A parting shot from Travelwise42, since this won’t be relevant after Sunday’s vote:
By the way, I noticed Kucinich changed his vote after riding on Air Force One. Do you think Obama had a couple SEIU goons whack him in the kidneys with a sock full of oranges for a couple hours, or was it more of a friendly chat along the lines of “Nice family ya got there, Dennis. Be a shame if something happened to them.”?
If you’re following the health care debate, the CBO (I don’t know who they are) estimate that Obama’s bill will cost $940 billion over the next ten years which somehow saves us money ($100 billion over ten years, though Obama can easily fritter that away in a month). I don’t get government math. I had my own plan which involved shutting down all the government and exiling all of its employees to Antarctica, but the CBO told me that would actually increase the cost of government. The CBO also told me that if I gave them ten dollars, it would be like I was saving twenty. I didn’t understand that, and when I gave then ten dollars they just ran off giggling.
UPDATE:
Ed Morrisey and Allahpundit has a good explanation of how the numbers were fudged in this post. To make the 10 year estimate trillions less, they just wait four years to actually implement anything (only $17 billion of the estimated $940 billion is spent the first four years). So the cost is really $927 billion over six years, with those last four missing years being the greatest cost.
Obama said he will be looking for “significant movement, not just gestures” in the coming weeks from Republicans.
Oh… I’ve got a gesture for YOU, Mr. President:
Sorry, my mouth was itchy.
Obama’s health care bill has more mandates than Barney Frank at a San Francisco bathhouse.
Here’s how the president treats various dignitaries:
“Your Highness is most kind to grant this audience.”
“Thank you for seeing me, Your Excellency.”
“I am honored to be in your presence, Mr. Premier.”
“Madame Mayor is most gracious to see me.”
“You can find your way out, right? And drop this in the trash for me, how ’bout it?”
I am so waiting on November 6, 2012.
[via I Can Has Cheezburger]
UPDATE 4PM: Commenter px115 is right, this cat needs Nancy Pelosi’s “Sweating to the Socialists” workout video:
President Obama told retiring Democrat Congressman Marion Berry, that the difference between the political situations in 1994 and 2010 was “you’ve got me”.
Is he serious? Both years featured first-term, promise-breaking, tax & spend liberal presidents in the midst of over-reaching on health care legislation.
Heck, Obama’s just one chubby intern away from BEING Bill Clinton.
Too many people use bad language. And I’ve been guilty of that. And it’s wrong. But what does one do about it?
Many people who use bad language do it under extreme circumstances, not as a matter of normal language. Sure, some people use profanity as every other word, it seems. But not everyone is that way. But, sure, extreme circumstances do occur.
There are some common words and phrases that some people will use instead of the … more colorful metaphors
There are other phrases that don’t aren’t as close to profanity, but can be used in situations where profanity might otherwise be used:
Can you use these today? Sure. But they are a little lame.
However, we can come up with other phrases that might be useful as alternatives to profanity … and still express just how strongly you feel about something.
A while back, I noticed that it’s common for really bad drivers to have Obama bumper stickers. And when I encounter a really bad driver, I want to call them something horrible. Then, it occurred to me: is there anything worse than being called an Obama voter?
“Obama voter” is about as vulgar as you can get. Try it some time. When an idiot cuts you off in traffic or speeds across three lanes just to come to a complete stop in front of you, call them an “Obama voter.” It feels good to relieve that frustration … and it’s quite probably true.
And, “Obama voter” is a term of profanity fits pretty much any situation:
Frankly, my dear, I don’t give an Obama vote.
I’m as mad as an Obama voter, and I’m not going to take this anymore!
Take your stinking paws off me, you Obama-voting dirty ape!
Don’t you Obama-votin’ look at me!
Yippie kay-yay, Obama-voter.
I have had it with these Obama-voting snakes on this Obama-voting plane!
Now I want you to remember that no Obama-voter ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb Obama-voter die for his country!
See? “Obama voter” is an acceptable way of saying a very, very bad thing.
I’m sure there are more ways this or other phrases can be used and fit the situation … help us clean up our language.
Brian of Snapped Shot (who I get a lot of lolterizt! pictures from) started a new blog called “_______ Is A Test For Obama“, to catalog the overuse of the phrase by the MSM – inspired mostly by its use relating to picking up a Nobel Prize.
Sadly, the site died quickly, because the MSM is, for some reason, putting a moratorium on the phrase “test for Obama”.
Here’s the trend – Jan 2006 to Dec 2009 on top, Jan to Dec 2009 on the bottom:
Funny… if picking up a Nobel Prize was a test, you’d think that only missing a terror bombing through dumb luck, inept chemistry, and a surly Dutchman would qualify.
So obviously the UnderBomber incident wasn’t a test. Then what WAS it?
Complete the sentence “The UnderBomber incident was _______ for Obama”.
* a loogie in the soup
* a wedgie
* the one time Chris Matthews’s leg didn’t tingle
* a black eye
* Please ignore that last item, as use of the word “black” in reference to Obama is racist.
* “First Black president” is ok, though.
* “First Negro president”… not so much.
* Unless it’s said by someone from the census bureau.
* the sound of John McCain saying “I told you so”
* a real-life lolbama!
The test for YOU is to complete the sentence in the comments. Do not fail.
You may have heard that another uninvited couple crashed a White House event and ended up shaking hands with the president.
You also may have noticed that the name of the man involved was Harvey Darden, and just assumed it was me.
Nuh-uh.
Wrong Harvey.
Totally not me.
Had it been me, the story would’ve been all about me punching Obama in the stomach as hard as I could and then claiming that I got him confused with Harry Houdini.
You gotta admit, there IS a striking similarity, so it’s totally plausible:
[conceptual hat tip: Dylan]
I know Obama prefers burgers, but I’m guessing that he ate a lot of Chinese food on his recent trip.
I also assume that Chinese Chinese food comes with a fortune cookie, just like American Chinese food.
Which leads to the obvious speculative query: what fortunes did Obama get in his fortune cookies?
I speculate thusly:
* You do good job! Take a bow!
You look better wearing Mao jacket. Everyone look better wearing Mao jacket. Whole world wear Mao jacket soon!
You will try something new – a terrorist in New York City.
China cold like Chicago. Bring heavy coat.
Save lives. Make Biden walk.
Prosperity is coming. Just tax it until it go away.
Why you let wife go out in public dressed like that?
Today you meet friend from long ago. Tomorrow you throw him under bus.
Seriously, where birth certificate?
If you’ve gone through Obama’s trash recently and found any of his old fortune cookie fortunes, feel free to share in the comments.
[hat tip: Laurie]
There’s plenty of disturbing stuff in this picture: Michelle’s “worst Catwoman EVAH!”; Barack’s… what?… Mr. Rogers?… and the fact that Chewbacca is calmly standing next to a Stormtrooper instead of ripping his arms off and beating him to death with them (Wookies have been known to do that).
But what’s REALLY bugging me is… what’s the deal with the two Klansmen in the upper left?
UPDATE 10pm: Just to the right of the Klansmen… is that Riff Raff?
… to Frank’s theory that Obama is an 8-year-old girl.
He’s a 10-year-old boy, as proven by this photograph of him taken immediately after his first meeting with Hugo Chavez:
That Obama would look completely awesome with an Evil Spock goatee:
UPDATE 10-26-09
I said an EVIL SPOCK goatee, not that prissy little moustache/beard combo that Lenin had:
