tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post637772666631396458..comments2023-09-15T04:27:57.129-04:00Comments on Commentarama: Here's Looking At Me, KidAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-19953452189839658742012-08-31T14:59:01.231-04:002012-08-31T14:59:01.231-04:00Today (Friday) several of the nets have mentioned ...Today (Friday) several of the nets have mentioned how uncomfortable they think Armstrong would have been about the outpouring of love and honor at his passing. But they also mention that he probably would have been proud of the flyover, a thing quite sacred to all fliers. I couldn't tell from the videos if they did the missing man formation.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-8746394347028949252012-08-30T23:41:30.980-04:002012-08-30T23:41:30.980-04:00Tehachapi Tom: I hadn't heard that, but it so...Tehachapi Tom: I hadn't heard that, but it sounds very much like something Armstrong would believe and Obama wouldn't understand.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-78819002668615462452012-08-30T23:21:32.331-04:002012-08-30T23:21:32.331-04:00Hawk
An interesting side light to the moon landing...Hawk<br />An interesting side light to the moon landing by Armstrong.<br />When they set out they were not real confident that the return launch and flight was going to work. When Armstrong was ask why then did he go he answered "for America".<br />bo is incapable of understanding that simple statement.Tehachapi Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-14360436768095623282012-08-30T14:56:48.023-04:002012-08-30T14:56:48.023-04:00Koshcat: Because he is THE ONE!Koshcat: Because he is THE ONE!LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-63865491466395619542012-08-30T14:44:09.562-04:002012-08-30T14:44:09.562-04:00I fall between Andrew and LawHawk. The statement ...I fall between Andrew and LawHawk. The statement is fine and standard political fluff. The picture is bizaar and misplaced. It is the picture that bothers me. Why must we always have a picture of him?Koshcatnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-58155989006914497152012-08-30T14:16:18.248-04:002012-08-30T14:16:18.248-04:00Joel: He is, as they say, all show and no go. Se...Joel: He is, as they say, all show and no go. Selling the sizzle without any steak.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-3829118390046864092012-08-30T14:14:49.229-04:002012-08-30T14:14:49.229-04:00tryanmax: Fascination with the perpetuation of th...tryanmax: Fascination with the perpetuation of the Obama-centric world is a very sensible reaction.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-11378095949279292902012-08-30T14:01:39.113-04:002012-08-30T14:01:39.113-04:00Andrew,
If what you say is true, where are the pi...Andrew,<br /><br />If what you say is true, where are the pictures for Romney? <br /><br />The main thing that I find irritating is the way everything about Obama is marketing, no substance. Joel Farnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15856960977033430002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-81487428251162343482012-08-30T13:46:22.213-04:002012-08-30T13:46:22.213-04:00If a man's political fortunes can spin on a si...If a man's political fortunes can spin on a single word, why not a photograph? But really, I'm not upset--or even disgusted. I'm just genuinely fascinated by the way this administration expresses itself and how it orders ideas regardless of who is pecking at the keyboard. It's like how my 3-yr-old calls all clothes "pajamas" but he uses the words "see" and "look" in consistently different ways despite the subtle distinction. tryanmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881154741574720094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-4255703735173946972012-08-30T13:42:22.322-04:002012-08-30T13:42:22.322-04:00rlaWTX: But who else could have such great postur...rlaWTX: But who else could have such great posture and evoke such images of the eternal progress of mankind? LOLLawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-40026187079625319402012-08-30T13:36:44.932-04:002012-08-30T13:36:44.932-04:00His face isn't even showing - therefore The On...His face isn't even showing - therefore The One can't be being narcissistic... sarc off/<br /><br />apparently the pic isn't even new - it's from this spring sometime... <br />Andrew, I think that after his insertion of himself in the presidential bios, this is just one more sign of his administration's priorities. Even if TOTUS didn't actually do this himself, he hired someone who did (or hired the someone who did). In and of itself it isn't damning, it is indicative of a pattern.<br />rlaWTXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09319344164726195144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-90696277562267957402012-08-30T12:56:42.717-04:002012-08-30T12:56:42.717-04:00Andrew: This is obviously one of those rare times...Andrew: This is obviously one of those rare times where we are going to have to agree to disagree. It may be a side issue, but it's not a fake issue. The criticism related to Obama's narcissism, not to the truth or falsity of the statement (which was, indeed, quite decent). I'm not upset, I'm disgusted.<br /><br />If it's an official site, then it's open to criticism, regardless of who actually put it together. This is not put together by an independent PAC. It is an official Obama site. I defer to your expertise on how high the approval factor goes or who in the Obama administration might or might not be reading and/or editing it.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-37076198307350077702012-08-30T12:44:50.962-04:002012-08-30T12:44:50.962-04:00Honestly, if you guys are upset about the statemen...Honestly, if you guys are upset about the statement, then you're being Obama-deranged. This is a very standard statement of the type any administration would issue.<br /><br />And if a Republican had issued this identical statement, I can guarantee you that you would call it classy.<br /><br />Seriously, there is enough bad stuff about Obama without trying to find generate fake issues just because you're upset.<br /><br /><br />As for the tumblr site, I hate to break this too you, but nobody high up approved anything on that site. This is SOP for campaigns. They hire some tech/media guy who runs the site with almost no involvement by Obama or anyone high up in his campaign or administration. It's unlikely anyone high up in the campaign will ever even visit the site unless it causes a controversy.