But how did Obama’s world tour go over with Americans? Were they convinced that Obama was merely on an extended fact-finding tour in order to bolster his foreign policy credentials? According to a Fox Opinion Dynamic poll, 47% believed that this was a campaign event, while only 19% thought it was a fact-finding mission. (25% thought the trip was a little of both.) And as for the big bounce this tour should have had, the race between Obama and John McCain remains in a statistical dead heat in most polls. Considering historic trends, this election should have been in the bag for Democrats. That McCain, who has had much less media coverage than Obama, is nipping at his heels is not a harbinger of great things to come in November.
I saw this ad on TV, and I laughed. I went to find it online and I learned that it offended homosexuals. I still don't understand why.
I don't know about anyone else, but I have never heard of gays being stereotyped as poorly dressed, speed-walkers. Someone out there - presumably in the gay community - has volunteered to take on this stereotype, and immediately become offended by it.
WHERE IGNORANCE IS BLISS IT IS FOLLY TO BE WISE. HOW COME AMERICA HAVE SO MUCH STUPID PEOPLE? READING THESE BLOGS REALLY MAKES AMERICANS LOOK LIKE ASS HOLES.
Have you been to the grocery stores lately? The economy is in a mess and it is not Obama fault.
Stop the hogwash, changes is coming to America, despite who will be elected. Why do you whites fear a black man so much?
After eight years of the so-called Christian in the White House and the Right-Wing Religionists bringing discrace to the name of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, it is wonderful to see that God has raised up a genuine Christian to be our next President. God Bless our next President Barack Obama, in Jesus' name we pray. Amen.
Hey Shut up. Why is it so important to bring up the fact fact that obama is a black man? As far as I have seen, there is nothing "Black" about this guy. What I care about, is how effective anyone who runs for the most pwerful position in the world would be. So far, this man has said, nor done anything that convinces me that he is the right man for the job. The only thing he brings to the table is the idea of change. Yeah, he's going to change things alright...My packetbook for the worst.
What a mockery to our Lord's prayer. May the woman on the left that looks like a pig with a wig wearing glasses suffer for this...
Anyway, McCain is an old man that might just "go to heaven" with a heart attack anytime...
posted by Yo man at July 27, 2008 10:24 AM
How crude of you, to create this mocking prayer.
You expose your own lack of good breeding thereby.
Did McCain visit the Wailing Wall and leave a prayer asking for God's guidance and help? How much do they pay you to write this kind of drivel?
"Lord — Protect my family and me. Forgive me my sins, and help me guard against pride and despair. Give me the wisdom to do what is right and just. And make me an instrument of your will"
posted by Larry at July 27, 2008 04:17 PM
What we need is a president that will restore a Republic. Ever since the Nortwest Ordinance we have been on a path to Empire building. As long as we keep this path, we will be loved, hated and attacked as all Empires have been. The presumtive nominees do not matter, the two party system is bought and paid for by Global influences that span the world. This country is no longer ours, its all an illusion.
You are one sick puppy to desegrate a prayer that is recited around the world. Shame on you. Quit spewing your hatred on the internet and go back and finish your 6th grade education.
Agree with INDIANA GAL. YOU ARE SOME SICK PUPPY,
TO MOCK SOMEBODY'S PRIVATE PRAYER .
GOD HELP FRoM ALL YOU RIGHT WING CHRISTIANS WHO HAVEN'T A CLUE WHAT COMPASSION IS.
I can't understand how either Catholics or Jews support this shite!!
M O Halloran Dublin , Ireland
posted by M 0' Halloran at July 28, 2008 12:48 AM
Bill O is Jesus. If you don't believe me just watch Fox.
John Mc Cain is just not cutting it. He is coming across as a grumpy old whining man. He doesn't put any positive ideas forward; just finds fault with Barack Obama.I'm 76 myself and I resent the image John is creating about old men.I became extremely rankled when he threw his 86 year old mother under the bus by putting her on display to convey the message she was so alert at 86 that this would make him appear better. Shame on you John.You'll have trouble in the white house locating all the rooms and when you find the one you want you will ask yourself what did you come in there for.
It took me a while to admit I had to play my golf game from the forward tees but age hangs heavy around your neck.Give it up old man and join me for some bass fishing in Florida.
It is ironic how those most upset by this post claim to be so because they find it cruel yet you find it okay to make rude and obnoxious comments about the writer of it. Instead of opening debate in a logical manner, you resort to name calling and snide remarks. It is called SATIRE. Grow up!
Didn't they prefer Kerry to Bush back in 2004? Remind me again how that worked out.
