WHILE THE PRESIDENT HOSTED A 'JOBS SUMMIT' YESTERDAY AT THE WHITEHOUSE SEEKING INPUT FROM THE 'BRIGHTEST AND BEST' TO AID OUR UNEMPLOYMENT SITUATION....TODAY HE KICKS OFF THE FIRST OF SEVERAL HANDS-ON 'JOBS TOUR' TREKS TO MEET WITH THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM JOB LOSS. THIS PRESIDENT IS NEVER SATISFIED UNTIL HE CAN MEET WITH THE PEOPLE AND LISTEN TO THEIR NEEDS. THIS IS THE MOST TRAVELLED PRESIDENT. HIS COMPASSION FOR THE SUFFERING ALWAYS BRINGS A 'DIRECT' MESSAGE OF 'HOPE' AND NO MATTER WHERE IT IS....HE NEVER FAILS TO DELIVER. TODAY IT'S....ALLENTOWN PENNSYLVANIA.
OF COURSE THERE ARE THOSE IN THE SHADOWS WHO INSIST ON CRITICIZING THE PRESIDENT'S HANDLING OF THE ECONOMIC SITUATION. HOWEVER, YOU WON'T FIND THEM 'FIRING UP THEIR SHOES' AND HEADING FOR THE MOST DEVASATED PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. PEOPLE LIKE REPUBLICAN LEADER JOHN BOEHNER TEND TO CLING TO THEIR MARBLE WALLS OF COMFORT AND REITERATE THEIR DISCONTENT FROM AN OVERLY STUFFED ARMCHAIR.
YOU WON'T FIND BOEHNER OUT IN THE COLD, STANDING IN A MANUFACTURING PLANT OR KNOCKING ON DOORS. THIS PRESIDENT HAS DONE ALL OF THESE THINGS WITH 'YOU' IN MIND. THIS IS WHERE YOU SEE WHO THE TRUE LEADERS ARE, THE ONES WHO GENERATE GENUINE CONCERN 'FOR THE PEOPLE.' THIS IS WHERE WE SEPARATE THE 'MEN FROM THE BOYS.' IT'S COLD OUTSIDE....SURELY BOEHNER HAS AN INDOOR PUTTING GREEN TO KEEP HIM OTHERWISE OCCUPIED. I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF INDIANA'S MIKE PENCE WASN'T SERVING AS CADDY. BOTH APPEAR TO BE THE SAME MEMBERS OF THE 'INDOOR CRITICS' CLUB.
OTHERS SUCH AS MITT ROMNEY ARE BUSY COMBING THEIR HAIR IN FRONT OF THE CAMERAS, EAGERLY OFFERING THEIR ADVICE. THIS REMINDS ME OF THE 'KEN DOLL' I HAD WHEN I WAS A KID. I ALWAYS KEPT HIM IN A BOX IN THE CLOSET. GREAT TO LOOK AT BUT NOT MUCH INPUT THERE EITHER. I DO OWN AN 'OBAMA DOLL' IT'S NOT AT ALL OSTENTATIOUS AND IT MEANS BUSINESS. PRESIDENT OBAMA ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE AT THE HEIGHT OF PURE ENJOYMENT WHEN HE SPENDS HIS TIME WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THE BACKBONE OF THIS COUNTRY. HIS CONCERNS ARE GENUINE AND THESE UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS WILL HAUNT HIM UNTIL HE FINDS SOME ANSWERS.
KUDOS TO SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON, BUSY IN BELGIUM SEEKING ADDITIONAL INPUT IN TROOPS FOR AFGHANISTAN. THERE AREN'T TOO MANY PEOPLE WHO CAN SAY 'NO' TO HER. I WISH HER ALL THE SUCCESS IN THE WORLD FOR A 'TROOP' INFLUX THAT INDEED IS A WORLD PROBLEM. WE ARE BLESSED WITH AN ADMINISTRATION THAT DOES NOT SEE ALL OF THE ANSWERS TO THIS SUCCESS IN THE WAR TOY TOOLBOX. I SEE SO MUCH 'HOPE' IN THIS PLAN FOR THE AFGHAN PEOPLE AND IT IS OUR DUTY TO END THIS WAR IN A RESPONSIBLE FASHION. THE AFGHAN PEOPLE ARE BEGGING FOR A NEW LIFE AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW IN THE FUTURE. THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION DOES NOT WANT TO CONTROL OR OCCUPY AFGHANISTAN. THIS ADMINISTRATION WILL DELIVER ON THE PROMISE OF 'CHOICES IN LIFE.'
WE HERE IN AMERICA HAVE SEVERAL 'CHOICES IN LIFE.' MANY TIMES WE TAKE THEM FOR GRANTED. MANY TIMES WE DON'T APPRECIATE THE BLESSINGS THAT WE DO HAVE. INDEED, THIS HOLIDAY SEASON, IT'S TIME TO TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK AT OURSELVES AND BE THANKFUL FOR THE FREEDOMS THAT WE HAVE IN THIS COUNTRY.
WE DON'T HAVE TO HIDE TO RECEIVE AN EDUCATION OR WORSHIP. WE ARE ALLOWED TO SPEAK FREELY AND EXPRESS OURSELVES. WE CAN SEEK TO BETTER OURSELVES AND CHASE OUR DREAMS. THERE ARE NO WARLORDS STANDING OVER US WITH WEAPONS AND THREATS. WE CAN COME AND GO AS WE PLEASE. WE ARE FREE TO 'HOPE AND ACHIEVE.' TAKE A LESSON FROM THE PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN AND COUNT WHAT YOU HAVE IN COMPARISON TO THEIR POOR AND UNFORTUNATE EXISTENCE. IT'S TIME FOR 'CHANGE.' NO HUMAN BEING SHOULD SUFFER FROM THE LACK OF JUSTICE CONTROLLED BY TERRORISM.
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AS HE TRAVELS TO BRING ENCOURAGEMENT AND COMFORT TO THOSE WHO HAVE LOST JOBS IN AMERICA. MAY THOSE WHO ARE SUFFERING RECEIVE THE LORD'S STRENGTH TO TRAVEL THEMSELVES THROUGH THESE DIFFICULT TIMES. WE ARE AMERICANS....WE ARE A TOUGH BREED....'DEFEAT' IS NOT A WORD IN OUR DICTIONARY! MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
HOLDING GREAT CONCERN FOR THE NEARLY 16 MILLION UNEMPLOYED IN THIS COUNTRY, PRESIDENT OBAMA IS HOSTING A 'JOBS SUMMIT' AT THE WHITEHOUSE TODAY. THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST IN THE BUSINESS WORLD WILL BE GATHERING FOR AN INPUT SESSION. THE PRESIDENT HAS CALLED FOR A CULMINATION OF IDEAS TO STAVE OFF THOSE JOBLESS NUMBERS. THIS IS ONE ISSUE THAT HAS SINCERELY BOTHERED THIS PRESIDENT. LEFT WITH THE RESULTS OF AN ECONOMIC CRISIS, THIS PRESIDENT HAS ALWAYS STATED THAT HE WILL NOT REST UNTIL ALL IN AMERICA HAVE JOBS!
FROM STIMULUS TO RECOVERY EFFORTS, THE PRESIDENT HAS TIRELESSLY WORKED WITH HIS ADMINISTRATION TO KEEP OUR HEADS ABOVE WATER. HE HAS ALSO BEEN EQUALLY HONEST ABOUT THE TIME IT WILL TAKE TO GET THERE. IN THE MEANTIME, THE OPPOSITION DOESN'T HESITATE TO WIELD ITS CRITICAL SWORD...ALWAYS STATING THAT THE PRESIDENT HASN'T MOVED FAST ENOUGH. THIS IS WHERE THEIR REALITY ENDS AND THEIR OWN FANTASY BEGINS. THE CESSPOOL LEFT BEHIND BY THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION HAS NOT PROVIDED US WITH ACCESS TO A 'JOBS FAIRY.' APPARENTLY THE OPPOSITION FEELS THE PRESIDENT SHOULD BE ABLE TO HOVER WITH A MAGIC WAND AND IMMEDIATELY ERASE OUR UNEMPLOYED TORMENT. I BELIEVE THE OPPOSITION IS STUCK IN THE LIBRARY...IN THE CHILDREN'S SECTION. PLEASE BE INFORMED....FAIRY DUST DOES NOT EXIST!
IN THE MEANTIME, WE AMERICANS WHO CAN....SHOULD BE HELPING OUR PRESIDENT DURING THIS 'HEAD SCRATCHING' PERIOD IN OUR LIVES. WE HAVE UNEMPLOYED NEIGHBORS. YESTERDAY, WE SENT THEM A HAM. WE DO WHAT WE FINANCIALLY CAN TO PURCHASE HATS AND GLOVES FOR THOSE AT SHELTERS. IF YOU CAN AFFORD TO SIT DOWN AND EAT A COMPLETE DINNER YOURSELVES...YOU CAN AFFORD TO SHARE WITH SOMEONE ELSE. INSTEAD OF COMPLAINING...DEAR OPPOSITION...GET OFF YOUR DUFFS AND ADOPT A FAMILY. DO WHAT YOU CAN WITH WHAT YOU HAVE TO HELP OTHERS.
DON'T SAY YOU CAN'T FIND ANYONE AND USE THAT FOR AN EXCUSE. PARK YOUR WELL FED EXTERIOR OUTSIDE AN UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICE. THERE ARE MANY TAKERS THERE WHO WOULD BE GLAD TO SEE YOU. I RUN INTO PEOPLE QUITE OFTEN WHO WANT TO HELP THE POOR BUT THEY ARE AFRAID TO ENTER A POOR NEIGHBORHOOD. PLEASE BE INFORMED...THIS NEVER STOPPED CHRIST AT ANY TIME. I HAVE BEEN TO THE WORST SECTIONS I CAN FIND...'FEAR' IS NEVER A PARTNER TO GET THERE. THESE ARE THE MOST JOYFULL VISITS I HAVE EVER HAD IN MY LIFE. THEY REQUIRE 'KLEENEX' BECAUSE YOU WON'T LEAVE WITHOUT CRYING!
THE HOMELESS, THE UNEMPLOYED, THE HURTING...THERE ARE SO MANY AND INDEED THESE ARE MY ANGELS. THERE ARE MANY COLLECTIVE GROUPS OUT THERE LOOKING FOR YOUR INPUT. TODAY, WHILE THE PRESIDENT SEEKS HIS INPUT....YOU CAN CERTAINLY HELP HIM WITH YOURS.
THERE IS ALOT OF WASTE LOCATED UNDER CHRISTMAS TREES. WHAT YOU CAN WRAP IS NOT THE REASON FOR THIS SEASON. THERE IS NO GREATER GIFT THAN GIVING TO THOSE IN DESPERATE NEED. ALONG WITH THAT...ADD A WARM HUG BECAUSE THEY WILL NEVER FORGET IT. I ALWAYS HUG THE SALVATION ARMY BELLRINGERS BECAUSE THEY ARE WILLING TO STAND THERE REGARDLESS OF THE WEATHER...FOR SOMEONE ELSE! WAKE UP AMERICA! YOU CAN HELP THIS PRESIDENT WHILE HE SEARCHES FOR ALTERNATIVE MEASURES!
AS FOR THE OPPOSITION....YOUR DAYS WILL COME WHEN WE VOTE AGAIN. PERHAPS YOU WILL BE STANDING OUTSIDE AN UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICE HOPING SOMEONE DRIVES BY WITH A WARM HEART. THIS COULD HAPPEN TO ANY OF US. ANY UNEXPECTED CRISIS CAN LEAVE YOU ONE STEP AWAY FROM A CARBOARD BOX. THIS IS CHRISTMAS...A TIME WHEN WE CELEBRATE A HOMELESS ONE IN A MANGER!
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND ALL OF HIS 'JOBS SUMMIT' EFFORTS TODAY. THIS TAKES TIME....THIS SUBJECT NEVER LEAVES THIS PRESIDENT'S MIND! MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
THIS MORNING THE CRITICS ARE BUSY DISSECTING THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH, ALREADY MISSING THE POINT. THEY ARE FORGETTING WHAT IT TOOK TO WALK TO THAT PODIUM AT WEST POINT,FACING 4,000 CADETS WHO MAY BE A STRONG PORTION OF HIS CALL FOR INCREASED TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN. THESE CADETS ARE AWARE OF THEIR PENDING DESTINATIONS, BUT,IT DIDN'T STOP THEM FROM CLIMBING OVER CHAIRS TO SHAKE THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF'S HAND WHEN HE FINISHED. THEY ARE DISCIPLINED SOLDIERS AND THEY UNDERSTAND THIS PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE.....
"AMERICA-WE ARE PASSING THROUGH A TIME OF GREAT TRIAL. AND THE MESSAGE THAT WE SEND IN THE MIDST OF THESE STORMS MUST BE CLEAR: THAT OUR CAUSE IS JUST, OUR RESOLVE UNWAVERING. WE WILL GO FORWARD WITH THE CONFIDENCE THAT RIGHT MAKES MIGHT, AND WITH THE COMMITMENT TO FORGE AN AMERICA THAT IS SAFER, A WORLD THAT IS MORE SECURE, AND A FUTURE THAT REPRESENTS NOT THE DEEPEST OF FEARS BUT THE HIGHEST OF..................................................HOPES!"
THE PRESIDENT HAS MADE IT QUITE CLEAR THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS FRONTIER. ALTHOUGH HE HAS CALLED FOR AN ADDITIONAL 30,000 TROOPS, OTHER THAN CURRENT INTERNATIONAL INPUT...HE WILL BE SEEKING ADDITIONAL ALLIED TROOP INFLUX. OUR AMERICAN SURGE WILL BEGIN WITHIN 6 MONTHS AND THE PRESIDENT HAS ASSURED THE COUNTRY THAT HE HAS PLACED AN 18 MONTH DEADLINE ON THIS EFFORT, BEGINNING WITHDRAWAL IN JULY 2011. ALTHOUGH SOME REJECT A DEADLINE FOR WITHDRAWAL, THE PRESIDENT SAYS THIS CLEARLY INFORMS THE PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN OF THEIR BURDEN OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR OWN COUNTRY. THIS SURGE IS TEMPORARY. THERE IS A TIME LIMIT AND THEY MUST STAND ON THEIR OWN IN SUPPORT OF NEW PROMISE AND OPPORTUNITY.
THIS INDEED IS A COMPLICATED WAR EFFORT. AFGHANISTAN IS CLEARLY A TRAINING GROUND FOR AL QAEDA AS THEY ALSO LURK IN THE SHADOWS ALONG THE BORDER TO PAKISTAN. THE PRESIDENT RECALLED THE HORRIFIC EVENTS OF 9/11 AND THE NEED TO PRESERVE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH PAKISTAN. IN BETWEEN THIS COMPLICATED QUAGMIRE RESTS AFGHANISTAN'S CURRENT KARZAI GOVERNMENT AND RUMORS OF CORRUPTION. IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA AND SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON HAVE DEVOTED MUCH TIME IN DISCUSSION WITH PRESIDENT HAMID KARZAI. THERE WILL BE MUCH OVERSIGHT ATTACHED TO HIS FUTURE PERFORMANCE.
IN BETWEEN WE HAVE THE NEEDS OF THE DEPENDENT AND POOR PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN WHO HAVE SPENT DECADES UNDER THE CONTROL OF TALIBAN AND AL QAEDA WARLORDS. UNTIL WE CAN BRING THESE PEOPLE RELIEF WITH OPPORTUNITY,EDUCATION, AGRICULTURE AND CERTAINLY IMPROVEMENT IN LIFE'S CHOICES, THEY WILL ALWAYS REMAIN VICTIMS OF RAMPANT DICTATORSHIP. OUR ONLY REALISTIC HOPE TO WIN THIS WAR IS TO PROVIDE THEM WITH OPTIONS FOR A BETTER LIFE AND ALTERNATIVES THAT WILL BUILD THEIR STRENGTH WITH HOPE AND ENCOURAGEMENT.
