Obama Abroad

Please stop trumpeting the superficial.

There is no necessity in putting words into other???s mouth or showering credits where they are not due.

PIA
ALL HE DOES IS GO AND TALK LIKE AN AUTOBOT TRANSFORMER ABROAD -WHAT IS HE DOING WHICH JFK -JACKIE DID NOT DO BETTER -
THEY WERE USELESS TOO BUT MORE GLAMOUROUS AT LEAST

obama is an ISLAMOPHOBE WHO wants iran and pakistan wiped out as they both have nuclear technology but he is self defeating himself and destroying the US economy doing that much to chinese glee -
i hope the russian prophecy of usa collapsing in 2010 fulfills itself by the end of december -
and as for india china will teach that terrorist nation a lesson it will remember for a few millenia -

and PAKISTAN -
I AM NOT WORRIED ABOUT -EVEN WITH ENEMIES AND FOES FROM OBAMA TO FAREED -US -UK -INDIA AND ISRAEL -IT HAS 3 FRIENDS THAT KEEP SILENT AND SPPORTIVE -

HAVE YOU HEARD -MR DIVINE SPEAK

BARKING DOGS DO NOT BITE -LOLZ
AND U AND ALL THE OTHER ANTI-PAKI ILK ARE INCLUSIVE IN THAT CANINE PACK -
BE IT FAREED OR OBAMA

Obama Abroad-best Newsweek article of 2008

My Dear Friend Fareed, he sees Pakistan as a major trouble spot, a country run by rogues in the ISI and Pakistani military. I wonder why you did not mention it.

The Messiah Gets Heckled; Wants Big Oil to Send You $1,000
Rush Limbaugh.com Aug. O1, 2008

RUSH: Speaking of The Messiah, he was heckled today.
The Messiah heckled in St. Petersburg Florida.

OBAMA: Hold on a second. (heckles) Hold on a second. (booing) That's all right. That's right, all right. Listen. Excuse me. (shouting) Hey. Hold on a second. (chanting) Hold on, everybody. Excuse me, young man. This is going to be a question-and-answer session, so you can ask a question later. Let me make my statement. (applause) Why don't you all sit down. Then you can ask a question. That's all -- sit down. You'll -- you'll have -- you'll have a chance to answer your question, but you don't want to disrupt the whole meeting. Just be courteous, that's all. All you gotta do is be courteous. That's all. Just be courteous and you'll have a chance to make a statement. Just relax. That's all. Just relax. You'll have a chance. All right. Where was I, and what was I talking about?

RUSH: Well, they succeeded in heckling The Messiah. They unfurled large banners there that said: "What about the black community, Obama?" And he was clearly shouted down. This is something that we haven't seen before on the campaign, ladies and gentlemen, and that is The Messiah being heckled. In addition to that, I saw this this morning, and I was just blown away. Obama wants another stimulus check sent to every American. He wants the check to be in the amount of $1,000. And do you know who he wants to be responsible for paying for this? Big Oil. Oh my God, is right. Democrat presidential candidate, the Lord Barack Obama, The Messiah.

RUSH: Seriously, Obama wants a new windfall profits tax on Big Oil because of these huge profits that they announced yesterday and another $1,000 stimulus check to every American that qualifies (which would be most, certainly not me) paid for from this windfall profits tax. This is idiotic. Once again it's pure pandering and pure populism and these guys can't figure out who their villain is going to be. When oil was approaching $150 a barrel, of course the evil villains are the spectators. Now it's back to Big Oil. Even the Los Angeles Times today got it right in an editorial: Nearly 50% of those profits reported by Big Oil are taxable.

Continued - The Messiah Gets Heckled; Wants Big Oil to Send You $1,000

That means federal taxation on the Big Oil profits. So whatever you read -- $11 billion, whatever the number -- half of it already goes to the federal government, and they want a windfall profits tax. There are a lot of things about this whole business of oil that a lot of people do not understand, but I just find it fascinating. Nancy Pelosi and the gang have left town. There is nothing going to be done for five weeks, not a single appropriation bill, nothing on drilling. And it was just four years ago, remember how John Kerry was hounding President Bush to go "jawbone" the Saudis and bring the oil price down? Now, four years later, all they want is for the price to remain high. They want you miserable. They want you suffering.

RUSH: Looking at the polling data, Obama and McCain are tied now in the daily Gallup tracking poll, 45-44. (interruption) What do you mean, oh, no? You like McCain being ahead? Well, no, he probably is in likely voters. This is just registered. The point is this. Something's happened. The bloom is off the Obama rose.

The Drive-Bys cannot save him. This whole messiah thing has blown up. I think the trip, the world tour, was a disaster. I'm telling you something, folks, he had a 15-point lead. The American people don't want to vote for a rookie, somebody they don't know who shows up across the pond and starts trashing this country. They would appreciate perhaps even a little thanks from somebody who seeks to be their leader and the president, but I think it's become clear, he's been revealed as nothing more than your average closet variety liberal who perhaps is more dangerous than anybody suspects because of his associations.

