Posted on 02/02/2009 2:52:12 PM PST by andrew roman
I must admit that when "Hail To The Chief" was played during the Inauguration of President Obama, something about it didn't seem right - and it had nothing to do with the fact that I would have voted for Pete Puma before Obama. It was, rather, a strange uneasiness - or even a sadness, if you will - at what I hoped was just a misguided instinct on my part. All of the typical Inaugural "pomp and circumstance" seemed a touch out of kilter with the new President - as if the ceremonious proceedings were there as good-intentioned recompense to "old school" types who just couldn't let go of the old ways. It was as if traditionalists like myself were being humored in advance of Obama's tidal wave of "change." Something told me that all of the majesty and custom I was watching didn't really click with the new Chief Executive.
I found that sad.
Well, as it turns out, the new man in the White House is not a big one for all that grandiose formality stuff traditionally associated with the Presidency of the United States, at least according to the best Press Secretary that has ever existed, Robert Gibbs. Obama is a new kind of leader, perhaps the greatest human being that has ever appeared on sixty-two thousand magazine covers simultaneously - a political meterosexual, the new casual Executive, the informal shackle-breaker and unifier of all oppressed peoples.
Tim Graham at Newsbusters writes:
Veteran CBS Radio White House correspondent Mark Knoller reports that President Obama is relaxing more than the dress code at the presidential mansion. Pomp is giving way to piano-bar pop.
On Day One ...
(Excerpt) Read more at romanaround.net ...
To Hell With The Chief
Where's the "/sarc" tag?
Where's the satire tag?
Where's the Barf Alert?
Where's the barf BAG!?
Well “Hail to the Emperor” is about 2000 years older than that...
Obviously NOTHING is sacred to this punk president.
And another thing.....
I am absolutely ...sick...and...tired of hearing his voice and that he is a unifier.
He is not a unifier, he is a divider.
Terrorists and Thugs should rise UP to OUR LEVEL of honor, decency and love of freedom BEFORE they are privileged to speak with us. Obama thinks we should lower our expectations without reason and start dialogue with throat cutting murders as a standard practice.
Diplomacy requires decades of hard work to establish strong, respected standards. It has paid off many, many times in the past. When you say what you mean, when you stand for something great, people respect your words even if they disagree with your stand. All of it has been flushed down the toilet using "dumb power" in an Administration full of "learn-as-we-go" and "hit-and-miss" flip-floppers.
Recently, Obama sent rank amateurs to the economic summit in Davos, Switzerland. Result was confusion and dismay. The world looks to USA for leadership on many levels, but they are going to have to get by for 4 more years because we don't have a "leader" we have a 15 year old kid having football parties and $100 steaks while our economy suffers.
I bet the Marine Band is FURIOUS at their punk CIC.
Knock it off folks!
Let’s give this man the respect he deserves.
Obama’s new Hail To The Chief.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9xPMt_8JAU
Or..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLFYMkQPakE&feature=related
New presidential theme song: Highway to Hell
His adolescent attitude is reflected in his embracement of "AGW" thinking.
The shackles regarding fossil fuels are real and not something you can wish away or break, unless of course you want to build hundreds of nuclear plants. We need to drill for our own oil too.
Windmills and solar panels might eventually supplement conventional sources. But they are NOT cost effective and should be used only where they make economic sense. It is energy and economic suicide to punitively tax carbon fuels.
It may as well be his theme song. It's where he is leading us.
At least I like the song. It reminds me of the good old days.....
I really do think this man is sadistic. He is messing with us on purpose.
Unifier my @$$.
At least I like the song. It reminds me of the good old days.....
Yeah, it's like the difference between riding a roller coaster, which seems scary but you know is safe, and being in a car crash, which you know isn't going to end well no mater what.
Death to America, I guess, the Death of 1000 Cuts.
I am reminded that Jimmy “Worst President Ever” Carter didn’t like having “Hail to the Chief” played either.
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