Obama represents REAL Hope & Change

[InvincibleNumanist]

Lmao, HowTheWorldWorks removed all of his comments. Nice one, Lee Doren. Your Zionist bullshit can only get you so far.

[dan90sh]

continue killings of innocents and you won't be able to stop extremism.

[axlbernard]

why are all of Howtheworldworks' posts removed?

[InvincibleNumanist]

@axlbernard

he removed them himself. If the video owner removes them you wouldnt even know they had been there.

[billburns2]

LOL - HowTheWorldWorks: ALL COMMENTS REMOVED.

Lee Doren sure hates it when his ignorance of how the REAL world works trips him up.

100% pwnge

[mrtyles]

nice music at the beginning. Did you sing it?

[anonymity11]

The interesting question about this is how long until people lose trust in politics and politicians. Haven't they been lied to enough? I mean Obama's election was to the limit, look at how much they had to struggle to get a vote. The amount of rhetoric, money, and lies had to be pushed ot the limit.This election was a prime example about how things are. How will the next elections be, how much milk is there left in the cow's tit to squeeze.Can't we finally say that it is justified to be cynical?

[zoticus1]

Its the majority and acceptance of mediocrity that is the problem with all things human.

like a comedian once said,

YOU CANT FIX STUPID!

[DHMIII]

I was gonna ask you mr1001nights, what you think of Obama now.. but seeing the Submedia clips gives a clue..

And so .. What is the solution?? How do we "fix" our problem? Or do we need to start over from scratch?

"Knowing" even if only partially of these problems we face with governments everywhere, i would love to get thoughts on solutions..

[deepwater1974]

Today's Headlines * US Attack Kills 5 Afghan Civilians, Wounds Pregnant Mother * Obama to Request $84.3B for War * Iraqis Stage Massive Anti-US Protest.

WHERES THE FUCKING CHANGE!!!!!!!

[MarxistStudant]

There probably won't be much change in the USA as the two classical parties remains in power almost alone...

I mean, if you wan't a change perhaps voting in a different party would be a step in teh right dirrection...

The USA is an empire, empires comit a "state terrorism" some of wich will only disapeear as the empire stops being an empire, maybe the change you want requires some changes some may not want...

Either way it's good to see some americans desliking some imperial actions.

[erasedcitizen2008]

You talk too much to be intelligent, but I suppose that I expect too much from a "journalist".

BTW - fix your blinds

[InsurgenistCujo]

If you don't like what is being said then don't watch.

[juliaisafilmbuff123]

Cindy McCain is Jewish? Where did you hear that?

[inbrooklyn2008]

And Palin's Jewish, too? LMAO.

[juliaisafilmbuff123]

It's these irrational conspiracy theorists that I hate. I go to a lot of rallies for Palestine, and every time about half the people there are these "OMG the Israeli Lobby owns Washington!!! OMG OMG OMG the world is controlled by fake Khazar Jews!!!! OMG OMG OMG!!!!!!" and they say it without giving any real evidence to prove their points. It gets very tiresome very quickly.

[inbrooklyn2008]

Yeah, of course AIPAC wields significant influence as far as relations with Israel go - largely because there's still no solid Palestinian equivalent, and our Congressmen are in love with lobbyist support and campaign dollars.

But the whole "the world is run by nefarious Jews" crowd seriously has some deep-seated issues.

Everyone is a Jew in their eyes, and for every problem there is a Jew behind it.

They're really the best challenge to Charles Darwin that creationists can come up with.

[inbrooklyn2008]

I wish there were a pro-Palestine rally that excluded those people.

[juliaisafilmbuff123]

Actually, most of the reason for US support for Israel stems from US interests, not AIPAC or Israeli ones. Also, when politicians try to appeal to lobbies, usually it is the politician using the lobby to further their goals, not the lobby using the politician for theirs.

[inbrooklyn2008]

Well, I'd say that US interests play more of a rule with the executive branch where it's really get broken down analytically; things like our obscene near-unanimous Congressional resolutions supporting the slaughter in Gaza would largely seem to be the lobbyists' work.

