Oh Obama dearest you do make me giggle! One of the greatest quotes of all damn time by a Prez was spoken at a Democratic Party fundraiser - oh yes the Dems are suffering due to THE END OF THE WORLD (recession) too! Seems that the Grand Old Party is beating down the Dems ass when it comes to fundraising lately so they brought back their fave mascot to help them out. Another classic from the conference = "One day I'm a genius; One day I'm a bum!"
This particular snippet is kinda true - the fluxtuations in criticism for Obamarama have been going crazy lately depending on what's en vogue.... the latest? - Obama relies too much on a teleprompter 'parently. If this is an affliction of his he's been passing it round at international events because every freaking world leader since Stalin has pretty much relied on help speech-wise! I vote the rep's include a vaccination plan for the affliction into their next manifesto.....Specially since Bush made absolutely no mistakes whatsoever during his speeches! Yeh nowadays Bushisms reflect the accuracy of his speeches! I personally believe that Barack is just being misunderestimated myself.
Anyways Letterman has an awesome take on the issue.
Finally the Chinese have been discussing the latest US report on the seemingly ever-growing power of their armed forces. Apparently, the less than kind words used in the report are making the two nations friendship suffer. Because everyone knows the US and China are the best of friends. Delusional much?
Who would've thought?
It's the 6th Birthday of the invasion of Iraq today!!! And we're still there......no, seriously, we should've found WMD's, got rid of the terrorists, created a new peaceful nation in the middle-east and withdrawn. But if it had all gone to plan maybe Obamarama wouldn't have swept the USA. And all these what-ifs make my head hurt! So let's instead examine what it's like in Iraq now in 5 easy numerical facts!
- 179 UK soldiers have died in Iraq as of 20th March 2009. The most deaths recorded thus far were in 2007 where the death toll was 47.
- It took just 20 days to topple Saddam Hussein's regime (9th April 2003) although President Bush did not declare victory until the 1st May
- On the 15th November 2003 it was announced Iraqi sovereignty would be reached by 2005 - just 2 years away
- It will take 18 months for US troops to leave Iraq following the announcement of Obama's withdrawal plan (as of 27th February 2009)
- 3.1% of Iraqi households are "food insecure" (per the latest World Food Programme survey) a vast improvement on the previous 2005 survey when 15.4% was the figure
Iraq is a kinda mixed bag then (and I don't just mean Sunni vs. Shia.) The controversy surrounding it pretty much sunk two major world leaders respect, YET both got re-elected. Also let's not discount the importance of industrial developments. 94% of Iraqi's have Colour TV people's!!! And as we all know TV is the fuel of life.
Where have all the doom blowers gone??
This week has been majorly weird in politico land: we've heard pretty much nothing about the END OF THE WORLD (recession). Weiirrrdddd.....instead things seems to have gone rather yankish and domesticated - we care about ourselves! All this social loveliness has offered rather a distraction and coupled with the charitable theme of the week it's been a lil bit feel-good. Personally I think the sun helps just a bit too.
So shall we examine all these social niceties?
- More of you can find out if your kids are in immediate and apparent danger. I.e. you can check up on why our legal system sometimes seems a little bit screwed! At least this society had the decency not to attack offenders. Child Safety = Good Times
- The Experts have been staring at your bodies. They're worried. First things first a chocolate tax. Cos if it was a quid more expensive we clearly wouldn't buy it. Clearly an expert in only one subject area that dude.
- Next up another expert wants to put a minimum price on alcohol. A minimum price on alcohol = a minimum price on fun times!!! Hells to the no on that! No worries though kids - the Government plans to oppose the idea.
- Finally the misspending of our taxes gets more ridiculous by the day. I mean I love a good flower arrangement as much as the next girl but even so......
Finally I'm just gonna point out how freaking hilarious it is how Cherie Blair being hired to build the case against Fred Goodwin is headline news.....because, yes, she does actually do something that doesn't involve giving us T.M.I.
I love that they choose a picture that makes Sir Fred look so regretful. Still, it's better than looking like a hamster-human cross-breed programme that didn't quite reach its conclusion.
Newbies
Namely Hillary (oh joy she's being smooootth again) and a Mr Nicholas Clegg, the as yet unwritten about leader of the Lib Dems. That's right, I'm so cool I'm gonna right about both sides of the pond.....apu.
First off we have the yellow party of the UK, the Liberal Democrats (an Amalgamation of the Social Democrats and Liberals.....as you probably know). Anywhichway they're celebrating their 21st year!! We all know that the basis of UK politics is "civil" debate, i.e. attacking every other party. However, the Liberal Democrats have chosen their victim namely Gordy and crew, a move that surprises.....no one. Considering the Conservatives have pulled 20% over them makes that particular beast rather hard to attack. The party in power though, that's struggling with one of the worst recessions of the last century, makes a rather suitable applicant for target practice. The Presidentialised nature of the last two Prime Ministers has ensured that their heads are well and truly above the parapet. Unlucky.
Next up we have Hillary of the Clinton persuasion, who spent the week being friieeenndsss with Lavrov of Russia, who was, coincidentally, not a Condoleezza fan. In fact I think my new favourite 'special relationship' has just been formed. Check the quote from the Russian: "I venture to say we have a wonderful personal relationship." Lols much?! Hillary toured a number of other countries but that just had to be the highlight!
It may be pretty evident that Northern Ireland is an issue that means a lot to me. The news that this weekend 3 people have died in a new influx of troubles (the Real IRA are claiming at least two of them as their responsibility) is saddening and almost overwhelmighly disheartening. But personally the issue is that the Northern Ireland Minister, Shaun Woodward, does not believe increased security on the barracks gates would not have made a difference to the outcome of the events because of the "ruthless" attackers. Although it's true that the members of the real IRA responsible were probably very determined to cause both death and destruction. However, the fact that the Barrack guard could not conceivably respond to the attack in defense, due to the fact that he was only equipped with a pistol, does throw up some very real questions. In the next few days the political longevity of the effect of these deaths should come into the light and I for one would like to see it prioritised and addressed fully.
In a final night hearted note i think 'MCCAIN: "I DON'T WANT HIM TO FAIL"' is possibly one of the most amusing sights I have ever freaking seen. It's also kinda irrelevant considering we haven't heard from McCain pretty much since the election process ended. I didn't really think McC wanted anything never mind Obama's failure. He's too like the forgetful great uncle whose lip kisses you have to strategically dodge for that. Also, props to the Huffington Post for subtlety and the picture that accompanied the piece:
If ever there was a definitive reason to elect Obama over McCain I would say the fact that McC looks roughly 5.3 seconds away from death would pretty much be it. The reason he looks so terrified? His almost-ghost status has enabled to see the future if under Sarah Palin. Rather him tbh.
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