Who says the big "O" doesent read ...

[Il Duce]

This pisses me off

The name of the book Obama is reading is called:

The Post-American World , and it was written by a fellow Muslim.

[Guest jackdm3]

"Now what to do when we get past this "America" business. Hmmmm. What to do. What to do."

[Guest Jamie]

You knew he had to get his ideas from somewhere...

J.

[Guest bkelm18]

I've read Mein Kampf and the Communist Manifesto. Good thing I'm not President or we'd be doomed.

[USMCJG]

Good thing I'm not President or we'd be doomed.

No ones arguing with that.

[Guest oldsmobile98]

We were supposed to read that book for one of my classes! I read part of it, but haven't finished it.

I wouldn't blame him for reading it. It's not an anti-American book, from what I remember. I don't agree with some of the stuff in it, but it does make a lot of hard-hitting points. Talks about the rise of the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China) and how are we losing our superpower status. They are ramping up manufacturing, while we're propping up banks, AIG, and GM with money we don't have. I believe that during my lifetime, the world will pay less and less attention to our nation...UNLESS we get our government to stop messing around. Entrepreneurs drive the economy. If you harass them too much with legalities and tax complications, they WILL leave. Our loss... but it doesn't have to be.

Sorry for ranting all over everybody. Here's the link to the book.

Amazon.com: The Post-American World (9780670082292): Fareed Zakaria: Books

[Oh Shoot]

Fareed Zakaria.

Actually, pretty interesting guy, hard to categorize, really.

He's pretty sharp, used to hear him on PBS, now has regular show on CNN, where he puts foreign leaders' feet to the fire pretty well at times.

- OS

[Guest Plainsman]

We were supposed to read that book for one of my classes! I read part of it, but haven't finished it.

I wouldn't blame him for reading it. It's not an anti-American book, from what I remember. I don't agree with some of the stuff in it, but it does make a lot of hard-hitting points. Talks about the rise of the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China) and how are we losing our superpower status. They are ramping up manufacturing, while we're propping up banks, AIG, and GM with money we don't have. I believe that during my lifetime, the world will pay less and less attention to our nation...UNLESS we get our government to stop messing around. Entrepreneurs drive the economy. If you harass them too much with legalities and tax complications, they WILL leave. Our loss... but it doesn't have to be.

Sorry for ranting all over everybody. Here's the link to the book.

Amazon.com: The Post-American World (9780670082292): Fareed Zakaria: Books

Not a fan of Obama, but its good to see that someone, obviously not the OP, knows what the damn book is actually about.

[strickj]

and it was written by a fellow Muslim.

I didn't know you were a Muslim!

This book is anything but anti-American.

It's actually on my list of books to read.

The synopsis:

From the Publisher

“This is not a book about the decline of America, but rather about the rise of everyone else.†So begins Fareed Zakaria’s blockbusting bestseller on the United States in the twenty-first century. How can Americans understand this rapidly changing international climate, and how might the nation continue to thrive in a truly global era? Zakaria answers these questions with his customary lucidity, insight, and imagination.

On the Muslim thing....what does that matter?

The guy is from India, FWIW...

[Guest Bronker]

The guy is from India, FWIW...

Right.

Where the majority of the population are Hindu. Not Muslim.

[Oh Shoot]

On the Muslim thing....what does that matter?

The guy is from India, FWIW...

And is an American citizen.

- OS

[Guest Bronker]

...an excellent example of what the Republican party is degrading into.

Explain.

[Guest clsutton21]

Explain.

The whole, "Let's attack our President regardless of what's true or the facts."

The OP posted this picture without knowing anything about the book. Also made far reaching assumptions about why our President is reading the book. The author of the book has a PhD from Harvard and his Bachelor's from Yale for Christ's sake.

[Guest jackdm3]

More like "for Allah's sake."

[Links2k]

We were supposed to read that book for one of my classes! I read part of it, but haven't finished it.

I wouldn't blame him for reading it. It's not an anti-American book, from what I remember. I don't agree with some of the stuff in it, but it does make a lot of hard-hitting points. Talks about the rise of the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China) and how are we losing our superpower status. They are ramping up manufacturing, while we're propping up banks, AIG, and GM with money we don't have. I believe that during my lifetime, the world will pay less and less attention to our nation...UNLESS we get our government to stop messing around. Entrepreneurs drive the economy. If you harass them too much with legalities and tax complications, they WILL leave. Our loss... but it doesn't have to be.

Sorry for ranting all over everybody. Here's the link to the book.

Amazon.com: The Post-American World (9780670082292): Fareed Zakaria: Books

Now you have gone and taken away a reason for them to conspire. The book had to be about a secret Muslim plan to destroy America. Why else would he be reading it? God forbid he have an idea about what's happening outside of our borders.

[Guest Bronker]

More like "for Allah's sake."

Pot, stirred.

[Guest clsutton21]

Haha. I love this forum.

[Guest Bronker]

Haha. I love this forum.

What's your major there at TTU?

[Guest jackdm3]

2008 Almanac Factoids:

1/3 of the world is Christian 2.2 Billion people

1/5 Muslim 1.4 Million

1/8 Hindu 900M

1/8 Non-religious 100M

7% Atheist 153M

Total world population: 6,615,847,000

[Guest clsutton21]

What's your major there at TTU?

Biology, microbiology option.

[Guest Bronker]

Biology, microbiology option.

Same here, but graduated 16 years ago.

You're young enough to be my...

Nevermind.

[Guest jackdm3]

Sniff, sniff, ... Daddy?! Is that you?

[Guest clsutton21]

Same here, but graduated 16 years ago.

You're young enough to be my...

Nevermind.

Did you go to grad school? I'm applying to a few to try to get straight into a PhD program. What do you do for a job?

[Guest oldsmobile98]

2008 Almanac Factoids:

1/3 of the world is Christian 2.2 Billion people

1/5 Muslim 1.4 Million

1/8 Hindu 900M

1/8 Non-religious 100M

7% Atheist 153M

Total world population: 6,615,847,000

WHOA.

That is some fuzzy math right there.

1/3 +1/5 +1/8+1/8 ... plus 7%... equals 85.3333 %.

And the 1/8 Hindu are 9 times as multitudinous as the 1/8 non-religious.

There's more, but I'll let it be.

Edited May 1, 2010 by oldsmobile98

[Guest Sgt. Joe]

That pic was also taken before the election, although this isnt the only site I have seen it pop up again recently:rolleyes: