Comments on: Rahm Slashes COBRA, Pats Himself On Back http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/07/rahm-slashes-cobra-pats-himself-on-back/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:22:02 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Larue http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/07/rahm-slashes-cobra-pats-himself-on-back/#comment-1823306 Larue Sat, 07 Feb 2009 20:25:39 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/07/rahm-slashes-cobra-pats-himself-on-back/#comment-1823306 <p>“Health, education, and welfare of the citizens is THE most important function of a culture/government.”</p> <p>One of the most succinct and exact descriptions of what I believe in I’ve ever seen. </p> <p>I bow to your wow. That was beautiful and should be stapled to the forehead of every Pub asshat in the nation. </p> <p>It’s so simply spot on that it resonates, radiates and glows like the lights of our souls. Those words are golden in t heir sheen. I’m incredibly moved by them.</p> <p>Thank you.</p> “Health, education, and welfare of the citizens is THE most important function of a culture/government.”

One of the most succinct and exact descriptions of what I believe in I’ve ever seen.

I bow to your wow. That was beautiful and should be stapled to the forehead of every Pub asshat in the nation.

It’s so simply spot on that it resonates, radiates and glows like the lights of our souls. Those words are golden in t heir sheen. I’m incredibly moved by them.

Thank you.

]]> By: FrozenNorthObserver http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/07/rahm-slashes-cobra-pats-himself-on-back/#comment-1823284 FrozenNorthObserver Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:42:15 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/07/rahm-slashes-cobra-pats-himself-on-back/#comment-1823284 <p>Absolutely 100% correct. Obie talks the the talk but doesn’t walk the walk. Smoke and mirrors is all he delivers. His entire entourage is nothing more than a Status Quo Protection Team. It takes public outrage and a percieved loss of votes to get him to act,and then its nothing more than window dressing.</p> <p>“Rahmbama is a what we have now, a center-right presidency where Obama’s oratory attempts to camoflage the reality of an ‘inside the beltway’ presidency.”</p> Absolutely 100% correct. Obie talks the the talk but doesn’t walk the walk. Smoke and mirrors is all he delivers. His entire entourage is nothing more than a Status Quo Protection Team. It takes public outrage and a percieved loss of votes to get him to act,and then its nothing more than window dressing.

“Rahmbama is a what we have now, a center-right presidency where Obama’s oratory attempts to camoflage the reality of an ‘inside the beltway’ presidency.”

]]> By: kittykitty http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/07/rahm-slashes-cobra-pats-himself-on-back/#comment-1823278 kittykitty Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:30:12 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/07/rahm-slashes-cobra-pats-himself-on-back/#comment-1823278 <p>interesting. and that’s the darkest secret the banks don’t want exposed. you cannot build an economy on debt when there’s nothing else holding it up. that guy is right.</p> interesting. and that’s the darkest secret the banks don’t want exposed. you cannot build an economy on debt when there’s nothing else holding it up. that guy is right.

]]> By: kittykitty http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/07/rahm-slashes-cobra-pats-himself-on-back/#comment-1823267 kittykitty Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:09:43 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/07/rahm-slashes-cobra-pats-himself-on-back/#comment-1823267 <p>why i voted for the guy who always tells the truth …. ralph.</p> why i voted for the guy who always tells the truth …. ralph.

]]> By: kittykitty http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/07/rahm-slashes-cobra-pats-himself-on-back/#comment-1823262 kittykitty Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:07:09 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/07/rahm-slashes-cobra-pats-himself-on-back/#comment-1823262 <p>obama’s a teenager. and teenagers like to be popular while their egos develop. he wants to be liked. that works for an election campaign. Now he’s playing to whoever’s in the room IMO, looking for approval. It’s one of those grow up without a good dad syndromes … god not again!</p> obama’s a teenager. and teenagers like to be popular while their egos develop. he wants to be liked. that works for an election campaign. Now he’s playing to whoever’s in the room IMO, looking for approval. It’s one of those grow up without a good dad syndromes … god not again!

]]> By: dakine01 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/07/rahm-slashes-cobra-pats-himself-on-back/#comment-1823258 dakine01 Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:03:28 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/07/rahm-slashes-cobra-pats-himself-on-back/#comment-1823258 <p><a href="http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/07/blue-america-welcomes-terie-norelli-nhs-speaker-of-the-house/" rel="nofollow">Blue America a couple of flights upstairs</a> with guest Speaker Terie Norelli, Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives</p> Blue America a couple of flights upstairs with guest Speaker Terie Norelli, Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives

]]> By: SouthernDragon http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/07/rahm-slashes-cobra-pats-himself-on-back/#comment-1823255 SouthernDragon Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:56:41 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/07/rahm-slashes-cobra-pats-himself-on-back/#comment-1823255 <p>Gotta go feed the strays at work and make a run to the natural foods store. Later.</p> <p>Namaste</p> Gotta go feed the strays at work and make a run to the natural foods store. Later.

Namaste

]]> By: DougWatts http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/07/rahm-slashes-cobra-pats-himself-on-back/#comment-1823254 DougWatts Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:56:36 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/07/rahm-slashes-cobra-pats-himself-on-back/#comment-1823254 <p><i>So Obama is following Rahm’s lead into the dustbin of historical failures.</i></p> <p>So is Bill Clinton a complete failure and in the dustbin of history? He made as many or more ‘compromises’ as Obama.</p> So Obama is following Rahm’s lead into the dustbin of historical failures.

So is Bill Clinton a complete failure and in the dustbin of history? He made as many or more ‘compromises’ as Obama.

]]> By: Funnydiva2002 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/07/rahm-slashes-cobra-pats-himself-on-back/#comment-1823253 Funnydiva2002 Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:56:02 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/07/rahm-slashes-cobra-pats-himself-on-back/#comment-1823253 <p>Awwww, ya mean if I sprinkle this sugar on this shitpile, it DOESN’T become candy?<br /> FunnyDiva</p> Awwww, ya mean if I sprinkle this sugar on this shitpile, it DOESN’T become candy?
FunnyDiva

]]> By: selise http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/07/rahm-slashes-cobra-pats-himself-on-back/#comment-1823252 selise Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:55:07 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/07/rahm-slashes-cobra-pats-himself-on-back/#comment-1823252 <p>thank you very much for the correction. my mistake and i’m glad to know it.</p> thank you very much for the correction. my mistake and i’m glad to know it.

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