February 20, 2014

Our Profoundly Trivial Pop Culture Commander-in-Chief
— Ace

Great article.

#BreadAndCircuses

[T]he President... never wastes an opportunity to show just how right the absurdness of the social media noise machine is. When Obama jokes about being able to do whatever he wants, then turns around and hits an HBO producer up at a State Dinner for advanced copies of television shows to get him through an extended weekend, how are we as a desperate electorate supposed to react? We tolerate the luxuries afforded to our leaders. Just donÂ’t be a dick about it.

How is a world currently engulfed in flames of revolution supposed to react?

The problem for a President who makes any excuse to hit up a golf course or admits to watching tons of HBO is there are still events in the world happening outside his windows. People are desperate for American leadership and canÂ’t wait for the killer on True Detective to be revealed.

Nobody in Kiev is interested in the fallout of the Red Wedding.

Nobody in Venezuela cares about the fate of Zoe Barnes.

Obama and his administration canÂ’t wait to inject themselves into pop culture as it suits their narratives. If Lego Movie is number one at the box office, the Secretary of State is referencing global warming to 3D movies. If the Super Bowl is trending on social media, out come the football analogies. Michelle Obama is on Jimmy FallonÂ’s new Tonight Show and Joe Biden on Seth MeyerÂ’s follow up. Actors pushing health care that they themselves refuse to sign up for. What message does it send the world when cries for democracy in Ukraine and Venezuela are met with silence, but tweeting about a cable show is paramount?

Barack Obama is the first President optimized for SEO and therein lies the problem. When #Venezuela and #Kiev are the top trends on Twitter for two days straight and not #HouseOfCards or #TrueDetective, the online persona machine that elected Barack Obama goes dark and resorts to a spam account selling us crappy insurance.

At the height of violence that erupted with both protests this past weekend, where was he? Hosting a Hollywood premiere style party for #GeorgeClooney and cast of his film #TheMonumentsMen, in private at the White House, simply because he could. Right now in Kiev, historical statues and art are being burned in front of the world. He was content to remain silent and watch a movie about it happening instead. The real world does not interest this President. The set design does.

Via @slublog.

Posted by: Ace at 12:54 PM | Comments (274)
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1 This really goes well with Noonan's latest blog piece.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 20, 2014 12:56 PM (IXrOn)

2 Totally agree

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at February 20, 2014 12:56 PM (3S0o7)

3 We are a clown nose country....led by the biggest clown and his idiot sidekick.

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at February 20, 2014 12:57 PM (bCEmE)

4 And we peons had better clam up or NSA. Or IRS. Pick your poison.

Posted by: Foghorn Leghorn at February 20, 2014 12:57 PM (3S0o7)

5 Our Decadent Elites http://blogs.wsj.com/peggynoonan/

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 20, 2014 12:57 PM (IXrOn)

6 Nobody in Venezuela cares about the fate of Zoe Barnes.

But she's got ... a GREAT ASS!

Or had.

Posted by: Vincent Hanna at February 20, 2014 12:58 PM (t8ySh)

7 Genuine authentic pose-able African-American Presidential InAction Figure! It plays golf! It gives a speech! It gives a speech! It plays golf! Get it today! 

Posted by: At Toys-R-Us, Next To All The Other Fantasy/SF Action Figures at February 20, 2014 12:58 PM (DLu2s)

8 Great piece.  I actually read it.  Well,  the part that's here anyway.  Pretty good for me.

Posted by: Dang at February 20, 2014 12:58 PM (MNq6o)

9 Kiev? Isn't that where chicken comes from?

Posted by: Slow Jow Biden at February 20, 2014 12:58 PM (3S0o7)

10 Our Decadent Elites

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heh..... I read that at first as Decedent.


Wishful thinking??

Posted by: fixerupper at February 20, 2014 12:59 PM (nELVU)

11

He is a huge fraud.

His slips and flubs, they are his subconscious, as it were, letting us know on his behalf how much of a flailing idiot he thinks he is.

Which is totally awesome.

From George Washington, to the dumbass Bush, which gives us the present of this douche.




Posted by: Rev Dr E Buzz Christies at February 20, 2014 12:59 PM (3Tss4)

12 Let him eat his goddamn waffle fercrissakes!!!

Posted by: EC at February 20, 2014 12:59 PM (doBIb)

13 I'm sorry I'm late, was just playing Pokemon with my staff.

Holla!

Posted by: Obama Ten Years Ago[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 20, 2014 12:59 PM (gtjN1)

14 Well there's the first problem - 52% thought this guy had substance in the first place.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 20, 2014 01:00 PM (yz6yg)

15 But everything isn't political

Posted by: phreshone at February 20, 2014 01:00 PM (Q6pxP)

16 So this guy plays three times as much golf as I do, watches ESPN every day, sees every first run movie of any import and follows TV series. He spends about a third of his time raising money for election campaigns. All I do is run two businesses I started and own. He is supposed to run the executive branch, with millions of employees. Sometimes the disgust overwhelms me.

Posted by: MTF at February 20, 2014 01:00 PM (F58x4)

17 As a black president Asian issues appear to be secondary to more pressing domestic matters. Now where's that remote?

Posted by: BHO at February 20, 2014 01:00 PM (3S0o7)

18 Genuine authentic pose-able African-American Presidential InAction Figure! It plays golf! It gives a speech! It gives a speech! It plays golf! Get it today!
Posted by: At Toys-R-Us, Next To All The Other Fantasy/SF Action Figures


Fat-Assed Scowling First "Lady" sold separately.

Posted by: Dang at February 20, 2014 01:01 PM (MNq6o)

19 I think it's odd the President of The United States has time to watch movies, TV and golf incessantly.

Posted by: Seems legit at February 20, 2014 01:01 PM (A98Xu)

20 I was in Europe over Christmas. The main questions from European friends and relatives concerned the incompetency of the One and how he could get elected. The world does see and is taking note. It will take years to undo the damage.

Posted by: RS at February 20, 2014 01:01 PM (YAGV/)

21 Obama can't be worried about Ukraine or Venezuela. It's almost March. He's got to start doing research for his brackets.

Posted by: Buzzion at February 20, 2014 01:01 PM (Y+nOe)

22 On the contrary, do we really want TFG interested in other parts of the world? That usually ends up pissing off another ally, cementing relations with asshole tyrants, costing us more of our money, or getting our people killed. He can stay home, leave the tv on and get on with the light assplay with Reggie.

Posted by: EC at February 20, 2014 01:02 PM (doBIb)

23 But itÂ’s all vaguely decadent, no? Or maybe not vaguely. America sees Washington as the capital of vacant, empty souls, chattering among the pillars. Suggesting this perception is valid is helpful in what way? I donÂ’t understand why members of Congress, the White House and the media become cooperators in videos that sort of show that deep down they all see themselves as . . . actors. And good ones! In a phony drama. Meant I suppose to fool the rubes.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 20, 2014 01:02 PM (IXrOn)

24 There's this great new show called Venezuela. It puts Homeland to shame although I did like the guy spankin' it on the wife's face part.

Posted by: president o'bumbles at February 20, 2014 01:02 PM (14um2)

25 He doesn't care because Valerie Jarrett is running the show. 

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at February 20, 2014 01:02 PM (bCEmE)

26 From George Washington, to the dumbass Bush, which gives us the present of this douche. You can call Bush a dumbass after we see Obama's grades. Until then, flying an F-102 and a low B or C average at Harvard is still better than the average schlub on the street.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 20, 2014 01:02 PM (yz6yg)

27 Straight out of "Amusing Ourselves to Death", Ace.

Posted by: Andy at February 20, 2014 01:02 PM (HJcb1)

28 They told me I wouldn't have to do any work...just look good for the cameras.

Posted by: Barky Al Clusterfuck at February 20, 2014 01:02 PM (DEUoo)

29 He doesn't care because Valerie Jarrett is running the show. THIS. He just checks in at breakfast every morning to find out what he thinks that day.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 20, 2014 01:03 PM (yz6yg)

30 I'm not a big Twitter person, and I couldn't tell you how I got there, but a couple days I saw a list 'Trending on Twitter' and saw some guy by the name of 'Mitt Romney' on the list. I seem to recall him appearing at the first Presidential debate, then disappearing off the radar screen as Air Force One descended on the New Jersey beaches.

Posted by: SE Pa Moron [/i] at February 20, 2014 01:03 PM (CnA98)

31 Everyone else is working part time these days.  Why not the president?

(The left will say this seriously at some point.)

Posted by: Dang at February 20, 2014 01:03 PM (MNq6o)

32 We have an unserious electorate. They elected an unserious President.

Posted by: blaster at February 20, 2014 01:04 PM (4+AaH)

33 He doesn't care because Valerie Jarrett is running the show. THIS. He just checks in at breakfast every morning to find out what he thinks that day. Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 20, 2014 05:03 PM (yz6yg) And, about 20,000 lawyers rewriting and writing new regulations and laws undermining the US from every facet of government.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 20, 2014 01:04 PM (IXrOn)

34 So no one, no one on the left or in the media wonders, "Goodness, our President sure has a lot of free time."

Posted by: Seems legit at February 20, 2014 01:04 PM (A98Xu)

35 I seem to recall him appearing at the first Presidential debate, then disappearing off the radar screen as Air Force One descended on the New Jersey beaches.

Posted by: SE Pa Moron at February 20, 2014 05:03 PM (CnA9


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Oh HELLLLLLL NO...... I did that.   I saved Obama's ass.   I disappeared Mitt Romney to the dustbin of history and dried bitter tears.


That was ME!!!!

Posted by: Candy Crowley at February 20, 2014 01:05 PM (nELVU)

36 “Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?” “A Republic, if you can keep it.” Answer: +200 years later - NO

Posted by: MikeH at February 20, 2014 01:05 PM (bRL1M)

37 I think it's odd the President of The United States has time to watch movies, TV and golf incessantly.

With a schedule like this, I'd be surprised if he's not also playing video games in between those things.

1:50 am The President arrives Joint Base Andrews Travel Pool Coverage 2:05 am The President arrives the White House South Lawn Open Press 5:35 pm The President delivers remarks and answers questions at the Democratic Governors Association dinner The St. Regis, Washington DC Print Pool

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 20, 2014 01:05 PM (gtjN1)

38 Nice, pixy, you've doomed us all.


Dick.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 20, 2014 01:06 PM (gtjN1)

39 So, given my main expertise in the private sector was slumlord, you people are surprised to find the rats have taken over the neighborhood? By Allah, that's a funny one!

