Have you seen the clip from MSNBC where Obama, while doing an interview, swats at a fly and kills it?
Some people are upset at this killing. PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) charge that the President of the United States should not be killing an insect on cable teleevision. All insects have the right to live.
Others beg to differ. A woman writes in the Globe and Mail: “The thing that struck me about the accuracy of the President’s swaT is he hit the fly with his right hand. And he’s left-handed! It’s clear his ability to use both sides of his brain helps to slap flies or pesky political problems from both the left and the right.”
Not only is Obama the most intelligent and brilliant man on the face of the Earth, the incredible dexterity he demonstrates in fly-swatting is apparently proof-postive of his superior Left/Right hemisphere brain co-ordination!
I think I’m going to throw up.
If you’ve ever lived in a very hot climate, as I do here in Arizona, you’d know that the hotter it is, the slower flies and other insects move. Under the hot lights of the TV cameras, the fly that Obama wrong-handedly killed was functioning under a handicap; even Stephen Hawkings could have nailed him.
I will also add that I find all this talk about Obama’s “intelligence” and “brilliance” subtle yet blatant racism. If Obama were white, we would never hear comments about his intelligence mentioned. Bill Clinton — arguably the highest IQ’ed and intelligent president — never had 1/10th the press regarding his intelligence that the community organizer (make that failed community organizer) gets. Yet on a daily basis I hear political pundits in the media wax poetically on how intelligent Obama is, as if it is a surprise that someone with dark skin could actually be so intelligent.
And I read similar observations on this forum, too.
Enough.
Tony, you failed to mention that Obama under the hot t.v. cameras was also operating under a handicap, therefore, insect and human are equally slower in the heat. Obama won, as mentioned with his left hand.
Tony, I meant to say right hand as he is left handed.
Good morrow, all!
Tony: “Bill Clinton – arguable the highest IQ’d and intelligent President…” Right. So smart, he was able to squeeze in blowjobs between meetings with a hostile Congress and an even more hostile foreign environment. That takes planning! So smart, that he got caught. “I did not have sex with that young woman…she had sex with me, but that doesn’t count…” Real smart, Bill. “Mensa on Line Two, Mr. President. Lewisnsky on Line…uh, never mind, I can see you are occupied.” Admittedly, compared to his successor, who was stood in a corner and watered twice a week, Clinton was pretty smart. Shoulda burned the dress, and had Ted Kennedy drive her home. Now, THAT would have been smart.
Mensa on Line Two, Tony — CTZen
I agree flies have a right to life…outdoors. Inside, I swat them mercilessly…but then I’m not US president.
As for intelligence the highest IQd guy I ever met went through all education steps just shy of his eighteenth birthday, never did anything more than manage his university’s alumni association before fading into total oblivion. IQ is a mere measure, nothing else. The use you make of whatever you have is the real test.
PETA’s ratings just slipped from being a clone of Westboro Baptist to being a subsection of Landover Baptists.
Mad dogs, Englishmen, and Peta. Thank you, Noel.
It must be really a slow news day when it gets reported that Obama killed a fly. Imagine if all the killed flies got reported.
Tony, it’s like when they say black athletes are more “athletic” and whites “cerebral.”
I hope the fly was sent to the Bishop Fly Museum in Hawaii.
Good morrow, all!
Imagine everyone’s shock when it turned out to be…Jeff Goldblum.
Incoming! – CTZen
Be afraid…be very afraid.
Good morrow, all!
It landed on his left arm. It was a LIBERAL fly! He used his “right wing” to smack it down. See? Obama is secretly a rightist! You see, all the Republican insects…are serving in Congress.
Quick, Henry, the Flit! – CTZen
Great post!