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Barack Obama got a global standing ovation long before he was elected president. But in a fickle and fast-moving world, the overseas reviews are already turning mixed.
A deepening global recession, new hostilities in the Middle East, complications in closing the Guantanamo Bay prison, Iran, North Korea, Afghanistan – an impatient world has a stake in all of them and is asking how much change Obama can deliver.
“The idealism has diminished,” said Samuel Solvit, who heads an Obama support network in France. “Everyone was dreaming a little. Now people are more realistic.”
Said Reginald Dale, a senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, “People everywhere simply expect too much, practically ensuring Obama will disappoint.”
“The United States can’t solve all the world’s problems,” he said in an interview. “It doesn’t have enough money or military power. And the president is constrained by Congress and the constitution. The founding fathers wanted to stop someone from being like a monarch.”
Looks like the row to hoe is even more difficult than anticipated. And a monarch? Even with the Constitution under siege, let’s hope not.
#29–contempt for the truth==and your best example of Americans with Guns defeating the Armed Forces of America is what?
#31 bobbo
The government has yet to reach tyrannical status at least to the point it is necessary for citizens to rise up. However with each passing presidency and the growing arrogance of congress it’s becoming more and more of a possibility.
#2–Contempt for even the lightest reading in American History==your position is actually better supported by this analysis:
http://abajournal.com/news/supreme_court_finds_second_amendment_protects_right_to_own_guns/
Although it is always amusing to read the majority opinion say: “There seems to us no doubt” when publishing a 5/4 split opinion.
In a VERY REAL SENSE, it matter not what you or I think, it matters only what the SCOTUS thinks. To that end, yes, BushtheRetard strikes again.
#28 – Bobbo
Many makes, many models. I gave up the musket configuration several years ago in favor of more modern tachnology.
I’m quite keen on my S&W Model 29 .44 magnum revolver in stainless steel, w 8 3/8″ barrel and a Leupold FX II 4×29 scope. Very accurate. I hand-load my own ammo for that one. Very hot!
Others include a Glock 27 (.40 caliber semi-automatic), Colt 1911-A1 (.45 semi), S&W 686 .357 revolver (the Little Lady enjoys shooting that one w/ .38 special loads), a glock 23 .40 caliber semi, a Mossberg pump-action 12ga, and a Remington pump-action 12ga. I think I have a .22 rifle in the garage, but I never use it. I have a Jonathan Arthur Ciener .22 conversion kit for the Colt .45; it’s fun to shoot phone books in the cellar with the smaller caliber. I have a very long cellar.
#34– Mustard==cool. I admire people who take a hobby to the level of making their own equipment. Does anything come to mind about what you learned/observed in making your own ammo? Ever play with bullet design?
I made my own bows and arrows. NEVER as good as commercial products, but the exercise was worthwhile.
Mr. Mustard, yes, I realize where the money is coming from. I guess I’m just not a big supporter of “bread and circuses.” Wish I had .01% of that money, but then I’m not a politician.
Hey Bubba–its happened about 3-4 times now. Uniquely, your post first shows up “blank” or with “test” in it and then for a few minutes I cannot connect to the Dvork server. When I do connect, there is your new post.
Property of voodoo, or science from a black hole?
#36 – Mr. Ray
I’m not a big fan of that either, but if people want to blow their money on a bash for Obie, (to paraphrase Bobby Brown) that’s their prerogative.
I happened to be in Wilmington DE yesterday, and took a spin by the Amtrak station to welcome Barack and Joe to town…. couldn’t get within a country mile of the place. You had to get there about 6 hours early to get inside the security perimeter. Huge turnout, though, and there were big speakers all over about a 15 square block area, so we all heard the hope, the inspiration, and the talk of better days to come. Quite a diverse and enthusiastic crowd. A whole different universe from a John Kerry rally I went to in Minneapolis in 2004. People there were grim, fearing that Americans would be stupid enough to be influenced by the Swift Boat Liars and other Republican skullduggery. They were right.
People do indeed now have the audacity to hope.
#31. Bobbo- see Vietnam, also Korea, and Iraq isn’t really won now is it? When was the last time we actually “won” a war. Grenada? Gulf War I, hah. Remember how superior the British were to the lowly Americans who defeated them. The most powerful army in the world. Maybe all the technology in the world cant defeat the “people”. Cowards like your self have already given up without a fight. Man up son, with sniveling pussies like yourself, there is no chance. Go ahead and roll over. We dont mind stepping over you.
#35 – Bobbo
No, I have never played with bullet design. Melting and pouring lead is a greater commitment than I care to make. I make do with what’s commercially available. Melting and pouring wax on my cross-country skis is as far as I care to take that activity. I find significantly increased accuracy with the handloads though, and emptying a cylinder full of +P+ .44 magnums at the shootin gallery brings the whole crowd over to see what all the fireworks are about.
Mr. MusTURD,
Is your cellar like the one featured in Silence of the Lambs?
#39–tomas==to avoid a diagnosis of syphilitic dementia you need to hit closer to the subject being discussed rather than go off on a tangential rant. Perhaps we missed a few words of transition?
How do Armies winning wars connect to the Second Amendment or the issue of Constitutional Interpretation?
“Why don’t YOU tell us where in the Constitution where it states that Congress can’t regulates CEO’s wages.”
That would be the 10th Amendment. It (the Constitution) doesn’t explicitly say Congress can regulate CEO pay, therefore that right is reserved for the States or the People.
#34. Thank you for the inventory, our contractors will arrive shortly for your disposal convenience. Have a good day sir…and remember, change is good!
#41 – Warden
Tee hee! Giggle giggle! You made a potty word out of my name! Giggle! Snicker! You’re so naughty!