Posted by: Valerie "Hail To The Queef" Jarrett at February 20, 2014 01:06 PM (DLu2s)

40 So no one, no one on the left or in the media wonders, "Goodness, our President sure has a lot of free time." Well, not now. Remember the thing about George W. Bush and vacations?

Posted by: blaster at February 20, 2014 01:06 PM (4+AaH)

41 Its because... Unlike the Moron meme of... shit just got real... Nothing is real to Obama...

Posted by: Romeo13 at February 20, 2014 01:06 PM (84gbM)

42

I've got a billion-dollar-smile.

 

And I can read a teleprompter real good.

 

It was enough to make people overlook that my middle name is 'Hussein'.

Posted by: Barky Al Clusterfuck at February 20, 2014 01:06 PM (DEUoo)

43 I sure am glad I have a little corner of my life that is not wrapped up in bad news...... anybody see where I left it?

Posted by: Jinx the Cat at February 20, 2014 01:06 PM (n0SOW)

44 "He doesn't care because Valerie Jarrett is running the show. " I know that's true, obviously the guy is a bumbling tool, I just don't know why the media is allowing us to peek through the curtain and see how much free time this puppet has every day.

Posted by: Seems legit at February 20, 2014 01:06 PM (A98Xu)

45 China will cash in on TFG's feckless ways before 2016. Bank on it. Japan and Taiwan had better get their own security umbrellas. It is going to rain soon.

Posted by: Beagle at February 20, 2014 01:06 PM (UYe47)

46 He just checks in at breakfast every morning to find out what he thinks that day.

Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 20, 2014 05:03 PM (yz6yg)


Breakfast?  Waaaay too early for him.  He checks his e-mails AFTER lunch.

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at February 20, 2014 01:06 PM (bCEmE)

47 From George Washington, to the dumbass Bush, which gives us the present of this douche.

You can call Bush a dumbass after we see Obama's grades.

Until then, flying an F-102 and a low B or C average at Harvard is still better than the average schlub on the street.

Posted by: Sean Bannion

Bush could run circles around Obama.  Obama is supposedly "smart" because we've been told that.  No other evidence exists.

Posted by: Dang at February 20, 2014 01:06 PM (MNq6o)

48 I'd throw North Korea into the mix as well. No, no revolution, but Amnesty International (I know) just released a damning expose on their death camps. *crickets*

Posted by: Nan at February 20, 2014 01:06 PM (hFL/3)

49 Nobody in Kiev is interested in the fallout of the Red Wedding.
Nobody in Venezuela cares about the fate of Zoe Barnes.

So what. The only thing that matters is Nobody in Obama's core constituency is interested in the fate of Venezuela or Kiev. The flames will not besmirch Obama's True Legacy (the one that gets published).

Posted by: deadman at February 20, 2014 01:07 PM (bNnI1)

50 21 >> I was in Europe over Christmas. The main questions from European friends and relatives concerned the incompetency of the One and how he could get elected.
 
Well for one thing, EU leaders, people and the press gave him a tongue bath usually reserved for royalty prior to the first election.
 
Then they gave him a Nobel after he had been in office for two weeks.
 
Next question.

Posted by: GnuBreed at February 20, 2014 01:07 PM (cHZB7)

51 I really wonder how the JEF will survive post potus. Yes, he'll still have secret service and the bennies of being potus, but, how will he handle the ultimate void of @$$ kissing of the media, et al.?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 20, 2014 01:07 PM (IXrOn)

52 Damn....we're having some major wind gusts.  Power has gone out twice for a split second or two.

Posted by: Tami [/i][/b][/u][/s] at February 20, 2014 01:07 PM (bCEmE)

53 Remember when he had to inject himself into Mythbusters? Seriously, it is hard as hell to avoid the fucker.

Posted by: nnptcgrad at February 20, 2014 01:08 PM (Opyrm)

54 Well, not now. Remember the thing about George W. Bush and vacations? Posted by: blaster

That's because Bush's ancestors weren't SLAVES,  you racist!

Posted by: Dang at February 20, 2014 01:08 PM (MNq6o)

55 FUN FACT: Lincoln was finally assassinated because he wouldn't STFU about the lousy casting decisions in Our American Cousin.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 20, 2014 01:08 PM (8ZskC)

56 Let It Burn chaps your hide?

53% of voters chose this. That guy tossing matches under the Resolute Desk each and every day? They chose him.

Right here is why none of us have a choice beyond the option of being a spectator to this bonfire or the fucking kindling.

Posted by: Sandra Fluke [/i] [/b] at February 20, 2014 01:08 PM (xrX4n)

57 Nobody in Venezuela cares about the fate of Zoe Barnes.

Her forehead is like a threehead with hair.

Posted by: bonhomme[/i][/b][/i][/b][/s][/s] at February 20, 2014 01:08 PM (gtjN1)

58 He is a cheap tacky man, and he makes a cheap tacky President. And here I thought Bill Clinton was an utter gutter class scumbag.

Posted by: D-Lamp at February 20, 2014 01:08 PM (bb5+k)

59 You know how it's hard to get angry at someone you have zero respect for? Well...

Posted by: NotCoach at February 20, 2014 01:09 PM (rsudF)

60 Remember the thing about George W. Bush and vacations?

I remember them blasting him for "wasting time" biking or jogging every day.

Posted by: HR at February 20, 2014 01:09 PM (ZKzrr)

61 21 I was in Europe over Christmas. The main questions from European friends and relatives concerned the incompetency of the One and how he could get elected.
We were told the Europeans loved him and hated Bush.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 20, 2014 01:09 PM (kVfSG)

62 The President delivers remarks and answers questions at the Democratic Governors Association dinner The St. Regis, Washington DC The Democratic Governor's Association? Those champions of the "little guy" are at the St. Regis???? You know...the cheap rooms there are $735 a night. Jus' sayin'

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 20, 2014 01:09 PM (yz6yg)

63 He thinks he is deep, and so do his sycophants... Could not be further from the truth...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars™ [/i] [/b] [/s] at February 20, 2014 01:09 PM (HsTG8)

64 C'mon you are a h8er, it's all Bush's fault.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 20, 2014 01:09 PM (HVff2)

65 Duh!1 is an idiot.

At best.

And so are his dwindling supporters....

Posted by: backhoe at February 20, 2014 01:10 PM (ULH4o)

66 Fat-Assed Scowling First "Lady" sold separately. And all the ASSessories.

Posted by: iNC Ref at February 20, 2014 01:10 PM (aJDNW)

67 The real world does not interest this President. The set design does. He told us he was a blank canvas for which the idiots to draw their own conclusions...

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 20, 2014 01:10 PM (IXrOn)

68 I really wonder how the JEF will survive post potus.

Yes, he'll still have secret service and the bennies of being potus, but, how will he handle the ultimate void of @$$ kissing of the media, et al.?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 20, 2014 05:07 PM (IXrOn)


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If the next President is a Republican..... he'll stay in DC and become the worlds most prominent community organizer.  


He'll be on TV every.single.day besmirching every move of the new president.   Aint no way he's moving to Hawaii and letting some Republic schmuck undo all his stuff.

Posted by: fixerupper at February 20, 2014 01:10 PM (nELVU)

69 >>The coming out announcement of a former college and future NFL football star cannot outweigh events that have captivated the entire world for two days and cost people their blood and lives.


BOOM!!

Posted by: Dr Spank at February 20, 2014 01:11 PM (hn70M)

70 Bush could run circles around Obama. Obama is supposedly "smart" because we've been told that. No other evidence exists. 'Zactly. Even if Bush was as moronic as Obama is demonstrating himself to be - and he's not - he still had the ability to see talent and pick competent staff and cabinet secretaries.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 20, 2014 01:11 PM (yz6yg)

71 21 I was in Europe over Christmas. The main questions from European friends and relatives concerned the incompetency of the One and how he could get elected. The world does see and is taking note. It will take years to undo the damage. Posted by: RS at February 20, 2014 05:01 PM (YAGV/) Hard to imagine that they are dismayed when everything I read in 2008 indicated that those Euroweenies were highly supportive of the efforts to elect "the First Black President." Didn't he win a "Nobel Prize" for being so awesome or something?

Posted by: D-Lamp at February 20, 2014 01:11 PM (bb5+k)

72 For seventy years or so we've heard the soi-disant intellectual class in Europe moaning about the reckless cowboys from the USA wreaking havoc on all of their sophisticated diplomacy. Now they're worried we're not involved enough?

You got what you said you wanted, you snail-eating pooves. Maybe getting real good at saying 'I surrender unconditionally!' in Chinese will make you feel more prepared for your future.

Posted by: Sort-of-Mad Max at February 20, 2014 01:11 PM (DLu2s)

73 54 Remember when he had to inject himself into Mythbusters? Seriously, it is hard as hell to avoid the fucker.Posted by: nnptcgrad at February 20, 2014 05:08 PM (Opyrm)
Did they prove him to be a myth?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 20, 2014 01:11 PM (kVfSG)

74

55 Well, not now. Remember the thing about George W. Bush and vacations?

 

Posted by: blaster
 

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That's because Bush's ancestors weren't SLAVES, you racist!

 

Posted by: Dang

 

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Neither were Barky's.

 

I actually think it would've been pretty righteous to have our 'First Black President' be a descendent of slaves...

 

But nooo.

We get this interloper whose black ancestry were never even US citizens.

 

Posted by: wheatie at February 20, 2014 01:12 PM (DEUoo)

75 @49 North Korea UN report Good point. Perfect opportunity to do _something_ about horrifying human rights abuses very similar to the Holocaust. Or, play 36 holes.

Posted by: Beagle at February 20, 2014 01:12 PM (UYe47)

76

Woody Harrelson signed a True Detective poster for me.

 

Suck it, wingnuts.

