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Obama declines to answer question on piracy
ap ^ | 3/9/2009

Posted on 04/09/2009 7:40:49 AM PDT by jcb2009

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has declined to answer a question about the hostage situation off the coast of Somalia. The president was asked about the incident as he met with U.S. homeowners about refinancing mortgages. At the close of a Roosevelt Room event, the president was asked by a reporter if he were concerned about the piracy incident. Obama responded: "Guys, we're talking about housing right now." Reporters were then ushered out of the room as they usually are after such events. Obama has yet to comment publicly on the incident.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 0bama; bho2009; bho44; democrats; hostages; maritime; obama; piracy; somalipirates
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To: PissAndVinegar

My S key is broken :)

Got a 5?


61 posted on 04/09/2009 8:05:08 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (FreepMail me if you want on the Bourbon ping list!)
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To: jcb2009

My guess is the man behind the curtain hasn’t yet programmed the “appropriate” response into Comrade Zero’s teleprompter.


62 posted on 04/09/2009 8:05:12 AM PDT by mort56 (He who would sacrifice freedom for security deserves neither. - Ben Franklin)
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To: jcb2009

He’s worse than Carter.


63 posted on 04/09/2009 8:05:23 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin is a smart missile aimed at the heart of the left!)
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To: jcb2009

So, if he woulda been president on 9-11, he’d get a pass for saying . . .

“Guys, we’re reading to kids right now.”

Seems so simple.


64 posted on 04/09/2009 8:05:50 AM PDT by StAntKnee (It's 3 a.m., and your president is taking any calls . . .)
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To: jcb2009

"The photo, taken in 2006, shows the Democrat frontrunner fitted as a Somali Elder, during his visit to Wajir, a rural area in northeastern Kenya."(near /Samalia)

As per http://suzieqq.wordpress.com/2008/02/25/drudge-and-obama%E2%80%99s-samali-garb/

He is elected now:

Welcome to New Kenya (Africa U.S.A.)

Where the law of the jungle has replaced the Law of the Land

65 posted on 04/09/2009 8:06:11 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
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To: jcb2009

Head-in-the-sand president.

That’s change.


66 posted on 04/09/2009 8:06:51 AM PDT by rod1
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To: jcb2009
Reporters were then ushered out of the room

Ah come on now! Ain't there at least one Sam Donaldson among you? Not one screaming "Why won't you answer my question?" Not one of you willing to hide under a desk? Sheesh! Even Iraqi journalists can toss a shoe or two!!

67 posted on 04/09/2009 8:08:02 AM PDT by LRS (Just contracts; just laws; just a constitution...)
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To: EyeGuy
They’re Pirates of Color, so they by default, get a free pass.

And they are MUSLIMS... so they get tacit support

68 posted on 04/09/2009 8:08:55 AM PDT by Wil H (The most destructive act of Muslim terrorism against the US was paying for 0bama's Harvard education)
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To: FlashBack

he has a lot of white guilt. Of course he hates white people. He is just like the Richard Cranium dorks who voted for him. He is Erkel. Raised by the enemy and now he has to prove his street creds with the homeboys


69 posted on 04/09/2009 8:09:57 AM PDT by jcb2009 ((I can't tell who the Chi-Coms are anymore))
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To: hoe_cake

Not just a weenie, but actively trying to build a case for NOT exerting the sovereignty of the US on the high seas. After all, we have annoyed these poor Somali pirates, flaunting our wealth by parading that wealth in ships past their coastal waters, and it is only right that we give up our right to protect these ships, and pay tribute th these pirates, that they should be annoyed no more.

Except then they would only EXPAND their operations, becoming ever more bold, as their actions are not subject to any punitive response.

What is needed is a task force cruising the the region, with assault aircraft on the ready for launch, and when a report of a piracy taking place comes in, the mother ship or the shore station from which the pirates departed is obliterated massively and with no attempt to take captives.

Two or three such massive and merciless responses would go far in reducing this piracy business. Theodore Roosevelt confronted this situation a century ago with the telegram that was tersely worded, “Perdicaris alive or Rasuli dead!” This was in response to a capture of an American citizen by a North African bandit, when US warships were standing off the coast at Tangier.

Perdicaris was released forthwithly. And it got TR elected in his own right.


70 posted on 04/09/2009 8:09:59 AM PDT by alloysteel (When the chips are down - the buffalo is empty.)
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To: jcb2009

Waiting for focus group results ?


71 posted on 04/09/2009 8:11:36 AM PDT by 1066AD
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To: hoe_cake

like housing is more important than an American ship that was attacked by pirates. Dear God...save us.


72 posted on 04/09/2009 8:11:49 AM PDT by cubreporter (Rush the greatest voice of CONSERVATISM! God Bless Rush Limbaugh!!!)
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To: jcb2009
Just like he did in the Senate: Present!

The taking of NO side.

73 posted on 04/09/2009 8:12:53 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: Califreak

I miss Ronnie.


74 posted on 04/09/2009 8:15:16 AM PDT by Fast Moving Angel (There are no points for second place.)
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To: jcb2009

Ok, let’s be fair y’all....

His teleprompter at the moment only had the mortgage info. You have to give him time to get to the right teleprompter that has his piracy speech. Sheeeeesh...do I have to spell out everything?

/sarc (I hate putting the sarcasm tag...kind of kills the moment)


75 posted on 04/09/2009 8:16:47 AM PDT by DrewsMum (www.williamsfortexas.com)
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To: hoe_cake

A FUBAR an hour from this circle jerk of an administration!


76 posted on 04/09/2009 8:16:58 AM PDT by 2nd Bn, 11th Mar
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To: Fast Moving Angel

I miss the decisive response of Teddy Roosevelt. And that was over a CENTURY ago.

Where have we gone so awry?


78 posted on 04/09/2009 8:17:59 AM PDT by alloysteel (When the chips are down - the buffalo is empty.)
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To: Califreak
I miss George.

Hell-I miss Bill....

And I'm starting to miss Jimmy.....

79 posted on 04/09/2009 8:19:36 AM PDT by Mac from Cleveland (How to make a small fortune in the Obama era--first, start off with a big fortune....)
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To: alloysteel
It seems we are negotiating with the Muslim/terrorists/pirates now.

God help us.

80 posted on 04/09/2009 8:21:28 AM PDT by roses of sharon (Pray Hussein fails!)
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