President Obama gets cheeky

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Obama along with President Sarkozy get photographed being momentarily distracted by a comely teenager makes headlines at the G8 Summit, and the world makes a mountain out of a molehill.  One wonders if it was not a set up by photographers to see what two world leaders reactions would be when a pretty teen walked in front of them. Well Duh! That is a given, they would take a gander.  Whether it is World Leaders, a Group of Guys at a Bar or men at a Construction site, lets face it We're Guys, we are going to look!  Nothing wrong with that!  Of course, their wives may take a different view.  But then they are in Italy, so what do you expect?

Guys will be Guys, regardless of their status.

The good news is that President Barack Obama is a real live red-blooded all-American man, and I don't know about you, but I'd much rather have that kind of guy running the most powerful nation in the world than some moribund frozen-pulse old fart (can you say the Bush boys?) leading the free world.

The bad news is that the commander-in-chief's sidelong and noticeably appreciative glance at the comely derriere of a Brazilian teenager, captured by photographers Thursday and currently burning up the Internet, is making more headlines than the work that he and the rest of the G8 leaders are trying to accomplish on the global economic front in L'Aquila, Italy, this week.

The photo shows curly-haired 16-year-old G8 delegate Mayora Tavares, in a flowing knee-length sleeveless burgundy dress, walking away from Obama, who is heading down some stairs when Tavares's, um, charms clearly catch his eye.

He's in good company, mind you.

Source: vancouversun.com

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Furor Erupts Over Billboard: ‘MLK Was a Republican!’

Furor Erupts Over Billboard: ‘MLK Was a Republican!’ Posted on July 12, 2009 by politisite | Edit Furor Erupts Over Billboard: ‘Martin Luther King, Jr. Was a Republican!’

Loud voices, finger pointing, and name calling erupted under a billboard bearing the image of a man who dreamed of peace Friday.

Transcript:
WE DO NOT OVER THE BILLBOARD AND I PLAY VERY WELL THERE ‘S A LOT LESS
VOICES
FINGER POINTING AND NAME CALLING JANKLOW WAS ME ALL
ERUPTED UNDER A BILLBOARD BEARING THE IMAGE OF A MAN WHO DREAMED OF PEACE
THE BILLBOARD HAS DONE PRECISELY WHAT IS INTENDED TO DO
THEY GOT ME IN
YOUR COMPANY IN A WHOLE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO THE COMPANY
ABOUT AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERS ON THE BILLBOARD AND ITS CLAIM THAT MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR WAS A REPUBLICAN
IS THE BRAINCHILD OF THIS MAN
FOUNDER OF THE HOUSTON BASED RAGING ELEPHANTS DOT ORG
A GRASSROOTS GROUP
HOPING TO APPEAL TO MINORITIES DOCTOR KING MAY HAVE SUPPORTED SOME OF THE
CIVIL
ANTI ABORTION AGAIN CLAIMS THAT SPREAD OVER THE POINT I UNDERSTAND THAT
BUT TO SAY TO THE MASSES OF ALL THE OVAL
THAT HE WAS A REPUBLICAN AND YOU HAVE NOTHING TO PROVE THAT THIS IS KATIE
WAS
BUT IT
PARKED A HEATED DEBATE TOMORROW BUT I KNOW
THAT I DISAGREE WITH THIS WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT ONE SIDE WANTED
IN FACT YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE MORE OF THIS TYPE OF BILLBOARDS SOON
SPECIFICALLY IN PREDOMINANTLY HISPANIC AREAS
CHRISTENING OBON THOUGHT TWENTY SIX NEAR

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Obama says Africa is part of world affairs

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Nice to see Obama tell African Leaders the way it is " Pull up your friggin Bootstraps and get with the Program" perhaps not in so many words, but since these countries whined for Independence for decades, they got it, yet many havent a clue how to run their country as an independent country, without suckling at the Worlds Teats for money. Especially money from countries they still abhored, including from Colonial countries who once made their countries prosperous, until African Dictators brought these countries fast into the stone age, with a populace who did little to stop it.

Of course if Obamas predecessor Bush or other world leader said what Obama said, guaranteed the word Racist would be bandied about.  Time to let em do Independence the old fashion way, Earn it or lose it !  You cannot have it both ways. The financial tap will soon run dry and those who do not help themselves will soon perish.

Course it is funny Saudi Arabia who has more money than God, and who wish a Muslim world, seem more tight fisted than a Scotsman on Christmas when sending money to help out their Muslim brethen in poorer and starving parts of the African or Middle Eastern world, like the West Bank etc,,,,preferring the Christian set and other organizations to fund all these charities we seem bent on sending truckloads of aid too.

The U.S. president was scheduled to spend 21 hours in Ghana on the weekend, showing support for the Western African nation's democratic tradition and its relationship with the Western world.

And in a 33-minute speech Obama gave to Ghana's Parliament, he talked openly about Africa's promising future, as well as the many problems it is currently facing, including those that it is responsible for creating.

"This is a new moment of promise," he said. "To realize that promise, we must first recognize a fundamental truth that you have given life to in Ghana: Development depends upon good governance. That is the ingredient which has been missing in far too many places, for far too long. That is the change that can unlock Africa's potential."

Obama didn't hold back on the problems with corruption seen in many African countries, which he said have held such nations back from the success and prosperity they deserve.

Source: news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca

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