Thoughts of Obama from Bama
Week 75: An Old Fashion Intervention
“Anyway, no drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we're looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn't test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power.”
P. J. O'Rourke
Always figured if the day ever came when a French President advised our Commander-in-Chief to get control of government spending, deficits and new Socialist programs it would be the same day Hell freezes over, pigs fly and monkeys fly out of Al “Sex Poodle” Gore’s Nobel Prize winning Global Warming butt. That’s exactly what happened at the G8 Summit during Week 75 of the deficit exploding, record debt accumulating, criminally irresponsible spending Obama Administration.
In fact, all seven of the other members of the G8 rejected our Marxist/Socialist-in-Chief’s proposal for a worldwide stimulus and the continuation of massive deficit spending. Ain’t no never mind about it when the Socialist Nanny States of Europe are justifiably lecturing us about our dangerous big Government Marxist fiscal policies it’s time for a serious evaluation of our current leadership and their reckless dismantling of our free market capitalist economy.
According to highly placed sources attending the Summit European leaders were so concerned about President “Yes We Can Bring Down the Entire World Economy” Obama they actually conducted an Intervention on the lad. With the full knowledge and cooperation of the Secret Service Presidents and Prime Ministers Harper of Canada; Sarkozy of France; Merkel of Germany; Berlusconi of Italy; Kan of Japan; Medvedev of Russia; and Cameron of Canada physically abducted Mr Obama and attempted to cure our fearless leader of his addiction to spending other people’s money (Socialism).
Employing classic Intervention tactics and methodology the group tried to find family and friends to participate but couldn’t put their hands on any that weren’t also addicted to others people’s money and/or are devout Marxist/Socialist/Communist themselves. Failing to recruit any reinforcements they proceeded with the tried and true12 Step road to recovery that has saved untold millions of addicts from their self destructive behavior.
Following is a brief review of their session:
• Step 1 – Admit he’s powerless over his addiction - that his life has become unmanageable: Barack Huissan Obama will never, under any circumstances, admit that he is powerless over anything including his addiction to spending/wasting other people’s money. Even after hours of often heated, intensive discussions with his foreign counterparts the President remained in total denial.
As for his life being unmanageable, reckon that just might be the understatement of the century. This is a man totally lacking the skills and/or aptitude to manage his own affairs, a Taco Bell and certainly not the world’s only remaining super power.
• Step 2 - Coming to believe that a Power greater than himself could restore his sobriety/sanity: The Anointed One; Mr. Ultimate Alpha Dog; Head Honcho; Mr. Transformational; Allah’s Gift To the Great Unwashed Masses is physically, emotionally, and intellectually incapable of ever acknowledging any power greater than himself.
No words of wisdom, persuasion or reason from his fellow Heads of State convinced Barack “The Great All Knowing One” Obama to even consider the possibility of a greater power.
• Step 3 - Make a decision to turn his will and life over to the care of God or greater power: Our fearless leader of the free world argued fiercely with his interveners that his judgment, vision and wisdom are far too valuable for him to subordinate his free will and life to God or a higher power.
So far lots of chopping and no chips flying at this high powered Intervention as the leaders of G8 are 0 for 3 in their efforts with our Addict-in-Chief.
• Step 4 - Make a searching and fearless moral inventory of himself: After a brief discussion with Our Morally Deficient Chicago Politician-In-Chief the Heads of State concluded Step 4 would be an exercise in futility for Mr. Obama.
Considering the unknown and undocumented nature of his upbringing; admitted hard drug abuse starting during his high school years; radical and mysterious college days including two never publically explained trips to Pakistan; twenty years of religious study under America hating racist Reverend Wright; participation in the criminal Communist community organizer group ACORN; leadership role in corrupt Chicago political machine; a State and US Senator; and now as the leader of the most secretive, abusive, and dangerous Administration in the history of the Union all agreed it would take months if not years for the President to compile a fearless moral inventory so they moved on to Step 5, 0 for 4.
• Step 5 - Admit to God/Allah or higher power, to himself and to another human being the exact nature of his wrongs: Still in a classic state of denial the G8 interveners were barking up the wrong tree on this one.
The only wrong or mistake Mr. Wonderful reluctantly admitted to was making Uncle Joe “F...ing, Bite Me, God Bless Him, Dumber Than a Bag of Hammers” Biden Vice President. This was the only issue the G8 unanimously agreed on all weekend.
• Step 6 – He is entirely ready to have God/Allah remove all these defects of character: “Defect of Character” is certainly a fitting description of VEEP Biden. As for removing him the entertainment value will be hard to replace.
• Step 7 - Humbly ask God/Allah to remove his shortcomings: The words humbly and Obama don’t often collide in the same sentence.
Still in full denial mode of his addiction to other people’s money our Epitome of Shortcomings-in-Chief rejected all G8 suggestions of potential character flaws.
• Step 8 - Make a list of all persons he harmed, and be willing to make amends to them all: The G8 interveners pressed hard but the President remained defiant. True to form the President rejected responsibility for inflicting harm on anyone. No way, no how.
• Step 9 - Make direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others: See Step 8 above
• Step 10 - Continue to take personal inventory and when he is wrong promptly admit it: The G8 Heads of State realized they were dealing with a hardcore addict. Conducting a personal inventory only served to further inflate President Obama’s ego.
• Step 11 - Seek through prayer and meditation to improve his conscious contact with God/Allah as he understands God/Allah, praying only for knowledge of God/Allah’s will for him and the power to carry it out: President Obama deferred any and all questions about God/Allah’s will to his racist America hating spiritual mentor of twenty years, the always effervescent Reverend Jeremiah Wright.
• Step 12 - Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, carry this message to other addicts, and practice these principles in all his affairs: After hours of unsuccessful efforts to get President Obama to recognize he has an addiction problem the intervening G8 Heads of State were feeling mighty rode hard and put up wet. Despite a valiant effort by the G8 leadership our Addicted To Other People’s Money; Camels; Socialism; Corruption; Golf; Telling Of Tall Tales-In-Chief’s intervention was an abject failure.
Any American President who for good reason gets taken to the woodshed by Socialist European Heads of State to hear what for about reckless spending, unsustainable deficits and Socialist initiatives destined to fail surly must be committing an impeachable offense. These infractions, especially when it involves taking a justified verbal thrashing from the President of France, simply must rise to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors and should be aggressively pursued by Congress.
In the mean time if making a trip to Hell be sure to button up and put on them long johns, keep an eye on the horizon for low flying pigs, and as for monkeys flying out of Al Gore’s butt probably the less said the better.
I am, “American by Birth and Southern by the Grace of God”
Ron W. Garikes
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Friday, June 25, 2010
Thoughts of Obama from Bama
Week 74: Obama’s MacArthur?
“I fired MacArthur because he wouldn’t respect the authority of the president. I didn’t fire him because he was a dumb son of a bitch, although he was."
Harry S. Truman
Abe Lincoln had to deal with Major General George McClellan, Commander of Union Forces and the Army of the Potomac. The good General’s refusal to take the fight to Lee’s Rebels in Virginia in defiance of the President’s constant pleading, cajoling and orders combined with his public insubordination finally forced Lincoln to unceremoniously relieve McClellan of command.
General McClellan’s refusal to engage delayed the Yankee’s victory in the War for Southern Independence by at least a year or two costing both sides thousands in additional casualties.
General Douglas MacArthur, a brilliant military genius and inspirational leader repeatedly publicly defied President Truman during the last days of WWII and the initial stages of the conflict in Korea. Truly a legend in his own time, and in his own mind, MacArthur eventually pushed it too far and “Give em Hell” Harry was just tickled pink to remove the General from his command.
