Saturday Open Thread: January 30th, 2010
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Does it seem to folks that Obama’s Presidency is sort of over? I get the sense that the Obama voters think he’s terrible, but they won’t admit it. I live in major Obama country, so it’s hard to know what is really going on. But it seems as if he’s really crashing and burning, and doesn’t know it ….. it’s a most peculiar thing to watch. It seems like he’s pretty lame duck. Or is that wishful thinking on my part. I can’t imagine him being re-elected.
This is anecdotal evidence but my sister and brother in law, lifelong Democrats and Obama voters, are now asking me if he can be impeached. This is the opinion of all their Union worker friends who always vote exactly as their Union demands. I believe that not only has Obama lost all credibility but their Union has also lost the support of these once reliable voters. Obama has not appealed to their patriotic nature and his decisions on terrorists has been insulting to them. The uncontrolled spending by this administration has them worried and disgusted. Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid and their partisan power plays have them stunned. I truly believe that for the first time in their lives they will consider voting for someone other than a Democrat in the next election. It’s that bad!
Maybe they’re tired of being treated like this by their union thug bosses:
*GRAPHIC LANGUAGE WARNING*
http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/uaw-boss-to-members-shut-the-fck-up-you-motherfckers_01282010
Really? They’re asking about impeachment? Did you ask them what should he be impeached over?
It would be hard to impeach him unless he did something just totally outrageous. If it had been easy to impeach a president they would have done so to George Bush. Instead we had to listen to their screeching for three years.
I think there will be periods of good and periods of bad. Obama is trying to come off as a centrist and no doubt it will soften the hate going on right now. When healthcare goes silent and the economy improves people won’t be as angry. If unemployment stays high and the economy stays terrible he’s in trouble. People don’t always pay attention to the details like we do.
Being an incompetant doofus that is math challenged and living in a fantasy world of his ego’s making, doesn’t rise to the level of ‘high crimes and misdemeanours’.
I would tell those folks that they made a bad decision and now we all get to live with it for three more years…and this is exactly why one needs to look at the praticality of someone’s agenda and whether or not it would fly in the real world BEFORE you walk into the voting booth. That charm doesn’t mean squat and it usually means bullshit is a’flying. That good speeches doesn’t mean that someone can walk their talk and their history shows you more than what they’re promising.
And if they haven’t learned that yet, then the next time voting comes around, they’ll vote ANOTHER idiot into office.
“doesn’t rise to the level of ‘high crimes and misdemeanours’”
Agreed, JKR. However his appointment of the czars seems to be somewhat uh, “extra constitutional”.
And at the risk of being labeled a frothy birther, I have yet to see even the slightest bit of convincing evidence that the indonesian utopian is an actual US Citizen.
That’s just what I got off the top of my weekend addled head- doubtless there’s smarter than me out there that could come up with better reasons for impeaching jugears utopia.
There is a mariad of reasons for impeachment.
However one is all that
is needed, try proving where he was born. If it is any place but America, he is out. If it is America, he gets a pass. He has a bigger problem, consider this. By November of this year, no one running for office in his party will ask for his suipport. His recent track record Stumping is not good. By October they will be running from him.
Perhaps the BC issue or eligibility will actually end up helping democrats find a way to get Obama out of WH prior to term. Never know. Stranger things have happened…
Julia, here’s a little family-style, anecdotal story- take it for whatever it’s worth.
My wife, the Sarah-Bot.
Her brother, the O-bot.
They both started as Goldwater supporters ( as did I ) long ago- she became a Zell Miller, Scoop Jackson Democrat after college, he?
I’m not sure, except I noted as Bush’s term grew longer, he grew more snide, “Yer boy isn’t doing so hot, is he?”
The first time Sarah spoke nationally- the week before the formal announcement– she stood up and yelled at the TV
“I want to vote for that woman!”
Could have knocked me over with a feather- I never could get her interested in politics.
Right after that, we see her brother again, and on the back of his un-PC SUV?
Two of The Bamster’s stickers. ( Both crooked- I sure saw a lot of that… )
Needless to say, her side of the family & his existed as armed camps wary of each other, until recently.
The last time she spoke with him, he casually referred to Bam-bam as “Satan…”
I suppose that’s progress.
Even my super liberal brother referred to him as “just another corporate stooge”. I get the impression BO can’t win— he’s too liberal for most of us and not liberal enough for the rest of us.
That’s one thing I find so amazing about this–many people seemed to be rejecting Bam-bam because he’s not liberal enough! It’s just crazy! They should just move to Cuba or Venezuela and get it over with.
I still think that the Democrats have more infighting between the progressives and liberals than with the Republicans. They just blame the Republicans. It’s the moderate Democrats that they are attacking more than anybody..which is scary. There is a huge war going on between progressives and liberals. I hope the liberals win. Otherwise, we’re stuck with the likes of Michael Moore and Code Pink.
I teach high school English. There are still many students enthusiastically bleating about The One. I noticed recently comments like “Why do people have to obstruct the really good things that the politicians are trying to do?” They find no irony in the fact that the Dems have the hugest majority in many years and that they themselves are the ones who can’t get it together.
The conservative students are still pretty quiet. There’s still a lot of mockery for Fox News and W. and Palin. I live in a fairly conservative community.
But you have to understand that conservative people have always been quieter than the loudmouth liberals who want to inflict their viewpoints on everyone else because their views are anointed, as opposed to ours.
The tea party movement hasn’t really extended to students, as far as I can see in my anecdotal limited instances.
What I’ve observed on the net and in groups.
If there are 9 conservatives and 1 liberal in a room or on a board, THEY set the rules and the tone. They demand it, often thinking that everyone else thinks like them because they’re quite.
On forums, people are ‘just trying to get along’, have fun and stay on topic…. so the liberals run rough shod over the group.
What I’ve personally experienced on several interest and hobby forums (all non-political) is that the liberals will be starting the “FOX SUCKS!” or “PALIN IS AN IDIOT!” threads.
The conservatives are quite, chatting about their books, hobbies, interests…. all the while PMing about how annoyed they are but not wanting to start a flame war.
On more than one site, I’ve seen the conservatives leave to go form private, closed discussion boards, only to have the liberals, weeks or months later ask “Where did everyone go??” This was especially funny when one forum that had prided themselves in having the oldest and most illustrious creator of THE most comprehensive web page about the art EVER on the board.
She left in disgust to join a smaller, more moderated forum. Seems the young brats thought she was LIKE them so she thought LIKE them.
Same happened with a book forum I helped start. The majority (like 9 to 1) were conservative. All the other book forums we had hung out on were extremely liberal (I mean “BUSH IS SATAN” threads interwoven in the newest releases discussions).
A few of us thought “Cool! We can make this the conservative version of the others…. in a sea of liberal boards, we’d be the haven and bastion for the conservatives.”
Well, that handful of liberals whined and demanded we make it a ‘neutral’ board because they didn’t want to deal with politics. IOW, when they’re outnumbered, they don’t want to defend their positions. I’m still pissed off about that 2 years later.
Lastly, in RL situations, I’ve had new women come into our group, look around and see women with degrees, tattoos, piercings, their own businesses, a drag queen over there– a very VERY diverse group.
Barely 10 minutes have gone by before they start bashing conservatives/Republicans— I mean, the first words out of one chick’s mouths was “We have to fight the Republicans in this election because they want to take away our rights to abortion!”
And there she stood between a nurse who worked with a pro-life adoption group, two home-schoolers and 2 others with McCain/Palin bumper stickers.
Ya coulda heard a pin drop. We were nice to her, explained our position, while she basically based hers on Olbermania…..but even now, she’ll make remarks “Such and such is just too conservative!” and we’ll all say “And why is that a bad thing?”
