Dear Dear eternal,
i predict Obama has the "Force" with him and you are still hording Y2K
rations in your basement.
Chris
-- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "curtisdeltablues" <curtisdeltabl...@...>
wrote:
>
> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, I am the eternal <L.Shaddai@> wrote:
> >
> > A Jyotish friend of mine cast Obama's chart and tells me he's in grave>
> > danger. Details in a few days.
>
> He must have carefully calculated through Jyotish, that Obama is the
> President of the United States. The US government has made similar careful
> calculations and it lead them to create a Secret Service organization for his
> protection. I'm not sure how many planets you need to figure out that it is
> a dangerous job with a lot of enemies.
>
> I take some comfort in the fact that Bush lived out two terms. Considering
> his enemy list I think the SS must be doing a pretty good job.
>
> Of course if this is the time to weigh in with a vague prediction I will call
> it that Obama will face a medical condition during his presidency. I can't
> wait to post an "I told ya so" when it comes true!
>
>
>
> >
> > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/4953523/Barack-Obama-too-tired-to-give-proper-welcome-to-Gordon-Brown.html
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/adh8jv
> >
> >
> > Barack Obama 'too tired' to give proper welcome to Gordon Brown
> > Barack Obama's offhand approach to Gordon Brown's Washington visit
> > last week came about because the president was facing exhaustion over
> > America's economic crisis and is unable to focus on foreign affairs,
> > the Sunday Telegraph has been told.
> >
> >
> > By Tim Shipman in Washington
> > Last Updated: 10:03PM GMT 07 Mar 2009
> >
> > Sources close to the White House say Mr Obama and his staff have been
> > "overwhelmed" by the economic meltdown and have voiced concerns that
> > the new president is not getting enough rest.
> >
> > British officials, meanwhile, admit that the White House and US State
> > Department staff were utterly bemused by complaints that the Prime
> > Minister should have been granted full-blown press conference and a
> > formal dinner, as has been customary. They concede that Obama aides
> > seemed unfamiliar with the expectations that surround a major visit by
> > a British prime minister.
> >
> > But Washington figures with access to Mr Obama's inner circle
> > explained the slight by saying that those high up in the
> > administration have had little time to deal with international
> > matters, let alone the diplomatic niceties of the special
> > relationship.
> >
> > Allies of Mr Obama say his weary appearance in the Oval Office with Mr
> > Brown illustrates the strain he is now under, and the president's
> > surprise at the sheer volume of business that crosses his desk.
> >
> > A well-connected Washington figure, who is close to members of Mr
> > Obama's inner circle, expressed concern that Mr Obama had failed so
> > far to "even fake an interest in foreign policy".
> >
> > A British official conceded that the furore surrounding the apparent
> > snub to Mr Brown had come as a shock to the White House. "I think it's
> > right to say that their focus is elsewhere, on domestic affairs. A
> > number of our US interlocutors said they couldn't quite understand the
> > British concerns and didn't get what that was all about."
> >
> > The American source said: "Obama is overwhelmed. There is a zero sum
> > tension between his ability to attend to the economic issues and his
> > ability to be a proactive sculptor of the national security agenda.
> >
> > "That was the gamble these guys made at the front end of this
> > presidency and I think they're finding it a hard thing to do
> > everything."
> >
> > British diplomats insist the visit was a success, with officials
> > getting the chance to develop closer links with Mr Obama's aides. They
> > point out that the president has agreed to meet the prime minister for
> > further one-to-one talks in London later this month, ahead of the G20
> > summit on April 2.
> >
> > But they concede that the mood music of the event was at times
> > strained. Mr Brown handed over carefully selected gifts, including a
> > pen holder made from the wood of a warship that helped stamp out the
> > slave trade - a sister ship of the vessel from which timbers were
> > taken to build Mr Obama's Oval Office desk. Mr Obama's gift in return,
> > a collection of Hollywood film DVDs that could have been bought from
> > any high street store, looked like the kind of thing the White House
> > might hand out to the visiting head of a minor African state.
> >
> > Mr Obama rang Mr Brown as he flew home, in what many suspected was an
> > attempt to make amends.
> >
> > The real views of many in Obama administration were laid bare by a
> > State Department official involved in planning the Brown visit, who
> > reacted with fury when questioned by The Sunday Telegraph about why
> > the event was so low-key.
> >
> > The official dismissed any notion of the special relationship, saying:
> > "There's nothing special about Britain. You're just the same as the
> > other 190 countries in the world. You shouldn't expect special
> > treatment." The apparent lack of attention to detail by the Obama
> > administration is indicative of what many believe to be Mr Obama's
> > determination to do too much too quickly.
> >
> > In addition to passing the largest stimulus package and the largest
> > budget in US history, Mr Obama is battling a plummeting stock market,
> > the possible bankruptcy of General Motors, and rising unemployment. He
> > has also begun historic efforts to achieve universal healthcare,
> > overhaul education and begin a green energy revolution all in his
> > first 50 days in office.
> >
> > The Sunday Telegraph understands that one of Mr Obama's most prominent
> > African American backers, whose endorsement he spent two years
> > cultivating, has told friends that he detects a weakness in Mr Obama's
> > character.
> >
> > "The one real serious flaw I see in Barack Obama is that he thinks he
> > can manage all this," the well-known figure told a Washington
> > official, who spoke to this newspaper. "He's underestimating the flood
> > of things that will hit his desk." A Democratic strategist, who is
> > friends with several senior White House aides, revealed that the
> > president has regularly appeared worn out and drawn during evening
> > work sessions with senior staff in the West Wing and has been forced
> > to make decisions more quickly than he is comfortable.
> >
> > He said that on several occasions the president has had to hurry back
> > from eating dinner with his family in the residence and then tucking
> > his daughters in to bed, to conduct urgent government business.
> > Matters are not helped by the pledge to give up smoking.
> >
> > "People say he looks tired more often than they're used to," the
> > strategist said. "He's still calm, but there have been flashes of
> > irritation when he thinks he's being pushed to make a decision sooner
> > than he wants to make it. He looks like he needs a cigarette."
> >
> > Mr Obama was teased by the New York Times on Thursday in a front page
> > story which claimed to have detected a greater prevalence of grey
> > hairs since he entered the White House.
> >
> > The Democratic strategist stressed that Mr Obama's plight was nothing
> > new. "He knew it was going to be tough; he said as much throughout the
> > campaign. But there's a difference between knowing it is going to be
> > tough and facing the sheer relentless pressure of it all."
> >
>
