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A member of the loyal opposition

Some would say, "he woke up" But Not me.

Originally Posted by Shirleevee

Some would say, "he woke up" But Not me.

LOL I wish he would "wake-up" and stop spending our great grand children's future.

Is the President spending our children's money? Or is it the 435 members of the House of Representatives? The President can't spend what the House doesn't give him. They can always tighten the pursestrings and bring a lot of this nonsense to a halt.

Let's blame the right group. The President can't spend what he's not given to spend. And he can't stop the spending that 261 members of the House vote for.

Do we need a thread, What did Congress do wrong today? (There's little point in adding one about what Congress did right. It would be too mind-numbing to try to find something.)

Originally Posted by Shirleevee

Some would say, "he woke up" But Not me.

Funny. How dare he!!!

Obama told Muslims over seas that America could be considered a Muslim country.

Did I miss something?

Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna

Is the President spending our children's money? Or is it the 435 members of the House of Representatives? The President can't spend what the House doesn't give him. They can always tighten the pursestrings and bring a lot of this nonsense to a halt.

Let's blame the right group. The President can't spend what he's not given to spend. And he can't stop the spending that 261 members of the House vote for.

Do we need a thread, What did Congress do wrong today? (There's little point in adding one about what Congress did right. It would be too mind-numbing to try to find something.)

Again: Congress passes bill without reading. How many times must it be said?

Obama said that we are one of the largest muslim countries.

Here is a What-Is-Obama-Smoking? Alert:

Indonesia: 200 million Muslims. India: 156 million Muslims. Pakistan: 150 million Muslims.

United States: 2.3 million Muslims (according to the Pew Research Center).

Now...I don't have the figures on how many Americans are christians but I would guess well over 150 million?

I know he is trying to suck-up to those guys over there, but gee, don't play loose with the facts. No, now that I think of it...he is just plain lying.

Just alittle info I looked up real fast..


http://www.theweek.com/article/index...Muslim_country


"Sure, the president might have stretched it a bit," said Pete Abel in The Moderate Voice. Then again, the U.S. is No. 30 out of the world's 189-plus countries, so we have more Muslims than 84 percent of the planet's nation states. Regardless, the right-wing outrage at Obama's statement is silly—there's nothing objectionable about trying to build bridges to Muslims elsewhere.




http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/toby_ha...s_in_the_world

What does this tell you?


CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday that he and Cuban ally Fidel Castro risk being more conservative than U.S. President Barack Obama as Washington prepares to take control of General Motors Corp.

During one of Chavez’s customary lectures on the “curse” of capitalism and the bonanzas of socialism, the Venezuelan leader made reference to GM’s bankruptcy filing, which is expected to give the U.S. government a 60 percent stake in the 100-year-old former symbol of American might.

“Hey, Obama has just nationalized nothing more and nothing less than General Motors. Comrade Obama! Fidel, careful or we are going to end up to his right,” Chavez joked on a live television broadcast."

Originally Posted by GMONEY

Just alittle info I looked up real fast..


http://www.theweek.com/article/index...Muslim_country


"Sure, the president might have stretched it a bit," said Pete Abel in The Moderate Voice. Then again, the U.S. is No. 30 out of the world's 189-plus countries, so we have more Muslims than 84 percent of the planet's nation states. Regardless, the right-wing outrage at Obama's statement is silly—there's nothing objectionable about trying to build bridges to Muslims elsewhere.

/blogs.telegraph.co.uk/toby_harnden/blog/2009/06/03/barack_hussein_obama_us_one_of_the_largest_muslim_ countries_in_the_world[/url]

Sounds reasonable to me...

Originally Posted by BobKat1

Sounds reasonable to me...

This is the rest of the article that follows, but must have gotten deleted somehow !

"Yes, but mangling statistics is hardly the best way to accomplish that, said Michael Goldfarb in The Weekly Standard. "There are more Muslims in tiny Jordan than there are in the United States, and twice as many in Syria." The U.S. has the largest Christian population—and the second largest Jewish population, after Israel—in the world, so if Obama really wants Muslim nations to "better understand" us he might try mentioning that."

Originally Posted by Bucco

This is the rest of the article that follows, but must have gotten deleted somehow !

"Yes, but mangling statistics is hardly the best way to accomplish that, said Michael Goldfarb in The Weekly Standard. "There are more Muslims in tiny Jordan than there are in the United States, and twice as many in Syria." The U.S. has the largest Christian population—and the second largest Jewish population, after Israel—in the world, so if Obama really wants Muslim nations to "better understand" us he might try mentioning that."

Excellent Bucco. Funny what editing will do.

Keedy

Other than the criticisms being leveled on conservative talk radio and among a few folks here, from all that I'm reading the President's visit and speeches in the middle East are roaring successes among Muslims. What's unknown at the moment, and probably will remain so for awhile, is how much help and money will derive from the requests the President made of King Abdullah and President Mubarak.

Maybe even more important will be how Israel responds to the demands made when Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel visited Washington a couple weeks ago. He was non-committal on the issue of closing down the settlements in the West Bank when meeting with Obama, but loudly de-bunked that idea as well as the idea of a "two party solution" among his supporters once he got back to Israel. Looks like we'll have to lean on Israel to get some progress there. I have no doubt that we have an administration that will be willing to 'lean' as much as is necessary without pandering to domestic moneyed political interests.

Otherwise, most of the pundits are saying that we've set the stage for more progress in Middle East relations than has existed for a decade. I suppose if one wants to, words and phrases can be picked apart and criticized. That provides entertainment for some, I suppose. But maybe the overall question should be: does this trip by the new U.S. President seem to be a good first step in accomplishing our national objectives? Most expert observers are saying 'yes'.

Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna

Other than the criticisms being leveled on conservative talk radio and among a few folks here, from all that I'm reading the President's visit and speeches in the middle East are roaring successes among Muslims. What's unknown at the moment, and probably will remain so for awhile, is how much help and money will derive from the requests the President made of King Abdullah and President Mubarak.

Maybe even more important will be how Israel responds to the demands made when Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel visited Washington a couple weeks ago. He was non-committal on the issue of closing down the settlements in the West Bank when meeting with Obama, but loudly de-bunked that idea as well as the idea of a "two party solution" among his supporters once he got back to Israel. Looks like we'll have to lean on Israel to get some progress there. I have no doubt that we have an administration that will be willing to 'lean' as much as is necessary without pandering to domestic moneyed political interests.

Otherwise, most of the pundits are saying that we've set the stage for more progress in Middle East relations than has existed for a decade. I suppose if one wants to, words and phrases can be picked apart and criticized. That provides entertainment for some, I suppose. But maybe the overall question should be: does this trip by the new U.S. President seem to be a good first step in accomplishing our national objectives? Most expert observers are saying 'yes'.

Most of what has been said by the "One" has been said by Bush and other presidents. Watch this short video about Jihad to see what we are really up against.
http://www.terrorismawareness.org/know-about-jihad/