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November 6, 2008 at 12:34 PM #300732November 6, 2008 at 12:42 PM #300307
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ParticipantI tend to agree that the world truly loves/respects Obama. I’ve been reading the European press (specially the Eastern one), daily, and the feedback is amaizing. The American emmbasies even went as far as having parties with fake/playfull elections to see who would win…..one TV channel has Obama with over 70% of the party votes.
The impact of the US presidency affects directly the new EU allies because of Russia’s influence and change of direction. The TV news (Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania etc) starts with US news translated and followed as soon as they are released……the same holds true for newspapers.
I believe the world is ready for anything other than Bush, and even big ticket republicans acknowledge this idea vis-a-vis the US’s international reputation (e.g. if you noticed Donald Trump’s interview on Fox news last night……I’m not crazy about his ideas, but his Bush caracterization was dead on).
Moreover, when was the last time countries what we call extreme countries were actually celebrated the US president (e.g. Indonesia,)
However, the euphoria will soon end, and Obama has a tough road ahead. The markets already reflect the reality with 2 consecutive days deep in the red…..In conclusion, if anything positive came from this election is (1) US’s image around the world is improving rapidly, and (2)based on the info I read, he is a super sharp president (we’ll see the results of his action later).
November 6, 2008 at 12:42 PM #300665ParticipantI tend to agree that the world truly loves/respects Obama. I’ve been reading the European press (specially the Eastern one), daily, and the feedback is amaizing. The American emmbasies even went as far as having parties with fake/playfull elections to see who would win…..one TV channel has Obama with over 70% of the party votes.
The impact of the US presidency affects directly the new EU allies because of Russia’s influence and change of direction. The TV news (Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania etc) starts with US news translated and followed as soon as they are released……the same holds true for newspapers.
I believe the world is ready for anything other than Bush, and even big ticket republicans acknowledge this idea vis-a-vis the US’s international reputation (e.g. if you noticed Donald Trump’s interview on Fox news last night……I’m not crazy about his ideas, but his Bush caracterization was dead on).
Moreover, when was the last time countries what we call extreme countries were actually celebrated the US president (e.g. Indonesia,)
However, the euphoria will soon end, and Obama has a tough road ahead. The markets already reflect the reality with 2 consecutive days deep in the red…..In conclusion, if anything positive came from this election is (1) US’s image around the world is improving rapidly, and (2)based on the info I read, he is a super sharp president (we’ll see the results of his action later).
November 6, 2008 at 12:42 PM #300673ParticipantI tend to agree that the world truly loves/respects Obama. I’ve been reading the European press (specially the Eastern one), daily, and the feedback is amaizing. The American emmbasies even went as far as having parties with fake/playfull elections to see who would win…..one TV channel has Obama with over 70% of the party votes.
The impact of the US presidency affects directly the new EU allies because of Russia’s influence and change of direction. The TV news (Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania etc) starts with US news translated and followed as soon as they are released……the same holds true for newspapers.
I believe the world is ready for anything other than Bush, and even big ticket republicans acknowledge this idea vis-a-vis the US’s international reputation (e.g. if you noticed Donald Trump’s interview on Fox news last night……I’m not crazy about his ideas, but his Bush caracterization was dead on).
Moreover, when was the last time countries what we call extreme countries were actually celebrated the US president (e.g. Indonesia,)
However, the euphoria will soon end, and Obama has a tough road ahead. The markets already reflect the reality with 2 consecutive days deep in the red…..In conclusion, if anything positive came from this election is (1) US’s image around the world is improving rapidly, and (2)based on the info I read, he is a super sharp president (we’ll see the results of his action later).
November 6, 2008 at 12:42 PM #300690ParticipantI tend to agree that the world truly loves/respects Obama. I’ve been reading the European press (specially the Eastern one), daily, and the feedback is amaizing. The American emmbasies even went as far as having parties with fake/playfull elections to see who would win…..one TV channel has Obama with over 70% of the party votes.
