Sounds Like Bin Laden's Dead

RVCA · 05-01-2011, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Ian E Coleman

This and also: Why does Obama being a Christian make it ok for him to assume that the rest of the country wants to hear his religious rhetoric? It doesn't matter what his religion is, he should leave religion out of government in every way.

He can go to church and celebrate easter etc. but don't say "God Bless America" just because it's become a popular american slogan. The German leader likely doesn't say Heil Hitler after every speech.

To be fair, Obama's speech was probably cobbled together last week by a group of people he's never met.

CHCl3 · 05-01-2011, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by CanwllCorfe

Can't we just be happy? We wanted him to die, and now he's dead. I don't know. Maybe it's just me.

My sentiments exactly.

Mr November · 05-01-2011, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by RVCA

To be fair, Obama's speech was probably cobbled together last week by a group of people he's never met.

True.

**Janszoon** · 05-01-2011, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by RVCA

To be fair, Obama's speech was probably cobbled together last week by a group of people he's never met.

Heh. I was actually thinking it was probably written for Bush nine years ago.

CHCl3 · 05-01-2011, 11:35 PM

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Heh. I was actually thinking it was probably written for Bush nine years ago.

Doesn't sound like a Bush speech.

Then again that could be because Obama doesn't have the eloquence of a drunken frat boy.

RVCA · 05-01-2011, 11:35 PM

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Originally Posted by CanwllCorfe

Can't we just be happy? We wanted him to die, and now he's dead. I don't know. Maybe it's just me.

Yes, it's fine to feel content because a terrorist has been brought to justice (if you call murder justice), but blind, patriotic, nationalistic fervor is never a good thing

Neapolitan · 05-01-2011, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Paloma

I'm not asking for a political debate, I'm saying why not explain rather than come off as a condescending ****? Otherwise those who are ignorant will remain so, or do you not want to chance being knocked off your high horse?

You have to take for for what he said, and not dissect it and inspect it to find something you don't like and feel you have a right to criticize, he's talking about something he feel not some kind opinion, so I don't think you should be judging him on that. He isn't condescending or on a high horse. To him this isn't an opinion about some innocuous subject, there is still some raw emotion where all of this is tied in with the pain of 9/11 - I don't think people should go around judging people on that.

captaincaptain · 05-01-2011, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

First of all, it was more than saying "god bless america". It was a string of several Christian comments that the leader of my allegedly secular nation made at the end of his speech. I spent eight years dealing with a warmongering, fundamentalist Christian ass in the white house and voted for Obama because I wanted an alternative to that. When I see him behaving in exactly the same way as Bush it is, most definitely, a case of shitting in my face. And, honestly, do you really think that it makes any sense to end a speech which contained declarations of "we are not at war with Islam" with a bunch of Christian-themed platitudes? Sounds like a good way to undermine one's own speech to me.

I just watched his speech again, he said the word "God" four times, 3 times in the last 15 seconds. Paraphrase: "No matter what god you believe in, what color your skin is." . He also "One nation, under God...", "Thank you, may God Bless you and may God bless America". His only references about religion was that it was not a war against Islam but terrorism. I don't know one President that has never say God Bless America and I didn't get any Christian overtones in that speech.

Mr November · 05-01-2011, 11:38 PM

I think we all know that this is just Obama and his press team trying to make the most of some good publicity for his term.

It makes no difference to me if Osama is dead to be honest. But it makes all the difference in the world that Obama has an achievement none the less one that he can rub in the republicans faces, because they couldn't get the job done. That's what this is really all about.

RVCA · 05-01-2011, 11:38 PM

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Originally Posted by captaincaptain

I just watched his speech again, he said the word "God" four times, 3 times in the last 15 seconds. Paraphrase: "No matter what god you believe in, what color your skin is." . He also "One nation, under God...", "Thank you, may God Bless you and may God bless America". His only references about religion was that it was not a war against Islam but terrorism. I don't know one President that has never say God Bless America and I didn't get any Christian overtones in that speech.

Christian overtones or not, they are religious overtones.

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Mr November Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Halifax, Canada Posts: 429	I think we all know that this is just Obama and his press team trying to make the most of some good publicity for his term. It makes no difference to me if Osama is dead to be honest. But it makes all the difference in the world that Obama has an achievement none the less one that he can rub in the republicans faces, because they couldn't get the job done. That's what this is really all about.