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zeemike

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12. And recalibrate my cynicism?

Reply to greenman3610 (Reply #11)

Wed Nov 13, 2013, 08:45 PM

Nov 2013

But that would take me forgetting all that has happened over the last 2 decades and pretending that Obama actually lived up to his promises he made to get elected...and forgetting that we are still in a permanent state of war, still torturing people at Gitmo, still have banks that are too big to fail, and an ever growing shrinking middle class and poor, and an ever growing billionaire class that are sucking up all the money they can at our expense...and on and on.

Pardon me if I find it hard to do....cynicism makes it hard to recalibrate...when words are fungible.

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Just FYI, THIS was Obama's speech about his 'Secret Civilian Security Force' at the 16:30 mark. [View all] TrollBuster9090 Nov 2013 OP

That should scare the shit out of us. zeemike Nov 2013 #1

It probably WOULD if that was actually what he said. But it wasn't. TrollBuster9090 Nov 2013 #2

Did you miss the point about having a civilian national security force? zeemike Nov 2013 #3

No I didn't miss it. Nor did I miss what he said 20 seconds before and after that. Did you? TrollBuster9090 Nov 2013 #8

It scares me that you didn't read the post or watch the video frazzled Nov 2013 #4

Well perhaps I did misunderstand it. zeemike Nov 2013 #5

I think we've lost the term "soft power" from our discussions frazzled Nov 2013 #6

Well again you might be right, that may well have been what he meant. zeemike Nov 2013 #7

THANK YOU! TrollBuster9090 Nov 2013 #9

Well that is the nature of disillusionment. zeemike Nov 2013 #10

I'm pretty disappointed with Obama, too. But it doesn't necessarily follow that, because he failed TrollBuster9090 Nov 2013 #14

Well no those things would not show it. zeemike Nov 2013 #16

review the video greenman3610 Nov 2013 #11

And recalibrate my cynicism? zeemike Nov 2013 #12

I hear the first thing they're going to do is haul off all the white women.... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2013 #13

Ironically, I think that IS the secret reason most boys join the Peace Corps. TrollBuster9090 Nov 2013 #15