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Obama under fire over civil liberties

In People, Politique / Politic on May 15, 2013 at 12:37 pm

OBAMA-Sorry

Barack Obama under fire 

WASHINGTON – As the United States of America president for the last 4-1/2 years, Obama has faced accusation after accusation of impinging on civil liberties, disappointing his liberal Democratic base and providing fodder for rival Republicans as he deals with the realities of office.

When he took office in 2009, Obama promised to close the Guantanamo camp but it remains open. Today, Obama says he will revisit that pledge and blames Congress for blocking his plan. Under his presidency, we have seen aerial drone strikes abroad, in places such as Pakistan and Yemen. We have seen repeated seizure of journalists’ files and phone records.

Even though there were reasons to think Obama would have been different from some of his predecessors, because of his background and because of what he said during the electoral campaign, we have to realize he his no different from some presidents like George W. or Nixon when it comes to balancing national security and individual liberties issues.

Obama is no Clinton and no Kennedy and his marketing and preaching approach of the presidency will never make up for his mistakes. Obama is now facing the realities of being president. When he won his place as the first African-American in the White House, many Americans applauded another advance in the country’s long civil rights movement. Since then, while Obama is still trying to present himself as a progressive Democrat, he has not been very successful at representing himself as a fiery civil libertarian. Under his presidency, there has been a constant effort from the Obama’s administration to control the message.

Even though Hilary would have been a better president than Obama and the fact that Sarah could not have done worse, whatever the situation, compared to the abuse of the George W. Bush-era, the Watergate scandal during Richard Nixon’s administration and the Iran-contra controversy during Ronald Reagan’s years, we still in the minor-abuse league.

Lets see, what will happen next.

JMD

Michel Ouellette JMD
Public Affairs & Communications
Columnist, Novelist, and Futurist

 jmdlive@lefuturistedailynews.com

 

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Obama, a president without leadership

In Éditorial / Editorial, Politique / Politic on May 6, 2013 at 11:24 am

Obama official Portrait

Barack Obama

Nearly five months second term, none of his projects from his first mandate have been completed and he has already lost control of his second term agenda, if he ever had one in the first place. His future as a comedian is more promising than his political career.

Much rhetoric and not very much action, Obama seems to suffer from an incurable form of verbal diarrhea. Maybe, like he already suggested, he should just pack up and go home. Many now tend to believe him when he says that his job is very difficult: intelligence sharing “this is hard stuff”, closing Guantanamo “It’s a hard case to make”, Republican governors blocking his health-care law’s implementation “that makes it harder” and responding in Syria “it is a difficult problem” he says.

Well Mister president, if you cannot stand the heat, maybe it is time for you to step out of the kitchen, what I believe you have already done.

JMD

Michel Ouellette JMD
Public Affairs & Communications
Columnist, Novelist, and Futurist

 jmdlive@lefuturistedailynews.com

 

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If not North Korea, Who and When?

In Général / General, People, Politique / Politic, Prédictions / Predictions, Religion, Société / Society on April 6, 2013 at 5:17 pm

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Revelation

Various scientific scenarios have been theorized on an eventual doomsday.

1. – An asteroid or comet’s collision with Earth.

Such an event although very improbable for the next few years, happened in the past and will happen again.

Given that the asteroid or comet is big enough, an applicable scenario predicts a chemical change in the atmosphere due to “heat shock” produced by the entry in the atmosphere and impact on earth of the asteroid or comet. Such chemical change would involve the production of nitric-acid rains, the bitterness produced by the Biblical prediction of the Wormwood Star upon a third of the Earth’s potable water.

2. – Is the earth pole shift theory possible?

If a large enough comet or asteroid falls on Earth to produce acid rains, the consequences of such and event will include earthquakes, tsunamis and massive destruction of populations that could mean the “End of Times”. But what about an Earth pole shift?

As a matter of fact, the magnetic field of the Earth has actually switched its direction many times during Earth’s history. This can be verified from geologic records indicating that the Lava flows that have solidified 30,000 years ago are evidence that the magnetic field of the earth was in the opposite direction at that time. The same geologic records show that such a reversal could possibly take less than 100 years.

