THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS

 

The Mother Ship posted:

"Obama JUST doesn’t get it

Posted on June 19, 2026 by geeez2014

OBAMA SLAMS AMERICA’S FOUNDERS..……."

This is wrong, of course.

Former President Obama actually "gets it." The blogger and her MAGAs are the people who don't "get it." 

The Founding Fathers wrote (Jefferson) and signed the DoI that said all men are created equal in the eyes of God and are granted inalienable rights. But those inalienable rights were not granted to women, non-property owners, and the slaves that the Founding Fathers themselves owned. They fell short of their own words! TRUTH!

This is the preamble to the Constitution:

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." 

The Founding Fathers KNEW we had to work toward "...a more perfect Union."

The woman who runs that blog has no understanding of this, so she happily attacks former President Obama, who actually taught Constitutional Law, for being Constitutionally accurate in his speech.

This is more evidence of how appallingly ignorant many MAGA cultists are.

But NOT OBAMA!   He picks that day, in our 250th year to slam our forefathers…to bring up SLAVERY!   NO context, NO understanding of White people also having been enslaved, NO knowledge of slave owners who actually were good to their slaves (I saw a Black man maybe 35 years ago explaining that…though nobody thinks having human beings as slaves, of course!), NO love of country which would prohibit his slamming our founding fathers at a big event……………….NOT OBAMA! 

She actually believes slave owners  "...were good to their slaves." Did she ever question the idea of being "good" to people you OWN? Does she even think about the evil inherent in the ownership of a human being? The question answers itself. She doesn't "think" at all. She reacts with MAGA emotions and ignorance. 

BTW, she also has no sense that the opening of the Obama presidential library was a PRIVATE affair, it had nothing to do with the 250 anniversary of the founding of this country. But, again, she is MAGA; she doesn't think; she reacts with her hatred of a president who outshines Trump in every desirable human trait: dignity, intelligence, grace, and decency.

This blogger and many other MAGAs continue to slander Mr. Obama by lying about his love of America.  IMO, it shows how indecent they are -- and mendacious.

Geeez:

“ I HOPE that some of the contractors saying how they’re owed millions of dollars for having worked on the Obama Library.”

(This is rumor. I fact-checked it, and there are disputes, but no factual evidence of being stiffed, she must be thinking of her hero, Trump, who actually took contractors to court to get out of paying them what he owed. That is fact.)  

AI:

"Donald Trump has a documented history of stiffing contractors, subcontractors, and employees. Investigations and court records have revealed that over the last several decades, his companies have been involved in thousands of lawsuits and mechanic's liens from workers alleging they were short-changed or never fully paid for their services."

Geeez smears Mr. Obama's daughter, Malia:

Not content with attacking a beloved and admired former president, she had to attack his older daughter, saying she looked like "a streetwalker."

If anyone needed more evidence of their roiling racism, GEEEZ never disappoints with her wallowing in it. A streetwalker is another word for "whore," and "hooker." She used that word to describe Malia Obama. This is a perfect example of the disgusting misogyny and bigotry of MAGA:

 GEEEZ wrote: "One poor Obama daughter was wearing a very low cut tailored suit which made her look like a streetwalker….I guess her mother doesn’t have any clout or doesn’t think young women in the public eye might not want to show half their breasts at noon?   Do it in the evening…do it in private, but …really?

Can you tell I’m not an Obama fan BY A LONG SHOT?!

(Trump was not invited)

Z

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GEEEZ, always one to demonstrate her Christian charity and kindness, left out the fact that while Trump was at the G7 in Europe last week, he second-handedly insulted by proxy, Mr. Obama, and called him a "stupid son of a bitch." And last weekend a half-witted UFC fighter uttered a disgusting slur about former First Lady, Michelle Obama, in front of Trump and the world, and Trump let it pass without comment or condemnation. This disrespectful incident happened on the tax-payer grounds of the White House.

GEEEZ can't understand why the low-class, trash-talking, Obama slandering Trump, wasn't invited by the Obama's to their private and dignified opening of his presidential library?

