Obama the dancer

[MarianD]

There’s a lot of heat on this forum. Why not lighten it up with the Obamas’ dancing?

Michelle did a good job…not too sure about Barack though

youtube.com/watch?v=obkMt_9oD30

 

[PatrickSebast]

Both refreshing and humanizing. It is nice to see world leaders having fun and smiling with children.

 

[Tsuwano]

I liked it, too. It was fun.

 

[Rich_Olszewski]

I can already hear grumbling from the right-wing, "How dare they dance when the economy is in bad shape, when we’re at war, when we’re being threatened by terrorists, etc., etc.?

Think I’m making this up? Go read some of the letters to the editor at WND.

 

[Beau_Ouiville]

Did you notice that the president attended a Diwali festival at a Catholic school? That’s the Hindu festival of lights.

If it were a Kwanzaa festival at a Catholic school, folks here would be squawkin’.

 

[qui_est_ce]

I can already hear grumbling from the right-wing, "How dare they dance when the economy is in bad shape, when we’re at war, when we’re being threatened by terrorists, etc., etc.?

Think I’m making this up? Go read some of the letters to the editor at WND.

Did you notice that the president attended a Diwali festival at a Catholic school? That’s the Hindu festival of lights.

If it were a Kwanzaa festival at a Catholic school, folks here would be squawkin’.

:coffeeread: :yawn:

 

[Charlotte408]

If it were a Kwanzaa festival at a Catholic school, folks here would be squawkin’.

Are you trying to imply that people here on CAF are racist against blacks?

I’m offended. I may not be hecka smart, or say the brightest stuff on here, but in all my postings/readings I’ve NEVER read anything racist against blacks.

Also, as a Catholic, I’m surprised (and really disheartened) you’d even make such a blanket statement, demeaning the characters of a group of people like that.

 

[rlg94086]

Did you notice that the president attended a Diwali festival at a Catholic school? That’s the Hindu festival of lights.

If it were a Kwanzaa festival at a Catholic school, folks here would be squawkin’.

:yawn:

The Catholic school was in India and only 5% of its students are Catholic. Was it appropriate? Perhaps not…I don’t know a lot about the festivals religious versus cultural nature and it was in a school. Would I have a problem if a Catholic Church in the US did it? Yes.

Or, are you saying that the majority of people celebrating Kwanzaa in a Catholic Church aren’t really Catholic?

Your baiting gets tiresome…why can’t you just enjoy the YouTube video of The Obamas dancing, as the OP suggested?

 

[rlg94086]

I can already hear grumbling from the right-wing, "How dare they dance when the economy is in bad shape, when we’re at war, when we’re being threatened by terrorists, etc., etc.?

Think I’m making this up? Go read some of the letters to the editor at WND.

Yea! Let’s turn a lighthearted thread into a partisan fight to the death! Good job, Rich!

 

[rlg94086]

There’s a lot of heat on this forum. Why not lighten it up with the Obamas’ dancing?

Michelle did a good job…not too sure about Barack though

youtube.com/watch?v=obkMt_9oD30

Both refreshing and humanizing. It is nice to see world leaders having fun and smiling with children.

I liked it, too. It was fun.

Thanks for the link MarianD. It put a smile on my face, and it’s nice to see something non-political put up. Unfortunately, “no good deed goes unpunished.”

 

[Beau_Ouiville]

Are you trying to imply that people here on CAF are racist against blacks?

For the sixth time, I don’t imply a thing. I guess you missed the recent example of a storied poster expressing great umbrage at the locating of a Kwanzaa festival at a Catholic hall.

I’m offended. I may not be hecka smart, or say the brightest stuff on here, but in all my postings/readings I’ve NEVER read anything racist against blacks.

I think you are firing blanks here.

Also, as a Catholic, I’m surprised (and really disheartened) you’d even make such a blanket statement, demeaning the characters of a group of people like that.

Actually, it was not a blanket statement at all, but one affirmatively based on past posts. It does not demean anyone, by the way.

