Obama's speech to college students 7/2/13, Do not celebrate 4th of July
http://thelibertypaper.org/2013/07/0...ourth-of-july/
As the country prepares to celebrate its independence from Great Britain President Obama had a completely different message for a group of Congressional Summer interns in Washington:
Obama Speaks to Congressional Summer Interns
“America is a great country. There is no denying this. However, I caution you all as you step forward in your careers. Peer back into history and ask yourselves- Was a revolution truly necessary? Great Britain may not have had it completely right, but they had many things right. Take taxes for example. If your neighbor makes $1 Million a year, but you and your family can barely keep the heat on should he not help your family? God instructs us to help our neighbors. He does not instruct us to look down upon them though the windows of capitalism. Why then on the Fourth of July should you celebrate such a radical break from what is Godly and just? No doubt there are many voices warning you of the harm of big government. They are wrong. Government can provide you with what family and friends cannot. If this is gone what will you have?”
Many in the crowd seemed uneasy, and desperate for some sort of clarification. Julie Barks, an intern from Louisiana State University, asked President Obama, “Are you saying we should not celebrate the birth of our country?”
President Obama responded, ”I believe we should celebrate where we are going. Celebrate moving forward. Not where we have been.”
Re: Obama's speech to college students 7/2/13, Do not celebrate 4th of July
You do know that it is satire, right?
Be safe (and don't fall for it).
Scott
Re: Obama's speech to college students 7/2/13, Do not celebrate 4th of July
To quote the bottom of the article:
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(POLITICAL SATIRE)
Re: Obama's speech to college students 7/2/13, Do not celebrate 4th of July
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Originally Posted by
Swarner793
You do know that it is satire, right?
Be safe (and don't fall for it).
Scott
Below I quoted the WHOLE "article" and emphasized a specific part.
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Obama to College Students: Do Not Celebrate Fourth of July
July 2, 2013 By The Liberty Paper Leave a Comment
As the country prepares to celebrate its independence from Great Britain President Obama had a completely different message for a group of Congressional Summer interns in Washington:
“America is a great country. There is no denying this. However, I caution you all as you step forward in your careers. Peer back into history and ask yourselves- Was a revolution truly necessary? Great Britain may not have had it completely right, but they had many things right. Take taxes for example. If your neighbor makes $1 Million a year, but you and your family can barely keep the heat on should he not help your family? God instructs us to help our neighbors. He does not instruct us to look down upon them though the windows of capitalism. Why then on the Fourth of July should you celebrate such a radical break from what is Godly and just? No doubt there are many voices warning you of the harm of big government. They are wrong. Government can provide you with what family and friends cannot. If this is gone what will you have?”
Many in the crowd seemed uneasy, and desperate for some sort of clarification. Julie Barks, an intern from Louisiana State University, asked President Obama, “Are you saying we should not celebrate the birth of our country?”
President Obama responded, ”I believe we should celebrate where we are going. Celebrate moving forward. Not where we have been.”
(POLITICAL SATIRE)
To the OP, nice try at making Obama look bad, but next time stick to facts rather than fiction.
Re: Obama's speech to college students 7/2/13, Do not celebrate 4th of July
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QuackXP
To the OP, nice try at making Obama look bad, but next time stick to facts rather than fiction.
True... the facts usually make him look bad enough
Re: Obama's speech to college students 7/2/13, Do not celebrate 4th of July
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Originally Posted by
QuackXP
Below I quoted the WHOLE "article" and emphasized a specific part.
To the OP, nice try at making Obama look bad, but next time stick to facts rather than fiction.
Ya I missed that, oh well can't win them all. As for the part about making Obama look bad, hate to rain on your parade but he does a great job of that himself.
Re: Obama's speech to college students 7/2/13, Do not celebrate 4th of July
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arjohnson
Ya I missed that, oh well can't win them all. As for the part about making Obama look bad, hate to rain on your parade but he does a great job of that himself.
I was not defending Obama. I was stating that trying to discredit him with fiction was ineffective and foolish.
Re: Obama's speech to college students 7/2/13, Do not celebrate 4th of July
It's a sad truth that if it weren't marked as satire, and blatantly so, we'd have accepted it because not one among us is able to say Obama WOULDN'T say those very things to students. It's no worse than things he's already said and done.
Re: Obama's speech to college students 7/2/13, Do not celebrate 4th of July
I had someone show this to me and after reading a few sentences I quickly looked over the article and found satire.
Re: Obama's speech to college students 7/2/13, Do not celebrate 4th of July
I just read what the OP posted, didn't look at the actual article. Honestly wouldn't have surprised me if it was true.