Obama Abroad

Obama has said: "We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times ... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK"

Say "OK?"

As a socialist, he will either order us to park our suv's at the city dump, turn off our air conditioners, and tell us how much to eat, or, he will ask other countries for their permission.

I wonder which it will be?

RESPONSE TO: A blogger named Perusing-through below

Face it, the Surge DID work and that McCain continually fought for this plan for an increase of troops in IRAQ (as a leader even though it was not popular) to get President Bush to eventually implement this plan (surge). The surge worked. Even Obama has (although unsubtly has not denied) . . that the surge worked . . . . by scrubbing off those blatant words from his official website.

Your reaction to my posts (folks, anyone who wants to see them they are posted down below) tells me that you are reacting in an EMOTIONALl fashion instead of an intellectual manner given all of the NAME-CALLING you inflicted at me in your response here. While we are talking about name-calling, I found this explanation about why people really do turn to name-calling in response to other peoples opinions, etc.:

BAD NAMES have played a tremendously powerful role in the history of the world and in our own individual development. They have ruined reputations, stirred men and women to outstanding accomplishments, sent others to prison cells, and made men mad enough to enter battle and slaughter their fellowmen. They have been and are applied to other people, groups, gangs, tribes, colleges, political parties, neighborhoods, states, sections of the country, nations, and races.

(Institute for Propaganda Analysis, 1938)

The NAME-CALLING TECHNIQUE links a person, or idea, to a negative symbol. The propagandist who uses this technique HOPES THAT THE AUDIENCE WILL REJECT THE PERSON or THE IDEA on the basis of the negative symbol, instead of looking at the available evidence.

The most obvious type of name calling involves bad names. For example, consider the following:

Commie
Fascist
Idiot
Pig
Yuppie
Bum
Queer
Terrorist

A more subtle form of name-calling involves words or phrases that are selected because they possess a negative emotional charge. Those who oppose budget cuts may characterize fiscally conservative politicians as stingy. Supporters might prefer to describe them as thrifty." Both words refer to the same behavior, but they have very different connotations. Other examples of negatively charged words include:

social engineering
radical
cowardly
counter-culture
The name-calling technique was first identified by the Institute for Propaganda Analysis (IPA) in 1938. According to the IPA, we should ask ourselves the following questions when we spot an example of name-calling.
What does the name mean?

Does the idea in question have a legitimate connection with the real meaning of the name?
Is an idea that serves my best interests being dismissed through giving it a name I don't like?
Leaving the name out of consideration, what are the merits of the idea itself?

Quote: "I smell fear when people site Obama as racist. Silly white people"

Pardon me, but I am a little leary of a man who wants to be our president, sits in a church with his "mentor", who IS a maniacal racist. He lies about it, saying he had never heard him say those things, then, when he figured out how stupid that was, admitted he did hear them, but he could not disown him. (Which he did later when it became politically expedient for him to do so).

You, like Obama, just can't image why that bothers most Americans.

Show me who your friends are, and I'll show you who you are.

Obama is neither Optimistic Realist nor Realistic Optimist nor naive. He is an Opportunist. He will seize any opportunity to promote himself. He will change his position when he sees gain. He has no problem switching if not flip-flopping. He is also a manipulator, an illusionist. Obama praises George Bush's foreign policy? Does he mean Condolezza Rice? I would rather call him Dualistic Opportunist. He is not at the center but he would zigzagging left-right around the center just to cover his tracks. Obama is White-Black, Left-Right, Socialist-Millionaire, Christian-Mohammedian, etc...It seems he has problem to keep anything in one principle. In short he lacks integrity.

This Obama cheerleading by what is supposed to be an objective news media is a complete misrepresentation of the inexperienced and far-left wing presidiential candidate. This guy's claim to fame in foreign policy is opposing the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. He opposed it even though the world's intelligence reports were claiming that Hussein had stockpiles of WMD which, by the way, he had ample opportunity to ship out of the country before the invasion. Obama didn't have better intelligence, he was just following his anti-war, left wing tendencies. The war was executed badly so Obama can claim he was smarter than everybody else. The decision to go to war, as we know today, was well justified.

While we didn't find the WMD stockpiles, it is well-documented that Saddam had the capability to start production of WMDs within a few weeks time and he had the intentions to maintain that readiness. Saddam Hussein was a murderous dictator responsible for torturing and killing hundreds of thousands, had well-documented ties and sponsorship to terrorism, violated 17 UN Resolutions in addition to the UN Oil-for-Food scandal where he stole billions of dollars (to be used in food and medicine) from his own people, he attacked neighboring countries including Kuwait and Israel, plotted the assassination of a US President, and, his successors, his sons Uday and Qusay, had shown themselves to be no better. There was also good probability that the radical Shiite clerics, with support from Iran, would have made a power play without a sovereign Iraqi government and capable military force in place, after Hussein???s eventual death, making the whole region unstable. History will be favorable to Bush even though the liberals hate him like they hated Reagan.

Obama's recent opposition to the surge and his plan to end the war and immediately withdraw troops was not only bad judgement, it shows how terribly ignorant he is on foreign policy. Obama was willing to show the world we do not keep our word and we will abandon countries in trouble if the going gets too rough. This would have severely handicapped our efforts in getting future cooperation from other countries if they can't trust our word and our commitments. His far-left tendencies would be disastrous for our country.

