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

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (104224)	5/4/2011 3:44:27 PM
From: TideGlider	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224749

That doesn't impress anyone? I guess personal injury hacks and politicians have similar sentiments held by the public.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (104224)	5/4/2011 4:18:31 PM
From: chartseer	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224749

Why has he chosen to represent osama's wounded relatives against the US for injuries received during the assassination mission? citizen chartseer

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (104224)	5/4/2011 6:40:49 PM
From: lorne	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224749

Rush Limbaugh: No Osama photo to distract from economy 'Maybe Trump could get 'em to release just the short form' May 04, 2011 By Joe Kovacs © 2011 WorldNetDaily wnd.com PALM BEACH, Fla. – President Obama has reportedly decided not to release post-mortem photos of terror chief Osama bin Laden, and radio host Rush Limbaugh believes at least part of the reason why no decision was made until today is because Obama was trying to distract people from the dismal U.S. economy. "If the lead story, or close to the lead story, is the photo," Limbaugh said on his top-rated program this afternoon, "then the more people are distracted from the slow job growth, flagging economy, rising gasoline price. You know, none of that's getting any better. The economic news is getting worse. So the longer you can keep this photo release near the top of the stack, the better off you are." Limbaugh said the media has heaped praise on the president for making a "gutsy" decision to use commandos to kill bin Laden, rather than a bombing raid. "Seems to me the release of this picture is yet another gutsy decision a child of 12 could make," he said. "The American people want to see it. That's enough. That's all that's necessary. And these people on the left, they can't wait to show us pictures of horror and grief that will turn public opinion against the U.S. military. ... They'll flood 'em out there as fast as you can see it." Limbaugh continued: "As you remember the media could not wait to see flag-draped coffins of our brave heroes coming home from Iraq. They demanded to be present at Dover when the planes landed and the flag-draped coffins were removed from the transport planes. They couldn't wait. How about the pictures from Abu Ghraib? They couldn't wait to publish those pictures. ... Did anybody, the media, the Democrats, did they care about the effects on our troops, did they care about the effects on the families of the troops, did they care about morale, did they care about the effect it might have in giving aid and comfort to the enemy? No, no, no. Did they give a whit about any characteristic they say they care about here?" CIA Director Leon Panetta had reportedly said there wasn't question the image of bin Laden's corpse would "ultimately" be released. ABC News is reporting Obama was doubtful that there's a compelling reason to release the photograph, with Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton advising the president about concerns at the Pentagon and State Department that releasing a photograph could prompt a backlash against the U.S. Regarding concerns of possible enflaming Muslim tensions, Limbaugh said, "Hell, the Taliban's demanding the pictures be released! There a lot of people out there on the Muslim side demanding proof. They don't believe it yet." He said his personal feeling is that the photos ought to be released "because we want to see them." That's a good enough reason right there. We the people want to see these things. There's no intel or security issue with releasing them. We can decide if they're appropriate to look at or not. For crying out loud, we all sat and watched for hours the World Trade Centers tumble. Some saw people leaping to their deaths from 110 stories high, so I think they're purposely stringing all this out. What else does he have to distract people from the bad economic news? And I also think he's desperately trying to re-create the nation's unity after 9/11, and frankly, he can't. The main reason is, that speech he gave. We didn't rally around Bush after 9/11, we rallied around the nation. We rallied around our fellow citizens after that shock. We demanded retribution. Bush's poll numbers went up, but it was never about Bush. He never made it about himself. Obama is making all of this about him. Limbaugh joked that perhaps Donald Trump should be called in to get the photo released, after the real-estate tycoon had success in getting Obama to release his long-form birth certificate. "One man has shown the ability to get this regime to produce things it doesn't want to produce, and that man is Donald Trump. It's time to call Trump. They said, Panetta said they were going to release the photo. Other elements of the regime said they were gonna release the photo. Drudge had it 24 hours ago. They were going to release the photo. Maybe Trump could get 'em to release just the short form of the photo. Maybe just the email size, you know just a couple hundred kilobytes, not as gory when you blow it up."

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (104224)	5/4/2011 7:37:25 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224749

loser demorat

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (104224)	5/5/2011 8:21:45 AM
From: lorne	Respond to of 224749

Osama bin Laden dead: Dutch men attempt to report Barack Obama Two Dutch men have attempted to report Barack Obama for the "murder" of Osama bin Laden at their local police station. By Bruno Waterfield 04 May 2011 telegraph.co.uk Ruud Snoeren and Terry Flohr accused the American President of "perpetrating" a crime by ordering the special forces raid that led to bin Laden's death on Sunday. Police in the Dutch city of Tilburg refused to accept the case and referred the men to an international war crimes court based in The Hague. "We are very angry," said, Mr Snoeren, 30, a lawyer. "There is a murderer who has admitted the deed on television and who dumped the evidence at sea. And the whole world is celebrating.' The pair denied that they were not defending bin Laden and insisted that the al-Qaeda leader should have been captured to be put on trial. Dutch police officers recorded the complaint but told the men the issue was outside their jurisdiction. "We have had a conversation and registered it. It is not that we do not take the case seriously, but this is not something for Tilburg police," said a spokesman. "We are not going to commit police resources on this." The men were told by officers to contact the International Criminal Court in The Hague. "We are going to consider it," said Mr Flohr, 29, a student.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (104224)	5/5/2011 8:33:22 AM
From: TideGlider	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224749

