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

To: lorne who wrote (56665)	12/9/2008 5:30:42 PM
From: lorne	Respond to of 224718

Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. touts Senate credentials to Blagojevich by Dan Mihalopoulos newsblogs.chicagotribune.com Following a 90-minute audition meeting today with Gov. Rod Blagojevich, Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. said he was confident in the process the governor is using to make his choice for a Senate successor to President-elect Barack Obama. But Jackson also touted his credentials for being Blagojevich’s choice, saying that in his 13-year House career serving the South Side and south suburbs, he has only missed two votes. Jackson also said there are three factors that the next senator must be able to fulfill. “He has to be able to legislate. Or she has to be able to legislate,” Jackson said, noting there are 105,000 Illinois jobs dependent upon a bailout of the nation’s automotive industry. “They have to be able to work the state, to develop relationships across the state, in order to potentially run for re-election in 2010 successfully. And they obviously have to raise a considerable amount of money in 14 months,” he said. Democratic leaders nationally have said their preference is for Blagojevich to appoint a successor who could run and hold the seat for Democrats when it is up before voters in the 2010 election. Jackson has mounted the most highly visible campaign among several people who are being considered for the Senate post. He said the meeting with Blagojevich amounted to a “very productive conversation, very thoughtful” that covered a broad range of issues. “I am convinced that the governor has a very thoughtful process that he has put in place and is wrestling and weighing a number of issues in this enormous decision that he has to make,” Jackson said. “Today, I leave confident that the governor has put in place processes and that his interview process for this position is thoughtful.” Earlier in the day, Blagojevich called Jackson “a very strong candidate in a very strong position” for the job, but quickly cautioned that no one should “read too much into this because I haven’t made up my mind.” Blagojevich has indicated a decision could be made around Christmastime or the New Year. The governor has previously spoken to several other contenders for the post, including Reps. Jan Schakowsky, Danny Davis and Luis Gutierrez as well as retiring state Senate President Emil Jones Jr. Like Jackson, Davis and Jones are black and some African Americans contend Obama’s successor in the Senate should be a black because Obama is the lone-serving African-American in the chamber. Davis, a West Side congressman, has stepped up his campaign for the job in recent days after a Thanksgiving Day appearance with Blagojevich. Davis has tried to drum up support for the job during trips to Aurora and Rockford.

To: lorne who wrote (56665)	12/11/2008 10:39:03 AM
From: Ann Corrigan	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224718

Left wing libs riot across Europe over an accidental shooting. Police reports show the bullet riccocheted and killed the boy, so why are there protests beyond Greece? Greek protests spread with arrests across Europe Anger over the fatal shooting of a Greek schoolboy by a policeman has spread across Europe with protests as far afield as Moscow and Madrid. By Nick Squires In Athens, 11 Dec 2008 Demonstrations against the killing were seen in cities across the continent with left-wing radicals and other sympathisers taking to the streets. In Spain, 11 protesters were arrested and several police officers injured when clashes took place in Madrid and Barcelona. In Copenhagen, 32 people were arrested when their protest in support of the Greek protests turned violent. In neighbouring Turkey, about a dozen left-wing protesters daubed red paint over the front of the Greek consulate in Istanbul. Around 150 people belonging to a Danish underground movement took to the streets, throwing bottles and paint bombs at buildings, police cars and officers. In Moscow and Rome, protesters threw petrol bombs at Greece's embassies. Journalists came under attack for the first time in the riots, with a Russian news crew assaulted by a mob of about 50 youths, some of them reportedly drunk. A correspondent and a cameraman for Russian television channel NTV were injured in the confrontation, which happened while they filmed clashes in Exarchia, a crucible of student radicalism. In Athens, around 40 youths threw stones at riot police near university buildings in the volatile Exarchia district where 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos was shot dead on Saturday. They were met with volleys of tear gas and three arrests were made, police said. Overnight, students hurling petrol bombs and stones again battled riot police in Athens, in a continuation of the worst riots to have hit Greece in more than 30 years. There were similar clashes in the northern city of Thessaloniki, where more than 80 shops and 14 banks were damaged, with students continuing to occupy university campuses. Despite the turmoil that has rocked Greece since Grigoropoulos was killed, embattled Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis said he would fly to Brussels to attend a European Union summit. His conservative government has a parliamentary majority of just one seat. Corruption scandals and attempts at economic reform have made Mr Karamanlis' administration deeply unpopular, but he has so far resisted calls to resign and call early elections. Epaminondas Korkoneas, 37, the police officer accused of shooting the teenager, has been charged with voluntary homicide and "illegal use" of his service weapon. He was ordered to remain in custody by an Athens magistrate. His partner, Vassilios Saraliotis, 31, was charged with being an accomplice and will also remain in custody. The pair have been held since Sunday. Under questioning by a magistrate, Mr Korkoneas said he had acted out of self defence when a group of youths began throwing firebombs and other objects while threatening to kill him and his partner. His lawyer said the bullet which killed Grigoropoulos showed signs of having bounced off a hard surface, indicating that the boy was killed as a result of an accidental ricochet. Greece has a history of clashes between the police and left-wing, anarchist groups. A student uprising in 1973 helped bring an end to the country's military dictatorship a year later. But the scale of this week's violence has left the country in deep shock as Greeks count the cost of the destruction. The Athens Chamber of Commerce said 435 businesses had been hit during the violence, with 37 completely gutted, estimating the damage at GBP 44 million (50 million euros). Under the headline "Greece in self-destruct mode" the conservative daily newspaper Kathimerini said in an editorial: "This is a country with a state that is in a shambles, a police force in disarray, mediocre universities that serve as hotbeds of rage instead of knowledge and a shattered health care system. It is also on the brink of financial ruin." telegraph.co.uk