This past Thursday, on a clear Texas afternoon, an Army psychiatrist walked into the Soldier Readiness Processing Center, and began shooting his fellow soldiers.
Ever the storyteller – President Obama adds that little detail about it being a clear afternoon.
it’s all the more heartbreaking and all the more despicable because of the place where it occurred and the patriots who were its victims.
That’s for sure. Let’s see if he knows more than we do.
even as we saw the worst of human nature on full display, we also saw the best of America. We saw soldiers and civilians alike rushing to aid fallen comrades; tearing off bullet-riddled clothes to treat the injured; using blouses as tourniquets; taking down the shooter even as they bore wounds themselves.
I have a relative who was one of those soldiers aiding the hurt.
I met with FBI Director Mueller, Defense Secretary Gates, and representatives of the relevant agencies to discuss their ongoing investigation into what led to this terrible crime.
Isn’t is obvious? The man didn’t want to be shipped out.
Our thoughts are with all the families who’ve lost a loved one in this national tragedy.
Seeing as I’ve not been a recipient of this kind of comment, does the idea of someone’s thoughts being with you help in any way?
They are Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus and nonbelievers.
I wonder if the term “nonbelievers” offends anyone.
so long as our nation endures.
Wait – what? “So long as our nation endures”? That doesn’t sound like there’s much hope for it enduring!
Why is the Obama administration taking so many shots at a political entertainer?
Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has repeatedly aimed his guns at the radio personality. And the ammunition is the clever digs that appear to be neutral but are really nasty comments.
And on the same lines – why is a giant political party being driven by a radio personality? Or is it? I think Emanuel and his team would like nothing else than to keep the attention on Rush Limbaugh and leave the focus on him instead of some bigger issues.
We’re talking about the leader of this country (his right-hand man rather) picking verbal fights with a personality in the entertainment field.
This is when we should look up from our ipods and proclaim the freedom to ignore and the freedom to disagree without demonizing your opponent. (For more on demons, see Paranormal Activity)
I needed to take a break from politics and my job frustration to share about a movie I saw recently titled, Paranormal Activity.
The movie follows a boyfriend and girlfriend as they suffer through multiple nights of a haunting.
Do not assume this is anything like The Exorcist or any other haunted house movie, it seeps into your soul and seriously messes you up.
The boyfriend, Micah, buys a camera to “capture” the events on tape. He doesn’t take things too seriously until the end of the film when the truly horrific begins to occur. He taunts the “thing” and pulls out a Ouija Board in order to talk with it.
The girlfriend, Katie, confesses to a psychic that she’s been “followed” by something since she was eight years old.
Every night that you see, something happens. It begins innocently with their bedroom door moving a few inches, followed by bangs, screams, feet stomping, and more.
I never understood why the couple didn’t just leave the house and go to a Motel 6 or something. Yes, the thing will follow her, but at least this would get them out of the craziness for a while.
The ending sets up a nice new mythos for moviegoers and horror fans and was suggested by Steven Spielberg.
It is a frightening movie. Beat out Saw VI which tells you that people enjoy the “clean” horror rather than the blood and guts of recent years.
It’s rated R for the number of times, foul language is used. And seriously, if your house was being haunted by whatever it is in this house…you’d say a few choice words too.
As of January 2010 I will no longer be employed by this company.
This company I have been trying to leave for some time. (if you’ve read the older posts, you’d see)
And I’m pretty fine with it. I wish I had more than a couple months to find employment, and I wish people were hiring.
Perhaps what I need to do is go to my government and look up all the thousand of jobs they’re creating because as far as I’ve seen, there is nothing that will provide the kind of income I need for a family.
Everyone is looking for part-time and no benefits.
Is it time to start pushing for Congress to act? People (Conservatives) are up in arms against this Health Care Reform but I’d like to hear them and what they have to say if they ever lose their coverage or are unable to afford it.
And the truth is, over the past ten months, I’ve often had to report distressing news during what has been a difficult time for our country.
I wonder why he had to add, “and the truth is”. It almost makes it seem as if most of the other stuff he’s talking about isn’t the truth.
It’s like when someone says, “I’ll be honest with you … ” Like what they’ve already said isn’t them being honest.
We learned that the economy grew for the first time in more than a year and faster than at any point in the previous two years.
This is good news right?
It is easy to forget that it was only several months ago that the economy was shrinking rapidly and many economists feared another Great Depression.
You yourself continually used that phrase, Mr. President – you and your team were/are alarmists like every other politician.
Now, economic growth is no substitute for job growth.
That, my friends, is truth in it’s purest form.
And we will likely see further job losses in the coming days, a fact that is both troubling for our economy and heartbreaking for the men and women who suddenly find themselves out of work.
Like me; I will be out of a job come January 2010.
Based on reports coming in from across America – as shovels break ground, as needed public servants are rehired, and as factories whir to life – it is clear that the Recovery Act has now created and saved more than one million jobs.
That’s why the Recovery Act was designed to help small businesses expand and create jobs.
Is that why most of the money went to large banks and Wall Street? Seems to me that the Recovery Act was designed to bail out the greedy lawless CEOs and major corporations.
I also announced that we’ll be taking additional steps through our Financial Stability plan to make more credit available to the small local and community banks that so many small businesses depend on
So small businesses may be under his control as well?
I see this administration sticking its finger into places where it shouldn’t. There are some aspects of life that the federal government should stay away from. It doesn’t need to own everything.
I have a feeling that President Obama’s team may take the credit for the success of the latest scare movie, Paranormal Activity and how it owns Hollywood.
After President Obama and our federal government has taken over those industries, he’s looking to take over college football’s BCS.
If you will remember, shortly after winning the general election, President Obama said he was going to, “throw my weight around a little bit” in order to push the BCS to change to a playoff format.
This past Wednesday, Senator Orrin Hatch sent a ten page letter stating
Mr. President, as you have publicly stated on multiple occasions, the BCS system is in dire need of reform
Hatch believes the BCS violates an anti-trust law?
For crying out loud, this is college football and this Senator is crying foul because his team isn’t making it to the big bowl games.
When will we get people in our government who want to see a better America and not cry over their lack of milk money? The immaturity of our federal officials is insane.
Maybe the 2010 elections will change the character make-up of Congress and let them get back to the real work we elected them to do.
There are youtube videos of school children singing praise songs to President Obama.
I wouldn’t have a problem with this normally. I don’t see anything wrong with singing songs about The President of The United States. We sing songs about people all the time.
And to add insult to injury, the principal of the school in New Jersey where this video took place has received death threats!
It’s just getting out of control. All this hatred. First, if you disagree with the President you’re racist. If you agree with the President, you get death threats.
The one song is a kind of rap that basically speaks of what President Obama said he wanted to do as President.
Here are the lyrics:
Mm, mmm, mm! Barack Hussein Obama
He said that all must lend a hand To make this country strong again Mmm, mmm, mm! Barack Hussein Obama
He said we must be fair today Equal work means equal pay Mmm, mmm, mm! Barack Hussein Obama
He said that we must take a stand To make sure everyone gets a chance Mmm, mmm, mm! Barack Hussein Obama
He said red, yellow, black or white All are equal in his sight Mmm, mmm, mm! Barack Hussein Obama
Yes! Mmm, mmm, mm Barack Hussein Obama
Hello, Mr. President we honor you today! For all your great accomplishments, we all doth say “hooray!”
Hooray, Mr. President! You’re number one! The first black American to lead this great nation!
Hooray, Mr. President we honor your great plans To make this country’s economy number one again!
Hooray Mr. President, we’re really proud of you! And we stand for all Americans under the great Red, White, and Blue!
So continue —- Mr. President we know you’ll do the trick So here’s a hearty hip-hooray —-
Hip, hip hooray! Hip, hip hooray! Hip, hip hooray!
Over the better part of the past year, a great debate has taken place in Washington and across America, about how to reform our health care system to provide security for people with insurance, coverage for those without insurance, and lower costs for everyone.
I guess it all depends on what he means by “great”. I don’t think the name-calling and screaming (from both sides) equals anything great. If he means, large – then I will grant him the use of great when talking about the health care reform debate.
we can point to a broad and growing coalition of doctors and nurses, [...] including leading Democrats and many leading Republicans – who recognize the urgency of action.
I don’t think anyone would claim that action is not needed in our health care system. I think it’s the form of action. We all agree something must be done, change must occur. Not all agree on your plan.
But this is not the time to pat ourselves on the back.
As you did when you “learned” of your Nobel Prize??? But we won’t get into that.
No – your administration should not pat the backs quite yet. Jobs are still disappearing and you can no longer blame President Bush for this. This job loss is all on you.
[The Insurance Companies are] filling the airwaves with deceptive and dishonest ads. They’re flooding Capitol Hill with lobbyists and campaign contributions. And they’re funding studies designed to mislead the American people.
I would like to see the proof of this. I’m not denying that it’s happening, I would just like to see an example or two.
But what I will not abide are those who would bend the truth – or break it – to score political points and stop our progress as a country.
Mark those words Mr. President. You said them and now you are being held accountable. May you never bend the truth to score political points.
So let me get this straight, Federal Officials have the authority to deny ownership of an NFL team? I heard Democrats in Congress calling for the denial of Rush Limbaugh to be part owner of the St. Louis Rams.
And their reason?
He’s racist. He does not have the respect for some of the players in the league.
Can we believe that? Can you?
This is coming from the same party who raised a stink over Miss California’s answer to a gay marriage question.
This is getting scary, folks.
I’m seeing the same strategy within the Democratic party: If they disagree with us, they must be racist because they are anti-President Obama.
This is a dangerous road we’re traveling.
If only we could find a candidate who could rally his/her party to be a mix of President Bush & President Obama. Someone who has a thick hide, who can allow free speech without complaining about it being racist; and someone who desires to see true reform and transparency.
Quit calling those who disagree with you racist, it’s insulting.
