Obola

[Jen]

"OBOLA, n. Demented ideology that seeks to reduce U.S. wealth and power to atone for imagined oppression." Dinesh DeSousa

 

[Arkady]

OBOLA, n. Demented ideology that seeks to reduce U.S. wealth and power to atone for imagined oppression.

If "Obola" is about reducing US wealth and power, why illustrate it with a picture of Obama, a president who has famously presided over an increase in US wealth and power? The guy took control of a nation in free-fall and rebuilt it into a stronger, richer, and more respected country. Using your definition for Obola, Obama is the cure and Bush must have been the disease.

 

[Jen]

If "Obola" is about reducing US wealth and power, why illustrate it with a picture of Obama, a president who has famously presided over an increase in US wealth and power? The guy took control of a nation in free-fall and rebuilt it into a stronger, richer, and more respected country. Using your definition for Obola, Obama is the cure and Bush must have been the disease.

The definition belongs to Dinesh DeSousa. I can't take credit for it. I intended to give him credit before posting and forgot. I've fixed that now.

You had to resort to mentioning Bush.
Duly noted.

 

[Caroljo]

If "Obola" is about reducing US wealth and power, why illustrate it with a picture of Obama, a president who has famously presided over an increase in US wealth and power? The guy took control of a nation in free-fall and rebuilt it into a stronger, richer, and more respected country. Using your definition for Obola, Obama is the cure and Bush must have been the disease.

Yes he did....FOR the already wealthy & powerful.
Not much for the poor & middle class.
Sorry....had to laugh at your RESPECTED comment though! Lol!

 

[Arkady]

The definition belongs to Dinesh DeSousa. I can't take credit for it. I intended to give him credit before posting and forgot. I've fixed that now.

You had to resort to mentioning Bush.
Duly noted.

Ah. I should have recognized the stench of the disgraced Mr. D'Souza on it. He has a serious problem with Obama, to the point he'll just pretend that he's been reducing US wealth and power, notwithstanding demonstrable facts. The US has been getting richer:

http://www.multpl.com/us-real-gdp-per-capita/table/by-year

As for power, that's harder to quantify, but if you measure it in our persuasive power, by way of US approval ratings abroad, those are demonstrably higher. And if you rate it in terms of our military capabilities, those remain far and away the greatest in the world, and all the more so since we regained flexibility by freeing up forces that were pinned down in Iraq by Bush.

I know, I know, I'm not allowed to mention Bush. That's the deal, right? You guys get to elect unspeakably horrible leaders and then the rest of us are supposed to ignore their spectacularly bad results, even as you attack their vastly more successful successors.

 

[Arkady]

Yes he did....FOR the already wealthy & powerful.
Not much for the poor & middle class.
Sorry....had to laugh at your RESPECTED comment though! Lol!

The poverty rate is now declining and median real household incomes are rising.

Also, we are demonstrably more respected than before Obama took office:

 

[Jen]

Ah. I should have recognized the stench of the disgraced Mr. D'Souza on it. He has a serious problem with Obama, to the point he'll just pretend that he's been reducing US wealth and power, notwithstanding demonstrable facts. The US has been getting richer:

http://www.multpl.com/us-real-gdp-per-capita/table/by-year

As for power, that's harder to quantify, but if you measure it in our persuasive power, by way of US approval ratings abroad, those are demonstrably higher. And if you rate it in terms of our military capabilities, those remain far and away the greatest in the world, and all the more so since we regained flexibility by freeing up forces that were pinned down in Iraq by Bush.

I know, I know, I'm not allowed to mention Bush. That's the deal, right? You guys get to elect unspeakably horrible leaders and then the rest of us are supposed to ignore their spectacularly bad results, even as you attack their vastly more successful successors.

Au contraire
Mention Bush any time you wish.
It's expected.
I like DeSousa.
But you knew that.

 

[Spamature]

"OBOLA, n. Demented ideology that seeks to reduce U.S. wealth and power to atone for imagined oppression." Dinesh DeSousa

Symptoms of Obola

Massive swelling in the stock portfolios area



Unusually long streaks across the regions of job growth

Pronounced shrinkage in deficits

A noticeable decline in unemployment rates.

