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@nailajar,

You are implicating the president in what you deem to be an unprecedented folly. Really??

By Obama's admission, he did not know all the facts and yet jumped to a conclusion. Never mind that he obviously stated he was biased because one of the partis was his frined. What do you call jumping to a conclusion without facts? Wisdom?!

Nearly all your postings on POTUS betray a deep sense of inadequacy in the face of his achievements. Why do your ideas betray a profound sense thoroughly emasculated pride?

Inadequacy? It's been a loong time I had such a good laugh. Tell me, what have you achieved in your life that compares to what Obama has achieved? Who the heck are you? While Obama is gifted in his field, I am also in mine. There are a thousand things he can do that I can't do, and there a a thousand things I can do that he can't do. So should he feel inadequate? And could your snese of inadequacy be fueling your accusation at others of inadequacy?

Are you a "birther" tayo-D? You sure reason and talk like one?

How do birther's reason and talk? Tell me, how many birthers' biographies have you studied to know how they reaon and talk? have you ever heard my voice to even know how I talk? Oh I forget, you have the unique gift to arrive at wise conclusions even when you do not have all the facts.

What rights did dear old prof have in his house?

He was not arrested in his house.

Since when did shouting at a police officer constitute a crime?

have you ever heard of verbal assault and accosting a Police Officer? Have you ever heard of disorderly conduct. If you have, you'll know these are grounds for arrest.

These are rhetorical questions. Just me wondering aloud. No response needed Tayo-D.

You are welcome to ignore my responses. Afterall, there is no way I can comprehend the things written by someone who does not rely on facts to reach a conclusion.

@TOH,

Him seeing the prof's ID should have been enough.

Was it too much also for the Prof to keep quiet?

He's a Republican so his responses about Obama shouldnt surprise you

So can I conclude by your response that you are also a Democrat? Some issues are bigger than political affiliation.  This is one of them.

@Negro,

I can't believe you are supporting the Prof. The Policeman was well in order to go inside the house to ensure the safety of the owner's life and property. On finding out that the Prof was the owner, he retreated outside, amidst the continued belligerent actions of the Prof.

Witnesses saw the Prof's continued assailing of the Police Officer who was wll in his rights to arrest the the Prof. You wonder why the officer never arested the prof's firned who was with him. Obama was the one who acted stupidly by condemning the Officer after he confessed he was in in command of all the facts. To quell the political fallout, he invited the two people to the WH. Snce when did the President begin to invite foolish people for a beer at the WH?

@adconline,

i think that the cop over reacted. its like a cop arresting you after having shown him/er your  driver license while in your car. the cop should not have created a scene. Why handcuff him and all the mug shots. wasting of tax payers money for some1 who is not a threat to the society. They wan show him pepper.

How can you blame the Police? The Professor should have shown some respect.  The guys were out there trying to prevent an apparent break-in into his house.  Why can't he just show them an ID without being belligerent?  He deserves absolutely what he got in my opinion.

About 2 years ago, my son was playing with the phone at home and mistakenly called 911. We did not realise what he did until cops showed up at my house. We told them there was no emergency and our son must have dialed the number mistakenly. This conversation took place by the main door.  The cop requested to come in and take a look around just to be sure. I didn't react angrily and start to shout racism.  I knew the guy was only there to do his job, and common sense and due process suggests he should cover all bases. 

Cops should be respected and esteemed for the job they do.  I am appalled by that Professor's action.

@osisi,

By the way, what church did you attend? Which areas would you advise we do not consider. Of course, security is the number one concern!

Thanks to all for the comments.  

@osisi,

She will only be around for the two years when she will be studying.  She prefers a Studio and is wary about sharing an apartment with anybody. I have gotten in touch with some Realtors now who plan to show some available apartments next week. The minimum they are talking about is $1,000 a month.  That does not sound too bad.

I agree that Tufts is indeed a good school.  Very expensive though.  Almost $40k per annum, though she is getting about $7k per annum in scholarship.  While the school is ranked 28 overall, Tufts is regarded as the best in the nation and probably the world in International Business.  That's the course she's enrolled for.  Being an international course, she is expected to speak a minimum of 3 different langauages, english inclusive.  I would have voluntarily dropped out for that reason alone.

