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Hillary Clinton Pledged Help to Central America for Fight on Drugs

On March 8, 2010, in Political, by admin

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday pledged more U.S. help for Central America’s fight against drug cartels, saying the United States was part of the problem as trafficking and violence spread.

“We are going to forge an even closer partnership in the months and years ahead,” Clinton told a news conference in Guatemala, the last stop on a five-day Latin America tour.

“We are well aware that Central America is between the countries of Mexico and Colombia that are waging their own very intense efforts against the criminal cartels.”

Clinton’s stop in Guatemala featured talks with regional leaders on both the drug problem and Honduras, which is struggling to move beyond last year’s coup.

Mexico’s powerful drug cartels have moved deep into Guatemalan territory in the past few years as a Mexican army crackdown has pushed them to seek new smuggling routes between South America and the United States.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration reckons three-quarters of South American cocaine going north passes through Central America, smuggled by cartels that earn some $40 billion per year.

Clinton said the United States must take some responsibility

for Latin America’s drug wars because the huge U.S. domestic drug demand helps to drive the market.

“We know that we’re part of the problem,” she said. “That’s an admission that we have been willing to make this past year and it’s one of the reasons why we feel so strongly about trying to help countries like Guatemala fight this terrible criminal scourge.”

Traffickers traditionally moved cocaine through Central America by plane or boat but are increasingly developing land-based operations in countries such as Guatemala and Costa Rica, leading to rising rates of local drug violence and addiction.

Central American leaders have complained that their region is increasingly at risk in the drug wars and is not given enough assistance under the 2007 U.S. Merida initiative, which has authorized some $1.12 billion in help since 2008, mostly for Mexico.

“We are convinced that the fight against narco-trafficking and organized crime should be regional,” Guatamalan President Alvaro Colom said at the news conference. “We have seen an invasion by the Mexican cartels, we have seen a total invasion of narco-trafficking.

“The cartels move from one place to the next but its our society that is suffering.”

Clinton did not provide specifics of the new U.S. help on Friday but has used her visit to reassure Central American governments that they would see more U.S. assistance on things such as maritime security, police and judicial capacity, and anti-corruption efforts.

Guatemala has made several high-profile arrests in recent weeks, including those of the national police chief and anti-drug czar, both charged in connection with the theft of cocaine and guns from a drug gang warehouse last year.

Thanks Reuters.

Iran: “We Do Not Take Mrs. Clinton’s Remarks Seriously”

On February 3, 2010, in Political, by admin

Atleast he properly addressed her as Mrs. Such nice people those Iranians.

Iran: “We Do Not Take Mrs. Clinton’s Remarks Seriously”

Can anyone imagine the regime in Iran not taking a Republican administration seriously?

Ronald Reagan was barely sworn into office when Iran released its hostages.

And here is Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki dumping on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the Obama administration. Remember, she came within a few thousand votes of being president in 2008.

Last week, she said: “Iran has provided a continuous stream of threats to intensify its violation of international nuclear norms. Iran’s approach leaves us with little choice than to work with our partners to apply greater pressure in the hope that it will cause Iran to reconsider its rejection of diplomatic efforts.”

The official response from Iran? Talk to the hand.

“Mrs. Clinton’s efforts to take America back to the failed policies of the Bush administration era will not benefit the people or the government of that country,” Mottaki said — according to CNS News.

He also said: “It has been three decades that the Islamic Republic of Iran has been facing the hostile approach of some American officials. Therefore, until the domestic prospect of the White House on Iran-U.S. relations is clarified, we do not take Mrs. Clinton’s remarks seriously.”

Why should Iran take Mrs. Clinton or President Obama seriously? As presidential candidates in 2007 and 2008, they were far from serious about Iran as they dismissed as “saber rattling” President Bush’s attempts to stop Iran’s efforts to build nuclear wea[ponry.

The perpetual campaign is noticed outside America’s borders. Predators always seek the weakest in the herd and they do not get much weaker than Obama and Mrs. Clinton.

