Comments on: Obama’s Train Ride a la Lincoln http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/8834/obamas-train-ride-a-la-lincoln/ Sun, 27 May 2012 12:54:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: aa http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/8834/obamas-train-ride-a-la-lincoln/#comment-1122306 aa Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:39:11 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=8834#comment-1122306 dont make fun of him your not up there making changes for the country.God! have some comonsence dont make fun of him your not up there making changes for the country.God! have some comonsence

]]> By: aa http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/8834/obamas-train-ride-a-la-lincoln/#comment-1122301 aa Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:35:25 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=8834#comment-1122301 hope you not talking about barack hope you not talking about barack

]]> By: aa http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/8834/obamas-train-ride-a-la-lincoln/#comment-1122296 aa Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:32:57 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=8834#comment-1122296 why dont you just figure out what that means why dont you just figure out what that means

]]> By: Ron In Arizona http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/8834/obamas-train-ride-a-la-lincoln/#comment-1117656 Ron In Arizona Fri, 16 Jan 2009 21:50:59 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=8834#comment-1117656 Sewer, yes this a sewer, I WILL LEAVE NOW, BYE BYE SWILL Sewer, yes this a sewer, I WILL LEAVE NOW, BYE BYE SWILL

]]> By: Eddie http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/8834/obamas-train-ride-a-la-lincoln/#comment-1117603 Eddie Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:27:16 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=8834#comment-1117603 I did not vote for BHO but since he won the election give him a chance and I hope the media provides the same garbage, garbage, garbage, to him when he makes mistakes (give me a break a Treasury Secretary that did not pay his taxes, ugh) that they did to our outgoing president. I may not have agreed with GWB but at least he was a real person not a public relations experience. I did not vote for BHO but since he won the election give him a chance and I hope the media provides the same garbage, garbage, garbage, to him when he makes mistakes (give me a break a Treasury Secretary that did not pay his taxes, ugh) that they did to our outgoing president. I may not have agreed with GWB but at least he was a real person not a public relations experience.

]]> By: Jane Stewart http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/8834/obamas-train-ride-a-la-lincoln/#comment-1116031 Jane Stewart Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:32:16 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=8834#comment-1116031 Are you jealous! Come on! Are you jealous! Come on!

]]> By: AnnieCollier http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/8834/obamas-train-ride-a-la-lincoln/#comment-1097004 AnnieCollier Sun, 21 Dec 2008 01:30:00 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=8834#comment-1097004 Generally I can hit the mute button before the smarmy dialog for the "Obama plate" begins with the "see his kind eyes and confident smile"...eeeewwww barf. It's as if a Thomas Kincaid paint by numbers piece has come to life and speaks. Hey, maybe Axelrod can get Kincaid to paint the Abe train on a plate. Generally I can hit the mute button before the smarmy dialog for the “Obama plate” begins with the “see his kind eyes and confident smile”…eeeewwww barf.

It’s as if a Thomas Kincaid paint by numbers piece has come to life and speaks. Hey, maybe Axelrod can get Kincaid to paint the Abe train on a plate.

]]> By: trixta http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/8834/obamas-train-ride-a-la-lincoln/#comment-1096885 trixta Sat, 20 Dec 2008 21:29:20 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=8834#comment-1096885 <strong>We have a new syndrome called OBAMAUTISM.</strong> We have a new syndrome called OBAMAUTISM.

]]> By: trixta http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/8834/obamas-train-ride-a-la-lincoln/#comment-1096883 trixta Sat, 20 Dec 2008 21:27:26 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=8834#comment-1096883 <strong>Mimi, you are so right!!!! I, too, will not let GWB of the hook -- or anyone who supported him until it became unfashionable.</strong> Mimi, you are so right!!!! I, too, will not let GWB of the hook — or anyone who supported him until it became unfashionable.

]]> By: trixta http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/8834/obamas-train-ride-a-la-lincoln/#comment-1096876 trixta Sat, 20 Dec 2008 21:20:30 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=8834#comment-1096876 <strong>I've never liked Tom Wolfe's work, but I may just read this one.</strong> I’ve never liked Tom Wolfe’s work, but I may just read this one.

]]> By: trixta http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/8834/obamas-train-ride-a-la-lincoln/#comment-1096874 trixta Sat, 20 Dec 2008 21:18:10 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=8834#comment-1096874 <strong>I think the great 19th-century writer Herman Melville wrote about this American archetype in THE CONFIDENCE MAN. In this literary context, perhaps Obama can be considered "American" after all.</strong> I think the great 19th-century writer Herman Melville wrote about this American archetype in THE CONFIDENCE MAN. In this literary context, perhaps Obama can be considered “American” after all.

