UN Speeches - Open Thread

Did you enjoy the UN speeches?  I tuned out after I realized Kanye West was not in the audience.

Here is Obama.

Comments

[sylvia]

Ha. I always find myself staring at those emerald green marble tiles. They are mesmerizing somehow.

[bishop]

A disgraceful effort, like some bizarro version of Moynihan's tour in 1975, so I
put this instead, in the LUN

[Jack is Back!]

I found myself agreeing with Quaddafi that we need to reopen the JFK assaination. I still say Jack Ruby was behind the grassy knoll. Does this make me and quaddafi "knollers"?

[Gregory Koster]

Compared to gargling broken glass, they were enjoyable, mostly by considering the future in which clips from these harangues will be contrasted with the disasters (mushroom clouds, anyone?) that took place while The Once fiddled. After all, the 1938 newsreels of Chamberlain sincerely smirking as he said "Peace in our time" had a great meaning to audiences then.

Today they have a different meaning. As these harangues will. Sooner, not later

Sincerely yours,
Gregory Koster

[Thomas Collins]

2012 will be a watershed Presidential election. Continue Obama's "We Are the World" conciliatory internationalism/statism or reject it in favor or Palin's strong foreign policy and domestic policy grounded in the view that although human nature is not perfectible, a framework of free markets brings out the best in humans.

[daddy]

I was unable to stomach listening to Quadaffi. Think I'll just wait instead for Oliver Stone to make it into a heroic movie, and then I'll watch it.

Hope Julia Robert's is in it.

[PeterUk]

Nice,Obama apologising on your behalf. Have you seen his birth certificate yet? He is one of you isn't he?

[daddy]

Hey TC,

Do you mind re-posting the name of that Scotch you mentioned yesterday? I may need to hit the Liquor Store before catching Obama's speech later tonight.

[daddy]

Hey P'UK,

Did they ever figure out exactly what mental disease King George, the guy who lost America and sparked the Revolution, suffered from? I'm interested in his symptoms, but no, not for any particular reason...simply for interest.

[evil monger]

It has been amusing watching CNN and MSNBC spinning how crazy Quaddafi is. Idiots like him are not an aberration at the UN, this is how the UN works. Libya was elected by the other members to serve on the Security Council.

And we should also point out how close comrade Obama's anti-colonialist positions are to Col. Q, Chavez, and Amhadinejad. When people call Obama a commie it isn't a slur, it isn't even an insult. It is a fact.

[clarice]

daddy, porphyria

[Dave (in the People's Banana Republic of MA)]

I didn't catch any of it because I was at work -- I have one of those "saved" jobs.

[Original MikeS]

From time to time, we need someone like Obama or Jimmah Carter to remind us how mediocre we could be if we are not careful.

[daddy]

Did any of the reporters with access to Quadaffi ask him if Obama and Hillary knew about the pending release of the Lockerbie Bomber well before the fact?

If not, I'd like to know if Quadafi thought that Obama's fury, venting his fury, anger, angriness, disgruntlement, disgust, incensed, and harsh criticism, in saying that the hero's welcome for the mass murder was "highly objectionable" was, in fact, over the top, and exactly the kind of harsh rhetoric that Nancy Pelosi is sobbing to us to shy away from. sniff sniff.

[Thomas Collins]

Bruichladdich Islay Single Malt, daddy. The best there is.

[JM Hanes]

Cross Posting 'R Us, Shorter UN Barbie Obama:

"I come before you humbled ..... and determined to act boldly and collectively [létat, c'est moi!] on behalf of justice and prosperity at home and abroad." 

"I am well aware of the expectations that accompany my presidency around the world. These expectations are not about me," so let me take this opportunity to talk about my first nine months of concrete achievements .... [970 words]

"But make no mistake: this [more perfect international union] cannot be solely America’s endeavor," which is why, "Every nation must know: America will live its values, and we will lead by example."

"No one nation can or should try to dominate another nation" so let me tell you "what America [l'état, etc.] wants" and what must be done, pillar by pillar by pillar by pillar .... [2,080 words]

Inspirational Hopenchange, generic reproofs .... [1950 words]

http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZmMzZmU2ZjE3ZDBmNzQ3N2VhNWRlNjQwY2Q5N2NmYjE= ">Jim Geraghty sums up:

The message of President Obama, a few weeks after addressing both houses of Congress, three days after appearing on five Sunday shows, two days after appearing on Late Night with David Letterman, hours before delivering remarks at the Clinton Global Initiative, and a few days before he addresses the G-20,  to the assembled delegates and world leaders at the United Nations: "Speeches alone will not solve our problems."

Last, but not least, an Honorable Mention for hypocrisy: "True leadership will not be measured by the ability to muzzle dissent, or to intimidate and harass political opponents at home." Nuff said

[daddy]

"daddy, porphyria"

Porphyria? Does that count as a disease the Brits cured?

Or does it still pop up every couple hundred years in this country?

[Thomas Collins]

See LUN for a link to the Bruichladdich web site. Great beverage for an Obama speech. With apologies to Stephen Green, this brings drunk blogging to new levels of cosmic harmony!!! :-))

[clarice]

jmh--Geraghty's comment is pure genius.

[JorgXMcKie]

Just watched Juan Williams desperately try to salvage something from Obama's speech.

Sheesh.

[daddy]

Tapadh leat,

My fine partner in the Order of the Green Girdle.

[Neo]

And I am proud to say that the United States has done more to promote clean energy and reduce carbon pollution in the last eight months than at any other time in our history.

Spoken like a real paper pusher.

[Captain Hate]

After all, the 1938 newsreels of Chamberlain sincerely smirking as he said "Peace in our time" had a great meaning to audiences then.

Chamberlain at least had the humility to admit he was horribly wrong after the fact; granted it's a "D'OH" occasion but do any one of you think Il Douche would be capable of that?

[daddy]

"Just watched Juan Williams desperately try to salvage something from Obama's speech."

What, Mar Liason wasn't there to bail him out?

[HkP]

poria

[JM Hanes]

clarice:

I thought is was absolutely perfect too. I'm not sure why Geraghty seems to fall off my radar with a certain regularity, when he's almost always either a good read or a good laugh.

[Original MikeS]

You know that feeling you get, in the pit of your stomach, when you watch news reels of Neville Chamberlain explaining the Munich Agreement as "peace for our time?"

[clarice]

Except for Steyn and an occasional other work by someone else, I feel NRO is too disappointing to make it a regular visit. But that was so good I blogged it and gave you a h/t. Don't know when or if it'll be published, but it was wonderful.

[Original MikeS]

Porphyria all over again.

[bishop]

So he was a werewolf,or a vampire, that explains a lot

[hit and run]

"Speeches alone will not solve our problems."

Oh come on, give Obama a break. Sure he's given speeches from the joint session of congress to well orchestrated town halls, but he's also given press conferences, sit down interviews, appearances on sunday talk shows, late night stand up routines.

He does more than speeches.

Besides, he's also thrown out the first pitch at a ball game, beach vacation, date nights with Michelle, date nights with lefty media, gone for ice cream with the kids, played lots of golf, and he's been reading Tom Friedman for months and months.

I mean, I'm just barely getting warmed up here.

The man is so much more than speeches.

[PeterUk]

daddy,
Clarice answered you. Porphyria isn't a mental disease it is an hereditary genetic defect.

[Jane]

Well I didn't listen, but the Fox All stars scared me to death with the recap. If I were Israel I'd get the bombs loaded - just not sure where I would aim them yet.

Oh good Ahmadinejad is on now. Apparently he missed the Ledeen piece.

[DrJ]

I'm not sure why Geraghty seems to fall off my radar with a certain regularity

Right now his beat -- the upcoming elections -- is just not that interesting, at least to me. Once they get closer, the topic will be much more so.

I agree that his work is outstanding.

[PeterUk]

Just think.if you had had Obam Care in the eighteenth century,you would still have been British.

[clarice]

We never did get a full explanation of the NYC flyover--I mean who was in all the planes and why the Georgia national guard plane with the red tail honoring the Tuskegee airmen was part of that, did we?

[Extraneus]

Excellent comment, JMH. With the added bonus that I no longer have the slightest urge to go hear it for myself now. Thanks!

[Ralph L]

Chamberlain at least had the humility to admit he was horribly wrong after the fact
And die six months after resigning the premiership.

