"Ron says he's keeping a close eye on you, Barry."

That's one.

I noticed Obama does not look too well. He's not talking real good either.

expressed his admiration and affection

I think I need to get the plunger from the laundry room. Something's backing up out of my computer.

That's Presumed President Elect Obama.

I would say at least he had the decency to know to apologize, but if he had decency, he wouldn't have said it in the first place. I guess I'll leave it at- he had the intelligence to realize he needed to apologize.

/The jerk

Not much respect given for previous holders of the office.
Stay classy Barry. /s

He's still a fucking clod.

re: #3 yah

I agree. He does not look well.

Being a cynic, I don't think he understood the line he crossed at all. I think someone had to tell him Ronald Reagan is a hero to Republicans and this "joke" pissed off 50% of the populace.

At least Obama recognized that he gaffed.

Biden...hmm...

/good mf'ing morning...

re: #3 yah

I noticed Obama does not look too well. He's not talking real good either.

He needs a small, hand held teleprompter.

Warm conversation?

"Hi, uh, Mrs. Reagan, uh, I'd like to, umm..."

"Bugger off!"

*click*

Ah, the spin-doctoring begins. :D :D :D

I wonder how long it'll be before there's another verbal slip-up like this... :-|

The more salient point was in that conference what he did not say to calm the markets.

Ron & Nancy will forgive him, but more of our economy has vaporized while awaiting some plan for order and inbound policy direction.

Look.
He hit Nancy to cover up his own stupid answer.
He said he had talked to all the former Presidents, the living ones anyway.

Then he realized how stupid that was and to distract (where have I heard that word before..) from it he slapped at a former First Lady.

I give him NO CREDIT whatsoever.

Maybe he got a visit from Regan's ghost.

Hat-tip: a Lizard.

Plus, it's November 7th and he's already pissing people off.

They had a warm conversation

He wet himself

re: #16 pepper

And you think Obama is going to provide this?

I think there is no need to drag this out any longer, but let's keep this in mind if it becomes a habit. Or has it become a habit already?

re: #14 ploome hineni

..does anyone know?

is it possible to damage a battery by leaving it on the charger too long?

What kind of battery, and what kind of charger?

Not so easy without a teleprompter is it, Barry? True feelings showing or another attempt to "reach across the aisle?"

He's created a new position in US government:
the Office of the President-Elect.
Reminds me of a song about an executioner in the Mikado.

He doesn't look well because he got his first national security briefing.

re: #20 Shug

He wet himself

So the trickle-down theory works after all?

re: #14 ploome hineni

Yes, especially if not on a smart/trickle charger.

re: #19 ClosetConservative

Plus, it's November 7th and he's already pissing people off.

I'm on perma-piss.

re: #3 yah

I noticed Obama does not look too well. He's not talking real good either.

He's gone from having practically no responsibility at all, not to mention no practical experience to speak of, to a position a single wrong decision could mean the deaths of billions. Congrats, Barry!

re: #2 rawmuse

That's one.

Who's counting?

re: #13 ClosetConservative

Nancy Reagan is too much of a lady for this. She would say "Thank you for your apology. I wish you the best of luck. You will need it."

How many times has President Bush had to apologize for nasty, classless smears of people over the past 8 years? ....NONE! This guy and Biden will probably have to do this MANY times....they just can't keep their poopy mouths shut!

re: #27 Charles

He doesn't look well because he got his first national security briefing.

OMG!
I am laughing my ass off!

re: #9 daledog

I agree. He does not look well.

That's not too surprising. He's just coming off a very long adrenaline surge. I'd say that right now Obama is just plain tired. That said, I do hope he is not more seriously ill.

Let's not forget he flipped Johnny Mac the bird last week as well. From the awesome Sweetness & Light:

[Link: sweetness-light.com...]

Steve Gilbert - "What a fine gentleman he is. He will make us all proud as our President no doubt."

What he said about Nancy Reagan is the true Obama -- his apologies are his calculated, advised response.

Disgusting.

re: #27 Charles

He doesn't look well because he got his first national security briefing.

heh

He's as bad as Biden in this regard. Remember, he slandered U.S. troops on the second day of his campaign, and said that he would bomb Pakistan a couple of days later. He hasn't had his foot out of his mouth since, in an unscripted setting.

Between his attitude and "white cops can't do nothin' anymore", it's going to be a fun four years.

Smarten up, Obie... Please?

"SIGNS POINT TO F-CKED UP"

re: #31 Tigger2005

He's gone from having practically no responsibility at all, not to mention no practical experience to speak of, to a position a single wrong decision could mean the deaths of billions. Congrats, Barry!

It's the double back handed curse of getting what you want and living in interesting times.

re: #17 Typicalwhitey

That's the way I saw it, when I saw the video.

" look, sweetie, we'll get to you later"

In his press conference today, he refused to comment on whether or not what he heard in the first Nat. Sec. briefing was going to change his avowed policies any.

I think that means "Yes."

re: #27 Charles

He doesn't look well because he got his first national security briefing.

You mean he can't just eat his waffle?

....from the uh, umm, uh office of the uh, umm, President, uh, elect...

He's all hat.

re: #27 Charles

Yup. Welcome to reality, Barry. Population: You.

Someone with a website should catalog all of Obama's slurs and insults. In 2012, it will be useful. The man is full of hate, arrogance and bile. He can't disguise it.

re: #14 ploome hineni

Yes, I have destroyed a few cheaper tools that way. But the good chargers should automatically turn off. Read the fine print that comes with the charger. - which I have never done

re: #35 Typicalwhitey

OMG!
I am laughing my ass off!

Don't. Its not funny. I hope he took what he heard to heart and makes intelligent decisions based on it. That is a fool's hope, I know, but still...

re: #32 logboy

I count 4.

1. Picked Rahm Emanuel as Chief of Staff. So much for we don't have red and blue states, blah blah blah and new Washington tone.

2. Fox not given a chance to ask a question as his first press conference

3. Has to apologize after FIRST press conference

4. Tells lobbyists he is interested in hiring them despite promising on his campaign trail this just won't happen.

re: #18 MandyManners

Maybe he got a visit from Regan's ghost.

Hat-tip: a Lizard.

Heck with the ghost. A generation from now, he'll face an android copy, on my fantasy Presidential Ticket of Total Awesomeness:

ROBOREAGAN/RESURRECTED CYBORG THEODORE ROOSEVELT 2028!