Once again, Europeans think that it's their frakking business whom we elect president here in the U.S. They look down their collective noses, tut tutting at our boorishness, our bullishness, our cultureless culture, our lack of historical stature...whatever it is they can think of. Yet they're happy for us to do things like pay most of the UN's dues and shoulder the financial and man-power burden of their defense so that they can spend their money on their cradle-to-grave social programs. And if there's some kind of natural disaster, they complain if US aid doesn't arrive fast enough or isn't as generous as they believe it should be.
I'd be more than happy to pull our soldiers out of Germany and other European countries. Any missiles still there? Bring them home too. (Let's stay in Poland; Poland is a true friend that needs and appreciates our help.) And next time there's a tsunami or major earthquake, let's see how they like it if we snap the pocketbook shut. After all, when we have a natural disaster here (most recently, flooding in the Midwest that the media has already forgotten about), the rest of the world couldn't care less.
Just like bratty teenagers who hate Mom and Dad one minute but are asking for the car and gas money the next, Europeans disdain America because they think they know better than we do about everything.
Time for them to put their money where their mouths are.
It's sad that instead of trying to recover their squandered greatness, Europeans want to see America dragged down to their current level of socialist moonbat mediocrity.
Americans are damned if we do or don't. I don't particularly give a rat's a$$ about what Europeans think about Americans. Their time in the sun is done. It's ONLY thanks to a few hundred thousand American lives that they have the life they have now.
This comment is exactly why most Europeans are not found of Americans. The loud and self centerd tourists, who want McDonalds and ice water and stay in a 5* American hotel chain and don't know anything about history, culture of others. The ones who think they help the world so much, but in fact America gives the lowest amount in aid as a percentage of the GDP within the western world. Insted of praising yourself so much, only talk when you have something to say. But narrow minded, conservative, racist Americans think if they are loud enough, it means they are right.
posted by A European at July 25, 2008 08:00 AM
Remember how that worked out?
Bush stole the election and continued his illegal war. They declared a terror alert in Cincinnati so they could exclude the press from observing the vote counting and then rescinded it the moment they were done.
Most of the US aid you are talking about comes from private citizens, but as you are intentionally conflating private and government resources (ironic, as most alleged conservatives these days do the same thing) I don't really have to tell you that. Hey, did you look up the numbers on international donations for disaster relief?
Europeans don't dislike US, as in me and my fellow Americans, they dislike ignorant pigs like yourself who think they should get to push their idiocy on the world because we have a few more nukes than they have. Meanwhile our infrastructure is falling apart because it's not on the priority list. Even without social services (and just as facts show that the economy does better under democrats it also shows that quality of life is better in times when social services are not neglected) you can get a bridge built in Iraq in 1/100th the time you can get the same job done here.
You're right, though, they don't like you. Because you're a boorish brainless would-be-bully and douchebag aligning yourself with the people that have screwed things up so much for the entire globe that nobody really cares what our country thinks anymore.
Except for the fact that Poland has fallen to crap twice as fast since those jewish twins took over the government. They're only friendly because of that "love israel" mentality.
If you had any doubt that the mainstream media is gunning for Barack Obama, you need only consider the rush to join him on his sojourn to the Middle East to realize that, yes, they are. I’m not talking about the usual retinue of reporters that tag along with presidential candidates, but the Big ThreeTM: ABC’s Charlie Gibson, CBS’s Katie Couric, and NBC’s Brian Williams are part of Obama’s entourage, each one getting one day’s worth of exclusive coverage. Keep a sharp lookout for Obama’s tour rider to show up on the Smoking Gun. It’s sure to call for plenty of arugula and smelling salts to revive those who faint in his presence.
Why They Had the Largest Re-Up of Troops in Our Country
Remember how 1,215 troops re-enlisted in the Army on the Fourth of July in the hall of one of Saddam's palaces? Ever wonder what inspired them? The answer is below the fold...
Wanted: Candidate for President; Whiners Need Not Apply
My latest effort at FSM:
As Michelle Malkin pointed out on her blog the other day, Obama is hardly alone when it comes to being the subject of tasteless satire. And considering the examples she provides, the cover of the New Yorker is small potatoes. Can you imagine if President Bush protested every time he was mocked in print? Heck, he wouldn't have the time to brush his teeth, let alone tend to the needs of the nation.
