Open Thread: Does Obama Know the Difference Between England and Great Britain?
Following the contemptible storming of the British Embassy in Iran by violent protestors, President Obama rightly condemned the Iranian government for not controlling the protestors and protecting a diplomatic outpost. In doing so, however, he made yet another embarrassing foreign policy gaffe: referring to the embassy as "English" instead of "British."
How do you think the media would have treated a Republican presidential candidate if he or she made the same mistake? Check out a video of the press conference after the break, and let us know your thoughts in the comments.
According to the Heritage Foundation:
In case the president is unaware, England forms part of Great Britain, which also includes Scotland and Wales, though not Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom. There is no such thing as an “English” embassy anywhere in the world, and there hasn’t been one for several centuries.
Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised by this latest slip-up by President Obama. After all he recently described France as America’s closest ally, and famously declared that he has traveled to no less than 57 states. But it would be nice if the leader of the free world bothered to look at a map once in a while, or even paid a visit to the British Embassy in Washington, currently housing the Churchill bust that Mr. Obama unceremoniously threw out of the Oval Office soon after his inauguration.
The "English" gaffe not only calls into question Obama's foreign policy expertise, but also his opinions on the relationship between the US and Britain. Rather than fostering continued relationships with countries throughout Europe and strongly supporting Israel, many of Obama's policies have denigrated those relationships while appeasing enemies and adversaries. Calling France America's closest ally was a blow to the "special relationship" shared by the US and Britain since the Great Rapprochement in the two decades leading up to World War I.
Of course, the White House and the media will inevitably dismiss the remark as a minor blunder, but it will not be the first time Obama has treated the key ally of Britain without the respect it deserves. What are your thoughts on the matter?
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He is both ignorant and
Submitted by CarolinaJimbo on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 11:19am.
He is both ignorant and stupid.
ignorant and stupid, but...
Submitted by vrwc13 on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 11:29am.
"I won." Has been his mantra, he doesn't care otherwise.
Challenged by one Republican senator over the contents of the package, the new president, according to participants, replied: “I won.”
v
The burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God. - William Bernard Ullanthorne
And there you have it...
Submitted by Bill Brasky on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 12:57pm.
Obama boiled down to six words. Nothing else matters.
Thanks for bringing this up
Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 11:30am.
Thanks for bringing this up prominently. I linked to it in the thread about the AP ignoring the bombing.
<pats self on back>
Truly, GMTA!
The other amazing thing is how he stumbles and bumbles his way through the condemnation. He sounds about as angry as my Yorkie over this.
I wonder if Obama thinks they speak "British" in the English embassy.
WIARHSI??
It would be "proof" that said Republican was geopolitically illiterate.
Oh, and would have included a flashback to to said Republican's gaffe about the "Austrian" language.
That was my whole take on it
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 11:57am.
That was my whole take on it too, MB................he looked like Alfred E. Obama sitting there - wide-eyed and detached from reality - and stammering and stumbling his way through another tedious and boring statement that held about as much weight and 'gravitas' (a favorite lib word) as your little Yorkie growling at my ankles while I'm wearing some steel-toed construction boots!!! Only difference is - your Yorkie is a lot cuter!!! I'm sure that the Iranians (I'm surprised he didn't call them the Persians) are just quaking in their boots after this aggresive and tough threat from Boy BlahBlah.
Maybe he'll send in a couple of drones and blow up some goats or sheep................and he'll call the Persian Embassy in D.C. and invite them to a 'beer summit'. Oh, I forgot - they don't drink OR have homosexuals in Iran.............so I guess Boy Barry strikes out on both accounts!!
Oddly enough today is St.
Submitted by Ken Shepherd on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 11:26am.
Oddly enough today is St. Andrew's Day, a holiday in Scotland and probably yet another occasional for Scottish nationalists to prattle on about how they should dissolve the 304-year union with England and become a sovereign and independent nation.
I found this in my inbox this a.m.
Submitted by Blonde on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 11:29am.
