Barack Obama & the Not-so Midas Touch: The One Suffers Embarrassing Setback on South Korea Trade Deal

Obama and the non-Midas Touch … With the One, all that glitters is not gold.

How bad is it for President Barack Hussein Obama? Even the New York Times called the last minute failure to seal a trade deal with South Korea that would expand American exports  an “embarrassing setback”. Heck, even Chris Farley as Tommy Boy  sold enough brake pads to keep the Callahan business going.

For President Obama, the last-minute failure to seal a trade deal with South Korea that would expand American exports of automobiles and beef is an embarrassing setback that deprives him of a foreign policy trophy and demonstrates how the midterm elections may have weakened his position abroad.

U.S. and South Korea Fail to Agree on Trade (November 12, 2010) Mr. Obama has made free trade a central theme of his 10-day mission to Asia.From Seoul to Washington, business leaders, foreign policy analysts and diplomats were convinced that the president would wrap up the accord during a meeting with President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea on Thursday. Instead, the two leaders emerged empty-handed, arriving at their joint news conference to say that they had instructed their negotiators to keep at it a little while longer.

“We need to make sure that over the next several weeks, we are crossing all the t’s, dotting all the i’s, being able to make the case to both the Korean people and the United States population that this is good for both countries,” said Mr. Obama, who is in Seoul for the Group of 20 conference. “And if we rush something that then can’t garner popular support, that’s going to be a problem. We think we can make the case, but we want to make sure that that case is airtight.”

November 11, 2010 – VETERANS DAY … Thank You for Your Service to Protect our Freedoms … “Real American Hero’s”

VETERANS DAY 2010 … THANK YOU!

Freedom is never free … A special thank you to the brave men and women who have and presently protect our freedoms. THANK YOU!!! There are never enough things that can be said for the appreciation that we can bestow upon all of your for your sacrifice and duty to the United States. Take time today to thank a soldier.

Thank you to the men and woman who have served in the Armed Forces and the sacrifices that both you and your families have made to protect out freedoms. Thank you to those that are presently fighting abroad. A special thanks to the families of our brave military.

So often we take the past and present service of our brave men and women of the Armed Forces for granted. Know, that these individuals fight for peace, fight for freedom and fight for the very liberties that you and I enjoy every day.

God Bless the men and woman of our Armed Forces both past and present.

A Veterans Day message from Afghanistan from Black Five.

81% of Americans have a favorable view of the American military.

Daily Commentary – Thursday, November 11th, 2010 – Steven Hayes Sentenced to Death

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The Plane Facts: John Boehner to Fly Commercial as House Speaker … Parks Nancy Pelosi’s Over Priced Air Force Jet

The GOP changes begin to differentiate the new House from Pelosi’s old one …

Soon to be House Speaker, John Boehner (R-OH) makes a symbolic gesture to show that the GOP got the message from the 2010 midterm elections. Boehner says he will fly commercial, rather than use the Air Force jet formerly used by Speaker Pelosi. Many had speculated what Boehner would do with Peloi’s lavish air travel in a time when most Americans could not even afford coach air fare. Out of control and wasteful government spending was obviously on the minds of voters in the 2010 midterm elections.   The “plane” fact is … the GOP looks to change many House rules.

Boehner’s decision would be a change in protocol from Nancy Pelosi and her predecessor, former Speaker Dennis Hastert, who usually flew back and forth to their home states in whichever Air Force aircraft was available for their use, typically a 12-seat jet.

Beyond changing travels arrangements, Boehner also said he wants the House of Representatives to be more open and transparent than in years past. To tackle that job, he has tapped Rep. Greg Walden to lead a group of GOP members to propose changes to House rules and procedures. The group began meeting Tuesday and will keep talking throughout the week.

Following the midterm election according to Gallup, John Boehner’s approval image has improved but Democrat Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s has not. Boehner is viewed favorably by 34%, up from 27% in mid-October. Many still do not know who Boehner is; however, they certainly know Reid, who has high disapproval ratings. Makes one wonder what the people of Nevada were tinking to reelect him back to the US Senate.

Americans’ opinions of House Republican Leader John Boehner, who is in line to be the speaker of the House in the new Congress, improved after the midterm elections. Though 4 in 10 Americans are still unfamiliar with Boehner, more Americans now rate him positively than negatively, a shift from three prior 2010 readings, including one taken in mid-October.

 As the Hot Air Pundit says, would we ever see Pelosi travel with the common folk as Speaker? Not on your live, “not even if they were giving away free Botox”.

A special hat tip to Atlas Shruggs for the retrospective to Nancy Pelosi, wow … things have come a long way. Love the retro! What will Pelosi be most known for … “We Have to Pass Our Bill So That You Can Find Out What Is In It”. Some how for Dems and the MSM it is a badge of honor for Pelosi to have strong armed and overwhelming majority of Democrats in the House to vote for unpopular legislation that lost them control of the House.

Amazon.com Peddling Child Exploitation … “The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure:A Child-Lover’s Code of Conduct”

WTF … ARE YOU FRIGGING KIDDING ME!!!

THIS IS NOT FREE SPEECH … IT IS THE PROPAGATION OF CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN. 

Amazon.com has the audacity to sell a digital book entitled “The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure: A Child-Lover’s Code of Conduct”. That is correct. Amazon is peddling a “guide to” book on child exploitation. Isn’t that special. Might I add, Amazon.com is under fire and getting an earful from irate individuals. No one should shop on Amazon until they take this horrid book off their site. Newsflash Amazon … this is the PR you want just in time for the Christmas holidays?

BOYCOTT AMAZON.COM!

Online retail giant Amazon was under fire on Wednesday for selling a self-published digital book called “The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure.”

The reviews page for the book, by a Phillip R. Greaves and available for Amazon’s Kindle electronic reader, was deluged with criticism of the Seattle, Washington-based Amazon for offering it for sale.

Amazon.com should be absolutely ashamed of themselves. It is hard to know where even to begin with the outrage. The digital book,  ”The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure: A Child-Lover’s Code of Conduct”, at first sounds like a joke. However, sadly this is deadly serious. Let’s see if we have this correct, “A Child-Lover’s Code of Conduct”? CODE OF CONDUCT???!!!??? The following is what the e-book is supposed to do. RULES FOR SICK PREVERTED PEDOPHILES TO FOLLOW? Did I miss something, isn’t the sexual exploitation of children by an adult illegal?

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