Barack Obama, Democratic presidential hopeful and poseur extraordinaire, proved his aspirations to greatness don’t need the experience or stature of previous politicians. Obama gave a grand speech at the site of the Berlin Wall, where John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan once stood and delivered their grand speeches. Obama, bereft of any achievements while in office but not in hubris, implored Europeans to join together in fighting terrorism and to tear down walls, very much like the ones someone else before him tore down through great effort. Obama’s pull-out plan for Iraq, milquetoast approach to tyrants, and unreasonable plans for Supreme Court judgeship do not mirror his audacious oration in Germany but what a speech!
I’m not sure what the attraction is with Barack Obama, or why anyone would give him the credit he does not deserve. He has been loathe to play the race card but it’s the only reason why celebrities back him. He has been upfront about various liberal views, hidden the Islam factor in his background, demanded others speak languages he himself cannot speak, deflected questions and has no experience in areas that would require focus and strength if elected president. Whatever one may think of Reagan, he earned his place to speak in Berlin. Obama’s appearance there merely shows him as a rider on coattails.
Maybe liberal social engineers can point how certain people put their selfish needs ahead of children.
I don’t care what crap I get for saying this but I will say it anyway: naming a child Talula Does the Hula from Hawaii, Fish and Chips, Apple, Taylor, Hayden, Montana, Dakota, Aiden, Kyla, Sierra, Hailey, Bailey, Cayley, Pax, Jermajesty, Tanisha or anything else in a similar vein is tantamount to child abuse. Anyone who gives their child such a name is a bad person for condemning said child to a lifetime of after-school beatings, cock-eyed stares and repeated questions like: “Is that your real name?” and “What’s wrong with you?” Children are people and shouldn’t have to flee the province and change their name from Brayden to something infinitely less gay. There are plenty of good and interesting names out there and failure to use them shows the parent as a person incapable of human warmth and intelligence. Use a good name for your kid (like Megatron, maybe- or not).
In conclusion, run, do not walk, to the nearest Ten Thousand Villages and purchase a Divine Orange Milk Chocolate bar. The secret ingredient to this fair-trade product is love- and cocoa beans! It will be your undoing- but that's good! Also, check out what else might be good and delicious.
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The banana-chocolate bread sounds more tasteful than some of the names parents give their children. I might make some right now...
What Bush and Batman have in common:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121694247343482821.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries
I know all too well what one's name can do to one's self esteem.
Great point on the stupidity of some parents choices...I'd seriously prefer "Apple"!
Aiden is a fine Irish name and I expect you to retract that remark. The only downside is how popular the name is right now.
~ Your Brother ~
The chocolate banana bread is good. It's Curious George approved.
I must agree with the person who pointed out that Aiden is a viable and respectable, non-idiotic name. True story: One woman wanted to name her newborn "Vagina" because she heard the word in the hospital and thought it sounded pretty. When it was explained to her what it meant, she said everyone knew that's called a "Coochie." I wonder how many of the "non-hood" people out there, who think giving these ghetto names to their own children is hip, would still think so after they'd heard that story.
I must also agree with your feelings and assertions about Obama. He has not "paid his dues", as people say about leadership, to the extent that most other candidates (even defeated ones), have in the past. A black (or racially 'mixed' president is part of America's future, but that doesn't mean that B. Obama is the right candidate, or even a good candidate for president in 2008. Rushing out to the voting booths to make it happen NOW, just because we think the U.S. should have a black president, at some point, would be foolish. The same is true of a female president. Of course there will be one in America's future, but that doesn't mean citizens should rush out and elect H. Clinton. Having the right president is far more important than any shortsighted and usually selfish special interest concerns; eg. I want a WOMAN PRESIDENT to send a message to the (imaginary) "Old Boy's Network." Unfortunately, people like that DO have a vote, so it will be interesting to see what happens this autumn.
Last word: This user who said "sounds like you're a racist", but had nothing else to support that contention. Don't worry about him/her. That's the nature of democracy and free society, that even people with no information base or expertise are allowed to speak out on things. At least they don't carry on like Abbie Hoffman, or something, because they don't have a significant knowledge base from which to speak.
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