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Subscribe to RSSPresident Obama has been referring to the tragedy in Newtown to build support for his new gun control laws, awarding the Presidential Citizens Medal posthumously to the six teachers and administrators killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. NBC's Chuck Todd reports.
WASHINGTON -- Family members of the six adults killed in the Newtown, Conn., school shooting were at the White House Friday as President Barack Obama bestowed the nation's second-highest civilian honor on their fallen relatives.
One by one, Obama read the names of the six educators receiving the Presidential Citizens Medal, saying they had no idea when they woke up on a chilly December morning of the sacrifice they would soon make for their communities.
"They could have focused on their own safety, on their own well-being. But they didn't," Obama said. "They gave their lives to protect the precious children in their care."
For all the grief-filled vigils and agonizing funerals that have marked the two months since a shooter killed the six adults and 20 first-graders at the school, Friday's ceremony was markedly optimistic. In place of tears, there were smiles on the faces of some of the victims' relatives, as Obama presented the medals in a memorial affirming the devotion to citizenship he said the six exemplified.
"It defines our way our life," Obama said. "It captures our belief in something bigger than ourselves -- our willingness to accept certain obligations to one another and to embrace the idea that we're all in this together."
Two of the educators honored, Principal Dawn Hochsprung and school psychologist Mary Sherlach, are believed to have lunged, unarmed, at the gunman to try to stop him. Another, teacher Victoria Soto, reportedly hid children in a closet. Lauren Rousseau read to her students as a gunman invaded the school, doing her best to keep them calm. Rachel D'Avino and Anne Marie Murphy were said to have wrapped their arms around the children amid the chaos.
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President Barack Obama presents a 2012 Citizens Medal to the family of Sandy Hook Elementary School school psychologist Mary Sherlach on Friday in the East Room of the White House. Accepting the honor, from left to right, daughters Katy Sherlach and Katy Schwartz, and husband Bill Sherlach.
Among the 18 people honored Friday was Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, a renowned pediatrician who developed a leading behavioral test for newborns. He created the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale, which hospitals across the country use to detect physical and neurological abnormalities. Another medal went to former Pennsylvania Sen. Harris Wofford, a volunteerism advocate who advised Martin Luther King Jr., helped form the Peace Corps program and was a leader in higher education.
Obama credited another honoree, Jeanne Manford, with inspiring a movement. In the 1970s Manford launched a campaign for tolerance for gays and lesbians after her son, Morty, was assaulted at a gay rights demonstration. She created a support group that evolved into Parents, Families, & Friends of Lesbians and Gays, a national organization that now has more than 350 chapters. Manford's daughter accepted the award on behalf of her late mother.
"These folks participate, they get involved, they have a point of view," Obama said. "They don't just wait for somebody else to do something, they go out there and do it, and they join and they become part of groups and they mobilize and they organize."
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"They gave their lives to protect the precious children in their care."
They are heroes in the truest sense of the word.
If only they would have been able to defend the children.........
Wonder if Obama will honor the man that died saving his family in Florida?
As compelling as this is it's mere symbolism over substance.
This is just more Bread and Circuses from our corrupt and incompetent government.
A better honor would be to totally dismantle our criminal government run public education system and reform it so our children aren't graduating illiterate.
End the pathetic politically and union driven Department of Education. Offer school vouchers for private charter schools and let the free-market separate the wheat from the chaff. For thirty years our government has methodically dumbed-down our children. We are on the second generation of illiterates being graduated from our schools.
We have seen repeated examples of how the private sector can provide significantly improved education for our children.
54 percent of all teachers have limited English proficient (LEP) students in their classrooms, yet only one-fifth of teachers feel very prepared to serve them.
Most Americans read at an 8th grade level.
The educational careers of 25 to 40 percent of American children are imperiled because they don't read well enough, quickly enough, or easily enough.
Approximately 50 percent of the nation's unemployed youth age 16-21 are functional illiterate, with virtually no prospects of obtaining good jobs.
Most American’s don’t know how to use—there, their or they’re—correctly in a sentence.
60 percent of America's prison inmates are illiterate and 85% of all juvenile offenders have reading problems. Does ANYONE think this may be one of the main reasons they are in jail?
Over one million children drop out of school each year, costing the nation over $240 billion in lost earnings, forgone tax revenues, and expenditures for social services. This is nearly $2.5 trillion in lost revenue generating income over 10 years.
More than 20 percent of adults read at or below a fifth-grade level - far below the level needed to earn a living wage.
