Barack In Space

An absolutely wonderful idea Sam, but it will never work.

First, to get BHO on the space shuttle, he'd have to take his staff with him, and in turn, the staff's staff, and their staff, and so on down the line. Next the Chicago mafia, oops, I mean the Chicago political machine, all the union thugs, lap-dog press, and the latest target of his elitist disdain for a symbolic beer.

Upon launch, the overloaded shuttle will explode. Anyone right of center on the political measuring stick will get the blame for knowing this will happen and not stopping it. Bush/Cheney will be blamed for sabotage. Limbaugh's personal gravity will be blamed. Democrats, falsely sensing public outrage, will declare themselves permanent rulers of the USA's final 2 years of existence.

On the local blog scene, Sam Eldridge will be captured and set on fire by the liberal respondents. Mike Hendricks will actually give birth. Iggy will automatically blame the rich without any thought. And Herndonhank will fire off a letter not measured in words or paragraphs, but in months.

So you see Sam, despite all the benefits this country will receive from sending BHO into space, it is bound to doom us.

I'm really tired, think I'll go to sleep.

I saw that as well. As much as Mr. Eldridge hates everything Russian for a system they abandoned 17 years ago, it's odd that he would only show respect for their leader but trash his own country's leader. Which country do you truly show allegiance to Mr. Eledridge?

I don't know why you two are being so hard on Sam here, this is perhaps the most positive blog he's ever mentioned President of the United States Barack Obama. Maybe he's mellowing out as he ages? Maybe I'm not negative enough for these forums, I guess I thought maybe he included his title thinking otherwise some of his readers may have confused Putin as a professional hockey player or something. After all if I was going to talk about Mikheil Saakashvili I might need to include a little more description of who he is. Of all the things Sam can be criticized for that seems pretty minor.

BuffRoam:

Maybe you should ask Michael there for some history lessons, he could explain that the USSR is no longer in existence. I'm sorry you have such a negative view of the Oberlin area, does your view apply to McCook as well?

BuffRoam:

I'm sorry I misread your post initially, I thought you were implying that Oberlin was inbred, I see now you referred to Sam's HomeSchooling, of which I have no supportive or disproving information as to it's genetic variance. Although, I do find your all white comment somewhat offensive.

I just want to make sure I have this correct SWNebr, because Mr. Eldridge wasn't AS negative about President Obama as in the past, he should be applauded?

I think the point that was trying to be made by myself and unfortunately in less than attractive manner by Buff, is that Mr. Eldridge apparently has no issue giving full respect to the Russian president, but to date has never referred to Barack Obama as President Obama. This is the first time I can think of that he actually made it a full blog, simply referring to Obama as Barack or Obama, and not Hopey, or some other shameful, disrespectful names he has conjured up for the president.

My point, here, is like him or not, Barack Obama is the President of the United States and he won with a bigger majority than either Bush or Clinton, and deserves the respect due him by being president.

I have made it clear many, many times my dislike for former President Bush, but while he was in office I did at least refer to him as President Bush.

Thanks for proving my point, Sceptre. Even presented with verifiable facts, you deny it. The stink of conspiracy is all over you. The doceument has been proven false just on the country name alone.

But here are so more facts on the forgery you believe to be truth. Mombasa, which is where this "birth certificate" claims Obama was born wasn't even a city in Kenya in 1961.

So right there, the stamp says he was born in the Republic of Kenya three years before there was a Republic of Kenya in a city that was in Zanzibar for a full two years after he was born.

The supposed number of the certificate? 47O44 are simply Obama's age when the first suit was filed, the letter O for Obama's first name, and the number 44 for Obama being the 44th president.

Oh and let's not forget that the supposed doctor that delivered him? It's a shampoo.

There are so many holes in this fraud it's laughable. This phony document makes the Dan Rather debacle seem like nothing what-so-ever.

Hawaii released the Record of Live Birth, by state law they do not release the actual birth certificates.

You want so badly for him NOT to be president that you believe a poorly typed fraud as proof.

By the way my apologies, it wasn't Free Republic it was World Net Daily, which, as it turns out, started the whole birther conspiracy in the first place.

I am convinced beyond all reason that President Obama could walk up to you Sceptre, hand you a birth certificate, certificate of live birth, the newspapers announcing his birth, a video tape of the birth, all the nurses and doctors there that day, an audio tape of the birth you would still not convinced, because you are a conspiracy theorist and the truth will never convince you, unless it's your version.

Sam,

Survivors of the man who was dragged to his death behind a car in Jasper, Texas a few years back might be forgiven any refusal to consider white people as anything but evil.

After expressing their sorrow and feelings of loss of the son/brothers lynching, one of the family expressed belief that the people of that community, black and white, were almost entirely good people and should not blame the innocent for the actions of a criminal handful.

Remaining bitter years later because your father felt he was denied promotion due to racial quotas in the Denver P.D. -- ain't the brightest conduct you could be responsible for.

On the other hand, considering the high degree of intelligence and respect for your nation's institutions which you routinely display, readers might become cynical enough to figure promotions were given as earned and as test scores warranted.