Bush rips Democrats for opposing offshore drilling
MyWay By H. Josef Hebert Aug. 02, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush chastised Democrats on Saturday for refusing to allow a vote on whether to lift the federal ban on offshore oil drilling before lawmakers departed for their summer recess.

"To reduce pressure on prices, we need to increase the supply of oil, especially oil produced here at home," Bush said in his weekly radio address. It was the fourth time this week that he has called for Congress to end the drilling restrictions off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts and in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

Some of the drilling moratoriums have been in place since 1981 for environmental reasons and concerns that energy development might harm coastal tourist industries.

Bush acknowledged it would be years before any of the oil beneath the offshore waters could be pumped, but he said "lifting the ban would create new opportunities for American workers and businessmen."

"But the leaders of the Democratic Congress have refused to allow a vote" on whether the drilling moratoriums should be lifted, Bush complained.


My Commentary:

If, as the Democrats maintain, that approval for exploration and drilling in offshore locations would not affect the price of oil, and would not increase the supply of oil for several years (often touted as the magic number 10 years), why not grant approval now to test that theory, and provide several thousands of well-paying jobs to stimulate the economy?

Do Democrats actually fear that their rigid assertions would be proven to be false?

Democrats anxious for Obama to widen lead
FT.com Financial Times
By Edward Luce in Washington August 1 2008

In 1980, Ronald Reagan asked voters whether they felt better off than four years earlier. He went on to defeat Jimmy Carter a few weeks later. On Friday Barack Obama raised the same question: ???Do you think that you are better off now than you were four years ago or eight years ago???? he asked voters in Florida. ???And if you don???t . . . do you think you can afford another four years of the same failed economic policies that we???ve had under George W. Bush????

With unemployment on Friday jumping by 51,000 to take this year???s job losses to almost half a million, Mr Obama is mining a potentially rich seam. But a number of Democrats, including advisers to the Obama campaign, are worried that the Democratic party???s overall electoral advantage this year has not yet translated into comfortable leads for Mr Obama. On Friday Gallup showed Mr Obama just one point ahead of John McCain ??? a significant tightening in the past two weeks

Obama risks voter ire by opposing new oil drilling
PalmBeachPost.com Aug. 01, 2008
By MIKE GLOVER Associated Press Writer

ROLLA, Mo. ??? Barack Obama is once again betting that his eloquence can persuade price-weary consumers ??? read that as voters ??? to take the long view and not jump at a short-term fix when it comes to soaring energy prices.

It worked in his presidential primary contest against New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton when she proposed a "gas tax holiday" for the summer, a pitch he opposed despite its popularity with many voters. But that was in April before gasoline shot past $4 a gallon.

Virtually all polls now show dealing with energy prices high atop the agenda of voters.
At issue for Obama's Republican opponent, Sen. John McCain, is opening up offshore drilling to boost production, a move McCain and others GOP lawmakers say would increase supply and help control soaring gasoline prices. Opponents, including Obama and many other Democrats, say new offshore oil would be years away from reaching consumers and even then would make little difference in prices and the ongoing U.S. need for foreign oil.

Republicans clearly have targeted energy prices, looking to boost their standing with consumers. President Bush has pushed Congress to permit the offshore drilling and warned that "the American people are rightly frustrated" because Democrats won't allow a vote on opening up offshore drilling.

For his part, McCain has his sights squarely on Obama's opposition to offshore drilling, labeling him "Dr. No when it comes to energy production." The tactic is not surprising, because polls have shown that consumers ??? even in environmentally sensitive states like Florida ??? are desperate for politicians to do something about energy and favor offshore drilling by big margins.

Obama is pressed on the issue repeatedly on the campaign trail, but he refuses to budge, preferring to take pains to spell out his reasons.

hardlyhere -

Your juvenile exhausted plethora of unsubstantiated rants demonstrates that you're incapable of actually engaging in intelligent, original thought, meaningful, and respectful discussion, let alone understanding anyone???s comments to you - rant answered.

This Oil will go to Market and Bring Back, whatever the market Bares and we'll still have High Prices to Contend with...Simple and Plain

Thats what the Big Oil Corporations and the Mass Media are Withholding from All of You.


Anyway this offshore Oil Drilling is a Farce....


Big Oil Corporations have 38 Million Offshore Oil Land Leases and they hav'nt begun to Drill on these Already Aquired Lands and Big Oil also has 68 Million Land leases to Drill for Oil....


Yet the Money Hungry Whores want More Land....


What next, an Oil Field in Every Shore, City and State....


If Big Oil Gets its way, Imminent Domain will be in "Full Effect"


Your Neighborhood will be Next !!!


Drill all You want, the Oil is Going to Market and it will Bring, what the Market Bares and America will in all liklihood, will See no Any Substantial Decrease at the Pump.


Most of our Oil Comes from (Canada) the Upper North...


Not Saudia Arabia !!


Sorry, but Facts are Facts


It will take quite some Time, to See any of this Oil, in any Event.

