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cal04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 04:53 PM Original message |
President Obama: 'A Systemic Failure Has Occurred' |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
1. Somebody posted that he blamed it on Bush. Is that true? |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 04:56 PM Original message |
It is Bush's fault. |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
7. Fine. But not sure that the blame game is germane at this point. |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:35 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. That means what President Obama's doing is right. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 07:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
59. He didn't blame it directly on bush |
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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
9. Would you care to explain why it's Bush's fault? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Bush issued the crotch bomber's visa and released his co-conspirators from Gitmo |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Listen, I'm not a Bush worshipping a-hole |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:10 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Well Bush got a PDB saying that Bin Laden was going to strike in the U.S. |
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FrenchieCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 09:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
69. You busted! |
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yava (384 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 09:43 AM Response to Reply #9 |
71. the hijackings of 9/11 were done by Saudis with flying licenses |
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O is 44 (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. I did not hear him blame Bush.... |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 06:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
40. Oh, that's good. Someone posted in another thread that he blamed Bush which seems beneath him. |
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Igel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 08:41 PM Response to Reply #22 |
64. It amounts to the same thing. |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. A day late and a dollar short |
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SemiCharmedQuark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 04:57 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. They were going to criticize him no matter what. You know that. |
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Moosepoop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 06:00 PM Response to Reply #2 |
39. I read an account by a passenger that stated the blanket didn't help. |
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Titanothere (198 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 09:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
70. Exactly |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
3. What went wrong is that passengers headed to the US are not sent through the millimeter scanners. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. I take it you aren't aware that the whole TSA gig is a dog and pony show? |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 04:59 PM Response to Original message |
5. Janet Napolitano: ''The system worked'' |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:12 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. She retracted that statement and you know it |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:18 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Retracted? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:30 PM Original message |
Her statement was taken out of context and twisted by FAUX Noise et al. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
21. No it wasn't. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. Well ya know - I watched that interview and I know differently |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:38 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Please feel free to quote from the interview then like I did... |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Here's what she said |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:45 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. That is her second statement later in the afternoon... |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 06:12 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Fucking Busllshit - here's the CNN transcript FROM 9 AM EST DEC. 27, 2009 - not the afternnon |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #41 |
45. And from that statement.. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 06:24 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. You said that was her *second* statement of the day - and it was not |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 06:26 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. You do realize that you gave two different quotes.... |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 06:29 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. You realize you are posting RW talking points - right? |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. That wasn't really an answer.. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 06:57 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. It was a statement of fact |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 07:07 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. That its embarrassing? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 07:38 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Shamelessly repeating RW talking points that have been thoroughly debunked is embarrassing |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 08:16 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. So she didn't say "the system worked" at first? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 08:29 PM Response to Reply #60 |
61. It's a RW talking point - quoted out-of-context and twisted by RW assholes |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 08:35 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. What's taken out of context? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 08:52 PM Response to Reply #63 |
65. yes out of context |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 08:55 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. Thanks for putting it back in context then.... |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 09:04 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. Rachel Maddow said my exact words just seconds ago -twisted and taken out of context |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 09:11 PM Response to Reply #30 |
68. Everything worked except the part of the system that is supposed to keep folks with bombs... |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
25. It wasn't taken out of context. Did you even watch her on TV? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:45 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. Yeah I watched her on the teevee and this is what she said... |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:46 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. See post 34. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. See post 41 |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:57 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. It was the passengers, and their blankets, that stopped the fire |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:46 PM Response to Reply #17 |
35. She was referring to how things were handled AFTER THE FACT, |
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O is 44 (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:28 PM Response to Reply #5 |
18. Please google the complete interview |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
31. I am still waiting for evidence that you support a single administration policy |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 06:19 PM Response to Reply #31 |
46. Oh please.. |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
6. That's a good start. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
8. Actually, I think this was intended to interrupt discussions about health care deform . .. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
10. The "Systemic Failure" Gave Us a President Who Refuses to Prosecute War Crimes |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
11. What a joke . . . if this was a "systematic failure" what would Obama call 9/11 . . . |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
19. What I want to know is who got him on the plain with no passport |
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jus_the_facts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
20. Seems there's a systemic failure of everything with no end in sight. n/t |
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O is 44 (740 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Well if you were dealing with facts |
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unc70 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:51 PM Response to Reply #20 |
37. My thoughts exactly. Unable to tell topic from headline. |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
24. Why doesn't he just go golfing so he can get re-elected? |
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Cha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. This is serious business and we're fortunate |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 06:14 PM Response to Reply #29 |
43. Obama's solution will be to carpet bomb Yemen, killing hundreds of civilians |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 06:17 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Fucking bullshit - Obama is NOT going to carpet bomb Yemen and kill hundreds of civilians |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 06:22 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. He already has with drone strikes in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 06:27 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. Do you even know what carpet bombing is? |
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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 06:28 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. I know what carpet bombing is |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 06:30 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Carpet bombing? |
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GrimReefa (161 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
32. Only one way to be safe... |
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WheelWalker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 06:25 PM Response to Reply #32 |
49. +1 |
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shadowrider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-30-09 05:34 PM Response to Reply #32 |
72. Actually |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-29-09 08:30 PM Response to Original message |
62. Since the Nigerian was not placed on the FBI watch list... |
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