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What’s to Like?

By on 2.13.13 @ 6:09AM

Precious little, it turns out, in a decidedly uncool SOTU.

Tuesday
I try very hard to like Barack Obama. And sometimes he helps me out. For example, at the beginning of his State of the Union address yesterday, he made what seemed to me to be some sense about the budget. And he offered excellent free advice to the GOP. Why, he asked, should we hamstring all of our other attempts to work on the budget crisis because some of the GOP are trying to protect the tax breaks of the very richest among us? Why is the GOP going to the mat to defend the richest people in the country — and he might have added, “Most of whom are liberals in New York and L.A. and the Silicon Valley, who don’t vote Republican anyway?”

That made sense, at least to me.

But he soon wandered off the reservation of rationality and into two adjoining realms: the commonplace perpetual fantasies of liberals and his own special fantasyland.

Let’s start with the worst part of the speech: the part about what the liberals used to call global warming and now, since they can’t back up that “global” part, call “climate change.”

Mr. Obama asked the audience, in essence, “Are you so stupid that you think it’s just coincidence that this country had some unusually hot years recently, and also had a big storm called Sandy, and also had some big brush fires? Or do you agree with me that it’s the result of a conspiracy by American industry? And don’t you think I should bypass Congress to assault the problem from the White House?”

Well, as a matter of fact, “NO.”

First, as to the science: for him to pick a few data points — temperatures in the U.S., a drought, and a big storm — out of literally trillions of data points of weather all around the globe for all of the earth’s history, and ask us to disregard everything but those three data points, is silly.

Yes, the USA has been warmer than usual lately, but many parts of the earth were cooler than usual. Yes, there were some big brush fires lately, but this is largely because of U.S. government policies that prevent thinning of forests by cutting down dead, tinder dry trees. Mr. Obama apparently thinks those fires were caused by uniquely severe droughts. But there is no evidence of that at all. We have had far drier years in many regions of this country over the past century long ago than we have had in recent years.

And yes, the big storm, Sandy, was a terrible storm and innocent people suffered terribly. But we have had far worse hurricanes, even in the northeast, within the past hundred years. A big storm in one small region of the globe is not an unusual event, even if that region is where Mr Obama’s most fervent media and finance supporters live.

The unusual event is Mr. Obama taking these data points and ignoring the other data, especially what effect on climate the immense dumping of pollutants into the air by China, India, Brazil, and Russia might have. Whatever changes we make in the USA will be nothing in the global balance of pollution compared with what China alone is forcing into our atmosphere. If we are absolutely certain that industrial and transportation effluence should be curbed (and I think it should, mostly for pulmonary reasons), we are just whistling past the graveyard unless we get the BRIC countries on track.

But what’s far worse in Mr. Obama’s contempt for the Constitution. If Congress does not want to act on a problem, the Constitution does not say that the legislative power defaults to the Executive. Congress would then have spoken and Mr. Obama cannot simply override it and the law. Mr. Obama apparently thinks he has legislative power. He doesn’t.

Was Mr Obama really a professor of Constitutional Law or was that just some fantasy gift title from Harvard Law School?

Mr. Obama is also living in a dream world about al Qaeda. What on earth is he smoking to believe that al Qaeda as we knew it is shattered? They are still powerful in Pakistan, will soon be in the saddle again in Afghanistan, are big players in Libya, Tunisia, Syria, and immense players in Mali. They are in Indonesia. They were in a few caves in Afghanistan when they created the worst civilian mass murder in U.S. history. Now they’re all over the world and show no signs at all of going away? What is Mr Obama talking about?

Likewise, why is he bragging about the U.S. leaving Afghanistan? Yes, our involvement in that war will be over, I guess. But we certainly will not be leaving with anything like a victory. It certainly is not solely Mr. Obama’s fault that his predecessor used up too much effort in Iraq and allowed the Taliban to regroup and grow strong again in Afghanistan. But we are not leaving Afghanistan in good shape at all, and the massacre of the Afghans who believed in us will be fearful after we leave, I fear. (I hope and pray I am wrong.)

