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From inside the belly of <strikeThe Beast for-profit health insurance –
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/7/16/former_insurance_exec_wendell_porter
Okay.
This time with proof-reading –
From Inside the Belly of
The BeastFor-Profit Health Insurance –http://www.democracynow.org/2009/7/16/former_insurance_exec_wendell_porter
I support legislation that would halt the extemely dangerous practice of talking on cell phones while driving.
And cancel any thought of prohibiting driving in the left lane on two lane highways. I have watched this situation since this legislation has been discussed. I don’t think drivers need the government sitting behind them saying, “No don’t do that.” “Get back in the right lane, you don’t have time to pass.” “Careful, there’s a highway patrolman looking for someone to give a quota ticket to.”
This left lane legislation is namby pamby, pandering by some people looking to make a name for themselves.
Talking on cell phones while driving is more dangerous than driving with alcohol impairment. Dangerous to all drivers on the road.
3,600 More Troops Being Sent For Iraqi Freedom, As The Obama ‘Withdrawal’ Continues
DoD Announces Units for Upcoming Operation Iraqi Freedom Rotation
The Department of Defense announced today the alert of replacement forces scheduled to deploy in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The announcement involves one brigade and one division headquarters from the Army National Guard consisting of approximately 3,600 personnel.
Specific units alerted are:
36th Division Headquarters, Texas Army National Guard
197th Fires Brigade, New Hampshire Army National Guard
Always room in Obama’s Administration to Employ Former DemoRats voted out of office
Nancy E. Boyda has been appointed to the senior executive service and will be assigned as deputy assistant secretary of defense for reserve manpower and personnel, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve affairs, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Washington, D.C. Boyda previously served with the U.S. House of Representatives as a congresswoman from Kansas.
(This job was created as part of the Stimulus funding. Ahhhh, I feel more optimistic about the economy already!)
Senior Executive Service?
WTF is that?
Are they taking care of old people, or are they old people forced to take care of executives?
Deputy assistant secretary of defense for reserve manpower and personnel, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve affairs, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Washington, D.C
How do they fit this title on Boyda’s business card?
Is this a made up job or what?
Global warming is the new religion of First World urban elites
Geologist Ian Plimer takes a contrary view, arguing that man-made climate change is a con trick perpetuated by environmentalists
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Global+warming+religion+First+World+urban+elites/1835847/story.html
The dynamic and changing character of the Earth’s climate has always been known by geologists. These changes are cyclical and random, he says. They are not caused or significantly affected by human behaviour.
Polar ice, for example, has been present on the Earth for less than 20 per cent of geological time, Plimer writes. Plus, animal extinctions are an entirely normal part of the Earth’s evolution.
Navy Christens New Guided Missile Destroyer Jason Dunham
The Navy will christen the newest Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer, Jason Dunham, Aug. 1, 2009, during a 10 a.m. EDT ceremony at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine.
Designated DDG 109, the new destroyer honors Cpl. Jason L. Dunham, the first Marine awarded the Medal of Honor for Operation Iraqi Freedom. Dunham was born in Scio, N.Y., Nov. 10, 1981, sharing the same birthday as the U.S. Marine Corps.
On April 14, 2004, Dunham’s squad was conducting a reconnaissance mission in Karabilah, Iraq, when his battalion commander’s convoy was ambushed. When Dunham’s squad approached to provide fire support, an Iraqi insurgent leapt out of a vehicle and attacked Dunham. As Dunham wrestled the insurgent to the ground, he noticed that the enemy fighter had a grenade in his hand and immediately alerted his fellow Marines. When the enemy dropped the live grenade, Dunham took off his Kevlar helmet, covered the grenade, and threw himself on top to smother the blast. In an ultimate selfless act of courage, in which he was mortally wounded, he saved the lives of two fellow Marines.
Retired Gen. Michael W. Hagee, former commandant of the U. S. Marine Corps, will deliver the ceremony’s principal address. Debra Dunham will serve as sponsor of the ship named for her late son. In accordance with Navy tradition, she will break a bottle of champagne across the ship’s bow and christen the ship.
JWink
Posted July 29, 2009 at 6:44 am | Permalink
I support legislation that would halt the extemely dangerous practice of talking on cell phones while driving.
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Yes, it should be legal to shoot them dead, as long as you have a permit.
We need more unenforceable Government laws & regulation.
My God, we have way too much Freedom in America!
Democrats may drop public option from health bill
The idea — beloved by President Barack Obama and liberal Democrats — that any overhaul of the nation’s health care system should include a government-run insurance option to compete with private insurers is losing important political momentum.
Democratic leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives wouldn’t guarantee Tuesday that the “public option” would be in the final version of the legislation.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/72633.html
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Why am I not surprised that the Democrats have once again caved in?
What a pack of gutless cowards.
That’s good news XXX.
“I support legislation that would halt the extemely dangerous practice of talking on cell phones while driving.” Jwink
Teenagers don’t talk on cell phones anymore, they just text…much more dangerous as you can talk handsfree with a bluetooth/etc, however you can’t text “handsfree”.
At the speed of business transactions today, most people can talk and drive at the same time and virtually are required to, to meet customer needs while traveling…kids just think they can text & drive safely, among other things teenagers believe the can do without consequences (we’ve all been one at some point…).
“Why am I not surprised that the Democrats have once again caved in?
What a pack of gutless cowards.”
“Caved in” to whom? Don’t the have a majority?
Oh, maybe you mean the people?
XXX – as I understand it, the govt option is being replaced with a “COOP” option as a compromise. Does anyone understand what this COOP version entails? Is it in use somewhere now?
The term “COOP” makes me think of ag related COOPs, who served a great purpose about 20-50 yrs ago, when KS was the “bread basket of the world” and price volatility was a rarity. A lot of COOPs bit the dust in the last 20 yrs due to a pricing practice called “price protection”. The concept was that for its members, it offered price protection for its purchasing members (fertilizer, chemicals, etc) by giving them a fixed contract price if prices went up, or lowering the contract price if prices went down. The flip held true on member sales (grain), giving them the higher of fixed contract price or cash market price. It bankrupted the COOPs, but members loved it.
Pelosi made one of her silly speeches a couple days ago, proclaiming the House bill under consideration “capped costs, but not benefits”. How many times does this impossibility need to prove it’s impossibility before people learn, you can’t fix sales price and leave the cost of goods sold unhedged? Rolling brownouts in CA when they fixed utility sales prices but left them open to nat gas fluctuations on their peak shaving plants….homeowners/bankers/politicians with ARMs believing home value was static/rising, but increased interest rates were no risk…
And the press nods along…because THIS time, we feel lucky…THIS time it’ll work…
you can talk handsfree with a bluetooth/etc, however you can’t text “handsfree”.
Give it a bit. There is already software out there that will translate your received txt’s to speech. Soon you will be able to speak in your phone and have it translated to txt.
Author unknown:
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Once upon a time, I was invited to the White House for a private dinner with the President. I am a respected businessman, with a factory that produces memory chips for computers and portable electronics. There was some talk that my industry was being scrutinized by the administration, but I paid it no mind. I live in a free country. There’s nothing that the government can do to me if I’ve broken no laws. My wealth was earned honestly, and an invitation to dinner with an American President is an honor.
I checked my coat, was greeted by the Chief of Staff, and joined the President in a yellow dining room.
We sat across from each other at a table draped in white linen. The Great Seal was embossed on the china. Uniformed staff served our dinner.
The meal was served, and I was startled when my waiter suddenly reached out, plucked a dinner roll off my plate, and began nibbling it as he walked back to the kitchen.
“Sorry about that,” said the President. “Andrew is very hungry.”
“I don’t appreciate…” I began, but as I looked into the calm brown eyes across from me, I felt immediately guilty and petty.. It was just a dinner roll.
“Of course,” I concluded, and reached for my glass. Before I could, however, another waiter reached forward, took the glass away and swallowed the wine in a single gulp.
