Clueless best describes it
Irish Mike
"Clueless. It�s the word that best describes the Obama administration�s
first year in office. They�ve proven themselves clueless about creating
jobs; clueless about handling growing nuclear threats from Iran and North
Korea; and now, most devastatingly, clueless about protecting Americans
from terrorist attacks on our own soil. And with nearly one year under the
belts, they can�t keep blaming the Bush administration for everything that
goes awry.
It is hard to imagine a more incompetent handling of the thwarted
Christmas Day bombing of a U.S. jetliner. First, the commander in chief
was too busy enjoying his vacation in Hawaii to do much more than issue
platitudinous assurances that he was "actively monitoring" the incident,
while dispersing White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and Homeland
Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to the weekend talk shows to downplay
the significance of the event.
When the news media began uncovering evidence that Umar Farouk
Abdulmutallab was exactly who he claimed to be when taken into custody --
a terrorist tied to an al-Qaida network in Yemen -- the administration
began backtracking on its earlier statements that the incident was not
part of a larger terrorist plot and that "the system worked." But it took
the president three days to appear before the American public to insist on
a thorough investigation. By that time, everyone knew that the would-be
suicide bomber�s own father had alerted U.S. intelligence officials of his
son�s threat to American security. But the warnings didn�t keep
Abdulmutallab off a jetliner headed to the United States.
Even the words the president used in his press conference Dec. 28 suggest
how clueless he is. He described Abdulmutallab as a "passenger (who)
allegedly tried to ignite an explosive device," repeatedly referring to
Abdulmutallab in his comments as a "suspect." These are the weasel words
we use when talking about ordinary criminals, which is no accident. The
Obama administration�s anti-terrorism philosophy is to treat terrorist
attacks like criminal actions, not acts of war.
The Obama administration�s response to the deadly terrorist attack at Fort
Hood in November was exactly the same. For days after Nidal Hasan gunned
down his fellow soldiers at the Texas Army installation, killing 13 and
injuring dozens, the administration tried to portray Hasan as a troubled
lone wolf whose actions had nothing to do with his increasingly
radicalized Islamic faith. But as news organizations revealed that the FBI
had been monitoring Hasan and that he had been in contact with a known
radical imam in Yemen, the insanity explanation looked increasingly lame.
Now the administration is engaged in a review of why so many clues to
Hasan's terrorist intentions went ignored.
The Obama administration�s cluelessness has reached the point that even
the president�s admirers have to admit something is drastically wrong. The
Washington Post�s Ruth Marcus, one of President Obama�s most fawning fans,
wrote this week: "The more I think about the Christmas all-but-bombing,
the angrier I get. At the multiple failures that allowed Umar Farouk
Abdulmutallab to get on the plane with explosives sewn inside his
underwear. And at the Obama administration's initial,
everything's-fine-everybody-move-right-along reaction." And Sen. Dianne
Feinstein, D-Calif., the senior Democrat on the Senate Intelligence
Committee, now wants to stop the administration from releasing Guantanamo
detainees to Yemen, in light of growing evidence of al-Qaida's active
presence there.
Many of us who criticized Barack Obama�s candidacy did so because we felt
he was too inexperienced to be president. His first year in office has
done nothing to allay those fears. He has put together a team of White
House operatives who politicize every crisis. Their first concern seems to
be to protect the president from blame, not to protect the American people
from harm, whether it be from failed economic policies or terrorist
attacks.
And the president seems unable to go much beyond reading a script. He
shows little actual leadership, whether in crafting a health care plan or
devising a coherent foreign policy, preferring to delegate to others
duties that he should assume. He turned over responsibility for the
stimulus plan and totally revamping of U.S. health care to Democrats in
Congress, with predictably unsatisfactory results. Meanwhile, his policy
of engagement with enemies like Iran and North Korea has simply emboldened
them to pursue their nuclear aims at a faster pace.