THE AFGHAN PEOPLE IN COMPARISON TO THOSE IN AFRICA....ARE AT THE POOREST END OF THE FOOD CHAIN. INDEED, THIS IS WHERE THE TERRORISTS SUCCEED. PROVIDING OPPORTUNITY IS THE KEY TO ENDING THEIR DESPAIR. AS HUMAN BEINGS, THEY MOST CERTAINLY DESERVE THIS CHANCE TO RISE ABOVE THE OBSESSIVE RULE OF TYRANTS. THIS TOO IS A HUMANITARIAN WAR! WE AS AMERICANS MUST DO ALL THAT WE CAN TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF TERRORISM AND TO RAISE THE HUMAN STANDARD FROM THE PITS OF HELL. IF WE FAIL TO PROTECT OUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS, THESE EXTREMISTS WILL SURELY ENDEAVOR TO SPREAD THEIR HATRED TO OUR BACKYARD. THESE ARE THE ROOTS OF WHAT WE COMMONLY KNOW AS 'COMMUNISM,' SUPRESSING THE WEAK IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN CONTROL. WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS GARDEN TO GROW.
THE PRESIDENT IS TO BE COMMENDED FOR HIS STRENGTH IN MAKING THIS DECISON. FOR THIS PRESIDENT, A DECISION TO INCREASE TROOP INFLUX GOES ENTIRELY AGAINST HIS GRAIN AS A RECOGNIZED DIPLOMAT AND PEACEMEAKER. AS HE STATED LAST NIGHT, HE DID NOT MAKE THIS DECISION 'LIGHTLY.' AS A GREAT LEADER WHO DEMONSTRATES OBVIOUS INTEGRITY, HE IS NOT GOING TO STAND THERE AND TELL YOU ABOUT HIS SLEEPLESS NIGHTS AND SURELY THE DAUNTING PRESENCE OF DEEP SOUL SEARCHING. HE IS NOT GOING TO TELL YOU ABOUT HIS TEARFUL THOUGHTS WHEN HE SALUTED DEAD SOLDIERS ON THEIR RETURN TO DOVER. AS OUR PRESIDENT, HE MUST DEMONSTRATE A RELIABLE STRENGTH THAT WILL CARRY THIS COUNTRY THROUGH DARK WATER WITH A MESSAGE OF 'HOPE' AND ALWAYS THAT UNDEFEATABLE PUSH TO MOVE FORWARD.
I WOULD SAY TO THESE CRITICS AND PUNDITS TODAY...THAT THIS PRESIDENT VISITED HIS OWN FRONT LINE AND BATTLEFIELD LAST NIGHT WITH INCOMPARABLE STRENGTH AND FORTITUDE. HE LEFT 'COMPASSION AND HONESTY' AT THAT PODIUM AND AN OUTSTRETCHED HAND TO EVERY SOLDIER WHO HAS SACRIFICED WITH DEVOTION FOR THIS COUNTRY. HE FELT A RESPONSIBILITY TO ADDRESS THESE SOLDIERS AT WEST POINT...AS HE FEELS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO FINISH THIS WAR. I WITNESSED AN'OBAMA SMILE' FROM EAR TO EAR AS THIS PRESIDENT EAGERLY SHOOK HANDS WITH A SEA OF SOLDIERS. THE TEARS COME LATER....WHEN NOONE IS LOOKING! MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
WE ARE AN IMPATIENT BUNCH...WE AMERICANS. WE WANT EVERY ANSWER FROM THIS PRESIDENT AS OF YESTERDAY AND WE PICKLE AND PRODDDDD LIKE A DENTIST NEEDING TO SCHEDULE AN EXTRACTION. LAST YEAR THOUSANDS OF US STOOD PROUDLY WITH PEN IN HAND AND VOTED FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA. SINCE THAT MOST AMAZING AND HEART WRENCHING INAUGURATION, EVERY DECISION THIS PRESIDENT HAS MADE HAS BEEN QUESTIONED BY THOSE IN OPPOSITION WHO DIDN'T BELIEVE HE COULD WIN THE WHITEHOUSE! TONIGHT WE NEED TO RESPECTFULLY LISTEN TO THIS PRESIDENT AS HE ADDRESSES FURTHER STRATEGY NEEDED IN AFGHANISTAN.
FOR WEEKS NOW, WE HAVE ENDEAVORED TO PUT WORDS IN THIS PRESIDENT'S MOUTH. WE SIT HERE 'NOT PRIVY' TO WHAT HE ACTUALLY KNOWS IS INVOLVED IN THIS WAR. YET WE TRY TO TELL HIM WHAT TO DO... ATTACHED TO HIS SUIT POCKET LIKE A STRING OF WAYWARD LINTBALLS. ACTUALLY, I NEVER WITNESSED THE APPEARANCE OF SUCH 'KNOW IT ALLS' DURING THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION. WE WERE LEFT WITH ABSOLUTELY NO SUCH THING AS 'TRANSPARENCY' THERE WHILE 'PECOS PETE AND SHARPSHOOTER' LED US INTO AN UNJUST WAR IN IRAQ. THE ONLY TRANSPARENCY WE HAD THERE WAS WATCHING 'DOOMSDAY' IN BETWEEN COMMERCIALS ON TELEVISION.
TODAY WE ARE FORTUNATE TO HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO FEELS DEEPLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACTIONS OF WAR. HE INHERITED THIS BALLGAME. THE GAME HAD ALREADY STARTED BEFORE HE ENTERED THE WHITEHOUSE. WE EASILY BLAST HIM FOR TAKING HIS TIME...OR 'DITHERING' AS THEY HAVE SAID...TO REACH A FINAL DECISION REGARDING THE LOAD LEFT IN HIS CLOSET BY SOMEONE ELSE. I FIND OUR AMERICAN ACTIONS TO BE EMBARRASSING....WE ARE BETTER THAN THIS! OUR IMPATIENCE IS A CRUEL TORTURE FOR SUCH A PRESIDENT WHO HAS BROUGHT DIGNITY TO NOT ONLY THE WHITEHOUSE, BUT TO OUR INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION AS WELL.
OUR MEDIA REPRESENTATION OF WASHINGTON HAS BECOME A COMEDIC RACE TO IRRATIONAL NONSENSE. OUR POLITICAL PARTIES ARE IN QUESTION. MANY OF THOSE PERFORMANCES I WOULDN'T ALLOW MY CHILDREN TO WATCH.OUR IMMATURE BEHAVIOR OVER THE QUESTION OF NEEDED HEALTHCARE HAS INCITED VIOLENCE AT TIMES. WE HAVE LOWERED OURSELVES BECAUSE WE HAVE ALLOWED OUR IMPATIENCE TO RULE WHAT USED TO BE ADULT AND MATURE JUDGEMENT. THROUGH IT ALL, OUR MATURE AND DIGNIFIED PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO PREACH HOPE,VALUES AND ENCOURAGEMENT...THEREFORE HE HAS MANAGED TO JUMP OVER OUR RATHER UNDIGNIFIED FENCE.
NO MATTER WHAT DECISION THE PRESIDENT BRINGS TO US TONIGHT, SURELY THE THORNS ARE STANDING BY IN THE 'BUSHES.' INDEED...THERE IS A PUNN INTENDED HERE. OUR IMPATIENCE HAS INTERRUPTED OUR NEEDED CAUSE FOR HUMANITY. WHEN WE BEGIN TO BECOME FRUSTRATED OVER OUR 'SELF-NEED' AND IGNORE THE HUMANITIES, I GUARANTEE YOU WE WILL NO LONGER HAVE A DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY. IF OUR FOREFATHERS WERE AROUND TODAY, THEY WOULDN'T PUT UP WITH THE DEROGATORY AND PESSIMISTIC ACTIONS WITNESSED IN THIS COUNTRY. WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO IS DEDICATED TO WORKING 'FOR THE PEOPLE' AND WE AREN'T ACCEPTING IT! INSTEAD...WE WANT OUR OWN ANSWERS TO OUR OWN QUESTIONS!
WE HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO REACHED INTO THE DEPTH OF HIS KNOWLEDGE AND MANAGED TO PULL US OUT OF AN ECONOMIC CRISIS. THIS WILL TAKE TIME TO HEAL. YET WE WANT TO BLAME HIM BECAUSE ALL THE JOBS AREN'T HERE YET...NOTHING IS PERFECT YET. PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS PROJECTED ALL OF THE HONEST FACTORS INVOLVED IN THIS RECOVERY. INDEED HE HAS SAID IT WILL TAKE TIME TO HEAL. THIS WAS ANOTHER INHERITENCE LEFT IN HIS CLOSET.
WHATEVER PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS DECIDED TO DO IN AFGHANISTAN...WE OWE HIM A DEEP APPRECIATION FOR THE RESPECT HE HAS FOR THE LIVES OF OUR SONS AND DAUGHTERS IN UNIFORM. WE OWE HIM A PROPER AUDIENCE THAT WILL BE LISTENING TO ALL THAT HE HAS TO SAY BECAUSE THIS DECISION IS TRAUMATIC FOR ANYONE'S SOUL. UNFORTUNATELY THIS KIND OF DECISION MAKING IS PART OF THE PRESIDENTIAL TURF. HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT HE HAS NEVER TURNED DOWN THE 'RESPONSIBILITY FACTOR?' HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT HE IS ALWAYS AT WORK DESPITE YOUR PRODDING...YOUR IMPATIENCE AND MANY TIMES YOUR CRUELTY? NO FURTHER COMMENT NEEDED HERE!
MONDAY'S CHILD IS FILLED WITH ANTICIPATION THIS WEEK......THE PRESIDENT'S OBVIOUS ABILITY TO 'MULTI-TASK' WILL BE TARGETING THE ECONOMY,HEALTHCARE AND OF COURSE TUESDAY NIGHT'S BROADCAST DECISION REGARDING FUTURE STRATEGY IN AFGHANISTAN. PRESIDENT OBAMA SOUGHT PRIVACY OVER THE THANKSGIVING WEEKEND....A WELL DESERVED RESPIT WITH FAMILY CONSIDERING HIS PENDING AGENDA.
ONE THING IS QUITE CERTAIN IN THESE 'UNCERTAIN TIMES'....EACH MONDAY ALWAYS OFFERS THE PRESIDENT THE UNEXPECTED. THIS MONDAY WE WISH ALL IN THIS WORLD HAD SHARED IN THE BLESSINGS OF AN AGREEABLE THANKSGIVING DINNER. IRAN APPEARS TO HAVE IGNORED ALL PEACEFUL INVITATIONS. NOW SEEKING TO ADD 10 NUCLEAR ENRICHMENT PLANTS TO THEIR BACKYARD....INDEED THE OPTION OF INCREASED SANCTIONS ARE AT A HIGH PRIORITY. THERE IS NO FUN IN THE INTERNATIONAL PLAYGROUND THIS WEEK, SOMALI PIRATES HAVE MANAGED TO ABSCOND WITH AN OIL TANKER HEADED TO THE U.S. FROM SAUDI,ARABIA. THESE 'TREASURE ISLAND' WANNABEEEEEEEEEEEES HAVE CAPTURED 50 SHIPS THIS YEAR....THEY ARE CURRENTLY HOLDING 12. WE COULD USE PETER PAN HERE BECAUSE CAPT. HOOK HAS BECOME OVERLY AGGRESSIVE!
IN OUR OWN QUIVERING SANDBOX...THE PRESIDENT WILL BE ANNOUNCING HELP FOR TROUBLED HOMEOWNERS TODAY. THE DIVIDED SENATE WILL AGAIN TACKLE HEALTHCARE AT 3:00P.M. ET THIS AFTERNOON. OF COURSE THE MEDIA CRITICS HAVE BEEN HOLDING THEIR BREATH IN ANTICIPATION OF TUESDAY NIGHT'S PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS TO BE DELIVERED FROM WEST POINT. THE PRESIDENT HAS GIVEN FURTHER STRATEGY IN AFGHANISTAN CAREFUL CONSIDERATION. THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST CHALLENGING DECISIONS OF HIS PRESIDENCY. HE IS QUITE CAPABLE. HE IS ALSO QUITE COMPASSIONATE, SO THIS DECISION HAS BEEN FAR FROM EASY AND CERTAINLY COMPLICATED BY THE EXISTENCE OF THE CURRENT KARZAI GOVERNMENT.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF US TO STAND BEHIND OUR PRESIDENT DURING THESE CHALLENGING TIMES. I LAUGH AT THE PRESS WHEN THEY MENTION THE FACT THAT THE OBAMA HONEYMOON IS OVER. PLEASE BE INFORMED THAT THIS PRESIDENT NEVER HAD 'A HONEYMOON' TO BEGIN WITH. THE MINUTE HE ENTERED THE DOOR IN THE OVAL OFFICE, EVERY CRISIS POSSIBLE LANDED IN HIS LAP. MY HEART GOES OUT TO HIM DURING THESE TIMES....TIMES WHEN HE NEEDS US AND OUR SUPPORT. THE PRESS IS ALWAYS SO BUSY BRINGING UP THE LATEST STATS,POLLS AND PRESIDENTIAL REPORT CARDS. SOMETIMES I WONDER IF THEY REALIZE THEY ARE LIVING IN THE SAME COUNTRY BECAUSE WE ALL NEED TO STAND IN UNISON HERE! THE ''STATUE OF LIBERTY' IS STANDING IN THE HARBOR WITH AN INVITATION TO DEMOCRACY...NOT THE LATEST IN REPORTED GRADES FROM POLITICAL OPPONENTS CONSUMED WITH THEIR OWN SELFISH AGENDAS.
ON THURSDAY, DEC. 3RD..............THE WHITEHOUSE OPENS ITS DOORS TO A 'JOBS SUMMIT.' THE PRESIDENT HAS INVITED ALL BUSINESS ORIENTED INDIVIDUALS TO ATTEND AND COMBINE THEIR TALENTS IN SEARCH OF JOB CREATION TO BATTLE OUR CURRENT 10.2% UNEMPLOYMENT STATUS. IF THE TRUTH WERE KNOWN, THE PRESIDENT PROBABLY DOES NOT SLEEP WELL AT NIGHT AND WON'T AS HE HAS STATED...UNTIL EVERY LAST MAN OR WOMAN IN AMERICA IS EMPLOYED. THE CHALLENGES THIS PRESIDENT HAS INHERITED ARE BEYOND COMPREHENSION. HOWEVER, EACH DAY, HE HAS NEVER FAILED TO DELIVER HIS MESSAGE OF 'HOPE' AND ENCOURAGEMENT. HE BOUNCES OVER THOSE CRITICS LIKE A DUCK MOVING THROUGH A BATHTUB.
I AM APPALLED BY THE LACK OF GRATEFULLLLLNESS IN THIS COUNTRY. INDEED WE SHOULD BE GRATEFULL FOR THE PERSEVERANCE PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS CONTINUALLY AND COURAGEOUSLY DEMONSTRATED. I HOPE YOUR THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION INCLUDED MORE THAN TURKEY. WE HAVE ALOT TO BE THANKFUL FOR IN THIS COUNTRY. OUR BLESSINGS ARE NUMEROUS. IT IS ALSO OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE HURTING DURING THESE.....CHALLENGING TIMES. IT IS EQUALLY OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO RESPECTFULLY AID OUR PRESIDENT AND AN ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM THAT WORKS AROUND THE CLOCK TO ENSURE THE STATUS OF 'DEMOCRACY' IN AMERICA.
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AS HE FACES 'MONDAY'S CHILD' WHO IS QUICKLY AT HIS HEELS. THIS PRESIDENT WILL INDEED MARK HISTORY WITH HIS SELF-SACRIFICE AND DETERMINATION TO KEEP AMERICA SAFE AND FREE FROM THOSE WHO DO NOT BELIEVE IN HUMAN EQUALITY AND JUSTICE. MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA........................UNITED WE MUST STAND!
THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY COULD NOT HAVE CHOSEN A BETTER TIME TO HOLD THIS INDEED MEMORABLE AND SIGNIFICANT STATE DINNER. HERE WE ARE SOON TO CELEBRATE THANKSGIVING DAY, A TIME FOR SHARING, A TIME TO BE THANKFUL FOR THE BLESSINGS WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN. THIS STATE FEAST WELCOMING INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER MANMOHAN SINGH AND HIS WIFE TO THE TABLE COULDN'T HAVE BEEN MORE SIGNIFICANT. THIS WAS A 'WORLD' DINNER WE WERE ALL FORTUNATE TO WITNESS.
EXTREME WARMTH AND COMFORT COULD BE FELT HERE AS THE PRESIDENT WELCOMED 'INDIA' TO THE WHITE HOUSE. THIS MENU WAS DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS WHO HAVE CELEBRATED THIS WASHINGTON PROTOCAL. THIS WAS THE FIRST FOR THE OBAMA'S. HOWEVER, YOU COULD TAKE AWAY ALL THE FINE CHINA AND THE FLORAL DECOR AND WHAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT HERE WILL REMAIN IN THEIR EVERLASTING SINCERITY.
THIS EVENT HELD PROMISE WITH 'DIPLOMACY' AT ITS VERY BEST. THE GIFT OF DIPLOMACY IS GIVEN TO THOSE WHO HAVE THE ABILITY TO EXERCISE COMPLETELY UNSELFISH INVITATION. IT WAS QUITE OBVIOUS THAT PRIME MINISTER SINGH WAS NOT ONLY IMPRESSED, HIS GRATITUDE WAS HEARTFELT. THE PRIME MINISTER KNOWS THAT THIS PRESIDENT IS AMONG ALL THINGS 'A PEACEMEAKER' AND IT DOESN'T TAKE A FORK TO GET THERE.
ALTHOUGH MUCH WAS INVOLVED IN CAREFULLY SELECTED PREPARATION HERE, THE HUMILITY AND HONESTY OFFERED HERE FAR OUTWEIGHED ANY MEASURE HANDED TO POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE. CLEARLY THE OBAMAS BENT OVER BACKWARDS TO HONOR THE PRESENCE OF THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT, OFFERING FUTURE PROMISE TO THIS VERY COMPATIBLE INDIAN/AMERICAN RELATIONSHIP. AS IN ALL INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS, THE PRESIDENT HAS ALWAYS STRESSED THE FACT THAT WE NEED EACH OTHER. THERE ARE NO LONGER GREAT DIVISIONS ON THIS PLANET OF OURS. WE NEED TO LEARN FROM THEM, RESPECT THEM AND INDEED EXCHANGE IDEAS AND CERTAINLY HANDSHAKES.
ONE COULD NOT HELP BUT NOTICE OUR 'EXQUISITE' FIRST COUPLE, THE PRESIDENT IN HIS TUXEDO AND THE FIRST LADY SHIMMERING IN SOPHISTICATION IN A STATELY GOWN THAT CAPTURED THE FOCUS OF ALL PRESENT. THE FIRST LADY HAS ALWAYS BEEN SYMBOLIC IN HER APPAREL AND CERTAINLY ALWAYS A BEAUTIFUL AND CAPTIVATING ROLE MODEL. IN CELEBRATION OF 'INDIA' THE FIRST LADY REACHED OUT TO INDIAN/AMERICAN DESIGNER NAEEM KAHN. AND YES...THIS HAND SEWN REFLECTION OF A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN WAS MADE IN INDIA. IT TOOK 3 WEEKS AND 40 PEOPLE TO WEAVE AND DESIGN THIS TASTEFUL AND ELEGANT GOWN. SORRY MR. PRESIDENT...YOU HAVE BEEN 'UPSTAGED!'
OF COURSE WE ALL KNOW THAT THIS FIRST COUPLE IS AS BEAUTIFUL ON THE INSIDE AS THEY ARE ON THE OUTSIDE. WE HAVE TRULY BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE THEM IN OUR WHITE HOUSE. WE ARE EQUALLY BLESSED TO HAVE THEM REPRESENTING AMERICA. THEIR COMBINED GIFTS ARE JUST WHAT WE NEEDED DURING THESE CHALLENGING MOMENTS FOR OUR COUNTRY. THEIR INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH WILL TRAVEL MUCH FARTHER THAN THE OUTDOOR TENT AND THE 320 INDIVIDUALS WHO ATTENDED THIS MOMENTOUS OCCASION.
SINCE THE PRESIDENT RECENTLY ANNOUNCED THAT HE WILL 'FINISH THE JOB' IN AFGHANISTAN, THERE HAS BEEN A GREAT DEAL OF MEDIA AND PUNDIT SPECULATION AS TO WHAT THE WORD 'FINISH' ACTUALLY MEANS. IF THE PRESIDENT DECIDES TO RELEASE HIS DECISION NEXT WEEK, INDEED IT WILL BE HIS OWN AND FOLLOWING CONSIDERABLE SOUL SEARCHING.
THE PRESIDENT IS CERTAINLY NOT TO BE ENVIED IN THIS PREDICAMENT. THIS WOULD BE A GREAT TIME FOR THE MEDIA TO CEASE USING 'HIS PENDING ANSWER' AS A 'WAR TEASER' FOR RATINGS. THESE ARE HARD DECISIONS AND THE PRESIDENT FEELS A DEEP RESPONSIBILITY FOR OUR MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE DEVOTED THEIR LIVES TO MILITARY SERVICE. WE NEED TO RESPECT ALL THAT IS INVOLVED HERE AND DISCONTINUE THE 'JUNK' MARCH IN GUESSING GAMES. SILENCE AND PRAYER WOULD BE APPROPRIATE HERE AS WE STAND WITH HIM DURING THIS MOST DIFFICULT TIME IN OUR HISTORY.
I AM IN FULL SUPPORT OF HIS DECISION WHATEVER THAT MIGHT BE BECAUSE I KNOW THAT HE HAS INVESTIGATED ALL OPTIONS. SOME CALL THIS 'DITHERING.' THESE ARE THE CRITICS WHO NEED TO FIND A NEW EXPLANATION IN THE DICTIONARY. THIS IS TRUE LEADERSHIP AND CONCERN FOR ALL INVOLVED. CERTAINLY THIS PRESIDENT HAS CARRIED A HEAVY AND BURDENED HEART FOR SOME TIME.
PEOPLE TEND TO CONCENTRATE ON THE 'PERKS' OF THE PRESIDENCY. AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED THERE AREN'T ANY. THE 'RESPONSIBILITY' FAR OUTWEIGHS THE GRATUITIES. THIS PRESIDENT HAS ALSO BEEN 'MORE AT HOME' IN A HANDS ON SITUATION WITH THE PEOPLE. NEITHER HE NOR FIRST LADY MICHELLE ARE INCLINED TO SIT AT HOME AND POLISH THE SILVER. THEY BOTH ACTUALLY WORK FOR A LIVING IN AS THEY FREQUENTLY PUT IT...."THE PEOPLE'S HOUSE!" THIS IS CALLED UNSELFISH OWNERSIP....'FOR AND BY THE PEOPLE!'
WHEN YOU SIT DOWN TO YOUR THANKSGIVING GATHERING TOMORROW, THINK ABOUT LAST NIGHT'S FESTIVITIES AT THE WHITE HOUSE. BRING WARMTH AND COMFORT TO YOUR TABLE. BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU DO HAVE AND PRAY FOR THOSE WHO DON'T. IF YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY, INVITE A POOR STRANGER TO YOUR TABLE OR SERVE THANKSGIVING DINNER AT A SHELTER FOR THE HOMELESS ANGELS WHO HAVE NO PLACE TO CALL THEIR OWN.
THIS IS WHAT THANKSGIVING IS ALL ABOUT. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU HAVE IT....THIS DAY COMES FROM THE HEART. THIS IS A DAY TO CELEBRATE AND SHARE YOUR BLESSINGS WITH OTHERS. THIS IS A DAY TO BE THANKFUL TO GOD FOR YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE.
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS OUR FIRST FAMILY AND THEIR UNSELFISH SACRIFICE FOR THIS COUNTRY. WHEN THIS PRESIDENT SITS AT THE HEAD OF HIS FAMILY TABLE.............HIS 'HEAD OF THE HOUSE' STATURE WILL CERTAINLY BE DESERVED. MAY GOD BLESS THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. MAY WE BE THANKFUL BECAUSE HE CERTAINLY.......................HAS!
PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS SPENT EVERY SINGLE DAY OF HIS PRESIDENCY REITERATING THE IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS, EQUALITY AND EXTENDING OUR OUTREACH TO ALL OF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, REGARDLESS OF ETHNICITY. IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS THAT TELEVANGELIST PAT ROBERTSON HAS NOT BEEN TUNED INTO THE SUBJECT OF EQUALITY. I RECOMMEND THAT HE OPEN THE BIBLE AND TAKE A SECOND LOOK AT WHAT CHRIST COMMANDS BEFORE OPENING HIS MOUTH. HIS RECENT STATEMENT AGAINST ISLAM IS APPALLING AND OFFENSIVE TO THOSE OF US WHO ARE CHRISTIAN.
UNFORTUNATELY, ROBERTSON HAS AGAIN ATTRACTED THE MEDIA WITH HIS DIVISIVE COMMENTS, THIS TIME LABELING THOSE WHO PRACTICE THE ISLAMIC RELIGION AS NOTHING BUT PEOPLE DEVOTED TO VIOLENCE. ROBERTSON CLAIMS THAT ISLAM IS NOT A RELIGION..."BUT A VIOLENT POLITICAL SYSTEM." THIS TYPE OF COMMENT RUNS AGAINST THE GRAINS OF HUMANITY, SEEDS PLANTED FOR THE SAKE OF UNITY,TOLERANCE AND UNDERSTANDING.
I DON'T HAVE GREAT MEMORIES OF PAT ROBERTSON OTHER THAN THE USAGE OF HIS 'CASH FLOW'. THIS HE USES OFTEN TO GAIN A FOOT IN THE DOOR IN POLITICS. I REMEMBER HIS CASH FLOW PROMISES TO THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION DURING THE BUSH/KERRY RUN AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THERE. ALL I CAN SAY TO YOU HERE ROBERTSON IS THANKS FOR FINANCING A POOR POLITICAL INHERITANCE WHICH HAS UNFORTUNATELY LANDED IN OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT'S LAP. YOUR JUDGEMENT FACTORS ARE TAINTED AND SINCE WHEN HAS A TRUE MAN OF GOD FINANCED A CUSHION IN THE CHAIR IN THE OVAL OFFICE?????
A TRUE MAN OF GOD ALSO DOES NOT STAND IN PUBLIC AND CONDEMN ANYONE'S RELIGION. YOU MISSED THE BOAT HERE BECAUSE YOU'VE SPENT TOO MUCH TIME AT THE BANK TRYING TO PROP UP YOUR CHOICE OF POLITICAL PARTIES. I DON'T ADMIRE THIS QUALITY IN ANY CHURCH, ALTHOUGH ALL TOO OFTEN IT EXISTS.THIS IS WHERE THE LINE MUST BE DRAWN AND BOUNDARIES EXIST FOR A REASON. WHEN THE COMPASSIONATE LORD PICKS SOMEONE UP OFF THE FLOOR, HE DOESN'T ASK THEM FIRST WHICH CHURCH THEY ATTEND OR WHAT RELIGION THEY PRACTICE. SOMEWHERE YOU HAVE MISSED THIS TRANSLATION IN THE BIBLE OR ADDED YOUR OWN. PERHAPS YOU SHOULD CALL GOD AND ASK FOR HIS PERMISSION BEFORE YOU GO TO PRINT.
INDEED MR. ROBERTSON, A PUBLIC APOLOGY MIGHT BE SUGGESTED HERE BECAUSE YOU DO NOT REPRESENT ALL CHRISTIANS. WE ARE AN AMAZING BUNCH OF PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN TOLERANCE AND WE HOLD A STRONG COMMITTMENT TO THE VALUE OF THE HUMAN RACE. THESE ARE NOT TOYS TO BE CARELESSLY CAST-OFF BECAUSE WE DON'T HAPPEN TO APPRECIATE THE BOX THEY CAME IN. THESE ARE ACTUAL HUMAN BEINGS THAT GOD MADE FOR A PURPOSE. HE KNOWS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM AND HE PLACED THEM HERE FOR A REASON. 'RESPECT' WOULD BE A GRAND INCLUSION HERE.
THIS IS THE TYPE OF BROADCAST BEHAVIOR THAT UNFORTUNATELY CONTRIBUTES TO THE CAUSES OF THE GLEN BECKS IN THIS WORLD. IT IS ON THE INCREASE. MR. ROBERTSON, YOU MAY CERTAINLY PAT YOURSELF ON THE BACK BECAUSE YOUR STATEMENT ACTUALLY CONTRIBUTES TO VIOLENCE. DO ME A FAVOR PLEASE...DON'T GO TO FORT HOOD AND TRY TO PREACH A SERMON. WE HAVE SOME GREAT MUSLIMS THERE WHO SERVE IN OUR ARMED FORCES. THEY DON'T WANT TO BE BLAMED FOR THINGS THEY HAVE NOT DONE.
I MIGHT SUGGEST THAT YOU STOP BY WITH YOUR ART KIT AND PAINT STRANGE AND APPALLING THINGS ON OUR PRESIDENT'S PORTRAIT SUCH AS THE TEABAGGERS HAVE DONE. YOU MIGHT FIT IN THERE WITH YOUR SEGREGATED AND ILL COMMENTS. UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HOLD A PLACE OF LEADERSHIP IN CHRISTIAN SOCIETY. JUST LIKE VOTING, WE DESPERATELY NEED TO CHANGE THAT SYSTEM.
PRESIDENT OBAMA SPEAKS FOR ALL OF US WITH RESPECT, INTEGRITY AND CERTAINLY TOLERANCE FOR PEOPLE SUCH AS YOURSELF. THIS IS WHY WE VOTED FOR HIM. HE'S NOT GOD........BUT HE CARRIES GOD'S MESSAGE WELL. I VOTED FOR HIM SO THAT HE COULD CARRY THIS MESSAGE OF HUMAN TOLERANCE TO MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. I TRUST HIM. HIS COMPASSION IS EXACTLY WHAT WE FIND IN THE BIBLE IN OUR SEARCH FOR HUMANITY. PERHAPS YOU SHOULD MEET HIM SOMETIME AND TAKE A CLASS OR STAY AFTER SCHOOL BECAUSE YOU HAVE CERTAINLY BEEN ABSENT.
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS THE KINDEST OF HEARTS THAT WE FIND IN OUR PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA. WHILE YOU'RE AT IT GOD...PLEASE HAVE A WORD WITH PAT ROBERTSON. BEING THE CHRISTIAN THAT I AM...NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE. MAY GOD BLESS THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! THE WORD 'UNITED' DOES STAND FOR SOMETHING!
THE PRESIDENT IS ON HIS WAY HOME TODAY AFTER WRAPPING UP AN EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL GOODWILL TREK TO ASIA. THE AFOREMENTIONED 'OPEN DOOR' STATEMENT FOLLOWED HIS FINAL LIASON WITH SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT LEE MYUNG-BAK. THE PRESIDENT HAS ANNOUNCED THAT HE WILL BE SENDING AMERICAN ENVOY STEPHEN BOSWORTH TO NORTH KOREA ON DECEMBER 8TH. INDEED, HOPEFULL PROSPECTS WILL ACCOMPANY BOSWORTH ON THIS JOURNEY. "THE DOOR IS OPEN TO RESOLVING THESE ISSUES PEACEFULLY," THE PRESIDENT SAID. OBVIOUSLY, 'HOPE' ALREADY RESIDES WITH ABUNDANCE ON THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA.
