Obama: Grandma 'Typical White Person' Fearing Everyone She Doesn't Know

Photo of Noel Sheppard.

It seems the more Barack Obama tries to explain the peculiar statement he made Tuesday concerning his white grandmother's "fear of black men who passed by her on the street," the more he's assuring attention regarding the matter.

Though it remains to be seen how much focus a media clearly looking to move beyond this subject will devote to it, Obama called into a Philadelphia sports radio station on Thursday making comments that, if publicized, might get him in even more trouble with white voters.

As transcribed by Breitbart moments ago (audio available here):

The point I was making was not that my grandmother harbors any racial animosity. But she is a typical white person. If she sees somebody on the street that she doesn't know. . .there's a reaction in her that doesn't go away and it comes out in the wrong way.

Wow. Is this really how a "typical white person" behaves? Shame on me for being so cordial all these years to folks I didn't know.

Regardless of my seeming ignorance of how the "typical white person" is supposed to behave around strangers, one wonders if Obama's declaration will be the subject of great debate and discussion by press members in the next 24 hours, or if it will be ignored by media desperately looking to get off this topic for the junior senator's sake?

Stay tuned.


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Typical Obama

Hmmm. I predict that the "Typical White Person" remark, made about his Grandma, no less, will be ignored by the liberal media.  They probably figure that he has enough trouble right now. 

A question to all media, including Fox News...

Can anyone define what a "Typical White Person" is?  That statement alone is racist.  What if I, as a white person said "well, he's a typical black man", what would be the ramifications?

 

Do you have to ask? They'd

Do you have to ask? They'd crucify you, of course, right along with plenty of condemnations from the "black community", a phrase I've stated before is indicative of an internal racism.

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"With your mind as high as Mt. Fuji you can see all things clearly. And you can see all the forces that shape events; not just the things near to you." -Miyamoto Musashi

no they won't ignore it for

no they won't ignore it for that reason

the think it's true so to them it's not even news-worthy.  

THATS the issue THATS why it won't get anywhere, to liberals this is "true" the "Typical White Person"  IS afraid of thier own shadow, but they (liberals ) are not your "Typical White Person"  they are more refined and educated.  

 

 

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So, now it wasn't because

Wait a minute, Senator: you said she had a fear of "black" men, not "strange" men.
So now, it wasn't because it was a black man, it was because it was someone she didn't know?

Well, Mr. Obama, was she afraid of white men that she didn't know?

Only a "typical white person" is afraid of someone on the street that they don't know?

A "typical black person" (let's say a woman) isn't afraid of someone she doesn't know on the street?

Curoiser and curioser.....

all i can say is Obama keep

all i can say is Obama keep talkin:)

No kidding!

I can't say that I understand the physiology but apparently teleprompters keep one's foot from self-inserting into one's mouth.

Wait a minute

But wasn't it Jesse Jackson who admitted that he got nervous when he saw a cluster of urban youths coming toward him on the street?

Of all the things you can say about Jesse, 'typical white person' just isn't one of them ...

Fear

The fact is that if you see on black person on the street there is usually no danger. If you see three or more black people (it used to be only male blacks) you had better give them a wide berth. The media has to 'sometimes" back this up when unwarrented attacks occur. Most 'non-blacks' have learned to avoid a lot of areas in major cities or they die.

 

Old, Retired and glad of it.

Sir, I disagree with you

I'm 48 and conservative, female and white, and attend community college.  I encounter groups of 2-3-4 or more young black men.  I do not fear them.  If eye contact is made, I smile friendly-like, as I'd do with anyone who makes eye contact.  How can you say "if you see on black person on the street there is usually no danger. If you see three or more black people (it used to be only male blacks) you had better give them a wide berth"?  I am sorry for your experiences, but they are not typical of most of us. 

Tell me that you will use an

Tell me that you will use an ATM machine if you see 2 or 3 young black men loitering about the entrance.  Even the black people I know are afraid to do that.

I only use the ATM machine

I only use the ATM machine located at my own bank.  Never gave that one a thought.

