not to be a conspiracy theorist but i suspect this is why it was Biden who headed this trip rather than the president. the ramifications of such an overt snub would have way more significance if this trip were headed by the potus.  View

I think the fact that only U.S. politicians seem to be overly positive about these policies and future talks is a bad sign. I admire Obama, his attempts at peace between Israelis & Pakistanis, and his take-charge attitude in initiating such talks. And certainly he is one busy man. But I think, perhaps in this case--for these talks are incredibly important--that it might be wise of the President to take heed and attend the talks himself. He cannot always do this, but we're talking about potential Israeli-Pakistani peace/war here.  View

I agree with you for the most part, but I also think Israel and Palestine kind of need to "grow up" and start handling things without outside involvement. This conflict has gone on for so long, I wonder if some people are just tired of it. There are so many issues that President Obama isn't going to be able to fix, no matter how involved he might get. It seems like the only thing holding real success is the question of who will possess Jerusalem, and unless Obama can come up with a solution regarding that, we might end up back at square one. But I do think he needs to get involved, because he is the President and we are Israel's ally. It indirectly affects us, too, and Obama needs to show how important it is to him and his administration.  View

it's just that our legal system isn't set up that way. You don't have to be a citizen to be entitled to rights protection. Also, Lincoln suspended habeas corpus, meaning those rights were still codified he just chose to ignore them. Don't know that I want the President to have the power to take away rights.  View

"Whites profiting off of black history, culture, and inventions." This is so ridiculous. Think of the complete uproar that would be started if somebody said, "Obama being president is not fair because our government was created by whites. Therefor he is profiting off of our white history, culture, and inventions." You cannot tell someone they cannot do something because of their race, even if that race happens to be the majority. No race should "own" anything. Dancing and rapping does not "belong" to blacks just as classical music and bull riding does not "belong" to whites. Why is it minorities are aloud to be offended at racist acts toward them, but the majority race is forced to withstand racism every day and say nothing. I'm so frustrated and fed up with majority racism.  View

"The president also named each of the members, whether a senator or a congressman, naming those Republicans, giving them credit for the ideas. ... Those are important signals to send to Republicans when the president says he wants to work in a bipartisan way." You know the US government is run by 12-year-olds when the opposing party is giddy that someone else gave them credit. Is there any word in Washington about the Republicans or the Democrats taking their ball and going home?  View

Since I'm not the president, I guess I'm a delinquent. Seriously though, I'm looking forward to seeing this sooner or later. Looks like a solid psychological thriller. @Kristopher: Haven't seen it. Will have to put that one on my list, too.  View

"President Obama is creating a commission to come up with clear recommendations to improve the nation's more than 14 trillion dollar debt." Here's an idea, and I'm just spitballin' here, how about minimizing spending? Simplistic, perhaps, but crazy enough to work. I can't believe O'Reilly is the rational voice here.  View

it could have a positive effect, especially if people from both parties can actually work together and absolutely focus on alleviating the nation's debt problem. the problem is that these commissions tend to not work or not work as well as intended. but President Obama is one who takes risks and tries things instead of just sitting around. i commend him on this commission and hope it works.  View

I disagree 100%, the stimulus bill saved over 200 teaching jobs within our district alone! Without the money last year many of us would not be teaching today. The Bush administration threw a big party and left us to clean up their mess, Obama has done more in one year that Bush did his whole term as "acting" president.  View