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

To: MJ who wrote (64164)	5/2/2009 12:28:22 PM
From: TideGlider	Respond to of 224749

Don't worry, we have asteroids hurtling through space that will cause terrible damage and we must pass National Healthcare before that occurs!

To: MJ who wrote (64164)	5/2/2009 2:53:36 PM
From: lorne	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224749

obama helping out islam states? U.S. sending missiles to Arab states Concern over potential Israel-Iran conflict cited May 02, 2009 © 2009 WorldNetDaily wnd.com The United States quietly is providing advanced Patriot missile systems and other defensive technologies to Arab countries in the Persian Gulf in anticipation of any retaliatory response from Iran should Israel launch a military strike against its nuclear facilities, according to a report from Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin. The U.S. is in the process now of either providing or upgrading existing Patriot missile defense systems in the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait. For that matter, it also is assisting Israel in upgrading its existing Patriot batteries and providing technology to assist in the Arrow Two, an indigenous Israeli anti-missile system. The assistance continues despite the Obama administration's opposition to any such Israeli attack on Iran. Israel has let it be known that it intends to attack Iran's nuclear facilities if the U.S. doesn't, or if ongoing negotiations targeting Iran's nuclear program fail. Israel had also made it clear that such negotiations should "quickly" achieve results to avoid Israeli action. In a recent interview with Atlantic Monthly, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel "will attack" Iran should the U.S. fail to quickly halt Tehran's nuclear program. "The Obama presidency has two great missions: fixing the economy, and preventing Iran from gaining nuclear weapons," Netanyahu declared. If the U.S. were to fail to halt Iran's nuclear initiative quickly, he added, Israel would be "forced" to attack that country's nuclear facilities. Keep in touch with the most important breaking news stories about critical developments around the globe with Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin, the premium, online intelligence news source edited and published by the founder of WND. Other Israeli experts say that Netanyahu has made up his mind to destroy Iran's nuclear facilities, despite U.S. intelligence reports that say Israel may have upwards of 200 nuclear devices of its own, with a delivery capability to match. It also is their assessment that diplomacy and sanctions will do nothing to halt the Iranian program, and the "only way to stop Iran's nuclear program will be by force, which only Israel is motivated to apply," one analyst said. Why would there be concern among Arab countries of an Iranian counter-attack to include them should Israel attack Iran? There are a number of reasons. Members of the Gulf Cooperation Council, or GCC, are concerned over recent Iranian statements that one of its members, Bahrain, is considered an Iranian province. In addition to Bahrain, GCC members are Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. Bahrain also is home to the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and the U.S. Fifth Fleet. Although critical of Israel during the recent Israeli bombings of Hamas in the Palestinian controlled Gaza Strip earlier this year, the Sunni GCC members not only are concerned about Shiite Iran's support for Sunni Hamas but are critical of Iran's nuclear development program. They are wary that it is a cover for the development of nuclear weapons. The development has prompted Saudi Arabia's Interior Minister Prince Nayef bin Abdul-Aziz recently to suggest that the Saudi Kingdom will acquire nuclear weapons to counter any similar Iranian capability. A recent report from the Dubai, UAE based Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis said that with Nayef as a crown prince or possible king of Saudi Arabia to succeed his half brother King Abdullah, a "Saudi nuclear weapon will not be far off."

To: MJ who wrote (64164)	5/2/2009 3:06:38 PM
From: Steve Lokness	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224749

Outbreak in Mexico May Be Smaller Than Feared Fox has four "business" shows on Saturday morning. All four of them had as their theme Swine Flu. They drummed on and on asking what the flu story meant to business, health care, travel etc. And would occasionally ask if the story was being hyped by the media. Boy if that isn't the pot calling the kettle black. Increasingly Fox is getting hard to take serious. steve

To: MJ who wrote (64164)	5/2/2009 9:31:55 PM
From: lorne	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224749

Maybe mr. hussein obama would be happy about this? Religious discrimination case settled with hospital By Janell Ross • THE TENNESSEAN • April 30, 2009 tennessean.com Southern Hills Medical Center in Nashville has agreed to pay a former employee $70,000 in damages after denying him time off to make a pilgrimage to Mecca but admitted no wrongdoing when it settled the religious discrimination case on Monday. In late 2007, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit on behalf of Wali Telwar, a Muslim former Southern Hills medical technician who lives in Nashville. He asked to visit Mecca The hospital refused to allow Telwar to use just over 20 days of accumulated vacation time to take a trip to Mecca. Every Muslim is required to make the hajj — a pilgrimage to the Saudi Arabian birthplace of the Islamic religion and its prophet — in their lifetime. Telwar, who had worked at the hospital for three years, also claimed he was told that if he insisted on attending the hajj he would have to quit his job and reapply when he returned. Telwar resigned, according to the suit. When he returned, Southern Hills did not rehire him. The hospital hired three other medical technicians. Southern Hills released a statement from CEO Tom Ozburn late Wednesday: "As noted in the consent decree, we deny that we discriminated in any way against Mr. Telwar," Ozburn said in the statement. "We have reached a settlement with the EEOC to close this matter. "Southern Hills is committed to providing an inclusive work environment where everyone is treated with fairness, dignity, and respect." At the time the suit was filed, Southern Hills Marketing Director Karen Baker declined to comment on the details but said the hospital did not discriminate against Telwar and intended to defend its position vigorously. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sought court costs, unspecified back pay and other damages from the hospital. When the case was settled Monday, the hospital denied any wrongdoing and did not agree to pay Telwar's legal costs. But the hospital did agree to pay Telwar $70,000 in damages, to eliminate any reference to the discrimination claim in Telwar's personnel file and to offer a neutral reference to any future employers. Other terms Under the terms of the settlement agreement the hospital is barred from refusing to reasonably accommodate the sincerely held religious beliefs of any employee. The prohibition extends to the scheduling of vacation time and retaliating against any employee who has requested accommodation for a religious belief. The hospital is also required to alter its policy manual within 90 days to provide instructions to employees about accommodating religious beliefs and must educate its employees and management about what constitutes religious discrimination. The hospital must also generate two reports over the next 23 months detailing what requests for religious accommodation are made by employees, what accommodations were made and if no accommodation was made it must explain why.