65 Responses to “It’s Not Barack’s Fault!”

1. Ron
   April 7th, 2009 @ 6:55 pm

   It’s the fault of his Teleprompter! (I hope you have read the Teleprompter Blog.)

2. zimzo
   April 7th, 2009 @ 6:56 pm

   It’s pretty funny that you should be calling others brainless when you don’t even know how to spell the name of the President of the United States.

3. Lovisa
   April 7th, 2009 @ 7:10 pm

   HULU evidently also means

   “allow” and “permit” in Swahili

   That’s what is says anyway.

4. Lovisa
   April 7th, 2009 @ 7:11 pm

   What does Tar Aso mean in Swahili, I wonder?

5. Lovisa
   April 7th, 2009 @ 7:12 pm

   Sorry – Taro!

6. ACTivist
   April 7th, 2009 @ 7:18 pm

   zimzo,

   W-A-S-H-I-N-G-T-O-N, A-D-A-M-S, J-E-F-F-E-R-S-O-N…….B-U-S-H. What more do you want! No one knows his real name anyway so whose to say I’m not right?

7. ACTivist
   April 7th, 2009 @ 7:22 pm

   Ron,

   I did and I got a kick out of that.

8. joe six-pack
   April 7th, 2009 @ 7:37 pm

   My wife voted for the guy, so I can’t agree that ALL who did are brainless. However, if the war does get out of hand, (As I believe that it will) IT WILL BE ALL HIS FAULT.

   ISLAM IS AT WAR WITH US. I just hope that he understands this before it is too late.

9. Had Enough
   April 7th, 2009 @ 8:12 pm

   “It’s pretty funny that you should be calling others brainless when you don’t even know how to spell the name of the President of the United States.”

   It’s looking more like the Usurper’s name is Barry Soretoro, although he has used the name Barry Dunham among others.

10. The Bulletproof Monk
    April 7th, 2009 @ 10:18 pm

    “Do you think anyone in their right mind nominated McCain for the GOP candidate? ”

    Do you think anyone in their right mind sat home on their hands because the Party nominated McCain for the GOP candidate? I assure you it did happen.
    Sometimes, it’s better to put in the lesser of the two evils, if it’s only to hold the status of the country in limbo until you can find another Reagan.

11. G. Stone
    April 8th, 2009 @ 1:51 pm

    Mark Steyn says Obama is all hopey, changey. I like it.

    I now retire President Former Pope of Hope for
    President Hopey Changey.

12. G. Stone
    April 8th, 2009 @ 1:53 pm

    President Hopey Changey

    Zimzo, let me know if you are OK with the spelling before I order the business cards and door plaque.

13. ACTivist
    April 8th, 2009 @ 4:20 pm

    Monk,

    I just had another pull of my wine (sissys sip, rednecks slurp and alcoholics/winos chug-men pull)so that I could answer you. I agree with what you say-totally! Sha-zam! (Gomer style). Follow what I was inferring. Right-minded people didn’t pick a loser in the primaries…the liberals did. That way THEIR loser could beat the loser they picked for us! And that is exactly what happened.

14. ACTivist
    April 8th, 2009 @ 4:34 pm

    NoVisa,

    Swahili is a dichotomy, isn’t it? Malay is just everywhere.

15. The Bulletproof Monk
    April 8th, 2009 @ 6:35 pm

    Since there is absolutely no proof that liberals picked the man, you have here-say.
    Today, we have a real winner in office because of those folks who sat home.
    And if you get much more of your “throw the moderates out”, you might as well become one of the Libertarians. Just promise never to attend a Republican Convention again when you do.
    I think we’ve all seen the “cult” moments of the Libertarian Frederick fold.