<br />AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-16545368239224218142012-08-30T12:42:49.760-04:002012-08-30T12:42:49.760-04:00tryanmax: Thanks for the supporting link. It ver...tryanmax: Thanks for the supporting link. It verifies the statement, but unlike the original post, the White House statement from the press office doesn't include the Obama moon-gazing photo.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-47581638787133550782012-08-30T12:39:41.412-04:002012-08-30T12:39:41.412-04:00As for the Tumblr post, it should also be noted th...As for the Tumblr post, it should also be noted that directly below the Obama-Biden logo, is the link to Barackobama.com. LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-14265616435897453842012-08-30T12:35:50.474-04:002012-08-30T12:35:50.474-04:00FYI: the exact same statement is hosted on the Whi...FYI: the exact same statement is hosted on the White House press website: <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/08/25/statement-president-passing-neil-armstrong" rel="nofollow">LINK</a> tryanmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881154741574720094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-43692368652182483242012-08-30T12:33:16.844-04:002012-08-30T12:33:16.844-04:00tryanmax: I agree that in between rounds of golf ...tryanmax: I agree that in between rounds of golf and entertaining SEIU officials at the White House, Obama has little time to be writing these things himself. But either he or someone way up in the hierarchy has to approve the final version of posts on an official Obama website. You're right on the money about the fact that Obama considers himself the center of the universe, and his staffers, high, low or middle must support that position in every way possible.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-75259854570266080022012-08-30T12:29:12.870-04:002012-08-30T12:29:12.870-04:00Andrew: Your wish is my command. Here's the ...Andrew: Your wish is my command. Here's the primary link: <a href="http://barackobama.tumblr.com/post/30199041207/neils-spirit-of-discovery-lives-on-in-all-the-men" rel="nofollow">Obama-Biden Tumblr Official Site</a>. <br /><br />A low level staffer may very well have put it together, but it is an <i>official</i> Obama election site, and I doubt seriously that any low level staffer gave it the final approval. As the masthead states: "This is the Obama 2012 campaign's official home on Tumblr." If it wasn't Obama himself, it was very likely someone high in the pecking-order. <br /><br />Either way, whether it was Obama himself or someone else, it's a demonstration of the kind of thinking that pervades the messianic Obama cadres. <br /><br />That outsized ego is certainly going to get badly-bruised in November.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-7572181809602496822012-08-30T12:27:22.709-04:002012-08-30T12:27:22.709-04:00Andrew is probably right that a staffer penned it....Andrew is probably right that a staffer penned it. But it still remains that the media staff has evidently had it drummed into their collective heads that their job is to spin everything to put 0bama at the center.tryanmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881154741574720094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-53083504447190246472012-08-30T12:12:17.000-04:002012-08-30T12:12:17.000-04:00tryanmax: I hadn't thought of it that way. B...tryanmax: I hadn't thought of it that way. But I think you're right.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-69076610005409700422012-08-30T11:56:15.412-04:002012-08-30T11:56:15.412-04:00I doubt Obama even knows about the page frankly. ...I doubt Obama even knows about the page frankly. It's probably done by some low level staffer. Do you have a link to it?<br /><br />In any event, three plus years of observation have demonstrated that the man is a narcissist, probably the worst we've ever seen as President. And he's in for a rude awakening in November.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-70299123223253814952012-08-30T11:18:04.605-04:002012-08-30T11:18:04.605-04:00"Neil’s spirit of discovery lives on in all t...<i> "Neil’s spirit of discovery lives on in all the men and women who have devoted their lives to exploring the unknown—including those who are ensuring that we reach higher and go further in space."</i><br /><br />So space exploration is an <i>afterthought</i> on the day Neil Armstrong passes? Yeesh! tryanmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881154741574720094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-81001924343270552752012-08-30T11:01:05.605-04:002012-08-30T11:01:05.605-04:00T-Rav: To paraphrase the running gag from the old...T-Rav: To paraphrase the running gag from the old Saturday Night Live show: "It is better to look good than to be good." Somebody (and I think it may have been Paul Ryan) said that when playing basketball with Barack, it's easy to defend against him. Just remember that he'll always make his move to the left.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-16145874639584106092012-08-30T10:56:04.772-04:002012-08-30T10:56:04.772-04:00Don't be too hard on him, LawHawk. Narcissisti...Don't be too hard on him, LawHawk. Narcissistic? Yes. Thoughtless? Yeah. Utterly and completely out of touch? Like no other. On the other hand, I hear he has great posture.T-Ravhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10861218035729479354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-33579602173887906992012-08-30T10:54:13.525-04:002012-08-30T10:54:13.525-04:00Stan: I think it's probably entirely true tha...Stan: I think it's probably entirely true that heroes rarely think of themselves as heroes, and are often amazed that others do think of them that way. Armstrong would have to be very near the top of that list. He hid from publicity and hype, and instead chose to do that other public service--teaching. He remained committed to NASA, but never sought the headlines. <br /><br />As for the photo, I can picture him approving the photo even if not choosing it personally. It was undoubtedly part of his pre-approved catalog. "I'm Barack Obama, and I approve of my picture of me."<br /><br />BHO's future will undoubtedly include the kind of anti-Americanism that Carter is so good at. His phoniness, insincerity, and faked cosmopolitanism plays very well with the Europeans, and his suspect praise for Islam puts him in good stead with the suicidal left. After all, this is the guy who got the Nobel Peace Prize for having done absolutely nothing, but promising everything. <br /><br />I see him as largely abandoning America and working hard to attain the ultimate throne--Secretary General of the United Nations. Why dwell on having been leader of the unexceptional United States when he can become the leader of the One World Society? LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.com