Random Politics & Religion #00

Oh its nausi, the resident conspiracy theorist, how is the Scalia murder investigation going? Cracked the case yet?

Hey Vic how's it going today? Are we still denying Hillary's FBI investigation?

Thats actually never happened, nice try tho.

Good ol reliable Vic, making me smile almost daily.

I would understand Obama not attending Nancy Reagan's funeral to do, you know, presidential work. Not attending her funeral just to go speak at a tech festival is what is insulting.

Should the president of the future disregard Michelle Obama's funeral just because? Hell, no president should disregard a former president or first lady's funeral for something minor like speaking at a festival....

Oh really now?

You misinterpreted my post, no one on this site has ever denied there was an FBI investigation.


Thanks for stopping by, run along now.

then get all upset about it.... what the hell do I care?

Don't then.

All I'm doing is pointing out more disrespect Obama has towards Republicans in general. Since liberals also love to point out Republicans disrespecting Obama.

It's a two-way street. Expect this to continue until next January.

Its not insulting. The tech festival has had this planned for a long time, people bought tickets just to go see Obama speak, it would be a major disappointment if he had to drop out. I'm sure they had a contingency plan in place if something major happened. But a funeral is not something major, send Michelle. If they wanted the President to be there, they wouldn't have scheduled it on a day they knew he would be somewhere else.

oh super...

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this just in....

OBAMA POOPED.....and it DOESN'T SMELL LIKE ROSES!

Obama doesn't attend the funeral: "Wow, such disrespect for the First Lady!"

Obama does attend: "Wow, look at him trying to make this funeral all about him!"

Sitting Presidents don't normally attend the funerals of former First Ladies. Get over it.We don't expect the fake outrage machine to be decommissioned any time soon.

Come to Sylph! We could settle our disputes, if only we had any.

So, speaking at a tech festival about pretty much nothing is more important than to pay respects to a former first lady, in your viewpoint.

Let me ask you another hypothetical then: If Rosalynn Carter, not Nancy Reagan, died, would you be upset if Obama still attended the tech festival?

Sitting presidents don't normally attend, but it's also not unheard of. Bush got a lot of heat from not attending Betty Ford's funeral, should Obama be held to the same standards?

No, I wouldn't care at all if Obama didn't attend Rosalynn Carter's funeral because of a prior engagement.

-Edit: Also, there are other ways to pay respects, which the President has done.

Um, Bush was at Betty's funeral along with the first ladies. Obama -gasp- he didn't go. Michele did. No one cares.

Honestly, I find him speaking at SXSW mildly offensive even without a conflict of schedule. The last thing that celebration of pretension needs is validation from a sitting President.

*** SXSW.

I lived next to it for 5 years and never went once, lol.

He is a scumbag. No one is surpised.

My bad, there was a first lady that died while Bush was in office, and he didn't go and got a lot of heat from it. I need to look up which first lady it was....

Edit: Lady Bird Johnson.

Heat, as in hot air. Anyone bothered by this will soon enough forget about it and move on, as it always has been.

MEANWHILE, For those not following last night's results, the breakdown:

Sanders: Massively beating expectations and edging out Hillary in Michigan is a good sign for him and his momentum. Losing the southern states is still big but since they're mostly wrapped up, he's possibly through the worst showings of his campaign as the primaries go into more western states. He's doing significantly better with Independents than Hillary and not as bad with minorities as he had in the south.
Hillary: Maintains the south but the upset in Michigan gives Bernie the attention he needs. Her base isn't growing, so each loss has some serious implications for her in the long term, especially in a general election. Part of her advantage is those superdelegates, but like in 2008, they can swing as she loses other "sure things" and her electability is questioned by her supporters.
Trump: Doing just fine in spite of reactions to his debates, etc. Still a clear frontrunner with no signs of losing momentum.
Cruz: Took Idaho, but not generating any real momentum. The states he can do best in have mostly already voted, but at least he's well ahead of Rubio and Kasich.
Rubio: Horrible showing last night. He's really behind and only has Florida as a chance (a winner-take-all state for Repulican primaries), which he's currently projected to lose (ouch). Sentiment seems to be that he's many people's 2nd choice, but that doesn't really help him secure any delegates. Screwed. He'll likely drop if he loses Florida.
Kasich: Really far behind, and banking on Ohio to generate some momentum. Trump seems to be edging him out there though. Too late for him to make a dark horse upset. He'll likely drop if he loses Ohio.

Damnit Josi...

Toddler Dies after Anti-Vaxx Parents Treat His Meningitis with Maple Syrup Instead of Medicine

Only 5 years in jail for killing their kid? Oh Canada.

I was just going on about that... IRL though.

Splitting hairs a smidge but SXSW isn't just a tech festival and wasn't until fairly recently considered one.

SMH.

Poor kid :\

The anti-vax crowd is a scourge on society. I will cheerfully vote for any Presidential candidate that promises to make that ***a capital offense. And I live in Ohio now, so my vote actually matters this time!

Seriously, any of them. These people need to stopped, at the barrel of a gun if necessary.

I support your opinion, but only up to this point.

Fair enough.

Even one generation can do a lot of damage, though, so I refuse to rule out more extreme methods. This is about the species. I mean, we've seen what MRSA can do to someone - what happens when something TRULY nasty starts getting resistant? Or airborne?