The biggest change conservatives must do is like the Jews post holocaust….we have to learn to fight back, be heard and not allow them to continue to make the rules.
You’re absolutely right and it
IS what we are beginning to do. I NEVER posted replies or comments on sites like The Atlantic or Yahoo but I’m SICK of seeing those pea (or is it PEE) brains taking over. They are so nasty, nasty, NASTY.
So I think our voices are finally being heard in the marketplace. Plus put our money where our mouths are.
I agree with you. Conservatives are quiet. On my facebook I’m such a loud mouth…I post things all day long, headlines or stories that I find important. Things that either alarm me or I think are outrageous. Without a diubt my conservative friends will send me messsages privately cheering my posts. The liberals ones argue or make fun of it. Very rarely will the conservative friends openly agree or cheer. I have just a couple who will fight with me, even though I KNOW there are some who are wildly conservative…they will not push hard. They send me a “YAY” in a private message like it’s a secret. I don’t understand that…unless they are just trying not to be “like the liberals”.
It’s the same on FB with me…. I would say my list is mix of folks school-community, hobbies-interest-fans, friends and yes, political forum buddies.
Yet, while I know the majority are conservative (I think I can count like 20% are liberal) I’m hesitant to post stuff.
I’ve been labeled “so POLITICAL!” when I post. I’ve even had gay friends PM me to say “have you ever heard of a Gay Conservative? Well I am one…but I keep it quiet.” WTF! So I tell them about HB.
Yet… YET, the libs post stuff because it’s funny and cool.
Whenever a conservative posts something, I respond is support and encouragement. We have to do it…. Silence and getting along is good in kindergarten but as adults, it’s how dictators come into power.
I moderate on a conservative news/discussion site which plainly states in its “About Us” that it is by definition a site intended for conservative discussion. Different opinions (even liberal) are welcomed, as long as they express themselves rationally, without profanity. Those two criteria seem to screen out almost all leftist content. Occasionally, of course, the wannabe bashers just let loose with tyrannical rants, full of profanity and vileness, simply reverting to what they know because they can’t have their way. We’re all getting massive confirmation on what we’ve suspected for years~~that leftists really can’t THINK. They can only DOMINATE and PUSH PEOPLE AROUND. No wonder they hate people like Hillbuzz and PUMAs who actually THINK. We’re all breaking some molds here and it’s a fine thing to behold.
My cousin’s son is in high school and he was at my house and saw my “Going Rogue” book. His response was, “she is stupid”, I asked him why he thought so, he could not answer, he just repeats what people tell him to say. It is sad that he will be able to vote in 2012.
Someone needs to tell him that if he cannot argue why that is so, then what he is spewing has no legs.
Doesn’t matter what your political opinion is, be prepared to back it up with something.
A girl I know was old enough to vote in 2008 – she told me that Sarah Palin was “scary,” and when I asked her why she’d start to say things like “It seems like she…” or “she kind of…” and then never finish her sentence.
You should have called the girl a racist for not being able to finish her sentence.
Doesn’t matter if it makes no sense.
Just say it anyway.
Hope! Change!
Back in my college days, the liberals were always so vocal. How ironic, the vocal minority and the silent majority. Just think only 20 percent of the population (according to Gallup) thinks this way.
Interesting; because my experience with students has been just the opposite. (I teach in a large urban school system; most of our students are of color.) OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES
It doesn’t really surprise me, the number of people who have turned against The One. What always surprises me is the number of people who still support him. Even if it were only 25%, that makes absolutely no sense to me whatsoever. I can only assume that they’re either so naive they just don’t get it or they’re just not paying attention.
It will take a bit longer for them to admit the mistake they made, if ever. When someone supports a candidate, especially being brainwashed by his campaign, it is very hard to be deprogrammed.
Trust me, if Sarah ever becomes president and has a very bad first year, we would all still defend her. Now, she would never be as horrible as this jackbutt, so no worries for us. Just throwing out an example.
Point well taken. As a counselor, I should know this. I guess I just feel that this has been dragging on for soooo looong that most people should have figured it out by now. I even know a few people who claim to be socialists. I asked them if they understand that the USSR was a “socialist republic” and they tell me, “not that kind of a socialist.” As if there’s any other kind!
I think she will resign before the elections in November, such that she could not be accused of political opportunism (but she knows well how bloody the elections will be for demsheviks…).
“demsheviks”
Very well played indeed, cobra. Just outstanding, think I’ll be using that one moving forward.
Good job.
Well this one is just too rich…especially coming from a cave dweller…BUT…
Osama bin Ladin (who if he could get broadband in his cavernous hideout, would be Facebooking and Tweeting) released the following missive ON GLOBULL WARMING:
(link via Drudge)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20100129/D9DHDH582.html
The richness of his ‘posting’ is if you conveniently forget it is OBL waxing philosophic (admit it…living in a cave leaves a very tiny carbon footprint so no dissing Osammy…he walks the walk!) and the screed could have been produced and delivered by just about any Dimocratic talking head. OBL just misses claiming ‘there is no clean coal’ and he could BE ManBearPig (well, mebbe not the Pig part…don’t want no Fatwas my way).
Honest…read it and think Paul Begala; or the Wasserman chic from Florida; or even RINO Lindsay Gramnesty…any of the Climate Crooks could deliver it!
algore has sure been quiet, hasn’t it? Wonder if he’ll be perhaps looking to use OBL on a speaking tour or something…maybe just a “Clips from the Cave” section or something.
LOL
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One more interesting story. Dear Leader ‘went to the Lion’s Den’ yesterday…but going to the Republican House members ‘retreat’ in Baltimore.
Apparently it was carried live; but C-Span repeated it.
Oh. My.
SchoolMarm Barracky was all but missing the cameo brouch and hair bun. He talked ‘down’ (nose. in. air.) to the room like they were petulant little kids who crayoned ‘outside’ the lines and now HE has to clean their desktops. He was arrogant; combative…and TRULLY stumbling and dithering when he had to THINK!.
One Republican CongressWOMAN (why are only the elected R females the ones with the ‘sets?’) Marsha Blackburn didn’t let him get away with interrupting her or talking over her. Look for Queen Nancy to place the ‘Bachmann’ bullseye on Blackburn as well. She was that good.
Here is a Rueters link:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE60S5JY20100129?type=politicsNews?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=22&sp=true
But it glosses over the fumbling for words and general sense of annoyance The Won had…but…there should be YouTube caps anytime now. Will update with those linkies…
I was honestly surprised that he went to talk to someone in a forum in which they could answer back. Maybe he thought they’d all be cowed into submission by his audacious hopey coolness. Or maybe he thought they’d all be as lacking in testicular fortitude as the current party leadership seems to be.
At any rate, I’m glad he was given what for. I almost feel bad for the way I feel about Dr. U, because it’s eerily similar to the way my older sister felt (and, I suspect, still feels) about George W. Bush. The difference, I think, is that I didn’t set out to feel this way about Obama. I actually really wanted to like him, and I desperately wanted him to live up to his rhetoric. I didn’t think he would, but I hoped.
Instead what we all got was an ever-increasing arrogance that grates on my nerves to the point of screaming at the television. (I swear, if I see one more picture or video of him with his nose in the air, I will puke. WE’VE SEEN ENOUGH OF THE UNDERSIDE OF YOUR DAMN CHIN ALREADY!) A surefire way of pissing me off has always been to insult my intelligence, and this man does so every time he opens his mouth. It’s to the point that even the sound of his voice makes my eyes narrow. So I’m glad he got served.
“I almost feel bad for the way I feel about Dr. U, . . . ”
Same here. I used to get so angry with the people who mindlessly trashed Bush and after the election, I swore that no matter what Obama did, I would continue to give him the respect that the office deserves. He lost my respect after the Henry Gates incident when he admitted he didn’t know the facts, but went on to condemn the Cambridge police for acting “stupidly.”
I agree with Angelaisms and AFinch. Growing up in Indiana, we always closely followed Chicago doings. This man came from that rigged political environment and he came from nowhere with very little info. about his previous life really being answered. Every time something was questioned, like Rev. Wright, you were accused of being a racist. He reminded me of that old song about the “Rapper”. He has a great line but you know what he’s after.
I voted for Hillary and then was forced to vote for McCain to try to stop this guy. Once he became Pres. I tried to like him but just can’t for the above pointed out reasons. I bought his books to try to understand him. I didn’t want royalties to go to him but I was trying to see what he is about.
His “Dreams…” book had me flabbergasted that anybody could have voted for him once you read the book. He is so arrogant and so anti-American. He not only dislikes America, but he also does not like anyone in Europe, esp. England because they colonized Africa. There is so much more there and I would
encourage others to find a used copy if you want to hear him in his own or Bill Ayres words.
Has anyone else noticed that not one person from his past has come forward to say “Yes, I knew Barry well”? He was Barry until he embraced his blackness as he says. He just isn’t at all what he seems.
Thank you for listening.
I’m with you all. I never like Obama, but used to get so angry when people would call GW Bush “Shrubbie” or say “I refuse to call him President Bush, he’s not my President”, and I’d launch into a spiel about having respect for the office. Now? I’m doing the exact same thing. I call him “the Obamanation”, and never ever ever use the word President with his name.
The truth is that I”m sad to say he hasn’t proven to be MY president. He is president of the left wing, no more than that. He doesn’t even see himself as my president. Just as my overlord.
I also so sort of feel bad about how I feel about Dr. U. It makes me feel unpatriotic, and I don’t like being like those unhinged Bush bashers, who were so disrespectful to the office. But geez, the guy keeps asking for it.
I can’t believe you said that about his damn chin! This is something I’ve been complaining about for months! It seems petty on one hand, but in reality I think it exemplifies perfectly his arrogant, condescending attitude toward EVERYONE, including his own party! I thought he was unbelievably condescending at that Repub meeting yesterday, but all the commentators today are clucking about how “brave” it was of him to go into the “lions’ den.”
What a joke! It wasn’t brave! It was the beginning of his realizing that he has to actually TALK with the opposition to be able to manipulate them. BOY, those damn Repubs better not capitulate either ! I can see them all gathering around him like flies on honey to cozy up, forgetting the reasons they are in D.C….to represent US and not perpetuate the same dang system.
AND I WANT TO KNOW WHY SCOTT BROWN ISN’T SEATED YET!!!!!!!!!! AND WHY THE REPUBS AREN’T PROTESTING!!!!!!
I didn’t watch but heard the clip in which he said the h c debate was on C-Span. Who knew?
DOES ANYONE BESIDES ME THINK IT IS TIME TO FIRE UP THE FAX MACHINES AND PHONE CALLS TO “”"ALL”"”" REPUBLICANS IN WASHINGTON TO SEE WHY THY ARE QUIET ON SCOTT BROWNS SEATING!!! ENOUGH ALLREADY — THESE MR GOOD GUY MEN MAKE ME ILL… THAT COULD BE OUT BATTLE FOR NEXT WEEK !!!
Thanx, you beat me to it….Even here in HB there were pics of offices on the Capital steps et al; now mostly crickets????? I tried e-mailing RNC….not even an acknowledgement! Getting that fed-up feeling again. Seriously thinking Independent.
Ugh- that imbecile had the nerve to call republicans obstructionists, etc. For a purported “constitutional lecturer” this imbecile doesn’t seem to grasp that with the majorities he enjoyed he could have passed ANYTHING he wanted.
Then he launched into some bizarro world explanation about how the Republicans by voting against him had “left themselves little wiggle room”. I swear when this idiot gets going with his anti-reality jabber that gravity stops working and time runs backward.
And isn’t it funny that utopia’s definitions of “compromising” and “working together” mean agreeing with his stupid ideas without question.
What a tiny, arrogant pos. Obama is rapidly shrinking into an action figure of himself. Just pull the string, and disjointed non sequiturs tumble out of his purple lips.
President Bush compromised on legislation in order to get bills passed. He worked with the Democrats. He was able to give and take. President Obama does not reach across the isle. Pelosi has shut off any debate by the Republicans. Reid has shut out the Republicans. The Democrats have a supermajority. They do not need any Republican votes. They have the power to pass anything. Yet they fight so much with their own moderates they can’t get anything done unless they’re paid off or bribed. It is infuriating to me when Obama blames the Republicans for blocking his legislation. He does that because so many people do not pay attention and hey don’t know better. They have no clue that it’s the moderates not the Republicans.
I watched part of that this evening as well, and it struck me how terribly frequently Obama’s eyes were blinking. Rapid-fire is a sign of distress, isn’t it?
Blinking frequently is a sign of lying.
Those who work in mental health are commenting that in that talk, you can see all the actions, behaviors and vocal patterns NPD (Narcissistic Personality Disorder). Which means he can’t behave or act or even feel like the rest of us.
He’ll see this country burning before he’d give or compromise.
I am dead serious when I say— we have Pelosi with what appears to be some type of early dementia, Reid with well…whatever and a POTUS who is clearly mentally ill.
I voted for Carter, Clinton AND Gore. I have never EVER been this afraid of a POTUS ever…
Agree. His narcissism is malignant. There is no compromise. He’ll only get meaner. It is instinctive that we are afraid; we can sense his evil under that smarmy grin. What I wonder is: Were his marxist handlers aware of his deep narcissism when they groomed him to be their puppet, or did he fool them also? Because now he seems out of control, and simply won’t shut up. Unreasonable to the point of being goofy.
I’ll one up that… I voted for Gore, and campaigned for Howard Dean and then voted for Kerry.
Mr. Marxist-in-Chief makes me afraid, more than I ever was under George Bush.
At least with George Bush and Darth Vader, I knew they were on America’s side. I knew they unconditionally loved America and would want it to be number #1 in the world.
And this is comning from a loyal democrat until 2008 who went to DC to protests agn George Bush and Darth Vader.
The Undemocratic Party has NO idea their whole party is imploding. I will NEVER vote for a dimocrat, these people abused the power given to them, why should they be trusted with unchecked power?
What the hell are you afraid of? The guy is going to implode, HURRAY!
How can you be afraid of bully thugs? Don’t you remember what happened to bullies in grammar school? When you confront them they start to cry and run. Isn’t that what Dr. Utopia is doing now? “I’m taking my football and going home. And I’m also going to tell my mommy and get my daddy to come over here and punch you in the nose” is what he is saying to me.
I’m not afraid of any little dork who never fought a fight by himself in his life. Dr. Utopia has always been a legend in his own mind to me.
Do you know that Saul Alinsky was a little geek that NO ONE PICKED TO BE ON HIS TEAM? His mother was a shrew always screaming out of the window for him. She embarrassed the crap out of him and the kids picked on him. Ridicule these little Alinsky nerds right back. You’re afraid of a guy that went to Alinsky the geeks school?
Dr. Utopia’s Affirmative Action saved him from having to stand up for himself and fight his own battles. The utopian geek doen’t know how. That’s an advantage you have over the geek!
I’m not afraid of him. I am capable of kicking his and any other little progressives ass.
We went to the school of hard knocks while they went to the school of “You can’t touch me my foot is on the base, nay, nay, nay, nay, nay.”
I don’t know about you but as soon as that little geek wasn’t looking I always pulled the rug right out from under him AND then knocked his block off. There are too many of us watching now.
We can take them any day of the week and twice on Sundays.
Wake up from your nightmare.
WE ALREADY WON!
“Do you know that Saul Alinsky was a little geek that NO ONE PICKED TO BE ON HIS TEAM?”
My husband mentioned something like that to me the other day. He said that most O-bots were the kind of people that were not very popular in high school or university.
Hear, hear, JRD! How Americans didn’t recognize this arrogant, ignorant, incompetent snake oil salesman puppet of the oligarchy the first time they heard/saw him in the primaries is beyond be. That the patriarchal Lame Stream Media covered for him early on shows their usual misogyny and their own narcissistic weakness. Add Kennedy, Kerry, Reid, Pelosi, Edwards, Brazille, etc. Birds of a feather…
The trouble is he’s in control and appears emboldened, not wounded by recent losses.
My ex husband is a sociopath/narcissist.
I think Obama is one.
He wont stop.. he wont see the other side.. he will get uglier.
Kristi;
And there sure as hell are a lot of this manipulative weasels around us! So sorry you personally got conned by one–as many women do.
BTW,if you haven’t seen it, Joy Tiz on Canada Free Post has a couple articles on narcissism and sociopathology as it pertains the BHO and cabal.
I would call him insecure more than a geek.
I would refer to a geek as someone who is extremely smart that may not have the best people skills because they are absorbed in their work or research.
Getting back to the insecure argument…insecure folks act one of two ways…extremely shy and not confrotational, or the exact opposite – condescending, arrogant, power hungry and and in Obama’s marxist way – evil.
Geek?..maybe1: Nerd (as a kid) for sure, probably got out of the shower to pee!
Obama’s NOT insecure. He’s had doting adults around him his whole life. Yes, he missed out on a father, but his grandparents and mother, when she was there, overcompensated by indulging in him too much.
In another way, I wonder if his guardians were overreaching liberals who felt guilty that their grandson was black. I say this because of Teh One’s disparaging remarks about his grandmother’s so-called racism. He showed no respect for her when he said what he did.
Honestly, I think that much of liberals’ attitudes toward minorities is generated by a sort of sycophantic fascination with “diversity” and prompted by white guilt.
Guilt over success and being white, pride over being magnanimous toward minorities even in the face of absolutely ignorant and illegal behavior…
This is why we are creating people who, because their skin isn’t white, think they deserve special privileges or free money.
In addition, this liberal attitude toward bad behavior has created people who feel doomed to die at an early age. They are not held responsible for their own behavior; they do not believe in their own ability to be successful without the condescension of benevolent slave masters.
Indeed, this is slavery.
Cute shots of Hillary “on the job:”
http://www.sassyqarla.com/2010/01/hillary-clinton-and-nicolas-sarkozy.html
Thanks for the shots Dana, happens to me all the time. I do what Hillary does-just laugh.
I bet he’s one of the millions of people the world over who wishes she was the president instead of Barry.
Why are some ASS-U-ME..ing she would have won?
I’m really ticked off that Brown hasn’t been seated yet. I do NOT understand why Kirk is still voting, including increasing the debt ceiling. I don’t understand why this is only rumbling in the blogosphere. http://michellemalkin.com/2010/01/28/every-senate-democrat-voted-to-raise-debt-limit-to-14-3-trillion/
Time to call/write our senators again. I will do so this morning.
THIS NEEDS TO BE OUR PROJECT FOR NEXT WEEK — I WILL FAX AND CALL JEFF SESSIONS AND SHELBY EVERY DAY NEXT WEEK — WHO IS IN ???
They are my senators and I’ll be glad to join you in calling them.
I am so freaking disgusted at the amount of money Nancy Pelosi has cost us taxpayers for her travel. Over 100,000 dollars FOR BOOZE ALONE ON THE 757 she requires!!!!! Thats over 1000 per week! The tab for air travel was reported to be 2 MILLION dollars. Folks that is obscene.
More than that, she’s been using the United States military as her private chauffeurs. People who should be spending their time and resouces in the defense of our country are having to stand by, just in case Pelosi wants to fly home to San Francisco. Rich people do that for obscene costs with Lear jets, but at least they’re using their own money. She is using OUR’S.
It would bother me less if she was even attempting to be a tiny bit frugal about that, but if you look at the bar, it’s obvious that she doesn’t give a crap about that.
Please, please send this witch packing.
Since 9/11 the Speaker of the House must fly with military protection. It’s not Pelosi’s decision.
Does she have to use such a 757? NO Does she have to spend 101,000 a year on booze? Does she have to fly her family and friends on our dime as well? Are you a paid troll Blanche?
There is a huge/massive/amazing difference between having access to a small plane that has other priorities that care for the Speaker as well as other official duties and as listingstarboard said, having to use a freaking fully loaded 757 piled higher and deeper with expensive booze.
It’s already been all over the press for quite some time now, that what she is doing is quite unlike what any other Speaker has done in the past.
What does 9/11 have to do with having expensive cognac in the bar? She wants to get bombed on a plane, she can bring a freaking picnic basket that she supplied and packed herself.
Don’t tell me that the size of the aircraft and the booze have anything at all to do with national security because you know that it doesn’t.
Here’s your first clue: The President needs a 747, she has a BIGGER aircraft. She needs something more than Obama?
It’s crap, you know it, give it up.
LOL MUST BE –PROTECTION IS ONE THING– POLOSIIIII IS ANOTHER
THAT IS UNREAL — BUT HERE AGAIN WE JUST TALK ABOUT IT — WHAT CAN WE DO — VOTE HER OUT –FOR 1 THING YES!!!
And today it is revealed that her SON has been given a plane to fly from D.C. to SanFran. In what way does HE need to be protected? Who knows who he is? And why is the military being used as babysitters for Pelosi’s grandchildren? This is outrageous!
Her plane seats 200 and flys direct from DC to Ca. She didn’t want the inconvenience of stopping to refuel. She ordered up when Hastert left office.
No, you are wrong. This isn’t necessary, not like this.
Before I start screaming about plastic Nancy’s monkeyshines, I just remind myself that it will all be over by about December of this year.
Either the dems will lose their majority at which point she becomes minority leader, or the dems lose so many seats that they chuck this jibbering goonette for somebody that has ties to the reality we’re all living in.
Either way, this geek show refugee relinquishes the gavel.
YES!!!
“Jibbering goonette…”
The visual with that (to me is LOL funny).
I sincerely hope that it is Madame Speaker Bachmann next December.
And that is a particularly wonderful visual!!!
But what she has a hand in doing before she goes, Scares the Hell out of me ‘cuz she has the Dim Reps under control; that’s frightening!!
No, I’m not a paid troll. I guess there’s no room for discussion on these boards.
Hey guys- if I recall correctly, blanche has been here before so I don’t think she’s a troll.
Don’t agree with her trying to sidestep skeletor’s extravagant flight activities, but I do not believe Blanche is a troll.
For what it’s worth….
ok, seriosuly, I don’t know who called Blanche a troll.
Giving another side of information is NOT trolling.
Stop calling everyone a troll!
All Blanche did is give a piece of information that is actual accurate.
The military plane information is accurate, as for Pelosi boozing on that plane, that part has got to go! Pelosi can pay for her own damn booze and botox!
(I meant to put this reply under the person who called Blanche a troll, but for some reason it did not go thru.)
