Damn, hell must have frozen over since I am in total agreement with a French leader.
Obama is egotistical hence the cult of personality approach to all problems and he is AMAZINGLY Naive hence his belief that just the force of his personality and his words can ameliorate any situation.
Sarkozy was elected as a conservative (by French standards) so this isn't that surprising. Besides, it's so obvious that Obama is both naive and egotistical that even your average Frenchman couldn't help but notice.
The average Frenchman couldn't help but notice -- but our MSM, members of Congress, and liberal class is still having difficulty enountering the truth. Viva la France!
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As scary as that is - and I concur! - I keep in mind that Nicolas Sarkozy gave a more pro-American speech in front of Congress than His Majesty The Shahinshah gave before the UN!
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Yeah, and if you only read transcripts of speeches during that 48 hour period it would be obvious that the real president of the US is --- Benjamin Netanyahu.
It interesting how Germany, Italy, France, and probably the UK (very soon) have moved to at least center or center right. And here we are with the clueless Obama trying to move us to the radical far left, socialist point on the spectrum as fast as he can.
These countries learned the hard way lefty socialism kills the spirit and everything else in its way. Obama will never learn that lesson. He's too far gone.
No citizen's right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, or property is safe as long as Obama is President of the United States.
Don't forget Australia moving to at least center or center right. I don't know where they are about socialized medicine, but they were one of the first countries to embrace the global warming hoax only to find out that *GASP!* it IS a hoax and started repealing some of the nonsense.
Soetoro has learned his lessons well, he's who he is and he will not change. There were some communists who saw the light, but this guy is not one of them.
If that were true about Australia, they wouldn't have elected Kevin Rudd as PM and stuck with John Howard or given Peter Costello a chance. But they didn't. Let's see how center-Right Australia is in November 2010, or earlier.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Thomas Friedman has a perfectly shallow op-ed in the NY Times today. He's really freaking out, worrying about the "climate" that far right-wingers have created about Obama.
For eight years, we wallowed through the Left's contempt of Bush, not to mention movies that indulged the sick fantasy of Bush being shot, and now they're worried about "tone?"
This is the same Friedman who woke up the day after Bush was re-elected and proclaimed to be astonished that people didn't think the way he did. "But what troubled me yesterday was my feeling that this election was tipped because of an outpouring of support for George Bush by people who don't just favor different policies than I do - they favor a whole different kind of America. We don't just disagree on what America should be doing; we disagree on what America is." (NY Times, November 2004)
What a pack of spoiled brats! To prove his claims that the "climate" is poisonous, Friedman points to a Facebook poll. Talk about a stretch! Only a complete idiot, or a disingenuous columnist for the NYTimes, would use that (likely created by a teenager as a prank) as a reliable indicator of the mood of conservatives. And yet he warns us of the tone that this poll "reveals." Oh hell, I could go on any HuffPo or DailyKos blog, and within minutes I could find something equally or more outrageous. And that has been the rhetorical sewer that we've all been drenched with for years.
Friedman is supposed to offer reflections on contemporary events, and yet his entire perspective is as narrow as a Manhattan alley. To be blunt, he unintentionally reveals that he doesn't know what's going on now, nor what's been going on for years.
Hmm. Not sure if we should be flattered or offended that a Frenchman agrees with what we have been saying all along. I mean, he is French after all, or as I like to say, "The Great Unwashed".
I guess it just goes to show that even a skunk can admit he stinks now and again.
I must have had a low moment, and an even lower moment to admit it, but I read a link Drudge had to what that old queen Gore Vidal had to say about a military take-over in the United States. He dogged the Poser in chief like a red headed stepchild. He thinks Hillary would have been better, but typical wacko voted for Obami. It was a rubbish as far as I was concerned, but it made me realize, this bat-shit crazy old flamer is about as worthless an individual as has ever came out of the United States.
How someone this bitter hasn't put a bullet through their own head years ago just amazes me. Talk about the epitome of elitist snobs. This guy absolutely loathes Americans, thinks we are the dumbest creature of the first world. I think the only dumb Americans are the ones that have provided this moron with a living these last sixty years by buying the claptrap he writes, and watching whatever lousy movies they make out of them. What a complete loser he is, and this is not to disparage other honest losers. The world would be a much better place if Gore Vidal had never stolen a breath of O2 out of it.
Honestly, I don't want to be a stick-in-the-mud or anything, but do we really need to lower ourselves to the level of the Kossacks and their ilk? Seriously? Why give the lefties room to say "See, your a hypocrit, so stop crying cause we say ........"?
When you play in the mud with pigs, all you get is dirty.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe. - Albert Einstein
It's not the libs opinions I worry about. It's two other things. First, the opinions of those who are trying to learn the differences between us and them. And second, it's the credibility of our side. If we act like them, how can we be seen as anything different to those who are peeking in. I have a friend who turned 24 recently. He doesn't vote. Why because he has a real problem cutting through all of the name-calling to find out the truth on the issues. And it comes from both sides. We sit here and deride liberals for the horrible things they said about Bush, Chaney, their families, etc....but then sit here and mock Obama's wife for her looks? How are we any better than them? Doesn't that make us hypocrites? What does that do for our credibility? Am I making sense, or am I off base, here?
