SG
And just to clarify, I do think that the US as a whole has been far too long subservient to Israel and it's unrelentingly awful policies. Part of the mess we are all in now flows back to those policies.But this does not make Obama an agent of anybody's and I'm bemused that you, Don, know more about the workings of his mind and those he chooses than the people themselves.
SG
And and to throw [url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/08/AR2008110801989.html]one more thing[/url] into the not-paying-attention mix:[b]Among Democrats in Congress, there is a pent-up demand to reverse some of Mr. Bush's anti-terrorism measures,[/b] starting with the detention of foreign prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. While that's a step we support, it leaves open the questions of what to do with more than 250 accused "enemy combatants" still there -- many of them senior al-Qaeda leaders or dangerous militants -- and how and where to hold al-Qaeda operatives who are captured abroad in the future. Some who have advised Mr. Obama, such as former national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, question the premises of a "war on terror." All this means that Mr. Obama will face a challenge, early on, in defining what the fight against terrorism means for his administration and how it will be waged. Whether or not he adopts the term "war on terror," he will have to convince Americans, his party and U.S. allies that the threat remains real and urgent -- because, as anyone following events in Afghanistan and Pakistan knows, it does. But he will also have to distinguish his own campaign from that of Mr. Bush, eliminating the excesses of the latter without lessening the pressure on al-Qaeda. [/quote]Gosh.......Clearly Don's pressure on Washington is working...or did they come up with this all by themselves. Maybe they listened, for a change, to the voters.
Jimbo
Reading through this thread I am glad that none of the participants will be at the table when the talks to try and establish peace in the world are going on.Talk about all take and no give!The election is over. A democratic nation has voted by an overwhelming majority to have its new president. He has yet to take office and choose his cabinet to try an put his policies that the people voted for in action and already we have this.Give the American public a chance.
matsaleh
The election is over. A democratic nation has voted by an overwhelming majority to have its new president. He has yet to take office and choose his cabinet to try an put his policies that the people voted for in action and already we have this.Give the American public a chance.[/quote]Couldn't have said it better, Jimbo. :wink:
BaliLife
Give the American public a chance.[/quote]I agree, even though they passed on the chance 4 years ago when they re-elected bush, they seem to have finally now, seen the light..Ct
BALIHI
even though they passed on the chance 4 years ago when they re-elected bush[/quote] Alittle FYI Balilife , we did vote GW Bush out off office 4 years ago ! He just didnt leave ... SG your amoung friends , tell us how you really feel . :P
tintin
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BaliLife
even though they passed on the chance 4 years ago when they re-elected bush[/quote] Alittle FYI Balilife , we did vote GW Bush out off office 4 years ago ! He just didnt leave ..[/quote]Mmm, sorry balihi, that is absolutely false.. In 2004, bush won both the popular vote and the electoral college.. Until that point in time, many spectators suggested he was not the elected president of the US after he stole florida in 2000 and 'defeated' gore, but he clearly won in 2004, by cleverly propogating fear and and the cross on his sleeve..Ct
Sumatra
[b]Balilife,[/b]I could be wrong, but it looks like the heavy hand of Zionist influence is already throttling our new administration in it's very birth and budding infancy, I would've preferred he picked one of the founding fathers of the Black Panthers for his Chief of Staff, rather than Emanuel. Troubling thought indeed but at least it would've been a step away from Israeli domination of our political system.I don't often pray, realizing our god has granted us "free will" at birth. Therefore, petitioning the lord with prayer is a futile act no one should bother to engage in.Sometimes though, I can't help myself and fervently pray that the Zionist influence will always collide with a rock solid wall of resistance in the parts of Asia I've grown to love.[b]Tintin,[/b]I attended high school in West Texas. There were weekly gun battles and daily knife fights between gringos and Xicanos. Even in the midst of such racial violence, many of us called each other friend. As was explained to me on several occasions, the Xicanos still consider Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and most of California theirs. As such, the prevailing attitude amongst them is one of overwhelming us with sheer numbers and breeding us out of existence. I kid you not, a simple but brilliant stratagem to employ against an opponent you can't best in open combat.Jumping from French to Spanish is no great leap, my mom and all of my aunts an uncles spoke French and had no problem taking the verbal battle to them, when the Xicanos retreated to what they thought was the safety of their own language. I've known many illegals, you'd be sickened if you understood how easy it is to procure false ID, complete with ancillary documentation that can readily fool the so-called experts.My friends dad owned a ranch on a hill overlooking the border. You could sit out on the wrap-around porch at any given time of the day with a spotting scope and watch "coyotes" shepherding their flock through a hole in the border fence big enough to drive a herd of buffalo through. Guys in pick-trucks would come around every couple of weeks and patch up the hole with barbed wire and two days later it would be open again. That's just one hole in fence that's 1,969 miles long or, 3,169 km for users of the metric system.Yes Tin, you're certainly underestimating their numbers in the US.The Don
BaliLife
I attended high school in West Texas.[/quote]that explains a lot.. a spot just opened up in my son's kindergarten class don, it's never too late to try and better yourself..ct
Sumatra
Stunning words Balilife, for someone who doesn't have any firsthand knowledge of what life is really like in a border town.Who can blame the Mexican's anyway? They were forced to retreat south at the point of a gun.If your implication was that West Texans are stupid in general, you're absolutely right. You, SG and Tintin would be considered intellectual demi-gods of the first order.Maybe you guys ought to move on down there, so you can receive the proper amount of respect, adulation and possibly even worship you so desperately crave.The Don
Bert Vierstra
[url="http://women.barackobama.com/page/community/blog/roythompson"]http://women.barackobama.com/page/commu ... oythompson[/url]Women Barack Obama Blog??
Roy
I have no idea why the URL has the word "women" included in its address. :o The topic might be of some interest to others here, but I am quite sure that neither Obama, or the Democratic controlled legislature would ever enact any laws that could possibly restrict the incomes of lawyers...as they are mostly all lawyers themselves. American lawyers are in a league all their own. Just try to hire one to bring a lawsuit against another one for malpractice, or to get a case overturned in the appellate system based on improper legal representation. They protect their own, even more than the police.
Sumatra
[i]Henry The VI, part 2 act 4, scene 2,[/i]Sayeth Dick the butcher; "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers."Simple, no-nonsense, logic springing from the common man. I'd love to see the effectiveness of this sentiment put to the test. The Don :twisted:
Sumatra
In fact,Perhaps Obama with some revision of implementation regarding Dick the butchers sentiment could [b]"change"[/b] healthcare from an [i]"industry"[/i] back into the practice of real medicine.This could be accomplished by killing the lawyers a little bit. Reducing the cost of malpractice insurance would be a good start, this in turn would most likely reduce the profitability of filing frivolous malpractice law suits, with the express intention of milking the insurance companies.Hell, he might even be able to save primary care physicians who are dying off faster than the dinosaurs.Whoopsie! Obama is a lawyer isn't he? Silly me, it just slipped my mind.The Don :twisted:
