Obama’s National Security Team to be Named Monday

Wlith every choice he makes, I become less and less enthusiastic about the next 4 years.

Not bad. Now lets see if Bill can behave himself.

Not a liberal or progressive in the bunch, including Obama.
New or creative ideas never come from the center. They come from either the left or the right. This is a Cabinet chock full of stale and stagnant ideas and theories.

Obama needs to answer his own security questionnaire! He would not pass.

I’m heartened our 44th President seems to be on it, not like the current incumbent.
He actually seems to be running the show. We were foreshadowed about the efficiency of his administration from the way they ran such an organized campaign that had no infighting and hardly any leaks.

crazy people on here still grasping onto Ayres and Obama not being able to pass security clearances…lol
and someone ought to tell you the tooth fairie doesn’t exist and the moon is not made of cheese…
for the first time in 8 years we are in smart hands… real life actual Presidential worthy judgment.
all the crazies can go back to their caves.

Americans faced up to and met the challenge of the century when it elected Obama President….Except for the last two republicans, Americans usually elect the best and the brightest. John McCain and Palin were not in the same league with Obama and Biden when it comes to intelligence….Horray for America!

Jan, crzylkafx & Ron:
They are taking resumes & applications at http://www.change.gov

Independant Woman, you are entertaining. You claimed, “Already Al Q is shaking in their boots – because of his name alone.” Seriously? You think Barack Obama instills fear in Al Quaeda? On what, pray tell, do you base this fanciful notion?
Then you go on to gush: “The man isn’t a genuis for nothing – 170 IQ – a spine of steel, and a heart of compassion and good intentions – that’s enough alone, but even chooses the best and brightest (and bravest) to serve by his side.”
Oh, my gracious. Yes, the president-elect is an intelligent man with good intentions, but I do want to know where so many get their notion that he is a genius. Perhaps he is, but perhaps he is merely extremely bright. You claim he has a 170 IQ– on what do you this base this? Obama never releases much information on himself and I’ve never seen anywhere that he states, or anyone else states, what his IQ is. I know that Don Imus gave Michael Bechloss a lot of grief for gushing over the man’s genius, only to have to admit he had no idea what Obama’s IQ might be.
Besides, being a genius is not all it’s cracked up to be. There’s such things as emotional intelligence, common sense, good judgment that are equally important. After all, I’m a genius and you wouldn’t want me running the country, now would you?
I do agree that the man is making some good picks for his cabinet. I hope that this proves to be equally true of the crucial lower-level administrative positions, as well as the showy top jobs. The foreign policy team seems to be a strong one, with experience and talent. It is a good sign that he has the good sense to pick excellent people to work with. (Not sure what’s particularly “brave” about them, but that’s okay. I’m certain that Hillary is brave enough, as Obama would say.)

I would agree with Independant Woman, actually.
Al-Qaeda thrives on using the same old divide and conquer tactics and scaremongering. They need to portray America as a large, looming, huge and terrible enemy. They like to use the history of racism and paint all Americans with one brush to fit the colonialist and imperialistic image they have of America as a plunderer and bully, someone with whom differences are irreconcilable.
Obama is black, he had a Muslim father and his middle name is “Hussein”- a Middle-Eastern name. Al-Qaeda’s message does lose some of its punch, and his assertions about America being a ” virulently racist” country somehow don’t quite match up when that country’s head-of-state is a black man.
We have much further to go to eradicate the terrorist threat, and we should not also squander the enormous goodwill and hope the world has for us with Obama’s election.

The same advertisements on the web that put Obama’s IQ at 170 also put Palin’s at 120. Go figure.

There is somehing special about Obama. This guy is unique. He is different from the others. I believe that with God on his side, he will deliver.

Einstein wouldn’t be able to slow the inflation rate when they get the banks lending. It disheartens me to see the president of the Federal reserve leading the team at treasury. The Fed is about one thing…print until you run out of ink and then deal with the inflation at a later date. Ilove America, I fought for America…Obama lovers will have a tussle on their hands when the bottom drops. You can blame George, the democratic congress, and the stars…not Kookie Cloney

SNUCKY….YOU ARE 100% RIGHT.
OBAMA IS OUR PRESIDENT, AND FOR ANYONE WHO DOES NOT LIKE IT, GET OVER IT…AND IF YOU DON’T IT IS YOUR FAULT.