(Roosevelt's "big stick" is a missile-launching arm.)

re: #46 ClosetConservative

In his press conference today, he refused to comment on whether or not what he heard in the first Nat. Sec. briefing was going to change his avowed policies any.

I think that means "Yes."

He also wouldn't answer as to whether his girls will be attending a public or private school.

Please.

re: #34 kiwiviv

How many times has President Bush had to apologize for nasty, classless smears of people over the past 8 years? ....NONE! This guy and Biden will probably have to do this MANY times....they just can't keep their poopy mouths shut!

Mainly because Bush's English skills prevent him from actually making those smears offensive.

/half-sarc, as where I live, presidents with faulty English are always the brunt of jokes.

is it true he only fielded 9 questions?

Contrary to the media puff pieces done on Ronald Regan when he died ALL of the media & popular culture hated him for his entire presidency. The media pounded him from day 1 as a war monger and threat to world peace. Pop musicians made songs & hollywood movies portrayed themes that the republicans were the death of us all. It was like daily propaganda from all angles. Obama has somehow gotten the "benefit of the doubt" and a non-adversarial approach from the media. He is only in office because of a self-hating liberal racist elite media and unlimited finance. So much for campaign finance reform and competing on a level playing field. If a Republican had spend 4 times his opponent on an election the media would have stories out today about how he bought the election. If the market had tanked 10% since the election the media would say it was due to McCain. As you get older and see the same sh#$ over and over you realize its all a manipulation. The Cake is a lie.

re: #6 Sharmuta

I wonder if he wanted to call and apologize or if someone told him that's what he should do? I'm betting someone told him....

re: #48 jtm371

Shame on you.

Obama's still a jerk.

It's going to be a race to see who says more stupid things - Obama or Biden.

Barry isn't looking so hot probably because everyone who helped him become President are calling in their markers, Chicago style.

re: #59 Tigger2005

I agree- please don't quote it.

re: #63 MandyManners

Shame on you.

Yes.

re: #48 jtm371

I will not tolerate comments like this. Go elsewhere. You aren't welcome here.

re: #59 Tigger2005

There's no reason to say shit like this.

I've already hit report.

re: #54 Dark_Falcon

Don't. Its not funny. I hope he took what he heard to heart and makes intelligent decisions based on it. That is a fool's hope, I know, but still...

I know it is not funny.
It's just the dry way that Charles said it.

It is extremely scary to me that this guy has no business being the President.
None.
He is so far over his head and we are the ones who will pay for it.

re: #69 Charles

I will not tolerate comments like this. Go elsewhere. You aren't welcome here.

THANK YOU!

Well, good for him.

re: #27 Charles

He doesn't look well because he got his first national security briefing.

How "brief" was it?

Like, bikini brief, or full-length slenderizing?

re: #38 ploome hineni

camera battery

I don;t know the kind of charger, something I got at Ritz for 20$

Is it a nickel metal hydride battery? I've got several different chargers for those (I keep getting new ones on sale to get the batteries that come with them, tho also because my first charger for them broke so that only one of the two battery-slots in it works anymore) and many of these have a mechanism in them to detect when the battery is charged enough, and stops charging it... but not all of them do.

re: #27 Charles

Exactly what I was thinking.

Keep your words tender and sweet.

You never know which ones you'll have to eat.

I don't want to jump all over him, but honestly, he is just clueless about this kind of thing. I don't know if it is because it's all about the O or what, but he does a really good "thoughtless, elitist prick" routine.

re: #27 Charles

He doesn't look well because he got his first national security briefing.

Time to put on the big boy pants, Barry.

The really pathetic thing is he took his swipe at Nancy Reagan to cover his asinine "living Presidents" gaff.

re: #79 Ward Cleaver

Time to put on the big boy pants, Barry.

You mean he can't just eat his waffle?

re: #27 Charles

He doesn't look well because he got his first national security briefing.

re: #27 Charles

He doesn't look well because he got his first national security briefing.

Yeah, he found out the aliens are really in charge of everything.

re: #3 yah

I noticed Obama does not look too well. He's not talking real good either.

I noticed that also. I think he has realized he will be the prez soon and his mouth wrote a lot of checks his ass can't cash.

re: #41 Pawn of the Oppressor

"The white man's greed runs a world in need."

- Barack Obama

re: #70 MandyManners

Me too. Poor Charles probably got inundated with these. What a classless jerk.

(not Charles, the dingbat who said the vile comment)

Stephanie Cutter from team Obama called it a "Warm conversation". Is there any word from Mrs. Reagan on whether it was "Warm?

re: #60 sbvft contributor

is it true he only fielded 9 questions?

And he deflected and never answered the only real question asked about raising taxes on the top 5 percent....If Obama really stands for change and equality he will scuttle the IRS and go with a flat tax mates.
/never happen!

Speaking over going over the line - it really looks like the democrats are attempting to steal the election from Norm Coleman.

How come only democrat votes are "found" when the election is close?

re: #74 victor_yugo

That is just not necessary.

/ew ew ew ew ew

re: #64 Ward Cleaver

Obama's still a jerk.

It's going to be a race to see who says more stupid things - Obama or Biden.

Obama, but only because he's behind the mic more.

re: #79 Ward Cleaver

Fixed.

Time to put on the big boy pants, Barry Sweetie.

Followed by a condescending pat on the head, of course.

re: #22 daledog

I think there is no need to drag this out any longer, but let's keep this in mind if it becomes a habit. Or has it become a habit already?

I see it as an attempt to cover up a gaffe by making another one. Two gaffes back to back. First he spoke with all the former Presidents. OOPs, I meant the living ones, no Nancy Reagan seances, number two.
Is it just me or does he seem to poke fun at women?

re: #84 bellamags

I'm guessing that he is going to rely heavily on W's advice for the first few years. All on the down-low of course.

re: #86 ArmyWife

Me too. Poor Charles probably got inundated with these. What a classless jerk.

(not Charles, the dingbat who said the vile comment)

He'd only been here a short time but, you'd think he'd have known that Charles doesn't tolerate that crap.

On a happier note, the sky is an intense blue, northern birds have returned to winter in the warmth, coyotes are howling in the distance and my lemon tree will soon be ready to be picked.

First lime, then lemon and lastly, tangerine -- life has eternal rhythms that our self-appointed, presidential Messiah can't alter!

re: #95 daledog

I'm guessing that he is going to rely heavily on W's advice for the first few years. All on the down-low of course.

true dat.

re: #85 daledog

"The white man's greed runs a world in need."

- Barack Obama

Did he really say THAT?

re: #85 daledog

"The white man's greed runs a world in need."

