Obama 7 - now what?

[Rimbaud]

Re: Obama 7 - now what?

The job requirements for "columnist" must be pretty low these days.

Who does this Prelutsky write for, anyway?

Brett Prelutsky? No one, I don't think he exists.

But Burt Prelutsky...he's got a blog....and according to WorldNetDail:

He was a humor columnist for the L.A. Times and the movie critic for Los Angeles magazine.

On a freelance basis, he has written for TV Guide, the New York and Washington Times, Emmy, Modern Maturity and Sports Illustrated.

 

[Old Pio]

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What percentage of people actually give a crap about Obama's race? Maybe 10% of each side -- a big portion of the black community among his supporters, and 10% of the other side who are obsessed with it in a creepy way.

Much of this desperation -- race, birthers, "The One," "BNPPHO" -- just speaks to the paucity of real criticism on substantive grounds. It's all fears of a dark, secret agenda -- nothing real.

Here, for example, is something real to worry about.

I was reading your post, nodding my head in agreement, 'till I came to the part where you compared me to a birther. Low blow. "Desperate?" Hardly.
There's plenty to criticize here. Tweaking a guy about winning a Nobel Peace Prize for only 12 days in office is fair game. And smearing my comments about Barack Hussein Obama, Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm with that birther nonsense tells us more about you than it does about me. The agenda I'm arguing against is hardly secret, it's on the front page of every paper every day, and the lead item in every newscast everyday. Real criticism? You will provide me with a list of what's real and what's not, won't you?

Actually, on the issue of race, I have some empathy for him. Naturally he's going to use it to his advantage, and has done so brilliantly. And you can argue that once in a while his post-racial mask slips (Skip Gates, typical white person, etc), but for the most part I think he's handled it well. An op-ed writer for the Chicago Sun Times recently criticized him for not being the first black president, instead she said he was the first president who happened to be black. Her evidence? That he hadn't had Sharpton, Jackson, Wright and Farakhan as guests in the oval! Even if he was inclined to do so, I doubt he'd ever be stupid enough to invite any of those clowns in for tea.

I have no idea whether his surrogates are taking marching orders from the WH
or not. But we do know that many worthies in the Democrat party, including a former POTUS, have made it quite clear that opposition to BNPPWO is in whole or in part based on racial animus. Shame on them.

 

[Plante26]

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none of this would matter if Obama was doing a good job with things. The problem is this administration has to hide where it wants to go ideologically. If this were just an administration which was seeking noble liberal Americanism they wouldn't need to do this. These guys want to re-order and re-cast society into a society which is "better" and "more fair" and to do that you have to denigrate the message and the messengers who stand in the way of that re-ordering.

Make no mistakes, there's a reason why people feel he's a revolutionary president... he's the one that they think can bring the great social state upon the US.

But remember, things have to be "more fair" for those who are "more equal" in the eyes of the Administration.

 

[Handyman]

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A socialist who is in way over his head for the job he currently holds.

HEY OOOOOH!!!!!

 

[rufus]

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But we do know that many worthies in the Democrat party, including a former POTUS, have made it quite clear that opposition to BNPPWO is in whole or in part based on racial animus. Shame on them.

It's wonderful that you can just dismiss the idea out of hand.

 

[SPIN CONTROL]

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Um, what?

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General Jack D. Ripper: Mandrake, do you realize that in addition to fluoridating water, why, there are studies underway to fluoridate salt, flour, fruit juices, soup, sugar, milk... ice cream. Ice cream, Mandrake, children's ice cream.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Lord, Jack.
General Jack D. Ripper: You know when fluoridation first began?
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: I... no, no. I don't, Jack.
General Jack D. Ripper: Nineteen hundred and forty-six. Nineteen forty-six, Mandrake. How does that coincide with your post-war Commie conspiracy, huh? It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hard-core Commie works.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Uh, Jack, Jack, listen, tell me, tell me, Jack. When did you first... become... well, develop this theory?
General Jack D. Ripper: Well, I, uh... I... I... first became aware of it, Mandrake, during the physical act of love.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Hmm.
General Jack D. Ripper: Yes, a uh, a profound sense of fatigue... a feeling of emptiness followed. Luckily I... I was able to interpret these feelings correctly. Loss of essence.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Hmm.
General Jack D. Ripper: I can assure you it has not recurred, Mandrake. Women uh... women sense my power and they seek the life essence. I, uh... I do not avoid women, Mandrake.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: No.
General Jack D. Ripper: But I... I do deny them my essence.


