I remember that the day after the 2008 election, Obama stood at a podium with a narcissistic "Office of the President-Elect" placard mounted on it. That podium sign was right up front wherever he went and he regularly made it look like he was in charge, frequently throwing subtle jabs at President Bush at every opportunity.
Bush handled it like a gentleman. Now that Obama's the one on the way out, he can't take the same treatment.
Karma's a bitch.
December 23, 2016, 01:30 PM
sdy
CSPAN headline that U.N. votes to condemn Israel.
U.S. abstained to vote.
Obama's parting shot at Israel.
Samantha Power (our POS UN ambassador) blasting Netanyahu in UN speech.
After the United States abstained from voting, the U.N. Security Council on Friday passed a resolution demanding Israel stop building settlements on occupied Palestinian territory, a reversal of U.S. practice to protect Israel from United Nations action.
The resolution was put forward at the 15-member council for a vote on Friday by New Zealand, Malaysia, Venezuela and Senegal a day after Egypt withdrew it under pressure from Israel and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. Israel and Trump had called on the United States to veto the measure.
It was adopted with 14 votes in favor, to a round of applause. It is the first resolution the Security Council has adopted on Israel and the Palestinians in nearly eight years.
UN Security Council:
5 permanent members (U.S., China, France, Russia, U.K.)
10 non-permanent members (Angola, Egypt, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Senegal, Spain, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela)
However, the UN is impotent and doesn't mean shit.
____________________________________________________ New and improved super concentrated me: Proud rebel, heretic, and Oneness Apostolic Pentecostal.
There is iron in my words of death for all to see. So there is iron in my words of life.
December 23, 2016, 02:45 PM
sig sailor
Will someone please tell me why we give the U.N. money, and put up with there sorry asses in the US. Please! Rod
"Do not approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear, or a fool from any direction." John Deacon, Author
I asked myself if I was crazy, and we all said no.
December 23, 2016, 02:47 PM
parabellum
I'd like to see the UN Building demolished and the UN take their shit right out of this country and of course the US out of the UN altogether.
December 23, 2016, 02:58 PM
mr kablammo
quote:
Originally posted by parabellum: I just heard that Huma and Hillary have signed a multi-million dollar contract to be spokeslesbians for Snap-On Tools.
You've got her pegged!
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye". The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, pilot and author, lost on mission, July 1944, Med Theatre.
December 23, 2016, 03:11 PM
JALLEN
quote:
Originally posted by lbj: Shameful.
However, the UN is impotent and doesn't mean shit.
Yep.
The more members it has, the more arguments it can stir up, the more futile and impotent it becomes.
This is why we should stay in. Better to make a pig's breakfast from the inside. The $3 billion or so a year we subsidize it with is really chump change in the overall scheme of things, and you can hardly do as much damage with a nuclear carrier wing if you really put your mind to it.This message has been edited. Last edited by: JALLEN,
Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.
When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson
"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown
December 23, 2016, 03:14 PM
P220 Smudge
quote:
Originally posted by mr kablammo:
quote:
Originally posted by parabellum: I just heard that Huma and Hillary have signed a multi-million dollar contract to be spokeslesbians for Snap-On Tools.
You've got her pegged!
______________________________________________ Endeavoring to master the subtle art of the grapefruit spoon.
December 23, 2016, 03:34 PM
medic451
The UN- big fucking paper tiger...
"I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted, and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I require the same from them." - John Wayne in "The Shootist"
December 23, 2016, 03:40 PM
p.d.
quote:
Originally posted by toms: "Trump’s actions and stances have riled the Obama White House"
ooh, scary
No shit! Actions and stances in furtherance of American exceptionalism have riled Obama since birth. Punk.
December 23, 2016, 03:45 PM
p.d.
quote:
Originally posted by parabellum: Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu sends a Christmas message- with teeth:
There are still giants among us and this Man is one.
December 23, 2016, 03:49 PM
KLGUY
Looking back one could come to the conclusion that the UNs sole purpose is passing resolutions towards Israel.
December 23, 2016, 04:02 PM
MRBTX
He is a man that commands respect. I think his speech before Congress about the sell out, idiotic Nuke deal by master negotiator Kerry, was one of the best ever.
President-elect Donald Trump slammed the Obama administration for its decision not to veto a U.N. resolution critical of Israel's settlements, promising that it would be "different" under his presidency.
"As to the U.N., things will be different after Jan. 20th," Trump tweeted Friday.
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Obama's last temper tantrum at Israel may cost the DEMs another senator or two in 2018.
December 23, 2016, 05:10 PM
cas
So... bring on the Rockettes minus one!
Funny though, I bet ol' Phoebe would have had no problem performing if former President Sex Offender's wife had won.
_____________________________________________________ Sliced bread, the greatest thing since the 1911.
December 23, 2016, 05:11 PM
lbj
My guess is she swoons at the mere mention of Bill Clinton's name... Trump bad, rapist good.
____________________________________________________ New and improved super concentrated me: Proud rebel, heretic, and Oneness Apostolic Pentecostal.
There is iron in my words of death for all to see. So there is iron in my words of life.
December 23, 2016, 05:28 PM
jljones
quote:
Originally posted by p.d.:
quote:
Originally posted by toms: "Trump’s actions and stances have riled the Obama White House"
ooh, scary
No shit! Actions and stances in furtherance of American exceptionalism have riled Obama since birth. Punk.
If the boy king and company work half as hard on Trump as they have on Islamic terrorism, rogue terrorist foreign states and domestic cells, they should have Trump taken care of by the year 2148.
"It's a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it works out for them"
December 23, 2016, 05:29 PM
2012BOSS302
quote:
Originally posted by cas: Funny though, I bet ol' Phoebe would have had no problem performing if former President Sex Offender's wife had won.
She would have worn her blue dress if that had happened.
Donald Trump is not a politician, he is a leader, politicians are a dime a dozen, leaders are priceless.
December 23, 2016, 05:34 PM
lbj
More heads are exploding. Family is family and the way this guy treats his family members is shameful. He's not a good person and doesn't care about others, even his own family. Disgusting. I mean, I understand family rifts, I even understand not talking with some family members, however, to do something "mean" to them is beyond the pale in any lifetime. This guy is the poster child of mental illness.
