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The Art of Diplomacy

Barack Obama, came into office foolishly insisting that he would make all the nations of the world like us. Being a big jerk, he assumed that between foreign aid and his own personality, he would even have our enemies eating out of our hand. Well, we’ve had five years in which to watch the charmer work his wiles. It shouldn’t come as any surprise that we are liked even less now than we were prior to 2009. Individuals can have friends, but nations only have allies or enemies. When your allies no longer trust you and your enemies no longer fear you, you are not only up the creek without a paddle, but your canoe has a hole in it.

Even compared to run-of-the-mill diplomats, Obama runs a distant last. While in Ireland for the G8 conference, our idiot-in-chief disparaged Catholics by insisting that their parochial schools encouraged segregation, while ignoring the major role that Catholic educators played in bringing an end to the war between Catholics and Protestants.

Not one to rest on his laurels, Obama called British finance minister George Osborne “Jeffrey” not once, but three times. When his gaffe was finally pointed out to him, he explained, “I’m sorry, man. I must have confused you with my favorite R&B singer.” It was a natural enough mistake to make. After all, George Osborne is a 42-year-old white Brit and Jeffrey Osborne is a 65-year-old black American.

When I say “a natural enough mistake to make,” I’m referring to natural for this arrogant putz.
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Who Benefits from "Stand Your Ground?"

African Americans benefit from Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” self-defense law at a rate far out of proportion to their presence in the state’s population, despite an assertion by Attorney General Eric Holder that repealing “Stand Your Ground” would help African Americans.
Black Floridians have made about a third of the state’s total “Stand Your Ground” claims in homicide cases, a rate nearly double the black percentage of Florida’s population. The majority of those claims have been successful, a success rate that exceeds that for Florida whites.
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