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Dankzij Obama    zijn alle passagiers gered

A US Airways jet with 155 people on board ditched in the frigid Hudson River off Manhattan after apparently hitting a flock of geese on Thursday and officials said everyone was rescued.

"We've had a miracle on the Hudson," New York Gov. David Paterson told a news conference, calling the pilot a hero for landing the Airbus A320 plane in the fast-moving river.

"The pilot somehow, without any engines, was able to land this plane ... without any serious injuries," Paterson said.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg lauded the pilot for ensuring all those on board, including a baby, were safe.

"The pilot did a masterful job of landing the plane in the river and then making sure that everybody got out," Bloomberg said, noting that the pilot was calm enough to walk through the plane twice after landing to ensure everyone was out.

The pilot of Flight 1549 was Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger of Danville, California, according to his wife who was reached by telephone by Reuters. Sullenberger is a former Air Force fighter pilot with 40 years flying experience, according to the website of a safety company he founded.

The Federal Aviation Administration said it was investigating reports the plane hit a flock of birds after taking off from New York's LaGuardia airport.

Witnesses saw the plane glide in low for an emergency landing, kicking up a cloud of spray in the river, which runs to the west of Manhattan island.

US Airways said 150 passengers and five crew were aboard the Airbus A320, headed for Charlotte, North Carolina.

Shortly after takeoff, the pilot radioed flight controllers that he had hit birds, law enforcement sources said.

Mark Wilkinson, a commercial pilot waiting for takeoff at LaGuardia shortly after the crash, said the ground controller told him the plane had sucked a bird into an engine after takeoff. He told Reuters in an e-mail that there were many geese near the runways.

A passenger told Reuters that a few minutes after takeoff he heard what sounded like and explosion. "The engine blew. There was fire everywhere and it smelled like gas," said Jeff Kolodjay, from Norwalk, Connecticut.

He said the pilot told passengers to brace for impact. After the aircraft ditched, he said, "People were bleeding all over. We hit the water pretty hard. It was scary."

"You gotta give it to the pilot, he made a hell of a landing," said a visibly shaken Kolodjay, who climbed onto a life raft with other passengers and was rescued from there.

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Ik vraag me af hoe men zich deze man zal herinneren

President George W. Bush, winding up eight years in office, expressed regrets on Monday over policies blocked by Congress, weapons of mass destruction not found in Iraq and the harsh political tone in Washington.

But he defended his actions during one of the biggest debacles of his presidency -- Hurricane Katrina of 2005 -- and said history would be his judge after he leaves the White House on January 20.

"You know, presidents can try to avoid hard decisions and therefore avoid controversy. That's just not my nature," Bush said in his final press conference before turning power to his Democratic successor Barack Obama.

Bush, by turn wistful, reflective and defiant, conceded that mistakes had been made.

The "Mission Accomplished" banner as the backdrop for a speech on an aircraft carrier in May 2003, less than two months after the invasion of Iraq, was "clearly" a mistake, he said.

"It sent the wrong message. We were trying to say something differently," Bush said.

The Abu Ghraib scandal of U.S. soldiers mistreating prisoners in Iraq that shocked the world "obviously was a huge disappointment during the presidency," Bush said.

In recent years an increasingly unpopular Iraq war weighed down Bush's public approval ratings, which took a further hit from the economic downturn.

The main U.S. justification for the war was that Iraq possessed stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction and posed a threat, but no such weapons were found after the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003.

"Not having weapons of mass destruction was a significant disappointment," Bush said.

KATRINA HITS

He also addressed the heavy criticism for a slow federal response to Hurricane Katrina that struck New Orleans and the Gulf Coast in August 2005.

"I've thought long and hard about Katrina," Bush said. "Could I have done something differently, like land Air Force One either in New Orleans or Baton Rouge?"

But that action would have pulled law enforcement away from helping in the crisis to handle his visit, he said.

