Open Thread – A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
2009 November 13
Let's see Keith Olbermann do this
by Kathy Shaidle
Glenn Beck started off his radio show yesterday by praising a six year old, 900+ page hardcover book called A Patriot's History of the United States: From Columbus's Great Discovery to the War on Terror. Beck and his crew took turns talking up the Larry Schweickart tome, and the author himself: I actually called Larry because I didn't know Larry at all. He came highly recommended when we were looking for somebody who understood the progressive movement and didn't know him. (...) I called him up afterwards about a ...
Why is it When We Post about Ron Paul We Get Anti-Semitic Commenters?
by David Swindle
From a comment on Jeanette Pryor's post yesterday about Sarah Palin and Rand Paul: i am guessing that you are and/either/or of the following ....a neo-con, a jew, a zionist..........right? and you support sustained foreign military action primarily on behalf of israel, right? well those viewpoints do not serve the best interests of the united states of america and people are finally starting to wake up. From one of our headline board posts (this one is really bad): Or we could send the Jews back to the European ghettos they crawled out ...
The Who's Pete Townshend: Not the Left's Fool
by Michelle Horstman
Being a college student in the early '70s, The Who was right up there on our “must see” concert list. I have often thought of them in the last few years, as their famous lyrics “won't get fooled again” continued to pop up in my mind (usually on a daily basis.) For me, that one line resonates more than any other. Seeing them on the Superbowl half time stage commanded my full attention and arose me from my football-and-queso-dip coma. They were playing my song! I knew what ...
The Green Police, They...Aren't All That Funny.
by Jimmie Bise
Of all the commercials I saw during Sunday's Super Bowl, the creepiest by far was Audi's "Green Police" ad which was supposed to laugh at the poor, beknighted fools being hauled away to goodness knows where by a new environmental police force while the cool Audi drivers got to speed away from the Stasi...I'm sorry, Green Police's, disapproval. Michelle Malkin has done most of the heavy lifting as to why the commercial's real message of "fascism is fun!" isn't quite so funny when you consider that the enviro-cops have already ...
The Conservative Awakening
by David Horowitz
I've been reading -- and worse -- listening to leftwing pundits dump on the Conservative Awakening and dismiss it as a "media event." When 10,000 let alone 100,000 let alone a reported million conservatives -- people who are allergic to collective action and despise demonstrations -- march on Washington as they did on 9/12 something very serious is going on; I would say a conservative equivalent to the 1960s. I just came from an event in St. Louis at which Glenn Beck spoke in a sports arena to ...
New York Magazine Columnist Says Elite Must Rule
by Joseph Klein
Author Kurt Andersen came out swinging this week in New York Magazine against democracy in action! He hates the Tea Party Movement in particular. Andersen, a novelist who at one time was New York Magazine's chief editor, prefers when "a calm club of like-minded wise men (and women) in Washington" is calling the shots, not the people. Andersen agrees with Elitist-in-Chief President Barack Obama who believes the opponents of his far-left policies should just sit down and shut up. Andersen liked the good old days when: the elite media really did ...
Report: Attempted Terrorist Attack in The Netherlands, Bomb Found in Train - Police Say Prank
by Michael van der Galien
UPDATE (6:00 AM ET) Dutch Omroep Brabant now reports that police say no bomb has been found. A man was arrested, but he it's likely he's an insane loser with too much time on his hands and not a terrorist. Good news, if true of course. Having said that, I do hope that this man will suffer the consequences of pulling such a "prank." The entire train station was evacuated, people couldn't get to their work, all because of one attention craving idiot. End Update National newspapers and news channels report ...
U.S. Marines Are Landing - And Taliban Knows All About It
by John L. Work
The United States Marines, America’s best and bravest, are about to land in the Town of Marja, southern Afghanistan. The news is already out. Meetings have gone on for weeks to alert the Marja townspeople. The tribal elders know about it. It’s in the Los Angeles Times. It’s all over Afghanistan. Hell and the entire World know it. And the Taliban Soldiers of Allah know it. The Marines have been instructed not to shoot back if there are civilians in the line of fire. Protecting Afghanistan civilians’ lives must ...
