Your opinion on the job that President Obama is doing so far (2 Viewers)

[bueno]

Honestly, I think Obama is doing a B to B+ type job. Lights out in foreign policy, he is at least addressing the health care debacle and is slowly pulling the country out of a recession he inherited.

Why do you think he's lights out in foreign policy? Just curious.

 

[bueno]

He's not perfect but nobody is...he's doing a pretty good job given what he has to work with

So dfd the scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz.

 

[cr8f]

Imagine if republicans had jobs forums that actually created jobs. That is what they ran on 2 years ago yet have spent most of their time bringing back no regulations and tax cuts.

Tax cuts do to create jobs-demand does. What have they done that creates demand.

Healthcare jobs would have been a big growth industry 2 years ago if they didn't spend every waking moment smearing it.

WE pay 2-3 times as much as any other country but for many have worse care.

 

[Furious Styles]

Just in case it isn't anywhere else on the site, an open microphone caught an interesting exchange between Obama and Medvedev

Basically Obama said that he'll be in a better position to sell out America's military interests to Russia once the 2012 election is over.

yes, thats exactly what he said

No, but he certainly implies he will give them a better deal once he doesn't have to worry about winning the election

 

[Sarnoff]

Honestly, I think Obama is doing a B to B+ type job. Lights out in foreign policy, he is at least addressing the health care debacle and is slowly pulling the country out of a recession he inherited.

Why do you think he's lights out in foreign policy? Just curious.

Because he's doing everything exactly like W would have done.

 

[bueno]

Honestly, I think Obama is doing a B to B+ type job. Lights out in foreign policy, he is at least addressing the health care debacle and is slowly pulling the country out of a recession he inherited.

Why do you think he's lights out in foreign policy? Just curious.

Because he's doing everything exactly like W would have done.

Sorry, I didn't know you were a pantherclub alias.

 

[BoneYardDog]

He is doing great on gas prices, spent 3.84 a gallon to fill up today, of course that fits his plans perfectly...

The president, however, argues that more drilling is not the way to protect the U.S. Instead, he wants to wean the U.S. off oil by turning to alternatives, such as electric cars."If we want to stabilize energy prices for the long term and the medium term, if we want America to grow, we're going to have look past what we've been doing and put ourselves on the path to a real, sustainable energy future," he said.Though the president talks about drilling, official government figures show he is issuing far fewer permits on federal land than his predecessor.At the end of the Bush years, 6,000 to 7,000 permits a year were issued, but under Obama the numbers have dropped significantly to a range of 4,000 to almost 4,500 a year.Since it can take seven to 10 years for a permit to turn into a producing well, that means less oil coming off federal lands in the years to come, even as global demand is rising.Advocates of more domestic drilling say we know a crunch is coming, so we should be drilling more now -- otherwise, the result could be ugly."The reality of the situation, with respect to global supply is that Americans can find themselves in gasoline lines, with gas rationing by 2015 or 2016 by us not producing more of our own oil," Hofmeister said.Even with alternatives, the Energy Department predicts that in 2035 we'll still be relying on oil for 83 percent of our transportation needs

 

[bueno]

He is doing great on gas prices, spent 3.84 a gallon to fill up today, of course that fits his plans perfectly...

The president, however, argues that more drilling is not the way to protect the U.S. Instead, he wants to wean the U.S. off oil by turning to alternatives, such as electric cars."If we want to stabilize energy prices for the long term and the medium term, if we want America to grow, we're going to have look past what we've been doing and put ourselves on the path to a real, sustainable energy future," he said.Though the president talks about drilling, official government figures show he is issuing far fewer permits on federal land than his predecessor.At the end of the Bush years, 6,000 to 7,000 permits a year were issued, but under Obama the numbers have dropped significantly to a range of 4,000 to almost 4,500 a year.Since it can take seven to 10 years for a permit to turn into a producing well, that means less oil coming off federal lands in the years to come, even as global demand is rising.Advocates of more domestic drilling say we know a crunch is coming, so we should be drilling more now -- otherwise, the result could be ugly."The reality of the situation, with respect to global supply is that Americans can find themselves in gasoline lines, with gas rationing by 2015 or 2016 by us not producing more of our own oil," Hofmeister said.Even with alternatives, the Energy Department predicts that in 2035 we'll still be relying on oil for 83 percent of our transportation needs

Deja vu all over again...

