Good morning, gentle people – My favourite Marxist philosopher (Groucho) once said (when asked to explain the plot of their new movie)“Take two turkeys, one goose, four cabbages, but no duck, and mix them
together. After one taste, you’ll duck soup the rest of your life.”
Well, we have turkeys, silly gooses, and cabbage-heads galore for you, so grab another cup of coffee – let’s see if we can break Typepad !
First up –Pickles defends Obama school speech – Freepers go ballistic.
Laura Bush defends Obama school speech
CNN ^
| 09/07/2009
Posted onMonday, September 07, 2009 2:18:05 PM byfreed0misntfree
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Former first lady Laura Bush is defending
President Obama’s decision to address the nation’s school children,
telling CNN Monday that it is “really important for everyone to respect
the President of the United States.”
“I think that there is a
place for the President of the United States to talk to school children
and encourage school children, and I think there are a lot of people
that should do the same,” she told CNN’s Zain Verjee. “And that is
encourage their own children to stay in school and to study hard and to
try to achieve the dream that they have.”
The former first lady
said she believed criticism of the speech had arisen because of the
accompanying lesson plans. If parents are opposed to the address, said
Bush, “That’s their right. You know that certainly is the right of
parents to choose what they want their children to hear in school…
(But) I think it’s also really important for everyone to respect the
President of the United States.”
Does she think it’s fair to
criticize Obama, as some have, by labeling him a socialist? “I’d have
no idea whether it’s fair, do you think I thought it was fair when
President Bush was criticized — not really. So, I guess not,” she
responded.
CNN ^
| 09/07/2009
Posted onMonday, September 07, 2009 2:18:05 PM byfreed0misntfree
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Former first lady Laura Bush is defending
President Obama’s decision to address the nation’s school children,
telling CNN Monday that it is “really important for everyone to respect
the President of the United States.”
“I think that there is a
place for the President of the United States to talk to school children
and encourage school children, and I think there are a lot of people
that should do the same,” she told CNN’s Zain Verjee. “And that is
encourage their own children to stay in school and to study hard and to
try to achieve the dream that they have.”
The former first lady
said she believed criticism of the speech had arisen because of the
accompanying lesson plans. If parents are opposed to the address, said
Bush, “That’s their right. You know that certainly is the right of
parents to choose what they want their children to hear in school…
(But) I think it’s also really important for everyone to respect the
President of the United States.”
Does she think it’s fair to
criticize Obama, as some have, by labeling him a socialist? “I’d have
no idea whether it’s fair, do you think I thought it was fair when
President Bush was criticized — not really. So, I guess not,” she
responded.
To: freed0misntfree
She says it because she has to.
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posted onMonday, September 07, 2009 2:18:52 PM
byfreedumb2003
(Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
posted onMonday, September 07, 2009 2:18:52 PM
byfreedumb2003
(Communism comes to America: 1/20/2009. Keep your powder dry, folks. Sic semper tyrannis)
Obviously, there’s a man with a gun pointed at her, just out of camera range.
Won’t someone rescue this poor woman??
div class=”ecxa2 blockquote” style=”margin-left: 40px;”>To: freedumb2003
I like this. Where do I go to donate to Rubio’s Primary campaign :)?
–Kibitzer
I’m not an historian, just a product of the (dreaded) public school and university systems, but I never heard that the Vikings were big on galleys (or galley slaves). I always thought the boats weren’t big enough to carry anyone who wasn’t going to fight at the end of the voyage. They were more like entrepreneurs who signed up for a share of the spoils (coupled with some sort of vague promise of going to Valhalla if they happened to get killed).
Galley slaves were more of a Roman thing—but the authoritarianism would fit right in in Freeperville. So would the Viking promise of going to Valhalla, but only if you could get there by sending someone else off to get killed.
–Kibitzer
“So would the Viking promise of going to Valhalla, but only if you could get there by sending someone else off to get killed.”
Just so.
Just freaking so.
Tommy