Agree with Dr. Wagoner to a point

Submitted by S. Santora (United States), Jun 5, 2010 at 20:13

Dear Dr. Waggoner:

I agree with most of your comment except for the part where you state Hamas is playing Obama/U.S.A.

Let me explain: I'm old enough to remember two old adages told to me by my mother when I was a young girl. One was: "You are judged by the company you keep", and "You are judged by your actions". Let's take the latter first:: The first things Obama did when he became President: 1. He sent back a bust of Winston Churchill, given to us by Tony Blair after 9/11, as a way to say "keep your chin up". 2. Gordon Brown came to visit, and gave Obama a beautiful pencil holder carved out of a anti-slave ship. Obama gave him a set of Dvd's that were not compatible with the UK's Dvd players. 3. He visits with the Queen of England. He gives her an I-pod loaded with show tunes, and all of his speeches. 4. He then goes on his "Apology Tour" starting with Turkey, takes off shoes and prays on prayer rug, although he insists he was never schooled in Islam. Yet he was enrolled in an Indonesian school as Barry Soetero, and his religion is listed as Muslim, which mandates that he be schooled in Islam two hours a week. 5. He visits with the King of Saudi Arabia, and bows so low "he looks like he's kissing his shoes". I wonder if he met up with his old friend Kahlid al-Mansour (back to that later). 6. He then gives his speech in Egypt (I hope I have this in proper order). 7. While in the Middle East he: Never visited Israel. He never visited our troops in Iraq, and Afghanistan. 8. I believe right after he gets back to D.C., Jimmy Carter visits with the leaders of Hamas. Embraces and kisses them on each cheek, and gave one a letter from Obama. So judging by my mothers standards, his actions would have been judged poorly at all events!

The former: "The company that he keeps leaves a lot to be desired: 1. William Ayers 2. William Ayer's stepson, Chesa Boudin who works in the office next to Hugo Chavez. And, whose Grandfather is/was Fidel Castro's personal attorney. 3. Bernadine Dohrn 4. Louis Farrakkan 5. Reverend Jeramiah Wright 6. Frank Davis (Obama's childhood mentor, and avowed communist.) 7. Rhashid Khalidi 8. Father Phelger 9. Kahlid al-Mansour aka Donald Warden, attorney and mentor to The Black Panther Party. He converts to Islam about 20 years ago and works (if you will) for Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal. The very Prince who handed Mayor Rudy Giuliani a check for $10 million dollars. The catch was he had to renounce Israel. Giuliani gives him back the check. 10. White House Czar, Anita Dunn who in a speech to Middle School children says: "My two favorite Philosophers who I look up to are: Mother Teresa (good choice), and Mao Tse-Tung (bad choice: Killed upward to 80 million people)! And many other types of company my Mom would never had approved of. As i'm proofreading this, I just remembered his meeting with: Hugo Chavez, and Daniel Ortega (who lambastes the U.S.A. for at least an hour). Obama sits there!

Anyone, who voted for Barak Obama, either: Knew exactly what he was all about! Or, didn't do their homework, and are now regretting their choice, hence the low poll numbers. If I know the above, i'm sure the Israeli's do too! I'm sure they're not "being played" either!

Thank you.

~S. Santora

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