Obama urged to fast track Trade Agreements A leading business group has urged President elect Barack Obama to reinvigorate the trade talks, negotiations and related issues with regard to trade agreements with the Latin American and Caribbean countries. Eric Farnsworth of the Council of the Americas states that these suggested actions will have a great effect on the relations of these countries as well as the atmosphere within the regional trade area.

July20 Never mind that she provides medical care for poor people in rural Alabama. Or that she is so committed that she rebuilt her clinic twice. Or that that she won a MacArthur genius award.The real question is apparently this: Is President Obama’s nominee for surgeon general too fat for the job?I have to admit, this is not something I had followed. It seems very mean-spirited.Here’s the story from Salon.PHOTO: President Barack Obama, left, congratulates Dr.

Learn To Pick Your Battles – davidfarrow.wordpress.com 07/20/2009 One issue that has flooded my in-box for the last year is the question of Barack Obama’s birth certificate. I have regarded this much like I do the International Zionist conspiracy. Even if it’s true, what do you expect me to do about it? Some reports have it that Barry was born in Hawaii, but others have him born in Kenya. I have always maintained that it really didn’t matter if he was born on Mars, his mother was an American citizen, ergo the president is an American citizen.

Obama: The Mayo Clinic is a beacon on health care; Mayo Clinic: ObamaCare stinks – hotair.com 07/20/2009 Even dumber than the time he claimed Caterpillar had promised to re-hire workers if the stimulus passed, only to have the CEO tell reporters about five minutes later that the stimulus wouldn’t work fast enough to let them re-hire workers.And the Mayo shall lead us:Although there are some positive provisions in the current House Tri-Committee bill – including insurance for all and payment reform demonstration projects – the proposed legislation misses the opportunity to help create higher-quality, more affordable health care for patients.

US president thanks astronauts of lunar mission for inspiring a generation of Americans US president Barack Obama hosts Apollo 11 astronauts, left to right, Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldrin, Michael Collins and Neil Armstrong in the Oval Office. Photograph: Chip Somodevilla/Getty President today praised the astronauts of the moon mission and said he aims to make the [...]

Six months into his presidency, it�s clear that neither President Barack Obama�s economic plan nor his world peace plan is working. After pushing Congress to pass the $787 billion stimulus, Obama has seen the unemployment rate rise from the 8 percent limit he predicted if the bill passed to 9.5 percent. After apologizing to the world for America�s imagined failings, Obama has seen Iran and North Korea continue their nuclear programs and become more even belligerent than when George Bush was president.

By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS Senate Republicans, divided over whether to confirm Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor as the first Hispanic justice, aren’t planning a drawn-out floor debate on her nomination. GOP senators on the Judiciary Committee plan to block a panel vote scheduled for Tuesday, delaying the committee’s action on President Barack Obama ’s first high court nominee until July 28. But Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona , the No.

July 20, 2009 – The Telegraph – London, UK As the shadow of the credit crunch continues to loom over the economy, it can be hard to maintain one’s equanimity. Fed a daily diet of doom and gloom from the media, stressed about job security and plunging house prices, more and more of us are feeling the strain. Last month, a report from Mind warned that almost 40 per cent of men are struggling to cope with the emotional and psychological impact of the recession.

“And then comes along Barack Obama, he sounds good, looks great and has a wonderful…

Palestinians are waiting to return home Jerusalem – Ma’an News Agency, 20 July 2009 Senior Hamas and Fatah officials stated their objections on Sunday to what they said were US suggestions that Palestinians accept a land swap with Israel and give up the right of return. The officials said that the US is pushing for a final status agreement with Israel that does not include the right of Palestinian refugees to return to their homes, and maintains so-called Israeli settlement blocs in the West Bank.