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe. - Albert Einstein
Don't get me wrong. I'm not chastising here. Simply raising a point. We've all done it, including me. I guess I'm getting more sensitive about it as some around me are moving towards a direction where the liberal blindfold has peeled back a bit, and credibility seems to matter a lot at this stage of the game. Conservative have a chance to swing momentum now, and I guess I just feel like this kind of stuff inhibits our ability to show those who are lost in the desert that there is actually a reasonable argument here. No harm was meant by my statements.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe. - Albert Einstein
"President Sarkozy in particular pushed hard. He had been 'frustrated' for months about Mr. Obama's reluctance to confront Iran, a senior French government official told us, and saw an opportunity to change momentum. But the Administration told the French that it didn't want to 'spoil the image of success' for Mr. Obama's debut at the U.N. and his homily calling for a world without nuclear weapons, according to the Paris daily Le Monde. So the Iran bombshell was pushed back a day to Pittsburgh, where the G-20 were meeting to discuss economic policy."
In other words, it's all about Him. Let's not let little things like facts get in the way of President Prissypants' glorious world image.
Link below to article from AP out of Michigan about a woman being told by the State that she cannot watch her neighbor's kids as they wait for the bus. Enjoy.
I say "Lock 'er up". Not the lady watching the kids but the idiot or idiots that reported her, sent the letter, anybody that didn't stop this absurd action to continue.
I have been wondering why nobody is asking how much we will have to borrow from the Reds in China to pay for Obama's efforts to get the Olympics for Chicago. God help us, if they get the games, it will cost the rest of the country at least 2 billion of borrowed dollars. His trip will cost millions, I think three 747s will go as a matter of course, with limos, security, so on and so on. But! We also pay separately for Michelle! I thought she would travel with Hubby, you know, to save a little green (money and nasty carbon emissions and stuff) But No!!! Today I saw a picture of her waving from Michelle One, which I think is one of the 747s. I suppose it might be a security thing. If , God Forbid, there was a crash at least one Obama would be spared to, ahem, finish to work. The Planet. Gaia, ya know.
You know he would. Paying back the Chicago thug machine that sent him to DC is what this is all about.
Someone yesterday suggested a quick bill be tabled in Congress that confirms no federal money will be given to Chicago to fund or bail out the Olympics, should they go to Chicago.
I have been wondering why nobody is asking how much we will have to borrow from the Reds in China to pay for Obama's efforts to get the Olympics for Chicago. Maybe because having to borrow from...well, ANYONE, is bad? Would borrowing the money from domestic investors, the Japanese, the EU, Russia, or others be ANY better?
This whole Olympic trip has the potential to be very bad politically for Him. What if the IOC, who must already be in a bad position, simply says "Rio!" on Friday? Then He gets to fly home with a political pie on His face.
The last time I remember a nation's government doing anything like this was in 1974 when the Soviet Union whined and threatened to pull out of the IOC when Moscow was in the running for the 1980 Games.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
"The fact that the Federal Reserve is printing dollars to buy U.S. Treasury bills means there can be no other outcome than the collapse of the value of the U.S. dollar."
If China and Japan will not buy our bonds, and why would they, then the US government can simply buy our own bonds with printed money. We are headed for runaway inflation. If you have any significant investments, look for ways to shelter them from the US dollar.
A lot of people are just not getting this, at work, we sometimes have the CNBC channel on (wish we had FBN but we don't) and I watch the ticker plus the stuff on the top of the screen that shows oil and gold and etc. I hate seeing how gold is still just under $1000 as that's a very bad sign of the economy to come, inflation is going to pop any day now and sooner or later a loaf of bread will cost $50 to $100 and a cup of regular coffee(not Starbucks) will cost $20.(just examples, not real figures, they haven't happened....yet)
This is part of what's been happening the last 8 months that needs to stop and be reversed so that the damage can be repaired, but I'm afraid the people using common sense about this in Congress are in the very small minority.
China's been buying as much gold as possible adding to the problem, which is another reason for the cost going up.
I don't have any debts(no credit cards) beyond utility bills and rent and groceries, my vehicle is paid for; but a lot of people aren't in that good of a position financially, it'll be worse on a lot of them, when inflation pops. What was it, the average household has like 7 credit cards or something like that?
Inflation actually will help borrowers. Deflation hurts them.
Finally! There is something I am much more interested in...I wonder if the Chinese are attempting to hoard commodities in order to corner the markets? That is something to keep an eye on...
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
LOL! I was sitting here a little bit ago, wondering how long it would take for someone in the left-stream-media to think of that one, and figured I would pay attention and wait to see when it happened.
Then here you come, polluting my searches, and screwing up my study. LMAO!!!!!!!
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe. - Albert Einstein
I laughed at that, at first. Then reality set in, and I realized that while you might have meant that 2nd post in jest, I actually should take that seriously. My god, the world we live in today.........
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe. - Albert Einstein
So, Michelle flew to Denmark today in AF2. Obama to show up later in AF1.
Lots and lots of money looking after the nation's #1 priority -- Olympics next decade. Glad to see someone's looking out for us.
Next on the list -- cap and tax. Obama is going to tell us to stop using/wasting energy. He and Michell will probably fan out all over the country telling us that. Airplanes. Helicopters. Cars. Caravans. Lots of staff. Extra planes for the cars. I'm just glad he isn't a hyprocrite -- that would really upset me.
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But this is the first time I heard of the First lady travelling in a separate vehicle other than with the POTUS(no reference to the LOTUS). I know there are those limos, armored vehicles, usually those are carried on a C-17 I thought, right? Separate air vehicles are meant as decoys especially if they are the same type.
