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Pool / Reuters
A policeman drives down Yazahdani Road on the way to the President's Office before a meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Myanmar's President Thein Sein in Naypyitaw on Thursday.
NAYPYITAW, Myanmar – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton could be forgiven for believing she's visiting two different countries – one called Naypyitaw, the other Myanmar.
Naypyitaw is the new capital of Myanmar, the country formerly known as Burma. It’s been built from scratch in the middle of nowhere. It's still a work in progress, it was only designated as the administrative capital in 2005, and until recently was largely off-limits to foreigners.
It’s a sprawling, surreal place with so few people that its eight-lane highways are almost deserted – a somewhat shocking site in this congested part of the world.
For several miles down one stretch, I saw just three motorcycles and a truck transporting a group of workers who had been tending the landscaped gardens on either side of the road.
Despite the apparent lack of people, Naypyitaw does have plenty of monstrous government buildings and villas, and several hotels and an international airport are under construction.
"Where's downtown?" I asked a Myanmar journalist. "I keep asking them that," he replied, “But nobody seems to know."
For many, Naypyitaw is a symbol of military ego, a metaphor for the former junta's isolation from the world – and its own people.
Pool / Reuters
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets with Myanmar's President Thein Sein at the President's Office in Naypyitaw Thursday.
Myanmar's new president, Thein Sein, a former army officer, is reportedly a modest man. But there's little modesty about his sprawling palace, where he and other officials from the new and nominally civilian government received Clinton in an ornate reception room. It was so new you could almost smell the paint.
The police made a big show of stopping what little traffic there was to make way for the Clinton cavalcade as it crisscrossed the city.
There was never any danger of congestion.
Myanmar has been so secretive that it's not clear precisely when work began on the city, nor how much it cost. It is lavish by any standards, but almost obscenely so against the backdrop of the enormous poverty elsewhere in the country.
It's hard to say where the money came from – but the military had its finger in many business pies, of various degrees of legitimacy. China has also been a big benefactor.
The government justified the move by saying Yangon was too crowded, and that Naypyitaw was chosen because it is smack in the middle of the country. Though one bizarre explanation was that former military strongman Than Shwe was shaken by an astrologer's warning that an American attack was imminent and Yangon was too exposed. Cynics suggested he was afraid of his own people as well.
The real Myanmar
Clinton flew late in the afternoon Thursday to the country’s old capital, Yangon, the city also known as Rangoon, seemingly a world away. Yangon, 200 miles from Naypyitaw, is a city of stunning pagodas and dilapidated, colonial-era buildings, including the run-down lakeside residence of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
Saul Loeb / Pool via AP
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pours water over a Buddhist statue, as she tours the Shwedegon Pagoda, a Buddhist temple founded between the 6th and 10th centuries AD, in Yangon, Myanmar, Thursday.
It’s a real city, with real people and a real soul. And for the most part, its residents are giving the benefit of the doubt to the reforms coming from Naypyitaw.
Clinton met Suu Kyi for a private dinner Thursday evening, the meeting itself a remarkable sign of change.
Many are still skeptical about the government's intentions – although Suu Kyi isn't among them.
She was expected to tell Clinton she thinks President Thein Sein is sincere in wanting change, that he truly believes it is the best way forward for the country.
Suu Kyi will likely test the reforms by standing for a vacant parliamentary seat early next year.
It is an unusually positive response to the government’s claims of reform – she’s been persecuted for years by the regime for her pursuit of democracy, spending 15 of the last 21 years under house arrest.
Thursday evening was the first time the two have met, and Clinton, while welcoming the reforms, is taking a more cautious public line.
Pool / Pool via Reuters
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tours the Shwedegon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar Thursday.
That, after all, is her job.
Though it’s my guess that she'll be enchanted both by Suu Kyi and Yangon – a good deal more so than the sterile meeting rooms of Naypyitaw.
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Here is one governmental official who knows what she is doing.
Yeah, right! LOL
Yea, she ought to stay there and not come back.
Looks like she's getting quite old. Hopefully we won't have too much of her anymore.
Another 3rd world cesspool we have play nice nice with.
Hilary Clinton is one of the most effective Secretary of State's that we've had in a long time.
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Nice pant suit!
Hilary: 2016.
