Re: Obama one of Greatest Teleprompter Readers of all time!

[Frank Kurz <tech@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 08/11/2010 4:03 AM, JoeRaisin wrote:
> On 11/7/2010 11:35 PM, Frank Kurz wrote:
>> On 07/11/2010 2:36 PM, G. Morgan wrote:
>>> Frank Kurz<tech@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 07/11/2010 8:00 AM, G. Morgan wrote:
>>>>> Uni<un@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> yepper, one of the best mouth readers of all time, ol Obammie is.
>>>>>> whatta joke these dems are!
>>>>>> one term wonders, they are!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://www.hindustantimes.com/Obama-to-use-teleprompter-for-Hindi-speech/H1-Article1-622605.aspx
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> next time they'll vote in a cartoon, wait and see, you will!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This is probably just a drive-by spammer, but I'll bite.
>>>>>
>>>>> So what is the big deal about using a teleprompter when making a
>>>>> prepared
>>>>> speech? Are you saying the Great Orator "George W Bush" didn't use
>>>>> one?
>>>>>
>>>>> He did, and still managed to fuck up most of his speeches.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I don't know of any politician that doesn't read a speech from either a
>>>> teleprompter or a hard copy sheet. I'm pretty sure that Winston
>>>> Churchill didn't ad-lib the famous "blood, sweat, and tears" speech
>>>> (and
>>>> that was broadcast in his native tongue).
>>>
>>>
>>> Exactly. Some Republicans are so bitter that Obama is in the big seat,
>>> they
>>> will float anything remotely that might "fly" as negative. The OP did a
>>> miserable job of making the pres. look like a fool, but quite well at
>>> making
>>> himself the same.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Well... He did screw up the BP disaster. He should change his name to
>> "Robert". Then he could do no wrong. ;-)
>>
>
> The BP fiasco was no mistake - nobody is THAT incompetent. He had to be
> purposefully trying to make it worse.

I don't think anybody could have anticipated the kind of disaster this
sort of thing posed (not that I'm defending Obama).  In BC, we have one
of the biggest off-shore oil deposits in the world (apparently).  Our
government won't allow drilling.  Ever since the Exxon Valdez they won't
allow single hulled tankers either.  I feel really safe in the knowledge
that double hulled tankers are plying our waters, built by the
contractor with the lowest bid, registered off-shore, maintained by the
cheapest ship repair yard, crewed by drastically underpaid foreign
workers, and captained by individuals that may not possess all the
certifications a Canadian deep water vessel would normally require.
Yep...  really safe and secure.

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Frank Kurz
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