The G20 Summit for 2012 got underway in a posh resort in San Jose Del Cabo, Mexico yesterday. Russia President Vladimir Putin had a one-on-one with Barack Obama. Issues such as Syria were discussed, though the general consensus seems to be that Putin lectured the man-child Obama. There were also some meetings with other world leaders and the subject of the Euro Zone debt crisis was high on the topic list. British Prime Minister David Cameron is arguing against newly elected French President Francois Hollande′s plan to raise taxes and increase government spending. All agree that job creation should be a priority, but factions are forming on just how to go about achieving such.
One thing we can say for certain is that once again, the woeful limitations of Obama as a political leader is putting America in the backseat. The other world leaders see Obama as a naïve fool and are paying him letting regard. For example, Putin addressed the situation in Syria by raising Egypt. Putin told Obama that while he may agree that Bashar al-Assad might be expendable, he does not want to see a group like the Muslim Brotherhood take over Syria as they have in Egypt. Obama apparently has no problem with the Muslim Brotherhood, even though war clouds are forming between Egypt and our only real ally in the region, Israel. Just in the last 48 hours, Israel has begun to move tanks and other military units units closer to the border.
As for economic issues, why would any world leader pay any attention to Obama? He is totally clueless about how an economy works. His policies of the last three and a half years have been a disaster in the United States. Obama is scheduled to meet with China President Hu Jintao today. So we have another chance to see Obama being treated like a school boy who just failed basic arithmetic.
Yes, the G20 Summit 2012 in Mexico is another shining example of how poorly served we Americans are by Barack Obama. Better that he go off and play a 101st round of golf than try playing politics with seasoned professionals. Vladimir Putin made mince meat out of Obama yesterday and we can expect Hu Jintao to do so again today. What an embarrassment!
June 20th, 2012 at 4:25 am
@ ‘Me’:
Obama “rose from poverty”??? When did that happen? I suppose like most people, ‘Me’, you never read the first of his two ‘autobiographies’ that Bill Ayers wrote for Obama.
His mom’s second husband, LoLo Soetoro, who adopted Barry, making him an Indonesian (he was already Muslim due to his natural father) was a big deal oil guy. When Barry and his mom lived in Indonesia, they lived in a large house in the ritzy side of the street complete with servants.
Upon returning to Hawaii, Barry lived with his grandparents. Grandma was the VP for a local bank. Grampa used to own a furniture biz. Barry was sent to the fanciest prep school in Hawaii.
Barry Obama has lived a charmed life of power and privilege. In Chicago, his money-bags pal, Tony Rezko, was the guy who arranged for Obama to attend Harvard Law School. I’m just guessing here, but I’d bet a dollar to the hole in your donut, ‘Me’, that Obama’s education was bought and paid for by Nadhmi Auchi, the Iraqi billionaire who used to be Saddam’s money-launderer. The connections between Auchi and Rezko are well documented.
June 20th, 2012 at 4:37 am
Buzz, not to nit-pick but the U.S. is 25th in math and 17th in science. Not very good either, but on the other hand, one must remember that places like India and China have thousands of years of cultural traditions in subjects like mathematics.
The real fault is, of course, our pathetic public school system. We can sum up its failings in a few words: ‘Teachers Unions’ and ‘Government control’ to name a couple. Just keep ignoring the truth that home schooling is proving to be far superior. Especially as we continue to advance in technology that can eliminate the need for schools and classrooms.
June 20th, 2012 at 5:12 am
“Colored”?
June 20th, 2012 at 5:22 am
The most predictable comments ever. I could have written them on a piece of paper folded it up and handed it someone right after my comments appeared.
The inevitable, why do you hate your country comments.
It is important to love your country enough to be objective and strive to improve its shortcomings.
This anti-intellectualism has resulted in Joe the Plumber being considered for a place in government.
What were his latest views? That gun control caused the Holocaust. Yeah, that is who should be running things. Yikes.
“The best schools are in the West”.
There are fine schools in the West, but no one would seriously say that it is the location of America’s finest and most respected schools.
People come from all over the world to attend M.I.T., Harvard, Yale, etc.
Do they come here to go to schools in the West such as Stanford? Sure, but it is not close in regard to the number of institutions that are ranked amongst the finest in the world.
June 20th, 2012 at 6:02 am
“This anti-intellectualism has resulted in Joe the Plumber being considered for a place in government.”
