CNN

Former,
You love to throw Bush out there but the fact is that his deficit was 500 Billion. That was the ENTIRE budget.

Barack could have taken an aggressive stance on the budget and he chose not to. He used OHIO state Troopers as an excuse but they just go laid off. They used the Michigan state Troopers as an excuse but they were laid off as well.
794 Billion dollars spent and losing jobs.
Taking over GM instead of letting it go bankrupt.
1.8 -1.9 Trillion added to the National Debt this year alone.
The new estimate from the OAB (congress) is 1 trillion in additional national debt next year.
The 4 year estimate from the OAB is 8-10 Trillion dollars added to the national debt in ONLY 4 years.
You sure loved to rip President Bush on it as do I, but you wont blame your boy Barack. Hypocrisy my man, hypocrisy.

I can see the Sahara Desert turning into a lust green market for our able business men. It is a market nelected far to long. We no longer can let good business opportunity get away from us soley on illogical different.

Obama reveals his treacherous hypocrisy with his own words. The media machine runs over the freedom of speech with their repeated inquistions and accussations of those who dissent with this DEM messianic travesty called a government.
CNN, put your commentators on the line to uncover the ugly truth instead of promoting this charlatan rule.

Sniffit June 3rd, 2009 4:57 pm ET
And tell me what incentive they have to give a flying rat's pink patoot that we want those demands met before we sit down at the table? What's their incentive?----------------–

I have one ...you wont have to deal with our military bombing the crap out of you! Typical liberal taking the side of thoes who are commiting the crimes.

@Kevin B June 3rd, 2009 4:58 pm ET

The GOP wing nuts and Al Qeada want to see the president and the USA fail,

They both hate america and both use cowardly tactics. case closed.
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Case closed? There wasn't even a case MADE in that comment. Just unsupported assertions. The strange things about this non-case is that it's approach is to hate the haters so they'll stop hating on otehr haters. Sounds reasonable.

I mean, hey, why should we promote our own position when we can just demonize the opponent (or, rather, make non-cases for the demonizing of our opponents)? Karl Schmitt would be proud...

So Ralph your saying 9/11 is our fault. More respect ,and understanding of the muslim world. Come on it's because of people like you that we are a joke in the world. I guess
Saving kawuit in 1991 I guess we weren't understanding to help.
Saving Phil. in World War 2 I guess we weren't understanding.
Saving North Africa form the nazi's I guess we weren't undrstanding.

It seems to me everyone who follows Obama has forgot what made our country great. P.S. read a history book.

Lynda/Minnesota June 3rd, 2009 4:51 pm ET
@Steve (the real one)
Judges 4:6 "Barak said to her
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Thank you!

The only thing Obama is doing is campaining for his next job. That is all he has done his entire life. He never was a US senator, he campained the entire time. Now he is campaining to become the world leader. Guess what, it will never happen. He will sell out America for his own benefit. All that Obama has done so far is going to reflect very badly in about a year. All will be surprized how much he will be disliked.

Wow. The right's most important value is hated. It's so obvious on this post. I'll never vote repub again because of the company it keeps.

Such poison. Tsk.

I do agree with another posting here.

No one is talking about two military recruiters being killed by a muslim extremst.
No one talks about the 4 muslim men in Harlem that planned to blow up a building and attempted to buy a missile to shoot down planes. Matter of fact in NY they did not consider it terrorism. Just a couple boys doing a little crime. Too many people have lost site of reality.
Too bad how fast we all forget.

Rep. Andre Carsons (a former Homeland Security Official, BTW) remarks on Obama's trip:
"These extremists ... want to pump fear in the hearts and minds, but it's not working," he said.
HEY, guess what? He is talking about MUSLIM extrememists, but sure could be the republicans, easy!

And then –
"I think we have to be mindful and careful about these self-appointed gatekeepers of the religion of Islam. "
Hmmmm...."self-appointed gatekeeprs", who does that sound like....wait a moment! I remember! Rush Limbaugh! Sean Hannity! The self appointed gatekeepers to the radical religion of divisional politics, aka republicanism!

Sure sounds to me like the conservaitves have a LOT in common with the extremist Muslims trying to ruin our country. Wonder why that is so?

MatthewDetroit – remember President Obama's budget had to include gwb's budget too, I know you don't want to accept it but that is a fact. Also atleast President Obama is spending money trying to rebuild this country and not trying to rebuild Iraq like bush did.

Steph said: "He is respected and liked by moderates around the world. That is why extremists, both Muslim extremists like Osama bin Laden and the right wing extremists here in the USA, don't like him."

Well put. And an important thing to remember as we read all of these uptight, bitter, hateful comments about our President and his noble attempt to further peace in the Middle East. We should all be proud of these efforts, but, unfortunately, hatred is blind. In any case, I AM proud, and hopeful.

donttreadonme – 911 happened on bushs' and the republicans watch. You can spin it any way you like and make excuses but that is a fact. How did they keep us safe????