- Barack Obama

Actually, that was Jeremiah Wright, but what's the difference?

More on what looks like democrat vote fraud in MN.

re: #27 Charles

He doesn't look well because he got his first national security briefing.

**choke**

OT: Just sent Sarah Palin an e-mail...

Dear Governor Palin:
Just wanted to let you know how much I admire your courage and strength! The icing on the cake is your refreshing sincerity and wonderful charm. My wife and I are two of your biggest fans.
May God bless you and your family.
http://www.gov.state.ak.us/govmail.php

re: #12 Sharmuta

He needs a small, hand held teleprompter.

Yes, he should stick to the script.

re: #94 HDrepub

I see it as an attempt to cover up a gaffe by making another one. Two gaffes back to back. First he spoke with all the former Presidents. OOPs, I meant the living ones, no Nancy Reagan seances, number two.
Is it just me or does he seem to poke fun at women?

Look at the way he treated his own grandmother.

Uh oh, President Wimp.

re: #94 HDrepub

I see it as an attempt to cover up a gaffe by making another one. Two gaffes back to back. First he spoke with all the former Presidents. OOPs, I meant the living ones, no Nancy Reagan seances, number two.
Is it just me or does he seem to poke fun at women?

Its not you. I've noticed a serious streak of misogyny in Barry-Messiah's utterances. Hmmmm.

Those who would trade our freedom for the soup kitchen of the welfare state have told us that they have a utopian solution of peace without victory. They call their policy "accommodation." And they say if we only avoid any direct confrontation with the enemy, he will forget his evil ways and learn to love us. All who oppose them are indicted as warmongers. They say we offer simple answers to complex problems. Well, perhaps there is a simple answer--not an easy answer--but simple.

If you and I have the courage to tell our elected officials that we want our national policy based upon what we know in our hearts is morally right. We cannot buy our security, our freedom from the threat of the bomb by committing an immorality so great as saying to a billion now in slavery behind the Iron Curtain, "Give up your dreams of freedom because to save our own skin, we are willing to make a deal with your slave masters." Alexander Hamilton said, "A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one." Let's set the record straight. There is no argument over the choice between peace and war, but there is only one guaranteed way you can have peace--and you can have it in the next second--surrender.

Admittedly there is a risk in any course we follow other than this, but every lesson in history tells us that the greater risk lies in appeasement, and this is the specter our well-meaning liberal friends refuse to face--that their policy of accommodation is appeasement, and it gives no choice between peace and war, only between fight and surrender. If we continue to accommodate, continue to back and retreat, eventually we have to face the final demand--the ultimatum. And what then? When Nikita Khrushchev has told his people he knows what our answer will be? He has told them that we are retreating under the pressure of the Cold War, and someday when the time comes to deliver the ultimatum, our surrender will be voluntary because by that time we will have weakened from within spiritually, morally, and economically. He believes this because from our side he has heard voices pleading for "peace at any price" or "better Red than dead," or as one commentator put it, he would rather "live on his knees than die on his feet." And therein lies the road to war, because those voices don't speak for the rest of us. You and I know and do not believe that life is so dear and peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery.

--Ronald Reagan, 1964

re: #61 Captain Jack

Contrary to the media puff pieces done on Ronald Regan when he died ALL of the media & popular culture hated him for his entire presidency. The media pounded him from day 1 as a war monger and threat to world peace. Pop musicians made songs & hollywood movies portrayed themes that the republicans were the death of us all. It was like daily propaganda from all angles. Obama has somehow gotten the "benefit of the doubt" and a non-adversarial approach from the media. He is only in office because of a self-hating liberal racist elite media and unlimited finance. So much for campaign finance reform and competing on a level playing field. If a Republican had spend 4 times his opponent on an election the media would have stories out today about how he bought the election. If the market had tanked 10% since the election the media would say it was due to McCain. As you get older and see the same sh#$ over and over you realize its all a manipulation. The Cake is a lie.

re: #97 hermeneutics

On a happier note, the sky is an intense blue, northern birds have returned to winter in the warmth, coyotes are howling in the distance and my lemon tree will soon be ready to be picked.

First lime, then lemon and lastly, tangerine -- life has eternal rhythms that our self-appointed, presidential Messiah can't alter!

I was thinking the same thing today! My Japanese Maple is on fire, the Crepe Myrtle has really come into its own, and the berries on my holly are especially profuse this year. Barry can't CHANGE that!

re: #94 HDrepub

I see it as an attempt to cover up a gaffe by making another one. Two gaffes back to back. First he spoke with all the former Presidents. OOPs, I meant the living ones, no Nancy Reagan seances, number two.
Is it just me or does he seem to poke fun at women?

It's not just you. He aims many condescending remarks and looks at women - he also has a classist thing going on, imho.

It really infuriates me that people yell "racist" at people who criticize him for his condescension and elitism. He could be purple with blue spots for all I care - he's still not my cuppa tea.

Did we just elect a white Bush?....or this Obama's strategery?

re: #85 daledog

"The white man's greed runs a world in need."

- Barack Obama

Actually, it was Jeremiah Wright who said that. It's part of his famous "Audacity of Hope" sermon.

tactless lout

Rahm just fitted Obama with gaffe-proof teleprompter glasses.

Here's an early prototype.

re: #43 Sharmuta

It's the double back handed curse of getting what you want and living in interesting times.

There are two tradgedies in life.
Not getting what you want....
>
>
>
Getting what you want.

re: #27 Charles

He doesn't look well because he got his first national security briefing.

Charles -

OOPS - Like Robert Redford in "The Candidate" - Sen. Obama and his folks are grappling with the great question of - "NOW WHAT DO WE DO?"

-S-

Did anyone notice that we're going to have a mandated wealth transfer to academia?

"Obama will call on citizens of all ages to serve America, by setting a goal that all middle school and high school students do 50 hours of community service a year and by developing a plan so that all college students who conduct 100 hours of community service receive a universal and fully refundable tax credit ensuring that the first $4,000 of their college education is completely free."
[Link: change.gov...]

re: #109 sbvft contributor

I was thinking the same thing today! My Japanese Maple is on fire, the Crepe Myrtle has really come into its own, and the berries on my holly are especially profuse this year. Barry can't CHANGE that!

When in pain, go garden!

Good on Barry for apologizing, but he still looks like an amateur.

re: #109 sbvft contributor

yes but he can tax you for trying to enjoy it and may require members of the civilian national security force to be quartered in your home

and no they won't leave the seat down

re: #101 FrogMarch

More on what looks like democrat vote fraud in MN.

