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POPSThe Arabs Have Stopped Applauding Obama "American arms had won a decent outcome in Iraq, but Mr. Obama would not claim it—it was his predecessor's war. Vigilance had kept the American homeland safe from terrorist attacks for seven long years under his predecessors, but he could never grant Bush policies the honor and credit they deserved. He had declared Afghanistan a war of necessity, but he seems to have his eye on the road out even as he is set to announce a troop increase in an address to be delivered tomorrow."
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POPSThe sleazy advocacy of a leading "liberal hawk" What Galbraith kept completely concealed all these years was that a company he formed in 2004 came to acquire a large stake in a Kurdish oil field whereby, as the NYT put it, he "stands to earn perhaps a hundred million or more dollars." In other words, he had a direct -- and vast -- financial stake in the very policies which he was publicly advocating in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and countless other American media outlets, where he was presented as an independent expert on the region. As Cobban wrote: Galbraith has never expressed any such regrets, and last November, he was openly scornful of Bush's late-term agreement to withdraw from Iraq completely. The revelation that for many years Galbraith had a quite undisclosed financial interest in the political breakup of Iraq may now further reduce the clout, and the ranks, of the remaining liberal hawks.
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POPS'Nobody Questions That'? Thus, by virtue of his election to the presidency nearly one year ago, he believes he has the authority to establish a new paradigm to "fundamentally transform" our nation by creating "a new foundation." However, if we are a nation of laws with a national government limited by our Constitution, and, indeed, we are, then Obama has no legal authority to "transform" our government. Those who laid our constitutional foundation were very clear about its limits on government. Our Constitution's principle author, James Madison, wrote, "The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the federal government are few and defined will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation and foreign commerce."
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POPSDick Cheney Takes It To Obama on National Security It appears that Obama’s dissenters are piling on his back. As a result, the foreign policy hawks and neocons are making a successful comeback. We all witnessed how capable and successful Cheney was when he took his case to the airwaves, TV shows, and editorials in defending the Bush administration’s legacy. It is beyond dispute that Cheney can make a convincing case and draw a sharp contrast between the Obama administration on what it takes to secure America and defends its interests. As more and more Americans see President Obama as indecisive in making his decision in Afghanistan, even as his commanders on the ground request direct action and troop increases, the more this type of onslaught will sink him further in the polls and erode what little is left of his political capital and public confidence. October 22, 2009 by Jason
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POPSNow Pakistan - Sequential Destruction of Muslim Nations Many Western policymakers rarely see Muslim nations, including allies, with any inherent respect. Vice President Dick Cheney described the Muslim world as "brute and nasty." Obama advisers, though more guarded in their word choices, see Muslim nations no differently. The idea that Islam is inherently violent, openly expressed during the Bush administration, continues to animate foreign policy. The White House holds a new President but Congressional leadership and Washington policymakers are more or less the same. Anti-Islamic policies of warfare and destabilization are intact.
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POPSWhite House Boasts: We 'Control' News Media Obama Cabinet Member Anita Dunn: Mao Tse Tung "Favorite Philosopher"; Truth is subjective Video of Dunn's speech, broadcast during a segment of Glenn Beck's evening show on the Fox News Channel, can be seen by clicking following link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fi1zg2NOCn8&feature=player_embedded
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POPSThe Brainy Bunch by Thomas Sowell based on those beliefs and hatreds. Starting from a position of Germany's military weakness in the early 1930s, Hitler not only built up Germany's war-making potential, he did so in ways that minimized the danger that his potential victims would match his military build-up with their own. He said whatever soothing words they wanted to hear that would spare them the cost of military deterrence and the pain of contemplating another war. He played some of the most highly educated people of his time for fools-- not only foreign political leaders but also members of the intelligentsia. The editor of The Times of London filtered out reports that his own foreign correspondents in Germany sent him about the evils and dangers of the Nazis. In the United States, W.E.B. Du Bois-- with a Ph.D. from Harvard-- said that dictatorship in Germany was "absolutely necessary to get the state in order." In an age when facts seem to carry less weight than the visions of
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POPSObama: Less State Secrets In the Bush Era many bad policies (torture, secret prisons, wiretappings, etc.) were covered up by being declared "state secrets." In a few court cases in the new Obama Administration, this was still the case because that was still the way the law, administrative procedure was. Now it's changed. No more easy covering up of wrongdoing by declaring it is a "secret." The new procedures certainly require more justice and more review.
