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The Czech prime minister has condemned US President Barack Obama's economic recovery plans as "a way to hell".

Strasbourg, France - The United States' decision to pump ever-larger sums into its economy is the "road to hell," the holder of the European Union's rotating presidency said Wednesday, just a week before he was set to meet the US president in London. The US is repeating the mistakes of the 1930s and has chosen the "road to hell" in the process, said the Czech Republic's fallen prime minister, Mirek Topolanek, the morning after his government failed a vote of no confidence by the narrowest of margins. The vote throws into question not just the Czech presidency of the EU,...

The Chronicle of Philanthropy News Updates March 06, 2009 Estimated Impact of Obama's Charitable-Deduction Proposals Detailed Indiana University’s Center on Philanthropy has posted a paper explaining how it calculated how much giving would fall under proposals by President Obama to limit charitable deductions and raise the upper tax brackets. The center announced last week that charitable donations would have dropped almost $3.9-billion in 2006 if the two measures had been in effect that year. President Obama has proposed capping the tax break for itemized deductions on federal taxes, including donations to charity, at 28 percent as a way to raise...

AMERICA'S enemies smell blood and it's type "O." All new administrations stumble a bit as they seek their footing. But President Obama's foreign-policy botches have set new records for instant incompetence. Contrary to left-wing myths, I wasn't a fan of the Bush administration. (I called for Donald Rumsfeld to get the boot in mid-2001.) But fair's fair. Despite his many faults, Bush sought to do good. Obama just wants to look good. Vice President Dick Cheney was arrogant. Vice President Joe Biden is arrogant and stupid. Take your pick. Don't worry about the new administration's ideology. Worry about its terrifying...

I won't be watching but will follow in this thread for those who dare to actually watch..

VENEZUELA'S President Hugo Chavez said today his US counterpart Barack Obama was at best an "ignoramus" for saying the socialist leader exported terrorism and obstructed progress in Latin America. "He goes and accuses me of exporting terrorism: the least I can say is that he's a poor ignoramus; he should read and study a little to understand reality," said Mr Chavez, who heads a group of left-wing Latin American leaders opposed to the US influence in the region. Mr Chavez said Mr Obama's comments had made him change his mind about sending a new ambassador to Washington, after he withdrew...

There are growing indications that the Obama administration is melting down, unraveling and falling apart. The clearest indication is Barack Obama and his treasury secretary failing to come up with a plan to fix the bank/credit crisis. He is proposing solutions for every social problem ever identified by liberal Democrats, but doesn’t seem to be dealing with what should be his No. 1 priority. The bank fix is supposed to be announced by Secretary of the Treasury, Timothy Geithner, during this week. Nero fiddled while Rome burned, but the early days of the Obama administration will be remembered for his...

Here is video from last night's 60 Minutes Interview with President Barack Obama, where interviewer Steve Kroft asks Obama why he is laughing so much about the serious problems facing the nation. He ask Obama, "Are you punch-drunk," to which Obama says his laughter represents "gallows humor." Obama's laughter at all the bailouts is out of place, and not Presidential at all. It is easy to laugh when you are on easy street, but quite another thing when you are on the other side facing the consequences of the socialist agenda Obama is pushing on the nation. . . ....

LONDON: Sterling climbed against the dollar on Monday, hitting a one-month high, as investors' risk appetite was boosted by hopes over a U.S. plan to help banks offload their soured loans, prompting broad dollar-selling. European share prices rose more than 1 percent in early trade with financials the major gainers on the back of the U.S. Treasury's plan, following gains in Asian equity markets.

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran has responded to U.S. President Barack Obama's offer of better relations by demanding policy changes from Washington, but the Islamic state is not closing the door to a possible thaw in ties with its old foe. Iran wants the United States to show concrete change in its behavior toward it, for example by handing back frozen assets, but Tehran is not pursuing "eternal hostility," said Professor Mohammad Marandi at Tehran University. "I think they (the Iranian leadership) are quite willing to have better relations if the Americans are serious," said Marandi, who heads North American studies...

Note: The following blog entry is a quote: http://www.thememriblog.org/iran/blog_personal/en/14853.htm Moscow: We Will Not Negotiate with Washington on the Iranian Nuclear Program Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Rybakov has stated that Moscow has no information indicating that the Iranian nuclear program is for military purposes, and that it will not hold negations with Washington on this issue. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterovsky stated that Russia would never jeopardize its warm relations with Iran because of "US political games." Source: IRNA, Iran, March 20-21, 2009 Posted at: 2009-03-22

Help me out here folks Could he really be this stupid???? Now Obama has insulted French President Sarkozy! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oh no! Obama sent a letter to Chirac, saying he looks forward to working with him the next four years. Le Figaro, French newspaper is horrified at the faux pas. Doesn't Obama ever consult his staff before acting? Sarkozy is the President there! It's like Sarko writing to George Bush and saying he looks forward to working with him. Chirac is the FORMER president. Here is a translation of the letter in Le Figaro: Vendredi 20 mars 2009 OBAMA PREFERS CHIRAC...

The puff piece starts out: “John Kerry starts by showing the entry in a log he kept from 1969: “Feb 12: 0800 run to Cambodia.” Right off the bat, this is the first piece where the Swift Boat Vets were 100% correct. At the time, John Kerry stated that his trip took place on Christmas Eve in 1968. The SBV were right at the time, he was NOT iN Cambodia on Christmas Eve of 1968. Kerry had said that this moment was “seared” into him. After the Vets came out, Kerry had his personal biographer come out and it changed...