We personally don’t believe any President should ever take a vacation. We know 99% of you out there don’t agree, but the job’s too important to be screwing around in Hawaii for two weeks, or even to be screwing around at Camp David. You wanted that desk in the Oval Office, now sit your a** in it and do your g-damn job.
That said, it’s disconcerting to believe the current president, Dr. Utopia, is reading the latest Harry Potter adventure, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”.
J.K. Rowling is a wonderful person. We are delighted for her success, and never missed a single “Harry Potter” midnight release party whenever any of her books debuted. Yes, we dressed up in wizarding costumes, ate chocolate frogs in line, snuck Bertie Botts’ nasty flavor beans into other people’s jars of Jelly Bellys, and devoured every Potter book in less than 24 hours after buying them.
We see people reading these all the time on the trains or buses here in Chicago. It’s definitely nothing to be ashamed of.
But, is that really a Harry Potter book the current president is carrying?
Isn’t there something more important he should be reading — like, for instance, reports on just how dramatically and detrimentally the Healthcare Rationing his Senate is forcing onto Americans will affect this country?
Should the President of the United States REALLY be wandering about carrying children’s books?
The MSM excoriated George W. Bush for reading to actual children on 9/11. As Muslims plot to take more of our airliners out of the sky, the current president is reading children’s books by himself, no children in sight.
Is this unsettling to anyone else?
******
NOTE: We just realized this, but if you look at the photo above, you’ll see it’s taken of Dr. Utopia’s “forbidden side”, from the angle the press is prohibited from photographing him. In shots of the back right side of his head, you can clearly see scarring from some sort of massive head injury or operation he had at some point.
The press has never talked about this, and the current president has repeatedly refused to release his medical records (unlike all presidents before him), so no one has any idea what those scars are from. Apparently, massive head injuries and cranial operations were not mentioned in the books William Ayers wrote for him.
It’s a mystery what happened to him.
And very rare to get a good shot of those scars.
Unlike Harry’s lightning bolt, we don’t believe these things make him “The Chosen One”, no matter what Oprah tells you.
*****
Here’s a better shot of that scar:
What is that from?
December 28, 2009 at 11:47 pm
What I find unsettling is that Zero seems to think the presidency is one big perk and doesn’t feel inclined to actually do the job.
I think there should be calls for him to resign. I am serious.
December 29, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Michelle – I was thinking the same thing. I’ve said it from the beginning that he thinks that this is just another item that should appear in his resume. The job is viewed as an entitlement and that we should be glad that he’s entitled to it. There is no expression that he is there to do the job and cast the attention to this nation. I don’t know where these terrorists acts are going to happen, but my gut feeling is that these acts are going to increase and our enemies have shown they are increasing in creativity. We do not have a system that is in place to protect us (i.e. Holder).
December 29, 2009 at 1:36 pm
Couldn’t agree more – I think he’s done actual impeachable things as well. He does NOT uphold that oath of office he took – to uphold the Constitution and to protect the country from enemies both foreign and domestic. And he is NOT doing everything in his power to keep the people of this country safe. How is that not impeachable? We so desperately need a Woodward and Bernstein event here…I literally pray all the time that there’s someone on the ground in this administration so disgusted by what they see that they feel compelled to do the right thing and start bugging these dirtbags and expose them for the crooks they are.
Until then, I will try to avoid flying at all costs. Ugh ugh ugh.
December 30, 2009 at 12:08 am
I will be the one to throw another conspiracy theory at you on this comment.
When he was sworn in – They messed up. Later inside the White House (behind closed doors and no cameras) the Chief Justice and Obama “redid” the oath.
Was the first one just a show and since it was messed up does it count?? Who knows what the second one was all about.
Ok Enough of that conspiracy theory. I will go back to just reading only.
Love you guys at Hillbuz and I love reading the comments – you have some of the best people online here.
December 29, 2009 at 2:15 pm
Completely agree. And everything they do by way of effort is regarded, by them and fans, as “sacrifice”.