I do believe it's Gaffe # 103 (makes the current hit list at #30).
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
Bad to our allies
Submitted by jon_torlin on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 11:33am.
I'm not sure this is a gaffe so much as a diss against our British allies like he's been doing so many times before. One thing's for sure, he doesn't seem to care if anything happens to our British allies, which was why he was happy to have Sarkozy lead the charge against Libya as opposed to Great Britain.
-Jon
Well, my link called it a gaffe
Submitted by Blonde on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 11:36am.
...and also referred to some of his other gaffes, like 57 states, so I'm calling it a gaffe, and chalking it up as hit #103.
If Jack Bauer shows up today, we'll ask him!
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
57 but REALLY 58 or 59 States?
Submitted by MaximusBraveheart on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 1:29pm.
It seems Alaska and Hawaii are one State, or are 2 left to go? That would really make 59 States! Not just a mere 57! LOL.
"It is wonderful to be back in Oregon," Obama said. "Over the last 15 months, we’ve traveled to every corner of the United States. I’ve now been in 57 states? I think one left to go. Alaska and Hawaii, I was not allowed to go to even though I really wanted to visit, but my staff would not justify it."
-- Maximusbraveheart -- Is TRUTH knowable? Moral Relativism is the abandonment of Truth. Truth is knowable. Truth conforms to Reality. Reality is observable by evidence & witness in this day & from history. Relativism is Sesame Street play land.
Well,
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 1:40pm.
Well, Max............considering that we are now a part of Asia - here in Hawaii - then it's back to 58 states, I guess. But since Boy Barry lays claim to being born here - and this is Asia - we've probably got another case against him for not being a naturally-born citizen of this country, since apparantly he was either born in Africa or Asia, but not in the USA.
No, it's a gaffe.
Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 11:44am.
Like his "Austrian" language idiocy.
As I said above, I wonder if he considers "British" a language?
One thing's for sure
Submitted by jon_torlin on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 11:58am.
Because it's a valued ally, he doesn't care if he gets it wrong or not and doesn't care to know the difference. The only thing he cares about is his Muslim ways, that's what he knows best.
What a self-centered possob.
-Jon
Would it have been considered
Submitted by Immortal Fish on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 1:22pm.
Would it have been considered a gaffe had Sarah Palin spoke it? Yes? Then it's a gaffe.
In my opinion, everything should be viewed thru such a prism.
That's a great prism, IFish
Submitted by Blonde on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 1:39pm.
I think I'll borrow it from time to time.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
It Is A Gaffe
Submitted by stratman on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 5:06pm.
England is one country of Great Britain, AKA United Kingdom. The other countries are Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland (though sometimes Northern Ireland is referred to separately). The word British may describe a citizen from anyone of these countries (or just those from England).
Therefore, diplomatically speaking, to call the UK's embassy in Iran as "English" instead of "British" is a gaffe since it ignores Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
History and government expert Newt will absolutely shred Obama in a debate.
in the process of stumbling
Submitted by texasborngranny on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 8:25pm.
through, what appeared to be a very difficult ad lib (for Oblunderer) ... please excuse me for not including all the ums and uhs in my quotes:
"crashing the ENGLISH embassy." We all know that England does not have embassies, well everyone apparently EXCEPT Obama.
did manage to correct himself with, "the embassy of the United Kingdom in Iran."
The United Kingdom is a country that consists of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Actually, the official name of the country is "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland," Therefore the U.K. includes Great Britain (which is made up of England, Wales and Scotland) and Northern Ireland.
Why should he be expected to know?
Submitted by ohio granny on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 11:30am.
Why should Obama be expected to know the difference between England, Great Britain, and the United Kingdom? He thinks we have 57 states, Corpsman is pronounced Corpesman, and Hawaii is in Asia. This from the smartest man in the world.
Wow, I am sure glad we have someone so smart in the White House. Not. LOL
he may not be the smartest...
Submitted by vrwc13 on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 11:40am.
