Hail to the Chief, let's hope his policies bring understanding instead of strife around the world.

You'll see, "The Bastard we didn't knew"

To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history; but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.

To the people of poor nations, we pledge to work alongside you to make your farms flourish and let clean waters flow; to nourish starved bodies and feed hungry minds.


I hope Obama make good on theses words and I hope "Cuba" will unclench there fist . of course Cuba isn't the only one

Perception: I am not sure I understand your comment. Can you be more precise?

I m welcoming all of you to the new world...nothing will be the same no more...I m so happy and gratefull that I m alive today, Congratulations humanity...peace

The hope for a better future for all took the oath of office today. Good Luck, Mr. President.

Lying... I called my father in el cibao... and he said La luz se fue.... LOL

true story

Hail to The Chief

The Barbarians that came to Washington with Ronald Regan 28 years ago finally leave in shame and defeat, one of them even in a wheelchair. The conservative neo-fascist era is over.

John Roberts was so shocked the he was administering the oath of office to a Black Man that this "legal genius" forgot the words to the oath. I thought he was going to have a seizure.

America today, truely became a nation and the UNITED STATES is on the way to finally form a more perfect union!

OBAMA 2012!

BenCardozo, "Perception" is one of those guys who are disconnected from reality because he still believes the "economy is sound" and both Bush I and Bush II did great jobs. Although Reagan was a great actor/communicator he actually built prosperity with record budget deficits which were exceeded by Bush II. Anytime you have tax cuts while accelerating deficit spending (i.e. defense, arms for hostages, star wars et al.) you will drive up the national debt with little or nothing to show for the spending. Contrast this GOP "borrow now & pay later" from tax cuts along will record deficits vs. the budget surpluses of Clinton & Kennedy.

Now, Obama has gained watch when the US economy is one of the worst in decades. Obama has always show us who he was even when Hillary, GOP and McLame were mudslingin' .... it did NOT guarantee them the White House. What the Big O demonstrated was something foreign to politicians..."CHARACTER"! So, make your own mind up about PERCEPTION!

"Keep Dreaming",

You'll see, "The Bastard we didn't knew" Compare we DR president.

Political Science 101

Note: "Lets not forget his an insider"

Satan left in a wheel chair.
Jackass left in shame and embrassment.


Your doom and gloom " perception " is clouded by your prejudices.

Yeah ! You keep crossing your fingers and expect to see him fail,
See whose a-s is going to suffer more if he fails.
His or yours !!!

Hail to the Redskins!

Did anyone have any catch phrase from the Obama's speech, I like this one
quote "we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist."unquote

yeah antonioj that could be a direct comment at cuba. Other nation too like us but I could really see Cuba in that quote

tonyj and CeJota...yes it is a signal to Cuba Venezuela and Iran and North Korea....but yes particularly Cuba ....Raul is barely holding on and Fidel is now gone possibly dead rumour has it ...Raul is inviting every tin horn an head of state that will come to Havana for some support ....it is shaky

Mr. Obama will soon learn the hard lessons of dealing with Cuba and General Raul Castro. Hopefully, the homeland & populace won't suffer due to his missteps & eventual ineptitude.

I read and reread the title of the article:" Dominicans hail president Obama,"it appeared in Dominican Today not in Cuba Today
What Castro and Cuba have to do with this article?
We need to learn to anchor our thoughts and our posts so we can have sensitive discussions debates and dialogues.
Too often we start running all over,we began slinging craps untill we began to suffer from crap slinging fatigue.
If you are an expert in Cuban affairs , then you wait for an article about Cuba and Castro and you begin posting and defending you positions and your convictions.
The key words here are : Domincans and Obama
What is the presidency of Obama will mean for Dominicans compared to the last eight years of Bush - Cheney.
Ok ,now since I have repositioned the ball to its original spot, I am going to count to three and start posting your comments.Please no Cuba,no Castro and certainly no Haiti
1 2 3 GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !

Remember the parallel "Melting pot"

if you dont think normalization of relations with Cuba would not be important to the DR you are on another planet or you should be in Haiti

Cuba is only part of President Obama's 510 campaign promises, we in this forum are touching on Cuba now, but as we progress more issue will surface.

I dont think i will get too excited yet . Last time i checked he was still a politician.

