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To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (44821)	2/10/2011 11:00:04 PM
From: John	4 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 103300

World leaders are denouncing multiculturalism hand-over-fist! Multiculturalism has failed, says French president news.yahoo.com exceprt: French President Nicolas Sarkozy declared Thursday that multiculturalism had failed, joining a growing number of world leaders or ex-leaders who have condemned it. "My answer is clearly yes, it is a failure," he said in a television interview when asked about the policy which advocates that host societies welcome and foster distinct cultural and religious immigrant groups. "Of course we must all respect differences, but we do not want... a society where communities coexist side by side. "If you come to France, you accept to melt into a single community, which is the national community, and if you do not want to accept that, you cannot be welcome in France," the right-wing president said. "The French national community cannot accept a change in its lifestyle, equality between men and women... freedom for little girls to go to school," he said. "We have been too concerned about the identity of the person who was arriving and not enough about the identity of the country that was receiving him," Sarkozy said in the TFI channel show. British Prime Minister David Cameron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Australia's ex-prime minister John Howard and Spanish ex-premier Jose Maria Aznar have also recently said multicultural policies have not successfully integrated immigrants. Merkel in October said efforts towards multiculturalism in Germany had "failed, totally." The comment followed weeks of anguished debate sparked by the huge popularity of a book by a central banker saying that immigrants, in particular Muslims, were making Germany "more stupid." Britain's Cameron last week pronounced his country's long-standing policy of multiculturalism a failure, calling for better integration of young Muslims to combat home-grown extremism. He urged a "more active, muscular liberalism" where equal rights, the rule of law, freedom of speech and democracy are actively promoted to create a stronger national identity. The prime minister, who took power in May 2010, argued that "under the doctrine of state multiculturalism, we have encouraged different cultures to live separate lives, apart from each other and the mainstream". He said this had resulted in a lack of national identity in Britain which had made some young Muslims turn to extremist ideology. Sarkozy said in his television interview Thursday that "our Muslim compatriots must be able to practise their religion, as any citizen can," but he noted "we in France do not want people to pray in an ostentatious way in the street." French far-right leader Marine Le Pen late last year came under fire for comparing Muslims praying in the streets outside overcrowded mosques in France to the Nazi occupation. Marine Le Pen said there were "ten to fifteen" places in France where Muslims worshipped in the streets outside mosques when these were full. --- All of the world leaders who have finally spoken out on this issue are exactly right. Muslims have no place in civilization. Likewise, Mestizos do not belong in the United States, and the enduring legacy of African slaves and the chronic misbehavior their descendants is a terrible blight on the United States; a blight that costs many lives and considerable sums of money each year to maintain. Civilization will fall if something is not done to correct these problems that the world leaders have clearly identified, and soon! Even Tony Blair, before he left office, declared that Britain has a major problem with Blacks, the crimes they engage in, and to pretend otherwise was foolish [1]. Will civilization be destroyed completely because of political correctness and the fear of hurting someone's feelings? Wake up everyone!!! The United States has degraded to the point that it has ruled by an illegal alien African Muslim who rules by Marxism, socialism, communism, and fascism!!! How long must we carry the dead weight of undesirables up the hill? Wake up now!!! 1. guardian.co.uk

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (44821)	2/15/2011 9:35:43 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 103300

Obama, Conceding Budget Failings, Seeks Consensus By JACKIE CALMES 9 minutes ago Obama said that any compromise to address Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security would first require an effort to build bipartisan trust. .The debt crises last year in Greece and other European countries served as a warning about the economic perils of chronic budget imbalances, and the rise of the Tea Party movement reflected a broader concern among Americans about the nation’s rapidly mounting debt. Now some Democrats and Republicans are re-examining whether the political risks of raising revenues and curbing the most popular social programs might be outweighed by the urgency of addressing the looming budget impact of an aging population and rapidly rising medical costs. “The feeling to do genuine deficit reduction is greater on both sides of the aisle than I’ve ever seen it,” said Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York. “The question is meeting in the middle and throwing away the ideological baggage.” The White House has already opened back-channel conversations to test Republicans’ willingness to negotiate about the soaring costs of Medicare and Medicaid, Social Security’s long-range solvency and an income-tax code riddled with more than $1 trillion a year worth of loopholes and tax breaks. The Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell, all but invited Mr. Obama on Tuesday to start huddling about the issues, and a bipartisan group of senators held a third meeting to write debt-reduction legislation based on the recommendations in December of the majority of a bipartisan fiscal commission established by the president. “If you look at the history of how these deals get done, typically it’s not because there’s an ‘Obama Plan’ out there,” Mr. Obama said, citing deal-making precedents under Presidents Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, and his own tax cuts deal with Congressional Republicans in December. “It’s because Democrats and Republicans are both committed to tackling this issue in a serious way.” While no budget summitry is imminent, Mr. Obama said he and Republican leaders are “going to be in discussions over the next several months.” He said moving forward required “a spirit of cooperation between Democrats and Republicans. And I think that’s possible.” Yet it seems clear that the parties are not at that point, and the hurdles, in any case, are huge. The House began a bitter three-day debate about Republican leaders’ proposals to slash far more deeply into domestic programs than Mr. Obama or Senate Republicans are willing to accept. Both parties are simultaneously positioning themselves for the 2012 elections, and many people on both sides are reluctant to cede political talking points — whether it is Democrats claiming Republicans want to privatize Social Security or Republicans insisting Democrats want only to raise taxes. After much internal debate about the political risks, House Republican leaders announced that their own budget for fiscal year 2012, which begins Oct. 1, “will lead where the president has failed and include real entitlement reforms” in Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. But in the Senate, Mr. McConnell signaled a different approach. He indicated he is ready to negotiate now with Mr. Obama to curb entitlement program costs, which, along with military spending and interest on the national debt, are driving projections of unsustainable debt in coming decades.