And when the First Lady is on a different plane, it doesn't have a specific designation, it wouldn't be Air Force 2 (that's the VP plane). I keep wondering if this is like what happened where DuhOne went to Cairo without his wife because under Muslim law, the wife is not allowed to travel to a Muslim country with the husband?
This bunch in the White House has travelled so dang much at our expense, it's getting ridiculous.
Abortions will be part of any Dim health care bill. "But a host of Democratic senators were quick to blast Hatch's amendment [to ban abortions], calling it "offensive" to women and claiming the proposal seeks to change current law."
Offensive to women? Too bad. I don't care. So what if women are offended. What's worse -- a bunch of catty, "offended" women? Or dead babies? Any offended women out there? Get a life. Save a life. You simply aren't part of the equation. Offended women, indeed!
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"mmm, mmm, mm. Barrack-Hussain-Obama." - The liberals cool-aid drinking song
Whoa. Wait a minute. The Democrat(ic) Party pays the Post-Gazette far too much money to allow one of their workers to step out of line like this. This guy must be close to retirement. Or is an infiltrator from the Tribune-Review.
Here's part of the canned response I just received from Carol Shea Porter, very dim congress woman from New Hampshire.
I support the principle of health care reform, and I support a public option.
This is the same woman who had an ex-cop removed from her town hall for asking a question out of turn. BTW, four years ago, she herself was forceably removed from a town hall meeting.
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With one of my own....well, actually, she belongs to Jacksonville. My critter is Ron Klein, I've ceased reading his propoganda, but I am going to send him a copy of the check I'm writing to his opponent, Alan West.
I think Florida gets the prize for dumbest critter, though, don't you? This woman gives Cythia McKinney a run for her money.
Rumor has it on the Gator boards that she didn't actually get a degree from UF, just took some classes there and claims it, thank heavens. Wails of woe & embarassment when that hit YouTube, I can tell ya!!!!
<edit> It's kind of like watching a train wreck, though. I LMAO every single time I've watched it.... ACK
He is not my congresscriter but Mel Watt is as you said galatically stupid. I know because many years ago when I ran for school board in Gaston County, he was at one of the forums we had. As soon as he opened his mouth I pegged him to be dumber than a box of rock. The only way he got elected was because he is in one of the 2 gerrymander districts in NC. To top it all he is now leading the black causus (?).
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OBAMACARE: If it ain't good enough for my Congressman then it ain't good enough for me.
I immediately twigged to this, as we saw a variant of the Golden Orb Spider in Costa Rica. This spider's silk is gold, and has one of the highest tensile strengths of any natural fibre (stronger than steel). The shawl they wove looks like pure gold, too, it's beautiful and one of a kind.
Apparently there are commercial applications if the process can be refined, and one industrial engineer was really stoked by their progress. And some of the comments by the tree huggers were pretty hillarious, too.
All the Fringe reported Obama's speech to the UN as a wonderful discourse on America's new world policy. Then we learn the US has the chair for the security council for the first time in years but will not talk sanctions. Then we learn that Iran has a second nuclear site and that all the major powers have known about it for some time. Then Iran does that little "missile muscle" thing.
Now, for your homework, go back and read Obama's speech again. Read it carefully. Now I'm am frightened and now I understand why wussie Sargozy is angry and frightened as well. How do you define "treason"?
Obama is going to Copenhagen? I think it is absolutely ironic that he is in the city where Andersen wrote ' The Emperors New Clothes'. He ought to read it while he is there.
I was just reading that the Saturn deal with Penske has fallen through. The plants (?) and dealrships will be closing. Someone correct me if I am wrong but Saturn was not union. Did they just have the one plant in Springhill, TN?
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OBAMACARE: If it ain't good enough for my Congressman then it ain't good enough for me.
France has long been aggressive at (though not always successful) in defending France's interests...something I think the U.S. did once upon a time...hm.
I believe the main reason the Warsaw Pact/Soviet Union never invaded (yet anyway) Western Europe was because the Kremlin knew the French would have unilaterally nuked their forces while they were still in Germany.
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Damn, hell must have frozen
September 30, 2009 - 08:55 ET by BDDamn, hell must have frozen over since I am in total agreement with a French leader.
Obama is egotistical hence the cult of personality approach to all problems and he is AMAZINGLY Naive hence his belief that just the force of his personality and his words can ameliorate any situation.
What a horrid combination.
Sarkozy was elected as a
September 30, 2009 - 09:44 ET by mattmSarkozy was elected as a conservative (by French standards) so this isn't that surprising. Besides, it's so obvious that Obama is both naive and egotistical that even your average Frenchman couldn't help but notice.
The average Frenchman
September 30, 2009 - 11:29 ET by ThisnThatThe average Frenchman couldn't help but notice -- but our MSM, members of Congress, and liberal class is still having difficulty enountering the truth. Viva la France!
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Further fright
September 30, 2009 - 09:59 ET by UnsaneAs scary as that is - and I concur! - I keep in mind that Nicolas Sarkozy gave a more pro-American speech in front of Congress than His Majesty The Shahinshah gave before the UN!
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Yeah, and if you only read
October 1, 2009 - 08:15 ET by BDYeah, and if you only read transcripts of speeches during that 48 hour period it would be obvious that the real president of the US is --- Benjamin Netanyahu.
Sarkozy
September 30, 2009 - 08:57 ET by srqvetWelcome to our world.
