Obama wins presidential election

[The Buzz]

In case you missed it, Barack Obama has been elected as the 44th President of the United States.

[bonustreak]

We have our freedom back and with control of the senate even more of a chance to get this goofy law over turned!

[Captain]

Better days ahead!

[matted]

I'm not the most emotional person - but I cant help being moved by this vote. I dont often buy into a politician's speeches - but there is something different about Barack Obama...

I really believe Obama offers a message of hope - unlike that of any politician I have supported in the past. It's not as much about the campaign promises as much as a feeling he will work on the intangibles - creating unity through compromise and compassion at home and internationally.... Making well thought out decisions using resources around him, in and out of the administration... and giving all american's a piece of government that starts at home.

[Skinski]

I too think he will be good for the country. He's got his work cut out for him, but I really do feel that he has the character to get things done.

[masontech]

Good news, now we can stop hearing about it and get some work done

[Arun@LionSlots]

I believe in him!

I chanced upon an article yesterday on the security efforts for Obama. His race makes him more of a target than his predecessors. White hate movements in the US are apparently after him. Sad but true.

[Nandakishore]

As a non-US, I think his best contribution is the reconciliation of the USA with most other parts of the world. It is overwhelming to see how he changed single-handedly anti-americanism to enthusiastic pro-americanism throughout the world.

If he really manages to adopt a policy of partnership with others instead of the Rumsfeld ideology of 'We are the best and the strongest, we know everything better, the others are only good if they follow us without ifs and buts', which is basically a fascist ideology, then, and then only, he will be able to solve all the national and international problems the US is confronted with.

[Roulette Zeitung]

After a few years ...
And current events ...

All the glamor is gone for many German people.
The high expectations were not met.
Too bad.

We still dreaming of J.F. Kennedy, who described himself as a "Berliner".
He was, is and will be the most popular foreign politician of all times here in Germany.

Obama was very, very popular here in Germany until beginning of this year.

Changes...?
Yes, but German people think, in the wrong way.

Military drones...?
We have a financial scandal with the Euro Hawk flop actually. The military is not protected in Germany by the media. All is being questioned and everything will be revealed. This is the goal of television, newspapaers and radio.

It's a must be because of our history and it's good, because democracy is not a fool's freedom.

Prism...?
For most German people inconceivable and unacceptable because it's a nightmare.
Ironically, Obama.

All the glamor is gone for many German people.
Too bad.


Leopold

[Roulette Zeitung]

Obama to return to Berlin to deliver speech at Brandenburg Gate

The American president is coming!

If you ask the German people...

These are the two moments for eternity:


26. June 1963




12. June 1987




19. June 2013

???

Leopold

[LukeC]

We decided to dress up one of our shops for Michelle Obama's visit to Ireland yesterday - http://businessetc.thejournal.ie/pad...013/?r_dir_d=1

[Roulette Zeitung]

Hello,

i saw his speech live. He finished a few minutes ago.

He was able to collect points in my heart with the topic equality of gay people.

Germany has a very tolerant society. Living with gay people is here as normal as drinking water. Of course, there are some old world here in our country, but they have no power and no control. Cologne for example is considered to be the secret capital of gay people.

The mayor of Berlin, Mr. Klaus Wowereit is gay. He made it public himself a few years ago, and nobody in Berlin or Germany have a problem with it. He was reelected again and again.

Our Federal Foreign Minister, Mr. Guido Westerwelle is gay and many, many well-known individuals from TV or art. For us this is perfectly normal.

What was new?

He was speaking behind a very thick bullet proof glass. That was not so nice but probably necessary in these times.

It's a pity, that i have not seen a sign language interpreter. Maby she/was standing outside the camera.

The speech was sober. I admit, there were already more applause from the audience for the American presidents when they visited Berlin.

Leopold

[Roulette Zeitung]

High court gay marriage decisions



Leopold

[Roulette Zeitung]

June 2007
“Why don't we close Guantanamo and restore the right of habeas corpus, because that's how we lead, not with the might of our military, but the power of our ideals and the power of our values? It's time to show the world we're not a country that ships prisoners in the dead of night to be tortured in far off countries."

August 2007
"As President, I will close Guantanamo, reject the Military Commissions Act and adhere to the Geneva Conventions. Our Constitution and our Uniform Code of Military Justice provide a framework for dealing with the terrorists."

