how is he "lining his pocket"?

By making his pockets?

leaf peepin ride
 

as the wife and i took a ride to see the foliage..................

we happened to see a small sign along the roadway that said:

"hows that change working out for you" :grins:

"Most now regard the Nobel Peace Prize as they do the prize one finds in a box of Cracker Jacks with a one million prize tacked on. a lottery ticket and no more. The earth is officially cooling and Al Gore won the prize for what - fantasy? No one I know has any respect for the prize, other than the money that comes with it."

Raven great sign :hee:

I am overseas quite a bit. They truely love Obama, and think better of the US.

I am proud for Obama!

sean

Why?

Because under W we were viewed as a country being run on a stack of lies by a bunch of crooks... That's why.
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that's a little like being proud of your kid for getting reward for being MVP of his little league team that he never actually played on....

you should be sad for those that were actually deserving...

No, has more to do with the view that the US is in charge of the World. I'm not talking about the de facto leader, but rather that without our leadership the World will fail. Other Presidents have certainly thought it, but the people Bush surrounded himself with sure didn't have a problem saying it.

The Nobel prize is certainly a bit of a novelty all things considered, but I do give Obama props for how well he spoke about it when he made his remarks. It's not like he asked for it.

-spence

thank goodness, I opened my paper this morning and there was a guy named Spencer in the obituaries, Spence had been very quiet and ....well.......glad you're ok Spence

I agree. Obama really know how to say the right things. He's great at reading speeches.

By the way, I love the fact that you used the word "props" in your post. Props to you, Spence. You deserve it!

WELL SAID.

This just adds to my opinion that Europeans are out of their mind.

I do like Huckabee's response (paraphrased) "GOP, keep your criticisms quiet. Let the liberals explain what he did to desearve it"
Why does the left have to explain it? The idiot Norwegians are the ones that should explain it.

The only part of Spence's post I agree with - Obama didn't ask for it.
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Oh, and now it's different how?

Come on Spence, Obama says this outright every chance he can.

Frankly I think this demeans the award. What has he actually done to earn it? what a complete joke this award has become.


"Originally Posted by spence
No, has more to do with the view that the US is in charge of the World. I'm not talking about the de facto leader, but rather that without our leadership the World will fail. Other Presidents have certainly thought it, but the people Bush surrounded himself with sure didn't have a problem saying it.

The Nobel prize is certainly a bit of a novelty all things considered, but I do give Obama props for how well he spoke about it when he made his remarks. It's not like he asked for it.

-spence"

The people who award this prize feel that the US has had too much money, control and freedom and want to see them brought more in-line as the rest of the world, perhaps to a more socialist position like many their own governments. In this regard, Obama generally supports their views and IMO this award was given to him as a cheer leading memento... showing that they support him...

You might enjoy this:

YouTube - SNL - Barack Obama - Nothing Accomplished - Host: Ryan Reynolds. Season: 35. Episode: 2

Even his acceptance speech sounded arrogant to me. Most presidents, would say, "The United States, will not stand idly by while terrorist nations strive for nuclear weapons." but instead Obama speaks as if he is the leader of the world (or a preacher) "The world will not accept the proliferation of nuclear weapons." In matters concerning the rest of the world, when he speaks, he thinks he is speaking for the world and not for the U.S. He has no authority to speak for the rest of the world, and a few countries in Europe do feel he is arrogant and his numbers are not so good over there. Yes African nations, some of the Arab nations and many in South America love him. So many of our enemies and neutral countries like him, while a few of our friends are beginning to dislike him. Add Japan to the list that seems to like him, at least the people do (my mother in law for one)......

THE NOBEL PRIZE RULES STATE THAT IT IS FOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS NOT GRAND IDEAS. EVEN THOUGH I THINK GORE WAS FULL OF SH*T, HE AT LEAST DID SOMETHING, THAT PEOPLE BELIEVE HELPED THE WORLD.

inho,
C.B.

That Saturday Night Live spot tells it all!!!
Wasn't sure if they would ever go there.....

