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Obama takes charge at hurricane command center
AFP ^ | Aug. 27, 2011

Posted on 08/27/2011 1:19:01 PM PDT by PROCON

WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama on Saturday personally led his government’s response to Hurricane Irene, marshalling top officials and visiting a disaster command center as the storm roared ashore.

Obama greeted officials at the National Response Coordination Center (NRCC) set up at the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) headquarters in Washington, and then held a video conference with federal and state officials.

(Excerpt) Read more at khaleejtimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: black; fema; hurricaneirene; irene; mediabias; nrcc; obama; photoop; presidentdowngrade; propaganda
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
>>In any case, $200 VISA cards for all minorities in NYC!

>$200? Anything less than five bills and every PC Richard in the metro area gets looted.

Okay, okay! Five bills. Just ... just don't hurt anybody. Bernanke can print more, ya know. LOL

241 posted on 08/27/2011 8:52:30 PM PDT by eens (beware the errors of Russia)
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To: PROCON

What does twinkles know about hurricanes?


242 posted on 08/27/2011 8:53:05 PM PDT by madison10
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To: PROCON

Between Bush and Obama they have made America a country that is now afraid of its own shadow, everything is a crisis, everything is dependent on government. A small earthquake gets labeled as some huge event, hysteria, a cat 1 hurricane although this will bring much inconvenience there is serious overblown hype and threats of impending doom...

Obama is all about the FEAR.... FEAR FEAR FEAR he wants America afraid..... It’s time to stop the FEAR.


243 posted on 08/27/2011 8:53:37 PM PDT by Typical_Whitey (Ask a liberal to explain how tax increases create jobs in America)
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To: Typical_Whitey; ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; stephenjohnbanker; DoughtyOne; rabscuttle385; ...
RE :"Between Bush and Obama they have made America a country that is now afraid of its own shadow, everything is a crisis, everything is dependent on government

BUMP!

'Yes, we need to pass this bill tonight or the world ends tomorrow.' . I don't remember that before GWB.

Don't forget those that said that Bush didnt do enough. They deserve a kick in the pants too.

244 posted on 08/27/2011 9:04:30 PM PDT by sickoflibs (Obama :"We all were undocumented workers once")
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To: PROCON

Yet another campaign stop for the poseur in chief.


245 posted on 08/27/2011 9:23:47 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Time to move forward not to the center.)
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To: Errant

“Obama told a group in the command center. “This is obviously going to be a touch and go.”

That’s exactly what it will be to him. Make a campaign stop and then take off.


246 posted on 08/27/2011 9:27:44 PM PDT by headstamp 2 (Time to move forward not to the center.)
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To: Signalman

Perfect for fawning MSM coverage, Obama saved the east coast from getting wiped off the map, reactors from melting down, etc.


247 posted on 08/27/2011 9:48:00 PM PDT by matt04
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To: PROCON

Obama probably stopped by for the delivery pizza they ordered.

FYI: I live just outside DC, this is nuthin’ but an occasional hard wind blow with fairly steady rain ...

BTW: If you saw the national news and the reporting from Ocean City, MD - this isn’t ANYTHING like Hurricane Isabel in 2003.

I was project managing the renovation of a beach-side condominium in Ocean City that year - evacuated all of my workers, but I stayed behind to cut commercial power to the building should the ocean surge breach BOTH sets of dunes that protect the building.

It DID breach, but only a couple of inches of water came up to the base of the building - so no cut in power was needed.

Irene hasn’t even breached the first dune yet [if ever] - and most of the worst is already over in Ocean City ...


248 posted on 08/27/2011 9:53:14 PM PDT by Lmo56 (If ya wanna run with the big dawgs - ya gotta learn to piss in the tall grass ...)
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To: PROCON

...couldn’t lead a Kindergarten assault on a bag of M&M’s


249 posted on 08/27/2011 11:15:04 PM PDT by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: PROCON

A bit over the top. None of his advisors are leaders?