Yes, please go for Hilary Clinton. This way all the women in America learn that it's a good thing for their husbands to cheat on them. That way i won't feel so bad when I cheat on my wife.
Yes Hilary Clinton has been a great Secretary of State. I admire her greatly. And I'd like to say thank you to her for doing all she has done.
it's sickening how blindly gushing some brainwashed liberals are.
How is Hillary effective? She has done nothing. Read the article. What did she do other than have dinner? The only thing she has done, was fail to get Iraq to let our troops stay so that we could have a measured withdraw.
There are no brainwashed conservatives or brainwashed libertarians or anything. Brainwash is a phenomenon that only occurs on the liberal side of the spectrum, right "madening"?
@ stop - really?! You guys should talk! Bahaha!!!
She's a real pig!!!
The nativity of some posters is breath-taking international relationships is the reason the US is the power it is, with out these relationships there would be no international trade, no one to buy US goods. I feel some comments are fueled merely by which political party she belongs to rather than the job she is doing. Have some respect regardless of political leanings and act like grown adults. !
Some even think the Secretary of State goes on a great big vacation. The media isn't showing governmental high level strategic meetings and the political and cultural mine field she must maneuver through-out these meetings.
I may not like the political party some individuals represent but in the end when overseas they are representing the United States of America and THAT is what counts if you are proud of this nation.
Gravy B, you've had toooooooo much GRAVY
I actually like Hillary because when interviewed she always spills the beans. So she doesn't carefully guard her every word like Obama does which is very disturbing. As a SEC of State she has pretty much remained out of sight and gets high reviews for doing so. Let's fact it or task was to get ME peace between Israel and Palestine and that never happened. How about Iran giving up their nuclear desires? Nope, failed on that too. N. Korea? Nope, nothing there either. BTW, when she asked to have a meeting with the protesters after ousting Mubarak, they denied her that meeting.
Liberals are easy. It is always about feelings and not about substance.
chris-2252558
What is wrong with you? Lead paint? Powerlines?......Morality is a private and expensive luxury....
theboys
LOLZ.....As if the republicans did better....ohh...wait they use fairy tales, mass hysteria, and generated 7 trillion of our deficit based on nothing (WMD's)....not to mention people died over it.....Did you eat lead paint as a child too? Very poor and uninformed comment.
Herp derp Clinton bad, _________— (fill in blank with any Republican) good.
We should totally blame her for not going over there and slapping the President in the face followed by a full military invasion by Obama.
/rolls eyes
Honestly what did you expect this visit to be like?
How much is it really costing to have Clinton swanning about on behalf of the corporation and achieving absolutely nothing for Americans.
Is Hillary related to Bill? I know they're both from the south... uncanny resemblance...
MOT from down under
I find your comment petty and beneath any response.....not to mention dumb
Like the rest of us she is trying to figure out how to get Barrack out of iur oval office
i see she wearing a light blue pant suit...i guess a darker blue would have made her look almost cigarable.....
Hillary is a very nasty person, useless to all americans and a big part of our problem....
@UnitedStates, I disagree. I'm a bleeding heart liberal (and proud of it) and I think Hillary is doing a great job. But I also think Condi Rice and Colin Powell did great jobs too. I wasn't a fan of Madeleine Albright. But generally, I think the Secretary of State is one of the few Cabinet-level positions that truly transcends political partisanship.
Krestov . . . . Thank you for adding intelligence to a sorted blog.
I'm glad the 8 years of GOP secretaries of state managed to get us out Iraq, Afghanistan, stop Iran, Syrian, Pakistani, and N.Korean nuclear proliferation, and get us into trade treaties and debt to sink us for decades. Yeah Bush's foreign policy and diplomacy were spot on, and his mouth pieces, the Secs of State did a knock out job.
Looks like her toe nails are bleeding............Hope she don't have stinky feet........
Nothing personal Hillary........
I wonder if they will go through her luggage to see what she coped while visiting? or don't they know about the Clintons.
krestow - obviously your idea <definition> of "international relations" has to be very broadly based as diplomacy <international relations> by itself is hardly the main reason for why we became a world power.