Hope that clears it up...

 

[Old Pio]

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It's wonderful that you can just dismiss the idea out of hand.

It would be nice if there were some evidence, other than the opposition. Sets up a situaion where nobody can ever oppose anything proposed by this administration without being accused of racism. Come to think of it, that's exactly where we, and evidently you, are.

I also thought it would have been nice if there'd been any evidence that Bill Clinton was "involved" in Vince Foster's death, too.

 

[Old Pio]

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General Jack D. Ripper: Mandrake, do you realize that in addition to fluoridating water, why, there are studies underway to fluoridate salt, flour, fruit juices, soup, sugar, milk... ice cream. Ice cream, Mandrake, children's ice cream.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Lord, Jack.
General Jack D. Ripper: You know when fluoridation first began?
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: I... no, no. I don't, Jack.
General Jack D. Ripper: Nineteen hundred and forty-six. Nineteen forty-six, Mandrake. How does that coincide with your post-war Commie conspiracy, huh? It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hard-core Commie works.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Uh, Jack, Jack, listen, tell me, tell me, Jack. When did you first... become... well, develop this theory?
General Jack D. Ripper: Well, I, uh... I... I... first became aware of it, Mandrake, during the physical act of love.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Hmm.
General Jack D. Ripper: Yes, a uh, a profound sense of fatigue... a feeling of emptiness followed. Luckily I... I was able to interpret these feelings correctly. Loss of essence.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Hmm.
General Jack D. Ripper: I can assure you it has not recurred, Mandrake. Women uh... women sense my power and they seek the life essence. I, uh... I do not avoid women, Mandrake.
Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: No.
General Jack D. Ripper: But I... I do deny them my essence.


Hope that clears it up...

P.O.E./O.P.E! One of the great films of all time. "If you commit any pre-versions in that 'phone booth, I'm gonna blow your head off."

 

[Slap Shot]

Hope that clears it up...

No, I already knew your existence here was pointless.

 

[Kepler]

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P.O.E./O.P.E! One of the great films of all time. "If you commit any pre-versions in that 'phone booth, I'm gonna blow your head off."

Also: "If that call doesn't go through, you're going to have to answer to the Coca Cola Company."

 

[Kepler]

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I was reading your post, nodding my head in agreement, 'till I came to the part where you compared me to a birther. Low blow. "Desperate?" Hardly.

You are free to nod again, because I never called you a birther. You do however need one of those jump to conclusions mats.* I do think "BNPPWO" is juvenile. We got it the hundredth time. But if you're married to it, hey, you know me... same sex, box turtle, whatever.

* Edit: crap, you said compared, not called. I did compare you to a birther. Low blow -- meh.

 

[St. Clown]

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You are free to nod again, because I never called you a birther. You do however need one of those jump to conclusions mats. I do think "BNPPWO" is juvenile. We got it the hundredth time. But if you're married to it, hey, you know me... same sex, box turtle, whatever.

What does BNPPWO mean? I've only come in and out of these threads, and I feel like I'm missing something.

 

[Kepler]

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What does BNPPWO mean? I've only come in and out of these threads, and I feel like I'm missing something.

Barack Nobel Peace Prize (something) Obama. It's so clever I can't completely figure it out.

 

[Old Pio]

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What does BNPPWO mean? I've only come in and out of these threads, and I feel like I'm missing something.

