton-ga/
http://www.snopes.com/hillary-clinton-uranium-russia-deal/

The uranium that Iran got from Russia is under strict surveillance by the U.N.'s International
Atomic Energy Agency for 25 years after implementation of the deal.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/01/09/iran-set-to-receive-huge-shipment-natural-
uranium-from-russia-amid-lawmakers-concerns.html [look! I cited Fox News!]

And, it seems like Iran receiving uranium from Russia is not exactly Obama giving our uranium to
Muslims. So this point is bullshit.

6. WHAT DID OBAMA DO FOR YOU? This is one that does piss me off. Its in the same format as
the rest of the list, but it does not belong as part of the list. Its a list of transgressions that
Obama committed, and then a question for the reader? Thats just poor design and
organization. In fact, this whole graphic is poorly designed. The punctuation and abbreviations
are all over the place. Sad.

Another issue I have with this is that the language lumps all Muslims together, and presupposes
that Muslim = bad guys. I know that you agree with this, but I just cant understand how you
cant understand that not all Muslims are evil terrorists. There are 1.8 billion Muslims in the
world. Thats almost 25% of the entire planet. Not all of them are represented by the small
group of evil terrorists.

You can divide other groups in your mind, but not Muslims. Youre a proud gun owner, and
every time a legal gun owner goes on a rampage, you declare loudly that he did not represent all
gun owners. But when an Islamic nut-job kills people, he represents all Muslims. When a wacko
kills people in the name of Christ, he doesnt represent Christians, but ISIS speaks for all
Muslims. Dont think there are Christian terrorists? Even if we skip the Crusades, Wikipedia has a
handy list of people currently killing in the name of Jesus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_terrorism#Contemporary
But they arent real Christians, right?

There are as many interpretations of the Koran as there are people that have read it. I know you
think the Koran is a book of hate, and that it commands murder and hatred. Well it does, but
the Christian Bible commands some pretty fucked up stuff too. Its all in how you interpret it and
let it guide your life. Most Christians dont follow even a quarter of what the Bible says to do.
There are as many interpretations of the Christian Bible as there are Christians. Dont think so?
Then why in the world are there hundreds of denominations of Christianity? Wikipedia has an
8,751 word article that mostly just lists the different denominations.

You could say that theyre all basically the same, but I bet theyd disagree. Did you know that
Seventh Day Adventists have traditionally considered dancing a sin? They also dont drink or
smoke!
http://www.religioustolerance.org/sda2.htm

The Catholics use a Bible that has seven more books than the King James Version. Seven! That
seems pretty significant for a holy book. Especially since the Bible says, right at the end in
Revelation 22:18-19 18 For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of
this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are
written in this book. 19 And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this
prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from
the things which are written in this book.

So it seems like the differences in Christian denominations are pretty important. Seems like if
the Catholics are right, then all the Protestants are going to hell for taking books out. Which
ones are right? Which one is the true Bible? Who represents Christianity? Is it you? Is it the
Catholics? Is it the Seventh Day Adventists? Is it the National Liberation Front of Tripura forcibly
converting Indians and using rape as a means of intimidation?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Liberation_Front_of_Tripura

But they arent Christians, and they dont represent Christ, right? Not like those Islamic terrorists
that represent all Muslims. Besides, that violence is in India, not America.

And as far as all Muslims espousing hatred of non-Muslims, what about when that Imam in
London saved a terrorist from being harmed?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/06/19/dont-touch-hero-imam-saved-life-suspect-
terror-attack/
That was pretty damned recent. It seems like if he wanted that non-Muslim terrorist hurt or
killed, he couldnt have asked for a better opportunity.

And also, like it or not, being a Muslim in America isnt going away. Freedom of religion is right
there in the Constitution. First Amendment. Im pretty sure that makes it just as legal and
 important a part of our country as your right to bear arms. It seems like the founding fathers
considered freedom of (and, specifically, from) religion to be important enough to bundle it in
with freedom of speech. That same freedom of speech that allows you to call for the murder of
people based on their religion.