We have to think -- Like father, like son. Or, Like son, Like father.

High Plains Journal is sponsoring Custom Harvester reports on the internet this year, with a South Dakota harvest crew and a Nebraska crew telling of their life.

You might read those reports and get some ideas of things which would interest everyone and not encourage others "To do unto you, as you do unto others," -- including the elected President of the United States.

Banks and Ford, which were near bankrupt Jan. 1, are declaring quarterly net profits.

Bin Laden and the other Al Qaeda leaders are online complaining that the new U.S. dominance of Pakistan border areas with Predators has resulted in more than half the leaders being killed, the rest -- including Bin Laden -- are desperately trying to escape the Predators and there are less than 200 of their people left alive.

That is what comes when you have an intelligent Commander in Chief, who listens to the military professionals and lets them plan the fight.

After seven months of "Hopey Change" we are now winning without more huge losses of blood and troops in Iraq, we are winning in Afghanistan and in Pakistan.

The stock market index is above 9,000 and pushing 10,000.

By the way, haven't heard if you plan to attend the next Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco.

Be sure to take your camera, just in case you run across your hero -- the Than Franthithco Thavage.

It's amazing how you can completely ignore the facts presented and then claim I am attacking you, Sceptre.

I went directly after your ideas, proved them false, and you don't even have an answer for them except to keep pushing a tired argument that has been proven false over and over and over again. Your ideas are a broken record yet you keep pushing them and on top of that you don't even have an answer to the obvious falsehoods contained in the forged Kenyan birth certificate except to come back and attack his Hawaii birth.

@Sceptre,

I saw this last night and couldn't help but think about the nut-bar birthers from this site:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENFuJwbAL...

If Papa Bear thinks you're a self-defeating fringe lunatic, that says a lot.

Sammy,

Son, perhaps I was too harsh. Your position and passion against abortion is admirable. You come across as really passionate about this cause. Also, some of your road stories are informative and entertaining. Your other posts are merely re-spins from other web sites with nothing new being offered. Regarding your Father, I am sure he was a good and decent man. But the issue here is about you. What is the legacy you will leave behind for your girls? Don't let the hatred that has built up inside you eat you up and ruin your potential.

Older and wiser!

doodle,

LOL, good point.

But to be fair, Mike didn't ask for respect for himself (in this thread). He asked for respect for the President of the United States. Even if you disagree vehemently with his policies, you can still respect the President.

Faaaaar too many people on the left refused to show Bush any respect when he was president, because they disagreed with his policies. I guess I'd be naive to think the people on the right could be any more mature.

doodlebug when I referred to Karl Rove as Turd blossom I was using the nickname and code word assigned to Karl Rove by former President George Bush.

Also, I never demanded respect for myself, once.

jhat,

You should come over to the dark side where we identify as neither Liberal or Conservative :) That said, I think you would be doing millions of Americans a disservice if you judged Conservatives based on observations of the fringe elements within the Vocal Minority. For as out of touch many of these posters appear to be, there are just as many out of touch Liberals flailing about in other arenas.

One more addition to the now full proven false Kenyan birth certificate. It has been revealed that the so called "factual" birth certificate from Kenyan was actually copied from a 59 year old man's birth certificate from AUSTRALIA. Whoever forged this Kenyan document was so lazy about it that, aside from changing the names of who was born and to whom, they only changed initials to other names that appeared on the document.

For the non-birthers, you may be wondering why I am sticking to this, it's a joke and no one really takes it serious. Enough people take is serious that I will continue to debunk all the falsehoods that continue coming out about this story. Most Democrats and even the media are taking this story likely and that's a shame, because the fact of the matter is when you let a small fringe story continue to gain ground that swell and we end up with entirely wastes of government, such as the impeachment of President Clinton.

Hey Transplant,

The Iraq government was told quite bluntly through channels in November by the President Elect -- Get your assorted and splintered acts together, because you are going to be in charge of your own country.

Afganistan's and Pakistani leader were told, heavy reinforcements will be coming and we will change tactics.

When he took office, the disengagement schedule was developed and put into effect.

The military had been involved with meetings in November and alerted to start developing winning strategies. These changes came from the field commanders, theatre commanders and top Pentagon planners. President Obama did not design tactics and strategies, but simply told the "pros" to provide all the options.

He didn't put on a pressurized suit to fly 50 miles off San Diego via mail plane and strut across a hangar deck under a banner proclaiming "MISSION ACCOMPLISHED" while IEDs were killing our unprotected troops in Iraq.

When the new administration took office, the schedule for Iraq was activated. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (Predator) units were dispersed throughout Iraq and began Blowing The Hell out of the mercenaries who were planting the IEDs and surprise attacks.

With a dozen Predators in the air daily, each capable of striking up to a half-dozen targets within 24 hours -- the mercenaries lost their lust for profits and/or martyrdom.

It is fairly simple math -- 12 Predator systems X Five strikes daily = 60 strikes with an average of eight fatalities and 20 seriously wounded mercenary fighters. It does not take long to eliminate the effectiveness of their attack forces.