...but he is a nobel peace laureate.
v
The burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God. - William Bernard Ullanthorne
That's all right; Churchill's bust is safe.
Submitted by KyWriter on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 11:46am.
We'll move it back in after next year's election, and this long, long national nightmare is finally over.
At the English embassy, they speak British
Submitted by Galvanic on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 11:34am.
I wouldn't be surprised if Obama doesn't know the distinction, as he didn't know that the spoken language of Austria is not "Austrian."
Remember that Obama's alleged 'worldliness' was mostly based on his brief residence in Indonesia as a boy and a presumption of intellectual prowess. Just as his lofty image as a leader has vaporized, so has the assumption that he is as intelligent as they made him out to be.
Seems like a pretty trivial
Submitted by FAR52 on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 11:32am.
Seems like a pretty trivial criticisim to me. I'm sure the President understands the difference between England and the United Kingdom. So he misspoke -- who cares? It happens. Like the 57 state thing -- does anyone here really believe that Obama thought the U.S. was comprised of 57 states? There are a lot of reasons to be critical of Obama -- but this English versus Britain gaffe doesn't seem like a very strong one.
Well, it might not seem like
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 12:05pm.
Well, it might not seem like that big of a deal - until you start adding up the never-ending string of 'trivial mistakes' that this psuedo-intellectual has made, and will continue to make. And the 57 state thing - I, for one, know for a fact that there are 57 moooooooooooooooooooslem countries in the world - and apparantly that was more central in Boy Barry's mediocre-IQ brain than the number of states in the USA - a country that he disdains, disrespects, and dispises (aside from what he can get out of it for himself). And remember, he STILL hadn't visited one or two more AFTER the 57.
I think the crux of the whole subject is that Boy Barry is NOT an intellectual heavyweight by ANY stretch of the imagination, and it's pretty obvious if one chooses to pay attention - which is something that the MSM declines.
Not to mention the fact...
Submitted by KyWriter on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 12:11pm.
...that if this miserable excuse for an American President were Republican, the media would never have let him live it down.
Of course he understands the difference...
Submitted by Unsilent_Minority on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 12:10pm.
he may be an idiot, but not that dumb. The point is, we ALL make mistakes, gaffes, whatever you wish to call them, but when one is uttered by Obama (which happens far too frequently to be coincidence, IMO) is it either ignored by the medi or passed off as a simple misstep. Republicans on the other hand are savaged as morons, idiots, incapable imbeciles, the list goes on. We are being just as critical of the media treatment of Obama as we are of the man himself....the point of this website, in case you missed the tagline.
sorry Far*
Submitted by cajun2 on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 12:16pm.
How can you use "trivial" and POTUS in the same sentence?
You may not agree that all 103 gaffes are really gaffes. Some of us believe they are clues to this man's real views about the US. Read each of them carefully, then step back and look at the big picture.
His view of American and World History is based on revisionist history. He is a socialist/communist who does not believe in the Constitution, his agenda is so important that he circumvents a 235 year old legislative process; he incites class warfare, he has caused divisiveness not known to us in over 50 years. He has abandoned all of our allies. Those are not gaffes or mis-spoken words. They are clues to who this man really is and how the media have hidden who is the real Barack Obama.
Far52, I would agree with
Submitted by Liberallies on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 12:26pm.
Far52,
I would agree with you if it wasn't for the fact that the Democratic party and Left wingers LOVE to pounce on real and made up gaffes, big and small, when they believe Conservatives and Republicans do it. Thus, nothing wrong in using the Left weapon against them.
Now do you believe the media and the Left would not have made a big deal if Bush claimed there were 57 States? If he mispronounced the word corpse? (The Left went crazy because Bush pronounced nuclear with a Texan accent!) If Bush had claimed that Austrians speak Austrian?
The Left, the Democratic Party AND the media went crazy, attacked Bush and attack any Conservative and Republican whom they believe committed a gaffe. Why not do the same to the Left and Democrats?
