President Obama keeps an Active Public Presence

The media is having a strange response to the new President. They have been unable to really 'diss' him as he keeps such an active public presence. And rightfully so. It is an unfortunate reality to realize the only way the media sees its role is to 'diss' a very popular President hoping to drive him into the basement with his ratings. I believe that is going to be difficult and competing with a USA President 'for attention' isn't a good idea.

There is a lot of work to be done in the USA to reclaim its economy and value of its dollar. Weeding out 'desireable' companies that aren't in huge debt themselves and seeking 'bailout' from the Fed will be a full time job. The USA needs quality employment, not just 'any' employment at any cost. To achieve 'poor quality employment' in the USA will only cause the same economic catastrophe all over again. I would think the media most interested in 'entertaining' the American public would be approaching them from an 'education' perspective and what constitutes 'viable employment' with longevity toward retirement. That of course includes very viable and healthy companies with products that sustain 'trends' in customer satisfaction when it comes to a "Green Economy."

The media is getting it wrong with Iran. They are saying that the video by President Obama is unique and never been tried before. Yes and no. Yes, a cheery welcome to the people of Iran is a new approach and I believe it is sincere, but, the 'reaching past' the Iranian government propagandized media has been used before in Iraq by Bush before he invaded the country. While I understand President Obama's position in attempting to reach a reasonable solution to Iran's 'runaway' nuclear program, supporting UN efforts for inspections and disarmament measures he is engaging with Russia, there is a lot "W"rong in the Gulf.

Today there was another boarding of a ship that was seized by pirates and at the same time there are reports that Iran has reached capacity of producing 'fissile' material in constructing a nuclear weapon. There is also reports of the collision of two USA vessels, one a surface ship and one a submarine. I would not be surprised if the sub is stationed along with its comliment of surface ships in the region of Hormuz for the purpose of monitoring Iranian missile movement and the possible construction of a missile to launch with nuclear capacity.

If the collision occurred in Homuz due to the Navy's attempts to interrupt pirating of vessels as well as monitor Iran I would proport the nuclear capacity of Iran and its interruption of its program overshadows in huge measure any pirating issue.

Israel's Peres sends audio greeting to Iran (click here)
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli President Shimon Peres has sent a rare greeting to the people of Iran praising them and saying they would be better off without their hard-line leadership.
In the taped audio message, Peres lauds Iran's ancient culture and urges what he calls the "noble Iranian nation" to "return to its rightful place among developed nations."
The greeting marking Iran's Nowruz holiday was broadcast Friday on the Voice of Israel's Farsi-language station. The station is beamed to Iran, but it is unclear how many Iranians had heard it.
It coincided with President Barack Obama's video message to Iran in which he appealed to Iranians to shift away from decades of confrontation.


Mar 20, 2009 7:34 Updated Mar 20, 2009 15:55
Peres greets Iranians in Persian on Iranian new year festival (click here)
By JPOST.COM STAFF AND AP
President Shimon Peres issued an audio greeting to the Iranian people, urging them to shake off the rule of "an oppressive and fanatical regime" and return to relations of peace and harmony with Israel, which, he recalled, the two countries enjoyed when the Shah was in power, until 1979. He called on the "noble Iranian people" to eschew the rhetoric of hate and even offered a greeting for Nowruz, the Iranian New Year, in Persian....



Last update - 19:56 20/03/2009
Peres to Iran: Reclaim your rightful place among 'enlightened nations' (click here)
By Haaretz Service
President Shimon Peres has recently issued a special message to the Iranian people, ahead of the Iranian holiday Nowruz, which symbolizes the start a new year, urging the Iranian people to reclaim their place among "enlightened nations." "With great pleasure, I offer you this blessing on your holiday, a day of renewal that brings with it happiness and hope of a new day, of better days and a blessed new year," Peres began.
"Unfortunately, the relations between our two countries have hit a low point, stemming from ideas that compel your leaders to act in every possible way against the state of Israel and its people. But I am convinced that the day is not far off when our two nations will restore good neighborly relations and cooperation in thriving in every way," he went on to say....

So if an Iranian wishes you Happy Holidays and follows it with a question regarding the intention of the greetings from the USA and Israel. You might want to answer, "The agreement was PEACEFUL use of nuclear power, not production of fissil material for nuclear weapons. So, what do you think the greeting is all about?"

One might note in the article below, the word the man is using is PROGRESS.

PROGESS is not PEACEFUL. DISARMAMENT is PEACEFUL.


Last update - 17:27 20/03/2009
Iran supreme leader: No one can stop our nuclear progress (click here)
By Reuters
Iran has shown world powers they cannot block its nuclear progress, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Friday, but he made no mention of a new message by U.S. President Barack Obama to his country. In a separate recorded speech to mark the Iranian New Year, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said global powers had reached a "dead end". But he too made no mention of Obama's videotaped offer of a "new beginning" of diplomatic engagement. Khamenei said Iran, the world's fourth-largest oil producer, had managed to limit the impact of the global economic downturn and of sanctions imposed on it over its nuclear activities.
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Iran and the United States are embroiled in a dispute over Tehran's nuclear program, which Washington and its allies suspect is aimed at making bombs. Tehran says the program is for peaceful power generation....