Thursday
Dec102009
Obama Accepts His Nobel Peace Prize
skinnydipinacidThe world is now a happier place:
I will give him some credit however, for at least he acknowledged there were others far more deserving of the award.
“In part, this is because I am at the beginning, and not the end, of my labors on the world stage,” he said, as the audience laughed. “Compared to some of the giants of history who have received this prize . . .my accomplishments are slight.”
And the award for understatement of the year goes to...
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"How great I ammmm....how GREAT I ammm!!!!!!!"
We find this sanctimonious prick only slightly less offensive than midget clown porn.
On the other hand, at least midget clown porn carries some negligible entertainment value...
Wes goes into damage control for Obama in 5... 4... 3...
Has anyone got a super computer computating the number of "I's" in this speech?
Damage control for what exactly?
Well done, young Padwan...
We were just wondering the same thing. This arrogant, self-absorbed schweinhund seems increasingly oblivious to the fact that our references to him as "the Risen Son of Man" are mockery.
Maybe Dr. Utopia really does believe that, after all...
This analysis is from Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count, given the raw text of the President's speech. The three columns are indices for the submitted text, personal texts in general, and formal texts in general.
According to Textalyzer, he used "I" 38 times, "my" 9 times, and "me" 5 times; compare those numbers to 67 uses of "we", 11 uses of "us", and 29 uses of "our."Hope this helps.
Better luck next snark.
He's done it, President Nobel is loved by everyone. What? Oh, oh'; I guess not by everyone.
"Norwegians are incensed over what they view as his )Obama's) shabby response to the prize by cutting short his visit."
guardian.uk.co
Gee, TM, it's so cute that you post this little tidbit in multiple articles while ignoring my response...
Allow us, wes...
If you're trying to convince anyone that this asshole isn't having a bromance with himself, then you're only trying to convince yourself.
If, on the other hand, you're trying to use TM's sentiments against him, then you've also proven yourself to be every bit the ingratiating little sycophant we know you to be.
You are, our little friend, a hypocrite, and are about as moderate as our mother-in-law. The only difference is, she's going through menopause. What's you're excuse?
According to Textalyzer, he used "I" 38 times, "my" 9 times, and "me" 5 times; compare those numbers to 67 uses of "we", 11 uses of "us", and 29 uses of "our."
Not bad for a eight minute speech. LOL.
He must have run out of things to credit himself for.
* TM suggested that a supercomputer would be needed to count the self-references in Obama's speech.
* I pointed out that, in fact, Obama's speech used fewer self-references than does the typical formal text, and that he used more social references (we, our, us) than he did self-references.
Only in your world of fantasy does factual information turn into "trying to use TM's sentiments against him" or grant me the status of sycophant. I merely rebutted his implied criticism with factual analysis.
wes, dear boy...
We were simply stating that Dr. Utopia The Magnificent has a penchant for using the word "I" in speeches, indicating his ridiculous love for himself. TM, in turn, used hyperbole in expressing such, so for you to follow up with an asinine attempt at proving said hyperbole wrong, you only succeeded in showing yourself to be every bit the sycophant we knew you to be to begin with.
And for the record, in our "world of fantasy," so-called "progressives" are legally confined to France, and conservatives are provided with one month each year to have an extended 31-day orgasm, to be brought out slowly by Rosanna Arquette and that model Paulina-somebody, We can't think of her name.
Shows what YOU know...
Are you saying that in essence liberalism is a fantasy vacation from reality, one that's too expensive for anybody to take?
Joe - Simply counting the number of 'I's in a speech does not prove or disprove anything about Obama, if only because you haven't shown that he has a habit of saying I any more than any other public speaker. You are projecting though your own feelings about Obama, you feel that he is self centered, so you have become hyper focused on his words and you are noticing those 'I's you find grating, not because there are so many of them, but simply because that is what you are paying attention to.
No kwawk, we're paying attention to the fact that Dr. Utopia is a elf-absorbed asshole.
We thought that would be clear by now.
Correction, the asshole is NOT "elf-absorbed," given that he probably feels Santa is a RAACIST symbol of capitalism...
kwAwk-
This is just boilerplate defamation and projection. Joe Mama and the others are just parroting their true leaders on talk radio.
The other day I heard Rush Limbaugh call Obama a narcissist. I almost fell out of my chair laughing. Limbaugh actually said Obama had "an out of this world ego" and was "very narcissistic" meanwhile missing the irony of this coming out of his own mouth.
So our shittyJohn Lennon song symbol seems convinced that conservatives designate talk radio hosts their "true leaders," hmmm?
Hysterical, given that liberals are the only fools in history proven to follow every egomanical asswipe that came riding into town with either a carpet bag, youth movement, promise of "hope & change," or any message that promised to steal from others in order to make up for what they couldn't do themselves.
Parasites.
I love President Obama. I think it's a good idea to remember he was nominated for the award it's not like it was even a blip on his radar before that. He does deserve this award for effort alone. Yes, he still has people who oppose his every move but I feel more confident with him at the helm than most any other "leader" we've had in my lifetime except for Clinton and Carter.