some naysayers here cannot come the grops thier guy(mccain) lost.
Posted by: snucky | Nov 29, 2008 10:17:26 PM
Brilliantly put!
Gradually I am coming to see the light of the Obama way. I was a Republican who was following T-H-E-I-R philosophy of things, but then I saw the magnificence of our new President-Elect and so had to come to G-R-I-P-S with the reality that GOP really stands for Got Only Passing IQ scores.
Obama, on the other hand, means Genius Spine of Steel in some foreign language(Hawaiian, I think it is) so he is the man for me!
(By the way, I was just kidding about Hawaiian being a foreign language. But, just the same, let me extend my sincerest apologies to all the dear wonderful people of the 57th state, just in case any were offended. Thanks.)

is this the change he fooled all of you people with in his campaign?! a second clinton administaration?? i didnt think it was going to be this quick, but the joke is on all the mindless who voted this guy in….

tim,
i would rather have a second (really, third) clinton adm. than a third bush adm. which is what we would have gotten with mccain/palin.
just the fact that geo. bush is going away is good enough change for me.

Back again. Mr. Obama (our future president) has to realize that this economic mess derives from the many stupid decisions that previous administrations made, such as the going of the gold standard (Nixon), the ridding of the Glassman-Steagel Act (Bill Clinton), the fixing of prices (Nixon), the failure to halt the spread of American defiance (Carter), the deregulation and rampant growth (Reagan), and lowering of interests rates to avoid the “real” collapse of the economy after 9/11 (Greenspan), the lack of a detailed monitoring of the economy (US Congress/Bush). In the end, it is not just a problem that began with the mortgage industry. It began in 1971/1972 — more than 35 years.
It will take that many to fix the economy.

Were in the world is President George Bush?

lavampire:
Could you read my horoscope!!!

Moreover, in terms of numerology Mr. Obama is a 2, which implies:
The Life Path 2 suggests that you entered this plane with a spiritual quality in your makeup allowing you to be one of the peacemakers in society. Your strengths come from an ability to listen and absorb. You are a fixer, a mediator, and a very diplomatic type of person using persuasive skills rather than forcefulness to make your way in the world. When you embrace and exhibit the strenghth of your spiritual side, you are intuitive, avant-garde, idealistic, and visionary. These extremes make you interesting with much to offer society. You have the potential to be a deep-thinker, and no doubt interested in understanding many of life’s mysteries and more intriguing facets.
I am not sure if we need a spiritual leader at this time or a visionary or a deep-thinker (that is, a philosopher). I am not sure that we voted for the right number. Perhaps a 1 or 6 would have been better.

sisterdearest09, I will read your horoscope any time. Say when!

It is not a surprise that people are critizing Obama and declaring his incompetence before he even takes office. It happens every election by republicans, democrats or independents. I just don’t understand why these people disrepect our consitution and our founding fathers. They want to give the citizens of this country the right to elect who they thought was best. The loser accept the decision of the people and the opponents would work together for a smooth transtition. Americans that truely believe that this is the best form of government on earth should stop the crap at this point and start supporting both the President and President-Elect. It is time we start pulling our country together to help bring our country out of these major problems. These are not problems that half the country can solve. It will take all of us several years to recover from these problems. Be Americans the founders can be proud of.

Prior to December 15, Barack Obama is technically known as the “President-designate”. Yes, I know, that sounds more like the Vice-President’s role if the President gets too plastered to govern. Oh well.
Speaking about heavy consumption of alcoholic beverage, December 15th is the day the electors for Obama get good and hammerred and then mumble to themselves something like. “God forgive me for what I am about to do”, and then cast their ballots for the one.
The electors then slowly go mad. It’s an American tradition, and really quite beautiful in a Norman Rockwell on acid sort of way.

lavampire:
When!!!

now there you go, encouraging them, getting their hopes up and having them think
1-the bush nightmare will cont’
2-by some dec. suprise mccain/palin will be named president/vp.
please, Barack Obama as it stands right now is going to be the next president of the usa.
everybody is getting their heads around that notion now.
why don’t you naysayers if you cannot join in-the hope that this country will it must come from under the cloud bush has created, just take sit back and wait and see attitude.

Another Saturday night, waiting for 20 January 2009. Waiting for Hilary to descend from an airplane with all those bullets flying, and all those sharpshooters taking potshots at her and her entourage.
Can’t wait for her to go toe-to-toe with Putin and Chavez.

Messiah-elect Obama will save us. Place your faith and allegiance in our new king of kings and all will be well.

