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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (47447)	9/17/2008 8:57:18 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 224706

hacking palin's e-mail account is ok, intercepting terrorist calls is evil

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (47447)	9/17/2008 9:11:00 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 224706

Franklin Raines and stanley o,neil of merrill lynch are typical watermelon corrupted executives that demoRATs want to lead our economy?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (47447)	9/18/2008 3:01:28 PM
From: lorne	Respond to of 224706

Kenneth...hussein obama must just feeling all fuzzy and quivering in his undies at the thought of a possible meeting with another of his infamous idols. :-) Ahmadinejad ready to debate US presidential hopefuls Sep 18 12:51 PM US/Eastern breitbart.com Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday he was ready to debate the men running for US president when he visits New York for the UN General Assembly, and dismissed Western threats of more sanctions over Tehran's nuclear drive. The outspoken president, who caused a storm of controversy during a visit last year, said: "I am ready for a debate with the US presidential candidates over global issues in the presence of the media at the UN headquarters. "I have no plans in my schedule to meet with US politicians," he told a press conference. "Last year, I said I was ready to meet with (President George W.) Bush. But now he is at the end of his term and (a meeting) will not impact our relations and future." The campaign of Republican candidate John McCain has castigated Democrat rival Barack Obama for offering to negotiate with the leaders of US foes like Iran and Syria if he is elected, and has adopted a hawkish foreign policy. Obama has said UN sanctions and diplomacy over Tehran's nuclear programme must be made to bite. Turning to that key point of tension between the two countries, Ahmadinejad said Iran has no fear of threatened new international sanctions over its refusal to halt controversial nuclear work. "Those who want to impose sanctions are demonstrating their helplessness," he said. His comments came ahead of a meeting on Friday of six world powers that have offered Iran incentives to freeze uranium enrichment, the process at the heart of Western fears it is seeking atomic weapons. The White House warned Iran on Monday that it faces possible new sanctions after a new report by the UN atomic watchdog that Tehran had not halted enrichment and was still stalling a UN investigation into its nuclear work. "Let them impose sanctions against us ... The more they impose sanctions, the more we thank God," Ahmadinejad said. "A country that owns nuclear energy, stem cells, aerospace industries ... does not need these countries." Iran, which insists that its nuclear programme is geared solely towards energy generation, is already under three sets of UN sanctions over its refusal to freeze enrichment. The process makes nuclear fuel but in highly extended form can produce the fissile core of an atomic bomb. Ahmadinejad's visit to New York for last year's UN General Assembly meeting stirred controversy when the outspoken president dismissed talk of war against Iran as "propaganda" and combatively took on US critics who accuse him of denying the Holocaust and of backing terrorism. He insisted that the Islamic republic had every right to pursue a civilian nuclear programme and said "we are a peace-loving nation." In a tense exchange at New York's Columbia University, he drew jeers from students for stating that his country had no homosexuals.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (47447)	9/18/2008 8:10:27 PM
From: steve harris	Respond to of 224706

I wonder how much money you have already lost due to democrats? Your interest, after paying taxes, is less than inflation kenneth. You're losing money in CDs thanks to Pelosi .

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (47447)	9/19/2008 6:06:21 PM
From: puborectalis	Respond to of 224706

Democrat Barack Obama Friday said his "panicked" White House rival John McCain was flailing at a time of financial crisis and said a government rescue for Wall Street must shield regular Americans too. The rivals navigated a presidential race transformed by the global economic storm as President George W. Bush's administration readied the biggest rescue package in decades for the crippled financial sector. Obama said he would present his own detailed recovery blueprint once the Treasury and Federal Reserve plan is known, as McCain proposed a trust to intervene before financial institutions approach bankruptcy.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (47447)	9/19/2008 9:56:08 PM
From: puborectalis	Respond to of 224706

September 19, 2008 Op-Ed Contributor Blocking Care for Women By HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON and CECILE RICHARDS LAST month, the Bush administration launched the latest salvo in its eight-year campaign to undermine women’s rights and women’s health by placing ideology ahead of science: a proposed rule from the Department of Health and Human Services that would govern family planning. It would require that any health care entity that receives federal financing — whether it’s a physician in private practice, a hospital or a state government — certify in writing that none of its employees are required to assist in any way with medical services they find objectionable. Laws that have been on the books for some 30 years already allow doctors to refuse to perform abortions. The new rule would go further, ensuring that all employees and volunteers for health care entities can refuse to aid in providing any treatment they object to, which could include not only abortion and sterilization but also contraception. Health and Human Services estimates that the rule, which would affect nearly 600,000 hospitals, clinics and other health care providers, would cost $44.5 million a year to administer. Astonishingly, the department does not even address the real cost to patients who might be refused access to these critical services. Women patients, who look to their health care providers as an unbiased source of medical information, might not even know they were being deprived of advice about their options or denied access to care. The definition of abortion in the proposed rule is left open to interpretation. An earlier draft included a medically inaccurate definition that included commonly prescribed forms of contraception like birth control pills, IUD’s and emergency contraception. That language has been removed, but because the current version includes no definition at all, individual health care providers could decide on their own that birth control is the same as abortion. The rule would also allow providers to refuse to participate in unspecified “other medical procedures” that contradict their religious beliefs or moral convictions. This, too, could be interpreted as a free pass to deny access to contraception. Many circumstances unrelated to reproductive health could also fall under the umbrella of “other medical procedures.” Could physicians object to helping patients whose sexual orientation they find objectionable? Could a receptionist refuse to book an appointment for an H.I.V. test? What about an emergency room doctor who wishes to deny emergency contraception to a rape victim? Or a pharmacist who prefers not to refill a birth control prescription? The Bush administration argues that the rule is designed to protect a provider’s conscience. But where are the protections for patients? The 30-day comment period on the proposed rule runs until Sept. 25. Everyone who believes that women should have full access to medical care should make their voices heard. Basic, quality care for millions of women is at stake. Hillary Rodham Clinton is a Democratic senator from New York. Cecile Richards is the president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.