"command on the world stage"   Politics as usual!!

Wow!! like the shovel ready jobs

BALI, Indonesia — After a nine-day trip through Asia in which he showed command on the world stage, President Barack Obama is headed back to debt-deadlocked Washington, where he'll confront fresh reminders of the limits of his power at home.

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I think maybe "showed command on the world stage" means "didn't do anything so stupid that we had to downplay it".

Also, why's this in "Science and Technology"?

Quote from: arpad on November 20, 2011, 06:22:03 AM
I think maybe "showed command on the world stage" means "didn't do anything so stupid that we had to downplay it".

Also, why's this in "Science and Technology"?

Sorry apad, I spaced out on the "showed command". I will work on that.

Quote from: arpad on November 20, 2011, 06:22:03 AM
I think maybe "showed command on the world stage" means "didn't do anything so stupid that we had to downplay it".

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SOOOOO True!!

Quote from: walkstall on November 20, 2011, 07:26:27 AM

Sorry apad, I spaced out on the "showed command". I will work on that.

Ah, got it. The "Science and Technology" forum is as close as CPF gets to a "Science Fiction" forum.