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Gunner! Flechette! Goblins on the left - fire!

By The Armorer on February 21, 2008 | | Comments (8)

Michelle Obama:

Barack Obama will require you to work. He is going to demand that you shed your cynicism. That you put down your divisions. That you come out of your isolation, that you move out of your comfort zones. That you push yourselves to be better. And that you engage. Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual, uninvolved, uninformed.

Get your nose out of my business, Michelle. I am involved, I am informed. You just may not like how I'm involved and how I perceive my information. Shed my cynicism? Up to Senator Obama to show me why. Come out of my isolation? From what? Move out of my comfort zone? How droll. Push myself to be better - what, I don't get enough of that from my company, my friends, and my God? I need your husband to do that? Engage? ENGAGE? I'm already there, Ms. Obama - and you just made yourself a target to be engaged. Demand? DEMAND? Lead, Michelle. I already work 50+ hours a week at work, and 21+ hours on the blog, and then there's that whole volunteer thing I do, which at least sometimes overlaps the blog. I'm not busy enough for you? Get outta my face. I don't want you preaching to me about what to do any more than I want a Republican preaching to me.

No, I didn't take that little bit of speechifying well, did I?

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By bad cat robot on February 21, 2008 11:26 AM
Heh. Here's my interpretation, which probably would have Madame Obama's head spinning and spewing pea soup ...
Barack Obama will require you to work.
No more welfare. Poorhouses will be built, complete with corporal punishment for slackers.
He is going to demand that you shed your cynicism.
No more claiming conservatives delight in oppressing minorities/foreigners/polar bears without documented proof. Any newspaper that prints the words "only went to Iraq for the oil" will be shuttered, burned, and salt strewn on the smoking wreckage.
That you put down your divisions.
We are gathered here to mourn the passing of identity politics and affirmative action.
That you come out of your isolation, that you move out of your comfort zones.
You will be required to have friends with different political views than your own. If you have none, the Politburo will issue you some.
That you push yourselves to be better.
We don't care how you feel about it, what's the right answer to that math problem? Self-esteem doesn't build bridges or cure cancer. No literacy, no diploma.
And that you engage.
The Enemy. Always attack into an ambush. There, doesn't that make you feel better? ;-)
 
By John of Argghhh! on February 21, 2008 11:30 AM
It does, it does indeed! I am obviously a glass half-empty to your glass half-full! Brava!
 
By Trias on February 21, 2008 11:31 AM
Uninformed. Indeed Obama's platform seems to be about uninformation. What's that quote about talking all day without actually saying anything?
 
By BillT on February 21, 2008 11:32 AM
That you put down your divisions. IMHO, your hubby's Party elites and their outriders pretty much have the lock on that, m'dear. And they do a pretty fair job of putting down the smaller units, too. Such as USMC Recruiting detachments. BTW, hiya from the Ali al Salem LSA, kidlets. If I had an Mi-2, I'd a-been upcountry by now -- does e-Bay take dinars?
 
By Pogue on February 21, 2008 12:24 PM
Hey Bill!, Did the French repair those revetments at Ali yet? (They were under warranty...) Stay safe, Pogue
 
By kat-missouri on February 21, 2008 1:10 PM
Hiya, Bill! I was thinking of that speech: Ladies and Jellyspoons, I come before you to stand behind you And tell you something I know nothing about
 
By Murray on February 21, 2008 2:37 PM
We've already got one of those here. We're about to burn her at the stake. Take it as a warning America, socialism sucks puss.
 
By Mike Daley on February 21, 2008 6:33 PM
I got stuck on the "Goblins" word. Armorer and Dusty should enjoy this totally unrelated video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcikXH_Cwfs More totally unrelated, I'm making my infamous spaghetti and meatballs, just ran out of oregeno. Suggested replacement? Please! The next time I pay attention to the 2008 Presidential campaign will be election day November, 2008!-
 
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