**Hillary show them who is weak!

Thanks Daily Mail.

Tagged with: America • bush administration • CNS • Hillary Cliton • hostages • Iran • islamic republic • Republican • ronald Reagan • US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton • weak

Hillary Clinton goes “On the Record,” about Haiti

On January 19, 2010, in Political, by admin

This is a rush transcript from “On the Record,” January 18, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.

GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: Over the weekend we did go to Haiti with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. She went “On the Record.”

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

HILLARY CLINTON, U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE: Good to see you, Greta.

VAN SUSTEREN: Obviously in a horrible situation.

CLINTON: It is, but I’m very pleased you’re here on the ground, as you often are.

VAN SUSTEREN: Obviously, this isn’t our country, and we are desperately trying to help, and we need the cooperation of their government. What is the state of the government to help us?

CLINTON: They’ve been hit very hard, but we just had an excellent meeting with the president and the prime minister. And they were very specific about what they’re trying to achieve.

Clearly, their highest obligation is to get necessities to the people who are living, to clear the streets of the corpses, and that is a very tragic job that has to be done, and to begin working on the electricity, the transportation, the telecommunications, you know, the nuts and bolts of how they get up and going again.

VAN SUSTEREN: You are down here just a couple days after this happened. How long can we sustain this? And are we getting help from other foreign governments? And how are you coordinating that so we can collectively make this work out?

CLINTON: We are getting an outpouring of help. First and foremost the United Nations, despite suffering their own horrific losses, are here, are getting stood up. We saw a lot of U.N. trucks.

We have a great group of other countries in our hemisphere and beyond. We are beginning to meet, and I talked with many of my counterparts, the foreign ministers around the world.

So there is going to be an international effort. The key is coordinating it, and to make sure that we are each doing what we can do best.

Watch Greta’s interview with Secretary of State Clinton

Now, there isn’t anybody who could have gotten this airport open and up and running besides the United States military in the time that we did it. We are going to be looking at the pore to make sure we can take information and expertise we have and try to get that port up and going

So the teams that are here, there are I think 30 search-and-rescue teams, six of those are Americans and the others are from all over the world. Everybody has been saving lives. It is really heartwarming. And from my perspective what the world is doing on behalf of this terrible tragedy is a great tribute us to.

VAN SUSTEREN: In our great zeal to help, and we came in the other day at this airport, you think it would be so easy to take over an airport, but it is not. I don’t think people realized we had to work something out. What did you have to be able to have the authority to do that?

CLINTON: We’re here as a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief mission. That’s what the United States military is here for. They are here as we all are at the invitation of the Haitian government that knows they need help.

And this airport is a perfect example. There’s only one runway. This is not ideal. Thank goodness it was not damaged. If the earthquake had knocked this runway out I don’t know where we would be in terms of trying to help.

So we went to the Haitian government. We said we were ready to help. They asked for our help. We negotiated an agreement so that the United States military could get it open and prioritize the flights in and out, because, as you can tell, it’s a small airport, but we’ve made it very busy and we’ve got to be sure people are safe coming in and out.

VAN SUSTEREN: So we have all these supplies, cargo coming in, and we’re shipping it out into the country. But the things like hospitals, and we would like to help in the hospitals — does the United States have to work out agreements there? Is there any sort of resistance?

If we can help in those hospitals, because we are hearing horrible stories there.

CLINTON: The Haitians have said we need all the help we can get. It’s a question of getting to where the help is need, setting up a facility, making sure it’s well-staffed and well-equipped. There are military hospitals by a number of countries being set-up around the affected area. There will have to be more.

We are also trying to resupply and support the Haitian hospitals that are still operating. Before I got on the plane this morning I got an e- mail from Dr. Paul Farmer who you has a long history here in Haiti and Partners in Health, which he was one of the founders of. He has a team working in one of the hospitals, giving me a report.

So it is all hands on deck. Everybody in our government and all these other governments are doing our best.

VAN SUSTEREN: We see the men and women of our military here. What is with the U.S. embassy?

