By Today was one of those days that people are supposed to remember for the rest of their lives with the inauguration of America’s first minority President, Barack Obama. Well if it is I can say that I spent today watching the inauguration sitting in the personnel actions office waiting to get a new PIN number for my CAC card. It took just over an hour to get my ticket number called which allowed me to see all of President Obama’s speech.
U.S. President Barack Obama delivers his speech after taking the Oath of Office to become the 44th President of the United States, during the inauguration ceremony in Washington, January 20, 2009. Obama became the first African-American president in U.S. history.
What I found interesting sitting in the packed waiting room was that when President Obama took his oath of office a few black people were holding up a clinched fist in the black power tribute. Then a Hispanic NCO sitting next me said to his buddy that “they” would probably try and impreach him from office within the next 24 hours. I looked at him and asked him who he meant by “they”, did he mean white people? He was bit startled that I challenged him on his remark and then said that he meant the Congress. I told him he is either ignorant or misinformed if he thinks a Congress with both the House and the Senate firmly in control of the Democrats would impeach Obama a fellow Democrat. So that is where I was on this historic day, in a packed waiting room watching black power tributes and listening to an ignorant NCO claim “they” are going to impeach Obama.
As far as the Obama speech, I really didn’t think it was one of his better ones, but he had a few good lines I liked such as this:
In reaffirming the greatness of our nation, we understand that greatness is never a given. It must be earned. Our journey has never been one of short-cuts or settling for less. It has not been the path for the faint-hearted – for those who prefer leisure over work, or seek only the pleasures of riches and fame.
Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things – some celebrated but more often men and women obscure in their labor, who have carried us up the long, rugged path towards prosperity and freedom. [Welt Online]
I like this line because it is hard work and American ingenuity that has made our economy what it is today, which the people looking to take short cuts to wealth with the ponzi mortgage schemes have totally screwed it up.
Here is something else I liked:
The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works – whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified. Where the answer is yes, we intend to move forward. Where the answer is no, programs will end.
I like this passage if he actually means what he says about making government work. For anyone that has had to deal with the USCIS, DHS, VA, etc. you know there are many government agencies that are crap and never get fixed. Will President Obama make all these agencies work and if not get rid of them for something better? We will find out in the next four years.
Here is something I didn’t like:
With old friends and former foes, we will work tirelessly to lessen the nuclear threat, and roll back the specter of a warming planet.
It is sad to see even the President of the United States repeating the false global warming claim. The planet has not warmed in a decade and has cooled for the past several years. This statement is also especially ironic coming from an inauguration that had the largest carbon footprint ever. If you can believe it, 600 private jets flew into Washington consuming 25,320 pounds of CO2 to attend this inauguration.
Here is something else I didn’t like:
And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to suffering outside our borders; nor can we consume the world’s resources without regard to effect. For the world has changed, and we must change with it.
I didn’t realize I and other Americans were indifferent to suffering outside our nation’s borders? The BBC this year declared former President Bush Africa’s Best Friend due to all the aid programs that the Bush administration has implemented in Africa that has saved tens of thousands of lives. If President Obama wants to do more about suffering outside our nation’s borders he can start by advocating for the human rights of North Korean refugees and for people kidnapped by the North Korean regime. Whenever he brings up suffering and human rights and can’t help but think of the suffering and human rights of Reverend Kim Dong-shik who Barack Obama decided to ignore due to political expediency.
As far as resources, I hear this all the time. I hope we continue to use a disproportional amount of resources because it means people are at work making things that other people in the world want to buy, which consumes you guessed it resources. If he said we should reduce our dependency on foreign oil, I would then be all onboard.
