Sunday, April 5, 2009

Questions For Obama

Note: The submitted questions were supposed to be asked by Torres when she met with Obama.

Ask Dara Torres

Paul Drinkwater / NBCU Photo Bank / AP

Her career is all about the numbers. She's the first U.S. swimmer to compete in five Olympic Games. She has won twelve Olympic medals (four gold, four silver, four bronze) and in 2007 broke her own American record in the 50m freestyle, 26 years after she first set it at age 15. And she did all of this in her 40s -- virtually unheard of in any sport. Her new book Age Is Just a Number, available now, argues that dreams are achievable at any stage of life. Submit your questions for Dara Torres here, then read the interview in an upcoming issue of TIME magazine.

NOTE: Submitted questions may be edited for length or clarity. Your first name, last name, and location are required and may be published along with your question in print and online. Your information will not be used for any other purpose.

Submit your question to Ask Dara Torres (72 other responses).

Posted by MARTIN LEVESQUE in montreal: madame torres
which type of pool do you prefer to train and race in , the 25 or 50 meter pool and why?
Posted by Gerry Bass in WhiteLake,Mi.: How has your training routine evolved over the years?
Posted by Freedom Fighter in FreeUSA: Dear Time,
I just wanted to let you know, Americans are waking up!
They don't want your "NEW WORLD ORDER". Frankly they are completely happy with America the way it is! We don't want your world domination!
Not every one is falling for it hook, line and sinker. So how's about stop trying to cram it down our throats!
PS- Have you seen the movie "The Obama Deception" by Alex Jones yet? It's really eye opening and Alex tells it like it is!
And BTW, regardless of what you say and how you try to keep Americans divided against each other, they is really no difference between Bush and Obama. The war ending Obama kept Bushes Secretary of Defense Gates on his Cabinet and is sending more troops to the war. Where's end the war cry's know Time? Americans are waking up! End the Fed!
Posted by Dave Brown in ElSobrante,CA: Which do you enjoy more: training or competing? Has that evolved over time? And how do you summon the mental strength to push your body everyday in practice, especially over such a long career?
Posted by KABIR MEHRA in hyderabad,india: What are the ingredients to your success?
Posted by 肖燕 in suzhou: I am a Chinese girl from the country ,a college student now.I really wonder how to make progress step by step,and how to creat dreams as well."what i want to be is really a tough question for me ,I just cannot fin out .thanks a lot if you take time to reply.
Posted by joseph gwynn in destin,floridaa: Government issue. WHy demand all the schooling requirements on students and then for e.g., cut all required classes needed to be able to graduate, why should the kids of this world suffer from our stupidity being able to run our counrty?
Posted by clarence dale tucker in clearwater: How long did it take you to find that one thing inside yourself that inspired such a performance? Good luck with your life and your dreams. I am 62 and I want to perform in the next senior olympics.
Posted by William getty in clementon: Why is Obama hiding his birth certificate? You are rich and famous, so help your country and question things like the Patriot Act and ask why is it we allow our honored troops to go on killing little babies and old people in Iraq, Afghanistan, and elsewhere.
If dreams are available at any age, then my dream is to have our magnificent Constitution back in its original form. Will you help?
Posted by Nathan Wiliams in Atlanta: Why are you so damn fine?
Posted by Julie Kujawa in Fenton,MO: Dara - you are seen wearing a Nikken magnetic bracelet in several photos. (I don't leave home without mine!) Do you believe that taking deliberate proactive preventative measures to help your body continuously heal itself has become an important part of how you stay and look so young? You have truly been an inspiration to all of us that are over 40; and that the slogan "40 is the new 20" seems to be an extremely achievable mindset when we look at you and watched your performance in the Olympics. Can you expand on what you are doing to create a lifestyle that shows you "preserving", so to speak, so well?
Thank you!
Posted by Hebito Myglutiasi in SanFransisco,CaliforniaU.S.A.: HELLO!THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ASK OF YOU QUESTIONS!
Why Olympics so boring to watch all time?
Posted by Susan Eckstein in Medford,NY: What is the biggest difference in the way you train now as compared to when you were younger?
Posted by Joseph Eckstein in Medford,NY: What is your favorite swim drill for improving form?
Posted by Miriam Abtahi in Anchorage: How do you think your extramarital affair that destroyed the lives of a mother and her two children affected your training and performance in the Olympics?
Posted by Saswati Biswas in Shawnee,KS: What will be your word of encouragement for a house-wife who wants to start a career at the age of 41?
Posted by Jen King in Pekin: So what do you think of some of your fans that you have met on Facebook??
Posted by Samuel B. Mankins in Columbus,Ohio: As an overweight gentleman in my late thirties, I am very interested in what diet you use to stay in shape. Could you enlighten me?
Posted by Gene Pool in Miami: Do You feel more comfortable with the doggie paddle or the breast-stroke?
Posted by Kitty in Atlanta: I'm only 24 but in complete awe of your accomplishments. You're truly an inspiration to all women, of every age! If you weren't swimming, what do you think you would've done instead?
Posted by Sami Ith in GardenGrove,CA: Will there be a 6th Olympic Game in your future?
Posted by Norman E. Hooben in OzarkAL: Those of us who know you all too well know exactly what you are up to...
When other scoundrels of history tried to control the world they went down in defeat. So I ask you up front, "What makes you think the rest of the world will not defeat you?"
You have destroyed what is left of the Constitution and dictated policies not asked for by the people. You swore to uphold the Constitution a document that stood for freedom longer than any other in the history of mankind. Your destructive dictates will sweep what's left of the shreds into the trash can of history. This is the end of America as we who fought for it knew it. The very essence of Freedom will never be known to my grandchildren if your policies continue.
Further, the United Nations is the most corrupt organization in the world...that is, outside of your Cabinet.
Though this question will never reach you, I ask, "What did I and millions of Americans do to you that you have schemed your way into the White House and began immediately to express your hatred for us and our beloved country?"

