The RIAA are the ones who need to understand that. But even if there have been some terrible moves by Obama, nothing will compare to this guy:
The special Olympics comment is no big deal at all, it makes sense what he said. Don't agree so much with the RIAA support though.
First time disagreed with...really? This is the same man who said just 4+ years ago he was not ready but yet, ran anyway. And dont take my word for it....just watch the man say it himself. [YOUTUBE]<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5BnLozS-TnM&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5BnLozS-TnM&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>[/YOUTUBE] woohoo for OJT!
He said that 2001. It's 2008 now. Probably some secret elite group asking a new figure head to lead the country. (Sarcasm!)
I think lpboarder is basically trying to say, like, yeah, it's 5 years later and people mature/grow whatever, but...can one really grow that much in just five years? Just the fact that he said himself that he's not ready for it, is a little disconcerting. Sure, it's a few years later, but he wouldn't be that much more experienced or whatever. Which he quite obviously isn't.
Lincoln had barely any experience before becoming President. Despite all this he helped begin the fight for civil rights through the Emancipation Proclamation, and did a lot of good for this country before he was assassinated. He also (unintentionally of course) brought a whole country together after his death. He was an Illinois state legislator before he got into office. Sound familiar? Well... That's because another hardly experienced, tall and lanky big eared politician from Illinois is in office. His name is Barack Obama. If Abe can do a great job with little experience, so can Obama. Experience isn't the only thing that's needed to do a job people.
To the question of if anyone can change so much in one year/two years, I believe the answer is yes. I think the 18 yo me and the 20 me are very different.
I think it's different, when you start getting older, like in your 30s and 40s, because you're already pretty mature at that point. Plus, yeah, you're different from when you were a teenager...but different enough to become president, when you yourself said you couldn't a few years ago? Derek: That's a valid point. Basically, we're just going to have to wait and see. Obama has done nothing yet to change my opinion of him. It even seems that big Obama supporters are pissed at him more often than not.
I will admit I have not totally agreed with everything he's done. But we also have to consider its been nine weeks. If he ended world hunger, poverty and fixed the economy in less than 10 weeks I'd petition to put his face on Rushmore. But alas, nobody is THAT good .
Probably not to the president thing, but to a christian thing yes. At 16 I would have never ever ever ever thought I'd be a Zen Buddhist atheist ever in my life. In fact I'd probably say it was blasphemous to say so. The mere suggestion hell bound. But as it turns out at 18 I was still a christian and then at 19 nope. 20? Not really. 21? No way. Not at all. But it was only a few years between that time, when I had some many ideals and beliefs and things I thought I wouldn't ever give up that I did give up because they weren't for me anymore. But perhaps it is different than running for president. I was just saying that someone can change a bit in a few years.
Just kinda seems like a rocky start, ya know? It would make anyone a bit uncertain, especially when they already had reserves. Jesse: I hear ya. *shrug*
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/...world-a-step-closer-to-a-global-currency.html One step closer to a global-Currency.
Comparing Obama to Lincoln is ridiculously funny. The only thing they have in common is that they were both Senators from Illinois who got elected President of the United States. That is it. It goes without saying that any other comparisons are hugely premature at this point in time. Obama has been fumbling since he and the Chief Justice mangled the Oath of Office on Inauguration Day and our patience are wearing thin because of the state of the economy.
You've touched on one of my biggest pet-peeves, actually. I'm getting a little sick and tired of people throwing out these comparisons, with reckless abandon, to major political and social figures. Obama isn't the next Lincoln or Lenin, and George W. Bush isn't the reincarnation of Adolph Hitler.
Does anyone think that it's a little frightening that President Obama bowed to the Saudi King? I do. He's the President of the freaking United States. You do NOT bow down to him, unless you are an inferior. So basically, he's saying "hey, the US is inferior to you. Piss on us as much as you want." Cheers, Obama. [youtube]9WlqW6UCeaY[/youtube] Sure, maybe he's trying to show respect to other world leaders, but he's just making himself look like an inferior. That's not the way to show other leaders that YOU are a strong leader.
In most countries that have a royal family bowing to them is customary for everyone outside of it. If anything I'd criticise the fact that that was a pretty pathetic bow.