Posted on 12/29/2009 8:57:23 PM PST by truthandlife
Today, after a vacationing President Barack Obama conceded that both human and systemic failures of U.S. Intelligence had failed to bar a Nigerian man posing a reported security risk from boarding that Detroit-bound jetliner - a near-''catastrophic" breakdown in security - Obama left the reporters taking his words in Hawaii and went snorkeling.
The president was wearing a navy blue suit and white striped shirt with no tie, and spoke only to reporters - unlike a televised appearance sans-tie that he had made the day before. Today, his words seemed sterner. Today, he was acknowledging a troubling breakdown in Intelligence and security surrounding air travel.
The "pool" (another odd word in this context) report: "The motorcade drove from Kailua through Waimanalo to the bay, one of the most popular attractions on the island. The snorkeling and swimming spot was empty because it is closed on Tuesdays to both commercial and private users to give the park some time to recuperate after busy weekends. Obama met his family at the beach. They had left earlier in the day.
"During the outing, the family is expected to have a picnic and snorkel... No sightings of Obama as he exited the motorcade.''
Yesterday, after making his first televised comments on the matter, he headed for the golf course - an outing interrupted by the child of a close, vacationing friend from Chicago suffering a surfboard accident.
There is no apparent immediate crisis such as a stunning terrorist attack or a hurricane that warrants his swift return to Washington. Indeed, he has demanded a swift report on air travel security and the terrorism watchlist program by Thursday, on New Year's Eve.
And, fortunately for the president this time -- unlike Bush --there was no news videocamera rolling on his snorkelling.
(Excerpt) Read more at swamppolitics.com ...
Would it be too malicious to wish for a stray Great White to come cruising by?
Obama’s statement: a near-’’catastrophic” breakdown in security.
What he is thinking:who can I blame this on oh wait the security people ya thats the ticket sure.
Gotta admire a dude who doesn’t get all wee-wee’d up over a terrorist attack thwarted only by plane passengers.
He’s looking for terrorists, OJ style.
Wait until the greenies hear this one! /s
http://www.starbulletin.com/news/obama/Obamas_have_Hanauma_Bay_all_to_themselves.html
Hanauma Bay is closed to the public on Tuesdays to allow the coral reef to recover from intense visitor use during the rest of the week. So the Obama entourage had the beach to themselves.
I was in a restaurant enjoying mother son time when a Yankee started in with his Ocrap. He went on loudly for a half an hour. This was after we were without power for three days so I was sitting there in my woodland gortex jacket thinking, just keep talking @$$hole. His main theme: well it took us eight years to get here, it’s gonna take a while to get out. Then he went on about the “nepotism” of the South. Must have been his liberal word of the day. With his nasty, loud rudeness he continued to go on musing about “having the inspector give him free passes on his work” Disgusting. These guys really do believe spoon fed lies and are incapable of independent thought.
Just wondering if anyone knows if we're paying for the friends too... in some way or another.
Unfortunately the American people elected this guy. All the conservative talk shows and blogs knew exactly what we were going to get and now the American people are finding out. Some still have no idea what we have as POTUS. I hope the American people are waking up.
So what does he do? (no jokes please, i'm series) Have a circle of SS men snorkeling around him so they get eaten first? Or... does he have a few Choppers in the air with Snipers ready to cap some hungry SHARK that thinks the POTUS is a freaking seal -- or in shark language - LUNCH.
So I find it hard to swallow, unlike a SHARK, that the Secret Service would allow the POTUS, any POTUS, to do such a dumb ass thing.
Unfortunately the American people elected this guy. All the conservative talk shows and blogs knew exactly what we were going to get and now the American people are finding out. Some still have no idea what we have as POTUS. I hope the American people are waking up.
It *might* be considered racist....:)
Thanks.
At this point, the hope and faith that God will not let *us* be destroyed is all I have left.
*We* did not choose to side with evil.
I’m hoping that counts for something.
Those folks can’t really be counted as “American people” when “delusional fools” is more appropriate.
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