Pride And Prejudice
The sister of the pilot whose plane was flown into the Pentagon quizzed Obama on procedure and the prosecution of interrogators who acquired the intel that led to the assassination of Bin Laden. He basically told her to stick it where the sun don’t shine, with the typical arrogance and condescension we have come to expect from our Narcissist in Chief.(View Video)
Debra Burlingame, the sister of Charles “Chic” Burlingame (pilot of the plane that crashed into the Pentagon) met with President Obama today, along with other families who were victims of 9/11. Burlingame said she confronted Obama about Attorney General Eric Holder prosecuting the men who interrogated KSM, which may have produced intelligence leading us to bin Laden.
Burlingame describes the encounter with Obama: “As a former attorney I know you can’t tell the Attorney General what to do, he said, ‘No, I can’t.’ But I said ‘we — that shouldn’t stop you from giving your opinion. We wouldn’t be here today if they hadn’t done their jobs. Can’t you at least give them your opinion.’ And he said ‘no I won’t,’ and he turned around and walked away.”
The compassion and understanding of the Chief Liberal of the United States is awe inspiring. We have a woman, who is asking not for a new kitchen or for her mortgage and car payments to be paid, but simply to plead for the men who produced the intel that gave Obama the chance to be the BMOC (BIG Man On Campus) by killing the man responsible for her brother’s death and for the death of thousands of other Americans. And the Big Cheese turns his back on her for being so pretentious to challenge the omnipotent wisdom of the Holder/Obama Genius. In a more real world of true Authoritarian control, a less compassionate leader would have had her arrested and interrogated for doubting his omnipotence.
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Obama is a psychopath. Compare the clinical diagnosis with how he acts.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychopath
My wife and I watched that on Fox today as she was interviewed. Yes its a shame but its the way that some of us families are treated by the Obama administration. I just got a reply back from our Senators office yesterday, “No Response” as of yet from the Obama administration on our questions as to what they are doing about our sons killers(cole bombers) running lose in Yemen, and why were we told Bin Attash was to be tried for the Cole, yet they came out and said he would now be tried for 9/11, and why has our government made no attempts at having Badawi extradited back here to America, and why is Obama considering on helping the Dictator Saleh of Yemen to escape justice by his own people, etc… the list is endless. But we never get a repsonse from the OB administration. But we will keep on calling the WH, and writing letters to everyone and their dog. And I am more than sure that Holder and OB will both do all they can to keep the trials at Gitmo from going forward. Despite how Holder/OB has made the Tribunal more “terrorists friendly”. End of rant! Those two people make my ears, and my nose bleed.
This is going to come back to haunt him. For a guy who just recieved an amazing political gift, he’s sure trying hard to screw the pooch…
It’s an addiction needing a constant fix, he instintively gropes for attention. If the Osama death mask photos had O’Blithering’s visage’ they would be published seen everywhere. O’BooBoo cannot share face time with anyone else.
When Job yelled at God as his life crumbled, God came back saying that he had a lot of arrogance asking questions like this. Was he around for creation? God was telling Job that he was man and that God was God. Job had no way of knowing that he was part of a wager between God and Satan. Well Obama read this book of Job and is basing his political philosophy on it. Hell it even has tea party guys coming in and acting like they know more than God in advising Job.
Why is this relevent? Well, if you understand the book of Job, you understand the Obama doctrine. He is God and we are snails. Those who question Obama get the same reaction as Job did from God. Remember that arrogant reporter who dared to challenge Obama in an interview which was kind of his job… Now this peon woman comes up and challenges him. And there was Joe the Plumber. And remember the Republicans who HE graciously invited into the healthcare summit who actually thought HE cared what they thought and acted as if they were remotely equal. Hell, they are lower level snails that Pelosi and Reid who were starting to act like they were God. Let them suckers fall on their ass in the last election to show them what God is all about. We won God shouted to the republicans, you lost, get in the back of the bus at this healthcare summit. These fools who created every problem in the world expect to drive again and for God to give them the keys. And remember that time I was forced to have that racist cop who was busting my black buds chops at his own house in for a sit down discussion. What racist fools we have in America. When I am done creating things in my image and likeness, won’t be none of those racist fools, none of those who cling to their guns and religion. Hell, we all know how bad America is and now its time for the Chickens to come home to roost for that ol America. God needs to redistribute the wealth and all those who bow down to me will get everything they want. Those media fools that bother God with questions will be asking theirs in my own personal hell. No more holding out my hand for votes after I fool them the next time. I will be able to use those four years to consolidate power for life.
