It's over, RCS. It ended when you decided to go for the argumentum ad hominem. Have a good day. Drive carefully.
Obama's Pumpkin Spice Latte Salute
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LOL the argument is always over when you lose. BTW if you'll notice I never called Gopher an idiot. You know why? Because he got it when I said it wasn't a right and left issue. You however carried on with the partisan deflection thus making yourself sound retarded.
Hey Walter, no hurt feelings here on the red, but I was actually complimenting you.:wink:
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All right, FFS. You're absolutely right, Retired Can Soldier. How could I have been so foolish as to hold an opinion different from yours? Any variance from your pure, perfect, and unqualified truth is clearly a Muslim Terrorist Communist Traitorous plot to destroy all that is decent and holy. You, and only you, hold the Ultimate Truth, and any variance from that is treason against Truth, Justice, and the American Way.
Happy now?
For those who are not aware, a military member who has received the Medal of Honor rates a salute from any other military member regardles of rank. If an army private has received our nation's highest honor, a general must salute him (the medal actually). So why are these presidents, as Commander in Chief (CINC) not saluting the Medal recipients? Even President Dwight David Eisenhower (a retired 5 star general) did not salute the members of the military to whom he presented the medal.
The answer is quite simple. The President of the United States is a civilian. He is not a member of the US Military and is therefore not entitled to salute. The military salute is a privilege earned by honorable service in the military. It is also a privilege that can be taken away. Military prisoners are stripped of the privilege of saluting. While the President is Constitutionally the CINC, he is not a member of the military.
Is it Proper for a President to Render a Military Hand Salute? | Texas GOP Vote
The answer is quite simple. The President of the United States is a civilian. He is not a member of the US Military and is therefore not entitled to salute. The military salute is a privilege earned by honorable service in the military. It is also a privilege that can be taken away. Military prisoners are stripped of the privilege of saluting. While the President is Constitutionally the CINC, he is not a member of the military.
Is it Proper for a President to Render a Military Hand Salute? | Texas GOP Vote
Oh, dear. Texas GOP, no less.
Clearly Muslim Communist terrorists out to destroy our way of life.
Clearly Muslim Communist terrorists out to destroy our way of life.
If the Presidents chose not salute that would be fine, but they are and my bitch is that it should be treated with respect, especially considering that they are the Commander and Chief. The argument here is about showing respect and not using a Pumpkin Latte to Salute back, but the argument by those excusing this action is: Oh well, he really doesn't have to salute because he is a civilian.
Go back and read what I wrote folks. It is a time honored tradition.
The argument for or against only came into play after the apologist (cough cough Tecumsehbones, who cough cough [already admitted he was wrong and that I am the Master of Time Space and Dimension] tried to make this a left right thing and failed.
It's not a left or right thing. It's a respect thing.
Saluting: Do it right! No Lattes, no Puppies, No Bunnies...
It's really quite simple.
before Clinton. Wasn't that Eisenhower?
Oh look here he is again
Oh and look. Heres the guy who started it all.
Must suck getting bested by Walter. :lol:
See above.
*crickets*
I suppose you'd better call CTV news and tell the too - then you can REALLY gloat.
before Clinton. Wasn't that Eisenhower?
Oh look here he is again
Oh and look. Heres the guy who started it all.
Must suck getting bested by Walter. :lol:
See above.
Ike: For a military guy, they are some sloppy salutes
It's now being reported that it was a Kenyan Roast Coffee. !!!
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Maybe he doesn't drink coffee regularly, but here you can find 50 other Obama facts you might do not know...
• He collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics
• He was known as "O'Bomber" at high school for his skill at basketball
• His name means "one who is blessed" in Swahili
• His favourite meal is wife Michelle's shrimp linguini
• He won a Grammy in 2006 for the audio version of his memoir, Dreams From My Father
• He is left-handed – the sixth post-war president to be left-handed
• He has read every Harry Potter book
• He owns a set of red boxing gloves autographed by Muhammad Ali
• He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager and now can't stand ice cream
• His favourite snacks are chocolate-peanut protein bars
• He ate dog meat, snake meat, and roasted grasshopper while living in Indonesia
• He can speak Spanish
• While on the campaign trail he refused to watch CNN and had sports channels on instead
• His favourite drink is black forest berry iced tea
• He promised Michelle he would quit smoking before running for president – he didn't
• He kept a pet ape called Tata while in Indonesia
• He can bench press an impressive 200lbs
• He was known as Barry until university when he asked to be addressed by his full name
• His favourite book is Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
• He visited Wokingham, Berks, in 1996 for the stag party of his half-sister's fiancé, but left when a stripper arrived
• His desk in his Senate office once belonged to Robert Kennedy
• He and Michelle made $4.2 million (£2.7 million) last year, with much coming from sales of his books
• His favourite films are Casablanca and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
• He carries a tiny Madonna and child statue and a bracelet belonging to a soldier in Iraq for good luck
• He applied to appear in a black pin-up calendar while at Harvard but was rejected by the all-female committee.
