worship and a community center on private property in lower manhattan. a consensus of new yorkers are opposed to the idea and increasingly so. a month and a half ago, july 1, 52% of new yorkers opposed the mosque. august 18, 2010. 63% of new yorkers oppose the mosque. even obama s fellow democrats are distancing themselves from the president on this issue. the democratic senate majority leader, harry reid, issues this statement through his press secretary. quote, the first amendment protects freedom of religion. senator reid respects that and says the mosque should be built some place else. end quote. the man behind the mosque, abdul raul has made comments that caused an uproar, like this one. i wouldn t say that the united states deserved what happened, but the united states policies were an accessory to the crime that happened. despite the prepond backlash, some that had family members lost are not happy about the view. in addition to obama s citation of the constitut
in the middle of life. you can call on our expertise and get guarantees for the if in life. after all, we re metlife. guarantees for the in life. issue one, mosque madness. the answer is no regret. on almost the eve of the 9th anniversary of the september 11 atrocities, president obama is satisfied with his ance on the islamic mosque and cultural centreligio this country. [ applause ] that includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in lower manhattan. a consensus of new yorkers are opposed to the idea and increasingly so. month and a half ago, july 1, 52% of new yorkers opposed the mosque. august 18, 2010. 63% of new yorkers oppose the mosque. even obama s fellow democrats are distancing themselves from the president on this issue. the democratic senate majority leader, harry reid, issues this statement through his press secretary. quote, the first amendment protects freedom of religion. senator reid respects that and say
we cannot drive suv s, set our thermostats and eat as much as we would like. i guess it is true, unless we are al gore. [applause] the director of congressional budget office warned us that the economy is on an unsustainable path. we hear that a lot lately. he said the fundamental disconnect has to be addressed to avoid serious, long-term damage to the economy and the well-being of the population. this is the head of heart nonpartisan budget office saying we are looking at serious, long- term damage to the economy and the well-being of our people. i would say that is a pretty serious prognosis. then we really have to sober up, because what we need to do is realize that the only people with the power to change this very bad diagnosis is president obama, speaker pelosi, and harry reid. i wonder what the odds are in las vegas for that happening? we have all seen this movie before. it is not a pretty sight. we see this in germany in the 1920 s. we see this in argentina in the 1
movement will rise up and fight back. that is what happened. i think you for it. i thank you for it. a great thing is happening in the united states of america. tiger woods is holding his press conference at 11:00 a.m. eastern. i think we can learn a lot from that situation. not from tiger, but from his wife. so, she said that she had had enough. she said no more. i think that we should take a page out of her plea bought and taken nine i n and smashed the window out of big government in this country. take a 9 iron and smash the window out of big government in this country. [applause] we have had enough. even though we have made great progress over the past year, let s be candid with each other. we love the united states of america. we do not wish this country ill will. . . we want to make sure that we rise up not just to highlight the problems and the challenges but also that we offer solutions in a more positive and hopeful agenda going forward. we may well be given as c
there was celebration. i visited. i had the opportunity to visit the indian parliament. it was a lot of noise. there was no discipline. at that time, the prime minister and vice prized miniature vice prime minister came to india. besides other business with the indian government, they also urged me to return. the indian prime minister informed me reform was postponed six years. even after six years, it can be further postponed. it was a personal message from chairman mao to me. i told the prime minister i found big differences. the indian parliament and our big parliament our parliament was completely silent. the indian parliament was too much noise. the prime minister told me that much had changed no more discipline. big differences. an authoritarian system and an open society. after 1959,w3 this is not a connection. we decided to raise the tibetan issue at theçç un. naturally, we discussed it with the indian prime minister. he told me it is not useful to raise an