I just caught a couple of minutes of a speech President Obama gave earlier today in which he expressed admiration, on visiting factories recently, to have found them amazingly clean and quiet. Now there’s a great slogan for 2012: “Vote Obama! The man who silenced America’s factories!” Finally, an Obama claim that would raise absolutely no objection from GOP truth-squadders. (NB. He explained that the factories were quiet because of new technologies and whatnot. The exact words: “When I go into factories these days, what’s amazing is how clean and how quiet they are, because what used to take 1,000 folks to do now only takes 100 folks to do.” But it still sounded pretty funny for the president to be delighted by the silence of factories, in the context of our current economic collapse.)
You've completely missed his underlying brilliance.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThe brilliance is lying so deep, that what is visible is complete stupidity.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseWhen it comes to the real world, Barack Obama is like a small child from a very sheltered background.
"Clueless" is exactly the right word.
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Now if you had to go through the solve media chapcha to even be able to read the national review article/post, then you might have more of a point.
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By-the-bye, very neat juxtaposition of this little thread, and the tenor of the article.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThose job stealing ATM's don't make a lot of sound or dirty up the factory floor like human workers do.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseBeat me to it!
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseSo...in Obamaspeak buffoonery, those bad ATM's and computers for travel agents are stealing jobs, yet it is "good" to have less people in factories working? Is this a bad or good omen in his limited understanding of jobs. In his vast mind of rare intellect, are computers replacing humans and lowering the carbon levels? I have the answer! Buy more Chevy Volts or eat ice cream! Eat your peas! As Al Sharpton would say, "resist we much" to Obamaworld.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseSurely you recall the factory improvement scene from "Driving Miss Daisy"?
When I left grad school to re-enter industry (a different one than before), I was amazed at the number of people in the factory. What were they all doing? I had imagined that the place was automated (as was the university lab).
Yet even though factories may be quiet nowadays, I have found in general that Wi-Fi coffee shops are not. This is due to the loud music played by the workers, who uniformly appear to be rock groupies with hearing problems from loud music. Either that, or tattoos and face jewelry affects one's hearing.
One of these days, I'll figure out why the NRO software thinks that "face" modified using "ial" is an objectionable word.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse".what used to take 1,000 folks to do now only takes 100 folks to do."
Here is a classic pol's mistake: the subset of voters who would actually applaud this statement are not going to vote for Obama anyway.
This man is very ill served by his staff.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseYou mean he wasn't bemoaning the loss of 900 jobs?
As to the cleanliness, I'm sure it's like when my CEO has visited a mfg plant I supported. His exact route was mapped out, those and only those hallways were cleaned and painted, spare parts were hidden elsewhere, every employee in his path was vetted in advance, etc.
Reply to this commentLinkReport Abuse(With apologies to Simon and Garfunkle, but not to Obama)
Hello Barack my old friend,
You're on the TV once again,
So busy blaming luck and blaming Bush,
Or at the Vineyard sitting on your tush,
And your words...like plan-less cliches fall,
Through Congress's halls,
While you enjoy...The Silence.
Though restless, I am not alone,
Tea partiers stride the cobblestones,
No longer seeing halos on your head,
See truth and not false hope and change instead,
All your light, soaked up by that big black bus,
Darth Vader-ous,
In factories full....of Silence.
And past the caucuses I saw,
Ten million people, maybe more,
People hearing through your endless talk,
Seeking someone who'll truly walk the walk,
People down...but never, ever out,
Ready to shout,
To break with noise....your Silence.
"Fool," we say, "You do not know,
Your Silence like a cancer grows,
You spread the wealth while we beseech you!
You tax the rich, don't let them teach you,
Simple truths, on your deaf, dumb ears do fall,
You're all enthralled,
While we're appalled...with your Silence."
And we the people stopped and prayed,
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseVoted out the god the media made,
And the results flashed out their warning,
To all bureaucracies a-borning,
Because the words of the Founders are written on our hearts and our walls,
And above all,
With joyous noise....we end....your Silence!
Bravo!
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseLOL
Takes me back to "Mad" magazine!
Thanks
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseGeez Barack, whine much?
Today's excuse: his utter failure to deliver promised "jobs" is because of productivity gains. This, despite his "laser like" focus. You dumb people just need to understand that you are unemployed because factories that used to have 1,000 people now only need 100. Nevermind the fact that when this happens, in a normal economy, lots of new jobs spring up (usually more technical and better paying). More ATM Brilliance from His Majesty.
The main is a walking excuse factory.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseDidn't Joe Biden say the same thing about him?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseAs Vice President Biden would say, The factories are just as clean as Obama.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseBut...but...but...Obama is the smartest guy to ever be president! David Brooks could tell from the crease in his pants! How can the crease be wrong!!?!???!! Dear God...THE CREASE!!!! As we all know, the crease in your pants never lies. NEVER!! Ask the "conservative" columnist David Brooks who voted for the most left wing president in ages about that crease, and he'll tell you, only an extremely smart man has a crease like that! He'd never say anything as stupid as what is quoted above, so it must not be true!
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