For those who doubt me, who is the one who directed the full might of the US government to focus on Bin Laden? Who is the one who directed the mission from my secure location in the white house? Who went to 9/11 so they could bow down before me in love and admiration. So shut the f—up..
Debra Burlingame used a moment that shouldn’t have been about scoring points to attempt to score a point. Obama declined to engage. Now she’s using that.
All of the other 9/11 first responders and family members who took the time to comment to the media today understood the nature of today’s event. It was obviously important to them, on personal levels that most of us can only imagine. It wasn’t about any one of them, it was about all of them, and it was neither the time nor the place for contentious exchanges. Someone would have to be either totally insensitive or astonishingly thick not to at least get that.
Kick this little boy out of office.
Mr Swenchonis, thank you for sharing your blog. It is unfortunate, but now there are many families that have been devastated by the actions of these homicidal maniacs. I am but a small voice; although, I will keep raising my voice to keep these issues in the forefront. I am afraid that is all I can offer. May you eventually have justice and peace in this life. Skook.
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Only designated families were allowed to attend; yet another example of Obama’s partisan Elitism, used to insure a great get together with Progressive Liberals who know how to pay homage to King Obama. Then, sure as Hell like a turd in the punch bowl, Ms Burlingame shows up and throws a wrench into a perfect photo op and parade of supplicants. Just a damn shame, after setting up the perfect event, she shows up trying to deliver a political message out of such a solemn occasion. Oh wait, isn’t that what Obama was doing? Well, it was his idea for a political rally, she shouldn’t have interfered.
Does this have something to do with the subheading, “Pride and Prejudice”. Yes, by God, it does. Obama displays extreme pride and prejudice, perfectly normal for a Malignant Narcissist.
Greta, great biblical analogy, keep them coming.
>>> a less compassionate leader would have had her arrested and interrogated for doubting his omnipotence.
It’s a fair guess that she’s slated for, “Extra Scrutiny,” every time she boards an airplane now.
@Greg:
Is he not her president, as well? Does she not deserve an answer to her questions? Or, is Obama untouchable now, for an unspecified length of time, simply because of the recent event with UBL?
I’m worried about her. I hope they leave her alone, but considering how thin-skinned he is, he’ll probably start auditing her taxes or worse….
@Greg: I’ve always wondered exactly where your head is and in this case, I’ve now figured it out. Get your head out into the open. She not only had every right to question the President, but she is also dead on target. This administration from the President to his absolutely out of touch A.G. is destroying this country. The fact that he chose to ignore her is only another example of the high disdain he has for the American citizen.
As such, there is something you need to remember Greg. He is not a god! He is not a King! He is employed by the people, folks like Debra Burlingame! Contrary to your “King Obama is above this” airhead attitude, as an employee of “The People” he is in my book required to answer to his bosses. That’s us. If folks like you choose to be led by the nose, so be it. Personally, I find not only the President, but every scum politician that looks down on us, their bosses as beyond disgusting!
Skook is absolutely correct in his assertions! As for me, a prejudiced, publicity hound scum politician who not only is using this as a “pat me on the back moment” (again, way too many scum politicians do this) and in turn ignores not only a citizen who is in effect his boss, but in fact chooses to treat her with what I feel is a snide contempt as well as a demeaning rebuff of her question has no right to be called a President. This man, in almost every action demeans the office the electorate so stupidly elected him to. He makes one good decision ( (I do wonder how many permission slips they had to get from the folks in D.C before they actually carried out the operation, but that’s just a thought that ran through my mind. Hard to fight when your hands are tied by absurd so called legalities) and wants us to believe he is infallible then turns around and treats a citizen like scum and why? Because she asked something he didn’t want to hear!
Wake up Greg! You are championing not only a lost cause, but a person who has brought more disrespect to the office and in turn an almost total loss of respect for the U.S.around the world! His steadfast refusal to even remotely answer anyone he deems unfit to ask a question he disagrees with is testament to his complete lack of qualifications to be President. If only people would have gotten their heads out of the sand and looked at this clown before the election, we wouldn’t have the problems we’re having now.