]]> By: trixta http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/8834/obamas-train-ride-a-la-lincoln/#comment-1096871 trixta Sat, 20 Dec 2008 21:11:42 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=8834#comment-1096871 <strong>Ha! Ha! Brilliant, kgirl! You made my point about BO's confusion! But I'll bet that if he delivered such a confused speech his besotted Kool-Aid drinkers would still think it's brilliant. Wouldn't it be fun if after his inauguration someone would translate his "historic" speech according to WORM (i.e. "what Obama really meant")? Actually, it could be done on an open thread for all to participate in.</strong> Ha! Ha! Brilliant, kgirl! You made my point about BO’s confusion! But I’ll bet that if he delivered such a confused speech his besotted Kool-Aid drinkers would still think it’s brilliant.

Wouldn’t it be fun if after his inauguration someone would translate his “historic” speech according to WORM (i.e. “what Obama really meant”)? Actually, it could be done on an open thread for all to participate in.

]]> By: trixta http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/8834/obamas-train-ride-a-la-lincoln/#comment-1096865 trixta Sat, 20 Dec 2008 21:00:25 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=8834#comment-1096865 <strong>Okay, art is in the eye of the beholder, but I think Warhol is a genius. His work speaks to the culminating aesthetics and commercialism of the 20th century via the simulacrum (i.e. a copy of a copy, etc., which has no original source) and via the play on repetition. His work is brilliantly ironic, and is epitomized in his CAMPBELL SOUP CAN and MULTIPLE MARILYNS. Indeed, the images of the soup can and Marilyn are elevated to works of art NOT because of any "intrinsic essence" (which doesn't exist anyway), but because, among other things, of the context in which these images are placed [i.e. a museum, an art exhibition, or art gallery]. Warhol follows in the footsteps of Duchamp and his infamous 1917 work URINAL, a readymade object (taken from its original context --the bathroom) which "became" a work of art because it was placed in an art exhibition). Like Duchamp, Warhol's works are meant to be provocative. To use your art metaphor, unlike Warhol's playful works of art, Obama is just a thug and a con man. As a created thing, Obama can't even produce himself as a copy because he's too confused as to which "source" to base his copy on. Is he a copy of JFK, MLK, Ghandi, Lincoln, . . .? Who knows.</strong> Okay, art is in the eye of the beholder, but I think Warhol is a genius. His work speaks to the culminating aesthetics and commercialism of the 20th century via the simulacrum (i.e. a copy of a copy, etc., which has no original source) and via the play on repetition. His work is brilliantly ironic, and is epitomized in his CAMPBELL SOUP CAN and MULTIPLE MARILYNS. Indeed, the images of the soup can and Marilyn are elevated to works of art NOT because of any “intrinsic essence” (which doesn’t exist anyway), but because, among other things, of the context in which these images are placed [i.e. a museum, an art exhibition, or art gallery]. Warhol follows in the footsteps of Duchamp and his infamous 1917 work URINAL, a readymade object (taken from its original context –the bathroom) which “became” a work of art because it was placed in an art exhibition). Like Duchamp, Warhol’s works are meant to be provocative.

To use your art metaphor, unlike Warhol’s playful works of art, Obama is just a thug and a con man. As a created thing, Obama can’t even produce himself as a copy because he’s too confused as to which “source” to base his copy on. Is he a copy of JFK, MLK, Ghandi, Lincoln, . . .? Who knows.

]]> By: What is Google up to? : NO QUARTER http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/8834/obamas-train-ride-a-la-lincoln/#comment-1096844 What is Google up to? : NO QUARTER Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:34:36 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=8834#comment-1096844 [...] little background first. Our regular reader Teakwoodkite wrote this comment on my post, Obama’s Train Ride a la Lincoln: Pm317, so I google “Lincoln’s train ride to inauguration”, and what do you know? Instead of [...] [...] little background first. Our regular reader Teakwoodkite wrote this comment on my post, Obama’s Train Ride a la Lincoln: Pm317, so I google “Lincoln’s train ride to inauguration”, and what do you know? Instead of [...]

]]> By: trixta http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/8834/obamas-train-ride-a-la-lincoln/#comment-1096833 trixta Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:07:00 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=8834#comment-1096833 <strong>I wish the American public who voted for the ONE would get a brain.</strong> I wish the American public who voted for the ONE would get a brain.

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