December 29, 2009 at 12:00 am
I am interested in what you have said about the scar (which I cannot see due to the poor resolution of the photo), so wondering if you could expand on that.
December 29, 2009 at 12:34 am
Scar photo:
http://www.thepowerhour.com/images/obama_scar.jpg
December 29, 2009 at 12:38 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkBqLBsu-o4&feature=player_embedded#
Apparently this has been out there for a while. This one shows something at 30:15.
December 29, 2009 at 1:09 pm
That is one very nasty scar and it is not from an inconsequential accident.
December 29, 2009 at 2:51 pm
Couldn’t a surgeon tell what caused it?
December 30, 2009 at 1:49 am
Lobotomy?
December 29, 2009 at 12:08 am
I don’t think that book looks thick enough to be “The Deathly Hallows.” Frankly, I’d be relieved if he was reading something that innocuous.
As for the vacation thing– I think it should be within reason and appropriate to the national climate. During a huge recession Hawaii is in really, really bad taste. Not that I’m surprised. I don’t agree with the no vacation idea only because the job is so stressful that a change in scenery is probably good for the POTUS– which ends up being good for us in a rational world. (In Utopia Land– I don’t know that anything the man does is good for us).
December 29, 2009 at 10:41 am
A change in scenery is good, but no president should ever be truly “off the job” (IMO) unless s/he’s ill or in surgery.
Why can’t they go to Camp David or home to Chicago? If the Utopias had their own home in HI or were staying with his sister, I wouldn’t mind so much. As it stands, their renting of this costly vakay home is a slap in the face to all Americans who are struggling financially, given that his admin has not mitigated the problems with the economy but instead made them worse.
And I still contend that Soros messing around with the market in Sept. ’08 is what caused the crisis in the first place. Sure, 9/11 and the Repubs overspending didn’t help, but I believe it was Soros who brought the situation to a head during the election in order to take the focus off national security and turn the tide toward Utopia.
December 29, 2009 at 2:31 pm
Oh I agree. Camp David seems ideal. Hawaii is just wrong.
There is something a little alarming about seeing the POTUS sauntering along the beach as if he doesn’t have a care in the world.
December 30, 2009 at 5:45 am
We want him to go home and take Valerie Jarret and Pelosi with him…keep in mind that this is the busiest time of the yr. for tourism. Many tour operators are out of business while this not so native son twiddles his toes in the sand.
http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?c45e0c67-3c66-4650-bb0c-743b19aa678e
Heightened Security Detail Costs for Speaker Pelosi and President Obama Will Fall on Local Taxpayers
By Malia Zimmerman, 12/29/2009 7:31:01 PM
As President Barack Obama vacations in three private rented homes in Kailua, Oahu, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is also on vacation on another main Hawaiian island – the Big Island of Hawaii.
In response to Hawaii Reporter’s inquiry as to whether she is here for business, or pleasure, whether she will have any public events or meetings, and whether she took a private government charter or traveled commercial, Drew Hammill in her office sent this reply:
“The Speaker traveled to Hawaii at her own expense on commercial air.”
As with the president’s visit, Pelosi is being escorted by local police officers.
The county of Hawaii would not release the number of police officers escorting Pelosi, how many hours they are dedicating to Pelosi’s security detail, the cost to local taxpayers or whether they were being pulled from other duties.
Hawaii Reporter’s media inquiry was directed by the county police to the U.S. Capitol Police and Pelosi’s office.
Pelosi’ office also refused to provide the answers to these questions: “For security reasons, I cannot disclose information regarding her travel dates and any security arrangements mandated by the House Sergeant at Arms,” Hammill writes.
Chris Loo, media specialist for the Hawaii Police Department, writes: “After the visit is pau, you may send a written request to the chief to seek information about any costs incurred by the county.”
Meanwhile on Oahu, though the Honolulu Police Department would not release the details of the police detail or the number of officers working for security reasons, the cost for Obama’s police escorts are expected to exceed last year’s $107,000, because last year, he was the president elect and not the president.