During Week 74 of the train wreck known as the Obama Presidency the far leftwing rag the Rolling Stone published an expose on General Stanley McChrystal, our Commander of US and Allied Forces in Afghanistan. Based on comments quoted in the article it doesn’t seem the General and his staff thinks to highly of our Commander-in-Chief or his Advisors.
This serious breach of Military ethics won the General a free trip to the Presidential woodshed for an old fashion, foot stomping, raised voices, gather at the river, come to Jesus (or in President Obama’s case Mohammad) gathering.
What possessed this highly decorated elite group of fighting men to speak with such candor within earshot of Rolling Stone remains a mystery. What’s not a mystery is the disdain and contempt these gentlemen have for their civilian bosses.
Following are a few quotes from the article:
• Views on the President
• The Rolling Stone article described the general's first one-on-one meeting with Obama as awkward, leaving the reader with the impression that the president did not come prepared.
• An adviser to McChrystal was quoted calling the meeting a "10-minute photo-op."
• The adviser continued: "Obama clearly didn't know anything about him, who he was. Here's the guy who's going to run his f---ing war, but he didn't seem very engaged. The Boss was pretty disappointed."
• McChrystal personally commented on the three-month review period last year during which Obama and his advisers charted a new strategy in Afghanistan. "I found that time painful," McChrystal said. "I was selling an unsellable position."
• Vice President Biden
• "Are you asking about Vice President Biden? Who's that?" McChrystal said, laughing.
An adviser chimed in: "Biden? Did you say: Bite Me?"
• James Jones, National Security Advisor
• An aide was quoted calling the retired four-star general a "clown" who is "stuck in 1985."
So, is this Obama’s MacArthur? Not even close. Not in the same zip code, area code or ballpark. Lincoln and Truman had extremely difficult decisions. Obama was confronted with a no brainer, a proverbial piece of baklava.
Consider the following:
1. McClellan was Commander of all Union forces; MacArthur was Supreme Commander of all Forces in the Pacific; McChrystal is our Commanding General fighting Islamic Jihadist in Afghanistan. An important position but somewhat insignificant in comparison.
2. Preserving the Union was in the balance for Lincoln and McClellan; Truman and MacArthur were saving the world from tyrannical dictatorship and Communism; Obama doesn’t have a clue who he’s fighting or what for and McChrystal’s surge in Afghanistan doesn’t exactly rise to same threat level as the two previously mentioned conflicts.
3. Both McClellan and MacArthur were high profile; well connected; greatly revered; and extremely popular with the general public. With all due respect outside of the Military and DC insider circles General McChrystal is an unknown commodity relatively speaking.
4. In the final analysis Presidents Lincoln and Truman demonstrated great courage, wisdom, leadership and command qualities releasing two iconic Generals, especially in MacArthur’s case, of their commands. In comparison the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue made far too much of a routine decision that was blown totally out of proportion by the 24 hour news cycle and the President’s adoring dominions in the media elite press corps.
At the same News Conference confirming McChrystal’s early departure the President announced he was being replaced by General David Petraeus, one of our most experienced, capable and successful Commanders. Actually a smart move but hailed as brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant by every leftwing, pinheaded, liberal commentator and reporter desperate to build their man up who’s poll numbers and perceived competence have been in free fall for months.
Typical to form, President Obama, who would gladly take a good ass kicking before giving W credit for anything, and the far left media elite press failed to mention that Petraeus was W’s handpicked boy to implement the surge strategy in Iraq. Even more curious is the deafening silence about the vicious public verbal assault inflicted on Petraeus by former Senators Obama, Biden and Clinton about his role leading the surge strategy.
The three Senators who were all presidential candidates at the time openly mocked and scolded the General accusing him of lying to Congress, fabricating data and of being guilty of war crimes. Our future Secretary of State Hillary “Sarge” Clinton had this to say about the good General, "I think that the reports that you provide to us really require the willing suspension of disbelief."
Hopefully General Petraeus’ acceptance of this position came with strings attached. A free hand with no Presidential interference; no lectures from Joe “Bite Me” Biden; and no visits from Hillary and her butt ugly pants suits. We can only hope for the sake of the mission and victory in Afghanistan the President stepped out of character and had the good sense to make such a deal.
I am, “American by Birth and Southern by the Grace of God”
Ron W. Garikes
Week 74: Obama’s MacArthur?
“I fired MacArthur because he wouldn’t respect the authority of the president. I didn’t fire him because he was a dumb son of a bitch, although he was."
Harry S. Truman
Abe Lincoln had to deal with Major General George McClellan, Commander of Union Forces and the Army of the Potomac. The good General’s refusal to take the fight to Lee’s Rebels in Virginia in defiance of the President’s constant pleading, cajoling and orders combined with his public insubordination finally forced Lincoln to unceremoniously relieve McClellan of command.
General McClellan’s refusal to engage delayed the Yankee’s victory in the War for Southern Independence by at least a year or two costing both sides thousands in additional casualties.
General Douglas MacArthur, a brilliant military genius and inspirational leader repeatedly publicly defied President Truman during the last days of WWII and the initial stages of the conflict in Korea. Truly a legend in his own time, and in his own mind, MacArthur eventually pushed it too far and “Give em Hell” Harry was just tickled pink to remove the General from his command.
During Week 74 of the train wreck known as the Obama Presidency the far leftwing rag the Rolling Stone published an expose on General Stanley McChrystal, our Commander of US and Allied Forces in Afghanistan. Based on comments quoted in the article it doesn’t seem the General and his staff thinks to highly of our Commander-in-Chief or his Advisors.
This serious breach of Military ethics won the General a free trip to the Presidential woodshed for an old fashion, foot stomping, raised voices, gather at the river, come to Jesus (or in President Obama’s case Mohammad) gathering.
What possessed this highly decorated elite group of fighting men to speak with such candor within earshot of Rolling Stone remains a mystery. What’s not a mystery is the disdain and contempt these gentlemen have for their civilian bosses.
Following are a few quotes from the article:
• Views on the President
• The Rolling Stone article described the general's first one-on-one meeting with Obama as awkward, leaving the reader with the impression that the president did not come prepared.
• An adviser to McChrystal was quoted calling the meeting a "10-minute photo-op."
• The adviser continued: "Obama clearly didn't know anything about him, who he was. Here's the guy who's going to run his f---ing war, but he didn't seem very engaged. The Boss was pretty disappointed."
• McChrystal personally commented on the three-month review period last year during which Obama and his advisers charted a new strategy in Afghanistan. "I found that time painful," McChrystal said. "I was selling an unsellable position."
• Vice President Biden
• "Are you asking about Vice President Biden? Who's that?" McChrystal said, laughing.
An adviser chimed in: "Biden? Did you say: Bite Me?"
• James Jones, National Security Advisor
• An aide was quoted calling the retired four-star general a "clown" who is "stuck in 1985."
So, is this Obama’s MacArthur? Not even close. Not in the same zip code, area code or ballpark. Lincoln and Truman had extremely difficult decisions. Obama was confronted with a no brainer, a proverbial piece of baklava.
Consider the following:
1. McClellan was Commander of all Union forces; MacArthur was Supreme Commander of all Forces in the Pacific; McChrystal is our Commanding General fighting Islamic Jihadist in Afghanistan. An important position but somewhat insignificant in comparison.
2. Preserving the Union was in the balance for Lincoln and McClellan; Truman and MacArthur were saving the world from tyrannical dictatorship and Communism; Obama doesn’t have a clue who he’s fighting or what for and McChrystal’s surge in Afghanistan doesn’t exactly rise to same threat level as the two previously mentioned conflicts.
