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This is quite funny and probably the same way the drug companies do it.
30 September 2009
State to mom: Stop baby-sitting neighbors' kids - No Good Deed Goes Unpunished.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090930/ap_on_re_us/us_baby_sitter_backlash_mich
Further proof that when it comes to the government no good deed will go unpunished and no bureaucrat has the ability to use common sense.
Besides I thought liberals wanted to village to raise the kids, now they are saying otherwise. Come on!! Make up your minds libs you can’t have it both ways!!!
Boehner Statement on Carter Resolution to Remove Rep. Rangel as Ways & Means Chairman
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| Boehner Statement on Carter Resolution to Remove Rep. Rangel as Ways & Means Chairman |
| WASHINGTON, DC – House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement after Rep. John Carter (R-TX) announced his intention to offer a privileged resolution next week to force a vote on removing Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) as Chairman of the Ways & Means Committee, pending completion of the Ethics Committee investigation that is now in its second year: “Working families across America are struggling in today’s economy, and they need to have confidence that the individual in charge of the House’s tax-writing panel is following the laws the committee is charged with crafting and overseeing. It is improper for Rep. Rangel to remain in a position with such vast power and influence while serious questions about his official conduct continue to multiply and go unanswered. Several weeks ago I wrote a letter to Rep. Rangel asking him to step aside while the Ethics Committee conducts its investigation. He has not done so, and his fellow Democrats have voted to protect him every step of the way. “When Democrats took the majority, Speaker Pelosi promised the most ‘open and ethical’ Congress in history. Given the nature and severity of the charges against Rep. Rangel, I would urge all my colleagues, Democrat and Republican, to do the right thing and support the Carter resolution next week.” |
29 September 2009
Excelent Op-Ed by Richard Cohen Titled "Time to Act Like a President"
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/28/AR2009092802484.html
What more can I say? Obama is definitely more about style and public image than he is about substance and security. Even the French get it.
Sarkozy Lays into Obama's "Virtual World" of Total Disarmament as N. Korea & Iran Go in Opposite Directions
President Obama wants a unified front against Iran, and to that end he stood together with Nicolas Sarkozy and Gordon Brown in Pittsburgh on Friday morning to reveal the news about Tehran's secret facility to build bomb-grade fuel. But now we hear that the French and British leaders were quietly seething on stage, annoyed by America's handling of the announcement.
Both countries wanted to confront Iran a day earlier at the United Nations. Mr. Obama was, after all, chairing a Security Council session devoted to nonproliferation. The latest evidence of Iran's illegal moves toward acquiring a nuclear weapon was in hand. With the world's leaders gathered in New York, the timing and venue would be a dramatic way to rally international opinion.
Associated PressFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy flanked by President Barack Obama, and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
President Sarkozy in particular pushed hard. He had been "frustrated" for months about Mr. Obama's reluctance to confront Iran, a senior French government official told us, and saw an opportunity to change momentum. But the Administration told the French that it didn't want to "spoil the image of success" for Mr. Obama's debut at the U.N. and his homily calling for a world without nuclear weapons, according to the Paris daily Le Monde. So the Iran bombshell was pushed back a day to Pittsburgh, where the G-20 were meeting to discuss economic policy.
Le Monde's diplomatic correspondent, Natalie Nougayrède, reports that a draft of Mr. Sarkozy's speech to the Security Council Thursday included a section on Iran's latest deception. Forced to scrap that bit, the French President let his frustration show with undiplomatic gusto in his formal remarks, laying into what he called the "dream" of disarmament. The address takes on added meaning now that we know the backroom discussions.
"We are right to talk about the future," Mr. Sarkozy said, referring to the U.S. resolution on strengthening arms control treaties. "But the present comes before the future, and the present includes two major nuclear crises," i.e., Iran and North Korea. "We live in the real world, not in a virtual one." No prize for guessing into which world the Frenchman puts Mr. Obama.
"We say that we must reduce," he went on. "President Obama himself has said that he dreams of a world without nuclear weapons. Before our very eyes, two countries are doing exactly the opposite at this very moment. Since 2005, Iran has violated five Security Council Resolutions . . .
"I support America's 'extended hand.' But what have these proposals for dialogue produced for the international community? Nothing but more enriched uranium and more centrifuges. And last but not least, it has resulted in a statement by Iranian leaders calling for wiping off the map a Member of the United Nations. What are we to do? What conclusions are we to draw? At a certain moment hard facts will force us to make decisions."
