Breaking News: Obama is Genius II: N Korea agrees to release Chinese-US Journalists

[londoncabby]

Kim Jong Il Meets with Clinton, agree to release jailed US Journalists. No one else can do what Obama Administration can.

Simply the best. Period.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2009/08/north_korean_leader_pardons_re.html


N. Korean Leader Pardons, Releases U.S. Journalists

3:24 pm


By Frank James

Former President Bill Clinton has achieved his goal. North Korean strongman Kim Jong-Il has pardoned and ordered the release of two U.S. journalists who were sentenced to 12 years hard labor after being convicted for illegally entering the totalitarian state in March.

The report of Kim's actions is being reported by North Korea's news service. Clinton was in the North Korean capital Pyongyang on a supposedly private humanitarian mission to seek the release of Euna Lee and Lisa Ling. He met with Kim and then the journalists, after which came the announcement the women were being released.

Lee and Ling worked for former Vice President Al Gore's Current TV when they were captured by North Korean security forces on that nation's border with China and accused of entering the country.

North Korea's official KCNA news agency said in a statement carried in a Reuters report:

"Kim Jong-il issued an order of the chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission on granting a special pardon to the two American journalists who had been sentenced to hard labour in accordance with Article 103 of the Socialist Constitution and releasing them."

There's been no statement from the White House or State Department yet, standard procedure in situations like this. U.S. officials will usually wait until they can confirm that such a mission has cleared an adversarial nation's airspace before making an announcement.

 

[downgrader]

Re: Breaking News: Obama is Genius II: N Korea agrees to release Chinese-US Journalis

It is still the Clinton administration

The only change Obama brought to the White House is the colour of his skin

All the old cronyism still there, vested interests, lobby groups

Look at how the Treasury and the Federal Reserve con the public and save their own people in the financial sector

And then the same military contracts and disbursements

 

[londoncabby]

Re: Breaking News: Obama is Genius II: N Korea agrees to release Chinese-US Journalis

It is still the Clinton administration

The only change Obama brought to the White House is the colour of his skin

All the old cronyism still there, vested interests, lobby groups

Look at how the Treasury and the Federal Reserve con the public and save their own people in the financial sector

And then the same military contracts and disbursements

Wrong. Hillary and Bill working together with Obama Administration. Hillary is the Sec of State in case you dont know. The world is a safer place today,thanks to the democrats in America.

 

[singveld]

Re: Breaking News: Obama is Genius II: N Korea agrees to release Chinese-US Journalis

bill clinton

KPO

why he bother to release that two SPG, both suck white cock
let them do hard labour for a few years

god obama will get them release later

 

[TeeKee]

Re: Breaking News: Obama is Genius II: N Korea agrees to release Chinese-US Journalis

Isn't it nice the world can be peaceful is one leader talks to another just like that!

Many wars can be avoided!

 

[londoncabby]

Re: Breaking News: Obama is Genius II: N Korea agrees to release Chinese-US Journalis

Isn't it nice the world can be peaceful is one leader talks to another just like that!

Many wars can be avoided!

With the democrats that is possible!

 

[ponzii]

Re: Breaking News: Obama is Genius II: N Korea agrees to release Chinese-US Journalis

So Obama or Clinton did it?

 

[diversifyx2]

Re: Breaking News: Obama is Genius II: N Korea agrees to release Chinese-US Journalis

So Obama or Clinton did it?

Old fart did it.

 

[Imperialarse]

Re: Breaking News: Obama is Genius II: N Korea agrees to release Chinese-US Journalis

Bill Clinton new hero of world

 

[singveld]

Re: Breaking News: Obama is Genius II: N Korea agrees to release Chinese-US Journalis

i heard on tv,
they did not even go to hard labour camp.

they got 12 years of hard labour camp. but never step foot in the hard labour camp.

north korea gov is a wayang gov too.

 

[singveld]

Re: Breaking News: Obama is Genius II: N Korea agrees to release Chinese-US Journalis

forgot to correct you
one is korean amercian.

 

[ScarFace]

Re: Breaking News: Obama is Genius II: N Korea agrees to release Chinese-US Journalis

Iacocca - Where Have All The Leaders Gone?

Remember Lee Iacocca, the man who rescued Chrysler Corporation from its death throes? He's now 82 years old and has a new book, 'Where Have All The Leaders Gone?'.

