Super Bowl bet: What will the thermostat temp be at the White House party?
Super Bowl bet: What will the thermostat temp be at the White House party?
75 degrees? 76? 77? And will there be nachos and beer…or more wagyu steak and cocktails? How about some Snuggies?
Inquiring minds want to know:
Sure, it’s all about bipartisanship. Not to mention the perks of watching the Super Bowl at the White House with the first fan playing host.
President Barack Obama is inviting a group of lawmakers — some Republicans, many Democrats, and a few from Pennsylvania and Arizona — to join him for Sunday’s championship game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Arizona Cardinals.
With no Chicago team for Obama to cheer, the president said he’s rooting for Pittsburgh against the “long-suffering” and “great Cinderella story” Cardinals, and he wished the Cardinals the best.
Steelers owner Dan Rooney, a longtime Republican, endorsed Obama’s presidential bid and campaigned for him. Obama also noted that Franco Harris, one of the most beloved former Steelers, campaigned for him in Pittsburgh, too.
Five of the 15 lawmakers invited to join Obama are from Pennsylvania, and two are from Arizona. There are four senators and 11 representatives. The group includes 11 Democrats, four Republicans and three women.
(link)
While the Beltway parties, Kentucky is freezing.
Jimmie at Sundries Shack: “Obama dozed, people froze.”
Or: Obama perspired, people expired.
The Anchoress has a comprehensive commentary/round-up of the Kentucky ice storm and the AWOL MSM.
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It’ll be really cold, if Hillary attends.
I’m sure duh1 has always been a Yankees fan.
snark
Gee, BHO is rooting for the “Steelers”. Is their a play on “Stealers” in there somewhere? Afterall, Geithner and Daschle are just swell at the “five finger discount” when it comes to their personal taxes and what about the “Generational theft act”?
Hmm, just thinking.
Make that; is there a play…
Hillary will be there to chill the keg.
Frosty mugs ? Anyone ?
I posted this a few minutes ago on the Snuggies thread:
I thought it was funny Jeff.
FEMA can’t get there till monday…they say the roads are bad !
Heckuvajob Obama !
This from the Italian Prime Minister at a press conference in Moscow.
Berlusconi talking of Obama: “he’s young, handsome, and even suntanned”.
I would guess he’s not going to watch football with Obama.
I have two stepsons and my boyhood best friend in KY. I can tell you it is a monumental mess. The entire KY National Guard has just been deployed.
I can’t understand why Obama needs his thermostat at 77 degrees. He’s so covered by the MSM it could be 40 in the White House and Obama would still be sweating.
You could deploy Search and Resue to include dogs and they could not find any traces of leadership, humility, empathy, or compassion from Obama.
He’s cold beyond the physical. VERY cold.
Yes, you did…
Nothing to see here…Move along…
He might be buying his own wagyu but I am sure that I am paying the utility bill on the White House. Mr President – TURN DOWN THAT THERMOSTAT!!!!
Or to put it in more blunt terms – there is a lot you need to learn about leadership. A good leader sets the example for others. Just because you can read a teleprompter does not make you a good leader.
I feel his pain.
Hey!, It’s just all those Bible thumpin’, gun totin’ hicks in KY anyway.
“Heat for me, but not for thee” B.O.
If your going to watch football with Obama, don’t talk about Rush-ing.
Tennesee Dave:
If the people of Kentucky would pay enough carbon taxes, the weather could be controlled. /sarc
Of course they won’t have any electricity to worry about once the coal industry is driven out of business.
I wonder if Obama directed the ice storms to only strike white neighborhoods.
HellOOOOOOOO! Kentucky is a RED STATE – wake up people! They’ll be lucky if FEMA shows before August.
Sorry but it’s a pattern Democrats show. When Grand Forks ND flooded, froze solid, burned to the ground then flooded again Bill Clinton couldn’t be bothered to mention that Red State in public.
There is one good thing about the freezing weather in Kentucky. Its so cold lawyers have their hands in their own pockets.
I’m wondering if Chap will get as upset about the people dying in the midwest as he did about the cameraman who got burned? Probably not, but anyway i am watching anchorman and was thinking how fitting since our media is as clueless as this portrayal of them.