16. ACTivist
    April 8th, 2009 @ 7:15 pm

    Monk,

    I see you are on your horse again. “Today, we have a real winner in office because of those folks who sat home.” Since there is absolutely no proof of that, then all you have is here-say. It also sounds like another dig towards Jacob of which we have already explained to your ignorant ass DID vote. Dan is a moderate and I respect his viewpoint. That doesn’t mean I always agree with him. The difference is that Dan doesn’t have that air of arrogance that I see with MOST moderates. Now, “can you smell-l-l-l-l….what the Rock….is cookin’? And, yes, we all know that you are the “revceiver” for Rich. And just as much a “moderate” as McCain.

17. jacob
    April 8th, 2009 @ 8:38 pm

    The facts on the ground are this:
    1. John McLame was the Republican candidate.
    2. John McLame talked like an ersatz Democrat.
    3. The Electorate Picked Obama — why pick a copy when you can get the genuine article.

    People like Dean Settle are convinced, not much point in talking to them. They made up their minds, don’t bother telling them anything. They dismiss your points on grounds that you are making statements without proof. Then they do the same and it never occurs to them how full of it they are.

18. jacob
    April 8th, 2009 @ 8:44 pm

    One more point, the Dean Settle wing of the party just finished lynching a fellow by the name of Frederick. Frederick biggest crime is that he is a conservative in thought. The man other than that is totally unremarkable. But as he was not the choice of the Dean Settle wing of the party — they drummed up a line of BS and hung him. They are now busy patting themselves on the back. Reagan tried to discourage this.

    The Dean Settles of the world follow the example of John McLame, who attacks his fellow Republicans every chance he could. Note the difference. Then the Dean Settles of the world, have the nerve to be surprised when the rest of the Republican party thinks they are Democrat operatives.

19. el jefe
    April 8th, 2009 @ 8:51 pm

    “They dismiss your points on grounds that you are making statements without proof.”

    that upsets you jacob? it does sort of undermine many repub arguments.

    ‘gaffs’ is a bit of gaffe.

20. dans
    April 8th, 2009 @ 11:15 pm

    I would not say that those that sat home made the difference. Turnout was the highest percentage of voters since 1968 :

    http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781453.html

    I have often heard that high turnout favors the GOP. Not this time.

    To say the liberals helped McCain, I assume you mean by crossover voting in primaries. I would be interested in seeing a tabulation of the GOP primary victor in those 26 states to see what the distribution is. If this assertion were credible, I would expect to see McCain winning in more crossover states, and less in closed primary states.

    i think the primaries also hurt the GOP. The Dems, even though there were many in the race initially, there was Obama, Clinton, and the field. The GOP had no clear favorites, and no one candidate had a chance to build any early momentum.

    I also believe that McCain was well past his prime as an attractive candidate, and this was an election partly decided by age. I also think age was a factor in Clinton/Bush, and most assuredly Clinton/Dole. Face it, McCain is older than what is the mandatory retirement age for many. Imho, the GOP needs to leave the old war horses in the barn out of the limelight.

    What is evident from some of these comments is that the GOP remains polarized, with the hard right and moderates unable to find common ground. If this cannot be resolved, maybe Gingrich has it right, the hard right should from their own party.

    This polarization is killing the GOP. Look at John Boehner, the Blue Dog Democrats approached him to ally against the Obama budget, and he denigrates them. Boehner, booby, when your party gets your butt kicked and you are significantly out numbered, you can’t afford to not have allies. Why he chose to do this to fiscally conservative (aka Reagan) Democrats in the House seemed to be irrational. Guess he would much rather be a true-blue conservative and go down with the ship…

    ACT,

    “Dan doesn’t have that air of arrogance that I see with MOST moderates”

    The next time we hit the watering hole I’ll drink scotch. Scotch always make me arrogant,

    and deboner

21. jack
    April 9th, 2009 @ 6:31 am

    “I have often heard that high turnout favors the GOP.”

    I’ve never heard that. High turnout brings out the uninformed, who are generally liberals.

22. Eric the 1/2 troll
    April 9th, 2009 @ 7:57 am

    “I’ve never heard that. High turnout brings out the uninformed, who are generally liberals.”