Pushing for Social Security reform shortly after re-election in 2004 was a mistake because Congress was unwilling to take on a tough issue that it did not see as an imminent crisis, Bush said. Instead he should have argued for immigration reform, he said.

[Kroese Smurf]

Chavez haalde lekker uit naar Obama. 

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Steven Joseph Christopher Charged With Threatening Obama On The Internet

JACKSON, Miss. — A Wisconsin man was arrested Friday in Mississippi after authorities said he threatened on the Internet to kill President-elect Barack Obama.

Steven Joseph Christopher, 42, was taken into custody by the Secret Service in Brookhaven, Miss., and charged with threatening to assassinate Obama for what he claimed was "the country's own good," federal prosecutors said. The criminal complaint was sealed until Christopher's appearance in federal court.

Federal Judge James C. Sumner ordered Christopher held until a bail hearing next Thursday.

"Threats against the president-elect will be taken very seriously," Dunn Lampton, U.S. attorney for the southern district of Mississippi, said in a release. "Use of Internet chat rooms to express those threats is as much a crime as uttering the words. Threats of this nature will be pursued swiftly and vigorously."

An affidavit from Secret Service Special Agent Kelly Adcox released by Lampton's office quotes Christopher as saying he has nothing personal against Obama and that he's not a racist. Authorities said Christopher made the threats Jan. 11 and 15 on the Web site . http://www.alien-earth.org

"Yes, I have decided I will assassinate Barack Obama. It's really nothing personal about the man," Christopher said, according to the release. "But I know it's for the country's own good that I do this."

Authorities didn't say whether Christopher had weapons, but the affidavit said he wrote in his posting that he did not own a gun and needed one donated.

A reporter was prevented from speaking to Christopher, who appeared in court Friday in shorts and a yellow T-shirt full of holes, or his attorney as they were escorted from the courthouse by authorities.

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Chavez haalde lekker uit naar Obama. 

... liedje van telekids ....

.... de jongens, de meisjes, wie zijn hier de baas?
wij zijn beter

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North Korea has "weaponised" enough declared plutonium stocks to produce four to five nuclear weapons, said Selig Harrison, a U.S. expert just returned from talks with officials in Pyongyang.

Harrison, speaking about his visit to the North from Tuesday to Saturday, said he talked with four North Korean officials, including Li Gun, the foreign ministry official in charge of relations with the United States.

Harrison said he was told "North Korea wants friendly relations with the United States" and that if the Obama Administration makes a political decision for improved relations, then "the DPRK and the United States can become intimate friends."

Harrison quoted Li as saying that Pyongyang was not in a position to say when it might commit itself to nuclear disarmament.

He said the North Korean official told him that they had "already weaponised 30.8 kilograms (68 lb) of plutonium" that was listed as part of the North's nuclear declaration -- an amount he understood could make four to five weapons -- adding that they had said "the weapons cannot be inspected."

The officials all told him the members of six-party talks have been told that Pyongyang had weaponised the declared plutonium, Harrison said.

The U.S. scholar said the North Koreans would not say how the plutonium had been "weaponised" but indicated it was used for missiles, he said.

Separately, he said, he got "flat denials" about claims that North Korea has sought to enrich uranium.

FINISH LIGHT-WATER REACTORS

Harrison said he could not vouch for the credibility of Norkor's weaponisation claims. But he said they would make negotiations more difficult.

"It's a gloomy prospect," he said of the outlook for the six-party talks.

North Korea has delayed implementing a nuclear disarmament agreement struck at six-party talks in Beijing, unwilling to accept verification rules demanded by the other countries in the talks and claiming they have not abided by their aid vows.

Harrison said North Korea is also demanding construction of two unfinished light-water reactors in return for dismantling Yongbyon and that verification of its nuclear activities would hinge on the United States and South Korea also agreeing to open their nuclear weapons activities in the South to similar verification.

"That's certainly raising the bar," he said.

