Comments on: Reading the Tea Leaves: Obama and Iran

By: George Bruce

George Bruce — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:05:31 +0000

#17, sure, you bet. It was George Bush’s boyfriend and McCain’s campaign workers who were running FNMA during the years in question. Yep, it was the Republicans who decided to sell poor people houses they could not possibly afford and give them loans they could not possibly repay that caused the “Sub-Prime Mortgage” part of the sub-prime mortgage crisis. Damn those Republican Sandlers and their “predatory lending.” I mean, Maxine Waters and Barnie Franks tried to stop ‘em, but John McCain and the Republicans shouted them down and called them racists.

And, no, I would not be shocked by anything Wiki-poo-poo has to say.

Poor Barack Obama. He inherited all those Republican ACORN and FNMA problems. Don’t worry though. There is no problem so bad that ten trillion dollars of deficit spending and massive tax increases won’t make terminal.

The Nobel Committee realized that Barry hadn’t destroyed American yet, but they have every confidence in the guy.

By: Poor Citizen

Poor Citizen — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:09:40 +0000

no 16,

I hate to interrupt you with some truth sir, but since 1980, the republicans have been very much involved with the running of the american government. Since 1994 they have dominated the congress and since 2000 have dominated the entire government and their policies were challenged and their critics essentially muted.

Obama came in after eight continuous years of republican rule. Additionally, almost every issue he faced (wars, depression, bank failures etc etc) were exclusely caused by republican policy. So your insinuation that the american economic and military disasters the new president faced were caused by “democrats in government” is not correct. They were not in power, the judiciary, congress and the executive and the military were dominated by conservative albeit “neo-con republicans. Please check the Wikipedia again. You might be shocked by what you read.

By: Assistant Village Idiot

Assistant Village Idiot — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:14:13 +0000

You’re right, Arthur! Every other president has come in with no problems whatsoever! It’s just not fair that Obama had to come in after decades of almost-uninterrupted dominance of Democrats in both houses of Congress.

Start at the 86th Congress in 1959 and see who’s been running this country for fifty years, wouldja? It’s pretty easy on Wikipedia.

By: arthur

arthur — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:39:26 +0000

there has been very little that anyone could call progress with Iran going back many years. the relationship with Iran, and the US economy have been going downhill for years and years, well before Obama was president. if the past republican and democrat presidents policies and congress had been so stellar than there wouldn’t be the problems we have now at the fee of our president and congress. whatever is being done now might or might not achieve anything, but if it does nothing it shall be no worse than what he have got since Operation Ajax in 1953.

By: neo-neocon

neo-neocon — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:28:06 +0000

As is probably apparent, I wrote this article before the Peace Prize announcement came out and trumped almost everything else happening today.

The Nobel Committee’s decision to give President Obama the Miss World Congeniality Award proves once again (as though we needed reminders) that truth is far stranger than fiction, and satire can hardly keep up with the news.

By: HEPT

HEPT — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:12:19 +0000

It means Barack Hussain Obama (PBUH) has done what he was elected to do.
Lose the war.
Improve the chances that should America not become Islamic then at very least America’s children will be indoctrinated into the homosexual lifestyle.
Destruction of the American way of life.
All of America will soon resemble Chicago, Tehran and san francisco.
Fokin’ Adolf Hitler won a Nobel peace gong didn’t he?

By: LBK

LBK — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:24:35 +0000

Is it true to ‘win’ the Nobel (this year); one must apply before February 1, 2009.

I am appalled watching this whole scenario. I can not for the life of me understand why this Admin. is destroying this country and yet millions are swaying in awe and getting tingles. And now, the TOTUS gets a frickin’ AWARD? FOR WHAT? Someone/something got a handsome payment for this.
Time to stand UP for the USA!
Oh, by the way, I am not racist. AND I am a Independent. And please, do not respond if you are a devoted follower of this TOTUS who does not believe in the Oath of his Office.

By: myth buster

myth buster — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:46:04 +0000

Question: which is more damaging to the reputation of the Nobel Peace Prize- awarding to Obama, or awarding it to Arafat?

By: johnt

johnt — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:30:56 +0000

Obama, when in doubt, cave. A truly little, insignificant, and nasty man.
The Nobel Prize ? At this point some gift coupons to Wal-Mart mean more.

By: Poor Citizen

Poor Citizen — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:42:14 +0000

Well Iran, like N.Korea, is definatelty on this young presidents “to do” list. Both are tricky, but handled the right way, they can be managable. As many of us know both country’s have been a hand full for decades. What are the answers?…well about six past administrations and most of us still do not know so maybe someone else does. However, at least this presidents stature has grown recently (compared to the last president anyway) and as americans we can be proud that our country is standing tall on the world stage once again !! Well Done America !! will it last? who knows.