So what was Obama thinking?
 

First he compares the Islamic terrorist to the Crusades by saying ?Lest we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember that during the Crusades and the Inquisition, people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ.? at the National prayer Breakfast sounding like he is keeping Isis actions in perspective?

Second despite objections from our allies, Congress and former administration officials, the president seems to be pressing for a unilateral deal with Iran on its nuclear program. Obama appears willing to leave Iran?s nuclear infrastructure in place and accept at face value the Iranian government?s laughable assurances that it wants only peaceful nuclear technology.

Then third, the release of the president?s surreal, liberal dream-budget gives us a government blueprint that shows what he would do if he were King of America. Obama wants to reach into the pockets of U.S. companies everywhere, raise taxes on just about every form of wealth and spend more and more on social schemes that corral citizens into the care of the state and freely heap new debt on future generations.

Presidents are supposed to lead, guide and convince. Instead, Obama makes excuses for our enemies, ignores economic reality and acts unilaterally.

he thinks we all need a lecture from him. the problems with that are

1. we don't need a lecture on that shit

2. leaders give lectures.

Oh, and put me OTR: BO's an asshole for saying what he said.

more than an idiot, he's worse, he's an asshole for that shit.

Obama can only READ, not allowed to THINK

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Hey, good luck with that.

that's a good short read, people including myself often have a Disney version of world history.

there is no apology though for the Inquisition, pure religious evil at work there.

Historian Thomas Madden, director of the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Saint Louis University, writes that the "Inquisition was not born out of desire to crush diversity or oppress people; it was rather an attempt to stop unjust executions."

In medieval Europe, heresy was a crime against the state, Mr. Madden explains. Local nobles, often greedy, illiterate and eager to placate the mob, gleefully agreed to execute people accused of witchcraft or some other forms of heresy. By the 1100s, such accusations were causing grave injustices (in much the same way that apparatchiks in Communist countries would level charges of disloyalty in order to have rivals "disappeared").

"The Catholic Church's response to this problem was the Inquisition," Mr. Madden explains, "first instituted by Pope Lucius III in 1184."

I cannot defend everything done under the various Inquisitions — especially in Spain — because some of it was indefensible. But there's a very important point that needs to be made here that transcends scoring easy, albeit deserved, points against Mr. Obama's approach to Islamic extremism — which he will not call Islamic.

Christianity, even in its most terrible days, even under the most corrupt popes, even during the most unjustifiable wars, was indisputably a force for the improvement of man.

Christianity ended greater barbarisms under pagan Rome. The church often fell short of its ideals — which all human things do — but its ideals were indisputably a great advance for humanity.

Obama's comparison of Christianity, radical Islam defies logic - Baltimore Sun

indisputably? :1orglaugh

as if those ideals were invented by the Catholic Church - humanity didn't need the church to make advances, the church invented nothing that other civilizations hadn't already developed - obviously the Jews theologically, Christianity began as a peasant sect of Judaism with the same beliefs other than the belief Jesus Christ was the Messiah.

not saying Western civilization didn't advance under the Church, Russian civilization advanced under Soviet rule, social order is needed for progress.

my god is bigger than your god.

I got the impression the author's argument is the church provided the organizational structure, due to its' being THe Catholic Church, needed for FORCE required to steer social order to prioritize things that progress it. herded and pointed the mob in the right direction overall, so to speak.

It's an interesting viewpoint. I've tended to not see any positives coming from any of the inquisitions either, other than some good mel brooks flicks.

He is thinking let's piss off the old white people on gfy

and then there is this
Some 5.5 million U.S. work permits have gone to non-citizens since the first year of the Obama administration — far beyond the number authorized by Congress, and not counting millions more to be issued under executive amnesty,

And?

The crusades were what? They were military campaigns sanctioned by the Catholic Church. They killed in the name of god. If you think about this, Obama is correct - Christians killed in the name of their god, not unlike ISIS is killing in the name of their god.

And?

Seems painfully obvious here that we need a different approach here because what we've been doing since the 1970s is nothing but utter failure. Let me put it to you this way - We can't kill them, so sooner or later we will have to make some kind of a deal with them. We cannot stop them from having nuclear power. And say what you want about Iran, but truthfully I don't believe they've ever attacked anyone. Ever.

