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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 (121568)	1/11/2012 3:25:12 PM
From: TideGlider	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224729

so? Perry was a dem and I guess he just fooled folks. I know he fooled me. Now he just seems like a fool.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (121568)	1/11/2012 4:24:59 PM
From: tonto	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224729

Correct. Hannity doesn't believe that statement to be true and asked Romney's political opponent that question. What is your point? you're saying that Mitt Romney, Governor Romney, is a vulture capitalist, that Governor Romney is unethical?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (121568)	1/12/2012 8:22:44 AM
From: lorne	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224729

ken...just think of the control and power that hussein obama will have over his subjects when he gets America to this point...You will be so proud? Children 'dumped in streets by Greek parents who can't afford to look after them any more'Youngsters abandoned as parents struggle 4-year-old found clutching note: 'I can't afford her' Country also running out of medicine Aspirin stocks low as austerity measures bite By Lee Moran 11th January 2012 dailymail.co.uk Children are being abandoned on Greece's streets by their poverty-stricken families who cannot afford to look after them any more. Youngsters are being dumped by their parents who are struggling to make ends meet in what is fast becoming the most tragic human consequence of the Euro crisis. It comes as pharmacists revealed the country had almost run out of aspirin, as multi-billion euro austerity measures filter their way through society. Abandoned: Children are being dumped on Greece's streets by their poverty-stricken families who cannot afford to look after them any more (file picture) Athens' Ark of the World youth centre said four children, including a newborn baby, had been left on its doorstep in recent months. One mother, it said, ran away after handing over her two-year-old daughter Natasha. Four-year-old Anna was found by a teacher clutching a note that read: 'I will not be coming to pick up Anna today because I cannot afford to look after her. Please take good care of her. Sorry.' And another desperate mother, Maria, was forced to give up her eight-year-old daughter Anastasia after losing her job. She looked for work for more than a year, having to leave her child at home for hours at a time, and lived off food handouts from the local church. She said: 'Every night I cry alone at home, but what can I do? It hurt my heart, but I didn’t have a choice.' She now works in a cafe but only make £16 per day and so cannot afford to take her daughter back. Sold out: Greece is quickly running out of medicines as austerity measures start to filter through society Centre founder Fr Antonios Papanikolaou told the Mirror: 'Over the last year we've had hundreds of parents who want to leave their children with us. They know us and trust us. 'Over the last year we've had hundreds of parents who want to leave their children with us. They know us and trust us.' - Fr Antonios Papanikolaou'They say they do not have any money or shelter or food for their kids, so they hope we might be able to provide them with what they need.' Further evidence of Greeks feeling the pinch of austerity measures is the lack of aspirin and other medicines now available in the country. Pharmacists are struggling to stock their shelves as the Greek government, which sets the prices for drugs, keeps them artificially low. This means that firms are turning to sell the drugs outside of the country for a higher price - leading to stock depletion for Greeks. Mina Mavrou, who runs one of the country's 12,000 pharmacies, said she spent hours each day pleading with drug makers, wholesalers and colleagues to hunt down medicines for clients. And she said that even when drugs were available, pharmacists often must foot the bill up front, or patients simply do without. Meanwhile, talks about private sector creditors paying for part of a second Greek bailout are going badly, senior European bankers said tonight. That raises the prospect that euro zone governments will have to increase their contribution to the aid package. 'Governments are mulling an increase of their share of the burden,' said one banker, while another said 'Nothing is decided yet, but the bigger the imposed haircut the less appetite there is for voluntary conversion.' A third senior banker told Associated Press: 'Private sector involvement is going badly.' There are suggestions in euro zone government circles that ministers are coming to the realisation they may need to bolster Greece's planned second bailout worth 130 billion euros if the voluntary bond swap scheme, which is a key part of the overall package, falls short of expectations. Stumping up yet more money would be politically difficult in Germany and other countries in the northern part of the currency bloc.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (121568)	1/12/2012 10:17:27 AM
From: locogringo	4 Recommendations Respond to of 224729

Yo, wrong_way_kenny, you forgot to post these gems......... Retail Sales Post Gain of 0.1% as Holiday Buying Fades Retail sales rose at the weakest pace in seven months in December as consumers pulled back late in the holiday shopping season, cutting purchases at department stores and spending less on electronic gadgets. Spending at electronics and appliance stores fell 3.9 percent in December, while shopping at department stores slipped 0.2 percent. Excluding autos, retail sales fell 0.2 percent, the first decline since May 2010. (This is pretty sad for December..............it must be Bush's fault..........right kenny_troll?) cnbc.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (121568)	1/12/2012 12:43:18 PM
From: lorne	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224729

ken...remember how very excited you were when you could blame President Bush for the actions of soldiers in Iraq? well now you can get excited about blaming hussein obama for these actions of soldiers in Afghanistan If true of course. The video is being put out to the public by your favorite news web site ..huffington post I didn't want to post video here but you are on huffington post daily so I'm sure you have seen this video..maybe you will post it so all can see what you are going to blame hussein obama for??