Mystery Billboard In Minnesota
by Nancy Morgan
There is a billboard along I-35 near Wyoming, Minn., with a huge photo of former president George W. Bush and this question: "Miss Me Yet?" Bob Collins of Minnesota Public Radio has verified that this is not an internet hoax or photoshop photo. And he's trying to find out who is responsible: "There's no billboard ownership plate on this particular billboard, making tracing the person who had the cash to post it difficult to find. It's time to crowdsource this puppy." This billboard is the ...
LAST CALL: Clubbed Thumbs, Birthers' Liberal Lineage and B*tch Slapping The Nation
by Karen Northon
A DAILY WRAP-UP OF SOME OF MY FAVORITE STORIES OF THE DAY Between a Rock and Left-Wing Lunacy JE Tabler writes today about a group of moderate Democrats (yes – you read that correctly) in Chicago who are fighting against the radical left-wing machine - and they have one hell of a fight ahead of them. Hey Zirin! You wish you could throw like a girl! Kudos to Jenn Q. Public for b*tch slapping the outrageous David Zirin, sports editor at The Nation. Zirin lashed out, in a recent column, at ...
From the Writings of David Horowitz: February 9, 2010
by David Swindle
A democracy at war is faced with problems dictatorships find avoidable. Its citizens have a responsibility—as the Left never tires of repeating—not to abandon the freedoms they are defending, in order to defend them. The imperative can be abused, however, as the Left’s actions constantly remind us. Justice Robert H. Jackson warned Americans, following the Second World War, that they should be careful not to “convert the constitutional Bill of Rights into a suicide pact.” Even in peacetime, the right to other freedoms must be weighed against ...
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<b<Utterly disgraceful !
This small pathetic excuse for a man may very well destroy our country.
It’s our own complacency that allowed this to happen.
Obama must think he’s Manager in Chief not Commander in Chief. He’s completely out of touch with his role as the leader of our military.
This just breaks my heart.
I doubt he even knows how to salute.
Somebody forgot to put stage instructions on the teleprompter.
When/where was this picture taken?
No idea what your problem is here. The President was visibly moved experiencing his first Veteran’s Day as Commander-in-Chief.
With a comment like yours boy are you outa touch with reality. It must be sad to be you. Our troops deserve better than this. Too bad you never served in anyway to your country or you would be insulted.
Are you kidding? He's the freakin' Commander in Chief! Obviously, you like Obama, are absolutely clueless about the military and even the most basic flag etiquette.
i think he just didnt want to appear “triumphal”. ya know that whole “victory” thing, its sooo hiro hito……or something. perhaps we could say “voting present” here……
He does not belong there, he is like a fish out of water. Are people starting to see and feel the reality of “buyer remorse”?
There is another picture like this from the campaign where he and Hillary are onstage and he is standing, hands at his side while the National Anthem is played. He’s rubbing our faces in it, he’s not even trying to pretend that he respects us or this country.
Obama has been surrounded life long by those who don’t like this country. Likely he has never learned the common respect of placing his hand over his heart. Reporters clap for him when he enters the briefing room. Maybe he was waiting for people to clap for him.
Same old, same old.
Remember Obama’s refusal to salute
http://www.synthstuff.com/mt/archives/individual/2007/10/nice_move_barack_hussein_obama.html during his campaign while the National Anthem was being played?
Obama is Muslim A believer in Islam. Muslim are serious about Allah and Islam. I think this is why Obama says our United States Constitution is flawed.
How long would obama the duel Muslim-American citizen, sit and listen to someone say, Not God Bless Islam but God-Damn Islam?
Two seconds or Twenty years?
Do you think your Congressman or the media know’s less, as much or more than I do?
“A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words”
Why would President Obama salute during the playing of our national anthem – “The Star Spangled Banner?”
Messiahs don’t salute.
My family and I just spent the most inspirational day watching a friends son graduate from Marine boot camp. It was said earlier in a post but needs to be restated” This breaks my heart!” We can’t ask any longer what is wrong with this person. We all know…he is not for our country. Watch Glenn Beck! God bless our countryand our military young men and women
Sadly, due to inflation, a picture is only worth about 850 words these days.
http://naturalborncitizen.wordpress.com/
*If I can’t salute with my left hand, then I just ain’t gonna salute.” Barack Obama
Can’t salute when you’ve got an itch.
