Barack Obama, our next President

[shinningelectr0n]

Homer wrote:

<quoted text>That was harsh.

Sorry.

OK. Go do it mildly conservatively:}

[nanoanomaly]

For those of you who think Obama's "redistribution of wealth" is about taking from the rich and giving to the American poor:

http://www.conservative-daily.com/2012/10/19/...

Don't count on it. The U.N. will be deciding who receives shares of U.S. tax dollars and it won't be us.

[Nobama]

Alloramadai wrote:

American Red Cross wants money and blood; they don't want a truck that will have to be off-loaded (Romney isn't going along to help get the two boxes he put on back off, is he?). Where will they store what the crap safely in an area that is under water (in buildings that no longer exist).
Military didn't ask for trillions of dollars; Red Cross asking for some dollars. Not much of a photo-op, Mittens.

there was a time when we prepared and delivered meals to the local homeless shelter on a regular basis....a very satisfying experience that provided a direct connection to those in need...

then the shelter organization decided they either would or could no longer accept outside food and wanted only money.....so we decided to find other ways to contribute....

[Lincoln Duncan]

Nobama wrote:

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you people can call your relationship whatever you choose....just don't expect others to recognize it as marriage....
pretty simple, really.....

your husband agrees with this?

[Nobama]

Alloramadai wrote:

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Mmmm. Tell that to the 100+ homeowners who lost their dwellings due to fire last night, caused by Sandy.

another beach community of former summer shacks, many of which had been winterized...not a smart place to live....

why the taxpayers are continually asked to fund reconstruction of homes in areas subject to flooding is beyond understanding.....

[carol]

Homer wrote:

Jokerman - Bob Dylan
Standing on the waters casting your bread
While the eyes of the idol with the iron head are glowing
Distant ships sailing into the mist
You were born with a snake in both of your fists while a hurricane was blowing
Freedom just around the corner for you
But with the truth so far off, what good will it do?
Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman
So swiftly the sun sets in the sky
You rise up and say goodbye to no one
Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
Both of their futures, so full of dread, you don’t show one
Shedding off one more layer of skin
Keeping one step ahead of the persecutor within
Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman
You’re a man of the mountains, you can walk on the clouds
Manipulator of crowds, you’re a dream twister
You’re going to Sodom and Gomorrah
But what do you care? Ain’t nobody there would want to marry your sister
Friend to the martyr, a friend to the woman of shame
You look into the fiery furnace, see the rich man without any name
Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman
Well, the Book of Leviticus and Deuteronomy
The law of the jungle and the sea are your only teachers
In the smoke of the twilight on a milk-white steed
Michelangelo indeed could’ve carved out your features
Resting in the fields, far from the turbulent space
Half asleep near the stars with a small dog licking your face
Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman
Well, the rifleman’s stalking the sick and the lame
Preacherman seeks the same, who’ll get there first is uncertain
Nightsticks and water cannons, tear gas, padlocks
Molotov cocktails and rocks behind every curtain
False-hearted judges dying in the webs that they spin
Only a matter of time ’til night comes steppin’ in
Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman
It’s a shadowy world, skies are slippery grey
A woman just gave birth to a prince today and dressed him in scarlet
He’ll put the priest in his pocket, put the blade to the heat
Take the motherless children off the street
And place them at the feet of a harlot
Oh, Jokerman, you know what he wants
Oh, Jokerman, you don’t show any response
Jokerman dance to the nightingale tune
Bird fly high by the light of the moon
Oh, oh, oh, Jokerman

Gotta Serve Somebody - Bob Dylan

Might like to wear cotton, might like to wear silk
Might like to drink whiskey, might like to drink milk
You might like to eat caviar, you might like to eat bread
You may be sleeping on the floor, sleeping in a king-sized bed.

But you're gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed
You're gonna have to serve somebody,
It may be the devil or it may be the Lord
But you're gonna have to serve somebody.

[Lincoln Duncan]

carol wrote:

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That's ridiculous. He had a change of heart when it comes to abortion. That says a lot about him in the eyes of a lot of people. He always supported gays having legal and civil rights. Just like most people.

Mitt is on both sides of the abortion issue
Republican party has two nuts running for the Senate.

[Nobama]

Lincoln Duncan wrote:

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your husband agrees with this?

you were better with Garfunkel.....

[Nobama]

Lincoln Duncan wrote:

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Mitt is on both sides of the abortion issue
Republican party has two nuts running for the Senate.

Democrats have a zombie running for the Senate in Pennsylvania....

[carol]

Franklin Graham's Samaritan's Purse organization is sending 5 rigs full of equipment to help victims who need fallen trees removed and silt from their homes.

"Five rigs were packed with tools and equipment to help affected homeowners start to get their lives back together.

"'Hope' in this case takes the form of chain saws (16 per rig), generators, wheelbarrows for hauling debris out to the curb, and gallons of chemicals for treating for mold. There are also water pumps to remove water from a flooded basement, tarp for damaged roofs, all kinds of battery-operated equipment such as drills, and dozens of other items.

...This is how people help people. Government can only do so much and it's broke.

[Alloramadai]

Nobama wrote:

<quoted text>there was a time when we prepared and delivered meals to the local homeless shelter on a regular basis....a very satisfying experience that provided a direct connection to those in need...

then the shelter organization decided they either would or could no longer accept outside food and wanted only money.....so we decided to find other ways to contribute....

