Under President Bush North Korea threatened to launch missiles and build nuclear weapons, but they were never this cocky.  Under President Bush we had North Korea agree to:

North Korea had stopped reprocessing fuel rods as part of an international deal. In 2007, it agreed to disable the Yongbyon reactor in exchange for aid and demolished a cooling tower at the complex.

Under President Obama – a huge critic of the Iraq war:

 North Korea launched a tirade Wednesday against world powers threatening to punish it for conducting its second nuclear test, saying it is not afraid of sanctions and calling South Korea's decision to join an operation to prevent the spread of weapons a declaration of war.

The North also has reportedly restarted its weapons-grade nuclear plant. It staged a rally in its capital, Pyongyang, on Tuesday to celebrate the test.

The isolated communist regime said through its official news agency that it would respond with military action if South Korea tries to stop or search any of its ships as part of the U.S.-led Proliferation Security Initiative.

"Those who provoke (North Korea) once will not be able to escape its unimaginable and merciless punishment," the North's official news agency said.

The North has about 8,000 spent fuel rods which, if reprocessed, could allow it to harvest 13 to 18 pounds (six to eight kilograms) of plutonium — enough to make at least one nuclear bomb, experts said. North Korea is believed to have enough plutonium for at least a half dozen atomic bombs.

Further ratcheting up tensions, North Korea has test-fired five short-range missiles over the past two days, South Korean officials confirmed.

North Korea suggested that more missile tests could be planned, telling ships to stay away from waters off its west coast through Wednesday, according to South Korea's coast guard.

Oi Vey!  So, what is the international response?  The same group of people that said Saddam Hussein shouldn’t have been forcefully removed:

In New York, the U.N. Security Council is discussing a resolution that could include new sanctions.

Oops, they must have missed this statement:

North Korea launched a tirade Wednesday against world powers threatening to punish it for conducting its second nuclear test, saying it is not afraid of sanctions…..     

So, what does North Korea think about the U.S. now:

A North Korean newspaper, Minju Joson, said in a commentary Wednesday that Pyongyang does not fear repercussions.

"It is a laughable delusion for the United States to think that it can get us to kneel with sanctions," it said. "We've been living under U.S. sanctions for decades, but have firmly safeguarded our ideology and system while moving our achievements forward. The U.S. sanctions policy toward North Korea is like striking a rock with a rotten egg." You see, you show weakness, and our enemy’s push and push and push.  Remember what happened with Libya after we got into Bagdad so quickly.  They agreed to stop all WMD programs and agreed to pay $3 billion in compensation to the families of Pan Am flight 103 and UTA Flight 772.

Show strength, we are a safe world.  Show weakness and this happens.  President Obama is in a long list of world leaders that have been elected recently and have shown weakness so North Korea, among other countries, is no longer afraid of us.  Our leaders have the people believing that we can resolve problems with crazy dictators without force. 

These dictators don’t care about what happens to their people.  Look at what Hussein did – how many mass graves and video tapes of extreme torture were found.  Kim Jong Il has already shown disrespect for his people who are on average 2 inches shorter than the average South Korean.  This is called severe growth retardation and it happens when a group of people are malnourished for extended periods of time.  In 1948 – before Korea split in two, North and South Koreans were the same size. 

While we are all worried about not being too mean to people that are trying to kill all of us, other countries are taking advantage of our weakness and are encouraging war.

Who knew that the Robin Hood in Shrek came the closest to Obama’s version of Robbin’ Hood:

Ta, da, da, da, da, da, whoo 
I steal from the rich and give to the needy
He takes a wee percentage, but I’m not greedy I rescue pretty damsels, man, I’m good
What a guy, ha-ha, Monsieur Hood
Break it down

From the AP:

The billions in transportation stimulus dollars that President Barack Obama promoted as a way to create jobs shortchange counties that need the work the most, an Associated Press analysis has found…..

One result among many: Elk County, Pa., isn’t receiving any road money despite its 13.8 percent unemployment rate. Yet the military and college community of Riley County, Kan., with 3.4 percent unemployment, will benefit from about $56 million to build a highway, improve an intersection and restore a historic farmhouse…..

The very promise that Obama made, to spend money quickly and create jobs, is locking out many struggling communities needing those jobs.

Imagine that.  When the bill isn’t read and done too quickly, it just doesn’t work the way it is supposed to.  Even a grade school child could have told the politicians that!

The money goes to projects ready to start. But many struggling communities don’t have projects waiting. They couldn’t afford the millions of dollars for preparation and plans that often is required.