3. Both McClellan and MacArthur were high profile; well connected; greatly revered; and extremely popular with the general public. With all due respect outside of the Military and DC insider circles General McChrystal is an unknown commodity relatively speaking.
4. In the final analysis Presidents Lincoln and Truman demonstrated great courage, wisdom, leadership and command qualities releasing two iconic Generals, especially in MacArthur’s case, of their commands. In comparison the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue made far too much of a routine decision that was blown totally out of proportion by the 24 hour news cycle and the President’s adoring dominions in the media elite press corps.
At the same News Conference confirming McChrystal’s early departure the President announced he was being replaced by General David Petraeus, one of our most experienced, capable and successful Commanders. Actually a smart move but hailed as brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant by every leftwing, pinheaded, liberal commentator and reporter desperate to build their man up who’s poll numbers and perceived competence have been in free fall for months.
Typical to form, President Obama, who would gladly take a good ass kicking before giving W credit for anything, and the far left media elite press failed to mention that Petraeus was W’s handpicked boy to implement the surge strategy in Iraq. Even more curious is the deafening silence about the vicious public verbal assault inflicted on Petraeus by former Senators Obama, Biden and Clinton about his role leading the surge strategy.
The three Senators who were all presidential candidates at the time openly mocked and scolded the General accusing him of lying to Congress, fabricating data and of being guilty of war crimes. Our future Secretary of State Hillary “Sarge” Clinton had this to say about the good General, "I think that the reports that you provide to us really require the willing suspension of disbelief."
Hopefully General Petraeus’ acceptance of this position came with strings attached. A free hand with no Presidential interference; no lectures from Joe “Bite Me” Biden; and no visits from Hillary and her butt ugly pants suits. We can only hope for the sake of the mission and victory in Afghanistan the President stepped out of character and had the good sense to make such a deal.
I am, “American by Birth and Southern by the Grace of God”
Ron W. Garikes
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Thoughts of Obama From Bama
Week 73: Presidential Proclamation- June- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month
“…Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other…”. …"What did you think all them saddles and boots was about?..." "…Inside every cowboy there's a lady who'd love to slip out." Willie Nelson
Reckon not too many of y’all knew our Don’t Ask , Don’t Tell Gay Activist –in- Chief Decreed June 2010 as” Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month”. At the risk of sounding politically incorrect and being accused of acting like a homophobic yahoo don’t the country and our illustrious leader have a few more pressing issues on his agenda than appeasing a small but extreme, vocal, somewhat fringe constituency?
Bless his heart, Our Oil Driller-in-Chief might be as management and leadership challenged as the absolutely worse Son of the South to ever occupy the Oval Office, Jimmy “The Peanut” Carter. With limited options, resources, public support and presidential approval ratings sinking like a led balloon a little common sense prioritization might greatly enhance his ability to effectively address and resolve the many serious problems we’re currently dealing with.
Instead of the President’s current Check List:
1. Decree as many silly days and months recognizing small and unimportant groups as the Gulf of Mexico sinks into the eighth level of Hell
2. Force “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy down Military’s throat
3. Schedule more photo opps; PR events; W blaming; and demonizing BP whitch hunts
4. Scare the hell out of our gullible sucker populace and take advantage of oil spill crisis to railroad Cap/Tax thru congress
5. Give Hamas/Palestinians terrorist $400 Million for Humanitarian Aid
6. Jam another $50 Billion in so called stimulus for public/union jobs down our throats
Maybe he should be thinking more along the lines of:
1. Quit pointing fingers, Especially at W
2. Work the problem. Get the boys from NASAon it. Obama suspended all manned missions so thousands of brilliant minds are currently seeking a new challenge. Besides they are NASA, they got people who just sit around and think sh#@t up.
3. Oppose UN opposition of Israel’s Naval embargo
4. Come clean on the oil spill panel’s recommendations about the drilling moratorium. They recommended ginst it and O and Solazar criminally misrepresented their views
5. Knock off all the sexual Orientation/Preference Proclamations
Why one’s sexual orientation is grounds for special treatment under the law just doesn’t seem to rise to the same level as race, creed, color and/or gender anyway. Why does a person deserve special protection because they can’t make up their mind and their proverbial door swings both ways. Perverted, deviant behavior may be in the eye of the beholder but it’s unequivocally a slippery slope when granting protected legal victim status.
True to form, the Yes We Can gang is hell bent on creating several new Victim Classes (and from their perspective new democrat constituencys) based on sexual orientation/Preference and according to highly placed sources in the Administration the following Presidential Proclamations will be passed down from the Mountain Top soon. For instance:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 2010 as (…See Below…) Month
• Dendrophiliac - love of trees. Gives a whole new meaning too the term tree hugging bark eater
• Objectophiliac –Love of inanimate objects. President Obama cried like a baby when the Secret Service took away his blackberry
• Mechaniphiliacs –Love of cars. Honda’s give great lube jobs
• Zoophiliac – Sexually attracted to animals – wealthy Jihadist tend to be smitten by camels. The blue collar working class Jihadist prefer goats.
• Diaper fetishism - sexual arousal from diapers. Certainly explains the most frequently adorned head ware of the well dressed Jihadist
• Katoptronophiliac - sexual arousal from having sex in front of mirrors. Bill Clinton is a well known practitioner, includes cigars and wearing blue dresses
• Plushophiliac: sexual attraction to stuffed toys or people in animal costume, such as theme park characters. Mickey goes commando
• Genetic sexual attraction - sexual attraction between close relatives, such as siblings, first and second cousins or a parent and offspring. Just the rage in Oklahoma; West Virginia, Pakistan; Afghanistan and Yemen.
• Xenophiliac: sexual attraction to foreigners. President Obama seems to have a school girl crush on every Muslim world leader he has had the honor to bow down too
I call upon all Americans to observe these months by fighting prejudice and discrimination in their own lives and everywhere it exists.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand ten, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-fourth.
BARACK OBAMA
In addition to sexual orientation/preference designations we have it on good authority from highly placed sources in the Administration the President is also planning to make a mess of additional day and/or month decrees in support of his Bend Over, Grab His Ankles, Thank You Sir May I Have Another Foreign Policy. Following are several examples:
• Take a Jihadist to Happy Hour Day
• Save a Camel Ride a Jihadist Day
• Go Commando Under Your Jilbab DAY
• Send a Jihadist Sky Diving Without a Parachute Month
• Make Friends With an Infidel Day
• National Wear Your Turban Inside Out Day
• Declare yourself a Martyr Month. We’ll Gladly Send Your Happy Ass Packing To Meet Allah Up Close And Personal.
On the seventh day of the 73rd week of the Socialist/Marxist train wreck otherwise known as the Obama Presidency our Orator of Empty Rhetoric-in-Chief made his first speech from the Oval Office. He spent the first third demonstrating his incompetence and inability to resolve the oil spill disaster. The second third blaming BP, W, the Tea Party, global warming, Fox News and Joe Joe the Dog Face Boy for all his failures and shortcomings.
Finally, Mr Obama spent the last third of his talk extolling the virtues of his Nationalized Energy plan, Cap and Tax. Not even one mention of his Decree establishing June as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. Reckon the President isn’t ready to promote bisexual and transgender pride during prime time from the Oval Office.
Probably the smartest thing he didn’t say all night.
I am, “American by Birth and Southern by the Grace of God”
Ron W. Garikes
Week 73: Presidential Proclamation- June- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month
“…Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other…”. …"What did you think all them saddles and boots was about?..." "…Inside every cowboy there's a lady who'd love to slip out." Willie Nelson
Reckon not too many of y’all knew our Don’t Ask , Don’t Tell Gay Activist –in- Chief Decreed June 2010 as” Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month”. At the risk of sounding politically incorrect and being accused of acting like a homophobic yahoo don’t the country and our illustrious leader have a few more pressing issues on his agenda than appeasing a small but extreme, vocal, somewhat fringe constituency?