I guess for the purposes of a blog you have oversimplified a complex chain of international and domestic events that the US has been dragged into since the beginning of the 20th century. The 20th century may have been Americas, but the 21st century may very well belong to the BRIC countries if for no other reason than population and their desire to achieve.
As a Conservative (not necessarily a Republican), I have reflected back on the administration of Bill Clinton (the Billary Administration). Compared to the empty suit we have currently in the White House whose wife is biding for beating out Marie Antoinette in the arrogance "eat cake" attitude while enjoying luxuries in our face, I must say the Billary administration was a lot better than I gave them credit for at the time.
It all just goes to show you that everything is relative. The Obama record after nearly three years in office:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnnyshop/6196456311/sizes/o/in/photostream/
Change we can no longer believe in...or survive.
NOBAMA 2012!
MOT from down under...YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING, RIGHT??? What rock have you been living under??? She is Bill's wife, crimenently! I know you live in a foreign country, but Bill was the POTUS for 8 freakin' years and she was the first lady the whole time! Can anyone REALLY be this stupid????
Once again i'm scared of what our future holds. You people are scary. I'm not wasting any more time on these senseless comments based off of fear, hatred, racism and just good old fashion American idiocy. I love America and the World.
Not restoring all the Hillary trolling. Adds nothing to the discussion.
10tacle...I just love the link you attached. It's like pushing someone out of a plane and blaming the ground on their death. "He was alive when I pushed him out of the plane. You guys seem to forget that everything was tanking on Jan 20, 2009. The economy doesn't turn on a dime no matter who is president and as we have learned the situation was much worse than it even appeared back then. And of course since then the repubs have been very cooperative in trying to help make things better. All they wanted was to continue to do more of what got us into the mess were in. My only problem with Obama is that he didn't stick to his guns and compromised (even though it didn't get him anything) with the repubs and weakend every program that did get enacted. Remember everytime you complain about the stimulus plan 30% of it was tax cuts.
Take over all 3 branches of the government in 2012 and do what you want Obama to do now and by 2014 we will be in a depression.
Nine-lane highway? China, stop it!
Thier freeways are nicer than ours! Im jealous!!
So lean, so mean, so neat! I want to get in a camaro and just rip that sh*t!!
MDSJ:
The people can barley afford food under this regime....
Your Jealous of that????
Looks like a great road to test out my new Dagger GT :-) www.dagger.gtr-xs.com
Road to nowhere, purely symbolic.
Give MDSJ a break Observer. He probably just left an OWS rally where he was speaking on how much better it would be to live in Cuba than America. Really, I'm sure MDSJ was probably just looking at the road wishing ours didn't have tank traps, but like you said we eat 20x a day what people in this part of the world can afford. It makes one wonder about a lot of things when it comes to their government.
I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it . . .
I've been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard . . .
And I've been through the dessert on a horse w/ no name...
they will never stop not until they are hitting our shores!!!!!
the only time they are going to stop is when they are driving right up on our shores!!
I find it very sad that so many ill-informed and uneducated answers follow this article. If you have to put someone down, then you obviously are uneducated or ill-informed yourself. Those that simply slam one side or another are completely useless, and deserve nothing but to be deleted. I tried to reply to an extremist slamming bush and the like (he made up some word liking it to republicans) and this site bumped me. Please learn all about what is going on, and never accept what somebody or some site tells you. WE ARE AMERICANS!!! I fought for this country, not the government!!! GOD BLESS THE USA!!!!
Reminds me of North Korea all those nice big multilane highways and nobody owns a car.
WOW. Hahahaha. This "city" is OBVIOUSLY not the result of a Democratic vote by the country's citizens to build it. What a fabulous GhostTown. If the GOP had their way in the USA all the time, our country would look like THIS in many spots. Remember the HUGE airport that nobody flies into nor out of? Military bases and prisons in the middle of NoWhere? Roads and bridges crossing over Humongoid Caverns in the Middle Of NoWheresVille?
It is to laugh. Reminds me of the Talking Heads song , I'm on a Road To NoWhere... la la Dee Dahhh..
D buck - but they do own a lot of military transport. Our own interstate highway system didn't come about solely for commerce.
What is it about dictators and huge roads? It just emphasizes their system's failure to deliver ANYTHING to the population.
Pnut, yeahr... reminds me of The Wizard Of Oz... and ... somebody else, can't quite remember the name... Oogah... Boo... gah, or I forgot the name...
