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How frustrating Obama's "leadership" must be to the military. One would think the President would at least try to give the illusion of being strong and decisive.  Apparently the military has a lot of opinion it's giving about Obama's commandeering of the war, but fear of reprisal from the White House only allows them to speak anonymously with exception of Secretary Gates.

This is the type of confusing language coming from the White House and the news wires that report it: " WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has not yet determined whether he will make a decision on sending more troops to Afghanistan before the November 7 election runoff, a US official said Tuesday." Reuters reports that "Meetings among his (Obama's) senior advisers will continue next week. The debate has exposed divisions over what to do next."

Reuters also reports McCrystal as giving Obama this advice: "the option of sending more than the 40,000 additional troops -- up to 80,000 according to some sources -- and has described the option of sending no additional troops as "high risk." McChrystal has spoken in grave tones about Afghanistan, warning that success in the campaign against the Taliban could not be taken for granted."

Who is the biggest dissenter to McChrystal's plan?  Joe Biden. Biden has served on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for many years and has Rahm Emanuel's agreement. Rahm is concerned that Afghanistan will be a U.S. quagmire and distract from Obama's successful conclusion of Health-Care reform.  Media talk seems to imply that Hillary Clinton supports Gates thinking on Afghanistan.  Meanwhile, casualties are high among our troops.

America will at least lose a moral victory if we retreat from Afghanistan.  Yet when our President is so consumed with political play, it would do our troops a deserved service not to be involved in Afghanistan.

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Obama not so Loved by the World

Let's face it.  The media keeps trying to tell us that the world loves Obama, but in actuality that is only evidence of a delusion that our media has been giving us and the rest of the world...in spite of any evidence to support their claims.

We do have to concede that Omar Gadafy and Hugo Chavez find much to admire in our President,but where is the proof that the "big bad United States" is profiting from this "citizen of the world"?

Abdom M. Pallasch, a political reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times, said in his recent article that 'Obama did not have time to un-do the terrible image the world has of America'. Pallasch quoted Jesse Jackson who said:  "There must be" resentment against America, the Rev. Jesse Jackson said, near the stage where he had hoped to give a victory speech in Daley Center Plaza. "The way we [refused to sign] the Kyoto Treaty, we misled the world into Iraq. The world had a very bad taste in its mouth about us. But there was such a turnaround after last November. The world now feels better about America and about Americans. That's why I thought the president's going was the deal-maker."

Obviously, no other European country has rushed to parrot us in infusing more money into their economies, and Obama has angered our allies in his refusal to blast Iran for its nuclear developments when speaking last week at the U.N. This fact was revealed by a Paris newspaper-not our own own media.  Next, the Taliban get words of encouragement from Obama when he tells the world we are not interested in "victory" in Afghanistan.

There is danger in an ego as big as the one that consumes Obama.  His narcissism is fed by the American media. Obama and our media go into denial when evidence of Obama's failures are clear to see.  The Olympics fiasco is one thing, but the lives of our soldiers and the health of our economy can not be a victim to this President who seems to be spread too thin with his perceptions of grandeur. 

It is frightening to consider what event it would take to give Obama a reality awakening before serious harm befalls this nation.  We don't deserve the failings of Obama's decisions...not even those who voted for him.

Obama Support Down Due to Lack of Trust

Politics aside, Americans have to have some degree of trust of their leaders, but trust is what Obama is losing with those who elected him to do as he said: "avoid politics as usual".

It was Obama who said: "I don't take a dime of their [lobbyist] money, and when I am president, they won't find a job in my White House. "  That sounds good, but what is this we  heard this past Sunday from the New York Times of Tom Daschle sneaking in the back door of the White House to advise Obama on health-care as Daschle works as a "resource" (what most of us would call a lobbyist) for United Health! As Slate reported: "Daschle is not subject to the restrictions on lobbyists working for the White House that Obama put in place when he took office". One more way Obama will lose trust as the public becomes aware of the Tom Daschle factor.  When you begin to hear more talk of insurance co-ops, think of Daschle.

When the new numbers on debt come out Tuesday,Americans will see an increase of 2 trillion over the original 7 trillion originally predicted for 2009. Obama and his administration fully expect a political backlash. Americans will change their concerns from the economy to insisting that the government bring the deficit down.  After-all,'when the Chinese have to lecture us on how to be good Capitalists',as Sean Hannity mentioned on his show, 'it is frightening.'  Americans no longer trust Obama on health-care because they don't buy-into the message. The fact that it wasn't jammed through the final session of Congress, the truth is leaking out about what the bill actually contain.

