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To: longnshort who wrote (486733)	6/10/2009 10:13:47 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572208

To: longnshort who wrote (486733)	6/10/2009 10:29:22 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572208

Amazing......a winger actively trying to undermine the US. Your boys are bordering on treason. ACTIVE ATTEMPTS TO UNDERMINE THE COUNTRY.... In general, criticizing U.S. politicians by questioning their patriotism is cheap and unnecessary. But once in a while, Republican opposition to the administration is so counter-productive to the nation's interests, it's hard not to wonder whether the GOP official is deliberately trying to undermine the United States. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-IL) now appears to have taken a bold step in the debate over the budget deficit: Openly telling a foreign government not to trust the administration in Washington. The Straits Times reports that Kirk spoke to the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank, and discussed a meeting he had with Chinese leaders. Here's the video: "One of the messages I had -- because we need to build trust and confidence in our number one creditor," said Kirk, "is that the budget numbers that the US government had put forward should not be believed. The Congress is actually gonna spend quite a bit more than what's in the budget, and the health-care bill probably being the lead driver of additional spending by the Congress." Now, I realize that Mark Kirk is poised to launch a Senate campaign, so he'll need to make ridiculous attacks as often as possible, in order to boost his fundraising prospects. The more intense the vitriol, the more likely GOP donors will feel generous. But that's not a compelling excuse. America's credibility -- and, in particular, President Obama's reliability -- with China is absolutely necessary to the health of the nation's economy. It's one thing for conservative lawmakers to try to undermine confidence in America's leadership on Fox News or in some tirade on the House floor, but Mark Kirk, by his own admission, went directly to the Chinese and told them not to believe the Obama administration. Our role in international finance is predicated on the full faith and credit of the United States government, and Mark Kirk wants China to think this isn't worth much. There may be more reckless and irresponsible moves a congressional Republican can make, but very few come to mind. Here's hoping Kirk was just engaging in some right-wing bluster, and he never issued any such warnings to the Chinese. Perhaps he just wants people to think he tried to undermine the nation's credibility with China, but he knows actually doing this would be the height of foolishness. Misguided bravado in advance of a campaign is understandable. Traveling overseas to undercut confidence in the United States is not.

To: longnshort who wrote (486733)	6/10/2009 11:48:34 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572208

Palau has accepted the Obama administration’s offer of $200 million to bring 17 trained al-Qaeda terrorists to their island nation. The government in Palau announced this morning that they would agree to it as a gesture of friendship to the US for all of our assistance to them. They also don’t mind doubling their GDP this year: This is just about pathetic. We spent $200 Million to build a perfectly good facility in Cuba. Now, we're having to pay off Palau -- a tiny, god-forsaken group of islands which most Americans never heard of -- to take them. It isn't really the money. Just the very idea that we would pay off these islands -- again (we "used" them previously during WWII as staging areas for the Pacific war for attacks on Okinawa and others). Now, we come calling again when we can't find another place on earth to put these guys. What actually happened here is that we paid $200M to be able to bring these terrorists to a remote island in the Pacific and release them. The $200M is compensation for Palau's president to say, "Yes, yes, we'd love to have them."