Two Presidential Peas in a Wall Street Pod

Third party, third party, third party, third party, third party.

You JUST KILLED ANY CHANCE you had of getting my vote, 'bamer!!!

FUCK YOU, and FUCK McCain, too!!!!!

"McCain, Obama urge action on crisis; Appeal to House to pass bailout bill" by Associated Press | October 1, 2008

DES MOINES - White House rivals John McCain and Barack Obama combined televised attack ads with statesmanlike appeals for bipartisanship yesterday as they vied for political gain in the shadow of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.

Translation: Bipartisanship = AGAINST the PEOPLE!!! But you are a "statesmen" if you REJECT the WILL of the PEOPLE!!!!

Last night, both campaigns said the candidates will be in Washington this evening for a scheduled Senate vote on the financial bailout plan.

At a rally of about 12,000 people at the University of Nevada at Reno, Obama called for Americans to get behind attempts to salvage the $700 billion rescue plan. "To the Democrats and Republicans who opposed this plan yesterday, I say: Step up to the plate and do what's right for this country," he added.

Now it is a RESCUE! Yeah, for WALL STREET FAT CATS!!!!!

That's what is RIGHT for this country, huh, 'bamer?

McCain told reporters there were steps the administration could still take "with the stroke of the pen to help alleviate the crisis gripping our economy."

Then WHY DON'T THEY?! Why do they need $700 BILLION of OUR MONEY?

McCain mentioned using a federal stabilization fund to back uninsured money market accounts, which the Treasury Department is already using to guarantee money market mutual funds.

He also suggested the federal government start using its authority to purchase up to $1 trillion in mortgages. As both candidates called for a bipartisan solution, a less high minded skirmish broke out on the airwaves. While McCain backed the proposed bailout, the Republican National Committee unveiled an ad blasting the plan. --more --"

Nothing like good old hypocrisy!! Don't get me wrong; in this case, I am ALL FOR IT!!!!!

And as far as the increase in deposit insurance, MOST AMERICANS DO NOT HAVE $100,000 dollars in the bank, so WTF? Just a SUGAR SWEETENER for that DAILY BOWL of MSM and GOVERNMENT SHIT, huh, 'murkn?

How's it taste now? Still like shit, huh?

"Obama, McCain in accord on FDIC limit of $250,000" by Brian C. Mooney, Globe Staff | October 1, 2008

In rare agreement, presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain yesterday endorsed an increase in bank deposit insurance limits, but legal and academic specialists said the idea may do little to solve the fast-moving financial crisis and could cause new problems over time.

Unreal!! So EVEN THIS "sweetner" is SHIT!!!!

"It's almost like throwing a bone to Main Street, as it's being described," said Ann Graham, professor at Texas Tech University School of Law and a former regional counsel of the FDIC. "Frankly, it's a little bit misleading . . . It's almost a [public relations] tactic as opposed to a substantive change."

I would have used ANOTHER WORD for the item they are throwing at us!

Graham said the increase could provide some benefit to small business owners who need to maintain payroll accounts of more than $100,000 in a single institution. But she said the FDIC since 2006 already insures Individual Retirement Account deposits up to $250,000. And depositors can also set up revocable trusts, known as payable-on-death accounts, that are insured for up to $500,000 from which they can make withdrawals or change heirs at will.

(Blog author just shaking his head at the scale of MSM lies we are being fed)

By increasing the amount of deposits to be insured, Graham said, the FDIC is redefining the small investor it was designed to protect when it the agency was created in 1933 during the Great Depression. It would also be easier for banks to attract larger amounts from depositors, who would not need to worry what the banks were doing with those funds because the larger deposits would be insured.

"From a political point of view, there's a lot of appeal, but from an economic point of view, other than calming the moment, it's not very good," said George G. Kaufman, professor of finance and banking at Loyola University Chicago.

(Blog author just shaking his head at the scale of MSM lies we are being fed)

Kaufman said inclusion of the increased insurance limit may help attract enough new votes to win passage, "but it will generate a huge moral hazard problem," referring to the unintended consequences that occur when parties are insulated from risk. "It might help deal with the panic today, but it sets the stage for crises down the road."

But NO ONE in WASHINGTON is listening because THEIR PAYMASTERS are DEMANDING a TAXPAYER GIVEAWAY!!!