“And his brother Eric is very thirsty.” said the President.
I didn’t say anything. The President is testing my compassion, I thought. I will play along. I don’t want to seem unkind.
My plate was whisked away before I had tasted a bite.
“Eric’s children are also quite hungry.”
With a lurch, I crashed to the floor. My chair had been pulled out from under me. I stood, brushing myself off angrily, and watched as it was carried from the room.
“And their grandmother can’t stand for long.”
I excused myself, smiling outwardly, but inside feeling like a fool.
Obviously I had been invited to the White House to be sport for some game. I reached for my coat, to find that it had been taken. I turned back to the President.
“Their grandfather doesn’t like the cold.”
I wanted to shout – that was my coat! But again, I looked at the placid smiling face of my host and decided I was being a poor sport. I spread my hands helplessly and chuckled. Then I felt my hip pocket and realized my wallet was gone. I excused myself and walked to a phone on an elegant side table. I learned shortly that my credit cards had been maxed out, my bank accounts emptied, my retirement and equity portfolios had vanished, and my wife had been thrown out of our home. Apparently, the waiters and their families were moving in. The President hadn’t moved or spoken as I learned all this, but finally I lowered the phone into its cradle and turned to face him.
“Andrew’s whole family has made bad financial decisions. They haven’t planned for retirement, and they need a house. They recently defaulted on a subprime mortgage. I told them they could have your home. They need it more than you do.”
My hands were shaking. I felt faint. I stumbled back to the table and knelt on the floor. The President cheerfully cut his meat, ate his steak and drank his wine.
I lowered my eyes and stared at the small grey circles on the tablecloth that were water drops.
“By the way,” he added, “I have just signed an Executive Order nationalizing your factories. I’m firing you as head of your business. I’ll be operating the firm now for the benefit of all mankind. There’s a whole bunch of Erics and Andrews out there and they can’t come to you for jobs groveling like beggars.”
I looked up. The President dropped his spoon into the empty ramekin which had been his crème Brule. He drained the last drops of his wine.
As the table was cleared, he lit a cigarette and leaned back in his chair. He stared at me. I clung to the edge of the table as if were a ledge and I were a man hanging over an abyss. I thought of the years behind me, of the life I had lived. The life I had earned with a lifetime of work, risk and struggle. Why was I punished? How had I allowed it to be taken? What game had I played and lost? I looked across the table and noticed with some surprise that there was no game board between us.
What had I done wrong?
As if answering the unspoken thought, the President suddenly cocked his head, locked his empty eyes to mine, and bared a million teeth, chuckling wryly as he folded his hands.
“You should have stopped me at the dinner roll,” he said.
Wake up, America!
This can’t be entirely an unanticipated reaction:
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Public opposition to the auto bailouts may translating into consumer buying decisions, with 46% of Americans now saying they are more likely to buy a car from Ford because it did not take government money to stay in business.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 13% say they are less likely to buy a Ford because the company didn’t receive a bailout, and 37% say it has no impact on their car buying.
At the same time, nearly one-out-of-five Americans (19%) say someone in their family or a friend has chosen not to buy a car from GM or Chrysler because they took bailout money. Fifty-six percent (56%) say family or friends have not steered clear of GM or Chrysler for this reason, but 26% are not sure.
Most Americans (53%) continue to believe that it is at least somewhat likely that the government, now that it has substantial ownership stakes in GM and Chrysler, will pass laws and regulations giving those two automakers an unfair advantage over Ford. Thirty percent (30%) say it’s very likely. This suspicion has lessened slightly since May.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/business/auto_industry/july_2009/46_more_likely_to_buy_ford_cause_it_didn_t_get_a_bailout
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That last – that “the government . . . will pass laws and regulations giving those two automakers an unfair advantage over Ford” – gets a big “DUH” on the meter. OF COURSE gov’t will do so. It’s par for the course.
The more gov’t interferes in business, the more corrupt gov’t will be. It’s inevitable.
Oh, and BTW – count me in. I will NOT buy any new GM products as long as GM is in fact Government Moters. I don’t care how many “incentives” are in place. And “cash for clunkers” notwithstanding, I’ll keep the GMC, thanks.
Cry us a river solie. It’s PAST time people like you had a little of your own suffering.
It’s PAST time people like you had a little of your own suffering.
WTF?
This coming from the one with the outreached hand full of nothing and a mouth full of “GIMME”?
On this date, July 29th
1773 1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny Mtns completed, Schoenbrunn, OH
1898 – The temperature at Prineville, OR, soared to 119 degrees to establish a state record, which was tied on the 10th of August at Pendleton. (The Weather Channel)
1914 1st transcontinental phone link made between NYC & SF
1958 Pres Eisenhower signs NASA & Space Act of 1958
Before I had chance in another war, the desire to kill people to whom I had not been introduced had passed away.
- Autobiography of Mark Twain
Winner of not my job award.
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/3328/notmyjobaward.jpg
the face of terrorism?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_american_bred_terrorists
I guess some would like to see all of those still-working auto makers with Chrysler and GM NOT working, and adding to the financial problems…
Takes all kinds, I suppose….
donndublin posted July 29, 2009 at 8:03 am
Geologist Ian Plimer takes a contrary view, arguing that man-made climate change is a con trick perpetuated by environmentalists
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donndublin prefers to believe the deceptions, falsehoods, and ignorance spread by Ian Plimer.
‘The science is missing from Ian Plimer’s “Heaven and Earth”‘
http://scienceblogs.com/deltoid/2009/04/the_science_is_missing_from_ia.php
About
Here’s the the guy that “Cosmos of the Hyperlinks” links to to criticize Don Dublin’s source. A “computer scientist”? Not that there is anything wrong with that or that the fellow might even have a valid opinion. But Cosmos’s usual dismissal of the opinions of those who aren’t “climate scientists” is well demonstrated. So the rule must apply except when they agree with Cosmos.
“I’m a computer scientist in the School of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. I don’t blog about computer science very much but rather about areas of science with political implications such as global warming, the relationship between guns and crime and the use of DDT against malaria. Usually I’m inspired by reading an article and noticing something that doesn’t seem to be correct. I then do a little bit of research and before you know it I have a blog post explaining what is wrong and why it is wrong.”
DFB
Posted July 29, 2009 at 8:46 am | Permalink
XXX – as I understand it, the govt option is being replaced with a “COOP” option as a compromise. Does anyone understand what this COOP version entails? Is it in use somewhere now?
The term “COOP” makes me think of ag related COOPs, who served a great purpose about 20-50 yrs ago, when KS was the “bread basket of the world” and price volatility was a rarity. A lot of COOPs bit the dust in the last 20 yrs due to a pricing practice called “price protection”. The concept was that for its members, it offered price protection for its purchasing members (fertilizer, chemicals, etc) by giving them a fixed contract price if prices went up, or lowering the contract price if prices went down. The flip held true on member sales (grain), giving them the higher of fixed contract price or cash market price. It bankrupted the COOPs, but members loved it.
Pelosi made one of her silly speeches a couple days ago, proclaiming the House bill under consideration “capped costs, but not benefits”. How many times does this impossibility need to prove it’s impossibility before people learn, you can’t fix sales price and leave the cost of goods sold unhedged? Rolling brownouts in CA when they fixed utility sales prices but left them open to nat gas fluctuations on their peak shaving plants….homeowners/bankers/politicians with ARMs believing home value was static/rising, but increased interest rates were no risk…
And the press nods along…because THIS time, we feel lucky…THIS time it’ll work…
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OUTSTANDING POST!
The sheep will walk over a cliff if told to do so.
outlander posted July 29, 2009 at 10:10 am
About
Here’s the the guy that “Cosmos of the Hyperlinks” links to to criticize Don Dublin’s source.
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outlander,
Did you even read my 10:00 am linked page?