The PREDATOR can cruise two miles above any mercenary or Al Qaeda locations, circling for more than 24 hours with the camera focused on the location -- a mountain top cave or a single building with a courtyard or a remote village.

When the camera (Day or Night) shows men loading weapons, bomb material, or ?? into vehicles or loading them into back packs and preparing to move out on their targets -- Predator drops 500 lbs. of C-3 in their laps. Scratch one entire fighting unit. Avoids crowding in any prisons.

The same technology is now overhead in northwest Pakistan and throughout Afghanistan.

With Presidential diplomacy applied, several nations are once again supplying military forces in Afghanistan and MANY of the Islamic nations have started shutting down the flow of mercenary volunteers into Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The President of the United States toured Europe and the Middle East, met and LISTENED rather than DICTATING, a la DUBYAH and the DRAFT DODGERS.

Very quickly, angry enemies are at least neutral, and several countries have actually become allies.

The President's major strategy, from Moscow to Cairo, to Moroco to London, Paris, Brussels, Bonn and points between --- LISTEN respectfully and ask counsel.

Suddenly, we have friends, who have friends and can influence former enemies -- and the eight years of hatred are ending in less than a year.

Travel anywhere in Europe, the former Soviet Union, the Middle East and North Africa -- the people love America.

In many towns, everyone knows a relative or friend who traveled to America during the 20th Century and became their RICH AMERICAN.

Most of the hatred expressed toward the U.S. was generated by the bombastic, autocratic forcing of wrong-headed policies down our friends' throats.

All it has taken is a few months, about four trips total, of honest personal diplomacy and a few speeches accepting responsibility for other Presidents' mistakes -- and we are once again the GOOD Americans -- not the UGLY Americans they had seen for so many years.

What Obama has proven, was that while Bill Clinton was not faced with capitalizing upon the good will he had developed abroad, by meeting openly and honestly and LISTENING, this country is reaping the peace created by Carter and Clinton-- and even Harry Truman when he observed the limits placed by the U.N. Resolution which enable the U.S. and U.N. Allies to defend South Korea. Through much of the world, when Truman fired Macarthur for exceeding that mandate, disobeying orders from the Commander in Chief and being openly disrespectful of civilian authority over the military -- HE GAINED HUGE RESPECT.

Drama coach Doug, got ticker tape parades, farewell speeches and a free Waldorf Astoria suite for life.

The U.S. civilian government gained tremendous respect internationally.

Remember -- in virtually every country, military juntas were overthrowing elected civilian leaders and establishing military dictatorships.

Only in the U.S., a former Missouri farmer and Missouri National Guard Artillery captain, fired Douglas Macarthur -- and made it stick.

Where do you get your information Sceptre? Every poll I have seen shows the exact opposite of your wide ranging statement that the vast majority of Americans not wanting health care reform.

In one ear and right the other Sceptre. All the legal documents have been produced. But then again I guess since you want it so badly not to be true that Obama is indeed an American you won't believe anything except for lazily put together fraudulent Kenyan birth certificate. You don't want the truth, you want whatever answer best fits your needs. You are the equivalent of the five year who knows he's in trouble but doesn't want to hear his punishment so he puts his fingers in his ears and starts screaming la la la I can't hear la la la.

Mike,

I guess you've made my point for me time and again, you are so much a Liberal that you've forgotten how to be liberal. I'm not happy with Republicans nor Democrats they all waste money. Do you truly believe the ARRA funds are all being accounted for and well spent? Doesn't it bother you at all the idea of signing blank checks spending amounts of money so large that I can't even really wrap my head around the number? Do you think the insurance companies and thier pocket politicians will really allow a meaningful healthcare reform? One thing I don't hear in the healthcare debate is how any of this is really going to reduce costs. I'm all for covering people, but if costs were controlled we wouldn't need a public option that will just end up costing more money.

I agree Congress shouldn't have tried to intervene with Schiavo, I also agree spending so much on an unfunded war is ridiculous. However, I also feel continuing to spend on an unfunded war and unfunded social programs is also ridiculous.

I think I must have too much common sense to be a politician. I think the way to cut government waste is to look at where the money really goes, raise taxes, and cut spending...does this sound ridiculous to everyone else?

I don't really see too many posters here who exhibit civility and reason. Everyone is too far entrenched in thier extremist party lines. I think I'm done here. Congrats again on the wedding say hi to your Pops and Will. You and Sam have fun whipping up hate.

MEA CULPA!! should have done my research before rather than after my previous statement. the polls indeed show that citizens want healthcare reform. i do too, but not as it is presented now. i would like to see the same people polled after they are apprised of the cost and possible unintended consequences. hard to believe anyone for more rationing of healthcare than we already have.

One thing these leftists never tell you is this:

1.4 million Americans pay as much in taxes as 134 million Americans.

And yet the leftists want more and more and more from these 1.4 million.

Okay Jhat, go ahead and give us all your Socialist dogma about graduated tax scale. Explain to all of us how robbing these 1.4 million is a right and honorable thing to do.

Give us some more of that Marxist sweet-talk, while you and your leftist pals plan our demise.