I am a small town newspaper editor in a purplish part of Minnesota. Based on what I've read and observed, the Coleman/Franken election recount fails the smell test many times over.

With Minnesota election rules and the optical scanning system, each ballot must be checked, rechecked, accounted for and re-accounted for by a number of election judges. Each judge's tally must match the others', and with the scanning machine's tape produced the night of the election. The machine prints out three copies of each ward's results on a single tape, which has to be signed in triplicate by the judges, and sent to the county seat. A day or so later, each town or township gets back a third of the tape it sent in on election night for convassing at an open meeting.

This sounds accurate. It is the same procedure we followed on Election night in my polling station. None of us could leave until everything had been examined and signed by all election officials.

re: #99 outsidephilly

It is in his book, Dreams from my Father. It is even in his own voice in the audio book. MSM kept that tid-bit tucked away you think?

re: #62 PAgirlinNC

I wonder if he wanted to call and apologize or if someone told him that's what he should do? I'm betting someone told him....

Please, someone told him, apologizing is not in his ego. He thinks he is above everybody and hence does not have to apologoze for anything. You should be glad he graced you with his presence.

Sorry to quote that remark my jtm, even to criticize it, Charles ... well, there's my second deleted post on LGF ...

re: #104 politicalinsomniac

Yes, he should stick to the script.

He acts like he's hanging out on the basketball court, doesn't he understand that his demeanor should be above reproach?

re: #59 Tigger2005

Whoops. Don't quote that stuff Tigger.

re: #21 ArmyWife

And you think Obama is going to provide this?

Yes, whether he is my choice for President, or not. He will be shortly and the country and world will look to the office for guidance.

With the office comes great responsibility, and measured and deliberate projection of policy. Our economic policy can assuage market turmoil. Of course, capital flight will continue to occur in light of the expected capital gains hike.

This conference was carelessly planned and showed no grasp of the issues. This will NOT help.

re: #109 sbvft contributor

I was thinking the same thing today! My Japanese Maple is on fire, the Crepe Myrtle has really come into its own, and the berries on my holly are especially profuse this year. Barry can't CHANGE that!

I have always wanted to have a lacy japanese maple. Its color, even in the summer, is breathtaking.

What a douche bag. And this is the President to be of the United States? Guess we can expect a 'laugh a minute' with this clown.

How many more days until the next election? What? Like 1356?

re: #100 hermeneutics

Actually, that was Jeremiah Wright, but what's the difference?

That was in the Audacity of Hope speech. Obama said the speech brought him to tears.

re: #130 HelloDare

That was in the Audacity of Hope speech. Obama said the speech brought him to tears.

Okay. Sorry.

re: #99 outsidephilly

Did he really say THAT?

I think that Rev. Wright said that, not Obama.

re: #114 HelloDare

Rahm just fitted Obama with gaffe-proof teleprompter glasses.

Here's an early prototype.

Racist!

/kidding

Barry is already finding out the hard way that it's a very tough transition from chicago community organizer, and kos kid candidate to President.
This is the big time barry. You're not in Chicago any more.

Your words matter. They are part of the national record.

and you speak for 300 million of us

How dare Obama uttered a blasphemous statement to the wife of Saint Ronald Reagan!

May he receives a message from his "Caucasian" grandmother tut-tuts him from the beyond.

re: #122 daledog

It is in his book, Dreams from my Father. It is even in his own voice in the audio book. MSM kept that tid-bit tucked away you think?

Well, how do you like that . . . . , talking about people of my color/lack of, and calling me greedy - who does he think he is?

re: #2 rawmuse

That's one.

RACIST!

Oh...wait. You said "That's", not "That". My bad.

re: #31 Tigger2005

He's gone from having practically no responsibility at all, not to mention no practical experience to speak of, to a position a single wrong decision could mean the deaths of billions. Congrats, Barry!

That is what is most alarming to me. He has had no real experience in making the big decisions that have world-changing implications.

He thought running a campaign was a qualification for executive experience, even though most of his campaign big wigs were the ones making those decisions for him.

Showed up perpetually late for his committee meetings, and never convened the foreign relations sub-committee he chaired. Not.Once. Even though it was dedicated to Afghanistan, one of the two countries in which we currently have active military operations.

How 63 million of my fellow citizens ever thought this empty suit has what it takes to lead the free world is beyond me.

If he cannot run with men, how will he ever be able to run with horses? (Jeremiah - the prophet, not Wright)

re: #112 Dark_Falcon

You are correct. My earlier post was wrong. In the audio book, it was naturally 0bama who narrated this. My mistake. However, this doesn't really make 0 look any better.

re: #111 strangelove

Did we just elect a white Bush?....or this Obama's strategery?

President Bush was never insulting.

re: #131 hermeneutics

Okay. Sorry.

Wright said it. He said it in his Audacity of Hope speech. Obama took the title of his book from Wright's speech.

btw - Obama hates Reagan. they are ideological opposites.

Give him credit? I don't. He's a clown. That's who is. A creepy marxist clown, playing to his Chicago thug, radicals. Note the deep guffawing around the room that met the joke. Everyone thought it was hysterical, until reality set it. His handlers are taking him back for reprogramming, for sure.

Expect more, and worse.

re: #108 Tigger2005

Ah, those were the days when even actors had their heads screwed on straight.

/"Who's his vice president!? Jerry Lewis?!" - Doc Brown, 1955

I think leftoids are about to find out "chimpyMcBushhitlerhaliburton"wasn't such a right wing president after all.I certainly don't consider him as such.I doubt Clinton would have responded to 9/11 much differently.(remember it was him who made regime change in Iraq official whitehouse policy in /97)The only difference is he would have run away nearly as fast as John Murtha ,as soon as the polling started to look bad.Welcome to the real world (ack ack ack)president Obama

re: #108 Tigger2005

Wow! No wonder Goldwater demanded that get air time.

re: #120 ayatollah ghilmeini

Tell me about it. I live in South Jersey and the property taxes ARE INSANE! I'm paying a little over $10,000/yr. I cannot stand any more confiscatory taxation. My head's barely above water as it is.

re: #69 Charles

I will not tolerate comments like this. Go elsewhere. You aren't welcome here.

When mobies spew.

re: #110 Catttt

It's not just you. He aims many condescending remarks and looks at women - he also has a classist thing going on, imho.

It really infuriates me that people yell "racist" at people who criticize him for his condescension and elitism. He could be purple with blue spots for all I care - he's still not my cuppa tea.

