Thursday, May 21, 2009

Is Obama like Twobama and Bushama? and More for Thursday, May 21, 2009

Bushama image on image licensed under Creative Commons by Image Editor

Not to raise too much ire, contempt or otherwise non-warm-fuzzies, we ask the question today (in this posting and in our sister publication - The Anti-Zen Dictionary): is President Obama really two people? Not clinically, but is his private/political persona different from his public/political persona? That is, when you or we see him on the public dais, is that the Wysiwyg? (Or - God help us - another new word - the Wysiwygama...aughh).

This sort of thing happens quite often in public figures (and private figures) and their personalities - sometimes with disastrous consequences. Look at the late Richard M. Nixon, wandering the halls of the White House until the wee hours of the morning talking with the presidential portraits of Washington and Lincoln? Is Obama doing the same? - we hope not. (Stewie: Yes we do! Yes we do!. Handbook: Stop it!). Look at Paul Rubens and Jimmy Piersall - to name some really disastrous consequents. Nah! That could never happen! (This is all just Reductio ad absurdum. No, honest! Really, it is!).

Just what the hell are we talking about? We're referring to the "breaking news" seen on Rachel (last night, Wednesday, May 20, 2009) regarding a report from the great Michael Isikoff. Mr. I. delivered a report on Obama Secret Meeting w Human Rights Groups wherein he (Mr. I.) revealed that a decidedly two-sided "argument" took place between O-POD and these groups. Sorry, we don't think the groups were specifically named, but we're ready to bet that the ACLU is at least one of them due to their current interest in Gitmo. (We're hoping AI is one of the others).

To us, what was most interesting, were the story captions inserted OVER the "crawl", like: "Obama and HR Groups Clashed in Secret (White House) Meetings", "Obama Gave No Ground on Military Prosecutions and or Torture Prosecutions" and "HR Member Tells Obama He's Letting Bush's Policies Become His". Wow! Shock and insult! Talk about spitting in the President's eye! Whew! Mr. Obama is expectedly giving his explanations today (perhaps you've already seen it...).

Of course, forewarned is forearmed. Perhaps Mr. Obama had the foresight and the information to see that his largely Democratic Congress was not going to support him on the promise to close Gitmo. He knew he had no support on this one front and chose to go it against the tide? He doesn't have to worry about swimming against this tide, there are plently of life preservers in this version of the Presidential Swimming Pool (albeit, an ocean-sized swimming pool...). We may all be treading (figuratively) in the waters off of Gitmo for some time.


Markets fall as growth hopes fade

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8060842.stm

Obama: Gitmo a ‘mess,’ ‘misguided’

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30860366/ns/politics-white_house/

Michael Isikoff on Rachel Maddow (5/20/09) on Obama Secret Meeting w Human Rights Groups

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show#30856294

Michael Isikoff

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Isikoff

Rachel

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/ns/msnbc_tv-rachel_maddow_show

Twobama

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/05/twobama.html

Bushama

http://antizendictionary.blogspot.com/2009/04/bushama.html



Guantanamo Bay detention camp

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guantanamo_Bay_detention_camp

New York 'bomb gang' due in court

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8061772.stm

Obama on Guantanamo strategy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7926658.stm

Tanzanian to face US trial

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8060806.stm

Ahmed Ghailani

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Ghailani

Intruder had "vision" Suu Kyi in danger: lawyer

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54k04m-us-myanmar-suukyi/

Mexican cartels break open new front in drugs war

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/n11404938-us-mexico-drugs/

Arsenic In Irrigation Water Is Transferred To Crops

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090513121417.htm


Swine Flu Risk Linked To Arsenic Exposure

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090520151436.htm

Arsenic

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenic

H1N1 flu must be global before Phase 6: WHO chief

http://www.newsdaily.com/stories/tre54k1wq-us-flu-who-pandemic/

Swine Flu And Other New Infectious Diseases -- What's The Risk?

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090519104111.htm

Over 52? You may be protected from swine flu
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