Thoughts & Commentary on the Obama Administration

**Kadagar_AV** · 01-28-2010, 11:11

Originally Posted by AlexanderSextus

Obama knocked it out of the park with this one.

For you europeans, that means he hit a 6.

I assume knocked it out of the park is an american phrase referring to when you in baseball make a home run...

But the explanation for europeans confused me, hit a 6?

**CountArach** · 01-28-2010, 11:15

Originally Posted by Kadagar_AV

I assume knocked it out of the park is an american phrase referring to when you in baseball make a home run...

But the explanation for europeans confused me, hit a 6?

Hitting it over the fence in cricket is worth 6 runs.

**Kadagar_AV** · 01-28-2010, 11:33

Originally Posted by CountArach

Hitting it over the fence in cricket is worth 6 runs.

Ah, thanks :)

I once really, really did my best to appreciate a good ol' game of cricket to please a girlfriend... But only some 10 minutes into the game I found myself fiddling with my cell phone instead... And mind you, these were in the times before we had games on them!

**Strike For The South** · 01-28-2010, 18:20

On a personal level I like Obama more than I liked Bush. He seems more sincere.

Does this make me a bad person?

**Lemur** · 01-28-2010, 19:00

Originally Posted by Strike For The South

Does this make me a bad person?

Yes. Why do you love Hugo Chavez?

**Gregoshi** · 01-28-2010, 19:49

Lemur, if you are going to link to Glenn Beck, a warning would be appreciated.

Those subversive links are a cruel ambush to the common sense.

**Vladimir** · 01-28-2010, 20:02

Has anyone seen one of his live shows? The ones where he thinks he's Brittney Spears and soaked in sweat? Looks nasty.

**Subotan** · 01-28-2010, 21:23

You wouldn't believe he was the most popular feature of the most trusted news channel in America though

**CountArach** · 01-29-2010, 00:39

He is also more admired than the Pope:

Since 1948, the Gallup polling organization has been asking Americans what man and woman "that you have heard or read about, living today in any part of the world, do you admire most?" This year, the polling firm stirred up more interest -- and in some circles, horror -- than in years past.

The reason: More people mentioned Glenn Beck, the conservative radio and television host, than the pope.

Granted, it was close: In the final tally, Beck and Pope Benedict XVI both were named by 2 percent of respondents. But Beck earned a few more mentions than the pope -- enough, by Gallup's reckoning, to edge His Holiness by a nose. The runaway winner was President Barack Obama, with 30 percent, followed by former President George W. Bush with 4 percent and former South African President Nelson Mandela with 3 percent.