Comments on: Obama speaks to schoolchildren http://bellagerens.com/2009/09/08/obama-speaks-to-schoolchildren/ inde vides agilem bella gerentem Mon, 23 Apr 2012 03:13:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Vicola http://bellagerens.com/2009/09/08/obama-speaks-to-schoolchildren/comment-page-1/#comment-538 Vicola Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:38:42 +0000 http://bellagerens.wordpress.com/?p=443#comment-538 . I did very well at school and am now doing a job I hate while earning shit money. They told me that if I studied and did well I wuold have a fulfilling and well paid career. Bloody liars. . I did very well at school and am now doing a job I hate while earning shit money. They told me that if I studied and did well I wuold have a fulfilling and well paid career. Bloody liars.

]]> By: Frank Davis http://bellagerens.com/2009/09/08/obama-speaks-to-schoolchildren/comment-page-1/#comment-537 Frank Davis Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:58:18 +0000 http://bellagerens.wordpress.com/?p=443#comment-537 Well, I thought it was a rather arresting statement. And perhaps a statement of exactly what Barack Obama and others like him think, and saying it better than they could say it. So, yes, that was a compliment. Well, I thought it was a rather arresting statement. And perhaps a statement of exactly what Barack Obama and others like him think, and saying it better than they could say it. So, yes, that was a compliment.

]]> By: bellagerens http://bellagerens.com/2009/09/08/obama-speaks-to-schoolchildren/comment-page-/#comment-536 bellagerens Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:03:30 +0000 http://bellagerens.wordpress.com/?p=443#comment-536 Erm... thanks? I dunno if my translation is 'right.' I think 'bitter' might be a more appropriate adjective. Erm… thanks? I dunno if my translation is ‘right.’ I think ‘bitter’ might be a more appropriate adjective.

]]> By: Frank Davis http://bellagerens.com/2009/09/08/obama-speaks-to-schoolchildren/comment-page-1/#comment-535 Frank Davis Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:46:33 +0000 http://bellagerens.wordpress.com/?p=443#comment-535 If your translation is right, then you're more eloquent than Barack Obama. If your translation is right, then you’re more eloquent than Barack Obama.

]]> By: bellagerens http://bellagerens.com/2009/09/08/obama-speaks-to-schoolchildren/comment-page-/#comment-534 bellagerens Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:22:54 +0000 http://bellagerens.wordpress.com/?p=443#comment-534 Yes, that was my 'translation.' Yes, that was my ‘translation.’

]]> By: Frank Davis http://bellagerens.com/2009/09/08/obama-speaks-to-schoolchildren/comment-page-1/#comment-533 Frank Davis Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:35:35 +0000 http://bellagerens.wordpress.com/?p=443#comment-533 Or was it that he never said that at all, and that's what you translated him as saying? And those are words you put in his mouth. Reading the prior passage, quoted from his speech, is that really what he meant? Maybe he did. I don't know. Or was it that he never said that at all, and that’s what you translated him as saying? And those are words you put in his mouth.

Reading the prior passage, quoted from his speech, is that really what he meant? Maybe he did. I don’t know.

]]> By: Frank Davis http://bellagerens.com/2009/09/08/obama-speaks-to-schoolchildren/comment-page-1/#comment-532 Frank Davis Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:25:54 +0000 http://bellagerens.wordpress.com/?p=443#comment-532 You threw in a quote in the middle of all that, which I couldn't find in Obama's speech. It went: <i>‘Your mind exists to serve others. Your talents exist to serve others. Your achievements will go toward serving others. Because the absolute height of existence, the pinnacle of morality, the one necessary and sufficient incentive any human has or should have, is to serve others.’</i> Where did that come from, if it didn't come from Obama? You threw in a quote in the middle of all that, which I couldn’t find in Obama’s speech. It went:

‘Your mind exists to serve others. Your talents exist to serve others. Your achievements will go toward serving others. Because the absolute height of existence, the pinnacle of morality, the one necessary and sufficient incentive any human has or should have, is to serve others.’

Where did that come from, if it didn’t come from Obama?

]]> By: jimmyv http://bellagerens.com/2009/09/08/obama-speaks-to-schoolchildren/comment-page-1/#comment-531 jimmyv Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:38:05 +0000 http://bellagerens.wordpress.com/?p=443#comment-531 What the President really needs to do is hire speech writers who don't use Wikipedia as a fact-checker. Michael Jordan was NEVER cut from his high school basketball team. It's a myth. Always has been. http://www.thestate.com/sports/story/934017.html What the President really needs to do is hire speech writers who don’t use Wikipedia as a fact-checker.

Michael Jordan was NEVER cut from his high school basketball team. It’s a myth. Always has been.

http://www.thestate.com/sports/story/934017.html

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