This preciously sought medal is awarded to only the most hardened students of history (and reality) who can tolerate listening to a political speech for more than 3 minutes. It is well known, that most people who try to listen for longer usually vomit or go into a coma. I have tried to immunize myself to listen to political speech for several years now, but shrieking Hillary broke my immune system. I developed a case of hives hides after listening to each speech. Big Al, you are a better man than I, to listen to Obomber for 52 minutes.

Now as proof, which you have already provided that the Democratic party has lost its mind, this bears repeating:

"forces beyond our control are threatening American democracy"

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Since all this self-destruction has been bipartisan, originating in the US of A. this means that DemocRATs and RepublicRATs have lost control of their actions.

In honor of your esteemed accomplishment in listening to the whole grueling diatribe speech, I am proud to dedicate this song to you:

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuUvC-Fnw1Y]

This counterpunch article is a good read. The author ends it with writing that he will watch with great relief when Obama takes his final helicopter flight from the WH lawn because he can't keep up with Obamas's bullshit any longer.
For those who don't want to read my Tl:dr, the link to the article is at the bottom. I get carried away and go on and on.
I feel the same way he does and when I finished reading this, I thought back to the night he was elected and seeing the smiles and tears of joy because we thought that our 8 year nightmare was over.
I would not believe that I too can't wait for him to leave office before he can do anymore damage to this country or other countries.
From the article

The lying neoliberal imperialist Barack Obama’s nationally televised Farewell Address from Chicago last Tuesday was a fitting monument to the deceptive, fake-progressive oratory he wielded so elegantly in becoming a national phenomenon and a U.S. President. As usual, his oratory was plagued by a deep disconnect between his words and his deeds.

Fake progressive indeed, yet I have seen countless commentary from people who say that they wish he could have another 8 years in office because He's been the best president since FDR, by golly and he hasn't had any scandals during his entire tenure.
I guess they are right unless you count how he has defied the war powers act and invaded and destroyed Libya on false pretenses.
Progressives used to think that was bad, but I guess it's only bad if a duffess like Bush does that.
Or if you can overlook his using drones in countries that we aren't at war with, have Tuesday meetings where he decided who he is going to kill next, or overlook that he killed an American without due process because he said that he was an eminent threat to our country.
How a person in another country thousands of miles away could be an eminent threat is beyond my mind. As was the person's son who Obama also dropped a bomb on and when someone from the media questioned why he was killed, they were told that the kid should have picked another father.
Like the kid had a choice of who his father was.
More from the article

“But, for all the real progress that we’ve made,” Obama the fake populist said three nights ago, , “we know it’s not enough. Our economy doesn’t work as well or grow as fast when a few prosper at the expense of a growing middle class, and ladders for folks who want to get into the middle class. (APPLAUSE)…stark inequality is also corrosive to our democratic idea. While the top 1 percent has amassed a bigger share of wealth and income, too many of our families in inner cities and in rural counties have been left behind…The laid off factory worker, the waitress or health care worker who’s just barely getting by and struggling to pay the bills. Convinced that the game is fixed against them.”

Well no shit Sherlock, haven't you been in charge for the last 8 years and are responsible for the above?
He's leaving Trump with more shit than Bush left Obama.
The Middle East is in flames because of his actions and the possibility of a war with Russia is very real.
Will Trump be able to stop it and bring those troops out of the countries that surround it, or will the people who he has appointed and the Deep State allow him to?
He too addresses where Obama talks about Washington's speech and the founding fathers and takes them apart too.
I too say to Barack to hit the road jack and thanks for letting down the millions of people who once believed that you were going to change the direction of this country instead of being responsible for the biggest income inequality since 1928 and not doing a damned thing to help the 99% of the people in our country and for destroying the lives of millions of people in the Middle East, Honduras and Ukraine.
If you are interested in reading this article about Obamas's farewell speech
http://www.counterpunch.org/2017/01/13/hit-the-road-barack-some-farewell...

Good morning thanks for the head banging ear worm Big Al.
I don't know what to do. I know what not to do. Thanks.

Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me (8 times)
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me! (8 times)
Motherfucker!
Ugh!

And they're off! (bells ring gates open)
http://www.defensenews.com/articles/pakistan-reveals-test-of-submarine-launched-missile

Mansoor Ahmed, a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and an expert on Pakistan’s nuclear program and delivery systems, said Babur 3 is a “significant milestone” in Pakistan’s effort to complete its nuclear triad.

http://zeenews.india.com/tags/babur-3.html

Here are five things to know about Babur-3

1- The range of the missile is 450 km (280 miles). Babur-3 could carry a nuclear warhead.

2- Babur-3 is a sea-based variant of Ground Launched Cruise Missile (GLCM) Babur-2, which was successfully tested earlier in December, last year.

3- The Babur-3 SLCM incorporates state-of-the-art technologies including underwater controlled propulsion and advanced guidance and navigation features, duly augmented by Global Navigation, Terrain and Scene Matching Systems.

4- The missile features terrain hugging and sea skimming flight capabilities to evade hostile radars and air defenses, in addition to certain stealth technologies, in an emerging regional Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) environment

5- Babur-3, a submarine-launched cruise missile, in a land-attack mode, is capable of delivering various types of payloads.

just in case anyone was wondering

Whose control is it in? </snark> It would have been nice of him to let us know who to blame/fight/etc, apart from "not him." Yeah, I know he's not allowed, but I don't just play dumb on tv.

When I was young I saw "Hotel" starring Rod Taylor as the young energetic manager of a grand hotel, the St. Gregory, that may or may not survive. It was 1967, I was 13 and it was one of the first movies for grown-ups that I totally "got".

In the last scene, it's clear that it's done, the St. Gregory will die and cease to exist. Rod Taylor walks into the packed hotel bar and simply says "Ladies and Gentlemen, the drinks are on the house." He calls up to the penthouse suite and tells the Melvyn Douglas, the old man who owns the place, "Mr. Trent, you better get down to the bar, I'm giving away all our booze!"

I've been feeling a lot like Rod Taylor's character over the last 15 or 20 years, but never so much as now. As my old baseball coach used to shout at the equipment manager in a blow out, even if there were still some outs to get "Sack up the bats, Cookie. This one's over."