Lessons from Berlin

About experience,Carter,Clinton,W all governors with what foreign experience? They all have the best and the brightest working for them they only have to ask and they can have Mr.Knowitall in the Oval Office in hours so why do we pretend that a candidates experience is so important. These guys don't sign a memo w/o consulting with someone. By now it should be clear that no one is in charge that there is a figure head and a very complicated machine behind them. Furthermore I would suggest that we concern ourselves with what will become of the Supreme Court if one or the other candidate is elected. That is the only thing that either one of them will deal with that is not predetermined by history as it is today.The rest is a response to what the world is today.

TO THE GREATEST GENERATION AND THEIR CHILDREN

McCain is a great man of your generation. He fought your wars, suffered your pain and shared your victories. He would have made a far better President than George W. Bush, and, had he been elected in 2000, our country would have been in a much better place than we find ourselves in today. But when you vote this November, think about the idea of voting for the future, not the past. Think about what your grandchildren need, not just what you are comfortable with in your current lives. Think about how small this planet has become in your lifetime. Maybe the good old days are not gone, but still lie in the future for your children and grandchildren. Vote for them. Do not destroy their hope for the future by electing a leader from the past.

What trash Mr. Alter is writing. He writes:

'To the shock of political veterans, NBC News is the only network with on-air correspondents and NEWSWEEK the only news magazine with reporters assigned to cover both candidates full time."

Let's face it, Newsweek is not reporting - they are advocating for Obama. This is NOT Journalism, it s Political Contribution going on. Obama should be paying Newsweek for services rendered.

Mr. Alter is the 'Journalist' that once declared that there were no consequences to South Vietnam's fall; As if Boat People, Khmer rouge, and re-education camps were of 'no consequence'.

Hopefully, the main stream media is collapsing; The world will be better off without their lies. Even more hopefully, we will see 'new forms' of reporting that are objective, accurate, and not self-focused.

Here is a great article from Germany....it show's not every German drinks Kool-Aide.............

Once again it???s Der Spiegel that manages to put Obama???s Berlin speech in perspective..............

The [estimated] 200,000 onlookers who thronged to listen to Obama???s speech should not deceive us. Listening is not the same as agreeing. Obama divides people, and not along traditional party lines.
It is, anyway, a great mistake to divide the voters in Western nations into left and right, aggressive and peace-loving, market orientated and critical of capitalism. In reality there are just two types of voters: the romantic democrats and the common-sense democrats.

So far, Obama has been the candidate for the romantics. His skill lies in enchanting his supporters with words. Whatever is held against him, his supporters turn into his favor. The man is an unknown quantity ??? no mud sticks to him! The man is measured ??? no, he is visionary! He wants to save the entire world ??? but it does desperately need to be saved, doesn???t it?

It would have been interesting to find out how the reconciliation between Muslims and Christians will come about, when shortly before his departure he threatened the Islamic Republic of Pakistan with a military strike against its border region with Afghanistan. Pakistanis value their sovereignty as much as Americans.
Is it not foolhardy to set a timeframe for the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq at 16 months, when American generals fear another civil war? In Vietnam, they point out, the killing did not end after the US withdrew its troops.

And then there is the breathtaking list of domestic policy promises: affordable health insurance for the 47 million currently unregistered Americans, tax exemptions for all retirees on pensions under $50,000, higher minimum wages, multi-billion dollar infrastructure projects and finally tax credits for most Americans to boost the economy. How can that be paid for, if ??? as Obama has categorically ruled out ??? he isn???t going to raise taxes on the middle class? Or is he planning for the US to go even more into debt (something he has equally vehemently ruled out)?

Of course, Obama may have no option now than to continue to offer the sky. At first many election strategists thought voters wouldn???t believe politicians??? promises anymore after their experience with Bush. Surprisingly, the opposite seems to be the case: Right now they???ll believe everything.

NOBAMA!!!

ARE REPUBLICANS REALLY DETERMINED TO WIN THIS ELECTION?

http://pacificgatepost.blogspot.com/2008/07/john-mccains-peculiar-path-along.html

??? perhaps not.