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President Obama To Explain Boots-On-The-Ground In Ferguson, But Not In Iraq - Live Feed
Having been forced to face up to the tense realities of 'leading the free world', President Obama's early return to Washington from his vacation likely means something of note is coming. With Iraq now transitioning from a humanitarian crisis to helping a troubled nation, it seems the advisers 'boots' that are not on the ground around the Mosul Dam are very much on the ground in Ferguson, Missouri. The deployment of the National Guard in Ferguson was not run by the White House PR department and so it will be intriguing to see whether Obama backs it or questions it... Of course, as the signs show below, the people of Ferguson want to know when he will visit...
President Obama is due to speak at 4pmET (so go grab dinner and he will be on when you get back)
A growing force in Iraq...
U.S. jets, drones and bombers pounded Sunni insurgent positions to ease the siege of Mosul Dam http://t.co/MS4LleE7dg pic.twitter.com/tdf8F5kdBF
— WSJ News Graphics (@WSJGraphics) August 18, 2014
As Bloomberg asks... when will Obama visit Ferguson?
There’s a good reason presidents usually don’t swoop in to the scene of a local catastrophe like the one that has emerged in Ferguson, Missouri, since a police officer shot and killed an unarmed black teenager, Michael Brown, a little over a week ago. It’s because the presence of the commander in chief would greatly complicate the logistical and security difficulties police are already struggling to confront.
But in Ferguson, it’s now become clear that those security problems are being exacerbated by the police.
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In Ferguson, the logic of why a president should keep his distance has now flipped. That’s because the main force driving the protests is no longer Brown’s death, but widespread anger at the acute lack of leadership displayed by almost every local and state official with responsibility for addressing it.
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Clearly, they lack confidence that local law enforcement officials will do a capable and honest job. But things are so far gone in Ferguson that only Obama himself can reassure the broader public and instill confidence that Brown’s case will be handled as it should be. All the more so, given his impressive track record of speaking to the country about race. Obama did the right thing by cutting short his summer vacation. But he should go to Ferguson before returning to Washington.
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Soo..15---30---1 hour late from vacation?
Whats he gonna say...marthas vineyard was great?
"If Treyvon Martin had a Brother!!!"
RIPS
He may say "Heckuva job, Brownie." Oops wrong POTUS.
No, Obama's handlers say that to him.
Why is the Earth on the "Wait for it, bitchez!" screen all dark as if the End has Already Come?
PS So there's acute anger at the "lack of Leadership" in Ferguson? Lemme guess.... They needs a community organized...
Criminal Eric Holder to go to Ferguson and "fix things".
That'd be...... selling some cocaine to the gangs?
"Through my initiatives, like My Brothers Keeper, we are making significant progress..."
as the city burns, you dipshit.
Putin sends 300 advisors to ferguson
plus aid for the people of ferguson who are under attack
He's advocating open and frank communications with the media, yet I still haven't got any kind of story on what happened..., only one dead kid left to lie in the street for what seemed an eternity.
FYI that's not open and frank..., that's cover-up.
National guard, tanks, tear gas,... what possibility is can go wrong!?
He flew all the way back to DC for this?
Maybe he'll fly to Ferguson via Malaysian Air?
My lilly-white ass is more black than Barack Hussein's and his antipathy towards the trust that has been placed in him is destroying race relations in this country.
Democracy & equality needs enforcing folks
Obama says Iraqi, Kurdish forces have reclaimed strategic Mosul Dam
This will be Obama's undoing. What an incompetent fool. Nobody retakes a hydroelectric dam complex with air strikes.
They killed all the Fake ISIS guys around the dam and surrounded it, but haven't touched any of them that are IN the dam complex.
What do you suppose the Fake ISIS guys inside the dam are doing right this very minute?
They're Running Out of Stash in Ferguson.......Moor Loot......
"Now, folks...
As the president...I, I, I....me, me, me, uhhhh....and Commander In Chief....I have ordered...something...but again, as the president...I, I, I...I've got a pen..."
Same old drill with the Narcisist and Sociopath In Chief
Bah-Hahahahahaha
Big Oil need Electric Power for Refineries if not today, then whenever they get back into Business.
It is all about the Concessions, boys.
- Oil, Gas, Coal, Alcohol
- Mining & Minerals
- Agriculture & Related Chemicals
- Big Pharma
- Low Cost Factories Overseas
- And having nice places to stay in Hotels, Convention Centers, and Restaurants through out the USA
#Whofuckedupthegolfgame???
Ferguson needs/wants him because they need -- what! -- a Community Organizer?
Seeing they're so disorganized at the moment and he's the Organizer In Chief.
White liberals, Democrats and blacks voted for this twice.
Not one mention of the WHITE cop or his WHITE family or justice for the cop. I imagine that the cop is going thru a rougher time hearing the cards are going to be stacked against him.
No boots on the border as illegals invade and the US military and Pentagon do the Kenyan's bidding.
Please
Give us your best mr. president.
We are waiting for you to say one intelligent thing on just one subject.
You are a failure, 1st order.