Bureaucracy gets in the way of both parties. We serve Lunch in the Park during the summer. Each summer it becomes more of a hassle - temperature monitoring, offering diabetic choices, etc. Kids out of school just want to eat.

We agree

[Alloramadai]

Nobama wrote:

<quoted text>another beach community of former summer shacks, many of which had been winterized...not a smart place to live....

why the taxpayers are continually asked to fund reconstruction of homes in areas subject to flooding is beyond understanding.....

Such as it is along Rivers in the Midwest. After last flooding was there not legislation with insurance industry that changed where people could rebuild?

[Nobama]

carol wrote:

Franklin Graham's Samaritan's Purse organization is sending 5 rigs full of equipment to help victims who need fallen trees removed and silt from their homes.
"Five rigs were packed with tools and equipment to help affected homeowners start to get their lives back together.
"'Hope' in this case takes the form of chain saws (16 per rig), generators, wheelbarrows for hauling debris out to the curb, and gallons of chemicals for treating for mold. There are also water pumps to remove water from a flooded basement, tarp for damaged roofs, all kinds of battery-operated equipment such as drills, and dozens of other items.
...This is how people help people. Government can only do so much and it's broke.

this requires people to work to help themselves, the right way....

if such equipment had been sent to New Orleans, the residents would have sold the chain saws and wheelbarrows to buy drugs....

[fetch almighty]

kuda wrote:

Well, yesterday I asked everyone ti imagine Romney saying he was compassionate and then to try imagining him actually being compassionate.
Update:
Today we wound out. In Dayton, just north of Cincinnati, in the important swing State of Ohio where Mitt is behind Obama, he relabeled a campaign rally as a non-political relief event and then proceeded to use it as a political rally. He had McCain gave an anti-Obama speech, he passed out campaign t-shirts and he played his video campaign ad. He also used it as a photo op by collecting and personally carrying canned foods to ship to New Jersey (he seemed unsure of the destination), even though the Red Cross said it would complicate their mission and what they really need is money, not stuff.
This is basically a replay of Ryan’s unwelcome photo op at a soup kitchen in Youngstown Ohio a few weeks ago.
Mitt was repeatedly asked if he would privatize FEMA or delicate it to state level process, as he had asserted during his campaign, a reasonable question in view of the “relief” mission of his event and after Christy praising Obama for his effort to expedite FEMA in New Jersey. Mitt responded by totally ignoring the question, while smiling and posing as though he were deaf. Shame!
MIT ROMNEY:
- NOT PRESIDENTIAL BEHAVIOR
- NOT PRESIDENTIAL MATERIAL
- NOT PRESIDENTIAL

Everything that is numerically measurable has gotten worse under Obama…and not just a little, but considerably so. Everything we need costs more…. and everything we have is worth less.



This leaves only two reasons to vote for Obama….you are either an idiot or a racist.

[Nobama]

Alloramadai wrote:

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Bureaucracy gets in the way of both parties. We serve Lunch in the Park during the summer. Each summer it becomes more of a hassle - temperature monitoring, offering diabetic choices, etc. Kids out of school just want to eat.
We agree

the meals for the homeless shelter were prepared in accordance with recipes that they supplied....and we ate the same food for dinner that night......

people are much more likely to support such causes if they feel a direct connection and visible results, not just writing a check where the money goes for administrative overhead....

[Nobama]

Alloramadai wrote:

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Such as it is along Rivers in the Midwest. After last flooding was there not legislation with insurance industry that changed where people could rebuild?

don't know, but money spent to rebuild New Orleans is wasted because another flood is sure to occur....someday......

government aid in such cases should be limited to buying the land and permanently removing it from the housing market.....

[Alloramadai]

Nobama wrote:

<quoted text>the meals for the homeless shelter were prepared in accordance with recipes that they supplied....and we ate the same food for dinner that night......

people are much more likely to support such causes if they feel a direct connection and visible results, not just writing a check where the money goes for administrative overhead....

Most definitely. And the more rules placed on how we 'give' the less likely we will continue.

[OzRitz]

downhill246 wrote:

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Obama's auto bailout ws great for the unions but he threw 20,000 Delphi workers under the bus.
Romney's Bain is success story ,Obama's Solyndra is a failure story.

Success for who ? The 1%'ers and the Chinese, with a resume like that Romney is just great for America, im sure. Just don't count the 47%'rs in that lot

[Alloramadai]

Nobama wrote:

<quoted text>don't know, but money spent to rebuild New Orleans is wasted because another flood is sure to occur....someday......

government aid in such cases should be limited to buying the land and permanently removing it from the housing market.....

Interesting proposal. I'm in New Orleans as we speak. Tourism in full swing.

[Nobama]

Alloramadai wrote:

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Most definitely. And the more rules placed on how we 'give' the less likely we will continue.

it's a matter of philosophy....some people find private charity insulting or demeaning....believe that there is instead a "right" that should be funded by taxation....so they make charity impossible.....

if moved to give by visions of hungry children, most folks want to make sure that the children actually receive the food....

was amazed to learn the the chief executive of our local United Way organization received a salary well into six figures, disturbing in a relatively small community....