As a poster stated in September on Kwanzaa:

I don’t care if anyone celebrates a fabricated cultural tradition - it’s a free country. However, since it has nothing to do with Catholic/Christian heritage, I don’t see a reason for it to be celebrated at Church.

Like I said, huh?

 

[Charlotte408]

I think I was on that thread…

And for the record I agree with him. He didn’t say ‘I refuse, or catholics should refuse to celebrate Kwanzaa because its representative of blacks’

Just because someone doesn’t agree with something based on its merits doesn’t make them racist.

Kwanzaa was ‘made up’ by a con man…from Malcom X’s camp. He was all sorts of black supremacist…

If a white supremacist, say from the KKK ‘made up’ a holiday, would you be cool with that? SMH I seriously DOUBT it. Guess that makes you racist by your logic, against whites.

 

[rlg94086]

For the sixth time, I don’t imply a thing. I guess you missed the recent example of a storied poster expressing great umbrage at the locating of a Kwanzaa festival at a Catholic hall.

I think you are firing blanks here.

Actually, it was not a blanket statement at all, but one affirmatively based on past posts. It does not demean anyone, by the way.

As a poster stated in September on Kwanzaa:

Like I said, huh?

This thread isn’t about Kwanzaa, and Kwanzaa is in no way equivalent to a Hindu celebration. The fact that no one took your bait in the thread you posted in Catholic News on the celebration doesn’t mean it’s right to drag someone else’s thread off into your own personal, off-topic agenda.

Wait for a news story on Kwanzaa to bring up your modern, fabricated cultural “tradition.”

Are you capable of just enjoying the video?

 

[CatholicFireman]

MarianD,

I appreciate you posting to get rid of the heat on this forum. I have views that are contrary to Obama which have no place in this thread, but I appreciate the fun video.

Why am I not surprised that posters would come to this thread to “reheat” the forum? Some people just can’t let go, huh.

Thanks again.

Pax†
Oh yeah, and good luck with your RCIA…welcome home!

 

[Beau_Ouiville]

Just because someone doesn’t agree with something based on its merits doesn’t make them racist.

Who said they would be? I didn’t! I don’t know why you think I charged anyone with racism because I sure didn’t.

Did you notice that no one said my comments were inaccurate? They sure started squawkin’, tho.

 

[rlg94086]

MarianD,

I appreciate you posting to get rid of the heat on this forum. I have views that are contrary to Obama which have no place in this thread, but I appreciate the fun video.

Why am I not surprised that posters would come to this thread to “reheat” the forum? Some people just can’t let go, huh.

Thanks again.

Pax†
Oh yeah, and good luck with your RCIA…welcome home!

Yep. We aren’t allowed to have fun, lighthearted, non-political posts about Obama. I don’t know what MarianD was thinking!

 

[CatholicFireman]

Yep. We aren’t allowed to have fun, lighthearted, non-political posts about Obama. I don’t know what MarianD was thinking!

 

[qui_est_ce]

Did you notice that no one said my comments were inaccurate? They sure started squawkin’, tho.

To which comments are you referring? If you are referring to your comments about conservatives squawkin’ about Kwanzaa, I wasn’t on the other thread. I believe people are squawkin’ at your off topic comments.

The topic of this thread is the President dancing. So far nobody has condemned the President for dancing.

 

[rlg94086]

To which comments are you referring? If you are referring to your comments about conservatives squawkin’ about Kwanzaa, I wasn’t on the other thread. I believe people are squawkin’ at your off topic comments.

The topic of this thread is the President dancing. So far nobody has condemned the President for dancing.

:dancing::egyptian::bounce:

(being an 80’s teen, the Egyptian and bouncing smiley - pogo - are more my dance style…)

 

[Beau_Ouiville]

To which comments are you referring? If you are referring to your comments about conservatives squawkin’ about Kwanzaa, I wasn’t on the other thread. I believe people are squawkin’ at your off topic comments.

Nope. They are squawkin’ about their inconsistency.

Wait until the end of the year and Kwanzaa.