Barack Nobel Peace Prize Winner Obama. Kepler's right, I'll probably shelve it for a while (until he wins the Heisman). Another one that could easily go away because after 50 million times it's no longer funny is: tea baggers.

Not to mention the fact that a supposed anchor on a supposed news network first used that locution. As bad as Fox is, I doubt you'd ever hear any of their anchors say something similar.

 

[rufus]

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It would be nice if there were some evidence, other than the opposition. Sets up a situaion where nobody can ever oppose anything proposed by this administration without being accused of racism. Come to think of it, that's exactly where we, and evidently you, are.

I also thought it would have been nice if there'd been any evidence that Bill Clinton was "involved" in Vince Foster's death, too.

Let's see, pictures of Obama as a voodoo witch doctor. people selling Obama Grits or whatever, with a picture of Obama as some sort of Aunt Jemima caricature. Songs like Obama the Magic Negro. "if Obama's president, do we still call it the White House?"


Naw, none of that's even the slightest bit racist. That's just good old-timey fun!

 

[SPIN CONTROL]

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Songs like Obama the Magic Negro.

I agree, the LA Times is a racist newspaper.

 

[SteveP]

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Where's the hue and cry from the media about this? How can he play golf when military people are dying in a war?

Just askin' is all!

Unlike Predecessor, Obama As Golfer Gets Mostly Favorable Drops from the Press

 

[Old Pio]

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Let's see, pictures of Obama as a voodoo witch doctor. people selling Obama Grits or whatever, with a picture of Obama as some sort of Aunt Jemima caricature. Songs like Obama the Magic Negro. "if Obama's president, do we still call it the White House?"


Naw, none of that's even the slightest bit racist. That's just good old-timey fun!

Don't forget the picture of BO as the Joker. So, out of more than 300 million Americans, you've culled some unfortunate examples of bad taste at the least and racism at the worst. So what? What does that prove, other than you're willing to attribute the basest motives to millions of Americans who disagree with BO and you. Insufficient evidence, your witness.

 

[Old Pio]

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Also: "If that call doesn't go through, you're going to have to answer to the Coca Cola Company."

General "Buck" Turgidson: General Ripper called Strategic Air Command headquarters shortly after he issued the go code. I have a portion of the transcript of that conversation if you'd like me to to read it.
President Merkin Muffley: Read it!
General "Buck" Turgidson: Ahem... The Duty Officer asked General Ripper to confirm the fact that he *had* issued the go code, and he said, uh, "Yes gentlemen, they are on their way in, and no one can bring them back. For the sake of our country, and our way of life, I suggest you get the rest of SAC in after them. Otherwise, we will be totally destroyed by Red retaliation. Uh, my boys will give you the best kind of start, 1400 megatons worth, and you sure as hell won't stop them now, uhuh. Uh, so let's get going, there's no other choice. God willing, we will prevail, in peace and freedom from fear, and in true health, through the purity and essence of our natural... fluids. God bless you all" and he hung up.
[beat]
General "Buck" Turgidson: Uh, we're, still trying to figure out the meaning of that last phrase, sir.
President Merkin Muffley: There's nothing to figure out, General Turgidson. This man is obviously a psychotic.
General "Buck" Turgidson: We-he-ell, uh, I'd like to hold off judgement on a thing like that, sir, until all the facts are in.
President Merkin Muffley: General Turgidson! When you instituted the human reliability tests, you *assured* me there was *no* possibility of such a thing *ever* occurring!
General "Buck" Turgidson: Well, I, uh, don't think it's quite fair to condemn a whole program because of a single slip-up, sir.

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Next time you watch the film, keep your eyes on Peter Bull (the Russian ambassador) during the scene where Dr. Strangelove is fighting with his rogue fist. Bull cracks up. Either they didn't see it or couldn't get through a retake without him losing it. My money's on the latter.

 

[ExileOnDaytonStreet]

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Also: "If that call doesn't go through, you're going to have to answer to the Coca Cola Company."

"Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room!"