Fiddle While Rome Burns
Definition:
To do something trivial and irresponsible in the midst of an emergency;
Occupy oneself with unimportant matters and neglect important ones during a crisis
Source: Dictionary.com
Legend has it that while a fire destroyed the city of Rome, the emperor Nero played his violin, thus revealing his total lack of concern for his people and his empire. Of course we know Nero never played a violin during this tragedy. For one, the violin wasn't even invented yet. And too, he was at his villa in Antium.
Roman Historian Tacitus rumored that Nero sang about the destruction of Troy while watching the city burn; however, he stated clearly that this was unconfirmed by eyewitness accounts.
And then there were the rumors that Nero had the fire deliberately set in order to make way of his Golden Palace and its surrounding pleasure gardens. Nero himself blamed the Christians (then an obscure religious sect) for the fire, and had many arrested and executed.
Source: Ask History™
Regardless if Nero fiddled, sang and/or had the fire set, the meaning behind the saying Fiddled while Rome Burns is neither mythical nor legend. To do something trivial and irresponsible in the midst of an emergency; Occupy oneself with unimportant matters and neglect important ones during a crisis is something we have seen time and time again with President Obama, his administration and the majority of those in Washington.
Throughout his presidency, Barack Obama has shown his lack of concern and respect for the American people, for America itself and America's allies.
The list is long. But in my article entitled On Being Un-Presidential... I provided a short list of the flippant attitude and lack of maturity of President Obama. Click HERE to read the article in it's entirety.
For the current additions to the ever growing list On Being Un-Presidential, watch the videos of Obama as he ignores the crisis in Brussels.
Click HERE and HERE
Some would say oh he's just being more attainable, more transparent, more relaxed; he's just not allowing terrorists to bother him--prevent him from living his life.
And to be fair...I provide a video from the Morning Joe show. It provides arguments for and against Obama's actions with respect to the current crisis in Brussels. Click HERE
Regardless of the arguments, in my opinion (and that of many others) the President of the United States is to behave responsibly. Like an adult. And he does this by returning to his home base, showing the American people he does care about them and this country, showing our allies he is taking affirmative action to deal with terrorists. And not acting like a flippant teenager running amuck.
Barack Obama has proven time and time again that he has No sense of honor or dignity; No sense of responsibility; and painfully obvious (at least to me) that he possesses No leadership skills whatsoever!
I will say this, Barack Obama does have an unending sense of entitlement. As do those who blindly follow him.
His adoring supporters, the Democrats, his lap dogs--the liberal turncoats aka the GOP reflect his childishness. They too have this sense of entitlement while lacking anything that remotely resembles maturity, ethics, intelligence, dignity and respect.
In fact, Obama and his followers, his minions/lap dogs: the Liberals, the GOP aka the Liberal turn-coats all put me more in mind of Lord of the Flies than Nero. In either case, and sufficient to say, this entire administration, their endless stream of freeze dried bullshit, politics as usual and gross lack of respect is an affront to my very nature!
Nero may not have fiddled while Rome burned, but Obama certainly danced while Brussels and the world mourns!
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Listen! Do you hear that? In the distance...could it be...
The sounds of a violin playing?
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