Grumpy Old Bam (The Truth: Obama HATES the Internet)

WSJ ^ | 5-10-10 | James Taranto

[FormerACLUmember]

President Obama would like to know what in tarnation these young whippersnappers are doing with these doomaflotchies, Agence France-Presse reports:

"You're coming of age in a 24/7 media environment that bombards us with all kinds of content and exposes us to all kinds of arguments, some of which don't always rank all that high on the truth meter," Obama said at Hampton University, Virginia.

"With iPods and iPads and Xboxes and PlayStations--none of which I know how to work--information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment, rather than a tool of empowerment, rather than the means of emancipation," Obama said. He bemoaned the fact that "some of the craziest claims can quickly claim traction," in the clamor of certain blogs and talk radio outlets. "All of this is not only putting new pressures on you, it is putting new pressures on our country and on our democracy."

In Barack Obama's day, they didn't have these newfangled "Internet" contraptions. You wanted to communicate, you went to the telegraph office. And they didn't have any of this fancy "global warming" in those days either. You'd walk 10 miles through the snow to get there, and it was uphill both ways!

In his day, if you wanted information, you didn't need some "computer" gizmo. You read the paintings on the cave walls. "Hunter, hunter, dinosaur, woolly mammoth, woolly mammoth."

That was democracy, we tell ya! And what in the Sam Hill is an "Xbox"? They didn't need "video" games when Barack was a lad. His favorite game was Stick. A bunch of kids would find a stick, and they'd play with it for hours! Yes sir, back then, they knew how to have fun.

[thouworm]

It was hilarious. Either Levin or Rush (I think Levin) isolated it & played it over & over. Uncharacteristic of FR, no one seemed to think it was as hysterical as I did. He never corrected himself.

“these lamebrains want him to be what they thought they saw”

So true, but is it dawning on ANY of them that by every objective criteria he is purposely or incompetently destroying the nation. Some conservative leaders need to step up and ask them,”When are you going to say “enough” and start throwing him under the bus.

It only took Dem consultant Pat Caddell 9 months to see what was happening and honestly admit it.

[thouworm]

I never caught that photo in post #2 til you asked about it. lol

Did you get it copied?

[RWGinger]

i did not
did you?
I tried but didn’t get it

[thouworm]

I was able too. I use Mozilla:

right click on photo & "copy image" (for photo)

or right click & "copy image location" (for url of photo)

not sure why it isn't working for you. This is the url I used to post photo below:

http://www.tonyrogers.com/humor/images/obama/obama_phone.jpg

[tropical]

Thanks for posting that! Was able to save it.

[RWGinger]

You are MY hero
I am pretty good until I don’t know how to do something ( like copy this photo that I NEED)
\ then I am in the dark

It worked perfectly and I have 0dumbo on the phone archived, to send to moron obamabots as often as I can
thanks
ginger