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No Thank You! TV off today too.
History Channel all day.
Pawn Stars marathon !
I’m peeking in at Cspan to see how big the crowd it. I bet we had more warm bodies at the 9-12-09 DC Tea Party rally.
Oh you mean your 2 million or is it billion strong gathering, your claims went up exponentially with every retelling? Ha ha, how many would you losers attract now in your Betsy Ross drag, Denise?
I’ve got 3 history channels been watching the Military one so I will
remember our greatness in case it disappears.
@aneinarksas – dittos – thanks but no thanks – its a no Obama day here too. We are going to have more fun watching paint dry than watching the Coronation of the King.
We could write this stuff by now. Redundant.
N.O.D. – No Obama Day. I would have preferred N.O.P.E. – No Obama Presidency Ever.
AMEN to that!
Can’t wait! I am so glad we are going to see the inauguration of President Obama…especially as opposed to the alternative.
I didn’t get to see it. I spent the time instead picking up frozen dog turds off my lawn.
LOL
THE FEDCOATS ARE COMING !!!!!!!
THE FEDCOATS ARE COMING !!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for the linky, but I won’t be watching. I’ve seen lots of Presidents being sworn to duty, walking down the street like a Roman general after the war was won, and then without any hesitation do whatever the heck they can get away with.
Dem-Repub, doesn’t make any difference anymore; they lie to get elected, hope to get to the lame duck years’ and then unload all of their special plans and projects that they forgot to mention during the campaign.
In my paper over here I read that the coronation is sponsored by AT&T, BankofAmerica, Coca Cola, FedEx, Microsoft, among others ( source: Presidential Inaugural Committee ). Strange indeed. This toxic mix of money and governing, isn´t there another word for it ….
I haven’t read it yet, but there is a post on National Review Online titled the Swedenization of Obama. How far behind the times is that? Would that we were Swedeniizing the US right now.
Just so we don’t Obama-ize Sweden–don’t forget our friend there!
Star, I have noticed a more sober and guarded attitude towards Obama over here. Many are curious about his attitude to the enormous deficit. What are his plans to turn this around because there MUST be a plan or ???? Raise the debt limit, oh no !!!??
He apparently has no interest in focusing on the defict–by the time this beeotch collapses, he will be out of office.
Interesting Julie. I think Obama is heading towards the society we had in the seventies ( high taxes, ever expanding government and welfaresector, strong unions and a private sector that staggered under the burdens of regulations, taxes and costs). The Palme years were in my opinion disastrous, well, he was so controversial that he was shot to death 1986 and the murder is still not solved. Since then Sweden has slowly turned in another direction. Yes, we are still a welfare society with all its pros and cons but the focus is on making it easier for the private sector, deregulation, reforming the taxsystem to reward working and selfsupporting and so on. We even got rid of inheritance taxes as it was considered harmful I don´t think the European welfare model suits a heterogenous country like the US. That model doesn´t even suit the unruly south European countries hence the trouble in the Eurozone. Also, the great idea behind the US Constitution is individual freedom and the individual pursuit of happiness.
Slingrande (if Google translate is correct).; )
I just recently heard those countries were called the PIGS–Portugal, Italy, Greece, Spain. You know I love the wordplay!
Yes, sounds funny. And I haven´t heard (at least in the media) that they object to it.
The acronym has been used on the financial pages in recent years. It was initially PIIGS, to include Ireland.
You were ahead of me–you know how I love to be bleeding edge….wah.
Sadie, “slingrande” means meandering, winding.
Thanks Swedish Lady. I typed in “devious”.
To me this day is just another in the Endurance Contest we used to call America.
A free phone, a bag of free groceries and a weekly government stipend is all it took for America to lose it’s freedom.
Today is sorta like a reverse coup d’etat, instead of the people seizing government, government has seized the people.
Well done Comrades!
Now everyone, in unison, HAIL DEAR LEADER!
CiscoKid – Point well made.
Federal “Swag bags”. The Feds have truly gone Hollywood and since the culture has reduced itself to being seduced by the lowest common denominator, they were easy pickins.
Funny….all this talk of the Obama free phones. People need to brush up on history. http://www.snopes.com/politics/taxes/cellphone.asp
Funny…that you omitted that the USF was initiated in 1996. Don’t conflate landlines with cell phones.
Byron, you too need to brush up on the background of the LifeLine phone program. It’s abuse in the past 4 years has required the program to be reevaluated by the FCC, but the damage is done and the cost of fixing it is millions. Also, the main player in the program is a huge Obama supporter.
Take a gander here – http://www.catholic.org/business/story.php?id=48004
CellPhones were introduced into the program in late 2008, towards the end of the Bush administration. Until then it was all hard landline service.