Posted by: Joe Biden at February 20, 2014 01:12 PM (S+el1)

77 It is Valerie Jarrett in charge of Ubama, but she gets her orders from the cryptomoslem Soros.

Posted by: Erowmero at February 20, 2014 01:12 PM (OONaw)

78 People don't realize how tough I have it. I'm even a part-time Doctor for the Governor of New Jersey as I recently placed him on a 'no-salt' diet. You're welcome.

Posted by: The Precedent [/i] at February 20, 2014 01:13 PM (CnA98)

79 Remember when they would blast him for working at his ranch? But three week Hawaiian vacays every few months are no big deal.

Posted by: Adam at February 20, 2014 01:13 PM (Aif/5)

80 @55 Obama's ancestors SOLD slaves. Arab Muslims in Africa were the wholesalers.

Posted by: Beagle at February 20, 2014 01:14 PM (UYe47)

81 Hopefully this Kiev thingy doesn't distract from BO's NCAA brackets. How else will I know who not to pick

Posted by: Dick I'm a Dick" Durbin at February 20, 2014 01:15 PM (9ng2u)

82 3 years left of this with a potential for either a declaration of Preezy for life or Hillary. Why am I not optimistic for the future?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 01:15 PM (olDqf)

83 'Cryptomuslim Soros'???? Prepare to hear from my lawyers!

I'm still a unrepentant Nazi sympathizer, and I always will be! Humph!

Posted by: George "My Money In Politics Is The GOOD Kind' Soros at February 20, 2014 01:15 PM (DLu2s)

84 Ace, I no one has made this pointedly clear, I'll restate it for the masses: the guy is an idiot. I can't say it any clearer.

Posted by: tangonine (Entropy sucks) at February 20, 2014 01:15 PM (x3YFz)

85 Or remember when Bush would get up at like 4 am every morning so he could have a couple hours to read and work out before working until 10 pm? But Barry's so dreamy....

Posted by: Adam at February 20, 2014 01:15 PM (Aif/5)

86 Where was he when his 'friend' was killed in Benghazi? Nobody knows, because the MFM never asks. Well I know. He was watching TV and getting ready to go see his friends at a fundraiser in Vegas the next day.

Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262© at February 20, 2014 01:15 PM (9Bdcz)

87 71 Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 20, 2014 05:11 PM (yz6yg) Sadly, Bush also almost gave us Harriet Miers and did give is Chief Justice Julia Roberts.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 01:16 PM (olDqf)

88 I = If Tucking fypos.

Posted by: tangonine (Entropy sucks) at February 20, 2014 01:16 PM (x3YFz)

89 This is why Cruz warning about outing the truth of even his compadres is scaring them to death. The government is oh, so mysterious! Government has an endless pool of money for you! And, the JEF just does magic! Magic, I tell ya'! He doesn't need to actually work. He just waves his heavily ring clad fingers - and it shall be done. Somehow.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 20, 2014 01:16 PM (IXrOn)

90 So when does Game of Thrones start?

Posted by: Dick I'm a Dick at February 20, 2014 01:17 PM (9ng2u)

91 Yes, he'll still have secret service and the bennies of being potus, but, how will he handle the ultimate void of @$$ kissing of the media, et al.?

Like Clinton, he'll make an obscene amount of money delivering speeches to dim trained seals who will pay good money for the privilege of giving standing o's for every banal utterance he makes. Adulation for nothing, the story of this thin-skinned fuck's entire career.

Posted by: Waterhouse at February 20, 2014 01:17 PM (t8ySh)

92 Plus, he will keep fundraising for OAF (or Organizing for Action or whatever the hell the chief Cult of Barack is called these days) so he can continue to get the applause he will feel he so justly deserves.

Cleenus has made a quarter-billion dollars in "speaking fees", SCOAMF will double that.

(I really like "OAF.")

Posted by: HR at February 20, 2014 01:17 PM (ZKzrr)

93 21 I was in Europe over Christmas. The main questions from European friends and relatives concerned the incompetency of the One and how he could get elected.

Erm, I seem to recall a collective Eurogasm over his candidacy, so tell your European friends and relatives that we don't play the rube colonial act any more. 

Posted by: pep at February 20, 2014 01:17 PM (6TB1Z)

94

Preznit'n is hard.

Posted by: President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho at February 20, 2014 01:17 PM (6ahup)

95 One wonders who exactly was able to override the Farsi Ferret Fascist and give the order to take down Bin Laden? It sure as should could not have been SCOAMF. No way. Not given the state of affairs of everything else.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 01:17 PM (olDqf)

96 Remember, Obama likes to slo-jam the news, y'allÂ…

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 01:18 PM (olDqf)

97 No way. Not given the state of affairs of everything else. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 05:17 PM (olDqf) We'll find out if Biden makes a real play in the primary. *popcorn*

Posted by: AMDG at February 20, 2014 01:19 PM (t7OO0)

98 so we have a moop named Jonathan Bernstein on Bloomberg 02/07/14 who answers a question from a reader, "why do you think George W. Bush was such a disaster as president? There are a lot of ideas out there that it was a personal/character thing (he's stupid etc.) but do you think there was structural reason behind it?”

and here is part of this whiz kid's reply:

"I do think Bush was ill-equipped to be president. As I read him, he was smart enough, but unusually uninterested in government and public affairs -- outside of a competitive streak that served him well in elections but didnÂ’t do much for him in office. He was also unusually inexperienced for a presidential candidate. Yes, I know Barack Obama had two fewer years in statewide office, but Obama also had legislative experience and, more to the point, Obama had always been interested in the world of politics and government. ThereÂ’s very little evidence that Bush had such a passionate interest."



Posted by: Mallfly at February 20, 2014 01:19 PM (bJm7W)

99 And why can the Dems get all sorts of sealed records, but we can't get his transcripts from Columbia? You wave a picture of a gun around there and they'd all drop of a collective heart attack

Posted by: Iblis at February 20, 2014 01:19 PM (9221z)

100 I like trivial pursuit

Posted by: Joe Biden at February 20, 2014 01:19 PM (Q6pxP)

101 Holy fuck the scrolling on that site is shit.

One half-click and you're on the bottom.

Posted by: weft cut-loop[/i] [/b] at February 20, 2014 01:19 PM (xrX4n)

102 Lots more excellent articles at the linked blog. Keep reading.

Posted by: AMartel at February 20, 2014 01:19 PM (6EuOK)

103 Assuming Bin Laden is dead. A week ago I'd think that was ridiculously crazy, but I think i've reached my tipping point with TFG and don't believe anything that I don't see.

Posted by: Lauren at February 20, 2014 01:20 PM (hFL/3)

104 And who sat next to Michelle at the recent state dinner?
Steven Colbert. Not even a real journalist, just a guy who plays one on TV.

But this ensures that when they write their jokes, it's Republicans and conservatives who are skewered, not the Obamas. because the Obama's wine, dine, and flatter them endless by name-checking them or visiting their shows and movies.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2014 01:20 PM (POpqt)

105

Barack Obama is the first President optimized for SEO

 

 

Ima stealing this.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at February 20, 2014 01:20 PM (A0sHn)

106 The real world does not interest this President. The set design does. **** Greek columns are more important to him than Greek tragedies

Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 20, 2014 01:20 PM (DmNpO)

107 Plus, he will keep fundraising for OAF (or Organizing for Action or whatever the hell the chief Cult of Barack is called these days) so he can continue to get the applause he will feel he so justly deserves. Posted by: Mallamutt, RINO President for Life at February 20, 2014 05:14 PM (OWjjx) I really think this will be a challenge. He simply cannot speak on his own. He will still need script writers and a teleprompter to pull it off. Maybe, like you say, it won't matter what he says, dunno. He is so protected right now. No one knows what he's doing, where he is, etc. It just won't be that easy to fool everyone past a certain point. But, then again, Slick Willy Clinton. Yeah, I know. But, Clinton could at least string words together on a dime. JEF can't even do this.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 20, 2014 01:20 PM (IXrOn)

108 Sadly, Bush also almost gave us Harriet Miers and did give is Chief Justice Julia Roberts. Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 05:16 PM (olDqf) Yeah, and Reagan gave us perpetual "swing votes" Sandra Day O'Connor and Anthony Kennedy. Can't win 'em all. The horror stories I could give you of the incompetence of Obama's picks, both Senate confirmed and Schedule C, would curl your hair. He sucks, they suck. It's bad.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 20, 2014 01:21 PM (yz6yg)

109 >>Assuming Bin Laden is dead. A week ago I'd think that was ridiculously crazy, but I think i've reached my tipping point with TFG and don't believe anything that I don't see.

Ditto!

Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2014 01:21 PM (POpqt)

110 @85 The Real Bond Villain: Soros To be fair, there is no mutual exclusivity between cryptomuslim and Nazi. After WWII many Nazis ran to places like Syria and Egypt. The Baath Party was one institution which resulted from Nazi influence.

Posted by: Beagle at February 20, 2014 01:21 PM (UYe47)

111 After watching the Clown In Chief in action for the last 5 years, I've come to the conclusion he's a total moron (small "m"). Seen him try to play golf or basketball? Listened to him speak without a teleprompter? He's a total dumbass. Look, guys evaluate other guys because we're pack animals. He's not an alpha. or a beta. he's an omega male. Girly boy. He makes up for being effeminate by being stupid.

Posted by: tangonine (Entropy sucks) at February 20, 2014 01:21 PM (x3YFz)

112 46 China will cash in on TFG's feckless ways before 2016. Bank on it. Japan and Taiwan had better get their own security umbrellas. It is going to rain soon. Posted by: Beagle

You been here long time.  You go home now.

Posted by: China's All You Can Eat Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere and Diner at February 20, 2014 01:21 PM (6TB1Z)

113 two fewer years in statewide office, but Obama also had legislative experience and, more to the point, Obama had always been interested in --------- Yeah so much legislative experience. Sweet Jesus.

Posted by: Adam at February 20, 2014 01:22 PM (Aif/5)

114 Greek columns are more important to him than Greek tragedies Posted by: Niedermeyer's Dead Horse at February 20, 2014 05:20 PM (DmNpO) Which brings to mind another Greek concept. Hubris, meet Nemesis.

Posted by: D-Lamp at February 20, 2014 01:23 PM (bb5+k)

115 Present!

Posted by: Illinois State Senator Barack Sooperjenius Obama at February 20, 2014 01:23 PM (DLu2s)

116 116 two fewer years in statewide office, but Obama also had legislative experience and, more to the point, Obama had always been interested in --------- Yeah so much legislative experience. Sweet Jesus. Posted by: Adam at February 20, 2014 05:22 PM (Aif/5) LOL yeah, voting "present" doesn't constitute experience.