What is Mr. Obama talking about when he says he is going to keep the U.S. military as strong as ever when he is in the process of deep defense cuts? I don’t blame him for those cuts: the GOP forced this in many ways. But why would Mr Obama brag about a super defense as he cuts defense?

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Letter to the Editor View all comments (66) |

Jack in Wi| 2.13.13 @ 6:20AM

Ben: I have to say you are a guy with more stomach then I have. I haven't watched a full speech by Obama ever. I would throw somthing at the TV set if I did. I can tell he is lying when his lips move. Your general comments on abortion, gun control, global warming, etc are great. But why this love of taxing the rich? With high marginal rates no-one can get ahead. Poor people don't have the money to have 5 or six houses all over the country. If the rich are put out of business, who will by all that property from your estate?

Robbins Mitchell| 2.13.13 @ 6:28AM

"Was Mr Obama really a professor of Constitutional Law or was that just some fantasy gift title from Harvard Law School?"...uh,no....he was an adjunct lecturer,Ben...and that title was bestowed on him by the University of Chicago

TLP| 2.13.13 @ 8:24AM

Exactly.

In layman's terms: He was a Guest Speaker.

The only "Jobs" he ever had, were the ones he GOT, and GAVE, at the Gay Bathhouses in the Homo District of Chicago.

Constitutional Professor.

That's like calling Ben Stein a Writer, or an Actor, or an Economist, or Interesting, or Good Looking, or ..................................................................................

You get the picture.

Bill8472| 2.13.13 @ 9:59AM

Yes, right. Barack Obama could be the poster person for the preferential treatment portion of affirmative action.

I doubt that his qualifications would be sufficient to have gotten him into Harvard or, post-graduation, a job teaching at the U. of Chicago law school. I'm certain that he was nurtured and "brought along" several times by others, probably white others, suffering from some sort of liberal guilt.

H. Sanderson| 2.13.13 @ 10:41AM

TLP is an angry agitator who appeals to the passions of AmSpec's more demented all-day-long fanatical responders, such as Frank Drackman, Occam's Tool, and a few other loose screws.

The crudeness of TLP and other responders on this site is the reason intelligent Republicans are abandoning AmSpec and going over to National Review.

Is there no moderator? What is the meaning of your message to responders?

N.B. We encourage readers to share and discuss their thoughtful and relevant comments about this Spectator article. Comments are routinely monitored and will be deleted if profane, bigoted, or grossly impolite. Please be respectful.

H. Sanderson| 2.13.13 @ 10:43AM

Please adhere to your responder's policy, and delete the posts that are "profane, bigoted, or grossly impolite."

It's posters like TLP and his ilk that make conservatives look like the ridiculous buffoons liberals make us out to be.

H. Sanderson| 2.13.13 @ 10:49AM

Why give these stay-at-home losers a platform to spew their nonsense?

Simon Templar| 2.13.13 @ 12:07PM

Perhaps you should get just as bent out of shape about the Liberal troll's style of writing and expression that post here as you do about TLP's. Getting a bit bored and tired with your selective outrage and delicate sensibilities. Every once in a while, someone like yourself gets in a huff and puff about it and makes sweeping generalizations that are not only false but continue to support the double standard as it applies to liberals and conservatives. Me thinks it is just another attempt to shut us all down.
You should also note the difference. TLP certainly has a way of speaking that perhaps is unique and rough but it contains a great deal of truth and its honest. That is the critical factor here. This is opposed to the dishonest, insulting, illogical, inaccurate, and manipulative discourse daily offered by liberals and their trolls. Content is all that matters, not form, in the final analysis. If you do want your delicate sensibilities offended then post at the Lady's Journal.

