Obama meets Mandela family, police disperse protesters

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Gigimoderate wrote:

There’s just something odd about theses signs…..they are a little to Americanized…..one says ” no to the new world order”….is Glenn Beck or Alex Jones over there or in with the Taliban brainwashing these people?

Jun 29, 2013 11:25am EDT  --  Report as abuse
phoneguy wrote:

@Gigi
You need to get out of your basement more. The term New World Order means the whole world. That would include South Africa. There is plenty of articles out of South Africa and other countries decrying the NWO. It is not just Americans.

Jun 29, 2013 2:21pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
DanMazur wrote:

Gigimoderate: Because everyone who is against Obama’s policies (in the US or elsewhere) must be some kind of lunatic, right? Give me a break. ‘New Word Order’ signs have been around for 40+ years. Get used to the fact that there are political influences besides the United States.

Jun 29, 2013 2:38pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
Abyssinian wrote:

Disgraceful. They’re protesting against drone strikes, instead of protesting their own diabolical high crime rate where thousands are raped and murdered each year…They’re watching too much Al Jazeera!

Jun 29, 2013 2:38pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
NCMAN64 wrote:

We’re seeing classic Obama with his symbolism over substance, wherever he goes. And the scandals continue to grow because it’s always political, instead of putting America first.

Jun 29, 2013 3:19pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
houseofchill wrote:

What a misleading headline. Not “police face protesters”, more like Obama faces protesters burning the American flag who are then dispersed by police tear gas. Mainstream journalism is a fraud and serves the king, not the people.

Jun 29, 2013 3:29pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
PalomaBlanca wrote:

Remarkable no reporting on what they are protesting about! Drones, Guantanamo Bay!

Jun 29, 2013 4:53pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
Gigimoderate wrote:

After reading a more Thorough article in USA today that interviewed the Protesters organized by the University. They were Protesting The United States policy on the unfair treatment of Palestine vs Israel. They also wanted The United States to take a hands-off approach and stop raping their land of their gold, diamonds and oil. They are disappointed he has not closed Guantanamo and the US policy of using drones killing innocent Muslims. Their hopes were high when he was elected, and now they are disappointed none of the above mentioned has changed.

Jun 29, 2013 5:54pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
gee.la wrote:

I have a dream, someday, America has no president, only a Vice President.

Jun 29, 2013 7:55pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
Jokay wrote:

The media should be ashamed of themselves. They are the reason this country is being turned upside down. No matter what this administration does…it’s all sugar and roses.I want to puke. Thanks media for everything you don’t or should be doing.Like reporting the truth no matter who’s side it’s on.

Jun 29, 2013 8:54pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
CountryPride wrote:

Protesters? They couldn’t be protesting the benevolent Nobel Peace Prize winning Tyrant Obama? Quick Obama send drones to silence your protesters or better yet get a “low level” IRS staffer to take care of them.

Jun 29, 2013 9:21pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
wildbiker wrote:

Interesting that Obama uses the clan name to refer to Mandela. He and his team can’t seem to grapple with the protocol when visiting the Queen of England or receiving heads of state from Europe or conducting state visits in the Pacific. But they do their homework so Obama can use an endearing name when visiting Africa. Now, their grasp of decorum seems less inept and more premeditated disrespect.

Jun 29, 2013 10:02pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
nike_sky wrote:

It sickens me to see how Hillary preach the gay acceptance speech to the UN Assembly last year and how the world should “embrace homosexuality as normal” and then Obama with his “we will not be truly free until our gay brother and sisters are treated as our equal” speech. I told myself over ten years ago how the United States needs a man with integrity, a man like Putin. We do not accept because it has become vogue the call to everything LBGT and by no means do Christians equate the gay agenda as the cause of a civil group that is being denied their rights. They are not a race, or a particular religion or creed but simply a people who want to put their preferences and choices on a level as normal, acceptable and moral. This world will come to its ignominious end before real Christians ever accept the perversion of the LBGT as something as normal.

Jun 29, 2013 10:29pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
Telstar wrote:

Putin is a criminal. Most of the comments here are abominable tripe.

Jun 29, 2013 11:35pm EDT  --  Report as abuse
 
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