Comments on: Obama: reality may not bite yet, but it seems to be nibbling

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 21:03:17 +0000

I completely agree with Deana. I wonder what this country will come to with Obama in.

By: neo-neocon

neo-neocon — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:55:34 +0000

Assistant Village Idiot: When you wrote "in their heart of hearts, liberals believe that we could have gotten the same results without doing anything messy," it reminded me of the Updike quote in his Vietnam essay, here: These privileged members of a privileged nation believed that their pleasant position could be maintained without anything visibly ugly happening in the world.

By: Assistant Village Idiot

Assistant Village Idiot — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:48:31 +0000

The complaint and opposition to Cheney’s (and by extension Bush’s) uncompromising stand on WOT tactics has too often revolved around the idea that they were unnecessary. In their heart of hearts, liberals believe that we could have gotten the same results without doing anything messy. Their evidence for this is blind faith – their hard-wired belief that if we’re just nice enough, the world will come around.

The number of progressives who have even asked themselves the question “What if Cheney is right? What if there was no other way?” seems to be rather small. It does seem to be suddenly occurring to the Obama administration. I hope he’s a quick study.

By: TmjUtah

TmjUtah — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 04:42:52 +0000

Suit. Empty.

Some assembly required.

Not that it will matter.

By: James

James — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 04:40:00 +0000

I think most people would say that they fear the possiblity of National Disaster to occur whith BHO at the helm. Everything that he has done thus far (in only 14 days) shows his inexperience and proves you cannot run a country like he did his campaign.
Remember how Bush was based over Katrina? Well what has BHO done for any of the people of Kentucky or Arkansas? The answer NOTHING. Hundreds of thousands of Poeple with no power in the midst of record lows (mind you all while Global Warming is the talk of the town) and Just yesterday FEMA shows up to “take a look”. Pathetic!!!

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:50:10 +0000

I’m not sure B Hussein Obama ever hoped to win more than the nomination. I am also not at all sure that he has the country’s best interests at heart. I rather fear the contrary.
His stress is apparently due to the tax problems his slithering, wormy, craven nominees have had to own up to. He is being found to be the Daleyesque figure sooner than anticipated.
I wish my country well. That does not mean I wish Obama well.

By: Hong

Hong — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:39:28 +0000

Marines are trained to keep their bearing. Not to appear panicky or nervous. They’re trained at Basic to avoid the appearance of exhaustion and to certainly never admit it to civilians! I imagine Bush’s Air Force training emphasized similar behavior. Obama is already admitting weakness. Does it make him an inferior man? Certainly more whiney. lol

By: Rose

Rose — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:21:30 +0000

It is a shockingly similar photo.

I remember watching the footage early on, and my thought was that he (Bush) chose not to react strongly, in the same way that the paramedics do not rush when the ambulance comes. They are resolute and methodical, and not given to hysteria.

He had to put on the calm face for the world to see.

For Michael Moore to have twisted that is, I think, one of the worst things he did.

And I agree with Deanna.

By: Deana

Deana — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 01:30:53 +0000

neo-neocon –

I don’t know how one could not recall the photo of President Bush on that terrible morning.

Looking at the Obama photo, however, makes me fearful. Obama is NOT President Bush. I have no confidence in how Obama would handle a Sept. 11th-type event.

It all makes me miss President Bush.

Deana

By: Truth

Truth — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:38:55 +0000

Fannie Mae Logic Bomb Would Have Caused Weeklong Shutdown
A logic bomb allegedly planted by a former engineer at mortgage finance company Fannie Mae last fall would have decimated all 4,000 servers at the company, causing millions of dollars in damage and shutting down Fannie Mae for a least a week, prosecutors say.
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2009/01/fannie.html

So its inside just like Anthrax isn’t?