Tell us you're drowning in MAGA misogyny, racism, and resentment while not telling us.

This is why Trump is so vicious in his attacks against the Obamas, and why, it appears, Geeez is too. They can't handle the truth!:

From AI:

Barack Obama is consistently more admired than Donald Trump, with recent national surveys reflecting a clear double-digit advantage in both overall favorability and public admiration. 

A nationwide poll conducted by CNN reveals exactly where the two figures stand: 

• Favorability Ratings: Obama holds a 57% favorability rating among U.S. adults, compared to 34% for Trump. 
• "Most Admired" Figure: When asked which president throughout U.S. history they admire most, 30% of Americans named Obama, placing him ahead of Trump at 19%. 
• Independent Voters: Obama's favorability among political independents is more than double that of Trump’s. 
• Bipartisan Appeal: While views on both men are largely shaped by party lines, Obama still garners a notably higher share of cross-party support than Trump does.

WE BOSTONIANS TEARFULLY BID FAREWELL TO THE SCOTS!

 

Some of the many songs they sang to us:

PALATE CLEANSER

 

The Tartan Army took over Boston, and we love it! (Bostonian speak: "The Tahtin Ahmy.)

Boston City Hall Plaza

Why Are Scottish Soccer Fans Putting Traffic Cones Atop All The Statues In Boston?

The late former Mayor of Boston, Kevin White statue, @Quincy Mahket

General George Washington statue at Boston Public Gahdens

The Charlestown Navy Yard

John Harvard (Hahvid in Boston speak)

And my neighborhood, the Paul Revere statue in The Prado, North End, Boston

Dave Miller posted a comment that...

 

perfectly describes what the Iran War and the negotiations to end it look like:

Dave Miller:

Iran can now start selling oil and looks to get about 8 billion. 

Now, the US did release 1.7 billion under Obama to settle a legal dispute from 1979. That was flown to Iraq in cargo planes and is the frequently cited money that people like skud and Geezers always complain about. 

Iran now looks to receive a windfall because they can sell oil on the open market since the Trump Administration has agreed to end economic sanctions on them. 

The annual projected amount of oil money is about $60 billion. 

Then there are frozen assets, which estimates put in the $24-$100 billion range. 

Then there are the reconstruction funds. That amount is $300 billion. While not directly providing the money, effectively, the US is guaranteeing that amount to Iran, pledging to get our partners in the region to pony up. 

Also, there is only a 60 day moratorium on Iran charging fees for passage through the Strait of Hormuz. After that, all bets are off. 

 

So let's recap: Six months ago Iran was under sanctions by the US and the UN. It could not sell oil. It did not control the Strait. It did not have access to its frozen assets. It was not part of the world community. It did not have either, at least according to the Trump Admin, a nuclear capability or a nuclear weapon. 

Now within 30 days, it will have billions. It can start rebuilding the military facilities the US bombed, because we've stated numerous times, "We are not bombing civilian sites". Because it has demonstrated it can close the Strait, it now has total control and any challenge to that can be met with ballistic missile attacks on the oil facilities of our allies. 

In a matter of weeks, the billion dollar spigot into Iran will be turned on and for the first time in decades, they will be flush with cash. All courtesy of the Trump Admin. Somehow, the US after "winning" a war, got the short end of the stick in this "negotiation". 

 The Art of the Deal.

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(Or as some are describing it, "The Art of the Kneel." --S.K.)

Republican Senator Bill Cassidy calls it "...the worst foreign policy blunder in decades."

OMG!!!!!!

 

Donald Trump embarrassing himself and our country in front of the world!

What the hell is wrong with his people. This is pathetic.   

ARE WE WINNING YET?

 

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIAL TODAY:

The preliminary deal ending President Trump’s four-month war with Iran is welcome but brings with it hard truths. Mr. Trump made a terrible mistake starting this war. He prosecuted it recklessly and in open defiance of the law. The United States is emerging weaker — militarily, diplomatically and economically — and will pay strategic costs for years to come.