Feel free to also attack Dr Barry Brook, instead of defending the many errors made by donndublin’s source, Ian Plimer.
http://bravenewclimate.com/2009/04/23/ian-plimer-heaven-and-earth/
JJ – when I heard Pelosi saying “we’re capping costs, but not benefits…let me repeat..” I about lost it! Even more sad that people believe that’s possible, because Pelosi said so.
Outlander, cosMo prefers to believe someone like himself with zero scientific credentials and a neo-eco-fanatic. They worship at the church of the IPCC along the the other socialist globalists.
Praise Be.
Sol – “WTF” moment above..don’t forget…”it’s a right”…you know, “welfare clause” means everythings a right…”necessary and proper” just means “useful” (Hamilton), “commerce clause” means all transactions….but now it’s hope and change, not the same debate that’s been going on since Europe was nothing but a collection of feudal kingdoms….
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cosmos_originally
Posted July 29, 2009 at 10:20 am | Permalink
outlander posted July 29, 2009 at 10:10 am
About
Here’s the the guy that “Cosmos of the Hyperlinks” links to to criticize Don Dublin’s source.
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outlander,
Did you even read my 10:00 am linked page?
Feel free to also attack Dr Barry Brook, instead of defending the many errors made by donndublin’s source, Ian Plimer.
http://bravenewclimate.com/2009/04/23/ian-plimer-heaven-and-earth/
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This is a perfect example of what Plimer is saying about the alarmists. Cosmo’s source only focuses on the data since 1880 and neglects hundreds of thousands of years worth of geological history.
Thanks for proving Plimer’s point Mo.
donndublin posted July 29, 2009 at 10:24 am
Outlander, cosMo prefers to believe someone like himself with zero scientific credentials and a neo-eco-fanatic. They worship at the church of the IPCC along the the other socialist globalists.
Praise Be.
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Notice how donndublin makes empty attacks, instead of refuting the well-documented lists of errors made by his source, Ian Plimer.
donndublin cannot admit that he prefers to believe the deceptions, falsehoods, and ignorance spread by Ian Plimer.
Geithner: U.S. Will Address Deficits After Economy Recovers
Washington (AP) – Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says he has reassured China that the United States will take steps to address rising
budget deficits once the economic recovery is firmly in place. China has huge investments in the United States and has worried it could be
undermined by U.S. budget deficits.
Geithner says the Obama administration plans to reverse the spending of hundreds of billions of dollars devoted to stimulating the economy and
propping up a teetering financial system.
How’s he going to do that?
Obama and his lackeys in Congress are continually adding more pork, entitlements, and increases to entitlement programs.
You cannot have it both ways. You can’t be a big spender and a conservative.
Obama’s trillion+ Recovery Act includes increases to over a dozen entitlement programs which are “planned” as temporary. He also is trying to keep his base happy by handing out money to hire
cops, firemen, and teachers. All of these – are temporary in the budget.
We all know that entitlements, and funding for jobs politically will be hard to END. Next to impossible. Who will have the courage to reduce
unemployment benefits to the 2008 level, in 2012? Who will have the courage to literally fire all the teachers, policemen, and fireman hired
under the guise of temporary “recovery”? No one.
So we have this huge permanent increase in federal outlays by Obama which will never go away. We also know Obama wants to spend even more.
LOTS MORE.
There is no way to resolved this without increasing revenue. That means more tax increases for ALL Americans. If you took every penny from the Top 5% – that would not be enough. If you took every penny of GDP – that would not be enough.
Obama will have to dream up more hidden taxes on the poor and middle class. Some, like on smokes, tobacco, and fuel, are not so hidden.
But when China and Japan have had enough of our spending nonsense, they will pull the plug. Gawd help us then.
And the media will continue to be plastered with the real serious business facing this nation. World events, the recession, war, everything pales in comparison.
1. What kind of beer will Obama drink?
2. What will Obama be wearing for the 6 PM get together?
3. Will the “THREE” shake hands and smile?
4. Will Obama actually apologize for putting his foot in his mouth and being an a $$?
Meanwhile, the informal investigation in Cambridge is sure to keep this earth shattering world event in the news for months to come.
And those polls!
I’m so excited.
A list of some of the errors made by Ian Plimer, who donndublin insists is a reliable, credible, and accurate source of climate science.
http://bravenewclimate.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/plimer1a9.pdf
boxlock20 posted July 28, 2009 at 9:44 pm
“World will warm faster than predicted in next five years, study warns”—our resident chicken little
It will be warm some days and cold some days, your ‘predictions’ will get you some pretty crappy odds with the crowd that puts their money where their mouth is instead of trying to win grant money to cry like chicken little.
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boxlock20 believes that s/he knows more about Earth’s climate system than the worlds top climate researchers (who s/he labels “chicken littles”).
And boxlock20. . . you’re gambling your ignorance and denial of science against the future climate of Earth.
“COOP”
I thought the democrats latest crazy idea is not to have the government healthcare plan, but instead create new agencies just like Freddy Mac and Fanny Mae.
You know quasi government entities, that can create havoc in the industry, speculate, and provide campaign contributions to democrat candidates. Then go bankrupt and have the government bail them out. And put the CEO on the presidents advisory board.
donndublin posted July 29, 2009 at 10:30 am
This is a perfect example of what Plimer is saying about the alarmists. Cosmo’s source only focuses on the data since 1880 and neglects hundreds of thousands of years worth of geological history.
Thanks for proving Plimer’s point Mo.
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donndublin seems to live in his own delusional fantasy world that’s built out of falsehoods.
See ‘Chapter 6 Palaeoclimate‘ at
http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/publications_ipcc_fourth_assessment_report_wg1_report_the_physical_science_basis.htm
A lib hero speaks out:
“Norma McCorvey, the “Jane Roe” of the infamous 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion on demand in the United States, protested the health-care reform bill on Capitol Hill Tuesday because it proposes federal funding for abortions.”
Democrats have everything in this healthcare fiasco bill but the kitchen sink. Unless someone saw that too hidden in the 11,00 pages?
cosmos_originally
Posted July 29, 2009 at 10:44 am | Permalink
A list of some of the errors made by Ian Plimer, who donndublin insists is a reliable, credible, and accurate source of climate science.
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That’s very weak cosmos.
Quoting AGW alarmist sources as proof that someone has committed errors is like comparing apples and oranges and stating one is wrong.
Your article is a laundry list of references (poorly constructed I might add) that furthers the confirmation that incompetence reigns supreme in the AGW Henny Penny world.
Utilizing a compendium of AGW biased sources is not proof of anything, it’s typical alarmist sloth.
Regular posted July 29, 2009 at 10:54 am
cosmos_originally
Posted July 29, 2009 at 10:44 am | Permalink
A list of some of the errors made by Ian Plimer, who donndublin insists is a reliable, credible, and accurate source of climate science.
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That’s very weak cosmos.
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More baseless attacks, instead of defending the many well-documented errors made by donndublin’s source, Ian Plimer.
Chas
Posted July 29, 2009 at 9:39 am | Permalink
I guess some would like to see all of those still-working auto makers with Chrysler and GM NOT working, and adding to the financial problems…
Takes all kinds, I suppose….
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How many GM and Chrysler workers have been laid-off since Obama bought these two companies?
Were those people laid-off by the GOVERNMENT auto companies included in the Jobs SAVED or the Jobs CREATED?
“Oh, and BTW – count me in. I will NOT buy any new GM products as long as GM is in fact Government Moters. ”
I’m a careful shopper. I buy my cars based upon reliability and economics.
Consumer Reports consistently reports that American made cars of Chrysler, GM, and Ford rate in the lowest – in every category (I posted this once will have to find the details again).
I also am conscience that every gallon of gas I buy is helping support terrorists who are using those dollars to kill Americans. So I have my Prius III on order trading in my Honda Civic Hybrid. Not especially concerned about the environment, but if I was – I wouldn’t wait for the gubermint to hold my hand and turn me green.
CosMo again attempts to deflect.