2 comments:

Ben said...: Confusion: what the Hell is a question for the muzzard in chief doing in with questions to an Olympic swimmer?; Sunday, April 05, 2009
Storm'n Norm'n said...: These were questions she is supposed to ask Obama; Monday, April 06, 2009

Quote Of The Day

“If the truth is just my opinion then the truth will never be known.” ~ Norman E. Hooben

"Massachusetts can survive an Elizabeth Warren. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made her their senator." ~ Norman E. Hooben

"Not since the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991, and before that the fall of France in 1940, has there been so swift an erosion of the world influence of a Great Power as we are witnessing with the United States." ~ Conrad Black

To make clear that Islam is in fact a military movement rather than a religion, please consider that Islam does not ask one to emulate the humble, kind, peaceful, compassionate, loving Jesus but rather the arrogant, violent, brutal, lustful, savage military commander and beheading ruler Mohammed. It's all in the staging. ~ by Bernie

Our society chooses to pay for bastards and wonders why the number of bastards increases. Our society refuses to support poor families with married fathers in residence, and wonders why the number of single mothers increases. Our society pays for single motherhood, and wonders why we get it. Our society gives stipends to unemployed and/or homeless males, and wonders why we get more and more of them. — Bill Quick (More like this here)

The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the presidency. It will be easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to an electorate willing to have such a man for their president.
The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails us. Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The republic can survive a Barack Obama. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president.” ~ Author Unknown

The real goal of "health care" legislation, the real goal of "cap-and-trade," and the real goal of the "stimulus" is to rip the guts out of our private economy and transfer wide swaths of it over to the government to control. Do not be deluded by the propaganda. These initiatives are vehicles for change. They are not goals in and of themselves except in their ability to deliver power. They and will make matters much worse, for that is their design. ~ November 23, 2009 Cloward-Piven Government By James Simpson

Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never, in nothing, great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. - Winston Churchill

Tribute to America's Veterans

"Those Honored Dead"
"Why do you fly the flag today?"
My Grandson wants to know.
I fly it for the graveyards
Where the countless crosses grow.

