Well, really, this is a compliment. For Clothahump, “not as stupid as” might as well be a blue ribbon.
Would the OP feel better if he knew that those weren’t umbrellas, but actually sophisticated anti-missile shields that cost upwards of seven billion a piece?
And, true to form for any major defense acquisition, that they are not actually effective at all as anti-missile shields?
I wondered something, on seeing the above post.
Has the OP ever been in the military, any branch?
I was in the Army, not the Marines, so I wouldn’t have been tasked with, in most cases, direct protection detail. Heck, I was a linguist and radio operator, so I would likely have never been NEAR the President.
But if I had I’d have been honored to hold the umbrella over them. It’s my CIC, dammit, and an honored guest. Their race, religion, political party, wouldn’t matter. As someone upthread said, it would be something to tell the kids about. “Yeah, I was THIS close to Pres. Obama, this is the picture. I’ll bet you never thought your 'ol Grandma met anyone important, huh?”
Nothing about catheters though …
Well damn, I kind of wish I was an attention whore troll, cuz this thread would have fit the bill perfectly.
Unfortunately, I’ll be spending the next ten days with pretty much all of my internet access limited to my phone…and I’ve no intention of playing this game via Swype.
So farewell for now, and I love you all. Mwah! Mwah! Mwah#
Is Reagan’s umbrella caddy a Marine? I can barely make out medals, but the outfit seems civilian-ish to my untrained eye.
In other words, you know you’ve lost, and nearly everyone else posting in this thread thinks you are a jerk. So you slink away and hope we will forget how stupid your OP was.
Because, as we all know, it didn’t rain during the Clinton administration.
…His state
Is kingly; thousands at his bidding speed
And post o’er land and ocean without rest:
They also serve who only stand and wait.
Yeah, even that “Ask The Pedophile Wife-Beating Scientologist Cat-Declawer” thread had Liberal and Carol Stream defending the OP, just for the attention …
You folks mock, but have any of you actually seen an episode of Matlock and how deftly plotted and artfully acted it was? I have. It wasn’t. It just blew.
Had a girlfriend who said when I stuck out my tongue, “Don’t stick it out if you don’t intend to use it.” I did and she wasn’t near as pretty as the Bush girls.
And he proved that there is no afterlife because the Reeder we knew and loved would not have allowed mere death to stop him from posting if there were.
Well, he should have had female marines. Female marines can carry and use umbrellas. But then, we’d be hearing about the gender discrimination of the white house occupants instead of their total disregard for the honor of service members.
KILL ! KILL ! KILL !
I’m sorry, we weren’t drilling ? My bad.
The official US military version is called an “Advanced Mission Extender Device” or “AMXD”. I can’t figure out if honor guards actually wear them during ceremonies, though I wouldn’t be surprised: it’s not as though they can just step out for a pee if they need one.
Then you force the Turkish PM to do the same. And both would be accused of acting undignified.
There are no reasonable options in this scenario that wouldn’t have been subject to criticism by the opposition.
Why do you say"black". Obama is 50% white or are you ashamed to call him half caste?
BTW, if I was American I’d probably be a Democrat, but I agree with the OP.
Dammit, I came in here to post this picture. Curse you, lisacurl!
I find it very amusing that Sicks Ate flounced his way out of this thread just three minutes before you managed to post that picture. Why, it’s almost like he saw that pic somewhere else and wanted to bail before someone was able to post it and prove him so horribly, horribly wrong.
'Cause he is. He’s not being judged on his pedigree, he’s being judged his appearance… and he’s black enough that, in the south, he’d still be called the n-word.
While I do think that us Americans tend to deify our politicians way too much, this is nothing that previous Presidents haven’t done. What’s so special about this President?