Lee Iacocca Says...

Am I the only guy in this country who's fed up with what's happening? Where the hell is our outrage? We should be screaming bloody murder! We've got a gang of clueless bozos steering our ship of state right over a cliff, we've got corporate gangsters stealing us blind, and we can't even clean up after a hurricane much less build a hybrid car. But instead of getting mad, everyone sits around and nods their heads when the politicians say, 'Stay the course..'

Stay the course? You've got to be kidding. This is America , not the damned, 'Titanic'. I'll give you a sound bite: 'Throw all the bums out!'

You might think I'm getting senile, that I've gone off my rocker, and maybe I have. But someone has to speak up. I hardly recognize this country anymore..

The most famous business leaders are not the innovators but the guys in handcuffs.. While we're fiddling in Iraq , the Middle East is burning and nobody seems to know what to do. And the press is waving 'pom-poms' instead of asking hard questions. That's not the promise of the ' America ' my parents and yours traveled across the ocean for. I've had enough. How about you?

I'll go a step further. You can't call yourself a patriot if you're not outraged. This is a fight I'm ready and willing to have. The Biggest 'C' is Crisis! (Iacocca elaborates on nine C's of leadership, with crisis being the first.)

Leaders are made, not born. Leadership is forged in times of crisis. It's easy to sit there with your feet up on the desk and talk theory. Or send someone else's kids off to war when you've never seen a battlefield yourself. It's another thing to lead when your world comes tumbling down.

On September 11, 2001, we needed a strong leader more than any other time in our history. We needed a steady hand to guide us out of the ashes. A hell of a mess, so here's where we stand.

We're immersed in a bloody war with no plan for winning and no plan for leaving.

Obama is running the biggest deficit in the history of the country.

We're losing the manufacturing edge to Asia , while our once-great companies are getting slaughtered by health care costs.

Gas prices are skyrocketing, and nobody in power has a coherent energy policy. Our schools are in trouble due to poor leadership in school districts.

Our borders are like sieves.

The middle class is being squeezed every which way.

These are times that cry out for leadership.

But when you look around, you've got to ask: 'Where have all the leaders gone?' Where are the curious, creative communicators? Where are the people of character, courage, conviction, omnipotence, and common sense? I may be a sucker for alliteration, but I think you get the point.

Name me a leader who has a better idea for homeland security than making us take off our shoes in airports and throw away our shampoo?

We've spent billions of dollars building a huge new bureaucracy, and all we know how to do is react to things that have already happened.

Name me one leader who emerged from the crisis of Hurricane Katrina. Congress has yet to spend a single day evaluating the response to the hurricane or demanding accountability for the decisions that were made in the crucial hours after the storm.

Everyone's hunkering down, fingers crossed, hoping it doesn't happen again. Now, that's just crazy. Storms happen. Deal with it. Make a plan. Figure out what you're going to do the next time.

Name me an industry leader who is thinking creatively about how we can restore our competitive edge in manufacturing. Who would have believed that there could ever be a time when 'The Big Three' referred to Japanese car companies? How did this happen, and more important, what are we going to do about it?

Name me a government leader who can articulate a plan for paying down the debit, or solving the energy crisis, or managing the health care problem. The silence is deafening.. But these are the crises that are eating away at our country and milking the middle class dry.

I have news for the gang in Congress. We didn't elect you to sit on your asses and do nothing and remain silent while our democracy is being hijacked and our greatness is being replaced with mediocrity. What is everybody so afraid of? That some bonehead on NBC news or CNN news will call them a name? Give me a break. Why don't you guys show some spine for a change?

Had Enough? Hey, I'm not trying to be the voice of gloom and doom here. I'm trying to light a fire. I'm speaking out because I have hope - I believe in America.

In my lifetime, I've had the privilege of living through some of America 's greatest moments. I've also experienced some of our worst crises: The 'Great Depression,' 'World War II,' the 'Korean War,' the 'Kennedy Assassination,' the 'Vietnam War,' the 1970s oil crisis, and the struggles of recent years culminating with 9/11.

If I've learned one thing, it's this: 'You don't get anywhere by standing on the sidelines waiting for somebody else to take action. Whether it's building a better car or building a better future for our children, we all have a role to play.