Who exactly is behind Obama?

Most people have probably forgotton the national feeling of celebration and euphoria when a man named Bliar, delivered a victory from the conservative Tory party in the UK a few years back.
The advertising agency coined the name "New Labour" and together, they managed to con the British nation with the promise of CHANGE!
Sounds familiar?
Now, a new candidate for change is taking the world by storm.
Speaking from Israel, he confirmed his support for the Middle-Easts only hoarder of nuclear weapons(also a major arms dealer and UN resolution abuser), as well as making a 180 degree turn on policy.
No mention of peace from this man, probably the only man in the world powerful enough to deliver it. Just a load of threats to countries with major oil reserves...next he will be preaching drilling in nature reserves!

The great English Empire to Punish the Poor and Uneducated

Why educate and train the unemployed when you can just use them as slaves?

Benefit claimants could be forced to pick up litter and clean graffiti under plans to be unveiled by ministers. The Welfare Green Paper is expected to include proposals to force those unemployed for more than two years to work full-time in the community.
This shake-up will apply to all 4.5m people on out-of-work benefits, but is expected to impact most on those on Jobseekers Allowance.

In "New Labour's Britain", under unelected PM Brown (and probably the opposition idiot as well), it is a crime to not be able to find a suitable job.

Negotiation triumphs over bloodshed

Most people are oblivious to what is going on in the Muslim south of the Philippines. While most of the Philippines is Christian, most of the islands north and west of Mindano are Muslim and very poor.
And there is a war.
This clash of religions, imperialism and poverty has seen an uncounted number of deaths.
But, as in all wars; whether territorial, religious, resource-driven, tribal, political or power-based, it is always the same story.
The ordinary people suffer.
Displacement, violence, outside intervention and control, oppression, malnutrition and disease, destruction of livelihood, rape, loss of mobility, forced labour, relinquishment of education, inflation, lack of investment, theft of natural resources, arms dealing...even tobacco companies targeting the young and vulnerable...I have seen it all before.
SO...There are a bunch of farmers and fishermen, mothers and children, living on some islands and sometimes chatting at a local mosque.
Suddenly, night vision goggles, cruise missiles, advanced weapon systems, spy satellites, attack helicopters and jets, Navy SEALS...all of the USA's best counter-terrorism technology and trainers, are available to massacre these trouble-some Muslims and whoever is unfortunate to be standing next to them, related, or just fitting the profile.

Did I mention the money?
When I was in the Philippines, many a soldier told me they didn't like to posted in such a faraway place in a hostile role (some had wives and children there), didn't care if the local people had democratic control over their villages and farms...
but alas...if there was no war against terrorism...then they would not get the wads of cash, massive amounts compared with what ordinary Philippinos can receive...if there was no war!

But fially some good news comes.

Government and rebel negotiators in the Philippines have agreed to expand a Muslim autonomous region in the country's south.

The agreement follows secret talks in Malaysia between government officials and representatives from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), Hermogenes Esperon, a senior adviser to the Philippine president, told reporters.

Under the deal the two sides agreed to expand the Mindanao autonomous region by more than 700 mostly Muslim villages.

Esperon said the two sides would meet again on July 24 to set a date for the signing of a memorandum of agreement, with formal peace talks to resume afterward...

Oil profiteering effects rich and poor alike

(French fuel protests 2007)
Japan...200,000 fishing boats strike! That is a lot.

"Faced with a shift in eating patterns at home towards more meat, cheaper competition from abroad and stocks depleted by years of overfishing, Japan's fishermen say the government must step in."

Oil profiteering effects rich and poor alike...if you believe the developing world are the only ones bearing the effects of US foreign policy?.

But there are benefits. Oil companies are making the best profits in the history of the world("we want to spread democracy, capitalism and the american way" Bush), and well, in the case of Japan, increased (albeit politically-persuaded) imports of US beef (BSE) and the unending stream of Starbucks, KFC's, Mcdonaldsux etc. Surely a bonus to the US-elite economy at a time when the invasion of Iraq is costing more than 2 billion bucks a week.



So, as a consequence,

Pope graces Australia with his presence

What is he doing there?
He says he, his advisers, page-boys, bodyguards and his very heavy pope-mobile are flying in environmentally-damaging planes to Aussie...to save the world from Global Warming!

So why all this "environmental pope" bullshit?

Shouldn't he instead be standing trial for covering-up(and his organisation creating) the disgusting child sex abuse that appears prevalent in his religion????
Or also indicted for murder caused by his organizations active condemnation of the use of condoms in countries ravaged with AIDS???
Or how about prison for harassment, prejudice and incitement of violence to gay people???

He may only be a dottery-old man, but he causes a lot of misery around the world...cuff him and let the world watch his trial !