Obama gives a speech to an audience of Japanese VIP’s and dines with the Emperor

I was merely just stating the facts. You were talking about GW Bush and what misery he brought throughout the world, but then again, Obama is bringing Joy to the world, but unhappiness and anxiety to the US.

You can get started if you want, last I heard, it was a free world. My facts are not out of context, but as I can see by your answers your thinking clearly is out of context.

“…last I heard, it was a free world.”

You heard wrong. It isn’t.

Yup, kudos to NPC for not letting himsel get trolled by “Carlos”.

“Rune” NPC didn’t get trolled by me, he got properly schooled, big difference. Wise up!

Yep, they call it, reality. Take care.

Of course they will. They will blame Bush for the next 100 years. Liberals don’t have or know what accountability means, its much easier for them to blame someone else. If its Bush, its someone else. I just want nimrods like “lolfool and NPC” to answer me one question: Bush racked up a $480 trillion deficit That was bad, right?! But Obama spending 1.8 trillion+ is good? I can really clearly see that starting 2010 a lot of Dems will lose seats in Congress.

20 million? That’s really depressing ..

George: I would say that on some levels what you say may have some truth. I agree that there is a very loud, somewhat crazy conservative right in the country. But in my opinion what happened was the liberals saw the success that conservatives where having and attributed it to things like nut jobs on talk radio. Since then there has been an equally loud and crazy amount of liberals out there. Believe me I have a few friends who are in the insane liberal camp. Liberals may not have the talk radio saturation that conservatives have but I’m fairly certain that mainstream media has been supportive of the liberal agenda since even before talk radio was a big thing. But there are plenty of liberal bloggers out there who will certainly try to spin any news story even further to the left.

I do have conservative friends as well and yes some of them are insanely conservative too. But most of my conservative friends are fairly centered just like most of my liberal friends. Honestly I think the biggest difference in most camps is in regards to economics. Maybe it’s just me but I actually think most conservatives (and liberals) are not crazy. It’s just that the people who are furthest left and furthest right are also the loudest.

The reason I am responding is because even though sites like drudge do post stories that favor the right, if you want to get a balanced picture of politics will need to look at various sources. Some stories that show up in drudge might be viable stories that will not get attention in mass media.

He shouldn’t because he is our representative. Our country doesn’t bow, our people don’t bow, that’s what that little shindig in 1776 was all about. If he wants to bow then he can do it on his own time, not when he’s representing Americans.

That’s ridiculous! Here take a look at this video.

http://hotair.com/archives/2009/11/15/video-46-handshakes-one-bow/

You say Americans aren’t polite? Is that how you feel about the 46 other countries that “only” shake hands when meeting the Japanese Emperor? Do you think that Americans should show greater courtesy or greater deference than every other country shows?

Heads of state meet each other as equals, whether or not America is one of the parties. There is a well reasoned protocol for that, besides the fact that my country abhors royalty (WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL).

I’m not confusing the issue at all. The issue was whether or not his bow was appropriate. On one side of the issue are people that believe it was no problem because he was just trying to be polite. On the other side are people that see it as a breach of protocol and his duty to the American people.

I respect your opinion that he was just trying to be polite but I rest my decision on his obligation to do his job faithfully and correctly the same way 46 other leaders have done in that video I linked for you. There is nothing impolite or disrespectful about greeting someone as an equal.

Yeah, this is where I take issue with the matter as well. The Queen of England as well as other monarchs (including the emperor) are all basically powerless figureheads that float above politicians. There is nothing wrong with increasing politeness to these people because in the final scheme of things, they have no voice in the policies of a country.

I seriously don’t understand what the hell is going on in the US when a topic as goofy as this can get mainstream coverage.

In the 1990s under Clinton I think.

No, I didn’t think the Reagan years were “spittle-flying insane”.

In what way was the right wing “spittle-flying insane” in the Carter years?

Actually, NPC is quite on point, you are just choosing to ignore his point.

“I’m not ignoring his point but I am ignoring his point”?

This is exactly the type of statement I was talking about. It’s so absurd really.
How can you say how he would have handled things or how the world might have been different. For all we know he could have caused the end of civilization had he been elected. Seriously try to keep your arguments within our own time line.

My point is A and B are both bad. The previous administration was horrible, but the current one is no better. Yea maybe they are apples and oranges, but I don’t feel like deciding between the rotten apple or the rotten orange. Frankly I don’t feel any of the candidates that ran in the last election are fit to be president. Granted the majority of my opinion on Obama was formed after the fact since there was very little to base an opinion on prior to the election. I think as long as people are willing to mindlessly follow either party the politicians will keep things just the way they are. Both sides are far off center and that’s how they like it.

“Frankly I don’t feel any of the candidates that ran in the last election are fit to be president.”

Don’t forget the old saying – Anyone who is capable of getting themselves elected President should on no account be allowed to do the job…..

It’s also an argument for monarchy, though not intended as such. The argument goes, is it better to have a power-hungry politician run the country, or someone who has nothing to fear from doing the right thing even if unpopular and has been trained in leadership and government from birth?

Why are you neo-cons obsessed with Obama? You track him day in and day out like a crazy stalking ex-girlfriend. He’s simply a man, not a god. Why do you worship the ground he walks on?

This is not only my opinion, just like everyone has an opinion and I don’t speak for the entire US, I am only a man, but that is how I feel as thousands of Americans do. Yes, I know the “one drop rule” all too well.
When I mean, the “President wants to destroy America” I meant, in the traditional sense. If you are fine with it, that is your prerogative , but I think this is not a direction that is good for America, not at all.
So there ARE people that DO take me seriously, those that disagree don’t and that’s OK. Fact of the matter is; Obama is NOT doing a good job. Do I want him to fail, NO I do not, But I DO want our President for God’s sake to get some serious brass cajones and not look and act like a complete pansy and do the right thing and stop this mounting debt that he is building day by day.

And USA, no one said that Obama is a God, that is how the media and people like you make him out to be: “almighty Omnipotent!” He is a man, a simple flawed man and that’s all. No Conservative worships the ground he walks on.

Well then you and I have something in common. I too, am a registered Independent. But I never put the guy on a pedestal. Just don’t like his policies overall so far.

Not at all. I meant in the traditional sense.

There was no lack of understanding on my part. As for the liberal part; that was true. Of course, I do know the definition of the word liberal, which I highly doubt you do. You can parody my point all day if you wish. Your opinion is for individuals that follow and believe your view points. You yourself sound like you regurgitated MSNBC (More of the Same National Barack Channel) talking points.

For a second, I thought you were Keith Olbermann himself. This has nothing to do with FOX and everything to do with Obama, stop smoking the the “Whacky-tabaki!” Clouds your judgement or lack thereof.

I think you really don’t get it and if you don’t, then I can’t help you.
Again, I think you have no idea what a Neo-con is, yet you constantly throw the word with such malice and I think you really don’t know what the a real neo-con is. I have a great idea…stay away from sites like the “Daily Kos, Huffington Post and Move on.org” you might actually learn something.

It’s amazing when the left where thrashing Bush (and couldn’t get enough of him and still don’t) around like these morons did it was quite OK, but when someone questions Obama’s policy or if someone wants to decent, then you are called every name in the book, LMAO.

What I think the real question is: “Why are you obsessed with calling me a Neo-con?” Yet, you know nothing about the word you throw it around, but don’t understand the meaning of it.

What a pity.