I had to rub my eyes in disbelief when I read this morning that Antigua and Barbuda are STILL nagging the United States to compensate them for closing their borders to Antiguan based gambling companies in 2004. When the WTO ruled in Antigua’s favor, the US was ordered to provide compensation and a number of meetings were held over demands and amounts – but nothing ever came of them. The US seems to find this matter highly amusing because how else could you justify keeping Antigua dangling for over six years?! What I find even more unbelievable is the fact that the Prime Minister of the Caribbean state, Dr. Baldwin Spencer said that his country is still committed to a strong relationship with the United States and that he is willing to return to the negotiation tables. He also said that he’d be willing to meet President Obama to discuss the matter. Come ON, Dr. Spencer! If you have the choice of sanctions, and the WTO on your side, it’s time to stop tip toeing around the US and start getting demanding what is due!
And here’s one that seems to sum up the haughty attitude that the Obama administration has taken on the Antigua matter, courtesy of Funny and Jokes: “John McCain, Hillary Clinton, and Barack Obama all die and go to heaven. God looks down from his throne and asks McCain, “Do you think you deserve to be in heaven?”
McCain takes a breath and then replies, “Well, I think so because I was a great leader and tried to follow the words in your great book.” God looks down and then says, “You can sit to my left side.”
So, McCain takes his seat and then God asks the same question to Hillary, “Do you think you deserve to be in heaven?” Hillary thinks for a second and then replies, “I think so because I have been fighting for the rights of so many people for so long.” God again looks down and this time says, “You can sit to my right side.”
Finally God turns to Barack Obama and asks, “Do you think you deserve to be in heaven?” Obama smiled and replied, “I think you’re in my seat.”
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