So how does health-care affect trust in Obama? The answer is in his own words: "It took a lot of blood, sweat and tears to get to where we are today, but we have just begun. Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today".  This appears noble as well, but by 2019 our debt will be 84% of our GNP. This doesn't sound like a nice gift for our children.

Manufactured Anger: White House Attacks "Some of the People"

How absurd this White House can act when hearing any dissent.  When the Obama administration reacts to voiced criticism or protests from groups of citizens, they are always referred to in such a negative manner by Robert Gibbs and his media cohorts as elements of a fringe group of extremists, and Republicans at best.

Today,The Washington Times reported that the group Think Progress referred to the conservative organizations of Freedom Works and Americans for Prosperity as working "to create an image of mass public opposition to health care and clean energy reform".

Protesters,from every walk of American life, have been turning out in large numbers at various events, to express genuine outage towards its representatives ever since the April 15th Tea Parties first began.  Most of these citizens are protesting for the first time. Average citizens are now going  to town hall  meetings to express their outrage on proposed health care legislation.

Robert Gibbs refers to citizen protests as "manufactured outrage"

"Some of the People" quite probably represent "We the People" on proposed Obamacare legislation. No matter the number, Americans should not be demonized for disagreeing with legislation or policies they consider unwise or simply dangerous. Never should there be a time when the White House insults and denigrates the citizens they serve.

Fox Nation asked its readers "Why is the White House attacking Americans?". Most of the readers noted how their speaking out in opposition to the Obama administration's policies brings labeling,and one label seems to be assigning the name "stupid" or "angry mob".

Perhaps these same "angry mobs" will vent their anger at the polls in 2010.

Obama Needs Lesson from Dr. Larry McKinney on "Pre-Judging"

Back in 2000, Dr.Larry McKinney, President of Providence College, wrote an article on the consequences of pre-judging anyone based on their race,sex,religion, attire, and etc.

He recounts the story that occurred one day in 1885 with a poorly dressed couple who dropped by Harvard University to ask that a memorial be erected to their son who had died and had also attended Harvard.  The president's secretary did everything to discourage the couple from waiting to visit the president. Several hours later, the president of Harvard heard the couples story. He wasn't moved, but was shocked that the couple had the audacity to make such a request. Obviously, the president was assuming these people were not of any means and soon was rid of them.

McKinney goes on to say: "Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California, where they helped establish the University that bears their name. Stanford University, founded in 1885, is a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about".

The rashness in which Obama pre-judged the police officer in the Cambridge and Gates case, shows Obama's carelessness,and a predisposition on Obama's part to tag a situation based on gut reaction versus rational thinking.  Obama has a reputation for remaining "cool", so it does make one wonder why any  President would make such a statement on national television.

 Surely Obama knew he would arouse racial emotions by siding with Gates before he had full knowledge of the situation.  Was this an attempt by Obama to increase division among party lines as he deals with health care?  The entire Obama reaction to the Cambridge incident appears insincere and contrived. The assumption Obama made about Cambridge police is shameful and suspect.

Will Obama Finally Answer Tough Questions on Korea and Iran?

When Obama has his press conference in the Rose Garden on Tuesday, situations abroad with Korea and Iran have some tough questions coming, if the press does its job, and questions him on the worsening situation in Iran. 

Obama is so determined to negotiate with Armadinejad, one wonders if Obama will give sharp criticism to the brutality the Iranian government is using towards its citizens. 

Since we do so little trading with Iran, it would seem that Europe is in a better position to exert pressure on Iran. Obama could at least support a great act of democracy and the effort of a people towards freedom by abandoning his timid approach with these rogues. In fact, it is very reminiscent of Jimmy Carter.

Defiance was also noted in Obama's tone as he spoke today to the naysayers concerning his health program. Obama referred to critics of his health-care plan as "Chicken Little".

Yet hearing how unemployment numbers hit over 14% in California, the disturbing Twitter reports from Iran,and knowing that a rogue nation threatens to launch a test missile towards Hawaii as Obama pounds away at his health-care goals, could account for some worried Americans.  Will the media ever ask a meaningful,pointed question of Obama?

The problem is we have too many gutless "journalists" that only serve as echoes of Obama's political agenda.  Is it even possible America could get objective news?

