[image: CAP News] Obama: Bombing Syria "Good Geography Lesson" [image: Obama: Bombing Syria 'Good Geography Lesson'] President Obama discusses foreign affairs with local schoolchildren in a language they can understand.
WASHINGTON (CAP) - President Obama today continued to push for support for military action in Syria, telling Congress, reporters, and that homeless woman on Pennsylvania Ave. who clicks her teeth all the time that "at the least, it would provide a good geography lesson for America's youth." "Let's face it. Before the, uhh, chemical weapons attack, nobody even knew where Syria was," Obama said. "In fact, until the Joint Chiefs pointed it out, I was apparently preparing to bomb Turkey. "How funny would that have been!" he added with a chuckle. SHARE [image: Facebook]<http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http://www.cap-news.com/story.php?id=201309002&t=Obama:%20Bombing%20Syria%20'Good%20Geography%20Lesson'> [image: Reddit]<http://www.reddit.com/submit?url=http://www.cap-news.com/story.php?id=201309002> [image: Google Plus] [image: Twitter]<http://twitter.com/home?status=Obama:%20Bombing%20Syria> [image: StumbleUpon]<http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://www.cap-news.com/story.php?id=201309002> world NEWS Obama PUNK'D Initiative To Both Kick Ass, Take Names<http://www.cap-news.com/report.php?id=201304003> Survey Says Catholics Upset Over Pope's Catholic Views<http://www.cap-news.com/report.php?id=201303006> Study Suggests Stonehenge Was Prehistoric McDonald's<http://www.cap-news.com/brief.php?id=201303002> New Iran Fighter Jet Looks Just Like Missing U.S. Drone<http://www.cap-news.com/report.php?id=201302001> China Supplants U.S. As Foremost Pain In The Ass<http://www.cap-news.com/story.php?id=201301008> Obama pointed out that while typically abysmal, American student geography scores tend to spike whenever the United States is engaged in a foreign dispute. After over three decades of strife in Iraq, a full 37% of graduating seniors are now able to accurately identify in which hemisphere the country resides. "Geography is not just about maps," said Jeremiah Driscoll of the North American Map Lovers Association. "It's about knowing where the oil fields are so a planned aerial assault can best protect American interests, that sort of thing." Along those lines, Republicans have called Obama's latest salvo a low blow for trying to make the Syrian conflict "about the children" rather than its true purpose, "about the money." Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) accused the president of using education as a crutch to prepare the next generation. "GPS apps have replaced the need to learn geography much like spell checkers have replaced the needing to grammar do good," said McCain. "Hell, with autocorrect, we can just turn our brains off completely." However, the president is holding his ground that a military strike against the current Syrian regime will do more good than harm, even if innocent Syrians are killed as part of that effort. "Syria, this hurts me more than it hurts you," Obama noted. "Someday when you're a big superpower, you'll understand." IN OTHER NEWS Google Maps has introduced a new option for obtaining directions online. "As The Crow Flies" lets users chart a direct line course between two points with no regard for obstacles on the ground. "Hey, we just invent stuff," said one developer. "People need to determine how to make it useful." TODAY'S TOP STORIES Mid-West Cooties Outbreak Tops 100<http://www.cap-news.com/story.php?id=200609015> Global Warming Blamed For Thawing Of Nun's Tits<http://www.cap-news.com/story.php?id=200609019> Obama Okays Landscapers To Clean Up His Dogs' Crap<http://www.cap-news.com/story.php?id=201309001> Janet Napolitano Warns Of Locusts, New Super Zombie<http://www.cap-news.com/story.php?id=201308008> Las Vegas Unveils New Marketing Strategy<http://www.cap-news.com/story.php?id=200708015> [image: Fake Advertisement] CAP NEWS AUDIO Oreck XL Flamethrower <http://www.cap-news.com/audio.php?id=184> [image: Oreck XL Flamethrower] <http://www.cap-news.com/audio.php?id=184> Having company this weekend and need an efficient way to quickly clean the house? Let David Oreck's all-in-one solution do the job for you. FROM THE VAULT [image: Bush Slams England For Hundred Years War Failures] <http://www.cap-news.com/story.php?id=200709005> September 07, 2007 TO UNSUBSCRIBE, HIT REPLY AND ASK TO BE REMOVED FROM FUTURE MAILINGS. -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
