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Thursday, 13th November 2008

Hidden meanings

9:39am

Barack Obama's secret service code name is renegade.

This is the Merriam Webster definition of a renegade:

1 : a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another
2 : an individual who rejects lawful or conventional behavior
 
Are they trying to tell us something?

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Pedro Erik

November 13th, 2008 1:56pm Report this comment

I pray that it is a hint that Obama will renegade every liberal thought. Oh, Lord!! This could be true.

Adam Holland

November 13th, 2008 5:10pm Report this comment

The answer is no, they're not trying to tell us anything. They were just going for some meaningless word that was suitably alpha-male.

Herbert Thornton

November 13th, 2008 10:45pm Report this comment

Maybe somebody remembered Marshall Aid and suggested "Barrack-aid" but was over-ruled because it might give Wall Street and General Motors the wrong idea, or even remind other people of the French Revolution?

michael

November 14th, 2008 1:59pm Report this comment

Why are you Zionists so upset about OB1?

Don t you want him sorting out peace in the Middle East?

Not Even Likely

November 14th, 2008 4:33pm Report this comment

In the vernacular, it can also mean a departure from the norm...a, well...maverick.

MikeNZ

November 16th, 2008 10:15pm Report this comment

I think it is an apt moniker.

Barry H

November 17th, 2008 10:47pm Report this comment

"Are they trying to tell us something?"

Yes. But nothing we haven't already worked out.

THX1138

November 18th, 2008 7:21am Report this comment

Yep that this a cheap post and you're a sore loser.

Barry H

November 18th, 2008 12:39pm Report this comment

Cheap, THX1138?

Not at all.

It was sponsored by Bill Ayers' living room, which is where Barack Obama launched his political career.

RUTH

November 21st, 2008 12:09pm Report this comment

Obama is a fresh hope for Israel.

I hope he will overcome the roadblocks to peace thrown up within Israel with the same determination he uses to counter those that come from without.

Johnny Smoke

December 3rd, 2008 2:25pm Report this comment

That's weak.

Tony

December 5th, 2008 1:53pm Report this comment

Ruth, what "roadblocks to peace, thrown up in Israel" are you talking about?
The only roadblock to peace is that the world is patently ignoring who owns the West bank. It belongs to Israel and always has! I am curious to see how Obambi will interpret history, because if he goes against Israel, both he and the USA will go down the tubes, just as every nation from the beginning of time has fallen by the way when they have turned on her.

Joseph Burridge

December 13th, 2008 3:54pm Report this comment

Great post. This is the kind of hard hitting journalism I log on for.

paul hill

December 30th, 2008 11:24pm Report this comment

errrrrrrrr.....no.

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