Reverend Joseph Lowery
The benediction of all things by Reverend Joseph Lowery jumped out at me more then anything else today with this passage:
Lord, in the memory of all the saints who from their labors rest, and in the joy of a new beginning, we ask you to help us work for that day when black will not be asked to get back, when brown can stick around — (laughter) — when yellow will be mellow — (laughter) — when the red man can get ahead, man — (laughter) — and when white will embrace what is right. [Chicago Sun Times]
It seems ironic that he thinks black people are still asked to get back on a day when a black person has just been inaugurated into the most powerful position in the country and the stage and crowd was absolutely filled with black people. Also why do Asian people need to become mellow? Are they out of control and causing violence? I also think an argument can be made that it is reverse racism to hope for a day when “white will embrace what is right”. What would people say if Rick Warren gave a prayer hoping for a day when “black will embrace what is right”? All hell would break loose and rightfully so. Maybe they have, but I haven’t seen one mainstream media outlet criticize this guy’s comments yet.
I thought it was a inappropriate and divisive way to end a day that is supposed to be a day of unity in celebrating the inauguration of our nation’s first minority President. Instead the day is ended by promoting false stereotypes at a time when our new President is supposed to transcend those stereotypes.
11:06 pm on January 20th, 2009 1
Just curious? Have you or do you intend to confront any racially biased and derogatory anti-Obama sentiment you might come across, and tell us about it?
If so, then you are part of the solution and we will all be making progress.
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1:02 am on January 21st, 2009 2
President Bush was booed as he was introduced. You stay classy San Diego.
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2:30 am on January 21st, 2009 3
That NCO you talked about is the last gasp of the elements that are not so passionate about Obama. I’m one of them. But that NCO was unfortunately wrong about the Congress impeaching him, but please don’t call him ignorant.
The fight is in the Supreme Court and some of the state courts that start TOMORROW: Jan 21. Philip Berg’s suit decision from the 16 Jan will be announced — but don’t hold your breath for good news. Challenges on 22 Jan to be heard in a state court trying to get “secret” Occidental College records — and other suits on the way. Then there’s the Lightfoot challenge to go to Supreme Court full conference on 23 Jan. This challenge is from people who have “standing” (a Presidential and VP candidate and a state elector) so the Supreme Court must tread lightly.
Most people have given up, but there are still hard-core believers in the Constitution waiting in the wings.
This frustrating grass-roots movement started in Aug 2008 and people have learned from their mistakes in the courts along the way. As the courts slam a door in one way, there are challenges on other fronts. I have counted over 30 suits in the past four months — and many were silent because people knew what the media (and others) would do to them in public. Joe the Plumber had it easy compared to the crud the people who have filed these suits and made their identities public have endured. Sooner or later, there will be an opening — and then the poop will hit the fan.
Obama has now spent over $800,000 with three law firms to keep the American people from learning about his past — and his bills are going to get much steeper. Expect his bills to surpass $1 million this month — and now he will have the Justice Department to work on it too. Gee, ain’t it great to be President? As soon as his compadre, Eric Holder is rubber-stamped as Attorney General expect the Justice Department to come to the aid of the “Office of the President.”
But don’t worry, the state department, FBI and INS are under attack too due to an executive order signed by Bush on 16 Jan — but don’t hold your breath on this one. However, like all the others, it will be a learning experience. The attack dogs have been unleashed and we will not go away.
More and more lawyers are joining the battle (pro se) — to ask him a simple question: May I see your birth certificate? Not the rag on the internet, but the vault copy you have refused to allow to be released.
Don’t worry, the liberal mainstream media won’t worry all of you with the details … but believe me — a Constitutional crisis is underway. Obama on 20 Jan signed his first executive order — and many will challenge him immediately in the courts. The far-right fringe elements consider Obama an “ursurper” and have taken this tact to challenge him.
This will not go away. Obama may throw parties for military dependents and say nice things to all the military, but the polls state that a lot of military folks are like that NCO … both officer and enlisted. Don’t worry. They’ll keep their mouthes shut like good soldiers.
However, old farts like me and thousands of other military retirees who took an oath to defend the Constitution are still around. This is a separate attack on Obama — with Lt. Col. Sullivan and Col. Hollister’s suits being filed. Yes, we’re whackos but we won’t go away.
