obama: so/sx. bush: so/sp.

http://www.ocean-moonshine.net/e142857369/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=42&MMN_position=80:80

that web page has a problem if you try just going to www.ocean-moonshine.net. you can't go to that top level page. i found that site when it was in my google search results for information about the enneagram and the instinctual subtypes.

instincts that ichazo and others have described and how they affect the enneagram type:

so = social
sx = sexual
sp = self-preservation

here is my current theory:
obama: so/sx. bush: so/sp.

obama seems 'accessible' and 'human.' he wrote poetry a long time ago and shows signs of 'passion' or 'soul.' people comment about his loving relationship with his wife, and how they still show passion and intimacy with each other.

bush was more dry, inaccessible. after he went crazy, after the world trade center attack, people hated him and described him as soulless, like there was nothing alive in there, no self-awareness, no feeling for unique individual human beings. this is the so/sp at its worst. it's like he saw a huge, faceless mass of meaningless people, and they all were potentially a threat, a danger, a crowd of unpredictable animals and monsters who might rebel at any moment, who needed to be spied on, and tortured, and interrogated, in order to make sure they wouldn't get out of control.

so/sps are not always like that, but if something bad is going on, they become the 'soulless politician' much more than the other type does.

the so/sx has a stronger connection with people's individual souls. the sx instinct is said to represent passion and mystical feelings in addition to sex, the passionate love of life and your soul mate (or mates plural).

so/sx is described as 'big brother/big sister' and 'best friend to many.' i see albus dumbledore as probably so/sx as well. he isn't 'dry and inaccessible' or 'seeming inhuman' when under stress. he still knows that he's dealing with real human beings.

i would like to see some healthy role models for the other type, the so/sp. because right now, i'm giving them a bad rap, but not all so/sps have to be bad. george bush was definitely the worst case scenario for that type.

i think ayn rand described a healthy so/sp type in some of her characterizations. she sometimes talked about the businessman who was 'all business' and who was criticized for that. she glorified that businessman. the enneagram type eight so/sp is described that way when they become the CEO, and they make a very competent CEO but people don't like the 'all business' attitude that they show.

so/sp is described as the 'respectable business person' or 'respected pillar of the community.' there is a real need for these people and they can be healthy, so don't just think of george bush at his worst when you think of this type. many respectable, competent business people are this type but they are all very human.

so i don't know for sure if obama is so/sx, but it's a theory that i'm considering for now. i'll keep thinking about it. it would explain why he 'feels more accesssible' and 'acts like one of the guys' more than george bush did. since i don't have television, i can't get an impression of his behavior visually, but i have seen a couple speeches, and i felt 'passion' and 'charisma' in those speeches, which represents the sexual instinct, instead of a dry, all-business approach. again, just a theory for now.

Obama Special Olympics Bowling - Puppet Incident

I just saw a news article mentioning Obama, who accidentally blurted out a joke about his not-so-good bowling ability. He compared his bowling to the Special Olympics. Immediately afterwards, he made a public apology.

This is a typical 'puppet' incident of being forced/urged to blurt out something cruel, insulting, and thoughtless, especially something that makes fun of somebody. Handicapped people, people in wheelchairs, and mentally disabled people are one of the typical targets or 'sources of humor' in these incidents.

The incident discredits Obama, ruins his good reputation, makes him look like a jerk, makes him look like a shallow person, when in fact, he is a strong person with high self-esteem who is considerate and empathic to others and himself.

In this situation, Obama is the 'highest-ranking' person in the country. It seems like a great opportunity to make him look bad, to make fun of him, to make him seem 'down on himself,' and also to make him look like a shallow jerk. They usually aim to humiliate and discredit high-ranking, high self-esteem people, or talented people, or intelligent people.

These blurt-out incidents happen during casual conversations. Somebody gave him the idea that it was funny that he wasn't good at bowling. In reality, Obama himself would be self-accepting: you accept your own faults and weaknesses, and it's no big deal.

Another signal that it's a puppet incident is that he was highly conscious of people's uncomfortable reactions to the 'joke.' He immediately apologized afterwards. The article said that his 'joke' hadn't even been aired on TV yet whenever he apologized.

That is my theory. I will continue watching Obama and interpreting his behavior. I feel convinced that he is not the type of person who would naturally make a comment like that of his own free will.

something really creepy is going on

sometimes when obama talks, i actually hear the sound of a human being with a brain in there.

is anyone else getting this impression?

i don't even really know what to make of it.

i guess we'll see how long this bizarre phenomenon lasts. he's still new.

Misinterpretation of the dead chimpanzee cartoon!

The New York Post cartoon shows a chimpanzee shot dead by the police (which really happened recently when a famous trained chimp escaped and attacked somebody). The joke said, 'They'll have to find somebody else to write the next stimulus bill.'

MISINTERPRETATION: People are freaking out because they say it means that Obama is being compared to a chimp, and it's an African-American related insult.

My interpretation: The stimulus bill is insane gibberish. Therefore, it must've been written by a chimp. Chimps are commonly perceived as wild, hyperactive, unpredictable, misbehaving, and childlike. The next time they need some more insane gibberish written, they'll have to find some other chimp to do it. I don't interpret it as having anything to do with Obama himself.

Plus, presidents don't write bills. They have all these other people who actually write the bills. It's a big group of people writing it, not just the president himself. When I picture that, I'd say the cartoon would be more accurate if it showed a whole room full of dead chimps (yes, that is offensive, but still) instead of merely one.