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Tuesday, June 2
After promising during the campaign that he wouldn't do so, Obama now open to taxing health care benefits
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Tue 02 Jun 2009 10:29 PM EDT
President Barack Obama is leaving the door open to taxing health care benefits, something he campaigned hard against while running for president, according to senators who met with him Tuesday. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., raised the issue with Obama during a private meeting with the president and other Democratic senators and later reported the president's position: "It's on the table. It's an option." More>>>
"Karl Marx must be smiling today"
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Tue 02 Jun 2009 07:49 PM EDT
The White House's latest move follows a string of similarly dramatic actions that have seen the government assume ownership stakes or control of at least half a dozen other companies, firing CEOs, reshaping boards of directors - and in the case of GM and Chrysler - restructuring the companies and giving a major stake to their unions. "You've got government bureaucrats who are making decisions about what kind of car models are going to be produced, which plants are to be closed and how many dealerships to eliminate. You have in effect central planning of this industry. Karl Marx must be smiling today," said Phil Kerpen, policy director of Americans for Prosperity, a free-market think tank. "We've never seen this level of government control of the economy in peace time history." More>>>
The origins of the Gadsden flag, U.S. Navy, and U.S. Marine Corps
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Tue 02 Jun 2009 07:46 PM EDT
I recollected that her eye excelled in brightness, that of any other animal, and that she has no eye-lids—She may therefore be esteemed an emblem of vigilance.—She never begins an attack, nor, when once engaged, ever surrenders: She is therefore an emblem of magnanimity and true courage.—As if anxious to prevent all pretensions of quarreling with her, the weapons with which nature has furnished her, she conceals in the roof of her mouth, so that, to those who are unacquainted with her, she appears to be a most defenseless animal; and even when those weapons are shewn and extended for her defense, they appear weak and contemptible; but their wounds however small, are decisive and fatal:—Conscious of this, she never wounds till she has generously given notice, even to her enemy, and cautioned him against the danger of treading on her.—Was I wrong, Sir, in thinking this a strong picture of the temper and conduct of America? More>>>
TOTUS: "The danger, I think, is when the United States, or any country, thinks that we can simply impose these values on another country with a different history and a different culture"
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Tue 02 Jun 2009 05:21 PM EDT
AFL-CIO Official Conceals Pro-Castro Views
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Tue 02 Jun 2009 04:14 PM EDT
A top official of the AFL-CIO is stonewalling questions about her participation in an illegal 1970 trip to Communist Cuba organized by Weather Underground terrorist Bernardine Dohrn. Karen Nussbaum, the executive director of Working America, the community affiliate of the AFL-CIO, was asked about her visit to Cuba after speaking at a panel at a "progressive" public policy conference in Washington, D.C. on Monday. Nussbaum was apparently stunned by the fact that someone had uncovered an aspect of her background that has been carefully omitted from her official biography. She refused to answer and walked away. Obviously embarrassed, she also pretended that she didn't hear the follow-up questions about her trip as a young radical to the communist-controlled island. But according to one account of her trip, she declared that she "learned about revolution in Cuba" and praised Castro for providing "free health and educational care to every person in society..." She also declared, "I was part of the Black Panther Support Committee" and said she was a member of the "Draft resistance movement" opposing the Vietnam War. More>>>
Medvedev pushing for new world currency
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Tue 02 Jun 2009 12:25 PM EDT
The dollar dropped to its lowest level against the euro this year on speculation record U.S. borrowing will undermine the greenback, prompting nations to consider alternatives to the world’s main reserve currency. The 16-nation euro gained for a fourth day versus the dollar as the Russian government said emerging-market leaders may discuss the idea of a supranational currency. The pound strengthened to $1.65 for the first time since October. (H/t: Semra) More>>>
"Out of Context"
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Tue 02 Jun 2009 11:47 AM EDT
In Washington, the clearer a statement is, the more certain it is to be followed by a ''clarification'' when people realize what was said. The clearly racist comments made by Judge Sonia Sotomayor on the Berkeley campus in 2001 have forced the spinmasters to resort to their last-ditch excuse, that it was ''taken out of context."...someone should ask her to explain just what those words mean when taken in context More>>> Howard Dean Says Sotomayor's Race Comment Taken Out of Context -- Then Admits He Doesn't Know the Context More>>>
Awash in oil assets, but Obama sez Iran's nuclear power ambitions are legitimate anyway
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Tue 02 Jun 2009 11:38 AM EDT
President Barack Obama suggested that Iran may have some right to nuclear energy _ provided it proves by the end of the year that its aspirations are peaceful. In a BBC interview broadcast Tuesday, he also restated plans to pursue direct diplomacy with Tehran to encourage it set aside any ambitions for nuclear weapons it might harbor. Iran has insisted its nuclear program is aimed at generating electricity. But the U.S. and other Western governments accuse Tehran of seeking atomic weapons. "What I do believe is that Iran has legitimate energy concerns, legitimate aspirations," Obama said, adding that the international community also "has a very real interest" in preventing a nuclear arms race. More>>>
Geithner's assertion that the dollar and Chinese financial assets are safe draws laughter
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Tue 02 Jun 2009 11:30 AM EDT
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Monday reaffirmed his faith in a strong dollar and reassured the Chinese government that its huge holdings of dollar-denominated assets are safe. "We believe in a strong dollar," Geithner said in a question-and-answer session after a speech to students at Peking University. [ID:nPEK144756] A major goal of Geithner's maiden visit to China as Treasury secretary is to allay Beijing's concerns that Washington's mushrooming budget deficit and ultra-loose monetary policy will undermine both the dollar and U.S. bonds. China is the biggest foreign owner of U.S. Treasury bonds. "Chinese financial assets are very safe," Geithner said. His response drew laughter from the audience. (Reporting by Glenn Somerville; Editing by Alan Wheatley) (Wha'dya mean they're not buying it?? - Roland) More>>>
Muslim Convert Shooter, Victims Identified in West LR Murder...MSM ignores
by
Roland, the Gunslinger
on Tue 02 Jun 2009 11:18 AM EDT
At a briefing Monday afternoon, Little Rock police chief Stuart Thomas identified the suspect as Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad, 23, of Little Rock. Thomas says Muhammad also goes by the name Carlos Bledsoe...At the Monday-afternoon briefing, Thomas said investigators believe Muhammad acted alone, and likely carried "political and religious motives." Thomas said the gunman targeted the military but was not believed to be part of a broader scheme. Muhammad faces one capital murder charge, and 15 counts of terroristic acts. The FBI (web) has opened an investigation into the incident, said Steven Frazier, spokesman for the agency's Little Rock office. "Based on what we find, we will determine whether there is any federal jurisdiction to prosecute," he said. According to Army Lt. Col. Thomas F. Artis, Long and Ezeagwula were not recruiters, but part of a recruiting program called "hometown recruiting assistance." Artis says recruiters use soldiers to tell their stories and talk to potential recruits while they are visiting or based back in their home region. (Sounds like a hate crime to me. Or do only white Christian males get charged with that in this country? - Roland) More>>>
'Hush Rush' Fairness Doctrine Being Repackaged as 'Localism'
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Roland, the Gunslinger
on Tue 02 Jun 2009 03:16 AM EDT
Despite recent assurances that the Fairness Doctrine is a dead issue to the point of White House press secretary, Robert Gibbs, along with reporters laughing off a question about its possible return, it will probably be coming back repackaged in a more odious form as localism according to a Broadcasting & Cable article by John Eggerton:Acting FCC Chairman Michael Copps may have wished to drive a stake deep into the Fairness Doctrine issue More>>> |
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