The $107,000 for police escorts was not reimbursed by the federal government, nor will it be during this year’s visit, a Honolulu Police Department spokesperson told Hawaii Reporter.
The Honolulu Police Department has no plans to ask the county council for emergency funding to cover either this visit or the past visit, both unexpected expenses. But since Obama has expressed interest in returning to Hawaii during future holidays, a police spokesperson says they may budget for his visits in future budget requests.
The visits by both Pelosi and Obama are coming at a time when county mayors and their departments are looking for ways to cut back on expenses and considering tax hikes because of shrinking tax revenues and the proposed plan by Gov. Linda Lingle to take all four county’s share of the visitor tax to balance the state budget.
December 29, 2009 at 12:18 am
He should be reading a good basic economics book, like Economics In One Lesson /Hazlett. Written after WWII. Examples of how many government interventions in the free market create more problems than it solves.
December 29, 2009 at 8:10 am
Economics for Dummies would be about right..
December 29, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Or Sowell’s Basic Economics – in which he explains simply and clearly how govt intervention in any industry is certain to f*ck it up.
December 29, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Would no more be reading that than a vampire would be enjoying an Allium sativum enema.
December 29, 2009 at 12:25 am
Now I won’t be able to go to sleep.
http://209.157.64.200/focus/chat/2411666/posts?page=1
December 29, 2009 at 12:30 am
http://209.157.64.200/focus/chat/2411666/posts?q=1&;page=101
Scroll down.
December 29, 2009 at 1:44 pm
I followed the links, and was snarking along with the FReepers…til I got to the ‘head tilt’ link. Oh my.
Explains a lot…especially the hidden medical records.
The scar could trully be from the surgical removal of some type of tumor.
December 29, 2009 at 1:00 am
Makes me think of the movie, Manchurian Candidate.
He has an implant.
December 29, 2009 at 10:13 am
Earlier Hillbuzz speculated that Obama may have Parkinson’s. I have an acquaintance who is having an implant done to control his Parkinson’s – brain surgery…
December 29, 2009 at 12:25 am
Are those his Muslim sandals?
December 29, 2009 at 12:29 am
“The Anti Christ will have survived a serious head wound (scar on head)…”
I am not sure where in the Bible this is located but I have heard it before also..
December 29, 2009 at 1:06 am
This is from the book of Revelation, 13:3.
The NIV version reads as follows:
“One of the heads of the beast seemed to have had a fatal wound, but the fatal wound had been healed. The whole world was astonished and followed the beast.”
You can read the various translations/versions of this passage here: http://bible.cc/revelation/13-3.htm
December 29, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Obamoron as the sock puppet of Satan? I can’t see it. The Antichrist wouldn’t need a writ from Harvard’s Special Ed services to stick around as he’d actually have the ability to meet minimum grades.
December 29, 2009 at 8:38 pm
Interestingly, that passage then goes on to say that the beast “was allowed to exercise authority for 42 months” (13:5). Does that mean Obama will be a single-termer?
December 29, 2009 at 10:47 am
Ooh, good one. But I don’t think the ever-ineffectual Utopia is the antichrist. Perhaps a minion or puppet thereof.
I think Maitreya is the antichrist. I can’t even look at pictures of that guy without the hair on my arms standing up and without feeling an immediate need to say, “Burn, devil, burn” (a Catholic school thing) and praying.
December 29, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Yikes…and I haven’t even read ;o’s links yet.
On an earlier thread (days ago) I thought for the first time, in a long time, about my ‘Catholic memeroblia’ (Crucifixes, Pope portraits, Holy Cards from my late parents’ house)…I think I need to get them.
Burn, Devil, Burn is right Garlic…and spritz some Holy Water my way.
December 29, 2009 at 4:20 pm
Those sandals are dead-ringers for a pair from the Nine West collection I wore circa 1989. No guy I know wears heels that high or that curved. Poor baby’s admittedly “tired” from the pressures of the job he’s rarely around to perform, so perhaps he wasn’t looking and borrowed wifey’s 12Ws by mistake.