CLINTON: Our ambassador is the chief of mission. Everybody in country is reporting to him. He’s coordinating the civilian and the military assistance. General Keen, who is the military commander on the ground works closely with our ambassador. Our ambassador negotiated the agreement with the Haitian government to get this airport open and have our folks help to prioritize.

So literally there’s more work than any human being can do in a 24 hour period. But everybody is working hard. What we want to make sure we are prioritizing and coordinated, and that’s my goal.

VAN SUSTEREN: I think it is interesting to show the all hands on deck — even your staff was out last night hustling at drug stores around Washington, D.C., buying all sorts of items to bring. So it really is really all hands on deck.

CLINTON: It really is. It is the best of America. And I’m so proud of our State Department, our USAID, our military, all of our private citizens, the generosity of the American people.

This is a terrible, horrible catastrophe for the people of Haiti, but I think that the outpouring from America and beyond should give them some reason to hope.

Thanks Fox News.

Tagged with: America • Americans • Clinton • earthquake • Fox News • general keen • Government • Greta Van Susteren • haiti • health • Hillary Clinton • on the record • united nations • United States

Obama Hands Down his 1st Pardon.

On November 25, 2009, in Celebrity, Political, by admin

After 10 months in office, President Barack Obama granted his first pardon Wednesday to “Courage,” a 45-pound turkey spared from the Thanksgiving table.

Accompanied by daughters Sasha and Malia, Obama stood under the North Portico of the White House to honor a holiday tradition that dates to 1947—receiving a bird from the National Turkey Federation.

“I’m told Presidents Eisenhower and Johnson actually ate their turkeys,” Obama said. “You can’t fault them for that; that’s a good-looking bird.”

President George H.W. Bush was the first to officially pardon a turkey.

Obama joked about wanting to forgo the tradition and eat “Courage.”

“Thanks to the interventions of Malia and Sasha—because I was planning to eat this sucker—’Courage’ will also be spared this terrible and delicious fate,” he said.

Obama said he wished all American service members at home and abroad a happy Thanksgiving, saying it is a “tremendous honor it is to serve as commander in chief of the finest military in the world.”

He also spoke about the first family’s plans for the holiday dinner.

“Just like millions of other families across America, we’ll take time to give our thanks for many blessings,” Obama said. “We’ll also remember this is a time when so many members of our American family are hurting.”

Obama noted that President Abraham Lincoln made Thanksgiving a holiday in the midst of the Civil War, “when the future of our very union was most in doubt.”

“This is an era of new perils and new hardships,” he added. “So on this quintessentially American holiday, as we give thanks for what we’ve got, let’s also give back to those who are less fortunate.”

After his remarks, the turkey was lifted to a table and Obama raised his hand over its head to deliver a mock-serious pardon.

“You are hereby pardoned,” he said.

Obama said “Courage” will get to spend the rest of his life in “peace and tranquility” at Disneyland.

Thanks AP.

Tagged with: America • AP • civil war • corage • disneyland • George Bush • Lincoln • millions • pardon • thanksgiving • White House

Interesting! How Far Are You Away from a McDonald’s?

On October 20, 2009, in Life/Culture, by admin

America’s “McFarthest Spot” – where you are the longest distance possible from a McDonald’s restaurant – has been identified.

It lies between the two tiny hamlets of Meadow and Glad Valley in South Dakota, from where it is at least two hours drive to the nearest Golden Arches.

The calculation was done by artist and technologist Stephen Von Worley, who mapped the 13,000 McDonald’s in the lower 48 states. Alaska and Hawaii were excluded.

From the “McFarthest Spot” the distance to the nearest McDonald’s is 107 miles as the crow flies and 145 miles by car.

The results mean that a hungry motorist is always within a full tank of petrol of a McDonald’s restaurant anywhere in the continental United States.

Mr Von Worley, 39, plotted the positions of the restaurants on a map on his blog weathersealed.com . Each restaurant is marked with a glowing spot of light and together they show virtually the entire country lit up.

