1.) President Obama - the Ditherer-in-Chief - has made a decision on his Aghanistan strategy! He has decided that he can't make a decision:
President Barack Obama does not plan to accept any of the Afghanistan war options presented by his national security team, pushing instead for revisions to clarify how and when U.S. troops would turn over responsibility to the Afghan government, a senior administration official said Wednesday.2.) Former UN Ambassador John Bolton on Obama's continued dithering in Afghanistan:
Source: AP via Gateway Pundit
"Well, this is like a slow-motion train wreck, watching this decision-making process, and it is really is having a debilitating effect, I think, on troop morale in Afghanistan. And globally, it's having a debilitating effect on America's reputation. It's not just the president's indecisiveness in Afghanistan, but his weakness and indecisiveness in other areas, as well, that gives the reputation that he's got a problem making hard decisions."3.) Apparently, Obama's $75 million mortgage rescue program is failing:
Source: FoxNews
4.) Another test for Obama in China... Another opportunity to prove he has a backbone:Nine months ago, the Obama administration offered banks $75 billion in taxpayer money to rework troubled mortgages.
Yet so far, $75 billion hasn't been enough to compel many lenders to permanently reduce monthly mortgage payments for millions of cash-strapped homeowners. Indeed, tens of thousand of borrowers who have asked for relief have instead seen their payments and loan balances increase under the Obama plan. A surprisingly high percentage are sliding back into default.
Source: Minneapolis Star-Tribune
China should abolish secretive "black jails" used to hold aggrieved citizens, an international human rights group said on Thursday, launching a push to end the shadowy detentions days before President Barack Obama visits.5.) The Raleigh News & Observer is reporting that an Obama campaign staffer was responsible for leaking information on John Edwards' haircuts to the media. This fits the template of Obama's entire political career - destroy your opponent at all costs. Of course, dirty Chicago-thug political maneuvers are even more effective when backed by the mainstream media:
The "black jails", as they are called by many who have been held in them, are informal detention centres used to lock up petitioners bringing complaints to Beijing and other Chinese cities.
"I think the Obama administration is being tested, it's the first visit to Beijing and I think they're (China) pushing back hard to see just how far they can get, to keep cranking the human rights bar lower, and lower and lower," said Richardson, who oversees Human Rights Watch's work on China.
Source: Reuters
The infamous $400 haircuts that undercut John Edwards' presidential message of reducing poverty started with a tip from the campaign of then-candidate Barack Obama.Too bad the media didn't show the same zeal when it came to Bill Ayers, Jeremiah Wright and anyone or anything in Obama's past.
Source: NewsObserver.com
