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Friday, March 6
Clinton: Never waste a good crisis
by
Roland, the Gunslinger
on Fri 06 Mar 2009 10:58 PM EST
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told an audience Friday "never waste a good crisis," and highlighted the opportunity of rebuilding economies in a greener, less energy-intensive way.
Highlighting Europe's unease the day after Russia warned that gas flows via Ukraine might be halted, she also condemned the use of energy as a political lever. Clinton told young Europeans at the European Parliament that global economic turmoil provided a fresh opening. "Never waste a good crisis ... Don't waste it when it can have a very positive impact on climate change and energy security," she said. More>>>
Republican Martinez implies constitutional requirement for presidency can be bypassed
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Fri 06 Mar 2009 02:25 PM EST
A U.S. senator has suggested that voters have made Barack Obama eligible to occupy the Oval Office, whether or not he meets the constitutional mandate of being a "natural born" citizen...The constituent had asked about Martinez's perspective on the issue on which WND and others have reported: claims made by dozens of lawsuits around the country that Obama might not meet the constitutional qualification for various reasons. "Presidential candidates are vetted by voters at least twice – first in the primary elections and again in the general election. President-Elect Obama won the Democratic Party's nomination after one of the most fiercely contested presidential primaries in American history," Martinez responded. (Uh, no, Senator. Nor is the Constitution just some sort of guideline for government to live by. When the Republicans shed themselves finally of the Martinezes, Collinses, Specters and Snowes, we might stand a chance of restoring America to her place as a beacon of liberty. If not, the neoliberals of the Democrat Party will have free reign to dismantle and gut her, ultimately, to the detriment of freedom loving people everywhere.. .- Roland) More>>> Republican senator says Snopes settled 'eligibility' More>>>
Obama's Radicalism Is Killing the Dow
by
Roland, the Gunslinger
on Fri 06 Mar 2009 12:42 PM EST
From the poorly designed stimulus bill and vague new financial rescue plan, to the enormous expansion of government spending, taxes and debt somehow permanently strengthening economic growth, the assumptions underlying the president's economic program seem bereft of rigorous analysis and a careful reading of history. Unfortunately, our history suggests new government programs, however noble the intent, more often wind up delivering less, more slowly, at far higher cost than projected, with potentially damaging unintended consequences. The most recent case, of course, was the government's meddling in the housing market to bring home ownership to low-income families, which became a prime cause of the current economic and financial disaster. On the growth effects of a large expansion of government, the European social welfare states present a window on our potential future: standards of living permanently 30% lower than ours. Rounding off perceived rough edges of our economic system may well be called for, but a major, perhaps irreversible, step toward a European-style social welfare state with its concomitant long-run economic stagnation is not. More>>> Jobless rate jumps to 8.1 percent in Feb., highest since late 1983; employers cut 651,000 jobs More>>> |
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