I Can Lead People to Knowledge; I Can't Make Them Think
The U.N. Security Council vote to liberate Iraq and remove Hussein and his psychotic and ruthless sons from power was 15 - 0, no abstentions.
I cannot make up this stuff.
The U.N. Security Council vote to liberate Iraq and remove Hussein and his psychotic and ruthless sons from power was 15 - 0, no abstentions.
I cannot make up this stuff.
posted by Zack at 2:12 PM
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I was busy this week. Did I miss the public debate to commit US use of force?
Hardball,
No debate.
No presentation of any evidence to the U.N. by the Secretary of State.
No effort to get the 5 abstaining Countries to make the vote 15 - 0 like the vote in 2003.
No commitment from 31 Countries for ground troops.
Just Obama's belief that if "left unchecked" Gadhafi is a threat.
Not to mention that in 2007 Obama said that the President doesn't have the authority to send troops into a country without consenting with congress, Biden said it would be an impeachable offense if President Bush attacked Iran without congressional approval. Oh well, being a liberal means never having to say "sorry" or "I was wrong." They intend to do the right thing, but rarely if ever do...
quoting from The Wall Street Journal, Saturday April 10, 2011 "notable and quotable" a window into what the President (of all America) thinks of some Americans. How he ever carried Pennsylvania is beyond me...
James Taranto, writing in his Best of the Web column on WSJ.com, April 7:
"The biggest problem for me is being in the bubble," President Obama told Fox News Channel's Bill O'Reilly on Super Bowl Sunday. "Over time, you know, what happens is you feel like—that you're not able to just have a spontaneous conversation with folks."
The greater peril of the presidential bubble may be what happens when you do have a spontaneous conversation with folks. If you're not careful, you end up saying things that show how out of touch you are with folks.
At a town-hall meeting yesterday in Fairless Hills, Pa., a man in the audience asked Obama about gasoline prices, which are currently in the range of $4 a gallon. According to the Associated Press, Obama responded "laughingly" and "needled" the questioner. The president's sarcasm comes through in the White House transcript:
"I know some of these big guys, they're all still driving their big SUVs. You know, they got their big monster trucks and everything. You're one of them? Well, now, here's my point. If you're complaining about the price of gas and you're only getting eight miles a gallon—(laughter)—you may have a big family, but it's probably not that big. How many you have? Ten kids, you say? Ten kids? (Laughter.) Well, you definitely need a hybrid van then. (Laughter.) . . ."
The transcript shows that Obama got lots of laughs. But presumably he was speaking to a friendly audience—to people who regard the burning of gasoline as sinful and who, at least in theory, are attracted to the idea of $8-a-gallon gasoline.
People like that . . . live in a rather special world. For most Americans (we Manhattan residents are a notable exception), driving is a day-to-day necessity, and high gas prices are a constant source of economic pain. Sure, if you're driving a guzzler, it might make sense to trade it in. But not everyone has the money lying around to buy a new car at the drop of a hat. And owners of dinky cars and hybrids still have to buy gasoline for them.
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