Das “America has been here before with incompetent men as presidents (50% of them?)…remember, the founders accounted for this in building the system, too…America has been through worse, lots worse…there will be some bumps but everything will be OK.”
Yep, that is what I told my soon to be wife when we discovered the condom had broke. It cost me thirteen years of misery (but I did get two great kids out of the deal) and over a hundred thousand dollars in property and funds when her lawyer finalized the deal.
But yea, in the end everything was OK. For Her.
Charles “But you could make the case that unemployment just means that fewer people are doing less work so productivity is a wash. Which is true may depend on what part of the down cycle you’re on.”
Sorry but that sounds like…well it sounds not true. Less people working in most companys means more time to complete a job or project. So productivity and customer satisfaction goes in the toilet. Then of course in our nanny state we have to still pay those that are not working but at home watching tv or out breaking into somebody’s house. That kinda negates the positives in a sucking manner.
ma Thank you so much for the link to Rex Murphy and his excellent post.
A few snippets if you please:
“Let us begin with the observation that some cars should just stay in the showroom, some horses should stay in the barn. A campaign can flourish on style and image; the presidency insists on substance. The pitch is not the product, the trailer is (sometimes) anything but the movie.”
One more:
“Which brings us to hubris. Nice to walk through a cloud of incense, but don’t look for a daily fix. Obama’s celebrated cool has translated for many into its flipside: extravagantly unearned self-assurance. With a persona that oscillates between professor and hipster, he patronizes — he’s either smarter or cooler than anyone else in the room, and, worse, looks very pleased to be both.”
Like he suggested: “He should take a ride in that pickup”
But of course he never, ever could. It would not, could not even be considered.
Obama will end his life like many others that flashed upon the world stage wondering what the hell happened and who can he blame. His handlers, his advisors, anybody?
HIS SELF will never occur to him.
133 NahnCee
Thank you, you left a couple out but otherwise did great in my ol’ opinion.
Yea, their pushing of racism is a crime in of itself. Also, fashion crimes must count.
Spindok I think that painting Obama as an idealist, socialist or otherwise, is incorrect. Ideals do not matter to him. He was led by events and his own awesomeness to think that he really was ‘the one’.
The danger part is that a personality like this, if truly rejected, may become unstable.
I think that you either don’t believe that his path and actions are also guided by others [backers] and [advisors] or that he has control over them. I think that the first is true and the second is not.
But your are right that if a narcissist is rejected, they become unstable… and I will add… dangerous.
zhombre “A thread @ Belmont Club always provides an interesting, informative and provocative experience. Thank you Richard Fernandez, and ladies and gentlemen, glad I could contribute in some way. Usually I feel outclassed.”
Your participation is also appreciated, but would add that everyone has something to contribute, if for nothing other than what most of my posts do.
To give everyone a shocking look at an ol’ Texican’s perspective and his ignorance. But I think it has value if only to see… what once was, can be so again.
So as long as Richard will put up with my ramblings I will be here.
OH…Meanwhile in Texas:
A Day at the Gun Range with Governor Rick Perry
Everyone in my group is much older and I am going to say better shots with both handguns and long guns. We enjoy our days at the ranges but they are all outside. We shoot no matter what the weather is and practice what we preach. But glad to see that the Gov. shoots even if it is with a woman’s pistol.
Papa Ray
“The Second Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances where all other rights have failed – where the government refuses to stand for reelection and silences those who protest; where courts have lost the courage to oppose, or can find no one to enforce their decrees. However improbable these contingencies may seem today, facing them unprepared is a mistake a free people get to make only once. “
2009 Judge Alex Kozinski