No Joe, they should not be reaching out to us. They have oil and can close the STRAIT OF HORMUZ thus cutting off the supply that we cannot live without. As a matter of fact the real deal should be to meet each other half way. Nobody is better than the other.

@Dutch/Bad Newz, VA
I also agree. Gotta start somewhere and place the ball in the other court! We Agree! man, we could change the world if some of these posters followed our example:
-No name calling
-Honest and thoughtful debate!
I think i'm getting misty-eyed! eace to you Dutch! I'm sure I'l disagree with you tomorrow But that's tomorrow!

While Obama is kissing up to the Musilm world maybe he should drop by Osama's cave and ask his forgiveness and maybe Osama will not destroy the White House while Obama is there.
Since Obama destroyed our national security and hancuffed the intellingence gathering of America with rule changes, along with Polesi and her mouth we are now at the mercy of all rogue nations.
Obama's plan is to roll over for any and everyone and say he is sorry for all inconvenience that the arrogant Americans have caused.

LOL, thanks to the far right fringe on here spewing the same ol' nonsense, talking points, and lies. It reminds why I left the Republican Party. You betcha!

Fortunately, President Obama understands the importance of building a mutually respectful relationship with our global communities.

Yes – let's reintroduce ourselves...

Hi Mr Islamic Extremist,

We believe in no-limit abortions, sex-on-parade, gay marriage, eat-drink-and be merry as long as you "don't inhale". We find your oppression of women and refusal to allow young girls to attend school to be deplorable.

Want to be friends??

Love,

Barack Hussein Obama

@ MatthewDetroit, who said "It has to feel good for you to hide in your closet and never face the real world."

I'm not the one whose acting scared and telling everyone else to be. Per usual, a GOPer is projecting his own behavior on others...what a shock.

Thank God at last we have an intelligent president who understands you have to walk the walk to earn respect, you can't just demand it like a little Texas weenie wearing a cowboy hat and plastic six shooters in your little vinyl belt. Nor can you mandate it like an evil lord demanding all bow before his will or he'll get togehter with Rumsfeld and invade you with some made up WMD crap.

America EARNED respect for 200 years of accepting all comers as citizens, partners, or when integrity demanded it, opponents. You conservative chickenhawks BLEW IT ALL AWAY in eight short years parading around like it was your right and not your duty to uphold. Face it: YOU WERE NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO EARN WORLD RESPECT. You hid behind guns and threats and want to continue to do so. Obama HAS THE COURAGE you ALL lack to put himself out there and lead America back to greatenss. You guys criticizing Obama on this are like the idiots sitting back in the cushy rear calling shots while brave Americans are out doing the dirty work. Dirty work created by your stupidity, arrogance, and narrow-mindedness.

The GOP wing nuts and Al Qeada want to see the president and the USA fail,

They both hate america and both use cowardly tactics. case closed.

Steph June 3rd, 2009 4:47 pm ET
Since the "get 'em dead or alive" approach didn't work
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Worked pretty well against Al-Qaeda. 9/11 did not happen because of Bush policies as the attacks started during Clintons administration and before. The difference is Clinton did nothing about it!
But let’s revert back to the Clinton tactics of appeasement. If dems had stayed in control the Taliban and Osama would still be in Afghanistan plotting additional attacks.

Obama is weak.

Confused.
You are truly confused.

If the US did not settle the arabic countries along with Britain, they would have never found oil or begun to develope as a country. They would still live in tents and ride camels (although many still do.) They do not take care of their people and they disembowel their women. They are not civilized in any way and even with their dollars from oil they can not rise out of their 3rd world status.

The US did not hurt them, they are a violent people.

Here's a thought.

Why doesn't Obama tell them that they should discard their religion (Islam) like the liberals say we should discard Christianity? No religion – no religious wars, a la John Lennon – right??

Yeah... that would go over like a turd in a punch bowl.

Anonymous June 3rd, 2009 4:03 pm ET
Is Barack Hussein Obama a secret Muslim?
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It's easy to hate and fear something that you will never understand...

However, DHS called. Your Dairy Queen is safe. You can sleep safe tonight.

@ rob, who said "1. Don't sponsor terrorism
2. Don't lob rockets and bombs into Isreal towns to kill innocents
3. Don't build Nuke bombs to intimidate your nieghbors
4. Allow your own people to be free."

And tell me what incentive they have to give a flying rat's pink patoot that we want those demands met before we sit down at the table? What's their incentive? That if they don't we'll continue to levy useless UN sanctions on them? That's just laughable. The REALITY is that those preliminary demands are a farce. They are made because people like Bush and Cheney know from the get-go that such demands will not be met and it will give them their excuse to avoid diplomacy, ramp up the rhetoric, perpetuate the fear of their chosen bogeyman, pretend to justify military actions that are neither justified nor prudent and, they theorize, help them maintain a strangle-hold over the power bases in this country...not to mention make their buddies in the oil and military industries rich. Read "Getting to Yes" or some other recognized treatise on effective negotiation and perhaps you'll come to undertand why the whole tactic is completely inane.