Sunday, May 10, 2009
The Australian – Michael Ashley reviews Ian Plimer’s Heaven + Earth
The Weekend Australian publishes a dismissive review of Ian Plimer’s book Heaven and Earth which has all the usual alarmist ingredients, in the following order:
ad hominem attacks (despite claims to the contrary);
choosing one isolated fact and then trying to discredit it;
extrapolating ingredient 2 to the entire book;
ignoring the main arguments completely; and
hints at censorship.
http://australianclimatemadness.blogspot.com/2009/05/australian-michael-ashley-reviews-ian.html
“A few hundred people rallied outside the state Capitol on Tuesday against what they dubbed socialist “Obamacare” — monster-size, government-meddling change they said would only make America sicker.
While patriotic country music — including “You’ve Got to Stand for Something” — blared from the Capitol steps, people munched on hot dogs and waved posters saying “Obama care is sicko” and “Our troops did not fight and die for socialism.”
“This is not the kind of health care change we want!” shouted Jeff Crank, state director of Americans for Prosperity, which helped organize the rally. “We demand something different.”
Denver Post
Gee, I hope they get done in time to watch the Obama beerfest. I wonder what Obama will be wearing?
New World Order? One World Government?
Coming to a city or state near you thanks to…
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Foreign troops on American soil??? Yes, they’re coming & the long anticipated & White House directed 7/27 -7/31/09 National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09) will soon be subjecting folks in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, & Texas to whatever it is that they’re going to subject them to. Troops from Canada, Australia, Mexico, & the U.K. are expected to participate & will focus “exclusively on terrorism prevention & protection” — which, in government-speak could mean practically anything.
http://blog.livesfortunessacredhonor.com/2009/07/24/classified.aspx?ref=rss
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Google NLE09
DFB
Posted July 29, 2009 at 10:21 am | Permalink
JJ – when I heard Pelosi saying “we’re capping costs, but not benefits…let me repeat..” I about lost it! Even more sad that people believe that’s possible, because Pelosi said so.
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We are truly living in Wonderland now.
Now, IF Doctors are forced to work and get paid a fixed amount no matter how many patients they see, (I suppose the Government Civil Service Corp will hold guns to their heads and force them to work like slaves), then there could be an increase in benefits with no increase in costs.
Most people, like BJ, won’t do more work for less pay.
(1/3 of our Doctors are over age 55, Will Government stop them from retiring and force them to work until the day they die?)
The president at first joked the government doesn’t have enough workers to ask everyone how they want to die, then more seriously suggested the idea is to expand the use of living wills. His aides suggested the misunderstanding was part of a calculated attempt by health reform opponents to undercut support for the effort by misrepresenting parts of the bills.
Critics have concerns the Medicare reimbursement could involve the government in end of life issues. A quarter of all Medicare spending is made in a patients final year of life, and that’s when the biggest potential savings could be made.”
calculated or calibrated? Which is it?
“3,600 More Troops Being Sent For Iraqi Freedom, As The Obama ‘Withdrawal’ Continues”
Worst President Ever.
New democrats correct way of saying “crooks”:
“Two powerful Senate Democrats said Tuesday that they knew they got low mortgage-rate deals in a lender’s VIP program but thought the special treatment was a “courtesy” WashTimes
XXX, that is unreal!
Another link on National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09)
http://www.fema.gov/media/fact_sheets/nle09.shtm
National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09) is scheduled for July 27 through July 31, 2009. NLE 09 will be the first major exercise conducted by the United States government that will focus exclusively on terrorism prevention and protection, as opposed to incident response and recovery.
NLE 09 is designated as a Tier I National Level Exercise. Tier I exercises (formerly known as the Top Officials exercise series or TOPOFF) are conducted annually in accordance with the National Exercise Program (NEP), which serves as the nation’s overarching exercise program for planning, organizing, conducting and evaluating national level exercises. The NEP was established to provide the U.S. government, at all levels, exercise opportunities to prepare for catastrophic crises ranging from terrorism to natural disasters.
NLE 09 is a White House directed, Congressionally- mandated exercise that includes the participation of all appropriate federal department and agency senior officials, their deputies, staff and key operational elements. In addition, broad regional participation of state, tribal, local, and private sector is anticipated. This year the United States welcomes the participation of Australia, Canada, Mexico and the United Kingdom in NLE 09.
New socialist order: Your own salary may be next:
“A key House committee approved legislation Tuesday that would allow regulators to ban executive pay plans that encourage too much risk taking by financial institutions or their officers. ”
(there is no limit on how far government can meddle in our lives)
XXX
Posted July 29, 2009 at 11:11 am | Permalink
New World Order? One World Government?
Coming to a city or state near you thanks to…
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Hmmmm….
That is kinda unsettling.
He should have dialed 911:
A homeowner shot and killed a suspected burglar who came at him with a tire iron Tuesday after breaking into a storage shed on the man’s property in east Harris County, officals said.
Although the shooting will be referred to a Harris County grand jury, investigators said it appears to be self-defense.
“He has the right to protect himself and his property,” said Sgt. Felipe Rivera, with the Harris County sheriff’s homicide division.
Houston
WASHINGTON (CNN) — The U.S. military wants to establish regional teams of military personnel to assist civilian authorities in the event of a significant outbreak of the H1N1 virus this fall, according to Defense Department officials.
The proposal is awaiting final approval from Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
The officials would not be identified because the proposal from U.S. Northern Command’s Gen. Victor Renuart has not been approved by the secretary.
The plan calls for military task forces to work in conjunction with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. There is no final decision on how the military effort would be manned, but one source said it would likely include personnel from all branches of the military.
Guess who won’t get an invite for beer at the whitehouse:
WASHINGTON — Former Secretary of State Colin Powell was mildly critical Tuesday of Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., whose angry response to a Cambridge, Mass., police officer touched off a national debate involving President Barack Obama.
American_Way
Posted July 29, 2009 at 11:13 am | Permalink
“3,600 More Troops Being Sent For Iraqi Freedom, As The Obama ‘Withdrawal’ Continues”
Worst President Ever.
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DoubleSpeak or Calculated language?
JimJohnson
Posted July 29, 2009 at 11:18 am | Permalink
XXX, that is unreal!
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Yes, it is. How many of you bloggers here have heard anything about NLE 09 in the news?
If not, why not?
Another nice Obama supporter from Shy town:
Members of a prominent Chicago-based sorority are suing to oust their national president — former Chicago Housing Authority comptroller Barbara McKinzie — saying she misappropriated funds and commissioned a $900,000 wax figure of herself.
She also is accused of taking nearly $400,000 for personal expenses and arranging for a $4,000 monthly stipend to be paid to herself after she leaves office.
“Foreign troops on American soil??? ”
You sure you aren’t mistaking them for ACORN storm troopers?
“This year the United States welcomes the participation of Australia, Canada, Mexico and the United Kingdom in NLE 09.”
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There may be 10 other countries involved that we aren’t being told about.
Yes, it is. How many of you bloggers here have heard anything about NLE 09 in the news?
If not, why not?
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The first rule of NLE 09 is……
ANTI
Posted July 29, 2009 at 11:22 am | Permalink
WASHINGTON (CNN) — The U.S. military wants to establish regional teams of military personnel to assist civilian authorities in the event of a significant outbreak of the H1N1 virus this fall, according to Defense Department officials.
The proposal is awaiting final approval from Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
The officials would not be identified because the proposal from U.S. Northern Command’s Gen. Victor Renuart has not been approved by the secretary.
The plan calls for military task forces to work in conjunction with the Federal Emergency Management Agency. There is no final decision on how the military effort would be manned, but one source said it would likely include personnel from all branches of the military.
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So, the military offers what services for this flu outbreak?
I wonder how many media reporters are going to the Bama Foot-In-Mouth beer party?
I’m surprised nothing new on the news in last hour on this event. It is an important world event.
Everybody should go to Uncle Obama to solve their local feuds. Just bring it up at the next news conference, I’m sure Obama will know the correct calibrated answer.