Am I fed up with folks who defend this guy? Yes! And I am doing what I can to fight this march to the destruction of our country as we know it should be!
There was something I noticed as O’BoomBoomRoom walked the reception line, I know he is tall at 6’4″ but all those greeters along the line, men and women, were considerably shorter. This is stage make-up management.
Sooth, maybe he was feeling like a cowboy and had on his western boots; sometimes, they double for fence climbers in the ghetto.
You really should watch footage before you add to the footage in your cyber mouth, Greg. The interview is currently the featured video in the top right corner of this blog. Go watch that 9 minute video, watch how the interview progressed, and then try to sell us your despicable and hateful story that she was trying to “score a point”. She was specifically asked what her interaction with the POTUS was, and the comments she made. She did not offer that up as the fodder for the interview, and in fact was quite gracious about the informal gathering, and the POTUS demeanor from the beginning.
Your politicization and feeble defense of Obama’s rude reaction to her question is, frankly, disgusting. It is quite proper for us to be appalled that a POTUS would treat one of the 911 family members this way, but for you to go on the attack against her, instead of his treatment of her… not to mention refusing to deal with his own appointed DOJ… is beyond the pale.
There were some families that refused. Many said that tho they were honored with the WH impersonal emailed invite, even this and the death of UBL still leaves a hole in their lives and hearts. Many of the families, and the NYFD chief, seemed to use specific language in their “thanks” to the POTUS… saying they appreciate him “giving the green light” to the mission op. Apparently, they have a good handle on the event.
Contrast what we know would have been the reaction of George Bush had such a question been posed to him…….well, hell, we would not even be having this conversation if had been George Bush…..
George Bush, the gentleman who unannounced appears when troops come home to welcome them. Not for glory but to profess his love for their efforts and his country. You are correct esdraelon, we would not be having this conversation. He would have been cordial, listened and in turn if he felt she was correct would have relayed the message as she requested. The difference between a PRESIDENT and a pretender? One is a man! The other, I’m not sure what the expression should be, but surely no more than an eight of the man that President Bush is!
@Greg:
Camrade greg just proved that marxists of a feather stick together.
@Skookum:, #9:
There were at least 2,977 innocent victims on 9/11. Obviously invitations to have a personal meeting with the President during the Ground Zero visit clearly could be extended to all of their families.
Debra Burlingame was invited, despite the fact that she’s well known as a critic of the Obama administration. Most people would have picked up on the clear signal that politics and agendas were expected to be put on hold for the moment–not out of deference to Obama, but the occasion. Burlingame attempted to interject politics. Obama wasn’t going there. Fifty families were present. It wasn’t the appropriate time or place for a debate.
@joetote, #14:
On the other side of the divide, people are getting fed up with those who incessantly attack Obama on every point, on any and every occasion–frequently in terms far ruder, cruder, and more personally insulting than common courtesy should allow. Added to that is the preposterous assertion that anyone who doesn’t demonize the President must necessarily idolize him. Most people on my side of the fence don’t view Obama–nor the world in general–through a filter of of such either/or extremes.
@Greg:
I’m not saying that two wrongs make a right, because they don’t, nor am I saying that the critics are wrong, however, now you understand what it was like for those people who liked, and defended, Bush. What this shows is that one side cannot take the same punishment that they dished out when Bush was President. And I have no tears for any of them.
I’m chiming in because I saw it too. She was compelling, articulate and without rancor. Great woman. Obama couldn’t wear her pumps.
Let me get this straight…. you think that Burlingame should have been prohibited, or not exercised her right to ask a POTUS… when invited… just to speak with the AG about the EIT’s THIRD investigation??
And because she used rare face time to ask a simple question, or favor, and he rudely turned his back, SHE’S AT FAULT?????
You are pathetic.
johngalt, I personally think that Obama’s behavior here deserves criticism. The gracious thing to do was that he simply said, “I’ll see what I can do”, or just say he would talk to the AG and get a more full story on what evidence he has that warrants a third investigation, after the first two exonerated any one of any charges.
But “gracious” isn’t is the Obama dictionary.
@MataHarley, #17:
I watched the video before I commented. I’d already seen it on Fox News.