Americans have given President Obama an extended honeymoon, but their love
affair with a man who showed much promise, if not actual accomplishment,
is cooling down. The latest Rasmussen presidential tracking numbers show
the president at only 47 percent approval. Unless President Obama
dramatically changes course, 2010 will be the year when most Americans
begin thinking about divorce. "
Irish Mike
"The problem with socialism is that, sooner or later, you run out of other
people's money."
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David Monaghan
wrote:
>"Clueless. It�s the word that best describes the Obama administration�s
>first year in office.
<snip>
>clueless about handling growing nuclear threats from Iran and North
>Korea;
Should they have followed the previous administration's policy and invaded
somewhere else? Otherwise I don't see a heap load of difference. Mind you, I
would agree that following their predecessor's policy would be clueless.
DaveM
none
> Linda Chavez
>
> "Clueless. It�s the word that best describes the Obama administration�s
> first year in office. They�ve proven themselves clueless about creating
> jobs; clueless about handling growing nuclear threats from Iran and North
> Korea; and now, most devastatingly, clueless about protecting Americans
> from terrorist attacks on our own soil. And with nearly one year under the
> goes awry.
>
> It is hard to imagine a more incompetent handling of the thwarted
> Christmas Day bombing of a U.S. jetliner. First, the commander in chief
> was too busy enjoying his vacation in Hawaii to do much more than issue
> platitudinous assurances that he was "actively monitoring" the incident,
> while dispersing White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and Homeland
> Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to the weekend talk shows to downplay
> the significance of the event.
>
> When the news media began uncovering evidence that Umar Farouk
> Abdulmutallab was exactly who he claimed to be when taken into custody --
> a terrorist tied to an al-Qaida network in Yemen -- the administration
> began backtracking on its earlier statements that the incident was not
> part of a larger terrorist plot and that "the system worked." But it took
> the president three days to appear before the American public to insist on
> a thorough investigation. By that time, everyone knew that the would-be
> son�s threat to American security. But the warnings didn�t keep
> Abdulmutallab off a jetliner headed to the United States.
>
> Even the words the president used in his press conference Dec. 28 suggest
> how clueless he is. He described Abdulmutallab as a "passenger (who)
> allegedly tried to ignite an explosive device," repeatedly referring to
> Abdulmutallab in his comments as a "suspect." These are the weasel words
> we use when talking about ordinary criminals, which is no accident. The
> attacks like criminal actions, not acts of war.
>
> Hood in November was exactly the same. For days after Nidal Hasan gunned
> down his fellow soldiers at the Texas Army installation, killing 13 and
> injuring dozens, the administration tried to portray Hasan as a troubled
> lone wolf whose actions had nothing to do with his increasingly
> radicalized Islamic faith. But as news organizations revealed that the FBI
> had been monitoring Hasan and that he had been in contact with a known
> radical imam in Yemen, the insanity explanation looked increasingly lame.
> Now the administration is engaged in a review of why so many clues to
> Hasan's terrorist intentions went ignored.
>
> the president�s admirers have to admit something is drastically wrong. The
> Washington Post�s Ruth Marcus, one of President Obama�s most fawning fans,
> wrote this week: "The more I think about the Christmas all-but-bombing,
> the angrier I get. At the multiple failures that allowed Umar Farouk
> Abdulmutallab to get on the plane with explosives sewn inside his
> underwear. And at the Obama administration's initial,
> everything's-fine-everybody-move-right-along reaction." And Sen. Dianne
> Feinstein, D-Calif., the senior Democrat on the Senate Intelligence
> Committee, now wants to stop the administration from releasing Guantanamo
> detainees to Yemen, in light of growing evidence of al-Qaida's active
> presence there.
>
I suggest you think of this entire debacle as precedent to
the real scourging that has to take place in 2012. This if
if we make it that long.