It interesting how Germany,
September 30, 2009 - 09:07 ET by celatorIt interesting how Germany, Italy, France, and probably the UK (very soon) have moved to at least center or center right. And here we are with the clueless Obama trying to move us to the radical far left, socialist point on the spectrum as fast as he can.
These countries learned the hard way lefty socialism kills the spirit and everything else in its way. Obama will never learn that lesson. He's too far gone.
No citizen's right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, or property is safe as long as Obama is President of the United States.
Land of Oz
September 30, 2009 - 09:24 ET by jon_torlinDon't forget Australia moving to at least center or center right. I don't know where they are about socialized medicine, but they were one of the first countries to embrace the global warming hoax only to find out that *GASP!* it IS a hoax and started repealing some of the nonsense.
Soetoro has learned his lessons well, he's who he is and he will not change. There were some communists who saw the light, but this guy is not one of them.
-Jon
Australia
September 30, 2009 - 10:01 ET by UnsaneIf that were true about Australia, they wouldn't have elected Kevin Rudd as PM and stuck with John Howard or given Peter Costello a chance. But they didn't. Let's see how center-Right Australia is in November 2010, or earlier.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
true that
September 30, 2009 - 12:41 ET by jon_torlinYou're right, so I guess we have to see what happens.
Stranger things have happened elsewhere, after all, France, especially after Chirac, talk about a serious 180!
-Jon
Jon.. I forgot about the
September 30, 2009 - 23:23 ET by celatorJon.. I forgot about the Ozzies. Bless em. They did blow the cover of the man made global warming scam, and big time, too.
They do have a form of universal health care, but I don't know all the details, since they vary from system to system.
No citizen's right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, or property is safe as long as Obama is President of the United States.
The Tone! The Tone!
September 30, 2009 - 08:59 ET by KC MulvilleThomas Friedman has a perfectly shallow op-ed in the NY Times today. He's really freaking out, worrying about the "climate" that far right-wingers have created about Obama.
What a pack of spoiled brats! To prove his claims that the "climate" is poisonous, Friedman points to a Facebook poll. Talk about a stretch! Only a complete idiot, or a disingenuous columnist for the NYTimes, would use that (likely created by a teenager as a prank) as a reliable indicator of the mood of conservatives. And yet he warns us of the tone that this poll "reveals." Oh hell, I could go on any HuffPo or DailyKos blog, and within minutes I could find something equally or more outrageous. And that has been the rhetorical sewer that we've all been drenched with for years.
Friedman is supposed to offer reflections on contemporary events, and yet his entire perspective is as narrow as a Manhattan alley. To be blunt, he unintentionally reveals that he doesn't know what's going on now, nor what's been going on for years.
Well POOH!!!
September 30, 2009 - 09:07 ET by Willis_Leon_JohnsonI never saw that one coming........
(I wonder why he left out stupid, ignorant, braindead on foreign policy, deadly to OUR military...etc)
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Sarkozy hits the nail on the head...
September 30, 2009 - 09:13 ET by vrwc13Sarkozy reportedly thinks Obama is "incredibly naive and grossly egotistical."
...in otherwords knows not how to lead and is a narcissist...say haven't we been saying that here!
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...an error was made in 2008 and now the Frenchman agrees
Hmm. Not sure if we
September 30, 2009 - 10:02 ET by black47211Hmm. Not sure if we should be flattered or offended that a Frenchman agrees with what we have been saying all along. I mean, he is French after all, or as I like to say, "The Great Unwashed".
I guess it just goes to show that even a skunk can admit he stinks now and again.
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We should not be concerned
September 30, 2009 - 13:41 ET by ForeverOnTheRightWe should not be concerned that a Frenchman agrees with us, like the saying goes, a clock that is not running is right at least twice a day.
I must have had a low
September 30, 2009 - 09:21 ET by ConservativeRexI must have had a low moment, and an even lower moment to admit it, but I read a link Drudge had to what that old queen Gore Vidal had to say about a military take-over in the United States. He dogged the Poser in chief like a red headed stepchild. He thinks Hillary would have been better, but typical wacko voted for Obami. It was a rubbish as far as I was concerned, but it made me realize, this bat-shit crazy old flamer is about as worthless an individual as has ever came out of the United States.
How someone this bitter hasn't put a bullet through their own head years ago just amazes me. Talk about the epitome of elitist snobs. This guy absolutely loathes Americans, thinks we are the dumbest creature of the first world. I think the only dumb Americans are the ones that have provided this moron with a living these last sixty years by buying the claptrap he writes, and watching whatever lousy movies they make out of them. What a complete loser he is, and this is not to disparage other honest losers. The world would be a much better place if Gore Vidal had never stolen a breath of O2 out of it.
Bill Buckley should have
September 30, 2009 - 09:21 ET by celatorBill Buckley should have punched out Vidal like he threatened to do.
No citizen's right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, or property is safe as long as Obama is President of the United States.
Video of the Buckley -
September 30, 2009 - 22:08 ET by stratmanVideo of the Buckley - Vidal dust up.
I miss Buckley.
Strat.. thanks for the
September 30, 2009 - 23:28 ET by celatorStrat.. thanks for the video of that great moment. I had forgotten just how close Buckley came to flattening Vidal.
Fun to watch Vidal's eyes blink blink blink after Buckley drew the line in the sand. Great stuff. That's when men were men and Vidal was, well, Vidal.
No citizen's right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, or property is safe as long as Obama is President of the United States.