A president is not supposed to interfere with an investigation that’s being conducted by an attorney general. Ms. Burlingame grasps that point. She made it herself several times on the video. Apparently it came up during her exchange with Obama.
@MataHarley, #24:
And you’re once again responding to an honest opinion with a personal insult. I don’t know why you do so. You’re certainly capable of making your points well enough without them.
@johngalt, #22:
We saw it with Clinton, and then Bush, and now again with Obama. It bothers me a lot that a progressive escallation seems to have set, getting worse from one adminstration to the next. At this point it often seems to be overpowering intelligent discourse and erroding the functionality of the democratic process. I often look toward the future of the nation these days with generalized uneasiness and feelings of foreboding. There’s too much division and there are too many people who seem to be actively encouraging it. I’m not sure they fully understand the possible consequences. It’s even more disturbing to think that they might.
That’s not directed at anyone here, by the way. Just a general observation.
@Greg: Greg said: On the other side of the divide, people are getting fed up with those who incessantly attack Obama on every point, on any and every occasion
You mean just like liberals did to GW Bush?
@Mike:
Funny timing.
“Fed Up”
“Incessantly”
“On Every Point”
“On Any & Every Occasion”
We have just had a week of giving Obama KUDOS & CREDIT for his part in bringing about the death of Osama bin Laden!
I guess we are not bowing long enough or low enough or often enough for the Gregs of the country.
Politics is a war of words.
If you can’t take it, go become a monk or something!
I can see that some people do not think that Ms. Burlingame should have brought up “business” at that meeting.
I cannot speak for her, we have shared some things by email. But I can say that I think Ms. Burlingame has been much more polite and patient with Bush/OB than I have with Clinton/Bush/OB, but then we have been fighting much longer that her and her group. We lost our patience on the day of 9/11. I had people tell me the same thing after meetings with Senators, etc… that I should have been polite, and not brought up “business”. Wrong! They, the politicans, and their respectives supporters used to beat me over the head with such excuses. Anything to deflect attention from the subject at hand. And please remember we are on our third Prez now, Ms DB is on her second prez. You have to start the whole damn machine over again! All the new names, and positions, all the new congresspeople/senators, etc… Its extremely time consuming and expensive. We, my wife and I do not have any volunteers. It got too political, so we fight alone, and with lawyers when we can afford them. So now I would not care if I caught OB in the mens room at a gas station, I would confront him about all the issues we have been fighting for, for over 10 years. We refused to meet with OB. Just for that reason. We knew he would not change his mind, just like Clinton would not change his mind so we did not meet with him either. And Bush refused to meet with the Cole families. So please try to put yourself in her shoes. She had chance, and she took it! I am extremely proud of her. Many others would have been politically correct. And yes this is business to us, a a full time job at times. But our son and his mates was and is worth it. Just like I know that MsDB knows her brother is worth it.
@Skookum: Thank-you Skookum, and the kind words. Its all any of can do, right? Is keep up the fight. Never in my life did I think that it would be as important as it is now with the OB Regime. We just thought that old peanut carter was kinda daft in the head you know, back in the 70’s, but could not really hurt anyone, till after he had been in office for two years! Ob makes him look good!
Greg, Greg, Greg:
WHY, o why is it you have nothing better to do than troll conserative blog after blog? Comment and spew the faithful kool-aid nonsense line after line? Of course that stupid lady was wrong, right? How could anyone doubt the won? Could it be that you are a…(rhymes with user)? That you thrive on the confrontation? Why not head over to the daily kreeps and hand out a few “atta boys?” Your girlfriend Keefer might even be reading. The hard truth is nobody but the Democrats, I mean Liberals, I mean Progressives, I mean elitist snobs, give a flying flip what you think. Please go back to Zsa Zsa’s AOL Post, or wherever it is you pick up this non convincing drivel.
And she also points out that he has full access to the AG for conversations and consultations INRE investigations and lawsuits. He is an appointee that serves at the pleasure of the POTUS, you know. I would expect a POTUS, overseeing a bloating, overspending administration and Congress, to ask an AG why he’s making the third stab at a settled issue, not to mention breaking his promise not to waste that time and money early in 2009.
He was rude. She was not. He seems unconcerned about Holder’s broken promise, or about wasting the taxpayer’s case on an issue that’s been settled twice before.