When Gerald Ford suggested a possible reassessment of the US-Israeli relationship, a letter signed by 76 senators confirming their "support for Israel" -- Bush Sr. actually had similar problems with AIPAC during his one term.

[juliaisafilmbuff123]

The thing is, the USA lets Israel do what it wants to Israel will be willing to let the USA do what it wants. The US support for Israel is mostly based on expanding US military presence in the Middle East, not on AIPAC money. It's easy to blame a lobby for fucking up foreign policy, but when it comes down to it you have to look at things on an institutional level. We would continue to give Israel billion$ even if AIPAC didn't exist.

[inbrooklyn2008]

Well, you might be on target. It's not impossible to imagine that the picture would look very similar even without AIPAC.

Still, AIPAC is very far from an irrelevant part of the relationship. Their influence is very well documented by well-respected and mainstream scholars - for instance, by Mearsheimer and Walt.

Israel's relevance to our military presence in the Middle East is tangential at best - our aid and forces actually prop up a whole bunch of corrupt Arab governments there anyway.

[OntologicalQuandary]

There is plenty of evidence. Ben Bernanke, Alan Greenspan, Larry Silverstein, Rahm Emanuel, his eugenicist brother... what more do you want. You will soon learn that "irrationaliy" is a word that actually means truth. Don't let the media deceive you.

[juliaisafilmbuff123]

The thing I'm wondering is, why is no one challenging the legality of the war in Afghanistan? That's a war of aggression too!

[dirkcjelli]

I've certainly heard people doing it, but never in the main stream media. My solution is to not listen to the MSM.

The press suck, so it is very difficult to have a national conversation about this sort of thing-- and the MSM influences all of the other people you might try to talk about this at a cocktail party, say.

Hopefully, when Time et al. crash and burn, there will be room for radial newspapers with smaller circulations.

[mr1001nights]

The 1 million figure arrived at by John Hopkins U was by their own admission conservative. It was released over 2 years ago. By the now it's much larger. Israel should stop its brutal, murderous occupation&theft of land&its much deadlier and constant firing of rockets/shells onto Palestine (to which Hamas retaliates). It should also reverse its founding charter calling for the destruction of Palestine. 200,000 have been killed in Sudan since 2003 but we should pay attention to OUR own crimes 1st

[mr1001nights]

Onus is on Israel, who is the occupying power, just as onus was on the British when dealing w/G.Washington's terrorist forces or on the Nazis when dealing with partisans. Rockets r reaction to the murderous Israeli occupation theft of land&the many more shells launched onto Palestine for decades. Israel maintained Gaza as a prison controlling all movement/goods&entering at will, moving its illegal settlers to the occupied west bank. Hamas changed charter on condition Israel returns to 67 borders

[mr1001nights]

Unlike Israel, whose charter calls for the destruction of Palestine, Hamas has proposed to reverse its charter on the condition Israel goes back to the 67 borders. Since its foundation, Israel has attacked its neighbors--stealing more land. Israel maintained Gaza as a prison controlling all movement/goods&entering at will, moving its illegal settlers to the occupied west bank & expanding illegal settlements there. Even Nazis justified illegal occupations by the terrorism that occurred afterwards

[mr1001nights]

Most fighting occurred in the areas assigned to the Palestinians by the UN. Arab states were just DEFENDING those areas which Israel wanted to acquire. After the war Israel took way more than was assigned to them, but committing what the founders of Israel called a "great mistake": Not killing or kicking out all Palestinians in order to fulfill the foundational charter of Israel--create an ethnically preferential state from Jordan to the sea. Israel's brutality & theft created countless refugees

[mr1001nights]

No, in fact the John Hopkins specialists asked for death certificates. In Darfur, the 200,000 is the only estimate that has any evidence backing it up. Many more--millions--have been killed in Congo. Your ilk don't complain about that. Africans r considered "unworthy" victims unless political points can be scored. The killings in Darfur can be blamed on Muslims. The moral deficiency of your comments remains glaringly obvious. U focus on the other fellow's crimes rather than looking in the mirror