*Please don’t give P-BO any ideas; He’ll be linking his porkalooza to bringing Kentucky back to life.
*I can hear Wolf Blitzer now, “These here knuckle draggers, do they really need electricity, would they know what to do with it?”.
*Rush and P-BO for the Steelers, bipartisionship in action.
I don’t know if wagyu will be on the menu, but with all those Pensylvannia folks on the party list, I hope somebody is bringing pretzels.
Obama has to keep the thermostat up in case the owner of his soul shows up. Wouldn’t want Satan to feel chilled.
Dear Mr. Steele,
Please note the rinos at whitehouse today. It is YOUR job to find Conservatives to run against them in primaries come 2010.
watching you,,B
wonder if they were invited to serve the
weenies or are they the waterboys?
can’t wait for the towel snapping pics or a nice shot of them all doing the “wave” when obambi arrives fashionably late.
So, where’s the help and FEMA to aid those in Kentucky? If Bush was still President, the MSM would be screaming all over the place. Where’s the trailers and debit cards? I would expect “reporters” on every street corner by now, interviewing every hard-luck story. Of course, I’m being sarcastic. Obama can do no wrong, along with congress. When you have to provide for your political buddies in business, and save the world, who has time for disasters?
Leave your night lights on BRIGHT this March 28th to show Common Sense and Reason, not PC Goosestepping!
Seems Las Vegas like NYC is caving in to the Gullible Warming hysteria and will be dimming all its lights on the night of March 28 in “observance” to “Saving The Earth”! Wow! The Earth’s and biosphere’s still THAT fragile even after getting smacked by a couple of giant meteors in the past, uh? Me — I’m going to turn my outside lights plus a flashlight pointed at the sky that night so NASA satellites will see not everyone’s swallowed hook, line and sinker the Greens’ sky-is-falling pie!
Don’t let your (eco-brainwashed) kid touch that lamp!
James Greenidge
Queens, New York
I just had a horrible thought, the Super Bowl is on NBC. I wonder how many times they will cut to the camera in the White House to show our “Dear Leader’s” reaction to the game. And it won’t be too hard to count all the Bush Bashing remarks from that hateful moron, Olbermann.
This just infuriates me. While the MSM was lamenting the foot of snow heading for the Northeast (a not uncommon amount or occurrence) Southeast Missouri and Western KY were under 4″+ of ice with numerous cities and counties without electricity or water and they received but a brief mention. Before the storm hit KY it devastated SE MO all the way through the bootheel. There are entire MO counties with almost 100% power outages and an accompanying loss of public water supplies. Because of trees and power lines across the roads, not to mention the ice, sleet and snow accumulation, many rural residents cannot get to warming stations. The St. Louis coordinated Red Cross effort (I use the term effort loosely) has set up supply and warming stations in the few large towns but has refused to set them up in some other harder hit areas until those are full completely ignoring the fact that many people cannot travel the 30-50 miles to those larger towns. Frustrating.
One town of about 12,000 people in the bootheel where my neighbor’s parents live has had 100% power outage for almost a week now, no gasoline or kerosene available locally, no water and an estimated 400 power poles broken off and on the ground. They are being told it will be perhaps another 2 weeks before they have power or water and for rural areas of that county 3-4 weeks. Seeing pictures looking down a county road with power poles snapped off and laying across the road for as far as the camera can see is certainly astounding. The ONLY help these people are getting (except from friends and local communities not as hard hit) is from the National Guard as of Friday. The utility companies are working hard, however, they underestimated the devastation having only hundreds of extra power poles rather than the thousands needed until more are delivered.
We were on the northern edge of the really bad stuff (the heavy freezing rain line was about 5 miles south of our town) and were fortunate that we are in the area utility companies down here first addressed with their storm damage abatement project started a few years ago. While we have 3-4″ of frozen solid sleet/freezing rain under snow, that winter mix instead of just freezing rain meant that we didn’t have nearly as much ice covering aerial lines, just on the ground.
