Obama bows to Saudi king?!?!?!?

[Matt34]

Napolitano apologises again, this time for being just plain wrong. Yet she is continuing to implement Bush era policies based on disinformation and Bush era politics of fear. So much for "CHANGE".

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20090423.COMARTIN23ART2006/TPStory/National

I think I've made it clear before but just in case anyone doesn't know, I despise that woman.

 

[Davemcc]

I think I've made it clear before but just in case anyone doesn't know, I despise that woman.

I'm getting there myself. When Obama started talking about repairing America's international reputation, this is the single most important issue that I wanted to see the new administration change. Yet Napolitano is still basing America's border policies on false information and predetermined bias.

 

[Tomorrow]

I'm getting there myself. When Obama started talking about repairing America's international reputation, this is the single most important issue that I wanted to see the new administration change. Yet Napolitano is still basing America's border policies on false information and predetermined bias.

One must remember that half of the population has an IQ of less than 100. That applies to politicians and bureaucrats, too, you know.

 

[Alex2507]

One must remember that half of the population has an IQ of less than 100. That applies to politicians and bureaucrats, too, you know.

Mine is 345 ... wait, that's cholesterol level.

 

[Adam]

Mine is 345 ... wait, that's cholesterol level.

Mine is, ummm...I don't know. I know neither my IQ or my cholesterol level. I don't like taking tests unless I'm sure that I can pass.

 

[res6jya6]

I noticed that somebody on here said that Obama was "unexperienced"... lending in to what this debate centrally focused on. Sure, he may be unexperienced, but do you think George Washington had experience when they threw him up onto this pedestal and referred to him as "The First President of the United States"? From what I recall, he was a military General... and I don't see them having much experience in maintaining a presidency.

While Obama may have some faults of his own, he is still a diamond in the rough. Only a few months into the presidency... give him some time to shine.

Maybe this is what we need? A breath of fresh air from a younger, fresher mind that thinks differently and isn't scared to step outside the box. He's even black and a smoker (ex-smoker, apparently) --- there's a big step for America on it's own!

 

[Tomorrow]

Hey Dave....see? It applies here, too?!

Q.E.D.

 

[res6jya6]

I guess in a certain point, yeah... the 100 applies.

It's actually 115... but being extreme left wing deducts 15-20 points.

 

[Davemcc]

I don't think that I would fare well in an IQ test. I've never had to do one, but I don't tend to think quickly enough to do well on tests like that. I need time to get things sorted out in my head.

 

[Alex2507]

"I use to be above average but last night your sister sucked down 20 points." ~some comic

Not directed at anyone here, I just like the line. Try it out at work.

 

[Tomorrow]

I guess in a certain point, yeah... the 100 applies.

It's actually 115... but being extreme left wing deducts 15-20 points.

Hmmm...I don't know if one precedes the other in this fashion. I was thinking the causative factor for 'liberal-ness' was being born butt first.

(But that's not so bad, boys. Republicans haven't gotten their heads out of the womb yet. )

Yep, the IQ thing applies equally to both sides.

 

[Davemcc]

Republicans haven't gotten their heads out of the womb yet. )

It would appear that Republicans have their heads stuck in every womb in the country, at least as far as policy is concerned.

 

[Tomorrow]

It would appear that Republicans have their heads stuck in every womb in the country, at least as far as policy is concerned.

Yeah, Dave. Republican heads stuck in wombs, Democrat butts running amok (careful allusion). With the choices of political leaders we had in the last election...it was like offering to let a crazed juvenile or a shaky old man drive your new 'Vette. I'll choose.....neither, thank you.

Sigh.

 

[Rickster71]

Mine is, ummm...I don't know. I know neither my IQ or my cholesterol level. I don't like taking tests unless I'm sure that I can pass.

So I guess my wife is right; I'm wasting my time studying for my cholesterol test.

 

[highfigh]

I noticed that somebody on here said that Obama was "unexperienced"... lending in to what this debate centrally focused on. Sure, he may be unexperienced, but do you think George Washington had experience when they threw him up onto this pedestal and referred to him as "The First President of the United States"? From what I recall, he was a military General... and I don't see them having much experience in maintaining a presidency.

While Obama may have some faults of his own, he is still a diamond in the rough. Only a few months into the presidency... give him some time to shine.

Maybe this is what we need? A breath of fresh air from a younger, fresher mind that thinks differently and isn't scared to step outside the box. He's even black and a smoker (ex-smoker, apparently) --- there's a big step for America on it's own!

Hmmm- military leader becoming President vs community leader becoming Senator, who says he won't run until his first Senate term is over, runs anyway and is elected by telling people what they want to hear, not what we all need. You can't compare a military General's duties now with the duties of a General in the 1700s. They're very different and when Washington was General, he also had to be a helluva politician, because he wouldn't have gotten the resources he needed if he hadn't. In fact, he paid for supplies and at times, wages, himself because The Continental Congress was either broke or they didn't act fast enough when he requested supplies.

Obama hasn't been a leader in crisis situations.

He hasn't been able to stop smoking, either. Also, the first 100 days is the general time period for analysts to lend their opinions of the FNG.