The details of the deal are unclear, but the announced framework suggests that Mr. Trump has won few of the terms he insisted that he would. It is a humiliating comedown for him and the nation he leads.

Since the war began, he has said the United States would achieve “total and complete victory” and that Iran must agree to “unconditional surrender.” He suggested that regime change would occur. He said that Iran would be permitted “no enrichment” of uranium and that “the United States will, working with Iran, dig up and remove all of the deeply buried” near-bomb-grade nuclear material that it already holds.

None of this appears to be true. Iran’s hard-line government remains in place. The specifics of the nuclear agreement will apparently be negotiated over the next two months, but the terms seem likely to resemble those of a 2015 deal that President Barack Obama negotiated and that Mr. Trump canceled in 2018. He described the Obama agreement as the “worst deal ever” and said it put Iran on “a route to a nuclear weapon.” He criticized it for failing to force Iran to stop supporting terrorist groups like Hamas and Hezbollah and for loosening economic sanctions. Yet his destructive war seems likely to leave him with a similar deal. 

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I did not check my mail this morning before I posted about Trump's Memorandum of Understanding with Iran. This is from Dave Miller, and it relates to this post, so I'm inserting here: 

"President Trump lost. 

The war he waged against Iran promises to conclude in a humbling whimper with the signing of a cease-fire agreement later this week. 

The United States is left weaker—diminished militarily, strategically, economically, and perhaps morally. 

The war, which the United States fought alongside Israel, accomplished none of the goals that Trump named at the outset. Instead, it only empowered the hard-liners in Tehran and arguably emboldened them to someday seek a nuclear weapon. Despite that, the president was so desperate for the war to end that he repeatedly backed off his threats—allowing Iran to call his bluff—and upbraided his close ally Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for responding to attacks in the region in a manner that jeopardized the negotiations." 

The above is from Jonathan Lemire in The Atlantic. 

Before you all go crazy on your keyboards, here's the salient question for us today. Is anything Lemire wrote untrue? If your answer is yes, tell us exactly what that is and why. 

To help you consider the above question, here's a list of the earliest goals POTUS Trump enumerated for the Iran War. 

Unconditional Surrender & Regime Change... Unfulfilled. 

Abolishing Nuclear Ambitions... Unfulfilled. 

Obliterating the Missile & Drone Industry... Partially fulfilled. 

Annihilating Naval and Air Power... Mostly achieved. 

Reopening the Strait of Hormuz... This is harder to ascertain. Before the war, the Strait was wide open. Once it was closed, it became an additional goal. Before the war, up to 3,000 ships a day were transiting there. No one knows when we will, if ever, reach that number again. 

 "Thank you for your attention to this matter!" --D. Miller

 Thanks, Dave!

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Trump trashes everything that came before him so that he can step in, make changes that are not necessary and not wise, and then try to con Americans into thinking he saved the day. It's part and parcel of his insecure, narcissistic, dishonest need to be praised. 

In reality, of course, Trump and his extremist, right-wing allies almost always makes things worse. There was absolutely no need to kill the accord that the U.S. and four other nations negotiated with Iran 10 years ago, which was successfully constraining that country's nuclear ambitious. But Trump killed it because, IMO, he's a racist who has sought to nullify any and all former President Obama's achievements, and because Netanyahu, a documented war criminal, has never wanted an accord with Iran.  

Trump unleashed DOGE to eliminate federal "waste and fraud," but very little of either was uncovered, and his cronies fired thousands of federal workers who had to be rehired when administration clowns realized that their expertise was needed. His tariff program was a chaotic mess. He lied about the Kennedy Center being in bad shape so that he could mess with it and then shamefully angled to steal its identity---which led to nobody wanting to perform there anymore.

Basically, many many things Trump has touched in his life have ended up badly. His casinos went belly-up, his merchandising of wine and other goods failed, and he ran a sham university to teach people his business skills. To top it off he is ruining our government and our standing in the world.  

Like the Hollies song, “He’s King Midas in Reverse,” everything he touches turns to dust. #ETTD!