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Obama agenda: international affairs

Posted: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 9:35 AM by firstread
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin supposedly doesn't do foreign policy and yet he's in China on an official visit to cut a deal on energy. Hmmm. President Medvedev is simply the ambassador to the world but when a deal involves money for the Russians, Putin steps in?

Looks like the Obama administration has a Plan B for Iran -- the bunker buster bomb; a project that has been sped up.

Speaking of that PLAN B... Secretary of State Clinton is still working on plan A... getting the Russians on board with Iranian sanctions.

Clinton will meet with Russian president Dmitry Medvedev today “ amid claims that Washington has agreed to stop criticizing Russia's human rights record in return for improved relations.”

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First Read: Looks like the Obama administration has a Plan B for Iran -- the bunker buster bomb; a project that has been sped up.

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So your saying that the Nobel Peace Prize winner Barack H. Obama will be taking us to war with Iran.
Plan B hmmmm.

Actualy I will hold my snide comment and wish this administration luck in this endevor.
Bunker busters are a bad idea
You can't keep 3rd world states from having nuclear power
SORRY

Why are the US, France, England and Israel judged 'worthy' of nuclear technology and others not?

I'm remember the same kind of crazy talk when China was developing nuclear power
They're razy, they're unstable, they're barbarians

The world survived a Chinese bomb
We will survive a North Korean bomb and an Iranian bomb

Why not spend the time and energy solving the Palestinian Question, instead ??
Mmmmmm, Mmmmmm, Mmmmmm
Mmmmmm, Mmmmmm, Mmmmmm
Mideast death tolls on the rise!
But Barack got the Nobel Prize!
Mmmmmm, Mmmmmm, Mmmmmm
Mmmmmm, Mmmmmm, Mmmmmm
Unemployment numbers are jumpin!
But Baracks in the White House crumpin!
Mmmmmm, Mmmmmm, Mmmmmm
Mmmmmm, Mmmmmm, Mmmmmm
The banks are under stress!
But Michelle got a brand new dress!
Mmmmmm, Mmmmmm, Mmmmmm
Mmmmmm, Mmmmmm, Mmmmmm
Pirates rob and rule the Sudan!
But in Europe Baracks the MAN!
Mmmmmm, Mmmmmm, Mmmmmm
Mmmmmm, Mmmmmm, Mmmmmm
Kids killed by angry mobs!
While millions lose their jobs!
Mmmmmm, Mmmmmm, Mmmmmm
Mmmmmm, Mmmmmm, Mmmmmm
Hope and Change was Baracks cry!
Now we see its all a lie!
Mmmmmm, Mmmmmm, Mmmmmm
Mmmmmm, Mmmmmm, Mmmmmm
It is always good to have a plan B in case plan A falls flat. Talking is certainly better than shooting.

Where are the jobs Barry? (Sent Tuesday, October 13, 2009 9:56 AM)


They're out there but you have to be willing to compromise, retrain if necessary but above all you must spend your whole day looking for work as if it is a full time job, and it is. No one is going to GIVE you a job. So buckle up buttercup and get out there. Network, re-write your resume, a cover letter and follow-up. Take something you don't particularly like for now and look again later when things get better. Whining about no nob on some blog isn's going to make it happen.
Concerning the Nobel Peace Prize that the President won.  For those who do not know American history the two presidents that won it while in offce were Thedore Roosevelt (1906) & Woodrow Wilson (1919).  Roosevelt for mediated a truce between Russia & Japan.  The peace treaty was concluded in 1905.  It did not last.  Wilson received the prize for the League of Nations after World War 1.  The US did not want to be a part of it.  My history lesson is to show how much Americans dor not know their own history or that the Prize is often given for "trying do to something noble for peace in the world.  The League of Nations never lasted as well as peace between Japan & Russia.  So now perhaps you can understand why the President won.  For his goals and his vision for the US among other nations.
Ya'll are so ridculous.  Obama hasn't been in office long enough to even have anything fully done yet.  Obviously nobody understands the stress that he's going through to try and help bring this country back up to where it used to be.  I understand that it seems like nothing is happening, but at least he's trying to do something to change this stupid country.  I don't see any normal people going out of their way to help the poor.  I'm getting help from CCA, churches, and some federal funding to help take care of my child and husband.  I'm sorry but until ya'll go and do something for the poor community like me and my family, then shut up.  I'm tired of hearing all ya'lls crap.  Just shut up unless you plan to pay for all my bills.


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