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Offline cavegal

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Rain, lightning cancel Obama's Memorial Day address
« on: May 31, 2010, 01:33:48 PM »
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/05/obama-pays-memorial-day-respects-to-war-dead.html 

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President Barack Obama's Memorial Day address at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood  was just getting started today when lightning and heavy, gusting rains forced the cancellation of the proceedings. 

The president, umbrella in hand, encouraged spectators to get to a safe place to ride out the storm and said he would hold off the ceremony because he didn't want anyone to get hurt.

"Excuse me, everybody listen up," he said before the event was officially called off. "We are a little bit concerned about lightning. This may not be safe. I know that all of you are here to commemorate the fallen. ... What we'd like to do is if possible have people move back to their cars and if this passes in the next 15 to 20 minutes, I'll stick around."

He said he hoped the ceremony could resume later, "but we don't want to endanger anyone, particularly the children, in the audience. A little bit of rain doesn't hurt anybody but we don't want anybody struck by lightning."

After a delay of about 30 minutes, the event was officially canceled.

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Matthew Burleson, who was sitting to Obama's left under a tent with other dignitaries, said the president personally decided to call off the event after he saw lig
I did 2 searches for this hope not duplicate.... I have to say Mother Nature has done what nobody else has been able to...shut the 0ne up! :rotf:
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Re: Rain, lightning cancel Obama's Memorial Day address
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2010, 01:43:32 PM »
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"...if this passes in the next 15 to 20 minutes, I'll stick around."
How magnanimous. :whatever:
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Re: Rain, lightning cancel Obama's Memorial Day address
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2010, 04:10:11 PM »
Hey , Obama !!


                                   ~love, God.
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Re: Rain, lightning cancel Obama's Memorial Day address
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2010, 04:10:37 PM »
I seem to recall that MY messiah was able to calm storms with just a word.  And he was just "The Son of God"...

C'mon lurking DUmbasses; you can't possibly tell me that your messiah isn't as omnipotent as MY messiah is, can you?   :fuelfire:
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Re: Rain, lightning cancel Obama's Memorial Day address
« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2010, 04:43:01 PM »
Nature says..."NObama!"
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