No 'special relationship' between Britain and US: MPs
"'The UK must continue to position itself closely alongside the US but there is a need to be less deferential and more willing to say no where our interests diverge,' the committee chairman, Labour's Mike Gapes, said, summing up the report.
He added that the phrase 'special relationship' -- first coined by Winston Churchill in 1946, the year after World War II -- was 'potentially misleading, and we recommend that its use should be avoided'."
The world will truly love us when Obama is president....right?
Sunday, March 28, 2010
The Empire Strikes Back
Power Line - The Empire Strikes Back
"Good post on the true cost of ObamaCare.
But it gets better: the Dems are now shaking down CEOs who don't get with the program.
In the attached letter, Henry Waxman not only orders the CEOs of AT&T, Caterpillar, Deere & Co, and Verizon to testify before the Energy and Commerce Committee, but also to produce internal analyses and emails related to their statements.
They don't expressly subpoena the CEOs, so we can hope that they tell the Dems to GFY, though somehow I doubt that will happen.
The Dems sent these letters to the Republicans on the committee after 6pm tonight with no advance notice or prior cooperation.
Here is the letter Waxman sent to the Chairman of AT&T; the others are similar. Click to enlarge:"
READ THIS LETTER!
So if an American company tells its employees the true cost of Obama care, the federal government will intimidate (and fine or imprison) the company's executives?
And our American media refuses to report this?!!!
"Good post on the true cost of ObamaCare.
But it gets better: the Dems are now shaking down CEOs who don't get with the program.
In the attached letter, Henry Waxman not only orders the CEOs of AT&T, Caterpillar, Deere & Co, and Verizon to testify before the Energy and Commerce Committee, but also to produce internal analyses and emails related to their statements.
They don't expressly subpoena the CEOs, so we can hope that they tell the Dems to GFY, though somehow I doubt that will happen.
The Dems sent these letters to the Republicans on the committee after 6pm tonight with no advance notice or prior cooperation.
Here is the letter Waxman sent to the Chairman of AT&T; the others are similar. Click to enlarge:"
READ THIS LETTER!
So if an American company tells its employees the true cost of Obama care, the federal government will intimidate (and fine or imprison) the company's executives?
And our American media refuses to report this?!!!
321 killed in previously unreported Congo massacre
321 killed in previously unreported Congo massacre
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- At least 321 civilians were killed in a previously unreported massacre in Congo in late 2009, while villagers that escaped their rebel captors were sent back with their lips and ears cut off as a warning to others of what would happen if they tried to talk,"
Is this the Africa so wistfully portrayed in our new America?
DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- At least 321 civilians were killed in a previously unreported massacre in Congo in late 2009, while villagers that escaped their rebel captors were sent back with their lips and ears cut off as a warning to others of what would happen if they tried to talk,"
Is this the Africa so wistfully portrayed in our new America?
Obama, scolding GOP, makes 15 appointments
Obama, scolding GOP, makes 15 appointments
"The Constitution gives presidents the power to appoint nominees who would otherwise require Senate confirmation while the chamber is in recess.
The appointments expire at the end the next legislative session, which in this case means the end of 2011.
Mr. Becker, a former AFL-CIO and Service Employees International Union lawyer, has been the target of fierce opposition as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups have warned he would pursue union interests at the expense of employers, including a stalled piece of legislation that would make union organizing easier."
Two points.
The phrase "legislation that would make union organizing easier" is the destruction of the secret ballot in union elections known as "card check".
Card check is back folks.
And it is as anti-American as any piece of legislation ever proposed in our country.
The republican party leaders should have seen this coming.
Did they know and simply dodge the issue?
Or were they scammed again because they're a bunch of lazy fools?
Either way, we need more change in the party.
"The Constitution gives presidents the power to appoint nominees who would otherwise require Senate confirmation while the chamber is in recess.
The appointments expire at the end the next legislative session, which in this case means the end of 2011.
Mr. Becker, a former AFL-CIO and Service Employees International Union lawyer, has been the target of fierce opposition as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other business groups have warned he would pursue union interests at the expense of employers, including a stalled piece of legislation that would make union organizing easier."
Two points.
The phrase "legislation that would make union organizing easier" is the destruction of the secret ballot in union elections known as "card check".
Card check is back folks.
And it is as anti-American as any piece of legislation ever proposed in our country.
The republican party leaders should have seen this coming.
Did they know and simply dodge the issue?
Or were they scammed again because they're a bunch of lazy fools?
Either way, we need more change in the party.
KUHNER: Will America break up?
KUHNER: Will America break up?
"President Obama is splintering America.
The passage of Obamacare was a historic victory for liberal governance.
Yet, its true cost may be that it triggers the eventual breakup of the country.
Mr. Obama has achieved what his liberal predecessors - Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson, Bill Clinton - could only dream of: nationalized health care.
Obamacare signifies the government take-over of one-sixth of the U.S. economy.
It has dealt a mortal blow to traditional America.
We are now a European-style socialist welfare state.
The inevitable permanent tax hikes, massive public bureaucracy and liberal ruling elites will stifle competition and initiative."
And the looming bankruptcy of most of our cities, counties and states isn't even counted in this equation.
"President Obama is splintering America.
The passage of Obamacare was a historic victory for liberal governance.