I hate to see the warmongering Hillary get any rewards. Just about anyone would be better than Bush, but Obama will be more business as usual. Given the two choices we had in the general election, he is still the better choice.

The inclusion of Clinton with these serious people makes a farce of the appointments.
And what about an appointment of the head of the CIA. Is that not included in security?
They actually have come out with some good intelligence on Mumbai.

UNRESOLVED BUSINESS FOR O-BOMB-A AND THE DNC
PROVE CITIZENSHIP – SINCE YOU ARE NOT YET COMPLIANT WITH OUR CONSTITUTION
PROVIDE HEALTH RECORDS
PROVIDE SCHOOL RECORDS
PROVIDE SELECTIVE SERVICE REGISTRATION RECORDS
NOT COPIES OR FABRICATED DOCUMENTS
YOU ARE NOT PRESIDENT YET

I hate to break the news to the genius bloggers. The war won’t end anytime soon. Obama is the twin brother of George, seperated at birth.
Secretary of Defense = war. Secretary of the Tresury = Wall Street/Federal Reserve. The philosophy of Obama is the same as Bush at the core.
Take a peek at the money supply since september. First 200 years is a nice incline slope. Sept to now, straight up. More money printed then in the first 200 years. The new Treasury secretary is a supporter of the system that got us here. Read about hyper-inflation in pre-WWII Germany. Wait til they get the banks lending again.
The federal reserve must go. It is a system made up of a few private banks to benefit a few ultra-wealthy people at the demise of the middle and lower class.
Obama’s choice supports this system. You can dream about change, we all do….the only thing that will change is a pretty white dress on a stinkin’ corpse.
I wish I could say Obama would fix the system. His choice has proven otherwise. Buy food you’ll need it in the next 3 years. The market will probably rise due to the influx of worthless paper money…then collaspe like a stone in a pond. Embrace financially made slavery.

I am less concerned with who Obama picks for his team than I am about the soon to be president. During the Barbara Walters interview it is clear that Obama has developed a facial tick (under right eye). This is concerning if our president to be is already showing signs that stress is having such a big impact on him BEFORE he takes on the responsibilities of the office. The press did the American people a big disservice by not investigating Obama mental makeup during the campaign basically giving him a pass on everything – now we as Americans can only hope that it does not lead to a presidesnt that is incapacitated by the stress of the job.

sugar, Bush isn’t the one showing physical signs of stress such as developing facial ticks. Bush has many faults to be sure, however, the fact that Obama has already shown signs of poor stress management is very concerning. The inability to manage stress can lead to depression and other negative psychological manifestations. All of this before Obama even takes office. What happens if we are hit by the terrorist again? What if Russia attacks the Ukraine or attempts to take over Georgia again? What if Iran explodes a nuclear bomb over Israel or Israel attacks Iran before they can? What is the economic crisis worsens and there is a steady outcry by the American people? Can Obama deal with these and other challenges effectively or will he crumble under the pressure? The facial tick is a clear indication that there is reason to doubt that Mr. Obama is up to the task. If the man cannot manage stress before he even assumes the duties of the office I think we as Americans are rightfully concerned. The presidency is not a place for someone who is wobbly. We should be vigilant.

fred,
what if?
what if mccain were going to be president with all of your what if?
the world would come to an end.
what if:
geo bush were in for four more years.
what if;
sarah palin were a heartbeat away from the presidency?
what if we arm chair psy. just sit back and let obama do his job, leave the ticks to the medical doctors around him.
we should have been more vigilant with bush in office, rather than just roll over and let him and co. put us in a trance.
and now after all the damage we are all waking up and saying the new guy is not fit, because he has a “tick?”
we have survived geo Wobbly bush
we will make it with tick obama.

cali in maine,
get back to the sun,
you must be having cabin fever up there.
so it should be seen that obama would not run for office if he were not qualified. so he must be qualified.
so according to you obama nor mccain should be president. what about palin?
should alaska count? if hawaii does not.
in your estimation, who should be president?
if we all could concentrate on trying to do some good, and get this country off it’ knees, rather than lending our brain power to this conspiracy, gotcha kind of stuff. wow, in four years we as a nation could be back on top again.
(if that is where we belong, and it seem our friends is the rest of the world want us there)
lets try and get on with doing the good,
it is time to let goodness reign in this country again,instead of the hate,and bad from the last eight years.
let goodness reign again in america.

