tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post4630376687875834468..comments2023-09-29T06:57:06.991-07:00Comments on Anglachel's Journal: It's the Power, StupidAnglachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01110546252851760414noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post-34352130317299387452009-10-07T19:20:37.486-07:002009-10-07T19:20:37.486-07:00The US did need to have a significant presence in ...<i>The US did need to have a significant presence in Copenhagen to bargain for the Olympics if only for appearance's sake, but the wider financial advantages of the games are questionable.</i><br /><br />Well if you are looking at non criminal activity, yes ,Olympics, like World Fair's are financial sink holes and not so great for the places they are held.<br /><br />But seen as a graft money laundering boondoggle honey pot...which is how those connected Chicagoans who backed Obama and wanted the Olympics saw it; then it's a great cover for all kinds of financial looting and chicanery. IMO, they would not have pursued it so eagerly otherwise. <br /><br />Alas( for them) , it's now a dream deferred. These folks are not used to the undercarriage of a bus. But it's where all who run with Barry wind up...no matter their station.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05033117202223821117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post-49516317000775789202009-10-07T14:43:54.868-07:002009-10-07T14:43:54.868-07:00In the "proper" left-wing forums, critic...In the "proper" left-wing forums, criticizing Obama's trip to Denmark is considered "cheering against America."<br /><br /><i>"Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel"</i> - Samuel JohnsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post-27975779335664139632009-10-07T06:14:17.055-07:002009-10-07T06:14:17.055-07:00I have a feeling we'll have another 3 1/2 year...I have a feeling we'll have another 3 1/2 years under a Power who relies on feedback from those who got him in the Power position -- the Party Power hierarchy, a significant segment of media and blogs, and of course, people with the money. If there's a learning curve, it's not yet visible.Joyce L. Arnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16312448459230498463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post-63678951233355397062009-10-07T06:13:45.744-07:002009-10-07T06:13:45.744-07:00Great post, Anglachel -- and great, great comment,...Great post, Anglachel -- and great, great comment, Alice. This line -- "There is no truth to power. And as a result, no power" -- is the most poetically distilled, meaning-packed capture of the relationship between those in power and those not that I can remember having read.Falstaffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01543557291381143262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post-83958568770755943402009-10-07T00:50:24.771-07:002009-10-07T00:50:24.771-07:00It's the fault of the comfy middle class that ...It's the fault of the comfy middle class that Obama was elected and Hillary. The fact that he doesn't understand power is little surprise from a guy who equated talk with deeds and vision.Koshem Boshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01724595772791711326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4119943.post-38904975810110461222009-10-06T21:42:03.929-07:002009-10-06T21:42:03.929-07:00This defeat also shows how a lapdog media has allo...This defeat also shows how a lapdog media has allowed this young and inexperienced President to be blindsided by his arrogance and naivete. If the media had been doing its job, he would not have felt empowered to take on such a foolish task. 0bama has been so coddled that he knows no bounds. Just like Bush...There is no truth to power. And as a result, no power. Squandered foolishly...on a fools errand. Obama, will never be able to learn the ropes. He is to busy believing in his greatness to see the mess he is in and the mess he has made. This will probably be the time that people will refer to when they understand the disaster that is 0bama.alibehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02164317804514299296noreply@blogger.com