He said: “As expected, McDonald’s cluster at the population centres and hug the highway grid. East of the Mississippi, there’s wall-to-wall coverage, except for a handful of meagre gaps centred on the Adirondacks, inland Maine, the Everglades, and outlying West Virginia.”

Tagged with: Alaska • America • glad valley • golden arches • hawaii • mcdonalds • meadow • Mississippi • South Dakota • United States

Hillary Clinton Reaches Out to Muslim Communities

On September 16, 2009, in Political, by admin

Hillary Clinton reached out to Muslim communities at home and abroad by hosting an “iftar” at the State Department Monday evening. “Iftar” refers the one meal participating Muslims have each day after fasting from sun-up to sun-down for one month, in observation of Ramadan — the holiest period of each year and the ninth month in the Islamic calendar.

“The nearly seven million Muslims in our country have enriched our culture, have made us stronger, because of contributions that many of you and others across America have given to us,” Clinton said before the meal, to guests comprised of diplomats and prominent members of Muslim American communities in the U.S.

Also speaking before the meal was the State Department’s new Special Representative to Muslim Communities, Farah Pandith, sworn-in Monday morning by Secretary Clinton.

“This holy month of Ramadan provides us with these wonderful opportunities to reflect on the principles of a faith that is practiced by more than a billion women and men worldwide. As we fast, we are asked to think of the other, to be cognizant of the importance of respect for all, and to renew our efforts to do good deeds,” said Pandith.

“As a Muslim who immigrated to the United States at a young age, I have walked the typical American road. I have balanced my faith and my heritage and my love of my country without pause,” Pandith said.

“It is as American to have pad thai, as it is a pizza,” she joked.

Clinton acknowledged that the relationship between Muslim communities and other Americans has not always been harmonious. After the attacks of September 11, 2001– committed by violent extremist Muslims from parts of the Middle East, many Muslim Americans faced outright hostility and prejudice in the U.S.

“Now we recognize that the relationship between the United States and Muslim communities has at times suffered from misunderstanding and misperception,” Clinton said. “But we are committed to learning and listening, to creating bridges of understanding, and respect, and building stronger bonds of cooperation.”

Clinton extended the message of peace Obama delivered last June in a speech at a university in Cairo, Egypt, directed at Muslims across the world.

“I’ve come here to Cairo to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world, one based on mutual interest and mutual respect, and one based upon the truth that America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles — principles of justice and progress; tolerance and the dignity of all human beings,” Obama said on June 4.

And two weeks ago, the president hosted his own iftar at the White House.

“We believe that there’s more than unites people of all faiths than divides us. The Obama administration will work to ensure that our communication, our partnerships and our policies reflect that core belief,” Clinton said.

“Because whatever god you pray to, or whether you even believe at all, we all need to work for the same goals — a world where our children can live together in peace and prosperity, and fulfill their own god-given potentials.”

Clinton ended her remarks jovially.
“Let us recommit ourselves to achieving our common goals, inspired by common values,” she said. “And now, please enjoy your food!”

Thanks ABC.

Watch clip below for remarks:

http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerIndex?id=8586193

Tagged with: America • Clinton • Hillary Clinton • iftar • Islamic • Muslim • pizza • ramadan • United States

New Ann Coulter Article Up! Health Care

On September 3, 2009, in Celebrity, Political, by admin

Hey — I have an idea: How about we make everyone in America a multimillionaire by pulling Bernie Madoff out of prison and asking him to invest all our money! Both Medicare and Bernie Madoff’s investment portfolio are bankrupt because they operate on a similar financial model known as a “Ponzi scheme.” These always seem to run fabulously well — until the money runs out.

Not only is Medicare bankrupt, but it is extremely limited in whom and what it covers. If Medicare were a private insurer, it would be illegal in many states for failing to cover hearing aids, podiatry, acupuncture, chiropractic care, marriage counseling, aromatherapy and gender reassignment surgery.

