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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
I make my own lattes at home, which costs less than a regular cup of coffee from a coffee shop.
I think there is something quite American about DIY, no?
So, tell me, what's so un-American about Obama's criticism? Have we answered that?
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This is my view.
Obama is the President of this nation and has a responsibility to serve the nation first. Obama, in this case, has failed to act responsibly as President, and the initial reactions from his administration was to pass blame, and to grandstand rather than address the catastrophe. The problem is bigger than BP, his focus on BP is untimely. To they degree that BP did or did not do what they should have done, there is "government" that allowed it to happen. At the end of the day I think we will find that regulations were in place that could have prevented this. So, is the problem lack of regulation? Is the problem BP? Certainly, more regulation may help and BP failed, but the issue today is to get the leak stopped and the oil cleaned up. We should expect more from the President than what Obama has delivered.
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Originally Posted by filtherton
Do you realize how condescending your little scribe about the typical long haul trucker was? Really, you don't have to be peddling negative stereotypes to be condescending. Your ostensible concern about the condescension of liberal elites on behalf of long haul truckers is condescending.
Lattes are used as rhetorical cudgels by intellectual elitists to motivate emotionally insecure members of the political underclass. Coffee is delicious.
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I was being condescending. I know what I did. I know why I did it. I will admit it. If I am ever condescending when I don't do it to make a point or on purpose, and it is pointed out to me, I will apologize and try to explain what I did if it would be helpful to the person I offended. However, some don't either realize when/why they do it or they can not be honest about it. The biggest kicker to this is when a guy like Obama gets offended when he gets called on it as do some here. It is like they insult you and then get pissed at you for not sitting silently and taking it. I used to fight it, now I can not begin to explain how entertaining it is - and I actually think I am now the only one left who gets it.