Traveling into the northern edge of the hardest hit area in SE MO it looks like an aerial explosion went off about 10′ below treetop level. Most of the upper branches are snapped off. Seeing trees probably 4′ in diameter literally split vertically down the trunk as the weight of ice on one side tore it apart is amazing. Most of the area is impassable without a 4-wheel drive vehicle and on unplowed/chemically treated roads even that is pretty iffy.
I honestly think that if this had happened in areas that are not mostly red with primarily caucasian residents that we would see a very different reaction from the media and the government. But these are rural Americans not given to expect others to take care of them and not likely to whine much to the media after the fact. A far different, more self-reliant population than we saw in NOLA.
Obama thanks UN for successful Iraqi elections, gives no credit to US military.
Buck Farack.
Agreed Socky. Not a day has gone by since this idiot has been in office that I haven’t been absolutely disgusted with something he has said or done. It’s only been less than 2 weeks and I already have barry hussien fatigue. I fear our country is doomed.
This guy is a waste of good oxygen.
Don’t let yourself become discouraged rf, Obama is serving a focal point for all true conservatives. With all the forces that are aliened against us, Obama’s agenda will soon become apparent to the majority of Americans. We know his plans are destructive to our Constitutions and the freedom from government that is gives us. Soon others will recognize it also, even the MSM. I know things are looking bad now, but I believe in FREEDOM.
When I taught in public schools, the federal rule for temperature was: 78 in summer/ 65 in winter. Do those rules still apply to federal buildings?
FamilyWoman and I are prepared for anything. We could survive for months with outside assistance. We enjoy our small community but we believe it’s our obligation, and common courtesy, never to be a burden on it.
Family Man- thanks for the pep talk. I just wonder how much damage will be done to our Country and our Constitution before the “great unwashed” wake up. I pray it will not be too late.
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My fear of Obama’s socialistic programs goes deeper than the simple lose of personal freedoms. My fear is he will create a change in the human spirit, from the exhilaration of self-reliance, to the bondage of dependancy. We have six thousand years of history before our constitution was written. For the first time in our existence the government must answer to the governed. Obamas has stated that he thinks the constitution is filled with negatives. He believes there should be a new “Bill of Rights”, giving the people guarantees to all life’s necessities. This will destroy the human spirit of creativity and drive.
Unless Obama has some preferential knowledge of God that gives him greater knowledge than the rest of us, it is audacious of him to assume he alone knows what is best for the individual.
The unfettered evolution of freedom is the only path that should be followed.
This has LONG been a major fear of mine of an Obama presidency; giving others — particularly younger blacks — the excuse to slack off because gov’t will take up the slack. Long ago my post here caught jokes because I stated that over half of Queens here (bigger than Boston or Houston) EXPECTS free housing and vittles and even wheels as a RIGHT. No one’s joking now. I wish others took it that way last Nov. Worst thing is they just might get it because once the black hole of socialism sucks you in it’s hell ever coming out — just how the Dems plan to shut conservatives out forever. Shoot the pendulum; they might very well score this time for good.
James Greenidge
Queens, New York
In another space and time:
Dateline Louisville: Last night Kayne West took a helicopter ride over the storm strewn areas of KY. When he landed, he met with press. “Obama don’t like white people”, said Kayne. It is now known that Sean Penn will sponsor a relief concert for all those without power. Mr Penn’s spokesman, Tanya Jackson,…..
From Gateway Pundit:
This is what Americans get when they vote for someone who possesses zero inclination towards the role and importance of the US Military within our national security.
This also shows Americans what they get when they vote for someone whose political base is comprised of individuals who are indifferent towards national security at best, and/or who loathe the US Military at worst.
We’re only two weeks into this gig, and already it’s shaping up to be a repeat broadcast of the David Dinkins Show = utter, institutional incompetency, naivety and political patronage…dressed up as some sort of racial unification and healing seminar.
I shudder to think of what our national version of Crown Heights will be over the next four years.
Do you think “dear leader” has a tanning bed too? But unlike a certain loveable Governor I’m sure his would not be second hand. I wouldn’t doubt it after all with the lack of sustained sunshine Mr. Hopey Changey might be getting a little depressed, but then all liberals look like arrogant bitter unhappy people from my observations.