Or, he might be preparing for another shot from D. H. like the one in November’s WHISTLEBLOWER magazine.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qyce8dQLPo&feature=related
Listen to this song and tell me Groucho doesn’t have dear leader down pat.
change has come and it is not what was expected.
do not have health insurance… fine $15,000…. years in jail….
born in kenya or Hawaii? which is it?
Israel has been abandoned.
will America survive?
The first time we saw a picture of O cupping “the boys” during the Anthem, the Left squealed that it was a “cheap shot”. What’s their opinion now?
I certainly dont like Obama… but
The correct times to saulute durring the National Anthem is if your wearing a Hat in uniform… if your Wearing a Hat as a civilian youre supposed to take the hat off and hold it over your heart… Otherwise the correct thing to do is to stand respectfully.
And here’s yet another example of his complete lack of understanding of Presidential protocol in this photo of Obama bowing to the Japanese Emperor.
The President’s office is no place for on-the-job training!
I think he just believes that they are all saluteing him!!
There are not enough words to describe my disgust. His beliefs are out in the open for all to see, or ignore.
I feel sorry for the guy. If you got an itch, you must have a scratch, wherever you are.
Thank you Oprah, Hollywood, and those know it alls who voted this Muslim in as our President.
Actions speak louder than words. Once again our President is incapable of showing respect and demonstrates his disdain for America, its military and its citizens. Dear Lord, we have 3 1/2 more years of this.
BHO doesn’t deserve the freedom the military has given him. He needs to be put out of office by impeachment for Treason against the American people!!!!!
As a Veteran I salute headgear or no headgear. As a US Citizen I would default to hand over heart. As a Cub Scout I used a two finger salute.
This man has a built in obvious conscious decision to not like the national anthem, the pledge of allegiance, or anything else that defines our country in honor and glory.
And yet he is ‘our dear leader’ (If you do not understand the sarcasm go back to plowing your rice patty).
It’s very clear that the TOTUS has more respect for the occasion than BHO.
His disdain for the United States and the disrespect he shows for the office he holds is difficult to accept. Our great country deserves better than this!
Veteran and ashamed american here, i dont salute our national anthem either which our kids will equate to Nazi Germanys anthem. I hope it all crumbles……
Email or write your Congressman and Senators and challenge Obama’s eligibility to be President. His mother was an american citizen however his father was a british citizen. Kenya is a british territory therefor Obama is not a naturalized citizen as according to the Constitution and therefor was not eligible to run let alone be elected president. Let them know you will be part of a class action lawsuit against the DNC for violating your constitutional rights. The DNC nominated and promoted OBama and it seems he was not eligible to run for president. Something they didn’t take into consideration or did they.
I’m pretty certain that just about any nine year old American kid who is either a Cub Scout or a Brownie could fill the president in on proper etiquette to be rendered to national symbols. Ooops, I forgot, if you were never an “American kid” you probably missed out on that. What a creep!
Obama is redefining the term “empty suit.”
An OBAMANATION??
He knows how to bow to the Saudi king for $pOIL (but Larry Gibbs denies)
And he most certainly bowed before the Japanese Emperor and Empress…
But A NWO Commander in Retreat refuses to respect The American Flag??
The CHURLiO?? A Vile Lying Liberal Practices Hypocrisy in USSAmerika??
Read ISAIAH 32!!! Time for True Americans (women at ease) to Rise Up??
The US Constitution, The Republic & The American Flag are under Attack!!
I’m speechless!
Well, thanks loads David. I literally hate The Obammunist and took this picture at face value for what it appeared to be, him snubbing and flipping off our country and our military again. But this picture is a fraud. It’s not from a Veterans Day event, or the memorial at Ft. Hood, it’s from a Memorial Day event back in May and he’s not snubbing the Pledge or the National Anthem, he’s standing humbly by as Hail to the Chief is being played. The salutes on-stage are for him, not fallen soldiers. I usually don’t trust FactCheck.org, but I don’t have to this time as their source is C-SPAN video of the event. Fact-Check it out yourselves:
http://www.factcheck.org/2009/11/whats-wrong-with-this-picture/
Now I gotta go eat crow at two different forums where I took the bait and made a “picture-is-worth-a-thousand-words” post myself. Please at least cite where the pictures you use are from from now on. You will save your readers a lot of embarrassment.
ummm…. this wasn’t Veteran’s day and… they were playing the song Hail to The Chief. Is the dude supposed to salute himself? LMAO Get a life people.