The impact of the US presidency affects directly the new EU allies because of Russia’s influence and change of direction. The TV news (Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania etc) starts with US news translated and followed as soon as they are released……the same holds true for newspapers.
I believe the world is ready for anything other than Bush, and even big ticket republicans acknowledge this idea vis-a-vis the US’s international reputation (e.g. if you noticed Donald Trump’s interview on Fox news last night……I’m not crazy about his ideas, but his Bush caracterization was dead on).
Moreover, when was the last time countries what we call extreme countries were actually celebrated the US president (e.g. Indonesia,)
However, the euphoria will soon end, and Obama has a tough road ahead. The markets already reflect the reality with 2 consecutive days deep in the red…..In conclusion, if anything positive came from this election is (1) US’s image around the world is improving rapidly, and (2)based on the info I read, he is a super sharp president (we’ll see the results of his action later).
November 6, 2008 at 12:42 PM #300742ParticipantI tend to agree that the world truly loves/respects Obama. I’ve been reading the European press (specially the Eastern one), daily, and the feedback is amaizing. The American emmbasies even went as far as having parties with fake/playfull elections to see who would win…..one TV channel has Obama with over 70% of the party votes.
The impact of the US presidency affects directly the new EU allies because of Russia’s influence and change of direction. The TV news (Hungary, Poland, Bulgaria, Romania etc) starts with US news translated and followed as soon as they are released……the same holds true for newspapers.
I believe the world is ready for anything other than Bush, and even big ticket republicans acknowledge this idea vis-a-vis the US’s international reputation (e.g. if you noticed Donald Trump’s interview on Fox news last night……I’m not crazy about his ideas, but his Bush caracterization was dead on).
Moreover, when was the last time countries what we call extreme countries were actually celebrated the US president (e.g. Indonesia,)
However, the euphoria will soon end, and Obama has a tough road ahead. The markets already reflect the reality with 2 consecutive days deep in the red…..In conclusion, if anything positive came from this election is (1) US’s image around the world is improving rapidly, and (2)based on the info I read, he is a super sharp president (we’ll see the results of his action later).
November 6, 2008 at 1:57 PM #300357Arraya
ParticipantHonestly, how can you blame the world. After we criminally invaded a country that was not threatening us and engulfed a whole region of the world in chaos and killed untold hundreds of thousands while doing this. Then for our coup de grace we blow up the entire worlds banking system and send like 30 countries to the brink of bankruptcy. I can’t imagine why they would want somebody not aligned with Bush, whether or not you believe that to be true that is how the world sees it.
Will Obama reverse disastrous these policies. Economic wise he has no choice, there are no more bubbles to blow, the US consumer is dead and the world won’t trust us for a long time. We will be lucky if the world lets us keep the dollar as reserve currency which I highly doubt. Civil liberty wise, he supports the suppression of them just as the Rs do. Foreign policy wise, Bush already did the dirty work and Obama has pledged to increasing the size of the military and continue our energy security policy under the guise of “war on terror”. Bailouts, he supports the Bush policy. He even proposes a Reaganite tax structure, except with over 25% lower taxes on capital gains than Reagan. Whether or not he can stick to it is another issue with the mountain of practically unserviceable debt and nervous creditors is another story.
The only major difference between the two is packaging. IMO, It’s a narrowly-packaged farce in which political twins pretend they are not joined at the hip on every public policy issue that has been allowed to enter the corporate media-vetted discourse: health care, Iraq, trade. Even these points of (non)contention disappear in the din of purely commercial marketing mantras with infinitely malleable meanings: “Change,” “Hope,” “Reform.”
New world order indeed. Obama has been chosen to be the barer of bad news and without divine intervention will likely be despised at the end of four years. All the pretty speeches in the world won’t mask the continuation of bad policy. Sorry Ds I have yet to see substance or positive change.
November 6, 2008 at 1:57 PM #300792ParticipantHonestly, how can you blame the world. After we criminally invaded a country that was not threatening us and engulfed a whole region of the world in chaos and killed untold hundreds of thousands while doing this. Then for our coup de grace we blow up the entire worlds banking system and send like 30 countries to the brink of bankruptcy. I can’t imagine why they would want somebody not aligned with Bush, whether or not you believe that to be true that is how the world sees it.