Obama should start by not apologizing for a change. Then, good luck trying to find the "soul" of the muslim world.

I wouldn't care if President Obama is a muslim, hindu, hari krishna, catholic or a indian chief, he is working his behind off for this country and for the people unlike the last so called 'christian' president.

To Mike: The comment you made is an eye-opener. I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT. The recent U.S. population census prediction as regards future demographics must have some people in a tizzy. Countries like Canada and France have opened up to migrants in hopes of boosting their population because their own natives have chosen lifestyles that don't promote birth, so what you said makes me go "hmmmmm". Right or wrong, it is very thought provoking.

Buzz words are always the order of the day when Republicans (Romney) proceed with their "Swiftboating." He was recently accused of 'bowing' to the Saudi King, being 'friendly with Chavez,' Now they say he's on an 'Apology Tour.' When will Republicans get it through their heads that they are not helping themselves........

President Obama is a once in a lifetime leader, and Republicans want to make him as irrelevant as they are by making his words and motives seem as deceitful as theirs.......He's a good man and a great leader, and time will bear it out.......

Is our president on another apology trip while Hilary runs the country?

I voted for Barack in 2004 for US senate – he did the job for about 18 months before leaving Illinois with one senator while he gallivanted around the country.

In 2008 I voted for Hilary for the nomination, and wrote in her name. Even though she lost the title, she is still doing the job. Barack is doing the same as he did as a senator – gallivanting around and wringing his hands.

@donttreadonme
Does the Muslim world have a soul?

I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you're asking a theological question: do muslims believe in an eternal soul?

They'd have to at least in a certain manner of speaking, or there'd be no promises of rewadrs in the afterlife and there'd be no way for dead souls to populate the space under the Dome of the Rock.

Seriously DEMS,
Do any of you even watch the news.
Change it up and try to watch Jim Lehrer News Hour, Fox News, MSNBC., CNN, etc..... Watch all of the a few times.
Try to ignore the opinions of either side and pay attention to the facts.
Take the facts and come up with your own conclusions.
Stop lying to yourself and really look at what is important.

A simple fact. President Bush added 5 trillion to the national debt. It was and is a terrible thing. I dont like it and it was wrong.
A second simple fact. Barack Obama is adding 1.9 Trillion to the national debt in 1 year. We are broke and it is getting worse.

Best part of all of this?

GOPers: using extremist muslims to characterize an entire religious "nation."

Extremist muslims: using right-wing extremist GOPers to characterize the entire US nation.

If you can't understand that it takes a brave and visionary person to stand up and break that cycle, you're either stupid, too scared to think straight or hpoing the cycle will continue.

We want to go after the Bush adnim for water boarding undrer strict guidlines but lets talk with Nations and a religion that tortures their own people especially woman and children

Ralph,
So are you comparing Islamic states with 17th century America? As for abortion clinic bombings/killings...if I am correct any time that has happened there has been a public outcry against it.

Well George Bush Looked into Putins eyes and saw his Soul Lets see if President Obama can find the Muslim nations soul!

@Steve (the real one)

Judges 4:6 "Barak said to her . . ."

Soul? Where our souls come from? Obama should read Ezekiel and Isaiah as he leads this country because his mistakes will be a major effect to America, as a nation. Bowing and kissing - whatever that maybe. He should only bow or kiss anyone who believes in U.S. policies and constitution. Otherwise, there soon will be no America.

Why my message never been posted and I am the one who first commented on this post? common CNN! you are that bias for sure? I wonder why your rating is low compare to foxnews, MSNBC, and the rests while you are international company a side from these companies is operational limits.

Let's see.

Arab countries harbor and support terrorists whose aim is to murder American civilians.
Arab countries want to see the destruction of Israel.
People of Arab countries publicy denounce and protest the U.S.
We line the wallets of Arab countries with billions of dollars from the oil we buy from them.

Shouldn't they be the ones reaching out to us?

J.P. – I think they attacked us for the very same reasons why we are attacking them. We have killed many of their sons and daughters as well as robbed their land. You ever notice that we are always in other peoples' land doing whatever we want, and the minute someone does it to America we have a problem. We are in Iraq right now bombing, shooting and dictating to them what we think they should do. We impose curfews on them in their own land. Imagine if someone did that to America. Ah yes the British and we went to war against them and they left, but we are not leaving. We are building a billion dollar military base on Iraq soil to stay forever...

I am aware that we do many great deeds throughout the world, but i am not blind enough to not see the evil deeds as well.

First WTC, Khobar towers, USS Cole, multiple US embassies etc, etc all happened long before Bush and everyone hating us, how can that be?

Converted Muslim extremist attacks a recruiting center just the other day (not a big story in the media it seems) and one of my brotherhood is killed and one wounded, two weeks ago, again FOUR converted Muslims get caught trying to blow up a synagogue and some planes were next on their hit list.

Did Obama forget to send out a global "tweet" that we can be loved again as the mean old Bush is gone or was he busy with date night planning?

