Obama and Germany - 2nd Term Blues

The White House: Readout of telephone call between President Obama and Chancellor Merkel of Germany, " Today, President Obama and Chancellor Merkel spoke by telephone regarding allegations that the U.S. National Security Agency intercepted the communications of the German Chancellor.  The President assured the Chancellor that the United States is not monitoring and will not monitor the communications of Chancellor Merkel.

The United States greatly values our close cooperation with Germany on a broad range of shared security challenges. As the President has said, the United States is reviewing the way that we gather intelligence to ensure that we properly balance the security concerns of our citizens and allies with the privacy concerns that all people share.

Both leaders agreed to intensify further the cooperation between our intelligence services with the goal of protecting the security of both countries and of our partners, as well as protecting the privacy of our citizens ".

Lets Get Real:

In other words folks, you caught us red handed, we are sorry, we will not do it again, now please drop the issue, if you do we will have a better security relationship and the Oval will owe the German Chancellor a favour in the future.  You have to love diplomat speak folks. 

Germany vs. Obama's NSA - 2nd Term Blues

Telegraph: Reports the following on the diplomatic row between Germany and the US over the NSA spaying of the mobile of the German Chancellor, " The White House was today scrambling to head off a major diplomatic incident after the German government said it had received information that US spies may have tapped Angela Merkel’s personal mobile phone for years. ".

Lets Get Real:

Since 9/11 folks the World has changed, the intelligence networks of the West have to spy on everyone and every thing, no one wants to go through another 9/11 or 7/7, if a nuclear dirty bomb goes off in London or New York, the people will not care about privacy issues, they will want to know who dropped the ball, a recent report in the UK Times showed that yellow cake, a material that can be used for a nuclear device is not secure in Libya.  The US and the UK have to have their ears open, in that process they pick up millions of info, one can not say that innocent info is not been picked up, but also terrorists info is also picked up, so what do you want folks, totally security but your privacy removed a bit or no security and total privacy, that is the choice you have folks, GET OVER IT.  In this hat off to the NSA, lets hope the UK is doing the same, ears open folks. 

NSA and Germany - 2nd Term Blues

Guardian: Reports the following on the latest NSA revelations, that the US NSA had spied on the mobile of the German Chancellor, " White House confirms call demanding clarification and insists US is not monitoring chancellor's communications ".

Lets Get Real:

Folks everyone spies on everyone else when it comes to international politics, if the Germans are not spaying on the US and the UK it needs a better intelligence network, it is through signal intelligence that mistakes can be avoided, pushing someone to far, the liberal left wing media will get their knickers in a twist, so what, after this storm is over the Western intelligence networks of various Countries will go back to spaying on friends and enemies.  If Moses had an intelligence arm, then modern day politicians will not give up reading what their friends will want in talks and how to stop real threats.   This will fade folks, it will never stop, it should never stop. 

Are Democrats Breaking over ObamaCare ?

CNN - Politics: Reports the following from Capital Hill, " New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen joins the growing ranks of Republicans asking the President to extend open enrollment under Obamacare. The only difference is that she is a Democrat. ".

Lets Get Real:

Thus folks are we starting to see breaks in the Democratic wall, the White House is not running in 2014 folks, Democrats in the House and the Senate are, the disaster that is ObamaCare is seeing hundred of thousands of Americans thrown off their health plan due to ObamaCare, and IF they want health care they have to pay more or go on to ObamaCare, if you can not get on to the website and the call centres are telling you to check out the website you are up the creek folks.   One can expect to see other Democrats break with the WHITE HOUSE folks should the problems WITH ObamaCare go on in to the new year.   It is fun seeing supporters of President Obama and ObamaCare having to defend something they know is rubbish, this is PR at its worse, and its fun folks if your a Republican, serious if you have just been thrown of your health plan and shameful if you happen to be in the Oval.