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More serious perhaps was Mr Obama's strange disconnectedness over the Fort Hood massacre of 13 soldiers by an Army major and devout Muslim who opposed the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, had praised suicide bombing and shouted "Allahu Akbar" as he opened fire.

Maybe Mr Obama had been reading the American press, much of which somehow contrived to present the atrocity as a result of combat stress due to soldiers going on repeated war deployments (though Major Nadal Hasan had not been on any) and therefore, no doubt, Mr Bush's fault.

When the television networks cut to the President, viewers listened to him spend more than two surreal minutes talking to a gathering of Native Americans about their "extraordinary" and "extremely productive" conference, pausing to give a cheery "shout out" to a man named Dr Joe Medicine Crow. Only then did he briefly and mechanically address what had happened in Texas.

On Friday, when most of the basic facts were available, Mr Obama tried again. It was scarcely any better. He began by offering "an update on the tragedy that took place" - as if it was an earthquake and not a terrorist attack from an enemy within - and ended with a promise for more "updates in the coming days and weeks".

Completely missing was the eloquence that Mr Obama employs when talking about himself. Absent too was any sense that the President empathised with the families and comrades of those murdered.

It was a reminder that for the past 16 years Americans have had two Presidents who would often extemporise and express emotion. President Bill Clinton could certainly "feel your pain" while Mr Bush sometimes struggled to hold back tears. (WHOT?!?!) Mr Obama is more like President George Bush Snr, who famously communicated his concern for people by blurting out: "Message - I care."

The White House argues that Mr Obama was not on the ballot last week and there is therefore no need to fret. The problem with this complacency is that voters were angry about the state of the economy, which Mr Obama can't keep blaming on his predecessor. With unemployment now above 10 per cent, Mr Obama needs to show Americans that he can relate to what they're going through, and take responsibility.

It could do him good to show he has a bit of fire in his belly. Perhaps he might make a decision or two based on gut instinct and deep conviction. In other words, maybe he should try being a bit more like Mr Bush.


OH NO YOU DID NOT


sauce: Toby Harnden's American Way for telegraph.co.uk [otherwise known as what the fuck is this, i don't even.....]

 
Вот такие дома все еще стоят в центре Иркутска. 

Пленка Fuji Superia 200
Камера Lomo-Compact 
Сентябрь 2009 г.

Сканируя плёнку, отснятую еще летом, обнаружил вот такой кадр.  Показалось что он интересен.

Городской двор, поздний вечер.
Пленка Fiji Superia 200
Камера Lomo-Compact

Август 2009 г.

Ссылка на обсуждение этой фотографии на сайте fotosniper.ru

wonderpetunia and dolus_specialis  making me go crazy in Twitter, from trending to suddenly deciding to show some love for Park Jaebum during Sundown Festival. Are you in or out?

Ps: Does this mean I can finally decide on what to wear? WHEE.
Pps: Sorry for flooding your Twitter pages followers. :D 

 

Hi everyone,

Hopefully this is allowed, if not, feel free to delete my post.

I'm having some trouble with finding an original idea for a series about 'spaces' and my time is limited. I'm more into portraits myself. I don't want to take photos of an old fabric, I would like to take it to the next level...

It needs to be a series of 5-10 photos.

Your help would be appreciated. Thank you!

ребята !!!
есть ли ломографы в одессе??? давайте объединяться !!!

My conversation with my boyfriend five minutes ago went like this:-

Boyfriend: Wouldn't it be funny if we name our child Brachiosaurus?! Brachiosaurus Bin Mohd Saliheen. Hahahahaha!
Me: Why the fuck would you want to name your child Brachiosaurus?!
Boyfriend: Do you even know what a Brachiosaurus is???
Me: YA. It's a dinosaur.
Boyfriend: Ya, but what kind of dinosaur? Is it a herbivore, carnivore or omnivore?
Me: Herbivore.
Boyfriend: Correct! It's the one with the long neck...
Me: I KNOW WHICH ONE LAH. Takmu step pandai dengan aku ah.
Boyfriend: Haha! Then do you know what's an omnivore?!
Me: Ya. Eat both plants and meat. A bit obvious right? Herbivore eat plants only, carnivore eat meat... Omnivore eat both lah.
Boyfriend: Nooooo. Mana tau omnivores never eat plants or meat.
Me: If never eat plants, and never eat meat, then eat what?!
Boyfriend: (long pause) ...gula gula.


Hahahahahaha! Fucker nampak sah knew he said the wrong thing the minute he nak step argumentative and protest that "mana tau omnivores never eat plant or meat" !!! He himself admit that he tried to cover his blunder up TETAPI FAIL.

WTF GULA GULA!

And yes, our conversations at 3am almost never will make sense, one.

[more -> flickr]

I have been wanting to post these commentaries ever since they were published on 10 & 17 August 2008 but I never got round to it, unfortunately. I recently received an email from a friend containing excerpts from the "Feeling like the least favourite child" commentary, and felt that it would have been better if it is read with the "Race has never been an issue" commentary.

To my Saliheen, these are the two commentaries I was telling you about.

FEELING LIKE THE LEAST FAVOURITE CHILD BY NUR DIANAH SUHAIMI

As a Malay, I’ve always been told that I have to work twice as hard to prove my worth. When I was younger, I always thought of myself as the quintessential Singaporean.

( READ MORE )


RACE HAS NEVER BEEN AN ISSUE BY SAAT A RAHMAN

My parents migrated to Singapore because they wanted a better life. But their lives here did not turn out to be easy. Although my parents have long passed on, their children, including myself, still have to work hard.

( READ MORE )

i might regret this sooner or later, but because i just feel  like writing so i shall do it. while showering just now, i just thought about how everything might've been a mistake. even my presence. when i was younger, i've always felt that i shouldnt have been here. i know lah kental punya zaman. i've always thought 5 was an odd number for a family; alot of things were for 4 people in the family but because of me its not possible. judging from my age gap between me and my other siblings just add on to that thinking. 5 people in a cab last time was still possible when i was horizontally smaller. but as i grew bigger and fatter, we had to take 2 cabs. that just added on to the sucky feeling i had when i was growing up.


"we go out, we shop, we eat together we watch movies together; just like what other families do" ; - yesterday during that cantspeakengrish show sports@s.g.


and sucky or not, it hit me so hard i almost cried. why didnt i had that chance. the only time we went for a movie was ages ago, and my mom slept. that was the only time. other than that, i'm almost invisible. mom picks on me when she saw loads of pics of bfs or just simply me and anyone i dated. she shuts when sister does the same. does that 7 yrs gap means she's out of the dosa zone? no right? so yah i get what she meant by families seeing the pics of who i date and if it doesnt turn out den its not nice. so yah ive privatised everything. right. i thought she could be a friend. i thought i had a chance of having her as my friend. but no obviously the age difference is too much and the sister always gets the favouritism. yeayea people might say 'its just your feelings, may not be true.'. thats the thing; it IS my feelings that I'm talking about. and dont even let me start about the sister relationship. like i told madah, i dont know since when we drifted. i remembered sometimes she would tell me jokes of her friends or just her days at school/work. but god, when was that? when was the last time? the only one i remembered was us reciting the surahs just to refresh our memories so we could recite more of them during prayers. bila sak tu.


i dont even have to talk about the men, even though i'm cool with bro. yeah he's like the only one who layan me much i guess. thou at times he throw tantrums at me..but hell. atleast i can still talk about gadgets and stuffs..


kay know what? i just am abit unstable now.