Sugar,
It’s not going to matter who sit’s in the seat. They are supporting a financial system that is geared to make you and I poor and them rich.
The federal reserve must end! It is a group of private banks designed to scoop up your money and make you poor.
Obama has proven he’s part of the same system your arch enemy George Bush supported. He has choosen the president of the federal reserve as treasury secretary. He is paying back the wealthy that bought his power. Obama and Bush are twins!!!

sugar, what I wrote is not my opinion, has nothing to do with my state of mind or location. I am simply reporting fact.
As for why Obama would run for an office he is not qualified for — only he knows that, we can only speculate. He has lied and distorted the truth and obfuscated many times, he is not trustworthy. (“Not trustworthy” is my opinion; the lies etc. are fact, comparing his words with reality.) You may dispute this, but consider only the latest: Obama and his campaign people claimed that half of their financing was raised by donations from people who donated less than $200. In reality, only about a quarter of his financing came from these small donors, about the same as Bush.

Facts about Obama and whether he is qualified to be President: First, there is no evidence that indicates that he was not born in Hawaii. Our legal system is designed to prevent citizens from being accused of something that there is no evidence. That is why every court this has been taken to, has dismissed it. Second, do you really think that the Hawaii dept of records is able to out smart our intelligence groups and all the special investigators hired by Obama’s opponents. If Hawaii does not have legitimate records of his birth, some opponent would have leaked it before the election? Third, who has the least political power during the campaign, Obama, Clintons, McCain, President Bush or our Federal Courts? Obama had the least connections and power. He had no way to prevent the other four groups from finding out the truth. Finally, if you know he cannot legally be president, then you must have evidence that you have been hiding because no one has been able to show any evidence that birth in Hawaii might not be true. Speculation and evidence are not the same thing.

Challenge to the contention that Obama lied and therefore is not trustworthy. Name people who have been elected president that did not lie during the campaign and/or did not break campaign promises. Secondly, whining by the losers happens everytime we have a presidental election. I am tired of the whining whether it is republicans, democrats or independents. Our nation’s founders set up election of our officials this way. If you don’t like it then start critizing Washington, Adams, Jefferson and all the others. If you are a true American, you would accept the election outcome and support a smooth transfer of power during these dangerous times. It is time to quit whining about Bush and Obama and pull together to get out of the current crisis that face our nation and the world.

James – I agree that Obama lied just like all other politicans. However, I have only heard Obama opponents call him the messiah and the antichrist.

MikeMo1947: “Facts about Obama and whether he is qualified to be President: First, there is no evidence that indicates that he was not born in Hawaii. Our legal system is designed to prevent citizens from being accused of something that there is no evidence.”
If you were referring to my post, please read it again. I stated that REGARDLESS of where he was born, he is not a natural born citizen because at birth he had dual citizenship. This is not speculation, Obama himself admitted that he was a British subject/Kenyan citizen at birth, by virtue of his father’s status, and his Kenyan citizenship expired when he turned 18. A “natural-born” citizen is one who is a citizen by birth AND owes allegiance to ONLY ONE nation, and has NEVER owed allegiance to another nation. Obama does not fulfill this requirement, as evidenced BY HIS OWN WORDS. No speculation, no accusations, just simple fact.
If Obama is qualified to be President under the Constitution, I would accept his election as lawful and the will of the people. I have not been happy with the “will of the people” many times in the past, but the elections were lawful and I accepted them. However, the fact that Obama is not qualified, makes him a usurper and I cannot accept that. I cannot accept that the Constitution is ignored, as it is the foundation of our country. Whether or not Obama’s election is the “will of the people” is beside the issue. He is NOT qualified, never was, and never will be under the Constitution. If the people don’t like that, then the Constitution needs to be amended. However, it cannot be amended retroactively, and Obama’s inclusion on the ballot was illegal.
The problem is, there is no one agency or organization charged with vetting the Presidential candidates. The DNC should have ensured he was qualified; the Secretaries of State of the various states should have certified his eligibility; the Electors of the Electoral College should; but it doesn’t happen. For example, Roger Calero was included on the New Jersey ballot as the presidential candidate for the Socialist Workers Party. Mr. Calero was born in Nicaraugua, his parents were Nicaraguan citizens, and he holds a green card as a permanent legal resident. He is not even a naturalized citizen, yet he got onto the ballot! If something this egregious can happen, then someone like Obama can easily slip under the radar.
The head of Hawaii’s Dept. of Health has not stated that Obama was born in Hawaii, only that they have a birth certificate on file. Hawaii allowed the registration of foreign births in the early 60′s, so the fact that they have Obama’s BC means nothing. By law, I am sure they are prohibited from revealing its contents, anyway, and any employee who “leaked” the BC would be fired. I don’t believe there’s any way an opponent or investigator could access the record on their own, short of breaking and entering, I suppose.
As far as Obama having the least power of all the candidates, how do you figure that?