Otis, billions not millions.
On October 27, 2011, the FCC approved a six-year transfer process that would transition money from the Universal Service Fund High-Cost Program to a new $4.5 billion a year Connect America Fund for broadband Internet expansion, effectively putting an end to the USF High-Cost Fund by 2018
I caught a glimpse. Barack Obama makes a big show of going to church two times in a row and that woman who gave the invocation says “one nation indivisible” — no mention of God. This may be Barack Obama’s vision of America but it is not mine. And I no respect for any President who would condone leaving God out of our nation.
The way I see it 3 million people are happier than the rest. And that includes a vast sea of people who don’t even know who the president is!
Today President Obama reminds us of what it is to be an American. We tolerate those with differences of opinion and seek to move forward. It is time to move forward together with hope not dreams.
You still into that hope thingy?
Why the talk of revenge, the name-calling (obstructionists), the insults (blocking things that help children and old people), sending Colin Powell out to hint at a “dark vein” in the Republican party, etc.
I agree with you but perhaps from a different perspective: Obama and the progressives are antithetical to what it means to be an American. He is an agitator in chief. He does not respect a different opinion and many of his followers confuse the visceral reaction of anyone who disagrees as progress.
At its heart, your comment reminds me of the 30 second commercial where you feel good but have no recall of what the product is. Obama is a masterful marketer /salesman and so many are yet to find there is no such thing as magic beans.
I’m putting out the trash today, everyday for 4 more years.
Obama can be summed up in one word: INTRANSIGENT! Fasten your seat belts!
Really? INTRANSIGENT? I disagree, of course. I can not think of any one person that can be fully described in one word. Partially described? Sure. Take Hitler. Does “evil” get it all done? Nope… How about Romney. Does “rich” get it done? Of course not.
On some levels, we all fit this crime – or quality… I note, when “it” is for “the right cause”, we wear this “type of approach” like a badge of honor – though we use different terms to describe our behavior – like focused, resolved, resolute, etc… So, perspective plays a role, as does content, context, subject, and situation. I digress…
Would it be better if our President were the opposite? Hmmm, like maybe, obedient, subordinate, tractable, pliable, submissive, yielding, ingratiating, lowly, malleable, meek, etc… Yeah, the list is a long one. And, funny, I seem to recall some of these words used to describe him too… Situational…
So, what you are really saying is, um, wait, you aren’t saying anything, really… Just venting maybe? A lot of that going on today…lol…
Maybe you like word games? If so, great. Pick some words to “sum up” this list:
Eric Cantor (Va.)
Kevin McCarthy (Calif.)
Paul Ryan (Wis.)
Pete Sessions (Texas)
Jim DeMint (S.C.)
Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)
John Boehner (R-Ohio)
Thankfully for you all, I am pretty much going to go dark after today. :)
I hate to be paranoid,but are we on the way to this?
http://pathocracy.wordpress.com/definition/
Look, I am all about the slogans (I create them for part of my living) but what does FORWARD mean–we have work to do BACKWARD to chip away at past mistakes–this is not all about inventing new things and sending everyone to 4-yr-college (which is usually 5-year). Some of the new things aren’t so great–I hate getting two word texts in response to my emails–and thinking the person is going to smack a truck sending it. When I see tweets on newscasts, I want to cry. Let’s pause, regroup, clean up our act.
“Let’s pause, regroup, clean up our act.” – Star January 21, 2013 at 2:22 pm
Amen.
Da Mooch is getting her favorite food today. First course in a 3,000 calorie luncheon is lobster tails in a clam chowder sauce.
President Obama will go down in history as one of our greatest presidents!
So very proud of him. The comments from the other side are so foolish, un-educated and have no substance. Proud to be in the majority!
Enjoy it while you can, because it is a very slim majority. Best you move on to your friends, and party with all the free stuff around you that bought this slim majority.
Veronica,
Please be sure to repost in 4 years after the impact of Obama’s policies is much clearer.
Why wait. Consider this. Since 2009 under the reign of Obama.
There are 2.1 million more Americans NOT in the workforce.
A gallon of gas is up 79%
The Federal debt is up 55%
Food stamp recipients are up 46%
Americans in poverty are up 23%
Insurance premiums are up 17%
Watching CBS’ coverage on your site, Keith.
Amazing how the media (at least CBS) can hardly contain themselves with the coverage of their savior.
I don’t recall Bush’s inaugurations, but I’d be surprised if coverage was anything more than dry and strictly fact-based.
I actually prefer to watch President Bush’s second inauguration rather than this freak show!