Perhaps he has a problem with women due to his mother leaving him to be raised by his grandmother. If so he needs some counseling, but I fear he feels so perfect he would never admit it.

re: #134 Shug

Barry is already finding out the hard way that it's a very tough transition from chicago community organizer, and kos kid candidate to President.
This is the big time barry. You're not in Chicago any more.

Your words matter. They are part of the national record.

and you speak for 300 million of us

He doesn't speak for me, sorry. He's speaking for the abstract entity, "the nation," which includes dissenters.

I froze when I heard him say something like, "We are not a nation of individuals..."

Yes we are, Barry Messiah.

re: #139 daledog

You are correct. My earlier post was wrong. In the audio book, it was naturally 0bama who narrated this. My mistake. However, this doesn't really make 0 look any better.

No, it doesn't. It makes it clear that Obama what Wright was saying all those years and either did not care or approved. Sadly, we all knew that long ago.

Obama when off script is very much prone to um, er, stupid statements. He knows it hence all the um, er in extemporaneous speaking. Today's was just the latest. He fumbled and then fouled trying way too hard to recover.

He has modeled himself as a sort of new day JFK. JFK was smooth and agile on his feet. This One is not.

At least he was smart enough to apologize, so he gets a pass from me on this day. It would be better if I could believe his phone call to Nancy was out of a sense of decency, but I just don't know.

When I visited the Reagan Library last spring it reminded me of those days when we had class, dignity and the best of Americans occupying the White House.

Now we have a hack Chicago amateur using his first staged press conference to take a swipe at a frail woman, perhaps in her last days.

I wonder if someone took a cheap shot at his ailing grandmother a week ago how he would have felt?

I just cannot respect this man.

What is telling is how easily it slipped off his tongue like it was something he had referred to before.

re: #132 rightymouse

I think that Rev. Wright said that, not Obama.

Obama said it.

re: #111 strangelove

*whack*

re: #133 Dark_Falcon

Racist!

/kidding

Those glasses always reminded me of an automotive air filter. Of course, that's probably what they were made from.

re: #111 strangelove

Did we just elect a white Bush?....or this Obama's strategery?

WTF? When has President Bush ever insulted a former First Lady? He's a gentleman. When he gaffed, he owned it instead of back handing others in a lame attempt to cover for it.

re: #148 Ward Cleaver

When mobies spew.

When modies spew and spout, harpoon them and then haul them in for the feast.

re: #147 sbvft contributor

Tell me about it. I live in South Jersey and the property taxes ARE INSANE! I'm paying a little over $10,000/yr. I cannot stand any more confiscatory taxation. My head's barely above water as it is.

Can't you leave? I lived in CT for awhile and left for the Southwest. Low taxes. No unions mandates ... its sweet! Really, the jobs are here, even those in money/finance/brokering/advising.

I'm glad he apologized, but after watching him and learning how he works over the last two years, I'm fairly certain this is nothing more than CYA.

Less then 72 hours after the election and it's starting already.

The only reason he called Mrs Reagan is because his controllers told him to.

He's not quite "self-aware" yet.

President Sanjaya in the house!
An American Ideal!
Yippie!

re: #84 bellamags

I noticed that also. I think he has realized he will be the prez soon and his mouth wrote a lot of checks his ass can't cash.

re: #98 bellamags

true dat.

Bellamags, click on 'me avatar to find the secret clue to 'me identity on Sunday! Hope to see you their mate! Been a long hard week and I need some fellow lizards to commiserate with!

re: #128 hermeneutics

I have always wanted to have a lacy japanese maple. Its color, even in the summer, is breathtaking.

Mine is a straight Japanese Maple, not the Threadleaf (Acer Palmatum Dissectum). It's a nice specimen. Bout 30 feet tall, 30' spread. Nice bed of pachysandra underneath.

re: #155 DistantThunder

What is telling is how easily it slipped off his tongue like it was something he had referred to before.

. . . , many a truth told in jest

re: #61 Captain Jack

I don't know that the media and/or the left think Reagan was great even now. Heck, the Union tells me all the time what a bad president he was (because of the air traffic controllers mainly). But we don't care what the media or Hollywood thinks. President Reagan was the best president in our time.

I was 9 when President Reagan first took office. I remember listening to him and just being in awe of what he was saying. I had posters of Reagan in my room, I had Reagan calendars (my parents fed this obsession). I honestly believe I never went through a liberal/democrat stage because of the way Reagan affected me.

More and more I believe we cannot wait four years to get this man out of office. He must be impeached. Some how, some way. Some say, let him screw up and then we'll make a comeback. But if his screwup kills us all there will be no comeback to make.

Do the Democrats in Congress seriously want to die in a global conflageration? Or is it their plan to surrender before it reaches that point? How can they predict when it will?

re: #138 Intrepid

That is what is most alarming to me. He has had no real experience in making the big decisions that have world-changing implications.

He thought running a campaign was a qualification for executive experience, even though most of his campaign big wigs were the ones making those decisions for him.

Showed up perpetually late for his committee meetings, and never convened the foreign relations sub-committee he chaired. Not.Once. Even though it was dedicated to Afghanistan, one of the two countries in which we currently have active military operations.

How 63 million of my fellow citizens ever thought this empty suit has what it takes to lead the free world is beyond me.

If he cannot run with men, how will he ever be able to run with horses? (Jeremiah - the prophet, not Wright)

re: #166 sbvft contributor

Mine is a straight Japanese Maple, not the Threadleaf (Acer Palmatum Dissectum). It's a nice specimen. Bout 30 feet tall, 30' spread. Nice bed of pachysandra underneath.

What state?

re: #154 JammieWearingFool

When I visited the Reagan Library last spring it reminded me of those days when we had class, dignity and the best of Americans occupying the White House.

Now we have a hack Chicago amateur using his first staged press conference to take a swipe at a frail woman, perhaps in her last days.

I wonder if someone took a cheap shot at his ailing grandmother a week ago how he would have felt?

I just cannot respect this man.

When's his grandmother's funeral?

to apologize for the careless and off handed remark he made during today’s press conference.

I don't believe for a moment it was careless and off handed. It was the real BHO. He forgot for a moment that he wasn't in the Ayer's living room or Rev. Wright's office.

I think he looks bad because it's a strain pretending to be someone you're not.

re: #121 mama winger

This sounds accurate. It is the same procedure we followed on Election night in my polling station. None of us could leave until everything had been examined and signed by all election officials.

