"Are you smarter than the next president?"

One kiss on the mouth, and he'll give me the equivalent of a dollar. I am walking through a market in Cairo, Egypt, when I realize that sexual harassment has no limits here. - Quoted from the tourist
In the last 15 months, we travelled to every corner of the United States. I've now been to fifty... seven states? I think one left to go.I have to say I got surprised at first. I mean... Obama? That's most expected from Bush, because as far as I know, Obama is not as ignorant as Bush. Will a series of Obamisms start just like Bushisms? I guess not. Obama is less likely to make linguistic or factual errors. He's human, so he's expected some mistakes. But 57 states? After all, it could be some sort of misunderstanding, or may be he was joking. A slip of tongue may be? It's funny anyway and needs to be shared. As for the fact that it's an old vid, I just found it yesterday and I think it's worth watching and sharing ;-).
"Huge social subsidies and quick fixes are not enough," she begins. "Forward vision and sound planning, with the express aim of lifting the struggling masses from adverse poverty, is the only way to guarantee political, social and economic stability in a country teeming with the disappointment of millions of disenfranchised youth whose small buried dreams will soon turn into bitterness and violence."
"Peace is much more precious than a piece of land... let there be no more wars." - Anwar El-SadatSome believe that this was the only guaranteed way for us, Egyptians, to get our land back, which is partially true because any further war would mean more casualties and not necessarily ending with free land. With that being known, it is clear that Sadat was aware of this fact and did the right thing for our country. He did not want to risk the lives of the Egyptian youth. He truely was a political mastermind. He understood the mentality of Israel and the United States and knew how to act upon their decisions.
Aya 159 of the 3rd Sura of the Qur'an, called Al-Imran:
Those who hearken to their Lord, and establish regular Prayer; who (conduct) their affairs by mutual consultation; who spend out of what We bestow on them for Sustenance.
Shura and the Caliphate
And by the Mercy of Allah, you dealt with them gently. And had you (Prophet Muhammad P.B.U.H.) been severe and harsh-hearted, they would have broken away from about you; so pass over (their faults), and ask (Allah's) Forgiveness for them; and consult them in the affairs. Then when you have taken a decision, put your trust in Allah, certainly, Allah loves those who put their trust (in Him).
Nature has already conducted the equivalent of about a hundred thousand LHC experimental programmes on Earth – and the planet still exists.2 Cern says that the black holes are expected to form, but they will be too tiny to even absorb other particles, and will decay immediately. This is due to the very small scale of the experiment that will greatly minimize its dangers.
"That's the essence of experimental particle physics: You smash stuff together and see what other stuff comes out." - Nat GeoBesides, if the experiment fails, it's gonna be quick and painless that you won't even know about it. Plus, I wouldn't have to sit for my economics exam. Anyway, we have one less thing to worry about! That still doesn't mean that the world is safe, though. We still got global warming, possible nuclear war, etc. So don't go "Hooray", but stay depressed and sit in the corner of your room. :D
Our primary scientific goal is to find the Higgs.What's the risk? If the experiment goes wrong, a black hole forms and expands, sucking everything (including Earth), destroying the world.
Nothing's going to happen here that's not already happening in nature.Mario Nessi, the projects technical director, said. Cern says it has commissioned a panel to verify its calculations that such risks are virtually impossible.
And for the sake of our economy, our security, and the future of our planet, I will set a clear goal as President: in 10 years, we will finally end our dependence on oil from the Middle East.... said Barack Obama. Notice how, in the video, Obama deviates the topic from a political one, involving the Middle East, into an environmental speech. This is not the case here as environment is not his main issue, knowing that the U.S.'s oil imports from the Middle East are only 15% of its total oil imports from various other countries. He did emphasize on the term "Middle East", indicating clearly that it's an issue to be dealt with Arabs, and not the environment.
You don't defeat a terrorist network that operates in eighty countries by occupying Iraq. You don't protect Israel and deter Iran just by talking tough in Washington.Hey, this same terrorist network Obama wants to defeat is the same one America supported back in the eighties, when the Soviets were the bad guys, and Jihad was once a patriotic American term. They supplied the heroic Islamic fighters to attack the Soviets and weaken them. But now, Jihad, Islam, Islamist and Islamic fighters are just synonyms for terrorism.
Minister of Legal Affairs and Parliamentary Councils Mufid Shehab said in a parliamentary session that Egypt did not export gas to Israel because it was not the state or government that was supplying the gas, but a private company.Strike one: How can you say that Egypt did not export gas to Israel? Gas is physically moved through pumps from Egypt to Israel. That's enough to call it exports, and if you don't like the terminology, the idea in itself is still conflicting with our aims as an Islamic nation.
The minister also said that one could not accurately ascertain a world price for natural gas as the price always differed from contract to contract.Just Google "natural gas world price", and links to the websites of the world's biggest energy-oriented organizations will show up, showing you the world prices of natural gas today. Even if the price differs from contract to contract, the difference will never reach 200%.