Moreover, Medicare payments aren’t enough to pay the true cost of those medical services it does cover. With Medicare undercutting payments to hospitals and doctors for patients 65 and older, what keeps the American medical system afloat are private individuals who are not covered by Medicare paying full freight (and then some). That’s why you end up with a $10 aspirin on your hospital bill.
to continue reading please click on the link below…

www.anncoulter.com

Tagged with: America • Ann Coulter • Bernie Madoff • hospital • medicare • ponzi

Hillary Clinton to End Ties With Britain If They Release Records

On July 30, 2009, in Political, by admin

An interesting article from our friends at the Daily Mail UK. Hillary Clinton has threatened to end intelligence sharing with Britain if the High Court publishes its findings on what happened to former terror detainee Binyam Mohamed.

Letters from the U.S. Secretary of State and the CIA to the Government warn they will cease co-operation with British counterparts if two judges release details about Mr Mohamed’s alleged torture.

Human rights campaigners yesterday claimed the threat – which could put British lives at risk – was merely a ‘ smokescreen’, but Foreign Secretary David Miliband insisted it was serious.

As if to reiterate the matter last night Mrs Clinton, speaking in Washington, said intelligence sharing was ‘critically important’ to Britain and the U.S.

The details of the threat were revealed yesterday during a long-running – and increasingly bitter – court battle between the Foreign Secretary and former Guantanamo Bay inmate Mr Mohamed.

At the centre of the affair are seven paragraphs of a court judgment which Mr Mohamed claims prove that British agents colluded in the torture he endured after being arrested in 2002.

He has repeatedly claimed that British agents were complicit in his torture after he was arrested in Pakistan.

Lawyers for Mr Miliband told Lord Justice Thomas and Mr Justice Lloyd Jones that the threat by America had been assessed as having a ‘high-risk threshold’.

Yesterday, Lord Justice Thomas pointed out that the paragraphs in themselves did not pose any threat to national security.

He said: ‘So the U.S. has taken the position that this is so serious that it is prepared to reassess its relationship with the UK and put lives at risk?’

Mr Miliband’s legal team said both Mrs Clinton and the CIA had written to him to insist the information remain secret.

By publicly acknowledging the threat to U.S./UK intelligence sharing arrangements, Mrs Clinton has ‘ridden to the rescue’ of Mr Miliband, human rights activists said.

They claimed that by ‘hiding behind’ the U.S. threat, Mr Miliband was able to continue concealing the ‘ugly truth’ about British involvement in torture abroad.

Mr Mohamed has claimed British intelligence agents knew about – and were complicit in – his torture in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Morocco.

The contentious seven paragraphs are a summary of 42 CIA documents, which are said to confirm his claims.

While in detention, Mr Mohamed says he was hung up by straps, beaten and had his genitals mutilated with a scalpel to make him confess to a ‘dirty bomb’ plot.

Karen Steyn, appearing for the Foreign Secretary, said Mrs Clinton and the CIA had written official letters warning that under the new Obama administration, the U.S. would review its intelligence sharing agreement with the UK if the court releases the information.

Mrs Steyn went on to say that disclosure of the seven paragraphs ‘could reasonably be expected to cause considerable damage to the national security of the UK’.

The only reason Mr Miliband opposes the disclosure of the seven paragraphs, she told the court, was to protect the national security and international relations of the UK.

However, Guy Vassall-Adams, representing the various media groups who are backing Mr Mohamed’s battle to publish the information, argued that the Foreign Office’s stance did not pass the ‘common sense test’.

He said it was highly unrealistic to suggest that the publication of seven paragraphs would cause the U.S. authorities to be so ‘upset and shocked’ that they might refuse to share vital intelligence with the UK in the future.

Mr Vassall-Adams said such a situation was ‘unthinkable’ in the light of the historical alliance between the two nations.

In previous hearings the judges have expressed frustration at not being allowed to release the information.

Both judges yesterday seemed unwilling to rely on Mrs Steyn’s representations of Mr Miliband’s opinion.