Obama's Green Czar Says to Paint Your Roof White

I am already using Blackle for my Google search in a conscious effort to be more "green". In fact I plan on resealing the doors to my house as well. There are some things we all know we should be doing to save energy. If for some reason you are rebelling against global warming and refuse to follow the good advice from Obama's Energy Czar, Steven Chu, at least try to save some money.

The Telegraph reports that Secretary Chu attended a three day Nobel laureate symposium in England to discuss the urgent climate crisis facing the world. Chu was quoted as saying:

"... the US was not considering any large scale "geo-engineering" projects where science is used to reverse global warming, but was in favour of "white roofs everywhere".

No joke, I could have told everyone to do that. That is a scientific fact I picked up in school,or some magazine. No matter, but the Telegraph goes on to say: The high level meeting, hosted by the Royal Society and the Prince of Wales, is likely to influence any international agreement on climate change at the end of this year.

Obama Supporters will Start Campaign for Health Care on June 6th

The Obama campaign continues non-stop.

Obama's campaign manager,David Plouffe, is gearing up the street supporters to go door to door as June 6th is designated as the official kick-off day of Obama's health care campaign.

email sent by David Plouffe:Remember this date: Saturday, June 6th, 2009. We will look back on that day as the moment when the fight for real health care reform began in your neighborhood -- perhaps even in your own living room.

On June 6th, in thousands of homes across the country, we'll gather to launch our grassroots campaign for health care. We'll watch a special message from the President. We'll build the teams and draw up the plans for winning health care reform the same way we won the election: Building support one block, one neighbor, one conversation at a time. And we'll put those plans into action. These kickoffs are so crucial that President Obama will join confirmed hosts and attendees on a live conference call.

Americans in general note the need for reformed health care. The swiftness of this new legislation is still cause for concern. The rashness of Obama's decisions,as in his call to close Guantanamo prison without the foresight to say where the prisoners will be re-located, shows inexperience and problems for Americans down the road, if the same whirlwind activity continues. No one can stay that Obama isn't striking while his politcal iron is hot. It's the repercussions from all of Obama's programs that Americans need to worry about.

Back in April,theTelegraph View did an article on Obama's first 100 days, and drove home the need for Obama to stop campaigning and start governing. The fact that Congress can not vote intelligibly on a bill due to lack of time to read it,should anger everyone that Washington plays these games with legislation we have to live with. Obama shows no signs of slowing down the new programs as Americans stay pre-occupied fighting a bad economy on every front.

A comment on Obama and his first 100 days at the Telegraph makes mention that the reader thinks it is time to wonder if the lyrics from the song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" was pointed at America for Obama's first 100:

The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy.

With a load of iron ore - 26,000 tons more
Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty
That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed
When the gales of November came early

The ship was the pride of the American side
Coming back from some mill in Wisconson
As the big freighters go it was bigger than most
With a crew and the Captain well seasoned...

Hopefully, as Obama and his supporters go out knocking on America's doors, no one will think of this song as being America's new anthem.

Obama's Boring and Useless Press Conferences

Obama uses press conferences simply to market himself along with his present agenda.  The reporters that are allowed to ask questions is predetermined.

The way the press conferences are conducted simply allow Obama time to talk about whatever he wishes with too many softball questions. Any questions of substance that demand Obama to go into detail are rare and far apart  as was the question of water-boarding,or even the question that referenced abortion was skirted around and not really answered by Obama.

The Obama press conferences are too orchestrated. Nothing of substance is clarified for Americans who really have questions that need answers. The reporters who are suppose to ask the questions we want asked have abandoned the average citizen in favor of those in charge. This docile media is dangerous to the public when it behaves this way. Those few reporters who do ask tough questions are few and far between.

The Obama press conferences are useless. It is just free marketing time for Obama. 

To make fun of 'people who hold those little teabags', is unforgivable.  Many will be glad to hear Obama is annoyed.

Got Pot? Stop By Your Local Dispensary

Retail outlets selling pot populate hundreds of store fronts in California ever since U.S.Atty.General Eric Holder said that these businesses would no longer be raided by the DEA.   So you guessed it, almost anything qualifies a business for operating as a medicinal convenience store.

New Vending Machine for Dope

The Washington Post describes this scenario:  Stride into the Medical Kush Beach Club in Venice Beach, for example, and two scantily clad women will lead you to a physician who will, for $150, dispense a “physician’s recommendation." Then you can enjoy the smoking lounge upstairs.

California is booming with these new outlets, but the complaints aren't from people who are crabbing about others smoking pot, but the rapid explosion of these store fronts next to every business imaginable.