Well, Obama is in fact King Of America at this exact moment.

I have no idea what you are ranting about here, but based on what you just wrote... This sounds like sheer brilliance. Tax US companies - You know, the same mother fuckers like Minte who drive around in hundred thousand dollar sport cars while writing off the depreciation of the fountain he built for his company?

Nah, you are right Vendzilla. Let's allow Minte to write his fountain off of his taxes for the next decade while paying his janitor minimum wage.

Wrong!
?I don?t think the president knows very much about the crusades,? Thomas Madden, a historian at the University of St. Louis, told ABC News.

?He seems to be casting them as an example of a distortion of Christianity and trying to compare that to what he sees as a distortion of Islam in the actions of ISIS,? Madden said. ?The initial goal of the Crusades was to give back lands to Christians that been conquered, due to Muslim conquests.?
Historians Weigh in on Obama's Comparison of ISIS Militants to Medieval Christian Crusaders - ABC News
LOL, you have very little knowledge about the Iranian's
List of wars involving Iran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Well, Obama is in fact King Of America at this exact moment.

That's right, do exactly the opposite of what has worked in the past, I thought you read history?
Right now the corporate tax rate at 40 %, that's damn high, other countries that have lowered it have had good success with their economies. Did you know that Southern California Edison is laying off 500 IT people and replacing them with IT people in India? Why, because of cost, what happens when it gets more expensive to do business?

I'm pretty sure Obama reads GFY and he just like fucking with Vendzilla. He's like shit.. what can I do to make Vendzilla angry enough to post..

http://www.techdigest.tv/obama-deal-with-it.jpg

He's a non thinker

The U.S. is doing pretty good right now. I doubt obama had much to do with it but corporate tax is not likely to matter much.

Happy to see Vendz is well and alive .. hadn`t posted in a while ...

Damn Obama, economy in the US is not only improving, but actually doing well ... depriving Vendz of posting material.

Could only wish that ours up north would be doing as great.. which it isn`t :mad:

Two wrongs make a right and fuck 1,000 years.

Here's the thing, doing better according to who? I know, it's doing better according to Obama. 30 million unemployed or underemployed, that's not getting better in my book.
I've just been busy with a new start up.

there is truth to that but the Greeks and Romans and the Egyptians had structured and progressive societies, by antiquity standards, long before the Church was founded. the Jews who like to take credit for the 10 Commandments 'borrowed' them from the Egyptians and also 'borrowed' many of the moralistic stories/legends in the OT from other cultures - most obvious one is Noah and the Great Flood, a total lift from the Sumerian myth The Epic of Gilgamesh. The idea that these monotheistic religions civilized us is very debatable.

I don't know what the history of Western civilization would have been like in the absence of the powerful Church of Rome, whether we'd have been better or worse off. There's a lot of blood on the hands of Christianity throughout history right up until the present day.

Region is and always has been a fairytale for adults used to control the masses. Sometimes it can be used for good as in civilizing the masses and sometimes it can be used for bad as in waging wars. Regardless it's still little more than a fairytale for adults.

Obama once again defends his beloved Muslim Brothers.

No shit. The issue is these ISIS retards are still 1000 years behind everyone else. He's trying not to alienate muslims but he just sounds foolish

Modern political and social societies do not (*at least should not) behave like was done 1000 or 500 years ago. I guess the last throw-back was the Nazi Third Reich. The Islamic State (IS, ISIL, ISIS) are just the latest barbarians. The Islamic State will be destroyed like other barbarians and history will go on -- another barbarian regime will arise. The barbarism of the Crusades and the Spanish Inquisition is well known -- so what? It is not justification of the Islamic State's barbarism.

I can exterminate people because Hitler, Genghis Khan or Timour (Tamerlane) did? That is a ridiculous argument.

This is basically the same reason that the USA just does not nuke Iran -- it would be barbaric to exterminate a nation of 77.45 million people. Would ISIS if given a chance nuke the USA?

don't forget all of those social structures had religion at their core, plus they all crumbled and a lot was lost, enter the medieval period.

I don't think the point was monotheism in particular, more the structure that arose from religion, based on principles of goodness.

