Is Obama a Socialist?

[steelish]

Recently, a woman got fired because of comments she made in a speech. The fools who reacted to heavily to her words decided that a small snippet of her speech was enough to make a decision. I say we learn from that mistake and not judge Obama's speech the same way.

That's rich. Obama and his administration are the one's who overreacted!

[Lion]

That's rich. Obama and his administration are the one's who overreacted!

Yep....as I said, fools

[steelish]

Yep....as I said, fools

I quite agree. Instead of watching the entire speech and realizing she was telling the story of her "Aha" moment, they reacted to a single portion of it.

Even listening to Obama's entire speech to the Hampton grads doesn't explain what he said! He's telling them that there is TOO MUCH INFORMATION out there. That there's too much to process. That there are liars out there. (Well, duh) He's practically implying that they're too stupid to process the information themselves and come to their own conclusion.

Whether you agree with him or not is moot. The point being, in America you can believe what you want, whether you're right or wrong and it's your right to listen to whatever source of information you want to, whether it's your XBox (what a joke) or your iPod or a newspaper...and for a President to tell young adults that this is wrong is ridiculous.

[chuck]

it's your right to listen to whatever source of information you want to, whether it's your XBox (what a joke) or your iPod or a newspaper...

~sigh~ a newspaper (also... "what a joke").

[steelish]

~sigh~ a newspaper (also... "what a joke").

I agree as most newspapers (and news channels) nowadays are very biased and it's difficult to find news sources that report things from an unobjective standpoint.

[chuck]

I agree as most newspapers (and news channels) nowadays are very biased and it's difficult to find news sources that report things from an unobjective standpoint.

Objective or not, it would help if they reported and asked questions about topics I think are important. All forms of media will have a bias... it's unavoidable. It's when they exclude information and distort other views that it changes from being a news outlet to a propaganda outlet.

[TantricSoul]

... It's when they exclude information and distort other views that it changes from being a news outlet to a propaganda outlet.

I completely agree with you here chuck, so called "card-stacking" is rampant in today's media no matter which direction one turns.

[DuncanONeil]

I agree as most newspapers (and news channels) nowadays are very biased and it's difficult to find news sources that report things from an unobjective standpoint.

Anyone wonder if they are being paid by the DNC?

[Lion]

Anyone wonder if they are being paid by the DNC?

Ever wonder if Fox is being paid by the RNC? As right wing as they are, I highly doubt that

[DuncanONeil]

It fits in again, perhaps more appropriately;
"In America the "ruling" class wears on its sleeve the view that the rest of Americans are racist,greedy, and above all stupid. ... The rulers want the ruled to shut up and obey." (Angelo M Codevilla Professor emeritus of International Relations at Boston U.)

I quite agree. Instead of watching the entire speech and realizing she was telling the story of her "Aha" moment, they reacted to a single portion of it.

Even listening to Obama's entire speech to the Hampton grads doesn't explain what he said! He's telling them that there is TOO MUCH INFORMATION out there. That there's too much to process. That there are liars out there. (Well, duh) He's practically implying that they're too stupid to process the information themselves and come to their own conclusion.

Whether you agree with him or not is moot. The point being, in America you can believe what you want, whether you're right or wrong and it's your right to listen to whatever source of information you want to, whether it's your XBox (what a joke) or your iPod or a newspaper...and for a President to tell young adults that this is wrong is ridiculous.

[leo9]

"In America the "ruling" class wears on its sleeve the view that the rest of Americans are racist,greedy, and above all stupid. " (Angelo M Codevilla Professor emeritus of International Relations at Boston U.)

Amazing. What could possibly give them such a totally groundless and unsupported impression? Don't they watch the news?

[DuncanONeil]

Amazing. What could possibly give them such a totally groundless and unsupported impression? Don't they watch the news?

Sometimes it is hard to tell, without being able to see expressions and hear tones of voice, if you are serious or not.
If not could you include a (tic) with your comments?