 

[cstu]

At the end of the Bush years, 6,000 to 7,000 permits a year were issued, but under Obama the numbers have dropped significantly to a range of 4,000 to almost 4,500 a year.

Since it can take seven to 10 years for a permit to turn into a producing well, that means less oil coming off federal lands in the years to come, even as global demand is rising.

So we haven't even seen all of Bush's wells go online and the earliest Obama's will be going is 2015 but gas prices are Obama's fault?

 

[SeveredHorseHeads]

I hope the hundreds of thousands of dollars my portfolio has made in the last 4 years will counteract the extra $10 I spent on gas today.

 

[pettifogger]

He is doing great on gas prices, spent 3.84 a gallon to fill up today, of course that fits his plans perfectly...

The president, however, argues that more drilling is not the way to protect the U.S. Instead, he wants to wean the U.S. off oil by turning to alternatives, such as electric cars."If we want to stabilize energy prices for the long term and the medium term, if we want America to grow, we're going to have look past what we've been doing and put ourselves on the path to a real, sustainable energy future," he said.Though the president talks about drilling, official government figures show he is issuing far fewer permits on federal land than his predecessor.At the end of the Bush years, 6,000 to 7,000 permits a year were issued, but under Obama the numbers have dropped significantly to a range of 4,000 to almost 4,500 a year.Since it can take seven to 10 years for a permit to turn into a producing well, that means less oil coming off federal lands in the years to come, even as global demand is rising.Advocates of more domestic drilling say we know a crunch is coming, so we should be drilling more now -- otherwise, the result could be ugly."The reality of the situation, with respect to global supply is that Americans can find themselves in gasoline lines, with gas rationing by 2015 or 2016 by us not producing more of our own oil," Hofmeister said.Even with alternatives, the Energy Department predicts that in 2035 we'll still be relying on oil for 83 percent of our transportation needs

Deja vu all over again...

Yeah, wasn't there a Massachusetts governor who once thought gas prices were going to stay high and we should look for alternative engery sources and smart growth ... I wonder who that was. http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/101946/mitt-romney-massachusetts-governor-gas-prices-renewable-energy

 

[ren hoek]

I'm going to start posting a bunch of Obama stuff here. Seems like a good place for it. Terrible, terrible president.

http://www.salon.com/2012/03/26/obama_takes_bushs_secrecy_games_one_step_further/singleton/

 

[MasterofOrion]

He is doing great on gas prices, spent 3.84 a gallon to fill up today, of course that fits his plans perfectly...

The president, however, argues that more drilling is not the way to protect the U.S. Instead, he wants to wean the U.S. off oil by turning to alternatives, such as electric cars.

"If we want to stabilize energy prices for the long term and the medium term, if we want America to grow, we're going to have look past what we've been doing and put ourselves on the path to a real, sustainable energy future," he said.

Though the president talks about drilling, official government figures show he is issuing far fewer permits on federal land than his predecessor.

At the end of the Bush years, 6,000 to 7,000 permits a year were issued, but under Obama the numbers have dropped significantly to a range of 4,000 to almost 4,500 a year.

Since it can take seven to 10 years for a permit to turn into a producing well, that means less oil coming off federal lands in the years to come, even as global demand is rising.

Advocates of more domestic drilling say we know a crunch is coming, so we should be drilling more now -- otherwise, the result could be ugly.