And in other news today Sean Hannity walked around a corner and seeing a gay couple holding hand he suddenly stopped, quickly and vendzillas head flew right up his ass...It impacted so far and so firmly that emergency medical personell had to get the jaws of life to extricate it.

One paramedic remarked how, considering the size of Sean Hannitys asshole it was surprising that anything could get stuck that far up there.

Word is that Vendzilla and Sean will both survive but both blame Obama and plan to get John Boehner to file suit....more as this develops

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I like posts like this, it confirms just how fucking ignorant you are!

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Jesus christ, another obama thread by this idiot... You are like a blaring retard going around "obama! obama! obama fault! obama idiot! obama this, obama that!"

You dont have to go back to the crusades.Anytime an abortion clinic is blown up or a abortion doctor is killed its a Christian terrorist.

they all are non thinkers

Jesus Christ, a fucking moron that whines and bitches, but never engages, must be because you are some woman's bitch!

Those people that do things like that are dealt with and prosecuted, Obama is offering up reason for the actions of Isis. You can't even come close to comparing the two

No, I wasn't wrong at all. The EXACT definition of the Crusades is:

The Crusades were military campaigns sanctioned by the Latin Roman Catholic Church during the High Middle Ages and Late Middle Ages.

It's the first sentence of the Wikipedia entry.

Christianity killed in the name of their god. Christianity was directly involved in warfare.

I said "Iran has never attacked anyone" and instead of bringing relevant facts, you just posted a list of wars Iran has been involved in - Not a list of countries Iran has invaded. In the past sixty years, how many countries has the US invaded and or attack, and how many countries has Iran invaded?

Yes, but businesses get to write off hundreds of thousands of dollars because they built a fountain.

What we are taxing businesses at and what they are paying is two vastly different things. I own multiple businesses and I write off everything. I work from home so I can write off a part of my mortgage, my power bill, my internet, my cell phone bill... I have a twenty-five year old truck that I write off because it's considered a "company car" - perfectly legal because my wife's business MUST haul around gear on a weekly if not daily basis (I guess we could just lease a brand new truck for the business, but then we would just be writing off MORE).

This is a billionaire like Warren Buffet with $73 BILLION in his pocket pays less taxes than his secretary. It's ridiculous.

And our economy is booming, thank you.

crusade
/kruːˈseɪd/
noun
1.
(often capital) any of the military expeditions undertaken in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries by the Christian powers of Europe to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims
2.
(formerly) any holy war undertaken on behalf of a religious cause
3.
a vigorous and dedicated action or movement in favour of a cause
According to Dictionary.com

OK, here's the last 30 years

Hijacking of Americans (direct attack on the US) in 1979. I was off the coast for this one! It was called the Iran Crisis, I have a medal for being there protecting our fleet.

Action by its government directly and/or via its armed -Hezbollah- wing:
US Marine Barracks in Oct. 1983, killing 241 Americans and 58 French soldiers.
1984-8 string of hijacking US personell.
Bombing of US embassy in Lebanon in April 18, 1983, killing 63.
Bombings in Paris, France in 1985 and 1986. Dozens killed.
Attacking Israel since the 1980s via Hezbollah and Hamas terror "freedom fighting" Jihadi organizations.
Unsuccessful attempt to carry out attacks in Cyprus in 1988; a plot, foiled by Spanish police, to carry out attacks against Jewish targets in Europe in 1989; an unsuccessful attempt to detonate a car bomb outside a Jewish community building in Romania in 1992; and a planned 1996 attack, also foiled by police, on an Israeli institution in Paris.
1992 Bombing of Israeli embassy in Argentina. Killed 29.
1994 Bombing of AMIA Jewish community building, killed 85 and wounded 300, both, Iran and Hezbollah were charged.
July 19, 1994 bombing of Panamanian airline. Kills everyone (21) on board.
Killing of many American and British soldiers in Iraq (its trainors and weapons found there).
Killing of many of US, NATO soldiers in Afghanistan (backing Taliban).
Hezbollah "activities" in Somalia.
Many (Christian and pro western) Lebanese citizens fell victims to the terrorizing Hezbollah mob.
Use of Lebanese civilians, in its wars against Israel.

