From: bknight on
On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:42:38 -0500, BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote:

>In article <4b1010dd$0$4979$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com>,
>nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com says...

>The leaders of most of the counries throughout the world know that Obma
>is a "hopeless retard".

As if you had a scintilla of an idea of what anyone else thought.
You're calling someone a retard? Ironic.

BK
From: BAR on
In article <4b101ff6$0$4976$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com>,
nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com says...
>
> On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:30:41 -0500, Frank Ketchum wrote:
> > "Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
> > news:4b1010dd$0$4979$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com...
> >
> >> What I thought then and think now is that the President has much less
> >> say over the country than people generally believe. I did not for one
> >> second think that when Obama came in that everything would suddenly
> >> be peachy keen. I don't agree with many of his policies. However he
> >> is not a hopeless retard, so that's a big improvement in itself.
> >
> > I don't recall you making the case that the president really doesn't
> > have as much say over the country when Bush was president.
>
> You kidding? Obama has more say in things than Bush ever did. Bush was
> the mountain-biking President. That is, when he wasn't the golfing
> President, or the vacationing at his "ranch" President, or the trying to
> read someone else's speech off the teleprompter President. Bush's
> handlers, specifically Cheney and the people under his influence, had a
> great deal of power--as much as what lies in Obama's hands now--and were
> much less restrained about abusing it.
>
> But of course power is relative. Arrayed against the office of the
> President are military and corporate interests that severely limit the
> the ability of any administration to impose real change. Administrations
> come and go, but the people pulling the strings do not.
>
> > I seem remember you being in the chorus of the lunatic left going
> > apoplectic over everything when Bush was president.
>
> You know Frank, your memory's not so good.

I just asked myself why I care what a Canadian and Brit, living in the
USA with no intentions of ever becoming US citizens, have to say about
the US.

I just answered my question.


From: Carbon on
On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:30:10 -0500, BAR wrote:
> In article <4b101ff6$0$4976$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com>,
> nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com says...
>> On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:30:41 -0500, Frank Ketchum wrote:
>> > "Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
>> > news:4b1010dd$0$4979$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com...
>> >
>> >> What I thought then and think now is that the President has much
>> >> less say over the country than people generally believe. I did not
>> >> for one second think that when Obama came in that everything would
>> >> suddenly be peachy keen. I don't agree with many of his policies.
>> >> However he is not a hopeless retard, so that's a big improvement
>> >> in itself.
>> >
>> > I don't recall you making the case that the president really
>> > doesn't have as much say over the country when Bush was president.
>>
>> You kidding? Obama has more say in things than Bush ever did. Bush
>> was the mountain-biking President. That is, when he wasn't the
>> golfing President, or the vacationing at his "ranch" President, or
>> the trying to read someone else's speech off the teleprompter
>> President. Bush's handlers, specifically Cheney and the people under
>> his influence, had a great deal of power--as much as what lies in
>> Obama's hands now--and were much less restrained about abusing it.
>>
>> But of course power is relative. Arrayed against the office of the
>> President are military and corporate interests that severely limit
>> the the ability of any administration to impose real change.
>> Administrations come and go, but the people pulling the strings do
>> not.
>>
>> > I seem remember you being in the chorus of the lunatic left going
>> > apoplectic over everything when Bush was president.
>>
>> You know Frank, your memory's not so good.
>
> I just asked myself why I care what a Canadian and Brit, living in the
> USA with no intentions of ever becoming US citizens, have to say about
> the US.
>
> I just answered my question.

Wow. William and I both win this one.
From: William Clark on
In article <MPG.257a391cc09a0cc1989807(a)news.giganews.com>,
BAR <screw(a)you.com> wrote:

> In article <4b101ff6$0$4976$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com>,
> nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com says...
> >
> > On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:30:41 -0500, Frank Ketchum wrote:
> > > "Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
> > > news:4b1010dd$0$4979$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com...
> > >
> > >> What I thought then and think now is that the President has much less
> > >> say over the country than people generally believe. I did not for one
> > >> second think that when Obama came in that everything would suddenly
> > >> be peachy keen. I don't agree with many of his policies. However he
> > >> is not a hopeless retard, so that's a big improvement in itself.
> > >
> > > I don't recall you making the case that the president really doesn't
> > > have as much say over the country when Bush was president.
> >
> > You kidding? Obama has more say in things than Bush ever did. Bush was
> > the mountain-biking President. That is, when he wasn't the golfing
> > President, or the vacationing at his "ranch" President, or the trying to
> > read someone else's speech off the teleprompter President. Bush's
> > handlers, specifically Cheney and the people under his influence, had a
> > great deal of power--as much as what lies in Obama's hands now--and were
> > much less restrained about abusing it.
> >
> > But of course power is relative. Arrayed against the office of the
> > President are military and corporate interests that severely limit the
> > the ability of any administration to impose real change. Administrations
> > come and go, but the people pulling the strings do not.
> >
> > > I seem remember you being in the chorus of the lunatic left going
> > > apoplectic over everything when Bush was president.
> >
> > You know Frank, your memory's not so good.
>
> I just asked myself why I care what a Canadian and Brit, living in the
> USA with no intentions of ever becoming US citizens, have to say about
> the US.
>
> I just answered my question.

Then you need to ask yourself another question, which is why you are
compelled to keep relying to them?
From: William Clark on
In article <4b106fa0$0$4885$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com>,
Carbon <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:30:10 -0500, BAR wrote:
> > In article <4b101ff6$0$4976$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com>,
> > nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com says...
> >> On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:30:41 -0500, Frank Ketchum wrote:
> >> > "Carbon" <nobrac(a)nospam.tampabay.rr.com> wrote in message
> >> > news:4b1010dd$0$4979$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com...
> >> >
> >> >> What I thought then and think now is that the President has much
> >> >> less say over the country than people generally believe. I did not
> >> >> for one second think that when Obama came in that everything would
> >> >> suddenly be peachy keen. I don't agree with many of his policies.
> >> >> However he is not a hopeless retard, so that's a big improvement
> >> >> in itself.
> >> >
> >> > I don't recall you making the case that the president really
> >> > doesn't have as much say over the country when Bush was president.
> >>
> >> You kidding? Obama has more say in things than Bush ever did. Bush
> >> was the mountain-biking President. That is, when he wasn't the
> >> golfing President, or the vacationing at his "ranch" President, or
> >> the trying to read someone else's speech off the teleprompter
> >> President. Bush's handlers, specifically Cheney and the people under
> >> his influence, had a great deal of power--as much as what lies in
> >> Obama's hands now--and were much less restrained about abusing it.
> >>
> >> But of course power is relative. Arrayed against the office of the
> >> President are military and corporate interests that severely limit
> >> the the ability of any administration to impose real change.
> >> Administrations come and go, but the people pulling the strings do
> >> not.
> >>
> >> > I seem remember you being in the chorus of the lunatic left going
> >> > apoplectic over everything when Bush was president.
> >>
> >> You know Frank, your memory's not so good.
> >
> > I just asked myself why I care what a Canadian and Brit, living in the
> > USA with no intentions of ever becoming US citizens, have to say about
> > the US.
> >
> > I just answered my question.
>
> Wow. William and I both win this one.

Hands down and going away.