I see three ways this could go down. 1) They actually manage to pull it off. 2) They fail to resolve the open issues in the timeframe they set and the camp remains open, but Obama calls out his mistake. 3) They fail to resolve the open issues, then simply relocate the captives, close up the camp and decide to call it a success. (Mission Accomplished!)
I think that we're just going to see a relocation to somewhere within the US itself, honestly. Realistically, there just isn't much of an option since there's literally nowhere we can set these guys free - their own nations don't want them back.
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But you keep up with your sceptisim, my friend. I guess it beats the alternative, namely dancing in the streets every time Obama decides to do something, whatever it is.
I'm more pragmatic than anything. There was never any way that Obama could deliver on all the miracles his campaign promised, to say nothing of what his supporters grafted on him that he never actually promised.
You're not implying that his days are numbered, are you Horsie?
Martyrdom...never. Unless he can't convince middle america that big government is good. Then maybe the establishment will do what I fear, and create a void in leadership to instigate a more direct presense of gvt. in our lives.
Just for the record, I was simply referring to the renaming of this thread.
Anyway, this is just madly cool.
There are tons of detail in that pic. Try to find Steven Spielberg.
Also take a good look at Former President Bush who's sitting directly behind Obama - he doesn't look happy at all.
I didn't find Spielberg, but instead I saw the guy with the white and red striped shirt, toque and cane. Actually, If you look closely, there is a guy sitting there in one of the front rows with a white and red striped toque (two rows away from the band).
If I remember correctly, if your looking at the swearing in head on, Speilberg and Capshaw are all the way to the left (off the Inaugural platform) in the first couple of rows next to John Cusack.(Cusack is sitting on the very end, first row I believe...) If you find him, then go a little to your right and that's where Spielberg is....Hope this helps a bit!!!!
If I remember correctly, if your looking at the swearing in head on, Speilberg and Capshaw are all the way to the left (off the Inaugural platform) in the first couple of rows next to John Cusack.(Cusack is sitting on the very end, first row I believe...) If you find him, then go a little to your right and that's where Spielberg is....Hope this helps a bit!!!!
Still can't find Spielberg. Problem is the left side is hidden. The camera that took the photo isn't in the center looking Obama straight on. Is there any centered photos available anywhere?
Still can't find Spielberg. Problem is the left side is hidden. The camera that took the photo isn't in the center looking Obama straight on. Is there any centered photos available anywhere?
Try the photosynth thing on CNN...Thats where I saw them point out Spielberg in the firstplace...I think you can search for it under "The Moment"...Again, hope it helps, and good luck!!!!
You guys are so lucky. In Britain, we have a former Monty Python member for prime minister. Gordon Brown IS Terry Jones. He does, indeed, wear no trousers at meetings! He also plays the organ in nothing but black socks and a bow tie.
Doesn't anyone else find it at all disturbing that CNN actually defines Obama's inauguration as "The Moment"?
I wonder, honestly, why our fathers and grandfathers fought fascism when that's exactly what so many people since WWII really do want from their political leaders. "Benevolent Fascists". Only with a far more politically correct term, I'm sure.
(And, please read what I actually said here. I didn't say that Obama was a fascist, that just a large number of his followers, particularly many in the media, WANT him to be one - hell, there's already a bill in Congress to strip the term limits on being President JUST for Obama.)
You guys are so lucky. In Britain, we have a former Monty Python member for prime minister. Gordon Brown IS Terry Jones. He does, indeed, wear no trousers at meetings! He also plays the organ in nothing but black socks and a bow tie.
God Bless America!
I firmly believe that Alastair Darling is a Thunderbird puppet.
Doesn't anyone else find it at all disturbing that CNN actually defines Obama's inauguration as "The Moment"?
I wonder, honestly, why our fathers and grandfathers fought fascism when that's exactly what so many people since WWII really do want from their political leaders. "Benevolent Fascists". Only with a far more politically correct term, I'm sure.
(And, please read what I actually said here. I didn't say that Obama was a fascist, that just a large number of his followers, particularly many in the media, WANT him to be one - hell, there's already a bill in Congress to strip the term limits on being President JUST for Obama.)
It is kind of disturbing, however no one can blame Obama for that. Ironically, if you wish to blame someone (and you shouldn't), you should lay it on Mr. Bush. Had the previous president been a little more contemporary (or more likely if the contrast between these two men was less eloquent), there would not likely be the kind of sense of "Obamanation" as there is now.
And what comes to these creepy visions of future, I'd say it's all cool as long as Obama himself doesn't start to act that way. As to this point, all we've seen is an extremely liberal president, but will that present a threat to what's been written in the US constitution remains to be seen.
Actually, If you look closely, there is a guy sitting there in one of the front rows with a white and red striped toque (two rows away from the band). 