Ya, just talk nice to them and give them DVD collections and IPOD's loaded with your teleprompted speeches written by someone else, that ought to DO IT.

One and done Barry.

Sniffit,

It has to feel good for you to hide in your closet and never face the real world.

He can reach out all he wants but in the end you can not bring people / muslims out of the dark ages into the 21st century.
They still stone woman to death for being raped.
They allow men to get away with throwing acid into womans faces.
they behead people and consider it acceptable
There are what 6 billion people in this world. I think we could get rid of one billion of them/ muslims and have a better world

Does the Muslim world have a soul?

Since the "get 'em dead or alive" approach didn't work...I think it's time for a change. Speaking directly to the moderate Muslim community while increasing troops in Afghanistan and forcing Pakistan to handle their own extremist problems (with the threat of even more US drone attacks in the border region) seems like a wonderful plan. He is respected and liked by moderates around the world. That is why extremists, both Muslim extremists like Osama bin Laden and the right wing extremists here in the USA, don't like him.

Let's he if he touches on the disgusting human rights records in these countries he's so anxious to coddle.

Why didn't you rethugs display your phoney outrage when bush kissed the saudi king on the lips and then walked hand in hand with him? That was okay with you guys?

Too True,

You are wrong sir.
I watched the tape and saw the transcript.
By the way it was not on Fox that I saw it.

Hey Sniffit,
Once again you show your utter ignorance. Some of the preliminary demands that we want first are:

1. Don't sponsor terrorism
2. Don't lob rockets and bombs into Isreal towns to kill innocents
3. Don't build Nuke bombs to intimidate your nieghbors
4. Allow your own people to be free.

I guess we shouldn't expect the world to respect basic human rights and the rule of law. They're just different than us, right? We need to feel EMPATHY towards them.

@ Steve (the real one)

Point taken. But the speech is a step forward to have an open dialogue. I don't see any progress being made unless we can turn down Ahmadinejad's hateful rhetoric(hopefully he doesn't get re-elected) and Hamas firing rockets into Israel. Not to mention Al Queda and the other band of thug regimes over there. I think the President needs to reiterate what he said in his inaugaration address which is "we will extend a hand out to you if you unclinch your fists."

Proud Idiot,

The book was a formal request by the Obama White house to release nuclear information.

The claim now from Gibbs on his daily report was that the White House mistakenly released too much information.

The idiot wanted the information to be released. You can draw your own conclusions. The information did not need to be released in the first place. He wont release how much it costs him to take his wife to NY but he sure likes to release home security information.

If anyone can win back the heart and minds of the people who follow the Muslim religion it would be Pres Obama.
He listens.
He cares about all people.
He cares about all races.
This is a culture thing.
He understands this.
He is ready to understand the culture.
The last 8 years.....the admin. and group only cared about themselves.

This is a much needed change.

@ Matt Brown, who said "It's time to get tough, he better do somethin bout N. Korea and Iran! I wish Obama had Bill Clinton's brains and George W. Bush's balls! "

Actually, it's funny you say that because what you describe sounds more like the opposite: someone with Bush's brains and Clinton's overactive balls. I mean, seriously, "get tough"? What do you think the Bushtard tried for 8 years?

@MatthewDetriot – you must be a lawyer, the way you twist things around and quote mis-truths as fact. Obama NEVER denounced the "christianity of the United Sates". If you actually stopped hyperventilating for a moment, like any SANE person you would have realized what he clearly said was that if you count the number of muslims in America, we could be considered one of the largest muslim countires in the world.

Go ahead, actually read the transcript, don't just listen to Limbaugh/Hannity/Savage/Beck ratings-grabbing lies. We'll wait while you sound out the words.......OK, back now? Any non-indoctrinated fool would realize that if you counted the number of Hindus in America, we could be considered one of the largest Hindu countries. Or if you count the number of Christians in the US, we could be considered one of the largest Christian nations. Insert any religion in there and because we ARE the USA, we could be considered among the largest countries of nearly any religious population.

Doofus.

MatthewDetroit, Obama is not a Muslim. But if he was, so what? Where in the constitution does it say that the president must be a Christian? Where does it say that the U.S. is a Christian nation? Where? Show me. Have a nice day!

LacrosseMom June 3rd, 2009 4:27 pm ET

@ Anonymous……… There you go again, you GOPer, telling LIES.
The name Barack, IS Hebrew,from the OLD TESTAMENT meaning "blessed"! Hussein is for his father.
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LacrosseMom,
i just completed an electronic survey of the King James version, New King James version , and the NIV. That name does NOT appear in the Bible! Whose now telling lies?

Shari,NY,
I am not saying all Muslims are bad. I am just saying, with all the terrorism going on in the world as a result of Muslim extremists, the Muslims are the ones who should be approaching the non-Muslim world in an effort for peace, understanding, etc. We should not have to go to them and hope they will like us.

As to the others who think we are xenophobes, ethnocentric, etc., go live in Saudi for awhile and come back and tell me how great and peaceful it is and that we are just culturally ignorant. I speak from first hand experience, so I know what it is like there.

Mike.
Your entire statement was dumb, pointless, and inaccurate.

@ TCM, who said "SNIFFITT – you moron, your ignorance is overpowering. Were you duped like the rest of Obama's congregation or were you just born stupid?"

I see we're continuing the grand GOP tradition of responding to well-reasoned fact-based argument with complete nonsense. Kudos. You, sir, are a paragon of GOPer trisomy.

Fact check.. Clinton was elected in 1992. Second time in 1996.

@heartlight3
Clinton was elected in 92 (and again in 96, then Bush is 00 and 04 and Obama in 08). If he were elected in 94 we'd be gearing up for a presidential election next year.

heartlight3: Presidential elections are in years divisible by four. Clinton's two elections were 1992 and 1996.

As some of you on these boards bash Islam and the way Muslims treat others in their own countries, are you not aware of the atrocities that CHRISTIANS in this country committed in the past. Do you not realize people (many of them women) were accused of witchcraft and were murdered based on their differences from the masses. Do you forget that people of other nations were stolen from their native lands and enslaved to help build this country. Do you remember the lack of rights for women and non-whites? Have doctors in this country not been MURDERED by "pro-life" (that's ironic, is it not?) Christians?

Remember the old adage of "when you point a finger at someone, four more are pointing back at you"

@ MatthewDetroit

First, yes, I'm glad you agree "it is the FACTS" because it is a FACT that the US is NOT a "krischun nashun." Read the Federalist Papers, the Constitution and maybe a ConLaw text book, you barely-literate talking point machine. Second, he never said the US is a muslim nation...he indicated that we have plenty of muslim Americans who live peacefully with the rest of the country and make up a significant portion of our fellow citizenry, and who therefore serve as examples that we CAN live in peace and with respect side by side. It's just too bad hateful, spiteful troglodytes like yourself, TCM, phoenix86 and the rest have to ruin it for the rest of us.

Obama's a one page playbook. Apparently every problem in the world–even one that stretches all the way back to the Crusades–is fixed by Obama opening his mouth and the entire world falling into raptured lockstep.

I don't know why he thinks that. I've always liked speeches in which real policy is discussed and real solutions advocated. As such, I've never liked an Obama speech.

mike June 3rd, 2009 4:33 pm ET
Come on people lets be honest,the reason republicans are dead set against abortion is because 85percent of the women who gets abortions are white women

---- Typical lunatic liberal…Why am I even bothering to comment on this rubbish?

Well at least he hasnt bowed yet!!

Thank God, not the ole cowboy mentality

Remember the pictures after 9/11 Israel was flying their flag at half mast
while the Palestinians were shooting off their weapons and celebrating the murder of 3,000 Americans. Sorry Mr President do not cross our only
friend in the Mideast.

He has a monumental never before seen difficult task in front of him. He deserves our well wishes as he tries real diplomacy instead of hard headed lying hatred. Good luck Mr. President. You're going to need it.

As the government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of Musselmen … it is declared … that no pretext arising from religious opinion shall ever product an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries. … The United States is not a Christian nation any more than it is a Jewish or a Mohammedan nation.

– Treaty of Tripoli, Article 11 (carried unanimously by the US Senate and signed into law by second US President John Adams, 1797)

MATTHEW IN DETRIOT
Did it ever occur to you mayby sniffit watches news other then the Lying twisting Smearing let me make my own stories up FOX FAKE NEWS?

So, Bin Laden, wants to pump fear into the minds and hearts of the people, does he? Who would have guessed?

If President Obama is able to ease tensions between the Muslims and the U.S., AND make Bin Laden squirm in the process, then I say go for it Mr. President.

FORMER republican, NEVER again! June 3rd, 2009 4:28 pm ET
MatthewDetroit – bitter much? You need to stop listening to faux news and lush limpaugh for just one day, you sound like a mindless robot. Try MSNBC for change.
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So your the one! The entire MSNBC audience is you! Faux news? Lush limpaugh? That's MSNBC talk and very robotic!

Come on people lets be honest,the reason republicans are dead set against abortion is because 85percent of the women who gets abortions are white women,there was 1.2million abortions performed last year,out of that 1million of those abortions was white women,since roe vs wade was overturned white women have had 32million abortions,minorities only 5million.white people are 62percent of the population in america,if roe vs wade wasnt overturned white people would have been 70percent of the population today,thats a hudge difference,in the republicans knows it,so i wish the mainstream media along with the republican party would be honest in just tell the truth,that the only reason they care about this abortion issue is because the white population is shrinking at an unbelievable rate,now if minorities was having 85percent of the abortions,the media or the republicans wouldnot care about abortion,in fact the republicans would be pro-abortion just think about it people.

Geekboy – The first WTC bombing happened in 1993. Wasn't Clinton elected in 1994?