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3:41 am on January 21st, 2009 4
“Just curious? Have you or do you intend to confront any racially biased and derogatory anti-Obama sentiment you might come across, and tell us about it?”
This sounds like a loaded question. Can one disagree with Mr. Obama’s ideological inclinations and policies and not be painted as “racially biased” and spreading “derogatory anti-Obama sentiment”—not to say such things don’t exist.
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5:29 am on January 21st, 2009 5
Where was I when he became president?
I don’t know…sleeping maybe? What time was it in Korea when all this happened?
Big presidential speeches and various other political ceremonies all loaded with lots of pomp and circumstance bore me to tears. I’d rather watch paint dry than watch a presidential speech. Or any political speech for that matter. Boring, boring, boring.
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5:50 am on January 21st, 2009 6
“Yes, we’re whackos.”
Sure are, Kalani. This is not about the Consitution and never has been. Fluff all you want, though. You’re good at it.
Like Election morning (in Korea), my wife and I took the day off and did our best to be part of it.
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6:02 am on January 21st, 2009 7
Perhaps the historical significance of the day raised our hopes too high, but I, too, was disappointed not only in President Obama’s speech and the Reverend Lowery’s benediction but nearly fell asleep during that poem that sounded more like another speech and pop preacher Rick Warren’s invocation. For me, the best moment was when Executive One took off from the Capitol lawn ferrying the ex-president and his approval rating of 13%.
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7:14 am on January 21st, 2009 8
Yesterday I didn’t hear one person say anything racist about Barack Obama and if someone did I would say something about it. It is people like Reverend Lowery that used to be part of the solution but are now part of the problem.
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7:53 am on January 21st, 2009 9
Clam@6,
Yes, I deserve the title of “whacko.” Four months ago I knew nothing about Obama — only knowing he was too far left for my tastes. But while doing bipartisan voter registrations here in Korea, I learned I knew next to nothing about Obama.
What I first found is how little there was out there — nothing. What frightened me more was that it was OBAMA who had sealed everything. As a public official, why the secrets? What is generally accepted as his life story has been constructed by the Obama campaign and media mostly from his “memoir” (Dreams of My Father). However, it is a work of “faction” — part fact and part fiction — with a lot of fiction. But what started getting interesting was when you start putting the interviews of Ann Dunham’s friends together with her school records from the University of Washington where she was enrolled from Autumn 1961-Spring 1962, everything goes down hill from there. The whole “family” story of Obama starts to fall apart.
When you find out that Obama Sr. lived in Kaimuki at a different address from the 13 Aug birth announcement. When you find out that in Hawaii marriages of females under 18 (Ann Dunham was 17) requires both parents consent — and she eloped to Maui over the objections of her parents (their story). These are only the start of the facts that When put together, the picture gets down right frightening — and the outright lies start jumping out at you.
Clam, I hope you do some research on your own instead of accepting the mindless “fluff” that media puts out and God-forbid don’t accept anything from me. Please do some research for yourself.
And do some research on the definition of a “natural born citizen.” This is what is going to bite Obama in the rear-end. Sooner or later the Supreme Court will have to define it — and Joe Biden will become Acting President immediately.
But as you said, I’m a whacko. That’s correct. Believe what you want.
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8:19 am on January 21st, 2009 10
A few months ago, I would have read something like that written by Kalani and thought, “Obviously… another right wing whacko with another wild conspiracy theory…” and stopped reading at that point and moved on.
After a long talk with a good friend, who is anything but a right-wing whacko type, I decided to start looking into this. I’ve since done some research – and I’m not talking about Ann Coulter books and right-wing whacko blogs – I’m talking about work done by people who have taken a non-partison, scholarly approach to researching Obama’s birth, and simply stated: things don’t add up.
Having said this, I think when it’s all said and done, he’s not going to lose the Presidency. I just don’t see the Supreme Court – rightly or otherwise – doing that knowing what it would do to our country. HOWEVER, the current make-up of the Supreme Court is such that a ruling against Obama isn’t entirely out of the question.
