More on that famous "at 22" picture of Perry and Obama
Prince Of Dorkness
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The above image is being gleefully posted on forums such as Free Republic and Rush Limbaugh's equally fascist brother is tweeting it to all his followers. It was also posted here.
Nobody is mentioning that Obama's photo was taken while he was a senior majoring in political science at Columbia University. That's the Ivy League, Tea... people. He was the first black president of the Law Review.
And despite what the photo suggests, at age 22 Rick Perry was not some glory-drenched fighter pilot strafing Vietnamese civilians with napalm. He was a male cheerleader at Texas A&M with a D average.
This is not what America needs.
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That may be the case. I reserve judgement.
I just want people to know what they're actually looking at... the suggestion is that one was a brave heroic fighter pilot and one was a stoner hippie drifter. And that just isn't accurate.
Godfather.
I saw a segment on Colbert or Stewart (I can't remember which) which claimed he wasn't black at all by a black historian woman, her name also escapes me. Her argument was that the term "black" with respect to American history, is associated with people descending from African slaves. She went on to say that there was a certain identity that they share because of that, and that technically Obama cannot claim this lineage being born in the USA to one Kenyan parent who obviously immigrated here much later. Obama is more of a true "African American" in that sense. I thought that was an interesting way of looking at it.
I for one, think its great that Obama is (was?) a hippie
jo
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was he getting in or out of the jet as a passenger? maybe modeling for calvin klein or something?
why suggest being a fighter pilot...that i do not like. i am sure this kind of stuff is everywhere. sad really.
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
I said "of the law review." At Columbia. Bill Clinton was the first black president of the United States.
Obama is the furthest thing from a hippie.
oh you got that ??
jo
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"How I choose to feel is how I am." ~ EV/MMc
"Some people hear their own inner voices with great clearness and they live by what they hear. Such people become crazy, or they become legends." ~ One Stab ~
I know of a stoner hippie drifter who drifted to Seattle from San Diego!
it's just propaganda man and all sides use it I don't think it's enough to get yer panties in wad over
besides you gatta see the humor in it at least
Godfather.
then worked at a gas station ?
Godfather.
Really ?????
Godfather.
Obama caught my eye first and I thought 'dude'. Then I looked at the other picture and thought 'wanker'.
young obama is pretty cool looking to my notion, looks smarter than your average badass student. anyone know obama's grades from school? i have heard obama writes a great number of his speeches. maybe he writes em all, i dunno.
"Hear me, my chiefs!
I am tired; my heart is
sick and sad. From where
the sun stands I will fight
no more forever."
Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
Considering he is still running two wars that Bush started, and has expanded into Pakistan and Libya, he could easily be more of a warmonger than Bush.
Were still at war with Iraq? Since when? Last time I checked we were helping them rebuild. All of the combat troops were taken out last year...
Better than being a Rambo wannabe.
yes
/sarcasm
There are still over 100,000 troops there. Call it what you want.
It's alot easier to get into a war situation than it is to get out.
Wash me in the blood of Rock & Roll
for the least they could possibly do
No, you don't.
You see a person posing for a picture. In front of a jet he didn't know how to fly. He wasn't a fighter pilot. He was a cheerleader. He was a posing.
Like poseurs tend to do.
those texas guys like to dress up like badasses with those jets don't they.. i think i would like rick perry a little more if he actually did what a lot of texans do....meaning that there are more cowboys that are native texans than fighter pilots...
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."