This troll word is getting out of control, like the racist slur. Too many thin skins are allergic to the word, and need to toughen up.
Hey, yes, I am a troll; I sometimes go to other sites and stir up sh*t. It’s my inner political agitator acting out. They come here for the same activity. But gawd help me if I should utter that slander against someone on this board, someone who is using weasel words to justify an arguable opinion.
Don’t know how anyone can assume that Blanche is trolling when she stated a fact…nor was she defending Pelosi.
Please don’t drive away people who enjoy this site and share their educated opinion or feelings, with the troll obsession.
Blogging during the elections on conservative sites was a brutal experience that need not hopefully won’t be repeated on this site.
Maybe it’s just me, but I took the troll comment as more of a sarcastic remark…sort of like when we call each other RAAAAACIST!!! I don’t know why…it just seemed to have a humorous undertone to me. I could be wrong. Maybe listingstarboard, who’s also on here quite a bit, could clarify the remark?
Just a thought, but why doesn’t the Republican party somehow adopt “the party of No” into their campaign slogan for this year? Somehow they could say something like we have heard the people and they say no to the hugh deficits, they say no to the government takeover of healthcare, they say no to treating terrorists like civilians and giving them lawyers, and on and on. Besides being effective, it would also get free promotion from the dems themselves who keep saying they are the party of no. Any thoughts or am I just crazy?
Yes!! I’ve seen some commentary following Obama’s speach at the repub’s retreat saying they have to be careful about being cast as the party of no. I say embrace it! What I keep hearing from the tea parties (I confess I have never been to a meeting) is: (1) protect us from terrorists, (2) let us keep more of our money and (3) leave us alone. I think the best thing Washington could do right now for the economy is say we’re not going to do anything for the next year–no new taxes, no new programs, no new initiatives, now go forth and prosper.
Have seen a few attempts by them to state they are the “party of knowing” or the “party of know”, but it doesn’t seem they put much effort into it.
Why is it wrong to say “NO” to idiotic obscene radical ideas that will ruin our country? Thank goodness they are saying “NO” !!!
agreed.
But to the american idol watching voters out there, being known as something other than mindless naysayers – which the utopian crew is trying to frame the Repubs as – is something that needs to be countered.
Tom Coburn had a good reply to that on the Senate floor during the Heatlh care rationing debate. His response was basically, “you don’t say yes to everything when its bad. Like you don’t say yes to children all the time.” It was like a parent explaining to a child, maybe sometimes you have to say “no” for your own good.
Should be a resounding “Hell No!” and what about the part of cutting Domestic spending? How about STOPPING OR CUTTING Foreign Aid (spending)first??…Sorry, MY Bad, forgot he wants to look good to foreigners, not Americans.
GOP puts effort into fundraising though. Anyone else get the GOP 2010 Congressional District Census/fundraising attempt last week? The census’ first question is “Do you generally identify yourself as a Conservative Republican, Moderate Republican, Liberal Republican, Independent Voter who leans Republican or Other”. Liberal Republican? As in liberal deferential Senator John McCain or liberal squishy Senator Lindsey Graham? What the GOP should have asked is:
Are you a Scottie McAwesome Republican? That’s what we’re going to write in “Other”. And on the donation line we’re writing “Senator Brown has our donation”.
Now that’s a great idea!
Now does anybody have an idea why the republican Party has been cowed into complete silence and inaction. They could be tearing the Dems apart but they’re not saying anything. Have they all become McCain RINOs?
Michael F. – they’re already grooming the Rinos! McCain, Huck NEVER!! Romney?? ONLY if he’s Sarah’s Veep!!
I saw a sign at one of the tea parties.. it said..
Not just the party of NO.. the party of HELL NO.
Hell 2 the Yes great sign!
I have not only been saying this ever since I heard that idiotic missive – but it may have been my sign you saw. Seems like I saw bumper stickers for sale somewhere – Cafe Press?
LOVE IT!!!! HELL TO THE NO!
“The Party of No – Because Somebody Has to Act Like a Grown-Up”
“The Party of No – Because Somebody Has to Say It”
“The Party of No:
No higher taxes
No civilian trials for terrorists
No waste in Government
No nanny state…”
Just some ideas -
excellent ideas they are
The Party of Know
Yes! Yes! Yes! I love it it. Absolutely love it. Here are some lines I could see in an ad:
Know the limits of the role of government. FREEDOM! Know whose money it is you’ve earned. YOURS! Know . . . And say YES to America!
The “Know-Yes” ad campaign.
THAT…IS…FABULOUS!!!
I’d hire you for my campagin.
We think “The Party of Know” is great. The other slogan we told Michael Steele to use was “Republicans: Not As Evil As You Think”. He laughed, and everyone we’ve said it to in Chicago likes it, but the GOP won’t ever use it. Like the Hottie McAwesome thing, these are things that have to come from the grassroots level up.
Fantastic! Call Sarah and see what she can do about passing your idea on, with YOU getting the credit, and a percentage of the posters/bumper stickers, flyers, etc.
Really is an excellent idea. Run with it. Very broad appeal. Simple and effectively engaging.
Push this idea. I will.
I saw a great speaker – K. Carl Smith from Bessemer, AL – who has been educating blacks on the history of the Republican party. When they “know” the truth, they tend to see the light. He promotes FDR (It’s not who you think). It stands for Frederick Douglass Republican – the black historical icon who was the father of the Republican party.
See K. Carl’s info at
http://www.WetumpkaTeaParty.com/
Look in the column on the left side of the page.
Know we don’t want you
Questions to ask the president during his visit to the republican retreat. 1) Mr President, do you relize it was wrong to attack the supreme court, with 45mm Americans watching your SOTU? 2) Mr. President, Why do you have so many radicals in your staff/czars? and what exactly are they doing? 3) Mr President, when you e…xplain your heathcare bill to the American people, what bill are you speaking of? 4) Mr President, why can’t we treat the enemy, like the enemy? 5) Mr President, what will a transformed america be like? I HAVE SO MANY MORE FOLKS but, the PC repubs r ball-less…I can’t believe how un-prepared the repubs were today. Obama shit all over them, and it was re-played all day and night on CNN and CSPAN. How embarrased I am to be a republican. Please let me ask that bastard a few questions, I’ll have O in tears….Someone please recruit me…I will serve…
And his response to the “health care debate on CSpan” thing? Well, that one is my fault because I didn’t set it up to be negotiated in one spot where filming could be done. I almost spit coffee all over my keyboard.
Yeah, that’s right…the reason it wasn’t on CSpan was because there was no place to film it. Gee…if only it had been held at a round table with cameras around, I would’ve done it. The scary part is, people actually believe it.
No kidding, Cosmo-
Again, our wizard “constitutional lecturer” shows ignorance. He is currently screwing up the Executive branch of our government. This is one of three branches, although thanks to this idiot we might have to establish the “screaming infant” branch of the government.
Anyway- there is nothing in the constitution about utopia’s (Executive) branch overseeing or directing the activities of the Supreme Court, which is part of the Judicial Branch. Separation of powers and all that pesky stuff…
Given that this stuttering mope no longer even has a law license (willfully surrendered in 2008), completely misunderstood and/or mischaracterized the latest Supreme court ruling, and repeatedly displays a stunning ignorance of our foundational governing document on a near daily basis- I’d say it’s a good thing the Supreme Court can tell him to pound arugula.
These people have never, will never have any respect for the Constitution. Do we dare hope that SCOTUS might now seek confirmation of his credentials to be Pres. (albeit ersatz)?
