Obama gives "Shout-outs"

[MG1968]

in his remarks, Obama also referred to Joe Medicine Crow as a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Funny thing about that, Medicine Crow is not a CMH recipient.

CMOHS.org - Living Recipients

Medicine Crow is, however, a recipient of the Medal of Freedom and a Bronze Star.

for a man alleged to be so smart, Obama is a doofus.

[T-TownVol]

Originally Posted by MG1968

in his remarks, Obama also referred to Joe Medicine Crow as a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Funny thing about that, Medicine Crow is not a CMH recipient.

CMOHS.org - Living Recipients

Medicine Crow is, however, a recipient of the Medal of Freedom and a Bronze Star.

for a man alleged to be so smart, Obama is a doofus.

actually BHO said that he "won" the CMH....I am not in the military, but I do not believe that is an honor that can be "won"

[CountVolcula]

Originally Posted by getyopopcornready

So you think caring about this is going to change something?

I care a lot about things that some people find trivial and un-important. What would this country be like if everyone was passive and didnt care? Wait, I know the answer. We would elect a half-wit socialist, with no experience as president, just so we could feel that we have made amends for something that none of us had any control over in the first place. Genius!!

[CountVolcula]

Originally Posted by MG1968

in his remarks, Obama also referred to Joe Medicine Crow as a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Funny thing about that, Medicine Crow is not a CMH recipient.

CMOHS.org - Living Recipients

Medicine Crow is, however, a recipient of the Medal of Freedom and a Bronze Star.

for a man alleged to be so smart, Obama is a doofus.

He also apologized to the Eskimo people for the Trail of Tears

[TXVOL07]

He wouldnt have been elected if people didnt care. Passive people dont vote. Youre grabbing at straws now.

[getyopopcornready]

Originally Posted by CountVolcula

I care a lot about things that some people find trivial and un-important. What would this country be like if everyone was passive and didnt care about things that don't have a damn thing to do with anything.

The world would revolve a lot faster than it does now.

[getyopopcornready]

Originally Posted by CountVolcula

I care a lot about things that some people find trivial and un-important. What would this country be like if everyone was passive and didnt care? Wait, I know the answer. We would elect a half-wit socialist, with no experience as president, just so we could feel that we have made amends for something that none of us had any control over in the first place. Genius!!

You can't find one passive person in this country that voted without any influence from others. So actually, the people who put Obama in the whitehouse are people like you.

[MG1968]

Originally Posted by CountVolcula

He also apologized to the Eskimo people for the Trail of Tears

it's quite obvious that the Teleprompter is the brains of the operation

[CountVolcula]

Originally Posted by getyopopcornready

You can't find one passive person in this country that voted without any influence from others. So actually, the people who put Obama in the whitehouse are people like you.

I refer to those people as sheep. Without a shepherd and a sheep dog, these people would be lost

"Who makes himself a sheep will be eaten by the wolves”

Proverb

[CountVolcula]

Originally Posted by TXVOL07

He wouldnt have been elected if people didnt care. Passive people dont vote. Youre grabbing at straws now.

Passive as in they can be lead astray easily.

[VOLnVEGAS]

Originally Posted by MG1968

it's quite obvious that the Teleprompter is the brains of the operation

He couldnt function without one.

[CountVolcula]

On Sheep, Wolves, and Sheepdogs by Lt. Col.Dave Grossman

One Vietnam veteran, an old retired colonel, once said this to me: “Most of the people in our society are sheep. They are kind, gentle, productive creatures who can only hurt one another by accident.” This is true. Remember, the murder rate is six per 100,000 per year, and the aggravated assault rate is four per 1,000 per year. What this means is that the vast majority of Americans are not inclined to hurt one another.

Some estimates say that two million Americans are victims of violent crimes every year, a tragic, staggering number, perhaps an all-time record rate of violent crime. But there are almost 300 million Americans, which means that the odds of being a victim of violent crime is considerably less than one in a hundred on any given year. Furthermore, since many violent crimes are committed by repeat offenders, the actual number of violent citizens is considerably less than two million.

Thus there is a paradox, and we must grasp both ends of the situation: We may well be in the most violent times in history, but violence is still remarkably rare. This is because most citizens are kind, decent people who are not capable of hurting each other, except by accident or under extreme provocation. They are sheep.

I mean nothing negative by calling them sheep. To me it is like the pretty, blue robin’s egg. Inside it is soft and gooey but someday it will grow into something wonderful. But the egg cannot survive without its hard blue shell. Police officers, soldiers and other warriors are like that shell, and someday the civilization they protect will grow into something wonderful. For now, though, they need warriors to protect them from the predators.
“Then there are the wolves,” the old war veteran said, “and the wolves feed on the sheep without mercy.” Do you believe there are wolves out there who will feed on the flock without mercy? You better believe it. There are evil men in this world and they are capable of evil deeds. The moment you forget that or pretend it is not so, you become a sheep. There is no safety in denial.

“Then there are sheepdogs,” he went on, “and I’m a sheepdog. I live to protect the flock and confront the wolf.” Or, as a sign in one California law enforcement agency put it, “We intimidate those who intimidate others.”

If you have no capacity for violence then you are a healthy productive citizen: a sheep. If you have a capacity for violence and no empathy for your fellow citizens, then you have defined an aggressive sociopath--a wolf. But what if you have a capacity for violence, and a deep love for your fellow citizens? Then you are a sheepdog, a warrior, someone who is walking the hero’s path. Someone who can walk into the heart of darkness, into the universal human phobia, and walk out unscathed.

[TXVOL07]

Originally Posted by CountVolcula

Passive as in they can be lead astray easily.

Youre confused obviously. Passive people "assume" that things will turn out just fine in their favor, thus they do nothing to aide their own cause. Mr. Obama made a point to mobalize a large quantity of "historically" indiffrent voters, and got them to cast their ballot. Republicans who sat on their butts and didnt bother to vote could be blamed, but not very much. Look at the demographic stats on voter turnout.

In the end, its all neither here nor there. He won, we're dealing with it. We have had our eyes open as to how important it is to be an active participant in the political system. There are many "relevant" items to be critical of Mr. Obama. Your linkage of the recent PR mishap and the tragedy that happened yesterday, is not one of them. Its making you sound narrow minded and misinformed as to what the true issues are. This is trivial.

Being passive by your definition is incorrect. The word youre looking for is "naive", to which it is sounding more and more like you fall into it's classification.

[IPorange]

This is the sort of thing that the Left jumped all over Bush for... It is making a mountain out of a mole hill. It's not easy to be under the microscope.

[MG1968]

Originally Posted by IPorange

This is the sort of thing that the Left jumped all over Bush for... It is making a mountain out of a mole hill. It's not easy to be under the microscope.

didn't Obama claim during the campaign that, unlike Bush, he was capable of doing more than one thing at a time?

it may be making something out of nothing, but for a guy hailed as the smartest person to ever be POTUS, he sure screws up a lot.