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[Technosteve]

diamond joe has some hot nieces

 

[Tesseract]

i'm so stoked for tomorrow. gonna cook american goddamn hotdogs and shit to celebrate this mother fucker getting busy on the american people's asses.

 

[Phire Phox]

How did Roberts mess up in 08? I don't remember.

He messed up some of the words to the oath of office.

 

[jon bones]

He did, and then no one gave him any attention. So now he does that in every thread and it's gotten worse as he still doesn't get attention. Just ignore it, it's only a matter of time until he get's banned as it's not funny or witty in any way.

that might be the saddest thing i've read since Gaborn's passing

 

[GaimeGuy]

Looks like the face of a guy who knows he's going to be leading America's recovery.

This picture on the other hand looks like the face of a guy that inherited a mess.

I really hate the stupid flag pin in this picture.

Otherwise it's perfect

 

[Joel Was Right]

Looks like he's aged 10 years

 

[hteng]

maximum swag

 

[AniHawk]

Looks like he's aged 10 years

he looks like he went from being in his late 30s/early 40s to late 40s.

 

[Mario]

Looks like he's aged 10 years

I think the greater amount of grey hair, slightly harsher lighting, and the eye wrinkles caused by smiling are exaggerating the difference here. And he has aged 4 years after all.

 

[CHEEZMO™]

I want him to open his speech with the Basmala.

 

[Josh7289]

I really really like that second term portrait. The colors and the smile.

 

[thecouncil]

Obama is making a speech live on CNN right now.

 

[Tesseract]

fuck i love america best continent on earth.

 

[jambo]

he looks like he went from being in his late 30s/early 40s to late 40s.

So.... 10 years?

 

[Tesseract]

he looks about what you'd expect from a man who got the world on his shoulders.

where's the fucking hype for this? goddamn gaf this is our commander getting reignited for four more years.

 

[trinest]

Unless the rumors are true and he's a closet atheist, maybe he uses this...

It needs to be written into law for this to be true.

 

[Bombadil]

that might be the saddest thing i've read since Gaborn's passing

What? Gaborn died?

Edit: I just googled and found the Gaborn thread. I'm very sad now.

I was away from Gaf for a few months and didn't know. (((((((((((((((

 

[t-ramp]

What? Gaborn died?

Yes, sadly.

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On a random note, I wish we could get a president to rock a beard. Apparently William Howard Taft's mustache was the last presidential facial hair, back in 1913. Crazy.

 

[DarkFlow]

Looks like he's aged 10 years

Look at all former presidents. The job ages the shit out of everyone who holds it. I would guess the stress and long hours gets to you.

 

[BertramCooper]

He has aged far better than most presidents.

Those of African extraction tend not to age as noticeably.

 

[Bombadil]

Look at all former presidents. The job ages the shit out of everyone who holds it. I would guess the stress and long hours gets to you.

People made jokes about how Bush didn't seem to age much during his first term.

 

[Nobility]

This threat is making me think of those CNN estimates of what he would look like now when they were talking about it in 2009.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/06/presidential.health.aging/#cnnSTCPhoto

 

[davepoobond]

I was going to correct you with "Cardassian", but yours is better.

that was the joke

 

[The Technomancer]

This threat is making me think of those CNN estimates of what he would look like now when they were talking about it in 2009.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/01/06/presidential.health.aging/#cnnSTCPhoto

This just looks like they merged his face with George W Bush's in Photoshop

 

[BananaBomb]

lol'd so goddamn hard

 

[Half and half]

This is me during the inauguration:

except I have an open bottle of Remy Martin in my right hand.

 

[sphagnum]

This just looks like they merged his face with George W Bush's in Photoshop

Nah that would be this.

 

[distantmantra]

I've been in DC all weekend visiting family. We walked over to the Capitol building earlier today to check things out. It was a madhouse, but very cool.

 

[Phat Michael]

And Biden's daughter looks like she has a Star Trek captains uniform on.

LOL that's fantastic!

 

[DXB-KNIGHT]

Someone look online and see if someone thinks Barack is swearing on the Koran instead of the bible. I guaran-damn-tee someone has already said that.

Swearing on the Quran requires only placing your right hand on the book and without raising the other hand, Muslims won't place their left hand on the Quran when swearing.

 

[davepoobond]

Swearing on the Quran requires only placing your right hand on the book and without raising the other hand, Muslims won't place their left hand on the Quran when swearing.

you think someone thinking that he was swearing on the Quran would know that?

i didnt even specifically know that, but it jives with what else i know about islam.

 

[jon bones]

What? Gaborn died?

Edit: I just googled and found the Gaborn thread. I'm very sad now.

I was away from Gaf for a few months and didn't know. (((((((((((((((

unfortunately, yes. it was a huge bummer for all of us :/

 

[speculawyer]

 

[Fahrenheit]

Hard for me to get pumped for 4 more years of Bush err I mean Obama policies.

 

[speculawyer]

Hard for me to get pumped for 4 more years of Bush err I mean Obama policies.

I know what you mean. But that is a bad way to look at it. At least we know that we won't be invading Iran, we won't have the Supreme Court become more conservative, etc. Nothing to be pumped about . . . but also nothing to be terrified about.

 

[Hours Left]

I love Michelle's hair.

 

[Fahrenheit]

I know what you mean. But that is a bad way to look at it. At least we know that we won't be invading Iran, we won't have the Supreme Court become more conservative, etc. Nothing to be pumped about . . . but also nothing to be terrified about.

Uh you got that wrong. I wish Supreme Court would become more conservative and supported individual rights, see the upholding of the Obama Care Tax.

