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!
WHEN YOU GET UP THIS MORNING AND REVISIT YOUR DAILY COMPLAINTS AT BREAKFAST, PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT YOUR 'COMMANDER IN CHIEF' WAS SPENDING THE MIDNIGHT HOUR SALUTING THOSE WHO HAVE MORE RECENTLY FALLEN IN AFGHANISTAN. IT WAS AT THIS HOUR THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA FLEW TO DOVER AIR FORCE BASE IN DELAWARE TO STAND IN RESPECTFUL SALUTE TO THE FLAG DRAPED COFFINS ARRIVING AT THE MILITARY'S LARGEST INTAKE MORTUARY.
IT IS TIMES LIKE THESE THAT YOU WILL FIND THAT A TRULY COMPASSIONATE PRESIDENT WHO WEEPS WHEN HIS OWN COUNTRY IS AT WAR USUALLY NEVER SLEEPS WELL. THIS HAD TO BE A SOMBER RIDE IN THE MARINE ONE HELICOPTER AS THE PRESIDENT PREPARED TO MEET WITH 18 WAR TIME FATALITIES THAT HAVE TAKEN A FINAL TRIP HOME TO THEIR LOVED ONES.
THERE HE STOOD IN THE DELAWARE DIN OF DARKNESS SALUTING MILITARY ESCORTS AS THEY DISEMBARKED, CARRYING SOMEONE'S HUSBAND,SOMEONE'S FATHER...SOMEONE'S CHILD WHO GREW UP AND DECIDED TO GIVE IT ALL FOR THEIR COUNTRY. THE PRESS WAS KEPT AT BAY FROM MOST OF THE HEART WRENCHING CEREMONY. THERE IS ONE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE PRESIDENT SALUTING THE REMAINS OF U.S. ARMY SGT. DALE R. GRIFFIN OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA.
THE GRIEF IS OBVIOUS IN THE FACE OF THIS DARKLY DRESSED PRESIDENT WHO IS BURDENED WITH MORE DECISIONS REGARDING THE STRATEGY IN THIS WAR. IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, YOU CAN SEE THE TEMPLED TINT OF SILVER HAIR THIS PRESIDENT HAS ALREADY EARNED IN HIS SHORT 10 MONTH TERM IN OFFICE. IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT THESE INHERITED WARS HAVE TAKEN THEIR TOLL ON THIS PRESIDENT BECAUSE HE FEELS THE PAIN OF MIDNIGHT HOURS SUCH AS THIS.
THE PRESIDENT WAS ACCOMPANIED BY ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER AND DEA ACTING ADMINISTRATOR MICHELE LEONHART. THREE OF THOSE FATALITIES WERE DEA AGENTS WHO DIED IN A HELICOPTER CRASH. A MILITARY CHAPLAIN WHO ARRIVED WITH THE PRESIDENT ALSO SAID A PRAYER OVER EACH COFFIN DURING THIS FINAL ARRIVAL TO THEIR HOMELAND. THE PRESIDENT ALSO MET WITH THE FAMILIES LEFT BEHIND AT A CHAPEL LOCATED ON THE BASE. THIS WAS A PRIVATE MEETING OUT OF DEEP RESPECT FOR THOSE WHO HAVE MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE.
INDEED THESE ARE THE DAUNTING,DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING MOMENTS FOR THIS PRESIDENT WHO HAS BEEN CRITICIZED FOR TAKING HIS TIME TO DECIDE ON CONTINUED WAR STRATEGY. PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS MADE IT QUITE CLEAR THAT HE VALUES EACH AND EVERY LIFE OF A SOLDIER. HE DOESN'T INTEND TO RUSH TO JUDGEMENT ON THE REQUESTS FOR A TROOP INCREASE IN AFGHANISTAN UNTIL HE MEASURES ALL THE POSSIBILITIES OF STRATEGIC INPUT. BECAUSE HE FEELS RESPONSIBLE FOR EACH AND EVERY LIFE THAT BEARS A UNIFORM, HE WILL MORE THAN LIKELY SUFFER MANY SIMILAR MIDNIGHT HOURS UNTIL HE REACHES A FINAL DECISION.
OCTOBER HAS BEEN A DEADLY MONTH IN AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN AND IRAQ AS WELL. IT'S AS IF THE ENEMY WERE TAUNTING AND TUGGING AT ANY POSSIBLE AMERICAN SUCCESS. OBVIOUSLY, EXTREMISTS ARE BUSY TURNING UP THE HEAT AGAINST AMERICAN PROGRESS IN IRAQ. THE QUAGMIRE BECOMES MORE COMPLICATED WITH THE TURMOIL INVOLVED IN THE ELECTIONS IN AFGHANISTAN. ACCUSATIONS TARGETING A FRAUDULANT ELECTION PROCESS HAVE NOW LED TO A REPEAT, RUN-OFF ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 7TH. THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION HAS REITERATED THE NEED FOR A SOUND AND TRUSTWORTHY GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO WORK WITH AFGHANISTAN. WITHOUT THAT 'PIECE OF THE PUZZLE,' THE PRESIDENT IS CONFRONTED WITH SEVERAL CHALLENGES WHILE WEIGHING FURTHER TROOP INVESTMENT.
IT IS TIMES LIKE THESE THAT I THINK ABOUT HOW TRIVIAL OTHER PROBLEMS CAN BE IN OUR LIVES. I PLACE MYSELF AT THE OTHER END OF THAT MILITARY RECEPTION LINE. SOMEONE EXPERIENCING INDESCRIBIBLE GRIEF AND LOSS IS NOW FACING A PERMANENT EMPTINESS. THEY WILL TAKE THEIR BELOVED SOLDIER HOME TO A FINAL RESTING PLACE. WHILE THEY SIT AT THE TABLE NEXT TO THE EMPTY CHAIR, THEY WILL SEARCH PHOTO ALBUMS AND TRY TO BRING BACK THOSE DAYS THAT WERE...AND ARE NO MORE. THEY WILL PROBABLY GO TO A CLOSET AND HUG WHAT IS LEFT OF THEIR CLOTHES. THEY WILL PROBABLY TOSS AND TURN AT THE MIDNIGHT HOUR AND LEAVE TEARS ON THEIR PILLOW....WHILE THE OTHER PILLOW REMAINS HOMELESS.
THE PRESIDENT WILL GO HOME AND HUG HIS FAMILY,LOOK AT HIS CHILDREN AND THINK ABOUT HOW HE MUST 'CHANGE' THINGS. IN HIS QUIET HOURS, HE WILL THINK ABOUT THE DARKNESS SPENT AT DOVER AIRFORCE BASE AND HE WILL CONTINUE TO WEIGH THOSE DECISIONS THAT NOONE ELSE CAN MAKE. HIS BURDEN WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY SOLACE AND TEARS AS HE THINKS ABOUT THE FAMILIES HE MET. HUMAN LIFE IS SO PRICELESS AND FRAGILE. THESE ARE TORMENTING THOUGHTS THAT WILL FOLLOW HIM UNTIL THE NEXT MIDNIGHT HOUR AND ....THE NEXT.
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND PLACE A COMFORTING HAND ON HIS SHOULDER AS HE FACES THESE DECISIONS. THIS IS INDEED A COMPASSIONATE AND THOUGHT PROVOKING PRESIDENT WHO WILL TAKE HIS RESPONSIBILITY TO HEART FOR THE SAKE OF HIS COUNTRY THAT HE LOVES DEARLY. MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS THIS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
THIS MORNING I WATCHED OUR 'EVER PATIENT' WHITEHOUSE PRESS SECRETARY ROBERT GIBBS DEFENDING THE PRESIDENT'S THOUGHT PROCESS REGARDING STRATEGY IN AFGHANISTAN. OF COURSE GIBBS STANDS BY HIS YESTERDAY STATEMENT THAT CHENEY IGNORED AFGHANISTAN FOR 7 YEARS. THIS MORNING ON 'MORNING JOE'...HE EXTENDED THAT TIME FRAME WHEN QUESTIONED...WITH A GIBBS GRIN...TO 7 1/2 YEARS. IF THERE IS ONE INDIVIDUAL TO BE NOTED IN THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION FOR 'STANDING BY HIS MAN' WITH INTEGRITY....GIBBS TAKES THE 'BLUE RIBBON' HERE!!!!
WHEN HE WALKS INTO THE BRIEFING ROOM, GIBBS ALWAYS IMPORTS THAT STATURE OF 'CALM' MUCH LIKE HIS PRESIDENTIAL MENTOR. EACH DAY IS GREETED WITH A PASTEL COLORED TIE AS HE TAKES A DIVE INTO THE 'PEN AND PENCIL' SHARKPOOL! SPEAKING OF IMPORTS, THE PRESS CORPS HAS LEARNED NOT TO BRING ANY CELLPHONES IN THERE. WE REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED THE LAST TIME THE 'RING-A-LING' ACTUALLY 'RANG' AT THE WRONG MOMENT. MUCH LIKE A MIDNIGHT MOVE TO REPOSSES A VEHICLE...GIBBS MOVED IN AND PERSONALLY EXTRACTED THE INTERRUPTIONS. THIS IS A MAN ON A MISSION AND YOU ARE THERE TO LISTEN!
GIBBS IS TO BE ADMIRED FOR HIS ABILITY TO FEND OFF EMOTIONS WITH HIS MORE THAN TIMELY DRY SENSE OF HUMOR. HE IS THE BATTERING RAM THAT HAS TO 'GRIN AND BEAR IT 'WHEN REPORTERS BECOME WAY TOO REPETITIVE. THEN THERE IS HELEN THOMAS WHO REALLY DOESN'T CARE WHO THE 'DIGNIFIED' IS STANDING AT THE PODIUM. SHE'S PREPARED TO CHEW ANYONE SOCK'S OFF IF SHE DOESN'T GET ALL THE ANSWERS...SHE WANTS! IF THIS WOMAN EVER RETIRES, SURELY THEY WILL VARNISH HER CHAIR AND DEDICATE IT SOMEWHERE IN THE WHITEHOUSE!
THIS MORNING, INTERVIEWED BY MSNBC'S CHUCK TODD AND OTHERS, GIBBS WAS ASKED IF TROOPS WOULD BE SENT TO AFGHANISTAN TO PROTECT THE 'RUN-OFF' ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 7TH. SO FAR, GIBBS SAID THERE HAVE BEEN NO REQUESTS FOR NEED. TODAY, OF COURSE, THE MEDIA CONTINUES TO TAKE ISSUE WITH GIBB'S RETALIATION AGAINST CHENEY'S 'DITHERING' CRITICISM OF PRESIDENT OBAMA. HOWEVER, GIBBS WANTS ALL TO KNOW THAT THIS PRESIDENT HEAVILY WEIGHS ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR SENDING OUR MEN AND WOMEN INTO HARM'S WAY. THIS IS WHAT I CALL 'CHANGE' HERE. THIS IS A PRESIDENT WHO TAKES RESPONSIBILITY FOR HIS ACTIONS! GIBBS AND THE PRESIDENT HAVE INTRODUCED SOME MUCH NEEDED 'FRESH AIR' IN THIS WHITEHOUSE.............JUST WHAT WE NEEDED!!!!
TODAY THE PRESIDENT'S AGENDA IS ALREADY 'SMOKIN' WITH MOVEMENT. HE TRAVELS TO BOSTON TO ADDRESS THE SUBJECT OF 'CLEAN ENERGY' AT THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. THERE HE ALSO ATTENDS A FUNDRAISER FOR GOV. DEVAL PATRICK WHO IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PEOPLE! GOVERNOR PATRICK EXHUDES 'INTEGRITY' AND HE IS INDEED A GIFT TO THIS STATE. LATER, 'MR. FIRE IN THE SHOES' MOVES ON TO NEW YORK WHERE HE WILL ADDRESS A SMALL BUSINESS IN STAMFORD,CONN. THE EVENING FOLLOWS WITH A DINING OUT FUNDRAISER FOR SENATOR CHRIS DODD. I DARESAY, WHEN I COMPLAIN ABOUT BEING TIRED, I THINK ABOUT THIS PRESIDENT AND REJUVINATE MY SNEAKERS! HOW CAN ANYONE COMPLAIN WHEN OUR PRESIDENT IS MORE THAN LIKELY HAVING TO CHANGE CLOTHES IN A PHONE BOOTH! DO THEY STILL HAVE THOSE?
LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, 'OUR MAN GIBBS' RELATED THE STORY OF TENDER MEETINGS WITH MILITARY SERVICE PERSONNEL DURING HIS RECENT TRAVELS. THEY APPROACHED HIM AND WANTED TO THANK THE PRESIDENT FOR HIS THOUGHT PROVOKING STANCE ON AFGHANISTAN. INDEED, I AM THANKFUL FOR THIS PRESIDENT AND I AM THANKFUL FOR ROBERT GIBBS. AS A COUNTRY, WE NEED TO UNITE AND STAND WITH THESE MEN...THE WORDS 'THANK YOU' JUST AREN'T ENOUGH! MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND HIS TIRELESS AND HARD WORKING ADMINISTRATION. 'IT'S ALL ABOUT YOU' AMERICA...PLEASE STAND AND DO YOUR PART TO BRING 'CHANGE' WHERE IT IS CERTAINLY NEEDED!
YES FOLKS IT'S TIME TO STOP THE WINE AND DINE DANCE.... AKA THE 'BONUS BOOGIE' THAT WE HAVE UNFORTUNATELY EXPERIENCED BEFORE ON WALL ST. NOT ONLY HAS THE PRESIDENT ISSUED A 'FAIR WARNING' TO BIG SPENDERS, THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION IS OUT TO CRUNCH THE NUMBERS ON THOSE BAILED OUT BENEFITS. THESE 'BAILED OUT BOOGIE BOYS' COULD BE FACING SOME HUGE CUTS IN COMPENSATION...50% TO NEARLY 90% WHEN YOU INCLUDE BONUS PACKAGES.
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT HAS CREATED A 'SIGH OF RELIEF' FOR SEVERAL AMERICANS WHO ARE SICK AND TIRED OF THE 'PLETHORA OF HIGH PROFIT POCKETS.' THIS SQUANDERING LACK OF SENSE AND SENSIBILITY HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE CONGLOMERATION OF QUICKSAND IN OUR SADLY EXPERIENCED ECONOMIC CRISIS. SINCE WE DON'T WANT TO INVITE 'MR. REPEAT' OVER TO OUR HOUSE AGAIN..............THANK YOU PRESIDENT OBAMA FOR THIS 'BLESSED OVERSIGHT!' STAY TUNED...THIS WILL GET TO BE VERY INTERESTING! I DOUBT THAT THE 'BAILED OUT BUNCH' WILL BE SENDING THE PRESIDENT ANY 'WELCOME WAGON' CERTIFICATES ANYTIME SOON!
THERE ARE THOSE WHO COMPLAIN ABOUT GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT. THESE ARE USUALLY THE ONES WHO HAVE SOMETHING TO WORRY ABOUT. IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT WE NEED BABYSITTERS HIRED FROM PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE...BUT, IT'S ALSO NECESSARY. PRESIDENT OBAMA AND HIS AWESOME AND CONCERNED TEAM MUST BE CREDITED FOR THEIR EFFORTS TO PROTECT THE FINANCIAL BACKBONE OF THIS COUNTRY.
THEY ARE ALSO TO BE CREDITED FOR REACHING AROUND THE WORLD SEEKING INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC PROTECTION. WE ARE ALL PART OF A HUGE INTERWOVEN WHEEL OF ENTERPRISE...WHEN ONE 'SPOKE' IS DOWN...WE ALL SUFFER. THIS IS A 'DOMINO EFFECT' WE CAN'T AFFORD TO SEE AGAIN. IF THIS KIND OF OVERSIGHT HAD BEEN EXERCISED YEARS AGO, THIS IS ONE ECONOMIC NIGHTMARE WE COULD HAVE SKIPPED. I DON'T CARE WHAT IT TAKES TO BABYSIT...THESE 'CAAAAAA...CHING' CHILDREN NEED TO LEARN HOW TO HANDLE 'OUR' MONEY!!!!!
RECENTLY, 'SHARPSHOOTER' CHENEY ACCUSED PRESIDENT OBAMA OF 'DITHERING' OVER THE AFGHAN WAR STRATEGY EFFORTS. IT APPEARS AS THOUGH CHENEY BELIEVES HE IS STILL IN THE WHITEHOUSE. I THANK GOD FOR VOTER'S RIGHTS...BECAUSE HE'S NOT! WE HAVE SUFFERED SEVERELY FROM HIS 'HAWKISH DAMAGE.' THEN HE HANDS OVER HIS BOX OF ROTTEN APPLES TO OUR NEW PRESIDENT.
THE LACK OF RESPONSIBILITY HERE IS APPALLING. 'DITHER THIS DICKIE!'...STAY HOME AND LEAVE THE DRIVING TO PRESIDENT OBAMA. THE FACT THAT THIS PRESIDENT HAS TO DEAL WITH THE UNFORTUNATE NIGHTMARES YOU HAVE LEFT BEHIND IS INDEED AN EMBARRASSMENT AND A MULTI-TRAGEDY FOR OUR COUNTRY. KEEP YOUR VERBAGE AND YOUR SHOTGUN SHELLS TO YOURSELF...YOU'RE A BAD AIM!!!!! AND CERTAINLY A MEMBER OF AN UNJUST HUNTING PARTY. WE HAVE THE LEFTOVER WARS TO PROVE IT!
YESTERDAY, THE PRESIDENT CAMPAIGNED IN NEW JERSEY FOR GOVERNOR CORZINE. INDEED, MR. 'FIRE IN THE SHOES' BROUGHT SOME 'HOPE AND HEAT' TO HACKENSACK!!!!! THE PRESIDENT LANDED AT NEWARK'S LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. IT WAS THERE THAT THE SECRET SERVICE HAD TO HOLD A PRIVATE SECURITY GUARD WHO ALLEGEDLY WAS OVERHEARD THREATENING THE PRESIDENT. THIS HAPPENS ALL TO OFTEN IN THIS COUNTRY. THE SUSPECT HAS DENIED THE CLAIMS. ACTUALLY, THE GUARD'S FATHER CLAIMS HIS SON IS AN 'AVID HUNTER.' THIS GUARD OWNS 43 GUNS................WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE???????????
OUR SOCIETY HAS BECOME 'GUN CRAZY!' FORTUNATELY WE HAVE ATTORNEY GENERAL ERIC HOLDER LOOKING INTO THESE ISSUES. THEY HAVE BEEN TOO EASY TO BUY AND TOO EASY TO GET ON THE STREET. A MOST RECENT AND SUCCESSFUL STING AT GUN SHOWS IN NEW YORK PRODUCED SOME HIGH NUMBERS ON 'EASY ACCESS' TO GUN PURCHASES. INDEED 'BACKGROUND CHECKS' HAVE BECOME A NECESSARY PART OF LIFE ON THE REAL RANCH. WE HAVE WAY TOO MANY 'WANNABE RAMBOS' WITH WEAPONS CAPABILITIES. WE ALSO HAVE AN EXTREMELY THOROUGH ATTORNEY GENERAL......'FOR A CHANGE!' JUST LIKE WALL ST.....IT'S CERTAINLY TIME TO BRING THE OVERSIGHT TO THE GUN COUNTERS OF AMERICA! KUDOS TO NEW YORK'S MAYOR BLOOMBERG FOR FOLLOWING UP ON THESE DETAILS.
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND ALL MEMBERS OF HIS TEAM THAT GRACE THE WHITHOUSE. WE ARE SEEING SO MANY NEEDED CHANGES IN OUR COUNTRY. IF IT TAKES GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT TO GET THERE, WE ARE TO BE THANKFUL THAT THERE ARE THOSE WHO CARE ENOUGH ABOUT US TO SUPERVISE. THIS IS WORK FOR THEM...THIS IS NOT EASY AND CERTAINLY WORKING OUT ALL THE NECESSARY DETAILS ARE TIME CONSUMING AND COMPLICATED.
HOWEVER, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO CARES ABOUT MORE THAN JUST SCRATCHING THE SURFACE ON DETAILS OR DOING JUST ENOUGH TO GET BY UNTIL THE NEXT ELECTION. WE'VE SEEN THOSE WHO JUST WANTED TO 'GET BY' BEFORE. THANKS FOR THE 'BLESSED OVERSIGHT' MR. PRESIDENT. WE APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS TO WORK BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY! MAY GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!
ALTHOUGH THE PRESIDENT WAS CRITICIZED FOR HIS FUND RAISING EFFORTS IN NEW YORK LAST NIGHT...DESPITE WHAT YOU PAID FOR THAT MEAL...THERE WAS A 'LITTLE CROW' TO BE HAD ON THE MENU. WHEREVER HE GOES, THE PRESIDENT ALWAYS TAKES A 'VALUED' MESSAGE WITH HIM. THIS OF COURSE YOU CAN TAKE LITERALLY AS HE URGED THOSE IN ATTENDANCE TO PLACE VALUES ABOVE SPENDING HABITS.
YES INDEED, THE PRESIDENT DIDN'T HESITATE TO REMIND ALL THAT "WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER." NONE OF US WANT TO SEE A RETURN TO THE WALL ST. QUAGMIRE. LET'S HOPE THEY LISTENED AND IMMEDIATELY REMOVED THEIR CORPORATE JETS FROM THE PARKING LOT. WHEN THE RUMORS FLY IN THE 'BONUS CIRCLE,' PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS AN EFFECTIVE EAR AND CERTAINLY A HARD WORKING GRAPEVINE. 'TRANSPARENCY' IS AT WORK HERE AND THOSE GUILTY OF GREED ARE MERELY ON PROBATION. CROSSING THE LINE WITH SOMEONE ELSE'S CASH IS ILL-ADVISED! CONTINUE TO DISH IT OUT MR. PRESIDENT! YOUR CONCERN IS TO BE ADMIRED...THIS IS A PARTNER TO 'INTEGRITY' AND IT NEVER HURTS TO REMIND OTHERS OF EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS.
SINCE WE'RE DISHING IT OUT THIS MORNING....MY CONCERNS ARE RELATED TO PARENTING AND DRESSING CHILDREN PROPERLY IN COLDER TEMPS. SINCE THE NUMBERS REGARDING THE 'H1N1' FLU COUNT CONTINUE TO RISE...I QUESTION SOME OF THESE PARENTS I HAVE SEEN WHO ALLOW THEIR CHILDREN TO PLAY OUTSIDE WITHOUT JACKETS. I SEE THIS EVERYWHERE. AFTER SCHOOL, THE KIDS RUN HOME AND SHED THEIR GEAR. PARENTS DON'T BOTHER TO DRESS THEM AND IT'S NO WONDER THAT OCTOBER IS A PEAK TIME IN FLU SEASON. I HAVE SEEN CHILDREN OUTSIDE BAREFOOTED. WE HAVE SOME KIDS WITH H1N1 HERE. WHAT DOES IT TAKE FOR YOU AS PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS VIRUS CAN HIT YOUR HOME??????? PLEASE LET ME DRESS YOU WHEN YOU COME HOME...I'LL BE SURE TO EXCLUDE THE JACKET AND SHOES! I AM WILLING TO BET THAT SEVERAL CASES OF THE FLU HAVE ORIGINATED FROM THIS LACK OF PARENTAL SUPERVISION!!!!!
SINCE THE 'GIFT OF DIPLOMACY' IS ALWAYS IN HIGH GEAR FOR THE PRESIDENT...I HAVE SAID THAT I AM EXTREMELY THRILLED WITH DIPLOMATIC PLANS FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SUDAN. THIS IS SO DEEPLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE MUST STOP THE GENOCIDE. THESE ARE THE SUBJECTS I ALWAYS TUCK AWAY DEEPLY IN MY MIND BECAUSE I CAN'T BEAR TO THINK OF THEIR SUFFERING. YOU FEEL POWERLESS WITH THESE SITUATIONS BUT, THE PRESIDENT IS NOT. FINALLY, AFTER YEARS OF BLOODSHED AND SENSELESS KILLING, SOMEONE IS GOING TO PICK UP THE BALL HERE AND MAKE AN EFFORT TO STOP IT! THE WORD 'DEEPLY' IS USED OFTEN HERE, BECAUSE THE WOUNDS ARE ENDLESS AND THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO DESCRIBE THOSE CUTS INTO HUMANITY.
THE PRESIDENT CAN SUCCEED IN THESE EFFORTS BECAUSE HE KNOWS HOW TO GET HIS DIPLOMATIC FOOT IN THE DOOR AND THAT'S WHAT COUNTS. IF YOU HAVE THE COURAGE TO FACE THE WORST OF MONSTERS AND LOOK THEM IN THE EYE....YOU HAVE GATHERED THEIR ATTENTION. THE UNCLENCHED FIST CAN OPEN MANY DOORS. GOD DID NOT CREATE HIS CHILDREN FOR SLAUGHTER.
THE OTHER DAY SOMEONE MENTIONED 'THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES' AND HOW THEIR SPIRIT CONTINUES TO RISE ABOVE THE WORST IN TRAGEDY. IN THESE COUNTRIES THEY EXIST WITH LITTLE. THEY APPRECIATE WHAT THEY DO HAVE AND GO ON. THEIR SPIRITS ARE STRONG AND THEY HUDDLE IN MASS UNITY. HERE IN AMERICA, WE TEND TO PLACE OUR CONCERNS ON THE MATERIAL THINGS THAT DON'T MATTER. THESE THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES ARE AN EXAMPLE OF STRENGTH WE MUST GET BACK. WE MUST COUNT OUR BLESSINGS FOR ALL THAT WE HAVE. OUR STRENGTH COMES FROM WHOLESOME VALUES AND UNSELFISH ACTS.
RECENTLY A HOMELESS BOY SAT NEXT TO ME IN CHURCH. HE WAS UPSET BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE THE 'CHANGE' TO PUT IN THE SUNDAY COLLECTION BASKET. IMAGINE THAT! A HOMELESS AND PENNILESS YOUNG MAN UPSET BECAUSE HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY MONEY TO GIVE AWAY. HIS TEETH ARE ROTTED ALMOST COMPLETELY OUT OF HIS MOUTH. HIS WINTER JACKET WAS GIVEN TO HIM BY A CHOIR MEMBER. OBVIOUSLY, THIS YOUNG MAN IS BLESSED WITH AN UNSELFISH SOUL AND HE WANTS TO SHARE IT. INDEED, HE IS AN EXAMPLE FOR OUR COUNTRY. A 'LITTLE CROW' ON THE MENU NEVER HURT ANYONE! WE NEED TO PUT A CHECK ON OUR OWN SELF-CONSUMED PLATES!
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA.....AS WE CONTINUE TO MARCH FORWARD TOWARD 'CHANGE' AND WORK TO BRING RESPECT AND INTEGRITY BACK TO THE HARBOR. EVEN THOUGH THIS PRESIDENT HAS A FULL PLATE OF HIS OWN....HE IS MORE THAN WILLING TO 'DISH IT OUT TO THE DESERVING' WHEN NECESSARY!!!!! GOD BLESS AMERICA...'FIRED UP AND READY TO GO SIR!'
WE ARE SO EXTREMELY FORTUNATE TO HAVE A PRESIDENT WHO SEES PRACTICED 'DIPLOMACY' AS A MEANS TO AN END IN ARGUMENTS. WITH THIS GIFTED PRESIDENTIAL ATTITUDE, I FIND SUCH ENCOURAGEMENT IN OUR STRUGGLES WITH FOREIGN POLICY. INDEED, THE OBAMA TEAM HAS PRODUCED SOME POSSIBLE LIGHT AT THE END OF SEVERAL TUNNELS. TODAY IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF THINGS THAT CAN BE POSSIBLE WHEN YOUR FIST IS UNCLENCHED WITH A SINCERE HANDSHAKE. THE OBAMA TEAM MUST BE CREDITED FOR THEIR COURAGE AND FORTITUDE AND YOU KNOW WHO THEY ARE...........
HOW ANYONE COUD POSSIBLY EXPECT IMMEDIATE DECISIONS FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA REGARDING FURTHER STRATEGY IN AFGHANISTAN IS BEYOND ME. CONSIDERING THE RECENT ELECTION RESULTS...YOU WOULD BE ASKING THIS PRESIDENT TO SEND A TEAM OF COOKS INTO A TAINTED KITCHEN. YOU HAVE TO CLEAN UP THE KITCHEN BEFORE YOU PREPARE A MEAL. THE SAME GOES FOR THE ELECTION IN AFGHANISTAN. WHY WOULD WE SEND MORE SOLDIERS INTO THIS COUNTRY UNLESS WE WERE CERTAIN THAT THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT WOULD BENEFIT ITS OWN PEOPLE? IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS ACTION...IT'S CALLED PUTTING THE PEOPLE FIRST. THIS IS WHERE ALL LEADERSHIP MUST BE IN ORDER TO BRING PEACE AND SOLIDARITY TO THEIR TERRITORY.
TODAY, AFGHANISTAN'S PRESIDENT HAMID KARZAI HAS TAKEN A STEP TO CLEAN UP THE KITCHEN. HE HAS AGREED TO A 'RUN-OFF' ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 7TH. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD IN FOREIGN RELATIONS. ACCORDING TO A RECENT RELEASE TODAY, PRESIDENT OBAMA IS QUITE PLEASED WITH PRESIDENT KARZAI'S DECISION...AFFIRMING HIS "COMMITMENT TO A RULE OF LAW." THIS IS SO SIGNIFICANT AND AS HUMBLE AS PRESIDENT OBAMA IS...WE WOULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN THIS FAR IF IT WEREN'T FOR HIS COMPLETE DEVOTION TO DIPLOMACY.
IT HURTS TO THINK OF GENERATIONS PAST WHEN NOONE SAT AT A TABLE OR CROSSED THE WATER TO SHAKE HANDS WITH SO MANY MISSED AND NUMEROUS OPPORTUNITIES. THIS IS WHERE YOU WISH ALL THE HISTORY BOOKS WERE WRITTEN IN PENCIL SO YOU COULD GO BACK AND CORRECT MISTAKES. HOWEVER, WE ALWAYS LEARN FROM THOSE. I ALWAYS GO BACK TO ONE OF MY FAVORITE AND CHERISHED OBAMA STATEMENTS..."THERE IS OPPORTUNITY IN CRISIS." INDEED THERE ARE.
TODAY IRAQI PRESIDENT NOURI AL-MALIKI VISITED THE WHITEHOUSE WHERE HE AND PRESIDENT OBAMA DISCUSSED THE FUTURE ECONOMIC OUTLOOK FOR IRAQ. PRESIDENT MALIKI EXPRESSED HIS APPRECIATION FOR THE U.S./IRAQ RELATIONSHIP AS IT PROGRESSES TO A NEW DAWN AND DAYS OF PROMISE. THE GIFT OF DIPLOMACY IS NOT A FLEETING HORSE HERE EITHER. PRESIDENT OBAMA IS NEVER AFRAID TO CHALLENGE A QUAGMIRE...CERTAINLY HE WAS LEFT SEVERAL.
THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A GREAT DIPLOMATIC DAY THAT I HATE TO MENTION THE CRITICS WHO OBVIOUSLY DON'T UNDERSTAND PRESIDENT OBAMA'S FUNDRAISING EFFORTS. TONIGHT'S EVENT IN NEW YORK HAS SPARKED A LITTLE FLAME HERE AND THERE. PRESIDENTIAL FUNDRAISING HAS GONE ON FOREVER. PRESIDENT OBAMA DID NOT INVENT THIS PARTY.
AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, WE NEED TO SUPPORT OUR GOVERNMENT...THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THIS NEED. AS FAR AS THE CRITICS AND PUNDITS ARE CONCERNED....THEY WOULD BE MORE SILENT IF THE COLLECTION BASKET WAS FILLED AND PLACED AT THEIR OWN FRONT DOOR. FUNNY HOW THAT WORKS! THIS IS PRESIDENT OBAMA'S 22ND FUNDRAISER...I BELIEVE GEORGE BUSH TALLIED OUT AT 6. THEN AGAIN, G.W. WASN'T INTO PUBLIC APPEARANCES. 'DIPLOMACY' WASN'T FIRST ON THE LIST EITHER. WHAT A DIFFERENCE A PRESIDENT MAKES!!!!
THE PRESIDENTIAL POPULARITY STATS ARE OUT AGAIN TODAY. MORNING JOE'S MIKE BARNACLE MADE SOME STATEMENTS THIS MORNING THAT FOR ONCE ON THIS SHOW...I WILL CHERISH...HE REMINDED THE EVER PRESENT PESSIMISTS THAT DESPITE UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES....PRESIDENT OBAMA IS ADMIRED BY MANY. BASICALLY HE TOLD THE PANEL TO GET OVER IT BECAUSE THIS PRESIDENT IS 'UNIQUE.' BARNACLE COMPARED PRESIDENT OBAMA TO "THE SUN"....INDEED THAT'S TRUE..THIS PRESIDENT BRINGS LIGHT,HOPE AND ENCOURAGEMENT AND CERTAINLY HE IS 'UNIQUE.' ABOVE ALL THINGS, HE IS HUMBLE AND REMAINS THE SAME DESPITE THE ACCOLADES. THIS HAS BEEN THE KIND OF DAY YOU CAN ONLY PIN A SMILE ON!
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA. I REMEMBER ALL THOSE SMILES I WITNESSED ON JANUARY 20TH....WE'RE STILL HERE SIR! FIRED UP AND READY TO GO! WHAT AN AWESOME DIPLOMATIC DAY! GOD BLESS AMERICA AND GOD BLESS THE PEACEMAKERS!!!!!
I CONFRONT THE ISSUE OF THE ASTOUNDING 'DIFFERENT DRUMMER' MARCH JUST ABOUT EVERYDAY IN LIFE. FOR SOME REASON, PEOPLE THINK WE WERE ALL BORN WITH THE WORD 'CONFORMITY' STAMPED ON OUR BEHINDS. IF YOU STEP 'OUT OF THE BOX' ON THE ASSEMBLY LINE THEN YOU MUST BE MISSING A SPRING OR SOME OTHER PART. AS SIMPLE AS THIS SEEMS, THESE ARE THE GREAT PLACES WHERE 'HATE CRIMES' LOVE TO GROW AND FESTER. HATE CRIMES ARE BECOMMING AN ALARMING STATISTIC IN THIS COUNTRY. IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY IN THIS WORLD TO PLANT THE SEEDS OF GOODWILL............CHILDREN AGAINST CHILDREN IS UNACCEPTABLE!!!!!!
WE LOOK AT THE NEWS TODAY,SCRATCH OUR HEADS AND WONDER WHERE THESE CRIMES COME FROM. DEAR AMERICANS...IF YOU HAVE A MIRROR IN YOUR HOUSE...TAKE A LOOK. ALL OF THESE THINGS HIT HOME. I SPEND ALOT OF MY TIME 'LISTENING' TO OTHERS BECAUSE I USUALLY GET AN EARFULL AND CERTAINLY I SPEND ALOT OF MY TIME LEARNING AS A RESULT. RECENTLY I OVERHEARD SOME CHRISTIAN WOMEN CHATTERING. ACTUALLY THEY JUST GOT OUT OF CHURCH. THEY WERE LAUGHING AT SOMEONE'S NAME BECAUSE IT IS 'JEMIMA.' INDEED, I DON'T HAVE TO TAKE YOU THERE, CERTAINLY YOUR MIND IS ALREADY AT THE DOOR!
OF COURSE ONE OF THEM HAD THE NERVE TO ASK ME WHY I DON'T DRESS LIKE .......'THEY DO?' WHEN I GO TO CHURCH. WHILE I GRITTED MY TEETH I SPIT OUT A SELF-CONTROLLED ANSWER. I WEAR ALOT OF INTERNATIONAL CLOTHING TO BENEFIT THE INDIGENOUS TRIBES WHO MAKE THEM. THESE ARE CALLED 'SACRED THREADS' AND THE MONEY GOES INTO EMERGENCY FUNDING TO AID THEIR TRIBES. NATIVE CLOTHING IS ALSO THE MOST COLORFUL TO BE FOUND IN THIS WORLD. I FIND THAT THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD ARE THESE NATIVES WHO MAKE THEM. THEREFORE I CARRY THEIR DRUMMER TO CHURCH....NOT EVERYONE ELSES.
THE WORD 'CONFORMITY' IN THIS COUNTRY HAS BECOME SUCH AN UNFORTUNATE DISEASE. WE TEND TO JUDGE 'A BOOK BY ITS COVER' WHEREVER WE GO. WE JUDGE OUR PRESIDENT BECAUSE HE MARCHES TO A DIFFERENT DRUMMER. I THANK GOD FOR HIM EVERYDAY. I THANK GOD THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA THINKS BEFORE HE TAKES ACTION, NO MATTER WHAT THE ISSUES ARE. OF COURSE THE CONFORMISTS TAKE ISSUE WITH THE INTELLIGENCE OF THIS MAN. THEY DON'T CONSIDER ALL OF THE CONTRIBUTING SITUATIONS INVOLVED IN THE CIRCUMSTANCE...SUCH AS IN AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN. THERE ARE MANY AND THE DECISIONAL PROCESS IS COMPLICATED. TAKE ALL THE TIME YOU NEED TO MR. PRESIDENT! I THANK GOD FOR YOUR MARCHING BAND!
RIGHT NOW WE'RE FIGHTING OVER 'GAYS IN THE MILITARY.' WE ALL BLEED THE SAME AND DIE FOR THE SAME CAUSE ON THE FRONT LINE. HOW DARE WE JUDGE OUR SOLDIERS AND DIVIDE THEM BECAUSE OF SEXUAL PREFERENCE. THIS IS SHAMEFUL AND DOES NOT SPEAK WELL FOR OUR CHARACTER. HERE AT HOME, THOSE WATCHING CARRY THIS JUDGEMENT EVEN FURTHER TO OUR OWN STREETS WHERE WE FIND 'GAY BASHING.'
THERE ISN'T REALLY A DAY THAT GOES BY THAT I DON'T HAVE TO ARGUE FOR THE CAUSE OF 'IMMIGRATION.' SOMEHOW WE HAVE FORGOTTEN WHERE OUR COUNTRY BEGAN. I HATE TO TELL YOU THIS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A LICENSE TO KICK EVERYONE OUT OF THIS COUNTRY WHO DOESN'T LOOK LIKE US OR HAPPENS TO SPEAK A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE. DEFINE AN 'AMERICAN' PLEASE!!!!!! IF YOU CHECK YOUR FAMILY TREE...YOU WILL FIND THE 'HEINZ 57' VARIETY SOMEWHERE. WE ARE ALL A MIXTURE OF ORIGIN SOMEWHERE IN OUR HISTORY.
AMONG MANY, THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS I VOTED FOR PRESIDENT OBAMA. IT WAS MY SINCERE HOPE THAT A GREAT LEADER WOULD COME ALONG AND BREAK THIS DAMAGING ASSEMBLY LINE OF THOUGHT...THIS CONFORMITY THAT INDEED..... 'BREEDS CONTEMPT.' I ONLY PRAY THAT MY OBAMA O8' BUMPER STICKERS AND INDEED MY CAR WILL LAST UNTIL THE END OF HIS PRESIDENCY. THOSE STICKERS ARE EMBEDDED IN THE PAINT NOW...KIND OF LIKE A BIRTHMARK I AM REALLY PROUD OF. EIGHT YEARS FOR A GREAT PRESIDENT. IF MY CAR DOESN'T LAST THAT LONG....AT LEAST I KNOW HE WILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA AND THE NEED FOR DIVERSITY THAT HE HAS BROUGHT TO US. IT IS THE UNCLENCHED FIST, THE TOLERANCE AND THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE FOR ALL OF OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS IN THIS COUNTRY THAT CAN WIN OVER DISCONTENT AND DIVISION. WE MUST STAND IN UNITY FOR THE CAUSE OF 'HUMANITARIAN JUSTICE AND EQUALITY. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MOVEMENT....WEAR WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY!!!!!
YESTERDAY'S PRESIDENTIAL TOWN HALL MEETING IN NEW ORLEANS WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF OUR TENDENCY TO BLAME THE 'COMMANDER IN CHIEF' FOR ALL THAT GOES WRONG IN THIS COUNTRY. OF COURSE, THIS IS WHERE I HAVE TO KICK MYSELF AND CONTROL MY OWN ANGER IN DEFENSE OF THIS PRESIDENT. THIS IS WHERE I HAVE TO REMEMBER THAT PEOPLE IN AMERICA ARE HURTING. THE PRESIDENT MENTIONED THAT FACT YESTERDAY WHEN A YOUNG BOY APPROACHED HIM AND ASKED HIM WHY SO MANY PEOPLE HATED HIM BECAUSE 'GOD IS LOVE.' THE PRESIDENT HAD A GREAT ANSWER FOR THAT ONE....OBVIOUSLY HE'S PRESIDENT...SO SOMEBODY LOVES HIM. OF COURSE THIS CHILD RECEIVED A 'PRESIDENTIAL HUG'...I KNEW THOSE WOULD BE PASSED AROUND SOONER OR LATER. GOD BLESS THAT CHILD....FOR OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES COMES THE TRUTH OF WHAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT HERE....................
SINCE HIS FIRST DAY IN THE OVAL OFFICE, THIS PRESIDENT HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY TO REPAIR THE EXTREMELY CRIPPLED INHERITANCE HE HAS RECEIVED FROM THE PRIOR ADMINISTRATION. THE PRESIDENT TOLD THE NEW ORLEANS CROWD THAT HE WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THE INTITIAL RESCUE RESPONSE TO 'KATRINA'S' DEVASTATION OVER 4 YEARS AGO. ACTUALLY, ALL OF 'AMERICA' WHO WITNESSED THIS EVENT WAS NOT HAPPY WITH THE RESPONSE. WE HAVE ALL WANTED TO HANG FEMA BY ITS TOENAILS AND INDEED WE LACKED IN WHITEHOUSE INTEREST AT THAT TIME.
YESTERDAY, THE PRESIDENT UNFORTUNATELY HAD TO INHERIT THOSE ARGUMENTS AS WELL. I FIND IT TO BE EXTREMELY OFFENSIVE THAT THE PRESIDENT MUST CONTINUE TO TAKE BLAME FOR THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION AND LACK THEREOF. I ALSO CREDIT HIM FOR HANDLING THESE SITUATIONS MUCH BETTER THAN I. HE HAS NO IDEA OF JUST HOW MANY RUBBER DART SUCTION CUP SCARS I HAVE INFLICTED ON MY FLATSCREEN.
INDEED, WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE PRESIDENT CAN'T JUST WRITE A CHECK TO CURE OUR PROBLEMS. YESTERDAY HE SAID HE WOULD IF HE COULD. HE DEEPLY MEANT THAT STATEMENT. A PRESIDENT HAS TO MEET WITH ALL THE DEMANDS OF GOVERNMENTAL CHANNELS REGARDING THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL AID IN ANY ACTION. THIS OF COURSE MEANS 'TIPTOEING THROUGH THE TULIPS' WITH CONGRESS. THERE IS NO FUN TO BE HAD IN THE 'CONGRESSIONAL GARDEN.' CONSIDERING THE HORRENDOUS HAGGLING OVER HEALTHCARE REFORM, WE SHOULD KNOW THAT BY NOW. MR. 'I'M JUST GETTING STARTED,' IS ALWAYS THERE FOR US REGARDLESS. WE NEED TO REMEMBER THIS TOO.
LET'S NOT FORGET THAT THIS PRESIDENT HAS BEEN SADDLED WITH THE WORST IN DIFFICULTIES AND THE HAYSTACK IS MUCH HIGHER THAN USUAL IN HIS CORRAL. IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO REMIND EVERYONE OF THE 'CAUSE AND EFFECTS' DELIVERED IN THIS ECONOMIC CRISIS. HOWEVER, IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE IMMEDIATED EXECUTION OF STIMULATED RESCUES FROM THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, WE WOULD HAVE FALLEN INTO THE 'QUICKSAND' NON RETURNABLE GOODS CATEGORY. IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE OBAMA TEAMWORK INVOLVED, WE WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN LIFTED OUT OF THIS PENDING CESSPOOL BY THE SEAT OF OUR PANTS. WE NEED TO REMEMBER THIS TOO.
WE ARE NOW SEEING 'GLIMMERS OF HOPE' IN OUR ECONOMIC GROWTH. THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE ARE SKIPPING OVER THE FENCE TO OZ WITH A LOADED CANDYBAR. THERE IS ALOT TO BE DONE. THE PRESIDENT HAS ATTACKED EVERY CORE OF NECESSITY THERE IS IN ORDER TO REPAIR THE HOLES IN OUR BOAT. HIS AGENDA HAS PULLED UP THE SUPPORTIVE STRINGS ATTACHED TO THE NEED FOR EDUCATIONAL AND ENERGY REFORMS AND CONSERVATION.
STIMULUS AND RECOVERY EFFORTS IMMEDIATELY SENT THE HAMMER AND NAIL CREWS TO REPAIR OUR DECAYING INFRASTRUCTURE. OUR INFRASTRUCTURE HAS BEEN IGNORED FOR YEARS AND CERTAINLY PRIOR TO HIS TENURE. THIS INCLUDES OUR SCHOOLS AND NOT ONLY WERE THE STRUCTURES LACKING...PLEASE FIND ENCLOSED....AN EDUCATIONAL AGENDA TO MATCH. THIS IS WHERE EDUCATION SECRETARY ARNE DUNCAN COMES IN AND HE IS JUST WHAT WE NEEDED FOR OUR KIDS!!!!!
LOTS OF OTHER THINGS ARE LACKING IN THIS SOCIETY. THE PRESIDENT HAS PLACED SEVERAL WARNINGS ON 'GREED MONGERS.' THIS IS HIS DEMAND FOR 'TRANSPARENCY.' SEVERAL OF THE SILK TIE BOYS DON'T LIKE HIS DEMAND FOR RESPONSIBILITY OR ACCOUNTABILITY EITHER. THEY WHINE LIKE TODDLERS IN NEED OF A CHANGE. HOWEVER, THIS ISN'T THE KIND OF 'CHANGE' THEY WANTED. THEY DON'T WANT ANYONE LOOKING OVER THEIR SHOULDER TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE DOING THEIR JOB WITH THE LEAST BIT OF HONESTY AND INTEGRITY. THOSE ARE WORN OUT SHOES IN THE BUSINESS OF POLITICS. WHEN THIS PRESIDENT CAME ALONG, HE HAD TO REMIND THEM TO PUT THEM BACK ON. SOME OF THEM THINK THAT A 'MORAL COMPASS' CAN ONLY BE FOUND ON A YACHT FED BY SOMEONE ELSE'S GAS MONEY!!!! PRESIDENT OBAMA HAS HAD TO REINTRODUCE THEM TO 'REALITY HARBOR.' THE BOYS AREN'T HAPPY ABOUT THAT CRUISE.
THIS PRESIDENT HAS MARCHED FORWARD TO A DIFFERENT DRUMMER. HE IS EXACTLY WHAT WE NEEDED TO REMIND US THAT WE ARE LIVING IN A SELF-CONSUMED WORLD AND WE NEED TO CHANGE OUR VALUES. LOTS OF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THAT CLASSROOM AGENDA EITHER. THEY SEEM TO FORGET WHAT 'GOD AND COUNTRY' STAND FOR. IT TAKES A LITTLE BOY IN NEW ORLEANS TO REMIND THEM OF WHAT IS IMPORTANT HERE. IT TAKES A LITTLE BOY TO REMIND THEM THAT WE HAVE AN AWESOME,COMPASSIONATE,INTELLIGENT PRESIDENT WHO HAPPENS TO CARE FOR HIS COUNTRY. WE FORGET THAT HE ALSO HAS CHILDREN WHO WILL INHERIT WHAT HE LEAVES BEHIND.
GRANTED....NEW ORLEANS STILL HAS ISSUES...BUT, THEY WILL BE RESOLVED. THIS PRESIDENT, DESPITE ALL OF HIS CONGRESSIONAL OBSTACLES AND RED TAPE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE. I DARESAY, THE MEDIA ANCHORS AND PUNDITS NEED TO RESERVE THEIR CRITICISMS FOR THEIR 'DO-NOTHING' DAYS AND GET OUT THERE AND STAND WITH THE CAUSES THAT MUST BE FINISHED. EVERYONE'S HELP IS NEEDED HERE...THAT'S ALL OF US. IT'S EASY TO SIT AND CRITICIZE. THIS PRESIDENT DOESN'T HAVE THE TIME TO COMPLAIN...HE MOVES FORWARD DESPITE YOUR TELEVISED REMARKS AND RIDICULOUS HEADLINES. HE DOES TAKE THE TIME TO HUG A LITTLE BOY WHO SPEAKS THE TRUTH TO 'AMERICA.' IT'S A SHAME THAT A CHILD HAS TO REMIND US OF WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN THIS LIFE.
MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS PRESIDENT BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA. MAY GOD DEEPLY BLESS OUR COUNTRY AND CONTINUE TO REMIND US OF HOW SELFISH AND CRITICAL AND JUDGEMENTAL WE HAVE BEEN. WE NEED TO BE THANKFUL FOR OUR FREEDOMS. WE NEED TO HOLD ONTO EACH OTHER AND RESPECT EACH OTHER. THESE ARE THE FINE THREADS OF EMOTION WOVEN INTO OUR FLAG. WE MUST NOT FORGET THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR IT. WE MUST RETURN TO THE VALUES OF HUMANITARIAN JUSTICE AND EQUALITY. OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES WE ARE REMINDED OF OUR DUTIES....DEAR AMERICANS....WHAT MORE DO YOU NEED FOR A 'WAKE UP CALL?'