I knew Sarkozy had some
September 30, 2009 - 09:19 ET by celatorI knew Sarkozy had some fight in him when this happened:
http://www.cbsnews.c...
No citizen's right to life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, or property is safe as long as Obama is President of the United States.
Wow
September 30, 2009 - 09:23 ET by Kat Outta the BagWhen a Frenchman says you're naive and egotistical, that's saying something!
brass balls
September 30, 2009 - 09:27 ET by jon_torlinIt's even more saying something when the French apparently have the bigger stones, as some conservative pundits have said yesterday.
Sarkozy for world president! (ok, not really but still, better him than the one that sometimes occupies our White House)
-Jon
Right Now
September 30, 2009 - 09:35 ET by ahusserI'd would take Sarkozy and/or Vaclav Klaus (President of the Czech Republic) over Obama/Biden any day.
"Somehow, I told you so, just doesn't quite say it." Will Smith in 'I, Robot.'
Jon--
September 30, 2009 - 09:40 ET by Kat Outta the BagAt least Sarkozy's wife is easier on the eyes than Aunt Esther Obama. ;-)
Kat.....
September 30, 2009 - 09:58 ET by Timothy HHonestly, I don't want to be a stick-in-the-mud or anything, but do we really need to lower ourselves to the level of the Kossacks and their ilk? Seriously? Why give the lefties room to say "See, your a hypocrit, so stop crying cause we say ........"?
When you play in the mud with pigs, all you get is dirty.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe. - Albert Einstein
Well, Timothy
September 30, 2009 - 10:14 ET by BlondeI see your point, but I reserve the right to go all fashion police on her. She deserves THAT!
I hope he fails, too.
Blonde.....
September 30, 2009 - 10:18 ET by Timothy HLOL ;-D
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe. - Albert Einstein
Oh....and Happy NB Birthday
September 30, 2009 - 10:24 ET by Blondeto you....4 Years, 1 Hour!
I hope he fails, too.
Thank you, Blonde!
September 30, 2009 - 10:29 ET by Timothy HThanks be to you, madam. Really doesn't seem to be that long.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe. - Albert Einstein
Timothy---
September 30, 2009 - 10:25 ET by Kat Outta the BagI'm just calling them as I see them. And frankly, I no longer care what the libs think of much of anything.
Kat.......
September 30, 2009 - 10:35 ET by Timothy HIt's not the libs opinions I worry about. It's two other things. First, the opinions of those who are trying to learn the differences between us and them. And second, it's the credibility of our side. If we act like them, how can we be seen as anything different to those who are peeking in. I have a friend who turned 24 recently. He doesn't vote. Why because he has a real problem cutting through all of the name-calling to find out the truth on the issues. And it comes from both sides. We sit here and deride liberals for the horrible things they said about Bush, Chaney, their families, etc....but then sit here and mock Obama's wife for her looks? How are we any better than them? Doesn't that make us hypocrites? What does that do for our credibility? Am I making sense, or am I off base, here?
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe. - Albert Einstein
Timorthy--
September 30, 2009 - 12:20 ET by Kat Outta the BagIt was simply a catty remark on my part...nothing else. I'll respect your opinion and take it into consideration.
Kat....
September 30, 2009 - 13:13 ET by Timothy HDon't get me wrong. I'm not chastising here. Simply raising a point. We've all done it, including me. I guess I'm getting more sensitive about it as some around me are moving towards a direction where the liberal blindfold has peeled back a bit, and credibility seems to matter a lot at this stage of the game. Conservative have a chance to swing momentum now, and I guess I just feel like this kind of stuff inhibits our ability to show those who are lost in the desert that there is actually a reasonable argument here. No harm was meant by my statements.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe. - Albert Einstein
Am I the only one that
September 30, 2009 - 09:43 ET by ConservativeRexAm I the only one that feels better when Obama is out of the country?
...or when Congress is not
September 30, 2009 - 09:45 ET by mattm...or when Congress is not in session? No you're not alone.
You got that right matt,
September 30, 2009 - 14:25 ET by RukusAren't they up for another vaction yet? Come'on guys, not much summer left. You work for us, and we approve of a year off this time, no, really! : )
Gary
If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. -- Tom Paine
to TV or not TV
September 30, 2009 - 13:14 ET by jon_torlinFor me, it's when he's not on the air or rather when I don't see him on my flatscreens.
But I agree, it's also when Congress isn't in session, they aren't finding new ways to screw up the country with impunity.
-Jon
When Sarkozy Mocked Obama
September 30, 2009 - 09:52 ET by slickwillie2001The real story of what happened, in case you have been restricted to the State-Controlled Media for the last few days:
When Sarkozy Mocked Obama: http://www.powerlineblog.com
"President Sarkozy in particular pushed hard. He had been 'frustrated' for months about Mr. Obama's reluctance to confront Iran, a senior French government official told us, and saw an opportunity to change momentum. But the Administration told the French that it didn't want to 'spoil the image of success' for Mr. Obama's debut at the U.N. and his homily calling for a world without nuclear weapons, according to the Paris daily Le Monde. So the Iran bombshell was pushed back a day to Pittsburgh, where the G-20 were meeting to discuss economic policy."
In other words, it's all about Him. Let's not let little things like facts get in the way of President Prissypants' glorious world image.
Open Thread Comment
September 30, 2009 - 09:59 ET by black47211Link below to article from AP out of Michigan about a woman being told by the State that she cannot watch her neighbor's kids as they wait for the bus. Enjoy.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090929/ap_on_re_us/us_baby_sitter_backlash_mich
http://www.pelicanmarsh68.blogspot.com
Citizen Commentators Unite!