Gary Carson
> Linda Chavez
>
> "Clueless. It�s the word that best describes the Obama administration�s
> first year in office. They�ve proven themselves clueless about creating
> jobs; clueless about handling growing nuclear threats from Iran and North
> Korea;
He should have reinvaded Iraq?
=ow, most devastatingly, clueless about protecting Americans
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funky cold medina
> Linda Chavez
>
> "Clueless. It’s the word that best describes the Obama administration’s
> first year in office.
Out of curiosity -- how would you suggest they handle Iran and North
Korea Mike? I don't think Obama's performance has been either
spectacular or horrible, I think you could say fair to middlin'. (And
I'm of the opinion that the economic situation [especially
unemployment] will be his administration's death knell if they can't
make something happen, in other words -- I think there is some merit
in the piece you posted).
But, I also think that the guy (Obama) could rush into a burning
building and risk his life to save your neck, suffer third degree
burns, and you'd still post a diatribe criticizing him for not being
fireproof.
Jerry Sturdivant
"Irish Mike" <ad7...@webnntp.invalid> wrote in message
news:3c2517x...@recgroups.com...
> Linda Chavez
>
> "Clueless. It's the word that best describes the Obama administration's
> first year in office.
Yet he saved us from a depression and pulling us out of a recession that
Bush caused.
Pretend you didn't see this, Mike. It will be in keeping with your Cut &
Paste & Run From The Factual Replies, policy.
Jerry 'n Vegas
none
> Linda Chavez
>
> first year in office. They�ve proven themselves clueless about creating
> jobs; clueless about handling growing nuclear threats from Iran and North
> Korea; and now, most devastatingly, clueless about protecting Americans
> from terrorist attacks on our own soil. And with nearly one year under the
> goes awry.
>
> It is hard to imagine a more incompetent handling of the thwarted
> Christmas Day bombing of a U.S. jetliner. First, the commander in chief
> was too busy enjoying his vacation in Hawaii to do much more than issue
> platitudinous assurances that he was "actively monitoring" the incident,
> while dispersing White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and Homeland
> Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to the weekend talk shows to downplay
> the significance of the event.
>
> When the news media began uncovering evidence that Umar Farouk
> Abdulmutallab was exactly who he claimed to be when taken into custody --
> a terrorist tied to an al-Qaida network in Yemen -- the administration
> began backtracking on its earlier statements that the incident was not
> part of a larger terrorist plot and that "the system worked." But it took
> the president three days to appear before the American public to insist on
> a thorough investigation. By that time, everyone knew that the would-be
> son�s threat to American security. But the warnings didn�t keep
> Abdulmutallab off a jetliner headed to the United States.
>
> Even the words the president used in his press conference Dec. 28 suggest
> how clueless he is. He described Abdulmutallab as a "passenger (who)
> allegedly tried to ignite an explosive device," repeatedly referring to
> Abdulmutallab in his comments as a "suspect." These are the weasel words
> we use when talking about ordinary criminals, which is no accident. The
> attacks like criminal actions, not acts of war.
>
> Hood in November was exactly the same. For days after Nidal Hasan gunned
> down his fellow soldiers at the Texas Army installation, killing 13 and
> injuring dozens, the administration tried to portray Hasan as a troubled
> lone wolf whose actions had nothing to do with his increasingly
> radicalized Islamic faith. But as news organizations revealed that the FBI
> had been monitoring Hasan and that he had been in contact with a known
> radical imam in Yemen, the insanity explanation looked increasingly lame.
> Now the administration is engaged in a review of why so many clues to
> Hasan's terrorist intentions went ignored.
>
> the president�s admirers have to admit something is drastically wrong. The
> Washington Post�s Ruth Marcus, one of President Obama�s most fawning fans,
> wrote this week: "The more I think about the Christmas all-but-bombing,
> the angrier I get. At the multiple failures that allowed Umar Farouk
> Abdulmutallab to get on the plane with explosives sewn inside his
> underwear. And at the Obama administration's initial,
> everything's-fine-everybody-move-right-along reaction." And Sen. Dianne
> Feinstein, D-Calif., the senior Democrat on the Senate Intelligence
> Committee, now wants to stop the administration from releasing Guantanamo
> detainees to Yemen, in light of growing evidence of al-Qaida's active
> presence there.