Posted by: tangonine (Entropy sucks) at February 20, 2014 01:23 PM (x3YFz)

117 Laissez faire. Laissez passe.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 20, 2014 01:23 PM (spmY9)

118 Bush was mocked for going to bed early (so uncool!), but at least when he was up (and up early) he was actually working. During his leisure time he read real books - histories, current events, biographies.

TFG sleeps in and typically has 1-3 on his daily schedule when he's in DC, but spend half his time traveling and making speeches. His leisure time and numerous vacation days are spent playing. An empty suit, an empty (Oval office) chair.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2014 01:24 PM (POpqt)

119 Like Clinton, he'll make an obscene amount of money delivering speeches to dim trained seals who will pay good money for the privilege of giving standing o's for every banal utterance he makes. Adulation for nothing, the story of this thin-skinned fuck's entire career. Posted by: Waterhouse at February 20, 2014 05:17 PM (t8ySh) Again, we'll see. He is used to so much control, right now. Control of every aspect of his environment. He's nowhere near as bright and well spoken as Clinton. Yes, Clinton is a patho liar, but, he pulls it off. Can JEF? Just tossing that out there. Who do we have to compare him to? Carter?

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 20, 2014 01:24 PM (IXrOn)

120

Ace what this calls for is a side by siade or back to back video of Obama on the view having answers to all the pop culture questions of the 'ladies' on the couch

 

AND

 

Obama's many press conferences saying he's only heard about things like F&F, IRS targeting, etc. in the newspapers.

Posted by: bobbymike at February 20, 2014 01:24 PM (9trNv)

121 We'll find out if Biden makes a real play in the primary. *popcorn* Posted by: AMDG

The real question is if he does, will he be aware of it, or will he simply assume he got some bad paste?

Posted by: pep at February 20, 2014 01:24 PM (6TB1Z)

122 @72 and others. The amount of bad press directed at the One was rather amazing. Even the left wing German press is very critical.

Posted by: RS at February 20, 2014 01:25 PM (YAGV/)

123 He makes up for being effeminate by being stupid. Posted by: tangonine (Entropy sucks) at February 20, 2014 05:21 PM (x3YFz) And smug. Now, just as an intellectual exercise, the next time you ever have an opportunity, note the level of smug displayed by Obama, and then compare it to the most flaming homosexual you know or have a conversation with. The ratio will be a 1:1 match.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 20, 2014 01:25 PM (yz6yg)

124

'Ette,

 

You're great but can Noonan please just go away.  Now.

Posted by: prescient11 at February 20, 2014 01:25 PM (tVTLU)

125 "but tweeting about a cable show is paramount?" Better yet, look what happened in Iran and Egypt when people died to be free. This fucker is so over his head. And the worst part is that he doesn't care. As long as he can live like a king and tell us serfs/enemies how to live he will be happy.

Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian at February 20, 2014 01:25 PM (HVff2)

126 He's nowhere near as bright and well spoken as Clinton. Yes, Clinton is a patho liar, but, he pulls it off. Can JEF? Just tossing that out there.

The answer is yes.  The groups that invite him aren't interested in what he has to say.  They're interested in being seen to invite him.

Posted by: pep at February 20, 2014 01:26 PM (6TB1Z)

127 Someone should ask David Brooks if he still thinks those creases were a good indicator of how serious President Me Time would take his job.

Posted by: Wonkish Rogue at February 20, 2014 01:26 PM (dvRYt)

128 Genuine authentic pose-able African-American Presidential InAction Figure! It plays golf! It gives a speech! It gives a speech! It plays golf! Get it today! Posted by: At Toys-R-Us, Next To All The Other Fantasy/SF Action Figures at February 20, 2014 04:58 PM (DLu2s) You mean it can BOTH play golf and give speeches. That sounds awesome. Are the speeches meaningless drivel? Cuz if they were meaningless drivel, why, that would be the best!

Posted by: naturalfake at February 20, 2014 01:26 PM (0cMkb)

129 113 @85 The Real Bond Villain: Soros To be fair, there is no mutual exclusivity between cryptomuslim and Nazi. After WWII many Nazis ran to places like Syria and Egypt. The Baath Party was one institution which resulted from Nazi influence. Posted by: Beagle at February 20, 2014 05:21 PM (UYe47) Google Alois Bruner.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at February 20, 2014 01:27 PM (olDqf)

130 What do people want Obama/the Democrat Party to do?

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 20, 2014 01:27 PM (spmY9)

131 Now, just as an intellectual exercise, the next time you ever have an opportunity, note the level of smug displayed by Obama, and then compare it to the most flaming homosexual you know or have a conversation with. The ratio will be a 1:1 match. Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 20, 2014 05:25 PM (yz6yg) I honestly can't listen to him. It's not just the bullshit, but the way he drags his S's. Someone pointed it out to me years ago and since then every time I hear it I want to put my head through a window, grab the glass, and slash my own throat.

Posted by: tangonine (Entropy sucks) at February 20, 2014 01:27 PM (x3YFz)

132 @72 and others.

The amount of bad press directed at the One was rather amazing. Even the left wing German press is very critical. Posted by: RS

Huh.  I guess I just imagined that multi hundred thousand person rally at the Berlin Victory Monument.

Posted by: pep at February 20, 2014 01:28 PM (6TB1Z)

133 He could give some speeches. That's probably the least damaging thing he could do.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 20, 2014 01:28 PM (spmY9)

134 Obama's many press conferences saying he's only heard about things like FF, IRS targeting, etc.in the newspapers.

Or him saying, after the rollout of healthcare.gov, that they were "finding out that insurance is complicated." More than three years after deciding to they needed to fuck with the health insurance system, they were "finding out" that it was "complicated"!

Posted by: Waterhouse at February 20, 2014 01:28 PM (t8ySh)

135 Any time Noonan writes something you agree with or think is good,remember she wrote this about Obama. The case for Barack Obama, in broad strokes: He has within him the possibility to change the direction and tone of American foreign policy, which need changing; his rise will serve as a practical rebuke to the past five years, which need rebuking; his victory would provide a fresh start in a nation in which a fresh start would come as a national relief. He climbed steep stairs, born off the continent with no father to guide, a dreamy, abandoning mother, mixed race, no connections. He rose with guts and gifts. He is steady, calm, and, in terms of the execution of his political ascent, still the primary and almost only area in which his executive abilities can be discerned, he shows good judgment in terms of whom to hire and consult, what steps to take and moves to make. We witnessed from him this year something unique in American politics: He took down a political machine without raising his voice. "A great moment: When the press was hitting hard on the pregnancy of Sarah Palin’s 17-year-old daughter, he did not respond with a politically shrewd “I have no comment,” or “We shouldn’t judge.” Instead he said, “My mother had me when she was 18,” which shamed the press and others into silence. He showed grace when he didn’t have to."

Posted by: steevy at February 20, 2014 01:28 PM (zqvg6)

136 What do people want Obama/the Democrat Party to do? Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 20, 2014 05:27 PM (spmY9) Give them free shit. Duh.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 20, 2014 01:28 PM (yz6yg)

137 He could start WWIII.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 20, 2014 01:28 PM (spmY9)

138 What should he do?

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 20, 2014 01:29 PM (spmY9)

139 131 Genuine authentic pose-able African-American Presidential InAction Figure! It plays golf! It gives a speech! It gives a speech! It plays golf! Get it today!

Posted by: At Toys-R-Us, Next To All The Other Fantasy/SF Action Figures at February 20, 2014 04:58 PM (DLu2s)

You mean it can BOTH play golf and give speeches

And, he has the kung fu grip.

Posted by: pep at February 20, 2014 01:29 PM (6TB1Z)

140 Hit it, Tegan and Sarah! Everything is awesome Everything is cool when you're part of a team Everything is awesome, when we're living our dream Everything is better when we stick together Side by side, you and I gonna win forever, let's party forever We're the same, I'm like you, you're like me, we're all working in harmony Everything is awesome Everything is cool when you're part of a team Everything is awesome, when we're living our dream Wooo 3, 2, 1. go Have you heard the news, everyone's talking Life is good 'cause everything's awesome Lost my job, it's a new opportunity More free time for my awesome community I feel more awesome than an awesome opossum Dip my body in chocolate frostin' Three years later, washed out the frostin' Smellin' like a blossom, everything is awesome Stepped in mud, got new brown shoes It's awesome to win, and it's awesome to lose (it's awesome to lose) Everything is better when we stick together Side by side, you and I, gonna win forever, let's party forever We're the same, I'm like you, you're like me, we're all working in harmony Everything is awesome Everything is cool when you're part of a team Everything is awesome, when we're living our dream Blue skies, bouncy springs We just named two awesome things A nobel prize, a piece of string You know what's awesome, everything Dogs and fleas, allergies, a book of Greek antiquities Brand new pants, a very old vest Awesome items are the best Trees, frogs, clogs They're awesome Rocks, clocks, and socks They're awesome Figs, and jigs, and twigs That's awesome Everything you see, or think, or say ...Is awesome Everything is awesome Everything is cool when you're part of a team Everything is awesome, when we're living our dream

Posted by: the littl shyning man at February 20, 2014 01:29 PM (tmFlQ)

141 Obama reminds me of the Peter Sellers character in "Being There".

He's oblivious to the real world around him.  ValJar deserves a medal for making him look like he's really president.. or maybe hanging.. yeah.. hanging.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 20, 2014 01:29 PM (Z7PrM)

142 Look away.  I'm hideous.

Posted by: The Future at February 20, 2014 01:29 PM (8GKDa)

143 Huh. I guess I just imagined that multi hundred thousand person rally at the Berlin Victory Monument.

That was before they found out the NSA was watching them Skype.

Posted by: HR at February 20, 2014 01:29 PM (ZKzrr)

144 141 What should he do? Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 20, 2014 05:29 PM (spmY9) Throw himself off a cliff? Just a starting point suggestion.