Additionally, we were told that Obama was the smartest, most intelligent President to have EVER been elected. His gaffes and inability to give a speech without his handy teleprompter prove otherwise.
Excuse him all you like,
Submitted by HockeyKid on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 12:45pm.
in the world of diplomacy, such gaffes have lead to war. A president should know better, AND be more careful.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
Where was this outrage when
Submitted by ricklail on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 12:55pm.
Where was this outrage when Sarah Palin, Michelle Bachmann and Rick Perry made a gaffe? The MSM multiplied those 10 fold. Maybe you need to look at list of 103 that Blonde has compiled on Bambi Biden is a gaffe machine. We don't have enough space to list all of his.
"Oh, that Joe!" (#__ in a series)
Submitted by mom_rox on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 6:09pm.
Yes, Republicans are labeled as idiots, but Biden's gaffes are just laughed off by the press.
Does anyone else remember Jake Tapper's blog after Obama announced Biden has his VP? Tapper knew there would be plenty, so he started the first Biden gaffe as "first in a series". Here's the blog entry (#29 in a series) about that often now forgotten 3-letter word: j-o-b-s.
Two things
Submitted by Unsane on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 8:18pm.
It would be trivial, but don't kid yourself: had ANY Republican or conservative done that, they would have been PILLORIED by the media in this country. THAT is why it is being brought up.
That, and since the media thinks He is the most brilliant person to have ever graced the earth, it's a reminder that He is, in fact, no smarter than the rest of the populace He looks down upon with such sneering contempt.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
I notice that
Submitted by texasborngranny on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 8:30pm.
after the idiocy of you comment was pointed out you ran away.
Typical of an Obama apologist's reaction to the truth.
Have a nice day.
Of course he doesn't know the
Submitted by celator on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 11:36am.
Of course he doesn't know the difference. And he doesn't care.
If Oxford's basketball team made it . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 12:04pm.
. . . to the Sweet Sixteen, he'd make it his business to know.
...Oxford's basketball team?
Submitted by vrwc13 on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 12:23pm.
...only the "won" would think that! They do play 'football' though.
v
The burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God. - William Bernard Ullanthorne
President Obama has another busy day today.....
Submitted by Blonde on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 11:50am.
Chock full of comings/goings.....to fund raising events!
He's starting his day rather late today, poor baby. Because you know, he has to disrupt the tree lighting in New York City this evening. So he's "working" until 9:00 or thereabouts....of course he needs a late start.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
insensitive Blonde-
Submitted by Agnostic on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 12:17pm.
With all those speaking engagements and campaign speeches you know how hard the data entry person for the teleprompter is working. Don't you have sympathy for those suffering from Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. And don't forget the fear factor of the teleprompter traveling from Scranton to NY - it could get stolen.
I know, I know
Submitted by Blonde on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 12:31pm.
Oh how I wish I were the one doing the data entry for TOTUS. Obama's gaffes would be up to 200 in a week. The thing that I find to be totally crazy is that on at least two occasions that I can recall off the top of my head (here in Asia and Commander And Chief)....the OFFICIAL WHITE HOUSE TRANSCRIPTS don't "fix" the gaffes. Are they that stupid, or do they just print the speech off from TOTUS as the transcript? Who is writing this pap? Sounds to me like a 24 year old OWie with a $120,000 degree in navel gazing.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
Moooooochelle dines out
Submitted by ricklail on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 11:57am.
What are swordfish sliders? Hazelnut coffee dressing. I guess I am not a sophisticated diner or I'd know all that.
I saw that
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 12:07pm.
I saw that too...........pretty ritzy, huh??? It's good to be the Queen!!! And I read that the restaurant owner was 'excited and humbled' to have Moooooooooooooooochelle dining at his restaurant. I'm guessing that he was excited that he was going to be selling so much food...............and humbled by the fact that she could eat more than anyone he's ever seen!!!
Sliders
Submitted by ricklail on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 2:52pm.
You learn something everyday. Sliders are mini buns. Down south here we'd call them, well, mini buns but I guess you can't put Moroccan swordfish on just a mini bun.