GC .Remember the key words "melting pot " just like the US
Do you want to address these words " melting pot "or do you wish to be the usual coward and trumpet your antihaitian propaganda.
You are proposing an abstract post.
That US normalization with Cuba is important to the Dominicans.
Please explain.
I am telling you that it will not matter to the Dominicans whether or not the US normalize relations with Cuba

No I am not living in Haiti, I live in US and have a vacation apartment in the Dominican Republic
I am the product of a Dominican woman and a Haitian father ,part of the" Dominican melting pot "

"Al que no quiere sopa, dos platos!"
Time to Ditch the Cuba Embargo

Fifty years to the day after Che Guevara marched into Havana, the Los Angeles Times says it is time to end America’s economic blockade of communist Cuba. “Since that New Year's night in 1959, 10 U.S. presidents have tried to overthrow, undermine or cajole Castro, to no avail,” the paper argues in an editorial. “Fifty years of failure is too long. The incoming Obama administration should move quickly to embark on a rapprochement with Cuba and bring an end to punitive policies…Tourists carrying books and ideas serve as ambassadors for democracy. Manufactured goods speak for the creativity of an open economy.” The key is Obama’s unique freedom of action. In the presidential election, Obama won Florida without the support of Cuban0American hard-liners, freeing himself from restraints that inhibited his predecessors.

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-cuba31-2008dec31,0,7611439.story

http://www.whitehouse.gov/agenda/

I searched hi and lo and did not find even the word 'Cuba'

http://www.whitehouse.gov/agenda/

I searched hi and lo and did not find even the word 'Cuba'

Here is where the iron fist is.

London, Jan 11 (ANI): The brother-in-law of North Koreas supreme leader Kim Jong-il has taken over the running of the country, stamping on dissent while the dictator recovers from a stroke.

A stream of reports has reached exiles about the man wielding an iron fist to keep the country under tight control as its 23 million people endure a hungry winter, The Times reported.

“Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.” Benjamin Franklin

You really think the are going to post the minutes of the meetings that are already happening with Raulito!

This is the "Beginning of the End"

2012

Three yrs from now !

"Written by: Perception, 20 Jan 2009 11:32 PM
From: United States
This is the "Beginning of the End"

2012

Three yrs from now !
"
Perception aka anthonyC aka carlo franco, aka arckatype shut the h..... up, if you have nothing serious to say, your brillance shine.

Written by: Perception, 20 Jan 2009 11:32 PM
From: United States
This is the "Beginning of the End"

2012

Three yrs from now !

Do you starch your sheets?

aka anthonyC aka carlo franco, aka arckatype


Canada of ?

I belive the Cuban issue is what it is for now

The travel resrtictions will be eased to allow Cuban's to travel back and visit family.

There bigger fish to fry ...

Talk to our Foes and Friends: Obama and Biden will pursue tough, direct diplomacy without preconditions with all nations, friend and foe. They will do the careful preparation necessary, but will signal that America is ready to come to the table and is willing to lead. And if America is willing to come to the table, the world will be more willing to rally behind American leadership to deal with challenges like confronting terrorism and Iran and North Korea's nuclear programs

you are correct bigger fish to fry ....the embargo will stay until Raul is gone ...unless Raul drops his pants..............Like josean style when he accepts the Mighty Metro

Looking beyond race, religion, background... B. Obama is a charismatic leader that few countries have! He is a "people person". He will be able to bring people together because of his ATTITUDE.

There bigger fish to fry ...

Yes, there are like the US ECONOMY which desperately needs to trade and sell, EMBARGOES are luxuries we can not afford!


Turn left at the corner and two blocks down you will find Chauncey at the first Starbucks in La Habana on mile from "La Bodeguita del Medio!"

"He will be able to bring people together because of his ATTITUDE. "
Just like that Racist preacher he had.

Look what the cat dragged in!

josean, hey honey! You have again hit it right on the nose. John Roberts was so shocked that he was administering the oath of office to a Black Man that this "legal genius" forgot the words to the oath. How can he **** up like that and mess up our new chief!

HAIL TO THE NEW CHIEF

It's time for a change! and believe that this administration will and I mean WILL be better than the previous one.

Hola Carmen I hope you are doing well!

Hola jesean not that good, but not your fault. Good, however that we got a new Commander in Chief. Vamos a estal mejor lo se!

I think he forgot the words becaue he is as old as Lincoln

Thank God we brought in a young strong ,vibrant, individual to take us into the future.

Amid all these high hopes, it may seem needlessly sour to point out why expectations must be kept in check. But it is also realistic.

Here are seven reasons to be skeptical of Obama’s chances — and the Washington establishment he now leads:
1. The genius fallacy
2. The herd instinct
3. We are broke.
4. Words, words, words
5. He rarely challenges the home team.
6. Everyone is winging it.
7. The watchdogs are dozing.

Cappicce

True changes comes from the people not a person.

get out of your beds and go to school and work that's the only way to get anywhere if you wish to get there.

perceptive one whoever you copied this list from got it right .....But we can all hope cant we ...let us hope the honeymoon lasts

You forgot the high expectations that most people have on his ability to do miracles.
Besides having a strong baritone voice, Obama will have to become more radical than prudent.
Urgent measures:
1. Revision of wasteful government programs
2. Imposition of gasoline tax
3. Reform of financial industry including banks
4. Elimination of aid to belligerent nations and their "paid to be" friends that were more than 1/2 our foreign aid goes. Like Israel, Egypt and Jordan.
5. Bring the troops home from both Iraq and Afghanistan. We are broke and can not afford to keep policing the world.
6. Pay more attention to trade and commerce in Latin America and remove the outdated sanctions to Cuba that will benefit the agricultural and farm sector.
7. Enable more incentives for continued oil exploration and development of clean coal technology and nuclear plants.
8. Legalize drugs in a controlled way like in Europe and release the thousands of prisoners serving time for drug related offense

OK Genuises and Experts.
Let s mark the Altagracia s day today
Tet s take some time off ,

bernies, why are you so negative? we do get out of our beds....but if there is no work what then? Do you know that unemployment rates are the highest it's been? Do you know not all, are priviledge or fortunate enough to go to school? As an American of an Puerto Rican mother and French father I have hope, that this African American son of an immigrant will take this country down the right path. For those of you who don't have hope let's just say he can't be worse than our previous administration. OBAMA!

One more thing. Most persons are under the illusion that just because Obama has black blood that somehow that will influence his thinking or increase his compassion
for his black and brown brothers in Latin America and the world. Not so.
You will wake up from that illusion sooner rather than later. Obama is a creature of the establishment and unless he breaks with the same old ways of doing business,
he will not the refreshing Camelot people expect him to be and bring the profound institutional changes that citizens throughout the world urger him to partake.
We need change but not subtle bipartisan change, we need radical and urgent measures to send a message to the US citizens and to the world that change is coming and we mean business.

I agree generoso...I don't expect that just because the color of his skin that he will have compassion on us...I do, however expect that because of the color of his skin there will be drastic changes. Like for instance, I know for a fact that he will not be rewarding wall street with billions of dollars to fix what greedy excutives have done to our economy....and worse make us tax paying single mothers with no child support pay for it. It's time for a change and he is it......

6. Pay more attention to trade and commerce in Latin America and remove the outdated sanctions to Cuba that will benefit the agricultural and farm sector.


JOBS YES EMBARGO NO!

You’re a genius professor, tenure is looking better!

josean
Well I woke you up with that one since it is high in your linear agenda....but what about the other 7?

josean is still sulking and dreaming.....maybe two years for normalization ....and the departure of raul ....josean you have Obama confused with Sean Penn again

let s just wait to see...

Obama says it out loud....NO...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um8w2KU_BKY

Very good generoso, it is exactly that no more no less.

OB is hard worker and a motivator he expects the same form eveyone.

.

Professor,

I am so relived that our resident political scientist approves of your analysis!

The tenure committee will not render its decision without his erudite review and opinion!

Geniuses
When u read an article and are asked to post comment relevant the the article u need to underlign the essential point of the article.U look for key sentences and key words.

Key words :Dominicans,melting pot ,like,US ,focus,Americans,feel, 1st black president.

They ask u to draw a parallelism,The co-ordinating conjunction is LIKE

Parallelism is a balance of two similar situations

The want u to show that the DR and the US linked by the conjunction like have the same melting pot and what Dominicans feel about one melting pot having a 1st black president.
You do not need to study nor undertand LIGUISTICS to understand what you are asked to debate.

No wonder some of you like wakocoocoo Rubi are beginning to show sign of bull shit fatigue and do not post anymore,

U r tired,all u want to do now is sleep.
I am going to to 20 and when I reach 20 u r going to slep
1 u r very tired 2sleep3 sleep 4sleep5 sleep

"SAVE THE TOWER OF BABEL"

I have read from your posts:
Cuba, Castro,Biden, Metro,Starbucks,John Roberts,Porto Rican,French.Camelot,Afhganistan,Isreal, Jordan,Egypt.Seean Penn
Did you see these words mentioned in this article.