Any time I have seen a natural disaster hit fly over country the propagandist of the MSM barely mentions it. We are doing our best to be self reliant as possible in our little community of the middle of nowhere Idaho with plenty of rations, a rotated water supply, with many other essentials and as soon as funds become available all I need is a modest gas operated generator and a couple of propane operated heaters and we should be able to weather any thing mother nature throws at us aside from the over hyped super volcano eruption at Yellowstone National Park. If it does I’ll put in a good word with Saint Peter for the rest of you that follow, provided I can smooth talk my way through the pearly gates to join Mrs. Boomer.
Our prays and best wishes go out to the poor folks suffering in the cold today. Does anyone know of a local organization other than the corrupt Red Cross we can donate some of our discretionary spending to that would actually spend it on getting food, water, and some warmth to those in need. With our new leadership in the White House it appears that partisan politics and the Super Bowl party photo op is much more important then responding to this crippling natural disaster.
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE (mo-lone lah-veh) Translation: “Come and Take Them!”
Ouch!
I hadn’t thought of that. Let’s see, what else can I do today, just in case…got beer, no problem!
When we were children, we couldn’t wait to find the freedom from our parents control. We all remember the first time we escaped the restrictions that our mothers a fathers placed on us. Life couldn’t have been better. We soon realized that with that freedom came responsibilities. Those of us who were given the tools, became good self-reliant individuals. It has always amazed me that so many people are willing to give up that newly found freedom , for the old restrictions that they so eagerly ran from.
Obama cultivates those individuals that are too insecure to take care of themselves. We all need help occasionally, but letting government replace mommy and daddy should be resisted as much.
I wouldn’t say its potential for disaster is overhyped. Just the fact that there si not a thing we can do about it nor is there much of any chance it will happen in our lifetimes.
Just as a FWIW – not only did he CHOOSE Chicago as his launch-point as an adult {not exactly known for having temperate winters}, but I’ve a friend who attended the same elite school he did in Hawaii {they were not contemporaries} – Punahou {or however you spell it} maintained temperatures in the classrooms @ near-hypothermic levels – my friend says one would be overheated & wrung out, then enter the classrooms & freeze ……………..
Semper Fi’
DM
Boomer said:
nowheresomewhere Idaho.Fixed it for ya Boomer.
I’ve lived in many places and it doesn’t get any better than northern Idaho.
Anecdotal to be sure, but I did come across this, which seems to point to the opposite.
And another reason to root for the home team. Who Michael Bidwill or his dad Bill supported for President I do not know. I hope they are not so foolish as to alienate half their fan base by getting involved.
But I have my new HDTV to watch the game. If I do not like the out come I am taking that TV back as defective.
Keep us informed on how well Miss Hillary does chilling that keg Jeff-
minds want to know.
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That Every Man Be Armed–You Too ladies
..Why do these damned news articles refer to RINOs as “Republicans”? I’m getting really annoyed.
AZNeanderthal,
Any true American outside of PA should be rooting for the Cardinals.
Chappy
I’m happy that the black population finally have a role model that exhibits positive academic and social achievements. The difficulty I see for ALL young people, is the understanding between freedom and license. Obama’s socialistic attitude fosters weakness and promotes dependency. The freedom children will gain from a better education will be lost if the responsibilities of self reliance is not modeled also.
Tell me about – and so far, not a single word of encouragement from Obama. You don’t suppose the fact that KY’s Democrats favored Hillary in last year’s primary could have something to do with it?
Chap, really? You are posting an article from the internet called diverseeducation? Seriously, I did not go to law school, but do they let you reference just anything you find online for papers? If it is that easy, let me know, I’ll go take the LSAT then just make up whatever I need to get through, post it online, then reference it. Can I use the stereotype threat effect to claim that you, like most attorneys, are completely hyper inflated in self worth?
Chap- What were the online test questions, how may food stamps per kid will the O give me or was it how much will Section 8 pay for my crib?