 

[itschris]

Hmmm- military leader becoming President vs community leader becoming Senator, who says he won't run until his first Senate term is over, runs anyway and is elected by telling people what they want to hear, not what we all need. You can't compare a military General's duties now with the duties of a General in the 1700s. They're very different and when Washington was General, he also had to be a helluva politician, because he wouldn't have gotten the resources he needed if he hadn't. In fact, he paid for supplies and at times, wages, himself because The Continental Congress was either broke or they didn't act fast enough when he requested supplies.

Obama hasn't been a leader in crisis situations.

He hasn't been able to stop smoking, either. Also, the first 100 days is the general time period for analysts to lend their opinions of the FNG.

Everyone keeps saying give him time... let him get his legs and all that. I'm not even opposed to that. The problem however for me is that in these frist 100 days, he's rushed into unprecedented action that has a dramatic impact on many facets of our day to day lives and our future. He's flat out broken many of the promises he said seperated him from the typical Washington insider and has flip flopped and has found himself painted in corners due to the rush to do things... untested and clearly not always well thought out. For me, it looks like amatuer hour... which would be okay... but he's making decisions at the speed of a well-seasoned leader with tons of executive experience.. both of which he clearly has no comparative to. I'm appalled he made the CIA strategies public and has repeatedly taken swipes at the former President... something that is just not done. Presidents are supposed to have the utmost respect for the office and not do that. So far, the only one's I know who have done it regularily are Obama and Carter. I simply can't believe he released that information then flip-flopped and kept the door open that Bush could still somehow be prosecuted.

It'll be interesting when the next president takes office. I'd like to see what seedy underhanded, back room deals, that could be made public. I trust though, the next president, whomever he is, will not stoop to those measures, especially if there's any possibility it would put our country or our soldiers at greater risk.

So far, the only thing I get from this President, is that he's a natural born politician. Nothing more. He's brilliant in front of his teleprompter, not so much without it. He's not as sharp as the image portrays and he still needs to rely on the media to help cover him. The situation between GE, who owns MSNBC, and the future of green energy projects that could bring the company millions if not billions through cap and trade and other legislation has gone largely undiscussed. For all the cane raised about Haliburton, who often times was the only company who could even fullfill the offered contracts, the left has gone ironically silent on this latest controversey with this new president. Odd.

 

[highfigh]

Everyone keeps saying give him time... let him get his legs and all that. I'm not even opposed to that. The problem however for me is that in these frist 100 days, he's rushed into unprecedented action that has a dramatic impact on many facets of our day to day lives and our future. He's flat out broken many of the promises he said seperated him from the typical Washington insider and has flip flopped and has found himself painted in corners due to the rush to do things... untested and clearly not always well thought out. For me, it looks like amatuer hour... which would be okay... but he's making decisions at the speed of a well-seasoned leader with tons of executive experience.. both of which he clearly has no comparative to. I'm appalled he made the CIA strategies public and has repeatedly taken swipes at the former President... something that is just not done. Presidents are supposed to have the utmost respect for the office and not do that. So far, the only one's I know who have done it regularily are Obama and Carter. I simply can't believe he released that information then flip-flopped and kept the door open that Bush could still somehow be prosecuted.

It'll be interesting when the next president takes office. I'd like to see what seedy underhanded, back room deals, that could be made public. I trust though, the next president, whomever he is, will not stoop to those measures, especially if there's any possibility it would put our country or our soldiers at greater risk.

So far, the only thing I get from this President, is that he's a natural born politician. Nothing more. He's brilliant in front of his teleprompter, not so much without it. He's not as sharp as the image portrays and he still needs to rely on the media to help cover him. The situation between GE, who owns MSNBC, and the future of green energy projects that could bring the company millions if not billions through cap and trade and other legislation has gone largely undiscussed. For all the cane raised about Haliburton, who often times was the only company who could even fullfill the offered contracts, the left has gone ironically silent on this latest controversey with this new president. Odd.

You won't read or hear me say that he should be given more time. He's the one who said he would bring sweeping changes to America and if he wanted to wait until he had more experience, he should have finished his first Senate term. I want someone who knows what he wants to do, how he will implement everything and be able to pull it off before he steps into the Presidency.

So far, as you say, he's gone back on much of what he said he would do, or change. He knows how to take peoples' concerns and and turn the basics into a mantra. Drill anything into some people's heads and they can't help but follow along, as if he's the Pied Piper. That's dangerous- those people can be easily lead to wherever their leader wants them to go, whether it's good or bad.

I'm disgusted with the politicians who go to Washington with the opinion that the American public are as smart as cattle (generally true), can be easily manipulated (also generally true), and will do very little when things don't go well (amazing, isn't it?) and that they will suffer no ill effects from their wrong-doing unless it's an extreme case and even then, not much. I'm also disappointed by the American people. This used to be a country where the common attitude was "We can do anything" and because of the attitude of "If it feels good, do it", "Disciplining children ruins their self-image", the whole Welfare system as it was implemented and the entitlement attitude in general, it has become a country of people whose main goal is to take as much as possible with the minimum effort. The "We can do anything" attitude has become "Why should I do it? Let someone else do the work".

The Left won't say anything unless he actually becomes something even they can't stand and even then, there's not much chance of it. The Media made him out to be a Messiah, he didn't allow much information about himself or his wife to be released and he has been contradicting himself the whole way. The Left can't afford to go against him- he's "their guy".