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POPSNew Israeli "Pretenses for Peace," Announced
This is a rather ruthless, cynical and cold view of the announced intent to "restart." Israeli-Palestinian, Middle East peace negotiations next month. "Restarting this carousel first begins with the old tune: The Israeli's say the Arabs must make concessions. They ask for these concessions while publicly and actively evicting Palestinian, and expanding their Jewish settlements into former Arab territory. Then the chorus sings: "And what about the 'problem,' of Gaza" --- or the Golan Heights or Palestinian violent resistance to oppression and invasion...all as if these are problems caused by others and nothing to do with their own policies of fascism, apartheid, collective punishment and Palestinian genocide. Now, everybody sing: "All we are saying is, give peace a chance." BUT - the "problem" of Gaza is that one and a half million people are being starved to death in front of the eyes of the world, for the last two years, due to an Israeli blockade. Stopping that woul
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POPSNo Coffee In Caracas?
expropriated land as part of his socialist revolution. For Venezuela to experience a shortage of coffee is like Obama experiencing a shortage of lies. Very difficult to imagine let alone arrange. Nationalization and shortages go together in the same way that Chicago and corruption go together. Find one, find the other. Naturally Chavez refuses to take the blame for his absurd policies. Neither does Obama. In typical socialist fashion, each blames others. Critics point the finger at price and foreign exchange controls that have slowed investments in expansion and maintenance and eroded productivity. The government blames shortages on speculation by the private sector. In a nutshell this is Obama’s health care plan. Conjure up a problem in the private sector, blame it on speculating capitalists, and use both as a reason to nationalize the entire system. This is not the first time Chavez ran afoul of Economics 101. Some years back he was already sticking his semi-illiterate
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POPSTime for Obama to fire Hilary? "Right now, it looks like Obama is going to be following the same policies of George W. Bush, especially on the Cuba issue. His campaign slogan should be changed to "compromise that you can believe in." He may turn out to be another mediocre president, made with the same mold as Bill Clinton. In my opinion, FDR was the last "good" Democratic Party president. Every one else has been a faithful server of corporate interests. In Honduras, his State Department, headed by Hillary, continues to obfuscate and not call what happened there a coup d'etat. That way Uncle Sam can continue to provide economic and military aid to the business oligarchy that is behind General Vazquez and his gorillas. What a great disappointment Obama is turning out to be. If he continues traveling the same path, many people will stay home on November 2012."
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POPSBad Guys Refuse to be Charmed Obama has set a series of false notes in foreign policy by standing silently as huge crowds in Iran courageously protested a stolen election and failing to support Honduras against a Chavez-like attempt to avoid the rules of a democracy. He has not even been consistent: in the first case, he feared being characterized as the Wild “Meddling” West; in the second, he had no compunctions against major meddling. In another sense, however, he was consistent. In both cases he failed to support the people who were standing up, which makes his rhetoric in Russia still another false note.
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POPSAsylum For Battered Women
Clip On made a comment about Liberals not defending those who would seek to oppress women so I found this clip interesting. Let me speak politics for a second. First of all, I'm not going to waste my time on those who just want to argue that their side is right vs. my side is wrong. We are in a world of shit with the economy and we all need to pull together. I love America and I want to see it do better. Many of those on the right would probably be surprised to know that I work with people who don't have the resources and I hate to say this, but I'm gonna, I basically babysit grown people. I STRESS personal responsibility, but I want to say here and now that personal responsibility is not the ONLY thing. Our society is full of complex problems. But I am confident we can pull together and solve them without constant partisan rhetoric and bickering. That solves nothing. I want to stress that I am DISGUSTED that the Obama administration policies does not involve women fleei
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POPS Happy Day! thoughts: “Ahmadinejad remains the lunatic face of Iran to the world … Ahmadinejad symbolizes the rejection of Barack Obama’s overtures … a slap in the face of the American president’s pro-Islamist policies … Ahmadinejad remains in charge of the Iranian economy, which he is progressively wrecking, thereby reducing the country’s capabilities to make mischief abroad … I dunno about that last one. Nukes vs butter debate in Iran? And terrorism is cheap, that’s why it’s so popular. But Pipes makes the point that, despite Obama’s lack of leadership, it could be a turning point. He wonders though, what kind of game Khamenei might be playing in handing A’jad the win in this “selection.” MORE at site: politico, jpost, bloomberg, nyt, phillyinquirer, memorandum, realclearpolitics, legalinsurrection, malkin, gateway, powerline, theothermccain, In other business, North Korea warns of nuclear war! http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090614/D98QDSOO0.html
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POPSFederal Lawsuit Filed Over DHS ‘Rightwing Extremist’ Report The Report specifically mentions the following political beliefs that law enforcement should use to determine whether someone is a “rightwing extremist”: * Opposes restrictions on firearms * Opposes lax immigration * Opposes the policies of President Obama regarding immigration, citizenship, and the expansion of social programs * Opposes continuation of free trade agreements * Opposes same-sex marriage * Has paranoia of foreign regimes * Fear of Communist regimes * Opposes one world government * Bemoans the decline of U.S. stature in the world. * Upset with loss of U.S. manufacturing jobs to China and India . . . and the list goes on. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on behalf of nationally syndicated conservative radio talk show host, Michael Savage, Gregg Cunningham (President of the pro-life organization Center for Bio-Ethical Reform, Inc. (CBR) . . . . .