I fly the flag for children
Whose fathers are a name.
A half-remembered memory
of a face within a frame.

I fly it for the families
of sons and daughters lost.
They know the price of liberty
How terrible the cost!

I fly the flag for veterans
who lost their youth in blood.
And saw their comrades slaughtered
in the carnage and the mud.

I fly it for the ones who marched
In cadence off to war
To close their eyes forever
Upon some foreign shore.

I fly the flag for grief poured out
Upon a granite wall.
The laying-on of hands that heals
The scars within us all.

I fly it for the sound of Taps---
That melancholy tune
That lays to rest those honored dead
Who always die too soon.

Copyright 1994 Marion G. Mahoney

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George had the foresight to see the Clintons, CFR, New York Times, and Obama on the horizon.

" ... How many opportunities do they afford to tamper with domestic factions, to practice the arts of seduction, to mislead public opinion, to influence or awe the public... " [From George Washington's farewell address.]

Other Quotes:

"Don't worry about genius and don't worry about not being clever. Trust rather to hard work, perseverance and determination. The best motto for a long march is ' Don't grumble. Plug on.'....Be honest. Be loyal. Be kind. Remember that the hardest thing to acquire is the faculty of being unselfish. As a quality it is one of the finest attributes of manliness." Sir Frederick Treves

"...To be clear, the Constitution of the United States of America is the United States of America. They are one and the same. Any individual or agency which seeks to subvert the Constitution and wage political and/or rhetorical war on it, are self-declared enemies of the United States of America, as they are subverting and waging war on the United States of America." - Pat Dollard

The truth to the matter is that Obama lies but he does it with such finess that the easily fooled are easily fooled. ~ Norman E. Hooben

"Going for the grandest illusion of all, [Obama] ... told the New York Times: 'We've actually been operating in a way that has been entirely consistent with free-market principles.' Excuse me while I pick my jaw off the ground. Everyone knows -- or should know -- that putting more and more of the government in charge of more and more of the economy is entirely inconsistent with free-market principles. This means that the president's statement to the contrary is what is known as a big lie." --columnist Diana West

When you trust a stranger more so than your friend, you become stranger than the stranger; Barrack Husein Obama is a stranger. - Norman E. Hooben

We the people…We the people now have a New World Order that we the people did not order. Norman E. Hooben

"We are now in a great civil war of words and you have the honor of participating as a true patriot. The battle has not been won but you will be there when we are victorious. The pen is mightier than the sword and you will inscribe your name in the book of freedom…and that, my friend is an honor." (Norman E. Hooben in response to a writer who complained of not having the honor of serving in the U.S. Military)

"If you will not fight for the right when you can easily win without bloodshed; if you will not fight when your victory will be sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a small chance of survival. There may even be a worse case: you may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves." - Winston Churchill

It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.
-Ronald Reagan

Back in the days of "The Lone Ranger" program, someone would ask, "Who is that masked man?" People need to start asking that question about Barack Obama. - Thomas Sowell

For those who promote a race they are called, "racists". For those that promote American they are called "American". For 'American' is a 'concept' and no racial tones are tolerated either in shades or sounds. -Norman E. Hooben (In reference to Lourdes Galvan of San Antonio, Texas racial bigotry regarding American military heroes.)

