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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 (124497)	2/21/2012 9:30:30 AM
From: Sedohr Nod	7 Recommendations Respond to of 224729

Using Bill's logic.....W. was not hostile to our very necessary energy producers....Obama and crew clearly are, along with the added benefit of them not having a clue.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (124497)	2/21/2012 9:54:14 AM
From: Bill	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224729

Really Ken? They were $1.80 when he left office. What were they when he entered?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (124497)	2/21/2012 11:36:43 AM
From: lorne	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224729

U.S. Gives Socialist Latin American Group $13 Mil December 22, 2011 February 21, 2012 The Judicial Watch Blog judicialwatch.org Based in two socialist Latin American countries, a group dedicated to helping indigenous populations in that region just got a generous $13 million grant from the U.S. government to combat “exploitative child labor” in Peru. The allocation comes on the heels of a similar, $10 million grant by the same agency—the Department of Labor (DOL)—to fight child labor in Ethiopia. In that case the African country’s notoriously corrupt government, recently exposed for illicit financial flows in the billions, will likely handle some of Uncle Sam’s money. Corruption, kickbacks and bribery are on the rise in Ethiopia, according to a new report issued this week by a research group that aims to curtail the cross border flow of illegal money. As if that weren’t bad enough, this week’s allocation will go to a Bolivian and Ecuadorian-based group called Desarrollo y Autogestión (Development and Self-management) that promotes social and economic development for “impoverished” and “marginalized” groups. Both Ecuador and Bolivia have socialist governments that have worked to redistribute wealth in the last few years. In fact, it’s been well documented that Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa is running a socialist-dictatorship similar to Venezuela’s. Obviously, any groups—such as Desarrollo y Autogestión— that operate in this system are approved or have some sort of ties to the regime. That makes U.S. government funding all the more outrageous. Just look at the wording of the DOL’s announcement. It says that the $13 million project is designed to “combat poverty and social exclusion.” How? By engaging “local indigenous leaders and communities.” This is all part of the DOL’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), which ensures that workers around the world are treated fairly and are able to share in the benefits of the global economy. ILAB’s mission is to use all available international channels to improve working conditions, raise living standards, protect workers’ ability to exercise their rights, and address the workplace exploitation of children and other vulnerable populations. As is the case with most government bureaucracies of this magnitude, the mission requires generous funding by American taxpayers. In its congressional budget justification for fiscal year 2012, the DOL asks for more than $1.5 billion to fund its various causes abroad. This includes $40 million to combat exploitative child labor internationally, more than $18 million for “program evaluation” and nearly $14 million to implement worker rights programs through technical assistance.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (124497)	2/21/2012 11:53:28 AM
From: locogringo	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224729

How fast the mighty (HAH) and incompetent fall back to earth...............(no wonder she's on vacation #16 already.........she's also on her way out..........) Pro-Obama super PAC a bust in January fundraisingThe big-money vehicle intended to raise astronomical sums to serve as the Democratic counter to similar action by Republican-funded super PACs and outside groups is failing miserably, federal documents filed Monday showed. Priorities USA Action, a super PAC that former top aides to President Obama left the White House last February to run, had only a single substantial donor last month, of $50,000. Even that check is not a full-throated endorsement from John W. Rogers, CEO of Chicago’s Ariel Capital and a man with the means to give much more. washingtontimes.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (124497)	2/21/2012 11:55:04 AM
From: Ann Corrigan	8 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224729

That's what you were saying during Bush Adm. Average American only knows filling the tank is taking a huge bite out of their budget - they'll remember Obama's foolish energy policies and place the blame at his feet between now and election day.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (124497)	2/22/2012 9:43:49 AM
From: locogringo	5 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224729

kenny, why does your TOTAL FAILURE of a president hate older retired people? Retirees to get hammered... but love the freeloaders and leeches so much? Percentage of Americans who pay no tax hits 49.5...

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (124497)	2/22/2012 11:39:11 AM
From: TideGlider	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224729

False Recovery 2.0: It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like 2011 By contributors@theatlantic.com (Derek Thompson) \| The Atlantic – Tue, Feb 21, 2012 10:30 AM EST The recovery is looking good from the home-front. The last time we looked so good was one year ago, exactly. And we all remember what happened then. Reuters Let's play "Name That Year of the Recovery." In the first quarter of this Mystery Year, the economy adds more than 200,000 jobs in consecutive months. Manufacturing is roaring. Investors are giddy and stocks improve for the third month in a row. The Dow breaks 12,000 for the first time since 2008. Economists are screaming, "Recovery Winter!" I am talking, of course, about 2011. What, you were sure it could only be this year? Then you don't remember how the economy accelerated around the 2010-'11 bend with practically every conceivable tailwind: accelerating employment, strong industrial figures, and a decent, if spotty, stabilizing in housing. You remember what came after. Unrest in the Middle East sent oil to $100 a barrel. Europe's debt crisis weighed on banks. A showdown over the debt ceiling made a mockery of Washington. By the summer, the boomlet has wilted, job creation has slowed to a pathetic trickle, and economists were talking seriously about a double-dip recession. Fast-forward to 2012. The economy has added more than 200,000 jobs in consecutive months. Manufacturing is roaring. Investors are giddy. Stocks have hit 2008 highs. Economists are screaming, "Recovery Winter!" But here they are, the same old threats. Oil is breaking $100 a barrel again, with Iran halting exports to European countries. Europe is practically in a continental recession, anchored by a full-fledged depression in Greece. And some budget analysts are worrying that we might hit the debt ceiling a few months early, which would mean a redux of the great debt-ceiling space opera of 2011. The payroll tax cut package signed last week isn't paid fully paid for. We're now scheudled to hit the debt ceiling in January rather than early spring, according to the Bipartisan Policy Center. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has said we won't hit the ceiling until "significantly after the end of the fiscal year," but oil shocks and a growth slowdown could reduce tax revenues and move the debt-ceiling deadline into 2012, The Hill reported. There are all sorts of reasons to be confident that this isn't a replay of 2011. We're one year of growth -- and 1.7 million jobs -- stronger than we were in February 2012, and this time the recovery is even broader. If we close in on the debt ceiling in September, Treasury can seek out wiggle room to keep us from touching the ceiling until after the election. Europe's recession is much more likely than an Israeli strike on Iran, and a weak Europe should keep a lid on oil prices. But the United States is still a recovering patient in a world that's ready to fall apart, like somebody re-learning to walk on a sheet of thin ice. The economy is looking good from the home-front. But remember the last time we looked so good, the ice broke beneath us.