Props should be given to SNL!!!!

it would be much funnier if he actually did a good Obama impersonation, that may be one of the worst I've seen on SNL...they've been hilarious with these skits in the past because they pull off the appearance, voice and mannerisms of different figures....didn't see any of that in this....

a friend of mine from the State dept. sent this.

"Certainly from our standpoint, this gives us a sense of momentum -- when the United States has accolades tossed its way, rather than shoes."

sean

A friend of yours? Aparently you and Hillary Clinton are friends? I just read that exact quote on CNN.
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At least he has the coloration and hair style close but definitely needs larger ears! As stated by scottw: ", voice and mannerisms of different figures....didn't see any of that in this...." and I agree every other mannerism is a poor imitation. Maybe with practice it will get better now that the gloves are off on critiquing of Obama. He has definitely had too long of a honeymoon with the press corp. and the public.

Johnny,

My friends name is Paul. I did not say it was his quote. He e-mailed me.

sean

By "GIVING" Obama the Nobel Prize, they have effectively turned it into the equivilent of the Publisher's Clearinghouse Award..... It's now worthless!
There were people much more deserving of the award that ACTUALLY DID SOMETHING.

As my brother stated: I left a turd in the toilet that's just as deserving of that award.

Now I think I know where the stimulus $$ went!:smash:

I was hoping that he would be more that the man before him, but unfortunately he was.....more of a disgrace.

When any person tries to do too many things at one time, they tend to do all of them very badly and Obama is the man!

Maybe he and Carter can build houses after he drives the country into the ground?

On the day he was elected, 75% of the countries around the world immediately changed their opinions of America. So, What has he done? You tell me.

Why is this not an endorsement of the American people, aren't they the ones that actually elected Obama? So you tell me, WHAT HAS OBAMA DONE?

That's a statistic that I think was pulled from the deep crevices of someone's ass.

Are you sure you aren't sean curry using a different name?

Maybe it's Capt. Crunch (aka BSSB) back for more. He's using the computer at his mom's house.:grins:

What has he done that changed the opinions of 75% of the countries of the world?

He's made us an easier target by screwing up just about everything he's tried to do.
Those 75% countries are probably countries that want the U.S. economy to fail so they can swoop in like vultures.
Pretty muchh EVERYTHING he's put his hands on left me scratching my head saying "WTF?" His predecessor may not have been the brightest bulb in the pack, but at least he tried to do what was best for the country MOST of the time.
Obama seems like he's doing the worst he can do, but paints such a pretty picture that we left looking like villians if we challenge him at any point.

Remember, actions speak louder than words, and all he's done is talk, talk, talk .....

And those 75% wanted a United States that was less strong . IMO

How soon will Time and Newsweek award him the "Man of the Year/Decade/Century" honors?
Come on now, just because he hasn't finished his first year let alone his first term shouldn't matter. Maybe while he's at it, he can apply for sainthood and be proclaimed the patron saint of hope and change?
(We have little hope that anything will change)

Those 75% is a made up statistic.

That is a shoe in. You can place money on it. Whatever you have left.:rotf2:

SPOT on

The OPINION dialogue on is more a continuation of the 'anti-bush' rhetoric.
I there by declare this is Bush's fault
Blame the Victim - WSJ.com

That's a pretty convoluted piece.

-spence

sham of the year/decade/century......would be more like it

Its the Nobel Committee trying to steer American Politics.

In a sense , they are committing international espionage .
Lets bomb them damned Norwegian Peacenick infiltrator!!

Please wait a week though so I can stock up on Cod Fish before the price goes up when we bomb the salted cod factories over there.

Anyway , I do honestly think they are trying to steer our international policy by making this award to him. Its not right!

He should have rejected the award. He would have garnered a lot of respect for that.

It's a shame the spent all the charisma points on the Nobel Peace Prize Committee, he didn't have any in his pocket when he went in front of the Olympics Committee.... :rotf2:

Or maybe it was him coming that changed it... he never actually spoke to the peace prize folks and they still love him, but on the other hand he did speak to the Olympics folks and the US supposedly went from tied for first to dead last... :rotf2:

Again with this. Boy it's great he failed and the US didn't get the Olymipcs. We really dodged a bullet there, rush...