Thread: Barack Obama, an Ex Bali Expat !

Hi ...
"You make mistakes too, right?" Probably I do, but not an entire nation depends on me, ofcourse he's only human, and i give him some slack.

"And what was the initial reason for Iraq, if it wasn't WMD? After all, the reason Bush gave the UN was WMD... Did W have another reason he didn't want to tell us about?" 9/11 rings a bell, I think Irak was what the country wanted and needed...a visible enemy. At the beginning there was nothing then support for the war, even when the given reason to the U.N. turned out to be a wrong one.

"And for achievements, just try a different news source... Obama has got more done in his first two weeks than any other president in living memory, it's just that Fox doesn't like to talk about it!" for your information, CNN tells the same story on their site as fox:wink: .

Once again, I agree we should be patient with Obama, but done more in two weeks then any other president?? think thats a little "overboard".
Friendly greetings....Gilbert.

Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carters main attribute was that he was and is an honest man. I do not think however this helped him to become a good president. Never the less I like and admire him.

Jeez Jimbo, you want more from a president than honesty?

That's asking for a whole lot more than I've seen in all the presidents, prime ministers and premieres in the 50 years and from what I can read since the time of Abraham Lincoln, supposedly the last honest president.

And look what happened to him.

For me I guess plain old honesty will do.

It is obvious to me that if honesty was the only criterion Jimmy would have achieved so much more than he did. Unfortunately you cannot always tell the truth and that has proved to be the case.

Jimbo you are undoubtedly right concerning Jimmy's achievements and frankly I can't remember that many of them.

For God's sake it was the 80s and I still had hair :lol:

I can just about remember this thing I did with twisting my head quickly to flip the hair out of my eyes - haven't needed that one in quite a while now - hell, if I tried it now I'd probably put my back out.

How's the search for land going?

I am on a plane tomorrow night to start the journey. 51 hours to get there and then a wedding 2 days later. After that it starts in earnest.

As for Hair I was fine in the early 80's but then it went down hill after that. Hair receeded and stomach protruded :D Part of my ritire is devoted to getting fit :D

Good for you, Florida is full of fit retirees (not!) As I said to Bert in another string "the road to hell is paved with good intentions" - hell, I'm beginning to sound like a believer :evil: