2012-11-27, 13:33 | Link #3401 |
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I am not sure anyone is denying that Obama is a great moderate Republican. And as such the real Left is annoyed with him.
In fact plenty of us openly say Obama is doing a bad job. In this very thread even. I have no idea what alternate universe you mean when you say Obama isn't criticised. He gets criticised by both sides with both true and false accusation for the last 4 years and likely to continue. It is not a conspiracy that Obama got re-elected; The GOP candidate is simply much worse in every way. It is not Obama's problem that his challenger doesn't cut it. Hey, at least we are not the Georgia GOP who believe Obama has soviet mind control powers. Obama had not been challenged because the opposition party doesn't really exist. Obstruction is not a substitute for policy. He is the only option because his party is the only ones doing anything. I would much rather Obama go MUCH more Left, but that just can't happen until the GOP become a real party again.
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2012-11-27, 13:52 | Link #3402 | |
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The issue now, however, is a small tendency of yours to dismiss other persons opposing views as simply being incorrect. Look at how you just referred to monir who only voiced a small amount of concern on the slant of your writings and who has on many other occasions agreed with your thoughts. People get upset by the "truth" but people also get upset by "opposing views" it seems. The level of discourse in this thread has generally, albeit slanted in one direction, been of a high level of maturity and tolerance .. let's all keep it that way! Fiscal Cliff: President Obama reaches out to rally public opinion behind his solutions to Congress's tax and spending crunch http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/fisc...iff-obama-live Reply hazy, ask again later |
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2012-11-28, 09:14 | Link #3403 | |
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House committee chairs all men
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2012-11-28, 14:52 | Link #3404 | |
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2012-11-28, 14:56 | Link #3405 | |
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Just to add icing is how few of those white men actually have a f'ing clue about the topics of the committees they've been handed. Many of them lack basic knowledge on the subjects.
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2012-11-28, 15:16 | Link #3407 | |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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But pragmatically there should be some balance between feathering and best practice -- any group entity that purely fills positions by "good old boy" eventually gets bitten in the imaginary ass.
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2012-11-28, 16:01 | Link #3408 |
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it be nice if some of them "good old boys" retired at a reasonable age rather than being in the House or Senate until they are old and completely out of touch with their constituants. And mean how many Strom Thurmans do we need to sit in a seat for decades on end?
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2012-11-28, 16:16 | Link #3410 | |
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Vexx was probably in involve in it, especially the "go catch a Rabbit" part
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2012-11-28, 19:05 | Link #3413 | |
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2012-11-28, 20:53 | Link #3416 | |
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(I mean, that is all the Nazis from the Farside of the Moon needed for their death machine)
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2012-11-28, 21:10 | Link #3417 | |
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2012-11-29, 13:41 | Link #3418 |
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Romney arrives at White House for lunch with Obama
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...8AS0X420121129
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2012-11-29, 19:41 | Link #3419 | |
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And yes, flying missed the point of the picture by looking at it out of context. It's a social commentary on many levels, and it doesn't do it justice to look at it from just one perspective. A true sign of a great piece of art.
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2012-11-29, 23:23 | Link #3420 | |
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While I've no doubt he means for his art to be offensive to those he disagrees with, he claims that he didn't intend for people to assume that Obama IS Jesus or replacing Jesus Christ and said so to the HuffPost. His exact words were: “The crucifixion of the president was meant metaphorically,” he continued. “My intent was not to compare him to Jesus.” D’Antuono blamed the controversy on conservative media “trying to promote the idea that liberals believe the president to literally be our savior.” I agree with him that the conservative media went a little too far with this, however, I also understand that whether intended or not this piece does further the "diety" status of Obama in the eyes of idiots like Jamie Fox. But it was not intended to be that way, and D'Antuono has the right to express his views. Even Glenn Beck gets it. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/1...on?showAll=yes Personally I view the painting as in very poor taste because Obama wasn't crucified by anything other than the man's own words.
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