Bless his heart, Our Oil Driller-in-Chief might be as management and leadership challenged as the absolutely worse Son of the South to ever occupy the Oval Office, Jimmy “The Peanut” Carter. With limited options, resources, public support and presidential approval ratings sinking like a led balloon a little common sense prioritization might greatly enhance his ability to effectively address and resolve the many serious problems we’re currently dealing with.
Instead of the President’s current Check List:
1. Decree as many silly days and months recognizing small and unimportant groups as the Gulf of Mexico sinks into the eighth level of Hell
2. Force “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” policy down Military’s throat
3. Schedule more photo opps; PR events; W blaming; and demonizing BP whitch hunts
4. Scare the hell out of our gullible sucker populace and take advantage of oil spill crisis to railroad Cap/Tax thru congress
5. Give Hamas/Palestinians terrorist $400 Million for Humanitarian Aid
6. Jam another $50 Billion in so called stimulus for public/union jobs down our throats
Maybe he should be thinking more along the lines of:
1. Quit pointing fingers, Especially at W
2. Work the problem. Get the boys from NASAon it. Obama suspended all manned missions so thousands of brilliant minds are currently seeking a new challenge. Besides they are NASA, they got people who just sit around and think sh#@t up.
3. Oppose UN opposition of Israel’s Naval embargo
4. Come clean on the oil spill panel’s recommendations about the drilling moratorium. They recommended ginst it and O and Solazar criminally misrepresented their views
5. Knock off all the sexual Orientation/Preference Proclamations
Why one’s sexual orientation is grounds for special treatment under the law just doesn’t seem to rise to the same level as race, creed, color and/or gender anyway. Why does a person deserve special protection because they can’t make up their mind and their proverbial door swings both ways. Perverted, deviant behavior may be in the eye of the beholder but it’s unequivocally a slippery slope when granting protected legal victim status.
True to form, the Yes We Can gang is hell bent on creating several new Victim Classes (and from their perspective new democrat constituencys) based on sexual orientation/Preference and according to highly placed sources in the Administration the following Presidential Proclamations will be passed down from the Mountain Top soon. For instance:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 2010 as (…See Below…) Month
• Dendrophiliac - love of trees. Gives a whole new meaning too the term tree hugging bark eater
• Objectophiliac –Love of inanimate objects. President Obama cried like a baby when the Secret Service took away his blackberry
• Mechaniphiliacs –Love of cars. Honda’s give great lube jobs
• Zoophiliac – Sexually attracted to animals – wealthy Jihadist tend to be smitten by camels. The blue collar working class Jihadist prefer goats.
• Diaper fetishism - sexual arousal from diapers. Certainly explains the most frequently adorned head ware of the well dressed Jihadist
• Katoptronophiliac - sexual arousal from having sex in front of mirrors. Bill Clinton is a well known practitioner, includes cigars and wearing blue dresses
• Plushophiliac: sexual attraction to stuffed toys or people in animal costume, such as theme park characters. Mickey goes commando
• Genetic sexual attraction - sexual attraction between close relatives, such as siblings, first and second cousins or a parent and offspring. Just the rage in Oklahoma; West Virginia, Pakistan; Afghanistan and Yemen.
• Xenophiliac: sexual attraction to foreigners. President Obama seems to have a school girl crush on every Muslim world leader he has had the honor to bow down too
I call upon all Americans to observe these months by fighting prejudice and discrimination in their own lives and everywhere it exists.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand ten, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-fourth.
BARACK OBAMA
In addition to sexual orientation/preference designations we have it on good authority from highly placed sources in the Administration the President is also planning to make a mess of additional day and/or month decrees in support of his Bend Over, Grab His Ankles, Thank You Sir May I Have Another Foreign Policy. Following are several examples:
• Take a Jihadist to Happy Hour Day
• Save a Camel Ride a Jihadist Day
• Go Commando Under Your Jilbab DAY
• Send a Jihadist Sky Diving Without a Parachute Month
• Make Friends With an Infidel Day
• National Wear Your Turban Inside Out Day
• Declare yourself a Martyr Month. We’ll Gladly Send Your Happy Ass Packing To Meet Allah Up Close And Personal.
On the seventh day of the 73rd week of the Socialist/Marxist train wreck otherwise known as the Obama Presidency our Orator of Empty Rhetoric-in-Chief made his first speech from the Oval Office. He spent the first third demonstrating his incompetence and inability to resolve the oil spill disaster. The second third blaming BP, W, the Tea Party, global warming, Fox News and Joe Joe the Dog Face Boy for all his failures and shortcomings.
Finally, Mr Obama spent the last third of his talk extolling the virtues of his Nationalized Energy plan, Cap and Tax. Not even one mention of his Decree establishing June as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. Reckon the President isn’t ready to promote bisexual and transgender pride during prime time from the Oval Office.
Probably the smartest thing he didn’t say all night.
I am, “American by Birth and Southern by the Grace of God”
Ron W. Garikes
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Thoughts of Obama from Bama
Week 72: A Question of Leadership
"If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes real good, then you did it. "
Coach Paul Bear Bryant
Our great nation is in dire need of some serious, sober, and inspired leadership.
Currently confronting several life and death crisis including two shooting wars; a war with global radical Islamic Jihadist; an environmental catastrophe of unprecedented proportions in the Gulf; exploding unsustainable spending and debt; unemployment at historically high levels; out of control criminal illegal immigration; and rogue nations the likes of Iran developing nukes and North Korea committing acts of war against South Korea with impunity we need people of substance leading with conviction, courage, and wisdom.
Sadly, all we get from the change gang is empty rhetoric, focus group poll tested political talking points (if we hear the Obama propagandist say they have been all over the oil spill like white on rice since “day one” one more time it may be time to send the entire White House staff to the bottom of the gulf and use their pointy heads to plug up that hole) and finger pointing taken to a level not seen in Washington since the liberal establishment got so worked up blaming W for Katrina.
It’s truly impossible to imagine hearing Our Pathological Narcissist Finger Pointer-in-Chief ever uttering anything close to Coach Bryant’s words of wisdom above let alone demonstrating the leadership qualities at the heart of his message. The Obama version sounds a lot more like:
"If anything goes bad, W did it. If anything goes semi-good, I did it with a little help from others. If anything goes real good, I did it Obama self.”
Our leadership deficit Poser-in-Chief pales in comparison to previous Presidents, historical figures and current leaders who motivate and inspire by example, give credit where credit is due and take responsibility for their own actions. A review of some of their thoughts and philosophies compared to Mr. Obama’s Marxist/Socialist views is truly revealing:
• “Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.” George Washington - Bill Ayers, Domestic Terrorist; Reverend Wright, America hating racist; Staff and Cabinet full of tax cheats and Socialist
• "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. "Abraham Lincoln - Socialized Medicine; Nationalized Auto Industry; Nationalized Banking Industry; Gun Control; Labor/Union takeover of domestic work force; Nationalized Energy Industry – Cap and Tax Bill pending in Congress as we speak
• "I can hear you, the rest of the world can hear you and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon." W - The”megaphone moment” many have commented has been missing in the Obama Administration. An accurate observation as genuine passion, rising to the occasion and inspired leadership can’t be fabricated or read off a teleprompter.
• 'You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot build character and courage by taking away men's initiative and independence. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.' Abraham Lincoln
• “The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.”
