I am very fond of my handle, but I am thinking of changing it to THe REAL TRUTH. Maybe, even a built a statue somewhere! How can people strut around like that!
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I am very fond of my handle, but I am thinking of changing it to THe REAL TRUTH. Maybe, even a built a statue somewhere! How can people strut around like that!
[QUOTE=TheTruth;443829]
"I wish our US President had gone to Paris to stand with our European allies," tweeted James Stavridis, the retired Navy admiral and current dean of Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
"It's stunning, truly stunning," said Aaron David Miller, who among other responsibilities during his time at the State Department under both Republican and Democratic administrations, helped deliberate over which officials to send to which events. "It's a poster child for tone deafness. ".[/QUOTE]Hardly throughout the world. And you'll really hate to know it but Obama has been the most popular president outside the US in my lifetime. JFK and Clinton maybe. That's from someone who's actually lived in 5 different countries. If you want mockery, just look back to W. Bush, now he was mocked mercilessly. Obama is still, despite all his faults, extremely popular outside the USA. Not that it matters of course.
[QUOTE=TheTruth;443829]President Obama mocked throught the world[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=TheTruth;443829]
Jon Stewart Mocks Obama For Not Participating In Paris Rally: 'Unbelievable!
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Anderson Cooper Mocks Obama, Biden For Skipping Paris March
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... tweeted James Stavridis, the retired Navy admiral and current dean of Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
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... said Aaron David Miller, who among other responsibilities during his time at the State Department[/QUOTE]Hey Punter, these guys are all in the US. Where is the "throught the world" part?
LOL
In a stunning admission in today's White House press briefing, official Presidential Spokesman Josh Earnest admitted that "[I]we should have sent someone with a higher profile to be there[/I]".
More than 40 world leaders, including the British, German and Israeli heads of state and Russia's foreign minister, joined at least 1. 5 million people on the Paris streets Sunday for a unity March that became France's biggest-ever public demonstration.
But Obama and his administration's top hands were nowhere to be found -- an absence that triggered complaints that he missed a key leadership opportunity.
The United States appeared to have options to send to the March: Obama spent Sunday at the White House with no public events on his schedule. Vice President Joe Biden was at home in Delaware for the weekend, also with a blank public schedule. Outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder was already in Paris for security meetings -- and even recorded interviews with several USA Sunday morning programs -- but he didn't attend the March.
[URL]http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/12/politics/obama-kerry-paris/[/URL]
[URL]http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/wh-admits-error-in-france-unity-rally-383415875884[/URL]
In further news.
[B]Kerry arrives in Paris following global criticism over US absence at rally.[/B]
[URL]http://www.msnbc.com/andrea-mitchell-reports/watch/kerry-arrives-in-paris-for-meeting-with-hollande-384767555594[/URL]
[B]Criticism towards White House grows over Paris rally.[/B]
[URL]http://www.msnbc.com/the-cycle/watch/criticism-towards-wh-grows-over-paris-rally-383340099655[/URL]
[B]White House responds to criticism of Obama no-show at French unity rally.[/B]
[URL]http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/gop-piles-obama-skipping-paris-solidarity-rally[/URL]
[size=3][B]"[I]You can't handle the Truth![/I]"[/B][/size]
[QUOTE=TheTruth;443869]In a stunning admission in today's White House press briefing, official Presidential Spokesman Josh Earnest admitted that "[I]we should have sent someone with a higher profile to be there[/I]".
More than 40 world leaders, including the British, German and Israeli heads of state and Russia's foreign minister, joined at least 1. 5 million people on the Paris streets Sunday for a unity March that became France's biggest-ever public demonstration.
But Obama and his administration's top hands were nowhere to be found -- an absence that triggered complaints that he missed a key leadership opportunity.
The United States appeared to have options to send to the March: Obama spent Sunday at the White House with no public events on his schedule. Vice President Joe Biden was at home in Delaware for the weekend, also with a blank public schedule. Outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder was already in Paris for security meetings -- and even recorded interviews with several USA Sunday morning programs -- but he didn't attend the March.
[URL]http://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/12/politics/obama-kerry-paris/[/URL]
[URL]http://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/wh-admits-error-in-france-unity-rally-383415875884[/URL]
In further news.
