Rachel Corrie crews to be deported as aid is delivered to Gaza
Published Thursday, June 10, 2010, 1:22 PM
Updated Thursday, June 10, 2010, 1:23 PM
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irishwxman | Jun 09, 2010, 12:29 AM EDT
Comparing Kennedy (John F. not his lunatic murdering brother teddy) to Obama is comparing apples to oranges. JFK was not as liberal as people think. And trust me...Obama is out after this term. he has created more debt than any sitting president in history, he goes against popular demand, i.e. healthcare, the AZ immigration law, and this oil spill in the gulf is the biggest fiasco he could ever want. They are lumping this up there with Carter's mishandling of the Iranian hostage crisis. Face it, Obama is done, and the dems are done this November. lets just hope the damage is not irreparable.
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maireadinmelb | Jun 09, 2010, 12:17 AM EDT
I think it is a bit early to call him a one term president with the next election taking place in Nov 2012!
Secondly his ideology is democratic, the same as Roosevelt and Kennedy. It is easy to understand, there is a component of social justice and equality for all!
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irishwxman | Jun 08, 2010, 08:23 PM EDT
I don't hate Obama, I hate his politics. I'm sure as a person he is lovely. But his political ideology is as warped as i have ever seen. And you can repeat it over and over again that he won the election....but NOW, TODAY, he is very unpopular. He is a one term president; thanks for playing. Now grow up, and stop acting like a broken record. Calling me anti-America for disagreeing with our loony president doesn't make me anti-American.
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willieboy | Jun 08, 2010, 07:33 PM EDT
And lucky they were. doesn't Ireland have enough trouble? Mind your own business...
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shuvonn | Jun 08, 2010, 07:12 PM EDT
WX: One that resorts to name calling is the one that is generally labeled as immature. Obama is seen quite favorably in the eyes of the world, and where is your proof that the majority of Americans ( yes we KNOW, you do not care for him and are anti-American) but you do not represent the majority, as the proof of Obama being voted in even though YOU hate him :-) Nor do you speak for the rest of the world, wind your neck in....
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irishwxman | Jun 08, 2010, 06:09 PM EDT
Yes Shuvonn....VERY immature.
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irishwxman | Jun 08, 2010, 06:08 PM EDT
Maybe in your eyes maireadinmelb, but the rest of the world and now most Americans think is a royal screw up.
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killowen | Jun 08, 2010, 04:14 PM EDT
But Israel snubbed the United States, placing it in a double-bind situation. The White House cannot oppose the conference demand without exposing Barack Obama to ridicule, because he has come out in favor of nuclear disarmament. The president himself, in spite of everything, issued a statement objecting to any attempt to single out Israel.
Nothing new, but a failure because, barely hours after that expression of support, the Israeli army attacked an international flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to the blockaded Gaza Strip. Deaths and injuries; arrogant official justifications; incredible accusations from Tel Aviv against the aid volunteers, calling them agents of Al Qaeda; all increased the international condemnation, on the same day that the 14th Session of the UN Human Rights Council began in Geneva.
It remains to be seen how Washington can survive this bloody and senseless crime without completely destroying its badly damaged credibility.
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killowen | Jun 08, 2010, 04:10 PM EDT
Israel was also asked to sign the Non-Proliferation Treaty and to submit to routine inspections, as is the case with all the other member countries. Its pretension to be unique is not acceptable.
But Israel snubbed the United States, placing it in a double-bind situation. The White House cannot oppose the conference demand without exposing Barack Obama to ridicule, because he has come out in favor of nuclear disarmament. The president himself, in spite of everything, issued a statement objecting to any attempt to single out Israel.
Nothing new, but a failure because, barely hours after that expression of support, the Israeli army attacked an international flotilla carrying humanitarian aid to the blockaded Gaza Strip. Deaths and injuries; arrogant official justifications; incredible accusations from Tel Aviv against the aid volunteers, calling them agents of Al Qaeda; all increased the international condemnation, on the same day that the 14th Session of the UN Human Rights Council began in Geneva.
It remains to be seen how Washington can survive this bloody and senseless crime without completely destroying its badly damaged credibility.
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shuvonn | Jun 08, 2010, 08:00 AM EDT
WX: YOU are the one who is name calling, resorting to personal insults and you deem ME to be immature?
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maireadinmelb | Jun 08, 2010, 07:46 AM EDT
Obama represents a much better picture of America, than you do irishwxman, just an international perspective!
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irishwxman | Jun 07, 2010, 11:44 PM EDT
...Do you go back and re-read what you type? Me thinks you don't. You just run off on these tangents that have nothing to do with the topic of discussion. Where did Iraq fit in to all this? Anyway...I will continue this debate after you remove your head from your rectum, and maybe grow up a bit.
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irishwxman | Jun 07, 2010, 11:43 PM EDT
Obama does represent America. But he is a very poor representation of this great nation. My contempt for him does not mean that I am against my own country. You are just being silly now. Where does Saddam Hussein fit in to your 9/11 diatribe? AS I said....the bull you pull out of your back side...
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shuvonn | Jun 07, 2010, 10:59 PM EDT
So Obama does not represent America now in the eyes of the world? Sadam Hussein represented Iraq, and yet Iraq was NOT responsible for 9/11. Those supposed weapons of Mass destruction were never found and Saddam paid with his life for representing Iraq.
And you ARE anti MUSLIM, ALL of them, not just the ones who are radical because YOU have labeled everyone on that Turkish vessel a terrorist thereby a label makes them meaningless to you. Yet Turkey is an ally of Israel. You ARE anti-American because you are critical of the president who is seen as a representative of the US world wide. I am not calling you anti-American to be childish, I am calling you that because you are critical of your government, making YOU anti-American. What happened to the Dixie chicks then THEY were critical of George BUSH?
And you have just called YOURSELF *thick as a ditch* because it is the ideology that you are objecting to for the people of Gaza having voted in Hamas. SO you want to deny ALL of them aid for that choice. AS far as you are concerned their voting in that government denies them the right to any kind of humanitarian aid. And it is the ideology of Obama you object to and Obama has the power to make choices and decisions for the US that could affect the way in which the US is perceived world wide and as such IS the representative of the US world wide.
Ireland had days of mourning for 9/11 and do not forget it was not just Americans that died that day. I do not wish to *spite you* this is nothing personal, we disagree, let's leave it at that....it seems you cannot disagree without insult....
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