Has anyone else noticed that Senator and Democratic Presidential Nominee Barack Hussain Obama is NAKED? Just like the naked emperor, some Americans are drinking from the same contaminated jug of Kool-Aid as Obama. Unbelievable. First, Obama utters the words "typical white person" in an interview. I don’t care what the circumstances were or are. If Senator McCain had said the words "typical black person" in any way, shape or form, he would have been forced to resign his position as a United States Senator, forget the Commander in Chief job altogether. Al Sharptan and Jessie Jackson (who’s son is one of Obama’s most trusted advisors) would have been marching from O.J. Simpson’s house in Miami all the way to Alaska in protest. Obama does it and carries on as usual. NAKED.

I watched the Democratic Nation Convention this week and saw President Bill Clinton say that he had little experience before being elected. That the fact that Obama has little experience in big time politics that he was "ready to be President" (I don’t think he, or Hillary meant what they said, they just did what was politically correct, they followed protocol....NAKED) and lead the nation. Then, two days later, McCain introduces Sarah Palin, the Governor of Alaska as his running mate. What does the Obama camp do? They attack Sarah Palin’s experience! I fell off my chair! She has MORE experience that Barrack Hussain Obama does! She holds an office as Governor of a state! Obama has no executive experience at all! She is a first term Governor, he is a first term Senator. Suddenly, the white woman is not good enough but Obama, a black man, with similar experience, who is at the HEAD of the ticket is a better choice to lead the nation? NAKED.

Has Sarah Palin’s husband stated that he hates America? Maybe he did before but now that his wife is a Vice President candidate he decided to love America? No, he has always loved America, unlike Michelle Obama who only started loving America after he husband became the front runner. I know this because SHE SAID IT. I saw and heard her say it. NAKED.

Was I the only one who saw Obama stand up for his Pastor over and over. The one who said the US Government invented the AID’s virus to kill blacks? The one who proclaimed "God Damn America" in a speech to Obama’s congregation? If that had been Senator McCain's Pastor, America would have demanded that McCain resign at once. Obama stood by his Pastor until SOMEBODY ELSE had to tell him to let go! He did not have the COMMON SENSE to condemn this man....... the devil himself. How can he make decisions as a commander? He can’t make obvious leadership decisions that the everyday man would make. NAKED

Senator Obama gives a great speech. So did Adolph Hitler. I don’t want him (Hitler) President of my country either. What I see is plain and clear. What I can’t understand is what 50% of the rest of America is seeing! I have seen Jimmy Carter NAKED as well in 1975. He was the Democratic nominee. In 1976 he was elected to the White House. He was going to change America. He did....... for the worse. Other than Bill Clinton, what Democrat President in the last 75 years has been re-elected to a second term?

Obama is a good looking man, he speaks with a silver tongue and he has everyone around him drunk with excitement. If he were to be elected, he would have to do the job. Just like jimmy Carter before him, he will fail. Can anyone else see that raising taxes in this economy is suicide? Pulling our troops out of Iraq premature will jeopardize the safety of our children? Obama talks a good game. If he was in Tampa the day before the election, he would promise me that the Tampa Bay Buccaneer’s would win the Superbowl. The next day he is in Atlanta telling those people that he promises them the Atlanta Falcon’s will win the Superbowl. He makes up change as he goes along. He tells America everything they WANT and are DESPERATE to hear. He is NAKED! At least Senator McCain, like his slogan, talks straight! I’ll take the "straight talk express."

If the election were based on looks, charm and charisma, Obama, NAKED Obama is the man. If you are going on experience, merit and actual qualifications, it will be a landslide victory in November for the McCain / Palin ticket. I don’t have to pretend that they are clothed because they ARE! Obama? NAKED. I’m not going to say what a nice tailor made suit he has on. HE IS NAKED.

As a minority myself, I can say that I believe Senator Obama were white, Hillary Clinton would be the nominee. How can the Obama camp condemn the experience of Sarah Palin? The Democratic leadership, or lack there of is really showing me something. They are NAKED, yet everyone keeps telling them how great that new suit looks. As a Hispanic, I would have loved to see a fellow Hispanic become President. To see a woman or a black as Commander in Chief will be a GREAT DAY IN AMERICA. Perhaps even Senator Obama himself.................in 20 years when he is no longer naked!.