Thomas Jefferson
• “The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, or the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for the journey and waved goodbye and slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God." Ronald Reagan
• “…We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many long months of struggle and of suffering. You ask, what is our policy? I will say: It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us; to wage war against a monstrous tyranny never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy. You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be…” Sir Winston Churchill
• “We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way” General George S Patton
• “I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph” Margaret Thatcher
• “Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.” Peter Drucker - Sounds familiar. Photo opps, endless speeches, blaming BP, W and Wall Street ain’t getting the bulldog fed. Solve the problem!
Bless his little leadership challenged heart, our Soaring Orator of Empty Rhetoric-in-Chief’s idea of an effective leader is someone who makes idle threats trying to emulate Clint Eastwood while in reality coming across a lot more akin to the pride of Mayberry, Barnie Fife. During an interview this week with NBC’s Matt “Do I ever still have a man crush on Barack” Lauer the President proudly proclaimed he surrounds himself with government and academic experts so he’ll know whose ass to kick on the numerous problems that demand his attention.
Can’t say with 100 percent certainty but we don’t rightly recall Clint, The Duke, Bruce Willis or Jack Bauer/Keifer Sutherland waiting around for some academic egghead types to tell them whose ass needs kicking. Another leadership trait so abundant in people of real substance and action but conspicuosly absent from the DNA of Our Don’t Rightly Know For Sure Whose Ass To Kick-In-Chief.
A review of the man’s own words and thoughts further confirms his total lack of leadership skills. Reading the following makes us weep for our Country:
• "We're not trying to push financial reform because we begrudge success that's fairly earned. I mean, I do think at a certain point you've made enough money. But, you know, part of the American way is, you know, you can just keep on making it if you're providing a good product or providing good service. We don’t want people to stop, ah, fulfilling the core responsibilities of the financial system to help grow our economy." —on Wall Street reform, Quincy, Ill., April 29, 2010
• "UPS and FedEx are doing just fine, right? It's the Post Office that's always having problems." –attempting to make the case for government-run healthcare, while simultaneously undercutting his own argument, Portsmouth, N.H., Aug. 11, 2009
• "The Cambridge police acted stupidly." Right after stating he didn’t have all the facts—commenting on a white police officer's arrest of black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. at his home in Cambridge, Mass., at a news conference, July 22, 2009
• "No, no. I have been practicing...I bowled a 129. It's like -- it was like Special Olympics, or something." --making an off-hand joke during an appearance on "The Tonight Show" March 19, 2009
Class act, his sensitivity to physically challenged children is quite illuminating
• "I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody." -- defending his tax plan to Joe the Plumber, who argued that Obama's policy hurts small-business owners like himself, Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 12, 2008. See Lincoln’s comments above. Redistribution of wealth didn’t work in the 1860’s and will be an abject failure in the current decade.
• "What I was suggesting -- you're absolutely right that John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith..." In an interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos, who jumped in to correct Obama by saying "your Christian faith," which Obama quickly clarified. A Freudian slip? Allah the Great, Allah the Benevolent.
• "I've now been in 57 states -- I think one left to go." At a campaign event in Beaverton, Oregon. Our supposedly brilliant Constitutional Scholar must be including his Socialist Comrades in Central and South America and Castro down in Cuba.
• "It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations." Explaining his troubles winning over some working-class voters. An arrogant, elitist viewpoint demonstrating total disdain for “We the People”.
• "The point I was making was not that Grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn't. But she is a typical white person, who, if she sees somebody on the street that she doesn't know, you know, there's a reaction that's been bred in our experiences that don't go away and that sometimes come out in the wrong way, and that's just the nature of race in our society."
This country is in dire need of real leadership and it’s abundantly clear Barack Hussian Obama ain’t the man for the job. Besides, any man who would publically throw his own Grandmother under the bus and label her a racist for political expediency is nothing but a low life slug deserving of our scorn, ridicule and possibly a good ass kicking, figuratively speaking, of course.
I am, “American by Birth and Southern by the Grace of God”
Ron W. Garikes
Week 72: A Question of Leadership
"If anything goes bad, I did it. If anything goes semi-good, we did it. If anything goes real good, then you did it. "
Coach Paul Bear Bryant
Our great nation is in dire need of some serious, sober, and inspired leadership.
Currently confronting several life and death crisis including two shooting wars; a war with global radical Islamic Jihadist; an environmental catastrophe of unprecedented proportions in the Gulf; exploding unsustainable spending and debt; unemployment at historically high levels; out of control criminal illegal immigration; and rogue nations the likes of Iran developing nukes and North Korea committing acts of war against South Korea with impunity we need people of substance leading with conviction, courage, and wisdom.
Sadly, all we get from the change gang is empty rhetoric, focus group poll tested political talking points (if we hear the Obama propagandist say they have been all over the oil spill like white on rice since “day one” one more time it may be time to send the entire White House staff to the bottom of the gulf and use their pointy heads to plug up that hole) and finger pointing taken to a level not seen in Washington since the liberal establishment got so worked up blaming W for Katrina.
It’s truly impossible to imagine hearing Our Pathological Narcissist Finger Pointer-in-Chief ever uttering anything close to Coach Bryant’s words of wisdom above let alone demonstrating the leadership qualities at the heart of his message. The Obama version sounds a lot more like:
"If anything goes bad, W did it. If anything goes semi-good, I did it with a little help from others. If anything goes real good, I did it Obama self.”
Our leadership deficit Poser-in-Chief pales in comparison to previous Presidents, historical figures and current leaders who motivate and inspire by example, give credit where credit is due and take responsibility for their own actions. A review of some of their thoughts and philosophies compared to Mr. Obama’s Marxist/Socialist views is truly revealing:
• “Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.” George Washington - Bill Ayers, Domestic Terrorist; Reverend Wright, America hating racist; Staff and Cabinet full of tax cheats and Socialist
• "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. "Abraham Lincoln - Socialized Medicine; Nationalized Auto Industry; Nationalized Banking Industry; Gun Control; Labor/Union takeover of domestic work force; Nationalized Energy Industry – Cap and Tax Bill pending in Congress as we speak
• "I can hear you, the rest of the world can hear you and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon." W - The”megaphone moment” many have commented has been missing in the Obama Administration. An accurate observation as genuine passion, rising to the occasion and inspired leadership can’t be fabricated or read off a teleprompter.
• 'You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot build character and courage by taking away men's initiative and independence. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.' Abraham Lincoln
• “The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.”
Thomas Jefferson
• “The crew of the space shuttle Challenger honored us by the manner in which they lived their lives. We will never forget them, or the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for the journey and waved goodbye and slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God." Ronald Reagan
• “…We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many long months of struggle and of suffering. You ask, what is our policy? I will say: It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us; to wage war against a monstrous tyranny never surpassed in the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy. You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be…” Sir Winston Churchill
• “We herd sheep, we drive cattle, we lead people. Lead me, follow me, or get out of my way” General George S Patton
• “I am in politics because of the conflict between good and evil, and I believe that in the end good will triumph” Margaret Thatcher
• “Effective leadership is not about making speeches or being liked; leadership is defined by results not attributes.” Peter Drucker - Sounds familiar. Photo opps, endless speeches, blaming BP, W and Wall Street ain’t getting the bulldog fed. Solve the problem!
Bless his little leadership challenged heart, our Soaring Orator of Empty Rhetoric-in-Chief’s idea of an effective leader is someone who makes idle threats trying to emulate Clint Eastwood while in reality coming across a lot more akin to the pride of Mayberry, Barnie Fife. During an interview this week with NBC’s Matt “Do I ever still have a man crush on Barack” Lauer the President proudly proclaimed he surrounds himself with government and academic experts so he’ll know whose ass to kick on the numerous problems that demand his attention.