Posted by: tangonine (Entropy sucks) at February 20, 2014 01:30 PM (x3YFz)

145 The real world does not interest this President. The set design does.

Since he's always wrong I count this as a feature not a bug.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at February 20, 2014 01:30 PM (DL2i+)

146

Venezuela 

From Caracas Chronicles

Maduro' police and Communist bully boys and hunting down and killing protesters.

 

http://tinyurl.com/n26k6sn

 

Posted by: rd at February 20, 2014 01:30 PM (D+lxs)

147

Huh. I guess I just imagined that multi hundred thousand person rally at the Berlin Victory Monument.

 

That was euroweenie fanboy worship when he was still a candidate.  When he went back to Berlin as president and the glow had worn off he drew a crowd of 20,000, most of whom were press or security.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at February 20, 2014 01:30 PM (A0sHn)

148 "139 What do people want Obama/the Democrat Party to do? Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 20, 2014 05:27 PM (spmY9) Give them free shit. Duh. Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 20, 2014 05:28 PM (yz6yg)" Guess so. :-(

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 20, 2014 01:30 PM (spmY9)

149 Excellent article.  Read the whole thing.  It's worth it, sad as it may be.

Posted by: Lady in Black at February 20, 2014 01:30 PM (22bm2)

150 Who else is watching True Detective?   I have finally decided I like it.. it took a while.

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 20, 2014 01:31 PM (Z7PrM)

151 141 What should he do?


I say he should try to fly. Or swim the Pacific.

Posted by: Dr Spank at February 20, 2014 01:31 PM (hn70M)

152 I wouldn't be surprised if he watches Girls on HBO too. There is a new gay show on same but I don't remember name.

Posted by: Carol at February 20, 2014 01:31 PM (chqG9)

153 Noonan's a fuckin' weathervane. Let her spin on her pole a while longer before I care what she's saying.

Posted by: JEM at February 20, 2014 01:31 PM (o+SC1)

154

More

 

http://tinyurl.com/pcnpqq3

Posted by: rd at February 20, 2014 01:31 PM (D+lxs)

155 Look away. I'm hideous. Posted by: The Future at February 20, 2014 05:29 PM (8GKDa) Sadly, I laughed. I'm still laughing. Because if I don't, I'm going to cry. And then go postal.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 20, 2014 01:32 PM (yz6yg)

156 153 Who else is watching True Detective? I have finally decided I like it.. it took a while.
Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry

It's interesting and rich.

Posted by: Dr Spank at February 20, 2014 01:32 PM (hn70M)

157 Fat-Assed Scowling First "Lady" sold separately. And all the ASSessories. ---------- Damn, and I thought Barbie doll dresses were expensive! NOOOOOOOOOOOO

Posted by: FCF at February 20, 2014 01:32 PM (Khja4)

158

omg, I loved True Detective from the jump. 

 

That's one abuse of power I condone.  I get the whole season and watch it straight through.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at February 20, 2014 01:32 PM (A0sHn)

159 I like Tegan and Sarah if for no other reason than they both look exactly like my wife. Lesbian twin thingy notwithstanding but.... if my wife had a twin... (I'll just keep those thoughts to myself)

Posted by: tangonine (Entropy sucks) at February 20, 2014 01:32 PM (x3YFz)

160 Noonan's a fuckin' weathervane. Let her spin on her pole a while longer before I care what she's saying. Posted by: JEM at February 20, 2014 05:31 PM (o+SC1) She's kinda hopin' someone will let her spin on a pole.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 20, 2014 01:32 PM (yz6yg)

161 150
Huh. I guess I just imagined that multi hundred thousand person rally at the Berlin Victory Monument.

That was euroweenie fanboy worship when he was still a candidate. When he went back to Berlin as president and the glow had worn off he drew a crowd of 20,000, most of whom were press or security. Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch

Sooooo, what you're saying is that the Euros are a bunch of opportunistic poseur drama queens who like scoring points against America with little concern about the long-term consequences?  IOW, Democrats?

Posted by: pep at February 20, 2014 01:32 PM (6TB1Z)

162 145 Look away. I'm hideous. Posted by: The Future at February 20, 2014 05:29 PM (8GKDa) I know.....

Posted by: Cassandra.... at February 20, 2014 01:33 PM (84gbM)

163 Which brings to mind another Greek concept. Hubris, meet Nemesis. Victor Davis Hanson hammered that point home good and hard years ago now. Nemesis has arrived.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at February 20, 2014 01:33 PM (PMGbu)

164 144 Obama reminds me of the Peter Sellers character in "Being There". He's oblivious to the real world around him. ValJar deserves a medal for making him look like he's really president.. or maybe hanging.. yeah.. hanging. Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 20, 2014 05:29 PM (Z7PrM) It would be cool if someone did a split screen matchup with Obama and Chance Gardner. I bet enough blather could be found from Obama to fill out the Gardner dialogue.

Posted by: D-Lamp at February 20, 2014 01:33 PM (bb5+k)

165 'Ette, You're great but can Noonan please just go away. Now. Posted by: prescient11 at February 20, 2014 05:25 PM (tVTLU) and Posted by: steevy at February 20, 2014 05:28 PM (zqvg6) You don't have to convince me about Noonan. She's a drunken, clueless sellout. But, she's still one of the larger read op-ed authors over at the WSJ. I've trashed her enough over there in the comments, hehe, all the time actually, but, that doesn't mean it's not entertaining to see the traitor's "transition" to reality, which is also a lie, but many readers do not know this. She's in it for herself. I get that.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 20, 2014 01:33 PM (IXrOn)

166 "149 Venezuela From Caracas Chronicles Maduro' police and Communist bully boys and hunting down and killing protesters. http://tinyurl.com/n26k6sn Posted by: rd at February 20, 2014 05:30 PM (D+lxs)" Venezuela? That's in this hemisphere. And it's full of "brown" people. FTS.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 20, 2014 01:33 PM (spmY9)

167

. I get the whole season

 

I'd...I would.  Subjunctive or some shit. I would abuse power to get the rest of the season NOW.

Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at February 20, 2014 01:34 PM (A0sHn)

168 "Hail To The Queef"

That is no way to de-earwig In the Ghetto from earlier you evil sock.

Posted by: DaveA[/i][/b][/s] at February 20, 2014 01:34 PM (DL2i+)

169 What should he do?

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney

Quit immediately and beg our forgiveness.

For starters.

Posted by: weft cut-loop[/i] [/b] at February 20, 2014 01:34 PM (xrX4n)

170 It would be cool if someone did a split screen matchup with Obama and Chance Gardner.

I bet enough blather could be found from Obama to fill out the Gardner dialogue.

Posted by: D-Lamp
.........
That would be fun! (if I had the video skills)

Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry at February 20, 2014 01:35 PM (Z7PrM)

171 Boom goes the dynamite. Great article. Profoundly depressing. I need some Kaboom to cheer me up.

Posted by: jakeman at February 20, 2014 01:35 PM (vH4YP)

172 And then go postal. Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 20, 2014 05:32 PM (yz6yg) bah...we'll talk you down from the clock tower. And if we can't? We'll get drunk at your wake. One way or the other, you're covered.

Posted by: tangonine (Entropy sucks) at February 20, 2014 01:35 PM (x3YFz)

173 Hey wingnutz, Presidentin' is hard, and shit!

Posted by: King Putt at February 20, 2014 01:35 PM (kAniV)

174 So ace, let's cut to the chase. The President is an immature dickhead.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 20, 2014 01:35 PM (0FSuD)

175

149...Maduro' police and Communist bully boys and hunting down and killing protesters.

 

----------

 

And Barky is probably watching, and saying..."Can I do that?"

 

He's putting FCC 'monitors' in newsrooms across the country, and is confident that he can get away with stomping on the 1st Amendment.

 

So don't think for a moment that he wouldn't love to murder people in the streets for daring to protest him.

 

Posted by: wheatie at February 20, 2014 01:36 PM (DEUoo)

176 I saw this asshole in person, close up, close enough to shake hands, the night he lost to Hillary in the NH primary in very early '08. Him and Mooch. Both of them, pretending to glad-hand after his Yes-We-Can dirge. What impressed me was the demeanor of the Secret Service agents that were scanning me and my wife and all the others. Dead serious. Hawks. Gun hands ready. Tough people. What do you think the Secret Service agents think of these two? Say, as compared to just about any other prez and his first lady?

Posted by: the littl shyning man at February 20, 2014 01:36 PM (tmFlQ)

177 @166 - no, nemesis is not here yet, but we're on the path to it.

Posted by: JEM at February 20, 2014 01:36 PM (o+SC1)

178 This is sickening. But I will say, not many voters (and no LIVs) are interested or engaged with the real world. For tens of millions of voters, pop culture is their real world, and their vision does not go beyond that unless Jon Stewart snarks at a Republican. Obama is well aware of this and will continue to exploit it to the max. what else could we expect from Mr. Cool?

Posted by: RM at February 20, 2014 01:36 PM (fRppw)

179 Who else is watching True Detective? I have finally decided I like it.. it took a while. Posted by: Chi-Town Jerry It's interesting and rich. Posted by: Dr Spank at February 20, 2014 05:32 PM (hn70M) Last episode went nowhere. I was jazzed at the start, but, now I worry they are dragging it out way too much to the point of repetition and boredom. fingers crossed

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 20, 2014 01:36 PM (IXrOn)

180 "172 What should he do? Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney Quit immediately and beg our forgiveness. For starters. Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 20, 2014 05:34 PM (xrX4n)" And then Biden would be President.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 20, 2014 01:37 PM (spmY9)

181 >>Who do we have to compare him to? Carter?

Carter does actual work - building house w/Habitat for Humanity, writing books.

Obama is too lazy, but he won't tolerate fading into the background.
He'll probably create some org like Clinton's Global Initiative which will give him the opportunity to fly around raising money, meeting w/important people, giving speeches and telling people how they should live while everyone else in the org does the real work.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2014 01:37 PM (POpqt)

182 He's nowhere near as bright and well spoken as Clinton. Yes, Clinton is a patho liar, but, he pulls it off. Can JEF? Just tossing that out there. -- Clinton was a Rhodes Scholar. He's very bright. No morals, but real political talent and a very sharp mind (at least before the heart attack stuff)

Posted by: Votermom at February 20, 2014 01:38 PM (GSIDW)

183 Quit immediately and beg our forgiveness. For starters. Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 20, 2014 05:34 PM (xrX4n) March, 2024 Honolulu, HI (AP) - Former President Barack Obama was found dead of an overdose on a Waikiki beach this morning. Foul play is not suspected. Obama's estranged wife Michelle had recently been alerted to disturbing behavior on Mr. Obama's part believed to have been brought on by a complete, total, and utter lack of public adulation since he left the White House in January 2016Â….