That’s a very interesting observation that I echo. Oddly enough, while I’m quite positive you are saying such while looking at the conservative world, you can be just as positive that I believe all that is emanating from your leftist progressive world.
And the reason I call you pathetic? Because, despite all the logic and reality, you are still so partisan as to blame Burlingame instead of an inept and wasteful POTUS. He works for Burlingame and we, the people. Not the other way around. When you do a meet and greet by invitation, there should be no rules about what you may speak to the POTUS about. There is no other way to describe such an attitude that requires you defending him over her save pathetic.
@Greg: Greg, I just read your post. I am figuring out how all this works. Who to reply back to. I posted a general reply earlier. And not to be redundant, but maybe Ms DB feels I we do. Frustrated, tired, angry, hopless, small, insignificant, etc… But she is fighting back the only way she knows how. She is not screaming, yelling, etc… but just blunt. I hope you did not take my previous post as an attack on what you think, and said. It was not ment that way. My wife even said, “Why did he not just tell her he would check into it.” Lie to her. But let her down softly. Anyway we saw your point in a way. For a newbie just starting out in dealing with the government after losing a loved on to terrorism. You are courteous in the first months, maybe even for a few years. But eventually you become harden, and really don’t give ashit what any politican thinks after all the lies, and broken promises. Politics have torn whole families apart for some of those who lost loved ones, and made friends enemies. And some families just want to be left alone, have given up. I understand that completely, and admire them for it. Terrorism and Politicans, an extremely bad combination for reasons to long to list here.
@Gary G. Swenchonis, #34:
No, I didn’t take it that way at all, and hope my own comments haven’t seemed insensitive or disrespectful.
@Greg: No I did not. And thanks for responding back!
Greg:
Unless, Bush is president.
@Greg: Re your comment #6- WTF? Debra Burlingame used her moment to try and get a person WHO WORKS FOR US to listen to her concerns, and the Despot in chief just dissed her. And make no mistake, the families knew just WHAT that photo op wa sfor, trying to boost Bari’s sagging numbers- he “spiked the football” just for possible votes, the most naked pandering I have seen since a whore approached me on the street awhile back- at least she knew what she was doing, and had some class. Bari had none.
@Greg: Also, I have to ask, while you are whining about how people “attack” Obama, (even though on both sides of the political fence, we have applauded his actions re: Seal Team Six), you seem to forget how viciously your side attacked G.W. Bush when he was in the WH- now it’s your turn in the barrel- get used to it, or get out.
@Greg:
In his just received perfectly tailored Hugo Boss uniform Der Furhur walks the reception line on his path to the draped Blud Flag, revered by all the Eine Folk unt Eine Reich, when a petite fraulein asks, as he holds her hands in his soft cushy warm hands, “Duktur Rusengurgen unt fraulein unt kinders jus disappeared Mein Furhur” when he quickly turned waves hand with open palm and cocked elbow to be soon followed by several black uniformed officers.
“Seig Heil O’BoomBox”
@Greg:
I have to wonder if you would consider the class-warfare tactics of the left as being described by those sentences. Or the people playing the race-card, over and over and over again. Or trying to drum up the sympathies of one age group against another. Or gender. Or sexual orientation. Or any other divisive issue where one side is described by the left as victims of the other side.
Please. As I said. I’m not going to shed a tear for the dopes who are whining about the treatment Obama is, and has, received. And if that includes you, so be it.
Eric Holder sure gives every Obama a pass.
I remember Obama’s illagal alien aunt.
What’s going on with her?
Now we learn Obama’s legal 1/2 brother is SCAMMING Americans and other Westerners with a phoney Muslim charity that seems to only benefit his own family!
Pretty pathetic story!
But nothing will be done.
Obama (Abon’go Malik ….or ”Roy,” as Barak calls him) is the ONLY Muslim in a 4,000 person town.
Yet our entire country as well as others are being encouraged to give to the ”Barack H. Obama Foundation.”
No proper paperwork for a charity.
O’s bro takes $250,000 right off the top.
And all the rest goes to help ”the Muslims” of his town….which only has one family of Muslims, his!
Holder is a criminal by his absence of duty, and no, I wouldn’t want him for a neighbor.