OF COURSE THE PRESIDENT COULDN'T LEAVE KOREAN AIR-SPACE WITHOUT FIRST SPEAKING TO THE MILITARY CALL FOR HIS COMPASSION....OUR SOLDIERS AT OSAN AIR BASE. THIS PRESIDENT NEVER FORGETS WHO THEY ARE AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE THEY ARE LOCATED...HE'LL BE THERE BRINGING THAT EVER-CONSTANT MESSAGE OF HOPE,ENCOURAGEMENT AND SINCERE GRATITUDE FOR THEIR SACRIFICE AND COMMITTMENT TO SERVICE.
ALTHOUGH THIS PRESIDENT IS EXTREMELY HUMBLE ABOUT HIS OVERSEAS ACCOMPLISHMENTS, JUST LIKE A SUCCESSFUL ROLL OF THE DOMINOES....WE ARE SEEING A CULMINATION OF INTERNATIONAL COMMITTMENTS TOWARD PEACE AND PROSPERITY. WE ARE SEEING THE BIRTHING OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS THAT WILL 'BEAR FRUIT' AS WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD TOWARD CHANGE IN THIS COUNTRY. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS THE 'CUP BEING HALF FULL HERE.'
THESE CONVERSATIONS AND EFFORTS TO EXTEND AN UNCLENCHED FIST HAVE BEEN NEEDED FOR SOME TIME. THERE IS NO FAILURE IN THE PRACTICE OF BROTHERHOOD. THE PRESIDENT HAS LEFT BEHIND A TRUE MARK OF COMPASSIONATE CONCERN FOR THE INTERNATIONAL CONGLOMERATE. THIS IS SEEN BY THESE LEADERS AS A SINCERE MOVE TOWARD OPEN ENGAGEMENT. UNFORTUNATELY, CRITICS HERE LOOK AT THIS AS A SIGN OF AMERICAN WEAKNESS. THE WEAKNESS IS INDEED THEIR OWN IN 'CHARACTER.' NOTHING COULD BE FURTHER FROM THE TRUTH. THESE PRESIDENTIAL EFFORTS TO CARRY THE OLIVE BRANCH DO MATTER. IN PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CASE....THE SEEDS HAVE BEEN PLANTED WELL.
KUDOS TO SECRETARY OF STATE HILLARY CLINTON WHO HAS WITNESSED THE INAUGURATION OF AFGHAN PRESIDENT HAMID KARZAI. SOS CLINTON MUST BE CREDITED FOR HER OWN PERSEVERANCE AS SHE DELIVERS HER STERN MESSAGE TO KARZAI AND CALLS FOR AN END TO CORRUPTION IN THAT GOVERNMENT. THIS IS A 'STAY TUNED' MOMENT.
WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE IF KARZAI WILL CHALLENGE HIS SUPPORTIVE WARLORDS AND PLACE THE PEOPLE IN AFGHANISTAN ON A 'HIGH PRIORITY' LIST WHERE THEY BELONG. SOS CLINTON HAS DEMONSTRATED HER OWN 'GOOD THINGS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES' COURAGEOUS BEHAVIOR. I COMPARE THIS SITUATION TO HAVING DINNER WITH RUSH LIMBAUGH WHILE LISTENING TO A GLEN BECK MONOLOGUE. MOVE OVER BILL BECAUSE THERE IS A VERY TOUGH WOMAN IN YOUR HOUSE!
RECENTLY THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE TRAGIC FORT HOOD INCIDENT HAS PRODUCED SOME RATHER QUESTIONABLE INFORMATION REGARDING ALLEGED SUSPECT MAJOR HASSAN. THE PRESIDENT AND SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ROBERT GATES HAVE BOTH ORDERED EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATIONS INTO THIS HORRIFIC EVENT. THIS BRINGS ME TO THE QUESTION OF THE 'ACCOUNTABILITY FACTOR,' SOMETHING WE HEAR OFTEN FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA.
INDEED I AM CONCERNED ABOUT OUR AMERICAN VALUES AND HAVE WE LOWERED OUR EXPECTATIONS FOR THOSE WHO COMMAND LEADERSHIP IN THIS COUNTRY???? DO WE JUST LET THE BALL RIDE WHEN THERE ARE PROBLEMS? CONSIDERING ALL DIVULGED INFORMATION IN THIS CASE, THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR 'RED FLAG' IGNORANCE HERE.
IT IS ALSO UNFORTUNATE THAT SO MUCH INFORMATION HAS BEEN LEAKED TO THE PRESS. CLEARLY THE PRESS WOULD RATHER SACRIFICE THE BENEFITS OF A GOOD COURT CASE...FOR RATINGS. WHEN I WAS A NEWS EDITOR...IF I HAD DONE THIS...OUT OF CLEAR DISRESPECT FOR THE NEEDS OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM, I WOULD HAVE QUIT MY JOB MERELY OUT OF SHAME FOR DISCLOSING THIS INFORMATION. JOURNALISM HAS CERTAINLY CHANGED THESE DAYS. SOD BOB GATES IS NOT TOO HAPPY ABOUT THIS SITUATION. SOMEONE NEEDS TO CALL A PLUMBER AND TRIM THIS GRAPEVINE. THERE ARE UNFORTUNATE LEAKS IN THE PIPES.TRANSPARENCY IS A GREAT MANEUVER UNLESS IT'S GOING TO COURT.
NO DOUBT, THE FOLLOWING IN DEPTH INVESTIGATIONS WILL PIN DOWN THE 'ACCOUNTABILITY FACTOR' INVOLVED HERE. GATES IS GOING TO ANNOUNCE A FORMER DEFENSE OFFICIAL WHO WILL COMMAND THE SHOVEL ON THIS DIG. OF MORE CONCERN IS...HOW MANY MORE ARE OUT THERE? INDEED MILITARY OFFICIALS ARE TIGHTENING UP SECURITY MEASURES, BUT, WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO HERE. 'COMPLACENCY' WAS CERTAINLY A DANCING PARTNER. WHEN YOU INVITE COMPLACENCY IN....YOU INVITE THE UNWANTED. THIS ONE OVERSTAYED HIS WELCOME.
MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS GO OUT TO ALL THOSE WHO SUFFERED LOSS FROM THE FORT HOOD INCIDENT. I HAVE SAVED SOME OF THOSE FOR THE 'UNFORTUNATE 5' PROTESTORS IN IRAN WHO HAVE BEEN SENTENCED TO DEATH. I BELIEVE THIS UNJUST AND INHUMANE SENTENCING FOR MERELY PROTESTING READS AS FOLLOWS...FOR.."CORRUPTION ON EARTH AND ACTS AGAINST GOD." WE KNOW WHERE GOD SITS HERE AND IT'S NOT ON THEIR SIDE OF THE GAVEL.
HOW DIFFICULT IT MUST BE FOR OUR COMPASSIONATE PRESIDENT TO WITNESS THIS TYPE OF INHUMANITY TO MAN. THESE ARE THE DAYS WHEN YOU WANT TO KICK YOURSELF BECAUSE YOU CAN'T END ALL OF THIS WORLD CONFLICT AND SAVE ALL OF THESE LIVES FROM EITHER MONSTERS OR STARVATION. THIS IS WHERE INDEED...YOU MUST PRAY!
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA. WELCOME HOME MR.PRESIDENT AND YOUR EQUALLY COMMITTED ENTOURAGE. THE WORLD WATCHED YOU...THOSE WHO DIDN'T WALK IN YOUR SHOES IN ASIA NEED TO SAVE THEIR CRITICISMS FOR THEIR OWN MIRROR DURING ONE OF THEIR NUMEROUS SELFISH MORNINGS. THANK YOU FOR OPENING MORE DOORS TO 'CHANGE.' WE CERTAINLY NEED THIS...DON'T WE? MAY GOD BLESS THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...THIS PLACE WHERE WE NEED TO LEARN TO COUNT THE BLESSINGS THAT WE HAVE. YOU, MR. PRESIDENT AND YOUR ADMINISTRATION ARE AMONG THE MANY!
PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS JUST ARRIVED IN SOUTH KOREA THIS MORNING. AT 6:00A.M. ET CNN JUST AIRED AN INTERVIEW WITH THE PRESIDENT CONDUCTED BY ED HENRY BEFORE HE LEFT BEIJING. OF COURSE ONE OF THE FIRST QUESTIONS OUT OF HENRY'S MOUTH JUST HAD TO BE...'DO YOU FEEL SOME PRESSURE TO GET SOME OF THESE THINGS DONE?" HENRY WAS REFERENCING EVERYTHING FROM THE STRATEGY IN AFGHANISTAN TO HEALTHCARE REFORM DURING THIS PRESIDENTIAL INQUISITION. MY QUESTION TO ED HENRY IS "WHEN DO YOU START LISTENING TO THE PRESIDENT'S ANSWERS AND STOP REITERATING THE SAME QUESTIONS?"
PRESIDENT OBAMA IS RECOGNIZED FOR HIS PATIENCE WHICH IS CERTAINLY NEEDED WHEN THE PRESS CONTINUES TO 'PETE AND REPEAT',PENCIL POINTING AT THE SAME ISSUES. HIS ANSWERS TO CONTINUED STRATEGY IN AFGHANISTAN WILL WAIT UNTIL HE'S READY. DARE I REPEAT MYSELF...THE PRESIDENT REITERATED AN ANSWER FORTHCOMING IN 'A FEW WEEKS!'
AGAIN...THE PRESIDENT REITERATED THE ISSUES HE IS FACING...PRIORITY #1...PROTECTING AMERICA AGAINST TERRORISM. COMPLICATING THE CHALLENGES ARE THE STABILITY ISSUES PERTAINING TO THE CURRENT KARZAI GOVERNMENT AND A DEEP CONCERN FOR THE PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN AND THEIR ABILITY TO STAND ON THEIR OWN. THIS IS CALLED 'HUMANITARIAN' CONCERN IN CASE ANYONE HAS FORGOTTEN ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR FORM OF COMPASSION. I SINCERELY HOPE ED HENRY WROTE HIS ANSWER DOWN THIS TIME.PERHAPS A 'POST-IT NOTE' PLASTERED TO HIS FOREHEAD WOULD BE HELPFULLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!
ONE WOULD THINK THE PRESIDENT & COMPANY HAD GONE BOWLING OVERSEAS FOR A WEEK. HENRY NEEDED TO KNOW WHAT THE PRESIDENT THOUGHT HE ACCOMPLISHED IN HIS TREK TO ASIA. OF COURSE THE PRESS MAKES IT SOUND LIKE HE DETOURED TO MICKEY D'S FOR A BURGER AND FRIES. DON'T FORGET THE PICKLES!!!!
IT DIDN'T TAKE THE PRESIDENT LONG TO QUOTE SOME SUCCESSFUL POLL RESULTS THAT SPEAK WELL FOR OUR IMPROVED STANDING IN THE WORLD TODAY. ACCORDING TO THE PRESIDENT, 75% OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BELIEVE WE HAVE UPGRADED OURSELVES IN OUR INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION. THIS FACT IS QUITE OBVIOUS AND DEAR MR. PRESIDENT....I DO HOPE YOU ARE PROUD OF YOURSELF AS WELL AS YOUR AWESOME TEAM ADVOCATES WHO KNOW HOW TO KNOCK ON DOORS AND INVITE 'PEACE' INTO THE ROOM.
DARE I MENTION THE 'NOBEL PEACE PRIZE' YOU ARE SO HUMBLE ABOUT RECEIVING. IF IT WEREN'T FOR YOUR COMPASSION FOR INTERNATIONAL DIPLOMACY, WE WOULD STILL BE SITTING IN AN UNPOPULAR DUNK TANK WITH 'PECOS PETE!' WHEN YOU RECEIVE THIS HONOR NEXT MONTH, I INTEND TO VARNISH IT AND PRESS IT TO YOUR BEST SUIT!...THAT'S IF WE CAN CATCH YOU!!!!!!
THE PRESIDENT ALSO MENTIONED IMPROVED INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH REGARD TO NUCLEAR ISSUES. NO DOUBT THIS PRESIDENT HAS APPROACHED AND ADDRESSED SOME VERY DIFFICULT ARENAS OVERSEAS. BEHIND THAT OBAMA SMILE IS A GIFT OF DIPLOMACY THAT HAS WON ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPATION FROM THE UNEXPECTED. THIS IS A UNIQUE GIFT EQUALLY PRESENTED WITH SINCERITY. WHEN YOU POSSESS THIS KIND OF CARE AND INTERNATIONAL CONCERN FOR WORLD AFFAIRS...YOUR ELEVATOR HAS ONLY ONE WAY TO GO....UP!!!! ALL OF THESE CONVERSATIONS HAVE ADDED SEVERAL,ONCE DOUBTFUL...CHAIRS TO THE TABLE. CONSIDERING THE SHARED INPUT, THE IRANIAN GOVERNMENT HAD BETTER TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT ITS CURRENT APPROVAL RATING.
TO THE CRITICS OUT THERE WHO ARE LOOKING FOR A PLETHORA OF NEW INFORMATION FROM THE PRESIDENT....DON'T BLAME HIM FOR REPETITIVE ANSWERS. THE PRESS NEEDS TO ASK SOME NEW QUESTIONS. THE PRESIDENT SHOULD NOT HAVE TO CONTINUALLY ANSWER TO AFGHANISTAN. 'PRESSURE' ROLLS OFF HIS BACK...BECAUSE HE VALUES HIS RESPONSIBILITIES.
AS WE ARE ENTERING THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYS, PLEASE VOLUNTEER YOURSELVES TO A SHELTER KITCHEN OR TO A GROCERY STORE WHERE YOU CAN PURCHASE SOME FOOD ITEMS TO FEED A NEEDY FAMILY. THE LATEST STATS ON HUNGRY KIDS IN AMERICA ARE EMBARRASSING. ONE MILLION CHILDREN GO HUNGRY IN THIS COUNTRY AND THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR IT.
IF YOU CAN STAND IN A CROWD AT AN AUCTION AND PAY $14,500 FOR BERNIE MADOFF'S METS JACKET, THINK ABOUT HOW MANY KIDS YOUR SPENDING SPREE COULD HAVE FED. WHILE YOU ARE TUCKING THAT JACKET IN A CLOSET, SOME KIDS ARE LIVING IN THEIRS...NO CLOTHES...NO FOOD...THIS CAN'T HAPPEN IN AMERICA! PLEASE TRAVEL WITH YOUR SELF-CONSUMED WALLETS TO THE NEAREST VENDOR AND AID IN FEEDING THE POOR IN THIS COUNTRY.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY ANYONE WOULD WANT TO OWN ANYTHING THAT BELONGED TO THIS SCAMMER WHO ABSCONDED WITH EVEN CHARITABLE FUNDS. PURCHASE SOME WARM WINTER COATS FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED THEM. YOUR CLOSET WILL BE FILLED WITH JOY INSTEAD OF SCRAPS FROM A SCAMMER. WE KNOW WHERE HE'S SPENDING HIS THANKSGIVING! I WONDER IF THEY HAVE POWDERED TURKEY BEHIND BARS. IF NOT, PERHAPS THEY SAVED THAT ONE PALIN GROUND LAST YEAR ON PUBLIC TELEVISION! YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AS HE MEETS IN SOUTH KOREA TODAY. THIS IS THE FINAL TREK IN HIS ASIAN ADVENTURE. IS HE HOME YET????????
IF ANYONE WATCHED THE BEIJING CEREMONY YESTERDAY WELCOMING PRESIDENT OBAMA....AND HIS AWESOME BACK-UP TEAM...LET'S HOPE YOU CONSIDERED THIS....IT TAKES AN UNBELIEVABLE AMOUNT OF COURAGE AND FORTITUDE TO WALK BRAVELY INTO THE UNKNOWN.
AS I GAZED AT THE TREMENDOUS GATHERING OF CHINESE MILITARY PRESENCE, I THOUGHT ...HERE IS A PRESIDENT AND HIS SUPPORTIVE ADMINISTRATION WILLING TO SHAKE HANDS WITH THOSE WHO VALUE COMMUNISM. WE FORGET THAT THIS MANEUVER CALLS FOR THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF TOLERANCE THAT ANY HUMAN BEING SEEKING EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS CAN OFFER. THIS IS ALSO REACHING FOR THE PRIORITY THAT GOD CALLS UPON....EXTENDING THE UNCLENCHED FIST REGARDLESS OF THE SITUATION.
SEEKING 'PEACE' DEMANDS THESE THINGS. FOR SO LONG, WE HAVE REMAINED IGNORANT OF OUR DUTIES TO INVITE STRANGERS TO OUR TABLE. FOR SO LONG, WE HAVE BEEN AFRAID TO STEP ON THEIR WELCOME MAT. INDEED, THIS IS SEEKING 'CHANGE' AT ITS HIGHEST LEVEL AND THOSE WHO DO SO ARE TO BE RESPECTED AND ADMIRED. IT HAS BEEN EASIER AND LESS COMPLICATED FOR MANY JUST TO REACH INTO THE 'WAR TOY TOOLBOX' TO EXPRESS OUR DISCONTENT. THIS UNFORTUNATELY, HAS COME AT THE COST OF ALL SO MANY LIVES IN OUR HISTORY...THOSE TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION.
WHILE CRITICS HERE,MOST WITH ALTERIOR MOTIVES...ARE BUSY SCRUTINIZING THE PRESIDENT'S EVERY MOVE OVERSEAS.....IT IS TIME TO BE THANKFUL FOR A PRESIDENT WHO IS TEACHING US OUR 'NEEDED INTERNATIONAL VALUES'. WHILE HE STROLLS THROUGH THESE CHALLENGES WITH UNQUESTIONABLE 'FIRE IN HIS SHOES,' THIS IS A COMBINATION OF SINCERELY FELT GOODWILL AND CONFIDENCE THAT NO DOUBT OPENED SEVERAL DOORS IN CHINA. 'GOODWILL' IS A FORTUNATE DISEASE THAT SPREADS AND IN BETWEEN SMILES AND HANDSHAKES AND ALL OF THE EFFORTS TO MEET WITH PROTOCAL, THE LESSONS WE ALL NEED ARE LEFT BEHIND AND THEY ARE NOT FORGOTTEN.
IT'S EASY TO CRITICIZE IF WE ARE SO POLITICALLY INCLINED, AS WE STAND HERE SHELTERED IN AMERICA'S COMFORT ZONE. TRY WALKING 'OUT OF THE BOX' INTO THE HANDS OF THOSE WHO QUESTION OUR DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. I DARESAY, THE 'BUSY AS USUAL' PUNDITS WOULD PREFER TO STAY IN THEIR OWN CLOSET WITH THE REST OF THEIR MOST FAMILIAR AND ILL-SEEKING LOBBYISTS.
MOST OF THESE CRITICS WOULD NEVER BOW TO ANOTHER COUNTRY'S CULTURAL CUSTOMS. THEY BELIEVE THIS TO BE AN INSULT TO THE AMERICAN PROFILE. THE PRESIDENT OF COURSE IS BEING CRITICIZED FOR HIS BOW TO THE JAPANESE EMPEROR. THESE CRITICS IGNORE THE 'DO UNTO OTHERS' SCENARIO. THESE CUSTOMS ARE A SIGN OF RESPECT FOR THEIR COUNTRY...WHICH YOU HAPPEN TO BE STANDING IN. IF THERE IS ONE WORD IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE HERE THAT NEEDS SINCERE STUDY...IT'S 'ETIQUETTE.' WHEN INTERNATIONAL VISITORS COME TO THE WHITEHOUSE...THEY ENDEAVOR TO RETURN THE RESPECT FOR THIS COUNTRY. WE NEED TO PAY ATTENTION IN CLASS AND ELEVATE OUR HUMAN BEHAVIOR...WITH CLASS.
DON'T FORGET THAT WHEN THE PRESIDENT RETURNS WITH THE 'GOOD NEWS' FROM THIS ADVENTURE IN ASIA..............DON'T FORGET WHAT IT TOOK IN 'CHARACTER' TO GET THERE. THESE ARE NOT SIMPLE TREKS DESIGNED JUST TO SPOT CHECK THE COUNTRYSIDE. THIS IS SERIOUS BUSINESS.
OUR WORLD IS SO CLOSELY INTERWOVEN. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS 'DISTANCE' ANYMORE. WE ARE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE AND SHARE AND LEARN FROM EACH OTHER. WE SHOULD BE DOING ALL THAT IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO PROMOTE WORLD UNITY. GOD DID NOT PLACE US ON THIS PLANET TO MERELY PLAY HOST TO OUR OWN BACKYARD.
THIS KIND OF THINKING ONLY CREATES INDIVIDUALISM AND STAGNATE PROTECTIONISM. WE WERE EACH BORN WITH GIFTS TO SHARE. IT IS OUR DUTY AS AMERICANS TO SPREAD GOODWILL TO ALL PARTS OF THIS WORLD WHENEVER WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. SEGREGATION AND SECRET SOCIETIES BREED NOTHING BUT CONTEMPT. OUR SINCERE SEARCH FOR EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS CANNOT SUCCEED WITHOUT VENTURING INTO THESE UNKNOWNS. AS WE VENTURE, WE RESPECT THE CUSTOMS PRESENTED IN THEIR INVITATION. THIS IS OUR AWESOME OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN A 'FOOT IN THE DOOR' AND PROGRESS TOWARD 'PEACE.'
YOU WILL NEVER FIND A TRUE 'SOCIALIST' INTERESTED IN DIPLOMACY AND WORLD PEACE ENDEAVORS. A 'SOCIALIST' IS FRANKLY QUITE HAPPY WITH CONTROLLING THEIR OWN TURF. THE WORD 'INCLUSION' IS NOT IN THEIR DICTIONARY. THEY ARE SELFISHLY MOTIVATED AND CLING TO THE BIG FISH IN THE SMALL POND THEORY. THEY HAVE NO INTEREST IN EQUALITY AND HUMAN RIGHTS,MAKE THEIR OWN LAWS AND CERTAINLY DO NOT INVITE TRANSPARENCY INTO THEIR GOVERNMENT. FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ACCUSED THIS PRESIDENT OF BEING A 'SOCIALIST'...YOU ARE LOOKING AT A COMPLETELY SELF-SACRIFICING OPPOSITE TO THE AFOREMENTIONED DESCRIPTION. NO FURTHER COMMENT NEEDED HERE.....
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND HIS UNITED ADMINISTRATION. REMEMBER THAT 'TEAM OF RIVALS' HE INVITED IN??????? FUNNY WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU EXTEND AN UNCLENCHED FIST TO THE UNKNOWN FACTORS IN LIFE. ALTHOUGH AT OPPOSITE ENDS ON THE CAMPAIGN FENCE....WE NOW HAVE A SHOW OF UNITY THAT WILL BRING MUCH NEEDED CHANGE TO THIS COUNTRY....LESSONS WE MUST LEARN FOR THE SAKE OF FUTURE GENERATIONS. THEY ARE DEPENDING ON OUR SOLIDARITY. THEY ARE DEPENDING ON US. THIS IS THEIR INVITATION TO 'HOPE,CHANGE AND A PROSPERITY' THAT DOES NOT COME FROM THE POCKET...IT COMES FROM OUR SOUL AND OUR VALUES. THIS IS WHERE 'DEEP POCKETS' COUNT! MAY GOD BLESS THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
I SINCERELY CREDIT ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER FOR CONTINUALLY WEIGHING HIS OPTIONS BEFORE ACTING ON THEM. MUCH LIKE THE PRESIDENT, HOLDER WOULD NOT SEND THE ALLEGED 9/11 SUSPECTS TO NEW YORK WITHOUT FIRST BALLANCING THE CHALLENGES IN THE FEDERAL CIVILIAN COURT SYSTEM. I COMMEND ALL INVOLVED IN THIS DECISION BECAUSE IT WILL GIVE AMERICA THE OPPORTUNITY TO STAND WITHOUT FEAR IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE FOR ALL WHO DIED ON THIS DAY.
THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO COWAR OR PURSUE THE NEGATIVES IN THIS SITUATION. AS PROUD AS I AM OF EX-MAYOR RUDY GIULLIANI'S COURAGEOUS ACTIONS DURING THIS HORRIFIC EVENT, TO CRITICIZE THIS DECISION OUT OF FEAR OF POTENTIAL HARM TO AMERICA ONLY TARNISHES HIS EQUALLY EARNED 9/11 LUSTER. WE CANNOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES 'FEAR' HOLDING THIS TRIAL IN OUR HOMELAND....IT'S APPROPRIATE TO PLACE THIS ACTION NOT FAR FROM THE SCENE OF THE CRIME.
DO NOT USE THIS OPPORTUNITY DEAR EX-MAYOR...TO EXERCISE 'POLITICAL POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE.' THIS IS WHY PRESIDENT OBAMA IS IN THE WHITEHOUSE AND YOU ARE NOT...A LITTLE TRANSPARENCY NEVER HURT ANYONE. IN THIS CASE, THOUSANDS OF FAMILIES WHO GRIEVE FROM THEIR 9/11 LOSS WILL INDEED WITNESS HEALING AND CLOSURE. I DARESAY...THE SOULS OF THOSE LEFT BEHIND IN THE RUBBLE WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE AS WELL.
CURRENT MAYOR MICHAEL BLOOMBERG HAS SPOKEN OUT ON THIS ISSUE AND HE WELCOMES THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRING JUSTICE BACK WHERE IT BELONGS...TO NEW YORK CITY. TO BE SURE...THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WOULD NOT PLACE ITSELF ON THE LINE OR SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT WITH BROKEN OR DOUBTFUL PROMISES IN ITS COMMITTMENT TO BRING JUSTICE TO THIS HORRENDOUS ACT THAT STILL AND ALWAYS WILL LEAVE AMERICA SPEECHLESS. THERE ARE NO FOOLS IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. THE WORLD WILL BE WATCHING THIS ONE AND HOW CAN WE PREACH HUMANITARIAN EQUALITY AND JUSTICE IF WE ARE AFRAID TO HOLD A SESSION IN OUR OWN BACKYARD?
I ALWAYS ENJOY THE POLITICIANS WHO TURN OVER THEIR ROCKS WHEN THE PRESIDENT IS OVERSEAS. THIS IS TO BE EXPECTED BECAUSE THEY ENJOY BACK STABBING. THIS HAS BECOME THEIR OWN FORM OF 'CLOSET BRAVERY.' SUCH IS THE CASE WITH THE RECENT REMARKS FROM MITT ROMNEY WHO HAS ACCUSED OUR PRESIDENT OF DAMAGING TROOPS DURING HIS DECISIONAL PROCESS AIMED AT FUTURE STRATEGY IN AFGHANISTAN. I'M SURPRISED THAT ROMNEY HAS TAKEN THE TIME AWAY FROM 'COMBING HIS HAIR' TO DELIVER SUCH A CRITICISM. HOWEVER, THE PRESIDENT IS NOT HERE SO IT'S A GREAT TIME TO POSE FOR A LITTLE CAMERA EXPOSURE. ROMNEY ALWAYS REMINDS ME OF A 'SLICK PHOTO' WITHOUT THE NEED FOR FILM!
KUDOS TO OUR PRESIDENT WHILE IN SHANGHAI ENCOURAGING STUDENTS TO COMMUNICATE AND EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS VIA THE INTERNET. INDEED THESE CHIPS AND WIRES HAVE BROUGHT OUR WORLD CLOSER TOGETHER. THE PRESIDENT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT WHEN HE SAYS THAT THIS HIGH TECH TREK ALLOWS CITIZENS A VOICE IN GOVERNMENT AND AN OPPORTUNITY TO HOLD GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE FOR ITS ACTIONS.
THERE IS NO 'FEAR' IN THE OBAMA DICTIONARY...BUT, THE WORDS 'TRANSPARENCY,ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY' ARE REPEATED ON EVERY SINGLE PAGE....OVER AND OVER AGAIN. IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE...FIND ONE...OUR FOREFATHERS WROTE IT LONG AGO BEFORE OUR PRIORITIES BECAME A MATERIALISTIC QUAGMIRE BURIED IN THE GREED POND! THIS PRESIDENT IS A CALLING CARD...HERE TO REMIND YOU THAT THESE PRIORITIES DO EXIST AND IT'S TIME TO REINSTATE THEM.
CNN IS RUNNING A SERIES DUBBED..'PATRIOTS OR EXTREMISTS.' PAY ATTENTION TO THIS ONE. THE RIGHTS OF 'FREEDOM OF SPEECH' ARE BRINGING THIS SERIES INTO YOUR LIVING ROOMS. AT LEAST 100 NEW 'MILITIA GROUPS' HAVE FORMED IN AMERICA SINCE JANUARY...ACCORDING TO THEIR SOURCES. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ADMITTEDLY DISLIKE OUR GOVERNMENT. THEY CLEARLY EXPRESS THEIR DISLIKE OF OUR PRESIDENT AND A FIRM LACK OF TRUST.
THIS IS QUITE EDUCATIONAL BECAUSE AMERICA NEEDS THIS WAKE-UP CALL. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO CAN INCITE THE WORST IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR. THEY COULD LIVE NEXT DOOR TO YOU....HOLD ONTO THIS PRESIDENT AND HIS VALUES. JUST LIKE HEALTHCARE REFORM, THERE ARE MANY OUT THERE WHO ARE MERELY SELF-CONSUMED AND THEY DETEST ANY TYPE OF AUTHORITY.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO MAY DISPLAY THE AMERICAN FLAG BUT THEY JUSTIFY THEIR ACTIONS REGARDLESS OF VIOLENCE...AS A MEANS TO AN END. WE GAVE UP THIS FORM OF BEHAVIOR WHEN WE PROGRESSED FROM THE NEANDERTHAL PERIOD,TAKING THAT UPHILL CLIMB TO HUMANITARIAN JUSTICE. IT SURELY HASN'T BEEN EASY..BUT, THIS IS WHERE WE ARE. INDEED, 'REGRESSION' IS NOT A CHOICE ON THE DRAWING TABLE. I MAY BE OLD ENOUGH TO HAVE LIVED IN A CAVE...BUT, I'M NOT GOING BACK THERE FOR DINNER!
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA. I FEEL AN EMPTINESS WITHOUT HIS FEET FIRMLY PLANTED ON AMERICAN SOIL. HOWEVER, WE'VE TRIED SEAT BELTS ON THIS PRESIDENT BEFORE. NOTHING HOLDS HIM DOWN AND SURELY WHEN HE RETURNS...HE WILL BRING BACK THE GIFTS OF OPEN DOORS AND PROMISE, THOSE THAT NEEDED TO BE OPENED IN ASIA. THIS SUCCESS AND THERE WILL BE....WILL BENEFIT ALL OF US AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO 'CHANGE' IN THIS COUNTRY. THIS IS THE KIND OF CHANGE THAT INVITES INTEGRITY AND RESPECT FOR HUMAN EQUALITY. YOU CAN'T BUY IT. GOD ACTUALLY GAVE IT ALL TO YOU...YOU HAVE TO USE IT! MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
RECENTLY SOMEONE OBVIOUSLY AWARE THAT I AM A DEVOTED OBAMA SUPPORTER APPROACHED ME WITH THEIR OWN VERSION OF THE NEWS..THAT WE ARE BECOMMING A 'ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT.' IT'S DIFFICULT NOT TO GRIT YOUR TEETH IN FRONT OF THESE PEOPLE,BUT, YOU IMMEDIATELY THINK ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S DIGNIFIED EXAMPLE. YOU GO HOME AND TAKE OUT YOUR ANGER BY POUNDING ON AN INNOCENT MEATLOAF! FIST BUMPING DOES WORK WELL HERE!
THIS WEEKS NEWS HAS BEEN FILLED WITH THE HORRIFIC SHOCK AND AWE REGARDING THE FORT HOOD TRAGEDY. WE HAVE LEARNED A LESSON HERE. COMPLACENCY CAN KILL. IT DOES NOT MATTER HERE WHO IS AT FAULT. HOWEVER, WE HAVE LEARNED THAT RED FLAGS WERE INDEED MISSED. NOW WE WILL MOVE FORWARD AND IMPROVE FROM THE LESSONS WE HAVE LEARNED HERE.
WE HAVE ALSO LEARNED THAT THE FEDS HAVE BEEN VERY BUSY IN THEIR COVERT LIVES UNCOVERING THE POSSIBILITIES OF TERRORIST LINKS IN THIS COUNTRY. THE RECENT ANNOUNCEMENT REGARDING ALLEGED MOSQUE CONNECTIONS TO IRAN IN NEW YORK CITY ARE JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF FEDERAL SUCCESS. THESE MEN AND WOMEN ARE TO BE HONORED FOR RISKING THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT THIS COUNTRY. I DON'T CARE IF IT IS A SITUATION SUCH AS THIS OR SNOOPING IN BANK RECORDS....WE WOULD NOT HAVE A FREE COUNTRY WITHOUT THEM AND THEIR CONTINUED SACRIFICE.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY WHO DON'T WANT ANY GOVERNMENT WATCHDOGS. THEY DISLIKE SUPERVISION AND WHEN THEY CAN, THEY USE EVERY MOMENT TO INCITE HATRED AGAINST ANY FORM OF TRANSPARENCY AND INDEED EQUAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR ACTIONS.
WHEN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION OPENED THE DOORS TO TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE OVAL OFFICE, THE WORMS BEGAN TO SQUIRM IN THEIR SHADOWS OF DECEIT. PRESIDENTIAL CONCERN FOR OUR HEALTHCARE HAS BROUGHT MUCH OF THAT TYPE OF CHARACTER TO LIGHT AS WE SEE SILK TIE BOYS PUT PROFIT BEFORE THE LIVES OF HUMAN BEINGS. THE WHEELS OF POWER IN CONTROL OF AN EXTREMELY HONEST AND CONCERNED PRESIDENT CAN BE DEVASTATING TO THESE SELF-CONSUMED AND GREEDY PROFITEERS. NO LONGER ARE THEY BEING FED FINANCIAL PROMISE. THIS PRESIDENT HAS CUT THE CORD TO THEIR CUPCAKES, SO TO SPEAK!
PRESIDENT OBAMA'S STIMULATING CALLS FOR OVERSIGHT IN OUR FINANCIAL SYSTEM HAS REALLY ROCKED THE BOAT FOR THE BIG SPENDERS. FINALLY....A PRESIDENT WHO CALLS OUT BABYSITTERS BECAUSE WHETHER YOU WANT TO ADMIT IT OR NOT....WE DIDN'T DO SO WELL WITHOUT THEM. YOUR REBELLIOUS THOUGHTS THAT SUPERVISION DESIGNATES A 'ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT' IS ACTUALLY NAUSIATING. GREED HAS COMMANDED THIS COUNTRY FOR TOO LONG.
IN THE MEANTIME, OUR COURAGEOUS AND PERSEVERING PRESIDENT WILL RISE ABOVE THE CRITICS AND 'YES' BABYSITTERS WILL BE ON CALL WHERE NEEDED. OUR BRAVE FEDERAL AGENTS WILL CONTINUE TO WORK IN THE SHADOWS TO KEEP US SAFE OR MAKE SURE NOONE IS PILFERING OUR MONEY FROM THE BANK FOR A NEW CORPORATE JET LOAN!
TODAY, ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER SPEAKS REGARDING SET TRIALS FOR 9/11 AND GITMO DETAINEES IN NEW YORK. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THEY WILL RECEIVE FAIR AND EQUAL JUSTICE THERE. THE PRESIDENT MENTIONED THIS TODAY IN TOKYO. OUR ESTEEMED ATTORNEY GENERAL HAS ALSO FOUGHT CONTINUOUSLY TO PROTECT ALL AGAINST THE UNFORTUNATE RESULTS OF HATE CRIMES.
ALL OF THE AFOREMENTIONED ARE INDIVIDUALS DEDICATED TO HUMAN RIGHTS IN THIS COUNTRY, SOMETHING WE HAVE BEEN LACKING HERE IN THE PAST IN PURSUIT OF THE BUCK BEFORE THE RIGHTS OF A BROTHER. IT IS QUITE CLEAR THAT THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HOLDS OUR NEEDED VALUES AND MORAL COMPASS AT A HIGH PRIORITY. SOMEONE HIGHER THAN THIS VALUES THESE PRIORITIES. THIS IS WHERE WE ARE GOING. THIS IS NOT A 'ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT. THIS IS GOD'S WORLD WHERE MAN MATTERS AND WE REACH OUT TO AID ONE ANOTHER. WE LOST ALL OF THIS...WE'RE GETTING IT BACK.
MAY GOD BLESS OUR FEDERAL AGENTS AND THIS ADMINISTRATION AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO ESTABLISH EQUAL RIGHTS IN THIS COUNTRY. IF THIS IS WRONG....YOU HAVE INDEED BEEN STANDING IN THE WRONG HARBOR AND YES...YOU HAVE MISSED YOUR BOAT!
IF YOU ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY KEEPING UP WITH YOUR ALARM CLOCK THIS MORNING, OUR PRESIDENT IS ALREADY QUITE AWAKE AND CURRENTLY SPEAKING AT A PRESS CONFERENCE IN TOKYO. JET-LAG DOESN'T APPEAR TO EFFECT THIS PRESIDENT WHO HAS BEEN DISCUSSING JOINT GLOBAL EFFORTS TOWARD PEACE AND PROSPERITY WITH JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER YUKIO HATOYAMA.
THE PRESIDENT IS EXTEMELY POPULAR IN JAPAN. RECENTLY BROADCAST VIA CNN, STUDENTS ARE USING PRESIDENT OBAMA'S SPEECHES TO AID THEM IN ENGLISH CLASS. IN FACT, THEY HAVE SO MUCH ADMIRATION FOR THIS PRESIDENT THAT HIS VERBAGE HAS ENCOURAGED THEM TO LEARN ENGLISH. SEVERAL JAPANESE TEXTBOOKS BEAR THE NAME AND PHOTOGRAPH OF THIS EXTREMELY GIFTED PRESIDENTIAL SPEAKER. FORTUNATELY.....HE IS OURS!
THE PRESIDENT COULDN'T BEAR TO LEAVE THE U.S. ON HIS EIGHT-DAY, FOUR-NATION TREK WITHOUT FIRST STOPPING AT ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE IN ALASKA. THIS IS WHERE HIS PROVEN COMPASSION LEADS HIM...TO THE MILITARY. THERE HE MADE IT QUITE CLEAR THAT HE WANTED TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE AS HE RECALLED THE RECENT MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR FORT HOOD AND VETERANS DAY.
HIS VISIT THERE LAST NIGHT ALSO BROUGHT MESSAGES OF HOPE AND CHANGE AND HIS ASSURANCE THAT NEW PROGRAMS TO BENEFIT MILITARY CARE WILL STAND AS A GUARANTEED PROMISE. THIS ALSO INCLUDES COMFORT AND CARE FOR MILITARY FAMILIES AS WELL AS MUCH NEEDED IMPROVEMENTS IN THE VA MEDICAL SYSTEM.
SINCE TAKING OFFICE LAST YEAR, THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY HAVE PROVEN THEIR UNIFIED DEVOTION TO THE CAUSE OF OUR MILITARY AND SUPPORT FOR THEIR FAMILIES. "I'M HERE TO SAY TO ALL OF YOU WHO SERVE...OF ALL THE PRIVELEGES I HAVE AS PRESIDENT, I HAVE NO GREATER HONOR THAN SERVING AS YOUR COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF", HE SAID. CLEARLY, THIS STATEMENT CAME FROM THE MOST INNER COMPASSION RESTING IN HIS SOUL. PRESIDENT OBAMA OBVIOUSLY ENJOYS VISITING OUR MILITARY AND HE ALWAYS REMINDS THEM OF THE 'SACRED TRUST', OUR RESPONSIBILITY IN AMERICA TO ENSURE THEIR NEEDS.
PREVIOUS MILITARY HISTORY DOES NOT INCLUDE SOME EITHER HAPPY OR SUPPORTIVE MEMORIES, ESPECIALLY DURING THE VIETNAM ERA. THOSE WHO FOUGHT IN AN UNPOPULAR WAR WERE NOT TREATED WELL WHEN THEY ARRIVED HOME. THE PRESIDENT HAS MENTIONED THIS HISTORY SEVERAL TIMES. TO BE SURE, THIS TYPE OF TREATMENT WILL NEVER OCCUR AGAIN UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. THE PRESIDENT REITERATED HIS COMMITTMENT TO THE MILITARY MEMBERS AT ELMENDORF AND EQUALLY PROMISED AMERICAN SUPPORT AT HOME FOR THEIR COURAGEOUS SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO OUR COUNTRY.
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS OUR PRESIDENT AS HE CONTINUES WITH HIS OUTREACH IN ASIA. INDEED, EVERYWHERE THAT OUR PRESIDENT HAS WALKED, DOORS HAVE OPENED TO NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND HIS INVITATION TO PEACE AND PROSPERITY HAS LEFT BEHIND AN UNFORGETTABLE CALLING CARD. WHAT MAKES THESE JOURNEYS ACROSS SO MANY WATERS EVEN MORE AMAZING IS THE FACT THAT THIS PRESIDENT CLINGS TO HIS HUMILITY. HE REFUSES TO CREDIT HIMSELF FOR SOME RATHER OBVIOUS VICTORIES. THEREFORE, HE PROBABLY WON'T LIKE IT WHEN I TELL HIM HE WILL BE THE GREATEST PRESIDENT EVER TO MARK OUR HISTORY BOOKS.
HE HAS COME AT A TIME WHEN THIS COUNTRY HAS DESPERATELY NEEDED TO EXERCISE DIPLOMACY IN ORDER TO DEFEAT ITS PREVIOUS HAWKISH REPUTATION. PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS DONE MORE TO HEAL THESE WOUNDS WITH HIS SINCERITY AND COMPASSION. HE HAS NOT JUST MERELY BAND-AIDED OUR PAST OFFENSES. HE HAS BIRTHED NEW INTERNATIONAL ENGAGEMENTS AND OPENED THE DOORS TO POSSIBLE PEACE IN PLACES WHERE DOORS HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO 'IGNORANCE' FOR TOO LONG IN THIS COUNTRY.
MAY GOD CONTINUE TO PROTECT HIM AND BLESS HIS EFFORTS AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO 'CHANGE' IN AMERICA. THIS IS MY 'RAINBOW PRESIDENT' WHO APPRECIATES EVERY HEART THAT BEATS IN OUR HARBOR. MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. MAY WE LISTEN TO THE LESSONS HE IS UNSELFISHLY LEAVING FOR OUR COUNTRY. LISTENING TO HIS MESSAGE OF 'HOPE' IS SO IMPORTANT.
THE PRESIDENT LEAVES TODAY FOR AN EIGHT DAY TREK THROUGH SEVERAL CITIES IN ASIA TARGETING ECONOMIC DISCUSSIONS AND FUTURE TRADE RELATIONS. HOWEVER, HE INTERRUPTED HIS PACKING SCHEDULE MOMENTARILY TO ANNOUNCE THE FORMATION OF A 'JOB FORUM' TO BE HELD AT THE WHITEHOUSE IN DECEMBER.
THE PRESIDENT WILL BE INVITING CORPORATE CEOS,LABOR UNIONS, SMALL BUSINESSES AND NON-PROFIT GROUPS TO COMBINE THEIR IDEAS AT THIS FORUM IN A UNIFIED EFFORT TO 'TURN THE LIGHT ON' TOWARD INCREASED JOB CREATION POSSIBILITIES. THE PRESIDENT SAID,"WE ARE OPEN TO ANY DEMONSTRABLY GOOD IDEAS," IN THE PUSH TO AID THE CURRENT ECONOMIC SITUATION. HE ALSO MENTIONED THE FACT THAT COMPANIES ARE STILL AFRAID TO HIRE. NO DOUBT THIS FORUM WILL PROVIDE THE ENCOURAGEMENT NEEDED TO 'OIL THE WHEELS' OF PROGRESS. INFORMATION REGARDING THIS FORUM WILL BE AVAILABLE AT A FUTURE DATE.
IN THE MEANTIME, THE PRESIDENT'S ASIAN TRIP WILL INCLUDE SUCH CITIES AS TOKYO,SINGAPORE AND BEIJING. HE WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE ASIAN PACIFIC ECONOMIC COOPERATION SUMMIT (APEC) AND LATER ATTENDING A BILATERAL MEETING WITH SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT LEE MUNG-BAK IN SEOUL PRIOR TO RETURNING TO THE U.S. ON NOVEMBER 19TH. THIS WILL BE THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST TRIP TO ASIA IN HIS CONTINUED PROMISE TO SEEK FINANCIAL STABILITY IN ALL PARTS OF OUR CLOSELY KNIT GLOBE. ALL OF THE SPOKES IN THE FINANCIAL WHEEL ARE IMPORTANT HERE. WHEN ONE FALLS, OTHERS OBVIOUSLY FOLLOW SUIT. NOONE WANTS TO SEE ANY REITERATED SCENARIOS IN THE FINANCIAL DOMINO EFFECT.
THE PRESIDENT WILL SURELY TAKE WITH HIM PENDING DECISIONS ON WAR STRATEGY IN AFGHANISTAN. THE PRESIDENT IS NOT SATISFIED WITH ANY CURRENT STRATEGIC OPTIONS ON THE TABLE AND HE HAS CALLED FOR REVISIONS. THE PRESIDENT WANTS MORE INFO REGARDING A FUTURE TIMELINE FOR AFGHAN RESPONSIBILITIES.
THE OTHER QUESTION FACING THIS THOUGHT PROVOKING CHALLENGE IS FINDING CREDIBILITY WITHIN THE PRESENT KARZAI GOVERNMENT. RECENTLY THE PRESIDENT'S AMBASSADOR IN THE REGION, KARL EIKENBERRY EXPRESSED CONCERNS, ADVISING THE PRESIDENT NOT TO SEND MORE TROOPS TO AFGHANISTAN. EIKENBERRY CALLED OUT THE EXISTING CORRUPT GOVERNMENT AS AN ISSUE FEELING THIS ACTION WOULD DISCOURAGE NEEDED, INCREASED AFGHAN RESPONSIBILITY.
THE EXISTING KARZAI GOVERNMENT HAS BECOME A THORN IN THE SIDE OF ANY FINAL DECISIONAL PROCESS FOR THIS PRESIDENT. WHILE THE PRESIDENT CONTINUES TO WEIGH ALL INPUT, MILITARY AND OTHERWISE, THIS IS AN EXTREMELY IMPORTANT DECISION FOR HIM TO HAVE TO MAKE. COMPLICATED TO SAY THE LEAST, PRESIDENT OBAMA WANTS TO MAKE THE FIRST TIME COUNT.
IT IS SAFE TO SAY THAT IT COULD BE 2-3 WEEKS BEFORE HE REACHES A FINAL DECISION. DESPITE THOSE WHO JUMP TO A TIMELINE CRITICISM IN AN EFFORT TO PRESSURE HIM INTO A DECISION,THIS PRESIDENT IS TO BE ADMIRED FOR AN EXTREMELY INTELLIGENT THOUGHT PROCESS. AFTER ALL, HE BEARS THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHATEVER ANSWER HE PROVIDES. THIS INDEED IS NOT A BURDEN THAT ATTRACTS ENVY. THESE DECISIONS GO WITH THE OVAL OFFICE TERRITORY. THE ACCOUNTABILITY FACTOR IS HORRENDOUS. HAVING WITNESSED THE PRESIDENT'S OBVIOUS COMPASSION FOR OUR MILITARY MEN AND WOMEN, HE DOES NOT TAKE THIS DECISION LIGHTLY. CERTAINLY, THIS PRESIDENT LOOKS AT HIS OWN CHILDREN AND FEELS THE PAIN FOR PARENTS WHO HAVE SONS AND DAUGHTERS IN UNIFORM.
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA IN HIS TRAVELS TO ASIA. OUR INTERNATIONAL REPUTATION HAS GREATLY IMPROVED SINCE THIS PRESIDENT ENTERED THE OVAL OFFICE. HIS 'OPEN DOOR' POLICY AND CONTINUED EFFORTS TO CARRY HOPEFUL ENCOURAGEMENT TO ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD ARE THE NEEDED STEPS TOWARD 'CHANGE' IN THIS COUNTRY.
ALL CORNERS OF THIS GLOBE ARE SO INTERWOVEN AND IMPORTANT TO EACH OTHER. THE MORE WE OPEN DOORS, THE MORE WE SHARE, THE MORE WE LEARN AND GENERATIONS TO COME WILL PROSPER FROM 'PEACEFUL PURPOSE!' MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS THIS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! BON VOYAGE MR. PRESIDENT...WE KNOW YOU'RE 'FIRED UP AND READY TO GO.' SURELY, FIRST LADY MICHELLE HAS PACKED AN EXTRA PAIR OF SHOES!
THIS IS A PROUD DAY FOR AMERICANS, OUR 'VETERANS DAY' CELEBRATION WHEN FLAGS 'STAND AT ATTENTION' IN SALUTE PERCHED ON THOUSANDS OF HOMELAND FRONT PORCHES. VETERANS GATHER IN UNISON TO TRADE OLD WAR STORIES AND MANY WITH THEIR FAMILIES GATHER IN SILENCE TO HONOR THOSE WHO HAVE MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE FOR THIS COUNTRY. THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY ARE HOSTING A 'VETERANS DAY' BREAKFAST AT THE WHITEHOUSE AND LATER THEY WILL REPEAT THE TRADITIONAL CEREMONIAL STEPS IN MEMORY OF THE BRAVE ONES AT THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER IN ARLINGTON CEMETERY.
IT WAS JUST YESTERDAY THAT THE PRESIDENT PAID FINAL TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED AND FALLEN FROM THE SHOOTING MASSACRE IN FORT HOOD, TEXAS. THESE ARE DIFFICULT DAYS FOR ALL OF US, MIXED WITH REMEMBRANCE AND THIS MOST RECENT TRAUMA. THESE ARE THE DAYS FOR THIS PRESIDENT WHEN COMPASSION TRULY TUGS AT THE SOUL AND GRASPING FOR JUST THE RIGHT WORDS TO COMFORT IS DIFFICULT. OUR EXISTENCE SEEMS TO BE INSIGNIFICANT WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE SOLDIERS, THEIR STORIES AND THE SACRIFICES EACH HAS MADE.
THIS IS ALSO A DAY WHEN THE PRESIDENT WILL BE MEETING WITH HIS NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORS BECAUSE THE SUBJECT OF PRESENT WAR INVOLVEMENT REMAINS A CHALLENGE ON HIS AGENDA. THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN CRITICIZED FOR TAKING HIS TIME TO DECIDE ON THE FURTHER STRATEGY NEEDED IN AFGHANISTAN. THOSE WHO CRITICIZE THIS PRESIDENT HAVE NOT WALKED IN HIS SHOES.
THE DECISION REGARDING STRATEGY IN THIS WAR IS A HORRENDOUS RESPONSIBILITY. THIS IS A DECISION HE WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH. THIS IS SUCH A BURDEN, CALLING OUT THE COMMANDS THAT MAY SEND YOUR SONS OR DAUGHTERS INTO HARM'S WAY. WE ARE BLESSED WITH A PRESIDENT WHO IS WEIGHING ALL THE OPTIONS AND ALL MILITARY INPUT BEFORE REACHING A FINAL DECISION. CONSIDERING OUR PAST HISTORY AND A PROVEN RUSH TO JUDGEMENT IN IRAQ, THE INTELLIGENCE OF A THOUGHT PROVOKING PRESIDENT IS GREATLY APPRECIATED AND CERTAINLY ADMIRABLE.
TODAY OUR VETERANS FACE A DIFFERENT KIND OF WAR. AS THE PRESIDENT MENTIONED YESTERDAY, TERRORISM KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES. THERE ARE NO SET LIMITS,COMPLACENCY IS OUR ENEMY AND WE MUST REMAIN VIGILANT. THROUGH IT ALL, WE MUST HOLD ONTO THIS PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE OF 'HOPE' AND HIS CALL TO MOVE FORWARD. A STRONG COUNTRY CAN ONLY BE DESTROYED FROM DIVISION WITHIN ITS BORDERS. WE CANNOT ALLOW FEAR OR SELECTIVE ETHNIC ACCUSATIONS TO OVERRIDE THE CORE VALUES IN THIS COUNTRY.
WE HAVE A STATUS OF RESPECT TO UPHOLD AS AMERICANS IN ORDER TO REMAIN A ROLE MODEL THAT STANDS FOR FREEDOM,JUSTICE AND HUMANITARIAN EQUALITY. THE WORLD LOOKS AT US. THEY WATCH OUR REACTIONS. THIS PRESIDENT HAS RESTORED OUR REPUTATION IN THE WORLD OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. WE DO NOT NEED TO WALK BEHIND HIM AND DESTROY ALL THAT HE HAS WORKED FOR.
DESPITE THE FACT THAT HE IS HUMBLE ABOUT RECEIVING THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE...HE DESERVES EVERY FRAGMANT OF HONOR IT CONTAINS. HE HAS CROSSED THE LINE SEVERAL TIMES TO MEET WITH THOSE CONSIDERED TO BE ENEMIES. HE DOES SO WITH HIS HEAD HELD HIGH,AN UNCLENCHED FIST AND A PERSISTENT INVITATION TO UNITE AT A PEACE TABLE. THIS TAKES AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF COURAGE AND PERSEVERANCE. THIS IS OUR PRESIDENT, THE TRUE MEASURE OF A MAN I HAVE ENTRUSTED WITH THE FUTURES OF MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.
I LOOK FORWARD TO THE 'VETERANS DAY' CEREMONY TODAY AT ARLINGTON CEMETERY. THESE EPITAPHS, THESE FINAL RESTING PLACES ARE WHAT MATTER MOST TODAY. THIS IS WHERE OUR FOREFATHERS GATHER JOINED BY CONTINUED WAR AND SACRIFICE. THIS IS WHERE FAMILIES ARRIVE ON BENDED KNEE,CLINGING TO THE MEMORIES LEFT BEHIND IN THE AMERICAN SOIL OUR VETERANS HAVE PLEDGED TO PROTECT. THIS IS WHERE VALOR LIES WITH STONE MONUMENTS THAT REACH TO THE SUN IN THE CONSTANT SEARCH FOR 'PEACE' IN THIS WORLD. GOD KNOWS WHO THEY ARE. HE KNOWS WHAT THEY HAVE GIVEN...SO DOES THE PRESIDENT.
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS OUR VETERANS NOT JUST TODAY,BUT EVERY DAY,EVERY HOUR,EVERY MINUTE,EVERY SECOND OF THEIR LIVES THEY HAVE DEDICATED TO PROTECT THIS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AS HE WEEPS FROM HIS SOUL WITH THEM TODAY. MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS THE RED,WHITE AND BLUE, THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
THIRTEEN PAIRS OF COMBAT BOOTS ACCOMPANIED BY RIFLES AND HELMETS STOOD OVER EACH OF THE 13 PORTRAITS OF THE VICTIMS LOST IN THE HORRIFIC MASSACRE AT FORT HOOD IN REMEMBRANCE TODAY. THIS SOLEMN OCCASION MARKED A DAY FOR FINAL SALUTES IN A MEMORIAL SERVICE DEDICATED TO PAYING DIGNIFIED RESPECTS TO THOSE LOST IN THE INVASIVE SHOOTINGS THAT TRAUMATIZED THIS MILITARY SANCTUARY. THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY MICHELLE OBAMA ATTENDED THIS EVENT OFFERING COMFORT TO THOSE FAMILIES LEFT BEHIND AND TO THOSE WHO SURVIVED THIS UNFORGETTABLE NIGHTMARE.
FORT HOOD IS A DEPLOYMENT BASE IN TEXAS THAT HAS SO FAR ALREADY EXPERIENCED MUCH LOSS IN ITS DEDICATION TO SERVE THIS COUNTRY. TO DATE 545 OF ITS MILITARY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN LOST IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ. THIS INCIDENT HAS BECOME EVEN MORE HEARTBREAKING FOR ALL AT FORT HOOD SINCE THE LONE SHOOTER WAS ONE OF THEIR OWN, A SGT. MAJOR WHO LEFT FATALITIES AND SEVERAL WOUNDED BEHIND CLOSED MILITARY GATES. INVESTIGATORS ARE WORKING DILIGENTLY TO UNRAVEL THE CAUSES BEHIND THIS INCIDENT. HOWEVER, THE SHOCK AND AWE OF A 10-YEAR SOLDIER KILLING HIS OWN WILL LEAVE SOME LASTING SCARS IN THIS COUNTRY.
FOR THIS SIGNIFICANT TUESDAY, A SEA OF SOLDIERS IN UNIFORM AND THEIR FAMILIES GATHERED TO PAY TRIBUTE TO ALL OF THE VICTIMS, SOME STILL IN THE HOSPITAL RECOVERING FROM THEIR WOUNDS. THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY VISITED THE SURVIVING FAMILY MEMBERS PRIOR TO THE CEREMONY WHICH INCLUDED SPEAKERS ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF GEN. GEORGE CASEY AND FORT HOOD'S COMMANDING LT. GEN. ROBERT CONE. ARMY CHAPLAIN COL. MICHAEL LEMBKE PROVIDED PRAYER,ASKING GOD TO 'SUSTAIN' ALL THOSE IN GRIEF OVER THEIR LOST LOVED ONES.
WORDS NEVER SEEM TO BE ENOUGH FOR CEREMONIES SUCH AS THIS. THE PRESIDENT'S COMFORT WAS BADLY NEEDED HERE. AS HE AND THE FIRST LADY ENTERED THE GROUNDS, ONE COULD SEE THAT 'COMPASSION' WOULD BE MAKING ITS WAY TO THE PODIUM....AND IT DID. THE PRESIDENT REITERATED EACH NAME OF THE FALLEN AND PRESENTED THEIR AMAZING STORIES OF VOLUNTEERISM TO THOSE PRESENT. THIS IS THE KIND OF VOLUNTEERISM AT ITS HIGHEST STANDARD FROM THOSE WHO ARE WILLING TO LAY DOWN THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT THE FREEDOM OF THEIR COUNTRY.
IT WAS HERE ON THIS STAGE THAT THE PRESIDENT REMINDED ALL OF THE DIVERSITY IN OUR MILITARY SERVICE....MEN AND WOMEN FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE,ALL ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS WHO HAVE UNITED FOR ONE PURPOSE....DEMOCRACY. IT WAS HERE THAT THE PRESIDENT REMINDED ALL OF US OF THE DEDICATION AND SACRIFICE EACH OF THESE MEN AND WOMEN HAVE GIVEN IN ORDER TO KEEP US SAFE AND SECURE IN OUR HOMELAND. THE PRESIDENT ALSO STATED THAT WHATEVER 'TWISTED LOGIC' WAS BEHIND THIS RAMPAGE, JUSTICE WILL PREVAIL AND THERE IS ALWAYS ONE YOU HAVE TO ANSWER TO...THAT BEING GOD.
THE PRESIDENT RECALLED THE IMMEDIATE AND UNSELFISH LIFE SAVING REACTIONS OF THOSE INVOLVED, RIPPING THEIR OWN UNIFORMS APART TO PROVIDE MAKESHIFT BANDAGES.ACTIONS THAT INDEED COME FROM HEROES WHO ARE CALLED UPON DURING THE UNEXPECTED CRISIS IN LIFE. THERE WERE SOLDIERS SAVING SOLDIERS WITHOUT REALIZING THAT THEY THEMSELVES HAD BEEN WOUNDED. THESE ARE THE ANGELS OF THE BATTLEFIELD NO MATTER WHERE IT HAPPENS TO BE. NOW WE ARE FACED WITH THE FRIGHTENING FACT THAT INDEED THIS WAS.....AT HOME WHERE A SOLDIER IS SUPPOSED TO FIND SOLACE.
PRESIDENT OBAMA ALSO COMMENDED THE VALOR OF THIS GENERATION OF SOLDIERS "IN A WORLD OF THREATS THAT KNOW NO BORDERS," HE SAID AS HE REITERATED THE CONSTANT THREATS FACED FROM EXTREMISTS AND TERRORISM. THIS WAS HIS MOMENT TO LIST AFGHANISTAN,IRAQ AND PAKISTAN AS OUR COMMITTMENT TO STOPPING THE SPREAD OF THREATS TO DEMOCRACY IN OUR COUNTRY.
AS THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY EXITED THE MEMORIAL SERVICE TODAY THEY MADE A POIGNANT STOP IN SILENT CONTEMPLATION IN FRONT OF EACH VICTIM'S PHOTOGRAPH ON DISPLAY. IT WAS HERE THAT THE PRESIDENT LEFT BEHIND A 'COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF COIN' FOR EACH OF THE FALLEN. THE DAY WOULD NOT END HERE FOR THEM. THEY WOULD HEAD TO THE HOSPITAL LOCATIONS TO MEET WITH THE WOUNDED WHO COULD NOT ATTEND THE MEMORIAL SERVICE.
PEERING INTO THE CROWD OF MILITARY CAMOFLAUGE DURING THIS SERVICE, ONE WITNESSED GRIEF STRICKEN SOLDIERS WIPING TEARS FROM THEIR EYES. OTHERS APPEARED TO HAVE THEIR HANDS CUPPED AROUND STARES GAZING AND LISTENING IN WONDER....STILL QUESTIONING HOW AND WHY THIS HAPPENED. THESE ARE BATTLE SCARS RECEIVED WITHOUT LEAVING HOME. THESE ARE BATTLE SCARS RECEIVED WITHIN EARSHOT OF THEIR OWN HOMES AND NEIGHBORS AND WAR BUDDIES DOWN THE STREET. THERE ARE STORES AND SCHOOLS FOR THEIR CHILDREN. WITHOUT THE HEROIC ACTIONS OF THOSE PRESENT...THINGS COULD HAVE INDEED BEEN EVEN WORSE.
ON THIS 'TO REMEMBER' DAY...MASTER SGT. NATASHA HARLEY BEAUTIFULLY SANG 'AMAZING GRACE' WHILE SOLDIERS IN UNISON ANSWERED TO AN OFFICIAL ROLL CALL...THE FINAL ROLL CALL FOR THE 13 BRAVE ONES...............NOT PRESENT!
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS OUR MILITARY WHEREVER THEY MAY BE. THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH WORDS IN THE HUMAN DICTIONARY TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR SELFLESS SACRIFICE. MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY FOR BEING THERE TO PROVIDE HANDS AND WORDS OF COMFORT TO THOSE WHO HAVE LOST...A HUSBAND,A WIFE,A SON,A DAUGHTER...PIECES OF THEIR LIVES THAT CANNOT BE REPLACED. EACH OF THEIR MEMORIES AND WHAT THEY STOOD FOR ARE FOREVER STITCHED INTO THE FLAG THAT RISES ABOVE AMERICA IN UNFURLED PROMISE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HOPE AND JUSTICE FOR ALL HUMANITY! MAY GOD BLESS THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
ALTHOUGH HE HAS BEEN CRITICIZED FOR IT...THE PRESIDENT HAS APPEARED QUITE CONFIDENT IN HIS WHITEHOUSE ROSE GARDEN APPEARANCES ADDRESSING HOUSE HEALTHCARE HAGGLING! EVEN THOUGH THIS BILL NOW MEETS WITH PENDING SENATORIAL HEAT, IT'S OBVIOUS THE PRESIDENT FEELS THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ARE FINALLY PUTTING PRIORITIES IN THEIR PROPER ORDER. THE URGE TO MANDATE 'PROFIT OVER PEOPLE' WILL NOT WIN WELL IN THIS LAND OF DEMOCRACY.....INDEED, NOT WITH THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION. NOW IT'S UP TO THE SENATE TO CARRY THE REST OF THE BALL FORWARD, STOP THE GREED AND PUT 'HUMANITY' BACK IN HEALTHCARE...WHERE IT BELONGS!
LOOKING BACK ON THE PREVIOUS HISTORY OF THIS HEALTHCARE BATTLE, IT IS DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND HOW ANYONE COULD WAGE A SURGE AGAINST PROTECTING NEEDY AMERICANS WHO DESPERATELY NEED AFFORDABLE COVERAGE. THE CURRENT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM HAS BEEN ROBBING AND PADDING AMERICA'S BANK ACCOUNT FOR DECADES. AFTER 70 YEARS OF INEQUALITY AT THE NEEDLESS EXPENSE AND LOSS OF LIVES OF THE SICK AND BROKEN, IT TAKES A PRESIDENT WHO PERSEVERES AND BRAVELY STANDS FOR WHAT IS RIGHT TO FORCE THE ISSUE.
IT'S A SAD COMMENTARY ON OUR COUNTRY WHEN WE RAISE THE QUESTION OF 'COST' ON A HUMAN LIFE. HUMAN LIFE IS A PRECIOUS AND PRICELESS COMMODITY. THOSE WHO DENY THIS FACT OBVIOUSLY IGNORE WHERE GOD STANDS ON THIS ISSUE. OF COURSE THIS TYPE OF IGNORANCE ONLY WORKS FOR EVERYONE ELSE UNLESS IT HITS HOME,YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR OWN BACK YARD. HOW QUICKLY THINGS 'CHANGE' WHEN THEY COME KNOCKING AT YOUR OWN DOOR.
YESTERDAY, I MET WITH SEVERAL COLD SHOULDERS WHO ARE DISGUSTED WITH THE HOUSE HEALTHCARE PASSAGE. THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ALLEGED CHRISTIANS...HOWEVER 'THE BUCK STOPS HERE' BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE CONSUMED WITH. THIS IS WHERE I HAVE TO PRACTICE BEHAVIOR EXHIBITED BY MY PRESIDENT...HOLD MY HEAD UP AND WALK FORWARD. AGAIN I HEARD THE WORD...'SOCIALISM' AND THE EAGERNESS TO PORTRAY OUR PRESIDENT AS A 'CONTROLLER.' FUNNY HOW THESE PEOPLE REMAIN IN SUCH DENIAL AND REFUSE TO SEE THE MISTAKES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE OR ALLOWED TO CONTINUE IN THIS COUNTRY.
BEFORE THIS PRESIDENT ARRIVED...THANK GOD...I WOULD DO IT AGAIN...AND WILL.......OUR COUNTRY WAS FINANCIALLY HEADED ON A DOWNHILL SPIRAL. CORPORATE GREED RULED THE STREETS, INCLUDING 'THE BIG ONE'...WALL ST. THIS PRESIDENT WAS LEFT WITH A CRACKED AND SOMEWHAT EMPTY PIGGYBANK WHILE THE DECEPTIVE QUICKLY PACKED THEIR OFFICE BOXES UPON DISCOVERY AND LEPT OUT THE WINDOW. OF COURSE, THAT WASN'T ENOUGH, HE HAD TO CHALLENGE A DECAYING INFRASTRUCTURE AND AN EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN SO MEDIOCRE THAT OUR KIDS BARELY ESCAPE WITH KNOWLEDGE OF THE ALPHABET. ADD TO THAT THE DEPLORABLE CONDITIONS OF MANY OF THE CLASSROOMS THEY ARE SITTING IN.
THEN WE HAVE THE INCESSANT CALL OF THE 'ENERGY GUZZLERS' WHO PAT EACH OTHERS BACKS AND LOBBY AT THE NEAREST GOLF COURSE ON YOUR NICKEL. MANY OF THEM WERE TOO HIGH CLASS FOR A VEHICLE...LET'S TAKE THE CORPORATE JET TO THE NEXT HUDDLE. IN BETWEEN, IF WE CAN SACRIFICE AMERICAN JOBS AND SEND THEM OVERSEAS TO CHEAP LABOR COSTS...LET'S DO IT. TO HELL WITH THE FAMILIES HERE...LET'S EMPTY OUT OUR FACTORIES AND TRIPLE OUR PROFITS ELSEWHERE.
THOSE WHO PREFER IGNORANCE, BECAUSE IT IS NOT BLISS, WITNESSED THE NEAR COLLAPSE OF AMERICA'S FINANCIAL SYSTEM AND THEY DARED TO CRITICIZE THIS PRESIDENT FOR BIRTHING STIMULUS AND RECOVERY EFFORTS. THESE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO WOULD CONTINUE TO OCCUPY A DECK CHAIR ON THE TITANIC AND PERUSE THE COST OF A LIFE JACKET.
INDEED THE SENATE FACES SCRUTINY IN THE COMING DAYS AND WEEKS. THE PRESIDENT WANTS A HEALTHCARE REFORM BILL ON THE TABLE BY THE END OF THIS YEAR. THAT'S NOT ASKING TOO MUCH...HE IS ASKING FOR HUMANITARIAN RELIEF....THAT THING THAT COMES FROM THE SOUL WITHOUT A PRICETAG ON IT. AND IT'S TRUE, IF WE DON'T FIX HEALTHCARE, THE ACCUMULATED HIGH PREMIUM COSTS,FRAUDULANT AND WASTED SPENDING WILL CHEW ON OUR ECONOMIC SYSTEM AND EVENTUALLY SPIRAL US INTO AN IRREPARABLE SITUATION.
HERE WE ARE...AMERICANS GRIEVING OVER LIVES LOST IN WAR...BUT WE FAIL TO GRIEVE OVER THE ILL AND THE LOST HERE. OUR DEMOCRACY IN THIS COUNTRY IS A BLESSING FOR A REASON. WE ARE TO USE IT WITH RESPONSIBILITY. WE ARE TO CARE FOR EACH OTHERS NEEDS AND RESCUE THOSE WHO HAVE NEED FOR A HELPING HAND. WE ARE A MELTINGPOT OF WONDER,MULTI-ETHNICITY THAT MUST BE RESPECTED AND APPRECIATED. IF WE DO NOT MAINTAIN OUR MORAL COMPASS AND OUR VALUES, WE WILL LOSE THE STATUS OF RESPECT GIVEN TO THIS COUNTRY. YOU CAN'T PUT A PRICETAG ON AMERICA.....HUMANITARIAN PRIORITIES MUST COME FIRST.
PRESIDENTIAL CONFIDENCE? INDEED.......................HE IS PULLING US UP TO WHERE WE NEED TO BE IN ORDER TO SURVIVE! THESE ARE NOT THE RULES MAN MADE....THESE ARE GODS!
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA, HIS ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM AND HIS PERSISTENT WALK FORWARD TOWARD MUCH NEEDED 'CHANGE' IN THIS COUNTRY. WE SHOULD BE KNOWN AS A PLACE WHERE OUR VALUES ARE NEVER EXCHANGED FOR A PRICE. MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS THIS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! 'FIRED UP AND READY TO GO SIR....WE'VE JUST BEGUN!'
THE RECENT INCIDENT AT FT.HOOD WILL LEAVE BEHIND SOME DEEP CUTS IN OUR COUNTRY. IT IS INCONCEIVABLE TO THINK THAT OUR OWN PRECIOUS SOLDIERS ARE NOT SAFE IN WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE THEIR HOME BASE AND PEACEFUL RESPIT FROM WAR. ON THE OTHER HAND, NOW THAT WE HAVE BEEN UNFORTUNATELY AWAKENED BY THESE TRAGIC EVENTS, WE NOW KNOW THAT VIOLENCE CAN FIND A NEST JUST ABOUT ANYWHERE...EVEN BEHIND CLOSELY GUARDED MILITARY GATES.
IT IS IMPORTANT NOT TO JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS WITH REGARD TO THIS EVENT. THE ALLEGED SHOOTER ARMY MAJOR NIDAL MALIK HASAN IS STILL ALIVE. IT IS EXTREMELY NECESSARY TO HAVE ALL THE FACTS. HAVING WITNESSED SEVERAL MEDIA REPORTS, IT'S EASY TO SEE THAT THERE ARE MANY WHO ARE QUICKLY BLAMING THE CAUSE OF THIS CRIME ON THE MAJOR'S ETHNICITY. WE CANNOT MAKE THE MISTAKE OF 'JUDGING A BOOK BY ITS COVER' UNTIL WE HAVE ALL THE FACTS IN THIS CASE. THERE ARE THOSE IN THIS COUNTRY WHO WELCOME INCITEFUL ACTIONS AGAINST RACE AND OR RELIGION. HOW EASILY THE WORD 'IDEOLOGY' SLIPS INTO OUR MEDIA AND PERSONAL CONVERSATIONS. THIS IS DANGEROUS. THIS IS WHY WE HAVE INVESTIGATORS WHO WILL SEEK AND FIND THE AUTHENTIC ANSWERS.
WE MUST NOT 'IGNORE' THE FACT THAT 'IDEOLOGICAL' ACCUSATIONS ARE BLOOMING JUST ABOUT EVERYWHERE. I COMPARE THIS TO THE ACTIONS OF TEABAGGERS WHO CARRY SIGNAGE IN PROTEST AND DISRESPECTFUL PORTRAITS OF OUR PRESIDENT. THESE ACTIONS ENCOURAGE AND INCITE VIOLENCE. INDEED THE GOP CONGLOMERATE WHO RECENTLY APPEARED ON THE HILL OBJECTING TO THE HOUSE HEALTHCARE REFORM BILL AND THEIR UNIFIED ACTIONS ARE SERVING ONLY TO BREED CONTEMPT AND PLANT THE SEEDS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST OUR GOVERNMENT. THESE ARE HASHMARKS AND EQUALLY DEEP CUTS AGAINST EVERYTHING THIS COUNTRY STANDS FOR. THIS IS AN EMBARRASSMENT TO OUR COUNTRY AND TO ALL THOSE WHO HAVE FOUGHT IN THE NAME OF DEMOCRACY.
THE MICHELLE BACHMANS AND THE JOHN BOEHNERS IN THIS SOCIETY WHO ENCOURAGE SUCH OUTRAGE AND USE GULLIBLE SPECTATORS TO GET THERE ARE HARMFUL HASHMARKS AGAINST THE BACKBONE OF OUR COUNTRY. IN AMERICA, WE HAVE THIS PRIVILEGE KNOWN AS 'FREEDOM OF SPEECH.' THIS IS A HIGHLY RESPECTED RIGHT IN THIS COUNTRY. UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE THE 'TAUNT AND HAGGLE TEAM' WHO OFTEN STRETCH IT TO THE LIMITS. THEY TOO HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT HEALTHCARE IS A RIGHT AND NOT A PRIVILEGE JUST FOR HIGH POCKET PANTS. YESTERDAY, THESE PUBLIC GOP OUTBURSTS SCREAMED TO 'KILL THE BILL' WHILE THE INFAMOUS USUALLY RANTING BACHMAN SPENT HER TIME CALLING FOR A 'REVOLUTION.' PLEASE NOTE, I DO NOT ATTACH A CONGRESSIONAL TITLE TO THIS WOMAN BECAUSE I WOULD PREFER TO SEE HER EXERCISE HER TRUE TALENTS ON THURSDAYS...MY TRASH COLLECTION DAY.
OF COURSE THIS IS THE DAY WE LEARNED THAT BOEHNER NEEDS TO GO BACK TO HISTORY CLASS. THIS IS WHERE HE THOUGHT HE WAS QUOTING THE U.S.CONSTITUTION...HOWEVER HE WAS ACTUALLY REITERATING THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. I'M CERTAIN OUR FOREFATHERS WERE ROLLING OVER IN SHAME. PERHAPS BOEHNER SHOULD BRING A FEW HISTORY BOOKS TO HIS TANNING BOOTH AND DO SOME READING. I KNOW HIS TIME IS LIMITED BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY GOLF COURSES THAT REQUIRE HIS CONCENTRATION. THESE ARE THE EXAMPLES OF PEOPLE IN OFFICE WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO BE CONCERNED WITH YOUR WELL BEING AS CITIZENS OF THIS COUNTRY. IT'S OBVIOUS THEY ARE NOT. THESE ARE SELF-CONSUMED PEOPLE WHO CATER TO LOBBYISTS AND THEY DON'T CARE HOW SICK OR BROKE YOU REALLY ARE.
THE ONLY ONE I HAVE SEEN WHO HAS PUT 'YOU' AND YOUR WELFARE AHEAD OF THE PIGGYBANK IS OUR PRESIDENT AND HIS ADMINISTRATION. THIS ENTIRE TEAM OF TIRELESS WORKERS HAS BENT OVER BACKWARDS TO LIFT US OUT OF OUR ECONOMIC CESSPOOL. TO DATE, THEY HAVE ACCOMPLISHED MORE TO REJUVINATE THIS COUNTRY THAN EVER SEEN IN PREVIOUSLY RECORDED HISTORY. THIS HAS BEEN DONE WITHOUT SELFISH MOTIVES AND THIS HAS BEEN DONE DESPITE THEIR HORRIFIC INHERITANCE FROM THE PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATION.
THROUGH IT ALL, THE PRESIDENT AND HIS ADMINISTRATION HAVE BEEN TOSSED JUST ABOUT EVERY NAME LISTED IN THE IDEOLOGICAL DICTIONARY FROM SOCIALIST TO MARXIST. WE HAVE IGNORED THE FACT THAT ALL THE MISTAKES LEFT BEHIND IN OUR ECONOMY MUST AND NEED TO BE CORRECTED WITH SUPERVISION. THIS IS WHERE THE PRESIDENT STANDS ON ACCOUNTABILITY,RESPONSIBILITY AND TRANSPARENCY. DESPITE ALL OF THE RICICULOUS IN ACCUSATIONS UTILIZED BY SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS, THIS PRESIDENT STANDS PROUDLY AND CERTAINLY STRONGLY AGAINST THESE CHARACTER ASSASSINATIONS.
THIS PRESIDENT HAS NOT SPENT HIS TIME STANDING ON STREET CORNERS INCITING VIOLENT BEHAVIOR OR CALLING FOR REVOLUTIONS. THIS IS THE MARK OF A LEADER WHO HAS CARRIED HIS 'INTEGRITY' INTO THE OVAL OFFICE AND HE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO DESPITE THE 'IMMATURE ACTIONS' DEMONSTRATED IN THIS COUNTRY.
EACH DAY, I INCREASE MY PRAYERS FOR THIS COUNTRY AS I SEE OUR ALLEGED LEADERS IN WASHINGTON LOWER THEMSELVES TO STREET CORNER,SOAPBOX PERFORMANCES. IF THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR CONTINUES, SURELY THEY ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN A MAN WHO CARRIES A GUN AND KILLS HIS BROTHERS. THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THE WEAPONS USED.
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA, HIS ADMINISTRATION AND ALL OF THOSE LEADERS WHO DESERVE OUR DEEP RESPECT IN THIS COUNTRY. MAY GOD HOLD THE FALLEN ONES AT FT. HOOD IN HIS HANDS. MAY HE CONTINUE TO REMIND US ALL THAT OUR BEHAVIOR WHETHER IT IS ATTACHED TO VERBAL ACTION OR A WEAPON CAN BREED IRREPARABLE HARM IN AMERICA. THIS IS WHERE WE MUST REMEMBER THAT 'DEMOCRACY' IS A GIFT TO ALL OF US AND WE MUST HONOR IT WITH RESPECT. IT IS NOT A GIFT TO BE TAKEN FOR GRANTED!