Why does the statue standing behind the one Hillary is pouring something over look so much like George W. Bush?
it kinda does
I think it looks a lot like Laura Bush. Eerie
i think it was a training kit from bush and cheney...you got'a learn how to water board over sea these days...
You know what I love? I love that AFTER Obama easily beats that decrepit and despicable Newt Gingrich in 2012, that Hillary can and will run and will EASILY WIN in 2016 and probably again in 2020.
You tea baggin weasles and republitards better get used to singing the blues. Go cling to your guns, build your Armageddon food bank and wait for the 'end of days'.
The rest of us are progressing without you. The economy will be improved by the 2012 elections.
BTW, The rest of the REAL world likes BOTH CLINTONS immensely. Bill still draws 'rockstar' crowds globally and Hillary is rockin the job she's really good at.
Why is the 'right' so misinformed on the REAL issues and circumstances?
Such a nice looking lib you are! So very very deceived!
We need to send them some statues of Obama so they can do an update.
Seemed like a rather placid article. Not sure what got Beau so fired up. Are you being drafted to go kill vietnamese children or is someone preventing you from using a white restroom?
Dear Beau Bennett #3.4 You sound like the typical wack-o from OWS. I'll bet you're watching Rachel Mad Cow right now. The article was abot a highway, I think.
Beau Bennett,
Your are well in to happy hour aren't you...just admit it! I am sorry you are so partisan and blind. These so called leaders in both parties have no clue how to balance a check book let alone run a country. Read the news it will not take two years for the economic "end of days". It is already here with very little time to save the country from global economic ruin.
You seem too intelligent to believe the "all is well line" you are spouting so you must be impaired by drugs or alcohol.
Beu Bennet,
Are you delusional or have you been missing the last three years of a inept government that has asked forgiveness of Iran for our human rights abuses, borrowed us into oblivion, and a president that has not kept one promise he made, is trying to take more of our rights away right now (he has a bill giving him the right to arrest any American even on our own soil without due process. The Democrats are blind, they are following the footprints of Europe and look where that has gotten them. The best thing you could do is join any party but the democratic party, because they have not produced anything they promised (and do not blame this on the Republicans, the Democrats had total power for two years and now we are in a worse mess then before. Bush was bad, but Obama is turning out to make him look like a saint.
@ Tbenton
So you are basing your views of Europe strictly on the Financial crises' happening in Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal and Ireland? What else do you know about Europe and the European Union? Has it occurred to you that there are some countries, even despite the aforementioned countries, that are still quite strong? So those the few countries (mentioned above) financial irresponsibility, automatically makes the 27 union party a bad way? Wow, I love your global perspectives mate! Your opinions are truly enlightening. (hope you are intelligent enough to hear the sarcasm in my voice.....)
Everyone who says the OWS movement is democrat is not listening. Both sides are, in fact, one massive private interest side. It's true that we tend to agree more with the left than the right, but we are aware of the corruption and immorality of All our federal representatives, including President Obama. He is too manipulated by money.
Pfft..the republitards don't have a clue because they get their "news" from Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly who also have no clue. Fox News watchers have been dumbed down so they will remain in the dark as their dear right-wing-one-hair-away-from-faschist-party can run this country into the ground, meanwhile blaming the mess their party created in the first place on the man who stepped up to the plate during a very dark time and had the courage to take the reins.
ill have to check this out!!
Who knew that an article about an empty capital could turn into a debate about who is wrong, democrats of republicans? Its amazing what people can find to start fights over......but since we are here...
Courage? Really? If Obama has so much courage, why did he spend SOO much of his term as president going on vacations? He was NOT playing president more often than he was playing president and he still managed to put us into an even worse budget crisis than before he was here.....For awhile there, the government he is SUPPOSED to be leading was debating if they could pay the military of this country. Who do you think protects the rights of the government to make such idiotic decisions? hmmmmm...lets stop paying the people who protect us and let them keep their guns.....smart thinking.....and you can say "oh but it wasnt the PRESIDENT who couldnt decide"....our government reflects our LEADERSHIP, which I can say is very lacking at this point in time. Obama is not our savior in dark days.....he is just the idiot that ruined our healthcare and put us farther into debt.