Will Obama reverse disastrous these policies. Economic wise he has no choice, there are no more bubbles to blow, the US consumer is dead and the world won’t trust us for a long time. We will be lucky if the world lets us keep the dollar as reserve currency which I highly doubt. Civil liberty wise, he supports the suppression of them just as the Rs do. Foreign policy wise, Bush already did the dirty work and Obama has pledged to increasing the size of the military and continue our energy security policy under the guise of “war on terror”. Bailouts, he supports the Bush policy. He even proposes a Reaganite tax structure, except with over 25% lower taxes on capital gains than Reagan. Whether or not he can stick to it is another issue with the mountain of practically unserviceable debt and nervous creditors is another story.
The only major difference between the two is packaging. IMO, It’s a narrowly-packaged farce in which political twins pretend they are not joined at the hip on every public policy issue that has been allowed to enter the corporate media-vetted discourse: health care, Iraq, trade. Even these points of (non)contention disappear in the din of purely commercial marketing mantras with infinitely malleable meanings: “Change,” “Hope,” “Reform.”
New world order indeed. Obama has been chosen to be the barer of bad news and without divine intervention will likely be despised at the end of four years. All the pretty speeches in the world won’t mask the continuation of bad policy. Sorry Ds I have yet to see substance or positive change.
November 6, 2008 at 1:57 PM #300740ParticipantHonestly, how can you blame the world. After we criminally invaded a country that was not threatening us and engulfed a whole region of the world in chaos and killed untold hundreds of thousands while doing this. Then for our coup de grace we blow up the entire worlds banking system and send like 30 countries to the brink of bankruptcy. I can’t imagine why they would want somebody not aligned with Bush, whether or not you believe that to be true that is how the world sees it.
Will Obama reverse disastrous these policies. Economic wise he has no choice, there are no more bubbles to blow, the US consumer is dead and the world won’t trust us for a long time. We will be lucky if the world lets us keep the dollar as reserve currency which I highly doubt. Civil liberty wise, he supports the suppression of them just as the Rs do. Foreign policy wise, Bush already did the dirty work and Obama has pledged to increasing the size of the military and continue our energy security policy under the guise of “war on terror”. Bailouts, he supports the Bush policy. He even proposes a Reaganite tax structure, except with over 25% lower taxes on capital gains than Reagan. Whether or not he can stick to it is another issue with the mountain of practically unserviceable debt and nervous creditors is another story.
The only major difference between the two is packaging. IMO, It’s a narrowly-packaged farce in which political twins pretend they are not joined at the hip on every public policy issue that has been allowed to enter the corporate media-vetted discourse: health care, Iraq, trade. Even these points of (non)contention disappear in the din of purely commercial marketing mantras with infinitely malleable meanings: “Change,” “Hope,” “Reform.”
New world order indeed. Obama has been chosen to be the barer of bad news and without divine intervention will likely be despised at the end of four years. All the pretty speeches in the world won’t mask the continuation of bad policy. Sorry Ds I have yet to see substance or positive change.
November 6, 2008 at 1:57 PM #300723ParticipantHonestly, how can you blame the world. After we criminally invaded a country that was not threatening us and engulfed a whole region of the world in chaos and killed untold hundreds of thousands while doing this. Then for our coup de grace we blow up the entire worlds banking system and send like 30 countries to the brink of bankruptcy. I can’t imagine why they would want somebody not aligned with Bush, whether or not you believe that to be true that is how the world sees it.
Will Obama reverse disastrous these policies. Economic wise he has no choice, there are no more bubbles to blow, the US consumer is dead and the world won’t trust us for a long time. We will be lucky if the world lets us keep the dollar as reserve currency which I highly doubt. Civil liberty wise, he supports the suppression of them just as the Rs do. Foreign policy wise, Bush already did the dirty work and Obama has pledged to increasing the size of the military and continue our energy security policy under the guise of “war on terror”. Bailouts, he supports the Bush policy. He even proposes a Reaganite tax structure, except with over 25% lower taxes on capital gains than Reagan. Whether or not he can stick to it is another issue with the mountain of practically unserviceable debt and nervous creditors is another story.
