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- teh0
Peta Lindsay
born 1984) is an American anti-war activist and presidential nominee of the Party for Socialism and Liberation in the 2012 U.S. presidential election, despite being ineligible to become president due to her age, under Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the U.S. Constitution; she would need to be at least 35 in order to take office.the rest here:
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- whhipp0
I feel Obama was punching above his weight last night... well done.
- Agree. "he's gonna be the coach that leads America to a winning season.teh
- not. what a crock. candy crowly in the tank for obama interjects with false information to support Barry. SMH bitch needs to be slapped.whhipp
- slapped!whhipp
- How was it false, troll? He did call it an act of terror the next day, not 14 days laterDrBombay
- no he didnt
whhipp - yes he did ..TWICERamanisky2
- whhipp0
Obama did not call it Terror attack, he was referring to 9/11.
Crowly was an idiot for stepping in. Moderator does not need to try to input any content. bitch.
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Every day, all across the world, American diplomats and civilians work tirelessly to advance the interests and values of our nation. Often, they are away from their families. Sometimes, they brave great danger.
Yesterday, four of these extraordinary Americans were killed in an attack on our diplomatic post in Benghazi. Among those killed was our Ambassador, Chris Stevens, as well as Foreign Service Officer Sean Smith. We are still notifying the families of the others who were killed. And today, the American people stand united in holding the families of the four Americans in our thoughts and in our prayers.
The United States condemns in the strongest terms this outrageous and shocking attack. We're working with the government of Libya to secure our diplomats. I've also directed my administration to increase our security at diplomatic posts around the world. And make no mistake, we will work with the Libyan government to bring to justice the killers who attacked our people.
Since our founding, the United States has been a nation that respects all faiths. We reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others. But there is absolutely no justification to this type of senseless violence. None. The world must stand together to unequivocally reject these brutal acts.
Already, many Libyans have joined us in doing so, and this attack will not break the bonds between the United States and Libya. Libyan security personnel fought back against the attackers alongside Americans. Libyans helped some of our diplomats find safety, and they carried Ambassador Stevens’s body to the hospital, where we tragically learned that he had died.
It's especially tragic that Chris Stevens died in Benghazi because it is a city that he helped to save. At the height of the Libyan revolution, Chris led our diplomatic post in Benghazi. With characteristic skill, courage, and resolve, he built partnerships with Libyan revolutionaries, and helped them as they planned to build a new Libya. When the Qaddafi regime came to an end, Chris was there to serve as our ambassador to the new Libya, and he worked tirelessly to support this young democracy, and I think both Secretary Clinton and I relied deeply on his knowledge of the situation on the ground there. He was a role model to all who worked with him and to the young diplomats who aspire to walk in his footsteps.
Along with his colleagues, Chris died in a country that is still striving to emerge from the recent experience of war. Today, the loss of these four Americans is fresh, but our memories of them linger on. I have no doubt that their legacy will live on through the work that they did far from our shores and in the hearts of those who love them back home.
Of course, yesterday was already a painful day for our nation as we marked the solemn memory of the 9/11 attacks. We mourned with the families who were lost on that day. I visited the graves of troops who made the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq and Afghanistan at the hallowed grounds of Arlington Cemetery, and had the opportunity to say thank you and visit some of our wounded warriors at Walter Reed. And then last night, we learned the news of this attack in Benghazi.
As Americans, let us never, ever forget that our freedom is only sustained because there are people who are willing to fight for it, to stand up for it, and in some cases, lay down their lives for it. Our country is only as strong as the character of our people and the service of those both civilian and military who represent us around the globe.
No acts of terror will ever shake the resolve of this great nation, alter that character, or eclipse the light of the values that we stand for. Today we mourn four more Americans who represent the very best of the United States of America. We will not waver in our commitment to see that justice is done for this terrible act. And make no mistake, justice will be done.
But we also know that the lives these Americans led stand in stark contrast to those of their attackers. These four Americans stood up for freedom and human dignity. They should give every American great pride in the country that they served, and the hope that our flag represents to people around the globe who also yearn to live in freedom and with dignity.
We grieve with their families, but let us carry on their memory, and let us continue their work of seeking a stronger America and a better world for all of our children.
Thank you. May God bless the memory of those we lost and may God bless the United States of America.
