By John Lillpop ——Bio and Archives--September 23, 2010
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“UNITED NATIONS – Exhorting world leaders to push past years of cynicism and pessimism, President Barack Obama challenged the countries of the United Nations on Thursday to unite around peace efforts that he said could achieve agreement within a year to create an independent Palestine and a secure Israel. “As Obama spoke, Israel's seat in the hall sat empty because it was a Jewish holiday. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was present, listening to the president through a translator's earphone. Obama's call for a Palestinian state drew a burst of applause from throughout the hall. “Faced with the real possibility of the collapse of negotiations, Obama implored the international community to get behind the idea of peace and forget favoritism to one side or the other. “Obama urged the U.N. in its 60th year to look beyond past Middle East peace failures and get on with the task at hand.”Mind you, all of this from a president who cannot even unite his own fellow Democrats in the U.S. Congress in advance of a vital mid-term election. This from a president who has been the most divisive president in recent U.S. history. Barack Obama, The Great UNiter? Don’t be silly!
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John W. Lillpop is a recovering liberal. “Clean and sober” since 1992 when last he voted for a Democrat. For years, John lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, the very liberal sanctuary city which protects, rather than prosecutes, certain favored criminals. John escaped the Bay Area in May and now lives in Pine Grove California where conservative values are still in vogue.