This entry was posted by Dave Jackson (Scoop0901) on Saturday, July 19, 2008 at 10:42 am (UTC), and is filed under Campaigns, Elections, Ethics, Government, History, Iraq, Military, Politics, Politics As Usual, and Society.
While you and I are sitting at home, enjoying all the creature comforts, American fighting men and women are in distant lands, including Afghanistan and Iraq, sweating their butts off, literally, while going on patrols, doing raids, and other duties, and their performance – or responses – could be the difference between life-and-death.
As for Sen. Barack Obama, the presumed Democratic presidential candidate who is doing a tour of specific areas in Afghanistan and Iraq, supposedly getting a first-hand look at the situation on the ground, things are much different. His environment will be hot, sandy, dirty, but secure, for the most part. Because Obama, like McCain and others during past trips, are members of Congress, the military will provide a shroud around the "dignitaries" – ensuring, to the best of their ability, the survival of the elected officials, even at the expense of service men and women.
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This entry was posted by Dave Jackson (Scoop0901) on Wednesday, February 6, 2008 at 10:12 am (UTC), and is filed under Campaigns, Elections, Ethics, Government, Health, History, Immigration, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Legal, Muslims, Politics, Politics As Usual, Religion, and Society.
Barack Obama has one of those names that just doesn’t roll off my tongue. No amount of practice will make that happen, it seems. In an effort to try to make his name one of those “one the tip of my tongue” names, I even tried using the tune from Louie Louie, a classic rock ‘n’ roll song, written in ’55 by Chuck Berry, singing, “Obama, Obama,” but what happened next, most likely predictable, especially in this day and age, things changed.
As I sang the self-created lyrics in an effort to get Obama’s name a familiar roll on my tongue, the words, “Obama, Obama … yeah, Obama, Obama” became, eerily enough, “Obama, Obama … Osama, Obama.” <add Family Feud buzzer tone now>
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