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 20, 2014 01:38 PM (yz6yg)

184 And then Biden would be President.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney 

Oh really!!!! I had nooooo idea!

Wowsers, you know stuff.

Posted by: weft cut-loop[/i] [/b] at February 20, 2014 01:39 PM (xrX4n)

185 170 . I get the whole season I'd...I would. Subjunctive or some shit. I would abuse power to get the rest of the season NOW. Posted by: Frumious Bandersnatch at February 20, 2014 05:34 PM (A0sHn) If you subscribe to HBO, you can get it on HBO/GO on demand... depending on your service provider

Posted by: MikeH at February 20, 2014 01:39 PM (bRL1M)

186 And then Biden would be President. Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 20, 2014 05:37 PM (spmY9) I would rather have Biden... Obama is actively and with forethought destroying this nation. Every Action he does is hurtful. Biden, being an idiot, would at least do good sometimes... out of pure random action.

Posted by: Cassandra.... at February 20, 2014 01:39 PM (84gbM)

187

@125 The amount of bad press directed at the One was rather amazing. Even the left wing German press is very critical.

-----------------------

 

Probably because the NSA hacked Merkel's phone.

 

Posted by: junior at February 20, 2014 01:39 PM (UWFpX)

188 Soon we'll have the pleasure of watching him do his NCAA basketball tournament brackets.

Posted by: steevy at February 20, 2014 01:39 PM (zqvg6)

189 157 More http://tinyurl.com/pcnpqq3 Posted by: rd at February 20, 2014 05:31 PM (D+lxs) The only person covering South America is the women in the WSJ, who's name escapes me. WSJ covered story, might be firewalled. http://tinyurl.com/p4oz32w

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 20, 2014 01:39 PM (0FSuD)

190 Who else is watching True Detective? I have finally decided I like it.. it took a while.
-
Yeah, after this weeks episode, I do not know what is going to happen next.

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 20, 2014 01:39 PM (XUKZU)

191 And then Biden would be President. Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 20, 2014 05:37 PM (spmY9) Good. Because no one listens to him anyway.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 20, 2014 01:39 PM (yz6yg)

192 Secret Service agents that were scanning me and my wife and all the others. Dead serious. Hawks. Gun hands ready. Tough people. Posted by: the littl shyning man at February 20, 2014 05:36 PM (tmFlQ) SEALs, Regiment, Force Recon, Delta... all those dudes go on to become secret service. They're the NFL of badassery. Not to be fucked with. Ever.

Posted by: tangonine (Entropy sucks) at February 20, 2014 01:39 PM (x3YFz)

193 WSJ columnist. Mary O'Grady. http://tinyurl.com/ns5zw7r

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 20, 2014 01:41 PM (0FSuD)

194 I like True Detective but the next to last episode was so boring and spaced out, I turned it off.  Then I read the next day that the final scene that episode was one of the best ones done.  So I re-DVR'd it up and that was true.  I really liked the most recent episode.  It doesn't hurt that Matthew McConnaghey is in it either!

Posted by: keena at February 20, 2014 01:41 PM (RiTnx)

195 "187 And then Biden would be President. Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney Oh really!!!! I had nooooo idea! Wowsers, you know stuff. Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 20, 2014 05:39 PM (xrX4n)" Ok.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 20, 2014 01:41 PM (spmY9)

196 Fuck Noonan

Posted by: Velvet Ambition at February 20, 2014 01:41 PM (R8hU8)

197 Not to be fucked with. Ever. Posted by: tangonine (Entropy sucks) at February 20, 2014 05:39 PM (x3YFz) Maybe someone could have a little talk with them about not pointing the UMP-45 out the window of the Suburban at local residents as they whiz through the streets of DC.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 20, 2014 01:42 PM (yz6yg)

198 199 Fuck Noonan Posted by: Velvet Ambition at February 20, 2014 05:41 PM (R8hU Yuck, what a horrid image

Posted by: MikeH at February 20, 2014 01:42 PM (bRL1M)

199 RS Europeans welcomed him in 2008. I think in the same way a celebrity is welcomed. His only talent is reading the TelePrompTer! We knew he was an empty suit & I still cannot believe he won, twice! Along the same vein a Boston Herald columnist wants his MA twin Deval Patrick to quit or resign.

Posted by: Carol at February 20, 2014 01:42 PM (Ttj5v)

200 "189 And then Biden would be President. Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 20, 2014 05:37 PM (spmY9) I would rather have Biden... Obama is actively and with forethought destroying this nation. Every Action he does is hurtful. Biden, being an idiot, would at least do good sometimes... out of pure random action. Posted by: Cassandra.... at February 20, 2014 05:39 PM (84gbM)" Biden is no idiot. Didn't you watch him during the debate? He's more dangerous than Obama.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 20, 2014 01:43 PM (spmY9)

201

He could start WWIII.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 20, 2014 05:28 PM (spmY9)

 

Before 1/21/2017 there will be a nuclear exchange somewhere in the world.  I have felt this way since November 2012.  I have given up hoping that I am wrong. 

 

Now I just hope it does not include us in the midwest.  Hopefully some of Israel will survive the nuclear attack and the follow-up war.

Posted by: rd at February 20, 2014 01:43 PM (D+lxs)

202 It doesn't hurt that Matthew McConnaghey is in it either! Posted by: keena at February 20, 2014 05:41 PM (RiTnx) It's weird how he kept the weight off after Dallas Buyers Club. Too skinny, imho. Not enough muscle.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 20, 2014 01:43 PM (IXrOn)

203 Obama will also sit on the board of Directors for the tech companies he's tight with but not actually working - Facebook, Google, etc. That's one way Gore got so gol darn rich.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 20, 2014 01:43 PM (POpqt)

204 Regarding not saying anything about the revolutions across the world, I wonder two things: 1) Does President Obama really believe that this is something America should stay out of? He comes from a group that believe we throw our weight around too much and we should let other governments govern themselves. However, this is belied by: 2) Is his unwillingness to get involved a direct result of the fallout after the Libya and Syria debacles? This rings more true to me. The President has always struck me as someone who loves the easy layup. He likes easy wins. When something is difficult or might take some work, he bales. This is a man who has pretty much the entire world delivered to him on a silver platter with a minimum of effort. This is reinforced by how he reacts when he has even the tiniest bit of pushback, he waffles and/or gets petulant. I hate to say this, but it all points to him being a moral coward.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 20, 2014 01:44 PM (TGgNi)

205 Meanwhile, The Congo is burning too So who does the Senate bring in to testify about it? Geopolitical expert Ben Affleck http://tinyurl.com/ljft2k2 Why are we employing thousands of "experts" in the State Dept when our so called leaders just have to fetch Affleck's cell number?

Posted by: kbdabear at February 20, 2014 01:44 PM (aTXUx)

206

A little inspiration for this afternoon.  Our GOPe leader that refuses to fight anything is a tan man fond of crying, declared obamacare the "law of the land", and thought pushing amnesty was a good idea.  BRING ON THE REVOLUTION.  Fuck it.

 

“If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.”

Samuel Adams

Posted by: prescient11 at February 20, 2014 01:44 PM (tVTLU)

207

"SEALs, Regiment, Force Recon, Delta... all those dudes go on to become secret service."

 

Thanks for posting this. Not surprised, but had no real idea what their typical background was.

Posted by: RM at February 20, 2014 01:44 PM (fRppw)

208 Biden is no idiot. Didn't you watch him during the debate? He's more dangerous than Obama. Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 20, 2014 05:43 PM (spmY9) I think Biden has a mean streak.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 20, 2014 01:44 PM (IXrOn)

209 "192 157 More http://tinyurl.com/pcnpqq3 Posted by: rd at February 20, 2014 05:31 PM (D+lxs) The only person covering South America is the women in the WSJ, who's name escapes me. WSJ covered story, might be firewalled. http://tinyurl.com/p4oz32w Posted by: Nip Sip at February 20, 2014 05:39 PM (0FSuD)" Not all human lives are equal. And people's devotion to fighting "Communism" is extremely "nuanced."

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 20, 2014 01:44 PM (spmY9)

210 The Lace Wig president .

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at February 20, 2014 01:45 PM (XWw96)

211 I went to a range with 2 Secret Service guys and a copy buddy of mine. Now, I know my way around a firearm or two, so I was all confident and stuff. Those fuckers did shit so fast, and... it's hard to explain... they switched weapons, reloaded, communicated like breathing. It was literally awe inspiring. Very very deadly men.

Posted by: tangonine (Entropy sucks) at February 20, 2014 01:45 PM (x3YFz)

212 the final scene that episode was one of the best ones done.
-
That shootout arising from the drug rip off gone bad had a real you-are-there feel. Chaos.

Posted by: WalrusRex at February 20, 2014 01:46 PM (XUKZU)

213 What do you think the Secret Service agents think of these two? Say, as compared to just about any other prez and his first lady? Praetorian robots. Like their hookers Colombian. Colossal assholes if you ever have to work with them. Burn out quickly.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at February 20, 2014 01:46 PM (Ec6wH)

214 Too skinny, imho. Not enough muscle.

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 20, 2014 05:43 PM (IXrOn)


Umm... not enough muscle is kind of required to adhere to the AoS Lifestyle.  The too thin part, we don't have a problem with.


Posted by: Brewer at February 20, 2014 01:46 PM (eV1I0)

215 We are an unserious country.

The Lace Wig President would be an improvement.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 20, 2014 01:47 PM (QDvfw)

216 "194 And then Biden would be President. Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 20, 2014 05:37 PM (spmY9) Good. Because no one listens to him anyway. Posted by: Sean Bannion at February 20, 2014 05:39 PM (yz6yg)" People would have to respect the office. They would have no choice.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 20, 2014 01:47 PM (spmY9)

217 re 123: Bobby M makes an excellent point. Imagine an interview in which Obama talks at length about golf, basketball, assorted tv shows he watches... and then is reduced to meaningless boilerplate about "I'm as outraged as anyone" and "I just read about it in the papers like you did" to actual questions. One can almost see his handlers pulling him off on the grounds that there's an emergency he must attend to (like Biden getting his head caught... well I can't think of where he could get his head caught, so just sue me and call me Mortimer)

Posted by: Mallfly at February 20, 2014 01:48 PM (bJm7W)

218 Not all human lives are equal. Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 20, 2014 05:44 PM (spmY9) Please explain that.

