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I don't think Obama passed Geography in school
Posted: Aug 7, 2013
First, at 0:23, he talks about the Olympics being held in Russia and how, "if they want to uphold the spirit of the Olympics, every judgement should be made on the track, the swimming pool, or the balance beam." Aren't the Olympics in Russia going to be in the winter?
Second, at 3:05, he was talking about the Panama Canal being widened to accomodate super tankers could come in,"if we don't deepen our ports all along the gulf, places like Charleston, South Carolina or Savannah, Georgia or Jacksonville Florida...if we don't do that, those ships are gonna go someplace else."
Super tankers? Thought Obama wanted to get rid of fossil fuels. Isn't that what super tankers carry?
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Yeah... this guy didn't pass either - I'mSuperCereal
[ In Reply To ..]Pssst... Hey Rick... there's a hint right on the front of the podium!
*Dying.* I thought I was watching George W.B. - for a second. nm.
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LOL! Or Prez Bush, who couldn't place a nation that'd - been in the evening news for 3 weeks.
[ In Reply To ..]Yeah, I know. Not really funny at all.
OP, when it comes to bringing up ignorant politicians, you're in a very, very, very weak position. Remember the low educational level in conservative states? Too many voters in those states don't feel education is necessary. Heck, some here also feel it's a ruination abomination.
They can't all be as intelligent as B - Seriously
[ In Reply To ..]BUSHISMS
President George Bush is funny
The top stupidest things president George W Bush ever said
The term Bushism is a neologism that refers to a number of peculiar words, phrases, pronunciations, malapropisms, and semantic or linguistic errors that have occurred in the public speaking of United States President George W. Bush and, before that, of his father George H. W. Bush, a former United States president. The term has become part of popular folklore and is the basis of a number of websites and published books. It is often used to caricature the two presidents. Common characteristics include malapropisms, the creation of neologisms, and spoonerisms.
This occasional misuse of the English language in formal and public speeches has spawned several books that documenting the statements.
General
"They misunderestimated me." —Bentonville, Ark., Nov. 6, 2000
"There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again." —Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002
"Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream." —LaCrosse, Wis., Oct. 18, 2000
"I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." —Saginaw, Mich., Sept. 29, 2000
"Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB-GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country." —Poplar Bluff, Mo., Sept. 6, 2004
"This thaw—took a while to thaw, it's going to take a while to unthaw."—Alexandria, La., Oct. 20, 2008
"Before I arrived in President, During I arrived in President" December 1, 2008
"I want to thank my friend, Senator Bill Frist, for joining us today. He married a Texas girl, I want you to know. Karyn is with us. A West Texas girl, just like me." --Nashville, Tennessee, May 27, 2004
"I'm telling you there's an enemy that would like to attack America, Americans, again. There just is. That's the reality of the world. And I wish him all the very best." --White House, Washington, D.C., Jan. 12, 2009
"It's clearly a budget. It's got a lot of numbers in it." May 5, 2000
Foreign Affairs
"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." —Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004
"For a century and a half now, America and Japan have formed one of the great and enduring alliances of modern times." --Tokyo, Feb. 18, 2002
"And they have no disregard for human life."—Describing the brutality of Afghan fighters, Washington, D.C., July 15, 2008
"There's no question that the minute I got elected, the storm clouds on the horizon were getting nearly directly overhead." --Washington D.C., May 11, 2001
"The war on terror involves Saddam Hussein because of the nature of Saddam Hussein, the history of Saddam Hussein, and his willingness to terrorise himself." --Grand Rapids, Michigan, January 29, 2003
"Free societies are hopeful societies. And free societies will be allies against these hateful few who have no conscience, who kill at the whim of a hat." --Washington, D.C., Sept. 17, 2004
"The best way to defeat this enemy in the long run is to deny them the recruiting tools, that are and-and recruiterments made possible by resentment." --November 2007
Economics
"I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family." —Greater Nashua, N.H., Jan. 27, 2000
"I understand small business growth. I was one." New York Daily News, February 19, 2000
Education
"Rarely is the questioned asked: Is our children learning?" --Florence, S.C., Jan. 11, 2000
"As yesterday's positive report card shows, childrens do learn when standards are high and results are measured." --George W. Bush, on the No Child Left Behind Act, Washington, D.C., Sept. 26, 2007
"Reading is the basics for all learning." --Reston, Virginia, 28 March, 2000
"You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test." --Townsend, Tennessee, 21 February, 2001
Those last patterns indicate he never did read much himself. - Proper speech patterns were never inculcated. nm
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Not only that, but those "ports" he mentioned (sm) - Abby
[ In Reply To ..]are on the East coast, not on the Gulf. What a dope he is. Funny part is, people who watched him on Leno don't even know it. The sheep go on cheering. *****.
Obama should have talked to Sarah Palin about Russia before his speech. - Seriously
[ In Reply To ..]Speaking of idiots!
Now there's some intelligence for you.
At least Sarah was on the right coast and looking in the - right direction!!
[ In Reply To ..]nm
Yeah, I agree Sarah went in the right direction. Home. Where she quit her job over scandal. - Wink, wink, gotcha
[ In Reply To ..]Would we call Sarah Palin a has been or a never was? She's now even a reject on reality TV.
Sad and pathetic, IMO.
Sarah didn't go because of the "scandals." - (Obama word - add "phony."
[ In Reply To ..]nm
She definitely didn't say "I can see Russia from my house" - Truthhurts
[ In Reply To ..]She said "They are our neighbors and you can actually see Russia from LAND here in Alaska." She never said what the media so blatantly falsified, yet people were so quick to jump on the idiocy of that false statement.
