Jacobsen makes another fake prediction
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Joe Angsten
Published: September 12, 2008
It appears Swami Gary Jacobsen looked into his crystal ball (probably a snow globe) and has pronounced Senator Obama as the “abundantly clear” next president, and goes on to list nine topics he bets
are high on Obama’s list for the first 100 days in office.
I wonder if Gary is going to be right, as he was not, in his “Huffing and Puffing” article that young Hispanic women may now be considered fair game by Anglo thugs when the resolution passed.
If Swami Gary makes these type of pronouncements for media effect and not practical content, he does a good job. Maybe he, or his crystal ball, got vision shock by the closing media event of the
Democratic Party convention, or it was the speeches by the two lawyers making up the Democratic ticket.
I hope Obama would have more success than he has with the bills he authored. Obama’s Bill sponsoring record (not co-sponsored, but his bills) of about 131 bills since January 2005, of which, about 118
remain in Senate committee with only two bills enacted into law, does not support Gary’s stretch for some major accomplishments in just 100 days.
How did the current Democratic controlled Congress whose theme was “we have a mandate” fare in their 100 or so days bill passage record?
JOE ANGSTEN
Manassas
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Posted by ( gwenandgary ) on September 16, 2008 at 4:14 pm
“Wow. You typed a bunch of words and formed them into sentences.“
Yes, I did, jVA. I do this quite often, with varying degrees of success. How kind of you to notice.
What you failed to notice, however, was the obvious satire in my comment. Of course I know a prediction isn’t fake. That’s why I placed the words “fake prediction” in quotation marks, much as I am doing now.
More important than this sidebar on semantics is the point Mr. Angsten was trying to make. I got it, as probably did many others.
My apologies if my attempt at humor has gone quite over your head. I will endeavor to make my thoughts clearer in the future with you in mind.
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Posted by ( raywilliams ) on September 16, 2008 at 7:22 am
Regarding fake predictions and false prophets, see: George W. Bush - King of All Make Believe.
Then look under Kool-Aid drinkers: Followers of John McSame - 4 more years of Fairy Tales.
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Posted by ( jVA ) on September 16, 2008 at 7:21 am
“For the others: a “fake prediction” may be the product of a “false prophet”. With falsehoods to spare, how could there be any other result? “
Wow. You typed a bunch of words and formed them into sentences.
I predict the Redskins will win the Super Bowl this year. My prediction might be WRONG. I may even be a total idiot. But my prediction is not FAKE.
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Posted by ( gwenandgary ) on September 15, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Mr. Angsten:
I was thinking more along the lines of a Magic 8-ball rather than a snow globe, but it’s all just semantics at this point.
For the others: a “fake prediction” may be the product of a “false prophet”. With falsehoods to spare, how could there be any other result?
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Posted by ( phdee ) on September 13, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Mr. Angsten: What is a “fake prediction”? Is there such a thing as a “non-fake prediction”?
You obviously are a biased and die-hard Republican who believes in censorship. You’re the hitler rally type - applauds wildly to BS. You don’t know the purpose of a newspaper. Why not look for a rock,
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Posted by ( jVA ) on September 13, 2008 at 3:08 pm
How can a prediction be fake?
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