Breitbart’s BigJournalism is also looking at the Soros angle: http://bigjournalism.com/kashiver/2010/01/27/awaiting-the-soros-obama-sotus-the-state-of-the-re-making-america-revolution/
http://www2.timesdispatch.com/rtd/news/opinion/op_ed/article/ED-HINKLE29B_20100128-182402/320790/
This is good for a laugh. I read this and not only thought of Obama, but also thought about how Gore spoke during the debates in 2004. Speaking…very…slowly…like we were as stupid as a box of rocks or preschoolers.
“Hinkle: Talking Down to the Public Will Surely Work . . .
A. BARTON HINKLE TIMES-DISPATCH COLUMNIST
Published: January 29, 2010
This is a complex issue, and the longer it was debated, the more skeptical people became. I take my share of the blame for not explaining it more clearly to the American people.
–Barack Obama, State of the Union.
There’s a lot in the bill that people are going to like. It’s just a question of understanding it.
–ABC’s Cokie Roberts, Dec. 20.
What are the immediate plans for recalibrating the message or intensifying the message to explain better to the American people what you’re trying to do?
–Question to White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, Jan. 20.
It mighty big of man with nice voice to take blame like that. Him not need to. Head honchos not often take blame. Most times after big screw-up, head honchos say they have “full confidence” in someone who work for them — right before pushing someone off edge of cliff, or letting someone twist “slowly, slowly” in wind, like tricky Nixon guy did with man who ran FBI.
Man with nice voice not like those other head honchos. Him bring change to Washington already, see?
But him right. Him not explain health care good. Use too many big words. Say too many compound-complex sentences. Confuse American people. American people not want that. American people want simple explanation. Simpler the better.
Me feel kind of sorry. It must really get on nerves for man with nice voice and people on his side, like lady on TV and cheerleaders in White House press pool. Why can’t lamebrain American people get idea through thick skulls? Them not know how to make choices in own best interests! Need enlightened leaders to make choices for them. (Enlightened = smart. Me look this up in thing called “dictionary.” Dictionary good! Try sometime!)
Want example? Take mammogram fight. (Mammogram is thing where doctor squish tender woman part really hard and take picture. Owie!) Last year U.S. Preventive Services Task Force say women not need mammogram until age 50. Say squishing younger women not very clinically effective, so not save many lives. Say sometimes “false positives” scare women. This not good. Smart people must protect silly women, make sure they not get scared!
Experts say, from cruising altitude of 32,000 feet saving 12,000 lives over course of 10 years just not worth it. Country should not waste money like that. (Can hardly see someone from that far up anyway.) But crazy right-wing TeaParty people go around saying things like: Well, if it my life or my daughter’s life, maybe me feel different. Maybe me should be one to decide to get squished or not. This just show crazy right-wing Tea-Party people always thinking about themselves.
There so many things man with nice voice need to explain gooder. Like, if some people still need health insurance, why not just give them insurance voucher, like housing voucher or food stamps? Why put entire U.S. medical system in Cuisinart and set on Liquefy?
How come House bill create 111 new boards, commissions, and programs? How come, if point is to give insurance, House bill raise big chunk of revenue by fining people without insurance? How that help anyone? This seem crazy to knuckle-dragging trailer-park people, who not know no better. And how come Medicaid and Medicare not doing the job? Isn’t that what they for? And if they not do job, then why should people think even bigger program will?
Many American people too stupid to see answers to questions like these, even though they totally obvious.
Man with nice voice also need to explain why it so bad that U.S. spend more on health care than other countries. U.S. spend more on clothes and iPods, too. People in U.S. have more what called “discretionary income.” Only spend small share of paycheck on food and rent, so lots left over. Old man want to get knee fixed, why stop him? Him want to buy big new tender woman parts to make hot young trophy wife even hotter, what wrong with that? Seem kind of silly, sure. But man with nice voice need to point out where in Constitution it say White House get to make that call for him.
Stupid American people have strange mad love for Constitution. Crazy right-wing Tea-Party people always making big fat deal out of it. Want to know where it say Congress can make people buy insurance. Freaky house speaker think that Constitution business nonsense. “Are you serious?” she want to know. Crazy right-wing Tea-Party people dead serious. Say government that can make you buy insurance can make you do anything, anything at all. Some even ask what crazy right-wing president and Congress with that kind of power might do. Me not like to think about that!
Whole issue make brain hurt. Good thing man with nice voice in charge. Him have right ideas. Just need to try new angle, that all. Talk slower. Talk louder. Use small words. Treat American people like kid who got held back in elementary school. That bound to work eventually.
The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right.
–Judge Learned Hand.”
Outstanding, and sent across the country just now.
Thank you JKR.
GREAT!!!! JKR
I read that earlier. Absolutely priceless. Don’t leave without reading some of the comments.
SEAT SCOTT BROWN NOW! A Petition!!!
http://seatsenatorbrown.com/#main_body
For me, Barack Hussein Obama symbolizes losing the job I love and having to do a job I hate. He did not cause my plant to shut down. But he and his socialist policies have kept the economy from improving and actually made it worse. For that, I despise that man. I loathe the ground he walks on.
I’m about ready to smack the next person I hear(on message boards/websites/Facebook) saying how amazing Obama is for “reaching across the aisle” to meet with the Republicans yesterday. You practically needed a shovel and a clothespin for that one. I’m assuming it’s as obvious to you all…he did it for sound bytes and to “make pretend” that he is bipartisan. Of course, bipartisan is defined as “vote yes to everything I want or else you’re not being cooperative”. It was all an act, and will now be used by the left to show how he “tried” to work with those evil Darth Republicans. Loved it when Boehner handed him the packet of Republican ideas…you know, the ones Obama claims never existed?
Obama was INVITED to participate – the Repubs didn’t know if he would attend. They didn’t plan on having cameras there; he’s the one who wanted to bring them along. Now they have him on tape admitting that he DID receive their healthcare plan way back when (can’t say that they didn’t offer anything now) AND read through it.
Now they have him admitting that he broke some of his campaign promises and he out and out LIED about some of the claims that he made. Good idea, Skippy – too bad it’s gonna turn around and bite you in the rear end…
“I’m about ready to smack the next person I hear…”
Hey…when you figure out how to do that, let the rest of us know too! (in private, of course, so they can’t steal our secret)
Yep, I am one of those nasty conservative lurker, and we are (usually) quiet. Also we don’t believe our salvation depends on fomenting a progressives utopia, because we have a God, thank you very much, and we don’t need to create a “mother Gaia” to worship in order to give our lives some sort of meaning. I personally am also pretty heavily armed, and an active duty military member, and marvel that the progressives seem to think that A. my brothers in arms (and myself) would ever allow ourselves to be deployed against our own citizens; B. that in a culture war/revolution the military would protect their slimy azzes from the angry armed mob of citizens; or C. that they can continue to provoke the Tea Party crowd without provoking that response. These guys still don’t get it. 500 angry Libs march and cars burn and window are broken, with cops being called to tear-gas the crowd. >1.5 Mil Tea Partiers march and there is NO property damage. Are these idiots in Washington so blind to human nature that they cannot understand that wanton destruction is committed by individuals who, because they doubt their own efficacy are inclined to prove that they have physical power? And conversely that a large mob with no poperty damage is one that has no doubts as to it’s efficacy?
Hmmmm.
Another thing on my mind to day is the ridiculous outrage by aalleged Womens’Rights groups degrading the Tim Tebow celebrate Life ad. Where is the outrage over the show Two and a half men? Women portrayed as drunken nymphomanicial dimwits lusting after Charlie Sheen? How much more denigrating can you get? Where is the outrage over the fact that Pete Townshend was involved in a child pornography scandal in 2003? But they heartily endorse him performing at halftime?
