According to Mark Shea:
Americans, being Americans, tend to have Not One Clue about the significance of events in what The African Queen's Charlie Allnut called "all them little countries". So when the nation of Poland experienced perhaps its greatest trauma since World War II in the decapitation of it government by a plane crash (a tragedy made twice as bitter by the fact that the reason for the flight was to attend a memorial service for the victims of the Katyn Massacre, which likewise decapitated Poland in 1940), we got a couple of headlines and then returned to the burning issues that obsess American journalists of Generation Narcissus: namely, our money and our sex lives.
To get some perspective, we need to imagine, say, how we'd feel if the President and the Senate were all killed by some crashing airplane as they stood on the site of Ground Zero on September 11, 2011. That's the emotional impact this has had on the Poles.
So, while I can certainly understand that Obama couldn't fly to Poland for the services due to the Iceland volcano, I just have to cringe when I read that he chose to occupy his time that day with a trip to the golf course. It's a classic example of why this guy is *still* not ready for prime time and how he is rapidly pissing away the messianic good will afforded him by Euros who bought the hype on this empty suit. It's just a fantastically insensitive thing for the Leader of the Free World to do.
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Although I must disagree that Obama should have attended the services by way of the volcanic trail, as many suggested, I do think he should have, and could have, made the trip to Poland an absolute priority.
This man would willingly kill his own grandchildren (remember, the 'mistake' barb?).
We should be surprised that he'd forego a funeral service for a golf game?
"It's a classic example of why this guy is *still* not ready for prime time and how he is rapidly pissing away the messianic good will afforded him by Euros who bought the hype on this empty suit."
This would have been funny after one of Obama's first screw-ups, but now I it's obvious that this Administration MEANS to bring harm to this country.
The fun and games and pokes are over--time to start seriously pushing back and exposing this American enemy for what he is.
"Americans, being Americans, tend to have Not One Clue about the significance of events in what The African Queen's Charlie Allnut called "all them little countries"
Is this guy an as*hole, or what?
I checked out his blog, Derek.
He seems like a decent Catholic, though suffering in varying degrees from ego-obesity and self-righteousness.
He's no brainiac on par with PSB, but he writes somewhat 'wittily.' Not necessarily my kind of reading, but he gets a point across. At least he did with this article about the Polish tragedy. That line about Americans just underscores what I mentioned earlier.
So, to answer your question: yeah, he kinda is.
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