This how we usually get distracted.
We may disagree but we need to be team players.
We need to look in one direction instead of looking all over.

etiennc
Free speech is speaking your mind and changing the subject if necessary, or speaking about a diversity of subject matters. Everyone has a different agenda.
We do not need the cyber police guarding DT. There are enough censors already.
We also have enough people preaching to us what we should to do all the time.
Don't be another one of them.

Roso, you are right
I was just trying to see if we can stick to the essence of an article.
I am afraid that we may become redundant ,we may loose interest and destroy the bond that we had for the past months.
I hate to see us answering questions that are not posed and refusing to answer question that are posed.
This is sign of intellectual cowardice when we want discuss subjects that are our forte

The article suggests that Dominicans as a melting pot ,focus on the election of a black man from a similar melting pot .
Ok if we choose to post comments about Egypt,Isreal,Jordan, Cuba, we may do it but I feel we lack the intelectual capital to debate the premise posed to us.

"Dominicans, a melting pot like the US ,focus on what Americans may feel having the first black president, and the hope for change"
Anyone wants cares to post a comment ?
Que pasa ?
Cat got your tongue ?
Scared ?
Too tired?
feareful ?
Don t care?

Go to sleep guys

etiennc
Post the topic in the forum section to get better results and article life expectancy.
Only the "zombie" responded at 2:51AM, maybe he was looking for victims. LOL.

"Dominicans, a melting pot just like US focus on what americans feel to have the first black president"
Anyone wants to give a try to ???
Please do not mention Haiti,Cuba,Jordan or Israel.

etiennc
I suggested in the forum section of DT. Not here.

ok gereral roso

etiennc
You are welcome my good friend.

Obama. Obama. Obama. Why are we backing him so readily? Shouldn't we see what the guy actually does first? As for him being the first black president - so what? Just because he is black doesn't make him a saint. He may well be the finest of the 44 they have had so far (that wouldn't be difficult, for a superpower, its astounding some of the monkeys they have put in the hot seat) but lets see what he achieves before we all get on our knees to look up in awe of him.

In these times we need a little hope ....lets hope everyone does not get carried away with image or sizzle and no steak

The racist Oracle has spoken!

you can call me " The Great One "

Duane
He is sure a lot better than the other one we had for 8 years.
I don't see how he can be nothing short of a great improvement.
It's a relief like when Hipoloco finally left us alone.
He made the new guy taking over from HM like a blessing, we just were eager to boot him out.
Even the devil would have been better than Hipoloco for four more years.
Same with the republicans and democrats, it was time for a change. No more of the same.

Josean , Goulet Colonial ,Stop it !
Things got a good start,let s keep it that way.
Exchange e mails so you can have your little passionate chit chat.
Let General Roso and Duane debate the subject and learn from them.

" Save the monitors"

Expectations are so high that it shadows a very dark cloud over what Politicians are all about and are all alike. Perhaps people fail to hear Mr. Obama -- he will followed in the foot steps of all the past Presidents including Mr. Bush. His most high priority is the preservations and continued domininations of the power which the U.S. holds uncontested, to export to the rest of the world that only the U.S. is the example to followed as a way of life. His economy plans are to place the U.S. dollar back into the only currency worth more than any other and to show its powers over all other. Internally, people will savor the spoiled of wars and celebrate it while ignorant of how such wealth was acquired and still being acquired -- over the lost of so many innocent life. Who care, this is history in the making -- a black President -- a HOPE? for whom ????????????????

" the best hope of mankind " as it has been often described ....reread the Declaration of Independence and then tell me if you want to bet on anybody else ....

hvargas are you one of the Barbarians at the gate who out of envy and jealousy want to destroy something that is a work in progress and go back to the dark ages

" Dominicans , a melting pot like the US focus on what Americans may feel to have the first black president"
Did you say bovine waste or bull crap ?
Which one ???
IT IS A PARALLELISM THEY ASK YOU TO DRAW FOR GOD'S SAKE.
They ask you to compare two similar situations and draw a conclusion

" SAVE ENGLISH 102"

this was made over 30 years ago and is still funny today..http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtlDVi_1JMg