Words and suits are both empty

After days of watching the people of Iran protest the tyranny and oppression that rules their country and their lives, our President has decided to make a statement of support. Bold.

Yes, I understand the theory that we don't want to be seen as "meddeling" in a foreign revolution. But when has it been meddeling for the President of the United States to vocally and vociferously support freedom? When does the President sit by the wayside and watch a people clamoring for justice go unaided or unsupported?

I find it so odd, but so typical of this man, that in his remarks of solidarity with the Iranian people, Obama cited his Cairo speech. "As I said in Cairo, suppressing ideas never succeeds in making them go away." He thinks very highly of himself. And to an extent, I am sure that he remains somewhat confident that his speech is partly the catalyst for this uprising.

And now we couple this with the fact that in his 2010 budget, Obama has stipped all funding for democracy groups in Iran from the State Department's budget. Maybe it's because of the economic crisis... though if that were the sole reason, one must question the other $3.5+ trillion.

Talk about your empty words. Talk about an empty suit. Talk about an empty man. Obama's thought processes are so alien to any executive thinking and presidential acumen. He is still a community organizing looking to run America like a south side Chicago neighborhood.

His Majesty

The Queen of England does not govern.
She reigns.

Which does Mr. Obama think he should do?

He is striving for both.

Ich bin ein Iranian...

Just moment ago, our President finally addressed the thousands of protestors in Tehran who are fighting for freedom and justice. Let's see what he said:

"It's not productive given the history of US-Iranian relations to be seen as meddeling, the US President meddeling, in Iranian elections. What I will repeat and what I said yesterday is that when I see violence directed at peaceful protestors, when I see peaceful dissent being supressed, wherever that takes place, it is of concern to me, and it's of concern to the American people".

So, to you thousands of people in the streets of Iran KNOWING that your lives are on the line as you clamor, with whatever hope you have in your hearts, for freedom and justice in your homeland, the President of the USA says to you "can't meddle, Not because of our past relations. If Bush hadn't messed things up, I would be there with you. But I can't. However, I am concerned".


Mr. Gorbechov, tear down this wall. The Axis of Evil. The Evil Empire. Powerful words coupled with powerful actions that did, indeed, free people. And today we have "it's not productive to be seen as meddeling". If he could use the passive voice more often, it would be done.

"This is a corrupt, flawed, shame of an election. The Iranian people have been deprived of their rights and we support them in their struggle against a repressive, oppressive regime and they should not be subjected to 4 more years of Ahmadinejad and the radical muslim clerics" -John McCain

Voice of a leader, and I am no McCainite.

Mr. President, couldn't you even speak about hope and change? You speak worse about the Bush Administration than you do about the Ayatollah.

I'm ashamed of my President.