He doesn't know
Submitted by Vonu on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 12:07pm.
whom it is he despises.
Obama does not know he is the
Submitted by jkwtrading on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 12:17pm.
Obama does not know he is the fool and the joke is on him.
Well, Jim...........so far
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 12:42pm.
Well, Jim...........so far the joke has been on us, and it's not funny - as you well know. And when Boy Barry IS run out of town on a rail, tarred and feathered, he STILL won't know that the joke was on him - he doesn't have the capacity to see himself in any terms other than what his oversized (and underqualified) narcississic ego tell him. As an example - look at Jimmah Cahtah - the SECOND worst President in the history of this nation...................he STILL continues to think that he did a fine job, and that whatever happened on his watch was not as a result of his actions, inactions, policies, or lack of policies. I think Barry will be in the same boat - and he'll be paid handsomely (if I may use such a word when talking about Alfred E. Obama) by a wide variety of fools and tools to continue flapping his purple lips with the same boring and tedious lies that he has been doing for years.
Jimmah's similarities to the "won"...
Submitted by vrwc13 on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 12:49pm.
And they were both Nobel Peace Prize laureates.
Let's hope this parallel path continues... one term president.
v
The burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God. - William Bernard Ullanthorne
...as for the GOP race, it's not over until the vrwc lady sings?
Submitted by vrwc13 on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 12:41pm.
Iowa Evangelicals at Loss in Search for Candidate
...hmmm, it's going to be interesting.
btw: The 2004 survey of religion and politics in the United States identified the evangelical percentage of the population at 26.3 percent... mainline Protestants make up 16 percent. In the 2007 Statistical Abstract of the United States, the figures for these same groups are 28.6 percent 13.9 percent (mainline Protestant.) - wiki
Check this out...
v
The burden of life is from ourselves, its lightness from the grace of Christ and the love of God. - William Bernard Ullanthorne
ans: no he doesn't
Submitted by wizardjr on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 12:26pm.
by the way, how do you say that in Englican?
The English Embassy.
Submitted by Morganfrost on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 12:28pm.
Indeed, to express American outrage over this act of agression against our English allies, I will be placing the bust of President Churchill back in the Oval Office. I will also personally telephone Prime Minister Elizabeth III and Archbishop of Canterbury David Cameron to let them know that all 58 of the United States of America stand solidly behind them in this act of agression by the Syrian-backed Islamic Republic of Tehran.
I'm gettin' 1980s flashbacks!!!
Submitted by sarcasmo on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 12:36pm.
www.elpasotimes.com/ci_18608410 from both the drug smuggling itself, and the media's letting big government get away with it. The hypocrisy is as priceless as the expensive failure of the policy, which continues regardless of the "R" or "D" after the President's name, even if the media, the judiciary, and media bias "watchdogs" (who often act like castrated lapdogs) want to try to ignore it...
It's the spending that's killing us.
This is pretty good
Submitted by Blonde on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 12:36pm.
Two turkeys on Thanksgiving.
The guy doing the filming called it, spot on. I laughed...talk about a seeing a trainwreck coming.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
J,
Submitted by Dave. on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 12:53pm.
I hope their respective insurance companies refuse to pay.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
As Long As Nobody's Hurt
Submitted by stratman on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 5:15pm.
That was funny.
Sent to all my Corvette driving friends. :-)
Massive damage, strat
Submitted by Blonde on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 9:19pm.
....to a couple of egos, I'd imagine.
I'm sorry, but I LMAO.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
Nothing sinks a testosterone
Submitted by stratman on Fri, 12/02/2011 - 1:20am.
Nothing sinks a testosterone high like borking your Corvette.
I think most if not all of us who have owned performance cars have tried stupid stuff like this, thankfully with less injurious results. Some of us have done it with lesser performance cars too. Much lesser performance cars, LOL! Something about gasoline combustion engines and a burbling exhaust that commands males to tap into the neanderthal and lead-foot the gas pedal.
