Comments on: All Kinds of Gifts

By: virgil xenophon

virgil xenophon — Sat, 02 May 2009 11:03:07 +0000

DaveG/

Late. Been meaning to say, Bush flew 102s, not 106s, IIRC. Could be wrong. but I don’t think he ever was even checked out in 106s.

By: MaxDamage

MaxDamage — Sat, 02 May 2009 05:47:54 +0000

With due respect, Fliter, it wasn’t the nation’s best and brightest electing him to the Harvard Law Review that placed him in a position of power and influence. It was, in fact, the nation’s voters who elected him a President that did so.

As editor of the Harvard Law Review he’d be yet another Ivy-League opinion the rest of the country is free to ignore. Pretty much a George Will without the bow tie. Pardon me while I yawn.

Once in place as CIC, power and influence flow from the choice of the electorate.

You’ll pardon me if the choice of the electorate leaves me wondering. I’m looking at the accomplishments of the first 100 days, and all I can see are spending other people’s money into the third generation.

I’ve yet to see where that Ivy-League education was a factor of benefit.

On the plus side, I have to admit, within 100 days he’s managed to increase the deficit at least four-fold in an attempt to spend out way of of debt. He’s managed to spend our money and dictate terms to what were before companies with boards of directors and shareholders who would normally exercise those rights. He’s done so mainly via assertation, with acts of Congress who actually hold the power of the purse assumed.

And while claiming tax increases upon variable values of the the rich will fix the financial problem, he continues to ignore the $40 Billion dollar deficit that is social security, let alone other entitlements.

So, no, I disagree with your conclusion.

Now for the argument– Reagan and Bush 43 were elected twice. By your own admission they could not have been elected if they were low-grade morons.

Point out the sheer brilliance in their terms, and if you prefer point out where the electorate was fooled.

It’s the same electorate, the same premise, if you get Reagan two terms and Obama one term there’s a lot more to be said about the electorate than you’re letting on.

– Max

By: XBradTC

XBradTC — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:01:58 +0000

If it’s the same Dave Williams I knew, he was a heck of a guy. Never dealt with him as an officer, but as a man, he was OK in my book.

By: blackeagle603

blackeagle603 — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:45:47 +0000

oooh, a TOTUS jammer! The loyal opposition needs a Queer fwd deployed wherever TOTUS goes.

As for the One living in the TV, my teen daughters may just kill my TV next time he preempts American Idol.

By: Glenn Cassel AMH1(AW) Retired

Glenn Cassel AMH1(AW) Retired — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:48:11 +0000

BO does get his point across, but the problem is what is the point and it changes like I change socks(twice a day). I had a CDR then CAPT as a CO twice. Dave Williams could speak without notes or any reference material. And he could field any question put to him directly and succinctly. Mike McCamish would be second on that list.
But from this old seadog’s viewpoint, he is so handled and scripted, it makes me wonder if he could assemble the toy in the box of Rice Crispies.

By: Jay Season

Jay Season — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:25:05 +0000

It was said that Adolf Hitler gave great speeches, too.

(but I thought George W Bush was Hitler?)

Thus – end of discussion

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