Lord Justice Thomas insisted a transcript of the hearing be sent to Mr Miliband so that there was ‘no wriggle room’.

Ethiopian-born Mr Mohamed came to the UK as a 16-year-old asylum seeker and lived here for seven years. Shortly after September 11, 2001, he was picked up by the American secret service in Pakistan.

Accused of being a terrorist, he was held for six and a half years in U.S. custody.

Mr Miliband has repeatedly insisted Britain ‘abhors’ torture and never orders or condones it. Speaking after talks with Mrs Clinton yesterday, he said not disclosing allies’ intelligence was a ‘fundamental principle’.

Mrs Clinton added: ‘The issue of intelligence sharing is one which is critically important to our two countries and we both have a stake in ensuring that it continues to the fullest extent possible.’

Tagged with: America • Binyam Mohamed • British • CIA • Clinton • Guantanamo Bay • High Court • Hillary Clinton • Muslim • Pakistan • Secretary of state Hillary Clinton • UK • US

Watergate Burgler Bernard Leon Barker Dies at 92

On June 6, 2009, in Celebrity, Political, by admin

Alot of dying this week. In other death related news. Former CIA agent Bernard Leon Barker, who took part in the Watergate burglary in Washington more than 30 years ago, has died in Miami at the age of 92.

In the course of a long and colourful career, Mr Barker was also one of the leaders of the failed CIA attempt to invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs in 1961.

He had suffered from cancer and heart problems, the AP news agency said. If he did he certaintly lived a long and healthy life. The Watergate break-in sparked one of America’s biggest political scandals, toppling then-President Richard Nixon.

He was best known for being one of the five men who broke into the Democratic Party headquarters in 1972 at the Watergate building in Washington, DC, at the behest of then President Nixon.

Tagged with: 1972 • 92 • America • AP • Bay of Pigs • CIA • CIA Agent • Cuba • Democrat • Deomcratic Party • Dying • Heart problems • Leon Barker • Miami • Nixon • President • Richard Nixon • Washington • Watergate

HELP SAVE SAVAGE –BANNED IN BRITAIN

On May 24, 2009, in Life/Culture, by admin

An open letter from Michael Savage:

Dear Listener,

A terrible injustice has been done. Michael Savage, with America’s 3rd largest radio talk show, has been banned from Britain by the Home Secretary Jacqui Smith. She has linked America’s most beloved radio talk show host, who has 10 million listeners, with Russian skinheads in prison for murdering 10 immigrants and a Hamas murderer who executed two Jewish parents and bashed in the head of their four-year-old daughter.

What kind of country has Britain become? Isn’t free speech a value that all Western nations must preserve at all costs? Yet it is precisely because of Michael Savage’s Freedom of Speech that he has been targeted by the socialist government in England.

Remember, Michael Savage was awarded the Freedom of Speech Award by the radio industry in 2007.

Contrary to the accusations of the Home Secretary, none of his words have ever led to violence. He has repeatedly called for the lawful enforcement of America’s borders, language, and culture. He has never advocated violence, or he would not have lasted in radio for fifteen minutes, let alone fifteen years.

Please act swiftly to correct this grave injustice.

Americans cannot stand by as foreign governments attack our basic rights. Regardless of political perspective, we all know that Freedom of Speech must be protected to ensure the future of our democracy.

Michael Savage’s freedom has been denied, his very life may be in danger because of this McCarthy-like witch hunt. The health of this 67-year old man, beloved by millions of listeners, has now suffered.

Link at bottom is to donate to his legal fund if interested!

Thanks again!

http://www.michaelsavage.wnd.com/?pageId=134

Tagged with: 10 Million • America • Britain • Freedom of Speech • Hamas • Home Secretary • Home Secretary Jacqui Smith • Jewish • McCarthy • Michael Savage • Russian • Savage • Skinheads • Socialist • Western

President Obama Speech on Funding Closing Gitmo Right Now 5/21/09

On May 21, 2009, in Political, by admin

Obama giving a speech at the National Archive at this moment on bringing Gitmo terrorists to the United States and closing the base. He needs the funding to do this. It’s funny that the legislature rejected the bill 90-6.