One effect that may occur during a magnetic reversal is that the Earth may not be protected from charged particles streaming from the sun. These particles are called the “solar wind“, and could be dangerous to life if they reached the Earth’s surface. Solar wind energy can also cause “space plasma storms”, that could cause communication satellites and electronic equipment and instrumentation to fail. Such plasma storms can also cause damage to electric power systems on the surface of the Earth. A large space storm in 1989 made currents on the ground that caused a failure in the Hydro-Quebec electric power system. This prevented 6 million people in Canada and the US from having electricity for over 9 hours.

3. –What about a “man made” apocalyptic disaster?

Do I really have to answer to this one?

We have civil and religious wars going all around the world, economic and political conflicts, poverty and misery, all over the world. The only question is who would be crazy enough to draw first blood.

Bashar Al Assad? Benjamin Netanyahu? Mahmoud Ahmadinejad? Kim Jong-un? Vladimir Putin? Barack Obama? Any one of these men or any country that owns the nuclear technology can trigger a sequence of events of apocalyptic dimensions that would fit all the biblical and prophetic description of the end of the world.

JMD

 

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Hillary for President

In Politique / Politic, Prédictions / Predictions on November 9, 2012 at 5:15 pm

Hillary Clinton, United States Secretary of State

When asked by Marie Claire magazine last month if she would make another bid for the White House, she said, “No, I’m not.”

(USA) – After Mitt Romney’s defeat last Tuesday, the 2016 presidential campaign for the White House is already getting under way.

With President Barack Obama winning a second term on Tuesday, speculation over the next race for the White House is getting started. An incumbent will not run in 2016, meaning both, the Republican and the Democrat parties may have competitive nomination battles.

The two names grabbing the most attention in the hunt for the next Democratic nomination are Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, my money being on Hilary Clinton if she decides to run. Biden, who will be 73 on Election Day 2016, already made unsuccessful bids for the nomination in 1988 and 2008 and it is most unlikely that he will be afforded a new opportunity. With Obama going nowhere without the assistance and support of Hilary and Bill Clinton, the truth is, everyone else is frozen until Hillary decides what she wants to do.

As for the Republicans, before making any decision as to run or not, any potential candidate will better make sure that Hillary will not be running and that all the issues and internal dissension inside the party are resolved.

Running against Hillary will not be easy.

JMD

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The Strategy and the Perfect Storm that Paved a Winning Path for Obama

In Politique / Politic, Prédictions / Predictions, Public Affairs & Communications on November 7, 2012 at 5:31 pm

By: Michel Ouellette JMD on NOVEMBER 7, 2012

President Obama’s official portrait

Early spring 2012, President Obama’s Chicago veteran campaign staff is confronting the question that would ultimately decide the presidency: how to run against Mitt Romney?

The choice discussed was whether to campaign against Romney as a flip-flopper or to cast him as a protector of the privileged at the expense of the middle class, a man who willingly fires people and is disconnected from how average Americans live their lives. The choice was made: Mitt Romney was to be shown and depicted as a heartless executive. While the Obama campaign decided to set the campaign’s course in the summer of 2012, Romney’s senior staffers put their money on winning a decisive autumn. But, as the attacks mounted from the Obama’s side, many of the Romney’s advisers were really concerned. Instead of addressing the issue then, it was decided to wait for a later time, during the convention and the debates. – First mistake.

The Obama’s campaign decision to focus on Romney helped set an angry tone for the multibillion-dollar campaign that was to come and was the deciding factor of this presidential election. The turnout, yesterday of the African-Americans, Latinos, women, and young voters in swing states proved it. Obama, weighed down by a poor economy and the sudden eruption of violence and conflicts in the Middle East, needed help. Bill Clinton came to the rescue and Mitt Romney himself did the rest. The Republican’s brash condemnation of Americans who do not pay federal income taxes, Romney’s quick criticism of the administration for a spike in Middle East violence, and even his choice of a running mate that brought unexpected tension into the campaign all worked against his mid-fall effort to surmount Obama’s lead.

Obama’s effort to portray Romney as a part of the economic problem resonated in the upper Midwest, where the race in many ways was cemented. In Ohio, Obama’s early decision to bail out the auto industry, and Romney’s opposition to the plan, helped frame the contest in the incumbent’s favor before it even began. In the final stretch, Obama almost squandered his hard-won lead with a bewildering performance in his first debate with Romney. But, for a candidate whose political career has been touched at times by luck, Hurricane Sandy arrived with a week left in the race and disrupted Romney’s effort.

All my money was on Romney but I never could have predicted Sandy.