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8:35 am on January 21st, 2009 11
There are legitimate questions about Obama’s citizenship, but questioning it makes you a racist nutjob.
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10:35 am on January 21st, 2009 12
If you believe in conspiracy theories, here is the standard line I’ve seen about all this: The elite who run things in the US have plenty of damaging inside info on Obama, including his actual birth records, and will hold that over him to make sure he does exactly what they want. Anyone notice how quiet he was during Israel’s three-week massacre in Gaza, for example? Or how supportive he’s been of TARP, and “centrist” — sometimes even center-right — in his cabinet selections?
Obama’s been reading from the script he’s been given fairly well, I’d say.
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4:08 pm on January 21st, 2009 13
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=1886512&ch=&cl=11641208&src=newzealand
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6:15 pm on January 21st, 2009 14
I also thought the comments by Reverend Joseph Lowery were wrong, untimely, and out of place. What future day is he referring to?
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7:38 pm on January 21st, 2009 15
Kalani,
Is there something that Obama and Co. is hiding from the public on his Native birth? Was he born in foreign country? I know that one have to be born in US soil. HI became the 50th state in the union in August 1959 and Obama was born in 1961 per his bio. I wonder why they are keeping his original Birth Certificate from the public’s view.
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8:34 pm on January 21st, 2009 16
For those that clicked the link above from TeachaTeacha he/she is spreading more false global warming propaganda. The ice sheet on Antarctica is actually expanding:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/science/cold-science/2002-01-18-wais-thicker.htm
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,323645,00.html#
http://www.jennifermarohasy.com/blog/archives/002869.html
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1:35 am on January 22nd, 2009 17
GI,
We know your thoughts on global warming quite well at this point. Citing three articles is not necessary. As I have said before, people and companies are becoming much more green-minded because of “global warming”, regardless of whether they think it’s true or not. The science is there to back up both claims, but I wonder, if global warming truthers prevail and convince the masses that the earth is not in the danger scientists claim it be, wouldn’t they halt many of the enviro-friendly activites and projects to save cost? People are feeling connected to their home now more than they ever have. Does the end not justify the means?
Besides raising your blood pressure (Which, honestly, I do not want), it seems to me that the overall result of this science, campaign or whatever you want to call it, is a positive one. No?
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3:58 am on January 22nd, 2009 18
CPT Kim@15
Because Obama has sealed just about everything, there are all different sort of theories on his past. Many believe he was born in Mombasa, Kenya — such as Philip Berg — but this has gapping holes as the “proof” offered has been mostly discredited. I don’t hold to this theory based upon simple factor of TIME.
First the Hawaii birth announcement was on 13 Aug. Back then, the Board of Health (Department of Health) would gather the latest group of births and feed them to the two newspapers, the Honolulu Advertiser and Star Bulletin. Thus if Obama was born outside Hawaii — and assuming that 4 Aug 1961 is the truthful birth day — there is no way that Ann Dunham could have gotten from Kenya to Hawaii in time to file a “late birth” at the Board of Health. Remember that this was 1961 — the year the first jet liner landed at the old Honolulu IAP over near Kihei Lagoon. Jet travel overseas was just starting. (1) If Ann Dunham gave birth in Kenya (or even the mainland or Canada) she need approximately three weeks before a doctor would sign a certificate to allow an infant to fly. (2) If you fly from Kenya, you would have to go to Europe and then to New York then cross-country in two hops minimum then on to Hawaii. This was a long trip in 1961. (3) For an infant to leave Kenya, Ann Dunham would have had to have obtained a certificate of birth from either the US or British embassy — and that would have takes time.
All of these elements would not allow Ann Dunham to have a child in Kenya and make it to Hawaii in time to file a “late birth” and have it appear in the newspapers on 13 Aug. The same applies for Canadian or Washington state birth with the doctor certificate taking three weeks before an airlines would let the infant travel.