And who better to lead the way than the man who made this nationwide epiphany possible? Being a leader in one of the most venerated American institutions today — okay, I fudged that just a little — gives Harry a voice of authority that ordinary Americans are sure to respond to. But it isn’t just his reedy wheeze that will make us sit up and take notice. It’s his firm grip on the tiller of this great ship we call America when he sets the example that we — the humble American electorate, the people he in turn humbly serves — are sure to appreciate. Therefore, I presume that Harry will be helping us to kick the oil habit by incorporating the following strategies into his role as top dog in the Senate:
Harry who? The guy from Flashlight? He's going to create an entire oil free society? Maybe he's been working with Al Gore - you know the guy who invented the internet or Hillary after she gets out of the line of fire in Afganistan or Bill now that he's done not having sex or JF Kerry who voted for or was it against something
Change Means a Lot More than You Thought Where Obama Is Concerned
Barack Obama has been promising "change" all throughout his campaign. His followers believed it meant he would change the way things are done in Washington. But it seems as though the more things change, the more they stay the same, and Obama is no exception when it comes to ducking and weaving for poliitical expediency. Seems the Rev. Jeremiah Wright was right about something.
The RNC has picked up on one of his latest shifts (or flip flop, if you will) - this one regarding the situation in Iraq. Take a look:
In order to appeal to the far left base of the Democrat Party, Obama had to swear up and down that the minute he put his feet under the desk in the Oval Office, those troops would be scheduled to start coming home. But now that he has to appeal to moderates and righties, suddenly the surge that Obama was "not persuaded" would stop sectarian violence is causing his advisors to whitewash his prior statements.
Will this latest development turn off his base? Will it convince moderates and righties? We shall see.
Come on, Pam, you know his base is too stupid to understand what mushmouth is saying. He has to go back to that sing-song kindergarten teacher's voice for them to understand.
The fact that this guy is doing something other than carrying materials on a jobsite for a living, just kills me.
The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the - Web Reconnaissance for 07/10/2008 A short recon of what’s out there that might draw your attention, updated throughout the day...so check back often.
The National Children's Bureau, which receives £12 million a year, mainly from Government funded organisations, has issued guidance to play leaders and nursery teachers advising them to be alert for racist incidents among youngsters in their care.
This could include a child of as young as three who says "yuk" in response to being served unfamiliar foreign food.
Yup. Small children who are served food they are unfamiliar with and say "yuck" to are racists if that food had its origins in another country.
Little Johnny doesn't like chow mein? Sushi? Curry? Falafel? Then little Johnny may be a racist in the making and is in need of immediate re-education. To the camps!
Obviously those in charge over at the National Children's Bureau do not have children of their own, otherwise they might realize that young children frequently say "yuck" to anything they haven't tried before or looks different. There's a reason why peanut butter and jelly, hot dogs, macaroni and cheese and grilled cheese sandwiches are so popular with the toddler set.
Now the article does go on to say that verbal ethnic slurs should also be dealt with. I'm okay with telling a child that such language is inappropriate. But being taken to task for saying "no" to different food takes it in a whole "Brave New World" direction.
Honestly, if this is how British taxpayer dollars (pounds) are being spent, then the UK is going down the tubes a lot faster than I thought.
It's never too soon to start brainwashing children into feeling guilty and censoring their thoughts as far as the moonbats running Airstrip One are concerned.
My current article over at Family Security Matters has a Fourth of July theme:
Should we forget the flag, Mom and apple pie and behave more like the "citizens of the world" the Left so desperately want us to be? "UN über alles" could be our new international anthem, and we could fly UN flags from our homes instead of Old Glory. Just look to Coca-Cola as an inspiration: in response to boycotts against its products in the Middle East, the company has proclaimed that it is not an American company but an international company. If that's the case, I think they should move their corporate headquarters from Atlanta to Brussels, where they might feel more at home.
That dastardly George W. Bush has made life incredibly difficult for the jet set. Imagine having to hide your face in shame every time you travel to Europe just because holier-than-thou Europeans think that since they don’t like your president, you shouldn’t either. It must really put a cramp in your ability to enjoy luxuries like private jet travel, expensive hotels, and fine wines. Oh, the horror.
I too know the burdens of exotic travel: I just came back from a whirlwind trip to the next town over, where I got the window in my car fixed at the dealership.
This is the hidden embarrassment for these human cattle down in Hollywood; some of them have left. Johnny Depp has left. Gwyneth Paltrow has left. Nobody really notices.
Human cattle are devoted to the idea of making a huge difference in the promulgation of an idea, but making no difference at all in deciding what that idea should be. Their ultimate dedication, therefore, is to whistle on through life without really making a difference in anything. So when they leave, it doesn't matter.
I think that's why they threaten to leave so much without actually doing it.
This is the only nation on Earth that would permit someone as modestly talented as Tom Cruise or Will Smith to succeed as monumentally as they have been lucky enough to do!
And of course, whenever someone is so blessed, their first [basest] instinct is to chomp down on the hand what has fed them beyond their ability to comprehend!
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