The only major difference between the two is packaging. IMO, It’s a narrowly-packaged farce in which political twins pretend they are not joined at the hip on every public policy issue that has been allowed to enter the corporate media-vetted discourse: health care, Iraq, trade. Even these points of (non)contention disappear in the din of purely commercial marketing mantras with infinitely malleable meanings: “Change,” “Hope,” “Reform.”
New world order indeed. Obama has been chosen to be the barer of bad news and without divine intervention will likely be despised at the end of four years. All the pretty speeches in the world won’t mask the continuation of bad policy. Sorry Ds I have yet to see substance or positive change.
November 6, 2008 at 1:57 PM #300715ParticipantHonestly, how can you blame the world. After we criminally invaded a country that was not threatening us and engulfed a whole region of the world in chaos and killed untold hundreds of thousands while doing this. Then for our coup de grace we blow up the entire worlds banking system and send like 30 countries to the brink of bankruptcy. I can’t imagine why they would want somebody not aligned with Bush, whether or not you believe that to be true that is how the world sees it.
Will Obama reverse disastrous these policies. Economic wise he has no choice, there are no more bubbles to blow, the US consumer is dead and the world won’t trust us for a long time. We will be lucky if the world lets us keep the dollar as reserve currency which I highly doubt. Civil liberty wise, he supports the suppression of them just as the Rs do. Foreign policy wise, Bush already did the dirty work and Obama has pledged to increasing the size of the military and continue our energy security policy under the guise of “war on terror”. Bailouts, he supports the Bush policy. He even proposes a Reaganite tax structure, except with over 25% lower taxes on capital gains than Reagan. Whether or not he can stick to it is another issue with the mountain of practically unserviceable debt and nervous creditors is another story.
The only major difference between the two is packaging. IMO, It’s a narrowly-packaged farce in which political twins pretend they are not joined at the hip on every public policy issue that has been allowed to enter the corporate media-vetted discourse: health care, Iraq, trade. Even these points of (non)contention disappear in the din of purely commercial marketing mantras with infinitely malleable meanings: “Change,” “Hope,” “Reform.”
New world order indeed. Obama has been chosen to be the barer of bad news and without divine intervention will likely be despised at the end of four years. All the pretty speeches in the world won’t mask the continuation of bad policy. Sorry Ds I have yet to see substance or positive change.
November 7, 2008 at 5:51 PM #301141CardiffBaseball
ParticipantDamn thanks Arraya you make Obama not seem too bad at all. Sounds like Obama’s not going to govern like a spoiled western european country.
Apparently the Poles liked McCain over Obama 3:1? Ahh I don’t know I can’t read Polish. Having a lot less years of freedom might make a guy in Poland a little more interested in a Strong America.
November 7, 2008 at 5:51 PM #301500ParticipantDamn thanks Arraya you make Obama not seem too bad at all. Sounds like Obama’s not going to govern like a spoiled western european country.
Apparently the Poles liked McCain over Obama 3:1? Ahh I don’t know I can’t read Polish. Having a lot less years of freedom might make a guy in Poland a little more interested in a Strong America.
November 7, 2008 at 5:51 PM #301508ParticipantDamn thanks Arraya you make Obama not seem too bad at all. Sounds like Obama’s not going to govern like a spoiled western european country.
Apparently the Poles liked McCain over Obama 3:1? Ahh I don’t know I can’t read Polish. Having a lot less years of freedom might make a guy in Poland a little more interested in a Strong America.
November 7, 2008 at 5:51 PM #301524ParticipantDamn thanks Arraya you make Obama not seem too bad at all. Sounds like Obama’s not going to govern like a spoiled western european country.
Apparently the Poles liked McCain over Obama 3:1? Ahh I don’t know I can’t read Polish. Having a lot less years of freedom might make a guy in Poland a little more interested in a Strong America.
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