# Who's stupidest -- 9/11 truthers or Obama appointees? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 4, 2009, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-stupidest-9-11-truthers-or-obama-appointees/508894 "2009-09-04T18:54:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2009, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-stupidest-9-11-truthers-or-obama-appointees/508894/21 "2009-09-05T00:28:51Z")
Dibs on the other cat, then! ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2009, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-stupidest-9-11-truthers-or-obama-appointees/508894/22 "2009-09-05T03:45:13Z")
> [@Algorithm](#): > > [Cat **s**](http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt108/isaacmb/5376_1194486787025_1374109412_53237.jpg). [There’s](http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt108/isaacmb/6176_1216451216122_1374109412_60445.jpg) [two](http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt108/isaacmb/5376_1194517427791_1374109412_53242.jpg). Aw man, those are adorable! Why didn’t you submit to the [Doper’s cats video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSY7Ub1yj_8)? I definitely would have used that last picture. If I ever re-do it for fun (and to fix mistakes in the first one) may I use it? ---
**Author:** ![Algorithm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/algorithm/32/12204_2.png) [@Algorithm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algorithm)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2009, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-stupidest-9-11-truthers-or-obama-appointees/508894/23 "2009-09-05T07:41:37Z")
Feel free! I just got them in mid-July. Plenty more (pictures) where those came from. ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2009, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-stupidest-9-11-truthers-or-obama-appointees/508894/24 "2009-09-05T15:04:44Z")
> [@The\_Tooth](#): > > I am agog. Is there nothing Obama cannot do? Can Obama create a rock so big, He Himself cannot lift it? Huh? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2009, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-stupidest-9-11-truthers-or-obama-appointees/508894/25 "2009-09-05T15:14:23Z")
> [@Algorithm](#): > > [Cat **s**](http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt108/isaacmb/5376_1194486787025_1374109412_53237.jpg). [There’s](http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt108/isaacmb/6176_1216451216122_1374109412_60445.jpg) [two](http://i602.photobucket.com/albums/tt108/isaacmb/5376_1194517427791_1374109412_53242.jpg). Hey! No kitties in the Pi- AWWWwww. Whoo’s a coot widdle kitty, then? You are! YOU ARE!! Erm – ahem. I’m sorry you had to see that. What were we talking about? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2009, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-stupidest-9-11-truthers-or-obama-appointees/508894/26 "2009-09-05T15:19:18Z")
**Jimmy Joe** , your username suggests that you may be one of my people, the Peckerwood Clan, so I’ll try to go a little easy on you. First off, if you’re going to use a plural (“appointees”) then you got to have more than one example. Otherwise, you got to say “appointee”, which does kinda soften the impact. I mean, if all you’re on about is this one guy, its a little short of earth-shaking news, now isn’t it? People already think us peckerwoods are dumber than a barrel of hair, what with WWF and Nascar races, four hours of guys turning left at very high speeds… Well, bless your heart, you mean well… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tooth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@The\_Tooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tooth)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2009, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-stupidest-9-11-truthers-or-obama-appointees/508894/27 "2009-09-05T15:39:29Z")
> [@42fish](#): > > Can Obama create a rock so big, He Himself cannot lift it? Huh? If he’s prepared. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-stupidest-9-11-truthers-or-obama-appointees/508894/28 "2009-09-06T03:29:33Z")
I love how conservatives go absolutely apeshit over someone that 99.9% of the population has never heard of, like he’s the fucking boogeyman or something. “Oh, nooooooooo…!” ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-stupidest-9-11-truthers-or-obama-appointees/508894/29 "2009-09-06T05:13:12Z")
Looks like Obama’s decision to name a Truther as his ‘Green Jobs’ Czar was another bone-headed move. Van Jones has, unsurprisingly, resigned. [http://news.bostonherald.com/news/us\_politics/view.bg?articleid=1195733&pos=breaking](http://news.bostonherald.com/news/us_politics/view.bg?articleid=1195733&pos=breaking) Obviously, Obama is an idiot. But which makes him look dumber: knowingly appointing a whackjob Truther as a Czar? Or being too stupid to Google the guy for five seconds and find out that he’s a loony liberal moonbat? ---