More than three out of four of those on welfare, 85% of unwed mothers and 68% of those arrested are illiterate.
Most high school graduates, hell most adults, can’t calculate 40% of 870 in their head.
Nearly half of America's adults are poor readers, or "functionally illiterate." They can't carry out simply tasks like balancing check books, reading drug labels or writing essays for a job.
To participate fully in society and the workplace in 2020, citizens will need powerful literacy abilities that until now have been achieved by only a small percentage of the population.
21 million Americans can't read at all, 45 million are marginally illiterate and one-fifth of high school graduates can't read their diplomas.
Unfortunately this leads to the Dunning-Kruger effect. This occurs when incompetent people not only fail to realize their incompetence, but consider themselves much more competent than everyone else. Basically, they're too stupid to know that they're stupid. How much of this do we see exposed every day, especially in our inner cities and poverty stricken areas?
We spend more than any nation on education, other than Switzerland.
MONEY IS NOT THE ISSUE!!!!!!!!
Yes, honor the brave teachers from Newtown, but to truly celebrate their sacrifice is to give our children the best education possible so they can truly compete and prosper in the 21st century economy.
Hello folks, children are so precious aren't they? Whenever an innocent gets snuffed out it is truly a reflection on all of us right?
Where are the tears for the children listed below?
These children are innocent. They are not different from our own children.
Their lives were taken away at a very young age as part of a military agenda, which claims to be combating “international terrorism".
Who are the terrorists? Enclosed is a partial list of the children that have been murdered in our name.
The List of Names was compiled by The Bureau of Investigative Journalism
CIA Drone Strikes in Pakistan 2004–2013
Total US strikes: 362
Obama strikes: 310
Total reported killed: 2,629-3,461
Civilians reported killed: 475-891
Children reported killed: 176
Total reported injured: 1,267-1,431
US Covert Action in Yemen 2002–2013
Total confirmed US operations (all): 54-64
Total confirmed US drone strikes: 42-52
Possible extra US operations: 135-157
Possible extra US drone strikes: 77-93
Total reported killed (all): 374-1,112
Total civilians killed (all): 72-177
Children killed (all): 27-37
US Covert Action in Somalia 2007–2013
Total US strikes: 10-23
Total US drone strikes: 3-9
Total reported killed: 58-170
Civilians reported killed: 11-57
Children reported killed: 1-3
Drone Infographics
Interactive map
by Drones Team
This map details the locations of CIA drone strikes in the remote Pakistani tribal areas.
Partial List of Children Killed
PAKISTAN
Name | Age | Gender
Noor Aziz | 8 | male
Abdul Wasit | 17 | male
Noor Syed | 8 | male
Wajid Noor | 9 | male
Syed Wali Shah | 7 | male
Ayeesha | 3 | female
Qari Alamzeb | 14| male
Shoaib | 8 | male
Hayatullah KhaMohammad | 16 | male
Tariq Aziz | 16 | male
Sanaullah Jan | 17 | male
Maezol Khan | 8 | female
Nasir Khan | male
Naeem Khan | male
Naeemullah | male
Mohammad Tahir | 16 | male
Azizul Wahab | 15 | male
Fazal Wahab | 16 | male
Ziauddin | 16 | male
Mohammad Yunus | 16 | male
Fazal Hakim | 19 | male
Ilyas | 13 | male
Sohail | 7 | male
Asadullah | 9 | male
khalilullah | 9 | male
Noor Mohammad | 8 | male
Khalid | 12 | male
Saifullah | 9 | male
Mashooq Jan | 15 | male
Nawab | 17 | male
Sultanat Khan | 16 | male
Ziaur Rahman | 13 | male
Noor Mohammad | 15 | male
Mohammad Yaas Khan | 16 | male
Qari Alamzeb | 14 | male
Ziaur Rahman | 17 | male
Abdullah | 18 | male
Ikramullah Zada | 17 | male
Inayatur Rehman | 16 | male
Shahbuddin | 15 | male
Yahya Khan | 16 |male
Rahatullah |17 | male
Mohammad Salim | 11 | male
Shahjehan | 15 | male
Gul Sher Khan | 15 | male
Bakht Muneer | 14 | male