Yet, its true cost may be that it triggers the eventual breakup of the country.
Mr. Obama has achieved what his liberal predecessors - Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson, Bill Clinton - could only dream of: nationalized health care.
Obamacare signifies the government take-over of one-sixth of the U.S. economy.
It has dealt a mortal blow to traditional America.
We are now a European-style socialist welfare state.
The inevitable permanent tax hikes, massive public bureaucracy and liberal ruling elites will stifle competition and initiative."
And the looming bankruptcy of most of our cities, counties and states isn't even counted in this equation.
CBO report: Debt will rise to 90% of GDP
CBO report: Debt will rise to 90% of GDP
"President Obama's fiscal 2011 budget will generate nearly $10 trillion in cumulative budget deficits over the next 10 years, $1.2 trillion more than the administration projected, and raise the federal debt to 90 percent of the nation's economic output by 2020, the Congressional Budget Office reported Thursday."
This explosion of government spending will destroy our country.
Are the Tea Party members the only ones who have a clue?
The medicare part A underfunding already equals the entire value of all the stocks of all the companies on all the stock exchanges of every country in the world.
That's about $40 trillion dollars.
http://muskegonpundit.blogspot.com/2009/12/world-equity-value-us-medicare-debt.html
Will we end up as the 21st century's USSR?
A corrupt, bankrupt group of bickering small countries?
A North American Europe?
"President Obama's fiscal 2011 budget will generate nearly $10 trillion in cumulative budget deficits over the next 10 years, $1.2 trillion more than the administration projected, and raise the federal debt to 90 percent of the nation's economic output by 2020, the Congressional Budget Office reported Thursday."
This explosion of government spending will destroy our country.
Are the Tea Party members the only ones who have a clue?
The medicare part A underfunding already equals the entire value of all the stocks of all the companies on all the stock exchanges of every country in the world.
That's about $40 trillion dollars.
http://muskegonpundit.blogspot.com/2009/12/world-equity-value-us-medicare-debt.html
Will we end up as the 21st century's USSR?
A corrupt, bankrupt group of bickering small countries?
A North American Europe?
In the faces of Tea Party shouters, images of hate and history
Colbert I. King - In the faces of Tea Party shouters, images of hate and history - washingtonpost.com
"They were spotted last weekend on Capitol Hill under the Tea Party banner protesting the health-care-reform bill.
Some carried a signs that read 'If Brown [Scott Brown (R-Mass.)] can't stop it, a Browning [high power weapon] can.'
Some shouted racial and homophobic epithets at members of Congress.
Others assumed the role of rabble, responding to the calls of instigating Republican representatives gathered on a Capitol balcony."
This is the meme that the left hopes to use to marginalize ANY dissent.
Nothing really new here.
"Anyone who disagrees with us is a racist, homophobe, sexist, baby killer, etc."
We must fight them everywhere.
"They were spotted last weekend on Capitol Hill under the Tea Party banner protesting the health-care-reform bill.
Some carried a signs that read 'If Brown [Scott Brown (R-Mass.)] can't stop it, a Browning [high power weapon] can.'
Some shouted racial and homophobic epithets at members of Congress.
Others assumed the role of rabble, responding to the calls of instigating Republican representatives gathered on a Capitol balcony."
This is the meme that the left hopes to use to marginalize ANY dissent.
Nothing really new here.
"Anyone who disagrees with us is a racist, homophobe, sexist, baby killer, etc."
We must fight them everywhere.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
JammieWearingFool
JammieWearingFool
"These clowns can't even install windows but we expect they can run our healthcare system?
Good luck with that."
"These clowns can't even install windows but we expect they can run our healthcare system?
Good luck with that."
Nursing homes at breaking point, says report
Nursing homes at breaking point, says report The Australian
"AUSTRALIAN nursing homes have reached breaking point due to chronic underfunding and staff shortages, with reports of physical assaults increasing by more than 50 per cent and sexual assaults by 36 per cent."
"AUSTRALIAN nursing homes have reached breaking point due to chronic underfunding and staff shortages, with reports of physical assaults increasing by more than 50 per cent and sexual assaults by 36 per cent."
For Years, Deaf Boys Tried to Tell of Priest’s Abuse
For Years, Deaf Boys Tried to Tell of Priest’s Abuse - NYTimes.com
"They told other priests.
They told three archbishops of Milwaukee.
They told two police departments and the district attorney.
They used sign language, written affidavits and graphic gestures to show what exactly Father Murphy had done to them.
But their reports fell on the deaf ears of hearing people."
"They told other priests.
They told three archbishops of Milwaukee.
They told two police departments and the district attorney.
They used sign language, written affidavits and graphic gestures to show what exactly Father Murphy had done to them.
But their reports fell on the deaf ears of hearing people."
Supply fears start to hit Treasuries
Supply fears start to hit Treasuries
“The environment for debt auctions has turned negative,” says Rick Klingman, managing director at BNP Paribas. “Long-term rates are rising and it is no coincidence that this has occurred after the passage of healthcare reform and the end of Fed buy-backs.”"
“The environment for debt auctions has turned negative,” says Rick Klingman, managing director at BNP Paribas. “Long-term rates are rising and it is no coincidence that this has occurred after the passage of healthcare reform and the end of Fed buy-backs.”"
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