 

[jon bones]

Uh you got that wrong. I wish Supreme Court would become more conservative and supported individual rights, see the upholding of the Obama Care Tax.

if the supreme court got more conservative, womens indivdual rights would go straight out the window...

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

Hard for me to get pumped for 4 more years of Bush err I mean Obama policies.

Some of you guys are doing too much. If you really think Obama = Bush then you're crazy. There are at minimum big differences between the two.

 

[Fahrenheit]

Some of you guys are doing too much. If you really think Obama = Bush then you're crazy. There are at minimum big differences between the two.

I don't appreciate being called crazy, if you can't be cival in a political thread then maybe you shouldn't be here.

As far as Obama not being Bush, sure you can point to things they did different but the things that are going to affect the nation IMHO negatively like NDAA, out of control spending, policies that encourage outsourcing, anti environmental policies, etcetera, are the same things Bush did to us.

Not only did government spending go up but so did taxes, i'd not have a problem with paying more taxes if Wasington could put the check book away. But now we are way past spending out money and into spending our great grandchildren money.

 

[Bam Bam Baklava]

I don't appreciate being called crazy, if you can't be cival in a political thread then maybe you shouldn't be here.

As far as Obama not being Bush, sure you can point to things they did different but the things that are going to affect the nation IMHO negatively like NDAA, out of control spending, policies that encourage outsourcing, anti environmental policies, etcetera, are the same things Bush did to us.

Not only did government spending go up but so did taxes, i'd not have a problem with paying more taxes if Wasington could put the check book away. But now we are way past spending out money and into spending our great grandchildren money.

I'm not saying there aren't similarities but I don't believe any two presidents can be alike.

 

[Fahrenheit]

I'm not saying there aren't similarities but I don't believe any two presidents can be alike.

I feel they are very alike. More Wall street then Main street (hate to use them media terms but they apply here).

My main point is, (and I did not properly express this before in this thread) a lot of people that hate Bush seem to love Obama and the poeple that liked Bush seem to hate Obama. From my perspective if you hate one you must by extension hate the other, same goes if you loved one. They are so similar on nation changing policies that in practice we will have the same direction for 16 years.

And sure, they are differences with them like same sex marriage (which I support for the record. I feel personal rights trump all but should be left to the states to pass there own laws for) but for the things that will take generations to fix they are the same person.

 

[davepoobond]

I feel they are very alike. More Wall street then Main street (hate to use them media terms but they apply here).

My main point is, (and I did not properly express this before in this thread) a lot of people that hate Bush seem to love Obama and the poeple that liked Bush seem to hate Obama. From my perspective if you hate one you must by extension hate the other, same goes if you loved one. They are so similar on nation changing policies that in practice we will have the same direction for 16 years.

And sure, they are differences with them like same sex marriage (which I support for the record. I feel personal rights trump all but should be left to the states to pass there own laws for) but for the things that will take generations to fix they are the same person.

its less about them being alike and more about what makes them different. gay marriage being one of them. defense of marriage act was passed under bush, but isn't being enforced under obama and will be repealed under his administration. that's the difference.

we went to iraq under bush, we finally left under obama. there's a difference there. obama is being responsible about afghanistan whereas bush wasn't and only used that war as a key into Iraq.

 

[WARP10CK]

And Biden's daughter looks like she has a Star Trek captains uniform on.

Captain Janeway maybe

 

[Monocle]

Someone look online and see if someone thinks Barack is swearing on the Koran instead of the bible. I guaran-damn-tee someone has already said that.

He used a Koran cleverly concealed inside the cover of a Bible. Curse you HUSSEIN!

 

[Zaptruder]

I don't appreciate being called crazy, if you can't be cival in a political thread then maybe you shouldn't be here.

This has got to be an elaborate (maybe not that elaborate) troll.

 

[Cheebo]

I don't appreciate being called crazy, if you can't be cival in a political thread then maybe you shouldn't be here.

As far as Obama not being Bush, sure you can point to things they did different but the things that are going to affect the nation IMHO negatively like NDAA, out of control spending, policies that encourage outsourcing, anti environmental policies, etcetera, are the same things Bush did to us.

Not only did government spending go up but so did taxes, i'd not have a problem with paying more taxes if Wasington could put the check book away. But now we are way past spending out money and into spending our great grandchildren money.

Do you make more than 500k? If not then your taxes did not go up, they actually went DOWN over the last 4 years. Stop spreading Republican lies, thanks.

 

[Fahrenheit]

its less about them being alike and more about what makes them different. gay marriage being one of them. defense of marriage act was passed under bush, but isn't being enforced under obama and will be repealed under his administration. that's the difference.

we went to iraq under bush, we finally left under obama. there's a difference there. obama is being responsible about afghanistan whereas bush wasn't and only used that war as a key into Iraq.

I already conceded the same sex marriage point and while very important to individual rights I feel the topic has become a distraction from some much more serious issues like the out of control spending habits of this government.

And as far as wars go, yes he "ended" it about 3 years to late. Our miltary spending is still out of control. Also he is going to war in Mali without Congress.

 

[Fahrenheit]

Do you make more than 500k? If not then your taxes did not go up, they actually went DOWN over the last 4 years. Stop spreading Republican lies, thanks.

I make less then 500K and my taxes went on as per my newest pay stub. And you shouldn't thank someone after telling them to do something before they even reply, that's obnoxious.

 

[Cheebo]

I make less then 500K and my taxes went on as per my newest pay stub. And you shouldn't thank someone after telling them to do something before they even reply, that's obnoxious.

The federal tax rate did not go up for you, period. Obama didn't raise your taxes a penny in his time as President.