>
I happen to concur with many of your assessments, with the
exception of this paragraph:
-------------------
Many of us who criticized Barack Obama�s candidacy did so
because we felt
he was too inexperienced to be president. His first year in
office has
done nothing to allay those fears. He has put together a
team of White
House operatives who politicize every crisis. Their first
concern seems to
be to protect the president from blame, not to protect the
American people
from harm, whether it be from failed economic policies or
terrorist
attacks.
-----------------------
Why you might ask, and justly so. Because the neither God
nor man gives authority so such a figurehead. Pure and
simple. This problem is much deeper than we can even think
about. Obama is simply a dupe of the world order, and we,
the people are duped into thinking this man actually makes
any decision, of any significance or impact whatsoever.
Consider that we are screwed regardless, it could be McCain
and Palin in his spot, and nothing would be different
because they all take orders from higher authority. That
higher authority, at this present time, seems to have
forsaken the US as a leader in world justice, and in my
mind, that in itself is well justified. Any power we have
left as a nation will only come about by our humbling of
self, and a commitment to truth.
Irish Mike
> Irish Mike wrote:
> > Linda Chavez
> >
> > "Clueless. It�s the word that best describes the Obama administration�s
> > first year in office. They�ve proven themselves clueless about creating
> > jobs; clueless about handling growing nuclear threats from Iran and North
> > Korea; and now, most devastatingly, clueless about protecting Americans
> > from terrorist attacks on our own soil. And with nearly one year under the
> > belts, they can�t keep blaming the Bush administration for everything that
> > goes awry.
> >
> > It is hard to imagine a more incompetent handling of the thwarted
> > Christmas Day bombing of a U.S. jetliner. First, the commander in chief
> > was too busy enjoying his vacation in Hawaii to do much more than issue
> > platitudinous assurances that he was "actively monitoring" the incident,
> > while dispersing White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and Homeland
> > Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to the weekend talk shows to downplay
> > the significance of the event.
> >
> > When the news media began uncovering evidence that Umar Farouk
> > Abdulmutallab was exactly who he claimed to be when taken into custody --
> > a terrorist tied to an al-Qaida network in Yemen -- the administration
> > began backtracking on its earlier statements that the incident was not
> > part of a larger terrorist plot and that "the system worked." But it took
> > the president three days to appear before the American public to insist on
> > a thorough investigation. By that time, everyone knew that the would-be
> > suicide bomber�s own father had alerted U.S. intelligence officials of his
> > son�s threat to American security. But the warnings didn�t keep
> > Abdulmutallab off a jetliner headed to the United States.
> >
> > Even the words the president used in his press conference Dec. 28 suggest
> > how clueless he is. He described Abdulmutallab as a "passenger (who)
> > allegedly tried to ignite an explosive device," repeatedly referring to
> > Abdulmutallab in his comments as a "suspect." These are the weasel words
> > we use when talking about ordinary criminals, which is no accident. The
> > Obama administration�s anti-terrorism philosophy is to treat terrorist
> > attacks like criminal actions, not acts of war.
> >
> > The Obama administration�s response to the deadly terrorist attack at Fort
> > Hood in November was exactly the same. For days after Nidal Hasan gunned
> > down his fellow soldiers at the Texas Army installation, killing 13 and
> > injuring dozens, the administration tried to portray Hasan as a troubled
> > lone wolf whose actions had nothing to do with his increasingly
> > radicalized Islamic faith. But as news organizations revealed that the FBI
> > had been monitoring Hasan and that he had been in contact with a known
> > radical imam in Yemen, the insanity explanation looked increasingly lame.
