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To: Don Hurst who wrote (623616)	8/9/2011 11:52:46 AM
From: steve harris	2 Recommendations Respond to of 1578054

And btw, when are you going to tell harris publically that his use of "tar baby" sucks and you find it "morally bankrupt" or do you approve of that kind of stuff? Funny Don, you people get all bent out of shape when your opposition doesn't operate from the same talking points FAX like your DNC sends out.....

To: Don Hurst who wrote (623616)	8/9/2011 12:05:05 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1578054

Obama's penchant for speeches now sounding hollower by the word August 9, 2011 by Andrew Malcolm LA TIMES latimesblogs.latimes.com This is the 931st day of the Barack Obama presidency. Yesterday Obama gave a strange statement to the media. He'd been away on another mini-vacation at Camp David. So, it was left to aides and Treasury Secy. Geithner to attempt to discredit the first-ever credit downgrading of the federal government. Every politician has at least one major weakness. Bill Clinton's is, well, well-known. George W. Bush's political weakness was thinking his intuition and instincts could carry him through any challenge. Barack Obama's weakness is thinking he can talk his way in or out of virtually any opportunity or difficulty. Being a Real Good Talker helped him get the job heading the law review. And entering politics. And succeeding early there, albeit within Chicago's rigged system. And being an RGT thrust him onto the national stage at the Democratic National Convention in 2004 when delegates had the foolish notion that John Kerry and John Edwards could win. Obama is very proud of his talking. In May this year he told a Boston fundraiser: "Back in 2004, I gave a little speech here that got some attention." And he waited for the crowd's applause. Which he got. Have you noticed how many remarks Obama has been making in recent weeks? Not a coincidence that they coincide with his lowest approval ratings ever. When in trouble, give a speech. Even if there's no visible audience. Calling on Congress to do this and that. Calling for more job creation. Calling for green cars and more windmills. Calling for a balanced approach from others when he had none of his own. Claiming his positions were quite clear, when they weren't. Calling for compromise between Republicans and Democrats, as if he was in the middle and not the nation's top Democrat. So, it was natural Monday when -- after a weekend's stewing, global markets reacted negatively to the U.S. downgrade -- Obama's instinct tempted him to make a public statement. Military aside, this may be any president's most powerful tool. Say something, anything. Everyone listens. And obediently runs off to alert the world. Just don't permit media questions that might create other news to clutter the message. So aides loaded his Teleprompter with 1,531 words. And off Obama went, as he so often does. If you listened to his words, they sounded fine, although dragging the slain U.S. soldiers in at the end of fiscal remarks felt forced. But if you read the full statement, as anyone could right here on The Ticket, you kept waiting for the point, the real rhetorical reason for the remarks. Like a grand restaurant with the most romantic atmosphere, crackling fireplace, flickering candles, exquisite place settings. And with impressive style the waiter proudly serves an empty plate -- and awaits your awe. Trouble is, real leadership is more than talking and calling for things. It takes a while, but over time listeners begin to notice rote rhetoric, predictable patterns, empty words. An example: We didn’t need a rating agency to tell us that we need a balanced, long-term approach to deficit reduction. That was true last week. That was true last year. That was true the day I took office. The day Obama took office, 931 of them ago. Subsequently, in his Monday remarks the president said this: I intend to present my own recommendations over the coming weeks on how we should proceed. Over the coming weeks? The need for a balanced, long-term approach was clear the day he took office $3+ trillion dollars ago and sometime soon he'll share his plans? Obama is still saying, 'Yes, we can.' But he never explains why we haven't. Then more solicitous empathizing: The American people have been through so much over the last few years, dealing with the worst recession, the biggest financial crisis since the 1930s, and they’ve done it with grace. And they’re working so hard to raise their families, and all they ask is that we work just as hard, here in this town, to make their lives a little easier. This from the guy who doesn't have a long-term deficit reduction plan 133 weeks in and just stepped from his helicopter after two days off in the Maryland mountains. No wonder the markets plunged 200 more points as he talked.

To: Don Hurst who wrote (623616)	8/9/2011 12:25:41 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1578054

You cannot help small men by tearing down big men.

To: Don Hurst who wrote (623616)	8/9/2011 12:26:02 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1578054

You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.

To: Don Hurst who wrote (623616)	8/9/2011 12:26:31 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1578054

You cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer.

To: Don Hurst who wrote (623616)	8/9/2011 12:26:54 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1578054

You cannot help the poor man by destroying the rich.

To: Don Hurst who wrote (623616)	8/9/2011 12:27:32 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1578054

You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than your income.

To: Don Hurst who wrote (623616)	8/9/2011 12:27:53 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1578054

You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.

To: Don Hurst who wrote (623616)	8/9/2011 12:28:18 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1578054

You cannot establish security on borrowed money.

To: Don Hurst who wrote (623616)	8/9/2011 12:52:12 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1578054

LONDON (AP) - Britons swept up, patched up and feared further violence Tuesday, demanding police do more to protect them after three nights of rioting left looted stores, torched cars and blackened buildings across London and several other U.K. cities. this is what happens when you disarm the public. breitbart.com

To: Don Hurst who wrote (623616)	8/9/2011 1:07:25 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1578054

Philadelphia mayor lashes out against black crime! cofcc.org excerpt: Mayor Michael A. Nutter, telling marauding black youths “you have damaged your own race,” imposed a tougher curfew Monday in response to the latest “flash mob” — spontaneous groups of teens who attack people at random on the streets of the city’s tourist and fashionable shopping districts. “Take those God-darn hoodies down, especially in the summer,” Mr. Nutter, the city’s second black mayor, said in an angry lecture aimed at black teens. “Pull your pants up and buy a belt ‘cause no one wants to see your underwear or the crack of your butt.” “If you walk into somebody’s office with your hair uncombed and a pick in the back, and your shoes untied, and your pants half down, tattoos up and down your arms and on your neck, and you wonder why somebody won’t hire you? They don’t hire you ‘cause you look like you’re crazy,” the mayor said. “You have damaged your own race.” Mr. Nutter announced that he was beefing up police patrols in certain neighborhoods, enlisting volunteers to monitor the streets and moving up the weekend curfew for minors to 9 p.m. Parents will face increased fines for each time their child is caught violating the curfew. The head of Philadelphia’s chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, J. Whyatt Mondesire, said it “took courage” for Mr. Nutter to deliver the message. “These are majority African-American youths and they need to be called on it,” Mr. Mondesire said.