Thread: In Media Blitz, Obama Beats Back Criticism of Health Care Plan

Quote: Originally Posted by Bill3000 The Romans ? Yes your right, I meant to say Greeks. Oops!

Quote: Originally Posted by FriendlyFire You do remember that under president Bush people had to sign loyality oaths in order to ask him questions in town hall meeting. That they give white house media access to a gay prositute Jeff Gannon for him to throw softball questions and Historically Bush held the "least" number of interviews and media conferances since they started tracking. It is ironic now that one can accuse...

Quote: Originally Posted by Bill3000 The Romans ? I guess he could perhaps be referring to the EU as somehow the "new Roman empire"... I think I saw that in "The Omen". __________________ THEY order, said I, this matter better in France —Laurence Sterne, Sentimental Journey (1768)

Quote: Originally Posted by Bill3000 No, it's just a horrible and overrated game. Out of the completely simple one-resource RTS games, Starcraft is far superior. The storyline of C&C completely sucks, too. lol, blizzard sucks. Starcraft and warcraft take zero skill. That's why you like it.

Quote: Originally Posted by storical Then perhaps we should change our election process. I liked Reagan, cannot say the same for Bush. And I was too young to remember Nixon, but each one of these on their worst day were better than Obama, though again I cannot say the same for Bush. But Obama seems to be a continuation of Bush in many ways. Of course during his campaign he said he would right Bush's wrongs. All he has really done is...

Quote: Originally Posted by storical I just watched the interview with Obama sitting down with George on ABC news. The one thing that got to me was his unwillingness to talk about ACORN, calling it a non-important issue. Also he would not say he would have federal funding cut off from ACORN. That right there, to me just made it so I do not trust him. The rest sounds reasonable to me. Afghanistan, Iraq, Healthcare, his proposals to reduce...

Quote: Originally Posted by storical Well I see no Romans there, dammit they conquered just about everywhere else. You see Greeks (Seleukos I, Antiochos I, and Diodotos I) and Kushans (Kanishka I). Afghanistan used to be the center of two of the wealthiest and most powerful states of Antiquity, not to mention a rather powerful Muslim state, the Ghaznavid empire. Starting with the Seleukid monarchy, Afghanistan was changed, from a backwater...

Quote: Originally Posted by storical Then perhaps we should change our election process. I liked Reagan, cannot say the same for Bush. And I was too young to remember Nixon, but each one of these on their worst day were better than Obama, though again I cannot say the same for Bush. But Obama seems to be a continuation of Bush in many ways. Of course during his campaign he said he would right Bush's wrongs. All he has really done is...

Quote: Originally Posted by storical I will go with my gut instinct until it is proven otherwise. Colbert is satire, not instructional.

The Romans ?