JMD

jmdlive@live.ca

For full details on how the Obama Campaign was conducted: http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/decision2012/the-strategy-that-paved-a-winning-path/2012/11/07/0a1201c8-2769-11e2-b2a0-ae18d6159439_story.html

 

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Have a bad performance tomorrow Mr. President and you loose this election!

In Politique / Politic, Prédictions / Predictions, Public Affairs & Communications on October 21, 2012 at 6:37 pm

 

 Romney has path to victory

Obama still have the upper hand in the state-by-state fight to cobble together the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency in the November 6 election. But Romney’s recent surge in the polls has propelled him into the lead or within striking distance in enough states to give him a reasonable chance of beating Obama to the finish line. 

Most national polls are now showing Obama and Romney deadlocked and in such a close race, any surprise development during the final two weeks could loom large and, on Monday in Boca Raton, Florida, Romney is once again likely to challenge Obama on his handling of the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya while the alleged one-on-one talks about Iran’s nuclear program between the US and Iran is another issue that could shape the narrative of the campaign’s final days.

It is going to be a really close election.

My prediction: Romney will be the next American President

JMD

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Elections Quebec 2012: A temporary setback for the Liberals!

In Politique / Politic, Prédictions / Predictions on September 5, 2012 at 7:06 pm

Jean Charest: “I’ll be back”

Tuesday night, Quebec’s Liberal leader Jean Charest said goodbye to the province’s top job after he was ousted by separatist Parti Québécois leader Pauline Marois in the provincial election.  “Looking out at the room tonight, I have a lot emotion,” Charest said to a cheering crowd.

My prediction?

Marois won’t be in power for more than eighteen months and the Liberal party will be back with jean Charest in the driving seat.

For the full story on the election night:

http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/09/05/suspect-in-quebec-election-shooting-identified-as-local-hunting-and-fishing-lodge-owner/

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Élections Québec 2012: les résultats

In Politique / Politic, Prédictions / Predictions on September 5, 2012 at 6:32 pm

Pauline Marois: “Holy Shit”!

En ce lendemain d’élections législatives, le Québec s’éveille sans savoir quoi penser des événements qu’il vient de vivre.

L’assassinat d’un homme par un forcené, qui s’est introduit dans le meeting organisé par le Parti québécois vient endeuiller la province et ajouter à la confusion.

Les résultats révèlent un électorat très divisé. 

Le Parti Québécois, Le Parti Libéral et La Coalition Alliance Québec se sont adjugés chacun un tiers du vote.

Avec 31,9 % des voix, le PQ devance le Parti Libéral du premier ministre sortant Jean Charest, qui a obtenu 31,2 % des suffrages exprimés et enfin, le nouveau venu, la Coalition Avenir Québec  a réalisé le score honorable de 27,1 %.

Surprise générale

Personne, à l’exception du soussigné et de jean charest ne prédisait un tel résultat.

Je vous l’annonce, Jean charest demeure en politique malgré sa défaite et le parti libéral reprend le pouvoir d’ici 18 mois

Pour un narratif complet: 

http://www.lemonde.fr/ameriques/article/2012/09/05/le-quebec-a-la-gueule-de-bois-electorale_1755971_3222.html#

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Hang the Bastard, The Final Chapter

In Politique / Politic on March 15, 2012 at 5:23 pm

On May 7, Bashar Al-Assad will be reelected by a stunning majority of 97% of the Syrian population

Unlike Libya, Syria, both politically and geographically, is a central player in the Arab world, and sectarianism and instability there could threaten both Lebanon and Iraq and since the outset of the Syria crisis in March 2011 there has been little appetite for outside military intervention. This has been based on two assessments. Firstly, that the situation on the ground in Syria is in many ways very different from that in Libya, the opposition is much more divided, the government’s security forces are much stronger, and Syria’s air defences are more effective. Secondly, there has been a view that the implications of toppling Bashar al-Assad could prompt a much wider wave of instability in the region. Then, of course, there is the fundamental legal problem. Constrained by Russian and Chinese vetoes at the UN Security Council, there is no possibility of getting a resolution to authorise force. The absence of legal authorisation certainly precludes action when there is little enthusiasm for it in the first place.

Despite the growing chorus calling for armed intervention in Syria, much of the debate on outside intervention remains vague. The Obama administration has so far ruled out military intervention in Syria. The Obama administration is adamant that Washington should not take the lead, but follow regional partners, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. For the United States, the main thrust of any external action would be essentially humanitarian in nature, a response to the growing plight of civilians in Syrian towns and cities who are under bombardment by government forces. Efforts could also be made to bring assistance to displaced refugees who have moved towards Syria’s frontiers with Turkey and Lebanon.