This leaves only three feasible options: (1) Obama was born in Hawaii; or (2) Obama was born BEFORE 4 Aug 1961(location unknown)and his birth was registered as a “home birth” or “late birth”; or (3) Either Madelyn or Stanley Dunham could have reported the birth as a relative WITHOUT Ann Dunham or Obama even being present — yes, this was possible under Hawaii law at the time.
All kinds of whacko theories can also be posed — So why won’t Obama just show everyone the G_d-damn birth certificate and end this nonsense?
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4:36 am on January 22nd, 2009 19
Sorry, CPT KIM. I misread your question. You were asking about “natural born citizen.” Actually it is very simple. You have to have TWO parents who are U.S. citizens. Barack Obama had a parent who was born in Kenya and was a dual citizen — it is that simple.
Other factors as well about Ann Dunham being under 17 and the law at the time had an age requirement to pass on citizenship to Obama. But this is just clutter. The fact is that precendents dating to the time of the writing of the Constitution spell this out very plainly. Obama was a dual citizen at birth — he is ineligible because he is NOT a “natural born citizen.” Check it out for yourself. This is not a complicated legal concept.
Remember the Supreme Court and all the lower courts have not touched this question of whether Obama is a
“natural born citizen” YET. They have been dismissing cases based on “standing” — people must have harm done to them to have “standing” in a suit.
As a voter, you have no standing. As a US citizen, you have no standing. Only if you were running for office –as Alan Keyes and Gloria Lightfoot or an elector in the Electoral College process — would you have standing. On 23 Jan, we’ll see if the Supreme Court reacts or dumps on this case to be presented for full Conference. This is an important date.
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7:11 am on January 22nd, 2009 20
Kalani,
You mean the nonsense that YOU are getting worked up about? It’ll be over tomorrow and then you have to obsess over something else.
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7:29 am on January 22nd, 2009 21
Clam,
Please pay attention. It ain’t over by a long shot. This is only the beginning.
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7:31 am on January 22nd, 2009 22
Good! Maybe by then you can admit that this is not actually about the Constitution.
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8:12 am on January 22nd, 2009 23
Clam,
You are wrong. It is not nonsense. The Rule of Law is important. The easily-led ignorant and the intentionally evil think laws should be enforced only when they support their views or achieves their goals. Are you important enough to be the later?
Selective enforcement is a devious tool used by those in power to achieve things which usually have no real benefit to the ignorant masses who rabidly rally behind them.
Would I be wrong to suggest that you had a different view of strictly following the Law when Bush was twisting, skirting and breaking it to accomplish his questionable goals?
Kalani,
You are old enough and experienced enough to know better. The appearance of functionality of the System is more important than following the Law; or anything else, for that matter.
As almost everyone in power has nothing to gain by rattling the foundations of the System, this will be ignored by those who matter; unless Obama doesn’t follow the script and starts affecting the System.
If there is any doubt, examples at every scale can be given from Al Gore quietly backing down in the questionable 2000 election to preserve the smooth transition of power to, on a local scale, USFK’s ignoring the (functional) System of housing rip-offs, black marketing, human trafficking, prostitution and God knows what else.
You are right, Kalani, but I wouldn’t hold my breath that anybody, at any level, will take any action which might shake the very foundation of our country simply to satisfy an obscure law which our dumbed-down population not only is ignorant of but will viciously argue against the importance of if brought to their attention.
Clam (again),
As for global warming, you are correct. Right or wrong, true “green” activities (conservation, alternative energy, etc.) are excellent and overdue.
Unfortunately, the Cult of Global Warming isn’t really being used to save the planet. It is being used to control food supplies, destroy middle classes, fund pet projects of dubious benefit, overly burden small business, market products with questionable green credentials, fuel a faddish political/scientific bandwagon, maybe even reward Al Gore for throwing the 2000 election. The list goes on. I will be happy to elaborate on any of these points if you are not able to think of examples for yourself.