Can’t say with 100 percent certainty but we don’t rightly recall Clint, The Duke, Bruce Willis or Jack Bauer/Keifer Sutherland waiting around for some academic egghead types to tell them whose ass needs kicking. Another leadership trait so abundant in people of real substance and action but conspicuosly absent from the DNA of Our Don’t Rightly Know For Sure Whose Ass To Kick-In-Chief.
A review of the man’s own words and thoughts further confirms his total lack of leadership skills. Reading the following makes us weep for our Country:
• "We're not trying to push financial reform because we begrudge success that's fairly earned. I mean, I do think at a certain point you've made enough money. But, you know, part of the American way is, you know, you can just keep on making it if you're providing a good product or providing good service. We don’t want people to stop, ah, fulfilling the core responsibilities of the financial system to help grow our economy." —on Wall Street reform, Quincy, Ill., April 29, 2010
• "UPS and FedEx are doing just fine, right? It's the Post Office that's always having problems." –attempting to make the case for government-run healthcare, while simultaneously undercutting his own argument, Portsmouth, N.H., Aug. 11, 2009
• "The Cambridge police acted stupidly." Right after stating he didn’t have all the facts—commenting on a white police officer's arrest of black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. at his home in Cambridge, Mass., at a news conference, July 22, 2009
• "No, no. I have been practicing...I bowled a 129. It's like -- it was like Special Olympics, or something." --making an off-hand joke during an appearance on "The Tonight Show" March 19, 2009
Class act, his sensitivity to physically challenged children is quite illuminating
• "I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody." -- defending his tax plan to Joe the Plumber, who argued that Obama's policy hurts small-business owners like himself, Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 12, 2008. See Lincoln’s comments above. Redistribution of wealth didn’t work in the 1860’s and will be an abject failure in the current decade.
• "What I was suggesting -- you're absolutely right that John McCain has not talked about my Muslim faith..." In an interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos, who jumped in to correct Obama by saying "your Christian faith," which Obama quickly clarified. A Freudian slip? Allah the Great, Allah the Benevolent.
• "I've now been in 57 states -- I think one left to go." At a campaign event in Beaverton, Oregon. Our supposedly brilliant Constitutional Scholar must be including his Socialist Comrades in Central and South America and Castro down in Cuba.
• "It's not surprising, then, they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations." Explaining his troubles winning over some working-class voters. An arrogant, elitist viewpoint demonstrating total disdain for “We the People”.
• "The point I was making was not that Grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn't. But she is a typical white person, who, if she sees somebody on the street that she doesn't know, you know, there's a reaction that's been bred in our experiences that don't go away and that sometimes come out in the wrong way, and that's just the nature of race in our society."
This country is in dire need of real leadership and it’s abundantly clear Barack Hussian Obama ain’t the man for the job. Besides, any man who would publically throw his own Grandmother under the bus and label her a racist for political expediency is nothing but a low life slug deserving of our scorn, ridicule and possibly a good ass kicking, figuratively speaking, of course.
I am, “American by Birth and Southern by the Grace of God”
Ron W. Garikes
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Thoughts of Obama from Bama
Week 71: Transparent as a Bucket of Mud
“Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this Presidency” Barack Hussein Obama
Our Orator of Empty Rhetoric-in-Chief set a new record for time between major Press Conferences hosting a session last Thursday 308 days since his last meeting with the White House press corps. Congratulations, y’all beat W’s record by 104 days.
Sure enough seems to us the hope/change/believe gang is about as transparent as a bucket of mud the likes they unsuccessfully used to plug that big oil spill one mile down in the Gulf of Mexico. After all, this is the same bunch that promised monthly news conferences, Socialized Medicine meetings on CSPAN and an open door bipartisan approach to governance.
Instead, what we really got here is hyper-partisan; closed door backroom deals; “Secret Shadow Government” of 40 plus so called Czars; strong arm political tactics with the likes of ACORN and National Unions intimidating and threatening any and all who dare oppose their Marxist/Socialist agenda; a Propaganda Campaign that would make Lenin, Mao and Castro proud; all of which is secretly being orchestrated by the President of these here United States with assistance from his Democrat comrades in Congress.
So when you consider their secret agenda and gross incompetence dealing with current crisis including the oil spill; unemployment; North and South Korea on the brink of war; a further chilling with our goods friends from Israel; an ongoing criminal illegal alien nightmare; exploding debt; a growing scandal involving Rohm Emanuel, Bill Clinton, Senatorial Candidate Joe Stupak and more than likely the Kingpin hiself our Briber of Senatorial Candidates-in-Chief; and the rumor Mr. Obama has increased from a 1 to 2 pack a day habit for stress management purposes it’s no surprise they’ve ducked answering directly to the press for the last 308 days.
Typical to form our Expert Reader of the Teleprompter-in-Chief spent the first 1/3 of the Press Conference making irrelevant remarks about the oil spill pointing fingers and assigning blame. No leadership on the most important issue, in parlance ole Uncle Joe can appreciate, SOLVING THE F…ING PROBLEM.
Following are excerpts from this farce of a Press Conference:
THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. Before I take your questions, I want to update the American people on the status of the BP oil spill -- a catastrophe that is causing tremendous hardship in the Gulf Coast. But as this will primarily only effect the deep red States of the South which are populated with a bunch of GOP supporting no count white trash and them Cajuns or Coonasses as they refer to themselves in Louisiana it will be a cold day in hell before I lift a finger to help these yahoos.
The American people should know that from the moment this disaster began, the federal government has been in charge of the response effort. As far as I’m concerned, BP is responsible for this horrific disaster, and we will hold them fully accountable on behalf of the United States as well as the people and communities victimized by this tragedy. We will demand that they pay every dime they owe for the damage they’ve done and the painful losses that they’ve caused. And we will continue to take full advantage of the unique technology and expertise they have to help stop this leak.
• So in other words BP gets all the responsibility with none of the authority – Big government management best practices at it’s totally inefficient best
As we devise strategies to try and stop this leak, we're also relying on the brightest minds and most advanced technology in the world. We're relying on a team of scientists and engineers from our own national laboratories and from many other nations -- a team led by our Energy Secretary and Nobel Prize-winning physicist, Stephen Chu. And we're relying on experts who've actually dealt with oil spills from across the globe, though none this challenging.
• Seriously doubt Dr. Chu’s Global Warming fanaticism is going to help clog up that hole
So we'll continue to do whatever is necessary to protect and restore the Gulf Coast. For example, Admiral Allen just announced that we're moving forward with a section of Governor Jindal's barrier island proposal that could help stop oil from coming ashore. It will be built in an area that is most at risk and where the work can be most quickly completed. The fact it took us two weeks to make this decision is certainly no indication that we aren’t all over this situation like white on rice.
And in the meantime, I should also say that Americans can help by continuing to visit the communities and beaches of the Gulf Coast. I was talking to the governors just a couple of days ago, and they wanted me to remind everybody that except for three beaches in Louisiana, all of the Gulf's beaches are open. They are safe and they are clean. Just be sure to bring a gas mask and brillo pads to scrub those pesky tar balls out from between your toes.
For years, there has been a scandalously close relationship between oil companies and the agency that regulates them. That's why we've decided to separate the people who permit the drilling from those who regulate and ensure the safety of the drilling. It certainly not our fault, its W’s of course. The fact this well was approved on my watch still doesn’t release my predecessor of responsibility for this disaster.