[centralcal]

Jane, one of my pet FNC peeves is that I live on the West Coast and only rarely get to see Brett Baier and the All Stars. FNC really should have a replay or at least replay it on-line!

Jane and Clarice: what do you think of the suit Acorn has filed against Breitbart and the kids. Does it have "legs?"

[C.R.]

How can fired workers join a suit with the employer that fired them? Shouldn't they be suing the employer as well?

[clarice]

That's my thought, C.R. There's a procedure called impleader where someone sued can bring int someone who he thinks is responsible for the injury..I don't know if Md has such a procedure or how it works here were the true defendant is acting as a plaintiff, but somehow I expect the court will be asked to realign the parties.

cc--the ACORN suit is a really stupid move,opening the organization up to discovery. IMO it relies over much on the idiocy of a Baltimore jury, neglecting that a judge will have ample opportunity to weed out the frivolous claim.

NEWS! Cashill's theory on the authorship of Dreams is validated:
"Jack Cashill
In his new book, "Barack and Michelle: Portrait of an American Marriage," Best-selling celebrity journalist, Christopher Andersen, has blown a huge hole in the Obama genius myth without intending to do so.

Relying on inside sources, quite possibly Michelle Obama herself, Andersen describes how Dreams came to be published -- just as I had envisioned it in my articles on the authorship of Dreams. With the deadline pressing, Michelle recommended that Barack seek advice from "his friend and Hyde Park neighbor Bill Ayers."

To flesh out his family history, Obama had taped interviews with various family members. Andersen writes, "These oral histories, along with a partial manuscript and a truckload of notes, were given to Ayers." Andersen quotes a Hyde Park neighbor, "Everyone knew they were friends and that they worked on various projects together. It was no secret. Why would it be? People liked them both."

Andersen continues, "In the end, Ayers's contribution to Barack's Dreams From My Father would be significant--so much so that the book's language, oddly specific references, literary devices, and themes would bear a jarring similarity to Ayers's own writing."

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/09/andersen_book_blows_ayers_cove.html

[hit and run]

From last thread...

Moe Lane has posted a http://moelane.com/2009/09/23/a-copy-of-the-acornbreitbartokeefegiles-suit/>copy of the ACORN lawsuit.

It's in that wonderful docstoc format, so, merriment awaits all who want to copy/paste, etc.

Have fun.

[JM Hanes]

Extraneus:

Fortunately, transcripts seem to emerge pretty quickly these days, so I didn't have to listen to the thing myself.

In other international news on the Administration which has been busy revoking Honduran visas ('cuz of the coup dontcha know), guess who's coming to dinner?

FOR the first time in nine years, the US has allowed Burma's Foreign Minister to come to Washington, a sign of softening American policy towards the military junta.
[.....]
A State Department spokesman said the minister did not meet any US officials.

The main goal of the trip was to evaluate the embassy, which needs repairs, Kyaw Win said.
[.....]
In addition, Burma's Prime Minister, General Thein Sein, is attending the UN General Assembly, making him the most senior junta member to attend the annual gathering since the nation's second-in-command did so in 1995.

Because it always takes a Foreign Minister to sign off on Embassy maintenance.

[Strawman Cometh]

Jonah posts an email from an attorney re: ACORN suit.

[Melinda Romanoff]

Jane-

As a side note, Iran's sole AWACS plane ran into a bit of fatal turbulence with one of the Shah's old F-5's recently. From the Perfessor, natch.

I like the aside, Mossad was not seen nearby.

[bishop]

Crikey, we're giving members of the SLORC the red carpet treatment, and we're snubbing
Micheletti; it's 'bearded Spock universe'
time

Recall the President went to Cairo, where torture and Syed Qutb's cry to jihad go hand in hand, and he denounced the US effort
to democratize Iraq. While another goes to Hong Kong, and calls out the Chinese regime's fundamental unfairness

[matt]

"like a hyperactive teenager tipping over trash cans" got me going on a pretty good rant earlier.

But what got me today was a guy I know, 85 years old, who was evicted from his house because of a loan someone should never have made.

It truly is bearded Spock universe. In 1781r, the British Army as they surrendered at Yorktown played a song called "the World Turned Upside Down". It is appropriate to the day.

[bishop]

BTW, daddy, from the KTUU links, it seems like Begich has a lot 'splaining to do, vis
a vis, his stewardship of Anchorage. They arrested two councilman and one school board member, in an FBI sting, in my neck of the woods,so just a typical day.

[JM Hanes]

clarice:

The gods must be smiling, if not laughing out loud, when the Cashill thesis is confirmed in a book written with the Obamas' ostensible cooperation. It almost sounds as if the author decided to follow up on Cashill's lead, doesn't it?

Also over at American Thinker, it turns out that Maryland's Doug Gansler is on ACORN's A-List of sympathetic Attorneys General -- in case anyone was wondering about Maryland's immediate concern over the legality of the pimp 'n ho recording, as opposed to, say, any apparent interest in the contents.

[matt]

did Hugo Chavez speak? He's always fun at the kook party.How did Achmedinejad? did I miss anything? I was hoping for Achmed the dead terrorist as well.

[centralcal]

Wow, Clarice - Cashill was sooooo right on!!!!

Strawman, I just saw that too. Clarice, you might be interested - at the Corner Jonah prints an email he received from a lawyer/reader discussing the Acorn suit.

IANAL, so I always wait for the legal eagles here to weigh in.

[clarice]

But even Gansler refused to bring a criminal suit against O'Keefe and Giles IIRC.

[Janet]

God bless Jack Cashill!!!

[clarice]

The Goldberg note on the ACORN lawsuit is good (See Strawman's link)--I think the reader's comments are sound.

[matt]

apparently the Brits tried 5 times to set up a meeting between Brown and Obama, and Obama snubbed him completely. There's going to be some payback there.

[Extraneus]

I just hope that someone had video this time.

Ahmadinejad said that someone present at the UN told him that a light surrounded him while he was delivering his speech to the General Assembly. The Iranian president added that he also sensed it.

"He said when you began with the words 'in the name of God,' I saw that you became surrounded by a light until the end [of the speech]," Ahmadinejad appears to say in the video. "I felt it myself, too. I felt that all of a sudden the atmosphere changed there, and for 27-28 minutes all the leaders did not blink."

Ahmadinejad adds that he is not exaggerating.

"I am not exaggerating when I say they did not blink; it's not an exaggeration, because I was looking," he says. "They were astonished as if a hand held them there and made them sit. It had opened their eyes and ears for the message of the Islamic Republic."

[JM Hanes]

bishop:

The AFP article on Palin's China speech managed to provide at least one entertaining contrast:

"She was brilliant," said a European delegate, on condition of anonymity.

vs.

Two US delegates left early, with one saying "it was awful, we couldn't stand it any longer". He declined to be identified.

How emblematic that it was U.S. delegates who took fright! Nobody seems to have been able to come up with any actual runs, drips or errors, though many doubtless tried. Add another notch to Sarah's belt.

[Extraneus]

Big difference between that AFP account and the NYT today, wasn't it? Almost man bites dog worthy.

[RichatUF]

matt-

The forum will be NATO. We really got the world liking us again.

[JM Hanes]

Extraneus:

It sounds like the 12th Imam is about to reveal himself.....

[Extraneus]

Yeah, that was 2005, but I'm sure the Imam would have had the patience to wait for Obama.

[centralcal]

Thanks, Clarice (re: Jonah's reader's comments).

Extraneus: I think the little twerp from Iran is probably right that nobody blinked during his speech. They were probably comatose.

[bishop]

Yes, AFP is possibly the most biased of the wire services, and that's putting it with REuters, AP & McClatchy, yet it was all in all, a balanced piece, Even the Guardian,
wasn't atrocious today, on that score.

So we return to the 'bearded Spock universe'
where someone who should have been nabbed or at least interviewed by Interpol, is instead speaking from the dais

[MayBee]

Where's Ann? I hoping she's aware Michelle Obama was at the UN today.

[DrJ]

FNC really should have a replay

CCal, here there is a rebroadcast at 1:00 (Pacific). That may not be particularly convenient for you, but this insomniac has watched the All-Stars more than once at that time. Well, at 1:30.

[Jane]

The gods must be smiling, if not laughing out loud, when the Cashill thesis is confirmed in a book written with the Obamas' ostensible cooperation. It almost sounds as if the author decided to follow up on Cashill's lead, doesn't it?