I'd never use my ATM far away from home.

Wow NL. That is an

Wow NL.

That is an amazing comment.

Leon's example of overt racism on Newsbusters #6. 

The count continunes.

So what does this have to

So what does this have to with racism?  It's sole purpose was to illustrate the absurdity of the prior post by constructing a real-world setting where the poster would most ceratinly be afraid of two or three black men and simply 'smiling at them', as she had indicated in her post, will do nothing except invite disaster.  Clearly from her response, it was a thought that had never occurred to her and maybe it is a good thing for her to consider what it might mean if she sees anybody of any color loitering near an ATM.

My post gets an additional point for eliciting an absurd remark from one of our resident fonts of liberal wisdom.  Personally, I despise the folks on the left who see everything in Amrica in terms of race, gender, creed, ethnic origin and victimhood.  That's YOU, buddy.

I wouldn't use an ATM

I wouldn't use an ATM where I saw a couple of guys of any color "hanging around".....that's just common sense.

You might live longer than

You might live longer than our other poster.

You can get tired of it, but here goes again!

OBAMA never said GOD BLESS AMERICA!  Never in that so-called SPEECH OF OUR LIFETIME!  But now he's retacting statements, redefining statements, GUESS he was just VENTING, or we took him out of CONTEXT! 

Wait, wait, wait..."typical

Wait, wait, wait..."typical white person"????? What the heck is that supposed to mean? He apparently wasn't finished with throwing his grandmother under the bus from the other day.

What if George Bush made the statement, "typical black person"?

Anyone want to venture as to what the MSM would do with that "pearl"????

I'm insulted!!! Or, am I all wrong here?

Afternoon marpel... You

Afternoon marpel...

You saved me the post, beat me to the punch...you aren't wrong...it is outrageous ...the more Obama opens his mouth, the more he is inserting his big foot.

Talk about reverse racism.

I know mb...I shouldn't use the phrase reverse racism, it is just plain racism, but I can't help it...lol.

Btw...did anyone catch his interview last night with Anderson Cooper...it was interesting to say the least, his confidence is gone...POOF! 

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill

Hey, Bigtimer, I'm glad to

Hey, Bigtimer, I'm glad to have my gut feelings validated here. I'm just stunned at this remark. Well, Obama has just been vetted as far as I'm concerned and his vetting didn't go well.

I am hoping that Sean Hannity jumps on this remark.

I didn't see the Anderson Cooper interview. What did he say?

marpel... It really is

marpel...

It really is something you have to watch to know what I mean...I'll see if I can find a link for you. 

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill

marpel... Here is the

marpel...

Here is the link to Anderson Cooper and the top three to the left are the interviews I have seen in the last two nights I think it was...anyway...here ya' go. 

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill

Bigtimer, I just saw the

Bigtimer, I just saw the clips (thanks for linking). Anderson Cooper clearly wants to have Barack's baby.

Ya'll gotta remember....

that according to many people in the MSM, he can say this without question or reprimand because of the "black experience" with slavery.

Need a good laugh, bt?

I had already reached for the "reply" button! Then I saw the "I know, mb".... ROFL!! You saw it coming!!

mb.... I am

mb....

I am LMAO! 

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill

...throwing his grandmother

...throwing his grandmother under the bus....

Darn, Marpel. You beat me to it.  But now its official.  This man really will throw is own grandmother under the bus to become president.

I beat you to it because I'm

I beat you to it because I'm a "typical white person"....LMAO

anatomy of THE SPEECH-I know AGAIN!

