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damn right!

thanks for the post easy!

Adam you are so hot! I mean uhhhh, thanks for all that you do!

thanks for the post bigcity Bob !

By Alan Posener This was the U.S. president’s reason for bringing troops home from Afghanistan: to officially end an expansive era in American foreign policy—‘‘a decade of war‘’ as he put it in a speech to the nation, when some ‘’would have [had] America overextend ourselves, confronting every evil that can be found abroad." "America," Obama concluded, "it is time to focus on nation building here at home.’’ But those who felt euphoric at this death knell to neo-con policy may want to think again - even more dangerous than American expansionism is what hits after the euphoria subsides: American isolationism. For the U.S. military, troop drawdown in Afghanistan is happening too fast, while for war-weary Americans back home, it’s not happening fast enough. Arguing about it is a waste of time, however, because what’s dictating the timing — the president’s own fate — is more pressing than Afghanistan’s fate. By the elections in November 2012, Obama will have brought enough soldiers home to convince supporters of the seriousness of his intentions, but not enough to let Afghanistan collapse. ‘’We will not try to make Afghanistan a perfect place,’’ Obama said in his speech. Read: We’re giving up on trying to democratize Afghanistan. Just as long as it doesn’t return to being a safe-haven for al Qaeda—and drones and special forces like those presently operating in Pakistan can deal with that. Obama can wind down George Bush’s project to export democracy even more easily as his potential opponent in the presidential elections is taking a position of even greater distance from Bush’s transformational foreign policy, e.g: ‘’We believe the best long-term national security strategy is rebuilding our core here at home." Jon Huntsman, who many think stands the best chance of winning the Republican nomination, wants to cut military budgets and focus resources on facing the Asian (read: Chinese) challenge and becoming more competitive economically. And on Friday, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives voted against U.S. involvement in Libya. While the vote is merely symbolic and not binding for the president, it is a sign of the changes in Republican priorities. The main change is a return of the right to its roots. Because despite what left-leaning Europeans claim, what historian Arthur M. Schlesinger dubbed the ‘’imperial presidency’’ applied to Woodrow Wilson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson: all Democrats. Since Wilson’s wanting ‘’to make the world safe for democracy,‘‘ it is the Democrats who have tended more to internationalist policy and Republicans to a more skeptical realpolitik. Wars in Korea and Vietnam started by Democrats were ended by Republicans. Republican Ronald Reagan, demonized as a warmonger, in fact led only one war: the invasion of Grenada. His successor George H.W. Bush freed Kuwait, but preferred to leave Saddam Hussein in office rather than take on the responsibility of rebuilding Iraq. His son promised during his first electoral campaign to reduce the size of the army and not to use it for nation building. Osama Bin Laden’s 9/11 attacks engendered a 180° swerve that gave neo-cons the opportunity to turn their concept of safety through democratization into the official foreign policy of the Bush administration. Many Republicans pointed out - rightly - that this neo-con policy was neither new nor conservative, but merely a rehash of Wilsonian ideas. However that may be, the ‘’unipolar moment‘‘ stayed just that: a moment, and no one was going to turn this into a ‘’new American century.’’ Americans actually don’t relish the role of world policeman, and the U.S. is not in a position to pursue a long-term imperialistic strategy. As President Obama said in his Afghanistan speech, in clear reference to the neo-cons: ‘’We stand not for empire but for self-determination.’’ We shouldn’t however lose sight of the reason for this new-found modesty: ‘’It’s the economy, stupid!’’ Debt and deficit levels haven’t been this high in the U.S. for 60 years. While the EU agonizes over the possible bankruptcy of Greece, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced last week that unless Congress raises the legal debt ceiling by August 2, the United States would not be in a position to service its debts. The European Union, which Commission president José Manuel Barroso has described as a ‘’non-imperial empire,‘‘ cannot escape the fact that it has problems at its outer perimeters, in Belarus, Ukraine, Turkey, civil wars in Syria and Libya, the complex process of the Arab spring, that it cannot deny. It’s also going to have to learn the lesson of Libya: that in the future the U.S. is not automatically going to assume leadership when it comes to defending the interests of the West. For his policy in Libya, Obama coined the phrase ‘’leading from behind‘‘ but Europeans haven’t felt much leadership from any direction. The greatest danger in America’s withdrawal from the world is that undemocratic forces will seek to fill the void. This represents an unprecedented challenge for Europe. And it does not bode well that Germany, when put to the test, torpedoed EU foreign and security policies to which loyalty was so often pledged.

