tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post3253915659171448408..comments2024-03-28T01:33:22.764-04:00Comments on The DiploMad 2.0: Trump and Obama's ChristianityDiploMadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02316439950882822419noreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-56312797640581978252015-10-08T19:42:31.472-04:002015-10-08T19:42:31.472-04:00I want the world to know a great man that is well ...I want the world to know a great man that is well known as DR IHUNDE,he has the perfect solution to relationship issues and marriage problems. The main reason why i went to DR IHUNDE was for solution on how i can get my husband back because in recent times i have read some testimonies on the internet which some people has written about DR IHUNDE and i was so pleased and i decided to seek for assistance from him on his email (ihundespelltemple@gmail.com) which he did a perfect job by casting a spell on my husband which made him to come back to me and beg for forgiveness.I will not stop publishing his name on the net because of the good work he is doing. I will drop his contact for the usefulness of those that needs his help.His Email DR IHUNDE"CONTACT via EMAIL:ihundespelltemple@gmail.com queennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-48774802101382731472015-09-27T14:58:38.992-04:002015-09-27T14:58:38.992-04:00Mr. Bean the Rowan Atkinson character? How is he ...Mr. Bean the Rowan Atkinson character? How is he malicious? And how is the taciturn Mr. Bean at all reminiscent of motormouth Obama?<br /><br />BO's mother was self-centered above and beyond the norm for her contemporaries and BO's father just appalling in how he conducted his life. There is nothing remarkable about the rest of his family. <br /><br />Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-16860925407548270562015-09-26T21:38:19.887-04:002015-09-26T21:38:19.887-04:00Well, this isn't going to change my opinion th...Well, this isn't going to change my opinion that the O is America's answer to the malicious and inept Mr. Bean; but all this on the O's family does make me feel a little sorry for him. It also convinces me that no amount of good education and money is going to substitute for a functioning family.Kephahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00999385775493831638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-64880462537404531292015-09-26T18:39:15.063-04:002015-09-26T18:39:15.063-04:00Well now, it seems Germany has finally found Leibe...Well now, it seems Germany has finally found Leibesraum..................in Germany. They are now celebrating "International Cossack Appreciation Day" in Syria, and Brussels has discovered that EU is pronounced Eeeew! Modern Marvels my my.<br />James the Lesser Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13642228725661059539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-62319487096477885122015-09-26T08:05:36.712-04:002015-09-26T08:05:36.712-04:00Sounds as if Coolidge and Ike were the only presid...Sounds as if Coolidge and Ike were the only presidents in the last century who were halfway respectable!Kephahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00999385775493831638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-90966188877888716792015-09-24T19:35:30.068-04:002015-09-24T19:35:30.068-04:00He certainly went through life knowing that his pa...He certainly went through life knowing that his parents were alive but uninterested in him. Grandparents alone are certainly better than nothing.<br /><br />- reader #1482Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-59326973464387642282015-09-24T19:14:00.608-04:002015-09-24T19:14:00.608-04:00He did not lack a family. What he lacked was an in...He did not lack a family. What he lacked was an intact and abiding domestic life. Nor was he 'not accepted'. He did not have roots, 'tis true, and quite unremarkable for <i>haolies</i> in Hawaii. There are some old families there, but the <i>haolie</i> population there is composed largely of people who found the climate more attractive than the roots they had. From 1940 to 1960, Stanley and Madelyn Dunham never lived any place longer than five years. Ann Dunham did not have any roots either, nor any siblings to anchor her. <br /><br />And that's one thing notable about Obama. He seems to have no interest in spending his life in the locus where he spent the largest share of his upbringing and taking some sort of place in the odd sort of society that is Honolulu. His grandmother lived there for 48 years and his sister lives there today with her family. Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-14837932740195359102015-09-24T13:52:49.386-04:002015-09-24T13:52:49.386-04:00I think the damage done is the same, whether his p...I think the damage done is the same, whether his parents justified to themselves that they cared or not. My point is that, if asked, Obama likely will claim that the lack of a family growing up doesn't/hasn't influenced his politics. But when raised with no roots, no acceptance into a family, people have little choice but to place their faith in external institutions like the government. They don't want others to share that feeling of abandonment and thus rely on the only institution that's been 'there for them' at all.. ie, the government. Obama's politics were set by the circumstances of his birth, as with many adults nowadays.