Inauguration thoughts we should all be able to agree on

[minimetoo26]

Shrill?

[silverscreenselect]

As for #1 -- it was certainly not directed at you unless you really believe that it is a bad thing to elect any African American to the presidency. (Reread what I said, please. It had nothing to do with Barack Obama, it had to do with America.) I do not believe you are a bigot if you oppose Obama. I do believe you are one if you oppose elected any African American (or Jew or Catholic or Mormon or Arab or Italian ....)

It's interesting that there wasn't similar acclaim when Clarence Thomas was named to the Supreme Court, when Colin Powell and Condi Rice were named Secretary of States, or when Michael Steele, Lynn Swann and Ken Blackwell ran for governors. While the media has been peeing in its pants in its efforts to turn Obama into the second Abe Lincoln, there was silence or condemnation for what those others I mentioned had accomplished. Claims that Clarence Thomas was unqualified (and I do think he is well qualified for the Supreme Court in terms of intellect, although his answers to a lot of questions about what opinions he had formed were debatable) were par for the course.

Obama's election is an advance for us as a nation in terms of racial tolerance. I don't know of anyone other than a handful of the worst degenerates out there who thinks that the days of lynch mobs and Jim Crow were the "good old days." But I feel that a large part of the adulation and self-congratulation that people are doing is in equal part due to their perception that Obama is a liberal who will bring "change we can believe in."

[ne1410s]

frank:

Is there any way I can delete this entire thread and start over again with the edited sentiment?

Frank, no good deed or intention EVER goes unpunished...

[minimetoo26]

Is there any way I can delete this entire thread and start over again with the edited sentiment?

Why? Be yourself. Don't let the shouters change you into what they want you to be.

[franktangredi]

Is there any way I can delete this entire thread and start over again with the edited sentiment?

Why? Be yourself. Don't let the shouters change you into what they want you to be.

It's not that. It's that it has become an occasion for acrimony, and I was at least partly responsible for that. And that doesn't make me happy.

But maybe you're right. Maybe my new motto should be POMPOUS AND PROUD OF IT!

[silverscreenselect]

I think sss post with the term "about to" was the one jumping to conclusions. But I guess he gets a free pass since you agree with him, huh?

Does anyone on this Bored really think there aren't a whole lot of people in this country who have sky-high expectations about what they think Obama is going to accomplish?

[TheCalvinator24]

Although the "shame on you" parts of the original post could have been omitted, I want to say that I agree with everything frank wrote. Even the "shame on you"s.

[Tocqueville3]

Shrill?

Oh please.

You're the one who asked.

[ne1410s]

sss:

Does anyone on this Bored really think there aren't a whole lot of people in this country who have sky-high expectations about what they think Obama is going to accomplish?

George W Bush has set the bar so low for so long that expectations do not have to be "sky-high". About chin high should do it.

[minimetoo26]

I think sss post with the term "about to" was the one jumping to conclusions. But I guess he gets a free pass since you agree with him, huh?

Does anyone on this Bored really think there aren't a whole lot of people in this country who have sky-high expectations about what they think Obama is going to accomplish?

SOME people have sky-high expectations about every incoming president. Here we tend to be more reasoned and rational.


Well, SOME of us. Others seem unnaturally bitter, and others overoptimistic. But as of today he is the president, and we'll have to deal with that and hope for the best.

Which is what Frank said and got his head bitten off for saying it.

[WheresFanny]

Is there any way I can delete this entire thread and start over again with the edited sentiment?

Why? Be yourself. Don't let the shouters change you into what they want you to be.

Don't go to all that trouble, Frank. You can fix that post in three easy steps:

1. Edit your post to add "In my opinion" to the beginning (or the end).

2. Give it a Holt Dad, they're magic!

3. Read it over and make sure you didn't use the word "clearly" anywhere.

Viola!

[TheCalvinator24]

And ne1410s wins the "who will post the first slam of George W. Bush in a thread that has absolutely nothing to do with him?" contest

[franktangredi]

I think sss post with the term "about to" was the one jumping to conclusions. But I guess he gets a free pass since you agree with him, huh?

Does anyone on this Bored really think there aren't a whole lot of people in this country who have sky-high expectations about what they think Obama is going to accomplish?

Of course there are! Some people are incredibly unrealistic. That neither validates nor invalidates the fact that all your expectations are in the opposite direction.

I know that some Obama supporters will have disappointments ahead. You should be hoping for pleasant surprises.

[MarleysGh0st]

Is there any way I can delete this entire thread and start over again with the edited sentiment?

You can edit your own posts, but you can't delete the thread, which includes quoted portions of your original text. Everyone else who posted would have to edit their own posts.

A moderator might have the power to delete the thread, but the general consensus has been to avoid heavy-handed moderation of that sort.

[franktangredi]

2. Give it a Holt Dad, they're magic!

What does this mean?

[ne1410s]

cal:

And ne1410s wins the "who will post the first slam of George W. Bush in a thread that has absolutely nothing to do with him?" contest

One cannot type "George W Bush" without having it be a slam. Kinda like "Warren G Harding".

I don't write the jokes: they write themselves.

[Tocqueville3]

2. Give it a Holt Dad, they're magic!

What does this mean?

I think she means that Appa edits his posts. A lot. To say the least.

[WheresFanny]

2. Give it a Holt Dad, they're magic!

What does this mean?

Also known as an Appa Pass or a Passive Aggressive Stick.

If you add an emoticon at the end, you can say whatever you want and nobody can disagree or take offense. Because you were j/k!

Some people seem to think so, anyway.

(I was actually just trying to add a little levity to the situation.)

[peacock2121]

Is there any way I can delete this entire thread and start over again with the edited sentiment?

That you want to do that says enough.

[WheresFanny]

2. Give it a Holt Dad, they're magic!

What does this mean?

I think she means that Appa edits his posts. A lot. To say the least.

I didn't even think of that, but it plays as well.

[peacock2121]

Is there any way I can delete this entire thread and start over again with the edited sentiment?

Why? Be yourself. Don't let the shouters change you into what they want you to be.

Don't go to all that trouble, Frank. You can fix that post in three easy steps:

1. Edit your post to add "In my opinion" to the beginning (or the end).

2. Give it a Holt Dad, they're magic!

3. Read it over and make sure you didn't use the word "clearly" anywhere.

Viola!

This is very funny.

[tlynn78]

And ne1410s wins the "who will post the first slam of George W. Bush in a thread that has absolutely nothing to do with him?" contest

Shirley, you're not surprised?


t.

[Jeemie]

This thread should be left as a standing testament to Wintergreen's oft-repeated statement that our biases are most clearly revealed in our mistakes.

[PlacentiaSoccerMom]

2. Give it a Holt Dad, they're magic!

What does this mean?

Also known as an Appa Pass or a Passive Aggressive Stick.

If you add an emoticon at the end, you can say whatever you want and nobody can disagree or take offense. Because you were j/k!

Clearly, Fanny is correct!

[WheresFanny]

What does this mean?

Also known as an Appa Pass or a Passive Aggressive Stick.

If you add an emoticon at the end, you can say whatever you want and nobody can disagree or take offense. Because you were j/k!

Clearly, Fanny is correct!

In your opinion. I think.