At least he wasn’t a “Lifelong” Republican, which simply means democrat functionary. But just out of curiosity, are the Steelers in need of a bailout too?
So many kids have it so good today they do not want to leave their parents’ houses. They are so dependent on them to do everything for them.
I teach grade 12, and I’m shocked to hear that students pick colleges that are close so they can stay at home as long as possible.
18 is the new 9.
We’ve robbed children of the chance to earn their way. Socialism, for a great deal of our society, is already here. Want free health care, go to the ER. If they don’t treat you, sue ‘em.
Was the test administered by diverseeducation.com? No. They just reported the findings of the study. Sheesh.
Whenever someone links to a pro-life cite and Rusty would say something to the effect of “I want an unbiased source” people would correctly point out that the website is merely citing presumably unbiased studies done by researchers. I would appreciate the same courtesy.
Chappy
If you have children, would you what them to grow up but still remain dependent on you? No I’m sure you wouldn’t. Obama’s legacy may very well help the black population achieve higher academic scores, but his social programs of dependency will only put them back on the “plantation” of government assistance.
See my post #46
FamilyMan in our part of the Eldahow as the Shoshone called it there is a whole lot of nothing, but sage brush and rock with some trees to the north along the Danskin and Soldier Mountains broken up by the Snake River Canyon at least to the casual observer. Matter of historical fact in 1814 Peter Ogden leading a fur brigade for the Hudson’s Bay Company in his journal described the area between the Bureau and Boise rivers the most desolate 50 miles of land he ever saw in his life. We happen to be in the middle of this area on a flat plateau above the Snake River Canyon, which is great for an Air Force Base runway with our very supportive community being 10 miles northeast near the Danskin Mountains.
When military families arrive at the main gate of the base there has been more than one wife that has broken down in tears at the site of their new home. We actually considered putting one of our 2nd Lieutenants on suicide watch because she was so depressed about being here (city girl and daddy’s little princess). The upside is we are 45 miles from town and 55 miles from the base to Boise, with most of the drive on I-84 with a speed limit of 75 mph. In about 30 minutes you are in a modest sized city with everything you need for the younger folks and includes a brand new Temple of Man (Cabela’s outfitter warehouse). This area boast some of the best camping, hunting, and fishing areas with plenty of wild life around. The area has really grown on us living in a very friendly community with a large proportion of old retired guys like me. Every September we host the largest parade in the state for Air Force Appreciation Day averaging over 250 floats and vehicles driven through the parade path ending at a beautiful tree lined park with a free barbeque for all comers.
Of course the sophisticated folks from Sun Valley and big cities (especially Californians) would hate it here. Yeah! That’s it! You would really hate it! All we have are gun crazy Bambi killing racist bigoted militia folks in Idaho! Nothing to see here move along! Go to Washington, or Oregon, or Montana, or Wyoming, or Utah……
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒE (mo-lone lah-veh) Translation: “Come and Take Them!”
I suppose you have your ideas about the nature of Obama’s agenda and that is fine. As for the effects, I would say that remains to be seen.
Sounds Ok with me.
It’s not the scenic views that make Idaho a good place to live, It’s the peoples views.
There should be several JFK style gag-worthy pictures of Obambi watching the big game in the news tomorrow, showing that he is just a “man of the people.”
The effects of socialism are well known.
They don’t even have to feign concern because the media is nothing more than a propaganda machine for Obama. His complete lack of concern for Kentucky and the media’s cooperative silence seems to me to have a sinister side to it.
When major network anchors make statements toward the south like, “take that all you bigots and racists in the south,” referencing Obama’s inauguration, there is a dangerous line being drawn. There is no benefit in that kind of rhetoric, when it is not true. If you don’t agree, you’re branded.
The idea that southerners didn’t vote for Obama because of his race is now a fore-gone conclusion and probably already being recorded as fact. It’s as though they’ve concluded that those ‘bigots and racists’ deserve no sympathies, and will no longer be served or tolerated by the better of us.
Oppression never goes away, someone once noted, the target is merely changed. Tell me how is it not bigotry by pure definition, to call a segment of our population names and make false claims about them to the world. To accuse them of viewpoints they do not hold, simply because of political differences?