Numair | 14 | male
Mashooq Khan | 16 | male
Ihsanullah | 16 | male
Luqman | 12 | male
Jannatullah | 13 | male
Ismail | 12 | male
Taseel Khan | 18 | male
Zaheeruddin | 16 | male
Qari Ishaq | 19 | male
Jamshed Khan | 14 | male
Alam Nabi | 11 | male
Qari Abdul Karim | 19 | male
Rahmatullah | 14 | male
Abdus Samad | 17 | male
Siraj | 16 | male
Saeedullah | 17 | male
Abdul Waris | 16 | male
Darvesh | 13 | male
Ameer Said | 15 | male
Shaukat | 14 | male
Inayatur Rahman | 17 | male
Salman | 12 | male
Fazal Wahab | 18 | male
Baacha Rahman | 13 | male
Wali-ur-Rahman | 17 | male
Iftikhar | 17 | male
Inayatullah | 15 | male
Mashooq Khan | 16 | male
Ihsanullah | 16 | male
Luqman | 12 | male
Jannatullah | 13 | male
Ismail | 12 | male
Abdul Waris | 16 | male
Darvesh | 13 | male
Ameer Said | 15 | male
Shaukat | 14 | male
Inayatur Rahman | 17 | male
Adnan | 16 | male
Najibullah | 13 | male
Naeemullah | 17 | male
Hizbullah | 10 | male
Kitab Gul | 12 | male
Wilayat Khan | 11 | male
Zabihullah | 16 | male
Shehzad Gul | 11 | male
Shabir | 15 | male
Qari Sharifullah | 17 | male
Shafiullah | 16 | male
Nimatullah | 14 | male
Shakirullah | 16 | male
Talha | 8 | male
YEMEN
Afrah Ali Mohammed Nasser | 9 | female
Zayda Ali Mohammed Nasser | 7 | female
Hoda Ali Mohammed Nasser | 5 | female
Sheikha Ali Mohammed Nasser | 4 | female
Ibrahim Abdullah Mokbel Salem Louqye | 13 | male
Asmaa Abdullah Mokbel Salem Louqye | 9 | male
Salma Abdullah Mokbel Salem Louqye | 4 | female
Fatima Abdullah Mokbel Salem Louqye | 3 | female
Khadije Ali Mokbel Louqye | 1 | female
Hanaa Ali Mokbel Louqye | 6 | female
Mohammed Ali Mokbel Salem Louqye | 4 | male
Jawass Mokbel Salem Louqye | 15 | female
Maryam Hussein Abdullah Awad | 2 | female
Shafiq Hussein Abdullah Awad | 1 | female
Sheikha Nasser Mahdi Ahmad Bouh | 3 | female
Maha Mohammed Saleh Mohammed | 12 | male
Soumaya Mohammed Saleh Mohammed | 9 | female
Shafika Mohammed Saleh Mohammed | 4 | female
Shafiq Mohammed Saleh Mohammed | 2 | male
Mabrook Mouqbal Al Qadari | 13 | male
Daolah Nasser 10 years | 10 | female
AbedalGhani Mohammed Mabkhout | 12 | male
Abdel- Rahman Anwar al Awlaki | 16 | male
Abdel-Rahman al-Awlaki | 17 | male
Nasser Salim | 19
Where’s the outrage for these children? Or are you all a bunch of hypocrites?
No, they don't care about them, those children aren't as precious as ours---Freakin hypocrites!
That's nice honoring them for their sacrifice but aren't there more important things to do in Washington??
Nothing more important than pushing his agenda.
I don't see how taking time to honor educators who sacrificed their lives to save their students as a way to push his agenda. Yes, he is pushing for more gun control laws on a Federal level because of the shooting but he wasn't using this time to push anything, only to honor the educators and others who were receiving honors for other achievements.
The loss suffered by the family members is unimaginable, but what about the other folks who have been killed by thugs every day? Also, no one knows what actually happened inside the school. A shameless action by BO, just to promote his agenda.
You know, Gary, some people can multi-task...and have a heart.
Some people honor bravery and others just allow their hate to cause them to make heartless comments.
Actually, no.
When is oblahblah going to honor other heroes not attached with his agenda. I am certain when these people think about how obama gave the highest civilian award to Bob Dylan they will be more comforted.
Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll!!!!... Yeah baby!
Like who?
Perhaps you're just not thinking of when the President gave the Medal of Honor to Staff Sergeant Clinton L. Romesha for heroism in Afghanistan?
On Monday.
Pay attention.
Navyvet98, when will you stop allowing your hate and your own agenda to blind you to the simple act of honoring these truly brave people? Have you no dignity?
No, Jon, he doesn't.
