"U.S. President Barack Obama still plans to meet the Dalai Lama, the White House said on Tuesday, despite China warning that such a meeting would hurt ties between the world's biggest and third-biggest economies." Good for the president. It takes a lot of balls to give the middle finger to someone who basically owns all your debt. If he really wants to piss them off, he should totally bow.

Owns our debt? I have no idea (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/us/politics/02deficit.html?hp) what you're talking about.
When does he meet with Meher Baba?
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of Stuyvesant Town, and to the republic from which it rents, one mortgage under water, unsecuritizable, with penalty and interest foreborne.
wait. he'll meet with the dalai lama and not the heads of state of the EU? This is taking 'hope' to a new level.