Journal Captain Splendid's Journal: QOTD 17
John Nolte, on Obama:
What we're looking for is LEADERSHIP, not theatrical tough talk.
"It is easier to fight for principles than to live up to them." -- Alfred Adler
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That and some trust-busting.
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Have you been eating paint chips?
MR. LAUER: Critics are now talking about your style, which is the first time I’ve heard that in a long time. And they’re saying here’s a guy who likes to be known as cool and calm and collected, and this isn’t the time for cool, calm and collected –
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Right.
MR. LAUER: — that this is not the time to meet with experts and advisers. This is a time to spend more time in the Gulf and — I never thought I’d say this to a president — but kick some butt.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: (Chuckles.)
MR. LAUER: And I don’t mean it to be funny.
PRESIDENT OBAMA: No. And I understand. And here’s what — I’m going to push back hard on this, because I think that this is just an idea that got in folks’ heads and the media has run with it. I was down there a month ago, before most of these talking heads were even paying attention to the Gulf. A month ago I was meeting with fishermen down there standing in the rain talking about what a potential crisis this could be.
And I don’t sit around just talking to experts because this is a college seminar. We talk to these folks because they potentially have the best answers so I know whose ass to kick, right?
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Sweet jesus we're getting dumber all the time. The "controversy" is that we (stupid Americans) can't relate with how retarded and impulsive the president is not. And your QOTD is from a trashy Breitbart piece that suggests, in all seriousness, that Sarah Fucking Palin would be better equipped to deal with this crisis.
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Read the quote again. You don't think there's a little compare and contrast to be enjoyed?
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Well then, the real question is why you even care in the first place. I'll take bets you don't and we can both call it an early weekend.
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Gotcha... Oops. I guess I'm the one who should be avoiding lead.
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The racism was a nice touch, but in the end, it wasn't enough to make up for a mediocre troll.
The anonymous coordinated or self-reply gets an A for effort (since it required a buddy or a proxy), but the unintentional irony of the "intellectual honesty" bit takes away from what would have been a decent troll. The idiomatic "executive" fellatio just isn't believable. You gotta sell it, baby... Create a couple slashdot accounts when you've decided to talk to yourself; trolls have no fear.
Try reading ED or watc
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... might ask the Army Corp of Engineers to get involved.
And exactly what would they do about it? Put on a bunch of deep-sea diving suits (which don't exist that can handle the pressure at 5000 feet) and build an inadequate levy around it? The Army Corps of Engineers is what caused the Katrina mess to begin with!
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ARMY Corp of Engineers?
I thought this spill was out in the middle of the Gulf...