December 29, 2009 at 12:29 am
Is he drinking a BOTTLED WATER? Isn’t that one of the latest crimes against the planet?
December 29, 2009 at 1:04 am
No worries.
He is of the (hypocritical) elite.
December 29, 2009 at 10:50 am
Oh, snap! hahahahaha!
Now, if Mrs. Utopia regularly boils tap water and pours it into plastic bottles she’s saved (and washes as necessary), then it’d be okay.
December 29, 2009 at 12:51 pm
Yes, I thought the same thing! Where is the BPA-free reusable bottle?? What a hypocrite!! I bet he had a corn-fed hamburger for lunch too.
Not that I want to defend him for a moment, but he could be reading that book with his kids, they are the right age for HP.
December 29, 2009 at 12:50 am
“Capitalism and Freedom”" (Friedman) is a very enlightening quick read as well. Much easier to haul around than a big hardback.
December 29, 2009 at 12:51 am
OK this is pretty odd.
While searching for Obama head scar (which yielded the following image: http://www.thepowerhour.com/images/obama_scar.jpg I also found a bunch of results on Obama having a star or pentagram on the back of his head.
Apparently, a lot of people noticed this in the “town hall” debate with McCain. The still photos I saw didn’t really show it that well, but if you watch this YouTube video, starting at about 2:18, there is a very distinct star-shaped pattern on the back of his head.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQJ1kIDQlfM&feature=related
Cow-lick/hair growth pattern? Plugs? Something else from a surgery? Tricks due to the light? Hard to say… but VERY strange!
December 29, 2009 at 12:56 am
Doh! There’s an unnecessary parenthesis at the end of the image link above. It should be: http://www.thepowerhour.com/images/obama_scar.jpg
December 29, 2009 at 1:03 am
That’s the same as those above. Very odd. Considering that he literally flies in the barber from Chicago to do his hair. There is a story there alright.
December 29, 2009 at 1:01 am
In reference to the star shape above, I found something about it on baldness treatments:
“Try to do as much reduction as possible; this procedure produces
fastest results. A crescent moon-shaped or star-shaped slice of bald scalp is simply cut out, and then the remaining scalp is sewn
together. Rather quickly, you’re much less bald. Your scalp is elastic
enough to tolerate this. After this heals, the remaining bald spot is
covered with hair grafts. The scars remaining after a reduction
procedure heals will disappear under the transplanted hair from later
procedures.
December 29, 2009 at 10:52 am
Dear Men of the World:
I can’t speak for gay men, but I can tell you that millions of straight women love your beautiful bald heads. It’s sexy. Please don’t maim yourself on our account.
Love,
Garlic
December 29, 2009 at 2:56 am
“What is that from?”
Michelle got hungry late one night????
Compare her teeth to the scar…
Just kidding.. He’s a freakin evil robot.
December 29, 2009 at 8:06 am
Stacy, I saw those Mobama teeth and thought the same thing. I have this question in light of the observation: Is Mobama a vampire? Is she the living dead? God knows her husband has sucked the life blood out of this economy. It all stands to reason.
December 29, 2009 at 10:54 am
OMG, Stacy and qr4j, you’re too much! I swear, if this keeps up, I’ll never make it to the bottom of this thread.
The Buzz Boyz and the Buzzers are one funny, clever bunch!!!!!!!!
December 29, 2009 at 1:12 pm
Oh my…this is shaping up as a clasic thread here.
Well done!!!
December 29, 2009 at 2:58 am
This is the first POTUS in my lifetime who seems to be constantly holidaying. None of the others would even dream of being on holiday when there was a world crisis.
JFK had a very young family when he was in the White House. He did not take these holidays. He led the country. LBJ, Nixon, Reagan, Clinton and Carter, as well as the two Bush Presidents did not treat the office of POTUS with such disrespect.
Carter’s daughter was also quite young during his years of shame as President.
The trips to Camp David were necessary, but these were working Presidents.
