When a President has got the blues you sing Cri-me-a River....

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With the Ukraine and Crimea mess adding to the series of foreign ill-affairs for President Obama it is understandable if he has got the blues.  Putin has been puttin' him down now in Iran, Syria, the Olympics and now the Ukraine.

Add to that the Nobel Peace Prize winning efforts with the Arab spring when the rainbow was lost in the storm clouds as Egypt, Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan are all ending in foreign policy disasters and the pressure must be getting to the president.  Not even Smokin' Joe Biden can divert the world attention from the crumbling status of America in world affairs.

As the people's Pope Francis calls for peace, prays for the people of the Ukraine and Crimea, and releases doves for the children, the world awaits the next move by the American super power.

What is a president to do when nothing seems to be going right?  Well this president long ago learned to turn to the $1.4 billion White House expense account and, you guessed it, throw a party.  When one is down and out bring in the best of American soul and blues to commiserate with you and all your problems will be, if not lifted, at least lost in the music.

Here is American foreign policy Obama style at work Thursday night in the White House.

President Obama honors 'women of soul,' misspells Aretha Franklin's 'Respect'

The pumped-up audience gave a hearty laugh but was more than willing to forgive the president for spelling it "R-S-P-E-C-T."

Some of music's most profound voices came together at the White House Thursday night, honoring legends such as Aretha Franklin and Patti LaBelle and transforming the presidential estate into a melodious church brimming with soulful jubilation.

The 12th program in President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama's In Performance at the White House series, Women of Soul brought together Franklin, LaBelle, Melissa Etheridge, Tessanne Chin, Jill Scott, Janelle Monáe and Ariana Grande, each dressed to the nines and delivering stirring performances.

Franklin, who received a standing ovation for her I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) earlier in the show, closed out the evening with a mesmerizing performance of Amazing Grace. Leaving Scott and Monáe teary-eyed, the performance ended the night on a powerful high note, creating an atmosphere more akin to a gospel-church revival than a black-tie affair.

As the White House rocked it seems the theme song for the Ukraine and Crimea should have been...

 

 

Of course ever conscious of the need to plan for his post-retirement years and be as successful as Bill and Hillary Clinton the good old boys took to the stage to promote Obama's new album.

 

 

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CPT Twit! Putin Memo to Obama:

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Foreign Affairs Update

 

 

 

The Ukraine

 

 

 

The Syria Slaughter

 

 

 

 

The Iran Nuke Crisis

 

 

 

 

Edward Snowden NSA Scandal

 

 

 

 

Foreign Policy in General

 

 

 

 

How did we get into this mess?

 

 





 

Twit Explanation - See previous article or click

http://coltonspointtimes.blogspot.com/2014/03/cpt-announces-revolutionary-news.html

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CPT Announces Revolutionary News Service - the CPT TWIT

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Now that Tweeter has conditioned our minds to summarize all knowledge, information, news and thoughts in the world into about 124 characters the world is now ready for the Coltons Point Times contribution to the evolution of journalism.

Today we introduce to you the CPT Twit - in which we have successfully diminished your need to absorb all those demanding 100+ Tweet characters.  This modern technology driven age needs to minimize to the sub-atomic level the amount of data you should be required to absorb.

Our Twits consist of no more than 0, yes that means ZERO, characters.  Instead we rely solely on your sensory capabilities, far under-utilized in this digital age, to transmit the latest breaking news to you.

What, might you ask, is a Twit?

Don't ask me, ask your online Dictionaries.  Okay, we will.

 



'twit

noun \ˈtwit\

: a stupid or foolish person

Full Definition

1. an act of twitting :  taunt

2. a silly annoying person :  fool

 

 



Urban Dictionary is written by you

twit

The kind of person that makes a retarded chimp look smart.

twit

A moron with absolutely no sense.

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There you have it.  So the next article you read, Putin Memo to Obama, is our first use of this revolutionary advancement in journalism.  Please forward our Pulitzer to our offices as we have no time to make it to the awards ceremony.

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Jennifer Lawrence at the Oscars

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Those of you who actually read the Coltons Point Times rather than just look at the pictures know we are quite proud of the girl from Kentucky who captured the hearts of Hollywood and won an Oscar last year while falling up the stairs on the way to her acceptance speech.

Well that is the only mistake Jennifer has made in her stunning career until the recent Oscars when she presented the award for Best Actor.  It was strange that someone who never makes mistakes was caught talking when the cameras cut to her for the presentation.  We knew there had to be a good explanation to why she seemed off guard.

Here it is...

The Real Reason Why Jennifer Lawrence's Best Actor Presentation was Interrupted

by Maura Brannigan

Jennifer Lawrence seemed a bit distracted when she took the stage at Sunday's Oscars to present the Best Actor trophy-though coming off her cool-girl track record, we didn't even bat a lash. As JLaw sauntered onstage in that extraordinary crimson Dior gown, she approached the stage and joked to the audience, "Is this funny?"