**Author:** ![Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d9b06d/32.png) [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-stupidest-9-11-truthers-or-obama-appointees/508894/30 "2009-09-06T05:44:37Z")
Van Jones… he’s the dude who said only white kids kill each other, right? … d&r … ---
**Author:** ![wierdaaron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eada6e/32.png) [@wierdaaron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wierdaaron)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-stupidest-9-11-truthers-or-obama-appointees/508894/31 "2009-09-06T05:47:50Z")
Well, if nothing else, the truthers will love this. Government official ousted for daring to ask the tough questions! Also, Glenn Beck will take sole credit for this. And Stephe96 got to call Obama an idiot. So, basically, crazy people everywhere are benefiting. ---
**Author:** ![flickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@flickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flickster)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-stupidest-9-11-truthers-or-obama-appointees/508894/32 "2009-09-06T05:58:53Z")
Obama throws another “problem” under the bus… ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-stupidest-9-11-truthers-or-obama-appointees/508894/33 "2009-09-06T06:50:45Z")
> [@wierdaaron](#): > > And Stephe96 got to call Obama an idiot. I notice you dodge the question: did Obama know Van Jones was a Truther when he selected him? Or is Obama simply incompetent? ---
**Author:** ![Algorithm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/algorithm/32/12204_2.png) [@Algorithm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algorithm)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-stupidest-9-11-truthers-or-obama-appointees/508894/34 "2009-09-06T06:51:43Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Obviously, Obama is an idiot. But which makes him look dumber: knowingly appointing a whackjob Truther as a Czar? Or being too stupid to Google the guy for five seconds and find out that he’s a loony liberal moonbat? Yes, I’m sure it was Obama’s fault. He is head of the executive branch of the government, commander in chief of the U.S. armed forces, and in charge of googling everyone the administration plans on hiring. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-stupidest-9-11-truthers-or-obama-appointees/508894/35 "2009-09-06T06:56:37Z")
> [@Algorithm](#): > > Yes, I’m sure it was Obama’s fault. He is head of the executive branch of the government, commander in chief of the U.S. armed forces, and in charge of googling everyone the administration plans on hiring. Ha ha ha! I love it. Last week Van Jones was selected to be “Obama’s Green Jobs Czar.” Now, he’s simply someone “the administration planned on hiring.” ---
**Author:** ![Algorithm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/algorithm/32/12204_2.png) [@Algorithm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algorithm)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-stupidest-9-11-truthers-or-obama-appointees/508894/36 "2009-09-06T07:12:46Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > Ha ha ha! I love it. Last week Van Jones was selected to be “Obama’s Green Jobs Czar.” Now, he’s simply someone “the administration planned on hiring.” Wait, was he not someone the administration hired? ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-stupidest-9-11-truthers-or-obama-appointees/508894/37 "2009-09-06T07:15:47Z")
> [@flickster](#): > > Obama throws another “problem” under the bus… I’ve seen this kind of comment in quite a few places. What I don’t understand here is what those who say this wish had been done instead, or expected Obama or whoever to do. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-stupidest-9-11-truthers-or-obama-appointees/508894/38 "2009-09-06T07:26:03Z")
Man, if everyone who had wacky ideas and called people names were barred from being hired, the right-wing would have the highest unemployment rate of all segments of society. Except for infants, but it’s hard to tell one from the other nowadays. Infants are cuter, though right-wingers can generally wipe their own asses. ---
**Author:** ![Alienhand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Alienhand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alienhand)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-stupidest-9-11-truthers-or-obama-appointees/508894/39 "2009-09-06T07:53:57Z")
> [@Stephe96](#): > > I notice you dodge the question: did Obama know Van Jones was a Truther when he selected him? Or is Obama simply incompetent? Are you a domestic terrorist? Or are you directed by foreign terrorists? ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2009, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-stupidest-9-11-truthers-or-obama-appointees/508894/40 "2009-09-06T08:12:16Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > **Jimmy Joe** , your username suggests that you may be one of my people, the Peckerwood Clan,… I figured he was just a fan of _The Rockford Files_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-stupidest-9-11-truthers-or-obama-appointees/508894.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whos-stupidest-9-11-truthers-or-obama-appointees/508894.md?page=3)