He mentions that the economy is beginning to turn thanks to his new credit card bill. The crowd chuckles. He says his single most important thing he has to worry about is protecting the country. He mentions Al Queda about wanting to attack us… still. He’s rambling on and on about how great he is… nothing new. lol. He keeps on mentioning how we renewed our diplomacy around the world but doesn’t mention Sec. of State Clinton at all. Interesting.

He’s bringing up the Constitution and he follows it. Upholds it he says. Which somehow morphs into other soldier’s giving up because they will be treated better in America.

“Based on fear instead of insight,” Obama says. “Season of fear.”

Finally he gets to Gitmo.

First : He banned the use of enhanced interrogation techniques. Mentions waterboarding.

Second: Order of the closing of Gitmo. For 7 years we detained over 100 people there. Says we convicted only 3 convictions in 7 years. We met set back after setback. The Bush administration under their rule released a 3rd of all the detainees . Obama emphasized that. He thinks that is the main reason we should close it. It shows that we are barbarians throughout the world.

Third: Review of all cases at Gitmo. A misguided experiment that his administration has to deal with on a daily basis. It distracts him from other challenges facing America.

As president he doesn’t want this to fester. He is too busy to deal with this and so he wants to deal with it now and finish it once and for all.

Going to focus on Gitmo and detaining and security and transparency.

They are not going to release anyone if it will endanger our national security. Will not release anyone that will endanger the American people. They will put them in highly secure prisons. No one has ever escaped any high security prisons. They are treating them better than the Bush administrations.

Five Points about detainees:

-Try in Federal Courts.

-Detainees from abroad. Military commissions. Violations of laws of war.

-Who have ordered to be released by courts. The courts have spoken.

-Can be transferred safely to another country.

-Detainees that can not be prosecuted at Gitmo. This is his problem. He will NOT release the dangerous ones. He wants it to be clear that we must try the remaining prisoners by law. A legal regime… blah blah… he doesn’t stop talking….

Sorry it’s so haphazard. It’s my first press conference, lol.

Tagged with: Al Queda • America • American • Bush • Constitution • Diplomacy • Fear • Federal Courts • Gitmo • Hillary Clinton • Military • National Security • Obama • President Obama • Sec of State • soldiers • United States • Waterboarding

Cheesus Is Found in Bag of Cheetos

On May 19, 2009, in Life/Culture, by admin

What the Bible says goes, right? Jesus was found in a bag of cheetos? Whether it does or not, a couple from Dallas said they found Jesus in the cheesy snack bought at a local gas station for 99 cents.

Dan and Sara Bell showed reporters what they said was a Jesus-shaped Cheeto, about 2 inches tall, posing as if in prayer. The Bells said they nicknamed the bite-sized icon “Cheesus,” and may eventually try to sell it on eBay.

Only in America… hysteria.

Tagged with: America • Bells • Bible • Cheesus • Cheetos • Dallas • Dan • Dan Bell • Ebay • Jesus • Jesus-Shaped • Jesus-shaped Cheeto • Prayer • Sara • Sara Bell • Texas

Hillary Clinton Pledged Help to Central America for Fight on Drugs

Iran: “We Do Not Take Mrs. Clinton’s Remarks Seriously”

Hillary Clinton goes “On the Record,” about Haiti

Obama Hands Down his 1st Pardon.

Interesting! How Far Are You Away from a McDonald’s?

Hillary Clinton Reaches Out to Muslim Communities

New Ann Coulter Article Up! Health Care

Hillary Clinton to End Ties With Britain If They Release Records

Watergate Burgler Bernard Leon Barker Dies at 92

HELP SAVE SAVAGE –BANNED IN BRITAIN

President Obama Speech on Funding Closing Gitmo Right Now 5/21/09

Cheesus Is Found in Bag of Cheetos

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