Note to NATIONAL COUNCIL OF LA RAZA (Hola! I know you are watching): I'm not white, I'm not black, I'm not upper class, I'm not lower class, I'm not middle class, I'm not French, I'm not Irish, I'm not Asian, I'm not European, I'm not Hispanic, My children are not half Hispanic...They are and I am what I am, An American! And I'm not hyphenated! - N.E. Hooben

The Police State of Massachusetts is now imposing laws against nature. Massachusetts is by far the most un-Constitutional government of the State, by the State, and for the State than any among the the fifty that hold a star on the banner of freedom. It is run by Socialists and hypocritical so-called Christians…the worst among them are the Catholics who go to Church on Sunday and forget what they Prayed for on Monday. - Norman E. Hooben - "A proud Catholic proud of my Faith. A proud Catholic NOT so proud of my Church!" - July 16th 2008

Will Rogers never met Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid. - N. E. Hooben, July 2008

Harvard University was once an all boys school...today they have no balls at all. - N. E. Hooben
I will stand with the Constitution For The United States of America should the political winds shift in an ugly direction. – N. E. Hooben

Politicians are like vampires...
Whether its blood or money they want to suck it out of you till you die. ~ N. E. Hooben

When a people are satisfied with receiving gifts paid with their own taxes as a way of life Anarchy is sure to follow. - Fred Boutin 2008

From the first time I heard about the boogey-man as a child to the first time I got shot at in Vietnam, nothing in my entire lifetime, THAT'S NOTHING! has put more fear into me than this man Obama. - Norman E. Hooben - July 2008

We are here for only a mini-second in the sands of time. Then we become the dust that makes the sand; and the Hand of God molds us anew. Take care my friend and may God Bless... - Norman E. Hooben on the death of our dearly beloved pet dog, Stirling

The evidence is overwhelming!
In order to save America we must destroy the Socialst Marxist Party... - N. E. Hooben

"America is like a healthy body and its resistance is threefold: its patriotism, its morality, and its spiritual life. If we can undermine these three areas, America will collapse from within." -- Josef Stalin --

When it comes to lying, prudent people are guided by a Higher Authority driven by ‘thou shall not’ written in stone. Whereas Bill Clinton has no Higher Authority to guide him, ‘thou shall not’ has no conscious objections; for without a conscience there is no guilt.” - Norman Hooben

“The victor will never be asked if he told the truth.” - Adolph Hitler

The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny. - James Madison, the Federalists Papers

There was a Chemistry professor in a large college that had some Exchange students in the class. One day while the class was in the lab the Prof noticed one young man (exchange student) who kept rubbing his back And stretching as if his back hurt.
The professor asked the young man what was the matter. The student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back. He had been shot while fighting communists in his native country who were trying to overthrow his country's government and install a new communist government.
In the midst of his story he looked at the professor and asked a strange question. He asked,'Do you know how to catch wild pigs?' The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line. The young man said this was no joke. 'You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come everyday to eat the free corn. When they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of the place where they are used to coming. When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn again and you put up another side of the fence. They get used to that and start to eat again. You continue until you have all four sides of the fence up with a gate in the last side. The pigs, who are used to the free corn, start to come through the gate to eat, you slam the gate on them and catch the whole herd. Suddenly, the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They run around and around inside the fence, but they are caught. Soon they go back to eating the free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten how to forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their captivity. The young man then told the professor that is exactly what he sees happening to America.
The government keeps pushing us toward Communism/Socialism and keeps spreading the free corn out in the form of programs such as supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income, subsidies, payments not to plant crops (CRP), welfare, medicine, drugs, etc. while we continually lose our freedoms- just a little at a time.
One should always remember 'There is no such thing as a free Lunch!' Also, 'You can never hire someone to provide a service for you cheaper than you can do it yourself.

You apparently don't share a sense of patriotism, Americanism, freedomism, or whatever kind of 'ism' that true Americans believe in... You do however, display a bit of socialism, communism, marxism or whatever kind of 'ism' that you make excuses for... ~ Norman E. Hooben (in response to an Obama supporter's views about the ACS census)

A nation that knows not from where it came, knows not where it is going! Today, Americans know too little about the foundations of our nation. The result is a nation now in chaos, its people unable to discern what is wrong with the transformation (paradigm shift) of our society and form of government that, if left unchecked, will destroy every facet of freedom, liberty and justice. The price of freedom is vigilance; the price of vigilance is knowledge. Many of America's founding documents are now available on the web. ~

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