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

To: LLCF who wrote (124043)	2/14/2012 11:50:02 AM
From: TideGlider	8 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224749

That would be YOU, KENNETH and JBTFD ;^) there's a lot of short sighted ranting on this board!

To: LLCF who wrote (124043)	2/14/2012 11:50:10 AM
From: JakeStraw	4 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224749

>>True enough... and this has been going on for > 15 years... nothing new there... suddenly this is news? Actually the U-6 rose from 8% in 2008 to a high of 16.5% in 2010...

To: LLCF who wrote (124043)	2/14/2012 11:52:31 AM
From: JakeStraw	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224749

>>"Why" is there government assistance? It's the government's raison d'être ("reason for existence") The government lives to to have you dependent and thereby controlled...

To: LLCF who wrote (124043)	2/14/2012 12:00:35 PM
From: longnshort	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224749

Home » News Muslim Brotherhood Warns U.S. Aid Cut May Affect Egypt’s Peace Treaty With Israel By Patrick Goodenough February 13, 2012 Subscribe to Patrick Goodenough's posts Egyptian students shout anti-military slogans during a protest at Cairo University on Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. Egyptian authorities accuse U.S. and other foreign-funded non-governmental organizations of formenting protests in the country. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) (CNSNews.com) – A top Muslim Brotherhood official has warned that any cuts in U.S. aid to Egypt could affect Cairo’s peace treaty with Israel – the latest sign that Egypt’s emerging political forces intend to call Washington’s bluff over the diplomatic dispute triggered by a crackdown on non-governmental organizations. Egyptian judges have referred 16 Americans and 27 others linked to NGOs for trial, accusing them of using foreign funds to encourage disruptive protests. Among the targeted NGOs whose assets and funds have been seized are the U.S. government-funded International Republican Institute and National Democratic Institute. On Capitol Hill, the chorus of senior lawmakers calling for aid to Egypt to be suspended over the affair is growing, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has warned that the funds could be in jeopardy. So far, the defiant response from Cairo has been attributed mostly to government figures with links to the deposed Mubarak regime, including the anti-Western minister for international cooperation, Fayza Abul-Naga. The military-appointed Prime Minister Kamal el-Ganzouri – who also served during the Mubarak era – told reporters last Wednesday that the authorities “won’t change course because of some aid.” But now the Muslim Brotherhood (MB), which won almost 50 percent of the seats in recent legislative elections and dominates parliamentary committees, is making its position clear, too. Egyptians pass a police checkpoint near the Interior Ministry in Cairo on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) Any U.S. aid cut to Egypt, top MB lawmaker Essam el-Erian told the pan-Arabic al-Hayat newspaper, would violate the U.S.-brokered 1979 peace agreement with Israel. The Jerusalem Post quoted Erian as saying that if the U.S. cuts aid to Egypt, the MB would consider changing the terms of the peace treaty. He is warning that the U.S. should understand that “what was acceptable before the revolution is no longer.” Erian chairs the parliamentary foreign affairs committee and is deputy leader of the MB’s political wing, the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP). The FJP was an early critic of the crackdown on the NGOs (although it also said Egyptian NGOs should get their funding from Egyptians). But threats to cut U.S. aid appear to have rallied various factions behind the government, feeding into long-held suspicion of and hostility towards the West.

To: LLCF who wrote (124043)	2/15/2012 4:49:23 PM
From: longnshort	6 Recommendations Respond to of 224749

Union Shakedown Over Budweiser Hockey Ad The Toronto branch of the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) has issued a complaint with potential financial ramifications against Budweiser Canada over an experimental ad in which two Ontario recreational hockey teams are surprised with an arena full of ThunderStick-toting, stomach-painted fans for a random night game. ACTRA's complaint is that the hockey players and spectators, since featured in the ad, should be compensated as official talent with union-negotiated wages. This is a typical shakedown tactic unions use to target reality shows and documentaries.