250 posted on 08/28/2011 1:02:00 AM PDT by swheats (America, America God shed His grace on thee.)
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To: NormsRevenge

"What do you mean this thing is coming ashore as a CAT 1? You promised it would be CAT 4 or greater! Damn it! You're fired!"

251 posted on 08/28/2011 2:19:24 AM PDT by hattend (If I wanted you dead, you'd be dead. - Cameron Connor)
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To: Typical_Whitey
I'm with you on this. The vehicle for the hype and hysteria is the electronic media. At worse, a method of influence and control used by the State/Media ruling class elites.

Self reliance perishes. Liberty continues to erode.

252 posted on 08/28/2011 2:29:50 AM PDT by Jagdgewehr (It will take blood)
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To: PROCON

This ‘grip & grin’ or ‘dog & pony’ show should be worth a few votes. Anyone who believes this is nothing more than pre election pandering is probably a liberal.


253 posted on 08/28/2011 2:54:57 AM PDT by whatshotandwhatsnot (Islam wants you dead.)
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To: The Sons of Liberty

The picture they had with it had him appearing to be pouting and ready to throw a tantrum. Just as Camille is no longer the standard for hurricanes, Carter is no longer the standard for incompetent boobs who harm this Nation.


254 posted on 08/28/2011 4:00:21 AM PDT by trebb ("If a man will not work, he should not eat" From 2 Thes 3)
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To: PROCON

http://www.theonion.com/video/breaking-news-series-of-concentric-circles-emanati,14204/?mobile=true?utm_souce=popbox


255 posted on 08/28/2011 4:29:31 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Percentage of Income in CS is inversely proportionate to Mother's parenting of children)
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To: PROCON

Who wants to bet that they were praying for Ø to leave so they could get back to work?


256 posted on 08/28/2011 4:40:57 AM PDT by fwdude ("When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve ...")
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To: PROCON
Watch the media come out with glowing reports about how his mere presence calmed the storm.

About how this is clearly the polar opposite to the media Lie about Bush’s response to Katrina, then watch for reports of the man on the street being reassured by Barack the Growth Slayer’s leadership.

Followed up with skewed polls that will literally resurrect him plummeting approval and their endless marveling of the Obama renaissance.

Just as the media bias made a lie out of Bush’s Katrina response, media bias will make a miracle out of Obama presence.

Prepare your Barf Bags now.

[ BTW, the noise you make vomiting over the media’s fawning coverage of King Obama is officially ‘Barack!’ ]

257 posted on 08/28/2011 5:43:59 AM PDT by BerserkPatriot (There are no 1st Amendment rights without 2nd Amendment Rights)
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To: JimC214
An old girlfriend had an English Lloyd with 4 speed on the column.
258 posted on 08/28/2011 5:55:27 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (I want a Triple A president for our Triple A country)
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To: PROCON

Obama takes charge...
ROTFLMAO, 0bama couldn’t lead a group of girlscouts out of the woods.

Actually, he would let the girlscouts lead the way and then when they got back to civilization...


259 posted on 08/28/2011 6:04:27 AM PDT by Leep
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To: PROCON

Meanwhile, over a million people in eastern NC and southeastern Virginia begin cleaning up their own downed trees and dealing with significant flooding and storm surge, totally ignored by the MSM because the good folks of the Southeast are (a) not in New York and (b) not up Obama’s ass.

BTW, the “maximum sustained winds” line from the NHC discussions aren’t propaganda. It’s an estimate based on data from the Hurricane Hunter aircraft fly-throughs. The strongest winds on a hurricane are typically in the northeastern quadrant near the eyewall, so if there are still hurricane winds in Irene, they’ll show up on the Long Island beaches when the center of the storm comes onshore. Also, they’re the *maximum* sustained wind...the sustained winds will probably be lower, so in most areas, Irene will feel like a tropical storm.

}:-)4


260 posted on 08/28/2011 6:07:50 AM PDT by Moose4 ("Oderint dum metuant" -- "Let them hate, as long as they fear." (Lucius Accius, c. 130 BC))
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