Simon Templar| 2.13.13 @ 12:11PM

By the way, OT is one of the few gentlemen out here who has consistently maintained his composure and does not routinely offend anyone or makes its personal if you disagree with him, unless you are a lying, dishonest, offensive, and manipulative troll who has been asking for a spanking and deserves one.

H. Sanderson| 2.13.13 @ 2:15PM

Stay-at-home-good-for-nothin' losers post all day long on American Spectator, and these vulgar, angry old men are undermining AmSpec's reputation.

National Review is a conservative news sources that is--for the most part-- civil and intelligent, and does not rely entirely on taking cheap shots at Obama for the majority of its content.

Also, if there are any civil conservatives other than me on this blog, I recommend George Will. He's a thoughtful, "old-school" commentator who appeals to more civilized Republicans.

H. Sanderson| 2.13.13 @ 2:23PM

And for those of you who defend TLP's shocking and obscene "The only "Jobs" he ever had, were the ones he GOT, and GAVE, at the Gay Bathhouses in the Homo District of Chicago . . ." you are as depraved as TLP himself.

anna k from emory u| 2.13.13 @ 5:48PM

H. Sanderson;

I find your phony outrage at TLP to be quite amusing. As one of the progressives who frequents The American Spectator and its online forums, I have allowed my opinion of those who post here to evolve.

TLP and the other "Stay-at-home-good-for-nothin' losers ... and these vulgar, angry old men" have not only mastered many versions of the idiom, but beneath the veneer of contempt and hate they show for the likes of you, there is a love of country and a compassion for their fellow humans which I find admirable.

I am truly contrite that in my more immature youth, that I would try to attack those with whom I disagree. I too often responded with hate in the past, until I was like a tumor on the soul of this site.

It is quite overcast in Atlanta. I hope it clears up, and I can take a walk in one of the lovely parks. Perhaps I will meet Mr. Drackman, and we can chat about the things we have in common.

TLP| 2.13.13 @ 6:25PM

Obviously, you're Free Vibrator has worn out its Batteries, once again.

Have you considered using Rechargable Batteries?

You might wanna consider it.

And, you're not fooling anybody, H. Sanderson/Trish Trotter/ TPL/ Arnie.

Go answer the Door.

The Sausage you ordered, is calling you.

Occam's Tool| 2.13.13 @ 6:26PM

I'm only 50, Mr. Sanderson! I just got my discount cards last August.

I absolutely adore Simon Templar, who truly is like his namesake. A good man.

TLP writes things that wake you up, you know. His concern for the self-immolation of America's Jewish and Black communities is truly heartfelt and concerned. G-d Bless Him.

Anna, how very sweet of you, Madam.

anna k from emory u| 2.13.13 @ 6:52PM

Mr. Occam;

May I return the compliment to you, sir.

Though I have yet to reach the pinnacle of wisdom that comes with the arrival of the half century mark and beyond, I continue to hope to reach that pinnacle, and spread whatever wisdom that I might gain, along the way.

I hope the callous remarks by "H. Sanderson" which use the epithet "vulgar, angry old men" to characterize the insightful visitors here such as yourself do not discourage you.

I, for one, continue to enjoy the thoughts you share here with us.

spike59| 2.13.13 @ 12:31PM

go home and put on the 'big RINO' panties, HS...

TLP| 2.13.13 @ 2:14PM

I agree.

Stay-at-home Losers, like H. Sanderson aka Anna from Emory U, Arnie, and Trish Trots should be Banned!

TLP| 2.13.13 @ 2:14PM

Obviously, I'm doing something right.

Tyson| 2.13.13 @ 6:03PM

H. Sanderson,

You are correct in condemning the juvenile rantings of TLP and others. I rarely read AS anymore because of the crassness of many of the responders.

Conservatives are not what they used to be--civil and dignified. A lower-class element now makes up most of the party, e.g. most of the responders here on this page who do not denounce TLP for his gross language.

His reckless and absurd statement about Obama in Chicago bath houses is typical of his crazy rants.

TLP| 2.13.13 @ 6:29PM

Actually, TLP got that information from a Story in The Chicago Tribune, written by a representative of The Gay Community in Chicago, who COULDN'T BELIEVE that nobody had dug into the FACT that Obama was a frequent participant in the Gay Bathhouse Scene, in Chicago.

But you already knew that, didn't you?

Of course you did.

anna k from emory u| 2.13.13 @ 6:44PM

Tyson;

I don’t want to suggest you should chicken out, but let me give you a nugget of the truth. Don’t come in here and try to wing it, or think that you can be the fox in the henhouse, and that somehow it gives you a leg up.

I used to think that I could rule the roost. I would come in here like a mother hen, and try to dictate how everyone should act, and claim that they all were full of hate. I now see that all of that was chickenfeed.

Now I beat my breast like a penitent friar, seeking forgiveness for my sins. I do long for a free range, where the right cock of the walk can help me spread my wings and fly, if but for a little while.

It sure is a good thing that I’m at Emory, and not Purdue.

Brian Richard Allen | 2.15.13 @ 7:52PM

.... Obviously, I'm doing something Right ....

Those of us who are also always Right, all agree you are Right On!

anna k from emory u| 2.13.13 @ 5:51PM

I hope some day we can get beyond the things I did and said to you in the past.

The more I read what you post, the more I have come to appreciate the small business entrepeneur/ veteran/ family man and his concerns.

Keep up the good work, TLP.

TLP| 2.13.13 @ 6:30PM

I look forward to your next STD.

Occam's Tool| 2.13.13 @ 6:32PM

Anna: you are doing well, dear. Review the Jewish concept of repentance, as you are well along it.

TLP| 2.13.13 @ 7:04PM

Hello?

She's Bullshiiting you.

Like all Liberals, she's playing to your sense of Honour, and Goodness.

Two things that she has none of.

She's like the Muslim.

She says one thing in English, and what she REALLY MEANS, in the Pig Vernacular that is her Native Tongue.

Albert Constantine Jr.| 2.13.13 @ 7:41PM

Look at it this way, Tim. By grouping you with OT and your pal Frank, H. Sanderson associates you with the M.D.'s on the site.

It is like the current POTUS being given an honorary doctorate from Notre Dame.

I wonder if any of the other Doctors on the site will be envious of the award and title, or feel slighted by not being cited by the latest iteration of the original "Anna K." (and not this fake one, who I think is trying to make all of you jealous with her attention: maybe she wants to be invited to the contest).

Occam's Tool| 2.13.13 @ 6:29PM

I like reading Trish. Her Dog-O-Centric views of the Universe I find amusing. Her desire to "ban" me can be interpreted as follows: "Ban" makes it easier to get close.

(And now you know I did the whole Freudian training thing! Hot-Cha!)

TLP| 2.13.13 @ 7:05PM

Are you Drunk?

Cause, you sound like you're Drunk.

Occam's Tool| 2.13.13 @ 9:52PM

Tim: That "Freudian" analysis was stolen from "The House of God," THE Medical Intern Novel. It also amusingly applies.

Me, anyone I can engage in dialogue with, I will. Some people are like Cheesehead, who will always be peckersniffs. Some are like RCV, who I will disagree with more than 50% of the time, but who seems like a reasonably nice person APART from some of his political views, and who will give you an excellent view into the opposite side's camp. For example, his analysis of the difference in the POLITICAL professionalism of the Obama versus the Romney camp was spot on. And useful. The fact that Obama is a scumbag from beyond the deep does not render his nuts and bolts analysis wrong. Barney Frank, for example is a GREAT nuts and bolts politician whose views I totally disagree with. But you listen, and people can teach you something.
Con't.

Bill8472| 2.13.13 @ 4:16PM

How do you know he's angry? Maybe he does his thing with a certain sang froid.