Magically - votes for Franken are appearing. Just him. If there were unaccounted votes -- wouldn't the mathematical odds produce votes for both camps?

That and... the procedures in place should prevent fraud. There is obviously a concerted effort to produce votes for Franken that were not there previously.

It doesn't pass the smell test.

re: #156 dead sea squirrel

Obama said it.

He is reading from his book "Dreams of My Father." He is quoting the Wright's speech. I'm not saying that Obama doesn't believe it. He does. He said the speech brought him to tears.

re: #162 Fat Jolly Penguin

I'm glad he apologized, but after watching him and learning how he works over the last two years, I'm fairly certain this is nothing more than CYA.

Gaffe. Rinse. Repeat.

It was all a cynical dodge just to divert us from the real pressing issue: what kind of dog is he going to get for his kids.

The reason the briefing got him so rattled is because he now knows that only by doing exactly what W has been doing will we be protected from another terrorist attack.

re: #175 Ward Cleaver

Gaffe. Rinse. Repeat.

Always, with this guy.

Give the guy a break. It ain't easy represent'n and shit.

Rahm Emanuel Was on Freddie Mac Board When They Cooked the Books

"President-elect Barack Obama's newly appointed chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, served on the board of directors of the federal mortgage firm Freddie Mac at a time when scandal was brewing at the troubled agency and the board failed to spot "red flags," according to government reports reviewed by ABCNews.com."

Nice. A sign of things to come.

re: #117 jaunte

the first $4,000 of their college education is completely free."[Link: change.gov...]

This sounds similar to Americorps, but it requires a year of service. In return the participants receive about $4000 and a small monthly stipend. I guess we will see a lot of kids deciding 100 hours is a lot easier than a year of voluntary service.

re: #117 jaunte

50 hours of community service a year and by developing a plan so that all college students who conduct 100 hours of community service receive a universal and fully refundable tax credit ensuring that the first $4,000 of their college education is completely free."

That's $400.00 bucks and hour!

So, do you think it is more, equal or less likely that we'll be attacked by Islamicists now that Barry is in office?

re: #177 dead sea squirrel

The reason the briefing got him so rattled is because he now knows that only by doing exactly what W has been doing will we be protected from another terrorist attack.

He thought it's be a piece of cake- just invade Pakistan and it would all be over. Guess reality sucks.

"Gosh, sorry, Mrs. Reagan. I'm a dumbf*ck and can't think on my own without a teleprompter, written by others, to express my views. Geez, I guess that I didn't sound very presidential, did I? Oh, well, I have a HUGE learning curve and I will learn it at the expense of America. Tootles."
~ BHO

re: #183 hermeneutics

So, do you think it is more, equal or less likely that we'll be attacked by Islamicists now that Barry is in office?

More. Biden promised.

re: #181 Penguinchic

This sounds similar to Americorps, but it requires a year of service. In return the participants receive about $4000 and a small monthly stipend. I guess we will see a lot of kids deciding 100 hours is a lot easier than a year of voluntary service.

I am going back to college for my Ph.D in Epidemiology!

re: #161 hermeneutics

Can't you leave? I lived in CT for awhile and left for the Southwest. Low taxes. No unions mandates ... its sweet! Really, the jobs are here, even those in money/finance/brokering/advising.

I'd love to, but family ties keep me here for now. Long term goal is to move out west or down south.

re: #42 ploome hineni

It would be in the manual as a warning instructing on recharger usage.

Usually, the chargers for portable electronics are inferior.

Some batteries are more tolerant of overcharging and retaining full memory or capacity. Stock batteries should be allowed to discharge fully before recharge.
Recharge should be complete, usually "green" light. Removing the battery before complete will cause low end batteries to have a reduced capacity.

If it is Lithium check out this site:
Lithium batteries

Bottom line: buy a spare battery and keep one charge but do no leave it on the charger & rotate them as needed.

If you're paid, you are not a volunteer. If it is mandatory, it is not voluntary.

He's screwed up.

They are showing the video of that teacher on the Laura O'Reilly show. Those kids don't understand what she is talking about. They can't make those kind of parallels.

I am glad he apologized. Regardless of how or who this came about, I would like to see his opposition spend their efforts on more important things he will blunder.

Just for my own curiosity, I wonder how much a current administration divulges about the state of affairs early on, to the incoming administration.

Other than my own gut reaction, I don't think he really has any idea as to what the big picture is just yet.

Man, this is going to be so much different than the Harvard Law Review position.

re: #180 logboy

Rahm Emanuel Was on Freddie Mac Board When They Cooked the Books

"President-elect Barack Obama's newly appointed chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, served on the board of directors of the federal mortgage firm Freddie Mac at a time when scandal was brewing at the troubled agency and the board failed to spot "red flags," according to government reports reviewed by ABCNews.com."

Nice. A sign of things to come.

"The most ethical administration ever."

/must i?

Who gave that jug eared sissy her phone number? He is weak sauce if you ask me.

re: #183 hermeneutics

So, do you think it is more, equal or less likely that we'll be attacked by Islamicists now that Barry is in office?

I don't think they can quite believe their good fortune.....

re: #156 dead sea squirrel

Obama said it.

See post #141.

re: #184 Sharmuta

He thought it's be a piece of cake- just invade Pakistan and it would all be over. Guess reality sucks.

"Let's see. Let Ayers down, or let NY become a smoking crater? Damn, this is going to be harder than I thought."

His 'careless and offhanded remark' reminds me of his accidental/on purpose flipping of the bird at Mac & Hillary.

IMO, he was being disrespectful to conservatives by insulting Mrs. Reagan.

I heard the news conference live on my car radio. As soon as he said that I blurted out "jerk', couldn't help myself. His arrogance and contempt for pretty much everyone will come out more and more as time goes on, both in his comments and in his "rule" of the USA. God help us all.

OT: Rahm Emmanuel is to Karl Rove as Thug is to Genius...

re: #184 Sharmuta

Yep! Invade, 10 minutes later kill Bin Laden, INSTANT world peace.

Speaking of Wright, Laura Ingram had some video of him tonight. He said that "they [read: those who opposed The One] intended to use me as a weapon of Mass Destruction against his [Obama's] campaign." In actual fact, Wright is already a WMD: his toxic sermons blow up the chances for real progress on race in this country.

Don't forget when the Ayers story was making news Obama and his thugs kept making the lame stretch that since Walter Annenberg was a friend of Reagan, then somehow it was OK that the terrorist Ayers and the Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers spending his money came with the imprimatur of Reagan. It was a cheap, cynical ploy but probably persuaded a few dunces out there.