- DrBombay- you tell me he called the attack in benghazi as terror. He did not, he alluded to it being the youtube video. "We reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others."whhipp
- reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others." Crowly is in the tank, such a crock.whhipp
- even obama knows this is false, but he, like a slimy snake, sat there lying to the country. He should be ashamed and you all should be as well. THat s the character you all want in the white house? What a slimy snake bitch!whhipp
- should be as well. THat s the character you all want in the white house? What a slimy snake bitch!whhipp
- and why the continued cover up? seriously Barry is a degenerate.whhipp
- who gives a fuck what its called?!?teh
- http://25.media.tumb…Naygon
- Cool story bro. When does the sequel come out? Hopefully its shorter than the first one.CygnusZero4
- "no acts of terror will shake the resolve of this great nation" am I missing something?bogue
- ps.. arguing this point only shows how little you care about things that truly affect your country.bogue
- ukit20
"No ACTS OF TERROR will ever shake the resolve of this great nation...We will not waver in our commitment to see that justice is done for this terrible act."
Pretty stupid thing to argue over, but it's obvious he did call it an act of terror. He said "justice will be done" so not referring to the original 9/11.
- right read what you want. not ridiculous when an obvious cover up to not tell the american people the truth idiot!whhipp
- thank you! can we move on whipp?teh
- Reading the sentences it's pretty obvious. "No acts of terror..." followed by "Today we mourn four more..."digitdaily
- and the truth was what whipp?teh
- waterhouse0
whhipp:
I see that you've deemed Candy Crowley not only as "in the tank" for Obama, but as a "bitch" as well.
Please - I've asked you before without getting a response - please tell me to whom or where I can turn (other than to you) for unbiased brokering of information?
- ukit20
Here he talks about it again as an act of terror (the following day):
- I hope Romney keeps pushing this argument. Just makes him look more and more foolishukit2
- Romney is just a sales man. Not the kind of leader we want.CygnusZero4
- shitty salesman tooscruffics
- whhipp0
BullShit!!!
- zaq0
whhipp, honest question. Do you consider yourself smarter than Obama? Do you think you know better than him what's best for the country?
- PatrickKing0
My new calling. Pointless social media humor. Last night I created this
in 2 minutes to jump on the meme that’s all over the net about Romney’s "binders full of women" comment. In 16 hours it’s had over 1,500 shares from this blog plus hundreds from a Facebook group with 234k followers overnight as well as dozens from my FB page.
It was featured on Msn.com, e, Talk of the Nation and others I'm still discovering.
In 8 years of promoting 2 t-shirt companies, my design business and paintings I don't believe I’ve had that many shares or links in total between them all.
The young woman who started the tumblr (@heyveronica on twitter) is having fun with it and letting the world know she needs a job. I’m sure she’ll have offers galore today.
- whhipp0
zaq, honest question. Do you consider yourself smarter than Romney? Do you think you know better than him what's best for the country?
Seriously?
- I do not, but it looks like you dozaq
- so WTF!?whhipp
- http://i.imgur.com/D…zaq
- waterhouse0
^
Obama is holding a convincing lead in the Electoral College.That's all you need to know.
- TheBlueOne0
What I am seeing watching this election is one candidate who is, historically speaking, center right and is using the processes of State to serve a chunk of the elite, while serving as the head of a party who represent a certain percentage of said elite with a more or less realistic view of domestic and international realities. Their voter block is inline with the long, historical influence of the manufactured civil society generated propaganda.
Then there is the other candidate, who represents the other percentage of the elite - primarily by representing all the od Id-like projections of the mob they cultivate via fear and misinformation of a particular sort. They seem out of touch with the actual failures of the sitting president - but project their own fears onto him - radical islam, the appearance of weakness, racial fears, etc. - that have very little basis in reality except as it is perceived and manufactured in their particular cultivated voter block.
Both of these parties serve the top elites and the secondary elites who have a realistic routes to become big dogs themselves. The People are just tools to these people.
All that said, I refuse to be cynical about it because, if the People perceive it correctly (or a certain well placed minority of the same do), we can always play one side of the elite off the other for our own purposes - a version of blindsight the elite generally doesn't see. It's always useful to use the greed of the second tier elite against the top elites.
Historically, e.g. FDR was one such person - and was forever seen as the scion of the elite class and we've watched a sixty odd year attempt by the older and former top of the elite to rollback the changes that FDR instituted to allow the then 2nd tier elites to gain the advantage.
- pablo280
- i dont understand?74LEO
- choose obama: slaughterhouse
choose romney: you live
shouldn't they both lead to the slaughterhouse?bulletfactory - i like the "P" shape of the "Slaugther House" choice... this way the cow did´nt see the consecuencesOBBTKN
- yeah this makes no sense, the original didmoldero