"It’s not fair," said Martin Schuller, the borough manager in the Elk County seat of Ridgway, who commiserates about the inequity in highway aid with colleagues in nearby towns. "It’s a joke because we’re not going to get it, because we don’t have any projects ready to go."……

To put simply, the counties that can’t afford to fix their roads right now and can’t afford to do anything about it, are not getting any of the money because they couldn’t afford to fix their roads.  Hopefully someone will be able to follow the logic on that one.

_High-unemployment counties, those in the top quarter of jobless rates, are allotted about 16 percent of the money, compared with about 20 percent for areas least affected by joblessness.

_In low-unemployment counties nationwide, those in the bottom quarter of jobless rates, the federal government is spending about $89 a person compared with $59 a person in the worst-hit areas.

_In counties with the largest populations, the government is spending about $69 a person in areas with the lowest unemployment and $40 a person in places with the greatest job need.

_Counties with the highest unemployment are most likely to have been passed over completely in the early spending…….

"The problem comes from the fact that the bill was not written right in the first place," said Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn. "And the bill not addressing where the money is needed to go, but just addressing, ‘Let’s get this money out of here as quickly as we can.’"

Isn’t that what happened to the bank bailouts?  Can anyone in D.C. actually add 1 + 1 correctly?

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood defended the transportation stimulus plan Monday. Even if needy areas don’t see transportation projects this year, workers can still apply for jobs elsewhere, he said…..

There ya have it.  The intelligence of someone who has no clue what it is like to live on Ramen noodles and frozen pea’s for a week.  Someone who has never had to wait for the bus, and who has no clue that city buses don’t go outside the city.  (That is if the county can even afford buses!)  Someone who has never had to work 7 days a week just to make ends meet.  Exactly how do these people find the time to travel elsewhere to get a better and more stable job?  And how do the people who are getting a pittance from unemployment supposed to be able to afford the gas to go?  And even if they get a job by traveling elsewhere, how are they supposed to afford to move! 

Also, Congress required states to use some of the highway money for projects in economically distressed areas, but didn’t impose sanctions if they didn’t. States can lose money, however, if they don’t spend fast enough…..

Yet residents of Perry County, Tenn., will have to wait. County Mayor John Carroll said he’s disappointed his community, which suffers from 25.4 percent unemployment, won’t receive a dime any time soon for its road needs.

"It’s pretty easy to draw a connection between the high unemployment rate and the lack of any four-lane highways," he said.

Federal auditors acknowledge they can’t yet track the transportation money that is leaving Washington and there is no single list of the thousands of projects planned in each state…….

For now, laid-off workers in Elk County, Pa., question why they’ve missed out, while money flows to more prosperous places.

"Why are they helping them?" asked Wendy Cameron, 50, of Saint Marys, Pa., who lost her job in a metal factory last year. She doesn’t have health insurance and would gladly take road work. "They’re not in need. We are.

"What are these people going to do? Is everybody going to go on welfare? I’ve never been on welfare. I don’t want to be on welfare."

The two cities that Obama promoted this stimulus plan to and said the plan would help them - Elkhart, IN and Peoria, IL - are going to receive money.  The struggling cities that Obama didn’t go to will not be receiving help.  In other words, the counties that cannot afford to host the president, can’t get the money.  Elkhart’s unemployment is at 18.8% but Peoria hasn’t even hit two digits yet with a rate of 9.4%.  Go here to find the unemployment rates in the country.

So, exactly how is this socialism supposed to work again?  Take from the rich and only give to the poor that have enough money to already have projects started?  I just don’t think that is what Robin Hood would have done.  All Obama’s plan is doing is Robbin’ the Hood.

According to the White House website:

Providing a high-quality education for all children is critical to America’s economic future. Our nation’s economic competitiveness and the path to the American Dream depend on providing every child with an education that will enable them to succeed in a global economy that is predicated on knowledge and innovation. President Obama is committed to providing every child access to a complete and competitive education, from cradle through career.

Obama doesn’t believe that for people living in his own backyard.  He believes in choice, but only if the choice involves killing unborn children.  When it comes to choice for schools - that ain't happening.

Go here to see an interview Gretchen from Fox and Friends did this morning with a single mother who will not longer be able to use vouchers for children so they can get a better education than what the public system offers.

I first taled about this on March 4.  The bill was signed.  Washington D.C. will stop the school voucher program at the end of this school year.

He’s all for good education for the rich, but he is stopping the poor from obtaining what his own daughters have.

Pathetic.