Now that he's elected, he can get back to cracking jokes about Reagan's wife. He probably does this all the time behind closed doors when he's yukking it up with Ayers, Wright and Rashid Khalidi.

re: #181 Penguinchic

This sounds similar to Americorps, but it requires a year of service. In return the participants receive about $4000 and a small monthly stipend. I guess we will see a lot of kids deciding 100 hours is a lot easier than a year of voluntary service.

Hey guys, start saving screen grabs of this stuff. Its already changing.

re: #182 yah

That's $400.00 bucks and hour!

Change I can believe in !

re: #179 brickthruplateglasswindow

Your post killed me (and shit).

"Obama’s slip instantly received heavy air play, and he was criticized by conservative radio hosts."

Oh, I get it; insult a First Lady and you only get criticized by conservative radio hosts.

re: #188 sbvft contributor

I'd love to, but family ties keep me here for now. Long term goal is to move out west or down south.

I understand. If/when you decide to leave, or even visit, there are many lizards out here who'd be glad to give you a tour and a barbeque!

re: #10 ArmyWife

Being a cynic, I don't think he understood the line he crossed at all. I think someone had to tell him Ronald Reagan is a hero to Republicans and this "joke" pissed off 50% of the populace.

Plus, remember how "cool" he is. This type of ironic (to him) humor is non stop among these people. I hear is all the time. Their hip demeanor makes them a bunch of jerks. No courtesy.

re: #182 yah

$4,000 for college and no academic requirements attached, just get accepted into a school.
How many universities will turn that money down?

re: #204 Shug

serious change. . .

re: #199 average_guy

Here, here!

re: #183 hermeneutics

So, do you think it is more, equal or less likely that we'll be attacked by Islamicists now that Barry is in office?

I anticipate a 'soft attack'. Terror groups positioning themselves, gaining access to The One, jockeying into position. It all depends on what he does, if he doesn't play their game, its open season on Americans. But with Uhbama, we don't really know what to expect, do we?

Maya Angelou who's had a fabulous life in America (better off than most) is finally proud of her country.

ANGELOU: I realized almost within a minute, I don't have to apologize for my country when I'm abroad. I can say, "I belong to a great country," and there are Europeans who say, "Aren't you glad to be here in France where we don't have the racism you live under? Aren't you glad you're here in Britain?" I mean, I've been on the defensive so long. But this time I can say, "I am an American, look at us, look at what we've just achieved." It is amazing.

Spit.

re: #191 bellamags

They are showing the video of that teacher on the Laura O'Reilly show. Those kids don't understand what she is talking about. They can't make those kind of parallels.

Bella, see my 165, mate!

re: #27 Charles

He doesn't look well because he got his first national security briefing.

That's a good sign. If he's not alarmed then we're REALLY in trouble.

re: #30 MandyManners

I'm on perma-piss.

I just knew there would be some kind of drawback to that "rope" challenge of yours.

/I tease.

re: #117 jaunte

That is a total edit! "Require" is gone. Bribe of $4000 is inserted. I need to learn that screen capture thing!

re: #197 dead sea squirrel

"Let's see. Let Ayers down, or let NY become a smoking crater? Damn, this is going to be harder than I thought."

You mean he can't just eat his waffle?

re: #171 MandyManners

When's his grandmother's funeral?

I was gonna ask that question too Mandy.

re: #138 Intrepid

Obama's disasterous domesting agenda is bad enough, but his foreign policy decisons will make Clinton's blunders pale in comparison.

re: #197 dead sea squirrel

"Let's see. Let Ayers down, or let NY become a smoking crater? Damn, this is going to be harder than I thought."

ha ha ha ha ha giggle chortle snort

re: #180 logboy

Rahm Emanuel Was on Freddie Mac Board When They Cooked the Books

"President-elect Barack Obama's newly appointed chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, served on the board of directors of the federal mortgage firm Freddie Mac at a time when scandal was brewing at the troubled agency and the board failed to spot "red flags," according to government reports reviewed by ABCNews.com."

Nice. A sign of things to come.

We're watching a train robbery in progress. It's our money, but we can't do anything about it because it's a movie presented by the MSM.

re: #177 dead sea squirrel

The reason the briefing got him so rattled is because he now knows that only by doing exactly what W has been doing will we be protected from another terrorist attack.

Could be. I guess we'll find out soon enough. (If he starts following the same policies as W concerning Iraq and the war on terror, it will confirm this guess.)

re: #168 ArmyWife

You're fortunate...I was born during the later days of the Oliver North scandal.

He has class when he wants to.

For those interested, I posted the National Security Briefing earlier.

The current US AG came into office thinking he'd have Gitmo and the warrants issues all cleaned up in a month or so. He was quoted shortly after as saying, "I had no idea....."

And this brings us to the great sin of the Bush administration- not leveling with the American public. Not telling us that US security units have quashed HUNDREDS of attacks here and abroad. That we have stopped and/or investigated dozens of mega attacks in the US alone.

I can't wait to read a real history of this administration in 25 years and find out many whys I have been wondering about.

re: #214 loflyer

Bella, see my 165, mate!

And 'me nic is blue!

The only honorable thing to do, would be to resign now.
But I don't think honor lives in his neighborhood or was featured very prominently in any dreams about his father.

re: #180 logboy

Rahm Emanuel Was on Freddie Mac Board When They Cooked the Books

"President-elect Barack Obama's newly appointed chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, served on the board of directors of the federal mortgage firm Freddie Mac at a time when scandal was brewing at the troubled agency and the board failed to spot "red flags," according to government reports reviewed by ABCNews.com."

Nice. A sign of things to come.

Change!
I mean, he promised, right?

re: #198 jetprop

His 'careless and offhanded remark' reminds me of his accidental/on purpose flipping of the bird at Mac & Hillary.

IMO, he was being disrespectful to conservatives by insulting Mrs. Reagan.

Passive aggressive.

re: #216 Slumbering Behemoth

LOL!

re: #170 hermeneutics

What state?

New Jersey (southern). 10 minutes outside of Philly.

re: #117 jaunte

Did anyone notice that we're going to have a mandated wealth transfer to academia?

"Obama will call on citizens of all ages to serve America, by setting a goal that all middle school and high school students do 50 hours of community service a year and by developing a plan so that all college students who conduct 100 hours of community service receive a universal and fully refundable tax credit ensuring that the first $4,000 of their college education is completely free."
[Link: change.gov...]

Not my kid.