Is this the new direction Obama was touting in his candidacy? We all know the viewpoints of Black Liberation Theology. I hope I’m wrong, but this blatant unconcern by our POTUS for millions suffering seems surreal to me.
BROKAW: I just want to say one thing. Eh, having been in the South in the sixties and Los Angeles and Watts and northern urban areas, umm, uh, when we were evolving as a country. I’m thinking of all the bigots and the rednecks and all the people that I met along the way, and I’m saying to them, “Take this.”
Mr. Brokaw conveniently forgets that the rednecks and bigots he’s talking about in the south were Democrats:
While I won’t questions the results of these tests, I will question the source of motivation. If an individual is self-motivated they should always perform at top level and not need a mere human as an incentive to perform.
My personal motivation has been to learn from my mistakes and try to do better the next time.
CHAP
“Mr. Obama took the stage telling the audience that America needed a Second Bill of Rights guaranteeing all Americans a job, health care, homes, an education, and a fair playing field for business and farmers.”
How is that not destructive to the restrictions of power by the federal government?.
byof the federal government?Don’t forget, not only could the Dems not care less about those Bible-thumpin’ hicks in KY, paying attention to a destructive ice storm also blows the Global Warming Myth out of the water. Reality must not be allowed to interfere with the MSM/LLL’s mission to save us from Global Warming.
Much higher than western Kentucky.
If I were in Kentucky, facing those harsh conditions, the last thing I would want is Obama imposing his “hope” and “caring” on the matter. Things are already bad enough without him exploiting their plight in an attempt to posture as some can-do problem-solver whose solutions, in reality, would only complicate the situation even more. The people of Kentucky have an opportunity to demonstrate that it is possible to persevere without the grace of The Lord Barack Almighty. Don’t invite him to ruin their recovery, especially when his added damage would only be treated as “proof” that they need his meddling.
It’s the same in principle as his economic meddling. He participated in intimidating banks into making loans to unqualified borrowers. The borrowers didn’t pay their mortgages, the banks then started crashing, followed by the whole economy going with them. And now, who’s here to saddle us with “bold, decisive action” that can’t be delayed?
I know it isn’t what you nor the authors intended, but your “study” seems to make the participating blacks appear shiftless and lazy; not unintelligent, but lacking personal motivation. How, precisely, is this a net gain for the image of blacks?
His AZ invitees are Raul Grijalva (D-Tucson) who will copy BHO’s every move and Trent Franks (R-Phx)who is NOT a fan of Barry Soetero. I want to see the revelry when the AZ Cards win and Trent Franks is the only one whooping it up. Think NBS will cover that?
GO CARDS!!!! BRING THAT TROPHY TO AZ!!
Whatever Michelle O wants it to be.
Sounds like heaven to me.
Precisely the reason I’m NOT watching NBC till the game actually starts. I’m watching ESPN and the NFL Network, Mythbusters….ANYTHING in order to stay away from OlberLamer and the Nothing But Communists network (NBC)
Trent Franks went to the White House WITHOUT ME? And here I sat eating that cold chicken at his fund raiser. How soon they forget
Oh well we will be watching the game on the patio unlike DC, Chicago or Kentucky. But I will start up the BeeHive fireplace at dark in sympathy
Raul Grijalva (D-Tucson)is proof that God does have a sense of humor- we have his Birth Certificate but no Proof of Live Birth!
Anyone here ever hear of Earl Pitts (national redneck editorialist and conservative)? He had an editorial Friday on why these football “analysts” should stay home. Basically he said that we don’t need pre-game analysis, game analysis, or post-game analysis. They score TDs by running or catching the ball. That’s all we need to know to enjoy the game, along with beer and chips. I agree.
First off, we are talking about black children, not blacks in general. And how many times has it been said that children will rise to the level of our expectations? If black students are not provided proper motivation and role models, it is no surprise they suffer academically. Perhaps Obama provides that missing component for many.
To finish my thought, txvet, I don’t think it necessarily says anything about personal failings of the children and more about personal failings of the adults that surround them.
