It is a shame:
1) that we got to go to a commie country to see some decent American built cars
2) that we have a US President (barring any citizenship issues) who goes to those leaders hat-in-hand in some two-bit conference and gives said commie representatives a informal handshake.
—as an aside it is weird that the Hollywood Left, environmental activists, progressives, and Obama love Cuba so much….those old cars have a severe “carbon footprint” as do sugarcane production, cigars, and prison camps! Talk about global warming!
Posted by: Ed | April 18, 2009, 12:18 am 12:18 am
Obama is restoring America’s image of true leadership around the world. First he rocked the European’s G-20, so hard Sarkozy had a jealousy attack. Today he was embraced as a historical political trailblazer at the Summit of Americas.
I watched the live streamed Opening Ceremonies.
I was surprised at the amount of attention Obama and the United States received. If Latin American and Carribean leaders are able to appreciate the new direction Obama is taking our country in (their comments were heartfelt and more genuine than the diplomatic reception he received in Europe), why is it that Obama still has to do battle with a small group of backwoods, right wingnut Americans? The phenomenon fascinates me to no end.
Posted by: clarity | April 18, 2009, 12:42 am 12:42 am
Clarity were not all nuts regardless of your comments. We just do not like seeing our leader bow down to a bunch of third rate countries. Countries joining together against a common enemy, be it another country or the economy, will turn on each other when the threat is removed. Russia and the west after the second world war and Afghanistan after the invasion of Russia. In both cases the US was turned on after giving help.
Posted by: William | April 18, 2009, 12:56 am 12:56 am
Oh wow I forgot the President brings his never empty check book to help the world. Who would not like him when wanting money?
Posted by: William | April 18, 2009, 12:58 am 12:58 am
Can’t wait to see the photo-op of Obama fist bumping Ahmadinejad.
Chavez was right Obama is ignorant.
And dangerously naive.
Posted by: nick | April 18, 2009, 8:53 am 8:53 am
Oh thank goodness.
Chavez loves America now.
Obama has performed another miracle.
Was that great American Sean Penn there?
Maybe someone should tell BO and Sean how Chavez treats gay people.
Posted by: tyler | April 18, 2009, 9:06 am 9:06 am
Another dictator validated by our president.
Seeing Obama shake that tyrant’s hand with that huge grin is stomach turning.
Almost as bad as that bow.
The bow that never happened.
Guess the WH will deny his handshake with Chavez too.
Posted by: millie | April 18, 2009, 9:12 am 9:12 am
“Obama is restoring America’s image of true leadership around the world.”
Enlighten us on what the world has thus far been led to do. To this point, his various overtures have been thumpingly rejected by France, Germany, Russia, Iran and North Korea. Yesterday an American journalist was sentenced to eight years in an Iranian prison for “spying.” What is the world leader going to do about that one?
Posted by: Fascist Hyena | April 18, 2009, 10:54 am 10:54 am
“Remember when Detroit could make a car that would run for 50 years?”
That was before the UAW destroyed the American auto industry. They’re going to get their comeuppance in the coming bankruptcies, and I will applaud strenuously. As a wealthy American, I’ve been buying European luxury cars for years–my money is not going to fund the legacy costs of retirement and health care benefits for lazy and incompetent American union workers.
Posted by: Fascist Hyena | April 18, 2009, 10:58 am 10:58 am
Salim Mansur reflects on the magical effects of Obama’s leadership in the world:
“There is gathering uneasiness across our world, a sense of things gone wrong and that we dare not give voice to our concerns or, more likely, fears.
“A very young, brave and beautiful trooper, Karine Blais, dies in distant Afghanistan and Canadians search for the reason why such a price should be paid for a mission that is increasingly clouded by uncertainty.
“Another young woman, a Pakistani in the district of Swat not far from the Afghan border, is publicly flogged by Taliban militia for allegedly being seen in the company of a man who is not her relative.
“Her flogging is captured on camera and viewed around the world as further evidence of how utterly depraved is the society where women are routinely given such treatment.”
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Posted by: steel | April 17, 2009, 9:22 pm 9:22 pm
At least the CUBANS have some cool looking antique cars.
Posted by: ralph cramden | April 17, 2009, 9:22 pm 9:22 pm
Remember when Detroit could make a car that would run for 50 years?