Right
September 30, 2009 - 10:34 ET by jaywlI say "Lock 'er up". Not the lady watching the kids but the idiot or idiots that reported her, sent the letter, anybody that didn't stop this absurd action to continue.
All about control. Liberals
September 30, 2009 - 11:22 ET by ThisnThatAll about control. Liberals want to control every aspect of life, because -- after all -- free will and independent action is dangerous, dontcha know.
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"mmm, mmm, mm. Barrack-Hussain-Obama." - The liberals cool-aid drinking song
Good grief - now I think I have heard it all
September 30, 2009 - 11:30 ET by SouthJersey1953I say, find out who the Mrs Kravitz is that 'reported' her and egg her house!
"Maybe if we keep our heads buried in the sand, this will blow over" - The Congressional Republicans
Michelle
September 30, 2009 - 10:29 ET by jaywlI have been wondering why nobody is asking how much we will have to borrow from the Reds in China to pay for Obama's efforts to get the Olympics for Chicago. God help us, if they get the games, it will cost the rest of the country at least 2 billion of borrowed dollars. His trip will cost millions, I think three 747s will go as a matter of course, with limos, security, so on and so on. But! We also pay separately for Michelle! I thought she would travel with Hubby, you know, to save a little green (money and nasty carbon emissions and stuff) But No!!! Today I saw a picture of her waving from Michelle One, which I think is one of the 747s. I suppose it might be a security thing. If , God Forbid, there was a crash at least one Obama would be spared to, ahem, finish to work. The Planet. Gaia, ya know.
Re Pay for Chicago
September 30, 2009 - 10:48 ET by slickwillie2001You know he would. Paying back the Chicago thug machine that sent him to DC is what this is all about.
Someone yesterday suggested a quick bill be tabled in Congress that confirms no federal money will be given to Chicago to fund or bail out the Olympics, should they go to Chicago.
Borrowing sucks no matter who's lending
September 30, 2009 - 13:53 ET by UnsaneI have been wondering why nobody is asking how much we will have to borrow from the Reds in China to pay for Obama's efforts to get the Olympics for Chicago. Maybe because having to borrow from...well, ANYONE, is bad? Would borrowing the money from domestic investors, the Japanese, the EU, Russia, or others be ANY better?
This whole Olympic trip has the potential to be very bad politically for Him. What if the IOC, who must already be in a bad position, simply says "Rio!" on Friday? Then He gets to fly home with a political pie on His face.
The last time I remember a nation's government doing anything like this was in 1974 when the Soviet Union whined and threatened to pull out of the IOC when Moscow was in the running for the 1980 Games.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
ObamaCare tablets
September 30, 2009 - 10:36 ET by R D Helmhttp://boortz.com/ne...
-Dave
The election of 2010 will be our last chance to save our republic. -Neal Boortz
When the French call you a wuss...
September 30, 2009 - 10:43 ET by R D Helm...believe me, your a wuss.
LOL.
-Dave
The election of 2010 will be our last chance to save our republic. -Neal Boortz
The Dollar is the New Peso
September 30, 2009 - 10:55 ET by slickwillie2001Something to keep you awake nights:
The Dollar is the New Peso: http://www.redstate.com
"The fact that the Federal Reserve is printing dollars to buy U.S. Treasury bills means there can be no other outcome than the collapse of the value of the U.S. dollar."
If China and Japan will not buy our bonds, and why would they, then the US government can simply buy our own bonds with printed money. We are headed for runaway inflation. If you have any significant investments, look for ways to shelter them from the US dollar.
been saying that for a while
September 30, 2009 - 12:59 ET by jon_torlinA lot of people are just not getting this, at work, we sometimes have the CNBC channel on (wish we had FBN but we don't) and I watch the ticker plus the stuff on the top of the screen that shows oil and gold and etc. I hate seeing how gold is still just under $1000 as that's a very bad sign of the economy to come, inflation is going to pop any day now and sooner or later a loaf of bread will cost $50 to $100 and a cup of regular coffee(not Starbucks) will cost $20.(just examples, not real figures, they haven't happened....yet)
This is part of what's been happening the last 8 months that needs to stop and be reversed so that the damage can be repaired, but I'm afraid the people using common sense about this in Congress are in the very small minority.
China's been buying as much gold as possible adding to the problem, which is another reason for the cost going up.
I don't have any debts(no credit cards) beyond utility bills and rent and groceries, my vehicle is paid for; but a lot of people aren't in that good of a position financially, it'll be worse on a lot of them, when inflation pops. What was it, the average household has like 7 credit cards or something like that?
-Jon
Interesting
September 30, 2009 - 14:04 ET by UnsaneInflation actually will help borrowers. Deflation hurts them.
Finally! There is something I am much more interested in...I wonder if the Chinese are attempting to hoard commodities in order to corner the markets? That is something to keep an eye on...
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Racist
September 30, 2009 - 11:00 ET by threepiecestraightjacketClearly Sarkozy must be racist.
3piece.....
September 30, 2009 - 11:04 ET by Timothy HLOL! I was sitting here a little bit ago, wondering how long it would take for someone in the left-stream-media to think of that one, and figured I would pay attention and wait to see when it happened.
Then here you come, polluting my searches, and screwing up my study. LMAO!!!!!!!