Our economy s not booming, median wages are down, 30 million people are out of work or severally under employed and if it was that good, why is Obama wanting to help the middle class so much? Because the economy is not doing well.

Here's an article to explain the economy to you
Will The U.S. Economy Finally Lift Off In 2015? - Forbes

It's amazing how pussified the right wing has become.. You guys whine and cry over the stupidest things it's like someone took your pacifiers away. Pretty soon the GOP's mascot will have to be the gerber baby.

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I mean seriously you idiots are back the the Obama is a Muslim thing again.. It's just fucking sad how ignorant so much of this country is.

hate to break it to you crockett but the last thing I need is a misguided and wrong lecture from the PUSA about how I'm supposed to feel guilty about IS setting people on fire and burying kids alive, because hey Christians killed people 1000 fucking years ago.

nothing pussy about point out BO is an asshole for saying that shit to me.

i blame obama. Lets whine and bitch about him.. o wait, that's what you're doing in your primitive mind 24/7.

He didn't say shit about "feeling sorry for ISIS.. That's bullshit you conjure up by listening to right wing talking heads.

It doesn't matter what the subject is, it's always the same response.. You guys just cry Obama, Obama, Obama..

You do not know how to debate at all.

I said "They were military campaigns sanctioned by the Catholic Church" and then you told me I was wrong. Look above at your definition and explain to me how I am wrong. Your definition calls it a "holy war".

How is this any different than what ISIS is currently doing? It's a holy war in the name of their god.

Can you show me where on that list Iran invaded anyone? No, you can't, because you cannot debate. Someone makes a statement or asks a question and you try overwhelm them by copying and pasting in information which is irrelevant to the question.

As a country, have they attacked and invaded another country and declared war? According to your list, no, they haven't.

Now compare that to the track record of the US. How many countries have we invaded or attacked?

Our economy is in fact booming. Once again, you pick a single fact that looks bad try to make it sound like our economy is in the gutter. Want proof? What is the unemployment rate? No need to answer you can go back and complain about how we figure out unemployment for the past sixty wrong is wrong and how we need to change it RIGHT NOW.

Our economy is obviously sucking - one million jobs in three months
US economy adds 1 million jobs in 3 months | SBS News

All you do is complain. This is what the Republican party has been doing since Obama got into office - crying like "children in a candy store".

The entire Republican platform has recently changed - they cannot complain about the economy any more because the economy is doing great. It won't even be part of the debate during the next election.

I'm not a republican

You won't accept that the crusades were about reclaiming land sized by the muslims.
You won't accept that invaded or attacked is the same thing.
And you think that 30 million people unemployed or severally under employed means we have a good economy when the growth rate for the 4th quarter last year slowed to a very bad rate

And you still can't accept that only Republicans hate that shit in office

You fail at understanding context then. Think about it before being a BO apologist. Feel free to explain your version of why on earth BO compared Isis to the crusades in that context.

Saw this today; haven't verified accuracy but based on recent revelations, easy to believe (yes, many of you will hate this)

https://scontent-a-lax.xx.fbcdn.net/...43&oe=554ACCE3



Does Middle Ages mean anything to you?

Pretty sure I have pointed out that arguing with hm is about as efficient as arguing with your dog.

You keep saying that. Yet you hate Obama with a passion.

This discussion is about "reclaimed lands sized by the Muslims". But since you brought it up, couldn't you say that Muslims now are rising up to reclaim lands sized by Americans? It was okay when Christians did it during the Crusades, but not okay for Muslims to do the same now?

This is point Obama was making, and the point you fail to see. The crusades were a military campaign in the name of our god, while ISIS is a military campaign in the name of their god. No one is saying ISIS is right or wrong, or even acceptable, but instead he is saying before we judge others we should re-consider our past actions. We've been here before, we've done this ourselves, all in the name of our god.

Being invaded or being attacked is two different things.

Iran, as a country and a military force, never initiated hostilities by invading another country (at least not in the past one hundred years). Iran did in fact invade Iraq, but only have Iraq attacked first. Outside of the Iran Iraq war (in which Iran was attacked), can you provide me a list where Iran deployed tens of thousands of troops into combat in a foreign country in the past one hundred years?

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