> > Now the administration is engaged in a review of why so many clues to
> > Hasan's terrorist intentions went ignored.
> >
> > The Obama administration�s cluelessness has reached the point that even
> > the president�s admirers have to admit something is drastically wrong. The
> > Washington Post�s Ruth Marcus, one of President Obama�s most fawning fans,
> > wrote this week: "The more I think about the Christmas all-but-bombing,
> > the angrier I get. At the multiple failures that allowed Umar Farouk
> > Abdulmutallab to get on the plane with explosives sewn inside his
> > underwear. And at the Obama administration's initial,
> > everything's-fine-everybody-move-right-along reaction." And Sen. Dianne
> > Feinstein, D-Calif., the senior Democrat on the Senate Intelligence
> > Committee, now wants to stop the administration from releasing Guantanamo
> > detainees to Yemen, in light of growing evidence of al-Qaida's active
> > presence there.
> >
> > Many of us who criticized Barack Obama�s candidacy did so because we felt
> > he was too inexperienced to be president. His first year in office has
> > done nothing to allay those fears. He has put together a team of White
> > House operatives who politicize every crisis. Their first concern seems to
> > be to protect the president from blame, not to protect the American people
> > from harm, whether it be from failed economic policies or terrorist
> > attacks.
> >
> > And the president seems unable to go much beyond reading a script. He
> > shows little actual leadership, whether in crafting a health care plan or
> > devising a coherent foreign policy, preferring to delegate to others
> > duties that he should assume. He turned over responsibility for the
> > stimulus plan and totally revamping of U.S. health care to Democrats in
> > Congress, with predictably unsatisfactory results. Meanwhile, his policy
> > of engagement with enemies like Iran and North Korea has simply emboldened
> > them to pursue their nuclear aims at a faster pace.
> >
> > Americans have given President Obama an extended honeymoon, but their love
> > affair with a man who showed much promise, if not actual accomplishment,
> > is cooling down. The latest Rasmussen presidential tracking numbers show
> > the president at only 47 percent approval. Unless President Obama
> > dramatically changes course, 2010 will be the year when most Americans
> > begin thinking about divorce. "
> >
> > Irish Mike
> >
> > "The problem with socialism is that, sooner or later, you run out of other
> > people's money."
> >
> I happen to concur with many of your assessments, with the
> exception of this paragraph:
>
> -------------------
>
> Many of us who criticized Barack Obama�s candidacy did so
Well bucko, I read your post three times and I still don't understand what
you're saying.
Is the "world order" like the Man From U.N.C.L.E or is it like "Chaos" in
Get Smart?
Irish Mike
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Jerry Sturdivant
"Irish Mike" <ad7...@webnntp.invalid> wrote in message
news:870817x...@recgroups.com...
At least we know why you only Cut & Paste and Run. You can't even understand
the written word. Is that why you Kill file so many people?
Jerry 'n Vegas
>
mo_charles
> >first year in office.
> <snip>
> >clueless about handling growing nuclear threats from Iran and North
> >Korea;
>
> Should they have followed the previous administration's policy and invaded
> somewhere else? Otherwise I don't see a heap load of difference. Mind you, I
> would agree that following their predecessor's policy would be clueless.
what'd the taliban ever do to you?
mo_charles
da pickle
> what'd the taliban ever do to you?
Welcome back ... everyone was worried!
Have a great New Year party?
mo_charles
>
> Welcome back ... everyone was worried!
you lie worse than susan!
> Have a great New Year party?
muddling through illness and frigid weather here. happy new year, pickle.
mo_charles
da pickle
>> > what'd the taliban ever do to you?
>>
>> Welcome back ... everyone was worried!
>
> you lie worse than susan!
Awwwwww
>> Have a great New Year party?
>
> muddling through illness and frigid weather here. happy new year, pickle.
Hope you're feeling better. Happy to you too.