[mr1001nights]

Have u read the Hopkins study??? U said "Sudan". Sudan & Congo r not the same countries. How can u claim to have authority over facts when u make such incredible blunders? Israel has clearly killed civilians intentionally&has often dropped bombs on densely populated neighborhoods& engaged in blockades and criminal actions that had as a foreseeable consequence the deaths of many ppl. Browse through records of Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International or Btselem and you'll get plenty of evidence

[mr1001nights]

All that Israeli propaganda can be refuted by a simple look at the records of major Human Rights organizations. Don't tell me about studying the Sudan and Congo conflicts when you didn't even know they were separate countries. Stoop displaying your ignorance and hypocrisy and do something about the crimes for which you share responsibility instead of trying to sweep them under the rug.

[Cefuroxx]

HTWW is a piece of shit coward, who is completely fine being an asslicker to those with the power, fuck him, don´t even waste your time. He won´t even respond to any comments I make on his videos anymore

[d3p3ch3mod3]

He closed all the known secret prisons didn't he? Inherent self contradiction intentional, but still

[FreiheitKampfer]

myth: 'democrats are better on foreign policy' history doesn't show that. In fact, it shows that democrats are MORE likely to go to war than republicans, because, that's what's happened.

I am no republican. I'm just laying out the facts.

[materiassl]

To their credit, the Bush administration ruined and delegitimized "Brand USA" and greatly undermined US domination of the world. Obama will put American Empire back in style, The policies won't change much, but the manner in which they are presented will be much easier to swallow for the EU. He is a much better politician and manager of empire then Bush. Like Clinton, he will be able to get away with outrageous crimes without drawing fire from allies. He is a very dangerous man.

[TimesEyes]

The war in Afghanistan is not 'illegal' anymore. The initial invasion was illegal, but after that the UN authorized ISAF which is highly supported by NATO.

I don't try to justify it. I don't really think that it matters whether it's legal or not and what the UN and NATO have to say about it.

Thanks for your information and opinion.

[TheDystopiaInside]

I agree with most of your ideals, however you'd be expecting too much if you expected Obama to be a big change from Bush.

All we can hope for from politics and politicians is for things to become a little better or not get worse, not for Obama to be sworn in on a copy of "Failed States."

[FistsoFuckinFreedom]

Obama with blood already on his hands... Do we need any more proof?

[F22supermaneuver]

real hope of what america being destroyed you guys are like zombies but no intrest in brains and who told you that the russia media the meat puppet of their government

[wnxsilence]

Similair to Nicaragua, and the contras. Except unlike Nicaragua, the Soviet Union did not use its military to stop the foreign funded terrorist war....as it atempted to do in Afghanistan.

You fail to explain or even atempt to support your claim that the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan was morally wrong....Ofcourse the Soviet people critisized the war on the grounds of "strategic blunder"...that is exactly what it was, but it is obvious, and the facts show that the war was not "morally wrong"

[wnxsilence]

Afghanistan like Nicaragua, Chile, or countless other countries made the deadly choice to move towards Socialism, equality, and popular control. This angered the imperialist beasts in the West, who saw the massive increases in literacy, and standards of living...So NATO, decided to subject Afghanistan to a terrorist war, funding Islamic militants with billions.

[wnxsilence]

Yes but you fail to realize, unlike the imperialist attack on Iraq, the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan was morally right.

Afghanistan has virtually no valuable recources, or arable land...The Soviet People saw the suffering of Afghans at the hands of foreign funded Mujahadeen militants, and decided to act out of good will.

Similair to Vietnam's liberation of Cambodia, which Chomsky acknoledges as do I, to be humanitarian intervention.

[cayetanoluis]

"Afghanistan has virtually no valuable recources, or arable land...The Soviet People saw the suffering of Afghans at the hands of foreign funded Mujahadeen militants, and decided to act out of good will."

