Barack Obama is the President of the US now (FYI)

[BulletMagnet]

What an important and newsworthy parallel.

What, you weren't aware that this proves that they're both closet flag-burning Socialists? Come on, where've you been? They already insisted that Al Gore wasn't worth voting for because he had the wrong number of buttons on his suit (actually that one wasn't Fox, IIRC it was "liberal" Chris Matthews or one of his guests), and the same about John Kerry because he ordered the wrong kid of cheese on his cheese steak, so this one's gotta be a slam dunk!

[CMoon]

wtf Fox?!!

Speaking of fox, much earlier that morning before any thing official had started (most channels hadn't begun coverage), one of the fox reporters said something like 'gay marriage is like having sex with little kids' ...WHAT??!

That's when I realized I couldn't play Fox's coverage of the inauguration in my classroom.

[KBZ]

WUTHCA GOT NOW RUPERT MURDOCH!!!111???

Congrats on your new president. But he's no...

[power UP]

AHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHA
It will be a harsh awakening America...

[Ed Oscuro]

Update #2: AHA, Roberts tripped up Obama, and if even Fox News says it's so it must be true. It was a setup!

Obama didn't actually finish taking the oath until 12:05 p.m., five minutes after he actually became president under the Constitution. Clinton, in his first inauguration in 2001, also was five minutes late in taking the oath.

What an important and newsworthy parallel.

That's not why they re-did the oath.

Conspiracy theory here!

[Damocles]

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/01/26 ... 3395.shtml

Awesome.


I have only heard it mentioned once (on Fox, of course). Thoughts?

[antron]

here in california, for decades they took a punishment attitude in prisons. thanks to that way more inmates return to prison after release. what did they expect?

and what do you expect from something like gitmo? very few people in there compared to the number that hate america. reducing that number is much more important.

[Ed Oscuro]

I have only heard it mentioned once (on Fox, of course).

Alarm #1?

I've seen variations on this story elsewhere. The video might feature a large percentage of the dudes who eventually ran back to Al Qaeda - well over two hundred people may be doing well after their release, as other coverage (from a later date) indicates.

I haven't seen the actual story you link to - about an Al Qaeda tape - on Google's news aggregator, or mentioned in any story on there. That's a shame. But the story I've linked was there.

Going to another story now...

Here's another reason to feel good about the new administration. People aren't as afraid the President will back the powers that be blindly.

[BulletMagnet]

and what do you expect from something like gitmo?

Seriously - these guys were apparently released back in '07, long before Obama was anywhere near the Oval Office, so I don't know how anyone can insinuate that his plan to close the place will multiply instances like this, when they occurred under the guy who wouldn't loosen the chains for a second come Hell or high water. Of course, there are plenty of phony numbers being thrown around by the "frothing liberal media" on this topic already, so I don't know why anyone's surprised.

Frankly, if these guys are as bad as the hawks claim they are, I don't see what's preventing us from sticking them into a courtroom, citing the evidence against them, and meting out punishment as appropriate, rather than holding them in limbo and (further) destroying our international reputation (i.e. breeding future terrorists) while we're at it. All the guys who are so vehemently against closing Gitmo are the ones who constantly crow about how America does everything better than anyone else - well folks, time to trust the best justice system in the world to actually do its job, and put your money where your mouth is.