I'll begin this series with, naturally, a Krauthammer column.
In Obama's recounting, however, luck is only half the story. His economic recovery was ruined not just by acts of God and (foreign) men, but by Americans who care nothing for their country. These people, who inhabit Congress (guess which party?), refuse to set aside "politics" for the good of the nation. They serve special interests and lobbyists, care only about the next election, place party ahead of country. Indeed, they "would rather see their opponents lose than see America win." The blaggards!
For weeks, these calumnies have been Obama staples. Calumnies, because they give not an iota of credit to the opposition for trying to promote the public good, as presumably Obama does, but from different premises and principles. Calumnies, because they deny the legitimacy to those on the other side of the great national debate about the size and scope and reach of government.
These calumnies also allow Obama to avoid the great practical question: Have his policies worked? For instance, he can, for a time at least, avoid arguing that his administration's increase in regulation has been good for the economy, since, as he says — and may even believe — his opponents have bad motives. For many voters that ends the argument. (Though it is, of course, another logical fallacy.)
Feel free to add links to other columns or articles that our local monopoly newspaper doesn't want us to see — as long as you make sure that the Times hasn't published them
(For the record: Like Krauthammer, I do think that Obama wants to make America better, though his idea of "better" is rather different from my own.)
Posted by Jim Miller at August 19, 2011 07:52 AM | Email ThisI would never have figured it but I'm starting to think that Obama will be one & done.
Posted by: travis t on August 19, 2011 06:40 PMIf you think that the whole Osama thing is too big to be a pumped up LIE...Well, think of Global Warming.
But you gotta admire the thoroughness and ruthlessness of the conspirators. They thought of everything! Like figuring out how to drop off that fake top secret helicopter so the Pakistanis could mislead the Chinese with the fake stealth technology. I'm a little confused over why the president would order the murder of a few dozen Navy SEALs to cover up the tracks of an operation that didn't happen. Although I wouldn't put anything past those bastards in the White House, that seemed excessive and unnecessary -- but I'm sure you can explain it.
Anyway, thanks for opening my eyes.
Posted by: scottd on August 20, 2011 11:46 AMhttp://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=234599
http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/arab-league-to-hold-emergency-meeting-over-idf-strikes-on-gaza-1.379658
http://www.jpost.com/Defense/Article.aspx?id=234599
Israel is faced with attacks from inside Egypt, Gaza, and quite likely from Lebanon and/or Syria soon. Meanwhile the idiot-in-chief is embarked upon a fools errand, attempting to master golf, a sport that is unconquerable.
Thanks for playing.
Obama the incompetent has well deserved, much bigger problems than fictional, plagiarized conspiracies:
Obama Poll Hits New Low...in Pennsylvania
Obama under water in New York, poll shows
Obama's Bad N.J. Poll Numbers Reveal Terrible
Electoral Map for 2012
Obama's Approval Rating On Economy Hits New Low
15% Say U.S. Heading In Right Direction
Obama Approval on Economy Plummets to 26 Percent in Gallup Poll, A New Low
We can certainly predict he'll tantrum against Bush, unfairness ('damn that tsunami!'), tea party Americans, racism and "bad luck".
Instead of president he should have run for the mayor of excuses city. HA! maybe then he could have gotten some real life, 'bucks stops here' executive experience.
Jimmy Carter is celebrating.
Posted by: RagnarDanneskold on August 20, 2011 12:22 PMBottom Line: If the analysis of events doesn't make sense, it is usually because, it is not true.
So the helicopter crash in Afghanistan didn't happen. Funerals and interviews with family members of the deceased -- all fake. Just to cover up the OBL raid that didn't happen.
If the analysis of events doesn't make sense, it is usually because, it is not true.
You go that right...
Posted by: scottd on August 20, 2011 12:46 PMAND, I'm certain Clancy researched, planned, had already written and was awaiting publishing long before the Incompetent President did the unthinkable (to the left) - killed a 'leader'.
Oh my, I do love this story:
Obama bests Bush in finger pointing: Google
One of the more annoying characteristics of Barack Obama is his habit of blaming others and pointing fingers to shift responsibility for our problems from himself to well...fill in the blank.
I never recalled George Bush pointing fingers that often to deflect attention from himself.
Just for a lark, I googled Barack Obama and "points fingers" and did the same for George Bush.
The tally : 15,800,000 hits for Obama compared to 12,100,000 hits for Bush.
Obama is the winner (or rather loser)
Now , keep in mind that George Bush served two terms as president and also served as the Governor of Texas for years so there was a lot more time for him to have a record of engaging in this type of behavior. Barack Obama was relatively undistinguished as a state senator before becoming a Senator for a brief period of time-and he has only been president for two and one-half years.
So Obama has hopefully only another year and half to build his lead in such a disgraceful category.
Try similar google searches on your own. It can be illuminating.
On another note, the very best thing about this Incompetent President is the way he has totally illustrated the utter failure of liberal policies for another generation in a way far WORSE than even Carter. Liberalism is failing and falling all over the world, and thanks to the Incompetent President, Americans are in pain.
We can lay it directly at the arrogant horsesa... feet of the Incompetent President.
Donkey indeed.
Posted by: RagnarDanneskold on August 20, 2011 01:29 PM... Poor Mr. Obama. Most of his problems aren't his fault. The messes he inherited took decades to create. Waves of new technology and globalization have shaken the economy to its roots. The employment problems are scarily profound.Posted by: RagnarDanneskold on August 20, 2011 01:42 PM
... Barack Obama can't walk on water. To a large extent, he's a prisoner of fate. These times need a great man, and he is merely a good one. And now he's acquired the most devastating label of all: President Wimp - someone who not only has no answers but lacks the killer instinct to strike back at his opponents.
