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10
Nov

Tifatul Sembiring and Michelle Obama Handshake’s Controversy

Menkominfo (Indonesia’s Communication and Information Minister) Tifatul Sembiring handshake with the US First Lady Michelle Obama would not have created controversies had Tifatul Sembiring not made unnecessary remarks in his Twitter page which he indicated that he shaked Michelle’s hand “by accident” or “forced”.

He said in his tweet as quoted by Kompas.com

“Sdh ditahan 2 tangan, eh Bu Michele-nya nyodorin tangannya maju banget…kena deh. (“I tried to prevent [being touched] with my hands but Mrs. Michelle held her hands too far toward me [so] we touched)

It’s Tifatul’s tweets that create furore not only among Indonesian media, but also in International media, particularly in the US.

The reason is obvious: Tifatul is not honest when he said “by accident” because video footage told us otherwise. It’s him who was smilingly and gladfully come forward to Michelle Obama.

Men-women’s handshake is not a big sin even among the most conservative opinion among Muslim jurists. Inconsistency and hypocrisy are. I think that what went wrong with Mr Sembiring.

People universally like an honest sinner a lot more than the insincere piety.

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10
Nov

Barack Obama Speech Transcript Universitas Indonesia

The following is the full transcript of President Barack Obama speech in Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia. Speech delivered on November 10, 2010

Thank you for this wonderful welcome. Thank you to the people of Jakarta. And thank you to the people of Indonesia.I am so glad that I made it to Indonesia, and that Michelle was able to join me. We had a couple of false starts this year, but I was determined to visit a country that has meant so much to me. Unfortunately, it’s a fairly quick visit, but I look forward to coming back a year from now, when Indonesia hosts the East Asia Summit.
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22
Mar

Barack Obama Speech in Congress On Health Care

obama speech on health careBelow is the full text of Obama’s speech in Congress (20/03) in the eve of healthcare bill vote to persuade those who are still against it. Some of them from the Democrats themselves. If it passes, it’ll be the turning point in US history as far as American downtrodden wellbeing people are concerned.

Obama, who postponed a trip to Indonesia for twice to deal with any last-minute problems, gave more than 50 speeches around the country to push for healthcare changes that he said were more than 100 years overdue and were badly needed now, LAT reports, .
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THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, everybody. Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. Everybody, please have a seat.
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19
Mar

Obama Delays Indonesia Trip Until June

Obama delays yet again his planned state visit to Indonesia. He’ll be coming on June instead, says his spokesman, Robert Gibb:

US President Barack Obama Thursday dramatically postponed his trip to Indonesia and Australia until June, as he wages a vote-by-vote struggle to drive his health reform bill through Congress.

The move, which will delay Obama’s effort to intensify US engagement with the dynamic Asia Pacific region, was enforced by the need to woo wavering Democratic lawmakers with a knife edge-vote on the plan expected on Sunday.

..”The stakes are now very high for following through with the trip in June.”

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