That's a bit hard to sustain when it was the Soviets who destroyed most of the civilian infrastructure (which they had helped build, incidentally) and instituting mass torture and terror. Yes, it was all done in the name of "fighting bandits" - but look at the horrendous cost to the PEOPLE.

[ZenAnarchistAmerican]

I dig this man. Funny stuff.

At this point I can't even get pissed off anymore. All I can do is laugh. All the world is a stage, you know, and we are but mere players in this satirical tragicomedy.

[nuclearnight]

Excellent video.

I do have some problems with Noam Chomsky after endorsing Barack Obama for president now saying that he lacks any difference from Bush on certain important issues. This man although begrudgingly was endorsing him. I know many people who read Chomsky and don't get any analysis of capitalism's inevitable leap to imperialism from his work without prior knowledge. Many liberal "intellectuals" love this guy but yet, he's not actually addressing the problem.

It's frustrating...

[Marly61]

nuclueless, Noam didn't endorse O. Please learn more about what he said in its entirety.

Wow, when you stated he isn't addressing the problem it is obvious you know nothing about hime and you are very superficial in your methodes of analysis and thus wrong in your conclusions. Lets address any issue you think you are familar on regarding noam; please present a concern about him and I will respond.

[nuclearnight]

Actually I do know what I'm talking about so let's not.

I don't have the patience to deal with any shit-talking morons today.

[Marly61]

nuclueless, I accept your admission of stupidity on this subject. Please don't be so hard on yourself by calling yourself a shit..... You are probably a product of american schools and culture so you are immediately considered to be handicapped because you probably voted for Neoliberal candidates which include both Oblablabama and McCain.

[nuclearnight]

Yes, you've found me out.

That was exactly why I was complaining about Noam Chomsky telling people to vote for Obama.

[InsurgenistCujo]

Your appeal to Ad Hominem attack are both fallacious and arrogant. Please if your gonna attack the person and not the argument don't saying anything at all. Note: This is not an attack on you.

[Marly61]

instupidity. please, if you don't understand the attack then have the intelligence to ask instead of looking so stupid.

[thebalancetheory1212]

and your a moron conspiracy theorist

[antisubaru]

Obama also supports the patriot act. Great vid man.

[gratex]

change should be a command, not a promise ;)

[cloudmonkeys]

Money wins all presidential elections.

[wilburnforce]

also the beginning of this video is awesome

[wilburnforce]

FUCK THIS

I want an opposition party

[jumpnjza2]

I'm subscribing to your videos man.

[juliaisafilmbuff123]

PS. Have you seen the interview I did with Noam Chomsky on Obama's foreign policy (Charngchi taped it)?

[t0kt0k]

I saw it. You mumbled over him while he was talking! GAAAH!

It was still awesome though ;)

[juliaisafilmbuff123]

I only did that twice, man. Anyway, glad you liked it.

[t0kt0k]

Haha, I'm just giving you crap about it. <3

[juliaisafilmbuff123]

I figured. I hope I didn't look too bad, but that should be waaayyy secondary to what Chomsky said.

[Reggis420]

It was a great interview and I think I read it was your first time giving one. So good on ya, and keep up the good work!

[juliaisafilmbuff123]

Hahahahaha!

Funny stuff here!

[vktrsx]

...This is essentially why Chomsky and Zinn gave grudging endorsements of Obama.

Of course, that doesn't address the question of differences in how the parties exploit the "third world" (the way we maintain our lifestyle), which would be a different area of study, and a worthy one.

[vktrsx]

I don't want to sound like an apologist for the Democratic Party, which I'm not, but in fairness it must be said that the lives of common people in the US do suck less when we have a Democratic administration than a Republican one. This seems self-evident enough, but it's been shown in studies, too, like Larry Bartels: princeton . edu / ~bartels / income . pdf

He found that since WW2 the rich have fared about the same regardless of party, while everyone else fared much better with Democrats...

[auamoti]

im burnt out on obamamentary, but that was nice, well said.

[vktrsx]

Your propaganda worked! I nominate you for 2012!