I saw the author twice last night, the first on Fox where he talked about the Ayers connection, how important Michelle is, how they almost divorced, how she is behind all policy and how she over-ruled his veto of "yes we can" as a campaign slogan.

The second time was when I woke up in the middle of the night and he was on Chris Matthews. The tingler didn't want any of the dirt and wanted all of the sparkle. It was revolting and uninforming.

[Jane]

I just read the ACORN lawyer letter and he certainly sounds on the mark to me. I'd be worried about the MD statute that says it is illegal to tape someone without their consent, but he doesn't seem to think it is much of a big deal. He has dealt with it in ancillary matters but in this case it is actually the cause of action. They did break that law, but he's right that civil remedies are probably misplaced given the realities. So let them do discovery, go to trial, award a dollar and destroy ACORN forever. On to COI I guess.

I'm waiting to find out where to contribute to the defense fund, because I am absolutely in and frankly I'd love to see it go the distance at this point.

[Janet]

Does "everyone" know what LUN means? I posted a link to the Cashill article over at Ace with a LUN. Might not get noticed amongst the S#*ts, and d*#ns!

[Extraneus]

I know he sometimes radiates a halo-like aura, and is quite the public speaker, but is there any evidence of blinking during his speech today?

Is Obama the 12th Imam?

The eleventh Shi'a Imam Hasan al-Askari died on 1 January 874 AD (8th Rabi' al-awwal, 260 AH)[6] and since that day, his son Mahdi is believed by Shi'as to be the Imam, appointed by God, to lead the believers of the era. The most popular account of al-Mahdi in Shi'a literature is taken from his father's funeral. It is reported that as the funeral prayer was about to begin, al-Mahdi's uncle, Jafar ibn Ali approached to lead the prayers. However, al-Mahdi approached and commanded, "Move aside, uncle; only an Imam can lead the funeral prayer of an Imam." Jafar moved aside, and the five-year-old child led the funeral prayer for his father. It is reported that it was at this very moment that al-Mahdi disappeared and went into ghaybat, or occultation.[

[centralcal]

MayBee - I almost always miss Ann, since our hours here are like ships passing in the night.

But, Ann, dear - please go to Getty Images - there are some really lovely photos of our fashion icon first lady sitting next to the wife of Ban Ki Moon (I think that's who she is) and, well . . . she is looking just as loverly as you always show us that she is!

::grinning from ear to ear::

[Jane]

BTW there is no part of me that doesn't believe that Holder and the WH will find a way to interfere in this lawsuit.

Janet, I coined "LUN" so it is all JOM - well except that Hit says it was his idea, but who believes Hit?

[Melinda Romanoff]

MayBee-

I can't take any more of those pictures. The SunTimes is running a series on their marriage. I think it has been typeset in buttercream frosting.

[Janet]

Oh well Jane, they will probably just think it is a new curse word...or stands for something extremely inappropriate.

LUN - lips, underwear, nudity!

[Melinda Romanoff]

Jane-

If hit runs the bar, I believe hit. And I'll let him believe a lot of stuff.

Good datum.

And, yes, this suit will be run from DC, and not by Holder, but funded on K street. Wanna bet?

[Melinda Romanoff]

clarice-

I'm going this way with the donation. LUN.

[MayBee]

I think it has been typeset in buttercream frosting.

ha ha ha ha ha

[Ignatz]

Asking opinions on which will occur first;

Barry's psychotic break or,

The first disaster resulting from his 98 pound weakling foreign policy?

Or will they be coterminous?

[Melinda Romanoff]

And this is on as background, completely different from what I usually have on, BTW. (LUN-David Grisman-Dawg's Bull)

[Captain Hate]

LUN - lips, underwear, nudity!

Lesbians Ultimately Naked

[bishop]

BTw, the fellow who thought this was all some practical joke, is 'still stuck on stupid' then again it is Henry Blodgett's
site, no caveat emptor

[Jane]

I dunno Ignatz, he is inviting disaster loudly and clearly. Actually what he is inviting is attack. I predict attack, surrender and then escape to an undisclosed location.

[clarice]

Good,Mel..and I like the music, too.