"Virtually every mortal is fully covered by the $100,000 limit, and it's not that hard to get all your deposits covered under the existing regulations," said John L. Douglas, former general counsel of the FDIC and now in private law practice in Atlanta. "You can split them among several banks, and indeed, one of the virtues of having a $100,000 limit is that people pay more attention to their banks."

The FDIC, which insures deposits of almost 8,500 banks and savings associations, now has about $45 billion in its insurance fund and will propose raising premiums in the upcoming weeks to ensure that the fund remains strong, said David Barr, spokesman for the FDIC.

That's because the fund is GOING BROKE!!!

"The fund, which stood at $45.2 billion at the end of June, has been severely depleted."

So we are looking at a TAX INCREASE, aren't we?

"No depositor has ever lost a penny of insured deposits and never will," Barr said. --more--"

Never say never, government liar!!

I mean, that is what the POLITICIANS and MSM are saying: OUR SAVINGS DEPOSITS are AT RISK!!!

So WHICH IS IT, LIAR?

Boston Globe Cries "Bailout Bill or Bust"

Not surprising: One More Reason to OPPOSE the Washington Wall Street Giveaway

"With eyes on Washington, investors reclaim ground" by Steven Syre and Beth Healy, Globe Staff | October 1, 2008

The stock market rebounded from one of its worst beatings in decades yesterday, surging higher across the board on hopes Congress will return to work and agree on a bailout plan for the nation's financial system soon.

Pffft!! I am SO SICK of the AGENDA-PUSHING LIES!!!

FUCK YOU, MSM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stocks gained back more than half the ground they lost in Monday's dramatic sell-off. The Dow Jones industrial average soared 485.21 to 10,850.66, an advance of 4.7 percent. The Standard & Poor's 500 index, which suffered its biggest one-day percentage decline in 21 years on Monday, jumped 5.3 percent yesterday.

Credit markets were not so uniformly upbeat.

Here's why: U.S. Banks Driving Credit Crunch ON PURPOSE!!

Key indicators that determine bank and business loan rates got worse, suggesting there is no relief in sight for the global credit crunch that is curtailing lending and threatening the economy.

Yeah, it is called BLACKMAIL or EXTORTION, take your pick!!!

Stock prices overseas also recovered yesterday, but more modestly. Most major stock indexes in Europe climbed between 1 and 2 percent. Stocks in Brazil, which closed its market after steep losses on Monday, jumped 7.3 percent yesterday.

Boy, the MSM sure does have you hopping and dancing on the swings of the Dow, AmeriKa!! I SAID DANCE!!!!!!!

Doesn't it bother you that the DOW only represents the WEALTHIEST CORPORATIONS and NOT YOU, 'murkn?

News of the Irish government taking action to shore up its financial institutions was received positively in Europe and may have had a positive effect here, according to Bernard R. Horn Jr., president of Polaris Capital Management in Boston. Ireland said it would guarantee the deposits and debts of all its major banks, after an index of Irish stocks dropped 13 percent Monday.

"That really settled Europe down a fair amount. And it provided a very well thought out, good example of how governments can actually play a role in fixing a big problem, which is a crisis in confidence," Horn said. --more--"

What, after they went to so much trouble to CREATE the PROBLEM?

This ain't a FIX, buddy, it is a GIVEAWAY to the RICH!!!!

Boston Globe Business Pages Push the Fear For Bailout Bill

That's why I no longer consider the AmeriKan MSM War Dailies "news."

They are AGENDA-PUSHING LIARS, folks!!! That's all!!!!

"Specialists: Inaction on bailout will bring pain; Deep recession, job losses called likely if credit market stalls" by Robert Gavin, Globe Staff | October 1, 2008

Economists and academics surveyed by the Globe yesterday said the Bush administration and congressional leaders should not scrap the defeated $700 billion bailout for financial firms, but rather make modest changes to win over enough opponents to pass it.

Economists said, huh? See: Economists Say Bailout Bill Won't Work

And SWEETENING a SHIT ain't gonna do nuthin'!

Financial firms have been reluctant to lend to one another out of fear their counterparts have large holdings of mortgage-related assets, which have already sunk several large companies, and that in turn is drying up credit for businesses and consumers.

Yeah, because U.S. Banks Driving Credit Crunch ON PURPOSE!!

Without a free flow of credit, businesses stop expanding and hiring, consumers cut spending, and the economy shrinks. Barry Bosworth, an economist and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank, said the Bush administration and congressional leaders need to more effectively communicate that the plan is aimed not at saving Wall Street firms, but rather at preventing a deep recession that would send unemployment soaring.