    With that air of arrogance, Jack just showed himself to be a Liberal by ACT’s definition.

23. jacob
    April 9th, 2009 @ 8:28 am

    jefe,
    ‘it does sort of undermine many repub arguments.’
    If you are trying to be annoying, you are trying too hard. Coming off like some hopeless ass is Lovisa’s baileywick, you are violating the union rules. Your job is to make more intellegent arguments.

24. Lovisa
    April 9th, 2009 @ 8:42 am

    What did I do now??? Hopeless ass? If I’m an ass, I’m a hopeFUL ass!

25. dans
    April 9th, 2009 @ 9:31 am

    “who are generally liberals.”

    Jack, reality check, there are many conservatives that also wear this hat…

    If it is true that in the last election many conservatives stayed home, well you cannot get much more uninformed than that…

26. Wolverine
    April 9th, 2009 @ 1:26 pm

    Lovisa — Looks like you’ve got to learn to duck around here, even if you’re taking a break on the sidelines and not out on the field of play! When some of these fellers get to going at each other, it’s sort of like living on a piece of ground smack dab between the Hatfields and McCoys!

27. ACTivist
    April 9th, 2009 @ 3:56 pm

    jefe,

    I’ll start with you. Gaff was not a spelling error. Yokes on you. You figure out which meaning I meant being worldly and all. Just remember something: if you want to start picking apart spelling as you have been of late, peruse every line you type from here on out. Nothing gets “talked” when you resort to childish behavior as response. Even Kevin and I settled on that very early on.

28. ACTivist
    April 9th, 2009 @ 4:12 pm

    Troll,

    “With that air of arrogance, Jack just showed himself to be a Liberal by ACT’s definition.”

    I’m on my second glass of wine and that usually means nothing but I can’t follow what you are trying to convey here. What definition? I’m missing something.

29. el jefe
    April 9th, 2009 @ 8:13 pm

    act, what sort of threat is that? my spelling has been brought up since i’ve written on this site. i just enjoy the irony, your spelling seems to stand out when you are calling gorups of people dumb. and agreed on no childish responses with kevin?

    oh jacob, lookout lovisa. he’s going off again and taking out innocent bystanders. i stand by it, many of you make statements with no proof.

    i think it’s bizarre to put the blame on mccain on the loss of the election. it’s the folks you carried to office 8 years ago, bush and the neocons, who lost it. and it’s not because they ’strayed from conservative principles’ but because the economy was bad, iraq was unpopular, etc. really, who would do you think would have faired better in the election? romney? guliani? huckabee? it was a pretty sorry bunch. monk seems to be onto something, if you keep on the path of blaming moderates or calling them ‘arrogant’ you will make repubs increasingly irrelevant.

30. Kevin
    April 9th, 2009 @ 9:32 pm

    “and agreed on no childish responses with kevin?”

    I remember no such agreement and promise to only continue my childish responses in response to ACTor’s childish responses. Heck, I remember just the other day she/he was having a good “Hardy HAR HAR” at my “expense”.

    She/He does seem a little touchy about her/his spelling though, so I agreed not to harp on it. And Jefe, you know yours is nearly as miserable. It’s when ACTor gets going with the bizarre rants (see roadside memorials post) that we really have some good natured fun.

31. Kevin
    April 9th, 2009 @ 9:41 pm

    Oh boy, wait til the (Never) Had Enoughs and the Rachelfirends get a load of this! I mean, things have really gotten out of control here:
    http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/obama_passover

32. Rachelfriend
    April 10th, 2009 @ 6:11 am

    Kevin,

    You must have missed me. I didn’t get a chance to respond to your previous post (and link) concerning Fascism Light, but I will.

    Concerning the Obama Passover dinner, what exactly am I supposed to be worried about? This country was built on Judeo-Christian principles. You appear to be trying to avert attention from some serious Obama administration failures and Democratic party overreach that have nothing to do with Passover and nothing to do with this dinner.

