Coach K’s Feathers Ruffled by Barack-o-Tology Snub?

You still writing stories about how Obama is great when the evidence is truly showing he is a mistake that needs to be taken care of soon.

“You still writing stories about how Obama is great when the evidence is truly showing he is a mistake that needs to be taken care of soon.”
More cryptic threats from insane right wingers.

Coach K has a proven record of success in what he does, not like our incompetent president. I’d rather have Coach K running the country any day. In fact, he could do a better job running the country while at the same time winning basketball championships.

Are all members of the big media required by contract to respond to/comment on every silly story Drudge puts on his Web site in big, ugly fonts? Seriously, First Read had a post on this, now Political Punch. And, of course, Halperin’s all over it. I haven’t checked yet but I’m sure Politico is working on a three-part series about how Coach K thinks Obama is trying to do too much.
This is even more of a distraction than the AIG bonus feigned outrage. Should we now expect Congress to propose some sort of reactionary legislation to ban Obama from filling out an NCAA bracket in the future…or maybe tax whatever winnings he receives at 90%? The GOP is already complaining about Obama actually taking a few minutes out of his day to fill out a bracket. Oh, the horror!
The economy is in the toilet and y’all are wasting your energy on casual comments made by Coach K? Incredible.

So are all you anti-obama poster here saying that the President can’t ever have time off to relax a moment and fill out a tournament bracket?
Get real!
He is human just like the millions of other picking our favorite teams. Get over it!

“I’m dead serious. Obama needs to stop frolicking on Air Force One playing “campaing trail”, doing late night TV talk shows and start governing for a change.”
It’s called the bully pulpit and it’s been used by president’s for ages. A big part of the presidents job is to be the salesman-in-chief for his policies. You may not like his policies but that’s his role. The bully pulpit allows his to go over Congress and the silly media and speak directly to the people. It’s not like he’s playing fake rancher and cutting down shrubs – he’s reaching out to the American people, the voters, his bosses. That’s part of governing. The guy doesn’t have to be sitting at his desk in the Oval Office every waking moment, especially not in this day and age. Do you think he’s just sitting on AF1 lounging out and listening to his iPod. They have conference rooms and sophisticated communications equipment on that aircraft, you know?
I work for a relatively big financial services company and our chief execs are often on the road meeting with clients, the media, speaking at conferences, participating in roundtables, etc. That’s what chiefs do.
And have you seen how much this guy has done in his short period in office. You probably hate everything he’s accomplished but it’s not like he’s been slacking.
And seriously, does he really need to be on 24/7 watch over this AIG bonus silliness?

Everybody BREATH and EXHALE sloooowly!!!!
lol!!!!!

A “confession”? So everybody who works for the financial services industry, even mid-level schlubs like me, are evil and our opinions don’t matter?
I’m not ashamed of where I work. It’s a freaking job and I have to pay the bills. (which gets tougher everyday) Frankly, I have no love for the giant businessmen of the world, the masters of the universe who created this mess. But just because of where I work (a company that, for the record, hasn’t seen a dime of bailout money – we’re not a bank and we have no debt) doesn’t mean I’m Bernie Madoff.
And what I wrote is a rant? How so? Rants are angry and often silly, like your ridiculous suggestion that Coach K could run the country better than Obama.
You, ma’am, can save it. Just save it.

“Funny, when the news first broke, it was a big deal for you when you thought it was Bush’s fault! You libs are so transparent it kills me!!!”
But it is a distraction. If we’re going to focus on AIG, our energies would be better spent investigating how the billions of dollars we are handing over to AIG are finding their way into the hands of the likes of Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank. It’s essentially a backdoor bailout. And if that investigation shows that Obama and Geithner have been asleep at the wheel, so be it. But this populist BS about contractually guaranteed bonuses established over a year ago is a distraction, pure and simple. It’s easy for the media to cover so they latch on to it. The Dems in Congress are using it to stir up populist frenzy – eg, their reactionary and silly “tax the bonuses at 90%” legislation, and the GOP are using it to try to tar and feather Obama while, again, not proposing any solutions of their own other than, “tax cuts, tax cuts, tax cuts”.
Even if we got these bonus dollars back multiplied by 100 it would do nothing to solve our larger problems. And that, my friend, is why it’s a distraction. And both sides and the media are at fault here.

So, you’re a “mid-level schlub” working for a financial institution that allows you to play on the computer during the day on the company’s dime? Maybe we’re finally getting the route of the problem in the financial industry.

S”o, you’re a “mid-level schlub” working for a financial institution that allows you to play on the computer during the day on the company’s dime? Maybe we’re finally getting the route of the problem in the financial industry.”
Ha! Ha! Ha! Good one!
There’s a thing called “lunch” which I almost always eat at my desk.
Again, just save it.

jhw539:”Where is your cite that he does not read legislation prior to signing it?”
Both Rush and Hannity said it – it’s completely true.

jennifert7:”It’s pretty standard for financial institutions to prohibit the use of the company computers for personal use.”
I do not know of many private companies foolish enough to implement such a policy. That’s pretty much a state government thing, where employees actually have to leave their office and take a long lunch just to do some phone calls and online errands. Private companies judge their employees on productivity.

“It’s pretty standard for financial institutions to prohibit the use of the company computers for personal use.”
I’m familiar with the policy and it’s not prohibited, although it obviously should not be abused. But with my lunch hour ending, I must bid you farewell. I have to get back to destroying the economy and earning my huge undeserved bonus. It’s been fun.

But it is a distraction. If we’re going to focus on AIG, our energies would be better spent investigating how the billions of dollars we are handing over to AIG are finding their way into the hands of the likes of Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank. It’s essentially a backdoor bailout. And if that investigation shows that Obama and Geithner have been asleep at the wheel, so be it. But this populist BS about contractually guaranteed bonuses established over a year ago is a distraction, pure and simple.
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I totally agree on that! I just think it’s crazy how – for many libs – it isn’t considered a big deal now that Obama’s hands may be on it, but it was when Bush’s hands were on it.
I’m against the whole thing myself!!! Been outraged for some time!

jhw539,
Did obama know about the bonuses to AIG when he signed the legislation, or not?

Give me a break! The coach should just take in consideration the the President is doing this from the stand point of a basketball fan, so it’s no different than anyone else picking, chosing, or making a prediction. And he is a different kind of President. He is accessible(now for those of you who don’t like that,then YOU DO HAVE A PROBLEM)because BAM!he’s an in your face President,and almost everything he does is reported on. Now the fact he was on ESPN, maybe didn’t help,but he even dissed his brother-law. It appears that people just want to hate anything that our President does!

You folks take all this too seriously….Big deal..

Ny Daily News has an article with McCain’s picks if anyone is interested.