Obama meets and praises laughing war criminal Blair
bud | 05.02.2009 20:01 | Iraq
Yet another farce that shows what kind of change Obama is really about. Excerpts from several websites :
Tony Blair, the closest world leader to George Bush, was this morning awarded "first friend" status by Barack Obama.
At the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Obama lavished praise on Blair, who was the principal speaker.
The former prime minister was welcomed as a "very good friend" by Mr Obama, as he gave a speech at the traditional National Prayer Breakfast.
Mr Obama praised Mr Blair as "somebody who did it first and perhaps did it better than I will do".
Mr Blair drew laughter when he told how he was not always appreciated so much in Britain. "I was reminded of this as I waited in London in the snow to fly to America and made the mistake of reading a British newspaper.
Blair then congratulated Obama for winning the BlackBerry battle.
“Great news about the BlackBerry,” Blair said laughing, recalling getting his first mobile phone after leaving office and sending his first text message.
After the address Mr Obama said: "I want to thank my good friend Tony Blair for coming today. He has been an example to so many people around the world of what dedicated leadership can accomplish."
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/02/obama-talks-god.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/4528690/President-Barack-Obama-meets-Tony-Blair-before-Gordon-Brown.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2009/feb/05/blair-obama-first-friend
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7873000.stm
At the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, Obama lavished praise on Blair, who was the principal speaker.
The former prime minister was welcomed as a "very good friend" by Mr Obama, as he gave a speech at the traditional National Prayer Breakfast.
Mr Obama praised Mr Blair as "somebody who did it first and perhaps did it better than I will do".
Mr Blair drew laughter when he told how he was not always appreciated so much in Britain. "I was reminded of this as I waited in London in the snow to fly to America and made the mistake of reading a British newspaper.
Blair then congratulated Obama for winning the BlackBerry battle.
“Great news about the BlackBerry,” Blair said laughing, recalling getting his first mobile phone after leaving office and sending his first text message.
After the address Mr Obama said: "I want to thank my good friend Tony Blair for coming today. He has been an example to so many people around the world of what dedicated leadership can accomplish."
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/02/obama-talks-god.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/4528690/President-Barack-Obama-meets-Tony-Blair-before-Gordon-Brown.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/blog/2009/feb/05/blair-obama-first-friend http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7873000.stm
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A true and dangerous (he has proven it) religious fanatic
05.02.2009 22:28
I believe restoring religious faith to its rightful place, as the guide to our world and its future, is itself of the essence. The 21st Century will be poorer in spirit, meaner in ambition, less disciplined in conscience, if it is not under the guardianship of faith in God.
I only say that there are limits to humanism and beyond those limits God and only God can work.
We can perform acts of mercy, but only God can lend them dignity. We can forgive, but only God forgives completely in the full knowledge of our sin.
It is through faith, by the Grace of God, that we have the courage to live as we should and die as we must.
Courage in leadership is not simply about having the nerve to take difficult decisions or even in doing the right thing since oftentimes God alone knows what the right thing is.
It is fitting at this extraordinary moment in your country’s history that we hear that call to action; and we pray that in acting we do God’s work and follow God’s will.
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