What is Obama doing during this disaster? Hes going to Rio., page 1

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Obama trip to Latin America still on despite turmoil

The president and his family are scheduled to travel to Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago and San Salvador on the trip, designed to highlight economic and trade issues and energy and security cooperation. White House officials are billing the visit as primarily an effort to drum up export markets and future opportunity for US businesses as they seek to emerge from the worst financial crisis in decades. "There has been tremendous progress in this region economically over the last decade or so," said Mike Froman, deputy national security advisor for international economic affairs.

The world is falling apart and hes going to Rio. Tells me all I need to know about this guy.

Too bad he missed the Rush concert.
Those guys are great live!


David Grouchy

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Trade and Economy are way up the scale of concern from silly individuals and sanctity of life. What good is life if the economy is in the dumps. Obama, and your corporate heads, and your talking media heads all have their priorites, and right now a few less mouths to feed is actually a blessing. If they can just get some exports going to other spots, and get an angle on all those treasury bonds Japan owns, this could work out great!

Obviously that is not how I feel, but I fear that is the priority structure of our leaders in government and industry.

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I'm sorry I didn't know Obama was the president of world.

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The world is falling apart and hes going to Rio.

Yeah...obviously he should cancel all meetings and events...and head to Japan himself to block the radiation


I just have one question...what would be an accetable course of action in your opinion?

One the one hand we have poor, poor Obama. . . .
and on the other hand

Bush came under more criticism when Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast region during the early hours of August 29, 2005. In the wake of the hurricane, two levees protecting New Orleans from Lake Pontchartrain collapsed, leading to widespread flooding. In the aftermath of this disaster, thousands of city residents, unable to evacuate prior to the hurricane, became stranded with little or no relief for several days, resulting in lawless and unsanitary conditions in some areas. Blame for inadequate disaster response was partially attributed to state and local authorities, but public outcry in the disaster's early hours was largely directed at the Bush administration, mainly the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)[71] and the Department of Homeland Security[72] alleging weak crisis management and coordination. In fact a Canadian search-and-rescue team actually made it to a New Orleans suburb five days before U.S. aid arrived.[73]

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What's good for the goose. . .. .

reply to post by Aggie Man

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I agree that Obama is equally effective no matter what his geographic location is (that isn't saying much), but you have to admit that after all the heat Bush took for 9/11 and Katrina, to see Obama mirroring it almost step for step is disturbing? Also, we have a radioactive concern, even if it is minimal, what message does it send for him to go to the opposite hemisphere? Kind of similar to his Gulf Coast staged visit that backfired isn't it?

I was a fan of his during the campaign. I even voted for him. I even LOVE his speeches! But, his actions have left me in dire disappointment.

He can't grap a crane and start disassembling debris to look for survivors, but he could visit the west coast, talk to some Japanese communities, make more than single line comments about it. He could state that his number 1 priority is helping Japan and protecting America, and try to dispel any rumors that he is putting economy ahead of life.

I do not solely blame Obama, I believe it is the entire elitist structure in Washington and on Wall Street. I think Obama had great intentions, and showed up for work and found out he had no teeth.

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I'll ask you the same question.

What would be an accetable course of action for Obama in your opinion?

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No , no he is not . He is taking his family on what all in all amounts to another vacation trip . This during what will amount to the largest crisis the modern world has known.

Originally posted by beezzer
One the one hand we have poor, poor Obama. . . .
and on the other hand

Bush came under more criticism when Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast region during the early hours of August 29, 2005. In the wake of the hurricane, two levees protecting New Orleans from Lake Pontchartrain collapsed, leading to widespread flooding. In the aftermath of this disaster, thousands of city residents, unable to evacuate prior to the hurricane, became stranded with little or no relief for several days, resulting in lawless and unsanitary conditions in some areas. Blame for inadequate disaster response was partially attributed to state and local authorities, but public outcry in the disaster's early hours was largely directed at the Bush administration, mainly the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)[71] and the Department of Homeland Security[72] alleging weak crisis management and coordination. In fact a Canadian search-and-rescue team actually made it to a New Orleans suburb five days before U.S. aid arrived.[73]

en.wikipedia.org...

What's good for the goose. . .. .

Ummmm...that was a US disaster...if you are not aware...Japan is not part of the US.


Apples and Oranges buddy....nice try though.

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Big difference: Katrina was in the US. The earthquake was in Japan. I would expect any president to work very hard to help his own countrymen. I am not sure what anyone expects Obama to do, beyond what has already been done: pledging support and dending military to help.

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I agree that Obama is equally effective no matter what his geographic location is (that isn't saying much), but you have to admit that after all the heat Bush took for 9/11 and Katrina, to see Obama mirroring it almost step for step is disturbing?

*facepalm*

Again...Japan is not part of the UNITED STATES. You can't compare this to 9/11 or Katrina...absolutely ridiculous [snip]

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