Good luck Mr. President. The tasks in front of you could not be tackled by any other world leader at this moment. Blessed are the peacemakers!

phoenix, Phil and Geekboy:

Jesus, are you people retarded?!?!

Yes, I realize there was an attack in '93. 8 years or so later there was 9/11. J.P. suggested the next attack will occur sooner. I was pointing out that it has already been 8 years.

Actually boys, I watch MSNBC everyday.
I like to hear the left wing spin on information.
But, even MSNBC shows the tapes and records of what is said.
They may be left wing but they dont doctor the information.
Maybe you guys need to watch and not just pick up the tag lines from the left wing.
To have an original thought you have to see and read the information yourself and then form an opinion.
Sheep just follow.

SNIFFITT – you moron, your ignorance is overpowering. Were you duped like the rest of Obama's congregation or were you just born stupid?

I think Obama needs to keep his face outta the media and do the job I voted him in to do! You cant't bring freedom to those who dont want to be free and you cant't bring peace to those who dont want to be peaceful! It's time to get tough, he better do somethin bout N. Korea and Iran! I wish Obama had Bill Clinton's brains and George W. Bush's balls! Now that would be a great president!

Phil. I have to admit that some have remained silent but just the other day when four men were caught in a sting operation (trying to bomb a synagogue in NY) a cadre of muslims got together and aired their total disagreement. I have, quite a number of times, heard muslim groups openly condemn the actions of extremists – you just have to keep tuned to different news sources at home and abroad.

Incidentally, just yesterday in Long Island, NY, a muslim shop owner, who was threatened by a robber, drew his weapon in defense but after the crook broke down and pleaded for mercy sobbing like a baby, the owner also broke down and gave him some money and a loaf of bread then let him go. The police is reviewing the tape and wants to apprehend the criminal but the muslim man refuses to press charges because he has forgiven the man. That's what a TRUE muslim does and I personally know some of them.

Wow! Not much heard yet on this blog from the far left. Tough to defend his comments, isn't it? He found a place where he can finally scream out his name, Barack Hussein Obama; a proud Muslim. Please don't come back to America, she'll do just fine without you; and we'll be safer.

MatthewDetroit – STOP LYING!!! You are a typical lying rethuglican! President Obama did not order the book to be released, it was released by mistake.

MATTHEW IN DETRIOT

Seek proffesional help! you sure could use some!

We all need to pray for President Obama's success in speaking to the Muslim world. Everybody wins when the world is at peace and not in fear of the unknown.

The real Obama comes out of his muslin shadows

Dutch/Bad Newz, VA June 3rd, 2009 4:02 pm ET
This is a positive thing for the nation. In order for us to bring peace to the region, we must first win over hearts and minds. I have confidence in President Obama easing the tensions between the U.S. and te muslim world.
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Sorry Dutch! As long as Israel is threatened by her enemies (let's be REAL here, MUSLIM Nations), there will not be any real peace! Don't give me the stolen land deal either! The land belongs to Israel and given to her by God. It a Biblical truth, whether you all believe it or not! I pray for peace but there's going to have to be major shifts in thought before that happens!

Kevin in NY,
Bowing as a show of subservience to the King and holding his hand are two different things. Holding the hand is a respectful gesture in that society. Bowing is something that "subjects" of the King MUST do. Our leaders bowing in Japan is also different. That is not a show of subservience. Time for some people to get a cultural lesson or two.

Sorry SNIFFIT.

It is the facts.
He made the statement today.
Watch the news and you will know buddy.

You are very big on disinformation. Typical Left wing liar.

The world is changing with Obama ,right now ,acting as the main catalyst. Whatever humans have done in the name of religion has consistently set us back time and time again. It is time to move forward and evolve.
I am so proud to be part of this evolving time. I look forward to the day that we can truly be defined by our humanity,
Good luck and Godspeed.

Geekboy, I do remember the first attack. J.P. was suggesting that the next one will occur more rapidly than the 8 years (or so) that lapsed between the first attack and 9/11. I was simply pointing out that 8 years (or nearly so) has already lapsed since 9/11.

Typical of many on these boards, you respond without understanding what you are responding to.

yo....Obama...how about taking care of THIS country? See what you libs did? Oh no, he's not a muslim! haha...He's a US citizen.....
sure! He's showing his true agenda and what's going to happen when it hits the fan? You libtards from the party of D'oh have really elected a winner here!

By the way White House,....

Great job of giving away 266 page book of confidential nuclear site information in the United States. Plant locations. Bar and Plutonium storage sites. Key component lists and manufacturing protocol.

A book that Barak demanded be published and released.
Good job Barak way to sell the country out you traitor.

MatthewDetroit – bitter much? You need to stop listening to faux news and lush limpaugh for just one day, you sound like a mindless robot. Try MSNBC for change.

Kevin,

You're right too. Obama held the kings hand AND bowed.

