Author Topic: Tacky Shirts and Jeering at the Memorial made me turn the channel. (Read 4308 times)

kcballer · « **Reply #25 on:** January 13, 2011, 09:16:01 AM »

Quote from: 333386 on January 13, 2011, 09:13:13 AM

The T Shirts seem very creepy to me.

But what if they help them move forward and heal? You can not say it does will not do that anymore than i can say it will so please leave the bullsh*t 'they are creepy and astrotruf' rubbish at the door. If it helps any one of them move on then it's a positive.

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #26 on:** January 13, 2011, 09:17:39 AM »

I immediately thought of this vid when I saw the shirts.

I don't go for the group think and manipulation.

kcballer · « **Reply #27 on:** January 13, 2011, 09:19:12 AM »

So solidarity in a time of crisis means nothing? I guess you don't believe in pledging to the flag either or being American because you know that's 'group think'

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #28 on:** January 13, 2011, 09:20:13 AM »

kcballer · « **Reply #29 on:** January 13, 2011, 09:26:42 AM »

Once again you've proven you are little more than an angry little troll

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #30 on:** January 13, 2011, 09:28:23 AM »

Quote from: kcballer on January 13, 2011, 09:26:42 AM

Once again you've proven you are little more than an angry little troll

No, I'm showing that obama's MO is to toss ignorant sheep into tacky t shirts for political reasons.

blacken700 · « **Reply #31 on:** January 13, 2011, 09:28:33 AM »

Quote from: Kazan on January 13, 2011, 08:19:44 AM

I knew better than to respond to you, won't happen again

sorry but you have gone too far with this , the post was about t shirts

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #32 on:** January 13, 2011, 09:37:32 AM »

Many good comments.

http://blogs.ajc.com/jamie-dupree-washington-insider/2011/01/13/together-we-thrive/?cxntfid=blogs_jamie_dupree_washington_insider

muscleforlife · « **Reply #33 on:** January 13, 2011, 09:40:36 AM »

I thought the university was in charge of the program not the President.

I would think it would have been the university that printed up and handed out the t-shirts.

Sandra

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #34 on:** January 13, 2011, 09:42:07 AM »

This is excatly what I am talking about.

1. Messianic complex - check
2. Jeering - check
3. Self aggrandizement - check
4. Teleprompter bullshit - check
5. Getting suckers to fall for this bs - check

Dos Equis · « **Reply #35 on:** January 13, 2011, 09:47:33 AM »

It was sort of a partisan atmosphere. Unfortunate.

mass 04 · « **Reply #36 on:** January 13, 2011, 09:50:13 AM »

I didn't watch it. Why were people jeering at a memorial service?

Option D · « **Reply #37 on:** January 13, 2011, 09:51:08 AM »

dude is a woman,.

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #38 on:** January 13, 2011, 09:51:28 AM »

Quote from: mass 04 on January 13, 2011, 09:50:13 AM

I didn't watch it. Why were people jeering at a memorial service?

Because they got college kids infatuated with Obama t attend and gave them campaign style t shirts to wear.

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #39 on:** January 13, 2011, 09:53:31 AM »

Quote from: Option D on January 13, 2011, 09:51:08 AM

dude is a woman,.

Nah, I think Bama is just a guy whipped by his wifey.

MB · « **Reply #40 on:** January 13, 2011, 11:17:45 AM »

Every Obama speech is a campaign speech. He never gets out of campaign mode.

kcballer · « **Reply #41 on:** January 13, 2011, 11:27:31 AM »

Quote from: 333386 on January 13, 2011, 09:51:28 AM

Because they got college kids infatuated with Obama t attend and gave them campaign style t shirts to wear.

You've truly fallen off the cliff now. Have you no shame at all? With each post it's like you get further and further into this anti-obama rage at the cost of all common sense.

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #42 on:** January 13, 2011, 11:30:22 AM »

Quote from: kcballer on January 13, 2011, 11:27:31 AM

You've truly fallen off the cliff now. Have you no shame at all? With each post it's like you get further and further into this anti-obama rage at the cost of all common sense.

They were yelling to Obama "we love you" etc etc.

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #43 on:** January 13, 2011, 06:49:29 PM »

BUSTED - I FOUND IT!

I KNEW THIS WAS ASTROTURF AND CAMPAIGN BS.
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For too long Americans have been set one against the other, it is a side affect of a free market society. How can profits be maximized, how can I get the work done for the lowest possible costs. This continually sets one group against the other, especially in the blue collar sectors of America. It has become a part of the American Business model, whether it was indentured servants, slaves picking cotton, sharecroppers, the industrious people that built the railroads or todays migrant workers. As long as we remain divided, fighting for the scraps that America has to offer it will be one group against the other.

What I see in Obama is a chance for a revolution. A chance for every group to participate and be heard; A chance to live the American dream that has been denied to so many. Together we can and will change the world and return America to the shining beacon of Hope and Prosperity that we were and that we can be again. Only when we work together do we accomplish feats that rival any ever accomplished in the history of mankind. Diversity is our strength, that is what this campaign brings us a promise of. For many this is a scary prospect and thought, getting to know someone different from myself. We all want the same basic things for example a safe place to live, health and a quality education for our kids.

In a previous career, I was the global leader of Diversity for a global fortune 500 corporation, I have studied the affects of diverse groups working together and the results can not be denied. Together we Thrive!!!!!!!!!!!