Hey scottd...Show a link that shows the funerals and all the family members of the deceased Navy Seals that were on the Osama raid. Lots of Luck.
Hairy
Posted by: Hairy Buddah on August 20, 2011 07:33 PMYes, it's painful.
Posted by: RagnarDanneskold on August 20, 2011 08:39 PMThe Pentagon never claimed that the Seals from the OBL raid were killed in the Afghanistan helicopter crash. Quite the opposite, they've said that none of the men killed were on the OBL raid; they just happened to belong to the same Seal Team.
Seal teams include several hundred men, subdivided into troops and troops into squads. They don't all participate on every mission.
Anyway, I want to thank you. You've managed to provide something that me, Michele, Bruce, and Ragnar can agree upon -- and that's no mean feat!
Posted by: scottd on August 20, 2011 09:32 PMHairy Buddah...You have a Right to question and question everything. Especially, if Big Corrupt Government comes up with a series of unbelievable events that is way too difficult to follow up in determining the veracity of what is claimed. Like all the key witnesses are dead. Are we to sit back and allow anybody, let alone Big Corrupt Government, to spoon feed us without the Right to question? Only a FOOL would denigrate someone's Right to question.
Heck, everyone knows regulating banks and financial institutions is bad for the economy. The banksters should be given free reign and all will be wunderbar.
Posted by: MikeBoyScout on August 21, 2011 11:05 AMAnd yet, you sound EXACTLY like that cartoon guy in the video - emphasis on the word CARTOON... if you get my drift...
Posted by: RagnarDanneskold on August 21, 2011 11:30 AMYawn.
Posted by: RagnarDanneskold on August 21, 2011 12:02 PMA better route would be to join the more fiscally responsible, socially tolerant, level headed, practical centrists who just use common sense to arrive at a workable society.
If you believe we are all going to die from global warming or in faith based initiatives, then you won't be getting anywhere near reality any time soon.
Posted by: Jeff B. on August 21, 2011 12:04 PMSurely amongst About 38,700,000 results (0.07 seconds) you'll find a more appropriate and welcome place to comment.
Posted by: RagnarDanneskold on August 21, 2011 12:49 PMNope. First Amendment, free speech... ring a bell? We conservatives champion it.
However just because you CAN does not mean you should. Clearly you are miserable with every single regular poster here; you hurl what YOU consider invective invective based on what your imagination deems unacceptable to you.
I'm merely suggesting that there are about 38,700,000 other sites where you would find like minded individuals with whom to commiserate. Why stay somewhere YOU are clearly miserable?
For the rest of us - ho hum, he's bandying about that horrible awful 'liberal' ...again ...[/snicker], boring ... time move on to a coherent post.
Posted by: RagnarDanneskold on August 21, 2011 05:18 PMHe speaks for at least me... There's plenty to criticize our current President about without inventing some new conspiracy that wouldn't even make the Coast-To-Coast or Weekly News bars..
Posted by: Shanghai Dan on August 22, 2011 11:14 AMI believe criticism should be rooted in truth, logic and reason - none of which exist in any way, shape, or form in the conspiracy theory you propose.
Posted by: Shanghai Dan on August 22, 2011 12:33 PMSo, as to logic and reason, I have shown to SP the reasons and the logic for saying that this Administration is telling a BIG LIE.
Re-read your post #3 - it's full of statements made as if they are factual, as if it's all 100%. What is your proof? You suspect - as you say now - but earlier you were beyond suspicion right into 100% conviction.
You have no truth or facts to back your position; can you share anything? You draw solid conclusions based on lack of facts (simply suspicion) and claim it as factual and accurate - that is neither logical nor reasonable.
Conspiracy theorists are rightly disregarded - it's no wonder most in this thread now consider you as a running side-joke.
I'd suggest taking a few weeks off, come back after eating a little humble pie, and then pay attention to how the posters here (pudge, Griswold, Sharkansky, others) actually develop their conclusions - with facts, logic and reason.
Oh, and as far as global warming? You should go talk to the skeptics at WUWT - all are very skeptical of AGW, but most admit (because the data - the facts show it to be) that we had warming from the mid 70s to the 1998-2000 timeframe. The fact it's STOPPED warming (not cooled) is the reason most are skeptical of the CO2 linkage - but they don't discount a good amount of the warming that happened.
Get some facts, learn how logic works, then come on back. Or continue to be frustrated as the butt of the joke. Your call.
Posted by: Shanghai Dan on August 22, 2011 03:15 PMYour suggestion of taking a few weeks off and coming back and pay attention to how the posters here actually develop their conclusion with facts logic and reason is laughable. Yeah, they have always been so impeccably good at that. Bottom Line: Don't try to come off as someone who is all knowing and superior to all things. You are beginning to best Ragnar in being the bigger narcissi. Again, what a Laugh!
Posted by: Jeff B. on August 24, 2011 05:04 PM
The correct spelling is blackguards.
If Krauthammer used the incorrect spelling, it's perfectly understandable, given that he is a weenie who supports fellow weenies and thus is to be given the same regard as your crazy Aunt Mable who lives in your attic.
Posted by: ERNurse on August 25, 2011 02:49 AMYou should look up my history before throwing rocks. I happily invite you to do so.
That hair-trigger, knee-jerk vitriolic response to anyone who doesn't agree with your pantheon of pundits will prove you a fool... as shown in your post to me.
Welcome to idiotville, population: you.
Posted by: ERNurse on August 26, 2011 01:37 AM