We thought we'd never see the day when the President of France shows more resolve than America's Commander in Chief for confronting one of the gravest challenges to global security. But here we are.
via online.wsj.com
Hey libs, how do you like your beloved French ripping into your Chosen One? I have to admit that I never thought I would see the day where I would agree with a lecture from the French on national security. Obama is definitely puting style before substance and action. But then again that is all he has done so far.
Here is the crux of the rift: Sarkozy "had been "frustrated" for months about Mr. Obama's reluctance to confront Iran, a senior French government official told us, and saw an opportunity to change momentum. But the Administration told the French that it didn't want to "spoil the image of success" for Mr. Obama's debut at the U.N. and his homily calling for a world without nuclear weapons, according to the Paris daily Le Monde. So the Iran bombshell was pushed back a day to Pittsburgh, where the G-20 were meeting to discuss economic policy." - So which is more important? Obama's false public image or the security of the US and its allies?
Sarkozy's response: "We are right to talk about the future," Mr. Sarkozy said, referring to the U.S. resolution on strengthening arms control treaties. "But the present comes before the future, and the present includes two major nuclear crises,...We live in the real world, not in a virtual one."
The Difference Between Conservatives and Liberals.
This is an email that I received from a friend and thought I would share. I
was definitely amused by it. If a conservative doesn't like guns, they don't buy one. If a liberal
doesn't like guns, then no one should have one. If a conservative is a vegetarian, they don't eat meat. If a liberal is
vegetarian, they want to ban all meat products for everyone. If a conservative sees a foreign threat, he thinks about how to defeat his
enemy. A liberal wonders how to surrender gracefully and still look good. If a conservative is homosexual, they quietly enjoy their life. If a liberal
is homosexual, they loudly demand legislated respect. If a black man or Hispanic is conservative, they see themselves as
independently successful. Their liberal counterparts see themselves as
victims in need of government protection. If a conservative is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his
situation. A liberal wonders who is going to take care of him. If a conservative doesn't like a talk show host, he switches channels.
Liberals demand that those they don't like be shut down. If a conservative is a non-believer, he doesn't go to church. A liberal
wants all churches to be silenced and God removed from public view. If a conservative decides he needs health care, he goes about shopping for
it, or may choose a job that provides it. A liberal demands that his
neighbors pay for his.
was definitely amused by it. If a conservative doesn't like guns, they don't buy one. If a liberal
doesn't like guns, then no one should have one. If a conservative is a vegetarian, they don't eat meat. If a liberal is
vegetarian, they want to ban all meat products for everyone. If a conservative sees a foreign threat, he thinks about how to defeat his
enemy. A liberal wonders how to surrender gracefully and still look good. If a conservative is homosexual, they quietly enjoy their life. If a liberal
is homosexual, they loudly demand legislated respect. If a black man or Hispanic is conservative, they see themselves as
independently successful. Their liberal counterparts see themselves as
victims in need of government protection. If a conservative is down-and-out, he thinks about how to better his
situation. A liberal wonders who is going to take care of him. If a conservative doesn't like a talk show host, he switches channels.
Liberals demand that those they don't like be shut down. If a conservative is a non-believer, he doesn't go to church. A liberal
wants all churches to be silenced and God removed from public view. If a conservative decides he needs health care, he goes about shopping for
it, or may choose a job that provides it. A liberal demands that his
neighbors pay for his.
28 September 2009
Groups decry police response at G-20. If they didn't break the law then it wouldn't be an issue.
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Several people who were arrested during Group of 20 protests and others who witnessed police response to the demonstrators accused authorities Monday of being heavy-handed during last week's economic summit, but city officials commended law enforcement's conduct.In all, 190 people, including at least two reporters, were arrested during the summit Thursday and Friday.
Mayor Luke Ravenstahl said the police response would be evaluated and urged people who felt wronged to make formal complaints, but he praised law enforcement. He said there were no major injuries and less than $50,000 in property damage was done.
"We were prepared to keep our city safe and we did so," he said Monday.
About 110 of the arrests happened Friday in the city's Oakland section, home to the University of Pittsburgh and the scene of nighttime protests Thursday and Friday.
Nathan Lanzendorfer, 23, of Pittsburgh, showed off large bruises on his legs and left arm at a news conference Monday at the Thomas Merton Center, a Pittsburgh anti-war group.
