Irony may not be dead, but it is wheezing quite a bit, and I don’t like it’s color:
President Obama’s only event at the White House that isn’t closed to the press on Wednesday is a ceremony in which he’ll accept an award for being open to the press.
According to his public schedule, Obama has four behind-closed-doors meetings from 10 a.m. to 3:05 p.m.: his daily briefing, a talk with the USAID administrator, a session with senior advisers, and a huddle with his defense secretary. All of the meets are in the Oval Office, and all of them are “closed press,” the White House says.
But at 2:55 p.m., Obama will emerge to “accept an award from a coalition of good government groups and transparency advocates to recognize ‘his deep commitment to an open and transparent government—of, by, and for the people’ in conjunction with Sunshine Week,” the White House said in guidance to reporters.
And, importantly: “There will be a pool spray at the top.”
The White House didn’t specify what Obama will say, if anything, when he accepts the award. But he probably won’t mention that his administration acted on fewer requests for information last year even as it was asked for more, a tally documented by the AP.
It ain’t quite the same as giving him a Nobel Peace Prize for astutely avoiding run-ins with a Libyan terrorist slaughtering his own people, or agitating for statehood to reward with land that isn’t theirs those who murder sleeping families of Jews — but it’ll do for a slow (well, besides NUCLEAR ARMAGEDDON!, of course) news day.
(thanks to Dave)
Walk softly…..and what’s a stick?
– JugEars McFuckstick
It’s that easy breezy Affirmative Action lifestyle.
…and I don’t like its color:
RAAAAACIST!
Walk softly, and carry a 5-iron.
Hey, what are friends for?
What’s a “pool spray”? I assume it’s the collective release experienced by the White House Press Corps when O enters the the briefing room.
Imagine how this all looks to Barry: First a Nobel Prize for the promise only his melatonin could represent and now an award from fawning morons for openness in the context of more high-up secrecy than ever before.
He’s laughing his ass off. We look like fools.
But enough of that. What counts are those fine optics. Stuff is never as important as what that stuff can be construed to look like by its handlers. We are fools and these are some savvy handlers.
Doomed to repeat history. Nothing really changes, does it?
Ahh, the little guy needs a gold star and a pat on the head once in awhile. It’s good for his self-esteem.
Why ya gotta be such haters?
Ahh, the little guy needs a gold star and a pat on the head once in awhile. It’s good for his self-esteem.
That’s all well and true, but why are you discussing my penis on an internet forum?
Not appropriate, sir.
Walk softly, and carry a lit cigarette.
Your penis? Please.
I was discussing the peoples penis. Serving vags from sea to shining sea. Trying to cross swords with every true man in the nation. Simultaneously pissing on, and off, every classic liberal on the planet.
Got a condom?
I’m surprised more people aren’t up in Obama’s grill about the Libyan fiasco.
The rebels begged anyone to set up a no-fly zone to even the odds against MoooAAAmar, but the EU (no surprise) and the Won couldn’t be bothered to help without first having “serious top level discussions”.
So, let me get this straight. An OIL-RICH country run by a DICTATOR initiates a REBELLION to install DEMOCRACY, and Obama has to pick his tournament bracket first? What’s the downside of helping these rebels? If they win, then we have a population in North Africa of an oil-rich country grateful for our assistance in liberating them from tyranny. Don’t you think that would have been nice– to have a Non-Saudi Oil-Rich country there to be our allies?
And if you’re afraid of pissing off the Saudis with such behavior, bear in mind we’re currently at odds with the Saudis over their interference in Bahrain. So, we’ll get all uppity over a revolution in Bahrain, but in overthrowing a guy who’s known for sponsoring terror and brutally oppressing his own people, we can’t do anything?
This is the biggest Foreign Policy F-Up since Carter tried to send 4 helicopters into Iran to rescue the hostages.
I can understand Obama not wanting to piss off Europe by meddling in their affairs, but seriously, we had two AC’s parked in the Med two days after the rebellion began. To do what? Evacuate 150 Americans and then.. give 2000 sailors a chance to tan?
Zero leadership on ANY important issues. BP oil spill? Fail. Jobs? Fail. Economy? Fail. Health care? Fail. Japan? Fail. Libya? Fail. Egypt? Fail. Iran? Fail. Our President is batting 0.000 because he refuses to step up the plate and at least swing the bat.
Obama’s had a busy week. Golf. Fund raisers. NCAA bracket. I can see why he couldn’t fit Libya into his day.
