Only Missed It By Three Years!

[PapaG]

Today's signature in the Westminster Abbey guest book.

 

[PapaG]

Does this mean he wants a do-over?

 

[PapaG]

Wrong date and a human spellchecker! Note to Barack; if you don't know how to spell a word, you probably shouldn't be writing it.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/05/24/world/europe/AP-EU-Obama-Table-Tennis.html?_r=1

Other gift ideas for the president? How about spell check and a calendar.

Visiting Westminster Abbey to lay a wreath at the tomb of the Unknown Warrior, Obama and the first lady had occasion to sign the distinguished visitors' book. But the president appeared to have his election year in mind, dating his entry in the book May 24, 2008.

"It is a great privilege to commemorate our common heritage and common sacrifice," he wrote. But he paused to check his spelling of "commemorate" with the Dean of Westminster before completing his message.

A Westminster Abbey spokeswoman, who spoke on condition of anonymity in keeping with the abbey's policies, confirmed that Obama wrote the wrong date. She said it would not be erased and would remain that way in the book.

 

[Minstrel]

Spellcheckgate. Where's the transparency we were promised? This is essentially a fascist state now. (I spell checked "fascist"...I originally thought it was "fashissed." But it was too important a word to let my own confusion over its spelling deter me!)

 

[PapaG]

Spellcheckgate. Where's the transparency we were promised? This is essentially a fascist state now. (I spell checked "fascist"...I originally thought it was "fashissed." But it was too important a word to let my own confusion over its spelling deter me!)

How the heck does he write 2008? 2010? Even that's a strectch considering it's late May.

He needs a smaller travel teleprompter.

 

[RR7]

big fucking deal.

 

[Minstrel]

How the heck does he write 2008? 2010? Even that's a strectch considering it's late May.

Maybe he was signing it as candidate Obama rather than President Obama. Though, he's back to candidate Obama now, anyway. So much for that theory.

He needs a smaller travel teleprompter.

Or a larger one? With a date display?

 

[3RA1N1AC]

he is the dumbest president we have had in nearly 4 years

 

[barfo]

How the heck does he write 2008? 2010? Even that's a strectch considering it's late May.

Most likely the same way you write that we haven't seen an IPO from GM, or that I fail to observe that Denny has provided statistics for 1985. It's not such a big "strectch" to think the president makes mistakes too.

barfo

 

[Denny Crane]

Maybe he was signing it as candidate Obama rather than President Obama. Though, he's back to candidate Obama now, anyway. So much for that theory.



Or a larger one? With a date display?

And a spell checker.

 

[Denny Crane]

Most likely the same way you write that we haven't seen an IPO from GM, or that I fail to observe that Denny has provided statistics for 1985. It's not such a big "strectch" to think the president makes mistakes too.

barfo

Speaking of GM's IPO

http://reason.com/archives/2011/05/24/general-motors-will-never-repa


General Motors Will Never Repay Taxpayers
Obama's spin on GM's latest profit report is pure baloney

The Obama administration, and its media backers, have seized upon news that General Motors made a $3.2 billion profit in the first quarter of 2011 as proof positive that its auto bailout is a success.

...

No doubt, $3.2 billion is a big number. But an even bigger number is $60 billion. That’s what this administration and the last one together sank into GM (not to mention another $20 billion or so they dumped into Chrysler). When President Obama gave GM this money, he insisted that it was not a handout but an “investment” that would cost taxpayers “not a dime.”

But if there was ever any doubt that this wasn’t going to happen, this earning report dispels it.

For starters, included in the $3.2 billion figure is the net $1.5 billion that the company generated from the one-time sale of Delphi, its auto parts supplier, and Ally Financial, its financial arm. Subtract that, and its performance looks much less impressive, especially compared to its rival Ford that really didn’t receive a dime from taxpayers yet made $2.6 billion last quarter—or nearly a billion more than GM.

But cold, hard cash is not the only help that GM got. Usually when companies declare bankruptcy, their tax liabilities increase since they have no more losses to write off. But GM got Uncle Sam’s special bankruptcy package that allows it write off up to $45 billion of old losses going forward. That puts its total bailout at up to $105 billion. Even that’s not all. The Treasury gave GM $10 billion of the $60 billion as a loan; the rest was through the purchase of equity. (It has more or less paid back the loan.)