So, the military offers what services for this flu outbreak?
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Lead vaccinations.
Sorry folks, if I have to choose between a Marine and a Doctor to treat me for the flu, guess which one I would pick?
Maybe the Government will decide what’s best for you.
“So, the military offers what services for this flu outbreak?”
First the military will need control.
Survellance should be set up too.
W O L V E R I N E S ! ! !
JJ, I can cut you. I can cut nearly anything with a Kbar.
ANTI
Posted July 29, 2009 at 11:31 am | Permalink
So, the military offers what services for this flu outbreak?
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Lead vaccinations.
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As long as it’s not a nasty jacketed cop killer bullet, that’s fine.
In a martial law incident, would American soldiers fire on American civilians?
American_Way
Posted July 29, 2009 at 11:33 am | Permalink
JJ, I can cut you. I can cut nearly anything with a Kbar.
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Except Comwire. LOL!LOL!
There may be 10 other countries involved that we aren’t being told about.
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Something evil this way creeps.
“In a martial law incident, would American soldiers fire on American civilians?”
May, 1970, ONG soldiers fire on student protesters killing four at Kent State.
American_Way
Posted July 29, 2009 at 10:46 am | Permalink
“COOP”
I thought the democrats latest crazy idea is not to have the government healthcare plan, but instead create new agencies just like Freddy Mac and Fanny Mae.
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Gov’t Plans call for Fannie & Freddie to be reduced down in size to 1/3 of where they are today.
As Gov’t sponsored enterprises, they both failed so badly that Gov’t is cutting them way back. (Will ObamaCare be just as successful?)
If Fannie & Freddie are cut back so drastically, where will you get your mortgage loans in the future?
(Fannie & Freddie have roughly 60% of the market today)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=ajcw4yxxPGJ8
As a condition for the assistance, Fannie and Freddie eventually will have to reduce their holdings of mortgages and securities backed by home loans.
The portfolios “shall not exceed $850 billion as of Dec. 31, 2009, and shall decline by 10 percent per year until it reaches $250 billion,” the Treasury said. Fannie’s portfolio was $758 billion at the end of July, and Freddie’s was $798 billion.
American_Way
Posted July 29, 2009 at 11:33 am | Permalink
JJ, I can cut you. I can cut nearly anything with a Kbar.
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Sure, that’s the ObamaCare surgical plan.
While there is reason to cast a wary eye on these exercises and ensure accountability (this is the kind of thing the MSM media ought to be all over, BTW, and they’re failing on the job, as they are still all leg tingly over The One), but there is also no reason to tighten up the tin hats, folks.
Running this kind of exercise makes emminent sense, given the reality that an attack could happen again. Preparation means preparedness. And for all my disagreements with the Obama administration (and they are significant), I have no reason to believe that he, or the gov’t in general, is out to impose martial law willy-nilly.
That does not mean we blithely ignore the exercises or that we bury our heads in the sand. But neither need we go off in tin-hat paranoia fantasies.
XXX, I strongly suspect you’re stoking the fire with tongue firmly in cheek . . . .
Regular,
So despite the large number of errors made by Ian Plimer, you insist that he is a credible, reliable, and accurate source of climate science?
http://bravenewclimate.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/plimer1a9.pdf
Okay. . .
XXX
Posted July 29, 2009 at 11:34 am | Permalink
In a martial law incident, would American soldiers fire on American civilians?
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Would British, Canadian, Mexican, or Australian troops fire on American civilians, while US troops stand-by?
I’m sure the US troops would join in too.
“In a martial law incident, would American soldiers fire on American civilians?”
I don’t know. And I have no desire to find out. I strongly suspect the answer in many cases is no, but that would depend on the facts on the ground at that place/time.
The Kent State incident was a tragedy, but there was, IIRC no order to fire; rather, there was heard what some soldiers thought was a a gunshot, and they reacted. I could well be wrong; it’s been a long time. In any case, I doubt the incident tells us much about the such a scenario now.
GMC70
Posted July 29, 2009 at 11:51 am | Permalink
While there is reason to cast a wary eye on these exercises and ensure accountability (this is the kind of thing the MSM media ought to be all over, BTW, and they’re failing on the job, as they are still all leg tingly over The One), but there is also no reason to tighten up the tin hats, folks.
Running this kind of exercise makes emminent sense, given the reality that an attack could happen again. Preparation means preparedness. And for all my disagreements with the Obama administration (and they are significant), I have no reason to believe that he, or the gov’t in general, is out to impose martial law willy-nilly.
That does not mean we blithely ignore the exercises or that we bury our heads in the sand. But neither need we go off in tin-hat paranoia fantasies.
XXX, I strongly suspect you’re stoking the fire with tongue firmly in cheek . .
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Ok, an exercise with American troops is one thing. You really think having foreign troops on US soil is the best approach in fighting terrorism?
GMC70
Posted July 29, 2009 at 11:51 am | Permalink
XXX, I strongly suspect you’re stoking the fire with tongue firmly in cheek .
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GMC70, you’re partially correct.
Seriously though, the idea of foriegn troops on American soil makes me uncomfortable.
The silence in the MSN is worrisome.
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México estará en un simulacro antiterrorista con EE.UU. y otros países
Este ejercicio no implica desplazar fuerzas militares o personal fuera de México debido a que es un ejercicio se simulación ‘analítico y no operativo’. EFE/Archivo
2009-07-09 | EFE.-México, 9 jul (EFE).- México participará en un simulacro de emergencia antiterrorista con Estados Unidos, Reino Unido, Canadá y Australia, para evaluar la capacidad de prevención y protección ante cualquier eventualidad de ese tipo, informó hoy la cancillería mexicana.
El ejercicio de simulacro, denominado National Level Exercise (NLE)-09, será desarrollado por la Agencia Federal de Atención a Emergencias (FEMA, por su sigla en inglés) y se realizará entre el 27 y el 31 de julio próximo, indicó la Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores (SRE) en un comunicado
http://www.terra.com.mx/articulo.aspx?articuloId=845800&ref=1
If you woke up one morning and there was a squad of obviously foriegn troops moving down the street, what would you do?
Foreign troops on US soil is not new at all. We did Infantry training and joint force training with Russians while I was at Ft Hood.
There used to be Reforger in Germany – every year I think. Can’t remember the name of op in Korea but that was every other year. Then Bright Star in Egypt. All of them joint force operations with foreign military.
Ft. Ord California is the best tank op facility on the globe. Multinational forces there as well. Last I heard, OpFor was still running Soviet tactics and kickin tail. Not sure if they still are or not.
Damn I miss being “in” sometimes. Team Spirit damnit. That was the Korea op.
XXX
Posted July 29, 2009 at 12:02 pm | Permalink
If you woke up one morning and there was a squad of obviously foriegn troops moving down the street, what would you do?
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Speak to them in Spanish.
Obama, when asked if congress would read the health bill, just said member of Congress would have plenty of time over the August break to read the bill.
Of course, he did not mention his original deadline was before the break.
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cosmos_originally
Posted July 29, 2009 at 11:52 am | Permalink
Regular,
So despite the large number of errors made by Ian Plimer, you insist that he is a credible, reliable, and accurate source of climate science?
Okay. . .
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CosMo,
So despite the large number of errors made by Hansen and Mann, you insist that they are a credible, reliable, and accurate source of climate science?
Okay . . .
“Of course, he did not mention his original deadline was before the break.”
If a Congress-person can’t read a 1,000 – 1,200 page law over a week’s time, they should head back to remedial reading class.
The problem, WS, is that it keeps changing. The cap and tax bill for example. A three hundred page amendment was added at 3:00 AM the day they voted on it.
Here is lil Barry complaining about legislation being rammed through without time to debate or understand it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOnYnIDX0Eg
The many well-documented errors made by AGW alarmist Micheal Mann.
http://www.climateaudit.org/?cat=71
donndublin posted July 29, 2009 at 12:20 pm
CosMo,
So despite the large number of errors made by Hansen and Mann, you insist that they are a credible, reliable, and accurate source of climate science?
