RoR: Forum

Note the appropriate word choice. Not "Threshold." "Precipice."

Post 1

Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 8:43pm

"an achievement that will touch the lives of nearly every American"

Not better their lives. "Touch" their lives.

I can tell you from personal experience that even a murderer "touches" the lives of those who loved his victim.

Post 2

Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 9:25pm

I don't think that this is a Freudian slip, so much as sloppy, off-the-cuff remarks not vetted by Obama's staff.

Apparently, the only time Obama tells the truth is accidentally and unintentionally.

Thanks for this hilarious pickup, Ted. Sanction!

Post 3

Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 9:38pm

I am just wondering if any of the talking heads out there will pick this up.

Post 4

Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 10:47pm

Ted, since I've come to agree with Beck, that the man is trying to crash the system so that it can be 'fundamentally transformed' to suit his concept of social justice and wealth redistribution, I think it is a very telling Freudian slip.

Post 5

Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 10:59pm

If you agree with Beck, I suggest you read the first 150 pages or so of William Shirer's book.

Post 6

Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 11:10pm

Ted, maybe you could give me a short summary.

Post 7

Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 11:12pm

No. This one is worth the research.

Post 8

Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 11:19pm

As for the quote, I am reminded of Wilson Goode, first idiot mayor (he had an IQ of 19) of Philadelphia. (You may remember him as the second mayor of Philadelphia to bomb the compound of the radical group, MOVE, and the first to watch as two city blocks burnt down due to his actions.

Mayor Goode announced that with his budget plan he was going to "spread the pain around." I had just finished reading Atlas Shrugged, and laughed hysterically.

Maybe Joe Maurone remembers this? I am annoyed I can't find Goode's quote on the internet.

(Edited by Ted Keer on 12/15, 11:20pm)

Post 9

Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 11:29pm

I've heard the quote, I don't remember where though.... and I remember MOVE Vividly. I was just a kid, and lived in Deptford, NJ at the time, but remember watching it on TV as it happened. And I've had the dubious pleasure of having Ramona Africa as a customer at Tower Records. Joy.

(Edited by Joe Maurone on 12/15, 11:34pm)

Post 10

Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 4:53am

Oh, gawd, I remember that horrible thing. After watching the news, I called a Philly television station to see if I could replace a boy's bicycle destroyed in the fire. It was brand new and the kid was devastated by the loss. No one called me back, so I hoped someone else had the same idea.

I remember the operator I talked to was a bitch, though. "You wanna replace his bike??"

Uh, yeah, I do. Can you have the reporter who covered the story call me back so I can make arrangements? I thought maybe I could ship it to someone who could deliver it to the young man, and...

"Well, I'll leave a message, but, we're really busy here."

Yeah, I bet you are.

Post 11

Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 9:31am

Great catch, Ted.

I am also curious if anyone in the news caught/commented on this choice of words.

jt

Post 12

Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 5:24pm