MikeMo1947, I don’t claim to understand the Constitution etc. more than the judges, but I do know how to read, research, and understand what I read. The cases that were thrown out were asking for access to the birth certificate, not dealing with Obama’s overall qualifications. The case that is scheduled for conference on 12/5 by SCOTUS deals with the question of qualification and eligibility; Justice Thomas, at least, believes the case has enough merit to take it to conference, a level which many cases do not reach.
Citizenship and owing allegiance go hand in hand; if not, then wouldn’t even a native-born or natural-born citizen have to make an oath of allegiance upon becoming an adult? We don’t, however — because as native/natural-born citizens, we automatically owe our allegiance to the nation of citizenship. This is accepted common law, as stated by Justice Noah Haynes Swayne in 1866, among others:
“All persons born in the Allegiance of the King are Natural- Born Subjects, and all persons born in the Allegiance of the United States are Natural-Born Citizens. Birth and Allegiance go together. Such is the Rule of the Common Law, and it is the Common Law of this country…since as before the Revolution.”
Whether or not Obama ever took an oath of allegiance to Kenya, he was a citizen of Kenya by virtue of his father’s citizenship, and therefore subject to their jurisdiction until it expired.
As for why so many keep harping on the birth certificate, I couldn’t say. You’d have to ask them. There are questions of whether Obama was actually born in Hawaii, compounded by his grandmother’s statement that she was present at his birth in Kenya, and the Kenyan Ambassador’s statement that his birthplace in Kenya is well-known. If Obama was born in Hawaii, why doesn’t he just release the BC, as John McCain did when his citizenship was questioned? Not releasing it, and his other records, makes it look like he has something to hide, whether he does or not.
I know that the Federal courts could get the BC if they requested it — but as you stated, the cases asking for it have been thrown out, so far. As for the Clintons, McCains, and so forth, maybe they could get to the BC, and maybe they haven’t tried, I don’t know. I only know those who have tried to get it have been unsuccessful.
I don’t buy your argument about Calero being allowed on the ballot because they didn’t think he could win, and therefore the NJ Secy of State saved time and money by not vetting him. Check the Alan Keyes case in Calif. It cites 2 instances when the CA Secy of State did not certify 3rd party presidential candidates because they did not qualify. One was Eldridge Cleaver in 1968, who did not meet the age requirement (only 34 yrs old). The other was Larry Holmes, the Peace and Freedom candidate in 1984, who also did not meet the age requirement. The state Secy’s of State have the responsibility of certifying candidates’ eligibility; if they do not, they are not complying with the duties of their office, and could be liable to legal action.
If you think these statements have no merit, do your own research and find contradiction from reliable authorities. The latter does not include FactCheck, Snopes, Wikipedia, and such.

MikeMo1947, I’ll let you have the final say — as you stated, we’re not going to convince the other, and you may be right and I wrong. At least maybe we’ve given others something to think about and piqued their curiosity enough to research on their own. I just hope there is a final, definitive answer one way or another.
Thank you for the compliment. I feel name-calling is useless, just demonstrates that one has a weak position or weak intellect. I’d much rather have a reasonable discussion with someone who differs from my opinions, like you — it sharpens the mind and could provide compelling evidence against my opinions. Thanks for the discussion!

–It matters not what happened in the past, I submit, because all that happened has happened and no individual/court has challenged any previous Presidential candidate. The Constitution as amended is the Law of the United States of America. I submit any candidate can be challenged for eligibility…see United States Constitution–Amendment 10. The Supreme Court Of The United States(SCOTUS) has, in my opinion, two options; 1) Send it back to lower court based on the 10th Amendment, or, 2) Immediately schedule and hear case based on Constitutional crisis if allowed to go beyond the Electoral College. Should the SCOTUS decide BOH is not “natural born” the SCOTUS should advise the college. Either way the next President of the United Sates will be Barach Hussein Obama or Joe Biden as directed by the 20th Amendment. I am conservative but believe in the laws of this land as our founding fathers so wisely put into words. The actual “Certification” of Live birth must be the determining factor if BOH is to be named President…If not this country will be in a crisis and not because of any riot. The Constitution of this country is the Law of the Land.
respectfully