If you look at a map, the islands off the coast of Alaska are actually part of the state and there actually isn't much distance between the point of Wales, Alaska where the Bering Land Bridge Natural Preserve is and Big Diomede Island located near Russia in the middle of the Bering Sea.
The "Russia from my house" thing... - ZvilleMT
[ In Reply To ..]was actually from a SNL skit - funny, but too many confuse it for what Palin actually said. You got it right on.
Another place ordinary people get their current events - (sm) - LM
[ In Reply To ..](SNL) in addition to Jay Leno, Comedy Central, and Twitter. Sad.
and another place - sm
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He is talking about deepening all those ports in the SE US. - nm
[ In Reply To ..]ports in the gulf and the eastern coasts of Fl, Ga and SC.
"if we don't deepen our ports all along the gulf, places like Charleston, South Carolina or Savannah, Georgia or Jacksonville Florida...if we don't do that, those ships are gonna go someplace else."
They are not the Gulf. - Geography major too?
[ In Reply To ..]nm
He is listing places and included the gulf - as one place. big deal. nm.
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nit picking is apparently all The Reps have left. What a - waste (nm)
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it was a list - a list
[ In Reply To ..]a list, for crying out loud. And not for nothing, but why do you have to say "idiots".
They can sure dish it out, but they can't take it. - What are the rules?
[ In Reply To ..]They describe the President and anyone that doesn't agree with them as idiots and Commies and liars, but just look at the fallout and pointing fingers when they get the same thing back.
Can we say they are deaf? Is that an insult?
What are the rules?
Well at least he's smarter than the last president. - Improvement. nm.
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Really? How many states did he say there were? - nm
[ In Reply To ..]nm
He said there were enough states to win him the election for POTUS - TWICE --Seriously
[ In Reply To ..]Speaking of which, I think I'll go make me some popcorn and turn on You Tube and watch the Karl Rove meltdown on Fox News election night 2012.
That's always good for a laugh.
IMO, Karl Rove is a prime example of what's wrong with the Republican party. All the facts can be staring you right in the face, but you refuse to believe it.
That was funny - NK
[ In Reply To ..]but I still prefer, "Please proceed, Governor."
No he didn't, and no he didn't - He said there are 57 states
[ In Reply To ..]You can thank the bankers for putting him back in. You should at least give credit where credit it due.
The only way he won that election is by fraud and you all know it. - IRS helped.
[ In Reply To ..]nm
Were you around for the 2000 election? - Speaking of fraud. nm
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So that makes it okay for this Charlatan to take office? - I don't think so.
[ In Reply To ..]nm
5 million votes worth of fraud? I think not. Reps had a bad - candidate
[ In Reply To ..]Simple as that. No one with any credibility or viability or a brain wants to run against a popular incumbent. So all the good/smart guys sat back and absorbed the carnage rather than soiling themselves more than necessary, waiting for an easier 2016.
Reps also screwed up by encouraging large voter turnout by insulting a large group of voters in restricting early voting. Florida's Scott has made an about face on that issue with his tail between his legs.
Of course, there are states still insistent on discouraging voter turnout. We'll see how that works for them considering the Reps are supposedly trying to appeal to "all Americans." The actions are what count, not the words, so... don't look good so far.
The more a group is oppressed, the stronger, louder, and more powerful they become. The American way pretty much feeds that wonderful phenomenon. If you call that fraud, I guess that's your right.
Just own it and move on.
Never said all were fraudulent. Just enough to give him the win. - Now we are all paying.
[ In Reply To ..]nm
5 mil was JUST enough.Okay! btw, I'm doing just fine. Life is what - you make it.NM
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So What Is The Real Problem Here? - Seriously
[ In Reply To ..]Quoting you: Thought Obama wanted to get rid of fossil fuels. Isn't that what super tankers carry?
President Obama has always had an all-of-the-above strategy on energy issues, and oil production in the U.S. grew more in 2012 than in any year in the history of the domestic industry, which began in 1859, and is surging in 2013 to new highs. In his State of the Union Address in 2012, President Obama said: "This country needs an all-out, all-of-the-above strategy that develops every available source of American energy -- a strategy that's cleaner, cheaper and full of new jobs," Obama said to rousing applause from Republicans in the House chamber.
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If you are misinformed about policy and rush to judgment without verifying facts, doesn't that say more about you than it does about him?
'Scuse me for the spelling error (thought it wasn't allowed here). As for the - Truthhurts
[ In Reply To ..]rest, I was pointing out that Obama wants to end fossil fuels, as does Biden so why would he even want to accommodate supertankers?
Does he plan on importing oil forever?
I am not misinformed about policy. I verify a lot of facts and the statements he made on Leno shows that he doesn't know geography and is not in tune with what is really going on in this country. Sorry, but that's a fact.
He also thinks construction workers can fill the jobs that WILL deepen the ports. Uh,uh. That's left for those who work the ports and equipment used for that type of job, usually Army Corp of Engineers ([as in New Orleans), not your every day road or bridge construction crews.
BTW, Obama acts like this is a new idea for him...believe it or not, Miami started dredging in 2011 and will be done NEXT YEAR. So...this again shows that he's not in tune with what's going on in this country.
New York and New Jersey have already done their dredging. Of course, they have to do it every couple years because they are the largest ports on the East Coast.
I don't see that either of these issues have anything to do with - geography
[ In Reply To ..]I don't understand what winter Olympics or fossil fuels have to do with geography.
They don't. They're just mudballs described as rocks. :) - nm
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Russia is host to the WINTER OLYMPICS - Truthhurts
[ In Reply To ..]not the summer games.Swimming, track and balance beam are SUMMER games.
Fossil fuels = supertankers, which is why Obama wants to deepen the Gulf ports of Charleston, Savannah, and Jacksonville, which is where the geography comes in....those ports are on the EAST COAST not in the Gulf..
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