Comments on: Becerra Won’t Be Obama’s Trade Rep

By: SMSgt James Thede

SMSgt James Thede — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:19:21 +0000

regarding the last comment…and=an :)

By: SMSgt James Thede

SMSgt James Thede — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:43:02 +0000

last one?
Throught=through

By: SMSgt James Thede

SMSgt James Thede — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:41:45 +0000

Good God…and the last one (I hope)
Jame=James
I am your servant, truly without voice, and cannot denigrate my CINC…I hope we can come together, and work throught our differences…and fellow Americans…dedicated to the greater good and the greatness of our country.

By: SMSgt James Thede

SMSgt James Thede — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:38:03 +0000

Sorry:
spanis=Spanish

By: SMSgt James Thede

SMSgt James Thede — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:28:32 +0000

I’m sorry for the mispellings. To correct:
valuse=values
socienty = society
socienty = “see above :)”
and = an
I never purported to be an Academic :)

By: SMSgt James Thede

SMSgt James Thede — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:23:17 +0000

What this represents is the erosion of American valuse and the basic tenets of America. Back in the 30s – 50s the immigrants were happy to learn english, and wanted to contribute to American society, because they realized that such a socienty gave back to them.
I have no problem with Spanish…what I have a problem with is risking my life for a prespective trade representitive and/or ABCnews conducting and important interview in a foreign language (spanis, Urdu, Arabic, etc.).
If we’re all Americans, and God I hope we are…I only hope that the basis of our relationship and the most important basis of such a relationship is our ability to communicate clearly and effectively.
Sadly (and I wish I could) I cannot understand spanish, ergo, I do not understand the nuances of this written interview, and therefore cannot comprehend what was said…and as a military member defending everyone’s right to free speech…I think I at least have the right to understand and comprehend such speech that I am defending.
Perhaps I’m wrong…but I don’t think so…
Sadly…I think ABCnews published this interview for the sole purpose of garnering comments and “making waves”…and that makes idiots of me, you, and everyone else.
I hope we can come together as a country, and talk about such things in a civilized manner, respecting each other’s views while espousing our own…in a similar manner.
Folks…we fall prey to the media…liberal and conservative alike…while they sit back and laugh at our posts…I want to ask everyone to take an outsider’s outlook and respond to the issues, not the hype…I’ve served 25 years in as a Pararescueman to make sure you have the right to voice your opinion…please…please, lets make sure our opinions are based on facts, and we debate within the confines of mutual respect…
I remain your most humble servant.
Respectfully,
SMSgt Jame Thede

By: zorra

zorra — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:28:44 +0000

IT WAS A SPANISH NEWSPAPER that asked the question. Hope I don’t have to spell it out for you. Spanish newspapers are written in spanish, dud…

By: Mr Reality

Mr Reality — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:57:11 +0000

I GUESS HE COULD SEE THE WRITING ON THE WALL.

By: Mr Reality

Mr Reality — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:51:19 +0000

OBAMA – REJECTED

By: geecee

geecee — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:31:55 +0000

keepthechange – I don’t suppose you watched Obama on Meet The Press last week when he was on for a full hour with Tom Brokaw, did you? No, you wouldn’t put yourself through an hour of coherent, thoughtful, sensible, intelligent conversation coming from a Democrat, especially Obama. There were no “uuhhs”, no “I don’t know the answer to that”, no “I’ll get back to you on that one”. It was a full hour of clarity and cautious hopefulness–things you want to avoid, I am sure, when it comes to our new President.