"I have a match and some gas"- obama
If you like to riot
you can continue to riot with out the tanks
Like "if you like your stolen bottle of Old English, you can keep it"?
Cheap shot, I know.
Obamao would be there is there was a golf course.
Level Ferguson, make a golf course out of it, problem solved.
"But things are so far gone in Ferguson that only Obama himself can reassure the broader public and instill confidence that Brown’s case will be handled as it should be."
HA hahahahahahahahahah Bwahhahahahahahaha ... who dreams this shit up?
yeah, that cop will be sharing a cell with corzine soon. oh wait...
Scared me at first, as I thought it was a Tyler off of their meds. Then I realized it was Buisnessweekspeak, and went back to my previously scheduled LOLing.
Ah, I doubt it... I don't think he is going to explain anything really.
Well, he is an expert on the arugula market.
His advisors aren't waving there hands begging him not to go?
Gonna take credit for something that wasn't his decision so he can pander to some folks. I'm sure that'll go over well when the situation blows up in his face.
Couldn't be more useless if he had tits
"This is Bob. Bob had bitch tits."
Do they have the whole laser thing down now where it looks like he's there but he isn't? I am sure Secret Service would call Ferguson a no-obozo zone.
He didn't cut his vacation short. Who is this idiot? This return was planned two weeks ago.
I don't know what he had planned for last night, but it had nothing to do with Fergusen.
Does anyone remember anything they read anymore?
Not since my tragic brain injury.
So lemme see here. Wasn't his return announced last week before the riots got out of hand or am I still confused?
Hasn't Oceania always been at war with Caucasian America?
Hasn't the Mickey's Malt Liquor ration always been two 40-ounce bottles per day?
Hasn't Big Brother always been a mulatto?
You don't have to remember anything that happened in the past when you're forging your own narrative.
Obama should go there and join the looters and steal a TV and shit.
He loots with the stroke of a pen. Physical looting requires real commitment.
Stealing TV's is just for hungry folks. That is why they steal them. They are yummy in the toaster oven. Steal one of those also.
quick, spread the word that Presnit O is gonna give out free Air Jordans to the first 100 peoples to show up, straight out of his stash!
Pick a tony neighborhood down the 55 corridor to the southwest or maybe one of the touristy venues near the stadium.
That should get some shit started.
The pope did him a solid.
Oh man... That's just wrong....
We need boots on the ground, folks; because you lookin like a fool wit yur pants on the ground, folks.
Today his entourage (or human shield) will be a bunch of thugs with their hands in the air yelling, "Don't shoot!"
Let me be clear (teleprompter breaks) er, uh, there's not smidgen of anecdotal corruption, erm, if I had a son you didn't build that- (feed is lost) CNN seems to be having technical difficulties, please be patient.
All he has to do is tell the people of Ferguson that the stock market is at all time highs.
Help us Oba-wan, you're our only hope.
Barry is totally worthless. He wants the USA to burn and be overthrown by illegal invaders.
Should have left the daft cunt on holiday playing golf, as none of us would have noticed anyhow eh?
Whats this idiot cunt know about the troubles in Ferguson then? He only knows what his handlers tell him. The fucker is thicker than cast concrete.
Annndddd.... back to fucking golf.
Cunt
:-)
Send that man back to the country he was born in.
Ebola killed TM. The police just put him out of his misery. That black douche just kept on puking all over the place, please don't turn this into another raciss matter.
4pm...Tuesday?
Uh oh....is this going to be another "if I had a son" moment?
Just rename Ferguson Obamaville.
It will be looking that that from here on out.
I'm still waiting for somebody to explain El Presidente Zero to me.
"Having been forced to face up to the tense realities of 'leading the free world'"
We're fucked.
Say goodbye to your "free world".
"If you want your free world, you can keep your free world. Period!"
WTF? 20 mins late and so far my browser just shows the "Stand by for live video" thing. Is he really running THIS late or did I miss it due some net weirdness?
THanks
The managers were still writing the script for him.
The guy is always late....way to perpetuate stereotypes, Obama.
Will he have white lint all over his blue blazer and matching mom jeans?
Ken-ya imagine that?
I thought you were going to say white Reggie Love stains on his mom pants, then I realized Obama probably swallowed the evidence.
Obama please come now. What a bunch of worthless idiots. They can't figure out the fact that when they rely on the government for their well being, that they still live on the plantation. They're no different than the people during Katrina who went and stayed in the dome because that's what .gov told them to do.
One difference, on the plantation they had to work.
Anyone that looks to a pol or crat for relief or an answer is already doomed.
An American, not US subject.
is that black reporter a trannie? enough with gay/transgender stuff already
Late as usual. He should learn to start applying his black face earlier.
Who's Isuh? They must have acted stupidly.
"Ours is a nation of laws"
That he doesn't have to obey or enforce. He is doing a great job leading by example.
His eyes keep looking left, significant liar in chief.
That he doesn't have to obey or enforce. He is doing a great job leading by example.
Iraq: "It's a shit storm and a total failure but I'm confident that some bombs and diplomacy can make it shiny."
Ferguson: "Holder is on it. No excuse for citizens carrying firearms. If you nigga's want to loot legally go to Wall Street."