Somehow, California will manage, but how these new type c-stores eventually get controlled (and by whom) will be interesting to see. Some big bucks to be made.

Thomas Sowell: The Dangers of Obama's Inexperience

Sowell at the NRO has written a column "A Rookie President".  Thomas Sowell is using the word "rookie" in reference to Obama's lack of administrative experience where he would be responsible for the outcome of his decision making. This was the basis for most who opposed having a rookie as president. There is too much danger to experiment, but that is exactly what is happening, and none of us know the outcome of frantically doing so much so fast except for government taking dominance in our daily lives.

Sowell uses the following analogy of a "rookie" by stating: Someone once that,for every rookie you have on your starting team in the National Football League,you will lose a game.  Some where,at some time during the season a rookie will make a mistake that will cause you to lose a game." end quote~

What are the rookie mistakes so far for Obama?  Sowell points to a few things such as Obama trying to make a backroom deal with the Russians while leaving the NATO nations out of the loop. Russia chose to make the proposal known with the implication that the U.S. is not to be trusted. 

Obama also made his first phone call to Hamas (whom wh have given millions to in aid) which allows for mare missiles to be fired into Israel.

The Left is famous for being soft on its enemies and tough on its allies. Eternal guilt complex?  The snobbish treatment of the British by Obama hasn't been lost on those reading the news. Sowell calls Obama's treatment of Gordon Brown unimpressive, and the fact that Obama sent the bust of Winston Churchill that was in the White House back to the Bristish Embassy is either a genuine snub, or a simple sign of Obama's inexperience.

Jed Babbin wrote an article about Obamas rookie style back in January, and the foresight of his warnings and observations are now startling, and that was when we were all talking about a one trillion dollar budget.

So far, there is no indication that Europe sees Obama's economic style as innovative or containing any signs of forward thinking.

Rookies need to get their experience, but not on the world stage.

Cheney Says Obama's Policies Put America at Risk

Cheney told CN that "the harsh interrogations of suspects and the use of warrantless electronic surveillance were "absolutely essential" to get information to prevent more attacks like the 2001 suicide hijackings that targeted New York and Washington".

Many experts agree that the "proof is in the pudding' due to the fact that America has not been attacked since 2001. 

Cheney also said that the Obama administration is returning to the pre-9-11 strategy of treating terrorism as a policing job rather than as a military need.

Rep.Joe Sestak (D) Pa. said that the move of the Obama administration was due to a matter of principles and how the U.S. is viewed.

The New York Times reported Cheney as saying “When you go back to the law enforcement mode, which I sense is what they’re doing, closing Guantánamo and so forth, that they are very much giving up that center of attention and focus that’s required, and that concept of military threat that is essential if you’re going to successfully defend the nation against further attacks.”

The first job of the government is to protect the people. That was the purpose of forming a union to begin with, and putting the people at risk after the hard lesson of September 11, could become Obama's biggest folly.

Obama Thinks He Can Do It All ...Narcissism?

 Gloria Berger at CNN brings up an interesting analysis on Obama and his very bold domestic policies. 

In fact, Borger states that Obama's win against the Clinton Machine in the democratic primaries may have given Obama reinforcement in his thinking that he can not fail, if he is audacious and sticks to his plans, just as he did when running against Hillary.

If you are a conservative, you are probably scared out of your wits right now watching the country begin to over-spend with money not even made by big and small business. It is as if Obama does not care how the markets react,... it will be done. So either Obama ends up as another Jimmy Carter, or has a brighter outcome following in the steps of Reagan. Remember, it was Jimmy Carter who over-reached and earned defeat the next election.

The disturbing thing about Obama's thought process is that he is going to gamble big time, and is suffering from over-confidence. That is the Conservative fear. Or is it worse with Obama?

Dr.Schmuel Vaknin has written extensively on "narcissism". Here is an excerpt from his website regarding his book Malignant Self-Love:

"I must confess I was impressed by Sen.Barack Obama from the first time
I saw him.  At first I was excited to see a black candidate.  He looked
youthful, spoke well, appeared to be confident - a wholesome
presidential package.  I was put off soon, not just because of his
shallowness but also because there was an air of haughtiness in his
demeanor that was unsettling.  His posture and his body language were
louder than his empty words. Obama's speeches are unlike any political
speech we have heard in American history.  Never a politician in this
land had such quasi "religious" impact on so many people.  The fact that
Obama is a total incognito with zero accomplishment, makes this
inexplicable infatuation alarming. Obama is not an ordinary man.  He is
not a genius.  In fact he is quite ignorant on most important subjects."