Pecos Pete| 2.13.13 @ 4:46PM

Damn, Bill, I wish I had written that. Agreed.

TLP| 2.13.13 @ 7:06PM

I never sang froid in my life.

Albert Constantine Jr.| 2.13.13 @ 7:28PM

I have sang an Elvis song or two, though (or is that sung?).

Pecos Pete| 2.13.13 @ 8:01PM

I have sung, and will sing along with all of us singing ... singsong.

Bill8472| 2.14.13 @ 9:20AM

How about singing Freud?

stop telling lies| 2.13.13 @ 6:32AM

Why punish the hunter in Montana? Simply because he has one of those evil guns and can defend himself from this benign, supportive government.

Minuteman78| 2.13.13 @ 8:17AM

Amen, brother. And some 64 Million guns have been purchased SINCE this lying, Muslim, anti-American, communist sociopath took office? It's gonna be one hell of a firefight...

Russel| 2.13.13 @ 10:55AM

Sorry to agree we very well could have another Civil War . Everything big sis Nappy is doing is pointing to the government expecting it . From the colossal gathering of their own ammo to arming local police depts. with military grade weaponry ( even drones and tanks ) . My disconcerting question is how our military will react to firing on their own , if asked to .

Bill8472| 2.13.13 @ 12:27PM

I'm hot that I can't buy the Sig P226 9 mm. that I would like to buy. Or the H&K USP 9 mm. The gun shop I go to says their supplier is out of stock, and has been for nearly a month.

Cobalt| 2.13.13 @ 7:34AM

Cognitive dissonance can be a real bitch, can't it?

"What's to Like?" Nothing, really.

Why do you waste your time trying to like Obama. He certainly doesn't like you, or any of the rest of us.

Now, we just need Obama to be impeached in the House, and tried in the Senate, with 67 votes for Obama's conviction, and he would be removed from office.

spike59| 2.14.13 @ 6:17AM

i still have yet to see a single quality in ObaMao that would cause me to 'like' him; he's NOT likeable. he's thin-skinned, egotistical, petty, vindictive, and juvenile

Hardcard| 2.13.13 @ 8:08AM

Benny stop trying so hard to like obamao, you are part of what is destoying this country. It seems you have left what common sense you have in a progressive pipe dream. I'm sure you can pick up a gig at the huffpo or salon. Please tell E.Bob you're moving in with your hollywierd pals and departing TAS forthwith, and don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

Anthony| 2.13.13 @ 8:58AM

Oh my, is this our punishment, a daily dose of Ben Stein? Isn't a daily dose of Obozo bad enough? Jeez Emmett, what did we do to deserve this??
Anyway, Jacob R, do you still think Stein deals in satire?" I wearry wearry want to wove Obama, wearry I do"!!!
Oh well, but the good news is that my beloved Anna K from Emory U. responded to me last night on Stein's blog of yesterday!! I am so glad I helped you out Christmas time dear Anna. May I say that my heart is atwitter now that you are back. I missed you terribly. as you know, my joy has no bounds!!!

buckeyeman| 2.13.13 @ 9:33AM

You are not being punished. It's just that you're not learning enough redistributionist claptrap from the left so Ben (I'm stinkin' rich and you're not) Stein has to chime in with his approval of taxing and taxing and taxing. I, for one, am not interested in much of anything Ben said after "I try hard to like Obama".

farmerinthedale| 2.13.13 @ 9:12AM

Mr. Stein is a much more charitable fellow than I in regard to attempting to find something to like about His Highness You Didn't Build That. I do not have the gastronomical fortitude to retain nourishment within earshot of his ghetto cadence deceptive preachiness.

TLP| 2.13.13 @ 2:16PM

That's because, you're not a Moron.

C. Vernon Crisler | 2.13.13 @ 9:29AM

Ben, it's not that we like the rich. I could care less about rich people. Many of them are worthless people; many are worthwhile people. As they say about lottery winners, money only highlights qualities that one already has.