Now, another reason why this terrible graphic didnt piss me off is because Im not Obama, and Im not a
mindless Obama supporter. Did I vote for him? Yup. Twice. Does that mean that I agree with everything
hes ever said or done? Of course not! I disagreed strongly with a lot of things he did. He was doing
things in his last week in office that pissed me off to no end. So even if this list of Obamas sins were
true, it wouldnt piss me off. I think he was a pretty good President, and certainly not a traitorous secret
Muslim that needs to be hung in the street as you so often opine, Chris.

There are some die-hard Obama supporters out there who believe he could do no wrong. There are
liberals that will lash out at you if you so much as hint that Obama may not have been Jesus incarnate. I
am not one of them, and I find that kind of mentality bothersome. We all should all be holding each and
every politician to task each and every day. We should be very critical of their actions, even if, or
especially if, we voted for them. I try to evaluate Trump on what he is doing, not on the fact that I dislike
the guy, and thats tough. I have to remember that just because I dislike the guy, he can still do things
right. I support his withdrawal from the TPP, for example.

Now, there is a thing that does piss me off these days, and it should piss you off too. Its fake news and
the evil Main Stream Media. This is such an awful trend, and a dangerous one. We have the President
of the United States openly waging war on journalists and the media. I know that media outlets have a
political bias to them. That isnt new. What is new is considering an entire media outlet false of fake
because they have published anti-Trump stories.

I know that news outlets sometimes get a story wrong, or even sometimes publish false information.
When a respectable news source does that, they issue a correction, or a retraction, or even fire staff if
the error was intentional or egregious. Thats journalistic integrity. It doesnt mean that every story they
run is false and fake news. Im not saying you should watch CNN, or read The Huffington Post. But its
dangerous to discount every story someone runs just because they have published inaccurate
information in the past. The ultra-right news sites that you are so fond of regularly publish false,
misleading, or incredibly biased stories. But because they support your views, its not fake news.

We all live in echo chambers, but the MSM are the ones that are held accountable. They are the ones
that actually run retractions and correct their own errors. They may slant their stories, sure, but they
generally report facts, too. BBC would never run a story claiming that Trump stole Christmas, or that
hes a secret Muslim. Those stories are blatantly false.

The MSM isnt the problem. Theyve always been flawed. The problem is lack of critical thinking. Its not
expecting sources for stories. Thats the problem on both sides. If I see a liberal friend of mine post a
story like Trump Caught in Biggest Lie YET! Jail for Sure! Im pretty sure its bullshit. Especially if its not
on the front page of Google News. Likewise, when I see a conservative friend post Obama Seen Peeing
on US Constitution I know its bullshit. Even the merely hyperbolic stories like BLANK was Just
Destroyed by One Sentence from BLANK are almost always minor news blips that wont have any
impact.

The President, our President, isnt lambasting news outlets just for things they get wrong though. He is
dismissing out of hand any media that disagrees with him, or that doesnt paint him in a flattering light.
So what happens is Trump tells you to not listen to the Main Stream Media because they are all fake
news. And so you automatically shut out anything from the MSM. And now that Fox News says not nice
things about Trump, even Fox News is considered fake news that you should ridicule or ignore.

So what does that leave you with? You cut out the MSM and the moderates, and that leaves you with
the extreme right and the extreme left. We know you wont be paying attention to the extreme left (no
one should). So that leaves you with the sycophantic extreme right, and whatever Trump says. That
means that all the news you get, all the news informing your view of the world and what is happening, is
coming from the mouth of one person and the people that exist to flatter him. That seems pretty
dangerous to me. You have a president that is the only voice you listen to, and he casually hand-waves
away blatant lies with terms like alternative facts.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/06/23/opinion/trumps-lies.html

The President of the United States wants to be the only source of your facts. And its working. That
scares me. There should never be only one source of truth. No one should have listened unquestioningly
to Obama. Or Margaret Thatcher. Or Gandhi. Or Donald Trump. It should piss you off that our President
wants to be the only source for whats believable. You sure as hell wouldnt have let Obama get away
with that. Donald Trump personally tells you what to believe. He wants to shut down all journalists that
dont support him, and be the sole arbiter of what is true. Good God, Chris, doesnt that bother you?