Are you as OFFENDED and INSULTED as I am at the implications that WE ARE STOO-PID out here, readers?

FUCK YOU, elite scum bag!! See ya' swinging soon, asshole!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alicia Munnell, director of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College and a former assistant Treasury secretary, said leaders need to communicate better that the bailout ultimately will cost much less than $700 billion when the government sells mortgage assets, once the market returns to normal.

BULL-ONEY!! They are going to let Wall Street pick over the GOOD STUFF and leave the TAXPAYERS with the CRAP!!!!

Oh, and btw, that $700 BILLION # was PULLED OUT of their ass!!!!

Jeffrey Frankel, an economics professor at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and a former member of President Clinton's Council of Economic Advisers, said that adding a small tax on stock and bond transactions to finance the bailout might also melt opposition. That would transfer the costs from taxpayers to the industry, and perhaps take political pressure off lawmakers who are running for reelection.

But that WON'T HAPPEN because NO WAY are the financial industry and the banks going to TAX THEMSELVES!! What do you think this BAILOUT is ABOUT, anyway?

"They're hearing from their constituents, 'Wall Street got us into this mess, and now we have to give them money?' " Frankel said. "This would be taxing the sector that got out of control and is the source of the problem."

Another way to reduce taxpayers' contributions would be to expand provisions that allow the government to take ownership stakes in the financial firms it helps, said Simon Gilchrist, a Boston University economics professor. Instead of buying the troubled assets, which would then make it easier for financial firms to raise additional capital by selling stock, the government could provide the capital directly and take a controlling share. It could recover much of its money later by selling off its share.

Sweden took this approach when it had to bail out its financial system in the 1990s, and reduced the initial costs by more than half as it sold off the holdings it bought, Gilchrist said.

So the U.S. is going to model itself after SOCIALIST SWEDEN now?

Such an approach has another advantage: Company stockholders who profited from risky behavior would now lose money. For example, shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac became virtually worthless after the government took them over. "This could be a way forward," Gilchrist said, "and more palatable to taxpayers."

Congress needs to move quickly, said Kristin Forbes, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor and former member of President Bush's Council of Economic Advisers. Among her concerns: Foreign investors could lose confidence in the US financial system and pull their money out.

That is what I WILL DO if this damn bill passes today!

That could further weaken the dollar, increase inflation, and lead to higher interest rates, which hurt economic growth. "This may not be a perfect bill, but the risks of not passing it are greater than passing it," she said. "If we wait too long, it might cost us much more." --more--"

That's what they said about Iraq, the Patriot Act, the spying, etc, etc, etc.

FUCK YOU and your GOD-DAMN, LYING, FEAR MONGERING, assholes!!!

Besides, dollar already shitting out, and printing more money ain't helping!!!!

The Ultimate Cost of the Big Pit

Nothing is MORE PRECIOUS than LIFE, readers -- not even money!

"Boston lawyer Bradley Henry, who represents Del Valle's children in the case, said he is still concerned about the Big Dig, a $15 billion public works project that included several tunnels, highway stretches, and a bridge: "The public has every reason to be concerned about the product they got in the Big Dig. They contracted for a 75-year tunnel and received one plagued with problems from the beginning.""

And we are PAYING INTEREST to BANKS for this pile of shit? Can you say RIP OFF, Massachusetts taxpayers?

Also see: The Big Pit

"Family to get $28m in Big Dig death; Reaches settlements with contractor, others" by Donovan Slack and Andrea Estes, Globe Staff | October 1, 2008

The family of a Jamaica Plain woman crushed to death in the 2006 Big Dig ceiling collapse will collect more than $28 million after reaching settlements yesterday with the last and largest of the defendants in the family's civil lawsuit.

Milena Del Valle's family agreed to accept a total of $18.1 million yesterday from construction contractor Modern Continental, project manager Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff, six smaller companies, and the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, according to the family's lawyers. The Del Valle family had already settled with two other defendants for $10 million.

Truthfully, no amount can ever be enough. How can you repay the loss of a unique, individual soul? No amount of money could ever do that.

Del Valle, a 38-year-old mother of three, was killed and her husband, Angel, was injured when concrete panels crashed from the ceiling of the Interstate 90 connector tunnel onto her car on July 10, 2006.

Investigations of the collapse showed that a string of failures - and, in some instances what authorities said was negligence - caused the collapse as the Del Valles were heading to Logan International Airport that night. Concrete panels weighing 26 tons fell from the ceiling after the failure of bolts that had been secured with epoxy.

