Perhaps for the first time in his political career, Obama speaks the truth!!!!!
Taxing chocolate would cause every female in this country to revolt (for at least one week out of every month). Chocolate is the only thing keeping men alive during PMS days. Even Obama has to be afraid of taxing that!
If an individual were to stand in a theatre and shout "FIRE", what would he/she be charged with? Inducing panic, right? I would like to see every individual who excperienced the very real fear from the fly by get together and file a class-action lawsuit against the government for the same charge of inducing a panic. This was (almost) the stupidest stunt I have ever witnessed that (I'm ashamed to call them my government) has ever done.
I have been restating a famous quote since the PATRIOT ACT was enacted: Those who would surrender freedom for security desreve neither freedom or security. Your post makes that point very clear. We allowed the government to slowly etch away at our individual rights in the interest of "safety".
I feel like we are riding a runaway horse towards a burning barn. How do we take back the reins of our country before we run out of time?
Let's be fair. He had trouble finding a new church because he could not find one that spewed the hate that he was used to. In regard to your final point, I think Obama is practicing exactly what he feels in his heart, a love of power and an attempt to terminate Christianity in this country.
I agree with you Navydad. According to the story I read, when the pirate held a weapon at the hostage's head, the commander felt that the hostage was in imminent danger and ordered the response. I don't believe our President had anything to do with the rescue. You are also correct that if things had gone wrong, Obama would be condemning the actions for a long time, but since the action worked, he might as well receive the credit for it. What a piece of work.
This may come off as callous or uncaring, but while I agree that our Navy should take out the pirates holding an American citizen, the US should not bear the burden of being an international police force. Since this is an Italian boat, the Italian military, which the article states is moving in to confront the pirates, has to take the lead in dealing with this situation.
Now, if other countries were to ask for our assistance in dealing with the pirate situation, then by all means we should go in with guns blazing, so to speak. However, our primary concern should be for our own citizens and property and it is to that end tha twe should be focusing our protection and might. Let every other country experiencing this problem deal with it in the manner of their own choosing.
What does it say about us as a country when France, of all countries, will take action and we won't? I saw on the news Saturday morning that French military fired on pirates who had attacked a French sailboat, killng the pirates and saving three of the four hostages. Granted, one hostage died, but don't the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few (to coin a phrase from the Star Trek).
Yes, it would be tragic if the hostage loses his life, but the ultimate message to the pirates would be: Don't mess with the US. Unfortunately, the current administration won't subscribe to this line of thinking because it won't make us popular with the EU. After all, isn't being liked much better than being respected? I for one vote for respect.
Just a suggestion, if you want to be taken seriously, don't use Wikipedia as a citation source.
I think Biden was picked for VP as an added life insurance policy on the President. After all, even the most ardent Obama basher would not want to see Biden take over the reins of the country.
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