Okay, Buzzbee, this is what I would call Elitism at its finest (or worst, depending how sarcastic one is). So are we to limit participation in elected office to just those who come out of the Establishment mills like Harvard, Yale and Princeton? Where is your precious ‘democracy’ now?
June 20th, 2012 at 7:01 am
I said nothing of the kind, but considering someone that thinks that gun control caused the Holocaust?
Watch the YouTube video of this dunce where he says the gun control laws of 1939 (it was, in reality 1938) were what allowed for the killing of 6 million Jews (at least he hasn’t disputed that yet).
Elitist? Yeah, that is setting the bar “really high”.
Hey, anyone can run, but the fact that he ever got serious consideration is mind-boggling.
Don’t most CEOs have some modicum of intelligence and/or education?
Isn’t government service an executive position?
If you were hiring people to run your company, whom would you hire? The guy who shares all of your views, but is not that bright or the well-educated individual who you aren’t necessarily that fond of?
The first person is who you may choose as a friend, the latter is who you put in charge.
June 20th, 2012 at 10:19 am
Isn’t government service an executive position?
If you were hiring people to run your company, whom would you hire? The guy who shares all of your views, but is not that bright or the well-educated individual who you aren’t necessarily that fond of?”
How nice, you gave us two choices.
What about hiring someone intelligent who does share your views ? You’d be surprised how many times this happens. Sounds like you should put a newspaper of your own ON the market and hire only conservative journalist !
Must we dumb down everything for your sake ?
Sheesh
The first person is who you may choose as a friend, the latter is who you put in charge.
June 20th, 2012 at 10:21 am
oops, last two sentences snuck into the copy
June 20th, 2012 at 11:13 am
Me, the assumption that you are under 25 or the assumption(!) that you are liberal is wrong? Or the assumption that you are one of the few remaining liberals over 25?
Buzz, liberals apply the term “intellectual” to the idiot Obama, so you don’t really have standing to assess people. Liberals like you often confuse “articulate” with intelligent or intellectual. In truth Obama is articulate (usually), is clearly not intelligent, and is arguably not intellectual, which by anyone’s definition would include some kind of curiosity about the world. In fact, his speeches are given at the lowest grade level (6th grade) than any president in history. Liberals like you turn intellectualism into a dirty word when you attach it to idiots like Obama.
Stereotypes are actually useful for liberals. I don’t know if you are over 25. If so, then Churchill was right when he says that you are an idiot, something he said to be humorous but the stereotype is accurate, because as a person ages the liberal’s utopian view of human behavior should be altered by experience. But liberals are unable to progress to the point where they can reconcile the ideal with the real. And yes, liberals “hate” their country, meaning they look for faults while brushing over strengths, as exemplified by your comments on this thread. They think this way because they understand America to not be ideally perfect, which is enough to hate it because of their inability to reconcile ideal versus real. If something is not perfect, the idealist hates it.
June 20th, 2012 at 12:21 pm
Please point out one item or word that indicates anything remotely close to hate for my country (or even dislike for that matter).
It appears that if someone does share your views, they are idiots that hate their country.
Let’s see, that means moderate Republicans, Independents, Democrats of any ilk and anyone that holds a liberal opinion on any subject are idiots that hate their country.
Hmm… that is a pretty small and select group of people you count as anything close to patriotic.
Under 25? I don’t even remember 25.
58 years old and own a business where we grossly overcharge for medical products and services.
Why can we do that? Because we have an industry lobby that supports Republican Governors and legislators because they continuously allow us to gouge the medical system.
Don’t get me wrong, both sides are for sale (obviously, more than ever now), it just so happens in our industry (mostly pharmaceutical) the Republicans will allow us to get away with murder.
June 20th, 2012 at 12:37 pm
Despite the fact that it is obvious that many of you truly do hate liberals and probably think something should be done about them, I still find many of you to be highly entertaining.
I shake my head at how riled up everyone seems to get, but it is still funny stuff.
Just like television, liberal political commentary is fueled by condescending snark that is best presented in a comedic context, while right-wing radio and television runs on anger.
Hey, even I watch Fox’s Version of the News, simply because it is never boring. EVERYTHING potentially qualifies as a catalyst for outrage.
Recent studies indicate that given the choice between straight news or news commentary, people invariably choose news commentary.
They don’t want to read the newspaper (hey, I’m old, I still read newspapers), they want someone else to read the paper and tell them what it means.