Suggested first by the French Foreign Minister Alain Juppé last year, the idea would be to establish short corridors into Syrian territory through which humanitarian supplies could be delivered. The establishment of safe areas within Syrian territory is an idea that has been broached by the Turkish Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu. Such safe havens would be in border areas, acting as a place of safety where refugees could gather, be fed and sheltered, and so on. An active discussion about the merits or pitfalls of intervention is nonetheless being waged in both Arab and Western capitals. The crisis in Syria is so serious and the stakes are so high that nobody wants to rule out any option.

A central concern in the debate relates to weapons supplies and their impact, not so much on the struggle between the Assad regime and the opposition, but on the Syria that eventually emerges from this crisis. For some, decapitating the Syrian regime, through outside intervention will provide no guarantee of ending the killing. On the contrary, it could well accelerate the killing if there is no unified leadership which can assume control of Syria and no militia that can impose some order in the place of the Syrian national army. For most everyone, the toppling of Bashar Al-Assad could simply precipitate the country’s fall into bloody chaos. So let me tell you how this is going to end: There will be no military intervention in Syria whatsoever and Bashar AL-Assad, on May 7, like his father before him and himself after that, will be re-elected by a stunning majority of at least 97%.

For once, I hope that I am deadly wrong!

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Syria: A Chemical Weapon ‘Powder Keg Ready To Explode,’ Some Experts Fear

In Politique / Politic on March 15, 2012 at 4:35 pm

At least six terrorist organizations have long maintained headquarters in Syria

While United Nations officials said that more than 8,000 people have died in a year of political unrest in Syria, some experts fear the collapse of Bashar AL-Assad regime may actually be worse than the threat of all-out civil war. According to some, the sudden demise of Syria’s dictator has the potential to expose the Middle East and the world to a massive new threat from chemical and biological weapons.

Syria has been stockpiling chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction since the late 1970s and is widely believed to possess one of the world’s largest inventories of mustard blister agent, sarin nerve gas and possibly VX nerve agent. “The country is a chemical powder keg ready to explode,” says a report released last week by the James Martin Center for Non-proliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies.

Hundreds of tonnes of chemical weapons, chemical warheads for medium-range, Soviet-built Scud B and C ballistic missiles, air-dropped bombs and conventional artillery shells are believed to be stored in about 50 sites around Syria. At least four chemical weapon production facilities are located in the towns of AL-Safira, Hama, Homs and Latakia, while massive munitions storage depots are located at Khan Abu Shamat and Furqlus.

“The situation in Syria is unprecedented,” said Charles Blair of the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) in a recent report for the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. “Never before has a WMD-armed country fallen into civil war.”While there was considerable concern internationally that Libyan chemical weapons and shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles might fall into the hands of terrorists during last year’s fight to depose Muammar Gaddafi, the threat posed by Syria is exponentially higher. “The Libyan chemical stockpile consisted of several tonnes of aging mustard gas leaking from a half-dozen containers that would have been impossible to utilize as weapons. Syria likely has one of the largest and most sophisticated chemical weapons programs in the world. Should Syria devolve into full-blown civil war, the security of its WMD should be of profound concern, as sectarian insurgents and Islamist terrorist groups may stand poised to seize chemical and perhaps even biological weapons.”

For some experts, defections from Syria’s armed forces and attacks on government weapons storage depots by rebel soldiers all pose a threat. “If Syria collapses into chaos or the army splits between Assad’s fellow Alawites and the majority Sunnis, a key question will be the fate of these chemical weapons and their delivery systems,” said former CIA officer Bruce Riedel of the Brookings Institution. “Terrorist groups, such as Assad’s friends, Hezbollah and Hamas, would love to get sarin warheads.” At least six terrorist organizations have long maintained headquarters in Syria over the years, including Hezbollah, Hamas and Islamic Jihad. Since the country plunged into conflict last year, al-Qaeda-affiliated fighters from Iraq have also been streaming into Syria at the request of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.

Should centralized authority crumble in Syria, it seems highly unlikely that the country’s 50 chemical storage and manufacturing facilities and biological weapon repositories can be secured. It would take more than 75,000 U.S. military personnel to guard Syria’s chemical weapons.