Thanks for a most "delicious" video. :-)
strat...methinks the word is "prang"
Submitted by Blonde on Fri, 12/02/2011 - 2:00am.
....and I hate to burst your bubble fella, but those of us who are sans testosterone also have rather heavy feet. For instance, my Mustang drivin' mama is fondly known as Lead Foot.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
I think that's the first time
Submitted by stratman on Fri, 12/02/2011 - 2:44am.
I think that's the first time I've heard of "prang".
The testosterone comment was for the two presumed fellas in the Vette's. As for Blonde Mom, her feet are as light as clouds. Any speedy egress in a vehicle was purely a response to traffic conditions and therefore responsible driving. ;-)
Think Stratman*
Submitted by cajun2 on Fri, 12/02/2011 - 10:52am.
Just from some of her "accomplishments", we have to be impressed with the Blonde MOM on more than just her driving skills...;-)
Great video!
Submitted by drsamherman on Fri, 12/02/2011 - 11:00am.
Blonde: my mom had a lead foot too. She cracked up my grandfather's Ford about four times before he took her license away.
Caj: The proper diagnosis for lead foot disease is "philosopher's foot" - the iron in your blood turns to lead and sinks to your foot causing a heaviness on the right foot and inability to move it off the accelerator peddle.
Strat: good as always!
If this doesn't make you tear up, you aren't human
Submitted by Dave. on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 12:43pm.
What an awesome story.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Occutards Unhinged
Submitted by Dave. on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 12:52pm.
This is un-friggin-believable.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
That video is a perfect
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 1:01pm.
That video is a perfect definition of the word 'ludicrous'.....................and did you notice how 'interested' everybody in the store seemed to be??? What a bunch of useless clueless dopes!!!
I keep getting the image in my mind that my older son would be shopping in a store like this, with my grandson, and some jokers came in making a bunch of noise and trying to stir things up - especially if they were near my son and grandson. He'd walk right over to the dope on the microphone, rip it out of his hand, and tell them to shut up and get the hell out of there - and given my son's ability to make himself clear - they probably would have!!!
These OWS bowel-movement types are an embarrassment to the 60's 'peace and love' generation.........and also a hulluva lot dirtier!!!
Dave
Submitted by RESTLESS 1 on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 1:23pm.
Did you see the likes/dislikes ratio? These people are morons, and don't even know how unpopular they are.
R1,
Submitted by Dave. on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 1:45pm.
Yes I did, and I also read through some of the comments.
LOL - It doesn't appear these smelly commies are getting much love from the general public.
All they are doing is pissing people off.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
I gotta admit, Dave
Submitted by RESTLESS 1 on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 2:01pm.
Some of the comments gave me a tingle up my leg.
Is that wrong? :0
Question about the occupy jokers
Submitted by Unsane on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 8:20pm.
Say RESTLESS, are these jokers still contaminating HemisFair Park?
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Uns
Submitted by RESTLESS 1 on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 9:14am.
If so, they are invisible. I've seen no references to any occupiers here in the local rags or news. I haven't been down there, but my guess is, they may have left a lone sentry at the gate.
STOOOPID 1% on video
Submitted by MaximusBraveheart on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 3:36pm.
OWS crowd chanting in store video: Agree OWS are proven to be idiots. Glad they posted their stunts so we don't have to. CLEARLY they DO NOT hold the values of the 99% OR they would not have to be telling anyone this slander. Target would only have 1% of their normal shoppers, so the idea is clearly false (that they are the 99%). More like the STOOOPID 1% vs. the successful 1%. Opposite ends of different worlds.
Also ironic because I think, not sure, that Target gives 10% of profits to charity. I don't think many companies do that.
-- Maximusbraveheart -- Is TRUTH knowable? Moral Relativism is the abandonment of Truth. Truth is knowable. Truth conforms to Reality. Reality is observable by evidence & witness in this day & from history. Relativism is Sesame Street play land.
Obama...our smartest president..HA!
