Comments on: False transparency: we know more about the Obama’s marriage than we do about healthcare

By: MacHeath

MacHeath — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:30:09 +0000

Sukie Tawdry, (#20), love your handle. For three pennies I’d ask you to marry me. And yes, PeterUK will definitely be missed. I hadn’t heard before today that his voice will no longer be with us.
As for Teh One…was it Dorothy Parker who said, “Time wounds all heels.”? Mrs. Parker was deadly accurate on so many things; need we simply mark time?

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By: Arthur K

Arthur K — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:13:45 +0000

There are many things to worry about, and be concerned about.
Obama could certainly be one.

But, the true worry is the falure of the “Free Press” – or has it not been “Free” for a long time.

This should worry everyone!!

By: Oxy alum

Oxy alum — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:42:12 +0000

Roger states he’s given up hope of ever finding out what young Barack actually did at Occidental. Well, I was there one year while he was (I am a year younger) and I can tell you a little about it. I remember the anti-apartheid movement and the student speakers holding rallies on the steps of Coon Hall (talk about a bad name for an administration building). Obama of course was one of the demonstrators and key speakers. I have read the names of some of his Oxy professors and in particular the ones he sought out and yes, there were avowed Marxists among our faculty, although to my knowledge I had no classes with then-Barry. I was an econ major, and I’m not sure what his declared major was. I remember the manly pick-up basketball games that the cool kids (and assorted professors) held—which makes me laugh when I see the flak he’s getting now for holding similar men-only events at the White House. Perhaps most vivid in my memory, though, was that the Oxy of the early 80s was a place where the African American students (then known as “black”) all sat together in a long table in the middle of the dining hall to take their meals. It was never officially designated, but you knew you had to be black to sit at that table.

By: Dred Scott

Dred Scott — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:17:03 +0000

Why not switch to a log-in system, Roger? Then it can be the “column without rules.”

By: Roger L Simon

Roger L Simon — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:22:44 +0000

Good point, bibio44. I am deleting. I am sure you are sympathetic with the fact that I run a company and can’t monitor all comments closely – not even yours. We are currently reviewing our comment system to possibly bring in closer to PJTV and vice-versa. That would entail genuine registration and no anonymity.

By: bibio44

bibio44 — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:18:05 +0000

32. NCBob: “Actually, we know very little about the Kenyan’s marriage. The only reason he has refused to release his medical records (Bush did!) is that he has a problem that many would have held against him had they known. Drug addiction or AIDS could be his secret. My view is that Obama is impotent and the release of his medical records would bring the paternity of Michelle’s two girls into even greater doubt.”

No need to delete this comment, Rog. Seems consistent with the rest of PJM.

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:11:54 +0000

“My Fair Lady” may be immortal, but it seems the spelling of Fritz Loewe’s name is not. O tempore O mores.

By: Poor Citizen

Poor Citizen — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:10:07 +0000

To No: 10, the hepher american

I make comments here, I do not ignorant comments like yourself and I do not have the time to teach you how to read or the what words mean. Besides, your much better off with your IQ level, trust me, you will continue to enjoy your life by jus bein u. Good Luck.

By: Jim Lindgren

Jim Lindgren — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:35:23 +0000

Roger,

Late in the 2008 campaign, it was revealed that President Obama was the author of an unsigned student note in the Harvard Law Review. He did not list it on his 1990s resumes, which is very odd.

I just skimmed excerpts, but it struck me as PC, liberal (not radical), and fairly boring.

Jim Lindgren
Northwestern Univ.
volokh.com