Comments on: Obama: W. Hemisphere Must Be Ready to Compete Globally

By: Bugger

Bugger — Fri, 24 May 2013 13:28:00 +0000

Be most carefull of Barack’s rhetoric. He is prepping people’s thought process’s to accept the implied need for a world economy and governance. Sovereignty is supremely important in your nation … Run your country to support your own good and rely progressively less on other countries … Especially, the US!

By: Daniela Rosaura

Daniela Rosaura — Wed, 08 May 2013 13:32:00 +0000

The truth is, I was just kidding to make a point.

By: Ken Morris

Ken Morris — Tue, 07 May 2013 00:28:00 +0000

I assume you can google presidential approval ratings. Obama’s are now at 45%. This is low for him, but normal for a president at this point in a second term, and I would hardly conclude from this that “only a small minority” believe he’s doing a good job. Plus, you might ask yourselves how much weight you want to give to presidential approval ratings. The most popular president in Costa Rica this past weekend was (drum roll please) Daniel Ortega. He’s recently polling in the 75-80% range in Nicaragua. Would you rather him run the show?

By: georgechapogas

georgechapogas — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:34:00 +0000

laura and obama are nice people. love to socialize with either, but i would let neither babysit my kids let alone run a hot dog cart, much less a country. they are incompetents and that is the issue

By: georgechapogas

georgechapogas — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:31:00 +0000

if you wish to compete globally you must support less government not more, fewer social programs not more, less nanny statism not more. look at China’s and Egypt GOE’s, Government owned enterprises, and watch their trends. China already is resembling the 60′s USSR where factories producing items at full speed were encouraged to increase production for not needed products.

By: georgechapogas

georgechapogas — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:26:00 +0000

fair

By: Siegfried Gust

Siegfried Gust — Mon, 06 May 2013 15:53:00 +0000

If your not smart enough to understand that without the disclaimer, do you really think the disclaimer will help you evaluate the contents of a politicians speech?

By: Daniela Rosaura

Daniela Rosaura — Mon, 06 May 2013 14:41:00 +0000

I question that an unpopular President, like Obama or Laura, should give statements supposedly representing the people of their country, where the reality is that as in the case here in Costa Rica, only a small minority believe they are doing an adequate job in fulfilling the duties of their office as president.

In such cases, it might be a good idea to require them to present a short disclaimer as such in the introduction of their speeches, like “Please note that the following does not necessarily represent the majority of Costa Ricans (or Americans, as the case may be).