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B. Obama obviously does not care about us...
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Gopher



Joined: 04 Jun 2005

PostPosted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 11:55 am    Post subject: B. Obama obviously does not care about us... Reply with quote

Worst economic crisis in decades and two ongoing wars. And Barack Obama seems to prefer to play basketball instead of leading the country...

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President Obama and long-time friend Marty Nesbitt shot hoops Saturday at a basketball court inside the U.S. Department of the Interior.

Press aide Ben Finkenbinder, who left the game drenched in sweat, teamed up with Obama on the court. Another Obama staffer and Reggie Love, an Obama aide and former basketball player at Duke University, were also seen leaving the game.

Obama wore workout clothes and a White Sox hat to the game.


CNN Reports
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Chuvok



Joined: 25 Jan 2009
Location: Russia

PostPosted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 12:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Shut up!



Like Bush never took 6 week vacations.....
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Gopher



Joined: 04 Jun 2005

PostPosted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 12:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Chuvok wrote:
Shut up!


Ha ha. Predictable if nothing else. Thanks for playing.

This is exactly right. It is a pathetic way to spin this story. Commander-in-chief or not, economic crisis and wars or not, people need to take breaks, be it shooting hoops or hitting a round of golf.

Your reaction is perfectly justified, Chuvok. Unfortunately, you and others remain so caught up in one-sided self-righteousness, which now manifests as one-sided defensiveness, that you do not seem to appreciate where you would stand, and how you would respond to, say, a CNN story treating a white, male, Republican commander-in-chief, someone who was not the people's Messiah, who did exactly the same thing as Barack Obama just did...
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Chuvok



Joined: 25 Jan 2009
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 12:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Gopher wrote:
Blah blah blah blah blah blah......!





Your posts are adolescent. Grow up!
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Gopher



Joined: 04 Jun 2005

PostPosted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 12:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Chuvok wrote:
Shut up!


Chuvok wrote:
Grow up!


BLT lives!
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catman



Joined: 18 Jul 2004

PostPosted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 3:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Chuvok wrote:
Shut up!



Like Bush never took 6 week vacations.....


You fell for the troll.
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mises



Joined: 05 Nov 2007
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 7:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://misterirrelevant.com/index.php/2009/02/28/obama-having-a-beer-at-the-phone-booth/
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Hater Depot



Joined: 29 Mar 2005

PostPosted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 7:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mises wrote:
http://misterirrelevant.com/index.php/2009/02/28/obama-having-a-beer-at-the-phone-booth/


Whoa. When did Obama get all GQ?
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mises



Joined: 05 Nov 2007
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 7:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's actually why I posted it. The guy is incredibly well dressed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB0_paa6X3Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fczL4zNFVao
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Ya-ta Boy



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 1:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

AND he chews gum!!! (Not to mention that he can do that and walk at the same time, which can't be said of all occupants of the office.)
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wesharris



Joined: 10 Oct 2008

PostPosted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 1:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Damned dems.
Bush just did what he had to do.
It's not even three months in and he's VACATIONING. Damned bastardized socialized medicine.
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Jeff's Cigarettes



Joined: 27 Mar 2007

PostPosted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 3:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

The modern-day Nero: just instead of playing his fiddle while Rome burns, he's tossing airballs from the 3-point arc.
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Chuvok



Joined: 25 Jan 2009
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 3:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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President Obama and long-time friend Marty Nesbitt shot hoops Saturday at a basketball court inside the U.S. Department of the Interior.





HE WAS AT WORK!


Everyone needs to take a break a few times a day (including you, super teacher!).

now, read this:
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/01/16/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry4728085.shtml




8 years as President = 2,920 days in office.
Time spent at Crawford & Camp David = 977 days

That means he was on vacation for 33% or 1/3 of the time.





Very Happy
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Ya-ta Boy



Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 4:24 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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That means he was on vacation for 33% or 1/3 of the time.



When you think government is the problem, then you can take long vacations and leave the country to the free market. Even when Reagan was on duty he found time to take naps...most famously during his interview with the Pope.
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Kuros



Joined: 27 Apr 2004

PostPosted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 7:49 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Unbelievable.

Gopher accuses me of trolling on one thread and then of obsessing over Bush after Obama's inauguration in another.

But what is Gopher doing in this thread if not both at the same time?
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