When people ask me if I could have a television show, what would I present? I answer, “Extreme right wing rhetoric”.
Why? My answer is the same as the one offered by noted bank robber Willie Sutton when asked why he robs banks.
“Because that is where the money is”.
June 20th, 2012 at 1:01 pm
I’m just guessing here, but I’d bet a dollar to the hole in your donut, ‘Me’, that Obama’s education was bought and paid for by Nadhmi Auchi, the Iraqi billionaire who used to be Saddam’s money-launderer.
The depths of your insanity know no bottom.
Buzz, not to nit-pick but the U.S. is 25th in math and 17th in science. Not very good either, but on the other hand, one must remember that places like India and China have thousands of years of cultural traditions in subjects like mathematics.
If you wanna say the Asians are genetically better at math, this is rightpundits, you don’t have to couch it in terms of “cultural traditions”. We know what you’re saying.
If you actually do mean they have a cultural edge, then all you’re doing is agreeing that America is culturally deficient.
Which brings me to the wider point of “American exceptionalism” (in the usual right-wing sense that America is better than everyone else). While America has indeed been exceptional in his history, the right wing has a “born on 2nd base and think they hit a double” mentality. Just because the US has been exceptional in its past, due to blood, sacrifice, resources, ingenuity, and character, does NOT mean that YOU are awesome. You can’t ride other people’s successes and claim them as your own. Previous Americans have done much good in the world- the right wing takes that to mean that THEY are INHERENTLY good and deserving of praise and respect earned by their forebearers. They think that the past will resemble the future without any of the hard work or sacrifice made by the generations previous.
America is exceptional only to the point that it works and struggles to be exceptional. It’s not a birthright that you can just claim with a flag pin and singing Lee Greenwood songs.
Me, the assumption that you are under 25 or the assumption(!) that you are liberal is wrong? Or the assumption that you are one of the few remaining liberals over 25?
The assumption that I’m not “working for a living” is wrong. Very, very wrong.
Also, only 22% of Democrats are under 29. Obviously, fewer are under 25, although you may have to think about the math for a few minutes to understand why.
But yeah, Republicans are older and dying out. And clinging to their government-issued health care.
So are we to limit participation in elected office to just those who come out of the Establishment mills like Harvard, Yale and Princeton? Where is your precious ‘democracy’ now?
Sorry, isn’t your candidate a double-graduate of Harvard?
In any event, I think buzzbee is objecting to Joe the Plumber (real name: not Joe, real job: not plumber) being a towering idiot, which is not quite the same as not attending an Ivy League school.
June 20th, 2012 at 1:30 pm
Holy crap… Joe the Plumber REALLY *IS* running for congress!
His latest ad suggests that german’s “gun control” in 1939 was responsible for the Holocaust.
Then he shoots a bunch of apples off posts (only one shot is all in the frame– the rest are SHOT A: he aims SHOT B: close up on apple getting blown away… Somehow I’m guessing he’s a crappy marksman), mutters “I love America”, and then slams to the end title card.
Holy crap. Are you Republicans thoroughly humiliated, embarrassed and horrified? I know some of you are.
June 20th, 2012 at 1:31 pm
“US has been exceptional in its past, due to blood, sacrifice, resources, ingenuity, and character, does NOT mean that YOU are awesome”
Go fck yourself already.
Weve practically saved everyones ass on this planet at one time or another.
More people immigrate to the US than any other country because we are awesome.
America deals with the most illegal residents because they think were awesome.
Asians are now the largest group migrating to America as opposed to all other legal or illegal entries.
You’re stupid
June 20th, 2012 at 1:37 pm
“Are you Republicans thoroughly humiliated, embarrassed and horrified? I know some of you are.”
Yeah, its not a stretch for retard to figure Jews bearing arms would of givin them a fighting chance.
But then, what the do you know about Jews ?
Obviously nothing as I’ve already provedAre you Republicans thoroughly humiliated, embarrassed and horrified? I know some of you are.
Not half as embarrased as I would be having Stuart Smally (Al Frankin) and Nancy Pelosi representing me
June 20th, 2012 at 2:44 pm
Go fck yourself already.
Weve practically saved everyones ass on this planet at one time or another.
More people immigrate to the US than any other country because we are awesome.
America deals with the most illegal residents because they think were awesome.
