tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post3332717968308364542..comments2023-11-12T00:30:15.262+09:00Comments on Monster Island (actually a peninsula)*: BREAKING NEWS: Obama didn't go to Berlin to mark the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall!kushibohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post-27681531799601487682009-11-14T06:05:58.746+09:002009-11-14T06:05:58.746+09:00Oh, dear. I think my Compton roots have shown thro...Oh, dear. I think my Compton roots have shown through. <br /><br />After reading John from Taejŏn's comment, I realized I took Shinbone's meaning of "shit-on" to be something entirely different. <br /><br />You see, where I come from, "shit-on" is sort of like "spot-on." I took Shinbone's comment to mean that Obama is a spot-on good leader, someone who really knows his shit. <br /><br />I shit you not; that's exactly what I was thinking, hence my comment that followed (which, upon second reading, could have gone in a completely different direction with that other meaning).<br /><br />Back in the 'hood, gentlemen, the meaning Shinbone had intended would be conveyed not by <i>shit-on</i>, but <i>shat-upon</i>.<br /><br />And yes, I would agree with John's assessment that Obama is by no means that most shat-upon president in our history (but then again, we're just getting started). I think few other presidents have been <a href="http://kushibo.blogspot.com/2009/08/bone-to-pick.html" rel="nofollow">depicted with a bone in their nose</a>.kushibohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post-51036753602711330382009-11-14T05:58:03.527+09:002009-11-14T05:58:03.527+09:00FDR was attacked like no other, but back then the ...FDR was attacked like no other, but back then the media consisted of only the radio, newspapers, and 10 minute news reels at the Rialto. However, the president attacked the most would have to be the one that led to the country divided by civil war (A.L.). Obama hasn't come close to taking the heat that those two took.John from Daejeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08431973044799010218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post-17493627587527859042009-11-13T08:37:02.850+09:002009-11-13T08:37:02.850+09:00But it happened on Bush41's watch. :) Still a ...But it happened on Bush41's watch. :) Still a Republican, but not the most shit-on Republican ever. :)<br /><br />This reminds me of when I had pointed out a few years ago that one reason why Koreans generally were angry and/or scared shitless by Bush43 was that his Axis of Evil comment seemed to (wrongly) suggest Bagdad, Teheran, and Pyongyang were all in cahoots together, and (it seemed) Iran and North Korea were next on his list. <br /><br />One of the right-wing Korea-bashers responded that this was irrational, and that the "Axis of Evil" comment was not to be taken <i>literally</i> (as if words are supposed to mean something), just like when Reagan said "Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall" and there was no real wall. <br /><br />"What the hell are you talking about?" I told the much-older-than-I right winger, he was standing at Brandenburg Gate and speaking of the Berlin Wall right behind them. It was most definitely a literal wall, and, though he may also have been speaking figuratively about keeping people of the Communist bloc locked up, he was most definitely talking about tearing down that specific wall.<br /><br />Anyway, I think it's foolish to give all the credit to Reagan for the fall of communism. Were it not for people like Truman who stood up early to the Soviets (and the Chinese) when he went to bat for Korea in 1950, the world would look very, very different.kushibohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post-72015432969486687782009-11-13T08:12:24.447+09:002009-11-13T08:12:24.447+09:00The destruction of the Berlin Wall was upon reques...The destruction of the Berlin Wall was upon request of the (Republican version) great, powerful, awe inspiring, fabulous President Reagan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post-68778622254686210282009-11-13T05:58:19.203+09:002009-11-13T05:58:19.203+09:00I think BHO's a pretty shit-on president, but ...I think BHO's a pretty shit-on president, but still not as shit-on as Bill Clinton. That guy knew his stuff... except how to do battle with a special interest machine that knew exactly how to deceive the general public into feverishly opposing a health care system that was in their best interest.kushibohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post-63023269585630520692009-11-13T05:21:30.036+09:002009-11-13T05:21:30.036+09:00is it just that the media has saturated our lives ...is it just that the media has saturated our lives completely, or is bho the most shit-on president in history?SUPER EAGLEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05717429556118979220noreply@blogger.com