This article is Obama campaign propaganda like much of the news media coverage on Obama. This mindless infatuation of Obama by the media is dangerous for our country because it misinforms the electorate. And regarding the Obama World Tour: It doesn't matter how much foreigners cheer the silver-tongued, left-wing politician if he is bad for OUR interests. Besides, those foreigners no nothing of Obama except the campaign propaganda put out by the infatuated new media.

Posted By: amendment2man @ 07/21/2008 9:26:20 AM
Comment: gee what a biased article! you are so probama it's not funny and you are obviously biased in foriegn policy.

coddling China? how can opinion be editorialized as facts? diplomacy and strategy are lost to you.

so tired of the media attempting to build up this inadequate candidate while discounting the obvious choice of Mccain who embodies all the qualities which are needed as well as the necessary experience.

obama has tried so hard to portray himself as a jfk. even going so far as to try to recreate the Brandenburg gate scene. he relies on emotions and romantic imagery while constantly blowing with the wind when it comes to his policies. he is on a learn as you go program. what a joke!

Posted By: Native New Yorker @ 07/21/2008 9:23:06 AM
Comment: Oh please, Obama doesn't have a clue, much less clarity when it comes to foreign affairs. He says what he thinks his audience at the time wants ot hear. The man is a sycophant, charlatan, totally naive, dangerous and a racist. His only vision of the world, is his candidacy and "The New Black Society" for America. He is perhaps the worst candidate in history. His audacity and hubris is more than most voters can stand. As so many have state, "he is an emporer with no clothes".

Posted By: josemarti @ 07/21/2008 10:05:53

DITTO

Well Pia have to run...talk to you later....

Once again, I am wondering why did McCain say that at one time, he too did not love America until he was deprived of her company. No McCain supporter has answered that question. You guys were quick to jump on Michelle Obama........ Now lets talk about McCain and his anti-American comment. It shows who should become the President. At least Michelle answered to her critics. McCain is doing just like he did when it was time to vote for equal pay for women........head for the hills.

Hispanics unite. Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Dominicans, and all other Hispanics unite. Remember your values. Look at the Democrats and what they breed. Crime, immorality, bad schools, poverty, dependence on the government, nihilism, disentigration of families. A specter is haunting America. The specter of Obamanism.

ATTN......... ALL OBAMAMOHAMMEDS....BREAKING NEWS...HUSSEIN BIRTH CERTIFICATE FAKE...............

Laugh it off. Ignore it. Whatever you like. THIS WILL get MSM coverage. For the entire story go to.......

....................... http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/07/21/forensics-expert-obama-birth-certificate-is-a-forgery

Larry Johnson and others are going to FORCE an inquiry. Here is a snippet........

The following report was written for TD/NQ by Techdude, who hurried to complete it after his tires were slashed and a mutilated rabbit was found hanging by his front door. He is currently working on another exclusive follow-on report.

Who threatened Techdude, and why? And if his findings are correct, why did Barack Obama publish a fake Certificate of Live Birth (COLB) on his own website, FightTheSmears, and on DailyKos?

Well, well, well....what's up with this??? We will all find out soon. Check out the entire investigation.

NOBAMA!!!

OBAMA 317 Electoral Votes McCain 221. The end is near mouth-breathers.

Fareed, you are so obviously a water boy for Obama it makes me sick. Obama "strikingly honest"? What crap. He's a liar, an evader, and an arrogant hollow suit -- come to think of it, much like you. Typical pretentious condescension from you, and typical coverage of the Anointed One by Newsweek. Yawn.

Typical of Newsweek and the mainstream media to launch their propaganda campaign for Obama. All of the Obama supporters talk about all of the change and optimism that he offers. But when we get down to real concrete issues, Obama just throws out more pie-in-the-sky rhetoric. Truthfully, I am very dubious about what Obama really does know. The presidency is not an on the job training type of job and we cannot afford to sink deeper into a hole because we elected someone who makes us "feel good." I guess what we need in this country is a royal family. All they do is sit around and look good for mindless publications such as "People" and "Access Hollywood." Obama could be the king because he is the darling. As far as a President we need someone who understands real issues and doesn't change his mind as often as he changes his socks. I realize that McCain has flip flopped as well but compared to Obama he looks more steady and credible. I know that Obama worshippers disagree, but I am sorry.

John McCain seriously violated the Military Code of Conduct by trading "military information" and making numerous public statements that appeared favorable to the communist war effort in exchange for "special treatment."

The Code: Consisting of six articles in simple language, the United States Military Code of Conduct orders American military personnel to resist capture at all cost and if captured; to attempt to escape, to give the enemy no information other than name, rank, serial number and date of birth, to take charge if senior, to obey orders of the seniors, to accept no favors from the enemy and to make no written or oral statements disloyal to the United States.


In the original writing, the Code was declared the definitive code specifying the responsibilities of American military personnel while in combat or captivity.

The Code holds U.S. prisoners of war responsible to protect--at whatever cost--the cause for which the United States stands by continuing to carry on some form of resistance with the enemy. The establishment of the Code of Conduct was the result of what was considered in 1955 an embarrassing high number of U.S. servicemen held prisoner during the Korean War who apparently did little to resist collaborating with the enemy.