[B]Kerry arrives in Paris following global criticism over US absence at rally.[/B]
[URL]http://www.msnbc.com/andrea-mitchell-reports/watch/kerry-arrives-in-paris-for-meeting-with-hollande-384767555594[/URL]
[B]Criticism towards White House grows over Paris rally.[/B]
[URL]http://www.msnbc.com/the-cycle/watch/criticism-towards-wh-grows-over-paris-rally-383340099655[/URL]
[B]White House responds to criticism of Obama no-show at French unity rally.[/B]
[URL]http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/gop-piles-obama-skipping-paris-solidarity-rally[/URL]
[/QUOTE]The US is spending more cash and I am spending more money on taxes for the War on Terrorism then anybody that was linked in arms marching in Paris and singing Kumbaya. How is that for the Truth? Here is a deal. You take the symbolism and I will take the money as a sign of commitment.
[QUOTE=BigBossMan;443871]The US is spending more cash and I am spending more money on taxes for the War on Terrorism then anybody that was linked in arms marching in Paris and singing Kumbaya. How is that for the Truth? Here is a deal. You take the symbolism and I will take the money as a sign of commitment.[/QUOTE]Compared to the "War on Poverty", which we lost by the way, and all the other social engineering giveaways which includes the illegal subsidies in ObamaCare, killing terrorist is cheap.
[QUOTE=Doppelganger;443873]Compared to the "War on Poverty" and all the other social engineering giveaways which includes on the illegal subsidies in ObamaCare, killing terrorist is cheap.[/QUOTE]Okay Doppelganger. Go sing Kumbaya if it makes you feel better about yourself. Just realize because I don't does not mean I am not making a contribution to the war on terrorism. I can't stay in key when I sing anyway.
To say Obama has been a poor commander in chief because of the strategies and tactics he has chosen in the war on terrorism is an arguable point. You can read the debate in many newspapers and journals. To say the United States has not supported and fought a war on terrorism over the last six years because we did not show up for a parade is just ridiculous. I think that any who believes so is an idiot. Yes Doppelganger, that means I think you are idiot.
I respect your prowess as a monger. You probably get laid more often by better looking women than I do. You seem to frequent the high end places.
[B]Wrong again Inspector Clouseau,[/B]
[QUOTE=Esten;443868][b]Alias 'The Truth' mocked on AP.[/b]
Hey Punter, these guys are all in the US. Where is the "throught the world" part?
LOL[/QUOTE]"The Truth" has post dating all the way back to 2003. RTFF.
Esten, do you also write "Rape on Campus" articles for Rolling Stone, or perhaps you're an anchorman at NBC News?
LOL
The Republicans and especially the right-wing hacks on this site just don't get it.
President Obama is not running for Pres. Anymore, in 2 more years his term is over. You're wasteing your time trying to nit pick about every little thing he does and doesn't do and how terrible and evil he is. They're attacking the wrong guy; it doesn't matter what his poll numbers are, it doesn't matter it the world likes or doesn't like him. He's not running anymore, get over it.
[QUOTE=BigBossMan;443878]Okay Doppelganger. Go sing Kumbaya if it makes you feel better about yourself. Just realize because I don't does not mean I am not making a contribution to the war on terrorism. I can't stay in key when I sing anyway.
To say Obama has been a poor commander in chief because of the strategies and tactics he has chosen in the war on terrorism is an arguable point. You can read the debate in many newspapers and journals. To say the United States has not supported and fought a war on terrorism over the last six years because we did not show up for a parade is just ridiculous. I think that any who believes so is an idiot. Yes Doppelganger, that means I think you are idiot.
I respect your prowess as a monger. You probably get laid more often by better looking women than I do. You seem to frequent the high end places.[/QUOTE]BBM you were complying about the cost, I just answered you on COST. It's cheaper to kill terrorist than all the other federal giveaway programs, and once you kill a terrorist he does not come back while the freeloaders on the federal programs just keep coming back for more each month.
By the way I did not say anything about Obama not showing up in Paris, but even his staff said it was a mistake. So what, it would have been another meaningless gesture by the king of meaningless gestures.
The Democrats and especially the left-wing hacks on this site just don't get it.
President Bush is not running for President anymore, his term is over. You're wasteing your time trying to nit pick about every little thing he does and doesn't do and how terrible and evil he is. They're attacking the wrong guy; it doesn't matter what his poll numbers are, it doesn't matter it the world likes or doesn't like him. He's not running anymore, get over it.
[QUOTE=Jackson;443887]The Democrats and especially the left-wing hacks on this site just don't get it.
President Bush is not running for President anymore, his term is over. You're wasteing your time trying to nit pick about every little thing he does and doesn't do and how terrible and evil he is. They're attacking the wrong guy; it doesn't matter what his poll numbers are, it doesn't matter it the world likes or doesn't like him. He's not running anymore, get over it.[/QUOTE]Imitation is the greatest form of flattery.