I agree this man should either resign or be removed ASAP….
December 29, 2009 at 3:36 am
If that book is “Deathly Hallows”, someone should tell Dr. Utopia not to read the last two chapters. It may upset him to find out his evil hero/role model dies in the end (and the good guys win!)
December 29, 2009 at 4:32 am
Mostly, it’s upsetting because I would love to be sitting around reading Harry Potter (or some other wonderfully fantastical book). Instead, I spend my time reading about history, politics, economics, etc., writing letters, making phone calls, visiting my Congressmen, networking online and everything else that goes into being a good citizen and protecting our freedoms.
On that note, has anyone else heard of the National Precinct Alliance?
http://www.nationalprecinctalliance.org/
It’s about getting involved in the political process at the grass-roots level, without actually running for office. Instead, you can become a Precinct Committeeman (I think that’s what they called it), responsible for electing the party leaders, who then endorse the candidates for each party (something like that).
I’m just becoming aware of the whole process and how it works, myself, but they claim to have had a lot of success in some states already in getting good candidates onto the ballots (and endorsed), regardless of party. Again, I don’t know a whole lot about this, but would love to learn more. I think some good quality candidates (all-around) is what this county needs.
December 29, 2009 at 8:11 am
I am a precinct committeeman. I had to get 10 signatures from my precinct in order to be on the ballot on 2 February 2010. You can be appointed by your party. But you have party voting rights if you are elected.
Being a precinct committeeman gives you a chance to connect with local voters. I talked to an older couple when I did my signature walk a few months back. The couple was worried about the lack of sidewalks and its effects on public safety in the neighborhood. I told them I would contact a freind of mine on city council. I gathered information and then sent them a summary letter.
That’s grassroots, responsive government.
December 29, 2009 at 6:07 am
“Isn’t there something more important he should be reading — like, for instance, reports on just how dramatically and detrimentally the Healthcare Rationing his Senate is forcing onto Americans will affect this country?”
..didn’t he promise he would go through the health care bill line-by-line?
Oh yeah, promises and Dr Utopia, I get it.
On the subject of the scar: man, am I creeped out. This guy gets weirder and weirder each day.
December 29, 2009 at 7:44 am
Hey! I came over to this site awhile back on the wave of SDA readers awhile back. Now I refresh this blog… at least 4 times a day. I love this place, thanks so much Hillbuzz for being fantastic, asking questions and discussing things outside the news. You all actually use your mental facilties and I enjoy it immensely.
Okay, shout out aside. By skimming some links in the comments I came to yet another link. Fascinating. I hope you guys will find it as well. http://www.drnoahklein.com/blog/35/senator-barak-obama-has-a-head-tilt/
I’ma be sleuthing this more I imagine.
Keep it up Hillbuzz. *thumbs up*
December 29, 2009 at 7:58 am
I know… shouldn’t be responding to myself. But a few images I’ve dug up now as well.
http://susers.thatsmyface.com/j/john/Barack_Obama_right_0i3wJRkfkf.points_ebf9f649.jpg
http://alloveralbany.com/images/barack_obama_in_profile.jpg
http://www.changenet.net/obama/obama%20profile.jpg
http://salem-news.com/stimg/november202009/obamaprofile.jpg
I’m a little annoyed by the fact the side of his bloody head is different every time I see it. But speaking from experience, covering up lines and blemishes is one of the easiest things you can do with Photoshop.
December 29, 2009 at 9:29 am
The scar is from when they put in the controller device that Soros holds the keys to.
It wasn’t a clean install either- as evidenced by all the stutters, hisses, and squeaks whenever utopia isn’t plugged into his teleprompters.
Yep, what we got is Robo-eejit, version 1.0.
December 29, 2009 at 10:58 am
I caught part of a program on the History channel (or maybe NatGeo?) whose topic was CIA implants in people such as Sirhan Sirhan, who supposedly to this day doesn’t recall killing RFK.
They contended that the CIA wanted RFK for, among other reasons, his intention of reopening the case regarding his brother’s assassination.