And where has NOW been all these years, when ads have been showing men drooling like morons because a woman with fake boobs and a bikini 2 sizes too small walked into the room, eating a Dorito like it was some kind of phallic symbol? When the “GoDaddy” ads have bordered on obscene?
No one has even SEEN this Tebow ad, except the CBS execs. Do you think they’d have said yes if it wasn’t appropriate? It’s not like they’re showing garbage cans full of fetuses. Guess it’s only a “good choice” if you choose abortion. And now Gloria Allred has stuck her nose into it, and they are “Palinizing” the Tebows.
As someone who is actually pro-CHOICE… I actually do respect the word CHOICE.
I never realised that pro-choice to women’s groups means they will only support you if you chose abortion. They actually don’t support choice, they only support THEIR choice.
They need to respect both sides, not just THEIR choice.
The hypocracy of NOW is just stunning. Glad I no longer donate to them, idiots!
Choice is just another word like ‘tolerance’. The far left is only tolerant of it’s own viewpoints, not of anyone else’s.
It’s like saying “I’ll absolutely support your right to your own opinion, as long as it looks exactly like mine”.
Bill O’Reilly asked a NOW (or possibly NARAL) spokeswoman ‘why she was offended that Tim Tebow was alive.’
She wouldn’t or couldn’t answer the question.
The Tebow ad IS about choice!!! The ‘other’ choice. And now…did you know Gloria ‘Where is the Camera?’ Alred has LITERALLY stepped into this. She want’s (I kid not) ‘verificatin’ that Mrs. Tebow was actually told this…damnit…Gloria want to review her medical records!
Absolutely certifiable.
Watching an exposition of the Constitution online from Hillsdale college. You can still register & watch/participate, and/or scoop up the podcasts later.
http://www.tvworldwide.com/events/hillsdale/100130/
Oh my God! MSNBC/CNN/CSPAN will be replaying the Dr Utopia smackdown of the entire republican parties follies at “the retreat” all weekend. They looked like a buch od 3rd graders being scolded.
well, no one really watches CNN or MSNBS.
I’ve cancelled them from my cable lineup.
Why ridicule is Obama’s Kryptonite
by Cynthia Yockey
http://tinyurl.com/yed7zyr
Obama’s Glass Jaw
http://tinyurl.com/yc3kuuy
OUr best hope is a free press that wakes up and does what it is supposed to do. I read “Game Change” and subsequently saw Mark Halperin on some interview (probably on Fox, as I refuse to watch little else) referring to politicians, noting that Obama was “one of the good ones.” I nearly spit out my coffee and realized (yet again) that this is why we are in this predicament.
The coopting of the free press has led to citizen journalism sites. The press needs to grow a pair and start re-establishing themselves as the fourth estate. Sunlight is the best disinfectant and no politician–even the high and mighty One should be exempt from their scrutiny.
Example: If I were an editor, I would be sending a team to find all those alleged hearings that were on C-SPAN that we all missed….and comparing what was aired to the actual bills. Alas, too busy covering the lives of celebs and other nonsense.
The only politician that came across as competent in that book was Dear Reader (what a surprise) – they threw in a couple of “bad” things about him, but he still came out smelling like a rose.
I was livid about how Sarah Palin was portrayed in that book – especially since I had already read “Going Rogue”. Of course, the authors are part of the MSM machine, so what else could you expect?
I really don’t understand the mindset of journalists in this country. Where is their profesional pride? Have they no capacity for shame or emberrassment? Obama jokes about waking up in bed and asking Charlie Gibson for advice. Even Charlie’s own puppetmaster is poking fun at his sycophantic tendencies! Still, they all still play along. Amazing.
We’re not aware that he’s admitted to waking up in bed with men. That, too, should be news. Not surprising in the least, but news to many.
I don’t remember all the details, but as I recall Obama was doing some sort of comedy routine. I think it was about 6 months ago. In the routine, Obama was considering some sort of issue so he decided to turn around in bed ask Charlie Gibson what he thought. The comment was not a secret. You know, I don’t remeber it very well. I’m going to look it up.
I’m having trouble find this incident on the net. Does anyone else remeber this?
I have sent through the quote in an earlier message. Obama referred to Brian Williams, not Charlie Gibson. My guess is that my earlier post is awaiting moderation?
Had a fantastic start to my day today: went with my son & some of his Boy Scout troop to DFW airport to welcome an early morning flight of our troops coming home for 2 weeks of R&R. Every day of the year, these flights come in, some to be met by families here, and most to connect to other flights home. There’s a special area near the gates where anyone who wants to can come wave flags, clap, cheer, and generally thank our heroes. This morning’s flight had 233 direct from Afghanistan.
Have you ever seen this ad? It only played once(it may even have been the Super Bowl?), but I cry every single time I see it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-GaF8AsKss
Yeesh…I just watched to make sure the clip was ok, and now I’m crying.
Perfect-it is the simplicity. No words needed.
That’s a tear-jearker. Glad I haven’t put on my makeup yet.
Whew… tears here too.
Aw, Titus2woman (me, too)…you made me cry! I don’t even have to “watch the ad”…the instant I saw the reference, the waterworks start. It makes me SO MAD~~! that the “leaders” of our nation can’t even THINK basic respect and acknowledgement toward these men.
Thanks for posting, had not seen it. It’s masterful, very simple and powerful.
Titus2woman, thanks for posting.
I had not seen this one, either.
It struck me that the soldiers all look kinda bewildered to be receiving such acknowledgement. (How sad is that?)
And so many of them just look so very, very tired.
God bless them, every one!
I know that the soldiers who come through DFW tell ALL of their buddies that ours is the BEST airport to come through, hands down.
Thanks for doing that, Gizmo! I know that the troops appreciate the care that they are shown by the USO here -
Wonderful! I live in the North Texas area and am pleased as punch to thank our soldiers, including paying for lunch for a young female soldier at a local fast food restaurant. She had just bought her lunch; I put the right amount of money on her tray and said thank you for serving and let me buy your lunch. She was surprised and almost refused to take it, as she was just doing her job. I said pass it along to the next soldier then. It was one the highlights of 2008 for me.
I think it is getting so bad for the democrats out there that it is only a matter of time before one of them surfaces with a birth certificate that confirms Obama is not legitimate. It won’t matter to them whether it is real or not, they are going to run with it and get him the heck out of there.
I hope you’re right. Wouldn’t that be a good day for America? I detest Biden for being such an enabler but I don’t have to wonder if he loves America.
I wonder if Biden knows he’s IN America sometimes…the man doesn’t seem to have two working brain cells to rub together. If only Dr. Utopia was a little cleaner and more articulate…
I’ve been thinking the same thing – maybe not the birth certificate, but some other damning piece(s) of information that would either have disqualified Dear Reader from holding the office in the first place, or something so egregious that people would demand he be run out of town on a rail ASAP.
You know that SOMEONE has that information – it took a vast network to conceal all of his records in the first place. At some point, one of those people is going to get fed up and spill everything. After that, the information is going to cascade out…
We all know that BHO is a radical, etc., too bad the MSM does pull up the information over at NewZeal (www.newzeal.blogspot.com) this blogger seems to have lots of proof about his past and the right names to go with them. Here’s a piece from 2008:
http://newzeal.blogspot.com/2008/10/obama-file-41-obama-was-new-party.html
Hearing something big is going to be revealed on FOX Sunday (8PM ct/9 pm et) about Obama’s foreign citizen application status to Occidental College. THIS DOES NOT SOUND LIKE BIRTHER STUFF. It is a documentary that will be aired and I’m hearing through emails that it will get down and dirty about his hidden past and Marxist ties. I haven’t heard anything anywhere else. Have you?