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Obama: Big Promise Broken to Small Business

There is little to be said for the benefits small business will receive from the $787 billion stimulus plan. This segment of the business sector employs more than half of the U.S. workforce. So what happened to the big campaign promise Obama made to business? “The small businessman who looks to rely on the government for help is the one who isn’t going to make it out of the recession,” said Howard Anderson, a professor of entrepreneurship at MIT’s Sloan School of Management. 

While the big banks and automakers squeeze tax dollars from the American citizen,small businesses can't even get a conventional loan. So far, any effort to loosen credit for small business and to stimulate the economy has been a failure. Will it change with the second go around with banks? 

David Halperin of the Atlanta Journal Constitution,is completely optimistic with the new stimulus bill. Halperin wrote "For business owners, the bill would offer relief by increasing the carry-back period for net operating losses. In a typical year, a reasonable percentage of small businesses experience a loss, but in challenging economic times such as these, there are estimates that perhaps as many as half of all businesses could experience a loss." Halperin goes on to mention the inclusion of small business expensing in the stimulus plan and bonus depreciation. 

So what about credit? What business can survive without it? Obama's original promise to cancel the capital gains tax for small business was the cornerstone on his campaign Web site under "Small Business Emergency Rescue Plan." A few weeks before the election, advisers Austan Goolsbee and Jason Furman touted their boss's pro-growth credentials by noting in this newspaper that "he is proposing additional tax cuts" that included "the elimination of capital gains taxes for small businesses and start-ups." 

The problem and end result: Obama compromised with the House Democrats. This is the same issue Bush faced with his congress: an inability to stand-up to your own party. 

Obama and America Make a Sharp Left Turn for Socialism

"Culture War" blasted upon the American consciousness in 1992 at the Republican National Convention.  Pat Buchanan made an address to the GOP, and defined this relatively new phrase as a "war for the nation's soul".  That year notes the time our nation recognized it was fighting something from within- secularism, and the final result threatened to be Socialism.

Seventeen years later, we see an America with significant social change, and a drastically weakened economy. Our status of creditor nation has been delivered to China. Now, there are major signs of socialism in our politics and media. Consider this quote from U.S. Rep. Bob Latta of  Ohio when asked by the Toledo Blade if America could consider itself a socialist country:

"We might not be quite there yet, but when magazines are talking about socialism, I think it's time for Americans to look at the Constitution and say, 'Is this what we were handed by our forefathers in September of 1787?' and I think not," Mr. Latta said. "I think America is a much better country than what we're doing now." 

What our forefathers fought for was freedom, but that included personal responsibility. Yes, this inherited freedoms includes free speech, but at some point, it too can cross the line of responsible behavior. All freedom has a price, and that is holding all of us accountable. This ideology doesn't appeal to a people who wish for a "big brother " for it entails a relinquishing of any personal freedom while the citizen is cared for by the state.

Freedom of religion  comes to mind, but the price to practice this freedom is to respect the religion of others, and it can not be a religion that wishes to see the destruction of another people and their beliefs!

When Obama came into the national spotlight a few years ago, those who played into the Obama "Hope and Change" were those who see government as a caretaker. No need to think, we will do it for you! That is why when one questioned an Obama supporter with what Obama planned to change, the hypnotic response came back as 'I don't know, he is going to change things'.

Some of us know the price for government caretaking. The child-like need being expressed by this mentality is now manifested in the so called Stimulus Bill. 

Unfortunately, we are just beginning the journey to grasp what it will require, what that price will be, and will it keep requiring more money from each American citizen, formerly known as a capitalist consumer.

According to Mitch McConnell, Senate  Minority Leader, 'if we had spent a million dollars a day from the birth of Jesus, then we would have spent less than the proposed stimulus package.'

When Obama made his weekly radio and Internet address, he said, "I will sign this legislation into law shortly, and we'll begin making the immediate investments necessary to put people back to work doing the work America needs done."

Obama also uses  futuristic words that reveal the heavy price for this stimulus bill  which bloats our government even more with  this recent statement: "This historic step won't be the end of what we do to turn our economy around, but rather the beginning. The problems that led us into this crisis are deep and widespread, and our response must be equal to the task."

 

Socialism has arrived. What are your abilities? Do you have any needs?

 

Obama: A Major Move to Socialism

David Smick: Wait Till You See the Next Bank Bail Out!

Folks, here is a must read.

