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Photo: Obama Supporters Hoist Portable Lightning Rods During Storm at A. Lincoln Nat'l. Cem.
May 31, 2010 | Kristinn

Posted on 05/31/2010 11:36:15 AM PDT by kristinn

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To: kristinn

He’s in charge! : o /

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/05/obama-pays-memorial-day-respects-to-war-dead.html

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Burleson, who was sitting to Obama’s left under a tent with other dignitaries, said the president personally decided to call off the event after he saw lightning nearby and heard a loud clap of thunder. Burleson said Obama turned around and told his aides that he was worried about thousands of people being in an open field during a storm.

“He was the one who called it,” Burleson, a Waukegan firefighter, said. “He was just really worried.”

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After leaving the cemetery, the president’s motorcade was briefly stopped on Int. Hwy. 55 because one of the vehicles had a flat tire, according to reports from the poll of reporters following the president. The occupants of that SUV moved to another and the motorcade proceeded to a west suburban facility that opened Friday and provides housing for military families who want to stay close to loved ones who are hospitalized.

At the Hines Fisher House at the Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, one of 45 Fisher Houses on military installations and Veterans Administration medical centers, Obama spent 30 minutes talking with service members and their families who live there, including many children. He then toured the facility, ate a bratwurst and some baked beans, and at 2:20 p.m., left the area.

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121 posted on 05/31/2010 12:55:31 PM PDT by maggief ((Fair use))
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To: maggief

A heavenly warning perhaps to Obama to be very careful as to how he handles the “Flotilla” incident involving Israel!


122 posted on 05/31/2010 12:57:34 PM PDT by mdmathis6 (Mike Mathis is my name,opinions are my own,subject to flaming when deserved!)
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To: maggief

It’s funny what a candid camera can reveal in a person’s face sometimes.

Obama looks angry and worried about something in those pictures. I wonder what was going through his mind at that moment?

Perhaps he was feeling the spirits of our fallen warrior heroes gathering around him.


123 posted on 05/31/2010 12:58:00 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: kristinn

how about Obama holding that nice metal umbrella higher than anyone else?


124 posted on 05/31/2010 12:59:51 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: Windflier

“doofus thy name is Obama.”

(/s)


125 posted on 05/31/2010 1:01:10 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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"One would think that security vehicles would have run flat tires so that just such an occurrence wouldn’t slow them down."

Must be their GREEN initiative wouldn't allow run flat tires. /sarc

126 posted on 05/31/2010 1:06:03 PM PDT by swheats (America! America! God mend thine every flaw, Confirm thy soul in self-control, Thy liberty in law!)
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To: kristinn

Oh if all of them would have been a lightening rod how great would that be..fewer voters for socialism maybe.


127 posted on 05/31/2010 1:06:27 PM PDT by celtic gal
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To: kristinn
Only one thing to say:


128 posted on 05/31/2010 1:07:15 PM PDT by Oceander (The Price of Freedom is Eternal Vigilance -- Thos. Jefferson)
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To: maggief
The sky, sunny for hours while people assembled in 5,000 folding chairs, blackened right before the program began. Lightning cracked at the conclusion of the Pledge of Allegiance and the downpour came just as the president was introduced.

Things that make you go 'hmmmmmm.'

129 posted on 05/31/2010 1:09:42 PM PDT by TigersEye (0basma's father was a British subject. He can't be a "natural-born" citizen.)
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To: kristinn

The weather sounds like someone way above obama’s pay grade weighing in on his attempt to simulate a commander-in-chief.


130 posted on 05/31/2010 1:09:54 PM PDT by DPMD (~)
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Regarding #110

Did you get a look at the military officer’s knowing half smile...the one next to Obama?....He looked like he wanted to burst out laughing...you gotta know he was enjoying Obama’s discomfiture!

Look real closely at the officer’s face...you’ll see what I mean!


131 posted on 05/31/2010 1:12:21 PM PDT by mdmathis6 (Mike Mathis is my name,opinions are my own,subject to flaming when deserved!)
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To: Windflier; All

Also, with the two photo’s together, you can do the crosseyed trick and get an interesting 3d effect since the photo’s are just off by a few features. The umbrella and hand really stand out and the eyes sort of move back and forth. The officer also shows interesting perspective as well.

Just stare about 6 inches to to a foot from the monitor, cross your eyes then slowly let your eyes come to focus in the center...the image will merge and an interesting 3d effect pops out in the center!


132 posted on 05/31/2010 1:20:12 PM PDT by mdmathis6 (Mike Mathis is my name,opinions are my own,subject to flaming when deserved!)
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To: kristinn

133 posted on 05/31/2010 1:21:29 PM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: kristinn
I don’t understand why Obama was standing there at a live mic holding an umbrella in the middle of a thunderstorm.

Despite the propaganda, he really is one dumb sumbitch.
134 posted on 05/31/2010 1:26:51 PM PDT by Beckwith (A "natural born citizen" -- two American citizen parents and born in the USA.)
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To: kristinn

That’s why they had to cancel the event - TOTUS is POTUS


135 posted on 05/31/2010 1:28:58 PM PDT by Warriormom
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To: mdmathis6
Did you get a look at the military officer’s knowing half smile...the one next to Obama?....He looked like he wanted to burst out laughing...

Yeah, I did. It's one of those telling "atmospheric" details that you sometimes pick up in snapshots like this.

The half look on that officer's face says a lot about what our military folks think of POSIC Obama, and their level of military discipline and respect for the office of the President.

136 posted on 05/31/2010 1:42:40 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: kristinn

She's got legs, she knows how to use them
She never begs, she knows how to choose them

137 posted on 05/31/2010 2:05:43 PM PDT by Hillbillary (I know how to deal with Communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: kristinn

Was this a union crowd bused in like so many other rent-a-clappers? As if a metal chair would help anyone stay dry. The mentality of the Obama zombies is shameful.


138 posted on 05/31/2010 2:11:35 PM PDT by EverOnward
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To: maggief

People brave a rain storm during Memorial Day ceremonies in Illinois, where Obama was scheduled to talk.
139 posted on 05/31/2010 2:14:30 PM PDT by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: kristinn

LOL!

What, no armageddon yet?


140 posted on 05/31/2010 2:36:33 PM PDT by silverleaf (Every time history repeats itself the price goes up)
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