Submitted by Dr. Ron on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 1:32pm.
Still awaiting his transcripts albeit with grade inflation and minority status, probably fairly good. Really would like to see how/why he got into Columbia with his admitted disaster at Occidental...and who paid for Columbia/Yale ??
However, it is clear that his Obamaness does not know the difference, to use old phrase, between his alimentary canal ending and a hole in the wall...
I well remember the media touting Gore and Kerry's brain power till reality showed them to be in the gentleman's C category as to College GPA.
As the media tightens and enhances its iron curtain over America as to what they tell us/do not tell us/spin and cheerlead for Obama: seems a lock for a second term for this arrogant fool. Think Australia as a place to live; I am.
What is hidden will be
Submitted by MaximusBraveheart on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 3:40pm.
What is hidden will be revealed in time. The media lap dogs need a good kick in the pants to do their job of protecting OUR Country. What short sighted buffoons carrying a traitors water.
-- Maximusbraveheart -- Is TRUTH knowable? Moral Relativism is the abandonment of Truth. Truth is knowable. Truth conforms to Reality. Reality is observable by evidence & witness in this day & from history. Relativism is Sesame Street play land.
To be honest, I don't think
Submitted by lotr on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 1:49pm.
To be honest, I don't think it's that big a deal -- I think most people equate English with British, and "Great Britain" itself is no longer a country. It might have been akin to saying "the Russians" instead of "the Soviets" back when it was the USSR.
That said, however, it is a perfectly legitimate observation that if W had said it, Andy Rooney would've been on the next 60 Minutes with snide comments about how stupid he is. It's the unfair media treatment of conservatives that I find highly problematic.
All you have to remember
Submitted by Marcus Porcius on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 1:52pm.
Rick Perry is stupid.
Herman Cain doesn't know foreign policy.
Sarah Palin can see Russia from her house.
The Anti-President Obama is the most brilliant individual ever.
Lather rinse repeat, or be branded a terrorist by DHS. You have been warned.
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Time to self-denounce
Submitted by Unsane on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 8:22pm.
Later. I have more important things to do, like attend a mandatory neighborhood meeting where I will self-denounce myself for not loving His Majesty The Shahinshah enough. Also, I need to make sure I even have portraits of Him in my closets so there is no escape.
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FALSE STATEMENT on Palin
Submitted by MaximusBraveheart on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 3:57pm.
"Rick Perry is stupid." ---------FALSE-------- That is in your opinion. He is Governor... not too shabby in my book.
"Herman Cain doesn't know foreign policy" ---- FALSE as a whole --- One could add "as well as the other candidates," and thus may be more accurate.
"Sarah Palin can see Russia from her house."
----------------- FALSE slander !!! --------------
From Governor Palin's September 11, 2008 appearance on ABC News, during an interviewer Charles Gibson asked her what insight she had gained from living so close to Russia: She said: "They're our next-door neighbors, and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska, from an island in Alaska":
Two days later on Saturday Night Live, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler appeared in the now famous sketch portraying Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton, during which Fey warped Governor Palin's remark into this: FEY AS PALIN: "And I can see Russia from my house."
NOW just imagine what we could do with Obama's words given that level of editorial freedom.
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It IS a fairly trivial
Submitted by trak65 on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 2:38pm.
It IS a fairly trivial mistake in isolation. You can also say on the 57 states that, okay, he probably meant 47 of the continental 48. The real story, and the raison d'etre of NB, is the absence of any coverage or discussion in the MSM news, talk shows, opinion pieces, etc. If W or Palin had said one of these things we would hear a LOT more about it and the intent would be to diminish them in the eyes of the public. That doesn't happen with dems -- especially Obama. And don't even get me started on Biden!
The Treaty and Act of Union classes were skipped
Submitted by gopcongress on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 2:42pm.
Apparently, Barack Obama, international genius of Harvard U, skipped how the UK was formed with the Treaty of Union in 1706, followed by the Act of Union in 1707, formed what is known as the UK.