Thanks, Bayboy.
[QUOTE=RevBS;443823][URL]http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/05/fashion/the-bruce-jenner-story-goes-from-gossip-to-news.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&[/URL]
1976, Montreal Olympic Games. I was actually there. I saw Bruce Jenner won the gold medal in the decathlon. He was Mr. America, and now or soon to be, he will be Ms. America. I have seen it all now, I can die happy.
Perhaps he got involved with the East German women & steroids. They won 10 out of 14 women track & field finals. But then, the steroids are about masculine hormones, very puzzling. Oh, I got it! It's the evolution of the American man, soon to be in every family & household. You see, he is surrounded by a nest of dominant women who made all the decisions and gets all the media attention. Who cares about an ex-Olympian jock! Like plants, being out of the sunlight, they shrivel & fade away. Let's see what happen to Lamar Odom, then we will know for sure.
Lucky I get all the sun I need from my tennis. I think I will be a cactus.[/QUOTE]Maybe it was a commercial decision. He's going to have his own reality television show after the sex change.
That sounds just like what a Democrat would do for money, get his testicles chopped off. He must be an Obama supporter. (jk)
[URL]http://www.gallup.com/opinion/chairman/181469/big-lie-unemployment.aspx[/URL]
[QUOTE=BayBoy;443890]Imitation is the greatest form of flattery.
Thanks, Bayboy.[/QUOTE]These sort of lame retorts and lack of creativity just demonstrate that Jackson is exhibiting the first signs of senility.
[QUOTE=Punter127;443881][B]Wrong again Inspector Clouseau,[/B]
"The Truth" has post dating all the way back to 2003. RTFF.
[/QUOTE]So "The Truth" has been around a long time, just like you.
With a similar posting style, and referencing Breitbart too. And chimes in when others have rebutted one of your posts, and you need more ammo.
Man, that's way too coincidental and convenient!
[QUOTE=RevBS;443860]I am very fond of my handle, but I am thinking of changing it to THe REAL TRUTH. Maybe, even a built a statue somewhere! How can people strut around like that![/QUOTE]I wouldn't bother. "The Truth" is clearly following in the footsteps of right wing propaganda sources like Fox News, who believe that proclaiming their credibility (eg. "No Spin Zone") gives them more credibility. Of course this is farcical to people who have basic critical thinking skills, and usually just the opposite is true.
Punter, I wouldn't bother arguing with Esten. Esten is clearly following in the footsteps of left wing propaganda sources like MSNBC, who believe that proclaiming their credibility gives them more credibility. Of course this is farcical to people who have basic critical thinking skills, and usually just the opposite is true. See the following:
[URL]http://www.stateofthemedia.org/2013/special-reports-landing-page/the-changing-tv-news-landscape/[/URL]
This confirms Pew's earlier research, in 2012, that 90% of MSNBC's prime time coverage is opinion / commentary. Fox indeed is much more "fair and balanced", although CNN leads the pack.
[QUOTE=Jackson;443887]The Democrats and especially the left-wing hacks on this site just don't get it.
President Bush is not running for President anymore, his term is over. You're wasteing your time trying to nit pick about every little thing he does and doesn't do and how terrible and evil he is. They're attacking the wrong guy; it doesn't matter what his poll numbers are, it doesn't matter it the world likes or doesn't like him. He's not running anymore, get over it.[/QUOTE]BayBoy, Doesn't this make more sense than what you originally posted? I'm no admirer of Obama or Bush. However, Obama is president of the USA and the leader of the free world. Bush has gone out of his way to stay out of politics since he left office six years ago, yet still some of you keep blaming all of America's problems on him. WT69 was on his case a few days ago.
Btw, I agree with SteveC and disagree with you. It does matter whether the world likes Obama, even if it likes him for sometimes spurious reasons.
[QUOTE=BadMan;443893][URL]http://www.gallup.com/opinion/chairman/181469/big-lie-unemployment.aspx[/URL][/QUOTE]Thanks BadMan, good article. Sound a bit like U6?
[URL]http://player.theplatform.com/p/gZWlPC/cnbc_global?playertype=synd&byGuid=3000353564&size=530_298[/URL]#.
[QUOTE=Tiny12;443892]Maybe it was a commercial decision. He's going to have his own reality television show after the sex change.
That sounds just like what a Democrat would do for money, get his testicles chopped off. He must be an Obama supporter. (jk)[/QUOTE]Different, but same, same!
Despite screaming and proclaiming what they represent & stand for, when it comes to money in their pockets, people are the same everywhere. And events can really control your take on issues. Like Cheney with a gay daughter. What can he do when confronted with his own flesh & blood. The same with many parents who have had their children killed in Iraq for oil. Definitely, it was not for political stability.
Joking aside, most Obama supporters have had a great deal to swallow in terms of expectations. But REASONABLE supporters can thank their lucky stars for how things turn out.
[QUOTE=Tiny12;443898]BayBoy, Doesn't this make more sense than what you originally posted? I'm no admirer of Obama or Bush. However, Obama is president of the USA and the leader of the free world. Bush has gone out of his way to stay out of politics since he left office six years ago, yet still some of you keep blaming all of America's problems on him. WT69 was on his case a few days ago.
Btw, I agree with SteveC and disagree with you. It does matter whether the world likes Obama, even if it likes him for sometimes spurious reasons.[/QUOTE]Tiny. We don't have much of a disagreement. Yes Obama is the leader of the free world. And it does matter whether the world likes him or not. But the world does like him whether or not he went to the Paris demonstration about the deaths at Charlie Hebdo. (Personally I think he should have gone there or at least Sec. Of State Kerry).
Now Pres. Bush was a different story, he was NOT liked by the world.
[QUOTE=BayBoy;443915]Now Pres. Bush was a different story, he was NOT liked by the world.[/QUOTE]Really? Just for starters, I think the kuwaitis might have a different opinion.
Nevertheless, let me pose a question: Can you name one country with which the USA enjoys a better relationship today than when Obama first took office?
Just one?
Thanks,
Jax.
[QUOTE=Jackson;443918]Really? Just for starters, I think the kuwaitis might have a different opinion.
Nevertheless, let me pose a question: Can you name one country with which the USA enjoys a better relationship today than when Obama first took office?
Just one?
Thanks,
Jax.[/QUOTE]How about Iran?
Don.
[QUOTE=Jackson;443918]Really? Just for starters, I think the kuwaitis might have a different opinion.
Nevertheless, let me pose a question: Can you name one country with which the USA enjoys a better relationship today than when Obama first took office?
Just one?
Thanks,
Jax.[/QUOTE]Ukraine.
Thanks,
Bayboy.
[QUOTE=BayBoy;443922]Ukraine.
Thanks,
Bayboy.[/QUOTE]Bayboy,
I will defer to BadMan, our in-house expert on all things Ukraine, to respond to your supposition.
Thanks,
Jax.
Yeah. No. Thats not true. Obama is en epic fuck up. No two ways about it. But its not his fault. Hes just reading the script. That poor multiethnic bastard. I hope he gets a good pension. That shiftless hippie.
Ukraine. Wants his head on a silver platter.
[QUOTE=BayBoy;443922]Ukraine.
Thanks,
Bayboy.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Jackson;443918]Nevertheless, let me pose a question: Can you name one country with which the USA enjoys a better relationship today than when Obama first took office?[/QUOTE]Your question inevitably requires a comparison versus Bush. And there's really no comparison. Major allies like France, Britain, Germany, Japan and others have WAY more confidence in Obama than Bush.
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I can only conclude you posed this question because your mass consumption of right wing media actually made you BELIEVE your premise was correct.
WOW, that's sad.
Jackson, when are you going to realize that right wing media like Fox News are either lying or deliberately spinning their "news" ?
This idiot and his rogues gallery of advisors are even bigger asshats than I thought.
For those with a sense of humor, a strong stomach and a penchant for sci fi.
[URL]http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/docs/2015_national_security_strategy.pdf[/URL]
The hegemon fears the sovereign. .
Come on You Haters of Obama.
He wants to open the country for us travelers.
Tell your congressmen, and oh yes their congress women how much you supported the Cuban people when you were there and not the Cuban Government.
Write your republican congressmen and one women to open the travel restrictions.
Obama doesn't want anything. His " advisors " are only reacting to someone elses move. About a couple weeks before Obama announced these easing of tensions with Cuba, Russia had just announced they would be reopening the Lourdes SIGINT station in Cuba. I'm pretty sure this move by Obama is meant to try and either kill that deal or at least slow it down.
[URL]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2694468/Russia-reopen-Cold-War-Cuban-listening-post-used-spy-America.html[/URL]
Also American companies are sick and tired of losing contracts to the Russian and Chinese companies. They have been wanting a piece of the Cuban pie for quite some time. They simply realized the " stick " wasn't working. Just like it didn't work with Iran. Just like its hopelessly doomed to fail with Russia as well. So instead Obama is opening up a spy base, I mean US Embassy, in Cuba. Nobody in Cuba with half a brain sees it any other way. Will Cubans be offered Nudelman cookies in exchange for plunging their country into civil war?