DATA SNAP: US Jobless Claims +43K To 474K In Apr 30 WeekLast update: 5/5/2011 8:30:00 AM By Jeff Bater and Luca Di Leo Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--New claims for jobless benefits unexpectedly surged last week to their highest level since last summer, according to data giving another sign of the economy's struggle in creating jobs. Initial unemployment claims increased by 43,000 to a seasonally adjusted 474,000 in the week ended April 30, the Labor Department said Thursday in its weekly report. The prior week's figure was revised to 431,000 from an originally reported 429,000. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires had forecast claims would fall by 19,000 in the latest week. The level of 474,000 was the highest since the week ending Aug. 14, 2010. A Labor Department analyst attributed the surprising increase to one-time administrative factors, including additional layoffs in New York state due to spring break, which doubled the number of claims in the state. Other reasons cited were a new emergency benefit program in Oregon, and additional automobile industry claims. "I don't think it's economic factors," the analyst said. Still, the four-week moving average of new claims, considered a more reliable indicator because it smoothes out volatile weekly data, climbed by 22,250 to 431,250 in the week ending April 30. Economists generally think that the economy is adding more jobs than it is shedding once the weekly claims figure falls below 400,000. So far this year, new claims have been bouncing above and below that number, an indication of the jobs market's uncertain recovery. The U.S. unemployment rate has come down quite a bit in the last six months yet remains elevated at 8.8% in March. Economists think the jobless rate held steady in April, according to their forecasts on the government's monthly employment data due out Friday. They also predict the economy created 185,000 jobs last month, which would be below March's increase of 216,000. This week, a national employment report published by payroll giant Automatic Data Processing Inc. (ADP) and consultancy Macroeconomic Advisers showed private-sector payrolls in April grew below expectations. And the Institute for Supply Management, a research group, indicated in its monthly report that payrolls within the U.S. services sector barely grew in April. Job growth is essential for increased spending by consumers, who help propel the U.S. economy. The Labor Department said in Thursday's report that the number of continuing unemployment benefit claims--those drawn by workers for more than a week--rose by 74,000 to 3,733,000 in the week ended April 23. Continuing claims are reported with a one-week lag. The unemployment rate for workers with unemployment insurance was 3.0% in the week ending April 23, compared to 2.9% a week earlier. The state-by-state breakdown of new claims, which is also reported with a one-week lag, showed New Jersey had the biggest rise in jobless claims, up 5,326 because of layoffs in the transportation, warehousing, trade, service, and public administration industries. Florida had the biggest decrease, 1,861, because of fewer layoffs in the construction, trade, and service industries, and in agriculture.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (104224)	5/5/2011 8:34:09 AM
From: TideGlider	4 Recommendations Respond to of 224749

Obama has destroyed the economy.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (104224)	5/5/2011 8:47:47 AM
From: TideGlider	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224749

New jobless claims jump to 8-month high tweet0EmailPrint.. A woman browses job openings at a job fair in Los Angeles, October 12, 2010. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson On Thursday May 5, 2011, 8:40 am WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New U.S. claims for unemployment aid unexpectedly rose last week to touch their highest level in eight months, pushed up by factors ranging from spring break layoffs to the introduction of an emergency benefits program, a government report showed on Thursday. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits rose 43,000 to a seasonally adjusted 474,000, the highest since mid-August, the Labor Department said Economists polled by Reuters had forecast claims dropping to 410,000. The prior week's figure was revised up to 431,000 from the previously reported 429,000. The four-week moving average of unemployment claims, a better measure of underlying trends, increased 22,250 to 431,250, the highest since November. The data falls outside the survey period for the government's closely watched employment report for April, which will be released on Friday. Nonfarm payrolls will be reported up 186,000 for last month, according to a Reuters survey, after rising by 216,000 in March -- which was the most in 10 months. The anticipated slowdown in hiring is mostly blamed on high food and gasoline prices, which clipped economic growth in the first quarter. Still, the unemployment rate is expected to have held at a two-year low of 8.8 percent. A Labor Department official attributed the surprise surge in claims last week to spring break layoffs in New York, which added 25,000, and the start of an emergency benefits program in Oregon, which brought in new claimants, including some already on the regular programs. There were also additional claims from the auto sector, the official said, adding that there could have been some small claims related to the tornadoes that struck parts of the country. However, he said such claims would normally go into a parallel program. The New York spring break fell outside the dates the department uses for seasonal adjustments to account for the holiday nationwide. "The increases are beyond what seasonal factors expected and that is causing claims to go up," the official said. The number of people still receiving benefits under regular state programs after an initial week of aid increased 74,000 to 3.73 million in the week ended April 23. Economists had expected so-called continuing claims to edge up to 3.65 million from a previously reported 3.64 million. The number of people on emergency unemployment benefits dipped 718 to 3.45 million in the week ended April 16, the latest week for which data is available. A total of 8.01 million people were claiming unemployment benefits during that period under all programs.