Posted on 01/17/2010 5:07:02 AM PST by Alas Babylon!
FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Former President Bill Clinton
Headline should be “Clinton Admits Dropping the Ball on Haiti”. How many years has he been ignoring his ‘project’?
“Forceful...organized...robust...coordinated...”
Yes, it was funny. He may have had them written on his cuff.
11 '1'/2 HOURS UNTIL JACK IS BACK
My day? Fine! LOL!
Look, all I can do is remind people that a tax on an industry they all have to use is really just a tax on them—the people. If they’re fine with taxing themselves because they think “Banks are Evil”, then so be it. However, that would be STUPID, right? The argument cannot be debated. They all know that the banks will simply pass on whatever tax they get as fees, increased rates, etc. Some may argue that the government should then make raising fees illegal, but they realize that would be nigh impossible.
The best we can do sometimes is make the thoughtless think a little, and emote a little less.
Oh, he "I, me, my'd" his way through it, talking about all the green jobs he created and talked about government policies on tree use (charcoal) and recycling improving employment and lowering crime.
McConnell up, talking about MA election with Brit.
Trust me, Marines are always in control of the situation. They are the worlds best force for this sort of mission. No one does it better. One of the best kept secrets in US History is just how often, and how well, the Marines do these sorts of missions.
The future of our country could well depend on the Senatorial election in Mass. The issues being debated in the campaign should be front and center. I want to hear what the voters are saying, not the liberal elite in Washington.
Actually- though the choice wasn’t real in one sense- from what I’ve gathered one of the major problems in getting aid out has been the reluctance of what’s left of the Haitian goverment to give up any power and let competent people handle this. Also- there’s been bickering amongst the various aid orgs as to which ones will distribute the supplies.
Then- in the midst of all that- the ever-reliable UN doing its best to create Rwanda II and you have a mess...
FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
So where’s your referendum on the Health Care bill, McConnell?
You should clue in on the ‘hollering’, McConnell, may be in Harry Reids face? Or have you enough pork to continue being passive?
FOX - Mitch McConnell thinks the health reform bill is still stoppable. American people are screaming. If the bill is unpopular in Massachusetts, it’s unpopular everywhere.
TARP should be ended. If not, it will be used a revolving fund.
McConnell comparing the labor deal with the Louisiana Purchase and Cornhusker Kickback...just another deal.
Deathcare bill is toxic to RATs whether it wins or loses.
Senate going to do everything they can to stop this bill. Americans overwhelmingly don’t want it.
Bank tax, effort by the resident to take the attention off of deathcare.
End TARP which is a slush fund for ongoing sending...get the money back with interest.
please note the NEW Enemy of the Week as appointed by the Obamer administration....::drumroll::: I speak of...the BANKER!
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It occurred to me a few days ago, that the emotion in Obama’s voice only happens when he is talking about eevill bankers.
Does he harbor hate in his heart for his granny?
Was she the disciplinarian in a household of unicorn-chasers? Obama can talk about the suffering in Haiti with no emotion, but bankers... he gets positively passionate.
So the “government” in Haiti is similar to Ragin’ Nagin’s NO network before, during and after Katrina?
During the next few days 5,500 people were massacred. Buildings were torn apart by hand. Retribution for years of enslavement was exacted upon those who had been in power.
Duvalier had done the first step in Haiti which is always to control the population. They were ruled under an iron hand with rampant corruption.
He needed to go.
But not in a vacuum.
Haiti was left with no management team, no plan, nothing but the allure of Democracy whatever that was, since most had little education. In a way it was huge mistake on our part to get rid of him without an alternative for the people.
Now see the result.
Building codes, of course they probably don't exist but little else does either 25 years later.
Yes. When I heard that we were having the UN take the lead, I knew the Haitians were in serious trouble.
correction: spending...ongoing spending.
We absolutgely do need the carrier there. Aircraft carriers have water desalination plants that can generate many thousands of gallons of fresh water each day. We did it during the tsunami relief and it is what is needed desperately in Haiti.
Wow great news, it will take all that plus more. Lots at stake for the left and us.
Nice typo, that’s what he’s on his way to becoming: our ‘resident’ at the White House.
I wish they would drop a few Marines in other parts of the island. They might discover some more people in need. The US, UN, and the rest of the world are focusing all their efforts on Port Au Prince. Meanwhile a few million people in other areas are ignored.
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