Who Voted Against More Offshore Oil Drilling, When then President Jimmy Carter Wanted... More Oil Drilling in the 70's..Hmmm


Answer: Most of the Senators and Congressmen & Women of Carter's Presidency.



Who Voted Against Drilling in ANWR in the 80's ?



Answer: John McCain and Other Senators and Congressmen & Women



Which Past President(s) Voted Against Drilling in ANWR and more Offshore Lands ?



Answer: Reagan, Bush Sr and Bill Clinton, along with the Senate and the Congress of their Times and guess What Senator Voted Against Oil Drilling as well, during that Time....



Senator John McCain....



McCain Has such a Great Track Record on Oil Independence..Huh




McCain's 25 Year Senate Record will be EXPOSED in this Offshore Oil Debate....



McCain was Not Pro Offshore and ANWR Drilling, until...


NOW in an Election Year !!!



When he KNOWS that this Oil Drilling Scam and Gas Tax Holiday is a Farce for the Gullible and Simple Minded.

Prices Will NOT Go DOWN, if this Ban is lifted...They will STILL continue to...CLIMB

Because the Oil will go to Oil Market and Bare what the Oil Market Demands.
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Thanks Z, I will do that, that's what Sky suggested I do too. I have been doing that, but the hits keep on coming. I hope with the last post below, they wil l stop.
Thank you for checking this out.

Pelosi blocks offshore drilling vote GOP wants
Zachary Coile, Chronicle Washington Bureau
Friday, August 1, 2008

For weeks, pressure has been mounting in Congress to approve more domestic oil drilling, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has held the line, using her power to block a vote on offshore drilling.

President Bush has made almost daily calls for Democratic leaders to take action. House GOP leaders, citing a new poll showing that a slim majority of Californians now favor offshore drilling, issued a release Thursday saying "even (Pelosi's) own California neighbors oppose her efforts to block new drilling far off American coasts." GOP lawmakers are so disgruntled they're urging Bush to deny Congress its August break by calling a special session on energy.

Some Democrats wary

Even some Democrats are getting antsy, fearing the party's stance could hurt them in the fall elections. But Pelosi, who has opposed offshore drilling throughout her two decades in Congress, insists opening new areas to drilling won't lower gas prices in the short term. She believes a vote would only help the GOP blame Democrats for high gas prices.

"I will not ... give the administration an excuse for its failure," Pelosi said at an end-of-session roundtable interview Thursday.

Republicans have put a bull's-eye on the federal moratorium on coastal drilling, which has kept most of the East and West coasts off limits to new oil rigs since 1982. Bush announced earlier this month that he would lift the presidential moratorium on drilling, and the GOP is now seeking to lift the congressional ban.

Pelosi drew derision from her critics for telling the Web site Politico this week that she was blocking a vote on offshore drilling because "I'm trying to save the planet." But she elaborated on that theme Thursday, saying she sees energy independence and fighting global warming as "my flagship issue." She said she will use her power to resist a policy that could increase the country's oil dependency.

Continued - Pelosi blocks offshore drilling vote GOP wants

"I'm not going to be diverted for a political tactic from a course of action that has a big-picture view - a vision about an energy-independent future that reduces our dependence on fossil fuels ... and focuses on those renewables that are protective of the environment," she said.

Republicans are quietly gleeful at Pelosi's tactics, which have only breathed more life into an issue the GOP is clinging to as a lifeline in an otherwise grim year for the party. Some House Republicans said Thursday that they will ask Bush to order a special session of Congress in August if lawmakers adjourn this week, as expected, without voting on drilling.

While a special session is unlikely, House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, made clear that his party plans to use the issue as a bludgeon against Democrats throughout the five-week August recess.

"A solid majority of Americans want us to have more drilling for more American-made energy, and they aren't going to take no for an answer," Boehner said Thursday. "Speaker Pelosi, Senators (Harry) Reid and (Barack) Obama are defying the will of the American people, and they're doing so at their own risk."

Some Democrats have already started to shift their views. Rep. Tim Holden, D-Pa., who voted two years ago against drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and for a federal ban on offshore drilling, told a hometown paper last weekend he now wants to "drill everywhere."

A new CNN/Opinion Research poll released this week found that 69 percent of Americans favor more offshore drilling, while 30 percent oppose it. But the poll found the public was split over whether more coastal drilling would lower gas prices, with 51 percent saying yes and 49 percent saying no.

Bush jokes D.C. full of hot air
July 29, 2008 04:00 PM ET

From CNN Election Center's Joe Von Kanel
President Bush was in Ohio Tuesday.

(CNN) ??? President Bush has a unique suggestion for easing the energy crisis Tuesday: "They ought to have the biggest wind turbine farm in Washington, D.C., where there's not only a lot of wind there's a lot of hot air."

The president made the suggestion during a speech to workers at Lincoln Electric, a welding plant in Euclid, Ohio, near Cleveland. The suggestion got a big laugh.

The president then turned serious and once again called on Congress to increase U.S. energy supplies by allowing offshore drilling on the outer continental shelf and in part of the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve.