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- Twadysion Noel 2009
- True crime stories: the top nine of 2009
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- Poor Parenting & Teenage Disobedience!
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He hasn't walked the talk yet. Some of us are not so easily swayed by oration.
http://www.johnpilger.com/page.asp?partid=551
As usual Chastanet should stick to buying and selling.
The reality is that Chastanet lacks the capacity to understand anything that is not a staightforward support of that which he has known for the past 70 years. I cannot understad his support for the clueless leftist ideologue Obama unless it is because Obama is highly supportive of the crony capitalism that Chastanet practices religeously in St. Lucia. Party in Power is what we all it.
Here is a different analysis of the Nobel speech given to an undeserving recipient. Anyway the Nobel Peace prize is now a usless bauble given to lying fools (Al Gore) or terrorists(Arafat).
Norwegians, according to press reports, felt a bit used. Obama breezed into the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony without attending the customary lunch with Norway's king. But the real snub was his Nobel speech itself.
It wasn't very gracious, but the speech wowed the press mightily, as they cooed over its unexpected tone.(See Chastanet's silly writings) Reporters eagerly said that conservatives would find it hard not to cheer this one. Actually, it is not that hard. The speech was the USUAL COLLECTION of TRUTHS, HALF-TRUTHS, and DECEPTIONS.
Obama seemed at first to be endorsing the concept of a just war: force can be "morally justified," and "the instruments of war do have a role to play in preserving the peace," he said.
BUT WHATEVER HE GIVES WITH ONE HAND HE TAKES BACK WITH THE OTHER Soon he was offering up meditations on the intrinsically evil character of war: "war itself is never glorious, and we must never trumpet it as such" and "war at some level is an expression of human folly."
Last year, he said that only a very narrowly defined concept of self-defense ever justifies war. Now he says, "I believe force can be justified on humanitarian grounds, as it was in the Balkans, or in other places that have been scarred by war."
It is measure of the comically low expectations liberal presidents enjoy that the press expects Americans to be gratified to hear that Obama rejects the possibility of a peace conference with Osama bin Laden: "Negotiations cannot convince al Qaeda's leaders to lay down their arms. To say that force may sometimes be necessary is not a call to cynicism -- it is a recognition of history; the imperfections of man and the limits of reason." What a brave and anguished conclusion!
But, wait, it turns out that America can negotiate with terrorists and tyrants: later in the speech, Obama said, "I know that engagement with repressive regimes lacks the satisfying purity of indignation. But I also know that sanctions without outreach -- condemnation without discussion -- can carry forward only a crippling status quo."
So maybe a peace conference with Bin Laden is possible after all, if Americans can just set aside their anger. Maybe if Bin Laden lives long enough and wins a democratic election in an Islamic country, he can one day crawl into Arafat's old bunk at the White House.
In the meantime, America's military should be treating terrorists a lot more nicely. Obama once again implied that America has been violating its "ideals" in the war on terrorism. The somnolent crowd perked up at the line, "We lose ourselves when we compromise the very ideals that we fight to defend."
Obama took pride in subtly slurring his own military by informing the audience of what he has done lately to rein it in: "That's why I prohibited torture. That's why I ordered the prison at Guantanamo Bay closed. And that's why I have reaffirmed America's commitment to abide by the Geneva Conventions."
Comment below on Obama's usual swipe at Christianity while trying to neutralize the atrocities of the Islamic faith in the Nobel Speech, coupled with the millions he does not mind killing in the name of abortionists "choice".
There was the obligatory reference to Islam as a "great religion." Has he ever called Christianity a great religion? If so, I missed it. He is, of course, disappointed to see the "murder of innocents" in the name of Islam, but let's not forget "that these extremists are not the first to kill in the name of God; the cruelties of the Crusades are amply recorded."
Why does he need to recall the Crusades in the context of "the murder of innocents"? There are fresh examples closer to hand in his own administration. One of his first acts as president was to free up tax dollars for the murder of innocents, unborn children, by international groups abroad. But that kind of violence is fashionable and signaled to the enlightened international community that Obama meant peace.
Give it a rest, none of you will ever be nominated for anything good because the only thing coming from your heart, and mouth is HATRED. Let there be peace.
Classical responce.
Oh we liberals are so good, so full of empathy, so willing to make out everyone as a victim. The truth is your liberal/socialist lovefest is unsustainable claptrap that has failed everywhere it has been tried - including St. Lucia. So Obama in on his way to bankrupting the most exceptional country on earth - no problem.
He is feeding the bankers and insurance people (crony capitalism) who almost killed the world's economy in spite of his preelection promises- no problem !
Every speech is filled with lies and double speak - no problem !
His Rasmussen poll numbers contrasting those who strongly approve against those who strongly dissaprove now stands at - 19.
This is a one term President for those who drank the Koolaid.
Anyone who speaks the truth is full of hated according to the liberals. They are the ones filled with bile now that their failure , represented by Obama is now in the open. No more one step forward, two steps backward for the USA or our Caribbean nations.
Another good analysis on the The Nobel Speech.
I listened to it this morning quite early.
Bottom line: an academic sermon on peace/war with the now accustomed narcissitic Obama characteristics:
1) long again (4,000 words);
2) “I” or “me” 34 times: same old self referencing; 3) the inadvertent cosmic arrogance [“I do not bring with me today a definitive solution to the problems of war.” = you think?];
4) straw men trope: some say this; others say that; but I uniquely say…; 5) reference to my own personal inspirational story; 6) trash my predecessor or his policies; 7) end with hopey/changey cadences.
That was pretty much it—a pulpit exegesis that could have been cut to 500 words.
I would have done the speech in 10 minutes and used the extra time to have lunch with poor neglected King Harald. (Second recommendation: Obama should try to hire some speech-writers over 40. There are a lot of old pro Democrat wordsmiths around that might come in and offer something new other than the now tired self centered boilerplate.)
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