33. Kevin
    April 10th, 2009 @ 7:20 am

    I did miss you, Rachelfirend.

34. ACTivist
    April 10th, 2009 @ 3:31 pm

    jefe,

    gaff-nonsense, humbug. This is Obama. I don’t see the error in spelling that you were talking about. Liberals are idiots; laugh it off. “gorups”-what, is that some kinda fish?

35. ACTivist
    April 10th, 2009 @ 3:41 pm

    Kiddin’

    “having a good “Hardy HAR HAR” at my “expense”. ”

    Yes. You called Dan a conservative which shows that you don’t pay much attention to commentors. Dan is a moderate. You deserved to be laughed at.

    “It’s when ACTor gets going with the bizarre rants (see roadside memorials post)”

    I liked that one. You just don’t have an appreciation for the finer topics. And I am only touchy about spelling because I am old and Joe promised that it wasn’t an issue here on the blog. Sounds like you are predjudiced towards seniors which is nothing more than being mean spirited! btw Do you glow in the dark yet?

36. el jefe
    April 10th, 2009 @ 7:47 pm

    wow, look at that stock market go!

37. Rachelfirend
    April 11th, 2009 @ 9:50 am

    Kevin, you didn’t answer my question…what exactly am I supposed to be upset about? Do _you_ have a problem with the President holding a Passover meal?

    Rachelfirend

38. el jefe
    April 11th, 2009 @ 12:07 pm

    kev, clearly i’m not picky about spelling at all, but it’s fun to point out irony with some…it get’s some people really fired up. with act, it’s funny and telling when someone enjoys calling people dumb, says those with low iqs shouldn’t vote yet they are so sensitive about their mistakes. it’s all good-natured.

39. Wolverine
    April 11th, 2009 @ 3:17 pm

    Our friend El Jefe does seem, however, to have a personal problem with the use of capital letters. The worst part of it is that he is starting to suck me into that habit. I just hope my old grade school teachers never get wind of this. I’d probably be put back a grade retroactively!!

    I’ll tell you one thing though. El Jefe has made me go back and check my spelling on more than one occasion!!! He reminds me of Mrs. Henderson, wherever she may be after all these years! One exception to this: ACT’s use of “deboner.” I think that may be “official” Southern spelling which is fully acceptable south of the Mason-Dixon Line. Even Mrs. Henderson would have been amused.

40. The Bulletproof Monk
    April 12th, 2009 @ 7:04 am

    Look, Jacob…
    How utterly sad it is that when you can’t silence me…you feel you need to “out” me.
    The meaning of your less-than-scholarly move? Not much. I’ve been pretty open about my identity …announcing every new moniker so folks could keep up with me.
    You, on the other hand, lob accusations from behind an anonymous blog handle. Now commenting under one is fine, and has become common place. Calling another by name when you attack without manning up with yours….is just cowardice.

41. jack
    April 12th, 2009 @ 8:02 am

    Uh, did you just “out” yourself? Are you Dean Settle, or are you talking of a comment elsewhere?

42. jacob
    April 12th, 2009 @ 8:09 am

    BM,
    1. Point taken on the handle
    2. You are still fundamentally dishonest
    3. telling folks to ’shut up’ and threaten etc is what brought this on.
    4. but two wrongs do not make a right. ergo I was wrong for using you name.

43. jacob
    April 12th, 2009 @ 8:10 am

    BM,
    one more thing. I am not looking to silence you. You are an arrogant sob, but I am not looking to silence you. I standby the rest of what I said. You spend more time attacking conservatives than you do liberal democrats — while claiming to be a conservative. That is crap. You lob in comments and then ignore the riposts — that is crap too. Bulletproof? — hardly.

44. sally
    April 12th, 2009 @ 8:13 am

    My asking Settle if he even lives in Loudoun (no deed in his name) is part of the reason why the operative word won’t let me post there.