Meanwhile, the MSM and the educational establishment do everything in their power to tear down males (especially white males) as either doofuses or evil. But that’s okay… it’s not like *that’s* going to affect the behavior of young males in our society.
Hopefully. The idea that studying hard and trying to do well is somehow “white” has robbed many black children of their futures. I think that’s vile.
Obama Derangement Syndrome. This thread is dripping with it.
As for Kentucky, the National Guard is fully deployed. That didn’t happen during Katrina.
Socky said: Buck Farak. I say Buck Farak squared. This guy has me yelling at the TV, Radio and Internet news. He literally raises my blood pressure everday. I couldn’t stand Clinton, but this guy has him beat by a long shot. He makes Clinton look like a right winger. RINO’s suck too!!!
What will the temp be? Hot enough to grow orchids, for sure.
Only because our Democrat gov knew no immediate help/aid would be forthcoming from Obama’s DC.
Right – but why did their Democrat gov fail to do even this?
Kentucky is a red state ……. why would Obama want to help them? EVERYTHING he’s done in the last 12 days is payback for those that have done something for him.
LGM is the Kentucky National Guarad enough to help everyone? If this had been Bush you would be screaming your head off. By the way as previous noted Louiana did have a demo governor back then during Katrina.
Ummm – Katrina didn’t hit Kentucky
However for the gulf states the National Guard was the primary first responder. Go peddle your lies and misinformation elsewhere.
The Jawa Report has a reminder of Obama’s shot at Bush:
HOPE/CHANGE!!! Obama And FEMA Leave Americans To Die In Kentucky
LGM do you ever get tired of looking so ignorant? The National Guard is a state militia, the governor is the commander in chief. The federal government can deploy national guard troops and I am not sure the MOU on that, but Kentucky has activated their own national guard. Obama is toasty warm in his oval office, looking like the inexperienced tool that he is.
As a lawyer, I would have expected you to notice that I said “participating” blacks, i.e. the blacks taking the test. Apparently you also missed the part of the article that said
Your failure to comprehend either the basis of the study or my comment makes your rebuttal weak, uninformed, and fallacious, not to mention shallow, thoughtless, and lacking in relevance. Your grade is an F.
Touche, txvet.
The article I had originally seen a few days ago did not mention it was a GED test. And in trying to link to an article quickly, I took the first one that came up on google and failed to read it.
Fair enough. I deserve your comment, though I certainly don’t think I was being particularly nasty to you.
But fail: chapoutier.
Hooray!
Rendition only evil when Bush did it- Obama to keep Clintonian “rendition” policy.
Maybe we can send all our al Qaeda friends in Gitmo to Turkey.
Just thinking of ‘Midnight Express’.
Back in the good old days when ‘rendition’ was a bad thing…
LOS ANGELES – Before her latest film, if anyone had asked Reese Witherspoon what the term “extraordinary rendition” meant, she might have answered with a blank stare.
The words could be bureaucratese for something as innocuous as a tax deduction. But as Witherspoon’s “Rendition” spells out darkly and melodramatically, the term actually stands for a U.S. government practice of transferring terrorism suspects to other countries, where their interrogations could subject them to abuse and torture.
“I don’t think I realized what the term was called,” Witherspoon told The Associated Press at September’s Toronto International Film Festival, where “Rendition” played in advance of its theatrical release Friday. “The term is not really in the popular vernacular.
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“It sounds like public-policy rigmarole. It doesn’t sound like anything that you would connect with the torture and detainment of innocent people.”
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In “Rendition,” Witherspoon plays the wife of an Egyptian-born man (Omar Metwally) suspected of involvement in a Middle East terrorist bombing who is abducted by U.S. authorities and sent overseas for questioning at a secret facility. Jake Gyllenhaal co-stars as a CIA analyst who comes to question his government’s sanctioning of such abusive interrogations.
When a Egyptian-born chemical engineer goes missing, his wife is desperate to track him down, unaware that he’s in a U.S. run detention facility.
As her character begs for answers from government officials, including a cold-hearted intelligence bureaucrat played by Meryl Streep, Witherspoon transforms into a desperate, emotional wreck.