The officials provided no firm information about North Korean leader Kim Jung-il's health, Harrison said, but added he seems to be "not working as he did before on a full-time schedule."

Harrison is a scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, a policy institute in Washington, D.C. His visit to the isolated North came days before President-elect Barack Obama enters the White House.

Besides Li, the officials he met with were Vice President of the Supreme People's Assembly Kim Yong-tae, spokesman of the National Defense Commission Ri Chan-bok, and Foreign Minister Pak Ui-son.

North Korea's state media said earlier Saturday Pyongyang would not give up its nuclear ambitions as long as a U.S. nuclear threat persists.

"It will be wrong if the United States thinks that we are giving up nuclear program in exchange for normalizing diplomatic ties with them," the spokesman was quoted as saying by the official Korea Central News Agency (KCNA) [nSEO281160]

"We have prospered for decades with no ties with the United States and what we want is bolstering our nuclear deterrent power to protect our country, not normalizing the relationships... There'll be no change in our status as a nuclear state as long as U.S. nuclear threat remains."

North Korea has often pledged to get rid of its nuclear program, but has dragged its heals in disarmament talks for the past 15 years despite being offered sweeteners to lift its economy out of desperate poverty.

President George W. Bush's top Asia adviser had predicted earlier this week that North Korea might try to raise the stakes in order to increase its leverage after Obama takes office Tuesday [nN16308765].

MIXED SIGNALS

Obama and his designated secretary of state, Sen. Hillary Clinton have indicated they will continue and probably enhance the George W. Bush administration's effort to persuade Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons in six-nation talks involving regional powers.

Last-ditch efforts by the Bush administration to win North Korea's agreement on a system to verify its nuclear history and disarmament progress ended in stalemate at the end of 2008.

The secretive North has sent mixed signals in the past few weeks about how it will conduct its nuclear dealings. It appeared to have extended an olive branch to Obama in a New Year's message that said it was willing to work with friendly countries.

The impoverished and isolated North was hit with U.N. sanctions after an October 2006 nuclear test.

North Korea's already weak economy will be dragged down even further the longer the nuclear talks are stalled because Washington has called for a suspension of most aid to North Korea for not abiding by the disarmament deal.

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Dankzij Obama    zijn alle passagiers gered

A US Airways jet with 155 people on board ditched in the frigid Hudson River off Manhattan after apparently hitting a flock of geese on Thursday and officials said everyone was rescued.

"We've had a miracle on the Hudson," New York Gov. David Paterson told a news conference, calling the pilot a hero for landing the Airbus A320 plane in the fast-moving river.

"The pilot somehow, without any engines, was able to land this plane ... without any serious injuries," Paterson said.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg lauded the pilot for ensuring all those on board, including a baby, were safe.

"The pilot did a masterful job of landing the plane in the river and then making sure that everybody got out," Bloomberg said, noting that the pilot was calm enough to walk through the plane twice after landing to ensure everyone was out.

The pilot of Flight 1549 was Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger of Danville, California, according to his wife who was reached by telephone by Reuters. Sullenberger is a former Air Force fighter pilot with 40 years flying experience, according to the website of a safety company he founded.

The Federal Aviation Administration said it was investigating reports the plane hit a flock of birds after taking off from New York's LaGuardia airport.

Witnesses saw the plane glide in low for an emergency landing, kicking up a cloud of spray in the river, which runs to the west of Manhattan island.

US Airways said 150 passengers and five crew were aboard the Airbus A320, headed for Charlotte, North Carolina.

Shortly after takeoff, the pilot radioed flight controllers that he had hit birds, law enforcement sources said.

Mark Wilkinson, a commercial pilot waiting for takeoff at LaGuardia shortly after the crash, said the ground controller told him the plane had sucked a bird into an engine after takeoff. He told Reuters in an e-mail that there were many geese near the runways.