Conservatives oppose higher taxes on the rich for the same reason the founders required apportionment for direct taxes. In history, it's been a characteristic of tyranny for kings to single out their rivals with confiscation of property or punitive taxation. In America, if you're going to do that, you have to do it to everybody, not just the rich -- and doing it to everybody would be a political death sentence.

So the issue is fundamentally about equality and fairness. Don't do to the rich what you aren't willing to do to everybody else. That's the view of the founders. Why do you hold to a different view?

R Martin| 2.13.13 @ 2:41PM

He answered your question in his first sentence--he's trying (very hard) to like Obama. Mr. Stein is a Keynesian big taxer, so he's willing to embrace Obama's tax demagoguery while calling Obama out on his climate change, gun control and military spending nonsense.

Dave Williams| 2.13.13 @ 9:30AM

Ben, you lost me with your very first sentence. PLEASE, ditch your white liberal guilt, and wake up to the fact that King Zero is 100$ BAD NEWS. He's hell-bent on implementing his plan to destroy the foundations of this country, and with the hordes of drones he's hypnotized, he may very well succeed. Besides being thin-skinned and narcissistic, he's crazed by power, and may well make a bid for autocracy in 2016. He is evil, evil, EVIL, and deserves nothing but the hatred, scorn, and active opposition of every real American!

Occam's Tool| 2.13.13 @ 6:31PM

Mr. Williams is, once again, correct. I go now to get my wife the high quality yarn that she wishes for Valentine's Day. This September 7 will be our 18th Wedding Anniversary. 18 squared is $324. 18 is also the numeric equivalence of "life."

Bill8472| 2.13.13 @ 9:52AM

Personally, I missed the State of the Union speech that Barack Obama gave.

I watched a movie instead. "Billy Liar" with Tom Courtenay and Julie Christie. Almost appropriate, except that for most the movie Billy's fantasies were rather cute, humorous, and appealing. They didn't become dysfunctional until the last 1/3 of the movie.

Too bad we can't say the same about Obama's fantasies.

BShep| 2.13.13 @ 9:59AM

Ben, you could easily lead by example and show all of us Evil, rich, Republican, white people how to pay our fair share in taxes by just filing your taxes using the standard deduction instead of itemizing. You could get your rich Hollywood friends to do it too. Once the trend becomes well established the Evil Republicans would have no choice but to raise the taxes on all of the Evil rich.

Just think of the money and anxiety you would avoid in accountant and tax lawyer fees, too.

vtwin| 2.13.13 @ 12:47PM

Let’s start with the stupid part "Climate Change" a worldwide phenomenon is the result of "Global Warming" caused by the burning of fossil fuels a human activity.

ncatty| 2.13.13 @ 1:04PM

Let Mt. Toba erupt again and we will all be begging for some global warming.

Anthony| 2.13.13 @ 1:27PM

Hmmm vtwin you're still with us eh? I thought I sent your coordinates to Drone Commander Obozo to send down a Drone to take out another drone, namely you.
I guess those nasty sun spots and solar flares disrupted my communication to Dear Leader, ya know, the same sun activity that causes global warming DUH!!

Marc Jeric| 2.15.13 @ 10:40PM

After repeated demasking of the original “New Ice Age” panic, followed by the “Global warming” scam, which in turn became after 16 years of cooling “Climate change” flim-flam, and now turning into “Cap & Trade” power grab, one would hope that most of us would be disgusted. But no – Obama has placed his Cap & Trade program on his priority list of things to do. He means “Nationalize everything!”

Hardcard| 2.13.13 @ 4:00PM

did the last ice age end (there were many) because of man made global warming, or from the farts of the hairy and horney penguins of the lost world of Atlantis? Hey you didn't make that!!!