Not trying to insult the murdered teachers in any way; but, as I said before, no one knows what happened inside the school, or anything about the teachers' actions. Labeling so many people as "heroes", as our society so easily does, debases the word.
Spike, you could take the high road, admit you made a callous and poorly though out remark, and just move on. Or you could continue to make yourself look rather heartless and shallow.
Jon,
Not callous, heartless, or shallow. Just trying to look at a situation with unbiased eyes. What, exactly, did the teachers do that was "heroic"? Simple question.
spike-322306 wrote:
And what "unbiased eyes" are you using to look at the situation, 'spike'? Their are numerous eyewitness accounts from the surviving students at Sandy Hook, some who were saved by being hidden by their teachers, who died. Some actually witnessed the death of their teacher.
Is it just easier for you to take the low road, make the fallacious statement "no one knows what happened" and doubt the word of eyewitnesses, than it is to accept the selfless actions of others as being worthy of our admiration and praise, and telling their surviving family members that we honor the sacrifices of their loved ones?
THE answer to your question is "NO" our citizens is the most important especially these citizens. Government is the people!!!
Gary-2120635 Oh yes, the President of the United States should not have taken the 30 minutes or however long it took to honor these educators.....
onermailliw
Oh yes, when BUSH visited with families of 911, it was all to push his agenda....
"The Presidential Citizens Medal is an award bestowed by the President of the United States."
Only the president makes the decision upon whom the medal is bestowed. Just another photo op to promote his agenda. Am I skeptical? Yes. Cynical? Perhaps.
spike-322306 wrote:
'Spike', is it all of the citizens who have been awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal by Presidents Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Clinton and George W. Bush that you diminish as a mere "photo op", or just those honored by this president with whom you have an issue?
List of Recipients: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Citizens_Medal
STARS AND STRIPES: WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama will award four veterans the 2012 Presidential Citizens Medal, the nation’s second-highest civilian honor, in a ceremony Feb. 15 at the White House. Three of the four recipients, announced today, will be recognized for their extraordinary work and commitment to assisting other veterans. Overall, 18 awards will be given, including six to adult victims of the Newtown, Ct., school shooting.
The veterans:
The annual Citizens Medal, established in 1969 to recognize Americans for outstanding service to their country, is awarded by the president based on nominations.
http://www.stripes.com/four-veterans-among-presidential-citizens-medal-recipients-1.207087
Bull Sh*t
And yet he can't take the time to honor Chris Kyle, oh wait that wouldn't help his commie butt push the gun grabber agenda.
Don't you see the irony of you pushing your own agenda with your senseless and inaccurate comment?
So uh what's your point, that I should care more for one victim then another, sandy hook was a horrific event, but the commander in chief should just ignore one of his greatest soldier's since that would go against his gun grab!
I think his point is not only is your comment irrelevant to this story, it's also ironic that you use it to foster your own political agenda by accusing the President of doing so.
Kyle's death may be sad, but it pales in comparison to Sandy Hook. Kyle didn't die trying to save a room full of six-year-olds. And, like I said, it's irrelevant.
And there is no gun grabber agenda, except perhaps in your imagination.
He died trying to help save 2 soldiers, one had PTSD, the other claimed to but was a fraud who murdered him, their is no paling in comparison. And yes there is a gun grabber agenda, California, Missouri, new York, Washington state, so far are pushing for total confiscation of Allsemi auto weapons.
Tom, first of all, what you list are state initiatives, having nothing to do with Obama. And second, New York dropped any attempt to confiscate, I live in Washington and have heard of no attempts to do that here, and I sincerely doubt that you are accurate in any way on the other states. It is you, not Obama, who is using a forum honoring the bravery of the Newtown teachers to push an agenda, and are doing so now with inaccurate information.
Tom, you need to step back on this issue. Two unarmed educators lunging at a fully loaded assault weapon...makes them heroes. Holding children in your arms...knowing you were all going to be shot, but trying to stay calm for their last moments on this earth, for hiding them in closets...trying to use your body as a shield...THOSE ARE HEROES. Make NO mistake.
The soldier who killed DID have PTSD but he had other "demons" as well. Kyle was doing what he believed to be "good and right " for his fellow soldiers. The truth was...he was NOT an expert in Psychology or Psychiatry. He was in error trying to "help" this soldier. He needed the Professionals to CLEAR him for the Gun Range.