December 2007
“If you were a Muslim overseas listening to Rudy Giuliani say 'they are coming here to try to kill you,' which is the tenor of many of the speeches that are delivered by Republicans, you would get an impression that they are not interested in talking and resolving issues peacefully. Now, what we need to do [to reach Muslims] is we need to close Guantanamo. We need to restore habeas corpus. We need to send a strong signal that we are going to talk directly to not just our friends but also to our enemies.”

November 2008
"I have said repeatedly that I will close Guantanamo, and I will follow through on that."

Oh, really?

Amnesty International
Annual Report 2013
The state of the world's human rights
United States Of America
Head of state and government Barack H. Obama

Forty-three men were executed during the year, and concerns about cruel prison conditions continued. Scores of detainees remained in indefinite military detention at Guantánamo. Pre-trial proceedings continued in six cases in which the administration was intending to seek the death penalty following trials by military commission. Use of lethal force in the counter-terrorism context continued to raise serious concerns, as did continuing reports of the use of excessive force in domestic law enforcement.

Counter-terror and security

Detentions at Guantánamo

At the end of 2012, nearly three years after President Obama’s deadline for closure of the Guantánamo detention facility, 166 men were still held at the base, the vast majority without charge or criminal trial.

Four men were transferred from the base during the year, two of whom had been convicted by military commission.Two Uighur detainees, who had been held without charge or trial at the base since 2002, were transferred to El Salvador in April for resettlement there.

Read more: http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/usa/report-2013



Every rainbow disappears.
Sooner or later.

Leopold

[slotplayer]

how come we're not in Guantánamo?

[Roulette Zeitung]

Fist, giving something emotion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0vqQjaXLOU

Look closely to Steve McQueen from 0:48 to 0:55!

It's the legendary scene, Yul Brynner get upset, because McQueen was stealing him the show, the camera presence, with two little tricks (shaking the rifle cartridge and keeping his hat in the air).
Brynner was very upset after he saw it, because it wasn't written into the script.

And of course, the German actor Horst Buchholz was gay as George Takei, but in in these times it had to remain confidential in order to get the roles. Today Shatner and Takai, who can't stand each other, making jokes about it, because things are changing.

This was the warm-up and a classical ear candy.

USA today:

Government Shutdown

German tourists with booked tickets in the hand standing in front of the closed Statue of Liberty or Yellow Stone and say to German Television: "That's just ridiculous."

Government Shutdown

Democracy isn't always a bowl of cherries.
You have to accept the votes.
Everybody!

The dems, Obama, have won the election.
My opinion: Health care is a human right and i am very shocked, that it's possible, that a handful of people, who don't accept the result of the election, want revenge and can take a country hostage.

Up to 800,000 federal workers, ordinary people, faced life without a paycheck because of this situation!

That's pretty sad.

Government Shutdown

CNN/ORC International poll
September 27-29, 2013
"Do you approve or disapprove of the way Congress is handling its job?"
Approve: 10%
Source: http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2013/im.../30/rel10b.pdf

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Rasmussen
Is the United States system of politics and economics morally superior to communism or is communism morally superior to the United States system of politics and economics?
11% Communism is morally superior

Is communism a failed ideology?
12% not failed ideology

Source: http://azpundit.com/11-say-communism...an-u-s-system/

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Government Shutdown

Time to pull the rip cord!

Leopold

[-Shay-]

Strange, as Congress voted to keep the Government open despite disagreements surrounding the budget. Yet, the Senate shot that vote down.Somehow , the poll you cited is about Congress? Ironically, the Congress is controlled by Mr. Obama's "opposition" and the Senate is controlled by those in Obama's political party.

[Roulette Zeitung]

Hello shay and sorry,

the unanimous spirit of the debate in the German news media is, that the Tea Party wants to kill the health care law, a legal and valid law, and this is the only reason for the shutdown.
I can not change that, because it's the spirit of all German public news media, since yesterday until now.
In any case, innocent people have to suffer.
And most citizens in the "old" Europe are shaking the head in the moment.
Italy have shown today, that it's not possible for one man to take his country hostage.
He failed.

Leopold

[slotplayer]

the shutdown while hurtful to the 800K, the worst is yet to come in two weeks when the fight over the debt ceiling occurs.

congress mean both the senate and house of representatives. The senate has a democratic majority, while the house has a republican majority.

I told the right wingers over at the CM political forum back in 2010 when they were all orgasmic over the tea party, "that its only going to cause gridlock at a time when we don't need it".

[Triple7]

The comments of 2008 .... ROFL