To be fair, international sports ("sport") teams in the UK conform to their own regions, such as Scotland and England, in events like the World Cup and the Olympics. It would be comparable to California competing against, say, Texas in the Olympics or World Cup. And during the Cold War, we interchangeably switched Russians with Soviets with no need of worrying if we were technically "correct," no doubt pissing off the Georgians, Ukrainians, Lithuanians, Latvians, Belarussians, etc. This included presidents including Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Nixon.
But you are right. Had President Cain or President Gingrich said "English Embassy", forget about it. The press would have a field day. Instead, maybe we can make a DVD of the gaffe and send it to the Queen.
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Trivial indeed
Submitted by cocodrie on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 2:54pm.
He believes that Washington DC is the United States of America. Why shouldn't he believe that England is Great Britain? There's only one of them and and 57 states. Why shouldn't he be confused? When he's through with us we will be the USSA.
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The England thing is nothing compared to misspelling potato.
Submitted by SickofLibs on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 4:18pm.
Twenty years later and I'm still laughing my head off at that one.
/s
PotatoE
Submitted by Blonde on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 4:48pm.
Puhleaaase!
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Biased coverage on that potatoE issue
Submitted by MaximusBraveheart on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 4:01pm.
From what I recall; it was written ON the card, by the teacher as POTATOE. He was only reading it off. BS media don't explain the whole story.
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Oh how can this be????
Submitted by PrairieSky on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 7:20pm.
This can't be coming from the brilliant, the amazing, the sheer genius that is Obama, can it? Heaven knows we're told how smart he is ad nauseum, all evidence to the contrary. Personally, I'm still waiting to see some evidence of this vaunted brilliance.
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Anyone catch what Bret Baier said about his Romney interview?
Submitted by PrairieSky on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 10:10pm.
Bret Baier was on O'Reilly tonight talking about his interview yesterday with Romney...Apparently Romney actually told Baier after the interview that he didn't like the interview, and didn't like the way that he was treated...The interview was not a high point for Romney, but that was entirely his own doing. Assuming that Romney gets the nomination, if the irritable and petulant attitude that we saw in the interview is what we can expect from him during the general election campaign, the Republicans have a real problem.
I am still on the fence as to who I will be voting for in the primaries, but Romney did himself no favors with me.
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I missed that interview
Submitted by Radical1979 on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 10:10pm.
but what you said doesn't bode well for Romney. If he can't take it now...That's why I like Cain, he can take it and turn it around on fools like Lawrence O'Donnell.
Rad...No, it sure doesn't...It actually really surprised me...
Submitted by PrairieSky on Wed, 11/30/2011 - 11:19pm.
that Romney reacted the way he did...He reminded me of Obama...Thin-skinned, a bit arrogant, and petulant...Lord knows we have enough of that in the WH now...We don't want to elect another president who gets really, pardon the expression, pissy, when he's asked a question he doesn't like or doesn't have an answer for.
That interview really left me very unhappy and frankly quite disturbed about the prospect of Romney as the nominee. If an interview with Bret Baier throws him into a fit of pique like this, can you imagine what going head to head with Obama, the Dems and the entire MSM will do?
Not good...not good at all.
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New Lefty Party
Submitted by Kleenex on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 6:44am.
I don't normally watch Bull-Dyke Maddow but I glanced at it last night and saw Rocky Anderson. He's forming a new "Justice Party" to run for president. It's the usual things lefties like: Bush and Cheney on war crimes, Corporate greed, the Patriot Act is illegal, the Govt needs to spend more money, etc etc, then he says Obama sold out. Hopefully this guy gets enough traction to siphon some votes from Obama.
The 1 true
Submitted by ROSSMAN on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 9:39am.
village IDIOT!!
Does Obama Know the Difference Between England and Great Britain
Submitted by poxoma on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 10:02am.
Absolutely!!!
Obama is fully aware the difference between England and GB. In England, people speak English. And in GB, they speak British. Obama is just soooo soooo smart. ;)