Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: bentway who wrote (450313)	1/24/2009 10:01:06 AM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 1577029

"Controversial CBO Report On Stimulus Turns Out Not To Exist" Look, we know the wingnuts just make stuff up. This is no different. They got the "story" out there and that is all that counts.

To: bentway who wrote (450313)	1/24/2009 10:29:57 AM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577029

Saudi Prince Says U.S. Ties at Risk Over Mideast By Reuters January 23, 2009 -- LONDON (Reuters) - A member of Saudi Arabia's royal family warned U.S. President Barack Obama Friday the Middle East peace process and U.S.-Saudi ties were at risk unless Washington changed tack on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Israel had come close to "killing the prospect of peace" with its offensive in Gaza, Prince Turki al-Faisal wrote in an article published on the Financial Times's website. "Unless the new U.S. administration takes forceful steps to prevent any further suffering and slaughter of Palestinians, the peace process, the U.S.-Saudi relationship and the stability of the region are at risk," said Turki, a former Saudi intelligence chief and former ambassador to the United States and Britain. About 1,300 Palestinians, many of them civilians, were killed and 5,000 wounded during the 22-day offensive, which ended with a ceasefire Sunday. Israel said the campaign was designed to root out Hamas militants who fired rockets into the Jewish state. Ten Israeli soldiers and three civilians, hit by cross-border rocket fire, were killed. Obama, sworn in as president Tuesday, named former Senator George Mitchell Thursday as an envoy with the brief to try and jump-start moribund Arab-Israeli peace talks. Former U.S. President George W. Bush's administration had left a "sickening legacy" in the Middle East, Turki wrote, singling out the Iraq war. The Bush administration had also contributed to the "slaughter of innocents" in Gaza, said Turki, who currently holds no official government position in the world's top crude oil exporter. "If the U.S. wants to continue playing a leadership role in the Middle East and keep its strategic alliances intact -- especially its 'special relationship' with Saudi Arabia -- it will have to drastically revise its policies vis-a-vis Israel and Palestine," Turki wrote. He said Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad had written to Saudi King Abdullah last week urging Saudi Arabia to lead a "jihad," or holy war, against Israel. This call for jihad would, if pursued, create "unprecedented chaos and bloodshed" in the region, said Turki. "So far, the kingdom has resisted these calls, but every day this restraint becomes more difficult to maintain," he said. Turki urged Obama to condemn what he called "Israel's atrocities" against the Palestinians. Human rights group Amnesty International accused Israel of war crimes Monday over its alleged use of white phosphorus munitions in densely populated areas of Gaza. Israel has said all weapons used in Gaza complied with international law. Turki said Obama should condemn Israeli settlement building in the West Bank and the blockade of Gaza and should call for an immediate withdrawal of Israeli forces from the disputed Shebaa Farms area claimed by Lebanon. He urged Obama to strongly promote a 2002 Saudi peace initiative, which calls for full recognition of Israel if it gives up lands occupied in a 1967 war and accepts a solution for Palestinian refugees. Reporting by Adrian Croft; Editing by Ralph Gowling

To: bentway who wrote (450313)	1/24/2009 10:45:30 AM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1577029

Oh good now we can have bridges built by people who have never built one. I love Political Correctness. Combating the Skilled White Male Menace Katherine Mangu-Ward \| January 23, 2009, 5:27pm Advice Goddess and friend of Reason Amy Alkon points out this blog post from Clinton Secretary of Labor Robert Reich, titled "How to Create Jobs Without Them All Going to Skilled Professionals and White Male Construction Workers": And if construction jobs go mainly to white males who already dominate the construction trades, many people who need jobs the most -- women, minorities, and the poor and long-term unemployed -- will be shut out. Alkon correctly parses this odd (and oddly discriminatory) statement: While I'm against government stimulus packages, and for government getting out of the way of business to kick-start our economy, if our tax dollars are going for a stimulus package and I don't have a choice in the matter, I'd really like to see the hiring done based on who's the best person for the job. Also, Reich's blog post calls to mind an old, weary-yet-wonderful joke: The world is ending, and reporters and editors valiantly put out their final editions amidst the chaos. Here are their front page headlines: The New York Times: "World ends; story and analysis on page B11." The Wall Street Journal: "Market down 5,000 point on news that world is ending" New York Post: "BOOM!" The Washington Post: "World ends; women and minorities hardest hit." reason.com