Obama's ideals or odious deals?

President Obama made a great speech about he will do everything he can

 against the payouts to executives. Well, there is a provision that a contract

is null and void if against the public interest. I don't believe he will use this provision,

 because so far he has acted like an agent for big business.(RIc)

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• US politicans are demanding that troubled insurer, AIG, give back the bailout money it paid to executives in bonuses.

  4 hours 50 minutes

Obama pulled in $150,000 from AIG

Geoff Elliott, Washington correspondent BARACK Obama received nearly $US150,000 in campaign donations from the bailed-out US insurance giant AIG.

Below is Obama’s 2005 and 2006 voting record. This was collected by a national liberal Democratic organizaion. The news team at Creative Youth has thoroughly checked it out in Thomas.loc.gov and found it to be accurate. If it has been posted before, my apologies. I was really floored by it tonight.

1/06/05: Obama voted for Bush’s Ohio electors. Roll Call 1 1/26/05: Obama voted to confirm Condoleezza Rice for Secretary of State. Roll call 2 2/01/05: Obama was part of a unanimous consent agreement not to filibuster the nomination of lawless torturer Alberto Gonzales as chief law enforcement officer of the United States (U.S. Attorney General). No roll call is available to view but the unanimous consent is noted in Thomas.loc.gov 2/10/05: Obama voted for an act known as The Class Action Extreme UnFairness Act of 2005 (S 5) that makes it much more difficult, if not impossible, for victims to seek and obtain damages in class action suits filed against wrongdoers who have harmed multiple victims. Roll call 9 2/15/05: Obama voted to confirm Michael Chertoff, a proponent of water-board torture, an individual connected to the financing of 9/11 and the man behind the round-up of thousands of people of Middle-Eastern descent following 9/11. By confirming him, Obama, in effect, endorsed terrorist attacks on America, water-board torture and racism. One consequence of Obama’s’ vote to confirm Chertoff was the Katrina disaster. Roll call 10. (In May, 2005, Obama voted to give Chertoff the authority to waive all laws with no judicial review and no relief. See below.) 4/21/05: Obama voted to make John “Death Squad” Negroponte the National Intelligence Director. In Central America, John Negroponte was connected to death squads that murdered nuns and children in sizable quantities. He is suspected of instigating death squads while in Iraq, resulting in the current insurgency. Instead of calling for Negroponte’s prosecution, Obama rewarded him by making him National Intelligence Director. On 4/17/05, the California Democratic Party unanimously passed a resolution discussing the death squads and calling on Senators to reject the nomination of John Negroponte. Roll call 107 read on:http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=334x10842

It saddens me to contemplate, 

how good intentions dissipate,

How vows of love forever go,

whichever way the wind doth blow.

How aims of popular ideals,

sink in the mire of dirty deals.

O, Obama, we worshipped you.

Are you  a two-faced bastard, too?

Ric

http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/

See this video how Obama is carrying on Bush's policies.

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Obama's Vietnam.

Obama is sending in more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, when he should be planning strategic withdrawal. Continued U.S. and nato presence will not weaken the taliban but only inflict many casualties on civilians.(Ric)

"The Taliban Now Holds A Permanent Presence In 72% Of Afghanistan"

'Struggle For Kabul: The Taliban Advance', International Council on Security and Development

EXCERPT: "While the international community’s prospects in Afghanistan have never been bleaker, the Taliban has been experiencing a renaissance that has gained momentum since 2005. At the end of 2001, uprooted from its strongholds and with its critical mass shattered, it was viewed as a spent force. It was naively assumed by the US and its allies that the factors which propelled the Taliban to prominence in Afghanistan would become moribund in parallel to its expulsion from the country. The logic ran that as ordinary Afghans became aware of the superiority of a western democratic model, and the benefits of that system flowed down to every corner of the country, then the Taliban’s rule would be consigned to the margins of Afghan history.

"However, as seven years of missed opportunity have rolled by, the Taliban has rooted itself across increasing swathes of Afghan territory. According to research undertaken by ICOS throughout 2008, the Taliban now has a permanent presence in 72% of the country. Moreover, it is now seen as the de facto governing power in a number of southern towns and villages. This figure is up from 54% in November 2007, as outlined in the ICOS report Stumbling into Chaos: Afghanistan on the Brink.

Obama is sending in more U.S. troops to Afghanistan, when he should be planning strategic withdrawal. Continued U.S. and nato presence will not weaken the taliban but only inflict many casualties on civilians.

See also: 'In pictures: Militants attack Kabul', BBC News, 11 February 2009 'French officer, Afghan translator killed in ambush', Reuters India, 11 February 2009 'US envoy faces tough South Asia test', BBC News, 11 February 2009 'Taliban feel pinch of world financial crisis', CBC News, 11 February 2009 Related posts: 'NATO figures show surge in violence', 2 February 2009 'The return of the Taliban', 27 January 2009 'Taliban want to expel foreign troops, not win power', 21 January 2009 'Karzai admits failure in securing Afghanistan', 29 October 2008 'Afghans to Karzai: You failed us', 22 October 2008

Karzai: US invasion brought about misery  Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:23:58 GMT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai says the US-led forces have failed to reduce insurgency and bring security to the war-torn country.  The US-backed leader,  addressing a gathering of  women in Kabul, said Afghanistan's security had  deteriorated since the  2001 US-led invasion of the country.  "But one of the nation's biggest wishes was full security ... which we have  not brought. It has even  dropped," AFP quoted Karzai as saying on Wednesday.  "When we came, life was  good, but now it's not," Karzai said, adding that "we are still a nation deeply  in pain and misery."  The US invaded Afghanistan in a bid to  dismantle the al-Qaeda  network and its Taliban protectors.  However, long-term occupa tion of Afghan land by the  US and its allies, the  extensive bombing and its overwhelmingly civilian casualties, and the lack of social and political reform have contributed to  the war-ravaged country's poor condition.  The gravity of the situation  has prompted the US-led  coalition forces to admit that they were 'far from  victory in Afghanistan'.  Over 230 foreign soldiers  and more than 4,700 Afghans, mostly civilians  have been killed by militants in Afghanistan so far this year. The story Sen. Barack Obama said  Sunday that United States  needs to focus on Afghanistan in its battle against terrorism. "The Afghan gover nment needs to do more.  But we have to understand  that the situation is precarious and urgent here in Afghanistan. And I believe this has  to be our central focus, the central front, on our battle against terrorism," Ob ama said Sunday on CBS' "Face the Nation." "I think one of the biggest mistakes we've made strategically after 9/11 was to  fail to finish the job here, focus our attention here. We got distracted by Iraq,"  he said.  Read full article » Some info Obama does not seem to be aware of: There was not one Afghani  or Pakistani among the 911  hijackers. They were all Saudi  Arabs and one Moroccan.  Go invade and bomb Saudi  Arabia if you want the culprits. But, like Bush you won't do  that because  the Bin Ladin family are closely  connected with U.S.oil  companies  and George W. Bush..(Ric)