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IRI has been attacked for years by those who have an agenda to defend Hugo Chavez and attack groups dedicated to democracy and human rights, like IRI. With the accelerating disintegration of democratic institutions in Venezuela, as noted by the Human Rights Watch, Reporters Without Borders, the Committee to Protect Journalists, the Anti-Defamation League, the International Labor Organization of the United Nations and the Inter-American Press Association, such attacks on us are resonating less and less.
IRI has not been shown to have had any role in the coup which transpired in Venezuelan in April 2002, other than issuing an ill-considered statement at the time. Since 2004, IRI President Lorne Craner, who was not at IRI at the time, has gone on record many times stating that IRI used bad judgment in issuing that statement.
IRI did not support the coup in Haiti in 2004; the USAID Inspector General investigated the Institute
Posted by IRI Spokesperson on Jan 5, 2010 at 8:12 AM
The liberal mainstream media largely made Barack Obama president because they wanted someone who was everything Bush/Cheney were not-or at least that’s what they wanted the American people to believe.
If Barack Obama wants a second term after an almost-guaranteed shellacking his party will take in the mid-term elections this year, then he will find that he needs to move much more to the center on many issues.
But I suspect the majority of the American electorate will come to its collective senses and put someone else into The White House in January, 2013.
Posted by patrick hattman on Jan 5, 2010 at 2:11 PM
I am sorry but what collective senses are you talking about, the same old ones that took Bush to the White House for two terms?
Us, the rest of the world, have not much time left to try and create a more compassive and intelligent way of living. We have been USA’s puppets for too long, with the results anyone with any common sense left can plainly see.
If by “moving much more to the center” you mean to imply he is leaning to the left, I’ll take that as a joke.
Posted by Maria on Jan 6, 2010 at 10:36 AM
And how would you create a more compassionate and intelligent way of living for as many of the world’s people as possible without the U.S. leading the way, Maria?
I lived in Japan for more than a decade and quite often heard the Japanese complaining about all things U.S., but when challenged to come up with ideas to do something to improve upon various problems, generally nothing of substance was said, let alone done.
The Japanese should do more-from their defense to their economy, for example-independently of the U.S., but they do so little because it’s easier, cheaper, and safer to maintain the status quo, all things considered.
I’ve visited Germany for a few weeks, but never lived there. Is Germany ready to take the lead and create a more compassionate and intelligent way of living for others to emulate?
You shouldn’t have to feel like the “USA’s puppets”, however, what is being done to change it?
I have my doubts about the U.S. providing any real leadership for the world this decade and beyond with our overwhelming economic, social, and political problems-most especially our rinky-dink electoral process that all too often saddles us with leaders like George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
I would like to see a multi-polar world to balance the U.S. hegemon.
But who?
Posted by patrick hattman on Jan 6, 2010 at 5:01 PM
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IRI has been attacked for years by those who have an agenda to defend Hugo Chavez and attack groups dedicated to democracy and human rights, like IRI. With the accelerating disintegration of democratic institutions in Venezuela, as noted by the Human Rights Watch, Reporters Without Borders, the Committee to Protect Journalists, the Anti-Defamation League, the International Labor Organization of the United Nations and the Inter-American Press Association, such attacks on us are resonating less and less.
IRI has not been shown to have had any role in the coup which transpired in Venezuelan in April 2002, other than issuing an ill-considered statement at the time. Since 2004, IRI President Lorne Craner, who was not at IRI at the time, has gone on record many times stating that IRI used bad judgment in issuing that statement.
IRI did not support the coup in Haiti in 2004; the USAID Inspector General investigated the Institute
The liberal mainstream media largely made Barack Obama president because they wanted someone who was everything Bush/Cheney were not-or at least that’s what they wanted the American people to believe.
If Barack Obama wants a second term after an almost-guaranteed shellacking his party will take in the mid-term elections this year, then he will find that he needs to move much more to the center on many issues.
But I suspect the majority of the American electorate will come to its collective senses and put someone else into The White House in January, 2013.
I am sorry but what collective senses are you talking about, the same old ones that took Bush to the White House for two terms?
Us, the rest of the world, have not much time left to try and create a more compassive and intelligent way of living. We have been USA’s puppets for too long, with the results anyone with any common sense left can plainly see.
If by “moving much more to the center” you mean to imply he is leaning to the left, I’ll take that as a joke.
And how would you create a more compassionate and intelligent way of living for as many of the world’s people as possible without the U.S. leading the way, Maria?
I lived in Japan for more than a decade and quite often heard the Japanese complaining about all things U.S., but when challenged to come up with ideas to do something to improve upon various problems, generally nothing of substance was said, let alone done.
The Japanese should do more-from their defense to their economy, for example-independently of the U.S., but they do so little because it’s easier, cheaper, and safer to maintain the status quo, all things considered.
I’ve visited Germany for a few weeks, but never lived there. Is Germany ready to take the lead and create a more compassionate and intelligent way of living for others to emulate?
You shouldn’t have to feel like the “USA’s puppets”, however, what is being done to change it?
I have my doubts about the U.S. providing any real leadership for the world this decade and beyond with our overwhelming economic, social, and political problems-most especially our rinky-dink electoral process that all too often saddles us with leaders like George W. Bush and Barack Obama.
I would like to see a multi-polar world to balance the U.S. hegemon.
But who?
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