Hillary Clinton put it best. "John McCain is one of the most loyal and accomplished US Senators in history. Obama gave a speech in 2004". Maybe America is trying to apologize for all of the terrible things that have happened to the blacks over the years? Maybe it is a guilt complex. Maybe he is just to cool to resist. I say to you a black person WILL be Commander one day.  Colon Powell, Condoleza Rice! I like that ticket TODAY if it were an option for me, I’d be all over it! They have my vote right now. A NAKED, first term Senator? No way. I saw a bumper sticker that pretty much sums it up. "I’ll take a third term of Bush before a second term of Carter"

50% of America, open your eyes. Senator Barack Obama is NAKED, NAKED, NAKED. Nice sox Senator.

L'occupazione di Tblisi e la deposizione di Saakashvili erano risultati che l'amministrazione russa, sin dall'inizio, sapeva di non poter ottenere. Sin dalla rivoluzione delle rose, il colpo di stato che ha instaurato un regime filo-occidentali in Georgia nel 2003, il paese e' stato in continua tensione e sotto la protezione americana: Washington ha fornito all'alleato caucasico armi, aiuti economici, e assitenza nell'addestramento delle forze armate. Gli interessi americani e russi sulla regione si concentrano sui corridoi energetici che portan gas minerale in Europa e che oggi sono controllati dalla Russia. In altre parole non e' infondato il sospetto che Saakashvili, amico fedele dell'amministrazione americana, non abbia agito da solo ma solo dopo aver consultato gli strateghi di Washington. D'altronde il committment degli Stati Uniti nell'area dell'ex-patto di Varsavia si e' via via intensificato subito dopo la caduta del muro di Berlino nel 1989 e in modo particolare con l'ascesa al potere di GW Bush.

Nei mesi precedenti il Kosovo era divenuto indipendente per volere degli americani e per indebolire l'influenza russa sulla regione, in Polonia e Repubblica Ceca si trattava per installare lo scudo spaziale NATO, in Georgia ed Ukraina si trattava per l'ingresso nell'alleanza atlantica. Questi obiettivi avrebbero garantito agli americani la messa in sicurezza sui nuovi gasdotti della regione caucasica. Una volta che i Georgiani hanno sferrato il primo bombardamento su Tskhinvali, la capitale Sud-Osseta, la Russia non poteva permettersi l'inazione: doveva mostrare i muscoli e far capire agli americani che non avrebbe accettato ulteriori provocazioni.

Ma a che prezzo? Gli Stati Uniti, durante il conflitto, hanno incassato l'accordo per installare basi missilistiche e il sistema radar dello scudo spaziale in Polonia "in cambio" dell'addestramento delle forze armate polacche, la richiesta dell'Ucraina di accelerare l'ingresso nella NATO e forse altro e' da venire (invio di osservatori/forze internazionali a protezione di Tiblisi? L'installazione dello scudo spaziale in Repubblica Ceca?). I russi tornano a casa a mani vuote con la sensazione di essere stati messi all'angolo.

Per giunta, I media occidentali hanno montato, con grande prontezza e pochi tentennamenti (in particolare in USA), una campagna di propaganda anti-russa serrata e talvolta imbarazzante, specialmente nei primi giorni di conflitto. La capitale sud-osseta era in fiamme e detriti, con migliaia di uomini, donne e bambini in fuga dalla citta' in rovine, ben prima che le forze armate russe intervenissero, a causa dei bombardamenti georgiani. Nonstante questo le voci erano concordi. L'orso russo si era svegliato e il tiranno Putin aveva aggredito l'indifesa Georgia.

Il presidente Saakashvili ha ripetutamente rifiutato di firmare accordi per la soluzione delle tensioni nelle ragioni caucasiche e in questi giorni e diventato fin tropp evidente per quale ragione.

"It's not a matter of what is true that counts but a matter of what is perceived to be true."

--Henry Kissinger

Washington. La jefa de la diplomacia estadounidense, Condoleezza Rice, aseguró que el país estaría seguro si el demócrata Barack Obama llega a la Casa Blanca y descartó estar interesada en competir por la vicepresidencia. "Estados Unidos estará bien", dijo Rice en una entrevista que publica hoy la revista Politico, en respuesta a una pregunta de si Obama podría garantizar la seguridad de EU.