@osisi,

You mentioned Tufts. I wonder, are you in the Boston area? My sister is starting her Masters degree at Tufts next month. We are still looking for an apartment for her. Would appreciate if you live around there and can help. I'll likely be flying into Boston next week with her.

@topic,

Are you guys for real blaming either the Police officers or the woman who reported the incident?

I will appreciate if anyone calls the Police if they notice someone attempted a break-in into my house, irrespective whether the perpetrator was Black or White. This situation would have been resolved without any incident if the Professor just obeyed the Officers and showed them simple identification. I guess the Prof just wanted national attention and he got it. What a lousy example he is to the Black community!

@Jakumo,

Not to discount the importance of CONSIDERATION as the central pillar of all contemplative and introspective systems of governance, as exemplified perfectly by the present Yar Agoduam presidency in Nigeria, but, with so much time allocated for consideration, how will the all-important LAMENTATION quota be fulfilled ?

To maximize inefficiency, The Yar Agoduam administration must align itself into a tripartate governmental structure consisting of three main perogatives, namely CONSIDERATION, LAMENTATION and of course the ever popular STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARATION. This organizational compartmentalization will go along way towards preventing duplications of inactivity.

I would have loved to laugh. But to think that the husband of a dear friend of my sister was killed in that attack, I no get mouth to laugh at all.

@topic,

"There's no reason to send goodwill with a catapault,"

This just cracks me up big time!

@topic,

I agree with Negro. Afterall, what is politics without speculation?

The post was a reflection of Negro's opinion, or at best a product of a White House insider who doubles as Negro's informant . Haven't you all watched news presentations that refuse to provide the sources? The best you get is "an anonymous" source provided so and so info.

So please, let Negro be. For all we know, he is laying the foundation for a lot more to come. Didn't Joe Biden come out yesterday or so to declare that Isreal has the right to take care of Iran's nuclear aspirations?

Please let the info from Negro keep coming. Whether true or not, we get to be infromed or entertained. We cannot lose!

@Richy,

Source please?

Thanks.

Isn't this obvious.  The source is Negro. Unlike those who come here and paste other people's opinion, Negro is so bold as to make his known on the authority of himself.  Asking for a source is redundant in this case.

davidylan:
still waiting on source pls

How rude!! Negro has spoken and you are here asking for a source.  What more do you need other than Negro declaring same to be so?!!   

Representing July 15!!!!!!!!!

dejiariyo:
i was july 3rd

So what are you now?

@Dr D-Weltz,

take lessons from Huckabbee? huckabbe is on national TV every weekday talking politics. Palin on the other hand as been trying really hard to avoid the press. You sure you know what you are talking about?

@Davidylan,

What is "ridiculous" is you ignoring facts that i have even tried to cull from respected news articles. You may not be able to 100% predict your friends' actions but is it too far fetched to know which friend is racist and which is not?
Did you even bother to look up the Bradley effect i mentioned? Of course not, its just easier to ignore facts and post on emotions only.

Wha facts are we talking about here? How can a speculation of 15% from 5% be considered a fact?  You may call it anything at all, but labelling such a fact is very ridiculaous.  I know what the Bradley efect is. The question is do you think the reverse is also the case? This explains why I bumped the balck percentage to 99%.  It's funny how you just want to put the search lights on Whites while ignoring Blacks.

That is EXACTLY the point. If 90% blacks voted for Gore in 2000, why is it a surprise that essentially the same percentage voted for Obama in 2008? Blacks traditionally vote democrat in such large numbers . . . it would have been a shock if they all trooped to vote republican just to be seen as being racially neutral.

Going by same tradition, Obama won handily in several Red States too. Doesn't that shatter this racism mantra you are pushing?  Whites obvioulsy voted for Obama irrespective of race.  That put him over the top.

Its patently absurd that you're still asking for proof but here you go - ever heard of PUMA and the now defunct website for hillary supporters voting for McCain?

Listen to yourself. Obam and Clinton were basically tied in their votes. You claimed that Hillary supporters OVERWHELMINGLY voted for McCain because of Race. If that is remotely true, Obama would have got less than 40% of the votes on election night.  That was not the case, proving that your assertion is totally wrong.  You should stop making statements that cannot pass the 'reasoning' test.

