Fouad Ajami: The Arabs Have Stopped Applauding Obama – WSJ.com.
‘He talks too much,” a Saudi academic in Jeddah, who had once been smitten with Barack Obama, recently observed to me of America’s 44th president. He has wearied of Mr. Obama and now does not bother with the Obama oratory.
He is hardly alone, this academic. In the endless chatter of this region, and in the commentaries offered by the press, the theme is one of disappointment. In the Arab-Islamic world, Barack Obama has come down to earth.
He has not made the world anew, history did not bend to his will, the Indians and Pakistanis have been told that the matter of Kashmir is theirs to resolve, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the same intractable clash of two irreconcilable nationalisms, and the theocrats in Iran have not “unclenched their fist,” nor have they abandoned their nuclear quest
Okay, I am now seriously coughing over that one.
November 30, 2009 at 8:21 pm
Wow! May I say…Told You So.
Why is it that we can see the BS a mile away yet others can not and will not.
November 30, 2009 at 10:15 pm
Yeah, his brethren calling him out on the yak yak.
December 1, 2009 at 3:17 am
OT, like your new gravatar, where is it?
December 1, 2009 at 3:34 am
I don’t know why it keeps changing. It is so weird.
December 1, 2009 at 4:09 am
huh, that is odd
I had problems getting mine to work initially, gravatar didn’t like me trying to initiate it through mozilla firefox and I had to use internet explorer, but after a day or so it started appearing when I used firefox as a browser too.
November 30, 2009 at 8:23 pm
and we all know “talk” is cheap.
November 30, 2009 at 10:15 pm
I guess they are beginning to realize it.
November 30, 2009 at 8:29 pm
It’s a trap. They would never put down a muslim brother.
November 30, 2009 at 8:46 pm
Maybe they are figuring out that he might not be what he says he isn’t?
November 30, 2009 at 9:05 pm
Muslim, Christian, Muslim…….
I forget. What is the religion of the day?
November 30, 2009 at 9:06 pm
More flip-flops than a Florida K-Mart!
November 30, 2009 at 10:16 pm
LOL
November 30, 2009 at 10:08 pm
That’s the trouble with chameleons, they change their colors so often that eventually they become invisible to everyone.
When Obama was Senator of Illinois he did nothing…he skipped important votes and when he voted against the Dems he would claim he made a mistake, hit the wrong button. When he wanted to run for Prez, the Daley machine padded his resume to make it look like he worked on bills he had never seen before. Now it has become evident, not only to his supporters in the U.S., but to the world that the man is a big phony.
November 30, 2009 at 10:20 pm
Let’s hope that everyone remembers this next time they go to the polls. It seems that the only group in this country who is happy with him is the AA community. In every other poll, he is in the unsatisfactory group.
November 30, 2009 at 11:36 pm
I experienced an enlightning T-day with AA’s that have discovered their inner Conservative. Obambi was roasted with the turkey. the young Obot college student didn’t stand a chance. as the only caucasoid I carefully threw out a current events topic & sat back for the show. it was like Glenn Beck a few weeks ago with feathers flying. some immigrant white lady showed up late & started talking about moving to an upscale condo & getting her rent subsidized by the state. they roasted that biotch when she left. there’s nothing on earth more viscious than black conservatives. lol
December 1, 2009 at 1:11 am
LOL
December 1, 2009 at 2:08 am
I thought it was hysterical.
December 1, 2009 at 2:05 am
OMG, that sounds like it was a super T-day. Good grief, the young bot actually tried to defend POTUS? That was some roasting, too bad you didn’t have a cam running.
December 1, 2009 at 12:26 pm
the last word out of Obot was regarding the groping of a Hillary cutout. he remarked that it was “just entertainment”. several male feminists & an elderly AA woman jumped on this setting him straight. the Obot’s father, before he was killed in the Gulf War, was a John Wayne film fanatic. Dad’s best friend roasted Obambi as a coward on Afghanistan, & a child in regard to playing basketball with the bros at the WH. my best friend & her part-time minister husband were the only registered Republicans in attendance. they pretty much stirred the flames evangelizing the crowd to conservatism. all the others were Dems.
food was excellent, too!
December 1, 2009 at 4:37 am
That must have been a blast to watch and listen.
November 30, 2009 at 11:16 pm
Barky’s blown his image as the strong silent type.
December 1, 2009 at 1:12 am
Among other things!
December 1, 2009 at 2:04 am
He has tried to have it both ways and it just doesn’t work.
December 1, 2009 at 12:12 am
Well, he’s served his purpose anyway….not for what he was supposed to do, but for keeping Hillary Clinton from being POTUS.
December 1, 2009 at 2:07 am
And destroying the country while given the opportunity. What is wrong with this country? Any woman, be it Sarah Palin, HRC, Geraldine Ferraro, Condalezza Rice, is never going to be given that opportunity as I see it.
December 1, 2009 at 4:28 am
Plus Hillary would have actually gotten something done, you know, fixed things! Can’t have that! TPTB must maintain the status quo dontcha know!
December 1, 2009 at 4:38 am
As others have said, the chaos creates distraction from that which is the truth. These dirty rotten scum absolutely do not want anything fixed.
December 1, 2009 at 1:30 am
Two more of obama’s followers that woke up. That makes four of my rather close friends in the last month.
December 1, 2009 at 2:01 am
Yeah, better late than never Betty.
December 1, 2009 at 2:04 am
Talks too much? Wait til tomorrow…… another f*cking speech.
December 1, 2009 at 2:34 am
Anthony, odd you should say that….
because look at this breaking news!
“Obama’s birth place discovered!”
Just click and see.
I think that may be a Muslim place name – they did invade and control most of that part for a long while.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=graham+norton+%22upper+austria%22&hl=en&cd=1&ei=2G4US_ypH5PSMMeakfYB&ie=UTF8&view=map&f=d&daddr=Austria&geocode=CV-sXXMflSu4FQB03QIdUETEAA
December 1, 2009 at 3:08 am
You know, when I was visiting there I almost drove the car off the side of the road when I saw that sign.
I actually thought is was a new, civilized, upscale kind of rest area
December 1, 2009 at 3:29 am
Be sure to read the Wiki article on it!
It is absolutely hilarious!
December 1, 2009 at 3:32 am
“Significant public funds have been spent on replacing the stolen signs.”
December 1, 2009 at 3:48 am
Thanks.
December 1, 2009 at 3:33 am
ROFLLLLL
December 1, 2009 at 3:32 am
Buttered, where did you dig this up from? This is hysterical.
December 1, 2009 at 2:11 pm
I became aware of it watching a DVD, “The Best of Graham Norton.”
He is a comedian/talk show host (not to be confused with Oprah) over in the United Kingdom.
December 1, 2009 at 6:13 am
Who knew you could find it between Wolfing and Haid?
December 2, 2009 at 1:20 am
I couldn’t believe it when I read that they have “Upper*******” and Lower*******!”
December 1, 2009 at 4:40 am
Yes, perhaps the world will begin to feel sorry for us having to bear him? Anthony, I would never have thought the his Muslim friends would say such a thing.
December 1, 2009 at 6:11 am
EGAD! I am turning into a muslim. I can’t stand listening to Obama either.
December 1, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Maybe that is why the Muslims propped this turd up. They figured out he would turn us into Muslims somehow.
December 1, 2009 at 2:11 pm
LOL!
Aren’t we all Mockazine!
December 1, 2009 at 12:49 pm
Did you all hear that Pelosi will be pulling the switch to light the White House lawn Christmas Tree? Do muslims celebrate Christmas? Nancy will be making history. We go deeper and deeper into the dark side.
December 1, 2009 at 2:08 pm
He’s a Muslim. Always has been and always will be.