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• Get Used To Disappointment

  
  The Whig — Authority: 491
  Concerns Rise Around Obama Trip President Barack Obama arrived here late Sunday to press China on issues from climate change to economic restructuring, amid rising concerns that his first swing through Asia as president will yield more disappointment than progress on trade, human rights, national security and ...
  9 hours ago

• Obamas Bowing Faux Pas

  
  The Whig — Authority: 491
  ABC News Political Punch Blog: On President Obamas Bow to the Japanese Emperor, An Academic Friend Writes That Both the Left and the Right Are Wrong "Obamas handshake/forward lurch was so jarring and inappropriate it recalls Bushs back-rub of Merkel. "Kyodo News is running his appropriate and reciprocated nod ...
  10 hours ago

• More On The Obama Bow In Japan

  
  The New Ledger Chequer-Board — Authority: 144
  I think that this correspondence between Jake Tapper and an academic friend of his with expertise concerning Japan is the best take on the protocol concerning the President’s deep bow to Emperor Akihito: “This picture shows two things,” my friend writes. “1) The ‘right’ is wrong about Obama’s ...
  11 hours ago

• 2 Important Environmental Hearings in Senate Energy Committee This Week

  
  Irregular Times: News Unfit for Print — Authority: 549
  This week, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources will be holding hearings on two topics of central importance to our environment and to environmental policy. Tuesday at 10:00 am the committee will meet “to explore the international aspects of global climate change.” Curiously, none of the ...
  12 hours ago

• Another barry trip, another breach of protocol

  
  Citizens Against Pro-Obama Media Bias — Authority: 535
  November 15, 2009barry’s disgracing the country yet again. Every trip he has gone on he has had a major breach of etiquette. It is beyond embarrassing.Is he too arrogant to learn or do the people around him not care?You would think that after bowing to the Saudi beast, the WH would have looked into the [...]
  13 hours ago

• This Kowtowing To China Makes Me Sick To My Stomach

  
  The Whig — Authority: 491
  China’s Role as Lender Alters Dynamics for Obama’s Visit When President Obama visits China for the first time on Sunday, he will, in many ways, be assuming the role of profligate spender coming to pay his respects to his banker. That stark fact — China is the largest foreign lender to the United States — ...
  18 hours ago

• Has Obama Been Too Conciliatory With Muslims?

  
  The Whig — Authority: 491
  Slate: Obamas Muslim Problem -- Has he been too conciliatory? Obamas challenge has always been to get the benefit of his special relationship with Islam while containing the political hazards it brings. With Maj. Nidal Malik Hasans murdering rampage at Fort Hood, that balancing act just got a lot harder. But the ...
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• The West As Willing Dupes

  
  The Whig — Authority: 491
  PJM: Western Liberal Elites Have Made an Iranian Bomb a Reality And the mullahs have been laughing all along. This policy of delusion — talk to the mullahs, threaten them with boycotts, accept their regime as a legitimate expression of Iran’s popular will, but never threaten, let alone use, “hard power” ...
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• GSP+, SOVEREIGNTY, DOUBLE STANDARDS AND TERRORIST TRAITORS

  
  groundviews — Authority: 535
  It is worth clarifying here the situation regarding the EU GSP+ facility, given the confusion prevailing in the mainstream media. The EU has NOT threatened trade sanctions against Sri Lanka. The GSP+ facility is an extra privilege granted to developing countries which abide by certain human rights norms. If it is ...
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• High Costs Weigh on Troop Debate for Afghan War

  
  TitusOneNine — Authority: 591
  While President Obama’s decision about sending more troops to Afghanistan is primarily a military one, it also has substantial budget implications that are adding pressure to limit the commitment, senior administration officials say. The latest internal government estimates place the cost of adding 40,000 American ...
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• Only Obama Could Go To China

  
  Welcome to The Now — Authority: 139
  Had no idea how deep the racial issues were in China ...just another example of the significance of this current president. This kinda sums up the story: Chen Juan, 27, a secretary in an English training school in Beijing, regularly uses skin-whitening products and carries an umbrella on summer days. "For me, ...
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• Would Someone Tell President Obama That He Needn’t Bow To Foreign Royalty?

  
  The New Ledger Chequer-Board — Authority: 144
  Really, this is ridiculous. We fought a war over the general principle that kings and emperors shall not have any kind of sway over American citizens. Having the President of the United States bow before them makes a mockery of that principle.
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• Ecuador presses for U.S. immigration reform (south of the border news)

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 166
  Thursday, 11/12/09 La Hora (Quito, Ecuador) 11/11/09 Ecuador asks U.S. for immigration reform The issues of security, commerce and immigration between the United States and Ecuador were dealt with at the U.S. Department of State when a 25 person delegation, including Luis Gallegos, the Ecuadoran Ambassador to the ...
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• EU Constitution Set for Full Implementation on 1 December

  
  The British National Party — Authority: 649
  The new European Union constitution is set for implementation on 1 December and the announcement of its first president could take place as soon as 19 November. The dramatic speeding up of the political process occurred after Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer handed over his country’s Lisbon Treaty’s ratification ...
  2 days ago

• Obama Caves In To Japan On Okinawa

  
  The Whig — Authority: 491
  Obama, in Japan, Says U.S. Will Study Status of a Marine Base on Okinawa The decision, announced at a news conference with Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama just hours after he touched down in Tokyo to begin his first presidential trip to Asia, appears to represent a concession by the Obama administration to at least ...
  2 days ago

• Botswana Pushes for Fresh Zimbabwe Elections to End Impasse in Harare

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 156
  In a state of the nation address on Friday, Botswana President Ian Khama said in Gaborone that if the political impasse in Zimbabwe cannot be resolved, the best solution is to hold fresh elections. In the absence of genuine partnership, it would be better for all parties to return to the people. For they are the ...
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• US Tax Payer Dollars Funding The Taliban

  
  Count Us Out — Authority: 151
  video via robpatozzHow the US Funds the Talibanby Aram RostonOn October 29, 2001, while the Taliban’s rule over Afghanistan was under assault, the regime’s ambassador in Islamabad gave a chaotic press conference in front of several dozen reporters sitting on the grass. On the Taliban diplomat’s right sat his ...
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• Those in Glass Houses Shouldnt Seize Assets Belonging to Hostile Middle Eastern Nations

  
  Jr Deputy Accountant — Authority: 130
  Hey, OMGObama, listen, I know we have had our differences and Ive called you an asshat once or twice but consider this my olive branch. Just like Skeptical CPA has offered to perform a Fed audit for you , Im offering to serve as minister of foreign relations. And my first act as Minister (do I get a cool badge or ...
  3 days ago

• Obama’s Betrayals

  
  Patrick J. Buchanan — Authority: 599
  by Sheldon Richman – Future of Freedom Foundation After President Obama announced he would fight the release of photographs showing American soldiers abusing “war on terror” detainees, Richard Haass, president of the quintessentially mainstream Council on Foreign Relations, said that Obama had learned the ...
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• Jim Joness Secret Trip to Pakistan

  
  Newsweek Blogs — Authority: 732
  Only hours before President Obama took off for Asia on Thursday, his national-security adviser landed in Pakistan on an unannounced trip to meet with senior Pakistani officials, a White House official said. Jim Jones is "going to continue the discussions that Secretary [of State Hillary] Clinton had" on her own recent ...
  3 days ago

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