Things That Make Me Happy and Give Me Hope
THE RETURN OF DIALOGUE
"Obama: 'We can move U.S.-Cuban relations in a new direction"
"Obama: U.S. Seeks 'New Beginning' with Cuba"
"Obama eases Cuba travel restrictions"
"Obama, Venezuela's Chavez shake hands at summit"
"If Chavez initiates talks, Obama would likely agree"
"Obama offers Iran 'the promise of a new beginning"
THE RETURN OF RATIONALITY
"Obama Ends Stem Cell Research Ban"
"Obama Makes Climate Change a National Priority"
"Obama selects Steven Chu as Energy Secretary"
"Barack Obama: Advancing the Frontiers of Space Exploration"
THE RETURN OF OVERSIGHT
THE RETURN OF AMERICAN VALUES
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8 comments:
The Cuba stuff... good.
Stem Cell research, awesome.
Releasing the torture memos... a start.
Now if Holder will prosecute the Bush adminstrations people responsible for the ordering of the torture then I'll have hope and be sorta happy too. At least for a couple of minutes :)
You might want to bone up on Chavez before you add him to your list. As concerned as you are with human rights, Chavez is one of the biggest violators around. Plus he is as crazy as a shit house rat.
Old Fart - I'd like to see the Bush folks prosecuted too. But it will never happen. At least not in this country. For the same reason Ford didn't prosecute Nixon. For a while, I was hopeful that Spain was going to show some balls and do the job for us, but they pussed out. It's still possible that another country who signed the UN Treaty on Torture could step up and do what's right. I certainly hope so.
mm - I know all about Chavez. He's a world class dickhead. But, as someone once said, "You don't make peace with your friends. You make peace with your enemies." If we aren't talking to someone, then we don't have any leverage at all. Talking is good. Threatening, and bullying is worse than useless, it's counter productive. It has exactly the opposite effect that you are trying to accomplish.
The high-speed rail stuff was another nice thing to see, too.
If we talk to them and they still continue to threaten or terrorize, will you still heart them or does your patience only wear thin with Americans?
Well Jools, the Soviets threatened to annihilate us and we kept talking to them. So again, as someone once said you make peace with your enemies, not your friends.
This all sounds great.
Only one catch.
Obama is going to spend trillions to do it...trillions we don't have.
He couldn't tax enough to do it.
So the government will print money, and inflation...bad inflation...will have to follow.
We are in deep shit.
Skeptical Skeptic
Fair enough, Keith. Outreach is good as long as it's not one-sided. I'll give Obama time on this one.
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