We've talked about doing this for decades, and we've made significant strides over the last year when it comes to investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency. The House of Representatives has already passed a bill that would finally jumpstart a permanent transition to a clean energy economy, and there is currently a plan in the Senate -- a plan that was developed with ideas from Democrats and Republicans -- that would achieve the same goal.
• Never missing the opportunity to take advantage of a crisis this bunch is poised to nationalize the Energy industry and shove their Socialist Cap and Tax Bill down our throats.
All right. I'm going to take some questions. I'm going to start with Jennifer Loven.
Q Thank you, Mr. President. This is on, right?
THE PRESIDENT: Yes.
Q You just said that the federal government is in charge, and officials in your administration have said this repeatedly. Yet how do you explain that we're more than five weeks into this crisis and that BP is not always doing as you're asking, for example with the type of dispersant that's being used? And if I might add one more; to the many people in the Gulf who, as you said, are angry and frustrated and feel somewhat abandoned, what do you say about whether your personal involvement, your personal engagement, has been as much as it should be either privately or publicly
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I'll take the second question first, if you don't mind. The day that the rig collapsed and fell to the bottom of the ocean, I had my team in the Oval Office that first day. Those who think that we were either slow on our response or lacked urgency don't know the facts. This has been our highest priority since this crisis occurred. The fact we took a long Memorial Day weekend, I’ve played golf 12 times since the rig blew and we’ve spent 100’s of hours preparing for Paul McCartney’s visit to the White House didn’t divert our attention for one minute from this disaster.
But from Thad Allen, our National Incident Coordinator, through the most junior member of the Coast Guard, or the under-under-under secretary of NOAA, or any of the agencies under my charge, they understand this is the single most important thing that we have to get right.
• As tragic as this disaster is we’d hope a Islamic terrorist attack with WMD might take priority
Jake Tapper.
Q Thanks, Mr. President. You say that everything that could be done is being done, but there are those in the region and those industry experts who say that's not true. Governor Jindal obviously had this proposal for a barrier. They say that if that had been approved when they first asked for it, they would have 10 miles up already. There are fishermen down there who want to work, who want to help, haven't been trained, haven't been told to go do so. There are industry experts who say that they're surprised that tankers haven't been sent out there to vacuum, as was done in '93 outside Saudi Arabia. And then, of course, there's the fact that there are 17 countries that have offered to help and it's only been accepted from two countries, Norway and Mexico. How can you say that everything that can be done is being done with all these experts and all these officials saying that's not true?
THE PRESIDENT:
Now, it's going to be entirely possible in a operation this large that mistakes are made, judgments prove to be wrong; that people say in retrospect, you know, if we could have done that or we did that, this might have turned out differently -- although in a lot of cases it may be speculation. But the point that I was addressing from Jennifer was, does this administration maintain a constant sense of urgency about this, and are we examining every recommendation, every idea that's out there, and making our best judgment as to whether these are the right steps to take, based on the best experts that we know of. And on that answer, the answer is yes -- or on that question, the answer is yes. As long as dealing with this mess doesn’t interfere with my golf, long weekends and concerts at the White House.
Chuck Todd.
Q. And then also, can you respond to all the Katrina comparisons that people are making about this with yourself?
PRESIDENT. Hey man, during Katrina W flew over on his way back from a fundraiser to DC to actually work on solving the problem. I had my dance card already punched with bball, golf, vacations and McCartney.
Last question, Major.
Q Thank you, Mr. President. Good afternoon.
THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon.
Q Two issues. Some in your government have said the federal government's boot is on the neck of BP. Are you comfortable with that imagery, sir? Is your boot on the neck of BP? And can you understand, sir, why some in the Gulf who feel besieged by this oil spill consider that a meaningless, possibly ludicrous, metaphor?
Secondarily, can you tell the American public, sir, what your White House did or did not offer Congressman Sestak to not enter the Democratic senatorial primary? And how will you meet your levels of expressed transparency and ethics to convey that answer to satisfy what appear to be bipartisan calls for greater disclosure about that matter? Thank you.
THE PRESIDENT: There will be an official response shortly on the Sestak issue, which I hope will answer your questions.
Q From you, sir?
THE PRESIDENT: You will get it from my administration. And it will be coming out -- when I say "shortly," I mean shortly. I don't mean weeks or months. With respect to the first --
Q Can you assure the public it was ethical and legal, sir?
THE PRESIDENT: Of course not. If it was ethical, legal and an isolated incident we wouldn’t have stonewalled and buried the story for the last 6 months.
Q The spill?
THE PRESIDENT: This spill. The Gulf is going to be affected in a bad way. And so my job right now is just to make sure that everybody in the Gulf understands this is what I wake up to in the morning and this is what I go to bed at night thinking about.
Q With all due respect Mr. President you said the same thing about jobs, the troops, protecting us from terrorist and saving the proverbial Main Street. Care to make a clarification for the record sir?
THE PRESIDENT: Truth be told I go to bed at night and wake in the morning thinking about how much wealth I can redistribute; how much of the economy can I nationalize; how much money can we really borrow from China; how many smokes can I sneak today; and what manner of calamity can I blame on W. Today.
All right. Thank you very much, everybody
A passionate belief in Marxist/Socialist doctrine sure enough might be the only truly transparent aspect of the Obama Administration. That and their total lack of honesty, integrity, leadership capability, competency, sense of shame and honor just to mention a few we happened to observe during last Thursday’s so called Press Conference.
I am, “American by Birth and Southern by the Grace of God”
Ron W. Garikes
Week 71: Transparent as a Bucket of Mud
“Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this Presidency” Barack Hussein Obama
Our Orator of Empty Rhetoric-in-Chief set a new record for time between major Press Conferences hosting a session last Thursday 308 days since his last meeting with the White House press corps. Congratulations, y’all beat W’s record by 104 days.
Sure enough seems to us the hope/change/believe gang is about as transparent as a bucket of mud the likes they unsuccessfully used to plug that big oil spill one mile down in the Gulf of Mexico. After all, this is the same bunch that promised monthly news conferences, Socialized Medicine meetings on CSPAN and an open door bipartisan approach to governance.
Instead, what we really got here is hyper-partisan; closed door backroom deals; “Secret Shadow Government” of 40 plus so called Czars; strong arm political tactics with the likes of ACORN and National Unions intimidating and threatening any and all who dare oppose their Marxist/Socialist agenda; a Propaganda Campaign that would make Lenin, Mao and Castro proud; all of which is secretly being orchestrated by the President of these here United States with assistance from his Democrat comrades in Congress.
So when you consider their secret agenda and gross incompetence dealing with current crisis including the oil spill; unemployment; North and South Korea on the brink of war; a further chilling with our goods friends from Israel; an ongoing criminal illegal alien nightmare; exploding debt; a growing scandal involving Rohm Emanuel, Bill Clinton, Senatorial Candidate Joe Stupak and more than likely the Kingpin hiself our Briber of Senatorial Candidates-in-Chief; and the rumor Mr. Obama has increased from a 1 to 2 pack a day habit for stress management purposes it’s no surprise they’ve ducked answering directly to the press for the last 308 days.
Typical to form our Expert Reader of the Teleprompter-in-Chief spent the first 1/3 of the Press Conference making irrelevant remarks about the oil spill pointing fingers and assigning blame. No leadership on the most important issue, in parlance ole Uncle Joe can appreciate, SOLVING THE F…ING PROBLEM.
Following are excerpts from this farce of a Press Conference:
THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. Before I take your questions, I want to update the American people on the status of the BP oil spill -- a catastrophe that is causing tremendous hardship in the Gulf Coast. But as this will primarily only effect the deep red States of the South which are populated with a bunch of GOP supporting no count white trash and them Cajuns or Coonasses as they refer to themselves in Louisiana it will be a cold day in hell before I lift a finger to help these yahoos.
