1.27.09

http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/27/mr-obama-goes-to-al-arabiya/

Peace in the Middle East is at hand, thanks to President Obama! Unlike everyone else, Obama will listen to what the Muslims want. In return, they undoubtedly will be reasonable in their requests. What a great world we live in now thanks to the new President. He makes it all look so easy! Why has no one done this before?

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/27/obama.meetings/index.html

Thank goodness President Obama is not going to compromise with the Republicans who want to give tax refunds only to those who pay taxes. Where would the fairness be in that? He also did something that I do not understand. He agreed to withdraw a request for 200 million dollars for contraception for poor families. Think about it. If every poor woman took the free contraceptives we would soon have no more poor people! This just shows the mean spiritedness of the Republicans who want there always to be poor people, while Obama wants to eliminate the poor. I think President Obama should have stood his ground.