Well networked expatriate websites have more “humintell” than any office anywhere, if you want to know what is happening ask the locals and they talk to long time expats more than anybody else .
Why would the intelligence community be confused. After all, America’s leader talks almost exactly like America’s enemies. What could possibly be confusing about that?
Hey, you over there in the office….write me up a report about the positive contributions of Muslims to society so they don’t feel so bad. I need it on my desk by October…
^ I have it on good authority that any rhetoric other than “kill them all and let God sort them out” is enemy rhetoric. Except… wait… that IS enemy rhetoric. This is so confusing!
And what’s even more confusing: the hard-Right “kill the politicians and destroy the government” rhetoric. Hard to tell them from the Muslim extremists. Could it be because so many of their values overlap?
We are all fat as a group…confusion=liberal bureacracy…and data-mining and the other techniques we have to use today - by it’s very nature- appear to have little “bang” for their buck (but this may not be the fact).
‘The Show Must Go On’….. the organizations who try to control here in North America CAN NOT change the PAST by creating issuses and making demands based on these irrelevant issuses…..
This is analogous to the situation that existed before you all were here on Earth. The only difference is that instead of an unknown source abusing you when you were not following their plan….. today if you are not humane, it will effect how you will evolve!
You’re a fine one to speak of confusion, HB ;) .. Since when is “America can become even greater” (which is the gist of most Obama speeches I’ve read) equivalent to “the infidels must convert or die!” ?
Hasn’t Pup already dissed “self-appointed academics”? That goes along with peter’s hyper-intellectuals. I think they refer to anyone who actually reads books and understands them. People like that scare them.
^That was a grammatical mis-construction on my part and I edited it later…
Now, where were we? Oh…okay;
A real Academic is one who has distinguished himself/herself in the study and impartation of, knowledge. If you will study Obama’s academic career, you will find out that he was given the opportunities that he had because he “knew the right people” and “thought the right thoughts”; this is so obvious as to be un-debatable by anybody but the most noisome trolls to be found on internet-fora.
I would say that an academic is anyone who has an academic appointment (no self-appointed academics). So I guess I would say that he was briefly an academic. I don’t know (or care) much about his academic career, but I will assume that he was not a distinguished academic (which is what I think you describe). And I don’t care.
There is no evidence that distinguished academics make good presidents, and not much evidence that academics of any sort make good presidents. I can think of just two – Garfield and Wilson. Some people like Wilson, but I never cared for his sanctimoniousness.
The great presidents – in my opinion – were Lincoln and FDR, with Teddy R close behind. Teddy and Lincoln were very smart; FDR was clever, and he knew how to recognize and listen to people who were smarter than he was. None was an academic.
I bet your favorite president wasn’t an academic, either.
meowdam over 13 years ago
Well networked expatriate websites have more “humintell” than any office anywhere, if you want to know what is happening ask the locals and they talk to long time expats more than anybody else .
Dtroutma over 13 years ago
All that pork Bush and Cheney (with Lieberman’s help) stuffed them with- WOW! THAT’s not kosher!
babka Premium Member over 13 years ago
the spy who caved in from the killed. (apologies to John Le Carre who is so spot-on)
halfabug over 13 years ago
there ya go with bush again. do i need to list all the pork of the dems.
Jaedabee Premium Member over 13 years ago
More agencies means better, right?
charliekane over 13 years ago
Go again, nuthin.
The report is critical of the structure the architects from the last administration created.
HabaneroBuck over 13 years ago
Why would the intelligence community be confused. After all, America’s leader talks almost exactly like America’s enemies. What could possibly be confusing about that?
Hey, you over there in the office….write me up a report about the positive contributions of Muslims to society so they don’t feel so bad. I need it on my desk by October…
Jaedabee Premium Member over 13 years ago
^ I have it on good authority that any rhetoric other than “kill them all and let God sort them out” is enemy rhetoric. Except… wait… that IS enemy rhetoric. This is so confusing!
And what’s even more confusing: the hard-Right “kill the politicians and destroy the government” rhetoric. Hard to tell them from the Muslim extremists. Could it be because so many of their values overlap?
NoFearPup over 13 years ago
We are all fat as a group…confusion=liberal bureacracy…and data-mining and the other techniques we have to use today - by it’s very nature- appear to have little “bang” for their buck (but this may not be the fact).
SherriannPederson over 13 years ago
‘The Show Must Go On’….. the organizations who try to control here in North America CAN NOT change the PAST by creating issuses and making demands based on these irrelevant issuses…..
This is analogous to the situation that existed before you all were here on Earth. The only difference is that instead of an unknown source abusing you when you were not following their plan….. today if you are not humane, it will effect how you will evolve!
4uk4ata over 13 years ago
“What could possibly be confusing about that?”
You’re a fine one to speak of confusion, HB ;) .. Since when is “America can become even greater” (which is the gist of most Obama speeches I’ve read) equivalent to “the infidels must convert or die!” ?
NoFearPup over 13 years ago
America is already great and America does’nt need a liberal academic-fake President “fixing” us…
lonecat over 13 years ago
Hasn’t Pup already dissed “self-appointed academics”? That goes along with peter’s hyper-intellectuals. I think they refer to anyone who actually reads books and understands them. People like that scare them.
NoFearPup over 13 years ago
^That was a grammatical mis-construction on my part and I edited it later…
Now, where were we? Oh…okay;
A real Academic is one who has distinguished himself/herself in the study and impartation of, knowledge. If you will study Obama’s academic career, you will find out that he was given the opportunities that he had because he “knew the right people” and “thought the right thoughts”; this is so obvious as to be un-debatable by anybody but the most noisome trolls to be found on internet-fora.
Thank you.
lonecat over 13 years ago
^ I’m sorry I missed your correction. What’s the correct version?
lonecat over 13 years ago
I would say that an academic is anyone who has an academic appointment (no self-appointed academics). So I guess I would say that he was briefly an academic. I don’t know (or care) much about his academic career, but I will assume that he was not a distinguished academic (which is what I think you describe). And I don’t care.
There is no evidence that distinguished academics make good presidents, and not much evidence that academics of any sort make good presidents. I can think of just two – Garfield and Wilson. Some people like Wilson, but I never cared for his sanctimoniousness.
The great presidents – in my opinion – were Lincoln and FDR, with Teddy R close behind. Teddy and Lincoln were very smart; FDR was clever, and he knew how to recognize and listen to people who were smarter than he was. None was an academic.
I bet your favorite president wasn’t an academic, either.