La campaña del republicano John McCain ha presentado a Obama, que cumplió esta semana 47 años, como una opción arriesgada para la seguridad estadounidense, dada su limitada experiencia. Rice descartó esos temores.

La secretaria de Estado se refirió también al incremento de efectivos militares en Irak que comenzó en enero del año pasado y al que se opuso Obama.

Rice dijo que el éxito de la operación permitirá que la cifra de soldados en el país árabe se vaya reduciendo, lo que beneficia los planes de Obama, quien está a favor de fijar un calendario de 16 meses para la retirada.

Apuntó que los iraquíes todavía "no están listos" para la retirada total de las tropas de coalición, pero insistió en que el actual debate sobre las responsabilidades adicionales del Gobierno iraquí representa un "momento feliz" para EU.

"Las negociaciones que tienen lugar sobre cómo sostener una presencia tanto tiempo como sea necesario son muy importantes", explicó.

"Estados Unidos trabajó para alcanzar el día (...) en el que las fuerzas de seguridad iraquíes fuesen capaces de asumir la mayoría de esos papeles (los de garantizar la seguridad) por sí mismos", insistió.

"Creo que los iraquíes reconocen que todavía hay cosas que necesitan que haga la coalición", destacó, en referencia a misiones de formación y a ciertas misiones de combate.

"Pero el simple hecho de que tengamos estas discusiones con los iraquíes sobre la transferencia de estas responsabilidades supone un día feliz para Estados Unidos", concluyó.

Por lo demás, descartó estar interesada en competir por la vicepresidencia.

"No estoy interesada en conseguir otro trabajo en el Gobierno con nadie", afirmó. Adelantó que planea escribir un libro sobre la política exterior estadounidense durante los ocho años de la presidencia de George W. Bush, durante los cuales ha sido una de las asesoras más próximas y leales del actual inquilino de la Casa Blanca.

Mencionó que la política exterior ha experimentado un gran cambio durante el periodo, al reconocer, dijo, la importancia de transformar estados débiles en estados fuertes con un sistema de gobierno democrático.

Se refirió también al papel que ha tenido la actual administración a la hora de cambiar la forma en la que se percibe el terrorismo y la forma de derrotarlo, así como la insistencia en que la defensa de la democracia sea un valor central de la política exterior estadounidense.

"Tengo ganas de escribir sobre ello", reconoció.

Beirut is once again in flames as Iranian-backed Hezbollah militias and Lebanese government forces clash in the worst outbreak of violence there since the end of the fifteen year civil war in 1990. The underlying political stalemate between the government and Hezbollah-led opposition parties, which has left the country without a president for nearly a year-and-a-half, is still unresolved. And, once again, America stands idly by and watches.

According to the New York Times:

Ms. Rice and other Bush administration officials were on the phone Friday with their counterparts in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Lebanon. A senior administration official said the United States, which barely talks to Syria, Iran or Hezbollah, which the Bush administration considers a terrorist organization, was trying to use its Arab allies to send a message to Iran and Syria to stop interfering in Lebanon.

How’s that for diplomatic leadership from a supposed superpower? “Pssst. Iran and Syria should call off the dogs. Pass it on.”

This failure of US foreign policy is both procedural and substantive.

For reasons best known to Mr. Cheney, Mr. Bush, and Ms. Rice the notion that international relations might be improved through the process of negotiation – a tradition as old as nations themselves – was dead-on-arrival when this administration came to power. America under Mr. Bush has treated its allies with arrogant unilateralism and its enemies with schoolyard name-calling, but without direct discussion or engagement. This has been especially problematic in the Middle East, emboldening countries like Iran and Syria. America’s one semi-serious diplomatic initiative for the region during the Bush presidency, the 2007 Annapolis conference, was briefer and less world-changing than most Las Vegas trade shows. Of course, Iran and Syria were not invited to attend at Annapolis. The utter abandonment of anything resembling diplomacy by this administration will long be considered one of the most tragic and baffling non-strategies in the history of international politics.