No where is there a GOD BLESS AMERICA in his SPEECH of a LIFETIME!  What did his speech explain, other than "I'm a politician and want to be powerful and President, so I'm going to appease everyone in a short speech!"  Overlooked in the whole thing is he did not say GOD BLESS AMERICA!  Here's more on my take:  BHO's speech did more to set back race than anything in the last 14 years-only OJ did close to the same.  We now know that churches are spewing hatred of America, hatred of the white man, hatred of corp America, etc.  The candidate of UNITY has now shattered the fragile layer of race relations by never totally distancing himself from words of pure hatred.  His statement of not agreeing is too simple.  If you stay in a room full of fleas, you are not able to keep all the fleas off!  When you continue in an environment that does not change, it changes you, you do not change it.  Really what he said just reiterates some of what Repubs have said for years-programs to make things better do not work.  We the people believe it is people that make things work, not government!  He spouts about how the blacks and lower class whites have been put down by the rich-this is hatred speech.  Some blacks and whites have rose to monetary status because they did not believe they were to be kept by the government, but that they could, with the will of GOD and their own hard work, succeed!  He talked of lines in the emergency rooms of hospitals of people without insurance.  They don't have it because they won't pay for it!  Not because it isn't available!  He brings up Dr King, well, to borrow from someone else, BHO you are no MLK!  And what did the ASHLEY story have to do with anything.  14 years ago, let's see, Bill Clinton in WH.  Poor Ashley's mother had cancer[I'm sorry for her and her family], and he says she lost her job because she missed work and lost her health care.  Well if she had health care, it would continue under Cobra for a certain period of time.  Ashley ate relish and mustard sandwiches.  Did not any church know of Ashley and her mom's fate.  My church helps those in need.  It's supposed to be a story to inspire, but I read a sign recently that said, "Aspire to inspire before you expire!".  Good words to go by.  The Ashley story has too many missing components.  I've love to know more, know why no one helped in her neighborhood, church, etc.  To finish his story he says the elderly black man says only "I'm here because of Ashley", but never really explains it-was it because she went to his home and said come out, or was it because she related the story to him, or just what?  The speech was void of any real substance.  Lost in it all was his use of the church to talk politics-thought DIMs wanted no "church and state"!  He constantly threw in GIVEAWAY programs while saying welfare state has harmed us-total contradiction in own statements.  If Rev Wright's statements weren't so bad, why did the website of the church take off some of their mission statement, etc.-again total contradiction.  He stated all churches get into talk like this-never been to a church in my life that does and if they did I'd leave!  Says he could have just moved on and not addressed this-he knew that was politicial suicide-again total contradiction.  He says stagnant wages-where, didn't we increase minimum wage, because of unions, etc, people get raises every year.  He says jobs shipped overseas, well how about the reason why-UNIONS.  Didn't talk about overseas jobs that come here-take Toyota, & others for example-total contradiction.  He spewed hate talk himself about conservatives and Reagan Coalition, etc.-total contradiction to his supposed message.  Why say "a candidacy as imperfect as my own."  Looking for sympathy vote!  Then again went in bad welfare state then straight into govt giveaway programs-total contradiction.  Said Rev Wright had CONSERVATIVE ideas-wow, where did that come from-TOTAL CONTRADICTION!  When he said "We have a choice in this country", he went into listing OJ trail, Katarina, etc., all statements to inflame, racial statements-total contradiction to his message!  He spoke of shuttered businesses-but failed to note reason they're shuttered is because they did not keep up with technology, not becuase of anything bad-TOTAL CONTRADICTION.  He talked of HOMES taken away-they were taken away because the people tried to live over theimeans!-total contradiction.  His perfecting the USA statement lost the fact that we will not be perfected till we put the past behind us, learn from it and go on-the Old Testament is history, we learn from it-the NEW TESTAMENT gave us JESUS CHRIST and how to live.  He ended on some story that had no beginning and no end-no story.  And never a GOD BLESS AMERICA!    That's one man's opinion!

Paw! Take a deep

Paw! Take a deep breath....again...there ya go. What was it said a long time ago? Something about pearls and swine. I do think he was speaking of people like Obama and his Mrs. and his so called reverend.  

Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!

With all due respect Paw,

With all due respect Paw, your lengthy diatribes are getting monotonous. I think we all agree that Obama didn't address the real problem with his association with Rev. Wrong. And I think we all agree that Obama is looking more and more like an America-hating Bolshevik (to borrow from Bill Cunningham). No need to repeat the argument ad infinitum.

 

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He better get Bill Withers to sing "GRANDMA'S HANDS" or granny

BHO better get Bill Withers to sing "GRANDMA'S HANDS" or he may be getting Granny's hands on his butt!

His Interviewer fawns over Obama

Listen to the end of the interview, too. The radio personality exclaims Obama "exudes charisma...."

 

 

Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has not heart; and any
man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains.

-Unknown

 

Poor Obama

To borrow a line from Chandler Bing:

My God, this parachute is nothing but a knapsack!

Noel, I really resent being

Noel, I really resent being refered to as a "typical white person". I an not typical by any defination. Ask my wife. She is constantly reminding me of what typical white people do. Or is it just husbands?

Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!

Obama plays the Hole Card.

Oh gawd.

Obama plays the Hole Card. As in... he's in it and he keeps digging.

World's worst Grandson.. OFFICIAL!!

Vote 4 change. Vote 4 anything. See Jack & Mr Shy's first campaign ad for the ONLY viable 3rd party candidate.

What exactly is a typical white person?

But she is a typical white person.

I wonder what the reaction would be if John McCain had called up this very same show and used the term typical black person?

I'm guessing the lefties would be pitching a fit right about now.

________________

Given the biraciality of BHO, and ever since I heard about his granny story, I cannot help but wonder...

When he is standing on a Chicago street corner and sees three black gang-bangers approaching, does only the white half of him become apprehensive?

What about when three white gang-bangers come near him, does his black half then get nervous?

Is he somehow suggesting that either of the above reactions is wrong? Or only the former reaction?

I'd love for some reporter to ask him about this.

Theme for Election '08: I want my mommy!

A Typical White Armed Texan with a permit, isn't scared of

A Typical White Armed Texan with a right to carry permit, is NOT scared of Mexicans, Italians, African Americans, Greeks, Al Queda, Shiites, Sunnis, other white people, Grandmas, Grandpas, Uncles, Aunts, Gang bangers, the POPE, or the GD Pastor Wright.

But if you're in Baltimore, downtown at night, and you can't RENT a Gun, Be Scared....because the City doesn't want you to have one, and neither does DC . . . but that may change shortly.

 

 

sweet patootie--Baltimore???

sweet patootie--Baltimore??? The many time murder capital of  America?? Disarm the public to raise the number of murders??

I got it, I got it---population control, right?? Why else??

That would probably save some Lives of Black Americans

A concealed weapon permit, in Baltimore, DC, or Killidelphia might go a long way to cut down the Black on Black Murder rate, Burgulary, etc..etc..crime in General.

It's no fun breaking into houses against Armed Citizens, or Car jacking College Co-eds who shoot back. 

Now there is some CHANGE and Hope for lower Crime that BHO can pursue, so the Typical White person isn't so Scared, and Jesse Jackson would feel safer.   

 But she is a typical

 But she is a typical white person. If she sees somebody on the street that she doesn't know. . .there's a reaction in her that doesn't go away and it comes out in the wrong way.

   I'm no psychologist and I've never played one on TV but this statement sounds like a case of projection.  He is projecting his self doubts onto 'white strangers' whom he imagines are looking down on him because of his blackness.  This could come from being separated from his Kenyan father and raised by the 'white' side of his family.  A group of people that he could never really be fully one of them.

»→ Typical White Person

Seems a "typical white person" shouldn't be alarmed when falsely accused of purposedly infecting a race of people with the AIDS virus.

Now we've got a bunch of talking heads telling us matter-of factly Rev. Wright is mainstream

Some of these are White journalists making this accusation, and the deafening silence from African American preachers who should be shouting, "This is not us.  This is not the Black community!!"

Where is that outrage?

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Hi, CoolArrow... That

Hi, CoolArrow... That outrage is bunking up with the outrage from the Muslim community over 9/11.

they have the same problem

they have the same problem we have - the MSM won't re-broadcast un-approved outrage:)

There you have it,

There you have it, friends.

Typical white person = xenophobe

Liberalism 101

 

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»→ QueenMum

Thought you might appreciate this from TIME.

