Mitt Romney six day overseas tour

25/07/2012

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US Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is visiting the UK and the Middle East this week, as part of his ongoing transformation into World Leader. Whether the US electorate will agree and vote him into the White House in November 2012 remains to be seen.

Currently both sides, that is the Democrats and the Republicans, are attempting to carry out a thorough character assassination of each candidate. In addition both of their track records in business is under the microscope. With more than a touch of spin both candidates appear to be left wanting. If you were to believe both camps the only conclusion would be that neither are fit to rule a hen-house let alone the USA. 

The US electorate will "pick the bones" out of the propaganda and choose their man for the next four years. If it is President Obama he is now a recognised figure on the World Stage. It is Mitt Romney he is a newbie.

Still we all have to start somewhere and Mitt's six-day tour this week will give him valuable exposure and experience.

We well remember President Obama visiting the UK when he was in this position. He appeared charismatic, winning fans from all walks of life. We also remember Obama's assessment of David Cameron, the then leader of the opposition. It was that Cameron was a "lightweight". In due course Dave Cameron became the UK's PM dealing with President Obama many times. Now they appear equally respectful of each other.

When Romney visits the UK will he meet with the opposition as well as members of the Coalition Government. If the past is anything to go by he should. 

Mitt will visit Britain, Israel and Poland in all. It will be his first overseas official tour since becoming heir apparent to the US Presidential role. His visit will include propaganda and spin speeches aimed at undermining President Obama. Mr Obama will no doubt reciprocate on the home front. Romney's team will cry foul and on it goes. Like reality TV that is out of control.

Romney's election campaign now has the capability to outspend Barack Obama's. If money wins the day in America he could be home and dry. He may have a good track record in big business but he is far from open and transparent.

Wonder what we in the UK will make of this one?

Romney has been attacked by the Obama camp for his apparent lack of knowledge as regard to World affairs. He will therefore have a lot to prove and no doubt will attempt to put the record straight. He is due to attend to opening of the Olympics on Friday, July 27, and meet various Ministers. One of these will be Chancellor George Osborne. It is expected that these two will have plenty in common, not least a desire to implement austerity.
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Mainstream media tries ignoring OWS movement

11/10/2011

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The Occupy Wall Street protest movement has managed to ruffle a fair few feathers, even though in many ways the mainstream media have tried to ignore it.

Funny how media sources, who were so quick to portray every vestage of protest in the Middle East now shy away from reporting on protests in their own lands.

It may even be a concerted effort to withhold publicity, which as we all know often incites others to take part in events or can even incite violence. Is it that such media sources did not care about the extent of violence in the Middle East, as it was not on their doorstep, and also that it had a valuable resource, namely oil, up for grabs?. It all smack of hypocrisy to this author.
In spite of this virtual media black-out the protests continue to gather momentum.They may have started close to Wall Street, New York, but are now occurring in places such as Los Angeles, Hong and Kong and Boston. Early today, October 11, 2011, police decided to take action against the Occupy Wall Street protest members who have been camped out for more than a week.

Authorities had told the group to move from a green area it was occupying downtown. Whether they wanted them to move to an area where it would be "out of sight and out of mind" is unclear. However the police had told them that they must return to Dewey Square, where a tent city is rapidly growing. I guess it will be easier to contain the protesters, if they are all in one place. Sitting ducks springs to mind.

The authorities maintain that for hours they had tried to persude the protesters to stay put in the Square. Police had given the reason of potential damage to recently planted trees, for their decision to bar the protesters from the green area.

In what ultimately made for spectacular viewing the police descended on the break away protesters. It has been reported that a group of Veterans were stood between the police and the protesters. The Vets all carried American flags. That made not one iota of difference. It must have almost been reminiscent of a scene from Dr Zhivago set in the Russian revolution.

When the police swooped, many vets were pushed to the ground. A protester said, “If they wanted to arrest us they could have done that without pushing us...without tramping the flag.” Good publicity and fuel for the cause of the protesters and bad publicity for the authorities. That said, if the media continue to scarcely report on such events it will be neither.

Another protester said, “We’re being seen as a legitimate organization. People are panicking and trying to get us out of here.” Yes it certainly seems that way. It seems that the west is keen to inflame and incite protests in foreign lands but cannot stand the heat when they occur at home.

The protesters banner perhaps displayed their anger and maybe the voice of the pordinary man and women saying, “Apathy isn’t working, Raise your voice”. A couple of the accompanying chants were “Fund education, not corporations” and “We got sold out. Rich got bailed out.” Ain't that the truth.

In the end around 50 protesters were arrested and soon bailed. The Occupy Boston Protest is now considering how to raise the bail money. Some repots list the number arrested as higher. There have also been reports of huge finanical rewards being paid in overtime to police officers who are policing the protests in the US.

The arrests were made around 1.30 in the morning when the eyes of the world were closed. This meant minimum publicity and reporting.
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