I’ll try to catch the program from the beginning.
December 29, 2009 at 10:59 am
Ugh: “wanted RFK dead…”
December 29, 2009 at 9:42 am
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.mydigitallife.info/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/_42737571_hp_american_cut1_gal.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/08/10/harry-potter-and-the-deathly-hallows-book-covers/&usg=__F8IoersKDqIC0oOPGpChLOtHmfk=&h=300&w=416&sz=26&hl=en&start=7&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=37T7uDGIcYtlDM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=125&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dback%2Bof%2Bthe%2Bbook%2Bharry%2Bpotter%2Band%2Bthe%2Bdeathly%2Bhallows%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7GGLD_en%26um%3D1
Which my God, is the world’s longest link, leading you to an image of the full cover of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, and no I don’t think that is what he’s reading.
And this: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-10/16/xin_3121004161918171764270.jpg
Notice the thickness of the book. The book that he’s carrying is much thinner.
That being said, I don’t care what he reads, what I cannot believe is that we could have a terrorist attack on Christmas and he doesn’t comment on it for days. THAT is what blows me out of the water (pardon the pun).
I don’t have a problem with a POTUS on vacation. However with a president, it’s ALWAYS a working vacation. Seems like once again, this yokel doesn’t get the job description.
December 29, 2009 at 9:52 am
All right, I feel bad for saying this as I can’t stand the current POTUS either – but if that book IS Harry Potter, he could just be carrying out to one of his daughters. We must be fair and give the man the benefit of the doubt when possible… theré not a whole lot of those instances where there IS any doubt, so make the most of the rare opportunities when he might not be acting like an immature teen.
I’ll go out on a limb here and say that we must be careful NOT to get carried away by our disdain for the current POTUS. Regardless of how justified it is, it’s easy to get into a mindset where he becomes the Big Bad Bogeyman – we saw that from liberals with Bush. Any misstep was pounced upon as further proof of what a “moron” he was. Just as you described with the Palin-haters, it precludes thoughtful criticism and will be a turn-off to people to start seeing what a disaster their Lightbringer is, and yet will be scared of saying so because they don’t want to turn it into an Obama-hating fest.
Unless I am on a vent, I do try to approach it as though he were someone I did support: is there any justification, explanation, or fudging of reports, that might make his actions less revulsive than they appear? Can I disagree with his policies and even the man, while respecting his – and every human’s – ultimate worth and value? I hope to never meet the guy, I cringe shen he speaks, I believe he is extremely dangerous and has evil intentions towards America. I will fight him tooth and nail whenever necessary. But I also remember that he is probably a kind and loving father in private, and since I believe that every person was created on purpose by God with their own talents that are needed in this world if used for good, then I must believe that of him as well, as easy as it would be to simply indulge in the scorn-fest that he repeatedly deserves.
December 29, 2009 at 10:16 am
Hmmmm. You seem like a nice person. I consider myself to be a very fair person, even sticking up for the underdog. BUT, as you have indicated in your post, Obama deserves what he gets. Do you think he was an innocent bystander when he stole the Democratic primary from Hillary Clinton?
Obama, and many of his cheerleaders, have set themselves up for some bad karma, and now they’ll have to live with that for awhile.
As for his supporters who eventually come down from their Obama highs, I think we have all witnessed what many of his most ardent supporters were like before his election… mean, vile, distempered kool aid addicts who have no shame. They’ll just a soon turn on him as they would any person who crosses them. To that I say “have at it”. The rest of us can egg them on, while we sit back and watch the spectacle of their self-destruction. In the mean time, we can also start to prepare for a world not defined by Obamamania. That will be where our thoughtfulness is most needed.
December 29, 2009 at 10:22 am
Our thoughtfulness will be best used after the world is cured of its Obamamania. For now, I prefer to watch the spectacle of Obama addicts destroying Obama and themselves since they all deserve it.
Your a nice person for writing what you wrote, but karma is now at play, and there’s nothing that Obama or is most vile, distempered supporters can do about it.