As it turns out, the American Hustle actress was fending off Ellen DeGeneres, who cautiously withdrew from the podium in preparation for another onstage tumble, à la JLaw's dramatic Best Actress nosedive last year. While most of us didn't catch Ellen's jest, Jared Leto, Matthew McConaughey and the rest of the front-row clearly found it hilarious.

This is essentially the ultimate inside joke to end all inside jokes. Just when we started to feel at one with Hollywood's biggest and brightest stars thanks to that Stars-They're Just Like Us!-style Oscars pizza party, we're subtly reminded that, no, we're not exactly part of their crew. But at least we'll always have JLaw.

Maybe it's time to leave the Ukraine to the Ukrainians

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International manipulation underway by Russia, the United States and the European Union to control the fate and future of the Ukraine might be the way we like to play the game of foreign policy but recent events raise serious questions as to the validity of such an approach.

Sometimes it just seems like the big boys, those so called more civilized Western nations don't know when to leave well enough alone.  I think most countries like to give lip service to respecting the will of the people indigenous to a region like the Ukraine, but darn if we can really keep our word when it comes to actions.

 

 

Perhaps we forget little historical facts like the Ukraine has been settled by members of the homo genus since 43,000-45,000 BC when they were first called Neanderthals and discovered in the Molodova archaeological sites.  And Gravettian settlements were unearthed dating to 32,000 BC in the Buran-Kaya cave site of the Crimean Mountains.

 

 

It was part of the Khazar kingdom when time changed from BC to AD, the time of the birth and life of Jesus, and by 800 AD became Jewish.  Prior to that the Roman Emperor Constantine, a non-Christian, was convinced by his mother Helena to first issue the Edict of Milan in 313 AD granting religious tolerance to all religions.

 

 

Twelve years later there was the first ecumenical council, the Council of Nicea in 325 AD, when he ordered the adoption of the Nicene Creed which evolved into the universal creed of Christendom.  Thus Constantine embraced Christianity and became the first Holy Roman (Christian) emperor.  From that time on Christianity was also evolving in the Ukraine.

 

 

However, it took until the Great Moravia empire under the Grand Duke Vladimir the Great before the Ukraine formally embraced Christianity in 988 AD.  Like Emperor Constantine earlier Vladimir was influenced by a strong Christian female in the family, his grandmother, Princess Olga.

 

 

The Ukraine, like every country or kingdom in the world, was beset by war after war throughout the centuries, the rather odd consequence of the evolution of civilization in the western world.

 

 

So commonplace were wars that The New York Times reported in 2003 that in the prior 3,400 years humans have been entirely at peace for just 268 years, or just 8 percent of recorded history.  You can throw in the last 11 years since The New York Times article because wars continued (Iraq & Afghanistan).

 

 

In Europe alone which includes the Ukraine there have been 550 wars recorded throughout history.  Ironically during the most recent 20th century a staggering 76 wars were recorded, the most of any century in history.  Included were the largest, most expensive and most devastating wars ever including World War I, World War II, Korea and Vietnam wars, though neither Korea nor Vietnam count in the European total.

 

 

So nations like the Ukraine and most of Europe have been buried in a deluge of wars since recorded history began and as mankind matured and became more civilized the pace and terror of war increased proportionately.  What in the world does that tell you about the nature of mankind?

 

The Ukraine took the first step in actual independence, something they really haven't had since the Neanderthal age some 45,000 years ago.  They revolted and threw out the President Viktor Yanukovych accusing him of murdering civilians during the recent demonstrations and stealing billions of dollars from the nation.

 

 

In the meantime in Crimea thugs seized government buildings and today two airports and raised Russian flags.  Crimea has been pro-Russia ever since the Soviet Union quashed a Ukrainian revolt and brought on the great famine of 1921, leaving 1.5 million Ukrainians dead.

 

From then on the Soviets under Josef Stalin tried to liquidate opposition and to repopulate the country with Russians.  With the fall of the Soviet Empire in 1991 independence seemed to return to the nation but economic difficulties, foreign interference and competitive manipulation by Russia, the European Union and United States made it impossible.

 

 

The people of the Ukraine and Crimea have been forced together for so long and manipulated by so many that the Crimea favors strong ties to Russia and the Ukraine to Europe.  Perhaps in the end the two must become separate countries so they can align with the nations they desire.

 

 

My plea is for all competitors to stop this game of international chess and for the first time in about 45,000 years let the people of the Ukraine and Crimea decide for themselves how to structure and align their nation.

 

Hasn't our brand of western civilization ruined enough lives and nations over the centuries?  The people of the Ukraine and Crimea know what is best, what kind of government they want, and what kind of relationships they want with the rest of the world.  Give them the few billions of dollars of foreign aid they need and step back and let it happen.

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