• His favourite music includes Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bach and The Fugees
• He took Michelle to see the Spike Lee film Do The Right Thing on their first date
• He enjoys playing Scrabble and poker
• He doesn't drink coffee and rarely drinks alcohol
• He would have liked to have been an architect if he were not a politician
• As a teenager he took drugs including marijuana and cocaine
• His daughters' ambitions are to go to Yale before becoming an actress (Malia, 10) and to sing and dance (Sasha, 7)
• He hates the youth trend for trousers which sag beneath the backside
• He repaid his student loan only four years ago after signing his book deal
• His house in Chicago has four fire places
• Daughter Malia's godmother is Jesse Jackson's daughter Santita
• He says his worst habit is constantly checking his BlackBerry
• He uses an Apple Mac laptop
• He drives a Ford Escape Hybrid, having ditched his gas-guzzling Chrysler 300
• He wears $1,500 (£952) Hart Schaffner Marx suits
• He owns four identical pairs of black size 11 shoes
• He has his hair cut once a week by his Chicago barber, Zariff, who charges $21 (£13)
• His favourite fictional television programmes are Mash and The Wire
• He was given the code name "Renegade" by his Secret Service handlers
• He was nicknamed "Bar" by his late grandmother
• He plans to install a basketball court in the White House grounds
• His favourite artist is Pablo Picasso
• His speciality as a cook is chilli
• He has said many of his friends in Indonesia were "street urchins"
• He keeps on his desk a carving of a wooden hand holding an egg, a Kenyan symbol of the fragility of life
• His late father was a senior economist for the Kenyan government
Coffee Daily: Does Obama Drink coffee ....everyday ...?
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Maybe he doesn't drink coffee regularly, but here you can find 50 other Obama facts you might do not know...
• He collects Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian comics
• He was known as "O'Bomber" at high school for his skill at basketball
• His name means "one who is blessed" in Swahili
• His favourite meal is wife Michelle's shrimp linguini
• He won a Grammy in 2006 for the audio version of his memoir, Dreams From My Father
• He is left-handed – the sixth post-war president to be left-handed
• He has read every Harry Potter book
• He owns a set of red boxing gloves autographed by Muhammad Ali
• He worked in a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop as a teenager and now can't stand ice cream
• His favourite snacks are chocolate-peanut protein bars
• He ate dog meat, snake meat, and roasted grasshopper while living in Indonesia
• He can speak Spanish
• While on the campaign trail he refused to watch CNN and had sports channels on instead
• His favourite drink is black forest berry iced tea
• He promised Michelle he would quit smoking before running for president – he didn't
• He kept a pet ape called Tata while in Indonesia
• He can bench press an impressive 200lbs
• He was known as Barry until university when he asked to be addressed by his full name
• His favourite book is Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
• He visited Wokingham, Berks, in 1996 for the stag party of his half-sister's fiancé, but left when a stripper arrived
• His desk in his Senate office once belonged to Robert Kennedy
• He and Michelle made $4.2 million (£2.7 million) last year, with much coming from sales of his books
• His favourite films are Casablanca and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
• He carries a tiny Madonna and child statue and a bracelet belonging to a soldier in Iraq for good luck
• He applied to appear in a black pin-up calendar while at Harvard but was rejected by the all-female committee.
• His favourite music includes Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Bach and The Fugees
• He took Michelle to see the Spike Lee film Do The Right Thing on their first date
• He enjoys playing Scrabble and poker
• He doesn't drink coffee and rarely drinks alcohol
• He would have liked to have been an architect if he were not a politician
• As a teenager he took drugs including marijuana and cocaine
• His daughters' ambitions are to go to Yale before becoming an actress (Malia, 10) and to sing and dance (Sasha, 7)
• He hates the youth trend for trousers which sag beneath the backside
• He repaid his student loan only four years ago after signing his book deal
• His house in Chicago has four fire places
• Daughter Malia's godmother is Jesse Jackson's daughter Santita
• He says his worst habit is constantly checking his BlackBerry
• He uses an Apple Mac laptop
• He drives a Ford Escape Hybrid, having ditched his gas-guzzling Chrysler 300
• He wears $1,500 (£952) Hart Schaffner Marx suits
• He owns four identical pairs of black size 11 shoes
• He has his hair cut once a week by his Chicago barber, Zariff, who charges $21 (£13)
• His favourite fictional television programmes are Mash and The Wire
• He was given the code name "Renegade" by his Secret Service handlers
• He was nicknamed "Bar" by his late grandmother
• He plans to install a basketball court in the White House grounds
• His favourite artist is Pablo Picasso
• His speciality as a cook is chilli
• He has said many of his friends in Indonesia were "street urchins"
• He keeps on his desk a carving of a wooden hand holding an egg, a Kenyan symbol of the fragility of life
• His late father was a senior economist for the Kenyan government
Coffee Daily: Does Obama Drink coffee ....everyday ...?
Once again, Stewart nails it.
“F*** you and your false patriotism”: Stewart destroys Fox News over latest bogus Obama controversy - Salon.com
“F*** you and your false patriotism”: Stewart destroys Fox News over latest bogus Obama controversy - Salon.com
mr leibowitz simply regurgitates the done-to-death 'a latte in the hand is worth two dogs in the bush'...nothing new other than calling one (boobs on the ground) single dude unpatriotic...the headline is très lame...without the stage managers egging the mouth-breathing audience members to hoot 'n' holler, clap like they mean it, there'd be nothing remarkable about the screamer said really. *yawn*
