Sitting down over brews....

Not a very good example. Have a couple of beers, it'll be OK! LOL
If he would have kept his mouth shut, it would have never got to this point. They didn't even drink GOOD beers, and the sad thing is we paid for it ALL. We'll be paying for this guy for many generations. My .02

Well had it been me I would have said no beer please, Jager Bombs for me! An I wouldn't have worn a suit, would have been shorts, Colts T-shirt and Flip Flops. Plus I would have asked that we all have hammocks!

No really I would have said "Sir I will just have a coke", been wearing my Dress Whites with Medals and sat at attention the whole time....Oh the life of a lowly Sailor!

Kristof wrote: Could someone enlighten me about this one...? We don't get all the news from your country over here... And as a Belgian, when beer is involved... jdmack0208 wrote: No really I would have said "Sir I will just have a coke", been wearing my Dress Whites with Medals and sat at attention the whole time....Oh the life of a lowly Sailor! Now that I can relate to... Have done a few of those ceremonies too...

OK the white guy holding the beer is a cop who responded to a call at a residence. When he arrived the older colored guy to the right was at the house(it was his house). The cop arrested him and got labled a biggot. Turns out the Colored guy is a World Renowned Harvard Professor. So to ease the tension the President and Vice President had them both over to the White house for some beers to talk it out.

That is the simple version. If you want to read more go to CNN.com and it's all over there.

OK, so I did some reading...
If you ask me, there are indeed more important things to worry about. But... there have always been and there will always be more important things...
To me, nothing wrong with discussing a problem over a beer, may it be between two regular Joes at the local bar or the president.
Even the president is allowed to get away from the global and national problems and sit back for a few moments behind a brew. He even combined this moment with two people who had some serious media attention.
Quite a few problems have been solved faster over a beer than on an official debate...

I am pretty confident that Obama went back to the bigger problems a few hours later...
I would say cut the guy some slack and stop expecting miracles from him.

It's Obama's relentless persuit of looking like the common man, and getting more casual face time.
I must have missed when he sat down with the Big 3 over a couple of Johnny Walker's to discuss the problems with the American auto industry.

Obama- Coors Light
Biden- Bud
Police officer- Blue moon w/ orange slice
Harvard Prof- Killians ?

eric lavine wrote: grape soda? crystal? colt 45? kool-aid? better choice?

I believe it's called 'Purple Drank' (& yes, that's both the present & past tense)

Nate

Being from the south side of Chi Town, surprised he didn't ask for Mad Dog 20/20 in a paper bag, Colt 45 being a fine 2nd option, warm of course.

and thats from the outside looking in...why dont we ever discuss the past 8?

behindpropeller wrote: I'm ashamed of our "president"

   Me too. Just goes to show you how corrupt politics can be.The only reason B.O. got involved was because this professor was a friend. That personal stuff needs to be seperated from an important/powerful position .

   the White House observed a moment of silence for MJ ? Gimmee a break.

   I want to know what Barrack has to say about this:
   California teenager

   Oh that's right.......nothing. Which incident seems more imortant??

   Mike

that was a good one!!!

I want that on a towable trailer so I can take it everywhere I go. Gota love it!!!!!

After all that they agree to disagree. Thank goodness we have fixed the economy, health care and immigration so they had time to deal with this crisis. What a load of crap. The libs all complained Bush could not speak, but he never had to appologize for what he said.

why doesnt anyone complain about the 10 Billion a month going into Iraq and Afganistan? a couple billion for the cash for clunkers is a damn good idea...this shows me, thats a program to spur the stalled economy and maybe put some fellow Americano's back to work with the incentive of fuel efficiency...Luch, what do you think, I always ask you because you have no tie's to this country and i see it as an unbiased opinion

Luchog wrote: OverMyHead wrote: The libs all complained Bush could not speak, but he never had to appologize for what he said. Tell that to the citizens on middle east. I think he owns a few of those over there.

As soon as someone appologies for a couple of towers we are missing I think we could consider it.

I dont have all the answers to your guestions.But I do for some, the old testiment says an eye for an eye. The new testiment is a little more forgiving,but Jesus did flip the tables at the temple when he saw injustice. The constitution says nothing about healthcare but it does give the authority and mandate to protect our borders and citizens. At the time the planes went into the towers I was near the end of a 20 year career as a emergency paramedic. Many responders that I think of as brothers gave their lives that day with the many innocent that had theres taken. A different building and it could have been me or my friends and family. Off scale or off target can certainly be argued, I would hate to have to make such decisions. What is enough? What is to much? I have vivid recolletions of the second plane hitting live on national TV, and the days after of silent skies as all air traffic was grounded. I was glued to the coverage of the rescues and the stories of firefighters buried alive communicating on their radios with no hope of rescue. Much of this nation is starting to forget. I will not. I know that being a target does not leave a good impression. It remains to be seen how our current apologetic Presidents policies will affect our security in the future. Was this revenge, I dont think any act can erase the loss, and two wrongs do not make anything right. I do know the US has the power to level any of the countries involve and showed the restraint not to. What is the proper response to something like this? Should we have flown planes into someone elses buildings just to make it fair? The whole thing just sucks and never should happen. I have nothing against Muslims, I have a thing against cold blooded civilian targeting killers,no matter what their background might be. I am funny that way. Sorry. All things considered, I would rather be boating and not have to think about this garbage. I have never killed anybody. If only everyone could say that.