LAT: Earthquake interrupts President Obama's golf game (more "bad luck" for the One)

LATimes ^ | August 23, 2011

[maggief]

President Obama was golfing Tuesday as an earthquake rolled across the Eastern Seaboard. Though immediate reports of damage and injuries were minimal, Obama held a conference call with top homeland security and federal emergency management officials an hour after the quake occurred at 1:51 p.m. EDT.

[maggief]

Alinksy: 5. "Ridicule is man's most potent weapon. It is almost impossible to counteract ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, which then reacts to your advantage."

Reuters Pictures 6 hours ago

U.S. President Barack Obama (2nd L) plays golf on Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts August 23, 2011. With Obama are Vernon Jordan (L), Eric Whitaker (C) and Marvin Nicholson (R

[tpmintx]

It was an earthquake on the previously unknown “George Bush’s Fault.”

[NeverForgetBataan]

Earthquake... shmearthquake!... who wants an ice cream???

Get my car!!!!

[Aussiebabe]

I have heard people even here in Oz saying that Obama is a jinx.

[newzjunkey]

I wonder if Vernon’s golf chats with Obama are as “colorful” as those with Clinton.

[BobP]

  War With the American people

[EandH Dad]

Best excuse EVER for yipping a putt. He should play all the time just in case it happens again.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Something new to blame the bad economy on. Barry can add this earthquake to his “Blame It On” list.

[Carling]

It’s the snapshot moment of Obama’s presidency, in both the photo and in a metaphor. All heck is breaking lose in his country, and President Obumbles is hacking his way around a golf course.

[mardi59]

I think God is trying to tell Howdy Doody something. First bolts of lightning on Memorial Day at Lincoln National and now an earthquake.

If his aides had brains they would stay away from the idiot.

[Florida native]

Poor widdo bammy...he wuz sooo skeered.

[Engedi]

Is it just me or does it seem like all hell breaks loose every time Obama goes on vacation?

[television is just wrong]

LOL

[MountainDad]

I wish he would golf more when there are thunderstorms in his area!

[Bean Counter]

[Conservative4Ever]

LOL. Good one. I have a visual of Obama screaming like a little girl while running back to the clubhouse.

[Thank You Rush]

Just received this email from a friend - didn’t verify it but it looks ok the surface:

10/30/ 1991: VP George Bush opened the Madrid Conference aimed at forcing Israel to give up more land. Near the same time, a storm formed in the Atlantic. It traveled in an unusual direction and sent 35 ft waves into Bush’s New England home.

8/23/1992: Madrid Conference moved to Washington, D.C. That same day, Hurricane Andrew, the worst natural disaster in US history at that time, caused over $30 billion in damage and left 180,000 homeless.

1/16/1994: President Clinton met with Syria’s President for talks on forcing Israel to give up the Golan Heights. Less than 24 hours later, a 6.9 earthquake shook Southern California. It was the second most destructive natural disaster to hit the US.

3/1/1997: Yassar Arafat, head of the Palestine Liberation
Organization, toured America. He was in the US for one month, leaving the first part of April. On the day he landed in the US, powerful tornadoes devastated huge sections of Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi and the Dakotas. These storms led to the worst flooding in the 20th Century. On the day he left, the
storms ceased.

1/21/1998: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu met with President Clinton. The Prime Minister was coldly received by Mr. Clinton because he flatly refused to give up more of Israel’s land. Clinton and Secretary of State Madeline Albright refused to have lunch with him. A few hours later, the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke over Clinton’s head.

9/28/1998: Yassar Arafat addressed the United Nations in New York and stated that he would declare a Palestinian state by May 1999. As he said these words, Hurricane George pounded the Gulf Coast and caused $1 billion in damages. At the exact time Arafat left the US, the storm faded.

8/29/2005: President George W. Bush pressured Israel to evacuate from the Gaza Strip. 8,000 Israeli settlers were forced to leave their homes and villages. Exactly one week later, Hurricane Katrina smashed Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. 80% of the city of New Orleans was under water. The percentage of the Israeli population that was made homeless by the forced evacuations was almost exactly equal to the same percentage of the American population left homeless by Katrina.

3/23/2010: Prime Minister Netanyahu arrived at the White House to meet with Obama. Instead of being taken through the front door, he was taken through a side door, an apparent act of humiliation. No press corps was invited and no friendly photos taken. Instead, he was harshly addressed by Obama and then was left to sit alone while
Obama had lunch with his family. Obama’s parting remarks were, “If you come up with anything new, call me.” The Prime Minister flew home. In 48 hours, huge storms caused massive flooding in the US, the worst in 200 years.

4/19/2010: Before the United Nations, Obama stated that the United States will no longer automatically side with Israel at the UN. This was the first time that any US President had made such a statement. On April 19, Israel was celebrating her rebirth as a nation, since the Jewish Calendar is a lunar calendar, unlike our solar calendar,
which would have had that birthday in May. Within 24 hours of the Obama statement, the British Petroleum oil well exploded killing 11 in the Gulf of Mexico. This was the worst natural disaster in American history.

5/19/2011: Obama embraced the Palestinian demand for Israel to return to the 1967 borders, which Israel has declared would be asking her to commit national suicide. This was a radical departure for the government of the United States. Three days later on Sunday, May 22, 2011, the deadliest single tornado since 1953 tore through Joplin, Missouri, destroying almost half the city and killing 117. A tornado hit Minneapolis also.

Genesis 12:31 – “And I will bless them that bless you, and curse him that curses you: and in you shall all families of the earth be blessed.”

[Thank You Rush]

“”but it looks ok the surface””

Sorry - on the surface.....

[Talisker]

Earthquake interrupts President Obama's golf game

That was no earthquake...

[nolongerademocrat]

If I was Obama, there is not a chance in this world that I would be standing in an open field with a metal rod in my hand.