David Smick is a renowned global strategic advisor, so here is his quoted excerpt to start things off on the next bank bail-out:

..... here's how Washington really works. The reason for Obama's public campaign is that soon officials are likely to hand the banks a taxpayer-funded bailout potentially worth trillions of dollars. Therefore, what's happening here is the creation of old-fashioned political cover....

The administration needs this cover because it faces a horrible choice. At issue is how the Treasury arrives at a price for the banks' toxic assets in any bailout package that entails taxpayer funding.

Here's the catch: If officials value the toxic assets at too low a price, all bank stocks will collapse. The world then would declare the large U.S. banks insolvent. America would face financial Armageddon...end quote

In short, American taxpayers hold some "bad banks" which means we will have to pay off these bad loans and assets with trillions of more in our tax dollars.

Read The Article by Smick: 

Commentary: Wait till you see the next bailout

by David Smick

CNN: Obama "I Screwed Up" (On Daschle)

Not comforting to hear this from the President.  What a change Obama shows after the MSM begins to challenge his waffling, and lack of ethics reforms.

Obama told Anderson Cooper he didn't wish to send the wrong message to the American People.

Why then did Timothy Geithner make it through the confirmation hearings?  Mr. President, that is the wrong message.

read excerpt from interview with Obama below:

"Ultimately, I campaigned on changing Washington and bottom-up politics," Obama said. "And I don't want to send a message to the American people that there are two sets of standards -- one for powerful people and one for ordinary folks who are working every day and paying their taxes."  Watch the interview with the president »

Full Details: Obama: 'I screwed up' on Daschle appointment

Obama: Offers Hand of Friendship to Arabs

Obama sounded too apologetic to a lot of Americans while being interviewed on the Al -Arabiya network. Fred Barnes said it best: "Nice guys finish Last."  Still, I don't remember Americans going out on the street and rioting against Muslim groups after the "9-11" attack. Will the Far Left give America credit for that?  Obama seemed "sheepish" when talking to the Dubai satellite station in Washington.  Obama has promised to address the Muslim world from a Muslim capital in his first "100 Days".

CNN:  Analyst Zaid Hamid said that Obama has yet to win the hearts and minds of the Muslim world.

Hamid said the real litmus test for the Muslim world is what Obama does with the crisis in Gaza. 

Some Americans Have news for Hamid: Obama has yet to win the hearts and minds of all Americans..Tredwine

                                                    Source: CNN

'Americans are not your enemy,' Obama tells Muslims

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama said his administration will offer a hand of friendship to the Muslim world but will hunt down terrorist organizations that kill innocent civilians.

President Obama has taken an early interest in the Middle East peace process.

"My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that the Americans are not your enemy," Obama said in an interview with Al-Arabiya, the Dubai-based satellite television network. "We sometimes make mistakes. We have not been perfect."

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Energy Czar for Obama: Member of Socialist Group

Anything with a new world order tag to it is quite disturbing...Tredwine

Obama Energy Czar Socialist Group Member

By NewsGuy

US president-elect Barack Obama’s so-called “climate czar” Carol Browner has been exposed as being a member of Socialist International, a highly influential group that advocates the implementation of global government.

Links of Browner to Socialist International have been scrubbedfrom their site, but a cached versionshows her membership to the organization. Browner also ran the EPA during the Clinton Administration from 1993-2001, the longest-serving Administrator in the agency’s history...continued

Obama's New Tour

Obama has plan to travel the nation to get support from the American people 

in regards to new stimulus plan. He wants to over-ride any congressional 

objections.

Obama Plans Stimulus Tour

Obama is not going to spend any time getting comfortable at his desk in the Oval Office. 

As soon as the inauguration celebrations are over, he plans to take to the road to sell his

 $775 billion stimulus package to the nation, appealing over the heads of Congress to the

 American people.  And his cabinet will also scatter far and wide, stressing the need for 

quick passage of his bill to defibrillate the stalled economy. "We'll fan out," said David Axel

-rod, Obama’s chief public relations advisor. "We'll make clear to people why we need to 

do what we're doing, why it's the size it is, what the individual component parts are, 

and why they are an important part of the equation in terms of short-term recovery.”

 There are dangers, however, to going on tour like a rock star, writes David Nicholas

 in the Los Angeles Times: “By mounting an aggressive public relations campaign,

 Obama may be seen as bypassing the GOP en route to a major legislative victory.

 For a new president who promised bipartisanship, Obama's methods could leave 

Republicans feeling isolated and marginalized.

Read it at Los Angeles Times