Posted by: tangonine (Entropy sucks) at February 20, 2014 01:48 PM (x3YFz)

219 BTW, so when will we get to see on HBO Gaylord's Girls Vs the Volcano???

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 20, 2014 01:48 PM (QDvfw)

220 People would have to respect the office. They would have no choice.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney

Speak for yourself.

Posted by: weft cut-loop[/i] [/b] at February 20, 2014 01:49 PM (xrX4n)

221 Praetorian robots. Like their hookers Colombian. Colossal assholes if you ever have to work with them. Burn out quickly. Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at February 20, 2014 05:46 PM (Ec6wH) As I said, I only know two, and that is 180 degrees from the guys I met. YMMV

Posted by: tangonine (Entropy sucks) at February 20, 2014 01:49 PM (x3YFz)

222 People would have to respect the office. They would have no choice. Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 20, 2014 05:47 PM (spmY9) You mean "respect the office" like Obama "respects the office"? Speaking of which, I eagerly await his next tortuously constructed strawman, or "shout out" to some obscure Dem contributor.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 20, 2014 01:50 PM (yz6yg)

223 People would have to respect the office. They would have no choice. Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney Like putting your feet up on the Resolute Desk?

Posted by: MikeH at February 20, 2014 01:50 PM (bRL1M)

224 People would have to respect the office. They would have no choice. Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 20, 2014 05:47 PM (spmY9) Yes, please repeat that for me a few more times.

Posted by: G W "Chimpy" Bushitler at February 20, 2014 01:50 PM (o3MSL)

225 The empty chair was there for anyone willing to see

Posted by: I'd rather be surfin at February 20, 2014 01:50 PM (0KmDt)

226 The American Idol (Idle) President

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 20, 2014 01:50 PM (XyM/Y)

227 199 Fuck Noonan Posted by: Velvet Ambition at February 20, 2014 05:41 PM (R8hU Maybe 20 years ago that Irish ginger screaming as I rammed the boy home would have been fun. Now? I not ramming shit.

Posted by: Nip Sip at February 20, 2014 01:50 PM (0FSuD)

228 "202 RS Europeans welcomed him in 2008. I think in the same way a celebrity is welcomed. His only talent is reading the TelePrompTer! We knew he was an empty suit & I still cannot believe he won, twice! Along the same vein a Boston Herald columnist wants his MA twin Deval Patrick to quit or resign. Posted by: Carol at February 20, 2014 05:42 PM (Ttj5v)" Europeans had no choice either. They either like Obama or they're "racists."

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 20, 2014 01:51 PM (spmY9)

229 "What message does it send the world when cries for democracy in Ukraine and Venezuela are met with silence, but tweeting about a cable show is paramount?"

Same thing it sent to us: STFU, peasant.

Posted by: Iranian Democracy Protesters at February 20, 2014 01:51 PM (VrNoa)

230 I dunno, if Biden became president, he have the same America Last crowd advising him, although he'd probably spend a lot more time actually doing president related work.

Posted by: Mallfly at February 20, 2014 01:51 PM (bJm7W)

231 He has time to make beer bets with the Canadian PM, but not to wade into the bloodshed in Ukraine. And when he does it is a silly statement about lines in the sand...again. If it comes to a showdown between him and Putin over Ukraine's future he will definitely blink first. Screwed we are.

Ukranian alpine skier and her coach quit the games in protest, I'm proud of her. And it sounds silly, but was impressed that Johnny weir braided his hair in a traditional Ukranian style to make a statement about the bloodshed. He's been awfully silent about the gay rights violations, probably stipulates no political statements in his contract, but did manage to get that silent protest in.

Oh, and does anyone know if they invited the ACTUAL monuments men to the WH screening of the movie about them, or was it all just silly celebs?

Posted by: LizLem at February 20, 2014 01:53 PM (BF+2f)

232 I remember on CNN when the fires in Kiev first erupted, it was Biden on the phone with the Ukrainian president they said. 

Not Gaylord Focker, guess he had to watch all those HBO shows.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 20, 2014 01:53 PM (gOmB2)

233 Europeans had no choice either. They either like Obama or they're "racists." Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 20, 2014 05:51 PM (spmY9) Yeah, well, Europe is a hell of a lot more racist than the U.S. anyway. Especially the French.

Posted by: Sean Bannion [/i][/s][/u][/b] at February 20, 2014 01:53 PM (yz6yg)

234 The world is now beginning to experience the post-american pax. As they watch the Ukraine go up in flames, they aren't so euphoric about the idea. What Americans don't understand is that violence will not stay away from our shores. The days of containing things in Europe or Asia are done.

Posted by: I'd rather be surfin at February 20, 2014 01:54 PM (0KmDt)

235 #SMH: Democrat Congressional Candidate Called for Barack Obama “Dynasty” “Now let the future begin, of the Barack Obama dynasty. Because that’s what it’s about to become. The dynasty of Barack Obama.” http://therightscoop.com/smh-democrat-congressional-candidate-called-for-barack-obama-dynasty/ yeah, there's a cult out there

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 20, 2014 01:54 PM (IXrOn)

236 "207 Regarding not saying anything about the revolutions across the world, I wonder two things: 1) Does President Obama really believe that this is something America should stay out of? He comes from a group that believe we throw our weight around too much and we should let other governments govern themselves. However, this is belied by: 2) Is his unwillingness to get involved a direct result of the fallout after the Libya and Syria debacles? This rings more true to me. The President has always struck me as someone who loves the easy layup. He likes easy wins. When something is difficult or might take some work, he bales. This is a man who has pretty much the entire world delivered to him on a silver platter with a minimum of effort. This is reinforced by how he reacts when he has even the tiniest bit of pushback, he waffles and/or gets petulant. I hate to say this, but it all points to him being a moral coward. Posted by: Aetius451AD at February 20, 2014 05:44 PM (TGgNi)" State is backing the protesters. What should they do? Ship weapons to them?

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 20, 2014 01:54 PM (spmY9)

237 232 "What message does it send the world when cries for democracy in Ukraine and Venezuela are met with silence, but tweeting about a cable show is paramount?" Same thing it sent to us: STFU, peasant. Posted by: Iranian Democracy Protesters at February 20, 2014 05:51 PM (VrNoa) before I comment any more on the topic, I have to get smarter on the topic (fk me... more history homework... bleh) All i know is the protesters want EU, govt wants Russia. But in that neck of the woods, it's never that simple, so I'll reserve commentary until I do some reading.

Posted by: tangonine (Entropy sucks) at February 20, 2014 01:54 PM (x3YFz)

238 Clinton was a Rhodes Scholar more so for his connections than anything else. His GPA at Oxford was 0.0 since he never completed any of his classes.

Posted by: Obama at February 20, 2014 01:55 PM (cDwCa)

239 "208 Meanwhile, The Congo is burning too So who does the Senate bring in to testify about it? Geopolitical expert Ben Affleck http://tinyurl.com/ljft2k2 Why are we employing thousands of "experts" in the State Dept when our so called leaders just have to fetch Affleck's cell number? Posted by: kbdabear at February 20, 2014 05:44 PM (aTXUx)" Black people living in Transahara might as well be Black babies.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 20, 2014 01:55 PM (spmY9)

240 don't know if I could find a link, but I recall Obama in Berlin in 2008 saying that...

hell, on the Obama website!

"People of the world – look at Berlin, where a wall came down, a continent came together, and history proved that there is no challenge too great for a world that stands as one."

[https://my.barackobama.com/page/content/berlinvideo/]

yeah, my bad, the Berlin Wall came down because the world stood as one.

Posted by: Mallfly at February 20, 2014 01:56 PM (bJm7W)

241 MSNBCÂ’s Hayes Promotes Petition Drive for Chris Christie Resignation http://newsbusters.org/#ixzz2tuDjuE4G

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 20, 2014 01:56 PM (IXrOn)

Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 20, 2014 01:57 PM (IXrOn)

243

...Sadly, Bush also almost gave us Harriet Miers and did give is Chief Justice Julia Roberts....

 

 

...BUT...if not for President Bush we'd have gotten Kerry!..I registered to vote for the first time in  my      life because I couldn't fathom that. 

Posted by: concrete girl at February 20, 2014 01:57 PM (LhAqq)

244 What Americans don't understand is that violence will not stay away from our shores. The days of containing things in Europe or Asia are done. Posted by: I'd rather be surfin at February 20, 2014 05:54 PM (0KmDt) Indeed, i'm coming to see it as an unavoidable consequence of letting a fool gain power.

Posted by: D-Lamp at February 20, 2014 01:57 PM (bb5+k)

245 yeah, my bad, the Berlin Wall came down because the world stood as one. Posted by: Mallfly at February 20, 2014 05:56 PM (bJm7W) LOL it came down because we could outspend the soviet union.

Posted by: tangonine (Entropy sucks) at February 20, 2014 01:57 PM (x3YFz)

246 244 Fat boy would never resign,they'd need to bring in a hand truck to haul his giant ass away.

Posted by: steevy at February 20, 2014 01:58 PM (zqvg6)

247 "211 Biden is no idiot. Didn't you watch him during the debate? He's more dangerous than Obama. Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 20, 2014 05:43 PM (spmY9) I think Biden has a mean streak. Posted by: artisanal 'ette at February 20, 2014 05:44 PM (IXrOn)" That's an optimistic assessment.

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 20, 2014 01:58 PM (spmY9)

248 "Very very deadly men."

And women. The daughter of a friend of mine was a student at the University of Chicago Lab School when Obama's kids were there. The Secret Service detail for the Obama girls were nearly all female - they're less conspicuous in a school, and fit in better when guarding children. I have no doubt they are very, very good at dealing with anybody who might want to harm the kids.