[Janet]

Ha Captain Hate! That would have gotten some attention. I posted it again on the open thread, and used the word ass....so maybe someone will see it!

[Melinda Romanoff]

Jane-

I just think he's setting things up for a transfer of sovereignty.

It's what Soros paid for, isn't it?

(Minor Swing, with Stephane Grappelli, LUN)

THE jazz violinist.

[Ann]

Lol, Ladies

I have been looking. Melinda is this her?

[Captain Hate]

Ignatz, I think Obozo breaks down first. Despite all of Stanley's bastard punk's idiotic actions and lack of actions to make us unsafe, I think the residual impact of what Bush did still makes an effective attack overly difficult for the time being. As for Barry's fragile psyche the countdown is on.

[Ann]

Sorry, wrong picture!

Lonely Michelle. (Look who didn't sit next to her. Bwahahahah)

[Captain Hate]

Melinda are you a bluegrass fan or just slumming with Grisman?

[Melinda Romanoff]

clarice-

Done.

And if you liked the first Grisman, you'll love the second one. (I hooked my spouse on Grappelli with his two cuts on this album, LUN)

And yes, they top that one too, the one least listened to, 16...16. It's a classic Hot Club of Paris cut by Django and Stephane. I have a rare live album by the two of them that is something else to hear. Especially the gypsy triptych.

[Charlie (Colorado)]

Daddy:

porphyria.

[centralcal]

Ann! You go girl! I knew you would find exactly the right picture and the right comment.

Woohoo!

JOMettes rule.

[Melinda Romanoff]

Cap'n-

I am a non-discriminating music fan.

How much Bill Monroe do you want to cover?

The Move? (PUK will call me out on this one, I know it. I only have one, very distinct compilation, with NONE of the musicians listed. You might know their reincarnated band, The Electric Light Orchestra)

Or Robin Trower?

Allman Brothers?

Toscanini? (OK, not so much of that, but I have the original 78s)

All except one genre.

That is reserved for target practice.

[Ann]

I should probably apologize for that first picture, but I am so mad at these two grifters it gets harder everyday to be nice about it.

But I will try! :)

[Melinda Romanoff]

clarice-

sorry, clarification, the live album is Grisman and Grappelli, not Reinhardt and Grappelli.(LUN)

Sorry. no last.fm cuts. If you want this, let me know, and it is worth it.

[daddy]

Bishop/Narciso,

OT,

Big news breaking out here involving ex-Mayor, now Senator Begich in corruption. New documents just released reveal him intentionally withholding required to be released Economic Info to the voting City Council members, in order to push through illegal Union contracts totaling $100 million just before the election. ">http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/anchorage/story/946187.html"> Link, but just keep clicking.

On Talk radio this is on fire, and multiple local government folks are calling for a Grand Jury and subpoena's, etc. IANAL, so this may amount to nothing, but it has sure caused a big stink this afternoon, so thought I'd pass this on quick since you follow such stuff. Excellent Sarah speech. Hope it doesn't knock this down the memory hole tomorrow.

Thanks Charlie for the porphyria link. Will get to it later tonight.

[Captain Hate]

The Move? (PUK will call me out on this one, I know it. I only have one, very distinct compilation, with NONE of the musicians listed. You might know their reincarnated band, The Electric Light Orchestra)

Hells yeah I know the Move. Roy Wood is God; at least until he went off the deep end and formed Wizzard. Which compilation? An early one with the singles like "Fire Brigade", "Wild Tiger Woman" & "Curly"? Roy was part of the original ELO but, like I said, went absolutely over the edge. Great pop sense though.

Do you listen to any free jazz?

[Ann]

Speaking of, don't miss our Jane's last comment at the Something Obama...thread.

Stood up and clapped, Jane. Sometimes you just
have to let it rip!

[JM Hanes]

buttercream frosting - LOL!

Carla Bruni M.I.A. L.O.L.

Michelle Obama, who obviously didn't check out what her red dress looked like sitting down, wondering why she didn't get invited to the party..... LOL!

[Melinda Romanoff]

daddy-

Did you get my "Great Game" suggestion? I might have glossed over it. (LUN)

[PD]

Mel,

I did - you were right, it was at the local library. Waiting for current reader to finish and return it.