King Obama

How can the American people respect Obama when he does not respect his office. Not to salute the flag–wear jeans, suede jackets when other digniteries are dressed with respect to the meeting and their country. Has he not done enough to lower our standards?

Both Snopes and ToF.com have already debunked this one. The short answer:

1) This wasn’t Ft. Hood, nor was it Veterans Day. This picture is 6 months old, taken at a Memorial Day service.

2) This picture is taken during the playing of “Hail to the Chief”. Obama is the one being saluted!

Of course, I know that last fact is what really drives wingnuts crazy.

I think advisor is a bit much don’t you?

Well, L.A. Mott, looks like you are dead wrong on this one. If this picture was taken during “Hail to the Chief,” then the other people on the dais would be facing HIM during the salute. It’s obvious that you yourself know nothing about Customs and Courtesies when it comes to this matter. So if you are wrong about this point (which you obviously are, then what else are you wrong about?

Actually, you don’t FACE the President, you FACE a KING, or a dictator! It is not required to salute facing the president. The President does not salute himself!

REM was right… It’s the end of the world, as we know it!

REAL PHOTOGRAPH; INACCURATE DESCRIPTION

Examples: [Collected via e-mail, November 2009]

Check out this latest picture from Veterans Day 11/11/09 at the Ceremony in Arlington National Cemetery. I don’t know whether the National Anthem is being played, or the Flag is going by, or WHAT, but EVERYBODY in the picture is either saluting or has his hand over the HEART.

All except ONE.
Guess who.
I do not make this stuff up!

OUTRAGE!!!! The POTUS at Ft. Hood, Nov. 11, 2009

Our president, “honoring” the 14 dead (an unborn child…not a fetus… was the 14th!) at the hands of a Muslim home grown terrorist!!! Any questions “still” about the allegiance of the Usurper and who he will stand with “should the political winds of change shift in an ugly direction?” To hell with a rope…bring me a Scimitar…the Muslim sword of choice for beheadings!!!

Origins: The above-displayed photograph does not hail from a November 2009 observance of Veterans Day (or a Fort Hood memorial service); it was taken several months earlier at Arlington National Cemetery’s Memorial Amphitheater in conjunction with a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns:
President Obama observed Memorial Day just as his predecessors had, by placing a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns.

But Mr. Obama added a twist: he sent a second wreath to a memorial honoring blacks who fought in the Civil War.

“They felt some tug; they answered a call; they said, ‘I’ll go,’” Mr. Obama said after the wreath-laying ceremony in a 12-minute address paying tribute to veterans and fallen soldiers. “That is why they are the best of America, and that is what separates them from those of us who have not served in uniform: their extraordinary willingness to risk their lives for people they never met.”
As can be seen in the following video clip of the event, this picture was snapped just as President Obama took the stage in the Memorial Amphitheater during the playing of “Hail to the Chief.” Hence, the photo is not, as suggested above, a picture of the president inappropriately standing with his hands folded while others pay their respects to America’s war dead with traditional gestures; it is a picture of others showing appropriate deference during the playing of music that represents their president and commander-in-chief. (Department of Defense instructions state that “During all renditions of ‘Hail to the Chief’ by military musical organizations, military personnel in uniform, other than band personnel, shall accord it the same honor as they would the rendition of ‘The Star-Spangled Banner.’” Similar protocol is optional for non-uniformed civilians.)

President Obama can also be viewed in C-SPAN video of the event standing with his hand over his heart at appropriate portions of the ceremony, while a news photograph similarly captured the president paying his respects in that manner:
U.S. President Barack Obama and Adm. Michael Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, stand at attention during a Memorial Day celebration at Arlington National Cemetery May 25, 2009 in Arlington, Virginia. The United States is remembering the members of its armed services and those who have died serving the country.

Last updated: 16 November 2009

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Stolberg, Sheryl Gay. “‘They Answered a Call,’ Obama Says of Veterans.”
The New York Times. 25 May 2009.

The crotch salute. This was only a sign of respect for the crotch bomber.

The crotch salute from the affirmative action Muslim born president for a fellow Muslim.

Drone your not the only one who know how to look up facts why don’t you put yours vast knowledge into this guess who the real villians are in the current economy? Who else uncle tom obama and his party of elitist defeatist but I know you drones do not want facts that say your idiot in Chief is any thing more then the great pretender. I give you some clues to get you start NYT Sept 30 1999 NEWSTORY ON Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac or maybe Slick willie canceling the Glass Steagall act put in place and then come back an and wish your eyes were not opened maybe you will be able to pretend you do not know the truth. Luckly I have a built in bull crap reader and when Uncle tom is talking its deafing good luck drone
paladin kcs

There are so many things this clown does 20 years in the church of hate and in DC can not find one that meets his need for putting the United States down his state of the Union speech of lies. His lack of being able to call muslim terrorist and his lack of any clues on what the he should to get the country going again as if thats what he wants remember he and his chief of staff both have said never let a crisis be wasted. How many attacks have we had in the last seven months by muslims in the United States eight or nine. Hey Uncle Tom it’s (Corpsman/ Navy medic) Guess it happens to even half white Presidents as well as full white President IE Bush but at least Bush didn’t need a telepropomter to talk to 4th or 5th graders paladin kcs