Obama is counting on voters to accept nuance in an arena that almost always rewards simplicity over complexity.

I know these are already inscribed in THE TOME, but I was wondering if you already had examples of their clear usage.

Just trying to help get it to press.

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Thank you, Cool One. I

Thank you, Cool One. I certainly appreciate your input and promise to award you handsomely for your contributions. The contract's in the mail.

 

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Concise!

You nailed it.

"...or be ignored by media

"...or be ignored by media looking desperately to get off this topic?"

I think they'll behave as the "typical" media. They'll ignore it and hope it all goes away.

The New Clayton Williams

Obama is slowly slipping into the land of Clayton Williams. Next time he is interviewed, he'll say, "My Grandma, when she saw a stranger on the street, was afraid that it was inevitable, and she was just going to have to lay back and enjoy it.

I knew that once he was pressured into given real answers with substance, we'd find out he was a political hack.

»→ Ahhh yes, Clayton Williams

And the result of his gaffe was the first Woman Governor since Ma Ferguson.  Ferguson by the way, was elected as a show of support for her disgraced husband.

Remind you of anyone - Craig Ferguson "Latenight" (no relation to Ma and Pa Ferguson)

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Ma Richards

Ma Richards was a different kind of Democrat Governor. Instead of just taxing us to death and telling us to live with it, she snuck in increases in fees everywhere she could, then bragged about not raising taxes.

She is the reason it costs $75 to renew the $2 license tag on my car. She is the reason you have to take out a second mortgage on your house to rent a car at Avis or go to a State Park in Texas.

Amen, Joel. My family

Amen, Joel. My family referred to her as "the old drunk".

»→ JoelCT

This is something I argued right here at NB with those who tried to tell me Mitt Romney's "fee increases" weren't the same as taxes.

Even when it quacks like one.

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Ma and Pa Ferguson were

Ma and Pa Ferguson were from here in Temple. Their "Mansion" is in the historical district, and has a marker. It's privately owned, and not particulary well cared for by the family that lives there. Kind of a fitting end, actually.

The story goes that Ferguson, who raised cattle, would take folks who wanted pardons for prisoners, out to his place and sell them one of the herd!

Another world

I think Grandma was a typical woman--which might be taken as insulting to women if Obama had said such, of course. He is painting with generalities but missing one point: That for a woman the world is scarier on the whole. We are smaller, weaker, and men can be predators and can be aggressive.

We are easy prey and the smart move for a woman is to learn to watch out for herself especially if she's alone. She needs to go with her instincts and if she's wrong about a person (and they are not a threat) then she can apologize later.

Grandma was being smart. He should hold her up as a savvy woman who could take care of herself--and him--although she was just a "typical white" person.

The more Obama speaks the more it seems to me he's never thought things through in his life and for someone running for prez---yikes!

 

 

Typical White Person or Typical Older Person

As you age, you become more wary of anyone who might present a threat, real or perceived. You realize your limitations, that you can't run as fast to get away, you no longer have the strength needed to successfully fight off an attack. How does this translate to racism? It is just being smart and cautious and knowing your own abilities.

I can only imagine the

I can only imagine the firestorm of controversy if John Mcain had uttered this seemingly innocuous phrase.

 

Let's see how the MSM tip-toes around this.

 

 

Obviously racism is a

Obviously racism is a one-way street.

Dead end, too.

Dead end, too.

 Just a little off thread,

 Just a little off thread, but it still rankles me:

Lynn Sweet--Chicago Sun Times

"Obama's physique is old news to Chicago Sun-Times readers. I've worked out several times next to Obama at the East Bank Club, but alas, could not follow him into the locker room."

This has made me doubly angry-- to think that someone who reports the news (I just made that up--I think I will call it Journalism) is pathetically demonstrating what us ignorant men have been accused of all these years, (justifiably) of having our brains down in our pants.

Secondly--This is professional journalism????  RIGGGHHHTT!

Hey misterb... Lynn Sweet

Hey misterb...

Lynn Sweet has been sweet on Obama from day one...