    He continually bashes Eugene Delgaudio, and because I have supported Mr. Delgaudio, and pointed out the Mr. Settle may not even live in the County, I have been banned from blogging over at the operative word, which is a Miller blog.

    BPM is part of the “in crowd” over there…. pretending to be for things Republican, but playing both sides on the back channels…

45. ACTivist
    April 12th, 2009 @ 11:52 am

    Monk,

    Your handles used, your e-mail and your comments all describe a person hung-up on themself. That makes you the superior individual and the rest of us your awed minions. If you didn’t believe this of yourself, you wanted have or do the things I mentioned above. What a lonely, unappreciated life you must lead.

46. dans
    April 12th, 2009 @ 1:40 pm

    As I sit here, the smell of applewood permeates my senses as it slowly caresses the brisket, tenderly prepared, slow smoking to a state of brisket nirvana, awaiting an Easter dinner with the family.

    I am not a religious person, but even so, I would think that a truce might be appropriate for the day.

47. dans
    April 12th, 2009 @ 1:44 pm

    Something we can all rally behind :

    http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,514719,00.html

48. jack
    April 12th, 2009 @ 4:07 pm

    The Somali pirate should be tried at sea, with Capt. Phillips presiding. Found guilty, he will “walk the plank.”

49. by the way
    April 12th, 2009 @ 6:49 pm

    And Obama gave the orders to use military action to bring this brave Capitan home.

    Thank you Mr. President, thank you.

50. jacob
    April 12th, 2009 @ 6:58 pm

    I find it interesting that the first crew to do anything to effectively resist the pirates was American. I find it interesting that the Captain of the ship was able to escape twice. I am glad our military was able to act. All good stuff. Proud to be an American right now.

    I am glad we did not find a 21st century solution. The gunfire from our troops was a traditional solution. Those who learn nothing from the past, who despise the time tested solutions — move into the future blind.

51. by the way
    April 12th, 2009 @ 7:07 pm

    Yes Jacob I agree, it’s about time we can raise our heads high once again!

52. sally
    April 12th, 2009 @ 7:20 pm

    Actually, I think Obama was right to remain silent on this until now.

    You won’t see headlines, “Pirates not afraid of Americans” again.

    The only thing I question, is some press accounts say Obama was approached twice by the military to be able to use force if the captain’s life was in danger, and Obama did not give permission at first. He wanted to “talk” to them to try to work it out before he gave the permission, supposedly.

    I think Obama should have given permission immediately, but it worked out. In the end, we got an excellent result. We looked reasonable and not weak, so I am very proud of our government, out Navy Seals, and the captain.

53. Wolverine
    April 12th, 2009 @ 7:50 pm

    Yes, the President did the right thing. Credibility has been established. Now to Step Two: Figuring out a way to keep the President, our mariners, and our navy from being placed in the same delicate and difficult situation again. The establishment of credibility gives us an opportunity to lead the way on this. Let’s take it without equivocation of any kind.

54. Lovisa
    April 12th, 2009 @ 8:36 pm

    What do you “old timers” think about convoys escorted by military ships?
    They were used during WWII? Could it work now?

    Guess there’d be a problem since the ships in the area in question sail under various flags. It would take a lot of cooperation and coordination. Nah, it probably wouldn’t work.

55. jacob
    April 12th, 2009 @ 9:11 pm

    by the way,
    I was proud when we booted the taliban out of power.
    I was proud when we toppled Saddam from power.
    I was proud when we crushed the guerillas in Iraq after the surge.

    Sorry to see you so sad … till now.

    BTW, the Captain not Obama made it happen. Obama did the right thing. He did not get in the way. That is what a good commander does.

56. sally
    April 12th, 2009 @ 9:56 pm

    The captain was incredibly smart and brave, saving his whole crew, and risking his own life selflessly. No doubt, the captain represents the very best and highest American ideal.

