Q&A
Piggy question from AP, close border, quarantine?
No border closing. As flu already in US (stupid). Treat as other flus. Additional precautions because it's a new string.
Domestic auto, Chrysler, bankruptcy only option, GM from Detroit News
More hopeful to main Chrysler. Auto workers making big sacrifices. Details not finalized but he's optimistic that Chrysler with Fiat can be a going concern going forward. GM, in the process of presenting the admin some plan.
Waterboarding torture, Do you believe previous admin sanction torture?
Waterboarding is torture. Absolute right thing to put an end to it. Even if it's effective, information could have gotten through other means which are consistent with the American values. ... corrodes the character of the country. Whatever legal rationale used was a mistake. No, he didn't say explicitly the previous admin sanction torture.
Pakistan, at warwith Taliban. US secure nuclear arsenal in Pakistan? Question from NBC
Gravely concerned. Civilian government fragile. Needs help Pakistan, help Pakistanis. Obsession with India as an enemy misguided. It's the internal force. Make sure Pakistan is stable. Confident that nuclear arsenal is secured.
Iraq question from Reuters
Violence affects timeable of withdrawal.
Senator Specter switched from Republican to Democrat, from CBS
Abortion question from CNN.
Reduce unwanted pregnancy, especially teen pregnancy, spiking up again. Focus on areas that we can agree on.
What surprised, troubled, enchanted, humbled. from NY Times? Obama wrote down the question
Surprised by worst economic crisis.
Troubled change in Washington comes in slow, political bickering in big crisis still.
Enchanted, service men and women, profoundly impressed and grateful by their jobs, doing it without complaint, fiercely loyal to this country
Humbled by the fact the presidency is extraordinarily power and yet it's just part of the tapestry of America. He can't just press a button to make the banks OKAY. The metaphor of a ocean liner than a speed boat.
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"Thank you everybody."
(oh no, there is no God bless America, we are officially godless now)
a high school in New York was closed, so you have no office work, man, how's your seasonal allergy, if you go to hospital to check your seasonally allergy, they will retain you for further checking of swine flu ?
ReplyDelete100 days! I personally am not doing any better or worse. Just same old same old which is pretty awesome. But it isn't always about me, is it? I stop paying much attention on what Obama does on daily basis. Of course we can always go to his website. I trust him and believe he is on the right track. I hope I am right.
ReplyDelete"What surprised, troubled, enchanted, humbled. from NY Times? Obama wrote down the question"
I caught that on TV and I thought Obama was funny. Well, I am a fan, what can I say?
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ReplyDeleteThe nytimes question was kind of a softball question. But then it was good as Obama as seen on TV really struggled and gave some serious thought in answering the question, actually four of them. It was a good answer, pretty revealing as how he sees things.