Let’s Know More About Obama, Less About Bristol Palin

The latest dumbfounding issue for me is that Obama has spent the past 4+ months talking about the impending “catastrophe” that is the economy. This week, he comes out and says, “It’s not that bad.” How can anyone take this guy seriously?

Why is anyone surprised by the level of incompetance of Obama even at this early stage.

His educational record as you said must be lackluster or it would have been thrown in our faces repeatedly.

He has no governing or management experience anywhere in his 48 years on Earth, so it is no wonder he cannot establish and stick to priorities, cannot exert any influence with Pelosi and Reid, and cannot hire people.

This is not to be meant as a racist statement, but simply a statement of fact based on feed back from people who did vote for him after they tell me why they voted for him. I asked each of these people: “Would you have voted for Obama if he resembled his mother rather than his father?”

Separately, I would look forward to reading your thoughts on a possible use of the military with Mexico after listening to an interview with Senator Webb today who seemed to be making a case based on past precedent.

More trouble for Hopey One.

Perhaps we can get Jon Stewart to start acting on all the items you mentioned LJ, since Jon Stewart’s battle with CNBC is getting a lot of notice nationally. The list of 4 dozen unfilled positions is also related to financial recovery, and since Jon himself is finally taking notice of this financial debacle because of his mother’s own predicament, he should further expose this situation, in order to speak for those among us, like his mother, who will continue to be harmed, by this inaction and distraction. Remember how we were all lectured to over and over again by Obama and his spokespersons that even before Obama won the election in November that he was already putting his administration together, and how he studied past presidencies in order to perfect a transition to be rivaled, ready before day one? There was such arrogance in those days, but now all we hear is the same old apologists before the election defending him now on how hard it is and what wonderful poll numbers Obama enjoys. Obama defenders are always on the look out for a distraction story and it is so pathetic. I too believe we deserve to see all of his academic records now in respect to the issue of transparency Obama touts; remember it was he who demanded of Hillary and McCain that their records be released, and was quite political about it, lots of irony there for Jon Stewart to mock, if he has the courage.

Hi Larry.

Can you rescue my post from the cellar?

Thanks

All those unfilled positions reminds me of the old saying… “he walks fastest who walks alone”. Maybe what we are seeing is a part of the narcissistic belief that he can do or needs to do as much himself and with his inner circle as possible. Or maybe he doesn’t want eighteen more sets of eyes and ears to contend with right now. Maybe he dare not mention at this point just who he really wants for these positions yet. Or, maybe we give him more credit than is due and he’s just not that organized.

Isn’t it ironic that team Obama sniffed around Pres. and Secty Clinton, demanding every single detail of their personal and private lives, yet the Clintons emerged without a scratch.
What happened to his brilliant vetting teams and hundreds of lawyers and advisors-the ones who are now on the payroll as his shadow cabinet? Don’t any of them qualify for some of these positions?
Obama has had since the end of August to get his act together concerning potential nominees, foreign policy, economic policy, and domestic issues. Bush gave him unprecedented access to classified and insider information.
Obama has had a 6 month running start to get his administration operating smoothly. Why is he still winging it?

Yes because Bristol Palin and Sarah Palin, are more important than multiple wars, more troops being sent overseas, people losing homes, the Stock Market tanking, a member of Obama’s administration being held without bail by the FBI and billions of unaccounted bailout money.

Sigh.

Enough about Bristol Palin! Here’s the more interesting news…

On Sunday, an unarmed Navy ocean survey vessel was forced to turn on the firehose to fend off Chinese ships shadowing it in the South China Sea.

The incident — which happened in international waters claimed by China as an “exclusive economic zone” — touched off a full-blown diplomatic spat between China and the United States.
The civilian-manned survey ship, the USNS Impeccable, was described by the Pentagon news service as “mapping the sea bottom” when the incident occurred. Umm, kinda sorta. Associated Press military writer Anne Gearan confirmed with defense officials that the ship was outfitted with sub-hunting equipment and was on a “calculated U.S. surveillance operation”; according to a photo released by the Navy, Chinese crew members were photographed trying to snag the Impeccable’s towed sensor array.

Over at Information Dissemination, Galrahn suggests a little bit of honesty is in order here. The Pentagon, he writes, needs to level with the American public about what exactly the mission is here.