57. jacob
    April 12th, 2009 @ 11:02 pm

    “You won’t see headlines, “Pirates not afraid of Americans” again.”
    Yes we will. Every time we run head long into the barbarians we get the chest thumping and the threats. Quadafi had his line of death in the gulf of sidra. Saddam had his mother of all battles, Bin Hiding (in a cave) called us a paper tiger. This is due to the likes of idiots who call for 21st century solutions to 14th century problems.

    Savages do not understand restraint and think it is always appeasement. This is a fact of life. The Romans, (4th Century BC to 14th AD) understood that if you want peace, prepare for war (Seneca).

58. Wolverine
    April 13th, 2009 @ 3:09 am

    You have really got to appreciate the skills of those SEAL snipers. As I understand it, they were posted on the fantail of the destroyer under orders to shoot only if it appeared that Captain Phillips was in imminent danger of death. Tough, tough spot. The destroyer and the small boat are constantly moving in the waves and current. No shooting range practice this!! The SEAL CO called it. One of the four pirates was aboard the destroyer negotiating. Three with auto weapons still in the boat, which was under tow by the destroyer toward the Somali coast. Not sure now whether Phillips actually jumped overboard again or just went to the side of the small boat to urinate over the side. Either way, he separated himself from the targets just enough. Three pirates popped their heads and shoulders above the gunnel of the small boat. Bingo!! Three simultaneous kill shots.

    I am thoroughly impressed. No matter what else is happening in this country, our military guys have still got what it takes.

59. jacob
    April 13th, 2009 @ 6:55 am

    Wolv,
    As a Marine, I am here to tell you the SEALS are amazing.

60. dans
    April 13th, 2009 @ 11:44 am

    “What do you “old timers” think about convoys escorted by military ships?
    They were used during WWII?”

    Lovisa, Different time, different problem. During WWII, many merchant vessels were pressed into server to ferry troops and supplies into war zones. Providing military escorts was a necessity.

61. ACTivist
    April 13th, 2009 @ 4:07 pm

    Dan,

    “Providing military escorts was a necessity.”

    because of submarines! Somali pirates use-what-zodiacs? Johnny Walker Red with a rag stuffed in it would take that thing out. AND it would also keep you from becoming arrogant.

62. ACTivist
    April 13th, 2009 @ 4:13 pm

    This is the first time I have been proud to be an American under this administration! When it comes to the military, never had a problem being proud at ANYTIME.

    Jacob, you don’t recognize by-the-way. He hates you because you are not Dem. You didn’t understand that he was doing a dig on ol’ Bush. His sarcasm is his calling card.

63. dans
    April 13th, 2009 @ 5:24 pm

    ACT, what a waste of Johnny Walker Red..

64. by the way
    April 13th, 2009 @ 8:11 pm

    ACT, let’s clear something up here; I don’t hate anyone because of their party recognition, I just call people out when they constantly criticize but forget to praise when it’s well deserved, party affiliation or not

    However, it does call them out as one way thinkers, which was another point I tried to make.

65. Wolverine
    April 18th, 2009 @ 7:20 pm

    An interesting story on the Somali pirates and something which surprised me very much.

    It seems that Dutch naval commandos came to the rescue of a tanker under assault in the Gulf of Aden. The commandos followed the pirate’s attack boat and were led to a so-called pirate “mother ship.” That “mother ship” had been captured some time earlier by pirates; and the Yemeni crew was being held hostage, even forced to help the pirates attack other ships.

    The commandos captured the pirates, seized their weapons, and freed the hostages. They then let the pirates go free. It seems that the Dutch are part of a NATO anti-piracy operation and that, according to them, NATO has no “detainment policy.” The only way the Dutch could have detained those pirates is if the pirates were Dutch themselves.

    Catch and release. One Hell of a stupid way to fight piracy. Wonder how long before the same NATO policy is applied to terrorists? Oh, I forgot, we are already doing that with regard to Gitmo, aren’t we?

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