Beau "Go cling to your guns, build your Armageddon food bank and wait for the 'end of days'."
That's what we will ALL be doing if Obama is elected again. We can't afford four more years of failure!
As a Senator I couldn't stand Hillary Clinton, but in this role, she does very well.
She would do even better to just stay there!
As a taxpayer I couldn't stand her either. She does this job well, she stays out of the United States most of the time.
She would have been a better choice than Mr. O....you dems made a big mistake in 2008!
And exactly how do you know that? Did you see into the future with your Crystal Ball (or your Crystal Meth?). Stop making ridiculous statements.
She certainly couldn't have done any more damage than the big "O" has.
If Hillary were president instead of Obama, the GOP would be in more shreds than they are now. She wouldnt be taking this crap coming from these extremists! And she's have her husband as her best political adviser, privately of course! This is one woman who wont be steamrolled! We need more like her!
Creedmore, we heard you the first time think of something smart to say or don't bother to post.
She didn't steal enough money in Whitewater to out-spend Mr. Obama. President Obama made more money in his insider dealings then the Clintons did and got out of it saying he didn't know he had money invested in those markets he was supporting as a Senator.
You southpaws need to convince Obama (make him an offer he cannot refuse) to do an LBJ and not seek his party's nomination. That would pave the way for Hillary Clinton to be nominated and all your dreams can then come true....Peace and Love.....BFF, OMG, WTF...OWS.
Dave; that was great.
Thanks Bob, .....it's entirely plausible.
She's been paving her own roadway.
That reminds me of the photo op of obammy signing his first bill. He said "yea, I'm a leftie, get used to it." Man!!! He wasnt kidding.
Make as many friends as you can...
Hillary is a strong intelligent lady. I like her new hairstyle.
Yup, she is so strong that see stayed with an husband that cheated on her. Plus, Rice was way better.
Now now! We all know that that's just a rumor Muammar Gaddafi started!
@ Chris - I bet you support Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich!
After the latest comments and past from either( Cain/Newt), no vote from me.
Hillary Clinton would get my vote over any other POTUS candidate, and she did get my support during her 2008 bid for office. I wish she could run for 2012, but I'm satisfied with the likelihood that she'll run in 2016. I have all the respect in the world for Secretary of State Clinton as a political figure, a woman and a mother. She serves her country well and, I believe, would make one Hell of a U.S. President. Hillary in 2016!!! YOU GO, GIRL!
After seeing the stupidity on display at the Republican Debates, Obama has my vote. Better to vote for a democrat that acts like a republican half the time, than a full time Fascist Republican thug!!!
frank you do realize both party's are full of stupidity
its time to vote for a independent
I'm just trying to figure out who will screw up the least. Obama's already spent more in 3 yrs than bush did in 8.
She's doing her best, I don't like her much either, but, you can't "put her down" for trying.
I wish I was calling her President!~
@superx, Yes, we need a president that has no backbone. She couldn't leave her own husband that had cheated on her, while he was in office. All she shows is weakness, and you want to call her president?
chris2252558 - She could have done anything she wanted ...she wanted a political future and she knew the key to that was her husband, Bill. I'm sure they barely see each other, let alone have any kind of relationship. He goes his way, she goes hers. Happens all the time! Too bad she didn't get the nomination because she would have kicked these GOP idiots in the a$$!
Chris I do your girl friend and you still see her! You must not have any spine!
Silly Squid!
You thought that was a GIRL Chris was pokin around with?!
Chris did Laura Bush leave George when he was screwing Condi? aura was secretly not staying at the whitehouse for a time. Check it out.....
COOL I wanna go.
The article said its a eight lane highway...one way that is..the other way has eight lanes too..total for a 16 lane highway with only three vehicles on it (unreal).
I counted nine lines on both sides, for 18 lanes total, plus curbside parking lanes on both sides. Man, these people sure know how to waste money. By comparison, Myanmar makes the U.S. Federal government look miserly.
And in three years it will be gravel and potholes.
I thoughr it was downtown Pyongyang when I first saw the picture.
Has she given them any US Taxpayers money..? YET..!
No but McCain wants to start a war with them!