“Somebody in the DoD [Department of Defense] apparently believes the American people can’t handle the truth regarding what our ships would be doing off the Chinese coast,” he writes. “Can someone please explain how collecting intelligence on the least transparent nation in the world while in international waters with an unarmed ship whose primary purpose is to monitor submarine activity is somehow a threatening act towards China if we say it out loud. If we wanted to be threatening to China, we would use one of our heavily armed AEGIS ships or better yet, one of our first in class submarines.”

[PHOTO: U.S. Department of Defense]

http://blog.wired.com/defense/2009/03/was-the-impecca.html

Background:

The uninvited guest: Chinese sub pops up in middle of U.S. Navy exercise, leaving military chiefs red-faced
By MATTHEW HICKLEY
November 2007

When the U.S. Navy deploys a battle fleet on exercises, it takes the security of its aircraft carriers very seriously indeed.

At least a dozen warships provide a physical guard while the technical wizardry of the world’s only military superpower offers an invisible shield to detect and deter any intruders.

That is the theory. Or, rather, was the theory.

American military chiefs have been left dumbstruck by an undetected Chinese submarine popping up at the heart of a recent Pacific exercise and close to the vast U.S.S. Kitty Hawk – a 1,000ft supercarrier with 4,500 personnel on board.

By the time it surfaced the 160ft Song Class diesel-electric attack submarine is understood to have sailed within viable range for launching torpedoes or missiles at the carrier.

According to senior Nato officials the incident caused consternation in the U.S. Navy.
The Americans had no idea China’s fast-growing submarine fleet had reached such a level of sophistication, or that it posed such a threat.

One Nato figure said the effect was “as big a shock as the Russians launching Sputnik” – a reference to the Soviet Union’s first orbiting satellite in 1957 which marked the start of the space age.

The incident, which took place in the ocean between southern Japan and Taiwan, is a major embarrassment for the Pentagon.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-492804/The-uninvited-guest-Chinese-sub-pops-middle-U-S-Navy-exercise-leaving-military-chiefs-red-faced.html

And

China sub stalked U.S. fleet

A Chinese submarine stalked a U.S. aircraft carrier battle group in the Pacific last month and surfaced within firing range of its torpedoes and missiles before being detected, The Washington Times has learned.

The surprise encounter highlights China’s continuing efforts to prepare for a future conflict with the U.S., despite Pentagon efforts to try to boost relations with Beijing’s communist-ruled military.

The submarine encounter with the USS Kitty Hawk and its accompanying warships also is an embarrassment to the commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific, Adm. William J. Fallon, who is engaged in an ambitious military exchange program with China aimed at improving relations between the two nations’ militaries.

Disclosure of the incident comes as Adm. Gary Roughead, commander of the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fleet, is making his first visit to China. The four-star admiral was scheduled to meet senior Chinese military leaders during the weeklong visit, which began over the weekend.

According to the defense officials, the Chinese Song-class diesel-powered attack submarine shadowed the Kitty Hawk undetected and surfaced within five miles of the carrier Oct. 26.

The surfaced submarine was spotted by a routine surveillance flight by one of the carrier group’s planes.

The Kitty Hawk battle group includes an attack submarine and anti-submarine helicopters that are charged with protecting the warships from submarine attack.

According to the officials, the submarine is equipped with Russian-made wake-homing torpedoes and anti-ship cruise missiles.

The Kitty Hawk and several other warships were deployed in ocean waters near Okinawa at the time, as part of a routine fall deployment program. The officials said Chinese submarines rarely have operated in deep water far from Chinese shores or shadowed U.S. vessels.

A Pacific Command spokesman declined to comment on the incident, saying details were classified. Pentagon spokesmen also declined to comment.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2006/nov/13/20061113-121539-3317r/

Just what does Bristol Palin and her personal tribulations have to do with That One’s chickens making their way home to roost?

Perhaps we can now say that Karma is handing President Urkel Obama his azz on a silver platter.

His presidency is in shambles.

Okay, my question is, why haven’t I heard about this from THE NEW AGENDA, or PUMA? Are we ALL not subject to this horrific slanderous disgusting degrading objectification whenever ANYONE DOES IT?

Yes. We are.

So. My question is: WHERE ARE THE PUMAS ON THIS ONE? NEW AGENDA? ANYONE?

Because I am pissed off, and sick to death of this shit. Meghan McCain is right, and her response is such a breath of fresh air, and frankly, so mature, that it shocks the senses to think Laura Ingraham is 20 years older than this wise and refreshing young woman.

Laura Ingraham? You are no Christian, you poseur. Shame on you, you’re nothing but a fascist.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-03-14/the-politics-of-size