Obama and Glenn Beck Agree
I was watching Glenn Beck the other day when the show was interrupted so that FOXNews could air a message from Obama at an Air Force base in Alaska. Apparently it was the first time Obama had visited the state. When Beck came back on after watching the coverage and taking a commercial break he commented that Obama, who is not known for being a big supporter of the US Armed Forces, and other politicians are using members of the military as “props.”
It’s really not for President Obama, it’s for all politicians. Does anybody — when you see a politician speak now, and you see these people standing behind them, does anybody look — and I don’t do it with the soldiers. But I always do it when regular people are there. I go, OK, there is the Asian, there is the elderly person, there is the African-American, there is the handicapped person …
Politicians are using us as props, and I’m sick of it. Especially when it comes to the soldiers. They are not props. As a guy with a soldier that is currently serving in my family, and somebody with honor … they are not props.
Well, Obama may not have been thinking when he said this, to a crowd of soldiers at a military base in S. Korea, he remarked:
“You guys make a pretty good photo op”
(h/t – Blogmocracy)
Glenn Beck is right and Obama confirms it. First and foremost on Obama’s mind is “a pretty good photo op.”
Geez… Obama, you’ve been called out numerous times for your staging of crowds, but you’re not supposed to talk about it.
Obama is so cocky that he casually talks about propaganda tactics. He surely thinks we don’t care or are not paying attention.
How to spot a Spambot: A Response to ‘stillhere4u’
stillhere4u says:
According to http://deligentia.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/enabling-lies-the-palin-factor/, Palin’s lie about not quitting her job also involves misappropriating hunting language that really doesn’t apply. I agree. I wonder how many people will call her on it?
Not only does stillhere4u link its name to a ‘blog‘ which features nothing but the following post:
On Palin, please go to: http://deligentia.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/enabling-lies-the-palin-factor/On Zen, please go to: http://deligentia.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/empty-your-cup/
but, if you’ll notice, the comment to cites the same link regarding Palin.
It’s clear that what we have here is shameless self-promotion via spam-comment. Now, in response to the claim made in the “deligentia” post, namely the following:
In her recent book-selling public appearances on television, Sarah Palin has insisted that she did not quit the Alaskan governorship; rather, she was “reloading.” Her father apparently said this to her so she wouldn’t think of herself as a quitter. Unfortunately for Mrs. Palin, words are not as elastic as she might like. Plain and simply, to resign a job is to quit. To misappropriate language from another domain–in this case, that of hunting–does not nullify the definition of “to quit.” Let’s have a look at the definition. According to dictionary.com, to quit is “to give up or resign; let go; relinquish,” as in “She quit her job.” The dictionary really uses that sentence! There is nothing about reloading one’s shotgun.
I have some remarks:
- Palin does not “insist that she did not quit the Alaskan governorship.” (see video below)
- Neither Palin nor her father equated the act of resignation in itself to the act of reloading.
- The context in which Palin’s father made his comment justifies the use of the phrase “reloading”
All of this is clear from the interview which the deligentia post conveniently fails to link or cite at length. Well, here it is:
More Jihad Coming From VA Mosque
I’ve noted before that there seems to be an awful lot of Islamic jihad terrorists coming from the Northern Virginia area. That’s why I was not too surprised to learn, from FOX News, the only real news network, that the Fort Hood Islamic jihad terrorist attended a the Dar al-Hijrah mosque in Virginia.
(Falls Church, VA) — An imam with the Dar Al-Hijrah mosque where accused Ft. Hood shooting suspect Major Nidal Malik Hasan worshipped has commented on the church-member relationship.
Imam Johari Abdul Malik said the man accused of last weeks massacre isn’t the same man he knew who worked at the mosque.
but…
The Dar Al-Hijrah mosque is where two of the 9-11 hijackers reportedly worshipped.
The imam doesn’t deny that link
Liebe Ist Für Alle Da
Rammstein released a new album in mid October. The album is called “Liebe ist für alle da,” in English, “Love is for everyone.” Anyone with a rudimentary understanding of any Germanic language, including English, should be able to understand the words that comprise this title, it is amazing what some folks come up with.
Victory for Stalinism
It’s a sad, sad day. Stalinist Democrats have succeeded in passing the government-run health care bill in the House of Representatives. One Stalinist Republican also contributed to the ruination of America, namely, Rep. Joseph Cao. Apparently Cao is a “devout Roman Catholic.” I wonder how he’ll feel when the final legislation is stripped all the measures that were intended to prohibit tax dollar funded abortions. Here is a list of the non-Stalinist Democrats.
Breaking News From TP: Joe Wilson Uses Dictionary
ThinkProgress, the Progressives’ propaganda blog, finds it remarkable that Rep. Joe Wilson used a dictionary to look up the word “dither.” The headline says it all:
I commend Rep. Wilson for his use of language resources and honesty. There’s no shame in admitting one’s ignorance. Unlike Obama, Wilson clearly finds the proper use of words important.
R.I.P. Levi-Strauss
R.I.P. Claude Levi-Strauss. He was an anthropologist inspired by Continental philosophy. His work on shared myths, i.e. that distinct and separate civilizations believe even though they have/had no contact with each other, is interesting.
A Referendum on Obama
I voted today, in Virginia, entirely for Republicans. Not because I thought that they are outstandingly better choices than the Democrats, I voted Republican to send a message to the Obama administration and the Democrats in the Congress.
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