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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 (168413)	5/22/2014 9:24:23 AM
From: locogringo	1 Recommendation Recommended By TideGlider Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224749

...in Seattle, WA. Also is the best job creator in spite of highest minimum wage. The article did NOT report that. You made that up and threw it in. The increase is due to freeloaders moving into the liberal haven.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (168413)	5/22/2014 10:01:31 AM
From: locogringo	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Respond to of 224749

It looks like Putin outfoxed your moronic president, AGAIN. How incompetent is this obama failure anyway? (why am I asking that of somebody just as hypocritical and incompetent?) Putin Outfoxes Obama Again With China Gas Deal Leadership: In a historic game changer, Russia and China have signed a $400 billion natural gas deal, and Iran is now offering to supply Europe's gas needs. What a wasted opportunity for a U.S. bereft of any energy strategy. The full chess-master acumen of Russia, China and Iran was on display this week, foremost in a massive, 30-year Russian agreement to supply Siberian natural gas to China, signed Wednesday by Gazprom and China National Petroleum Corporation officials as Russia's President Vladimir Putin and China's President Xi Jinping looked on. The "Power of Siberia" deal will supply 38 billion cubic meters of natural gas each year to China, expanding Russia's presence to a major new market in the still-growing Far East at preferential prices to China, and more to the point, undercut sanctions imposed on Russia by the West over its annexation of the Crimean peninsula and invasive actions in the Ukrainian east. Weak as those U.S. and European Union sanctions were, they are now weaker still because Russia now has a great big new market. Analysts say that Russia and China view this deal, signed fast after 10 years of talks, as a way of showing that "the West doesn't matter." And sadly, it doesn't, given the lack of leadership and strategic vision coming from Obama's administration. The deal comes on the heels of Iran's offer to supply Europe with 50 million cubic meters of natural gas through a pipeline across Turkey, which could be expanded from its current capacity. The idea is to entice Europe to lift its sanctions so the deal can go through and Iran can get access to the $300 million in capital it needs for the project. European Union officials have been silent on the idea. But they have stated that they want access to other markets and are actively looking to Qatar, Azerbaijan, Norway and Algeria to expand their suppliers as well, because Russia supplies 34% of Europe's natural gas. As Putin slips the sanctions noose, the U.S. is caught flat-footed, because it has no energy strategy to secure U.S. leverage in the region. Fact is, the Obama administration has stubbornly failed to use U.S. energy development to its strategic advantage, just as the U.S. energy industry, astonishingly, is on the cusp of an innovation revolution with new technologies for extracting oil and natural gas from places no one thought possible a decade ago, making the U.S. poised to become the new Saudi Arabia.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (168413)	5/22/2014 10:11:04 AM
From: locogringo	1 Recommendation Recommended By TideGlider Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 224749

Census: Texas has 3 of 5 fast-growing cities WASHINGTON (AP) — They grow everything bigger in Texas, even the cities. Three of the nation's five fastest-growing cities — and seven of the top 15 — are located in the Lone Star State, new data from the Census Bureau shows. The Texas cities of San Marcos, Frisco and Cedar Park were No. 1, 2 and 4 in percentage population growth between 2012 and 2013, each growing by at least 5 percent in that time span. Utah had two of the top five: South Jordan, at No. 3, and Lehi, at No. 5. This is the second year in a row that San Marcos, centrally located between Austin and San Antonio on Interstate 35, has topped the list of fastest-growing cities with a population of more than 50,000. Its population grew by 8 percent between July 2012 and 2013 to 54,076 people. That's well ahead of its 2011-12 increase of 4.9 percent, which pushed San Marcos into the upper echelon of cities with 50,000-plus people. Mayor Daniel Guerrero, in Chicago recruiting business investment for his city, said that in addition to its enviable location between Austin and San Antonio, San Marcos has one of the nation's largest outlet malls and is home of the 35,000-student Texas State University. "We have an immaculate natural beauty to our community, certainly the spring-fed river ... San Marcos River... historic neighborhoods, a growing and beautified downtown that we've been investing in heavily over the last few years," Guerrero said. The presence and growth of the university is also a factor, he said. The West is in the middle of a population boom, with energy production one of the fastest-growing industries in the United States. The oil- and gas-rich fields of the Great Plains and Mountain West have fueled the population increase. The majority of the fastest-growing cities are west of the Mississippi River. The 15 top cities by percentage increase were San Marcos, Texas, 8 percent; Frisco, Texas, 6.5 percent; South Jordan, Utah, 6.1 percent; Cedar Park, Texas, 5.6 percent; Lehi, Utah, 5.5 percent; Goodyear, Arizona, 4.8 percent; Georgetown, Texas, 4.5 percent; Gaithersburg, Maryland, 4.4 percent; Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, 4.1 percent; Meridian, Idaho, 4.0 percent; Odessa, Texas, 4.0 percent; Gilbert, Arizona, 4.0 percent; McKinney, Texas, 3.9 percent; Franklin, Tennessee, 3.9 percent; and Pearland, Texas, 3.8 percent. By population increase, New York City is still on top, growing by 61,440 people in 2012 to 8.4 million people in 2013. In addition to having the largest numerical increase, New York City is also still the largest city in the United States by population. Houston increased by 35,202 people to 2.2 million in 2013. Los Angeles grew by 31,525 to 3.8 million. The rest of the top 10 by numerical increase were: San Antonio, up 25,378 to 1.4 million; Phoenix, up 24,843 to 1.5 million; Austin, Texas, up 20,993 to 885,400: San Diego, up 18,867 to 1.35 million; Charlotte, North Carolina, up 18,420 to 792,862; Seattle, up 17,770 to 652,405; and Dallas, up 15,976 to 1.3 million. The Census Bureau also said: — Fourteen cities joined the 50,000-plus population club: Casa Grande and Aliso Viejo, Arizona; Dublin and Palm Desert, California; Doral, Florida; Huntersville, North Carolina; Enid, Oklahoma; Grapevine, Texas; Ankeny, Iowa; Lenexa, Kansas; Kentwood, Michigan; Apple Valley, Minnesota; Tigard, Oregon; and Sammamish, Washington. — No cities with more than 50,000 people dropped below that level between 2012 and 2013.