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8:16 am on January 22nd, 2009 24
CPT Kim, good grief.
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8:20 am on January 22nd, 2009 25
Clam isn’t even American. Why debate with that fool. Just another Canadian dope smoker who wants to ruin US of A.
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2:47 pm on January 22nd, 2009 26
I’m not? Born and raised in Tennessee, pal. I only assume Barak is our old friend, Shattered. How’s Palin?
After years of blatant disregard for the Rule of Law, it’s fun being lectured from the right about it. I agree that IF there has been a dishonest cover-up surrounding his birthplace it should be discovered and dealt with. My problem is that many of these politicians, attorneys and bloggers are following through with this for political reasons rather than their purest Rule of Law cover. They lost that argument years ago. Same goes for your selective enforcement line. We all witnessed what Bush did and it was clear that he was breaking the law. BO has not broken any law here and hopefully it will be settled soon in a way that all of us will be satisfied.
I do wonder, though, why he has not just submitted it.
JAFO,
“I will be happy to elaborate on any of these points if you are not able to think of examples for yourself.”
Don’t be rude.
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12:39 pm on January 23rd, 2009 27
Clam,
Rude? Please explain how offering to elaborate on points which destroy your vocal concept of global warming politics is rude. It only becomes rude if I attack you personally, in an unrelated fashion, rather than your misguided ideas.
The situation seems so obvious that, right or wrong, anyone who supports the current implementation of anti-global warming measures must be treated as an ignorant child.
To prove me wrong, feel free to give examples where the actions of governments, corporations and famous individuals reduce global warming to an extend greater than any of the points I mentioned.
“After years of blatant disregard for the Rule of Law, it’s fun being lectured from the right about it.”
Au contraire, mon amie. My lecture hardly comes from the right. What is right is right. What is wrong is wrong. If you think it is now the left’s turn to disregard the Rule of Law to make up for what the right did, you are part of the problem instead of the solution. Let it go. Love your country and your people. Do what’s best for them.
“My problem is that many of these politicians, attorneys and bloggers are following through with this for political reasons rather than their purest Rule of Law cover. They lost that argument years ago.”
Yes and yes. That doesn’t make them wrong, however. The left was not wrong when they challenged Bush on many issues even though the motive was to promote a leftest agenda rather than to uphold the Rule of Law or benefit America and it’s citizens.
Stop. Step back. Remember that ideology is much more black and white than reality. Consider if the goal is correct. Don’t worry about the motivations of those involved. That is only an excuse to not agree with a logical message.
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1:15 pm on January 23rd, 2009 28
When the African-American man was elected as the president of US, I was very impressed with the generosity of white Americans to accept this historical event peacefully.
However, it is so sorry to find some to aggravate petty grievances.
KALANI “May I see your birth certificate?”
If you dought it, you had better show the evidence or the birth certificate that he was born in Kenya. lol
As for global warming claim, I do not understand why GI Korea can not accept this reality. There must be another story to deny global warming. People like to believe what they want. The point is this world has become too small to survive alone. America, as the super power and the biggest consumer of natural resources must participate in tackling this global danger whether it is serious or not.
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11:29 pm on January 23rd, 2009 29
Oh, Great GI, free me from the Spamtrap.
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6:44 am on January 24th, 2009 30
JAFO, unfortunately I did not see a comment from you in the spam que.
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7:10 am on January 24th, 2009 31
GI, it is acting very strangely. It accepts the post yet doesn’t post it.
Part 1
JION999,
“I was very impressed with the generosity of white Americans to accept this historical event peacefully.”
Awful white of you to say so. Actually, that’s a pretty condescending and borderline racist statement. Perhaps you didn’t notice but “white Americans” generally don’t riot when they are slighted or don’t get their way (even in situations where they probably should).
Complaining has replaced violence as an engine of change. It can be effective in large numbers. Perhaps it is the next step in social evolution. Perhaps it reflects “the basic decency of the White Man’s culture” (to quote HST).