<br /><br />- reader #1482Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-49361515894524587012015-09-23T14:00:50.878-04:002015-09-23T14:00:50.878-04:00Good grief!!Good grief!!whitewallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03469746790747742992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-30522145830363629532015-09-23T11:40:21.521-04:002015-09-23T11:40:21.521-04:00Correction, older child. She had only one son.Correction, older <i>child</i>. She had only one son.<br /><br />Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-9869272589147841432015-09-23T11:29:05.082-04:002015-09-23T11:29:05.082-04:00Come again? Ann Dunham was a shag. I doubt Barac...Come again? Ann Dunham was a shag. I doubt Barack Obama, Sr. cared much about her, ever. For some reason - perhaps to keep the immigration authorities off his back, or to keep the philanthropic fund financing his schooling off his back, or to maintain face in front of Neil Abercrombie and others - he married her. The marriage was invalid because it was bigamous. Ann Dunham decamped to Seattle in September 1961 and they never cohabited again. It's doubtful they ever had any discussions of the sort you imagine. Ann Dunham then discarded her congenial lush of a second husband as well, after refusing to have more than one child by him. Ann Dunham deposited her oldest son with her parents, who may have taken on the task reasoning their daughter was doing a lousy job. Ann Dunham's self-centeredness was exceeded by one person - Barack Obama, Sr., who was a monster of arrogance (however engaging Neil Abercrombie found him).Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-74433236977044891962015-09-23T01:26:16.389-04:002015-09-23T01:26:16.389-04:00Apologies for the off-the-cuff backhand... wasn...Apologies for the off-the-cuff backhand... wasn't informed or merited.<br /><br />I think my original intent of a point still stands... when you're a billionaire with a vast legacy already before you, pulling out of a presidential race doesn't mean a whole lot. For someone with life-long ambition of being President with that kind of personal investment, bowing out of the race (either before or after nomination) is a much more momentous decision.<br /><br />- reader #1482Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-78499691252258589492015-09-22T20:00:52.050-04:002015-09-22T20:00:52.050-04:00Just seems a familiar refrain of the children of &...Just seems a familiar refrain of the children of "divorce-but-it's-okay-because-we-both-love-the-children-but-not-enough-to-resolve-our-differences-but-they-wont-be-hurt-because-we'll-both-try-to-be-active-in-their-lives-yet-not-exhibit-actual-love-or-sacrifice-for-them-because-we-want-our-own-lives-our-own-way".<br />Kids in these families have parents and support that are just insufficient, and generalize this to families in general being insufficient. And what else is there? Government. Government should have provided the love that their parents didn't. It doesn't (because it can't and isn't supposed to), but that's not going to stop them. Government must become *good*, not just a body of people, with *good* being whatever takes their fancy. "Insure the uninsured", "Redefine marriage so people don't feel abandoned", "Withdraw from the world because we're obviously incompetent and unloved."<br />I expect a lot more of this before we might see less of it.<br /><br />- reader #1482Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-67182723227992587792015-09-22T16:44:42.441-04:002015-09-22T16:44:42.441-04:00OK. I drop my wee bit of sympathy for Wrev. Wwron...OK. I drop my wee bit of sympathy for Wrev. Wwrong. Kephahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00999385775493831638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-88719524253188176962015-09-22T16:39:44.083-04:002015-09-22T16:39:44.083-04:00Let's wait and see if the "Christian"...Let's wait and see if the "Christian" Barack Hussein Obama bows as deeply for the Pope as he did for the Keeper of the Two Mosques.<br /><br />Somehow I don't think so...antiveninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468923530374463889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-84681094438342301602015-09-22T13:06:40.093-04:002015-09-22T13:06:40.093-04:00That's not automatic... also his father was al...That's not automatic... also his father was already an apostate, which muddies the waters further.<br />I think it's reasonable to understand that he's not a hunted man.<br />- reader #1482Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-15582207576138861032015-09-22T13:04:39.466-04:002015-09-22T13:04:39.466-04:00The 'stand-ins' were his step-father and h...The 'stand-ins' were his step-father and his maternal side grandparents, who spent decades between them cleaning up after Ann Dunham. Stanley Dunham was a spent bullet at the time, making some commissions on insurance policies he sold out of his home and not working for anyone, so not the best of examples (but not a non-example, either). Not an optimal upbringing, but most of us are not graced with optimality. I can imagine an essentially sour regard for his mother and father and they earned it. (He was at a the Million Man March while his mother lay dying of cancer in Honolulu; I do not think he cared much about her). What I cannot understand is why it extends to anyone else. He did not want for nurturing from his grandparents or from the schools he attended or from friends. If anything, they rather over-watered him. Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-31129760055391895142015-09-22T12:30:19.376-04:002015-09-22T12:30:19.376-04:00... with his family background, it's really no...... with his family background, it's really not surprising.<br />No significant father-child relationship, just a bunch of stand-ins.<br />From where could he take any example?<br />And his book was labeled something like 'Dreams from my father' or some such. Seems pretty clear he missed a lot growing up.<br />That's a ton of resentment towards any and every thing.<br /><br />- reader #1482Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-12607263302997436962015-09-22T12:20:41.636-04:002015-09-22T12:20:41.636-04:00The ignorance I think I get. The man made a hash ...The ignorance I think I get. The man made a hash of his liberal education (something almost universal nowadays) and was not curious enough to be an autodidact. People with a given level of educational attainment just do not have the body of common allusions or the sort of erudition which was normal among the educated of my grandparents' generation. The entitlement I think I get. He had an agreeable upbringing all told, and since the age of 27 both he and his wife have received patronage and dispensations by their employers that are seldom seen by ordinary people. The closest he got to an ordinary work life was his stint as a copy editor prior to 1986. That has to have distorted his worldview and sensibilities. The resentments I do not get. I can imagine him resenting some discrete targets (who died in 1982 and 1995, respectively), not the world in general.Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-23634326177976947882015-09-22T12:14:18.141-04:002015-09-22T12:14:18.141-04:00This is actually believable....
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When Wallace as...This is actually believable....<br />--<br />When Wallace asked about how an HP "Wholesaler of the Year" could have sold millions of dollars in products to Iran -- despite U.S. sanctions -- without Fiorina knowing, she argued that the wholesaler was doing business with another company that was doing business with Iran. She said the foreign subsidiary of HP was "not honest in their dealings." <br /><br />"The SEC investigation proved that neither I nor anyone else in management knew about it," she said. <br />--<br />... because to anybody who was at HP under Fiorina's tenure, it's clear that she had no idea what *any* part of HP was doing.<br /><br />fwiw, it didn't start that way... most HPers were extremely excited to have her on board. Nice to be leading the way with a woman, and she was very well spoken.<br /><br />- reader #1482Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-76375480582755051312015-09-22T12:06:33.508-04:002015-09-22T12:06:33.508-04:00His father died in 1999, and had four other childr...His father died in 1999, and had four other children. At the time of his death he was a centimillionaire and his son's current net worth exceeds what his was by a factor of more than 10. Trump and his father ran parallel businesses with the father concentrating on modest developments of residential real estate while the son moved into Manhattan commercial real estate, hotels & casinos, &c.Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-64516572176232853582015-09-22T12:02:28.043-04:002015-09-22T12:02:28.043-04:00I think Scottish Rite lodges tend toward deism and...I think Scottish Rite lodges tend toward deism and Grand-Orient lodges toward atheism, which may explain the greater laxity you see in the Anglosphere regarding parallel membership in masonic lodges and Christian congregations. <br /><br />Anglicanism has long tolerated freemasonry and at least one Archbishop of Canterbury was a freemason. "Whatever" has a long history in Anglicanism. <br /><br />I hadn't heard that about the Know Nothings. They were a secret society themselves. There was an Anti-Masonic Party active ca. 1832. They pioneered certain innovations in political practice, like national party conventions. I think they were eventually absorbed into the Whig Party. Art Decohttp://wwrtc.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-57931371882288622202015-09-22T05:50:59.236-04:002015-09-22T05:50:59.236-04:00Given his history, as son and stepson of Muslims,...Given his history, as son and stepson of Muslims, Obama is inevitably either a Muslim or an apostate. From the Islamic point of view there is no other possibility.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-53837936961662783732015-09-22T02:33:23.634-04:002015-09-22T02:33:23.634-04:00The Know Nothings were anti-Mason too.
Knowing th...The Know Nothings were anti-Mason too.<br /><br />Knowing that my dumb cousin is a enthusiastic Mason dissuades me from even considering membership.Whitehallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1400985529434569506.post-43867214327198210902015-09-22T01:28:17.403-04:002015-09-22T01:28:17.403-04:00yeah... he's the candidate with the least *mot...yeah... he's the candidate with the least *motivation* to become president.. he was already handed billions by his father... he doesn't need trillions of lightly-accounted dollars from congress.<br /><br />- reader #1482Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com