American Exceptionalism

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[gringoman]

Monica in the Washington Times questions whether Obama believes in American Exceptionalism.

Here's another question. Is there Republican Exceptionalism regarding Obama?

The answer: For the first time ever, MAYBE, as indicated below by a handful of Congressmen........

A Florida congressman who has proposed requiring candidates for the presidency to document their eligibility for the office under the "natural born citizen" requirements of the U.S. Constitution says it's not intended to affect President Obama's current term, but he wants to avoid similar issues in the future.

"The last election is over," Rep. Bill Posey, R-Fla., said on a radio interview. "I don't think that outcome is going to change. Personally, I think it's futile to go there, but looking toward the future I think it would be reckless if we do not do everything we could to eliminate problems like that in the future. And that's why I filed the bill."

WND reported just a day ago that the plan that was filed by Posey alone now has four cosponsors: Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va.; Rep. John R. Carter, R-Texas, Rep. John Culberson, R-Texas and Rep. Randy Neugebauer, R-Texas.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=101456

[gringoman]

THE EXCEPTIONALISM OF AMERICAN POPULISM

Mick jaggered it, Bob Dylan Route 66'ed it, Michael Jackson beat it, and Hip-Hop will never, even if it could (which it can't) exhume it: Bing Cosby, Louis Armstrong, Cole ("I Love You, Samantha") Porter, and that Philadelphia bricklayer's daughter, Grace Kelly.

VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AY6YiIa0QM

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[gringoman]

THE EXCEPTIONALISM OF AMERICAN DIVERSITYISM

While Fox-fave Al Sharpton mugs into the Media Light again, shucking and jiving to the ignoranti about Michael Jackson's racial "breakthrough," Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong continue to give a pre-Democrat Great Society lesson in HOW JAZZ MUSIC IS MADE....,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFzuGvhvwL4

[Ummah Gummah]

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Here's just one more example of moslem exceptionalism.. right HERE in AMERICA:

http://theopinionator.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/11/douching-blow-drying-toilets-to-aid-muslim-hygiene.html

Who PAYS for this crap.. pun intended.. did they have special toilets where they came from in Somalia?

And WHY EXACTLY do we need these hostile asshats here in America?

Somalia is a giant sewer for all I care and they need to STAY HOME.

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[thorn66]

Looks like Sanford may not last the week.

Jim DeMint to Mark Sanford: Make 'right decision'

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/24410.html

Also, for all you Sarah Palin fans, here is a very engaging profile from July, Vanity Fair:

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2009/08/sarah-palin200908

[thorn66]

ORIOLES RALLY FOR STUNNING 11-10 WIN OVER BOSTON

BALTIMORE (AP)—John Smoltz watched in disbelief as the Boston Red Sox wound up on the wrong end of the biggest comeback in Baltimore Orioles history...

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/recap?gid=290630101&prov=ap

GO YANKEES!!!

[Ummah Gummah]

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Your stanks ain't going nowhere.. something is bound to happen :-)

PS. Funny how many libs root for the most FSCIST team in sports. Or maybe I should stop being surprised. Maybe there's an underlying REASON. After all libs love Castro, Moa, Stalin, Che and Chavez and the Bama has no problem interfering in Honduras, where a commie Prez was trying to pull a Chavez and the military stepped in and upheld the Constitution.

Of course the Bama came out on the side of the dictator.

LIEberalism = thinly veiled fascism.

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[thorn66]

"Your stanks ain't going nowhere.. something is bound to happen :-)"
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What's going to happen is my stanks are gonna move ahead of the bo tox before all-star break. ;)

"Of course the Bama came out on the side of the dictator."

Didn't Ms. Crowley imply the same in her "Deep Concern" post from a few days ago. (Perhaps she didn't bother to familiarize herself with all the facts before posting). btw, I agree with you regarding Honduras, but when it comes to latin america conservatives have backed right-wing thugs as frequently as the liberals have backed left-wing thugs.
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Btw, Ummah, ever wonder about what may have happened had we cut Saddam loose, let him keep Kuwait and Saudi Arabia as well? He was a secular fascist and women fared better under him then the mullahs. Also, may have kept Iran in check. Probably would have created a million other problems, but jes wondering...

[Ummah Gummah]

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Oh I was ALL FOR leaving Saddam in power. I loved seeing him fighting iran and threatening the fat stank SOWdis.. they're kinda yankees-like IMHO.

I think we should keep these moslems fighting one another and make money off the top.. sounds cynical?

Well, it is!

They don't care about us why should we care about them?

The closest thing to Nazis these days are moslems followed closely by LIEberals.

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[Ummah Gummah]

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Oh and I have no love lost for Kuweit either. I think this "nation-building" stuff is naive garbage and will never work.

Just watch what will happen when we leave iraq. They're already slaughtering the Christians there. and Sunni vs. Shi-ite.

Moslem is as moslem does.. nothing you can do. Just KEEP THEM AWAY FROM ME.

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[Phil Wedeen]

American Exceptionalism? I think Dr Crowley intentionally misses the mark.
American Exceptionalism is the doctrine which holds that the rules of international behavior are standards that americans hold towards others but only selectively apply to america. Superpower status confers an EXCEPTION to america when it is expedient. It is a vestige of empire worshipped by hyper-nationalists, little understood by the me-tooism of the less educated and mis-explained by Dr C.

America can show itself "exceptional" by lending support and signing the petition calling on President Obama and the Congress to create an national holiday in honor of Michael Jackson. There are numerous petitions online, pick one.
There is even speculation that Michael Jackson like John Lennon before him was a neo-conservative; rare birds indeed: one spotted and photographed (according to Crowley) with Ronald Reagan. A holiday to honor the acheivements of a neo-conservative before the winged-nutted species is rendered extinct.