I haven’t seen the Silence of the Lambs in almost 20 years, and I don’t remember the cellar.
However, if I had the proper equipment, I would gladly torture you and eat your skin while you watched in mortal agony.
That sounds like fun.
#37, Bobbo, I have no explanation for that phenomenon. I, too, have experienced the “can’t connect to database” error message while posting, usually when hitting the submit button. I guess that’s why the posts show up blank. Maybe DU just doesn’t like me.
#44 – ObMil
At ease, son. Obama isn’t taking anyone’s guns away.
Everybody knows that.
Reasonable “gun control” is in everyone’s interest. And since I’m not a felon, a wife-beater, or a terrorist, not even the rabid Brady Bunch seek to remove them.
btw, it wasn’t a full inventory anyway, so you won’t know what to look for. And I can always bury them in my back yard with the tuna fish, like Liberty Loser and Stars & Bars do.
#46 – Mr. Ray
>>Maybe DU just doesn’t like me.
DU doesn’t like anyone. Or maybe it’s that nasty 1.5T Seagate drive.
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Speaking of bare arms
http://youtube.com/watch?v=21ABrE6kCBo
Noise, just noise.
I thought we Americans were supposed to be the impatient ones.
Hey WmDE , you better not go pokin’ around Salt Lake City! Lol that’s a good video!
Bobbo, I’m still trying to find the word “musket” in the Constitution.
What I have found is the implication that the people can arm themselves to the same extent as the government, thereby creating a credible deterrence.
Penn and Teller say it best.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=1GNu7ldL1LM
And this is just hysterical. Also very informative if you have some time. Worth seeing all the way through.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=MfObDFVnfp0&NR=1
Here’s a little more info for those who seek enlightenment:
“Laws that forbid the carrying of arms…disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes…Such laws make things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man.” — Thomas Jefferson (1764) — Quoting 18th Century criminologist Cesare Beccaria in On Crimes and Punishment.
The Soviet Union established ‘gun safety’ in 1929. From 1929 to 1953, 45 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
Turkey established ‘gun safety’ in 1911. From 1915 to 1927, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
Germany established ‘gun safety’ in 1938. From 1939 to 1945, 13 million Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals and mentally ill people unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated. Similar campaigns have taken place in China, Guatemala, Uganda and Cambodia.
The only purpose of increased gun control is to increase the power of the Federal Government over it’s people.
Don’t think that it can’t happen here.
#53–Ah Yea==Penn and Teller say it best? Comedians??===OK, actually I like them too, so I paid a lot of attention.
Can’t find Musket huh? Joke–its right next to “tyrannical governments.” No joke–what else do words/ideas mean except what they meant in the place and time of their use? You can’t mean “well armed” meant with weapons that didn’t exist back then? I do agree with looking at what the purpose of the provision was for and only disagree that it was for a “credible deterrence” of the government. You don’t find those words in the provision either. We have to read what it SAYS.
First Clip–they understand the 2nd Amendment language to read as if the militia language was not even there==just take it out. The first rule of interpretation is to read ALL THE WORDS. Whether their position is right or wrong, their analysis is defective.
Second Clip==worse than the first. Pick your best argument but one of the worst was stating the statistic that it was 43 times more likely for a home weapon to kill a loved one than an intruder. Thats a nice FACT. It then is simply dismissed by saying “no one includes the number of intruders who decide not to invade because of the gun==ie NO FACTS AT ALL, just “an argument.”
#54–Ah Yea==interesting quotes to the point of: “The only purpose of increased gun control is to increase the power of the Federal Government over it’s people.” /// No. The very real purpose of gun control is to dethrone the USA as the murder capital of First World Countries.
BUT==we can discuss gun control from at least two perspectives: morality or the law.
Probably a better discussion could be had with reference to my link in #33. FOR THE FIRST TIME, the SCOTUS ruled on the meaning of the 2nd Amendment with Scalia’s interpretation similar to Penn & Tellers although he chose to change the words rather than ignore them all to the same end.
So, smart or no, we do have a definitive answer lead by the same clown that ruled in Bush v Gore.
So–gun control issues need to be narrowly or specifically stated otherwise both sides get lost in generalities.
I know you don’t want to do that.
All I know is this guy better turn out to be the messiah that everyone believes he is or else the hammer and nails are coming out of the tool chest, he WILL get crucified in the worst of ways.
Wow a derivative and off-topic discussion on the 2nd amendment based on a super market tabloid article.
# 29 bobbo said, “Mustard–whats your make and model musket?”
It was made by the neighbor of the guy who made your hand operated printing press. What are you doing expressing yourself on the internet? You have no 1st amend right to do so…
# 43 geofgibson said, “That would be the 10th Amendment. It (the Constitution) doesn’t explicitly say Congress can regulate CEO pay, therefore that right is reserved for the States or the People.”
Give it up. In order for someone to understand that answer they’d have to actually understand WHAT the Constitution is…
#22, bobbo,
For myself, I find greater joy and learning in being confronted by an idea I disagree with. I don’t mind disagreement, I search it out.
Aahh, is it the confrontation you enjoy or the learning?
A well presented argument is appreciated. What I don’t like is the stupid comments that are based upon emotion. Don’t tell me you hate “Obama”. Tell me why. Tell me what he has done. Tell me what created the disagreement. Of all the most stomach turning comments are those espousing hate.
What I absolutely don’t tolerate is obvious lies. As you have seen, I will not abide by someone making the pure ad hominem attacks without any basis. BUT, when they have a reason, when they can point to something and say “this is why”, then I can learn.
The greatest ideas are those that teach. The worse are those that use closed, blind minds.