A passenger told Reuters that a few minutes after takeoff he heard what sounded like and explosion. "The engine blew. There was fire everywhere and it smelled like gas," said Jeff Kolodjay, from Norwalk, Connecticut.

He said the pilot told passengers to brace for impact. After the aircraft ditched, he said, "People were bleeding all over. We hit the water pretty hard. It was scary."

"You gotta give it to the pilot, he made a hell of a landing," said a visibly shaken Kolodjay, who climbed onto a life raft with other passengers and was rescued from there.

Als het vliegtuig in Suriname zou landen waren alle passagiers op dit moment dood. Het vliegtuig zou veilig landen maar de Pirengs zouden de passagiers een overgetelijke lesje leren

[obama4eva]

Het officiële staatsportret van Obama:



                           

 

[Zoo]

Het officiële staatsportret van Obama:



                           

 

En die ga jij nu om je nek hangen net zoals christenenen een ketting met kruisje dragen? 

[Soms ??]

Het officiële staatsportret van Obama:



                           

 

Ik ben blij dat ik dit mag meemaken 

[Vin]

Het officiële staatsportret van Obama:



                           

 

Ik kan niet wachten tot die heethoofd van een Bush uit beeld verdwenen is. O ja en ik hoop dat Obama al die Bush malloten laat vervolgen die mensen hebben laten martelen. Hij moet ze keihard aanpakken. Als de Obama de buitenlande leiders met respect behandeld, wat ik denk dat hij gaat doen, gaat hij heel veel bereiken. Als Bush niet zo arrogant was geweest had hij veel kunnen bereiken, maar hij heeft duidelijk heel veel landen tegen zich in het harnas gejaagd met zijn arrogante hoogdravende houding. Daar komt nu definitief een eind aan.

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Ik kan niet wachten tot die heethoofd van een Bush uit beeld verdwenen is. O ja en ik hoop dat Obama al die Bush malloten laat vervolgen die mensen hebben laten martelen. Hij moet ze keihard aanpakken. Als de Obama de buitenlande leiders met respect behandeld, wat ik denk dat hij gaat doen, gaat hij heel veel bereiken. Als Bush niet zo arrogant was geweest had hij veel kunnen bereiken, maar hij heeft duidelijk heel veel landen tegen zich in het harnas gejaagd met zijn arrogante hoogdravende houding. Daar komt nu definitief een eind aan.

Niemand gaat vervolgd worden, er was een paar dagen terug een item daarover
De mensen die geheime ops uitgevoerd hebben zijn bijna allemaal politiek en juridisch onschendbaar, door de geheime approvals die ze hebben gehad om de taak uit te kunnen voeren

[obama4eva]

Ik ben blij dat ik dit mag meemaken 

Dayum right ik ook! Nog 3 nachtjes....................
Bye George W. f@%k, hello Obama!

[obama4eva]

Niemand gaat vervolgd worden, er was een paar dagen terug een item daarover
De mensen die geheime ops uitgevoerd hebben zijn bijna allemaal politiek en juridisch onschendbaar, door de geheime approvals die ze hebben gehad om de taak uit te kunnen voeren

Hij zal doen wat hij kan doen. Als Gitmo wordt gesloten zal er een hoop shit naar boven
komen en hij zal doen wat in zijn macht ligt, maar zoals je al zegt, diplomatieke onschendbaarheid
is een struikelblok....

[Vin]

Hij zal doen wat hij kan doen. Als Gitmo wordt gesloten zal er een hoop shit naar boven
komen en hij zal doen wat in zijn macht ligt, maar zoals je al zegt, diplomatieke onschendbaarheid
is een struikelblok....

Ik denk dat Guantanamo Bay niet in het eerste ambtstermijn van Obama gesloten zal worden. Er kleven nog teveel haken en ogen aan. Ik denk zelf dat Amerika eerst het embargo tegen Cuba moet opheffen, want als ze dat niet doen, gaat Cuba de basis aan de Russen voor veel geld verhuren.