December 29, 2009 at 10:23 am
That is “You’re a nice person…”
December 29, 2009 at 1:23 pm
I may not finish eating my lunch today, as this is an incredible thread…but I soooo agree with your assertions on Karma (Providence, Kismet, whatever you want to call it) there is some great cosmic justice…a force of nature where scores are settled. Every culture has a term for it…Schadenfrued anyone?
And…for grins and giggles…your point about the Obots turning on their own can be substantiated by a quick visit to the cyber DUmp. Dem Undergrounders (progressives all) are without question some of the most hateful, foul, misogynists around. And none of there postings are funny, witty, remotely snarky or TRUTHFUL. But they make for great theatre when they turn on their own…
December 29, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Oh, Mary, you are a brave, brave soul for visiting the vile DU!
My blood pressure shoots up if I go there, so I don’t!
December 29, 2009 at 11:07 am
Natalie: interesting that you should make a plea toward fairness on this day. Just last night I was wondering if my own negativity was being stoked too much by my distaste for the wrongdoings of Utopia and his admin. I was feeling like it was keeping me stuck in a bad place and preventing my own good from coming to me.
Short of pulling back completely, considering our country’s future is at stake, I vowed that I’d try to strike a better balance. I do believe the Utopias love their kids and try to be good parents, despite their being, imo, misguided in many other areas.
December 29, 2009 at 11:28 am
Natalie, you’re right about the need to keep our perspective and not look like fools by constantly jeering at POOTUS, and especially to not lose our credibility by jumping wrongly to conclusions, taking unverified rumors too seriously, etc.
But, bless you, I don’t think he is deserving of respect just for being alive. Remember that God made cockroaches and hantaviruses, too. Obo’s public life has been an unending shameless, dishonest, self-indulgent spree. This lazy little twerp has wasted opportunities, cut deals, and screwed off all his life. And that’s just the stuff we know about. There’s so much that’s hidden.
He lied and cheated to get elected, and once in power essentially flipped off the people who voted for him as well as the people who didn’t. The man is the personification of 21st-century Western evil–a dilettante, an elitist, completely untested by reality, full of bullsh!t theories to control the lower orders “for their own good”…
Being nice to one’s own family–one’s flesh and blood and the caregiver thereof–is no virtue. It’s the natural reaction, and it benefits self-interest, so even narcissists like Obo will do it. He gets no points for this. Anything else he’s done that’s at all admirable?
We should never give evil the same status as good, even when the “evil” has, to date, been petty and slimy rather than titanic. To do so spits in the face of the people who live honorable, effortful lives, who do the right thing even when it’s against their self-interest and who make sacrifices for the sake of their duty.
December 29, 2009 at 10:04 am
Um, why doesn’t he have any body hair?
December 29, 2009 at 11:03 am
Swimmers shave their bodies, so perhaps in anticipation of vacation, he shaved his.
Now, if only he’d go swimming less than an hour after a meal, we could find out whether our mothers were telling us the truth.
(Re his endless vacationing: I agree with Michelle in the very first post on this thread. He does seem to think that he won 4 years of leisure, fun, and perks. I suppose we should be glad that he’s so clueless, since he’s pissing off more and more people, which means support is draining for him and everything/everyone connected with him.)
December 29, 2009 at 11:38 am
Hillary said the presidency was not the place for “on the job training”….God, did she hit that nail on the head!!
December 29, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Jihadists shave their bodies too.
December 29, 2009 at 10:47 am
He should be reading our Constitution!
December 29, 2009 at 1:25 pm
It would be his first read of it…
December 29, 2009 at 10:55 am
That’s why I come here every day. I had never heard about the scar on his head (or seen it). Of course, we might know more about it if we had a free press. I have some conservative books I could lend him to read (but he probably wouldn’t return them).
December 29, 2009 at 11:18 am
The picture of him relaxing with his towel draped over his arm and a book in hand is so disturbing to me because it has been said that Nero fiddles while Rome burns and that is exactly what I see happening. God Save America! Happy New Year Hill buzz!
