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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://community.abcactionnews.com/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>America gets a do-over with the rest of the planet</title><link>http://community.abcactionnews.com/blogs/flashpoint/archive/2008/11/06/3560441.aspx</link><description>By Brendan McLaughlin
I doubt anybody voted for Barack Obama because they thought it would please the Egyptians or the Austrians or (zut alors!)&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;the French. But when you consider that every major problem facing the United States intimately</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60217.2664)</generator><item><title>re: America gets a do-over with the rest of the planet</title><link>http://community.abcactionnews.com/blogs/flashpoint/archive/2008/11/06/3560441.aspx#3564208</link><pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:31:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6f915275-4c2a-4921-9826-978bc6a75c21:3564208</guid><dc:creator>michaelnash</dc:creator><description>It's a really good thing that the global community, given our history of importing these people as slaves, can no longer claim that we exclude African-Americans from participation in our government. Already, Iran has proposed a more peaceful diplomatic relationship with the United Sates. This whole Obama thing, it turns out, seems to be having an unanticipated positive effect of our foreign policy. I look forward to living in a world in which Americans aren't labeled as tyrants and oppressors. &amp;nbsp;</description></item><item><title>re: America gets a do-over with the rest of the planet</title><link>http://community.abcactionnews.com/blogs/flashpoint/archive/2008/11/06/3560441.aspx#3564214</link><pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:39:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6f915275-4c2a-4921-9826-978bc6a75c21:3564214</guid><dc:creator>michaelnash</dc:creator><description>...unanticipated positive effect &amp;quot;ON&amp;quot; our foreign policy.</description></item><item><title>re: America gets a do-over with the rest of the planet</title><link>http://community.abcactionnews.com/blogs/flashpoint/archive/2008/11/06/3560441.aspx#3564254</link><pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 17:41:21 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">6f915275-4c2a-4921-9826-978bc6a75c21:3564254</guid><dc:creator>michaelnash</dc:creator><description>TODAY'S INSTAPOLL:&lt;br&gt;Failing in his bid for the White House, do you feel that John McCain should be encouraged by his political backers to run for president of Kenya?&lt;br&gt;1) YES&lt;br&gt;2) NO</description></item></channel></rss>