Ah, you were a "rate breaker", too. I admire your response, and restraint on the soapbox. I myself "got a million of 'em" as Jimmy Durante used to say, about union shops...and as to not go off topic, will also restrain...

Unions....let me stay off of that soap box for now other than to say this...

Whenever a union rep came to me complaining that I was making other workers look bad here was my reply.

"I am not making them look bad, they are making themselves look bad by not doing the jobs they are being paid to do."

Techno...yes, I probably should have used "some" instead of "we"...I always tried to do the best job I could, and as a teenager had my first taste of resentment from other workers, the kind unions exist to "protect". It was an invaluable experience though...after 3 years of that, and one year at an ultra-Left university...I was able to read AS the first time and immediately say to myself, "Ah, now I get it..."....

LOL!

I'd argue that they see us as the Wile E. Coyote, but that's a beer conversation.

We want people to see us as Superman, but they see us as Batman.

Spooky Dude!

LOL!

He ended two wars... and look at the power vacuum created that ISIS is taking advantage of. Someone - likely us - will have to address.

I'm sure the fans of our Dear Leader applaud his actions, and ultimately blame George Bush... almost seven years later.

Obama said, “People don’t remember, but when I came into office, the Untied States in world opinion ranked below China and just barley [sic] above Russia, and today once again, the Untied States is the most respected country on earth."

The implication is certainly there - he may as well have said it per the headline. Do you, CircuitGuy, really feel we're the most respected country on earth?

WTF is the most coherent reaction to the WH
demented dumbo!!

It's one thing to be ignorant thru no fault of your own. It's a totally different thing to be ignorant by choice. Put's a different light on one of their favorite words, don't it?

I'll bet George Soros knows.

I learned about "The Forgotten Man" in the Gulch and found it to be an epiphany for me. It gives the history of all the behind the scenes people from Coolidge to Truman and the invasion of communism / socialism into our country. We are fighting nearly 100 years of this behind the scenes influence which is now coming to the surface. Yes, Barry is the sock puppet and is 100% on board with the Lenin philosophy. It will be really hard to undo 100 years of structural change to our government. Once people get the hand outs they will always vote for the party that gives them the stuff (paraphrase Tytler). Barry can say anything and crack up laughing off camera at his naive voters. But this doesn't work in the Gulch. We connect the dots. When the government collapses from the weight of debt the path will be clear (to paraphrase John Galt).

Agreed. But do our allies have any faith that we will be there for them? I suspect their trust is waning.

Puzzlelady, I couldn't agree with you more. Obama is simply not smart enough to be doing all this damage himself. He is a puppet, and we "can't be paranoid enough". I would love to know who is pulling the strings.

I'm not familiar with that, but will have to look it up.
and leave it there!!! -- j
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Imagine all the extra groping and Biden saying, "It's good to be the king."
The last time I put words in the One's mouth by saying, It's good to be the king," someone fetched that naughty clip from that Mel Brook's "History of the World" flick.
That got censored here faster than a heart beat.
You have been warned.

I think you are wrong with the man there talking.
I was wondering if you were some kinda troll but now I'm thinking you're not.
Have a good day. Peace to the Gulch.

Unfortunately that phrase is far more common than just in "The D" and product quality all over reflects that attitude.

As we used to say in the factories in "The D", when producing something of questionable quality: "Close enough for government work..."...

I'm just imaging, when O made the "respect" comment, all the translators with their headphones on, just catching themselves before speaking "Say what???" into their mics...

I agree...in addition, Hitler's way was paved by the German hyperinflation and total economic collapse in the 20's...(hmm, where have I heard that theme before?)...people were ready for "the man on the white horse" who would save them, "somehow". His machine was ready...

As far as O's race, I believe reliable, accurate pollsters determined, post-2008, that O probably would have lost, save for many white voters whose primary reason for voting for him was "because he was black"...and those were the ones who admitted it...as AR proved so well, guilt is an enormously powerful emotion that can cause you to make bad choices...in this case, very bad choices...

our king deserves to be hospitalized, but what a
strange country it would be with Biden in charge
for a year and a half!!! -- j
.

TheOnion.com is a humorous news web site that has a long history of having its stories mistaken for real news. Even by other news reporting sites that should know better. So naturally when some politician is quoted saying something outrageous, I pray that it isn't accurate. Unfortunately, time and time again I am proven wrong.