Kathleen, Get your facts straight. They didn't lunge at a fully loaded assault weapon, that was just media hype. They didn't lunge period, they hid, as I would have done! The principal went to see what the noise was, not to 'lunge' at a gunman. And, in fact there wasn't even an automatic assault weapon on the premises except for the ones the police had which were semi-automatic. He had a hunting rifle in his trunk, and was found shot dead inside with 2 hand guns! I'm just sick of Obama wiping that same fake tear from his eye, as the media likes to promote it.
Uh, Chris Kyle was working with the schools here in Texas to get teachers trained properly in gun handling and accuracy to be 1st scene responders on the school campuses in Texas to, yes, protect our children! I think that and the fact that he was the most prolific sharpshooter ON BEHALF OF OUR COUNTRY, for this government, deserves a mention from the POTUS at the very least, the very, very least. Maybe not at this ceremony, but the silence during Chris Kyle's funeral was deafening.
purehearts, you are the one the needs to check your facts. I heard the live press conference with the coroner who examined the bodies. He stated very clearly that every single wound in the victims came from the AR-15, which most of us call an assault weapon. The only shots fired from the hand guns were the ones that the shooter used to take his own life. I believe there was a shotgun still in the car, but some of those kids had nineteen bullets in them, and there were twenty-six victims, each shot multiple times, from 6 to 19 times. The shooter had an assault weapon and multiple high capacity magazines.
Jon, I don't state anything until I've checked it out. I saw the video also, and he 1st said they weren't shot with a rifle, then he said they were, and when one of the reporters pointed out that the rifle was found in the car (which I saw the video of the officer taking the hunting rifle out of his trunk as well), he said no it wasn't and that the 'gunman' used a, wait, let me quote here, 'long gun' to shoot the children multiple times 'all over'. Is that enough fact checking for you? You're watching the media hype, not the factual videos from the first responders.
OK pureheart state your source. Who did you check it out with? Alex Jones? Links please otherwise you are just another hater.
LittleGreenPuppet. Since you're too lazy to do your own investigation, here are a couple links to get you started.
Here you can see the cop not using gloves putting his hands all over the 'long gun' (you'll notice it does not resemble the Bushmaster .223 assault rifle the media & dems claim was used) the coroner spoke of that was found in the trunk of a vehicle. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=wLrxSgkqJQc
Here you can hear the coroner say they were shot with the 'long weapon' and when a reporter points out that the 'long gun' was found in the trunk an officer denies that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meV0UYxhxeY
And here's the report where the FBI verified there were 4 handguns inside the school and the rifle they call the Bushmaster assault weapon in the trunk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=VrngdgUixYg
purehearts,
How dare you try to minimize the heroism of a group of unarmed civilian educators in the face of a deranged killer who mowed down over two dozen innocent lives, most of them little children, all in the name of promoting your irrelevant story about the murder of a single, retired, professionally trained killer. What a shameful, amoral comparison.
Shame on you.
Oh for gods sakes..this could of happen in any school and any teacher would of done the same thing..let it go its the past. Work on the freaking future so it doesn't happen again!!!
AMEN!
...that's the problem, pal. And if it could happen in any school, then it's not just the past. It's the present, and the future.
If you think about it, that's exactly what he is doing.
So, Mike, was there a break in your busy schedule at the Bottom Feeders' Convention that allowed you to post your blithering comments? You may want to put some actual thought into your next remark before you post it, you know. Just sayin'.
We stop, just every once in a while, to honor bravery as a way of holding it up as an example, so that we, as a nation, can have a better future. Read any comment section on any article that can be construed to be about guns and you will see that reflection is sorely needed.
That's what Texas is doing! I'm so proud of our legislature, they passed legislation to train CHL carriers to be present and on school campuses to protect our children. BTW, Chris Kyle was working with the schools to get them trained properly to protect our children, I think he does deserve at least a mention by the POTUS for doing SOMETHING other than take away good people's rights!
So, purehearts, you are saying your right to possess deadly toys trumps the right of children NOT to be gunned down in their classrooms? And teachers who are packing heat are going to stop assault rifle wielding "gun enthusiasts"? It says volumes about your lack of character.
Sailcat. I think your comments are nonsensical. What you're trying to say is a teacher with a weapon that has been trained by a sharp shooter, no, the MOST PROLIFIC sharpshooter, wouldn't be able to protect anybody from a felon with a gun? Did I get that right?
If you think teachers enter into their profession to become sharpshooters...or would tolerate being forced to try to become expert marksmen...you are definitely in desperate need of a slobber bib and some strong psychoactive medication. Damn.
