I guess if you have used your skill to diss the IRS you've earned a telepromter. Sanction free speech? Dude, you're gansta enough for the White House.
Among the areas likely to be scrutinized in the vetting process are Mr. Freeman's position on the international advisory board of the China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC). The Chinese government and other state-owned companies own a majority stake in the concern, which has invested in Sudan and other countries sometimes at odds with the United States, including Iran.
Mr. Freeman's connection to CNOOC could oblige him to recuse himself from some matters regarding China as well as Myanmar. In October 2007, CNOOC's chief financial officer publicly refused to divest from that country a month after army soldiers opened fire on a crowd protesting the ruling junta, suggesting instead that CNOOC would increase its investments.
... referring to a 2006 e-mail attributed to Mr. Freeman saying China was justified in cracking down on students protesting at Tiananmen Square in 1989 and should have acted sooner to suppress the civil disobedience.
Mr. Freeman, his characterization in an April 25 speech to the National War College Alumni Association that described Tibetan protests last year as a "race riot." Mr. Freeman did not respond to requests for comment.
Obama's nothing but a figurehead marching in lockstep to foreign interests invested in the deconstruction of the US economy and infrastructure. The Obamaniac cult has no interest in transparency or explaining their actions to a population whom they consider inferior, but they'll readily accept foreign sanctions in exchange for allowing the ChiComs access to our off shore drilling as long as it keeps them in power.