OMG, it's scary ...when I can agree with both of you....BTW, I think Hillary may have to change her name soon to Harley...She's getting a serious case of the "Wide Glide".....pretty soon they'll be able to tattoo a panoramic view of the NYC skykine across her butt......lifesize ....as for McLame, they can already tattoo a globe on that overly inflated,bald head.......just sayin'
So where is all the money coming from to fund this capitol city expansion. Opium poppy, maybe?
Or the billions that China and other countries have invested into their natural resources....
That and contraband rubies.
Hopefully the Secretary of State's visit, whatever its ultimately cynical purpose of opening Burma to American business and thus thwarting Chinese economic influence there, will lead to the downfall of this kleptocracy.
how much foreign aid do they need? they are next door to pakistan, arent they?
They're not, idiot.
George: they are sandwiched between China, Laos, Thailand and India. Pakistan is on the other side of India and down.
Do a quick Google search of a world map before you start plastering your stupid comments all over these forums. Perhaps a trip back in time to elementary geography would help you out! LOL. I would agree with Marc-3844994's comment in calling you an IDIOT!
schellib/marc
He asked a question. Didn't make a statement. Perhaps you should go back to elementary school and learn the difference.
To call someone an idiot over that? Bitter, and spiteful much?
To call someone a name like idiot? Perhaps you are in elementary school or perhaps just childish.
@ Andrew Wolf
Firstly you have just proven yourself to be in the same boat as the original posting. This is shown through your lack of basic quotation in the English language....do you know what a comma is used for? Obviously not....george-2353363 says "they are next door to pakistan, arent they?", because of the comma he is STATING that Burma is indeed next door to Pakistan. Secondly by stating "aren't they?" he is asking people to prove him wrong if the original statement he made was indeed false. So that is what happened, correct? (same grammar used as above, can you comprehend this?)
Nice work mate, you seem to be right on par with george-2353363
@schellib39
People that try and show how much better their grammar is on these forums only show themselves to be a jerk. You came off way worse than the guy that didn't know where Myanmar or Pakistan are.
@Shellib39: I hope like hell you aren't an actual English teacher. If you are, I hope like hell you aren't teaching anywhere that my kids will ever go to school.
Looks like taxing drugs is a very profitable business. It is about time the US did the same thing.
I see the uniformed and lacking basic inteligence are out in mass again!
///
Wow - did YOU just prove it!!!
I, for one, am NOT wearing a uniform and my intelligence comes with two "l"s.
Not to mention the poor spellers - uniformed? Who is wearing a uniform?
Where is Hillary's shoe's??
Why is she out en masse wearing a uniform, lacking in the basics?
She is not wearing shoes out of respect because she is in a pagoda complex....kind of like covering your head if you're in a Catholic Church complex (or at least in days gone by, I understand that is no longer required, but still...same principle).
@ MOT from down under and Tarzan7
The both of you are proper idiots! Get a clue in life. Have you ever heard of Buddhism? Guessing not based on your foolish comments. Some people never fail to impress me with the ignorance constantly flowing from their mouths. You both were trying to be funny, instead your true lack of intelligence really shows. IDIOTS!
Schellib? Did you just learn that word? Idiots. Well good for you. Your parents must be proud of their little boy.
Thank God for Hillary. Saw the Crap Plane she flys in. Bunk bed. Let any of you try to do the job. She is a hero!
So much of an hero that she just taught every women in America that it's alright that their husbands have an affair, has long as its in the Oval Office.
So much of an hero that she just taught every women in America that it's alright that their husbands have an affair, has long as its in the Oval Office.
Women all over the world forgive their husband's transgressions. It has nothing to do with his occupation. Hillary Clinton is much more than the wife of a cheating husband. She got over it. So should you.
May be she loves her husband and he still loves her such is the power of love, something you probably don't have.
Hmmmmm. Never thought of it that way.
So getting a BJ from the interns at the office is ok?
Wife cannot complain?
Hmmmmmmm...
Hmmmmmmmm...
Sounds like utopia (or is that Islam?) to me!
I'm sure she complained. Big difference between complaining and leaving. I cheated on my wife once, twice even and she forgave me and we're STILL together. It's called LOVE. All of you dissing Mrs. Clinton because she didn't leave Bill are throwing stones out of your glass houses. Be careful one doesn't hit your house and break it!
