He got a Substitute head of State to take care of Joplin - Netanyahu.  I wonder if we can keep him and let Ireland keep its native son?

Yes, the silence is deafening. I wonder when the networks will begin gearing up for his campaign support.

BTW that was a tender "shout out" he gave to Joplin from England.

Get a load of this. People are dying here in the worst tornadoes in half a century...  stunning.

I am no real fan of Obama but realistically, what would you expect him to be doing? When has any President rushed into the disaster zone? I think the judging should come from how he treats the aftermath and the victims. I highly doubt you will see picture of people on there roof a month later like how Bush treated Katrina.

Well - if we go on past behavior (Gulf Oil Spill), that is more damning than his ping pong.

Didn't the media crucify Bush for reading to school children 7 min. after 9/11? Guess it would have been fine if he was golfing.

It's interesting to see how not only does Obama get away with such things but how some think it's OK for him to get away with it after witnessing the same issues from previous presidents. I always thought when we came upon a problem that we would find a solution to fix it and prevent it from happening again. When it comes to politicians we always seem to have the same "what's the big deal, it's how it is" mentality. What i don't understand is why anyone complains at all.

Ya let's build a machine that stops tornadoes. 

As of Tuesday, the death toll had reached 122, making it the deadliest tornado in 60 years. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Joplin twister has made 2011 the deadliest year for tornadoes since 1953, with 1,000 tornadoes resulting in 454 deaths.

1000 tornadoes?  Sounds like a place I would move to.

If you look at the past or the future, never will you see any rich guy or person in power any where near disaster or war. There is always that cushion zone. It will always be the middle and lower class in the middle of disaster and war and cleaning up the aftermath. Caring people rushing in, rich people rushing out. Did you really expect a photo op of Obama cleaning oil off of those poor ducks? Do you remember where the CEO of that oil spilling company was when it was still gushing?

What was strange about that is the Secret Service is supposed to rush the President to a Safe Location (throw him over there shoulder if they have to) once the Country is known to be under attack. So ya, why did he just sit there?

A good question. I don't recall Clinton being spirited away during the first bombing of the twin towers either. Might have had something to do with the question at that moment if it were an attack. I don't believe the second plane had struck at that time yet.

Bush was notified of the 1st plain before going into the class. In the class he was notified that "the country is under attack" with the second plain hit and other plains missing.

Bush was 4 minutes from an airport and his trip was announced 2 days earlier so how hard would it be for the terrorists to kill the president? Very easy. Sitting Duck?

All part of the public record, just look it up.