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Michelle Obama Urges GW Grads to "Surf Foreign News Sources" to Gain a Global Perspective - Video
Freedom's Lighthouse ^ | May 16, 2010 | Brian

Posted on 05/16/2010 1:35:17 PM PDT by Federalist Patriot

Here is video of Michelle Obama speaking at the George Washington University Commencement where she told the graduates "Yes you can" change the world. She told the graduating class "it is in our best interests to look beyond our immediate self-interest, and look out for one another globally."

Michelle O told the graduates:

"So many of today's challenges are borderless, from the economy to terrorism to climate change and that solving those problems demands cooperating with others. And more than any other generation, yours is fully convinced that you're uniquely equipped to solve those challenges. You believe you can change your communities and change the world and you know what, I think you're right, yes you can!"

She then told them they should try and get in touch with how the world views things by traveling abroad or by "surfing foreign news sources to get an idea of how other young people see things in other parts of the world."

It is clear that Michelle and Barack Obama see themselves first and foremost as citizens of the world. Problem is, the President's job is to look out for what is in the best interests of the United States and her citizens - not the citizens of the world.

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TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: 2takepatriotismaway; 4thecommongood; fumo; michelleobama
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1 posted on 05/16/2010 1:35:18 PM PDT by Federalist Patriot
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by "surfing foreign news sources to get an idea of how other young people see things in other parts of the world."

Yes, do that. If for no other reason that most of the American media are in the tank for Obama (ooooo, I feel a tingle down my leg) and foreign sources might be the only ones that will actually investigate stories inside the US.

2 posted on 05/16/2010 1:37:20 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (I am so immune to satire that I ate three Irish children after reading Swift's "A Modest Proposal")
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To: Federalist Patriot

Don’t consider yourself Americans and don’t put the interest of the United States first.

Well...

If they voted for Obama, they’ve already done this.


3 posted on 05/16/2010 1:37:26 PM PDT by TigerBait
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To: Federalist Patriot

Fully equipped? For the most part they aren’t. They can’t read or write well. They don’t understand math and science and they are ignorant of their own history. Fully indoctrinated is more like it.


4 posted on 05/16/2010 1:37:34 PM PDT by hometoroost (Proverbs 8:36 - All those who hate me love death.)
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To: Federalist Patriot
Oboma not only crashed our economy - he crashed the worlds economy. Yes, maybe it would be a good idea for those kids to see what the rest of the world has to say about Obomas fiscal irresponsibility.
5 posted on 05/16/2010 1:38:43 PM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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Did the GW grads stand up and start saying “Seig Heil”? /src on/Hitler was trying to change the world too./src off/


6 posted on 05/16/2010 1:38:55 PM PDT by C19fan
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To: Federalist Patriot
Yeah! Stay away from that dumbass American stuff!

Damn commies.

7 posted on 05/16/2010 1:38:57 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Politics is only about money and the power to control it. ALL of it!)
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Does this mean she thiks the MSM stinks??

lol.

I heard this was the most depressing commencement speech in history. lol.


8 posted on 05/16/2010 1:39:21 PM PDT by GeronL (Political Correctness Kills)
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To: Federalist Patriot

Guess that she “feels” about the same as we do about our State Run Media....they’re as useless as teats on a boar.


9 posted on 05/16/2010 1:39:41 PM PDT by Howie66 (I can see November from my house.)
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Three points:
(1) The media was a big part of Barack’s commencement speech. That was when he plugged HuffPo.

(2) This is a major insult inasmuch as it implies that the MSM is not doing a sufficient job of discussing world events.

(3) Does she really want us checking out Fleet Street? The US media is the only thing protecting her. I regret not reading enough from the Telegraph, for instance.


10 posted on 05/16/2010 1:43:45 PM PDT by AmishDude (It doesn't matter whom you vote for, it matters who takes office.)
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11 posted on 05/16/2010 1:44:22 PM PDT by Slyfox
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To: KarlInOhio

And .. these students might actually read a Russian article which says America is sliding into Socialism.

ROTFLOL!! I guess Michelle hasn’t read any “foreign” articles lately!!


12 posted on 05/16/2010 1:45:52 PM PDT by CyberAnt
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To: Federalist Patriot
Maybe Aunt Esther could have Arlen Sphincter over to the White Hut for lunch and then they could spend the afternoon going over the superior nuances to be found in Scottish law.
13 posted on 05/16/2010 1:47:19 PM PDT by JPG (Mr. Gore, we have a warrant for your arrest...put your hands behind your back.)
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Good!

They should look at Serbian sites and Euro-sceptic sites, and such conservative sites as the Canada Free Press.

That will free them from the blinders imposed by the obama-worshipping, culture-of-death-supporting, muslim-kissing, and Christian-bashing lame-stream media in our country!!!!


14 posted on 05/16/2010 1:53:31 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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Fully equipped? For the most part they aren’t. They can’t read or write well. They don’t understand math and science and they are ignorant of their own history. Fully indoctrinated is more like it.

That describes 0bama to a “t”.
Heck the guy couldn't even write his own book. He had to go get a convicted terrorist to write his book for him. And I doubt if 0bozo knows much about math and science either.

15 posted on 05/16/2010 1:56:46 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Federalist Patriot

But I thought it was her loser husband Hussein Obama that was just a week ago saying the there is too much information and data out there and that we all should reject all but what Big Brother tells us...


16 posted on 05/16/2010 1:58:50 PM PDT by TheBattman (They exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature...)
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To: Federalist Patriot

Speech I expect from M. Obama:

“And remember graduates, when you go out into this world - be sure to nurture your anger, your sense of entitlement, and an acute feeling of racial grievance - it worked for me!!”


17 posted on 05/16/2010 2:03:41 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Federalist Patriot

She obviously doesn’t realize that the rest of the world has caught on to them.


18 posted on 05/16/2010 2:10:15 PM PDT by nolongerademocrat ("Before you ask G-d for something, first thank G-d for what you already have." B'rachot 30b)
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To: SmokingJoe

He is the poster boy for the after effects of the 1960’s.


19 posted on 05/16/2010 2:15:01 PM PDT by hometoroost (Proverbs 8:36 - All those who hate me love death.)
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To: PGR88

The current White House occupants are obviously insane and should be evicted.


20 posted on 05/16/2010 2:15:13 PM PDT by screaminsunshine (S)
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