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Re: RIP , photojournalist James Foley - Speedy - 08-22-2014
mrlynn wrote:
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Danny Pearl and Nick Berg don't miss him, i promise you that.
And you wondered why I don't come here? With this level of discourse?
You should be ashamed.
/Mr Lynn
LOL @ your thinking that 'high-level discourse' consists of posting meme images in an online forum.
Perhaps i should be ashamed, but you should definitely feel embarrassed. :jest:
Yes, that was a descent into low-level discourse. I did it as the obvious response to Speedy's snarky (and nasty) comment, "People around the world loved and respected Pres. Bush so much, Pres. Obama was given the Nobel Peace Prize for being not Pres. Bush."
/Mr Lynn
Snarky, but the part about the Peace Prize was quite accurate.
Re: RIP , photojournalist James Foley - rjmacs - 08-22-2014
mrlynn wrote:
[quote=rjmacs]
[quote=mrlynn]
[quote=rjmacs]
Danny Pearl and Nick Berg don't miss him, i promise you that.
And you wondered why I don't come here? With this level of discourse?
You should be ashamed.
/Mr Lynn
LOL @ your thinking that 'high-level discourse' consists of posting meme images in an online forum.
Perhaps i should be ashamed, but you should definitely feel embarrassed. :jest:
Yes, that was a descent into low-level discourse. I did it as the obvious response to Speedy's snarky (and nasty) comment, "People around the world loved and respected Pres. Bush so much, Pres. Obama was given the Nobel Peace Prize for being not Pres. Bush."
/Mr Lynn
FWIW, i think President Obama should give that medal back. He certainly hasn't proved worthy of it.
Re: RIP , photojournalist James Foley - $tevie - 08-22-2014
FWIW, I think that prize was a misguided effort to award this country for electing our first person of color, presented to Obama as the leader of this country. In short, a mistake in thinking that we had overcome a major hurdle in our attitudes about race. Probably due to not understanding a number of things about the USA, not the least of which is we don't really consider the President the leader of this country unless we agree with him. I honestly don't think it was meant to be A Major Award for Obama the man, but rather Obama the symbol. Too confusing for anyone in this country to grasp.
Re: RIP , photojournalist James Foley - rjmacs - 08-22-2014
$tevie wrote:
FWIW, I think that prize was a misguided effort to award this country for electing our first person of color, presented to Obama as the leader of this country. In short, a mistake in thinking that we had overcome a major hurdle in our attitudes about race. Probably due to not understanding a number of things about the USA, not the least of which is we don't really consider the President the leader of this country unless we agree with him. I honestly don't think it was meant to be A Major Award for Obama the man, but rather Obama the symbol. Too confusing for anyone in this country to grasp.
Nothing in the announcement about the USA. It was all about international relations. I grasp what they were doing, but they were waaaaaay premature.
Norwegian Nobel Committee wrote:
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009 is to be awarded to President Barack Obama for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. The Committee has attached special importance to Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons.
Obama has as President created a new climate in international politics. Multilateral diplomacy has regained a central position, with emphasis on the role that the United Nations and other international institutions can play. Dialogue and negotiations are preferred as instruments for resolving even the most difficult international conflicts. The vision of a world free from nuclear arms has powerfully stimulated disarmament and arms control negotiations. Thanks to Obama's initiative, the USA is now playing a more constructive role in meeting the great climatic challenges the world is confronting. Democracy and human rights are to be strengthened.
Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future. His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world's population.
For 108 years, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has sought to stimulate precisely that international policy and those attitudes for which Obama is now the world's leading spokesman. The Committee endorses Obama's appeal that "Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges."
Oslo, October 9, 2009
Re: RIP , photojournalist James Foley - hal - 08-22-2014
I think the award was more like, "thank GOD our long, international nightmare has ended - GIVE THIS MAN A MEDAL!"
Re: RIP , photojournalist James Foley - swampy - 08-22-2014
Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future. His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world's population.
So the rest of the world is ready to go play golf while journalists are being beheaded?
Re: RIP , photojournalist James Foley - Speedy - 08-22-2014
swampy, just because reactionary media is running the golf meme doesn't mean regular folks give it much credence. It shows the desperation of the far right.
Re: RIP , photojournalist James Foley - Wild eep - 08-22-2014
swampy wrote:
Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the world's attention and given its people hope for a better future. His diplomacy is founded in the concept that those who are to lead the world must do so on the basis of values and attitudes that are shared by the majority of the world's population.
So the rest of the world is ready to go play golf while journalists are being beheaded?
What a lame ass, ignorant comment from the far right.
You are too shallow swamp.
Once again you prove how biased you are.
Re: RIP , photojournalist James Foley - Lux Interior - 08-22-2014
swampy wrote:
So the rest of the world is ready to go play golf while journalists are being beheaded?
Obama sure isn't acting presidential, is he.
Remember his flippant "Watch this drive" comment?
Truly an embarrassment.
Re: RIP , photojournalist James Foley - $tevie - 08-23-2014
Oh for crying out loud, is the right wing still harping about Obama playing golf? They think he should be caddying instead, yes?