[gringoman]

Also, for all you Sarah Palin fans, here is a very engaging profile from July, Vanity Fair:

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2009/08/sarah-palin200908

Posted by: thorn66 | July 01, 2009 at 02:09 PM

Is there anyone who's reached the age of dissent who does not know that Vanity Fair is a viper's nest of liberals? Why would it not embrace McCain's putzes who sabotaged Sarah?

The real question : Who fears Sarah Palin more--LibMan or RinoMan?

[Ummah Gummah]

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That's tough to call, Gringoman! But it's quite obvious that both of them do!

Now that the 'comedian' has usurped the senator's seat in Minnesota by '312 votes', yea right, we are going to be sold down the river by way of Shamnesty.

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[Truther]

ICE spokeswoman Gail Montenegro says 32 I-9 inspection notices are being sent to businesses within the six states the Chicago ICE office oversees this year. Those states are Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri and Kentucky. Montenegro didn’t have further details.

There is a Texan, Illinois, Wisconsin corridor for illegal immigration. So in a region with lots of illegal immigrants, there will be about 5 business inspections per state.

Should have illegals shaking in their boots, right?

[Truther]

About Tycho Brache, the astronomer with the famous artificial nose :

Attending a dance at a professor's house, he quarrelled with Parsbjerg. A subsequent duel (in the dark) resulted in Tycho losing the bridge of his nose. From this event Tycho became interested in medicine and alchemy. For the rest of his life, he was said to have worn a realistic replacement made of silver and gold, using a paste to keep it attached.

Does anyone have dibbs on Michael Jackson's nose?

[Checkers]

6/30/09: Obama creates a deadly power vacuum
- By Spengler

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/KF30Ak02.html

Obama's continuing obsession with America's supposed misdeeds - deplorable but necessary actions in time of war - is consistent with his determination to erode America's influence in the most troubled parts of the world. By removing America as a referee, he will provoke more violence than the United States ever did. We are entering a very, very dangerous period as a result.

[gringoman]

Ummah,

Why can't these media muck-mucks at least ask the right question? (By the way, I first jumped on them back during the war, with a notorious column, SAIGON NOTES, published by The Saigon Post, which I'm told I should digitize for the historical record, future scholars blah-blah, and I probably will get the project started soon, possibly publishing one a week, if I can't do more, at www.gringoman.com concurrently with uploading each one to the 'warehouse')

Back to the point. I was amazed that when they mention that Pentagon might start to "ease up" on Don't Ask, Don't Tell, i.e. if a "third party" outs a sodomist in the barracks, etc. I'm listening to some talk show where the dude is requesting callers to opine. So they opine. He opines. And not once does he raise the most obvious (to me) point---or at least an extremely significant point: Prosecuting the Third Party (who may have done the outing out of vendetta or something, maybe even just lying.)

In other words, if the rule is Don't ask, Don't Tell,' why didn't the host (or anybody else in media) even raise such a fundamental point? Instead, he does mental slobber. Aw, in such a case, sure, you ease up on the guy outed....He neglects totally to bring up issue of Third Party breaking the rules. He neglects totally the possibility of set-up scamming. E.g. Two dudes collaborate, agree that one will play 'Third Party" and out the other. That way the other can beat the system, strut proudly into the barracks shower, look at the other troopers, and dare anyone of them to "discriminate" against him and have their (virgin) butts hauled into a court martial for a 'hate crime' or violation of his 'civil rights' or whatever the legal traffic and ACLU lawyer will bear.

I'm not knocking our Monica. She usually handles interviews pretty incisively, though she's not doing that many and they're usually with friendlies.

There's another really big question nobody I hear is asking, or at least clarifying, re the new super majority the Dismals now have in the Senate and what the Obots are about to wreak as they and especially BamBam get their revenge on the USA. Maybe I'll get to it later

[Truther]

The nose would be exceptional, because famous artificial noses are a rare commodity :--> )

[Truther]

All humor aside on a Wed. night. What about Rep. Waxman fainting? There were rumors he might have an irrational fear of global warming because of melting.

[thorn66]

>>Is there anyone who's reached the age of dissent who does not know that Vanity Fair is a viper's nest of liberals?
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Versus your worldnetdaily.com reality check?

>>The real question : Who fears Sarah Palin more--LibMan or RinoMan?

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I pray for her candidacy. From your mouth to g_d's ear.

[M/M]

What if Maria decides that she doesn't want Gov. Sanford after all this?

[Ummah Gummah]

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Does anyone have dibbs on Michael Jackson's nose?
POSTED BY: TRUTHER | JULY 01, 2009 AT 07:51 PM

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LOL I think I saw it on ebay.. right near Obama's "birth certificate".

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[Ummah Gummah]

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You DemonRATS keep misunderestimating Ms. Palin.

Good :-)

Kind of like we underestimated the teleprompter...

We're still in bed with a really bad hangover but we are looking for the hair of the dog already..

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[SteveOk]

{At one time we had politicians that believed this stuff}
IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

[EminemsRevenge]

Amerikkklan "exceptionalism" is what's wrong with the world today! The nazis were exceptionalists as are the Iranians and too many countries--ANYONE who claims that GOD is guiding their country is dangerous!!!

[WARNING...the following link is unadulteratedly BLACK] As THIS http://eminemsrevenge.xanga.com/706167614/russell-simmons-houseniggers-it-up/ ] shows, there is no monolithic Black community, and too many housenigroes are running the show---that's OUR contribution to "exceptionalism"!

England had the same fallacious belief of "exceptionalism" for a longer period of time, and the sun DID set on the British Empire. Obama is more prescient than most, as he realizes that SURVIVAL is the catch phrase.