He said he was shot with rubber bullets as he was trying to leave the area Friday night. Lanzendorfer said he didn't hear any dispersal orders and was just following others when he was shot.
"This was unjust, unfair," he said.
A Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reporter was arrested Friday and charged with disorderly conduct and failure to disperse. The reporter, Sadie Gurman, declined to discuss the arrest and referred The Associated Press to her comments in a Post-Gazette story in which she said she was arrested on Pitt's campus "while truly trying to get out of the fray."
The other reporter who was arrested works for Twin Cities Indymedia, a Minneapolis-based organization that says it reports from "inside social movements against capitalism, imperialism, and injustice."
Melissa Hill, 30, of Minneapolis, said she was swept up in a mass arrest and held for about six hours. Her camera was returned broken and without the footage she shot, she said. Police said she was charged with disorderly conduct and failure to disperse.
"I think being a journalist ... it should be obvious that you are there basically just to cover this. You're not participating in the protests," she said. "You want to be the eyes for the whole entire world to see what's going on."
Hill and several others described the scene as confusing and threatening, partly because the police line was continually shifting. Some said they were bystanders who became trapped by police.
Deputy Chief Paul Donaldson said he didn't understand those claims. Dispersal orders were given about 15 minutes apart and, as police moved people out of one area, the crowd simply gathered in another area, he said.
He said he issued the dispersal order Friday night in Oakland, because he didn't want a repeat of Thursday's protests, which resulted in some property damage.
As of Monday morning, the city had received five complaints, including from a business-owner who had tear gas get inside the establishment.
The Citizen Police Review Board, a city-sanctioned panel, said it had gotten nearly 50 complaints. The board plans to hold public hearings looking into, among other things, how police manage public order and whether the level of disruption Friday night warranted police response, said Elizabeth Pittinger, the review board's executive director.
Despite the complaints, government and business officials expect the G-20 to reap rewards for years to come.
VisitPittsburgh president Joseph McGrath said two groups are interested in booking the David L. Lawrence Convention Center as a result of the G-20. He also estimated the summit brought in $35 million to the region so far.
Bill Flanagan, of the Pittsburgh G-20 Partnership, estimated that the city would have had to spend $100 million in advertising to get the kind of media exposure brought about by the summit.
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Loading comments...G20 protestors will get no sympathy from me. The police handled them correctly with minimum force. No deadly force was used. No protestor was shot. The police acted correctly. It was the protestors who acted stupidly.fair ends at kindergarten, don't do the crime if you are not able to do the time, are live with the MINOR pain of rubber bullets, I would have voted to let them feel the "love" of the PR 24 side handled batonYou, Patrick, are the one acting stupidly. The police used deadly force repeatedly. It is referred to as "less than lethal" force, because almost all forms CAN cause death. The bean bag and rubber bullet guns? Remember the girl who was shot in the eye and killed in the Boston Red Sox celebration? The LRAD noise generator? It can cause brain hemorrhaging and aneurysms, and was "guaranteed" never to be used on US citizens.So, Patrick, perhaps you should take some consideration to the facts of the situation, rather than making carte blanche statements. Or did you just retire from the force?
I guess everyone should wish the left would behave as well as the right. When the huge Washington demonstrations were over, the city was left cleaner than it was found, and there was not ONE incident reported. In fact, that gathering got hardly any reporting at all...typical...Replybreaking windows, arson and other forms of vandalism and property damage by anarchists deserve the harshest response legally authorised. IMO the police were too passive.Replylol, something tells me you wouldn't be so kiss ass, if you lived in Oakland, PA. But then, you wouldn't have the capacity to think outside your little world, would you?ReplyMy support goes to the police.You southerners gotta hate something, so if it's nameless faceless raceless protesters, thats probably better than your usual victims...Damn, you people are thin brained.
Less than $50,000 in damages. Looks like the libs are losing their touch. By the way, how big was their carbon footprint. Just joking because when the left screws up the environment Gaia understands so it doesn't count. Just ask Al 'Big Carbon Foot' Gore.Comments by IntenseDebate
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WWWAAAAAAHHHHH!!!! Sounds like a bunch of three year-olds whining after getting in trouble. I have an idea: If these punks don't break the law, destroy private property, and disobey police instructions then they won't have any problems.
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