"The reality of the situation, with respect to global supply is that Americans can find themselves in gasoline lines, with gas rationing by 2015 or 2016 by us not producing more of our own oil," Hofmeister said.

Even with alternatives, the Energy Department predicts that in 2035 we'll still be relying on oil for 83 percent of our transportation needs

Deja vu all over again...

Yeah, wasn't there a Massachusetts governor who once thought gas prices were going to stay high and we should look for alternative engery sources and smart growth ... I wonder who that was. http://www.tnr.com/a...enewable-energy

What, Romney is a RINO? We will have a liberal versus a socialist running for president this time. Just peachy.

 

[ren hoek]

Obama displays empathy for Trayvon, ignores 16 year old he murdered.

http://gyazo.com/caa2b3a61eeb6966598a0fc09f8a7a91

 

[fightingillini]

I wonder what everyone's opinion will be if Obamacare is declared unconstitutional. I can't see how you can approve of a president's job if his signature achievement is declared unconstitutional, especially how the Democrats rammed it through along partisan lines using bribes.

 

[ren hoek]

If you're an anti-war progressive, there's really no other sane choice besides Ron Paul or Gary Johnson.

HuffPo

 

[ren hoek]

Obama loves him some banks.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/p480x480/530122_379732418723962_286422301388308_1185741_1412011239_n.jpg

 

[BoneYardDog]

The past seven brutal days will go down as one of the worst weeks in history for a sitting president. It certainly has been, without any doubt, the worst week yet for President obama.Somehow, Mr. obama managed to embarrass himself abroad, humiliate himself here at home, see his credentials for being elected so severely undermined that it raises startling questions about whether he should have been elected in the first place — let alone be re-elected later this year.Consider:• Last Friday, Mr. obama wandered into the killing of Trayvon Martin. Aided by his ignorance of the situation, knee-jerk prejudices and tendency toward racial profiling, Mr. obama played a heavy hand in elevating a tragic situation in which a teenager was killed into a full-blown hot race fight.Americans, he admonished, need to do some “soul-searching.” And then, utterly inexplicably, he veered off into this bizarre tangent about how he and the poor dead kid look so much alike they could be father and son. It was election-year race-pandering gone horribly wrong.• By the start of this week, Mr. obama had fled town and was racing to the other side of the planet just as the Supreme Court was taking up the potentially-embarrassing matter of Obamacare. While in South Korea he was caught on a hidden mic negotiating with the president of our longest-standing rival on how to sell America and her allies down the river once he gets past the next election.• Meanwhile, back at home, the Supreme Court took up the single most important achievement of Mr. obama’s presidency and, boy, was it embarrassing. The great constitutional law professor, it turns out, may not quite be the wizard he told us he was.By most accounts, Mr. obama and his stuttering lawyers were all but laughed out of the courthouse. They were even stumbling over softball questions lobbed by Mr. obama’s own hand-picked justices.• Mr. obama closed his week pulling off a nearly unimaginable feat: He managed to totally and completely unify the nastily-fighting Democrats and Republicans in Congress. Late Wednesday night, they unanimously voted — 414 to zip — to reject the budget Mr. obama had presented, leaving him not even a thin lily’s blade to hide behind.So, in one week, Mr. obama got caught whispering promises to our enemy, incited a race war, raised serious questions about his understanding of the Constitution, and then got smacked down over his proposed budget that was so wildly reckless that even Democrats in Congress could not support it.

And not even a mention of $4.50 cent gasoline and the destruction of our coal production...

 

[Statorama]

Obama disables credit card verification security on donation site AGAIN

Contributions must be getting a little dry...time to break out the "accept foreign money no questions asked" cheat code.

 

[Slapdash]

If you're an anti-war progressive, there's really no other sane choice besides Ron Paul or Gary Johnson.

HuffPo

Why? They are the furthest thing from progressive in every other way.

 

[Statorama]

Obama disables credit card verification security on donation site AGAIN

Contributions must be getting a little dry...time to break out the "accept foreign money no questions asked" cheat code.