Biff| 2.13.13 @ 8:27PM

Just curious, but how exactly does the resistance of the GOP against raising the debt ceiling and Obama's sequester agreement in any way equate to the GOP being "greatly responsible" for the resultant defense cuts? Are you implying that the proper role of the GOP-controlled House is to bow from the waist and follow whatever royal decree King Barack utters? Or should their function be, as the founders intended, to keep any one branch of the government from dictating policy?

Bob Grant| 2.13.13 @ 8:49PM

Blame Boner for agreeing to such a ridiculous deal a year and a half ago.

Occam's Tool| 2.13.13 @ 9:59PM

My patients, for example, have included people who have taught me what it is like to be an international television correspondent, a tightrope walker, a stripper, a gopher on the set of a Major studio during Hollywood's latter Golden age, a Divorce attorney, a corporate plane repairman, and a Hollywood Makeup artist and monster designer. Not all of them I have agreed with, but talking with them teaches me things.

Heck, you guys teach me things. RCV teaches me Constitutional Law, John II knows more about old movies than I do, Stuart Koehl teaches me about geopolitics and Byzantine history (check out his books sometime), Ken teaches me about the Oil Industry, and a host of others.

It also helps me work out my emotional charges that I get from dealing with patients. But TLP: I never drink. I do too much call to do that. But I do get to play somewhat here.

Con't

Occam's Tool| 2.13.13 @ 10:00PM

I also don't LIKE being angry at people.

For example, let's take Dave Williams. He's an atheist; I'm not. But on, say, 90% of things we agree, and he can be quite likeable. Am I going to chainsaw him for stuff I don't agree with him on?

No. I'm going to learn from him more about what it is like to be a Conservative atheist, just as I do with John Derbyshire, who also is a hell of a gentleman, by the way. That reminds me, I need to e-mail him and see how the Great Gentleman is feeling.

Life is short. Unless you are dealing with a depraved Packers fan, or an Islamic idiot who defends molesting little girls, it is best to be kind whenever possible. You never know but what that kindness may lead to other things. Hey, Tim, when I suggested corrections in Grammar for you initially, you didn't bite my head off. I think the world of you.

Bob Grant| 2.13.13 @ 11:01PM

Actually,

He DID bite your head off but it was so grammatically incorrect, it was incomprehensible.

Like being chewed out in pig latin.

Brian Richard Allen | 2.15.13 @ 7:38PM

.... Was Zero really a "professor" of Constitutional Law or was that just some fantasy ....

You have to ask?

.... why does Zero brag about a super defense as he cuts defense ...?

He means from the perspective of our beloved fraternal republic's every enemy.

From his perspective, that is.

Brian Richard Allen
Lost Angels - Califobamacated 90028
And The Very Far Away

Pierre Montagne| 2.15.13 @ 8:44PM

Ben your quote is interesting;

“But we are not leaving Afghanistan in good shape at all, and the massacre of the Afghans who believed in us will be fearful after we leave, I fear.”

Is it a pattern ???

But we are not leaving Eastern Europe (WWII) in good shape at all, and the massacre of the East-Europeans who believed in us was fearful after we left, …

But we are not leaving Korea in good shape at all, and the massacre of the (North) Koreans who believed in us was fearful after we left…

But we are not leaving South Vietnam in good shape at all, and the massacre of the South Vietnamese who believed in us was fearful after we left, …

But we are not leaving Iran in good shape at all, and the massacre of the Iranians who believed in us was fearful after we left, …

But we are not leaving Iraq after desert storm in good shape at all, and the massacre of the Iraqi’s who believed in us was fearful after we left, …

But we are not leaving Iraq in good shape at all and the massacre of the Iraqi’s who believed in us continues to be fearful after we left…

But we are not leaving Libya in good shape at all, and the massacre of the Libyans who believed in us was fearful after we left…

But we are not leaving Egypt in good shape at all, and the massacre of the Egyptians who believed in us is fearful and we left ...

Marc Jeric| 2.15.13 @ 10:36PM

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