Okay . . .
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Hansen did not make the errors, and the errors were quickly corrected when discovered.
And Mann’s “hockey stick” has been replicated by other scientists — an inconvenient fact that donndublin and others ignore.
So yes, I consider Hansen and Mann credible, reliable, and accurate sources of climate science.
donndublin, why do you insist that Ian Plime is a credible, reliable, and accurate source of climate science?
http://bravenewclimate.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/plimer1a9.pdf
As for the question of if US troops would fire on its own citizens I think the answer is yes, they do what their told to do, one just has to look at history. Draft Riots in during the civil war were put down with troops, Colorado national guard guns down 11 children in the Ludlow massacre, battle of Blair Mountain in west Virgina federal troops dropped bombs from planes onto civilians, General MacArthur fired and gassed veterans, and Kent state has already been mentioned
XXX, how do think the rest of the world feels about US troops? 140 Countries have US troops in them, 20 years after the Soviets collapsed we still have a 100,000 troops in Europe, to me that makes no sense
cosMo, see my post at 11:08
donndublin posted July 29, 2009 at 12:58 pm
cosMo, see my post at 11:08
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donndublin insists that Ian Plimer is a credible, reliable, and accurate source of climate science, because of what “Simon from Sydney” posted on a blog?
Okay. . .
If a Congress-person can’t read a 1,000 – 1,200 page law over a week’s time, they should head back to remedial reading class.
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Please.
No law should BE 1000-1200 pages. Laws written that way are designed not to be read, so that they can be stuffed with goodies and pork and snuck by why the members are still trying to sort it out. And it’s incomprehensible that any Congress-critter would vote for any bill that he hasn’t read and gained a working understanding of. THAT cannot be done in a weekend.
What’s the hurry – oh, yes, we already know. Pork-stuffing and all that.
Moreover, I cannot imagine any public policy that cannot be clearly stated in 100 pages, double spaced, 12 point type.
“Hansen did not make the errors, and the errors were quickly corrected when discovered.”
If he “did not make the errors”, how were the errors “quickly corrected”?
XXX
Posted July 29, 2009 at 12:02 pm | Permalink
If you woke up one morning and there was a squad of obviously foriegn troops moving down the street, what would you do?
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Let my dog out.
He’s a mean dog.
TomPaine
Posted July 29, 2009 at 12:58 pm | Permalink
XXX, how do think the rest of the world feels about US troops? 140 Countries have US troops in them, 20 years after the Soviets collapsed we still have a 100,000 troops in Europe, to me that makes no sense
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Oh, you mean like Japan, Germany, South Korea, Britain, Italy, Kosovo…..
They don’t want us there?
By having the US taxpayer pay for their defense, they have to pay very little for their own defense, which allows them to have all their Socialist programs.
Even the Socialists are Socialists.
Gawd have the nut “birthers” and their right wing goofballs found another stupid cause…invasion! Did we ever get rid of the 1 million Chinese RED Commies that were supposed to be in “poised” in Mexico a few years ago? You people really need help, Mexico, Australia and Canada….your freaking sick.
Much of the world enjoys military defense and handouts, courtesy the US taxpayer.
Yet many of the Libs paint the US as an evil country, and some even burn our flag:
BlueJay
Posted July 29, 2009 at 9:03 am | Permalink
I do not trust the profit motive today with the future safety of the planet for a half life of tomorrows. Other countries have at least demonstrated more responsibility. The United States is not accountable enough to the future to explore nuclear power
(So dramatic BJ! Half life of tomorrows! LOL!)
Heh, heh, heh…
BJ writes about the US not demonstrating responsibility!
That’s funny as he11.
sursum
Posted July 29, 2009 at 1:49 pm | Permalink
Gawd have the nut “birthers” and their right wing goofballs found another stupid cause…invasion! Did we ever get rid of the 1 million Chinese RED Commies that were supposed to be in “poised” in Mexico a few years ago? You people really need help, Mexico, Australia and Canada….your freaking sick.
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You trust the Mexican military in the US?
“GMC70″ finds time from his busy schedule at work with –
“No law should BE 1000-1200 pages. Laws written that way are designed not to be read, so that they can be stuffed with goodies and pork and snuck by why the members are still trying to sort it out.”
Reading the law, albeit the profession you chose and are earning taxpayers’ dollar for, is essential.
Since there are so many laws proposed in Congress and resolutions and crap, the people in Congress hire policy wonks to read it at report the dicey stuff as opposed to the administrative stuff (such as what pay-grade a 4th-tier clerk might get for the job inherent in the legislation).
You know that, “GMC70.”
Half or two-thirds of the bill are bogged down in administrative “what-ifs?” and are addressed. That’s why judges get the big bucks. And lawyers, too (albeit not you; you have better things to do than, y’know, your job).
Do I think for a moment Pat Roberts is gonna spend August in Dodge City in his cobweb-infested “home” above a drug store to read all 1,200 pages of the health insurance reform bill?
Yeah, that’s what I (and you, apparently) expect and believe.
You also believe in the Tooth Fairy.
And you spend taxpayers’ money sharing that with us on WE Blog.
You’re certainly $38,000-a-year well-spent by the people of Butler County.
They must be so proud.
Mexico can’t even police their own:
http://fmso.leavenworth.army.mil/documents/mxcoparm.htm#N_1_
Law Enforcement and the Mexican Armed Forces: New Internal Security Missions Challenge the Military
by Dr. Graham H. Turbiville, Jr.
Foreign Military Studies Office, Fort Leavenworth, KS.
Introduction
Mexican internal security concerns began to intensify more than three years ago with the January 1994 appearance of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (Ejército Zapatista Liberación Nacional–EZLN) in the southern state of Chiapas. They have accelerated since that time as a consequence of severe economic problems, political turbulence and assassinations, and the recent appearance in several states of new guerrilla groups–particularly the Peoples Revolutionary Army ((Ejército Popular Revolucionario–EPR) which in the late summer of 1997 continues to inflict casualties on Army and police units in Guerrero, Oaxaca, and several other states. These developments–clearly identified by the Mexican government as threats to the nation’s security–have been accompanied also by rising levels of street crime and criminal violence, revelations of endemic institutional corruption, and the increasingly effective operations of drug traffickers and other organized crime groups.(1)
In this environment, the efforts of Mexican authorities to use the law enforcement and defense resources of the state to control or eliminate national and public security threats ranging from insurgency, to drug trafficking, to violent street crime, have evoked charges from some Mexicans that the ‘militarization’ of the state is well underway.(2) For the federal and state police forces of the nation, this refers to the adoption of a more military character in terms of manning, equipment, and operational approaches.(3) In troubled states like Guerrero, truck-loads of State or Federal Judicial Police equipped with automatic weapons present a frequently encountered paramilitary presence. In large measure, however, the ‘militarization’ charge refers to the evolving role of the Mexican Defense Secretariat (Secreataría de la Defensa Nacional–comprising the Army and Air Force) and the Marine Secretariat (Secretaría de la Marina–constituting the Navy and amphibious elements) in internal security and law enforcement. More specifically, ‘militarization’ is categorized as:
the more visible deployment of troops along roads and highways, cities and villages, and remote mountainous or other rural areas;
the transfer of law enforcement functions to the army or the placement of military officers in police organizations;
an increase in the equipment procurement and training budgets of the military; and
the increased training of Mexican soldiers in foreign schools or by foreign military personnel located in Mexico.(4)
This is the environment in which Mexico has purged, reorganized, and reinforced elements of the federal and state police establishments, and increasingly turned to the Mexican Armed Forces–growing in size and modernizing in terms of equipment and training–to bolster the nation’s struggle to restore and sustain adequate levels of internal security and public safety. These actions are judged necessary by hard-pressed Mexican authorities dealing with multiple problems. They also have intensified debate about the proper role of the military in countering vigorous, growing threats to Mexican stability.