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POPSA White House Sedar? WTF? Yesterday, President Obama and guests celebrated Passover the first Passover Seder at the White House. WTF? So should we now have a Muslim service? A Catholic Mass? A Southern Baptist Easter Service? And although Westerns don't take other religions too seriously, what about the Hindus? the Buddhist? Shinto believers? Native American Tepee events? Not to mention the atheist, agnostics and others might feel left out. The nation is sinking in a swamp of attempts to promote religious wars religious based controversial issues and hosting official religious services (not just a 2-minute prayer or something) is going in the way wrong direction. One good Constitutional principle of the USA (among others) is the separation of church and state and now instead of shedding these influences politics is invaded with them and panders to them. Not a good omen. *&* The clip here is about past lobbying of the White House by a group called: Christians United for Israel. (and
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POPSBachmann: Obama Wants "Re-Education Camps For Young People" (AUDIO) There is a lot to critique about the Obama administration from continuing neoliberal economic policies to protecting war criminals (and even embracing some of their tactics and world view). You might talk about defense spending, foreign policy and the like. But this is pure scaremongering insanity. Apparently is the only card this idiots have to play. Where the hell was she when Dear Leader Bush was wiping his @$$ with the Constitution?
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POPSObama Deficit Soars Beyond Estimates more than four times the deficits of Republican George W. Bush's presidency, congressional auditors said Friday. The new Congressional Budget Office figures offered a far more dire outlook for Obama's budget than the new administration predicted just last month — a deficit $2.3 trillion worse. It's a prospect even the president's own budget director called unsustainable. By CBO's calculation, Obama's budget would generate deficits averaging almost $1 trillion a year of red ink over 2010-2019. But Obama insisted on Friday that his agenda is still on track. "What we will not cut are investments that will lead to real growth and prosperity over the long term," Obama said. "That's why our budget makes a historic commitment to comprehensive health care reform. That's why it enhances America's competitiveness by reducing our dependence on foreign oil and building a clean energy economy." Obama's $3.6 trillion budget for the 2010 fiscal year beginning Oct.1 [/quote
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POPSChina Takes Aim at Dollar
See previous clip: Obama’s Toxic Advisors China’s proposal may not affect the dollar in the short term, but introducing this issue now is a means of alerting the world this could become a reality. From the article: “Central banks around the world hold more U.S. dollars and dollar securities than they do assets denominated in any other individual foreign currency”. So, we are almost at the point of one world currency already. International leaders are beginning to see an advantage of having one world currency so that fluctuations in one market would not disrupt the rest of the world, as is the current situation. Moving to a reserve currency that belongs to no individual nation would make it easier for all nations to manage their economies better, because it would give the reserve-currency nations more freedom to shift monetary policy and exchange rates. It could also be the basis for a more equitable way of financing the IMF. Russia made a similar proposal just this month
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POPSUS Consumer Spending Beginning to Stablize Good news sometimes comes in inches. At first, at least, the climb back up from the current recession might occur an inch at a time. The stabilization of consumer spending could easily be one of those inches.
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