December 29, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Is this really a current photo of our ever vigilant prez? If so, it exemplifies his attitude about pretty much everything… except plundering the U.S. treasury that is.
My caption for the top photo:
*Prez flip flops through history; leaves no footprints*
On the second photo, that scar looks a little larger than the head of a golf club but slightly smaller than Michelle’s dental arch. Hmmm.
December 29, 2009 at 12:24 pm
Think about the astonishing implications of the fact that most people, a year into a presidency, are unaware of a giant scar across the back of the president’s head.
How is it even possible for such a thing, in 2009, to have been completely hidden from the public?
And apart from the mind-boggling Soviet style propaganda which is necessary to achieve the maintenance of this open secret, isn’t the populace entitled to know what caused the scar?
We know nothing about this man. We can only infer from his actions that he is a marxist, a jihadi, or both. We can infer he hates this country.
But what else is he hiding? And he is hiding something.
December 29, 2009 at 12:44 pm
I’m sure any doctor or nurse could identify that type of scar. My neighbor has one similar from when they were kids, something about he and his brothers were cutting down limbs from a tree and he got a nice hit on the head. Their father is a hot headed Italian so the boys got in big trouble-for being so careless about their brother. For some reason the hair does not grow back correctly and when the guys cut their hair close it shows up even more.
December 29, 2009 at 3:16 pm
I think the book might actually be “Younger Next Year” by Crowley & Lodge.
http://www.amazon.com/Younger-Next-Year-Strong-SexyUntil/dp/076114773X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262117436&sr=8-1
December 29, 2009 at 7:18 pm
OMG, you’re right! (How did you figure that out?)
What a surprise that the narcissist would be spending his free time focusing on his own worthless self. Most of us doubtless remember the kind of vacation reading Bill Clinton did, and Dubya was no slouch either:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123025595706634689.html
December 29, 2009 at 8:48 pm
A friend had just recommended it recently so the cover image was pretty fresh in my mind. I too thought it was an amusing choice….
Sadly, I would rather have him reading Harry Potter – a series where even my 9 year old was able to grasp the concept of good vs evil.
December 29, 2009 at 8:41 pm
That’s where Skynet implanted the neural net processor.
December 29, 2009 at 10:13 pm
Anchoress says Obama really wants to be King and is bored with president stuff http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/theanchoress/2009/12/29/obama-and-doing-vs-being/
December 30, 2009 at 10:34 am
Anchoress is correct. He wishes to be the bowee, not the bower.Stay tuned.
December 30, 2009 at 6:07 am
The other night, finally had enough of listening to the royal families every waking moment,like anyone cares, and posted my thoughts to media……..
Dec. 29, 2009 – 2:06 AM EST
Thou arose, went to the gym (Marine Corp base, Kailua, around the block), played tennis with Michelle, took time out from vacation to give delayed mandatory “President in Training” speech to “you guys” but forgot my “let me be clear” warning due to missing teleprompter. To the golf course we go, rush back to winter White House that I’m considering purchasing at a cool $9M,
http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=9407777
To rescue the Whitiker kid…Michelle’s mama and Valerie “VanJones” Jarrett must been taking a swim and forgot to watch the kiddies. Back to the golf course we go. Tomorrow, upon arising, will again walk on water, part the sea but this time invite the media for photo-op, then back to the links we go. Oh, and the kiddies went to have shave ice with those secret service folks.
Michelle and I are a bit perturbed with all those pesky protesters down the block, wasn’t like this last time…do you think the folks know something we don’t? http://www.kitv.com/news/22066294/detail.html?taf=hon. Better to keep this new war in Yemen under wraps until I can decide who to blame it on cuz this Bush thingy taint working anymore.
Aloha guys, back to the links, no worries…Just another day in paradise.
UPDATE….that mandatory speech trick didn’t work, so will replay it again today..off to the links we go.
December 30, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Good find on the head scar. That explains his psychotic, meglomania.