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the Rush to Rushmore
Can they get him chiseled in by January?
Forget that the DOW has been down over 25% since his election, even though we were told he was "priced in" before then- Now we're naming schools and mountains for Obama. Gosh. We may not be ready by Day 1. Should I just start sketching his face onto my dollar bills now?
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22 Nov 2008, 12:25 PM
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Wow, unbelievable.
A school in Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y. renamed itself Barack Obama Elementary School in honor of his historic rise to the presidency, Nov. 21, 2008. The renaming was thanks to the initiative of the school's students who, who are predominately black and Hispanic. Wow, elementary school students, DEMANDING their school's name be changed. B freaking S. Thank you to the teachers and parents, for furthering the messiah's rise to the top! YES! Nick
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22 Nov 2008, 01:10 PM
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 My goodness....shouldn't all this wait until he actually proves he's worthy? This is all a bit much for me.
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22 Nov 2008, 01:26 PM
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i agree it might seem a bit much if we're to assume it was done as a reflection on his effectiveness as a political leader but, none of us are dumb enough to think the name change was made because of that.
we're all intelligent enough to recognize that this is a school comprised mostly by minority students for whom the accomplishment of a black man rising to the most powerful office in the free world can be seen as not only validation but inspiration suggesting to them that it really is true that one can become anything he/she wants (even if you're not white), and we are all intelligent enough to know (whether we want to admit it or not) that color, orientation, and gender (and to a lesser extent even religion) still hold many down in our society. so in short, we're all intelligent enough to know that the name change was done more to serve the students with hope and inspiration than it was to honor or act as a testament to obama himself. i know this goes without saying, but......
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22 Nov 2008, 03:17 PM
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 Ken. While I do not think his reign as President will be a failure...what IF it turns out to be? What IF things get SO bad that even the idol can't fix it? What IF he truly does get "tested" by outside influences and fails? My position will not change...it is certainly too early to be doing all this. Guess I'm not that intelligent then....I really don't care. As far as "holding them down" is concerned....I cannot disagree. But I'd add that MANY don't give it a real good effort either. MANY choose the easy road...... I'm talking minorities here...ALL minorities. I also believe there are just as many caucasions that take the easy road with little or no effort either.
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22 Nov 2008, 03:52 PM
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02 Mar 2009, 01:00 PM
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Volumes are at an all time high, also. If Obama/Pelosi/Reid/Frank/Geitner have more than just the promise of a plan, it might be a great time to bust it out. Looks like the one they talk about is impressing nobody.
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02 Mar 2009, 07:15 PM
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02 Mar 2009, 07:32 PM
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it's not showing either chart for that date. not sure why.
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02 Mar 2009, 11:46 PM
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Just wait until we get all of this health care improvement, infrastructure that is so desperately needed, and green technology to save the planet, and education well I don't really know what that is for except to teach kids how to vote for democrats. But when all of this gets going the DJIA will be well over 10,000 once again I am so sure of it. But there is one little problem. I would say that most of the people that are going to be getting jobs in these areas do not have jobs now. Well I take that back. I sure would hope we would not be trusting setting up a new electrical grid to just anyone just as an example. So some of these jobs are going to be very specialized. So what this basically means people are going to be getting back to basics and will not have a lot of money to spend on other things such as entertainment at least for a while. I hope this is like first year of Carter where the economy was really bad when it went from like 1000 down to 750 and then at the end of Carter's time in office it went all the way back up to where it was when he first got into office. Something for Obama to strive for. Eventually get us back to 8,000.
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03 Mar 2009, 12:12 AM
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True patriotism hates injustice in its own land more than anywhere else. - Clarence Darrow Widespread intellectual and moral docility may be convenient for leaders in the short term, but it is suicidal for nations in the long term. One of the criteria for national leadership should therefore be a talent for understanding, encouraging, and making constructive use of vigorous criticism. - Carl Sagan
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03 Mar 2009, 12:15 AM
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03 Mar 2009, 01:07 AM
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Why don't you quote the rest of Peter's sentence rather than only the part that could put him in a bad light? Seems to me I recall you calling folks out for doing the same thing with some of your posts. Hypocritical????
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31 Oct 2011, 11:08 PM
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31 Oct 2011, 11:41 PM
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Having a dog named shark at the beach was a bad idea Why is there a highway to hell but only a stairway to heaven It's wierd being the same age as old people My mom didn't raise no dummy, if she did it would be my sister I told my wife to embrace her faults......she hugged me I took a DNA test- God is my father When I ask if you want me to be honest, please say no
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