Change You Can Believe in: Also in Asia

Now in China, President Obama appeared at what The New York Times labeled a "stage-managed and restricted access" town hall meeting in Shanghai. According to The New York Times, Obama offered:

"a nuanced, oblique critique of China’s rigid controls and restrictions of the Internet and free speech without mentioning, let alone condemning, China’s government."

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/world/asia/19assess.html?_r=1&hp

That's telling it like it is.

Meanwhile, we are informed:

- President Obama is "nearing a decision" concerning Afghanistan.
- Guantánamo won’t be closed by January, as promised by Obama.
- Iran won't send its enriched uranium abroad pursuant to a deal negotiated with the Obama administration.
- One million laid-off workers will lose their unemployment benefits in January.
- U.S. home building unexpectedly dipped in October.

And the good news . . . ?