(more barfo talking points at the link)

 

[barfo]

Speaking of GM's IPO

Looks like a whole lot of ax-grinding to me.

barfo

 

[Natebishop3]

But it IS 2008. Brandon Roy is still an All-Star and Steve Blake is still a valuable part of the Portland Trail Blazers. Fuck Andre Miller and the Philadelphia 76ers (they always beat us). Brandon is the greatest of all time and I hope we extend him with a max contract to lock him up long term. He is the savior of the city of Portland!I hope he never leaves. 2008 is the bestest!

 

[Minstrel]

But it IS 2008. Brandon Roy is still an All-Star and Steve Blake is still a valuable part of the Portland Trail Blazers. Fuck Andre Miller and the Philadelphia 76ers (they always beat us). Brandon is the greatest of all time and I hope we extend him with a max contract to lock him up long term. He is the savior of the city of Portland!I hope he never leaves. 2008 is the bestest!

KP is a moron for negotiating and not just giving Roy a twelfth year player option.

 

[Ed O]

No wonder Obama messed up when he filled out his birth certificate!

Ed O.

 

[PapaG]

Not a good day for our President. Maybe he is paying homage Rowan Aktinson's Mr. Bean character by acting like him?

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2011/05/awkward-moment-during-obama-toast-to-queen-.html

Awkward Moment During Obama Toast to Queen

May 24, 2011 5:32 PM

The president and the orchestra at Buckingham Palace this evening were a bit out of synch.

When the president toasted the Queen the orchestra misunderstood a pause and what seemed to be a cue from the president for “God Save the Queen” to begin playing.

“Ladies and gentlemen please stand with me and raise your glasses as I propose a toast,” the president said, putting down his note cards and grabbing his glass. “To her majesty the Queen.”

The president paused, the guests stood, and the orchestra prepared to play.

But the president wasn’t done speaking.

“The vitality –“ the president said before the orchestra began.

Then the familiar tune – you might know it better as “My Country ‘Tis of Thee” – started up.

The president kept going: “ -- of the special relationship between our peoples and for the words of Shakespeare to this blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England,” the president said as the awkward moment played out.

The Queen looked ahead as the UK anthem played.

“To the Queen,” the president finally said.

He lifted his glass to her, she smiled a bit uncomfortably.

But because the song was playing, no one drank from his or her glass, including the president, who put his glass down on the table.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Looks like a whole lot of ax-grinding to me.

barfo

Nonetheless, it is comical. Worthless as a news item, but comical nonetheless.

 

[Shooter]

Obama, lost in time?

Apparently our brilliant president has no idea what year it is. Amazing.

After visiting Westminster Abbey Tuesday afternoon, the President signed the guest book and dated it "24 May 2008."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/201105...asimprovegiftgivingskillsxidrssfullworldyahoo

 

[Minstrel]

Re: Obama, lost in time?

You guys should coordinate your attempts to throw silly stuff against the wall:

http://sportstwo.com/threads/187636-Only-Missed-It-By-Three-Years!

 

[Shooter]

Most likely the same way you write that we haven't seen an IPO from GM, or that I fail to observe that Denny has provided statistics for 1985. It's not such a big "strectch" to think the president makes mistakes too.

Uh, huh. And when was the last time you got the current year wrong by 3 years?

I know people with Alzheimer's do this, but the President of the United States?

 

[barfo]

Uh, huh. And when was the last time you got the current year wrong by 3 years?

I know people with Alzheimer's do this, but the President of the United States?

Well, I did write 2001 on a document I was signing a couple of weeks back.
I doubt he thought it was 2008. It's more likely that he was thinking about 2008 for some reason, so that's what got written down.
Like when you mean to tell the boss "yes sir" but it comes out of your mouth "fuck you, asshole".

barfo

 

[3RA1N1AC]

i get dates wrong all the time and im a fucking smartypants

 

[44Thrilla]

he should be impeached

 

[barfo]

he should be impeached

impeachin's too good for the likes of him.

barfo

 

[Denny Crane]

Obama's been to all 57 states, too. Can you say that you have?

 

[barfo]

Obama's been to all 57 states, too. Can you say that you have?

Of course I can. Read my lips: "I've been to all 57 states".

barfo

 

[MARIS61]

All 57 states?

Big deal. So he forgot Palau.

Most people do.

The fifty on the flag, and 8 more.

Guam, Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Northern Marianna Islands, Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and Palau.

 

[julius]

I wrote a check the other day, first one in a while, and I seriously wrote the date as May 16th, 1998

 

[PapaG]

i get dates wrong all the time and im a fucking smartypants

When was the last time you wrote 2008 as the year? Also, you're not the President, so what's your point?

 

[PapaG]

he should be impeached

Nah, mocking him for being an idiot will suffice.