(More details of police & military corruption follow)
While the dispatch of fresh troops and the appointment of military personnel to direct civilian law enforcement operations in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez significantly expand the breadth and scope of the Mexican armed forces’ role in public life, military involvement in anti-drug and other law enforcement campaigns is far from new, even though the Mexican Constitution does not allow for the type of activities currently performed by soldiers on the border and in the interior of the nation.
For decades, Mexican soldiers and marines have been assigned the jobs of uprooting drug plantings and seizing narcotics on highways and sea lanes. In various states of the republic, retired or on-leave military men are often the choice picks to lead local or state police departments.
http://mexidata.info/id2205.html
This report is from 4 years AFTER the Assault Weapons Ban in the US
http://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/23/world/us-help-for-mexican-military-has-not-curtailed-drug-traffic.html
U.S. Help for Mexican Military Has Not Curtailed Drug Traffic
By TIM GOLDEN
Published: Wednesday, December 23, 1998
United States effort to help train and equip Mexico’s armed forces to pursue drug smugglers is in a shambles, officials of both countries say, souring American relations with an ally that Washington has worked intensely to court.
Three years after the Pentagon began donating dozens of helicopters to the Mexican Army and training hundreds of Mexican soldiers in the United States, officials have seen only a handful of the anti-drug operations that were intended.
The helicopter fleet has been grounded by mechanical problems, and angry Mexican generals are sharply cutting the number of troops they will send to train.
American intelligence reports say the drug flights that the plan was intended to combat have virtually ceased. But that appears to be because the traffickers turned to smuggling schemes like containerized shipping before the enforcement strategy ever got off the ground. The flow of drugs into the United States has continued apace.
Tensions over the failed strategy, the faltering equipment and continuing reports of Mexican military corruption have grown serious enough, United States officials said, that they have asked Mexico’s commanding generals to reassess the program altogether.
MH,
The very same and continues personal attack on GMC is very very stale.
I’m sure you can be more creative next time an opportunity to slam GMC arises.
continuous
Interesting that Mexico can violate its own Constitution to deploy its military to fight civilians in their own country.
Jim –
It’s all he’s got. When you only have one horse, you have to ride it into the ground. Besides, he’s trying so hard to get me to shut up and go away. No such luck, MH!
We should get some scissors and cut your guy wires.
MonkeyHockMonkeyHawk tries to participate and thinks he’s brilliant.His writing is usually so obnoxious and boorish, it’s only worth a rapid scroll over.
Hud posted July 29, 2009 at 1:16 pm
If he “did not make the errors”, how were the errors “quickly corrected”?
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By getting the correct data.
We should get some scissors and cut your guy wires.
WTF?
OK can we get a thread about drug testing before handing out food stamps?
GMC70
Posted July 29, 2009 at 2:26 pm | Permalink
Jim –
It’s all he’s got. When you only have one horse, you have to ride it into the ground. Besides, he’s trying so hard to get me to shut up and go away. No such luck, MH!
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And apparently, MH never works.
SolDevVB
Posted July 29, 2009 at 2:51 pm | Permalink
We should get some scissors and cut your guy wires.
WTF?
OK can we get a thread about drug testing before handing out food stamps?
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I VOTE YES!
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cosmos_originally
Posted July 29, 2009 at 2:48 pm | Permalink
Hud posted July 29, 2009 at 1:16 pm
If he “did not make the errors”, how were the errors “quickly corrected”?
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By getting the
correctpolitically correct data.——————————
There, I fixed it for you.
Hud
Posted July 29, 2009 at 1:16 pm | Permalink
“Hansen did not make the errors, and the errors were quickly corrected when discovered.”
If he “did not make the errors”, how were the errors “quickly corrected”?
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Really good reading skills there, Hud… The statement does NOT say there were no errors… It says that Hansen did not MAKE the errors… and the errors were quickly corrected when they were discovered…
SO glad you know how to read with such comprehension — /sarcasm off
Okay, which one you have the body?
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JimJohnson
Posted July 29, 2009 at 2:10 pm | Permalink
Interesting that Mexico can violate its own Constitution to deploy its military to fight civilians in their own country.
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DAMN Johnson, why dont you go down to Mexico, and tell THEM how to run their country, eh??? Maybe you can even find a blog to post on while you are there…
Wow! Chas is in the attack mode.
State Senator Paul Stanley (R), resigning after boinking his 22 yr. old intern, while having a reputation for speaking out against unmarried sex. Guess once you’re married you can go after your intern with abandon.
Another one bites the dust.
Hud — HOW is pointing out your slip-shod error an attack… You have a choice, now…
You can either admit you made a mistake, or you can just throw around your usual ad hominems…
cosmos_originally
Posted July 29, 2009 at 12:51 pm | Permalink
…
Hansen did not make the errors, and the errors were quickly corrected when discovered.
…
That is pretty impressive then. But it isn’t the whole story now is it?
Who was it that found the errors cosmo?
“3,600 More Troops Being Sent For Iraqi Freedom, As The Obama ‘Withdrawal’ Continues
DoD Announces Units for Upcoming Operation Iraqi Freedom Rotation” [JJohnson]
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WOW, the intellectual genius is just overwhelming…. Johnson, can you not READ your own lead statement, that directly contradicts your “Headline” ???
These are not additional troops… but rather, they are “REPLACEMENT” troops… Looks like they need some firefighters and other troops, to make the withdrawals from the Cities hold up… Such WEAK BEE ESSS
chas’s wife must have beat him down again. Taking his aggression out on the blog.
Look on the bright side chass. She still hasn’t buried you under the porch.
‘Chas reading WE Blog’
http://pinknewsblog.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2008/07/25/simmons.jpg
“Hud — HOW is pointing out your slip-shod error an attack… You have a choice, now…
You can either admit you made a mistake, or you can just throw around your usual ad hominems…”
Chas, you will notice the person making the original comment had already responded to my comment. And his answer was a little different than yours.
Thank you for your time.
Sol,m my WIFE is not a part of this Blog… Just leave her out of your CRAPPY posts… Is that the best you got, that you attack another poster’s SPOUSE??? isnt it bad enough that you belittle Jay’s son nearly every damn day??? You are one sick, sorry, SOB!!!
IMHO
JimJohnson: Trust Mexican military in the US, what is wrong with you to even contemplate this crap. Gawd you must be mad….
‘Chas reading WE Blog’
Laughed so hard I got tears in my eyes. Damn good one.
There are several companies and many occupations that require drug testing.
Why not drug test welfare recipients?
Taxpayer dollars should not be used to buy illegal drugs.
Will cosmo have the integrity to give credit where credit is due?
Who found the error in hansen’s data cosmo?
Hud, your point is what?? MY point is that you intentionally responded with an error-filled statement… So far your reaction is to just sling a bunch of trash… Why dont you respond to what I said, instead of just deflecting, and distracting??? Look, I realize your age might be a factor… but just dont inflict that on the rest of us…
Regular posted July 29, 2009 at 2:55 pm
By getting the correct politically correct data.
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There, I fixed it for you.
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Regular believes that replacing data from the wrong time period with data from the correct time period is using “politically correct data”.
Fortunately, Regular is no longer active in the Industrial Hygiene Engineering field.
So chass, how’s the wife?
Hey, can you copy/paste my attack? Apparently I missed where I attacked her.
Thanx in advance.
“Why not drug test welfare recipients?”
Because “Regular” is on so many meds a screen would be inconclusive?
Who found the error cos?
A highly embarrassed GISS was forced to own up. GISS retracted the figures – and then immediately set about obfuscating its original error claiming they had discovered a new “hotspot” in the Arctic. This caused even more confusion. Intriguing as the new vacation prospect opened up by the GISS report might be, satellite indicators throughout the Fall consistently revealed the Arctic sea ice had undergone a remarkably fast, post-summer recovery with 30 percent more ice than for the same period in 2007.