Next.
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7:10 am on January 24th, 2009 32
Part 2
“you had better show the evidence or the birth certificate that he was born in Kenya”
Actually, the burden of proof is not upon Kalani. It is on the man who wishes to hold a public office representing the citizens of the United States and must fulfill certain requirements and follow certain laws to do so.
Kalani’s duty, as a citizen, is to require transparency and accountability from his government by bringing up “petty grievances” or, if necessary, by “rioting” against illegal and possibly subversive actions within the government.
Next.
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7:12 am on January 24th, 2009 33
Part 3A
Every statement you made on global warming was misguided. I must quote the entire abomination.
“As for global warming claim, I do not understand why GI Korea can not accept this reality.”
“Reality” is a strong word to describe what is still an evolving theory. There are other factors which correlate with global temperatures which are far beyond man’s control. With this in mind, even a decades-long increases in global temperature may not represent what it is presented to the public as representing. Nobody really knows.
Regardless of one’s belief in global warming and what it all means, the hyped “research” is so full of omissions, misrepresentations, blatant fraud and incentives to get predetermined results, that the critical-thinking segment of the population is immediately, and rightly, suspicious. It truly appears to be more of an advertisement or a propaganda exercise than a scientific study.
The “true believers” who rabidly promote the “reality” of global warming based off their thin understanding of the latest pop-science or alarmist press release come off as rather foolish or, if they have something to gain, insincere.
None of this would really matter except the politicians, supported by an army of panicked global warming believers are asking for some pretty substantial lifestyle changes.
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7:13 am on January 24th, 2009 34
Part 3B
“There must be another story to deny global warming.”
See above.
“People like to believe what they want.”
My mistake. You did have one absolutely true statement. You might add that they will frequently believe what they are told to want.
“The point is this world has become too small to survive alone.”
One strange thing about the global warming movement is how higher global temperatures are marketed as bad for the planet when historically this is not the case.
Right now, one only has to compare the arctic and the rain forest in any category from biodensity to biodiversity to question this. The hyped bad effects of global warming are marketed as talking points rather than discussed as events with good and bad characteristics.
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7:16 am on January 24th, 2009 35
Part 3C
“America, as the super power and the biggest consumer of natural resources must participate in tackling this global danger whether it is serious or not.”
Which gets down to the real issue. Nobody really cares if it is “serious or not”. It is really about Americans reducing their disproportionally good lifestyle to satisfy global class envy.
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7:29 am on January 24th, 2009 36
Part 3D
Sadly, this is supported by a number of American politicians who are more interested in
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7:32 am on January 24th, 2009 37
Part 3E (getting close to finding the forbidden word)
persnoal gian and glboal socilaism (with them remaining in a privileged class) than defending the lifestyle of a people who have worked smarter, if not harder, than most societies to achieve a way of life unequaled in human history.
Citizens and politicians of other nations would be better off to emulate America’s good points in the quest to elevate their lifestyle and national standing rather than trying to tear America down to satisfy jealousy and nationalism.
It is frequently this tearing-down mentality which has hampered their development and lowered their standard of living to begin with.
One only needs to look at Korea and the Philippines to see the contrasting results of these policies.
GI has probably thought much of this through and it has played a role in why he does not accept the “reality” of global warming.
Thanks for playing. Try again.
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7:34 am on January 24th, 2009 38
GI.
Your filter does not like something about the phrase “persnoal gian and glboal socilaism”. That is very, very odd.
That doesn’t really fall into the categories of abusive comments, product advertisement or smut.
What’s up?
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7:37 am on January 24th, 2009 39
“It is really about Americans reducing their disproportionally good lifestyle to satisfy global class envy.”
Interesting thought
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11:52 am on January 24th, 2009 40
JAFO well said response to the global warming religionists, I couldn’t have said it better myself.
As far the phrase that keeps getting banned, I think the Akismet spam filter bans it is because that phrase is probably used by some group spamming blogs with comments using that phrase. That is my best guess anyway.