Posted by: Brown Line at February 20, 2014 01:58 PM (VrNoa)

249 yeah, my bad, the Berlin Wall came down because the world stood as one. Posted by: Mallfly at February 20, 2014 05:56 PM (bJm7W) " a blunder that would bring down the Berlin Wall and the East German state with it. The intention was to announce the changes overnight and phase in the new rules the next morning. Instead one of the Politburo members, Guenter Schabowski, blurted out the plans during a televised press conference - and compounded his error by adding the new rules would come into force 'immediately'." It was a mistake

Posted by: MikeH at February 20, 2014 01:58 PM (bRL1M)

250 31 I'm not a big Twitter person, and I couldn't tell you how I got there, but a couple days I saw a list 'Trending on Twitter' and saw some guy by the name of 'Mitt Romney' on the list. Posted by: SE Pa Moron at February 20, 2014 05:03 PM (CnA9

If he was trending, it would be due to his blasting the IOC/Russia over the gross overspending on the games. $51 billion...whereas the news report I watched said even with inflation, the SLC games only cost around $3 billion, and have been profitable. Supposedly SLC is looking to host the 2026 games, possibly. If Rio can't get their act together in time of is also over budget, SLC will definitely be back in the running.

Posted by: LizLem at February 20, 2014 01:59 PM (BF+2f)

251 I saw Academy Award winning The Paper Chase on TCM last night and it's just a horrible movie, really crappy, but the ending takes it to a whole new level of bad acting and implausible writing and I thought to myself "no one is that stupid". but I could buy Barack Obama doing it.

Posted by: X at February 20, 2014 01:59 PM (KHo8t)

252 Going to re-post this because it is germane to this post.

... I can not tell you how important it was to the peace of the world that the President of the United States, whether it was President Eisenhower or President Kennedy, or now President Johnson, be believed when they say to the other side: "Gentlemen, this you must not do." Because, if we ever get to a point where that simple statement is not believed, then I don't know where the future and the safety of this country is, or that possibilities of general peace would exist.

Secretary of State Dean Rusk. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. February18, 1966.
***
I would say we have reached the point Dean Rusk feared in his testimony.

Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 20, 2014 02:00 PM (gOmB2)

253 John Roberts was the conservative darling pick. They have just much blame as Bush for not seeing how that turned out. We will never see if Bush's personal pick would have been a dud.

Posted by: Obama at February 20, 2014 02:00 PM (cDwCa)

254 Hopefully some of Israel will survive the nuclear attack If I had 200 nukes and could target them to any place on the planet I could bring Earth circa 2014 to Earth circa 1880 within hours. President Reagan understood the necessity of seeming a little bit 'off' to our enemies, to the point of occasionally having SAC line some bombers up on the end of the runways.

Posted by: SE Pa Moron [/i] at February 20, 2014 02:00 PM (CnA98)

255 And women. The daughter of a friend of mine was a student at the University of Chicago Lab School when Obama's kids were there. The Secret Service detail for the Obama girls were nearly all female - they're less conspicuous in a school, and fit in better when guarding children. I have no doubt they are very, very good at dealing with anybody who might want to harm the kids. Posted by: Brown Line at February 20, 2014 05:58 PM (VrNoa) heh.. that opens up an entire new discussion, which I just don't have the energy to engage in today ; )

Posted by: tangonine (Entropy sucks) at February 20, 2014 02:00 PM (x3YFz)

256 The Thailand protest is interesting to follow. They just had 15,000 farmers show up to confront their controversial president for taking their rice and never paying them. She's the sister of a wealthy billionaire exiled for corruption and criminal activities; so apparently it runs in the family. I'm still hashing out which group is representing what goals; but what immediately gained my attention was the media, state dept and obama rushing to brand them as a small bunch of violent, rich royals who were against progressivism. In that all the vids and photos showed the exact opposite, I've been watching the movement's progression.

Posted by: I'd rather be surfin at February 20, 2014 02:02 PM (0KmDt)

257 "221 Not all human lives are equal. Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 20, 2014 05:44 PM (spmY9) Please explain that. Posted by: tangonine (Entropy sucks) at February 20, 2014 05:48 PM (x3YFz)" A human being's worth is determined by the color of their skin. Later, all. God bless. :-)

Posted by: Mirror-Universe Mitt Romney at February 20, 2014 02:02 PM (spmY9)

258

don't be forgetting the Jihad going on in Thailand

 

 

Posted by: The Obvious Sock at February 20, 2014 02:03 PM (W6iIX)

259 nood

Posted by: The Obvious Sock at February 20, 2014 02:05 PM (W6iIX)

260 I would say we have reached the point Dean Rusk feared in his testimony. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 20, 2014 06:00 PM (gOmB2) Anna, hope isn't lost. Not while I draw breath or many posters here or my friends in or out of uniform. It may sound cliche and I get flipped crap for saying this here: but we will hold the line. It's not with muscle flexing I say that, it's with sorrow. What does that troll under the bridge say? "None shall pass." Heh. that.

Posted by: tangonine (Entropy sucks) at February 20, 2014 02:06 PM (x3YFz)

261 *** I would say we have reached the point Dean Rusk feared in his testimony. Posted by: Anna Puma (+SmuD) at February 20, 2014 06:00 PM (gOmB2) Well While we are quoting prescient people from the past, I'm rather fond of this observation by Mencken. “As democracy is perfected, the office of the President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be occupied by a downright fool and complete narcissistic moron.” — H.L. Mencken (1880-1956), writing in the Baltimore Evening Sun, July 26, 1920

Posted by: D-Lamp at February 20, 2014 02:07 PM (bb5+k)

262 shit I don't even think I have any muscles anymore... getting old sucks!

Posted by: tangonine (Entropy sucks) at February 20, 2014 02:08 PM (x3YFz)

263 HL Mencken was a piece of shit.   Socialist commie fuck.

Posted by: prescient11 at February 20, 2014 02:08 PM (tVTLU)

264 Nood. (Non-hockey.)

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at February 20, 2014 02:09 PM (14um2)

265 266 HL Mencken was a piece of shit. Socialist commie fuck. Posted by: prescient11 at February 20, 2014 06:08 PM (tVTLU) Yeah, but the pirate quote was pretty good.

Posted by: tangonine (Entropy sucks) at February 20, 2014 02:10 PM (x3YFz)

266 Lab School? No Chihuahua School? Racists.

Posted by: [/i]andycanuck[/b] at February 20, 2014 02:10 PM (14um2)

267 266 HL Mencken was a piece of shit. Socialist commie fuck. Posted by: prescient11 at February 20, 2014 06:08 PM (tVTLU) Yeah, but even a blind squirrel finds an acorn once in awhile.

Posted by: D-Lamp at February 20, 2014 02:15 PM (bb5+k)

268 Agreed.  It feels like wearing a Che shirt though.  Some good quotes, but he's actually the fucking POS we should be pissing on.

Posted by: prescient11 at February 20, 2014 02:17 PM (tVTLU)

269 “As democracy is perfected, the office of the President represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be occupied by a downright fool and complete narcissistic moron.” — H.L. Mencken (1880-1956), writing in the Baltimore Evening Sun, July 26, 1920 Posted by: D-Lamp at February 20, 2014 06:07 PM (bb5+k) That one is a keeper

Posted by: I'd rather be surfin at February 20, 2014 02:24 PM (0KmDt)

270 Posted by: The Obvious Sock at February 20, 2014 06:03 PM (W6iIX) I've been following that problem too. Meanwhile they have four different groups that have merged into one protest group demanding payment for rice (farmers obviously) and instead of a new election, they want the nation to select a group of reps selected by occupation- to meet and decide how to reform the electoral system, before they hold an election. It sound vague and could create more problems than solutions. *The present system is riddled with vote buying, ballot tampering, and voters imported from other countries- you name it- its a mess. *the unelected committee idea brings up images of the committee of twelve. One Thai described it to me as similar to our first assembly to write our constitution. Again - hmm but they have a difficult catch 22 blocking reforms- hence the huge protests since November.

Posted by: I'd rather be surfin at February 20, 2014 02:34 PM (0KmDt)

271 Posted by: tangonine (Entropy sucks) at February 20, 2014 06:06 PM (x3YFz) tango, I'm not sure how to ask this discreetly - yeah online at aces, right- I had someone hint that folks were encountering muscle after someone used their position to learn about their private lives. truth? I thought of the number of convenient resignations. My apologies if this question is not appropriate right now.

Posted by: I'd rather be surfin at February 20, 2014 02:41 PM (0KmDt)

272 Didn't this clown inject himself into the NBA all-star game?  And didn't he do a deep, deep piece with the round mound of clown, Chuckles Barkley?

Swish!  Nothing but net, baby!

Posted by: Fritz at February 20, 2014 02:51 PM (UzPAd)

273 HL Mencken was a piece of shit. Socialist commie fuck.

Posted by: prescient11 at February 20, 2014 06:08 PM (tVTLU)

Completely untrue.  Mencken was an elitist, an individualist and even something of a libertarian.  Among other things, he recommended Ayn Rand's first novel for publication, and in turn she listed him as one of her favorite columnists.  He also hated FDR and the New Deal.

Here are a couple of Mencken quotes to further illustrate the point:

"A socialist is a man suffering from an overwhelming conviction to believe what is not true."

and

"[The State] has taken on a vast mass of new duties and responsibilities; it has spread out its powers until they penetrate to every act of the citizen, however secret; it has begun to throw around its operations the high dignity and impeccability of a State religion; its agents become a separate and superior caste, with authority to bind and loose, and their thumbs in every pot. But it still remains, as it was in the beginning, the common enemy of all well-disposed, industrious and decent men."


Posted by: CQD at February 20, 2014 03:06 PM (L9te5)

274 Alas, the truth is becoming known to the believers/dreamers, many in the press.  Now, they are too chickenshit to say what they know and think about that stain.

That said, Fuck Noonan and the rest of them that are "discovering" (or claiming to) Teh Won's true lack of talent, core beliefs and character. They fucked America and may they suffer more than the rest.

Gotta give credit to the balls and hubris of Preezy's longtime handlers and masters.  That they thought--and did--take such a, a, piece of work, and pass him off all the way to the Presidency.  Simply unreal.  


Posted by: eureka! at February 20, 2014 04:40 PM (xiXna)

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