Hi to my Forum Friends,
Below are excerpts from two articles. The first is from California News and Views, by Stephen Frank. The second is an Editorial of The New York Sun, 7/25/08.
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OBAMA DECLARES HIMSELF "CITIZEN OF THE WORLD" Friday 25 July 2008, by admin http://www.capoliticalnews.com/s/spip.php?article795
Arnold has declared himself a "post-partisan" elected official. He is not really a full time Republican.
Yesterday, in Germany, Barack Obama became a "Post-American" citizen. He declared himself a "Citizen of the World". In other words he has declared he is not longer an American, he is concerned and identifies, as a citizens with ONLY the world.
And he proved it. He was willing to talk to 200,000 Germans, but REFUSED to meet and talk to a few dozen American soldiers, in hospital.
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CITIZEN OF THE WORLD? Editorial of The New York Sun, 7/25/08 http://www.nysun.com/editorials/citizen-of-the-world/82644/
So Barack Obama, whose father is from Kenya and who attended school in Indonesia, now appears before a crowd of 200,000 cheering Germans in Berlin to proclaim himself a "citizen of the world." It makes you wonder whether he’s running for president of America or secretary general of the United Nations, and it is reminiscent of Senator Kerry’s ill-fated 2004 debate pledge to subject American policies to a "global test."
Not that these columns are against a judicious internationalism. Mr. Obama's turn toward the idea of global responsibility is actually a welcome note coming from someone who spent the primary campaign demagoguing Senator Clinton on the charge that free trade deals her husband signed were sucking American jobs from Ohio to Mexico and Canada. If you are really a "citizen of the world," why should it matter? It is also a welcome turn for a candidate who spent the primary campaign complaining that the War in Iraq was costing too much money that should be spent on American roads, bridges, education, and health care. If you are really a "citizen of the world," Iraqi infrastructure is as good an investment as American infrastructure.
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My immediate thought upon reading these articles was, "Be careful what you wish for; you just might get it."
And, that, my Friends, is one of the many things about Barack Obama which frightens me. With Obama in the White House; which will be the capital of America -- the White House in Washington D.C. or the United Nations in New York? Or would Secretary General Obama move the headquarters to Brussels? After all, that is the headquarters of the German/France led EU -- what better place for the Obama who is loved by all of Germany to rule -- than Brussels?
Give this a lot of thought, my Friends.
God bless, have a wonderful, blessed day,
Bill Gray
billdory@pacbell.net
Alabama bred,
California fed,
Blessed by God to be a Christian American!
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