Rank amateur foreign policy by the corporately sponsored muppets in office. As usual.
[QUOTE=WorldTravel69;443942]Come on You Haters of Obama.
He wants to open the country for us travelers.
Tell your congressmen, and oh yes their congress women how much you supported the Cuban people when you were there and not the Cuban Government.
Write your republican congressmen and one women to open the travel restrictions.[/QUOTE]
Good luck with that.
I found this one rather amusing.
M2. Another total waste of time. But at least the algos had an excuse.
[QUOTE=Tiny12;443897]Punter, I wouldn't bother arguing with Esten. Esten is clearly following in the footsteps of left wing propaganda sources like MSNBC, who believe that proclaiming their credibility gives them more credibility. Of course this is farcical to people who have basic critical thinking skills, and usually just the opposite is true. See the following:
[URL]http://www.stateofthemedia.org/2013/special-reports-landing-page/the-changing-tv-news-landscape/[/URL]
This confirms Pew's earlier research, in 2012, that 90% of MSNBC's prime time coverage is opinion / commentary. Fox indeed is much more "fair and balanced", although CNN leads the pack.[/QUOTE]You're right Tiny, I'm not going to get in a pissing contest with Esten over his asinine accusation. I fail to see what advantage he thinks two names would have. He does however provide some good material for a headline, how do you like this one;.
[B]Esten says Punter 127 is "The Truth"![/B] .... I like it, thanks Esten.
This is not the first time Esten has pulled a stunt like this, remember when he questioned if I had ever mongered in BA? When I revealed some of my BA and forum activities and suggested we compare our experiences he tucked his tail and never mentioned the subject again.
This whole TT thing doesn't pass the smell test, but a little [i]surfing[/i] of the forum has revealed TT's pervious name and that we have some mutual acquaintances, so I suspect there are forum members who have met both of us.
In typical Esten fashion his asinine accusation is an argument from ignorance because he can't prove it, and the reason he can't prove it is because it's not true.
OK Punter. The similarities are remarkable, but if you say you are not "The Truth" then I'll take your word for it.
[B]Esten says Punter 127 is [i]not[/i] "The Truth"![/B]
And my previous question about your BA mongering was a fair question, as I didn't recall ever seeing any report from you in all the years we have both been posting. You've explained that before so no need to again. Aren't you overdue for a trip down to BA?
Hi Guys,
I would like to ask a question without starting a massive argument. Please understand that I am asking a question irrespective of whatever political beliefs I might have, I do have a degree in Political Science and this has engendered my curiosity. I live in Europe and am most familiar with US expats in Europe and how they think.
In my experience most Americans who seek to move abroad are overwhelmingly left of center or Democrats to say the least. It tends to be left of center people who find most fault with their society and move abroad and believe it can be better elsewhere, although I am aware that Argentina is not socially or politically progressive in any meaningful measure.
I am surprised by reading this forum how many right of center Americans or Republicans live in Argentina. Usually this political affiliation goes with patriotism and sometimes an unconditional love of America.
So the question I would like to ask, out of curiosity, is what attracts the ex pat Republicans to living in Argentina? Is it just to escape the sex prison? We all need to get laid irrespective of political proclivities or is it something else as well? Why Argentina for Republicans?
"The Truth" and "Punter 127" don't have anywhere near the same writing style. You can disguise that for a while but not for very long. And although Punter and I are not quite at the same end of the political spectrum, there is no way he would bother impersonating anyone to express his views. He expresses them quite nicely on his own.
I do think Punter and Tiny might be long lost cousins, though.
[QUOTE=Dickhead;443982]I do think Punter and Tiny might be long lost cousins, though.[/QUOTE]Yes, and proof positive that genetics are so strong here in the south that if you breed members of the same family, you end up with children that are even more intelligent than their parents.
Just kidding, I wanted to provide a little bit of joy in the lives of El Alamo Palermo and WT69, falsely confirming their theories about red state residents, before letting them down hard.
[QUOTE=Dickhead;443982]"The Truth" and "Punter 127" don't have anywhere near the same writing style. You can disguise that for a while but not for very long. And although Punter and I are not quite at the same end of the political spectrum, there is no way he would bother impersonating anyone to express his views. He expresses them quite nicely on his own.
I do think Punter and Tiny might be long lost cousins, though.[/QUOTE]Thanks DH,
Sometimes I think Esten just throws shit at the wall to see if it'll stick or not, but at other times I wonder if there's more to it.
I will take you remark about cousin Tiny and me as a compliment. LOL.