RAHUL BEDI in New Delhi US PRESIDENT Barack Obama has defended Washington’s support for Pakistan and said India was the country with the biggest stake in Islamabad’s stability. “My hope is that, over time, trust develops between the two countries, that dialogue begins, perhaps on less controversial issues, building up to more controversial issues,” he told college students in India’s western port city of Bombay (Mumbai) yesterday, on the second day of his three-day visit to India. Mr Obama, who faces a diplomatic…
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Dishearteningly unsurprising. This somewhat awkward phrase is, to my mind, the best description of the emotional and moral impact of Wikileak’s release of 400,000 classified US military documents. In the wake of the GOP “landslide” in the US midterm elections, most commentators have moved on from this all-too-troubling and familiar story. But their doing so only reinforces the basic problems that the release of the documents has revealed – an almost brazen disregard for reality and willingness to ignore the lessons of history for political expediency and economic and strategic gain. And Barack Obama’s post-election “move to the centre” and unwillingness to face the core systemic issues that…
Continue reading …Liberal Talkers Unglued: Ed Schultz Sneers Obama’s ‘Mr. Vanilla,’ Mike Malloy Wants Him to Refuse to Run Again
November 7, 2010 No Comment
As anyone should expect, liberal talk-radio hosts were not happy with the election returns, but they turned their anger on President Obama for his perfunctory pledges to work together with Republicans in the next two years. On Wednesday afternoon, Ed Schultz attacked him as “Mister Vanilla”: Well, just what I thought. Mr. Vanilla, Barack Obama, flat and lame, olive branches coming out all over the place, can't we all just get along, I'm ready to work with you…This is Jimmy Carter on steroids! And then some! Generic. Vanilla. Non-combatant. No lines in the sand. I think it lacks leadership. I really, really do. Schultz doesn't seem to have enough of a grasp of modern history to recall that President Carter couldn't even work with congressional Democrats, which is why he faced a primary challenge from Ted Kennedy in 1980. Schultz seems worried that Obama will be so agreeable he won't be re-electable: read more
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Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. Due to the First and Second World Wars, a strong and powerful myth has developed in regards to how these wars provided employment for millions of Americans and increased America’s economic standing around the world. It is unfortunate that such a legend has developed, specially among elite politicians and writers, like David S. Broder. In a recent Washington Post editorial: “The war recovery?”, Broder argued a “high and persistent unemployment, lagging investment, massive public and private debt, and a highly inefficient tax system would “doom” President Barack Obama and his reelection bid in 2012.”(1) Broder then writes it is war and…
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Leogane bore the brunt of Hurricane Tomas rainfall Continue reading the main story Related stories Hurricane flood hits west Haiti In pictures: Hurricane impact on Haiti Eyewitness: Tense evacuations The death toll from the current cholera epidemic in Haiti has exceeded 500, the country’s health ministry has said. Fifty-nine people had died up until and including Thursday, and 617 others had been infected, bringing the total affected to 7,359, the ministry added. The news came as the local authorities and relief agencies attempted to get clean drinking water…
Continue reading …GOP Strategist Schools Matthews: Palin’s Resumé Just As Strong As Obama’s Was
November 4, 2010 No Comment
For the second time in three weeks, a Republican strategist has taught MSNBC's Chris Matthews a lesson about how former Alaska governor Sarah Palin's qualifications for president are just as strong as Barack Obama's when he ran back in 2008. This time the GOPer educating the “Hardball” host was Todd Harris (video follows with transcript and commentary): read more
Continue reading …WaPo’s Milbank Trashes Fox News ‘Victory Party,’ Ignores MSNBC’s DNC Echoes
November 4, 2010 No Comment
Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank attacked Fox News in Wednesday's paper for having a Republican “victory party” on air on Election Night. Nowhere in this piece did he acknowledge his routine appearances on MSNBC, and whether it had a partisan sound on Election Night (and every other weeknight). He also avoided the idea that NBC-Universal was helpfully doling out large chunks of air time for Barack Obama this fall to stave off Democrat losses. His column began: At Rupert Murdoch's cable network, the entity that birthed and nurtured the Tea Party movement, Election Day was the culmination of two years of hard work to bring down Barack Obama – and it was time for an on-air celebration of a job well done….
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