You all are a few months behind. This is actually a photo taken at Arlington during a ceremony on Memorial Day. The President is not being disrespectful by not placing his hand over his heart or saluting. That would have been a bit pretentious since the band was playing Hail to the Chief. Rather, he is standing respectfully while other show polite respect and honor to the President himself.
Here is a link to a video of this exact event, at which this exact photo was taken.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDPPJRrk5FU
Easy enough to find. All I had to do was a bit of googling…about 1 minute’s worth, actually. Perhaps it doesn’t matter to you whether or not there is any truth to your claims?
And by the way, David Horowitz should be ashamed of himself. Ostensibly he is intelligent enough to know the circumstances surrounding the photograph, and intelligent enough to know just how such a photograph — without an explanatory caption — would be perceived among those in the very conservative circle.
hahahahahahahaha!! Oh my, another example in a never ending string of right wing nut-jobs jumping up to say "Hey, look at me, I'm stoooooopid!" Nice job rstonecipher. But don't worry, the right never lets facts get in the way of their racist howling.
Maybe it’s just a statue, and we’re all having the same horrible nightmare…
My heart just breaks for all of us and our great country. I hope and pray we survive this and grow stronger from it.
I think you’ve nailed it here about what is going on with him, plus a huge dose of Frank Marshall Davis and then all the cool lefties he has hung out with. They think they are cool.
My heart just breaks to see the US Pres not saluting our flag.
Teleprompter: “Appear visibly moved.”
It’s not bad enough that Ian buys this crap. What kills me is that Obama buys it too.
Time Magazine showed us Obama disrespecting the National Anthem on the campaign trail. Looks like a repeat performance.
Get a life Ian … Obama (Commandr-in-Chief) doesn’t give a civilian salute when our National Anthem is played! I promise you he knows better, or at least he should. That’s pure disrespect for all Americans. How little can you get?
Yeah he looks real moved. Maybe he will put both of his hands on his balls instead of saluting for you too. This isnt the first time he has been caught refusing to salute.
Yeah, visibly moved to look down his nose at America
Of course he does. Lovingly hand-crafted by those wonderful folks who enjoy nothing better than waking up to the smell of their own sheis…
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Why not file a clase action lawsuit against the DNC. Vetting Obama was up to them. If he was not eligible to run for the presidencey as according to the Constitution then they violated our constitutional rights by appointing, promoting and supporting him as their presidential candidate.
Well put !
I am wondering where you get this strange information. Yes, about the hat, but nowhere noway nohow is it correct to stand with arms at sides when our flag is displayed, not if you are an American. The heart tells it all and those of us who choose to salute place our right hands over our hearts.
As civilians, we salute.
And you found this under the same rock that BO crawled out from?
I like any American who loves this Country Knows to Salute means if you are in uniform and know how that service salutes you do. If not the proper salute is to place your hand over your heart. If you have a hat that is not part of a uniform you remove it and hold it in the hand that is over the heart. Keep the left hand free to protect the Flag, Amthem, or our country from those that choose to rewrite the constitution for their on creepy beliefs.
He knows how to bow to muslim kings.
I would like to give him a “one finger” salute…!!!!
No congressman or senator has the balls to challenge him. That would be racist…ya know?
He’ll bow for a Muslim despot but won’t put his hand on his heart for America.
I think your missing the point. His father was never an american citizen so therefore as according to our constitution he is not a natualized citizen and thus not eligible to be president. So don’t waste time with birth certificates. Have them prove his father was granted citizenship. And when they don’t it’s time to kick ass and take names.
With your attitude you fall right in line with BO. You take all you can from this Country as long as it dosen’t cost you anything.
I paid my small dues, I honor this Country, I love this Country, and if called again I would serve again.
My personal opinon is that all of you and BO should be sent to Iraq with what is in your pockets.
I would not be surprised if a combat veteran who has lost one of his buddys does not try and take him out for being do disrespectful to our country.
Well, thanks, Tom. I just hate when this happens. We were on such a roll!! but the truth must prevail. If they were playing Hail to the Chief, so be it. Sincere appreciation for keeping us straight.