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe. - Albert Einstein
Timothy
September 30, 2009 - 11:16 ET by threepiecestraightjacketI'm glad that you found my first post on this site amusing...
As part of your search, you can look into how someone will construe the words "naive" and "egotistical" to be "code words".
3piece.....
September 30, 2009 - 11:19 ET by Timothy HI laughed at that, at first. Then reality set in, and I realized that while you might have meant that 2nd post in jest, I actually should take that seriously. My god, the world we live in today.........
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe. - Albert Einstein
Welcome to NB threepiece
September 30, 2009 - 14:32 ET by RukusLove the sarcasm! Have fun! : )
Gary
If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. -- Tom Paine
National Debt Road Trip
September 30, 2009 - 11:21 ET by SouthJersey1953Off topic, but this is the Open Thread. Saw this yesterday and wanted to share:
National Debt Road Trip
"Maybe if we keep our heads buried in the sand, this will blow over" - The Congressional Republicans
Michelle in Copenhagen
September 30, 2009 - 11:27 ET by ThisnThatSo, Michelle flew to Denmark today in AF2. Obama to show up later in AF1.
Lots and lots of money looking after the nation's #1 priority -- Olympics next decade. Glad to see someone's looking out for us.
Next on the list -- cap and tax. Obama is going to tell us to stop using/wasting energy. He and Michell will probably fan out all over the country telling us that. Airplanes. Helicopters. Cars. Caravans. Lots of staff. Extra planes for the cars. I'm just glad he isn't a hyprocrite -- that would really upset me.
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"mmm, mmm, mm. Barrack-Hussain-Obama." - The liberals cool-aid drinking song
two airplanes?
September 30, 2009 - 11:34 ET by SouthJersey1953Are their egos so big that the both of them cannot fit into one plane? Wonder what algore thinks of the carbon footprint their trip is making....
Oh, never mind. Carbon footprints only apply to conservatives.
"Maybe if we keep our heads buried in the sand, this will blow over" - The Congressional Republicans
2 Airplanes
September 30, 2009 - 12:08 ET by Blondeis customary, when the President is overseas. One's a back up, carries the armored limo, etc.
But the Obama's are totally clueless when it comes to how their actions are perceived. Remember, perception is reality.
I hope he fails, too.
it is customary under NORMAL circumstances
October 1, 2009 - 07:20 ET by jon_torlinBut this is the first time I heard of the First lady travelling in a separate vehicle other than with the POTUS(no reference to the LOTUS). I know there are those limos, armored vehicles, usually those are carried on a C-17 I thought, right? Separate air vehicles are meant as decoys especially if they are the same type.
And when the First Lady is on a different plane, it doesn't have a specific designation, it wouldn't be Air Force 2 (that's the VP plane). I keep wondering if this is like what happened where DuhOne went to Cairo without his wife because under Muslim law, the wife is not allowed to travel to a Muslim country with the husband?
This bunch in the White House has travelled so dang much at our expense, it's getting ridiculous.
-Jon
Abortions will be part of
September 30, 2009 - 11:49 ET by ThisnThatAbortions will be part of any Dim health care bill. "But a host of Democratic senators were quick to blast Hatch's amendment [to ban abortions], calling it "offensive" to women and claiming the proposal seeks to change current law."
Offensive to women? Too bad. I don't care. So what if women are offended. What's worse -- a bunch of catty, "offended" women? Or dead babies? Any offended women out there? Get a life. Save a life. You simply aren't part of the equation. Offended women, indeed!
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"mmm, mmm, mm. Barrack-Hussain-Obama." - The liberals cool-aid drinking song
Whoa. Wait a minute. The
September 30, 2009 - 11:47 ET by Roger the ShrubberWhoa. Wait a minute. The Democrat(ic) Party pays the Post-Gazette far too much money to allow one of their workers to step out of line like this. This guy must be close to retirement. Or is an infiltrator from the Tribune-Review.
One dense congresswoman
September 30, 2009 - 11:56 ET by ThisnThatHere's part of the canned response I just received from Carol Shea Porter, very dim congress woman from New Hampshire.
This is the same woman who had an ex-cop removed from her town hall for asking a question out of turn. BTW, four years ago, she herself was forceably removed from a town hall meeting.
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"mmm, mmm, mm. Barrack-Hussain-Obama." - The liberals cool-aid drinking song
I'll raise your dense congresswoman
September 30, 2009 - 12:05 ET by BlondeWith one of my own....well, actually, she belongs to Jacksonville. My critter is Ron Klein, I've ceased reading his propoganda, but I am going to send him a copy of the check I'm writing to his opponent, Alan West.
Beverage Alert. This is just pathetic, truly.
I hope he fails, too.
Go gatas
September 30, 2009 - 13:23 ET by SouthJersey1953How in the world did she ever get elected? That is beyond sad.....
"Maybe if we keep our heads buried in the sand, this will blow over" - The Congressional Republicans
I have no idea!
September 30, 2009 - 13:36 ET by BlondeI think Florida gets the prize for dumbest critter, though, don't you? This woman gives Cythia McKinney a run for her money.
Rumor has it on the Gator boards that she didn't actually get a degree from UF, just took some classes there and claims it, thank heavens. Wails of woe & embarassment when that hit YouTube, I can tell ya!!!!
<edit> It's kind of like watching a train wreck, though. I LMAO every single time I've watched it.... ACK
I hope he fails, too.