Did he really just say Ours is a nation of laws.
we tortured some folks, but it's totally legal now!
Obama, @ 16:33, "Ours is a Nation of Laws"
Owners beware:
1. In a Law-abiding area: POSSESSION IS 90% OF THE LAW.
2. In a Law-less area: POSSESSION IS 100% OF THE LAW.
Plan and act accordingly.
"radioes" - useless fuck
He has never believed that we are a nation of laws.
@16:35 he was asked if it's OK for the US police forces to be militarized...
After a 1 minute Qualifier (re post 9/11 world), he suggested that a Review might be in order, to make sure that the Police buy appropriate weapons and that the traditional lines between the Military and the Police are not blurred.
Maybe he should just send in the newly minted LGBT Brigdades...
Michael Sam to the rescue
I'm pretty sure the question was about Militarization of local law enforcement, not radio's!
The lines between the Military and the Police are beyond blurred!
The Police are rolling with better gear than some Military units!
Besides, Posse Comitatus has been violated!
http://educate-yourself.org/cn/militarypowergrab14may13.shtml
Maybe the Nat Guard will be ordered to abandon all equipment, and fall back.
Give the opposition a fighting chance in Bizzaro World, Mo.
Forward!
That slogan was missing the second half -- March!
Wow, First hi bombs IS, now he's talking civil liberties. I feel like I woke up in crazy town.
Obamao will be "watching"....lol.
now i noes that most of y'alls folks iz on paroles an' shit and shouldn't vote, but don't let that stop you!
So is it at least possible that Obama/Valerie Jarrett/Holder and the rest of this corrupt criminal regime are actually behind the Ferguson unrest -- i.e. agent provocateurs inciting violence rather than the locals who are protesting peacefully? "working" with the demonrat governor, in return for promised positions after he leaves Jeff City, to permit the situation to get out of control, that Obama et al. have encouraged or even arranged this so-called "new black panthers" to show up? Do they want something to happen to roll out their martial law concepts? Face it, this regime NEVER tries to soothe things, always tries to stoke anger and take sides.
He looks like he may have a buttplug inserted. (or maybe it's Reggies tongue...)
As Obama said to the Wookie, its been grand,
I've joyed as much of our vacation as I can stand,
You've been thru thick and thin with me I know,
The thicker you get the thinner I get I'll have to go,
When your mother came to visit us, she would knock and knock again,
You and would always have a fuss cause I wouldn't let her in,
I guess now it's time for the Muppet to address the Sheeples
Wow, he answered a question about local law enforcement being militarized by using an example of "some community police forces didn't even have radios".
RADIOS?!?!? You fucking cunt! We're talking about MRAPS and APCs here!
His evasiveness is proof that things are all going as planned.
Easy hammer.
Don't get mad , get even.
Obama spit the dummy/shit the bed on that one hammer. WTF!
It's time to send in the Transgendered Navy Squeals.
Did he just say I passed legislation?
You caught that too. He said it twice actually.
His Constitutional scholarship is on display for all to see.
I think his speech has/will just further piss off the blacks. Nicely done Obamao.
If you like your riot, you can keep your riot.....
Is there an address where we can mail things to the Ferguson protesters?
I’d like to send 500 Vuvuzelas….
Please Advise,
Holy crap that was funny
Obama could have a beer summit with the police chief and free brew for everyone until they are too hung over to riot
Really if Fergison is looking to Obama for leadership skills, then it really is desperate.
Still waiting for ANY shred of evidence a molotov was thrown.
This week in bullshit.
Iraq - tens of thousands starving and shelterless.
Ukraine - Complete vaporization of Russian invading force.
Ferguson - Molotovs and guns attack police.
Ebola - Crazy looters steal infected bloody pillows and bedding.
If I was governor of Missouri, I would tell Obama and Holder to take a hike. Do state governments have any authority to govern their citizens anymore?
Not if they want that sweet, sweet Federal funding...
Nothing to worry about here
Sending the Shield ( holder )
" SMUDGE "in Control
10 days
progressive's prefect Storm
coming to Ferguson MO. tonite
That was very nice Mr. President, you cleared up a lot with that talk. It almost seemed like he may have been hitting the sauce a little hard. Leaning on the podium while speaking. Shirt unbuttoned.
Ratcheting down to a shooting-fish-in-the-barrel situation.
Weak tea indeed, they proceed...
The trip back back to Washington over the weekend had been set before his vacation and this shit storm.
obama, SHUT THE FUCK UP! Quick, blame someone else for your stupidity and laziness...
Lets not help folks in Iraq getting slaughtered, but attacking the US citizens, yes, we can!
"since a BLACK police officer shot and killed an unarmed 6'4" 292lb 18-year-old BLACK teenager MAN, Michael Brown, a little over a week ago."
There. IF we are going to be discussing race and age let's be accurate on all accounts shall we?
No joke whitey goyim that would be a brilliant play by Putin to send in sum badass Russian bitchez with big Ivan bodyguards handing out food and giving aid to protestors and broadcast it worldwide...
c'mon Putey Pute you need me over there or wat?