Hud
Posted July 29, 2009 at 3:06 pm | Permalink
Okay, which one you have the body?
FOXNEWS
“AP
It’s been a month since Michael Jackson’s death, but the mystery is growing over the whereabouts of the King of Pop’s remains — even his family doesn’t know for sure.”
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I thought he traded it in years ago….
Cosmos, please inform Sol who found the errors… so this one can be put to rest… ok??
Hud
Posted July 29, 2009 at 3:10 pm | Permalink
Wow! Chas is in the attack mode.
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Somebody probably peaked under his robe again and laughed.
He hates it when that happens.
soldevvb posted July 29, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Will cosmo have the integrity to give credit where credit is due?
Who found the error in hansen’s data cosmo?
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Watts? Or someone at his site?
And speaking of errors — Watts very incorrectly tried to directly compare different anomaly data sets, that used different reference periods, without first adjusting for the different references.
Cosmos, please inform Sol who found the errors
Yes cos, please do.
SolDevVB
Posted July 29, 2009 at 3:27 pm | Permalink
chas’s wife must have beat him down again. Taking his aggression out on the blog.
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Judging from his response, you must have hit real close to the nerve.
sursum
Posted July 29, 2009 at 3:32 pm | Permalink
JimJohnson: Trust Mexican military in the US, what is wrong with you to even contemplate this crap. Gawd you must be mad….
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Right. Why should I trust what is on the FEMA web site?
Nobody should trust the government.
http://data.giss.nasa.gov/gistemp/2008/
“In the past our procedure has been to run the analysis program upon receipt of all three data sets and make the analysis publicly available immediately. This procedure worked very well from a scientific perspective, with the broad availability of the analysis helping reveal any problems with input data sets. However, because confusion was generated in the media after one of the October 2008 input data sets was found to contain significant flaws (some October station records inadvertently repeated September data in the October data slot), we have instituted a new procedure. The GISS analysis is first made available internally before it is released publicly. If any suspect data are detected, they will be reported back to the data providers for resolution. This process may introduce significant delays. We apologize for any inconvenience due to this delay, but it should reduce the likelihood of instances of future confusion and misinformation.”
SolDevVB
Posted July 29, 2009 at 3:27 pm | Permalink
chas’s wife must have beat him down again. Taking his aggression out on the blog.
Look on the bright side chass. She still hasn’t buried you under the porch.
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THERE you stupid SOB… My WIFE is incapable of any physical activity, since she is totally disabled…. I have posted this fact previously…. For you to bring her up in this manner, or in ANY manner, is most definitely an attack on a disabled woman… So, just leave her out of your idiotic posts… GOT IT???
So Joe Public reviews the IPCC reports and apparently Joe Public has to review hansen’s “work” to make sure it is accurate. Too bad they are so often wrong.
So of hansen’s ground based thermometers, of which he collects his “data”, what percentage are out of spec?
Sounds like some great “science” right there. Glad to hear Joe Public is better at finding the flaws than the IPCC or hansen.
Hey chass,
If you quit pi$$ing her off, maybe she won’t beat you down so often. Be a good boy.
Chas
Posted July 29, 2009 at 3:08 pm | Permalink
JimJohnson
Posted July 29, 2009 at 2:10 pm | Permalink
Interesting that Mexico can violate its own Constitution to deploy its military to fight civilians in their own country.
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DAMN Johnson, why dont you go down to Mexico, and tell THEM how to run their country, eh??? Maybe you can even find a blog to post on while you are there…
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Chas, don’t you care about our next door neighbors? Where’s your compassion?
And do you think if Mexico can deploy Federal troops against its own citizens and violate its Constitution, that the same thing could ever happen in the USA?
So, let me get this straight then, Watts found the error that hansen was too (lazy? incompetent?) to find himself.
Great source for data right there.
SolDevVB
Posted July 29, 2009 at 3:56 pm | Permalink
So, let me get this straight then, Watts found the error that hansen was too (lazy? incompetent?) to find himself.
Great source for data right there.
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Makes you wonder how many other errors there are.
Who checks the checkers?
soldevvb posted July 29, 2009 at 3:47 pm
So of hansen’s ground based thermometers, of which he collects his “data”, what percentage are out of spec?
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soldevvb,
They aren’t Dr Hansen’s “thermometers.
Ask your hero Watts (who incorrectly tried to directly compare data sets) about the thermometer specs.
Last time I checked, his analysis pretty closely matched GISS’.
“Regular believes that replacing data from the wrong time period with data from the correct time period is using “politically correct data”.”
So you admit there was an error. Can you tell me the purpose of having a report “peer reviewed”. I was thinking it had something to do with ensuring the data was correct; but, apparently, I am wrong.
JimJohnson posted July 29, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Who checks the checkers?
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Please try to keep up. GISS is now delaying posting the data (see my 3:46 pm post) until after they check it, and then Watts and all his friends check it again.
And then GISS is compared to the other groups.
http://tamino.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/giss-ncdc-hadcru/
Who checks GISS?
Somebody check on Chas.
He might have stroked out.
Somebody check on Chas.
He might have stroked out.
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Nah, he’s just busy ‘Sweating to the Oldies’.
Somebody check on Johnson… he must gotten away from his “handlers” at the facility…
They’re going to take away your sun now too…bwahahaha. I can’t wait till everyone is hit for behavior as hard as the smokers.
No fat, must exercise before the box, no smokes, now no sun. But oh no, they’ll leave the booze alone which kills hundreds of thousands a year and ruins marriages, kids, and young lives from stupid behavior.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/29/sunbeds.cancer.study/index.html?iref=werecommend
More for the AGW science deniers to deny. . .
‘<b<Arctic CO2 Fueling Fierce Global Warming Cycle ‘
http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1728849/arctic_co2_fueling_fierce_global_warming_cycle/
But — PMama… More members of Congress drink than smoke, or use fast food joints… And how many members of Congress even get outside long enough to get a good tan?? LOL…. Naturally they leave alcohol alone… It’s one of their best friends!!
Cf. — “Alcohol” song by Brad Paisley….
Must go for now… you all have a wonderful evening…. All you paranoid folks, grab your guns… The Army might be lookin for ya, at any time… be sure to look over yonder hill…. should be able to see the dust from all of the horse hoofs pounding the dry thirsty land….
And hey, if they are coming from Mexico, ya better not shout WOLVERINES…. Better shout CHUPACABRA’S instead!! LOL /sarcasm off
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Came back expecting to read righteous indignation about the R state senator boinking his aide, er intern, especially one that was such a promoter of abstinence.
Guess it’s OIYAR, again.
“Naturally they leave alcohol alone…”
ALCOHOL TAX MAY FINANCE HEALTH CARE PLAN
WASHINGTON — Joe Six-Pack may have to hand over nearly $2 more for a case of beer to help provide health insurance for all.
Details of the proposed beer tax are described in a Senate Finance Committee document distributed to lawmakers in advance of a closed-door meeting Wednesday. Senators are focusing on how to pay for expanding health insurance for an estimated 50 million uninsured Americans, a cost that could range to some $1.5 trillion over 10 years.
While many of the revenue raisers involve obscure provisions of federal law, most consumers can relate to a beer tax.
Taxes on wine and hard liquor would also go up.
And there might be a new tax on soda and other sugary drinks blamed for contributing to obesity. Diet drinks, however, wouldn’t be taxed.
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Under the proposal, beer taxes would go up by 48 cents a six-pack, from the current 33 cents.
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And the tax on hard liquor would increase by 40 cents per fifth, from the current $2.14.
Percentage-wise, wine drinkers would take the biggest hit, a 233 percent tax increase per bottle.
Hard liquor would see the smallest proportional increase, 19 percent per fifth.
The beer tax would rise by 145 percent per six-pack.” NY Post
“Over the next month there is going to be an avalanche of misinformation and scare tactics from those seeking to perpetuate the status quo.”
Starting with your own scare tactics and misrepresentations Barack.
Maybe you should stick to beer?
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