Comments on: It’s Called ‘Transition’ For a Reason

By: Thinking Person

Thinking Person — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:15:55 +0000

I do think it odd that the man who stood in front of thousands of cheering fans and gave all of those grandiose speeches is now so silent on the issues at hand especially that of bailing out the big 3. Isn’t it odd that even members of his own party including Barney Frank are starting to question his silence? Of course he did give that little blurb about there being only one President at a time. Sounds like a cop-out to me. If his fans are wishing he would hurry up and be annointed, maybe he should come out of hiding and start voicing his opinions on important topics now. At least we’d have time to gird our loins for the next few weeks until reality sets in. As for Steve P. thinking a ham sandwich would be better than having Bush until Jan….all I can say is be careful what you wish for. That ham sandwich might just be on the menu after January with a side order of bull. At least Bush has opinions that he formed outside of a committee. He was never anyone’s puppet. I’m sure I won’t be the only one looking for the marionette strings for the next four years.

By: thinking mom

thinking mom — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:39:30 +0000

Hope that the wish to bypass the standard transition process is not shades of things to come…in the wisher’s leader…

To speak plainly, will Mr. Obama follow the rules? Or—invent his own?

Since he is known mainly through his own words, we don’t know.

By: VoBan

VoBan — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:57:08 +0000

He’s not POTUS yet? WHy, I was reading the comics yesterday, and thought he was.
http://comics.com/jump_start/2008-12-07/

By: Steve P.

Steve P. — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:31:37 +0000

I think you’re all drastically missing the point. It’s not so much that Americans want Obama in right now, it’s that they want Bush out right now. At this point, I’d consider having a ham sandwich as a stand-in until inauguration.

By: Alana

Alana — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 06:11:18 +0000

I don’t believe they are anxious to get Obama in as much as they are anxious to display how little they think of the Constitution.

In order that the rest of us might learn and share the same disregard.

By: Kathryn (Petition: We Demand True Conservative Leadership)

Kathryn (Petition: We Demand True Conservative Leadership) — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:12:10 +0000

Kinda reminds me of the Gipper who reminded us of the difference between us the the Soviet Union. While the Soviets (and all Communist regimes) forced their citizens to acknowledge government as the ultimate giver of rights, we have free U.S. citizens willingly giving up their God-given rights in favor of government-given rights. Amazing and sad.

By: ate mely

ate mely — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:28:37 +0000

This is the ‘Entrance Antiphon’ of today’s mass (2nd Sunday of Advent)
“People of Zion, the Lord will come to save all nations, and your hearts will exult to hear his majestic voice.” (Is 30:19,30)
This is the ‘Opening Prayers’ of today’s Sunday mass.
“God of power and mercy, open our hearts in welcome. Remove the things that hinder us from receiving Christ with joy, so that we may share his wisdom and become one with him when he comes in glory, for he lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.”

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 21:50:10 +0000

Beautiful , so true, and very apropos for the times. Thanks Tom

By: Mike O'Malley

Mike O'Malley — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:06:07 +0000

Thank you for your insight Mrs. Scalia. It seems to me that you are generous with Ms. Collins’ relentless incivility. When I first read Gail Collins’ essay back in November I came away with the impression that for Ms. Collins, such a proposed humiliating summary expulsion from office of the faithful Pres. Bush, would be for Ms. Collins a satisfying climax the long campaign vilification and character assassination of Pres. Bush in which the editors of the New York Times played a leading role. How can Ms. Collins not today concede the great liberating victory the Pres. Bush has achieved in Iraq at a human cost far less that of President Lincoln to whom he is unfavorably compared by Ms. Collins? How can she dare to hang “Katrine” around Pres. Bush’s neck? The myth of Katrina being fabricated out of the news reporting malpractice by the mainstream media, an falsification of public preception in which the New York Times played a leading role. Yet she did do so.

It seems to me that Ms. Collins would consign to Pres. Bush the end of all vilified scapegoats: expulsion from the land of the living into the wilderness “unto a Land not inhabited.”

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2008/08/021376.php

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2005/09/011498.php

and

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2005/09/011474.php

as a sample.

By: The Historian

The Historian — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:07:12 +0000

PAY ATTENTION BARACK: MISSILE DEFENSE IS DO OR DIE
There are no second chances if we get this one wrong:

http://greensrealworld.blogspot.com/2008/12/missle-defense-do-or-die.html