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #44 on:** January 13, 2011, 06:57:57 PM »

White House Says It Wasn't Responsible for Picking Rowdy Basketball Arena for Arizona Memorial..
CNSNews ^

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White House Says It Wasn't Responsible for Picking Rowdy Basketball Arena for Arizona Memorial Service Thursday, January 13, 2011 By Fred Lucas

Washington (CNSNews.com) – White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said Thursday that the White Houes was not responsible for choosing a basketball arena, as opposed to a church or a smaller auditorium that might be more conducive to a solemn event, for Wednesday's night's memorial service in Tucson, Ariz.

The McKale Memorial Center, an athletics facility at the University of Arizona, was packed with a reported 14,000 people, who repeatedly broke out in cheers and screams of a sort not ordinarily associated with a memorial service.

Last Sunday, the Arizona Wildcats basketball team played Stanford in the same arena, and this Saturday they will play Arizaon state there.

Gibbs said the White House did not play a role in choosing the venue for the memorial. A university spokesperson told CNSNews.com that the venue was picked after President Barack Obama confirmed he would be attending.

At Thursday's White House briefing, CNSNews.com asked, “What was the reason for choosing the arena as opposed to maybe a church or a smaller venue?”

Gibbs said the venue was chosen by the University of Arizona not the White House.

“Well, I would point you to the university on that, and I think it’s important to understand this was--we were invited to and accepted quite happily the invitation of the university,” Gibbs told CNSNews.com.

“I think having that many people there and being able to include people from the community was, again, was and is an important part of that healing process. But in terms of logistics and things like that, I’d point you to the university as they’d probably be better to answer your questions on those sorts of things,” he added.

Jennifer Fitzenberger, director of external communications for the university, confirmed the university began planning the event over the weekend, and invited President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama to attend.

“It was held at the university and coordinated with city and county officials,” Fitzenberger told CNSNews.com. “The venue was decided on after the president accepted.”

Earlier in the White House press briefing, Mark Knoller of CBS News asked Gibbs, “What did the president think about the pep rally aspect and tone of the event last night?”

Gibbs responded that it was part of the grieving process.

“Well, look, I’m not a Tucsonian, obviously, but I think that having been there for a day before the president got there, you could understandably feel the weight of what had happened,” Gibbs said.

“I think part of the grieving process is celebrating the lives of those that were lost and celebrating the miracles of those that survived. I think you’ve all probably by now read the transcript from the two members on the plane last night about their personal experience with the congresswoman in her hospital bed. It’s an emotional thing to read,” he added.

“Again, I think--I will say that the speech--I read the speech several times and thought that there wouldn’t be a lot of applause, if any,” Gibbs continued. “I think many of us thought that. But I think there was a celebration, again, of the lives of those that have been impacted, not just those that – not just at that grocery store but throughout the country. And I think that if that is part of the healing process, then that’s a good thing.”

Obama’s speech lasted 33 minutes 44 seconds and was interrupted for applause 51 times. The tone of the applause at times included shouts and whistles similar to a political rally.

The speech was compared to earlier speeches given by presidents during a time of national crisis, such as President Ronald Reagan’s speech after the Challenger space shuttle explosion in 1986 and President Bill Clinton’s speech after the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995.

Reagan’s speech was delivered from the Oval Office and lasted less than three minutes.

Clinton delivered his speech at the State Fair Grounds Arena. The Associated Press reported that 20,000 were in attendance. The speech went for 9 minutes and 10 seconds. The speech was interrupted for applause eight times, but was more subdued and typically involved clapping after certain lines in the speech.

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I think 240 and Gibbs are related.

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #45 on:** January 14, 2011, 09:12:57 AM »

Skip8282 · « **Reply #46 on:** January 14, 2011, 09:30:17 AM »

Quote from: 333386 on January 13, 2011, 06:49:29 PM

BUSTED - I FOUND IT!

I KNEW THIS WAS ASTROTURF AND CAMPAIGN BS.
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For too long Americans have been set one against the other, it is a side affect of a free market society. How can profits be maximized, how can I get the work done for the lowest possible costs. This continually sets one group against the other, especially in the blue collar sectors of America. It has become a part of the American Business model, whether it was indentured servants, slaves picking cotton, sharecroppers, the industrious people that built the railroads or todays migrant workers. As long as we remain divided, fighting for the scraps that America has to offer it will be one group against the other.

What I see in Obama is a chance for a revolution. A chance for every group to participate and be heard; A chance to live the American dream that has been denied to so many. Together we can and will change the world and return America to the shining beacon of Hope and Prosperity that we were and that we can be again. Only when we work together do we accomplish feats that rival any ever accomplished in the history of mankind. Diversity is our strength, that is what this campaign brings us a promise of. For many this is a scary prospect and thought, getting to know someone different from myself. We all want the same basic things for example a safe place to live, health and a quality education for our kids.

In a previous career, I was the global leader of Diversity for a global fortune 500 corporation, I have studied the affects of diverse groups working together and the results can not be denied. Together we Thrive!!!!!!!!!!!

Damn 33, even I wasn't thinking there was anything political about those shirts. Good job bringing down the hammer.

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #47 on:** January 14, 2011, 10:41:53 AM »

BUSTED AGAIN - OBAMA IS USING THE MEMORIAL AS A KICK OFF TO HIS 2012 RE-ELECTION

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Option D · « **Reply #48 on:** January 14, 2011, 10:43:27 AM »

LMAO.. Busted.. because that your opinion and the opinion of others... HAHAHAHAHAHA

Soooo GAY.. So youre gay because me and a few others think you are?..Epic Logic

Soul Crusher · « **Reply #49 on:** January 14, 2011, 10:46:47 AM »

Come on Mal - even you have to be ashamed by this shameless politicking off the deaths of people.