The American people should know that from the moment this disaster began, the federal government has been in charge of the response effort. As far as I’m concerned, BP is responsible for this horrific disaster, and we will hold them fully accountable on behalf of the United States as well as the people and communities victimized by this tragedy. We will demand that they pay every dime they owe for the damage they’ve done and the painful losses that they’ve caused. And we will continue to take full advantage of the unique technology and expertise they have to help stop this leak.
• So in other words BP gets all the responsibility with none of the authority – Big government management best practices at it’s totally inefficient best
As we devise strategies to try and stop this leak, we're also relying on the brightest minds and most advanced technology in the world. We're relying on a team of scientists and engineers from our own national laboratories and from many other nations -- a team led by our Energy Secretary and Nobel Prize-winning physicist, Stephen Chu. And we're relying on experts who've actually dealt with oil spills from across the globe, though none this challenging.
• Seriously doubt Dr. Chu’s Global Warming fanaticism is going to help clog up that hole
So we'll continue to do whatever is necessary to protect and restore the Gulf Coast. For example, Admiral Allen just announced that we're moving forward with a section of Governor Jindal's barrier island proposal that could help stop oil from coming ashore. It will be built in an area that is most at risk and where the work can be most quickly completed. The fact it took us two weeks to make this decision is certainly no indication that we aren’t all over this situation like white on rice.
And in the meantime, I should also say that Americans can help by continuing to visit the communities and beaches of the Gulf Coast. I was talking to the governors just a couple of days ago, and they wanted me to remind everybody that except for three beaches in Louisiana, all of the Gulf's beaches are open. They are safe and they are clean. Just be sure to bring a gas mask and brillo pads to scrub those pesky tar balls out from between your toes.
For years, there has been a scandalously close relationship between oil companies and the agency that regulates them. That's why we've decided to separate the people who permit the drilling from those who regulate and ensure the safety of the drilling. It certainly not our fault, its W’s of course. The fact this well was approved on my watch still doesn’t release my predecessor of responsibility for this disaster.
We've talked about doing this for decades, and we've made significant strides over the last year when it comes to investing in renewable energy and energy efficiency. The House of Representatives has already passed a bill that would finally jumpstart a permanent transition to a clean energy economy, and there is currently a plan in the Senate -- a plan that was developed with ideas from Democrats and Republicans -- that would achieve the same goal.
• Never missing the opportunity to take advantage of a crisis this bunch is poised to nationalize the Energy industry and shove their Socialist Cap and Tax Bill down our throats.
All right. I'm going to take some questions. I'm going to start with Jennifer Loven.
Q Thank you, Mr. President. This is on, right?
THE PRESIDENT: Yes.
Q You just said that the federal government is in charge, and officials in your administration have said this repeatedly. Yet how do you explain that we're more than five weeks into this crisis and that BP is not always doing as you're asking, for example with the type of dispersant that's being used? And if I might add one more; to the many people in the Gulf who, as you said, are angry and frustrated and feel somewhat abandoned, what do you say about whether your personal involvement, your personal engagement, has been as much as it should be either privately or publicly
THE PRESIDENT: Well, I'll take the second question first, if you don't mind. The day that the rig collapsed and fell to the bottom of the ocean, I had my team in the Oval Office that first day. Those who think that we were either slow on our response or lacked urgency don't know the facts. This has been our highest priority since this crisis occurred. The fact we took a long Memorial Day weekend, I’ve played golf 12 times since the rig blew and we’ve spent 100’s of hours preparing for Paul McCartney’s visit to the White House didn’t divert our attention for one minute from this disaster.
But from Thad Allen, our National Incident Coordinator, through the most junior member of the Coast Guard, or the under-under-under secretary of NOAA, or any of the agencies under my charge, they understand this is the single most important thing that we have to get right.
• As tragic as this disaster is we’d hope a Islamic terrorist attack with WMD might take priority
Jake Tapper.
Q Thanks, Mr. President. You say that everything that could be done is being done, but there are those in the region and those industry experts who say that's not true. Governor Jindal obviously had this proposal for a barrier. They say that if that had been approved when they first asked for it, they would have 10 miles up already. There are fishermen down there who want to work, who want to help, haven't been trained, haven't been told to go do so. There are industry experts who say that they're surprised that tankers haven't been sent out there to vacuum, as was done in '93 outside Saudi Arabia. And then, of course, there's the fact that there are 17 countries that have offered to help and it's only been accepted from two countries, Norway and Mexico. How can you say that everything that can be done is being done with all these experts and all these officials saying that's not true?
THE PRESIDENT:
Now, it's going to be entirely possible in a operation this large that mistakes are made, judgments prove to be wrong; that people say in retrospect, you know, if we could have done that or we did that, this might have turned out differently -- although in a lot of cases it may be speculation. But the point that I was addressing from Jennifer was, does this administration maintain a constant sense of urgency about this, and are we examining every recommendation, every idea that's out there, and making our best judgment as to whether these are the right steps to take, based on the best experts that we know of. And on that answer, the answer is yes -- or on that question, the answer is yes. As long as dealing with this mess doesn’t interfere with my golf, long weekends and concerts at the White House.
Chuck Todd.
Q. And then also, can you respond to all the Katrina comparisons that people are making about this with yourself?
PRESIDENT. Hey man, during Katrina W flew over on his way back from a fundraiser to DC to actually work on solving the problem. I had my dance card already punched with bball, golf, vacations and McCartney.
Last question, Major.
Q Thank you, Mr. President. Good afternoon.
THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon.
Q Two issues. Some in your government have said the federal government's boot is on the neck of BP. Are you comfortable with that imagery, sir? Is your boot on the neck of BP? And can you understand, sir, why some in the Gulf who feel besieged by this oil spill consider that a meaningless, possibly ludicrous, metaphor?
Secondarily, can you tell the American public, sir, what your White House did or did not offer Congressman Sestak to not enter the Democratic senatorial primary? And how will you meet your levels of expressed transparency and ethics to convey that answer to satisfy what appear to be bipartisan calls for greater disclosure about that matter? Thank you.
THE PRESIDENT: There will be an official response shortly on the Sestak issue, which I hope will answer your questions.
Q From you, sir?
THE PRESIDENT: You will get it from my administration. And it will be coming out -- when I say "shortly," I mean shortly. I don't mean weeks or months. With respect to the first --
Q Can you assure the public it was ethical and legal, sir?
THE PRESIDENT: Of course not. If it was ethical, legal and an isolated incident we wouldn’t have stonewalled and buried the story for the last 6 months.
Q The spill?
THE PRESIDENT: This spill. The Gulf is going to be affected in a bad way. And so my job right now is just to make sure that everybody in the Gulf understands this is what I wake up to in the morning and this is what I go to bed at night thinking about.
Q With all due respect Mr. President you said the same thing about jobs, the troops, protecting us from terrorist and saving the proverbial Main Street. Care to make a clarification for the record sir?
THE PRESIDENT: Truth be told I go to bed at night and wake in the morning thinking about how much wealth I can redistribute; how much of the economy can I nationalize; how much money can we really borrow from China; how many smokes can I sneak today; and what manner of calamity can I blame on W. Today.
All right. Thank you very much, everybody
A passionate belief in Marxist/Socialist doctrine sure enough might be the only truly transparent aspect of the Obama Administration. That and their total lack of honesty, integrity, leadership capability, competency, sense of shame and honor just to mention a few we happened to observe during last Thursday’s so called Press Conference.
I am, “American by Birth and Southern by the Grace of God”
Ron W. Garikes
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