Just a few years ago, a powerful ideology—the belief in free and unfettered markets—brought the world to the brink of ruin. Even in its heyday, from the early 1980s until 2007, American-style deregulated capitalism brought greater material well-being only to the very richest of the richest country of the world. Indeed, over the course of this ideology's 30-year ascendance, most Americans saw their incomes decline or stagnate.
Much more importantly, the facts already pretty well established in Britain indicate violations of American law, in particular a law called the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The Justice Department has been going out of its way to undertake FCPA prosecutions and investigations in recent years, and the News Corp. case presents a pretty simple test for Attorney General Eric Holder: If the department fails to open an immediate investigation into News Corp.'s violations of the FCPA, there will have been a major breach of enforcement at Justice. Having failed to pursue Wall Street with any apparent vigor, this is an opportunity for the Justice Department to show it can flex its muscles at the right moment. While one must always be cautious in seeking government investigation of the media for the obvious First Amendment concerns, this is not actually an investigation of the media, but an investigation of criminal acts undertaken by those masquerading as members of the media.
"'He got the prize because he has been able to change the international climate,' Nobel Committee chairman Thorbjoern Jagland said. 'Some people say, and I understand it, isn't it premature? Too early? Well, I'd say then that it could be too late to respond three years from now. It is now that we have the opportunity to respond — all of us.'"
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One wonders how this played with Rush's base in lower America.... but I think we know the answer to that one.
"Republicans and right-winger have been working overtime to find ways to use Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize as ammunition against him. None, however, has gone quite as far as radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh, who proclaimed on Friday that 'we all agree with the Taliban.'"
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Never fear, though. The Dems have a Hammer now.
Send out The Hammer (not one of those fake ass, indicted, Congress quitting, dance show quitting, Owned by China Texas hammers).
"'They understand that if Barack Obama were somehow able to cure hunger in the world, the Republicans would blame him for overpopulation,' Grayson continued. 'They understand that if Barack Obama were to somehow bring about world peace, they would blame him for destroying the defense industry. In fact they understand that if Barack Obama had a BLT for lunch tomorrow, they would try to ban bacon.'"
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Even the DNC gets in on the act.
Is it to early to hope that the Dems have learned how to play this game?
The Republican Party has thrown in its lot with the terrorists — the Taliban and Hamas this morning — in criticizing the President for receiving the Nobel Peace prize. Republicans cheered when America failed to land the Olympics and now they are criticizing the President of the United States for receiving the Nobel Peace prize — an award he did not seek but that is nonetheless an honor in which every American can take great pride — unless of course you are the Republican Party. The 2009 version of the Republican Party has no boundaries, has no shame and has proved that they will put politics above patriotism at every turn. It’s no wonder only 20 percent of Americans admit to being Republicans anymore – it’s an embarrassing label to claim.
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Why do they hate America so?
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:-)
Jealous, much?
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First sentence, first paragraph:
"In reference to the health care the president wants for us, I do not want his program."
Last sentence, last paragraph:
"And God knows what their plan is."
She doesn't want what she doesn't know and she'll make up any 'fact' to prove that she doesn't want what she doesn't even have a clue about. But somebody brown is offering it, therefore it must be scary as fuck.
"In reference to the health care the president wants for us, I do not want his program. He wants to destroy the Medicare supplemental policies we can purchase now. I am satisfied with what these companies furnish.
If you have Blue Cross and Blue Shield or any other supplement he wants that taken away. He wants to destroy the insurance companies.
He is cutting Medicare now. He wants the money we purchase insurance with so he can be in control of you and me. If you pay attention to what is going on, his plan is to take charge of one-sixth of the economy (which is health care).
Social Security is in trouble, so is Medicare. Please do not let him in charge of health care.
If they would give us the same coverage the Congress and the Senate have or the same care the president and his family have I would not object. Instead they want to take away what we have now. And God knows what their plan is.
Dorothy Treadwell
Florence"
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Might Alan have a word with you, Dorothy?
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And Christians everywhere stick fingers in ear holes and begin a loud chorus of 'I can't hear you'.
We scored points, naturally, for being "a world-class technology hub" and the wealth of college and graduate degrees among our populace. But the analysis continues, "The Bay Area only fell short of No. 1 because of a relatively low score in political engagement, undercutting the reputation of this notorious activist hotspot."