Have you noticed that hes never wrong and impossible to pin down? Hes a real straight talker, except
when he isnt. He means exactly what he says, except when he doesnt.
http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-wiretapping-sean-spicer-fake-news-alternative-facts-567509

Do we need some examples of how this is happening? I keep seeing memes and comments from my
conservative friends about how Trump is kicking ass and taking names, and how Trump doesnt bow
down to terrorists like Obama did, and how, now that we have a tough guy in the White House there are
gonna be some real changes. But what changes has he made? Hes had almost 6 months in office. I keep
hearing that the Democrats are obstructing Trump and preventing his glorious plans from getting
enacted. But heres the thing: the Democrats cant obstruct him. The GOP controls the White House,
The House, The Senate, and the Supreme Court. They dont need Democratic votes to pass legislation;
they just need some actual plans. But its so much easier to blame Trumps poor performance thus far
on Obama and Hillary Clinton. She lost, remember? Get over it.

How is that border wall going that Mexico is going to pay for? Whats that? Mexico isnt going to pay for
it?
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-budget-trump-mexico-idUSKBN17P0QG

How is repealing and replacing the ACA going? Well, theyve taken 4 or 5 tries at it, but cant get it
passed. Why? Because they dont have a real plan. Because the plans theyve brought to the table cant
even get Republicans to vote for them. Now Trump wants to repeal the ACA without a replacement plan
at all. Yay?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2017/06/30/trumps-new-idea-to-repeal-
obamacare-now-and-replace-it-later-would-be-a-massive-massive-gamble/?utm_term=.7197b4e5bc3d

And what about the hundreds of empty government positions that should have been filled by now?
Positions like director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, or commissioner of U.S. Customs and
Border Protection, or the 43 unfilled key positions in the Department of Defense? Most of the empty
seats only need Senate confirmation to be filled. But they cant be confirmed because Trump simply
hasnt bothered naming anyone.
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/446201/donald-trump-administration-hundreds-key-
government-positions-still-unfilled [Look! Another conservative source!]
http://dailycaller.com/2017/05/30/hundreds-of-top-government-positions-remain-unfilled/

I think this piece from The Atlantic says it well. Trump just plain doesnt have a plan.
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/06/donald-trump-economic-policies/529554/
But he keeps telling you he has a plan. He keeps telling you he is kicking ass. He keeps telling you your
country is safer and your economy is thriving.

Trump doesnt have your best interests in mind; he has his own. Hes a plutocrat, through and through.
Almost all of our politicians at the national level are. They want to keep their money and their power.
The best way to do that is to make the common man fight amongst themselves. Blame the immigrant
for taking jobs. Let the poor worry about someone on public assistance while the rich take away your
rights and benefits. Get the working man to yell Free market! and Dont force me to pay for some low
lifes benefit!. Weve seen many times what happens when you let the free market run the show and
get rid of regulations. You get miners with black lung. You get children working 15 hour days. You get
people working for pennies a day because its better than nothing. I gave some thoughts on this here a
while ago: https://www.facebook.com/imillermoth/posts/10209828553289044

And thats my last thought Ill put here. The simplest and strongest way to get the people to ignore the
real problems is by dividing them and making the other side Other and not like you. Divide people on
party lines. Divide them by religion. Divide them by nationality. Once you make them something other
than you, you can generalize them and stereotype them, and hate them. Once liberals are all
communist, gender-bending, flag-burning, terrorist-loving, welfare-abusing snowflakes, its pretty easy
to dismiss them. Once Muslims are all terrorists theyre pretty easy to hate. I think Jimi had a great point
when he said he wished you had a Muslim friend or coworker. Its so much harder to hate people when
you realize were all the same. You might hate illegal aliens, but you dont hate all Mexicans, because
you know Mexicans. Youve worked with them, and been friends with them. Were all shitty and flawed,
but the same. But if you divide people, you have a scapegoat for the real problems in America. You have
a face to point a finger or a gun at, instead of realizing that we have a shit-ton of inconceivably
complicated work to do to make our country as great as it can be.