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A New Star Is Born? You Have Got To Be Kidding!

Martin McCauley writes: In case you’ve missed it, there was a rally in Washington DC last week. On Saturday, to be exact. On the anniversary of Martin Luther King famous ‘I have a dream…’ speech, to be even more precise. Half a million people turned up to listen to Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin, amongst others. The main message was: let’s restore honour. The government has let us down, so it’s up to us, the people, to change America for the better. So what’s the big deal, you may ask. And, if you don’t live in US, you’ll be wondering who this Glenn Beck is? He’s a crafty fellow, a 46-year-old Mormon, who is the star presenter on Fox News. By the way, Fox News is owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation and makes no attempt to be objective. It doesn’t like... 

Hillary’s No Rush Diplomacy Works Wonders. Well, Sort Of

Dan Majestic writes from Washington: All of you hunks out there: I bet you fancy Hillary Clinton like mad? Come on guys, that woman is hot. Just thinking about all that power she’s yielding could make any hot-blooded male get all steaming and throbbing. There she struts around the world, whispering sweet little nothings to politicians, giving therm that suggestive look and really getting things moving. Although, to be perfectly honest, that last bit about ‘getting things moving’ might be a bit of an overstatement. Cause Hillary, you see, is not the type of girl who likes to rush things. Good things come to those who wait, as they say, and Mrs Clinton is prepared to take her time. Sure, pretty much nothing happened on her shift as Secretary of State – yet. But hey, Rome... 

Wondering: Are President Obama’s Advisors Any Good?

Dan Majestic writes from Washington: I wonder, I sometimes wonder: are President Obama’s advisors any good? Because sometimes I get this strange feeling that most of his people are working against him. These otherwise fine men and women seem to be creating numerous problems for their boss, including that grand fiasco of telling him to throw his weight behind the construction of a mosque near Ground Zero. I can just see it happening as aides, one after another, tell Mr Obama in the Oval Office: ‘Mr President, why don’t you give your full support to the building of that mosque in New York. Especially as there are only two mosques at the moment in that part of the city and a third one would really make a difference for some people.’ And once the President did that, these very same... 

A Mosque Beside Ground Zero? And How About A Brand New BP HQ On The Louisiana Cost Line?

Adam Lovejoy writes: As President Barack Obama signals his support to the building of a new mosque just a stone throw away from Ground Zero in New York, insisting that in democratic America everyone has the right to build whatever they want wherever they feel like it, we ask: what other buildings and monuments could be built in the US and abroad for Mr Obama to throw his full weight behind? How about erecting, if you pardon the expression, a brand new BP headquarters, a glassy and shiny skyscraper worth a couple of billion, on the Louisiana coastline, as a sign of gratitude to the oil giant for sorting out the oil slick that it had caused in the first place? President Obama could argue that in a democratic country like America responsible multinationals should be viewed as an asset to the country.... 

US Government Responds To Stirring Trouble’s Critisism Of Its Lacklustre Response To Document Leaks

R.F.Wilson writes from Washington: Following Stirring Trouble’s scathing criticism (The Scandal With War Files Proves One Thing: Washington Is Crap At PR, July 28) of the US government’s lacklustre response to the publication of tens of thousands of classified documents concerning the war in Afghanistan Washington has launched a massive public relations campaign to minimise the damaging fall-out. US Defence Secretary Robert Gates, younger brother of billionaire playboy Bill and a billionaire in his own right, said that if ever anyone wanted to know the reason why the US will fail in Afghanistan it would be because of the disclosure of top secret information by the website WikiLeaks. Although Mr Gates refrained from saying it publicly, sources in the Pentagon have confirmed to Stirring Trouble... 

The Big Day Is Coming. Chelsea Clinton Is To Become An Honest Woman At Last

Anton Goryunov writes: You may not be aware of it, people, but the biggest celebrity bash of the year in the US is slowly but surely approaching. In about a weeks’ time, on July 31st, Chelsea Clinton is finally going to become an honest woman and marry her sweetheart, Mark Mezvinsky, an investment banker from Goldman Sachs, in a small town of Rhinebeck, upstate New York. The list of guests is impressive. Papa Bill will be there, leading his daughter down the aisle, and Mama Hillary will be there as well. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle are rumoured to be coming, although people claiming to be working for the White House have been hinting that the Obamas would rather be seen dead than attend the Clinton bash. Even more importantly, though, is that singing and acting legend Barbara... 

Bill Is Back. And He’s Got Plans

Dan Majestic writes: Well, well, well. Guess what news reaches us from the big US of A? From Washington DC, if you want me to be more specific. From the White House, if you’re one of these people who like to know things in all their glorious detail. Anyway, President Barack Obama has held a meeting with none other than Bill Clinton himself and asked him to lend a helping hand in this autumns mid-term election campaign to congress. Yep, that very same Bill who only a couple of years ago was having a go at Mr Obama when he was battling with his wife, Hillary, for the prized post of Democratic presidential candidate. Mr Clinton, if your memory is not that good, had a few harsh words for his wife’s opponent and had had a go at him on a couple of occasions. Not that Mr Obama failed to stand... 

What If Barack Obama Ever Met Karl Marx? I Bet They’d Get On Just Fine

Martin McCauley writes: Some people in America – quite a lot of people actually – claim that President Barack Obama is a closet Marxist. Imagine Mr Obama having a dream about meeting the great man. The conversation could go as follows: President Obama: Comrade Marx, it’s a great pleasure to meet you in person. I’m a great fan of yours and have read most of your works. They’ve proved a wonderful guide to understanding the world in which black people live under oppression. You might not know this, but I found Jesus at a church in Chicago where my pastor was the Rev Jeremiah Wright. It was he who introduced me to your teachings and since then I became one of your greatest admirers. Karl Marx: Comrade Barack, may I welcome you with open arms to the league of the enlightened. It’s wonderful... 

Things You Always Wanted To Know About President Obama. But Were Afraid To Ask

Martin McCauley writes from America: You would never guess what happened at Yale University recently: Richard Rubenstein, a distinguished professor, has come up with some sensational stuff about President Barack Obama. He has analysed Obama’s speeches and policy decisions since he became the most powerful man in the world and concluded that he is the most radical leader America has ever had and will probably spring a lot of surprises on his own country and the whole world generally. Professor Rubenstein makes a point of relations with Britain, America’s supposed ‘special ally’: immediately on assuming office President Obama made a point of returning the bust of Sir Winston Churchill which Britain gave George Bush as a present after 9/11. Even when reminded that it was a gift presented... 

Implementing Rules For Radicals: President Obama’s Mission Impossible?

Martin McCauley writes from America: You might not know this, people, but in his CV President Barack Obama boasts extensive experience as a ‘community organiser’. Yep, that’s what he did in Chicago in the 1980s, when no one, himself included, could have imagined that he would one day end up in the White House. They say that some politicians in Washington find Mr Obama’s community organising experience unnerving. Why am I telling you this? Because President Obama is on a mission: to implement Rules for Radicals, as laid down by Saul Alinsky (1909-72) who wanted to change the world from what it was to what he believed in. He wrote: ‘The Prince was written by Machiavelli for the Haves on how to hold power. Rules for Radicals is written for the Have-Nots on how to take it away.’ Alinsky,... 

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