Washington Post article from the similar thing he did in 2008

Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign is allowing donors to use largely untraceable prepaid credit cards that could potentially be used to evade limits on how much an individual is legally allowed to give or to mask a contributor’s identity, campaign officials confirmed.

Faced with a huge influx of donations over the Internet, the campaign has also chosen not to use basic security measures to prevent potentially illegal or anonymous contributions from flowing into its accounts, aides acknowledged. Instead, the campaign is scrutinizing its books for improper donations after the money has been deposited…

When asked whether the campaign takes steps to verify whether a donor’s name matches the name on the credit card used to make a payment, Obama’s campaign replied in an e-mail: “Name-matching is not a standard check conducted or made available in the credit card processing industry. We believe Visa and MasterCard do not even have the ability to do this…

Juan Proaño, whose technology firm handled online contributions for John Edwards’s presidential primary campaign, and for John F. Kerry’s presidential campaign and the Democratic National Committee in 2004, said it is possible to require donors’ names and addresses to match those on their credit card accounts. But, he said, some campaigns are reluctant to impose that extra layer of security.

 

[DocHolliday]

As the supreme court is on the verge of rightly finding Obamacare unconstitional, Obama is declaring that the supreme court is overstepping its bounds. The supreme court is simply doing its job by keeping the POTUS in check. Obama thinks he is a dictator or king. Obama's next move will be to eliminate the supreme court since it is in his way of ruining this country.

 

[Zeff]

As the supreme court is on the verge of rightly finding Obamacare unconstitional, Obama is declaring that the supreme court is overstepping its bounds. The supreme court is simply doing its job by keeping the POTUS in check. Obama thinks he is a dictator or king. Obama's next move will be to eliminate the supreme court since it is in his way of ruining this country.

Mix in a little FM radio once in a while. Maybe try decaf.

 

[timschochet]

My latest evaluation:

Foreign Policy A-

Supreme Court Appointments- C+

Regular Court appointments- I don't know enough about this.

Domestic programs C+ (stimulus package B-, HCR C-, rest incomplete)

Overall grade: B-

He's been fine. I can live with another 4 years, but would prefer somebody else.

 

[RCon]

My latest evaluation:Foreign Policy A-Supreme Court Appointments- C+Regular Court appointments- I don't know enough about this.Domestic programs C+ (stimulus package B-, HCR C-, rest incomplete)Overall grade: B-He's been fine. I can live with another 4 years, but would prefer somebody else.

I'm with you on foreign policy, SCOTUS, but not on domestic. I'm including the way he's governed versus the way he said he would govern in domestic, though. Specifically, his administration is not "the most transparent ever", he did not hold open debates on HCR, he's run roughshod on personal liberties, he did not cut down on crossover between lobbyists and policy makers, he has not posted all bills on the internet before signing them, etc.

 

[Sarnoff]

As the supreme court is on the verge of rightly finding Obamacare unconstitional, Obama is declaring that the supreme court is overstepping its bounds. The supreme court is simply doing its job by keeping the POTUS in check. Obama thinks he is a dictator or king. Obama's next move will be to eliminate the supreme court since it is in his way of ruining this country.

Mix in a little FM radio once in a while. Maybe try decaf.

It's not that crazy an idea, since FDR tried to do it before, no reason to think O wouldn't consider the same.

 

[ren hoek]

If you're an anti-war progressive, there's really no other sane choice besides Ron Paul or Gary Johnson.

HuffPo

Why? They are the furthest thing from progressive in every other way.

I said anti-war progressive. If you're an imperialist progressive, then the other guys are less insane choices.

 

[Slapdash]

If you're an anti-war progressive, there's really no other sane choice besides Ron Paul or Gary Johnson.

HuffPo

Why? They are the furthest thing from progressive in every other way.

I said anti-war progressive. If you're an imperialist progressive, then the other guys are less insane choices.

