Your post exactly proves my point
There is a Total Difference in our world View.
That you mention Obama as a black man seems to indicate you put some importance on this point. I have always seen him as much white as black.
Perhaps you still hold to the tar brush mentality.
However it has nothing to do with real politics.
Or to a mans worth.
I have never chosen to call Americans ignorant, either personally nor as a nation.
That you refer to me and all Europeans in that way, some might consider insulting.
As to Obama's politics and to your suggestion he has done nothing, could again be seen as perspective, as he has taken some important first steps on the world stage, Particularly in respect of Russia and China and to some extent in the middle east.
On your home front, He understands as well as any one, that the ship of state has both mass as momentum and can only change course very slowly, you will no doubt find out in due time what has been set in motion behind the scenes.
This is always the case with a new administration, they have to work very privately to prevent the opposition negating their efforts, before they are revealed.
This is true of new governments through out the world.
Let's see. I voted for Obama.
I did so because of his views regarding medical marijuana, making it easier for FOIA requests, someone who would appoint SCOTUS members opposite of Scalia and his so called new professionalism views, not only closing Gitmo but finally classifying the detainees into a clearer legal category, plans to withdraw troops from Iraq and Afghanistan as well as a change to a foreign policy not instituted by George Bush, as many naively believe, but was instituted under Woodrow Wilson.
Since his election it has become clear that the domestic drug war is not of much importance to this administration. The hit or miss attitude regarding allowing medical marijuana clinics in states that have legalized such is still pending given that some clinics have been raided in opposition to the Justice Department's new policy. But that was early on and the Justice Department does appear to be adhering to the new policy. The new policy in Afghanistan will at best result in fewer civilians turning to the Taliban for support than under the Bush opium eradication policy but it will still fail to address the overall issue. Obama has made mention of the possibility of crossing the border into Pakistan with the military.
On other issues he has kept Bush's policies or only relinquished those after being basically caught out. Opening the government up to the citizenry more being the latter. As to the former he has adhered to the prior administration on the legal limbo of the detainees and upholding the concept of indefinite detention. The two wars we are currently engaged in cannot be laid at his feet but during a time we are in those two wars, still trying to recover from an economic recession (unemployment keeps rising), failing to address the issue of the Federal Reserve, the loaning industry, the limitless money supply our ridiculous banking system allows the federal government to spend at will and he has taken this time to push for a radical reform of the health care industry, something almost every administration for more than a century have attempted to do, shows perhaps a lack of fiscal wisdom and the same overreach of the Executive Branch all his predecessors going back for well more than a century.
Let's look at a better indicator of foreign policy in the Americas. The drug war. Obama's officials have pulled out of talks on public policy forums regarding the drug war. There has been practically nothing from the Executive Office to alter federal drug control policies. The response that such an endeavour would be too much this early in the administration fails considering that health care reform was picked up right away and altering our health care structure is a hell of a lot more complicated than rescheduling certain drugs and the Executive Branch basically refusing to enforce certain laws in the manner that they do. Hillary Clinton has praised the Mexican government's crackdown that is responsible for much of the violence seen over the last two years. Not to mention the incredible level of corruption in Mexican law enforcement and central government. Obama has basically dropped his drug reform stance prior to his Presidency and adopted the "safe out" now that he is President.
Those are specifics.
Now tell me again, Terry, before you resort to your earlier generalized fallacy and ridiculous "parapet" comment.
What has Obama done to deserve the Nobel Peace Prize. It may very well end up by the end of his first term that he has brought peace to the world. I hope so. I voted for the guy.
Now actually tell us the specifics you know about Obama to warrant such a premature award. If the award is ever warranted at all. Give us specifics. Not some buzzwords you learned off a cheap television talk show and truths you cannot even evidence.
Or is the award merely to be justified solely on the merits of the perception of people without being grounded on any realistic foundation. Then give the award to Paris Hilton. If you want to give it to someone who has shown that they use their resources to help others in this world then give it to Bill Gates.
For now, I'll continue to judge the man I voted for based on his actions and his character. Not a bunch of hype behind some morons shouting "he ain't George Bush!". Now that's dumb.
edit: And to anyone thinking that people are bashing Obama think again. It's not Obama that is being questioned here. It's the wisdom of others. Despite my criticisms I still support this President and could never consider McCain or that joke Bob Barr in his place. People need to reevaluate the value of symbols.
