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sufrommich Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 04:52 PM
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Well handled, sir. (Laughter.) Well handled.
History is seldom truly settled. Never on the first draft and most often not for many drafts into the future. One reason is that new, unexpected facts radically change the meaning of those facts we already know. It's certainly low on the list of consequential observations. But late last night, after the shock and amazement of the news began to sink in, I thought back to this moment at the President's speech at the White House correspondents dinner Saturday night when he mocked Donald Trump for the gut-check decision to fire Gary Busey in an episode of Celebrity Apprentice ...

"But all kidding aside, obviously, we all know about your credentials and breadth of experience. (Laughter.) For example -- no, seriously, just recently, in an episode of Celebrity Apprentice -- (laughter) -- at the steakhouse, the men's cooking team cooking did not impress the judges from Omaha Steaks. And there was a lot of blame to go around. But you, Mr. Trump, recognized that the real problem was a lack of leadership. And so ultimately, you didn't blame Lil' Jon or Meatloaf. (Laughter.) You fired Gary Busey. (Laughter.) And these are the kind of decisions that would keep me up at night. (Laughter and applause.) Well handled, sir. (Laughter.) Well handled." .........


Unlike much of history, where we can hope to at least assemble together a big enough body of facts that we start to get close to something like the truth of what happened, what remains permanently beyond our abilities is to really understand what one person's subjective experience of a particular moment was. But I'd give a lot to know the swirl of thoughts that were in President Obama's head when he ran through those lines.


http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2011/05/always_more_to_the_story_1.php
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 04:56 PM
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1. A serious post
Poor Trump thought he knew what him him and then last night happened.
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RandomThoughts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 05:13 PM
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2. I was wondering more about the joke about Biggie and Tupak.
That is a sore spot for many people.

I really wonder why that got into the speech.



Here is the really odd thing, the Seth Meyers quotes work out pretty good also.


There is a consistency in the completeness of the topic.



Although with CGI it is all hypothetical discussions on function not data.





This meme has been going around awhile about CGI issues. Do you see the CGI.




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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 06:03 PM
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4. I think the Tupac and Biggie reference were a DIRECT result of the Donald
bragging that he was close with 'The Blacks"

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RandomThoughts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 06:04 PM
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5. I thought it was insensitive.
It bothered me.
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cliffordu Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 06:16 PM
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6. Insensitive to WHO?
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skeewee08 Donating Member (434 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 06:16 PM
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7. it didn't bother me.....
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localroger Donating Member (663 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 06:01 PM
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3. The last 48 hours have embedded a message to Trump
"If you come at me, you will be destroyed." SMILE Although pre-empting Celebrity Apprentice might have been a wee bit over the top. Or not LOL.
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monmouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon May-02-11 07:18 PM
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8. Pre-empting CA was like chocolate mousse. It was so fitting...n/t
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