Heard from my 912 Group that it’s in the realm of an urban legend. They sent out a Snopes piece on it (if you can believe Snopes):
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/foxnews.asp
Somewhere along the line over the years America has lost sight of who is really important. At the top is WE THE PEOPLE-each individual citizen. I don’t know when/where this Imperial, Aristocrat version of the Presidency came from but it is wrong. The Presidency is a job-part of our balance of power. Congress-Senator or Representative a job to do the people’s work (constituency)-Supreme Court to verify Constitutionality. None are gods or Messiahs or goddesses (Pelosi comes to mind). Everyone is accountable to the citizens due to their paychecks are generated by the citizen/taxpayers. Personal agendas legacies etc. just do the peoples work. I think that is the crux of the Tea Party revolt-the people are demanding to be represented once again-it has been a long time. WE THE PEOPLE will restore the country-Scott Brown and the others to follow will be a great start.
The Constitution of the United Ststes – Does it matter?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnL9nDX-x48&feature=player_embedded
A bit of edumacation on the proposed debt limit bill. Also wondering why Kirk is still voting as a MA senator? The senate snuck a bill through shortly after the election, Kirk being the 60th vote. It’s the sheer arrogance of these people that is really frying my bacon right now. It’s like my Mexican friend described Mexico – rampant, blatant corruption. ARGH!
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1274179818?bctid=56340416001
Dom Giordano make an excellent point on Philly talk radio last night.
He said to NOT use terms like Bolshevik, etc.
Don’t play into Obama’s hand.
Dom said it’s better to refer to Obama as a
BIG GOVERNMENT and TAX and SPEND guy.
Obama’s record shows that, and no matter how much Obama huffs and puffs, he won’t be able to deny his voting record.
I agree. We know what he really is in his heart, a marxist and an America hater. But it does us no good to seem strident. Forget about labeling in those terms, I think to simply says he is for Government solutions instead of free market solutions is enough to get our point across.
I agree that should definitley be the primary focus. It’s more concrete and easier for people to grasp.
The other things are important too, however, because they provide an education that a lot of younger Americans are lacking. This will help prevent this type of thing in the future.
A lot of people actually WANT the government to take over things, because they think it will be easier and more efficient. They need to understand, through real-life example, how wrong that is.
Okay…I had to come to post…ACTUALLY TO VENT…why???
Because my son has the Duke at Georgetown basketball game on. GUESS WHO IS IN THE AUDIENCE AND WAS JUST INTERVIEWED!!!
Three guesses???
Oh…I know ya didn’t need any guesses…WHY OF COURSE, ITS DEAR LEADER!!!
The geeky, last kid chosen for any team in Hawaii…but has Reggie Love carry around basketball for random pick up games (foul Barry, get hard prison time) like he was a HS athlete, is Courtside.
Anyone else think Sarah, after five labors/delieveries could clean his clock?
And…fwiw…the SeeBS announcers are just ‘gushing’ how awesome it is that Obama is ‘sitting at the desk with them!!!!! announcing!!!’
My 15 year old (Duke BBall fan) son just came and said ‘President Obama just said in three years he might need a new job.’
From the Broadcast Desk at the Verizon Center to G-d’s ears. Yes…Dear Leader needs to find a new job in three years.
It seems every time I turn to sports to get away from all things political Obama shows up on the sports pages. The All Star Game, the NCAA tournament, NBA Finals, World Series and now he’s looking into the BCS.
He is the ultimate troll…shows up on Animal Planet too.
My remote is worn out trying to eradicate his mug on every station, every day…and when you least expect it. The remote thing always works with the trolls on sites because they need an argument to multiply, but Obama is the face that never goes away.
Oh, thank you so much for this post!
I look at the guy and have this unshakable impression that he’s like a kid locked in the candy store overnight, stuffing his face with everything that he can get before he’s discovered.
Seriously, have you ever seen a president take advantage of the opportunities for entertainment of the POTUS this much in such a short period of time? Ever see a POTUS’ mug this frequently in this many venues? Seen one give this many speeches or try to insert himself in this many issues?
The guy has been in office for only a year and already we’ve got battle fatigue. He’s like Kevin Bacon, only with far less entertainment value.
Ugh, sorry a precfectly good basketball game had to be ruined by that! In 3 years Obama will be so overexposed not even those announcers will want him!
I wish if he wants to be a one-term president and is so bored already that one-term was ONE YEAR instead.
clarificaton: I may have worded that wrong.
Dom said to look at Obama’s RECORD and it will show that he is big government/tax and spend.
My 90-year-old grandfather, whose hearing is horrible but whose mental facilities are intact, seriously hates Obama. He never really talked about politics before, but now that he’s not supposed to drive anymore and doesn’t have a yard anymore, he’s started reading all these business/economy/money magazines and come to the conclusion that Obama is sending us into financial ruin. Every time we see him, if the TV’s on and Obama comes on, it’s, “Yeah, this Obama, he’s the worst president we’ve ever had! He’s a socialist.”
Because he’s about 85% deaf, though, he pronounces “Obama” with a short a – o-BAM-a, not o-BAHM-a.
My Dad would lose his mind if he was alive to see this nightmare. He’s rolling as it is….and he’s not the only one.
O-BAM-a…LOL!
Your grandpa sounds like a smart guy.
You are SOOOOO lucky to have him around, as I’m sure you already know.
The Religion of Peace
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/
New facebook post by sarah about the KSM trial.
http://www.facebook.com/notes/sarah-palin/stay-focused-relocating-terrorists-trial-doesnt-solve-the-main-problem/273595293434
Has anyone watched this entire video?
What are your thoughts?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAaQNACwaLw
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100130/ts_nm/us_quake_haiti
Ok….uh… had this happened under GW Bush.. what would be said? he hates black people? He is uncaring? But.. under Obama.. crickets.
And uh…. what happenedd to healthcare being a human right?
As of today:
“So far, the airport has received 8,596 passengers on 110 flights. Of those, 6,544 were American citizens and 2,052 were foreign nationals. Emergency workers have transported 67 passengers to area hospitals because of injuries or illnesses.”
I have no doubt the people in Florida are giving their all.
I just find it hypocrisy that Bush was treated like an evil monster and now… its crickets with Obama and Haiti.
Yay, our Boyz made it into VodkaPundit’s Week In Blogs over at PJTV:
http://www.pjtv.com/video/VodkaPundit/Obama_Girl%27s_Crush_is_Gone%3A_%22At_least_I_wasn%27t_the_Edwards_Girl%22/3011/
sad news today, Obamas rassmussen poll went from -17 to -12 not goodd, it should be negative 10 trillion
It’s a dead cat bounce.
It wont last.
Obama is all words.. blah blah blah.. give it a week and it will be back down.
Just wanted to say “hi”. I love your site. I found it before the election – I voted for Hillary in the primary in MD but was electrified by Sarah. It is so great for me to hear from others who also like both. And when you posted about your tolerance for Christians, I completed fell in love!! Yes, even though I probably don’t agree with you on everything, I agree on many issues and I respect you even when we disagree. I particularly love your dissection of trolls – you articulate the oddities so well! cheers, D
SNL skit about Scott Brown. Really funny without attacking Brown. BTW, Don Draper plays Scott Brown.
http://www.breitbart.tv/mad-men-star-john-hamm-plays-scott-brown-on-snl/
Mamma like!
LOL
Hell yes, if faced with thinking about Scott Brown versus healthcare reform? Gimme Brown!
“Speaker Pelosi, Did you just say mamma like?”
Hilarious.
Yeah, Mama like!