Working for no pay is called slavery.
If they want to volunteer on their own that is fine.
I will not allow her to do the government mandated anything.

re: #212 NoSubmission

I anticipate a 'soft attack'. Terror groups positioning themselves, gaining access to The One, jockeying into position. It all depends on what he does, if he doesn't play their game, its open season on Americans. But with Uhbama, we don't really know what to expect, do we?

Do you mean something like Political terrorism, not bombing cities?

re: #179 brickthruplateglasswindow

Give the guy a break. It ain't easy represent'n and shit.

LOL!

They changed the wording already:

This morning:

Obama will call on citizens of all ages to serve America, by developing a plan to require 50 hours of community service in middle school and high school and 100 hours of community service in college every year.

Now:

Obama will call on citizens of all ages to serve America, by setting a goal that all middle school and high school students do 50 hours of community service a year and by developing a plan so that all college students who conduct 100 hours of community service receive a universal and fully refundable tax credit ensuring that the first $4,000 of their college education is completely free.

re: #171 MandyManners

When's his grandmother's funeral?

Good question. I thought of that earlier. Apparently his army of press secretaries at the softball game today forgot to ask.

re: #216 Slumbering Behemoth

I just knew there would be some kind of drawback to that "rope" challenge of yours.

/I tease.

Good one!

re: #213 ciaospirit

To these people I say:

Go. Go to Africa. I'll pay. Live in Djibouti, it sounds like a neat place. Its fun to say at least! When you get settled in, report back on all those civil liberties you are enjoying. We will be right here waiting.

re: #213 ciaospirit

Maya Angelou who's had a fabulous life in America (better off than most) is finally proud of her country.

Spit.

Oh Good for her . Finally she can go to Normandy and visit the graves of thousands of Americans who never came home and be proud of her country

double spit!

re: #228 infidelinc

The only honorable thing to do, would be to resign now.
But I don't think honor lives in his neighborhood or was featured very prominently in any dreams about his father.

Interesting, because I've been wondering about this very idea myself. I've been wondering if he'll crack under the pressure and resign halfway through his first term. I'm no hopeful for it, it's just crossed my mind.

The first of many apologies. Additionally, he is a really really bad impromptu speaker. He his horrible without a teleprompter. Extreme opposites between with and without a script.

re: #236 logboy

TANSTAAFL

re: #219 HDrepub

I was gonna ask that question too Mandy.

Who knows the answer?

re: #213 ciaospirit

Maya Angelou who's had a fabulous life in America (better off than most) is finally proud of her country.

Spit.

hilarious,it'l be a cold day in hell before france elects a black president

re: #111 strangelove

Did we just elect a white Bush?....or this Obama's strategery?

jerk

I was just standing out by the ocean, and could actually see the water level going down. The polar caps have already stopped melting.

We are so blessed.

re: #232 sbvft contributor

New Jersey (southern). 10 minutes outside of Philly.

. . . , yep, taxes are really high out side of philly!

re: #182 yah

re: #117 jaunte

50 hours of community service a year and by developing a plan so that all college students who conduct 100 hours of community service receive a universal and fully refundable tax credit ensuring that the first $4,000 of their college education is completely free."

That's $400.00 bucks and hour!

Um, try again, you're off by an order of magnitude.
$4000/100hrs = $40/hr

Is this $4000 off per year or the entire college education?

re: #237 JammieWearingFool

Good question. I thought of that earlier. Apparently his army of press secretaries at the softball game today forgot to ask.

Where in Hawaii did she live?

re: #236 logboy

$4,000 of other people's money for two weeks' work.

re: #232 sbvft contributor

New Jersey (southern). 10 minutes outside of Philly.

Nice area! And beautiful weather/soil for growing trees. I'm in a desert with boulders and hard soil. Planting here is difficult. I had truckloads of soil delivered for a few dozen trees.

re: #213 ciaospirit

Maya Angelou who's had a fabulous life in America (better off than most) is finally proud of her country.

Spit.

Maya Angelou sucks.

re: #3 yah

I noticed Obama does not look too well. He's not talking real good either.

Must be the revelations at the intelligence briefing....or maybe meeting with the hope and change economic advisors who just happen to be the same individuals from the Clinton administration.

The only change is one decade to another...the only hope............well there really isn't any.

(Looking for a bumper sticker that says: Hope and Change--How is that working out for you?)

re: #27 Charles
Excellent Charles!

re: #181 Penguinchic

I should point out it requires a lot more than 100 hours a year, it is pretty much a full time job for a year, and the $4000 is toward a scholarship.

PIMF

re: #247 shiek al beif salami

I was just standing out by the ocean, and could actually see the water level going down. The polar caps have already stopped melting.

We are so blessed.

The water level dropped because both Al Gore and Michael Moore happened to get out of the ocean at the same time.

re: #211 ArmyWife

Here, here!

Thanks ma'am...

...and thank your husband for his service to our country.

This is the guy who is going to talk to all these dictators and convert them? What is he going to do insult their wives?

re: #38 ploome hineni

camera battery

I don;t know the kind of charger, something I got at Ritz for 20$

Shouldn't be any risk of overcharging. It will be a low-current charger and battery system. The batteries will get a bit warm, not to worry.

re: #243 esch

TANSTAAFL

Unless its an Army Acronym, I don't know it. (MRE, NCO, PAS13, OER, ECP, ROI, etc)

re: #183 hermeneutics

I actually don't think the stomach upset is from that at all.

The angle I can't seem to wrap my brain around, is how he is obviously inspired by the whole red revolution stuff, but has more than close ties with Soros.

I think it is now pretty common knowledge, Soros was more than instrumental in fomenting different colored revolutions in the former Soviet Satellites. Putin hates Soros.

I think they might be getting just the tip of some information that is going to present a huge problem for him during his term.

I would bet it might be the Ukraine or something.

re: #213 ciaospirit

Maya Angelou who's had a fabulous life in America (better off than most) is finally proud of her country.

Spit.

Gahhhhhhhhhhhhh!

I wonder if the MSM will complain when he does even fewer press conferences than George Bush (whose 'inaccessibility' they loved to bitch about).

Nah. They take whatever they can get. And luuuuuv it. :p

re: #224 laZardo

Another media created event. We should list the damage the media has done to this country.

I've met Oliver North. This was before the scandal, at a military function with my father. He was very, very kind to me. I've always wanted to meet him again now that I am old enough to understand what happened and actually be able to say something besides "Nice to meet you, Col. North"

re: #233 Typicalwhitey
mandatory volunteers.........gulags are full of them