@ DawnL, CA, who said ""Engagement?" Let's talk about engagement. 9/11/01; US Cole;US Embassies; US Marines; 1st. World Trade Center bombing-I could go on & on. "

All those things happened while we were trying the strategy of strong-arming, sanctioning, ballistic rhetoric, threats and refusing any and all diplomacy unless our preliminary demands were first met. Is there some magic secret reason to which only you and the GOP are privy that has you still believing that strategy works? Please, do share it with the rest of us, because we're all sitting around wondering why you're arguing that doing the same thing we've been doing for 50 years will suddenly have a different result.

@ Anonymous......... There you go again, you GOPer, telling LIES.

The name Barack, IS Hebrew,from the OLD TESTAMENT meaning "blessed"! Hussein is for his father.
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@ SINGLE MOM WHO WROTE:

June 3rd, 2009 4:15 pm ET
Can't Obama accept that he is the AMERICAN president? An AMERICAN president does not bow to a king/queen. Period.
And now, according to him, the United States is more Muslim than Christian.
Our Founding Fathers must be spinning in their graves at what we have become the last couple decades.
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What did YOU think of BUSH KISSING, BOWING AND WALKING HOLDING HANDS WITH THE SAUDI KING AND PRINCES?????

Stop with the hate already, its getting so, that I wonder IF the conservatives are really Christian? What Gospel are you reading?

Be carefull, everything thing he has touched recently has turned to sand.

Anonymous – and what IF he were? He is working his butt off for this country.

I am glad we have an idiot for a leader who thinks the muslim religion is on even ground with any civilization.
I wish all the supporters of NOW would spend a little time in an Arabic country. They could learn a lot when it comes to the rights of women.
I think all the Rainbow supporters of Barack should spend a little time in Saudi Arabia as well. I am sure they would be suprised on how they deal with anyone gay.
It would be a real love fest.
And now we have Barak Hussein finally embracing his arabic muslim heritage and denouncing the christianity of the United Sates.
Good job people. Nice pick for a Sudo President.

Wow. The ignorance and ethnocentrism displayed in these comments shocks me. Get off your high horse, people. Underneath it all, we are all human beings and we all deserve compassion no matter what religion we are or what country we hail from.

In 8 years of the Bush Administration, we tried the tactics of bullying, of ignoring, of chest-thumping cowboy "diplomacy" with other nations in the world and especially in the middle east. Didn't seem to get us very far or solve many problems. Time for a new approach. As they say, you catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar.

I hear ao many speak of 9/11 maybe one day CNN will write the real story behind 9/11 because the one you all been hearing in NOT THE TRUTH

@ MatthewDetroit, who said "First he came out and said today that "we are not a christian nation". Second he said that the US is a muslim nation."

My gawd man...are you on acid? You're obviously a neocon GOPer minion...you're supposed to be worshipping Timothy McVeigh, not Timothy Leary.

Wow! Obama must be doing something right in regards to engaging the muslim world, because it is apparently p-ssing off all the right people...as evident by these crazy posts!

Singlemom,

You said: An AMERICAN president does not bow to a king/queen. Period.

You must not have seen the pictures of Bush literally holding the king's hand then?

Ralph,

February 26, 1993: WTC bombing using a truck
September 11, 2001: WTC "bombing" using aircraft.

Time elapsed: 8 years, 6 months, 13 days.

You're right, you are confused.

Ralph,
JP was talking about the bombings at the World Trade Center...the one in '93 and the one in '01.

I wish my own Repbulican party would embrace the power of dialouge between adversiarial states. During the Cold War, President Reagan spoke tough to the press, but in actuality he engaged in dialouge with the SOviet Union. During the mist of a cold war, the heads of both states frequently engage in meeting and negotiations, in fact Reagan had a direct line installed in the White House that connected directly to the Kremlin. He understood the power of diplomacy. Also, numerous cultural exchanged programs between the US and the Soviet Union took place in order to diffuse and political pressure from a public engulfed in fear of the "other". Obama is continuing this great diplomatic tradition, and my fellow Republicans should support this neccessary process

How dare he try to foster harmony? Doesn't he know that we prefer to remain the bully of the world? You are either for us or against us – do you understand? We are at liberty to invade any country we darn well wish and send them into oblivion but the rest of ya'll had better not do the same because it would be undemocratic to do so. Everbody in the world has the greatest respect for us so he better not change it.

@ J.P., who said "With this bunch in office, we can expect the NEXT 9/11 a hell of a lot faster than the eight years that elapsed between WTC attacks."

The next attack, if/when it comes, will be domestic. The GOP is doing all it can to see to that by riling the right wing extremist gun-toting bible-thumping anyone-not-white-and-christian-hating St.-McVeigh-worshipping militia-wannabe crowd that thinks it's not ok for Dems to tax them but ok for GOPers to do so while lying to them about how the economy works. Fear fear fear war war war. Honestly, the best argument for why the GOPers are really the ones who make the country less safe is the fact that they're so much easier to hate.