Obama primarily beat McCain on two grounds - the battered economy, general republican fatigue and apathy for McCain himself. If the election had been after Clinton for example, i doubt Obama would have stood a chance. I think for most . . . the economy took precendence over their prejudice.

Now you are beginning to make sense.  Trying to make Race the issue does not pass the smell test.

@Dr D-Welz,

She has been a public servant for a long time. So you expect her to assume that people will be so mean as to be making fun of her children on national media? You think she should have anticipated that her daughter will get preganant out of wedlock? Tell me, do you know what else is in her future that she should anticipate now? You got such insight? Every President and all public officials have their families in the public spotlight. Trying to single her out for criticim is outright disingenuous.

@davidylan,

1. We both know that when the question was rephrased to ask if they know someone who would not vote for Obama based on color . . . the stat jumped from 5 to 19%. Based also on the fact that we already know from experience that a lot of racists actually lie on polls, the 15% statistic looked more realistic. Please look up the Bradley effect on wikipedia.

Here is a WallStreet Journal article addressing this issue.

The purpose of a poll is to get the respondents' first hand opinion about an issue.  So do you think you are in a position to accurately determine what your friends will do behind the scene? This is just getting more ridiculous.  If you can jump to 15% from 5% of Whites who wouldn't vote for a Black man, would we then be correct to jump to 99% from 89% of Blacks who would vote for Obama strictly because of race?

2. Again you mention the tired old stuff about 89% of blacks voting for Obama . . . i repeat AGAIN, 90% of blacks voted for Gore in 2000, was Gore black too? What is the percentage of blacks that have traditionally voted republican?

Well they had to choose btween two White people. How do you factor Race into that?

3

. Again you overestimate Powell's contribution to Obama's election . . . what of the hillary supporters who overwhelming switched support to McCain because Hillary lost the primary? Where they voting based on principle? Afterall Hillary's policies were essentially the same as Obama's?  You cant keep harping on one side of the coin while glaringly ignoring the other.

Do you have the proof of this happening? If Hillary's supporters overwhelmingly switched to McCain, then McCain would have won the election in a landslide. Didn't Hillary carry about the same number of votes as Obama?  Your conclusions don't make sense at all. That is what happens when you try to give racism more power than it deserves.

@Dr D-Walz,

So what is your point? Running for office should be left to singles? Things change and the Press has been especially mean to her. Could she have imagined when she became Governor that the Left will be so mean? Isn't that the politics of personal destruction she was refering to?

I don't thing she can explain everything in a press conference. We'll know more as the day passes. I don't believe she is any different from most poltiicinas. They all seek their self-interest first. The question I ask myself in judging them is if their policies are for my own good. I do not begrudge them for seeking their self-interest. We all do.

She gave a lot of reasons. Pick the one you like best. One reason may be more weighty than others, but all of them seem to have been contributing factors.

@Davidylan,

I wonder who is slow at all.  Did you read the article you posted? Only 5% of Whites said they would not vote for a Black person.  Compare that to 89% of Blacks who declared they will be voting for Obama.  The 15% you mentioned is only a projection by the author based on the perception of the respondents regarding the voting choices of their friends. How can that be the basis for an intelligent conslusion?

I mentioned Powell because he is one public figure, and a black Republican to publicly endorse someone who stands opposite to his core belief. He expressed dissatisfaction at Obama's big govt program and over-spending this past week. Why did he chose Obama over mcCain even though he knwos the glaring diffenrence between both. could it be Race? Could he be a clear representation of what the Black community is all about?

@Dr D-Welz,

If I recall corectly, Palin siad something like this: "When you make a decision, you don't need to explain to your friends or your enemies. Your friends don't need the expalnation and your enemies wont believe you anyway."

There were arguments at the last election that she was an irresponsible mother for running for office despite her family situaion. and here we see someone condemning her for seemingly putting her family first ahead of her political ambition. what can a girl do?

@Davidylan,

I am not here to please you or anybody, so what you think of my 'stock' is irrelevant. Your personality keeps getting very toxic and that's beginning to bother me.

Your arguments are just getting very lame. Did Clinton run against a black man? You still have failed to throw more light on the accusation you made earlier.  If Race was such a factor in the last election, what part did it play in the contest between Hillary and Obama? Your caustic responses seems to be an attempt to sidestep this issue.