If your nation has three or more of these symptoms please contact your president immediately and thank him.

 

[Arkady]

Symptoms of Obola

Massive swelling in the stock portfolios area

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Unusually long streaks across the regions of job growth

Pronounced shrinkage in deficits

A noticeable decrease in unemployment rates.

If your nation has three or more of these symptoms please contact your president immediately and thank him.

Great post!

 

[BobbyT]

Au contraire
Mention Bush any time you wish.
It's expected.
I like DeSousa.
But you knew that.

Isn't D'Souza the guy who pleaded guilty to using straw donors to make illegal campaign donations? Whatta peach.

 

[Jen]

Isn't D'Souza the guy who pleaded guilty to using straw donors to make illegal campaign donations? Whatta peach.

No less peachy than your guy Clinton who committed perjury and had some sort of sexual relation with a woman that was not his wife in the White House. But of course, your man JFK did that sex thing too, so no biggie, huh.

 

[BobbyT]

No less peachy than your guy Clinton who committed perjury and had some sort of sexual relation with a woman that was not his wife in the White House. But of course, your man JFK did that sex thing too, so no biggie, huh.

Sex ....... tempering with our Democratic process. Yes, I guess you could equate them. D'Souza also had an affair while he was married with a woman who was also married, but not to him. But anywhooooo, back to illegal campaign donations.

 

[Jen]

Sex ....... tempering with our Democratic process. Yes, I guess you could equate them. D'Souza also had an affair while he was married with a woman who was also married, but not to him. But anywhooooo, back to illegal campaign donations.

You're so naive.
Read the story of Sampson and Delilah.
And............................. Democrats also set a precedence for committing perjury and getting away with it............something that many are apparently using in the Obama administration as their way of escape.

Good job, Democrats.

 

[NinaS]

No less peachy than your guy Clinton who committed perjury and had some sort of sexual relation with a woman that was not his wife in the White House. But of course, your man JFK did that sex thing too, so no biggie, huh.

I don't think that someone who was such an adamant fan of Newt Gingrich during the last election should have the gall to talk about a man who was having sexual relations with someone other than his wife. He went one step further...he was one of those who was calling for the impeachment of Clinton and got caught with his own pants down. Good Job Republicans.

 

[BobbyT]

You're so naive.
Read the story of Sampson and Delilah.
And............................. Democrats also set a precedence for committing perjury and getting away with it............something that many are apparently using in the Obama administration as their way of escape.

Good job, Democrats.

Really? Democrats set that precedence? You sure about that?

What do Sampson and Delilah have to do with anything? Or is that your excuse for D'Souza? I'm just pointing out that sex hijinks apparently abound, effectively making moot your point about Clinton and Kennedy. Now illegal campaign contributions, that's a felony of a different feather.

 

[BitterPill]

You're so naive.
Read the story of Sampson and Delilah.
And............................. Democrats also set a precedence for committing perjury and getting away with it............something that many are apparently using in the Obama administration as their way of escape.

Good job, Democrats.

Oliver North is Republican.

 

[Boca]

If "Obola" is about reducing US wealth and power, why illustrate it with a picture of Obama, a president who has famously presided over an increase in US wealth and power? The guy took control of a nation in free-fall and rebuilt it into a stronger, richer, and more respected country.

Insanity.

 

[Caroljo]

Sex ....... tempering with our Democratic process. Yes, I guess you could equate them. D'Souza also had an affair while he was married with a woman who was also married, but not to him. But anywhooooo, back to illegal campaign donations.

D'Souza wasn't the President of the US.

 

[Caroljo]

I don't think that someone who was such an adamant fan of Newt Gingrich during the last election should have the gall to talk about a man who was having sexual relations with someone other than his wife. He went one step further...he was one of those who was calling for the impeachment of Clinton and got caught with his own pants down. Good Job Republicans.

Newt wasn't President of the US screwing around with another woman in the White House.

 

[Jen]

Insanity.

That sums it up, Boca.