I agree with your anger too...

Journalist my arse...msm/paper Obama supporter, in her eyes he can do no wrong!

Great seeing you here...missed ya!

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill

I know how the Liberal Americans will respond....

 I am sitting here at my computer and told my wife(lib) what he just said. This next thing really irks me and makes me wonder how I ever get along with my wife....she actually goes "So...he's right. That's what I think." So I say "You don't think people of any race, think that of any scary stranger?" She replied "No".

 So as we can see.....this will not get anywhere. I truly believe most people have so much "white guilt" that they truly believe this rabble.

It scares me, that so many people out there will think like my wife. It scares me that they accept this BS. I asked her if GW said "Well the typical black person.....fill in the blank"................you know what she said "He can't say crap like that he's the President and that would be completely racist!"

 AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH,  I must be in hell.

 

 

“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter”  - Thomas Jefferson

Navybuckeye. I feel your

Navybuckeye. I feel your pain. Advice. Punch out, bro and watch your six!

Then she would...

 just blame it on my vagina envy...lol.

 

“Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter”  - Thomas Jefferson

OH MY!   I am the

OH MY!

 

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LOL...Poor fella'.... I

LOL...Poor fella'....

I can't imagine being married to a lefty...talk about patience being a virtue. 

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill

BigTimer, that is my next

BigTimer, that is my next question after "Are you married?"...LOL.

2. Are you Liberal or Conservative?

No just bad NAVY judgement!!

Kidding of course Swabbie!!! Kudos to your wife for putting up with what we all had to go through!

I know that Navy pukes tend to be led by their...well.. tailhooks.

Just so you know that we of the Air Force persuasion...never, EVER leave our real names!

 

In the unlikely event we get airborne, we'll treat it as an airborne emergency, bring it back around VFR and after stopping we'll evacuate upwind of the the smoke, count heads and flips to see who buys the first round.

No just bad NAVY judgement!!

sorry  'bout the double post...fat fingers and an over sensitive track ball..

 I know. I'm blaming others.

"It scares me, that so many

"It scares me, that so many people out there will think like my wife. It scares me that they accept this BS."

Well, just make sure your wife knows that election day is on a Wednesday.

ckc... ROFLMAO! "Never

ckc...

ROFLMAO!

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill

http://newsbusters.org/blogs

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2008/03/20/obama-grandma-typical-white-person-fearing-everyone-she-doesnt-know#comment-572724

 

I touched on that very thing...libs feel that it's true, not news so "move along nothing to see here"

 

(please don't take this as a dig on your wife, mine said pretty much the same thing )

 

 

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Everyone Sing Along

Sing with me, everyone...

grandma got run over by Obama

after she was hounded on the street

you can say Barack's not really racist

but as for me and Limbaugh, we believe

ROFLMAO!

Theme for Election '08: I want my mommy!

 

Candance, You should send

Candance,

You should send that to Newsbusted. 

I hear they pay $50 for lame jokes.

Personally show up Leon and

Personally show up Leon and they'll hand you the $50 directly.

"All generalizations are false, including this one.” Mark Twain

Ignatz, I said lame

Ignatz,

I said lame jokes...I only write gold.

Furthermore, I've inquired several times as to when the next NB happy hour will be held.

I couldnt go to the last one due to work. 

Are you implying I should be scared to show up?  Ha. 

Doubt it. 

I can't wait to show everyone how pretty I am!

come on Leon

If that were true you could quit your day job.

Cha-Ching! That's another

Cha-Ching!

That's another $50 for you!

Ha.  The zingers keep on coming!

There's that...

There's that damned fly again!

Just like a fly...Leon buzzes around, drops poop and buzzes off agian.

What was that noise?  Oh yea...Leon! Where's my flyswatter!

cd... ROFL! Priceless...

cd...

ROFL!

Priceless....

"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Churchill

Great Quote.

Obama has got the revolver in his hand and the hammer is cocked.

Catchy

LOL

 

"All generalizations are false, including this one.” Mark Twain