Posted on 05/25/2016 4:14:53 AM PDT by dennisw
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AP) — Wrapping up a historic visit to Vietnam, U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday praised the country’s next generation of leaders for being more conscious of the environment than previous generations and urged them to “do something about” climate change.
During his final public event here, Obama basked in the admiration of hundreds of young leaders who participated in a town hall-style event and prefaced some of their questions to him with praise about his leadership and his “inspiring speeches.”
Obama used a question about preserving a Vietnamese cave from development to pivot to climate change, one of his top issues as president. He said Vietnam will be one of the countries most affected by the trend of warming temperatures and rising seas.
“That could have a huge impact on Vietnam’s ability to feed its people, on fishermen, on farmers, and it could be a really big problem if we don’t do something about it, so it’s going to be up to you to start,” said Obama, who routinely includes question-and-answer sessions with young leaders on his foreign trips.
“One of the great things about your generation is that you’re already much more conscious about the environment than my generation was or previous generations were,” said Obama. He told a previous questioner that he “fooled around a lot” and wasn’t serious about school when he was young.
“I was more into basketball and girls. I wasn’t always that serious,” Obama said. “You’re already way ahead of me. That’s good.”
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He was into GIRLS??? Has a Girlfriend EVER come forward?? NO.......hmmmmmm.....makes one wonder.
Man, what an arsehole.
On the scale of pressing problems confronting Vietnamese kids, the science fiction of ‘climate change’ is, like, three hundred forty-seven on the list.
And that would be true even if it weren’t the pet hobby horse of some scientist, somewhere, who invented it all to the sound of the Government Cash Machine, Ka-ching!, resounding from on High.
What an unutterable schlemiel.
Dude, what you said.
Does he not realize that the great bulk of Vietnamese live in utter, crushing poverty?
He was interested in girls on a purely academic level.
“Hey, that nail polish is fabulous; where’d you get it?”
Oh yeah, they’re going to listen to guy from the country that dumped Agent Orange on them.
“When you are worried about where your next meal is going to come from its hard to do more than just that. Obama is living in fantasy land, if he thinks third world communist/socialist utopian states are concerned about saving the environment.”
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Exactly. This reminds me of The Office episode where Andy Bernard mentions volunteering his time to teach nautical flag signaling to inner city youth.
Forget the girls....Hussein was into chooming and his drug dealer was on older gay guy with the old VW van that Obama and his buddies would get high in. After the marijuana was finished they all put their mouths up to the van's ceiling and sucked in the second hand smoke
Yes, although this might not be your favorite reading.
“He was into GIRLS??? Has a Girlfriend EVER come forward?? NO.......hmmmmmm.....makes one wonder.”
Now he is brainwashing the children of other nations. Just for his corporate backers.
“He’s goofy and he’s a bastard.
The world laughs at us.”
Sadly, a lot of the laugh at only what he tells them to laugh at.
The Vietnamese must think obama is a wuss and an idiot.
They are correct.
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