So is Collin Powell a Democrat to vote for Obama, and to publicly annouce his decision at a point that would deal a blow to McCain's campaign?

@Davidylan,

Since the issue of Race is such a big factor to you, would Rush be right then to declare that the only reason why Collin Powell voted for Obama was because of Race? If anyone showed racial tendencies in the last election, it was the Blacks and not Whites. While I don't have any statistics to prove it, I wont be surprised if no less than 95% Blacks voted for Obama. If the same percentage of Whites voted for McCain, Obama would have stood no chance at all.

With all the stories you wrote about the DNC primaries versus the RNC, how does that relate to the issue of Race that you have said was in the center of the election?

The spike in gun purchase only stems from the fear that Obama is no friend of the second ammendment. Period.

If anyone has shown any violent tendencies with respect to Race, it is the Left and not the Right. Rev Wright recently talked about Jews keeping him away from Obama. Little wonder Jew haters will go to the Holocaust Museum to kill innocent victims.

@topic,

Palin wont win in 2012 . . . that's a fact. The last election was "close" simply because there were a whole lot who voted along color lines. Lets face facts, if Obama were white he'd have beaten McCain by an embarrassingly wide margin.

Would you say the same in his contest agianst Hillary? Why do you guys have to always think about Race? It remains a political tool in the hands of the DNC despite the fact that a black guy is now the president of the US!

@Davidylan,

If she's the only person the RNC has to offer then Obama is assured of 2 terms in office. Palin can draw the "base" but what else?

Isn't the base enough? The last election was close despite the fact that many in the base failed to vote because of their concerns about McCain who they consider no differnet than the average Democrat. Get the base and leave the rest to Obama's missteps while in Office. That is the winning strategy!

@davidylan,

Anyone advising her to run in 2012 is simply helping dig her political grave. She is best served going for the 2010 senate seat and waiting till 2016. Tim Pawlenty has a better chance for 2012, Romney will never win the republican nomination.

I disagree. Like Obama, Palin has the power to draw a crowd and attract a die-hard following. It's not about what they both know, its about the numbers of people they can attract. I still maintain the position that the only person capable of mounting a serious challenge against Obama in the RNC is Palin.

@topic,

I listened to her resignation speech partly and I have my ideas about why she is quitting.

She clearly stated she had fulfilled all her campaign promises in two years as against the four anticipated. This might just be a good time for her to bow out so her accomplishment isn't tarnished by some missteps. I think its all political with the intention of running for the open senate seat in 2010 and eventually running for the presidency in 2012. If she fails to run, then all eyes must be on my main guy, Romney!

@topic,

BREAKING NEWS: Obama's Official Response to MJ's Family.  Source: http://www.arodan-usa.com

Obama says Michael Jackson's death could b suspicious  He has ordered the police to be on the look out for a smooth criminal, he could be black or white but he's definitely bad & dangerous. The Police claimed they got fingerprints off the wall and that there was a man in the mirror so he's got to be there. The Police will like 2 talk 2 ben and billy jean and have implored them 2 come forward voluntarily because they don't wanna be startlin somthing. Obama reiterated that as for the Police, they don't stop till they get enough evidence even though they found blood on the dance floor. They know this is a tough case, but are assured that with Obama's support, they will beat it. Needless to say, says Obama, MJ's death is a real thriller .

@Negro,

I find it hard to relate this to what is happening in Iran.  I doubt a sovereign nation will ever support a coup d'etat in another!

[quote author=Tudór link=topic=290347.msg4111846#msg4111846 date=1246360009]Unlike in honduras where a democratically elected government by the people was overthrown wrongfully.[/quote]I'm not sure your assertion is correct. If anything at all, the overthrown president was attempting an unconstitutionality. So while he was overthrown unconstitutionally, he too would have been guilty of hanging on to power the same way. The courts and congress had ruled his actions unconstituional but he persisted.

It appears the only way sanity can be brought back was the coup detat. It's funny how the guy is crying constitution now. The same constitution he so flagrantly disregarded. While I am not in favour of a coup, I can't see myself supporting any of the parties.

Does anyone find the outburst by the clown called Chavez funny at all? This is the guy who cries that America interferes to no end in other countries' affairs. Hypocrisy seems to be the common thread that binds all Leftists together in solidarity!

I wonder if Toshman will be heading to Argentina to acqire that sidekick!