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Barack Obama recently completed his first hundred days in office and already there are some people who have described his policies as arrogant and dangerous. Obama has not been up to the mark in a few areas. Obama has set a poor example to other leaders by jetting here and there over long distances in the short time he took office and so, he is not doing much for the fight against global warming despite all the hot rhetoric. He has tried to escalate the war in another country far away from home. A war initiated by his warmongering predecessor. The safety of innocent civilians there apparently does not concern him much. He has waxed lyrically about the need for auto makers in the US to adapt to change, yet he has no solid plans at all for them, apart from removing their bosses. The companies are still churning out cars largely unwanted by the public. Obama should now pay attention to some urgent matters to avoid people continuing to brand his policies arrogant and dangerous. These below are some of the things that Obama need to think about. 1)Stop coddling the big corporations of America and their backers. No need to provide them with buckets of bail-out money. Otherwise the future generations of Americans will end up shouldering massive burdens. Go back to the small-time businessman, entrepreneur, and the others who form the backbone of American society, not the big wheeler-dealers. 2)Urge the American public to stay more at home. No need to travel outside American borders. The fondness to go abroad contributes a lot to such problems as global warming, pollution, cross-border crime, drug smuggling and the spread of dangerous diseases. 3)Discourage American citizens from taking very young children or even babies away from their place of birth. The actions by people like Madonna are very irresponsible and portray a wrong picture of a nation like America as a land full of child traffickers. 4)Stop imposing the American culture, lifestyle or habits on the rest of the world. American fast food and fads like consumption of prodigious amounts of carbonated soft drinks have caused problems like obesity, diabetes and arterial sclerosis to rise greatly in other societies. American films and videos have also polluted the minds of highly impressionable young people eleswhere. They think that American grass is way greener when it is really not so. 5)Stop supporting auto companies like GM and Chrysler. Their dated products foul the air and encourage addiction to gasoline. Support the new companies that propose to bring electric vehicles to the masses. 6)Don't set a bad example to others. Stop flying to here and there. Today, the world has the technology to do video conferencing, so meetings could be held using this technology, no need to fly here and there. This way, unwanted street unrests could also be avoided. 7)Put more efforts to combat human trafficking including those in developed countries. The Western media ought to stop portraying Western nations as utopia on earth. Many people have lost their lives trying to cross the seas or oceans because they were misled into believing that they could have wonderful lives in the West.

Also, other countries used the human traffickers to provide them with cheap and expendable labour. 8)Help the UN to encourage all countries to practise good animal husbandry techniques especially in farms that supply meat. It is important to encourage animal farms to rotate their cages, pens or coops regularly so that thorough cleaning of all these areas could take place and also to set up proper waste disposal plants for the farms. In at least one country, a proposal to set up a ultra modern integrated pig farm using German technology and with private funding was severly denounced by local politicians. This kind of action should be noted by people like Obama and the UN. 9)The US should help the world to combat diseases by spelling out clear guidelines for maintaining cleanliness. Taps in public areas and on board all planes should always be washed with BOTH liquid soap products and disinfectants. General purpose disinfectants should be exempted from any kind of tax and its use encouraged. 10)Stop dividing the world into opposing camps. The decadent relic left over from the days of the Cold War, NATO, is actually growing in size, with the additions of Croatia and Albania this year, and France, a country known for its hypcritical views becoming a full member. NATO is a threat to peace and security in Europe and its existence is a throwback to the old days of mutual confrontation. 11)Take another look at the so-called war on terror. Efforts to keep up this false war has incurred numerous civilian casualties and caused huge economic losses to countries such as Iraq and Afghanistan and Pakistan. There have been no new cases of attacks on US soil since 2001 and there is no need to provide any wouldbe attacker with fresh excuses to conduct new attacks. The unrest in Kabul and elsewhere should only be handled by their respective governments and not Western armies. 12)Make a firm commitment to bring a lasting peace to the Korean peninsula. Stop provoking the North Koreans despite the fact that they are now extremely vulnerable. Deal with them strictly on a basis of mutual respect & a desire to achieve reconciliation and friendship that would be beneficial to all. 13)Have a tighter control over the US military. The military has never being under full authority of the government in Washington since the days after WW2. This has been most apparent in the case of the US Pacific Fleet. The recklessness of its command setup in charge of everyday matters is a concern to those who want to see peace and security in the Pacifc. This recklessness is a reason why other countries must always be wary of the Pacific Fleet. 14)Tackle crime comprehensively, especially transnational crime. In our world of today victims of crime deserve a break. 15)Avoid the use of force or violence or threats to solve problems. Many people today live in violent societies that are no doubt the products of politicians who tried to emulate the Western way of using force to solve problems. Obama must do more and try harder & not just being merely good at the rhetorics. Otherwise the claims of his detractors that he is arrogant and dangerous might in the end be proven all too true.