Blonde, I see your
September 30, 2009 - 13:53 ET by ConservativeRexBlonde, I see your congresswoman, and push all in, Shelia Jackson Lee. In a district near me.
OK, Rex
September 30, 2009 - 14:00 ET by BlondeFold.
I hope he fails, too.
He is not my congresscriter
September 30, 2009 - 18:41 ET by ricklailHe is not my congresscriter but Mel Watt is as you said galatically stupid. I know because many years ago when I ran for school board in Gaston County, he was at one of the forums we had. As soon as he opened his mouth I pegged him to be dumber than a box of rock. The only way he got elected was because he is in one of the 2 gerrymander districts in NC. To top it all he is now leading the black causus (?).
Semper suprene nitens
OBAMACARE: If it ain't good enough for my Congressman then it ain't good enough for me.
Fair enough, rick
September 30, 2009 - 18:48 ET by BlondeYou've earned a seat at the next round of Dumb Critter poker.
I hope he fails, too.
OMG
September 30, 2009 - 13:44 ET by bre1227Is she wearing her pajamas on top of everything else?
I think it's a bathrobe
September 30, 2009 - 14:01 ET by BlondeI hope he fails, too.
Link below to article about
September 30, 2009 - 12:05 ET by black47211Link below to article about raise Congress is getting for Town Halls...
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20090930/pl_politico/27732
http://www.pelicanmarsh68.blogspot.com
Citizen Commentators Unite!
Comments?
September 30, 2009 - 12:34 ET by KJ_sezIs it just me, or are all comments showing as italicized?
→ Yes
September 30, 2009 - 12:37 ET by Cool ArrowThis is wicked, huh?
I thought it was just
September 30, 2009 - 13:37 ET by black47211I thought it was just me....
http://www.pelicanmarsh68.blogspot.com
Citizen Commentators Unite!
This is pretty cool
September 30, 2009 - 13:13 ET by BlondeTotally off-topic, but it is the OT.
Fascinating account of two men who figured out how to weave spider silk (it took a million Golden Orb Spiders) into an amazing textile.
I immediately twigged to this, as we saw a variant of the Golden Orb Spider in Costa Rica. This spider's silk is gold, and has one of the highest tensile strengths of any natural fibre (stronger than steel). The shawl they wove looks like pure gold, too, it's beautiful and one of a kind.
Apparently there are commercial applications if the process can be refined, and one industrial engineer was really stoked by their progress. And some of the comments by the tree huggers were pretty hillarious, too.
Enjoy...I'm sick of the rapist-rapist stories.
I hope he fails, too.
BO-- According to Szarkozy, he stinks
September 30, 2009 - 13:25 ET by east tennessee johnMon Dieu! After 64 years we in Europe may have to begin planning for our own defense against the Russian Bear
East TN
September 30, 2009 - 13:32 ET by FeynmanFanLOL, that was great! As if Europe could ever defend itself...
"Reason and persuasion are the only practical instruments against error. To make way for these, free inquiry must be indulged" - Thomas Jefferson
Its time for homework
September 30, 2009 - 15:01 ET by cajun2All the Fringe reported Obama's speech to the UN as a wonderful discourse on America's new world policy. Then we learn the US has the chair for the security council for the first time in years but will not talk sanctions. Then we learn that Iran has a second nuclear site and that all the major powers have known about it for some time. Then Iran does that little "missile muscle" thing.
Now, for your homework, go back and read Obama's speech again. Read it carefully. Now I'm am frightened and now I understand why wussie Sargozy is angry and frightened as well. How do you define "treason"?
defining treason
September 30, 2009 - 15:15 ET by jon_torlinThe best definition of treason is everything that's gone on since inaugeration day, Jan 20th. Not the only one, but the best one in my opinion.
-Jon
UPDATE: Powerful 8 mag quake strikes near Samoa...
September 30, 2009 - 15:04 ET by vrwc13...does he know?:
Government
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Head of State
Barack Obama (D)
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Governor
Togiola Tulafono (D)
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Lieutenant Governor
Ipulasi Aitofele Sunia (D)
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...an error was made in 2008
Obama is in Copenhagen?
September 30, 2009 - 16:49 ET by ConservativeRexObama is going to Copenhagen? I think it is absolutely ironic that he is in the city where Andersen wrote ' The Emperors New Clothes'. He ought to read it while he is there.
Saturn
September 30, 2009 - 18:32 ET by ricklailI was just reading that the Saturn deal with Penske has fallen through. The plants (?) and dealrships will be closing. Someone correct me if I am wrong but Saturn was not union. Did they just have the one plant in Springhill, TN?
Semper suprene nitens
OBAMACARE: If it ain't good enough for my Congressman then it ain't good enough for me.
rick, today it's Saturn. Tomorrow it will be Uranus
September 30, 2009 - 18:51 ET by R D Helm-Dave
Then they will be coming for the family jewels.
:-O
The election of 2010 will be our last chance to save our republic. -Neal Boortz
Re Saturn
September 30, 2009 - 19:39 ET by slickwillie2001Don't know about Saturn but I saw a new Challenger today in black; mmm-mmm-mmm.
France has long been
September 30, 2009 - 22:11 ET by RR GOPFrance has long been aggressive at (though not always successful) in defending France's interests...something I think the U.S. did once upon a time...hm.
I believe the main reason the Warsaw Pact/Soviet Union never invaded (yet anyway) Western Europe was because the Kremlin knew the French would have unilaterally nuked their forces while they were still in Germany.
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 86% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.