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Obama elected President
World leaders have hailed the election of Senator Obama as the first black President of the United States. Now the President-elect has to prepare for difficult foreign policy challenges.

What are your thoughts on the election of Barack Obama?

bullfighter11-11: "Four years from today: The American poor will still be poor, the American rich will still be rich, and those patriots and soldiers, who sacrificed themselves so that the children of their fellow countryman would live in a better America will still have died for nothing." (Nov 6)

Foreign oil
There was a lot of talk about 'clean coal' and nuclear power during the election campaign. Many strategies have been suggested to wean America off foreign oil. Can it be done? How can it be done? What's your recipe?
How would you overcome America's dependency on foreign oil?

desiderata: "Agressively implement the Pickens Plan. Use windpower (generated in the center of the USA and solar power (generated in the sunny SW of the USA) transmitted throughout the country via a new robust smart grid) instead of natural gas in our nation's power generation system. Use domestic natural gas to power our vehicles while we perfect technology to provide us with better alternatives, e.g. hydrogen or fully electric. (This means all our cars and trucks will have to built new or retrofitted to use this fuel and refueling stations will have to be installed everywhere.) Mandate from the federal level that all levels of government immediately encourage "cottage power" generation and provide adequate incentives for property owners to participate in this ultimate decentralization of power production." (Nov 7)

Antinouus: "Start using electric cars." (Nov 7)

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Do you approve of the plans for a 700-mile fence along the border with Mexico?

My Opinion Counts: "Yes, I approve. I feel that all persons, of all nations, wishing to go to any other nation to live, should go through a formal entry process. My biggest problem with immigrants who get here illegally is a safety complaint. Some don't know our laws. Some don't know how to drive on our streets safely or at all. This is very dangerous. Also some are very hanious criminals in their homelands." (Oct 29)

dinalou: "The vast majority of those who live along the border know how ludicrous the fence-building operations are. We would all be better served if the US took responsibility for our part in perpetuating the economic manipulation of third-world countries so that they remain bound to us by enormous debt, and impoverished by exploitative business practices in these countries by US corporations, etc, and we actually changed our behavior to support these economies to thrive." (Sep 8)

Do you consider Iran a threat to the United States?

generationzero: "Iran is most definitely a threat to the United States. I'm not saying that there's a good guy or a bad guy, but the reality is that if Iran develops a nuclear arsenal that the United States is in definite danger. We all know why Iran is a threat, so I won't go into detail about that (the Bush Administration is an utter failure in the face of world relations), the question at hand is what the hell are we gonna do about it?" (Jul 30)

kooljay: "No. Most of the so-called threats to the US are the regimes or some individuals in the regimes who unfortunately have authority or influence. The general populations aren't anti-american. Look at what regime-change could accomplish in many of the countries we consider threats. The regime of Iran is said to sponsor terrorism. Remove the regime and replace it with a benign regime and terrorism is no longer sponsored." (May 30)

What's your pub experience?

Davidhubbardsmoker: "During the years 1998-2007 I traveled to England at least once per year,from my home in southern California, but usually more like three of four times in a twelve month period. This habit of travel started and come to an abrubt halt for the same reasons: I could no longer smoke in an establishment I was drinking in. That's right, when California enacted the no smoking in bars rule in '98, I took my drinking business all the way across the pond where I could still relax with a pint and a smoke. It was worth every penny and I have very fond memories from those travels." (Sep 30)

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What can we expect from the next U.S. president that can change our relationship with Iraq?

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