Wow, that is convincing.

 

[ren hoek]

“I would not have the Justice Department prosecuting and raiding medical marijuana users. It’s not a good use of our resources.” — Barack Obama, August 21, 2007

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/04/02/federal-agents-raid-california-marijuana-university/

bringing dat hope and change

 

[ren hoek]

If you're an anti-war progressive, there's really no other sane choice besides Ron Paul or Gary Johnson.

HuffPo

Why? They are the furthest thing from progressive in every other way.

I said anti-war progressive. If you're an imperialist progressive, then the other guys are less insane choices.

Wow, that is convincing.

I thought progressives cared about civil liberties too though?

 

[ren hoek]

It's okay, fake progressives. He's got a D next to his name so he must be okay.

 

[BigSteelThrill]

It's okay, fake progressives. He's got a D next to his name so he must be okay.

No, plenty of crap he does isn't okay.

 

[ren hoek]

It's okay, fake progressives. He's got a D next to his name so he must be okay.

No, plenty of crap he does isn't okay.

I wish you guys would complain about it like you did when Bush did those things.

 

[Slapdash]

If you're an anti-war progressive, there's really no other sane choice besides Ron Paul or Gary Johnson.

HuffPo

Why? They are the furthest thing from progressive in every other way.

I said anti-war progressive. If you're an imperialist progressive, then the other guys are less insane choices.

Wow, that is convincing.

I thought progressives cared about civil liberties too though?

Sure. They care about lots of different things. Just because Ron Paul is good on a couple and terrible on the rest doesn't mean he is the only sane choice.

 

[BigSteelThrill]

It's okay, fake progressives. He's got a D next to his name so he must be okay.

No, plenty of crap he does isn't okay.

I wish you guys would complain about it like you did when Bush did those things.

The crap simply isn't comparable or equivalent.But maybe the noise machine can talk about (ad nauseum) his birth certificate, his nationality, his anti-Americanism, his muslim religion, his madrasa upbringing, his anti-christian religion, his terrorist fist bump, his being the anti-christ, his being anti-capitalism, his being a communist , his being a socialist, his being a russian double agent (new one!), him being a baby killer, his kenyan family, his Chicago mob ties, his terrorist ties, his wanting to hand over to the decisions to the UN, his proclivity to play golf on his off days, him wanting to take aaway your guns and ammo ...

 

[ren hoek]

If you're an anti-war progressive, there's really no other sane choice besides Ron Paul or Gary Johnson.

HuffPo

Why? They are the furthest thing from progressive in every other way.

I said anti-war progressive. If you're an imperialist progressive, then the other guys are less insane choices.

Wow, that is convincing.

I thought progressives cared about civil liberties too though?

Sure. They care about lots of different things. Just because Ron Paul is good on a couple and terrible on the rest doesn't mean he is the only sane choice.

Isn't being progressive about caring for your fellow man? Doesn't that sort of start with not killing them?

 

[BigSteelThrill]

Isn't being progressive about caring for your fellow man? Doesn't that sort of start with not killing them?

No. I'm fully on board with capital punishment. And many people deserve to be punished.

 

[ren hoek]

It's okay, fake progressives. He's got a D next to his name so he must be okay.

No, plenty of crap he does isn't okay.

I wish you guys would complain about it like you did when Bush did those things.

The crap simply isn't comparable or equivalent.But maybe the noise machine can talk about (ad nauseum) his birth certificate, his nationality, his anti-Americanism, his muslim religion, his madrasa upbringing, his anti-christian religion, his terrorist fist bump, his being the anti-christ, his being anti-capitalism, his being a communist , his being a socialist, his being a russian double agent (new one!), him being a baby killer, his kenyan family, his Chicago mob ties, his terrorist ties, his wanting to hand over to the decisions to the UN, his proclivity to play golf on his off days, him wanting to take aaway your guns and ammo ...