Asians are now the largest group migrating to America as opposed to all other legal or illegal entries.
You’re stupid
Exhibit A, everyone. micky, an ignorant, angry loser who sits on his ass in Hawaii and has a 2nd grade comprehension level, thinks he shares credit in the accomplishments of others.
And you’ll be a millionaire one day too, micky… once you get that reality show.
(No offense is intended towards 2nd graders.)
June 20th, 2012 at 3:31 pm
“58 years old and own a business where we grossly overcharge for medical products and services.”
Buzz?
Meet Elizabeth. She is 21 years old. She has SLE (Lupus).Her father is a VietNam Veteran.Elizabeth has no medical insurance.The medications needed to “tame” her symptoms cost her family over $50K a year.The Government will not give her any of her father’s benefits.
According to them she is “not disabled enough”.
So the next time you have a cocktail—Toast Elizabeth. Her family paid for it.
You Sir are pathetic.
June 20th, 2012 at 3:48 pm
Faye, are you actually complaining about the government not providing enough medical care to people without insurance?
Well, today someone on reddit did a nice breakdown in English of what “Obamacare” actually does.
It was a good read.
June 20th, 2012 at 4:11 pm
No insurance?
Half the people I know are now without insurance.
Of course, the odd part is many of them, being Fox devotees, rail against anything resembling a public option.
We do, however, have socialized medicine. It is the emergency room at every hospital.
So instead of having a national plan that would support a $50 office visit, you now have a room full of people seeing an emergency room physician for a case of the sniffles for a cost of $500 (which will never be paid).
June 20th, 2012 at 4:16 pm
I am a Capitalist and run a business.
Medicine is the same as any other business, you charge what the market will bear.
Should medicine be a “for profit” industry?
Absolutely not. A business such as mine should not exist.
Change the laws, I will overcharge for products in another industry.
June 20th, 2012 at 4:54 pm
Me;
“Exhibit A, everyone. micky, an ignorant, angry loser who sits on his ass in Hawaii and has a 2nd grade comprehension level, thinks he shares credit in the accomplishments of others.
And you’ll be a millionaire one day too, micky… once you get that reality show.”
You really know how to make a guys point.
Thank you ever so much ya useful idiot.
That statement had nothing to with the fact that you cant disprove my assertions of parts of your existence.
You’re a walking breathing example of liberals and their character defects at its best.
I stand correct.
Liberal Jews are about the most conflicted hypocrites on the planet next to liberal Catholics
June 20th, 2012 at 5:03 pm
Me;
“And you’ll be a millionaire one day too, micky… once you get that reality show.”
Between my house, my business, portfolios, annuities and antique Harley parts,that in fact is what I’m worth.
ass hole
June 20th, 2012 at 5:11 pm
Another example of liberal nonsense.
“I am a Capitalist and run a business.
Medicine is the same as any other business, you charge what the market will bear.
Should medicine be a “for profit” industry?
Absolutely not. A business such as mine should not exist.
Change the laws, I will overcharge for products in another industry.”
One of the most basic facts in life is that nothing is free.
The true capitalist will buy these medications and donate.
You expect people, the elite scholars still paying their student loans, to work years of research for free ?
You’re insane
June 20th, 2012 at 5:41 pm
“One of the most basic facts in life is that nothing is free.
The true capitalist will buy these medications and donate.
You expect people, the elite scholars still paying their student loans, to work years of research for free ?”
Where on Earth did I ask anyone to work for free?
And what would lead you to believe I am “insane”?
Heck, I am boring in my pragmatism.
I buy products and mark them up and I am but one of many. By the time the government gets the bill there have been a lot of hands in the till.
A lack of a cohesive national health care system is putting our country at a competitive disadvantage.
The auto industry should be ‘for profit”, electronics, “for profit”, entertainment, “for profit”, but health care, probably not. You are well aware we are the only leading industrial nation that does not have a national health care plan.
That is not something to be proud of.
June 20th, 2012 at 7:39 pm
“Where on Earth did I ask anyone to work for free?
right here baby
“Should medicine be a “for profit” industry?
Absolutely not.”
Theres a whole line of protocols to apply before a drug can be on the market that you are obviously ignorant of.
There has to additional charges applied once just about anything or drug hits the market.
Charges which are paid for with profit.
I swear, the leftys here are getting more unrealistic than even I could imagine.
But, then again, the private sectors doin just fine, aint it ?
sheesh