The Bush administration’s specific neglect of Lebanon, sadly, has considerable precedent. The same neoconservative administration whose purported desire to remake the Middle East led it to launch an illegal war in Iraq – and threaten another against Iran – continues to treat this perennial hotspot, strategic crossroad of Middle East alliances, home-base of significant terrorist organizations, and (despite the foregoing) a potential democratic success story with careless indifference. When Syrian agents assassinated the Lebanese politician George Hawi – after also assassinating President Rafiq Hariri and prominent anti-Syrian journalist Samir Kassir – Ms. Rice’s sole chiding of the Syrians, made via American journalists, was the dismissive, almost incomprehensible, “They need to knock it off."

It is mystery why the Bush administration doesn’t seem to care about the fate of Lebanon. But it is abundantly clear why it should.

Genial Juanes...hermano querido, mi profundo aprecio, por haber demostrado que la cultura es un asunto de política y que la verdadera paz solo se logra cuando nos identificamos en las identidades compartidas y buscamos un destino común junto a "los otros"...por que los pueblos, aman la paz.

En pocas horas se reunen en la OEA, los cancilleres de América para analizar el conflicto entre Ecuador, Colombia y Venezuela y allí estará EEUU, con su doctrina intervencionista...enfrente estará el espíritu del Grupo Rio, con su histórica reunión en Santo Domingo, sin EEUU, y estarán los pueblos que ayer junto a sus cantantes populares, votaron por la paz.

La cumbre sobre el puente Simón Bolivar...es una lección de alta política...de la política al poder derrotando al poder sobre la política...cancilleres en la OEA...este video podría ser  proyectado antes de la reunión en Washington...por que,  quién nos va a curar el corazón partio...

En 1978 se estrenó el film francés, "Le Dossier 51" de Michel Deville, un policial negro, un thriller o un polar, como lo llaman en Francia, es la historia de un diplomático brillante, casado con hijos, Dominique Auphal, que es llamado de vuelta a su país y convertido en ministro, a partir de ahí los servicios secretos de su país lo empiezan a investigar, buscando su lado flojo, su lado oscuro, para poder desbancarlo, cuando ya no sea necesario o se convierta en un problema.

30 años después, en Nueva York, lo mismo le sucede al gobernador, Eliot Spitzer, que cometió el gran error de no haber visto la película de Michel Deville, Dossier 51, que en su caso se llamará..."El cliente Nº 9".

Hace unos años, Douglas Sosnik, un amigo que fue asesor comunicacional de Bill Clinton, me recomendó que siempre le preguntara antes de tomar la campaña de un candidato, que me dijese "su lado oscuro", lo inconfesable, para saberlo antes que lo empiecen a investigar los enemigos, por que todos tenemos un "talón de Aquiles", y que la teoría de..."me hicieron una cama", no sirve cuando uno se acostó en ella, ya es tarde...y hay que pagar el costo, en el caso de Spitzer, su renuncia.

Hay un refrán que señala..."Dime de lo que alardeas y te diré de lo que careces"...en el caso Spitzer, apodado Mr. Clean "el limpio", combatiente del delito, la corrupción y las redes de prostitución, se verificó el refrán, cuando se encamó con la bella Ashley Alexandra Dupré, de jóvenes 22 años, que espero lo hayas disfrutado antes de haber tirado "tu fama a los chanchos".

Tampoco Spitzer leyó la vida de Al Capone, que no fue a la cárcel por sus crímenes sino por no pagar impuestos, cómo en el país que creó la serie "Los Intocables", vos te ibas a dormir sin verla...o acaso pensaste que el poder, el sexo y la impunidad...duran toda la vida...hace un mes, tan solo, un magazine publicaba la foto, de Spitzer con su bella mujer, Silda Wall, de 50 años bien llevados, en un elogio a los Power Couples, los matrimonios del poder, y un mes después, los diarios y medios del mundo nos mostraban esta foto...

La foto, habla de por si sola, basta con detenerse a mirarla.

Siempre he pensado en la moral norteamericana y en sus paradojas..."castiga y convierte en villanos a los de bragueta abierta y premia y convierte en héroes, a los que invaden y masacran", como botón de muestra, de lo primero Eliot Spitzer y de lo segundo, Condoleeza Rice, en viaje por Brasil y Chile para justificar la violación territorial de Colombia en Ecuador.

La serie "La ciudad desnuda", ambientada también en Nueva York, decía en su final..."Hay ocho millones de historias, en la ciudad desnuda, ésta ha sido, tan solo, una de ellas"