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10:16 pm on February 1st, 2009 41
“On 23 Jan, we'll see if the Supreme Court reacts or dumps on this case to be presented for full Conference. This is an important date.”
Any news?
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11:31 pm on March 4th, 2009 42
If anyone is interested, here is information on current lawsuits requesting Obama prove he can legally assume the presidency.
abchttp://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=90574
Any Obama supporters out there want to share their idea why he won’t just put an end to all this by showing his birth certificate? It might not end the controversy but it sure would move it to the radical fringe.
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7:03 am on March 5th, 2009 43
Why not prove you are a citizen ChickenLover?
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March 5th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
RealAmerican, what would definitively prove to you that someone is a citizen of the U.S.?
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9:05 am on March 5th, 2009 44
“Why not prove you are a citizen ChickenLover?”
Uhhh… because I’m not running for public office and the constitutional requirements concerning the American citizenship of the President of the United States don’t apply to me?
Would that be a good enough answer?
Any more stupid questions about me that don’t address the issue being discussed?
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6:31 pm on March 5th, 2009 45
Speaking of Barack Obama:
Barack Obama is a racial-minority individual, and in his heart and mind he inevitably does not endorse hate crimes committed by George W. Bush.
George W. Bush committed hate crimes of epic proportions and with the stench of terrorism (indicated in my blog).
George W. Bush did in fact commit innumerable hate crimes.
And I do solemnly swear by Almighty God that George W. Bush committed other hate crimes of epic proportions and with the stench of terrorism which I am not at liberty to mention.
Many people know what Bush did.
And many people will know what Bush did—even to the end of the world.
Bush was absolute evil.
Bush is now like a fugitive from justice.
Bush is a psychological prisoner.
Bush has a lot to worry about.
Bush can technically be prosecuted for hate crimes at any time.
In any case, Bush will go down in history in infamy.
Submitted by Andrew Yu-Jen Wang
B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993
“GEORGE W. BUSH IS THE WORST PRESIDENT IN U.S. HISTORY” BLOG OF ANDREW YU-JEN WANG
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I am not sure where I had read it before, but anyway, it is a linguistically excellent statement, and it goes kind of like this: “If only it were possible to ban invention that bottled up memories so they never got stale and faded.” Oh wait—off the top of my head—I think the quotation came from my Lower Merion High School yearbook.
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7:00 pm on March 5th, 2009 46
I don’t exactly understand your position, Mr. Wang. Instead of all the sugarcoating, can you just clearly tell us how you really feel?
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9:23 pm on March 5th, 2009 47
I’m pretty sure Mr. Wang
voted for Bush’s second term. So tell me Wang, what possible state secrets do you hold that you can’t mention? And are these things he supposedly did in the real world, or in your little world? 
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9:43 pm on March 5th, 2009 48
Hey Wang – Free Tibet!
So you don’t look so foolish in the future, please write something like, B.S. Chemistry or B.S. Theoretical Astrophysics not B.S. Summa Cum Laude, people will just make fun of you.
But, congratulations on the Summa Cum Laude, that’s quite an expensive award!
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3:59 am on March 6th, 2009 49
Like I thought. Chickenlover ain’t no REAL AMERICAN. Makes me sick to hear those types try and destroy the AMERICAN way of life.
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5:58 am on July 15th, 2009 50
Hey Kalani,
Interesting development…
You are probably following this where I am not… so I thought I’d pass it on to you and wait for your analysis.
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=104009
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11:00 am on July 15th, 2009 51
I agree it doesn’t make any sense why Obama did not and has not produced his birth records. I’ve had to dig my certificate out two or three times over the last ten years or so for this or that official reason. Is it so much to ask of a person occupying the presidency or trying to win that office?
That said, I also think the reservist in ChickenHead’s link is a douche…
He serves the country, not the president. Couldn’t he have come up with a better way to avoid serving?
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