Weekly Roundup March 17, 2012

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There always have been folks who are the naysayers and don’t believe in the future, and don’t believe in trying to do things differently.

Just a little forward thinking ...

"We'd like to thank you folks for flying with us today. We'll be taxiing to the runway shortly as soon as the crew has finished the underwater fueling of JA-4 (jet-Algae-4) The next time you get the insane urge to go blasting through the skies in a pressurized metal tube fueled by swamp water, we hope you'll think of us here at Obama Airways."

[Steyn:] I was interested in the rest of Obama’s yukfest of history’s biggest idiots.

[President Algy Solyndra:] Let me tell you something. If some of these folks were around when Columbus set sail — [Laughter] — they must have been founding members of the Flat Earth Society. [Laughter.] They would not have believed that the world was round. [Applause.] We’ve heard these folks in the past. They probably would have agreed with one of the pioneers of the radio who said, “Television won’t last. It’s a flash in the pan.” [Laughter.] One of Henry Ford’s advisers was quoted as saying, “The horse is here to stay but the automobile is only a fad.” [Laughter.]

There always have been folks who are the naysayers and don’t believe in the future, and don’t believe in trying to do things differently. One of my predecessors, Rutherford B. Hayes, reportedly said about the telephone, “It’s a great invention, but who would ever want to use one?” [Laughter.] That’s why he’s not on Mount Rushmore — [laughter and applause] — because he’s looking backwards. He’s not looking forwards. [Applause.] He’s explaining why we can’t do something, instead of why we can do something.

Considering that he is (in the words of historian Michael Beschloss) “the smartest guy ever to become president,” the entire passage sounded as if it was plucked straight from one of those “Top Twenty Useful Quotes for Forward-Looking Inspirational Speakers” websites. And whaddayaknow? …. [RTWT]

 

Pardon me while I take a short break — It's Rule 5 Saturday ... 'cause all politics all the time is just nuts ... which reminds me, have you ever seen the Mermaid Show at Weeki Wachee?

OK ... back to business. More on Rutherford B. Obama:

RutherfordGate: Historian Responds to President Obama’s Hayes Slur

We thought it was a bit unsporting of Obama to attack President Hayes, who is quite unable to respond. So we called up the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center in Fremont, Ohio, where Nan Card, the curator of manuscripts, was plenty willing to correct Obama’s ignorance of White House history. Just as soon as she finished chuckling.

Wait, so Hayes didn’t even say the quote that Obama is mocking him for? “No, no,” Card confirmed.

In fact, Card noted, Hayes was not only the first president to have a telephone in the White House, but he was also the first to use the typewriter, and he had Thomas Edison come to the White House to demonstrate the phonograph. “So I think he was pretty much cutting edge,” Card insisted, “maybe just the opposite of what President Obama had to say there.”

As usual, the facts are just the opposite of what President Obama says ...

And a bit more of this weeks news:

President Bob Seger Obama and the no 'silver bullet' Strawman Band!

The real Silver Bullet BandClick To Play

The Obama Administration blocked the new voter ID law in Texas, saying the law may be racist.

Apparently Eric Holder is going to find out what happens when you mess with Texas over voter ID.

Obama to Cameron: Let's tap our strategic oil reserves together

Blogger exposes major flaw in TSA's $1 billion fleet of nude body scanners...

CNN Mocks Breitbart Editor

And don't forget to read the latest edition of "Smart Girl Nation" Magazine

Special thanks to Sondra K

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