Seems to be in poor taste to me, or lacking in maturity.
P.S.-no, I have not seen or read no reports on this, just the service itself.
P.P.S.-gotta love ppl that make sweeping generalizations. Sorry I'm not a liberal, Keith, ha ha ha!
(For those with a reading comprehension problem, P.P.S. means post-postscript; i.e., another postscript after the first one. ;)

at least those idiots that protest military funerals promised they wouldnt interfere with that funeral

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In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
Diogenes Of Sinope

Seems to be in poor taste to me, or lacking in maturity.
P.S.-no, I have not seen or read no reports on this, just the service itself.
P.P.S.-gotta love ppl that make sweeping generalizations. Sorry I'm not a liberal, Keith, ha ha ha!
(For those with a reading comprehension problem, P.P.S. means post-postscript; i.e., another postscript after the first one. ;)

If you are talking about the memorial that Obama spoke at, I wondered that myself. I just assumed it was an American thing and that's what American's do at memorials.

Is it unusual then?

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Reality Internet Personality

I did not see it. But cheering even by american standards at a memorial would be considered bad manners.

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Janice

Seems to be in poor taste to me, or lacking in maturity.
P.S.-no, I have not seen or read no reports on this, just the service itself.
P.P.S.-gotta love ppl that make sweeping generalizations. Sorry I'm not a liberal, Keith, ha ha ha!
(For those with a reading comprehension problem, P.P.S. means post-postscript; i.e., another postscript after the first one. ;)

If you are talking about the memorial that Obama spoke at, I wondered that myself. I just assumed it was an American thing and that's what American's do at memorials.

Is it unusual then?

Es, yes, I'd say it was unusual
When President Obama announced that earlier in the day, "Gabby opened her eyes," clapping and cheering was perhaps appropriate.
At the introduction of each speaker, the clapping was questionable. And people going "Whoo! Whoo!" seemed way out of line.

really? going christian? Take a look at W? about the only times he attended a church service were Jerry Fords funeral and the Popes. Lets face facts, Our leaders are barely religious or Christian regardless of their party.

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In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
Diogenes Of Sinope

really? going christian? Take a look at W? about the only times he attended a church service were Jerry Fords funeral and the Popes. Lets face facts, Our leaders are barely religious or Christian regardless of their party.

Thank GOD! Can you imagine how screwed up we would be if they were fundamentalists?

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as much as one party seems to go out of its way to pander to its religious sects we really are fortunate that we haven't had one yet

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In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
Diogenes Of Sinope

as much as one party seems to go out of its way to pander to its religious sects we really are fortunate that we haven't had one yet

The party the religious sects has not always been the same and I doubt will be in the future.

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President Obama could have raised his hand and said something to the effect that this was a solemn occasion. Either he wasn't prepared for all the hootin' and hollerin' or he realized if he had done something to this effect, he would have received backlash from them and lost total control of the situation and turned it into a completely embarassing moment for himself and most everybody else there.

I know a lot of people were cringing, including myself.

The cheering was going on for all the speakers (or, at least, from the point I started watching), long before President Obama took the podium. Thus, the responsibility for raising a hand and calling for the poor decorum to stop fell to the first speaker (or, first speaker where cheering began).
(For those with reading comprehension problems, synonyms for decorum.)

I found it rather surprising for him to, all of a sudden, go Christian on us.

Please start your own "I think Obama is a Muslim" thread.

But I guess it was balanced by the feather and Los Angeles Bloods gang flag waiving pagan prayers at the beginning.

Waiving, as in dismissing them? Interesting. But also a topic for another thread, preferably with links to articles and video clips, where we can clearly see these people were at that service.
Or, if you mean waving ... hmmm ... so, flags send our prayers? Interesting. Please also start a thread discussing this concept.

I find it disappointing that a native american invocation drew such criticism.
I did find from the snipets I have finally seen the cheering and applause out of place, but that I would not pass judgement upon it. Everyone processes things in their own way.

And I find a memorial service being turned into a political issue more than a bit disgusting, but not unexpected these days.

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Janice

I find it disappointing that a native american invocation drew such criticism.
I did find from the snipets I have finally seen the cheering and applause out of place, but that I would not pass judgement upon it. Everyone processes things in their own way.

And I find a memorial service being turned into a political issue more than a bit disgusting, but not unexpected these days.

Since Guy hasn't provided links (at least, not yet), Soft, can you provide links to articles/videos showing the Native American invocations?

As to processing things in different ways, while this is true, I have to wonder if the ones cheering were there to mourn or were there for an event.

I find it disappointing that a native american invocation drew such criticism.
I did find from the snipets I have finally seen the cheering and applause out of place, but that I would not pass judgement upon it. Everyone processes things in their own way.

And I find a memorial service being turned into a political issue more than a bit disgusting, but not unexpected these days.

Since Guy hasn't provided links (at least, not yet), Soft, can you provide links to articles/videos showing the Native American invocations?

As to processing things in different ways, while this is true, I have to wonder if the ones cheering were there to mourn or were there for an event.

I did find the full video on youtube..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDxRy5ofWMw He takes the stage at about 04:15 minutes in.

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Janice

It's unfortunate beliefs like this that don't allow me to wear a bandana (now also referred to as do-rags) when I leave my home. Bandanas are great to wear when one has a headache, or if they are preferred over ridiculous baseball caps. Society has accepted that that these "colors" have the meaning that the gangs think they do, according to Guy's posts.
It is like how the term "tank-top" for a type of shirt has become the un-analyzed and disgusting term "wife-beater."
As the gentleman that opened the event looks to be in his 50s or above, and apparently is a professor at the university where the service was held, I doubt he is a member of The Bloods. Doubtful, but perhaps he is unaware of the new meaning "colors" have taken on. But if he is aware, hopefully this was his way of denying that he accepts a red (or blue or whatever color) bandana as having the meaning the gangs have given them and society has largely accepted.

I saw nothing in the first 10 minutes that showed any reference to gangs, although I am sure the pundits have nothing better to do than look for things.

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Janice

Ah! Yes. I believe we are now narrowing it down to one of the main reasons people have different opinons about the same fact which both observe--perception is reality.

I've asked this question in a previous post. Why do different people see differnt things when looking at the same fact?

Reality... hmmmm.... Perception...

Let me contemplate a while...

If you don't like how the world looks, change your viewpoint!

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Ah! Yes. I believe we are now narrowing it down to one of the main reasons people have different opinons about the same fact which both observe--perception is reality.

I've asked this question in a previous post. Why do different people see differnt things when looking at the same fact?

Reality... hmmmm.... Perception...

Let me contemplate a while...

How is the contemplation proceeding?