The fact is, the odds are highly against it.
Fortunately, I have never lost a friend or relative to a violent crime. How many people in the United States have succumbed to a violent death? Mothers and fathers protecting their children. Others protecting their charge. Mr. Obama is an opportunist and an exploiter. His soul purpose is to measure his success. He should be mourning death, not celebrating it.
Your right and wrong about Washington, you must let a sheriff inspect your semi auto weapon once a year, if it did not meet whatever standard of being secured it will be confiscated, so technically the 4th amendment would be violated as well as the 2nd
http://www.examiner.com/article/washington-gun-control-proposal-said-to-violate-fourth-amendment-to-constitution
Oh and maybe I should have mentioned Minnesota is also pushing to confiscate.
Your linked article, which quotes from a Wordpress blog, not another publication, states "assault weapons", not all semi-automatic weapons. Now, lots of gun people like to parse the term assault weapons to death, but anyone with a slight degree of common sense knows that we are not talking about your standard semi-automatic hunting rifle with, say, an 8 bullet magazine. Futhermore, this is only a proposal that is likely to go nowhere in Washington. No one is confiscating guns in Washington state.
Are you the same Tom that said he couldn't wait for the civil war?
A question then. Do you believe that your 2nd and 4th amendment rights are currently being violated by the National Firearms Act of 1934 and Class 3 weapons licensing and inspection? Because that is what your article is basically saying.
Also have you found anywhere in proposed federal law where those of us with military style semi autos are going to have to submit to inspections like a class 3 or is that just a state to state thing? I have not so just wondering if you have.
Don't get me wrong I am against a ban but I am for getting guns out of criminals hands and reducing the number of shootings in this country. I am for helping law enforcement track down & prevent how guns get into the hands of those who use them illegally and I am open to your suggestions on how that can get accomplished.
So we should never honor true courage, because we will only be accused of exploitation by those who can't see past their own hate? Can Obama now do no act of kindness and serve no memorial to these brave people because you don't happen to agree with what you think his politics are? He can't pin a medal on a soldier who served in Afghanistan, he can't celebrate victories by our Olympic athletes, without you accusing him of exploitation. Can't you see how small your hatred has made your heart?
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when is Obama going to get down to business and do his job, like the ECONOMY!
Maybe morons on the right can only do one thing at a time but talented people like our current administration can actually multi-task and get it all done if the aforementioned morons don't block them.
First, it was the Republican House that skipped town for their Christmas vacation early, now it's the Republican Senate that skipped town and went on vacation. How is the President supposed to get anything done when they are on vacation?
You know, it's funny, he did work on the economy today, right after he worked on national security and before discussing legislative strategy with his aides. He maybe even called a few foreign leaders. And he still found time for lunch and a ceremony honoring a few heroes. He's kind of amazing that way, but hey, that's what Presidents do. What did you do today, Tony?
He did all that huh--And gas is still $5 today in California, unemployment is still rising again, insurance costs are skyrocketing, food is unaffordable for most, wages are plunging...Maybe he should STOP HELPING US!!!!
'Talented' at jumping from diversion to diversion.
So are you one of those that can only do one thing at at time?
Comment boards always include those postings that reveal the best and the worst of human nature. There must be researchers studying these things. My spirit is uplifted by the decent and loving words of one contributor but then dashed and beaten down by the snide, uncharitable words of another. I read these boards with more and more trepidation. Will I see enough of the good in humanity?
The Way It Goes,
It would seem that there are a small number of haters that seem to constantly post. As I have been spending more time here I've come to recognize more of the names and they are the same day in and day out. Makes me wonder if they have jobs based on the volume and times they post. Most hate Obama and will believe or say anything to reinforce that hate. It infects everything they say. But there are also a large number of those who either bait these haters or "hate the haters". I believe the Obama haters call them "libtards". Most of these hate posters seem to have stopped maturing somewhere around the 8th grade.
So stay encouraged, they post a great deal but they are small in number. The fringe always appears bigger than it is.
Some bitter people want to corrupt every positive gesture with their own venomous hate.
Ignore them and focus on the heroes.
Lying to the people doesn't make anyone a hero...
i wrote a comment to Jim Spence and you people erased it before it could be posted!
Ask yourself why he didn't give a medal to the survivor--Or why that survivor has never been heard from again..
No, only dead people or their bizarre non-grieving gun legislation pushing parents are shown...
All we see and hear from are the Sandy Cast for gun control..Not very believable...