Good Luck to you Presidnt Obama You make us proud

MATTHEW IN DETROIT

You my friend are a very sad unintelligent misinformed brainwashed Bush/Cheney Disgrace, Our President is trying to Make Peace something we have not had in a very long time and your going to bash him for that? but cheerlead Bush and Cheney on killing 4000s of our American men and woman as well as 1000s of Iraq Civilians YOU ARE A SAD DISGRACE TO AMERICA! Bash Peace but Praise War and Death sad sad sad you are!

Hey Ralph,

you must be confused, there was a first attack on the world trade center that media and most of country has forgotten. it happened when clinton was president. your an example of some americans that cant remember past 5 minutes ago

RALPH.
So by your conclusion it is our fault that Crazy Radical Islamic followers crashed planes into the towers.
You are an idiot.
And when someone breaks into your house and steals your TV it is your fault for having a TV or for leaving your door open.
Yes sir you are an idiot. If you can blame it in any way on the US no matter what the goverment you are wrong.
I had friends that died in the towers. It was the fault of Arabic Terrorist. It was not the fault of America in ANY way.

"Engagement?" Let's talk about engagement. 9/11/01; US Cole;US Embassies; US Marines; 1st. World Trade Center bombing-I could go on & on. Please let the Muslims know we remenber these things done in the name of Islam.

Sorry, but I don't think we need our leader trying to "reach the soul of the Muslim world". With the extremist muslims making themselves heard loud and clear and the peaceful Muslims keeping silent about their counterparts, why should I embrace them? You have a few nut job Christians, for example, that do some terroristic act, and the Christian world comes out quickly to denounce it and clearly separate themselves from it. When it happens with an extremist Muslim, their community does nothing. Their silence speaks loud and clear. In a previous article I mentioned Obama bowing to the Saudi king was a bad thing. For those saying it is respect, you are wrong. In that world, you bow as a show of subserviance to the king. My leader should bow to no one in that instance. The Muslim world should be coming out to all the non-Muslim (or infidels as we are known to them) and trying to gain our acceptance, not the other way around.

Here's the jist of Obama's speech:

"It's not all America's fault that you don't like us, some of it is Israel's".

Should be pretty easy for Barry Sotero.. He IS a muslim

During the election no one could call him Hussein.

Now he is all proud of his arabic muslim upbringing.

The guy is a liar and a traitor to the United States of America.

CHAVEZ said today in a conference with CASTRO that "we have to watch out it looks like Obama is farther Leftist than we are".
Pretty amazing that Chavez agrees that Obama is a Socialist.
Read it and weep Democrats. Your candidate is a socialist and a supporter of the arabic muslim nations.
Maybe if the allow the beating of a few women like the arabic nations do we can change their voting perspectives.

Hopefully, the Arab world will love Obama so much that they won't let him leave. Biden's an idiot, but Obama's a fool.

J.P. – you said "we can expect the NEXT 9/11 a hell of a lot faster than the eight years that elapsed between WTC attacks"

Hasn't it been 8 years since 9/11? Am I confused, or are you?

And to answer your question, perhaps 9/11 wouldn't have happened had we had a less tumultuous and more respectful relationship with the Muslim world. Not that extremists wouldn't exist or wouldn't want to destroy us, but there would likely be fewer of them and few willing to support such efforts. Of course, there is no way to know. One can only speculate.

Can't Obama accept that he is the AMERICAN president? An AMERICAN president does not bow to a king/queen. Period.
And now, according to him, the United States is more Muslim than Christian.
Our Founding Fathers must be spinning in their graves at what we have become the last couple decades.

Good for you Mr President.. I'm praying for you to be successful.

First he came out and said today that "we are not a christian nation".
Second he said that the US is a muslim nation.

First he is a liar.
Second he placates the arabic nations.

He thinks it is a good idea that IRAN has nuclear power.
Why not force SOLAR and WIND down their throat like you do America.
You are a two face liar Barack.

"I profoundly apologize for being American and for the things America stands for – freedom of all ideas, justice regardless of your societal position, and equality no matter your background. I understand you do not believe in these things and that is why you hate us. It's our fault for being a world power and being envied by every other country on Earth. I promise that I am working on changing this as quickly as possible. I reject the notion that nations that want what America has should pull themselves up by their own bootstraps; instead, I am working as expeditiously as possible to marginalize America, so that you will no longer hate what America stands for."

Regards,

POTUS

"Obama hopes to start 'a new chapter of engagement' between the United States and the Muslim world, speechwriter Ben Rhodes said Wednesday."

So, do you think Osama Bin Laden's bunch wouldn't have attacked America if they'd have just had "a new chapter of engagement?"

Well... that, and a hug.

With this bunch in office, we can expect the NEXT 9/11 a hell of a lot faster than the eight years that elapsed between WTC attacks.

Is Barack Hussein Obama a secret Muslim?

This is a positive thing for the nation. In order for us to bring peace to the region, we must first win over hearts and minds. I have confidence in President Obama easing the tensions between the U.S. and te muslim world.

Well, at least that's a reasonable goal...he won't be reaching the soul of the GOP since they don't have one (insert high hat and rim shot here).