Oh, there's tons of misguided rhetoric from the talk radio circles. I'm talking about the tangible things like his continuation of the Patriot Act, the NDAA, the continuation of the War on Drugs, torture, wars, drone strikes, the bank bailouts. He's a very Bush-like president.

 

[Slapdash]

If you're an anti-war progressive, there's really no other sane choice besides Ron Paul or Gary Johnson.

HuffPo

Why? They are the furthest thing from progressive in every other way.

I said anti-war progressive. If you're an imperialist progressive, then the other guys are less insane choices.

Wow, that is convincing.

I thought progressives cared about civil liberties too though?

Sure. They care about lots of different things. Just because Ron Paul is good on a couple and terrible on the rest doesn't mean he is the only sane choice.

Isn't being progressive about caring for your fellow man? Doesn't that sort of start with not killing them?

I think you're either mising my point or fishing here.

 

[BigSteelThrill]

I'm talking about the tangible things like his continuation of the Patriot Act, the NDAA, the continuation of the War on Drugs, torture, wars, drone strikes, the bank bailouts. He's a very Bush-like president.

Most of us #####ed about the continuation of he Patriot Act when it happened. Big negative.The War on drugs is a total debacle, that has to be changed via congress and he isnt going to use political capital on it in congress.The NDAA? Political hackery that is one issue a progressive cant fight againt, its suicide. Heck, it why Paul cant get anywhere at all. Paul cant implement anything he might want to because of the defense crap from the right side of the aisle is political death. Torture? He tried to close Gitmo and the congress wouldn't allow for any other options to be implemented/paid for.Drone strikes on foreign land, I'm okay with that. So long as we understand the potential consequences and act prudently.Thus far there has been almost no backlash from our foreign contemporaries.Many were AGAINST the bank bailouts , and again many progressives did speak out about it and it being bullpoop. Big negative. But was also sold as a "total melting down of the world economy" by the conservative implemented placeholders who run our Fed.In that regards they tried to make significant oversight changes to the financial sector and the conservatives shot it all down, every last bit.So again, he has plenty wrong, but it isnt comparable. Its actually a couple of giant steps for the better. Lets not reverse course.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

I thought progressives cared about civil liberties too though?

Sure. They care about lots of different things. Just because Ron Paul is good on a couple and terrible on the rest doesn't mean he is the only sane choice.

Ron Paul is generally better than Obama on civil liberties, according to the ACLU. (They both trail Gary Johnson.)

 

[BigSteelThrill]

I thought progressives cared about civil liberties too though?

Sure. They care about lots of different things. Just because Ron Paul is good on a couple and terrible on the rest doesn't mean he is the only sane choice.

Ron Paul is generally better than Obama on civil liberties, according to the ACLU. (They both trail Gary Johnson.)

Look at Romney and Santorum. A: Yes, we do care about civil liberties.

 

[Slapdash]

I thought progressives cared about civil liberties too though?

Sure. They care about lots of different things. Just because Ron Paul is good on a couple and terrible on the rest doesn't mean he is the only sane choice.

Ron Paul is generally better than Obama on civil liberties, according to the ACLU. (They both trail Gary Johnson.)

Yes, I know this. That doesn't mean the civil liberties are going to alone determine who progressives vote for.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

I thought progressives cared about civil liberties too though?

Sure. They care about lots of different things. Just because Ron Paul is good on a couple and terrible on the rest doesn't mean he is the only sane choice.

Ron Paul is generally better than Obama on civil liberties, according to the ACLU. (They both trail Gary Johnson.)

Yes, I know this. That doesn't mean the civil liberties are going to alone determine who progressives vote for.

Oh, sorry, I'd misread your previous post. (I thought your statement that "Paul is good on a couple and terrible on the rest" referred to civil liberties, not to things in general.)