A dog can be a man's best friend and for one war veteran, his dog named Tuesday, saved his life. The pooch had such an impact on Luis Montalvan's life, that he wrote a book about it and brought it to Miami. Montalvan and his golden retriever with the odd first name have been inseparable for more than two years. Montalvan got the service dog in 2008 after serving two tours in Iraq. Montalvan was suffering from post traumatic stress disorder and a doctor suggested a four-legged companion might be the perfect prescription. He said Tuesday is a gift from God - bringing back ambition the former U.S. Army captain lost fighting over seas. "I needed support and the fact that there were highly trained, loving dogs there to help mitigate these disabilities was a godsend," Montalvan said at a book signing at Books and Books in Coral Gables The challenges surfaced after stab wounds, a brain injury, and three broken vertebrae - making walking difficult for Montalvan. Tuesday helps with that, but even more, he makes his master forget about the past, he said. "I don't know if I'd be dead, but I'd certainly be in a very dark place, so to say that Tuesday saved my life is not an exaggeration," Montalvan said. "He keeps me in the moment which is really important." His dog is helping him move forward, and now, he wants to help others. That's why he wrote a book titled, 'Until Tuesday.' Before his book signing, Montalvan said Tuesday, "saved my life, so I thought others could benefit from learning how. There's a million things that Tuesday does for me, so it's a real blessing."

DITTO!

*speel

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agreed, was a good show

yeah listening to it now

today is supposed to be te day, i almost forgot, where is he anyways?

your are so polite GG

if you switch it away from english it shows a 200 bill http://www.ashurbank.com/IndexA.aspx

thanks for the post spike!

DAILY GUIDANCE AND SCHEDULE FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2011 In the morning, the President and the Vice President will receive the Presidential Daily Briefing in the Oval Office. Later in the morning, the President will hold a news conference in the East Room. In the afternoon, the President will welcome the WNBA Champion Seattle Storm to the White House to honor the team’s 2010 championship season. The President’s remarks in the Rose Garden are open press. In conjunction with this event, members of the team will participate in a service project with local area youth during their visit. This visit will also continue the tradition begun by President Obama of honoring sports teams for their efforts to give back to communities as well as for winning championships as part of their trip to Washington. As part of the Storm’s visit to Washington, the team will hold a basketball clinic for Washington, D.C.-area kids. Later in the afternoon, the President and the Vice President will meet with members of the Senate Democratic Leadership in the Oval Office to discuss the status of the negotiations to find common ground on a balanced approach to deficit reduction. Senator Harry Reid, Senator **** Durbin, Senator Chuck Schumer and Senator Patty Murray are expected to attend. Later, the President and the Vice President will meet with Secretary of the Treasury Geithner in the Oval Office. In the evening, the President will deliver remarks at an event observing LGBT Pride month in the East Room. Later in the evening, the President and the First Lady will host a farewell dinner for Secretary of Defense Gates at the White House. The Vice President and Dr. Biden will also attend. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Washington. President Barack Obama will hold a press conference Wednesday just as his administration and Congress are steeped in tense negotiations to avoid a US debt default, his office said, AFP reports. The White House said the event would be held at 11:30 am (1530 GMT) in the building's East Room. "

its not till 9:00pm MST

Im on the way to the bank right now!

CAPSLOCK DAY!!!