Should be I cheated on my wife twice, should never had said once.
At least the Burmese government didn't pepper spray Suu Kyi . I think Clinton needs to worry about human rights at home more!
Don't know what her title is aye? Maybe Newt can come over and clean my street because it's dirty!
Secretary Hillary Clinton is a very bright, talented, and well-respected public servant. She performs an overwhelmingly excellent job as US Secretary of State!
Double yawn. Are you her press secretary?
She's a pig!!
Gravy B, you've had toooooooo much GRAVY
Thanks leo, funniest thing I've heard all day.
@ Gravy B.
Probably no worse than yourself, when was the last time you have looked in the mirror?
We better get that pipeline deal with Canada done before they start selling their oil to Asia.
That is a 20 lane highway with no one on it........... yet.
Don't worry...
These people cannot even afford food let alone a vehicle.
A hero?? What does she want a medal or a chest to pin it on? Hero, for crhissake get off her leg,she is not in charge of increasing your welfare benifits so all your fawning is a waste of energy.
What's the matter, she didn't shop at Wal-Mart so you were laid off as stock-boy?
wow golliegee---that was sure a sharp come-back....how long has it been since you've been in public really? A chest to pin it on? That was dumb back in the 70's, much more so now. Anyone can buy a chest these days.
I like Hillary in this role too. I also think if you see the photos and read the article Caterpillar, John Deere, and GE are going to start having another place to make huge profits. That's what this is all about getting other countries to invest in American business's around the world. This wasn't supposed to be the President's job and that's why he called American business people lazy because he now is making the case to invest in America instead of the companies doing it themselves. Watch China start talking about how they dislike this idea of America moving in on there territory again.
Hillary is on top of her game...but Suu Kyi is just really hot.
In spite of what you Hillary-Hating Republican idiots think, she has done an excellent job as Secretary of State. Makes ole Condyloma...oops...Condoleezza Rice look pretty pathetic in comparison...and she was! Of course look at the idiot in charge who was her boss. Worthess birds of a feather flock together. (Helps explain the current GOP presidential candidate pool)
What has Hillary done so far?
she water boarded a statue...she may be turning into a republican...
I have voted Democtate since 1961, first for JFK, and voting in every election for govenors, Mayors, you name it. And I would have voted for Hillary had she run. But, never again for a demo-rat. You had to come up with junk and make him president. Oh, I didn't vote for idiot McCain either. Mr. "I know how to win wars". Yeah, right. (P.S., I did vote, thought).
Nope, it's still known as Burma. Only the suckup press refers to it as Myanmar.
You're an idiot. The locals over there call it Myanmar themselves. I've been there. Unlike you, obviously.
How did you get in? Myanmar is a closed society.
Says who? Lots of people visit there.
Yeah, well, in English, it's going to be Burma, capital, Rangoon.
And why would that be, Hunter? Is it because we English speakers are too stupid to pronounce and spell big scary words like Myanmar and Yangon? Because Yangon is sooo much more difficult than Rangoon! Or is it just because we're a-holes? "Shut up, stupid foreigners! Your name is what WE say it is!"
Personally, I can pronounce and spell Myanmar and Yangon just fine, and I bet I'm not alone in the English-speaking world.
Remember your attitude on the day that the Chinese decide to rename Washington "Hua-xiang-tan."
LOL!!!! Priceless....
@ UDunnoBro and JohnnyOnTheSpot-3794903
The two of you are perfect examples of why the world looks at Americans as being ignorant. Here is a bit of advice: KEEP YOUR MOUTHS SHUT AND DON'T SPEAK IN PUBLIC ABOUT SOMETHING YOU HAVE NO CLUE ABOUT!!! MORONS!!!!!!
I was just in Myanmar in February and it is as simple as a $25 visa for a 28 day visa. Need a passport, couple passport pics, must present an itinerary and return tickets out of the country within the 28 days. Simple as that, anyone can go there. But JohnnyOnTheSpot-3794903 guessing someone such as yourself does not even have a passport. Perhaps you should get one either, people like you should not be able to leave America and embarrass the rest of us.
Hey look everyone Schellib learned another new word. Morons. First it was idiots, now morons. Keep up the good work.
@ Andrew Wolf
Cheers!!!