Obama's Trip to India

This morning as I read some sites around the Internet, I see that the latest right wing gripe is that our President is going to be spending 200 million dollars a day on his four day trip to India.  This figure has been talked about on Rush Limbaugh's radio show, and on various right wing blogs and forums.  In fact I've even seen the trip inflated to $2Bn or 'billions.'

First off, FactCheck.org have proven that there is no evidence whatsoever that the trip will cost this much.  The White House has explained that the figures are wildly exaggerated.  Yet all around the Internet (and I'm guessing on Fox News at some point), people keep repeating the same lies.

Now I have two issues with this (actually I have more, but two is all I'm prepared to write about).  First off, President Obama didn't invent the infrastructure of Presidential visits.  Airforce One, the Secret Service, all that stuff was put in place decades ago.  So let's not get all sanctimonious about how much it costs for a President to visit a foreign country.

Secondly, what I want to know is why Obama's opponents have to lie to spread dislike for the President?  First they told us he did nothing, next they told us he was doing too much.  He's been likened to Hitler and various other evil people.  We've been told by his detractors that he should be impeached, that he isn't even American, that he's a Muslim and all that other garbage.  But my question is this:  If Barrack Hussein Obama is indeed such a terrible President, and is hurting our country so much, why don't you present me with FACTS about his wrongdoing?  Tell me WHY I should hate this man.  Tell me why I should vote against him in the next election.

Seriously, if Obama is as bad as Hitler, shouldn't we have some real dirt on him by now?  If he is a Muslim, don't we have some pictures of him praying to Mecca?  If the best you can do is make up lies about how much a Presidential trip abroad is costing, doesn't is show an inherent weakness to your argument?  Or could it be that you are just a racist fucktard and you don't really have a case to make at all?  Just a thought.

Nobel Prize

Today the President of the United States won the Nobel Peace Prize. It's a remarkable achievement for a sitting president, especially so early in his first term. But the reaction of the right was as expected; scorn, hate, racism (often disguised racism; but racism nonetheless), criticism, and talk about the end times.

What's sad though is the fact that the leader of America won one of the most prestigious awards on the planet, and there were people out there ready to use this fact to push their terrible agenda.

Many on the right talked about how Obama hasn't done enough (encumbered as he is cleaning up the massive fucking mess left by George W. Halfbrain). Many said that he was not worthy and made quips about us failing to get the Olympics in 2016.

The bottom line here is that despite our many problems right now, an American President won an incredible award, and therefore as a nation we should be proud. Those who denigrate this achievement need to take off their white sheets, lower their confederate flags, and stop being so unpatriotic.

What our President has done in the first few months of office is begin to show the rest of the world that we are smart enough to elect a person with a triple digit IQ. A person who actually likes the idea of co-operating with our friends around the world, engaging in diplomacy and statesmanship.

The international community is proud of the baby steps we have taken away from being insular and xenophobic. In 2009 we cannot afford to stumble around the world like a paranoid drunk trying to pick fights. We need to engage other countries, and participate in the international community (participation is not the same as bombing BTW).

With more great leadership and time we can continue to grow in stature around the world. But as usual a vocal group of retards wants to attack Obama for being too smart, achieving too much respect while being in possession of non-white skin, and trying to make friends rather than enemies.

If a liberal ever criticized Bush during a 'time of war' they were labeled as unpatriotic. But when President Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize, it's okay for the right to go off on another tiresome rant?

If you are an American who is upset that our President has won this award, you are probably a racist, probably a moron, and you need to accept that you've lost the plot. It's fine to disagree with the president if you wish to; that's our right. But when he wins something like this it's time to be proud of our nation and our great accomplishments.

Welcome President Obama

"This is the meaning of our liberty and our creed — why men and women and children of every race and every faith can join in celebration across this magnificent mall, and why a man whose father less than sixty years ago might not have been served at a local restaurant can now stand before you to take a most sacred oath." - President Barack Obama, Inauguration Speech, January 20th, 2009.