Of course, according to the white house, they’ve been ON IT FROM DAY ONE. They’re going to make a decision about that no-fly zone dealo any day now.
ything?
This is the biggest Foreign Policy F-Up since Carter tried to send 4 helicopters into Iran to rescue the hostages.
Speaking of which, I recently read “Inside Detla Force” by Eric Haney that goes into pretty good detail about what went down about that. I was a little girl when it happened.
The rescue plan was certainly flawed, but at least he planned something. Obama just dithers.
The Politico article has an update with the names of the distinquished organizations giving the “award”. Wonder how much Soros money is behind them…
I can imagine the conversation
“Mr. President, we have a ceremony set for tomorrow where you are to receive an award for being such a transparent administration”
“God damn it, I told you, no transparency. None. Zero. Zip. I want to win an award for the lack of transparency. Now hand me a cigarette and watch this drive bitch”
So, Carter > Obama? That’s a pretty sad statement right there. Accurate, but sad.
If only there was a type of organization, dedicated to the dissemination of information, that could tell everyone of the obstructionism of the current Administration…. we could call them the “press” after the old tyme machines that used to print informational papers. Maybe the “news media”, to denote their function of conveying “new” information?
Nah, idle dreaming to be sure…
If our “media” wasn’t so agenda-driven, they might actually get upset that everyone being stiffed for information makes their jobs harder.
The White House, responding to a request for more information, said it’s an award from organizers of the Freedom of Information Day Conference and that five transparency advocates will present it: Gary Bass, Founder and Executive Director of OMB Watch; Tom Blanton, Director of the National Security Archive at the George Washington University; Danielle Brian, Executive Director of the Project on Government Oversight; Lucy Dalglish, the Executive Director of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press; Patrice McDermott, Director of Open The Government. ”
…anyone have time to google search? I gotta get back to work…
Ha ha ha … it would be extremely sad and pathetic if it just weren’t so fucking funny:
Whie House Obliterated at Briefing on Libya/no fly zone. Hard to decide, but I think this is my favorite:
WTF did he just say?
WTF did he just say?
I think he just told Ghadaffi to “git ‘er done!”
Satan: I don’t give fuck #1 about Libya, and haven’t for about 30 years now.
As far as I’m concerned, it’s a salutary lesson to the bug-fucks of the planet: The US Cavalry ain’t gonna ride to your rescue unless there’s something in it for us.
Libya’s a lost cause, like the rest of north Africa. Egypt we care about because of the canal, but Libya ain’t got squat that we need. Let them slaughter each other if they’re that fucking stupid.
I think that was another “present”, Carin.
LTCJohn @ #18.
Great idea. One problem, the only people getting there info from a “press” would either be snapping off a deuce in their adult diaper or chia drinking snootbags walking their designer dogs.
Ooh, that reminds me, I’ve got to get dressed for an award ceremony. I’ve been awarded the “His Poop Doesn’t Stink Award” from the National We Love To Eat Poop Association.
2 fecal references in one comment. I need to slow down.
He’s on message, that’s for sure.
Damn the United States and their wish for democratic reform!
Is that like America’s wang? Because I don’t see anything about Florida in the original post.
WTF did he just say?
Ain’t no way in hell they’re exposing their ass. They need the cover of a large bandwagon they can jump on and steer at the last minute.
Some sort of bland concensus in the “International Community” will take years to achieve and yet still be meaningless when it’s reached. It’s suspect there’ll even be a conflict left to intervene in at that time, whichever side has the upper hand.
“There will be a pool spray at the top.”
Hee hee hee.
C’mon.
You gotta be shitting me…
Oil. And Oil from a country that would owe us bigtime for helping out. That’s why you do this. Gas prices are closing in on $4.00.. Obama would look like a hero to working class Americans for simply authorizing our vastly superior naval air presence to get in some shooting practice.
“Oil. And Oil from a country that would owe us bigtime for helping out. “
Lybia already promised that oil to it’s other bestest friends.
It could have promised us some for a No-Fly zone. And a new Libyan government is not beholden to the contracts of the previous dictator.
But I guess that’s an opportunity that’ll never be explored by Obama.
The latest: The Sunshine Award ceremony was scrubbed when Obama learned that the press would be present.
“It could have promised us some for a No-Fly zone. And a new Libyan government is not beholden to the contracts of the previous dictator.”
Who is going to be the one to tell Italy, Germany, France, and China we are taking the oil the last dictator promised them?
But who’s easier to lean on when you need more oil pumped? People you helped not get bombed by moooAAAAmar, or the Big Moo himself?