 

[Sam Quentin]

I'm talking about the tangible things like his continuation of the Patriot Act, the NDAA, the continuation of the War on Drugs, torture, wars, drone strikes, the bank bailouts. He's a very Bush-like president.

Most of us #####ed about the continuation of he Patriot Act when it happened. Big negative.The War on drugs is a total debacle, that has to be changed via congress and he isnt going to use political capital on it in congress.The NDAA? Political hackery that is one issue a progressive cant fight againt, its suicide. Heck, it why Paul cant get anywhere at all. Paul cant implement anything he might want to because of the defense crap from the right side of the aisle is political death. Torture? He tried to close Gitmo and the congress wouldn't allow for any other options to be implemented/paid for.Drone strikes on foreign land, I'm okay with that. So long as we understand the potential consequences and act prudently.Thus far there has been almost no backlash from our foreign contemporaries.Many were AGAINST the bank bailouts , and again many progressives did speak out about it and it being bullpoop. Big negative. But was also sold as a "total melting down of the world economy" by the conservative implemented placeholders who run our Fed.In that regards they tried to make significant oversight changes to the financial sector and the conservatives shot it all down, every last bit.So again, he has plenty wrong, but it isnt comparable. Its actually a couple of giant steps for the better. Lets not reverse course.

It's like an etch-a-sketch, baby

 

[BigSteelThrill]

It's like an etch-a-sketch, baby

I think his birth certificate was implemented on a etch-a-sketch... no wonder you cant find it.

 

[BoneYardDog]

Good job obama, you moron...

Brotherhood takes on Egypt’s militaryYou can forgive Egyptians for concluding that the Muslim Brotherhood cannot be trusted.After claiming that it is not trying to control parliament, that it favours consensus over monopoly and that it would not field a candidate in the presidential elections, Egypt’s most powerful political movement has broken all its promises.Scepticism about its intentions was already rife last week after the Brotherhood packed the elected panel charged with drafting the post-revolution constitution with devotees. The move provoked a walkout from the panel by representatives of liberal parties, the constitutional court, the Coptic Church, and even al-Azhar, the centre of Sunni religious authority.Then the Brotherhood dropped a bombshell at the weekend with a decision to nominate Khairat al-Shater, its strategist and most formidable leader, as its candidate in the May 23 presidential election.The movement’s brazen push for power is a dramatic departure from its decades-old approach of cautious, gradual politics and its more recent preference for sharing in the responsibility of ruling Egypt’s 80m people.“It’s a turning point in the history of the Muslim Brotherhood,” says Dia Rashwan, analyst at Cairo’s Al-Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies.

 

[greenroom]

Good job obama, you moron...

Brotherhood takes on Egypt's militaryYou can forgive Egyptians for concluding that the Muslim Brotherhood cannot be trusted.After claiming that it is not trying to control parliament, that it favours consensus over monopoly and that it would not field a candidate in the presidential elections, Egypt's most powerful political movement has broken all its promises.Scepticism about its intentions was already rife last week after the Brotherhood packed the elected panel charged with drafting the post-revolution constitution with devotees. The move provoked a walkout from the panel by representatives of liberal parties, the constitutional court, the Coptic Church, and even al-Azhar, the centre of Sunni religious authority.Then the Brotherhood dropped a bombshell at the weekend with a decision to nominate Khairat al-Shater, its strategist and most formidable leader, as its candidate in the May 23 presidential election.The movement's brazen push for power is a dramatic departure from its decades-old approach of cautious, gradual politics and its more recent preference for sharing in the responsibility of ruling Egypt's 80m people."It's a turning point in the history of the Muslim Brotherhood," says Dia Rashwan, analyst at Cairo's Al-Ahram Centre for Political and Strategic Studies.

Why do you hate Freedom? And the ability of the people to choose?

 

[Fennis]

Your opinion on the job that President Obama is doing so far

pretty good

 

[Statorama]

WSJ - Obama's stunning ignorance of constitutional law

Whole bunches of awesome in here.