Author Topic: Beatification (Read 2044 times)

castle key · « **on:** June 25, 2009, 06:30:10 AM »

The slobberfest continues...

From the Washington Post Thursday June 25, 2009

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/24/AR2009062401692.html

School Board member Pat Fletcher states,

"He comes from the same cloth that many of our kids come from: single-family home, public assistance, being raised by grandparents," board member Pat Fletcher (District 3) said. "That's something concrete that kids can identify with."

Perhaps these issues are considered more important than good study habits, working hard, staying out of trouble, the list goes on....

Standing Wolf · « **Reply #1 on:** June 25, 2009, 08:00:57 AM »

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Many Prince George's schools are named after noteworthy African Americans. In addition to Martin Luther King Jr. Middle and Frederick Douglass High, there are Dr. Henry A. Wise Jr. High, named after a prominent physician; Judge Sylvania W. Woods Elementary, after a jurist; and Charles Herbert Flowers High, after a still-living Tuskegee airman, among others.

One way to encourage children to judge people by the content of their skin color, I guess.

Hawkmoon · « **Reply #2 on:** June 25, 2009, 12:53:40 PM »

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"He comes from the same cloth that many of our kids come from: single-family home, public assistance, being raised by grandparents," board member Pat Fletcher (District 3) said. "That's something concrete that kids can identify with."

I come from a single-family home. How many families can one home hold?

A small voice in the back of my head is asking if this is yet another example of some twit engaging mouth before putting brain in gear. My guess is that the speaker meant single "parent," not single family. What's the history on BHO's parents? Did they remain a couple or did they split when he was little and that's why he was raised by "extended family"?

Thor · « **Reply #3 on:** June 25, 2009, 01:42:55 PM »

I'm befuddled as to why the "Lovefest" for 0bama ever got started

He's not "all that" and IMO, a liar, a thief, and a cheat. He does seem to be a good manipulator. Naming schools after him seems somewhat premature.

MicroBalrog · « **Reply #4 on:** June 25, 2009, 02:41:59 PM »

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Perhaps these issues are considered more important than good study habits, working hard, staying out of trouble, the list goes on....

Well, the President has clearly done all those things.

Balog · « **Reply #5 on:** June 25, 2009, 02:53:15 PM »

Quote from: MicroBalrog on June 25, 2009, 02:41:59 PM

Well, the President has clearly done all those things.

One can only hope you're being sarcastic.

MicroBalrog · « **Reply #6 on:** June 25, 2009, 02:55:54 PM »

What?

President Obama has a JD. You don't get one of those except by working hard.

You also don't become a United States Senator by sniffing glue in the streets and robbing liquor stores.

Oh, it is quite possible he is linked to some political corruption, but as far as we know, he stayed out of trouble as a kid, studied hard, and advanced in society.

Just because I disagree with President Obama politically doesn't mean I think he's stupid or evil.

lupinus · « **Reply #7 on:** June 25, 2009, 03:10:02 PM »

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by sniffing glue

As I recall from his own admission he was sniffing something else.

Balog · « **Reply #8 on:** June 25, 2009, 03:10:19 PM »

Can't comment on study habits, as far as I can tell his career has consisted of hanging out, being photogenic, and knowing the right people. As for staying out of trouble; well, if doing cocaine and befriending terrorists isn't being in trouble then you're right.

Jamisjockey · « **Reply #9 on:** June 25, 2009, 03:51:29 PM »

Quote from: lupinus on June 25, 2009, 03:10:02 PM

As I recall from his own admission he was sniffing something else.

Same thing the left rode Bush hard for, right?

MicroBalrog · « **Reply #10 on:** June 25, 2009, 04:19:15 PM »

Quote from: Balog on June 25, 2009, 03:10:19 PM

Can't comment on study habits, as far as I can tell his career has consisted of hanging out, being photogenic, and knowing the right people. As for staying out of trouble; well, if doing cocaine and befriending terrorists isn't being in trouble then you're right.

Yes, obviously Obama isn't the best person and politician to ever grace the Earth. But I don't think it's a bad thing to tell children "Look, if you study hard and go to college you can end up like this guy". Obama isn't the best person in the world, he's pretty bad, but in terms of social success he's head and shoulders above many people. It's reasonable me that people who share his political and moral views look up to him as an example.

Compared to guys like Ted Kennedy and R. Byrd, he's fairly okay as far as personal history goes.

castle key · « **Reply #11 on:** June 26, 2009, 06:54:11 AM »

Quote from: JamisJockey on June 25, 2009, 03:51:29 PM

Same thing the left rode Bush hard for, right?

Those were rumors, who knows the truth. BHO admits to this criminal act in a book he wrote.

Jamisjockey · « **Reply #12 on:** June 26, 2009, 08:26:04 AM »

Quote from: castle key on June 26, 2009, 06:54:11 AM

Those were rumors, who knows the truth. BHO admits to this criminal act in a book he wrote.

True, and the left still vilified him on those rumors.

ilbob · « **Reply #13 on:** June 26, 2009, 09:44:02 AM »

Quote from: Thor on June 25, 2009, 01:42:55 PM

I'm befuddled as to why the "Lovefest" for 0bama ever got started He's not "all that" and IMO, a liar, a thief, and a cheat. He does seem to be a good manipulator. Naming schools after him seems somewhat premature.

I think the guys doing the naming know eventually the public will figure him out. But by then 1000 schools will be named after him and it will be hard to change them all.

cassandra and sara's daddy · « **Reply #14 on:** June 26, 2009, 04:51:03 PM »

Quote from: Standing Wolf on June 25, 2009, 08:00:57 AM

One way to encourage children to judge people by the content of their skin color, I guess.

roger b taney junior high school

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #15 on:** June 26, 2009, 05:27:36 PM »

Quote from: JamisJockey on June 25, 2009, 03:51:29 PM

Same thing the left rode Bush hard for, right?

Totally irrelevant here. The assertion (by MB) was that Obama stayed out of trouble. Sniffing coke is not "staying out of trouble." Although if you don't get caught...

Regardless, wrong-doing by anyone else is entirely a different subject.

But I know you have to keep riding a particular hobby horse.

Monkeyleg · « **Reply #16 on:** June 26, 2009, 06:29:16 PM »

Nixon committed crimes while in office, so I guess it's okay for Obama, too.

lee n. field · « **Reply #17 on:** June 26, 2009, 06:42:28 PM »

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Beatification

Beatification? Here's hoping the 0ne doesn't have higher aspirations that just another saint in the pantheon.

"I was to have been a god, you see."

MechAg94 · « **Reply #18 on:** June 26, 2009, 08:10:59 PM »

Quote from: MicroBalrog on June 25, 2009, 04:19:15 PM

Yes, obviously Obama isn't the best person and politician to ever grace the Earth. But I don't think it's a bad thing to tell children "Look, if you study hard and go to college you can end up like this guy". Obama isn't the best person in the world, he's pretty bad, but in terms of social success he's head and shoulders above many people. It's reasonable me that people who share his political and moral views look up to him as an example.

Compared to guys like Ted Kennedy and R. Byrd, he's fairly okay as far as personal history goes.

You are setting the bar kind of low aren't you? :)

MicroBalrog · « **Reply #19 on:** June 26, 2009, 08:12:12 PM »

We're talking about politicians, here, the bar is already pretty low.

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