Posted by: Flash Override | April 17, 2009, 9:47 pm 9:47 pm
It is a shame:
1) that we got to go to a commie country to see some decent American built cars
2) that we have a US President (barring any citizenship issues) who goes to those leaders hat-in-hand in some two-bit conference and gives said commie representatives a informal handshake.
—as an aside it is weird that the Hollywood Left, environmental activists, progressives, and Obama love Cuba so much….those old cars have a severe “carbon footprint” as do sugarcane production, cigars, and prison camps! Talk about global warming!
Posted by: Ed | April 18, 2009, 12:18 am 12:18 am
Obama is restoring America’s image of true leadership around the world. First he rocked the European’s G-20, so hard Sarkozy had a jealousy attack. Today he was embraced as a historical political trailblazer at the Summit of Americas.
I watched the live streamed Opening Ceremonies.
I was surprised at the amount of attention Obama and the United States received. If Latin American and Carribean leaders are able to appreciate the new direction Obama is taking our country in (their comments were heartfelt and more genuine than the diplomatic reception he received in Europe), why is it that Obama still has to do battle with a small group of backwoods, right wingnut Americans? The phenomenon fascinates me to no end.
Posted by: clarity | April 18, 2009, 12:42 am 12:42 am
Clarity were not all nuts regardless of your comments. We just do not like seeing our leader bow down to a bunch of third rate countries. Countries joining together against a common enemy, be it another country or the economy, will turn on each other when the threat is removed. Russia and the west after the second world war and Afghanistan after the invasion of Russia. In both cases the US was turned on after giving help.
Posted by: William | April 18, 2009, 12:56 am 12:56 am
Oh wow I forgot the President brings his never empty check book to help the world. Who would not like him when wanting money?
Posted by: William | April 18, 2009, 12:58 am 12:58 am
Can’t wait to see the photo-op of Obama fist bumping Ahmadinejad.
Chavez was right Obama is ignorant.
And dangerously naive.
Posted by: nick | April 18, 2009, 8:53 am 8:53 am
Oh thank goodness.
Chavez loves America now.
Obama has performed another miracle.
Was that great American Sean Penn there?
Maybe someone should tell BO and Sean how Chavez treats gay people.
Posted by: tyler | April 18, 2009, 9:06 am 9:06 am
Another dictator validated by our president.
Seeing Obama shake that tyrant’s hand with that huge grin is stomach turning.
Almost as bad as that bow.
The bow that never happened.
Guess the WH will deny his handshake with Chavez too.
Posted by: millie | April 18, 2009, 9:12 am 9:12 am
“Obama is restoring America’s image of true leadership around the world.”
Enlighten us on what the world has thus far been led to do. To this point, his various overtures have been thumpingly rejected by France, Germany, Russia, Iran and North Korea. Yesterday an American journalist was sentenced to eight years in an Iranian prison for “spying.” What is the world leader going to do about that one?
Posted by: Fascist Hyena | April 18, 2009, 10:54 am 10:54 am
“Remember when Detroit could make a car that would run for 50 years?”
That was before the UAW destroyed the American auto industry. They’re going to get their comeuppance in the coming bankruptcies, and I will applaud strenuously. As a wealthy American, I’ve been buying European luxury cars for years–my money is not going to fund the legacy costs of retirement and health care benefits for lazy and incompetent American union workers.
Posted by: Fascist Hyena | April 18, 2009, 10:58 am 10:58 am
Salim Mansur reflects on the magical effects of Obama’s leadership in the world:
“There is gathering uneasiness across our world, a sense of things gone wrong and that we dare not give voice to our concerns or, more likely, fears.
“A very young, brave and beautiful trooper, Karine Blais, dies in distant Afghanistan and Canadians search for the reason why such a price should be paid for a mission that is increasingly clouded by uncertainty.
“Another young woman, a Pakistani in the district of Swat not far from the Afghan border, is publicly flogged by Taliban militia for allegedly being seen in the company of a man who is not her relative.
“Her flogging is captured on camera and viewed around the world as further evidence of how utterly depraved is the society where women are routinely given such treatment.”
Posted by: Fascist Hyena | April 18, 2009, 11:01 am 11:01 am