The National Transportation Safety Board faulted, among others, Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff and the Turnpike Authority for not taking steps to prevent the collapse; epoxy vendor Powers Fasteners; Modern Continental, which installed the bolts; and Gannett Fleming, which designed the tunnel ceiling.

To avert criminal charges in the collapse, Bechtel and a number of smaller companies agreed to a settlement with the state in January of roughly $450 million. The payment did not avert all charges, however.

That's all the state settled for? While we are paying BILLIONS in INTEREST PAYMENTS to BANKS?!

Boston lawyer Bradley Henry, who represents Del Valle's children in the case, said he is still concerned about the Big Dig, a $15 billion public works project that included several tunnels, highway stretches, and a bridge: "The public has every reason to be concerned about the product they got in the Big Dig. They contracted for a 75-year tunnel and received one plagued with problems from the beginning." --more--"

Raytheon Gets Richer

TRILLIONS for WARS and BANKS, BILLIONS for ISRAEL, etc, etc, etc....

"Raytheon wins $679m radar upgrade contract

Raytheon Co. won an order from the Defense Department and the Federal Aviation Administration worth up to $679 million to upgrade radar systems at military and civilian airfields worldwide. The Waltham-based defense contractor will provide 116 fully operational Digital Airport Surveillance Radar systems to replace analog radar, first fielded almost 30 years ago, with a digital system, the Pentagon said on its website (Bloomberg)."

Cha-CHING!!!

How many FORECLOSURES would $680 million forestall, America?

AmeriKans Poorer But More Confident About Economy

Why does EVERY MSM POLL have to be filled with LIES?

"Survey: Consumer confidence up" by Bloomberg News | October 1, 2008

WASHINGTON - Consumer confidence unexpectedly rose in September in a survey taken before the recent worsening of the credit crisis and plunge in stocks.

What is that SMELL, readers?

Since the confidence survey's Sept. 23 cutoff, the odds have risen that consumers will retrench in the wake of failing banks and paychecks that aren't keeping up with inflation. --more--"

And yet the Congress wants to give Wall Street $700 BILLION of YOUR MONEY, AmeriKa!!!!!!!

But at least there is the DOLLAR STORE for YOU, American!! Never mind that DROP in LIVING STANDARDS and BOWL of SHIT you are savoring!!!!

This is a GOOD THING, according to the PRO-RICHER PRESS!! What GREED HOGS those despicable elites are!!!!!

"Dollar stores back in favor as shoppers look for lowest prices" by Associated Press | October 1, 2008

PORTLAND, Ore. - A buck will still buy you a bottle of shampoo, two rolls of paper towels, or four containers of generic breath mints at some dollar stores. It even buys a bit of excitement in the hunt for a deal.

Yeah, also see: The Boston Globe Says a Depression Would Be a Good Idea

The Boston Globe Says Being Poor is Your Fault

Boston Globe Says Financial Failures Are a Good Thing

WTF? Now they are screaming bloody murder?

But it won't buy motor oil. Or a multipack of Tic Tacs. Or many other items that were once a steal for $1. Tough economic times have meant a boom in business for many dollar retailers as shoppers hunt for bargains. Most have seen their traffic and sales grow. But the rising cost for goods has some companies examining their offerings more closely.

When oil prices began to tick up a few years ago, several dollar store chains phased motor oil out of their mix. When the cost of Tic Tacs went up last year, Dollar Tree switched to a generic brand so it could continue its four-pack deal. And in September, 99 Cents Only Stores said commodity and fuel prices were forcing it to raise its price for the first time in 26 years, to 99.99 cents - which rounds up to $1 at the register.

So even the DOLLAR STORE is a RIP OFF now!! But that is a GOOD THING, according to the agenda-pushing BG!!!!

Analysts say the dollar represents an accessible, and sometimes disposable, price for shoppers. "The dollar today is what the penny was to the grandparents' generation," said Marshal Cohen, an analyst for the research firm NPD Group. "When you can get something for a dollar and it works, people get excited."

That is about ALL it is WORTH these days, too!!!!! Although I must admit, the ENTHUSIASM you see in the dollar stores is like nothing on this earth!!!

Dollar stores say they've seen sales of items such as food and grooming products grow the fastest as consumers try to limit spending to just the necessities.

But WALL STREET wants a $700 BILLION BAILOUT!!

Where is YOUR BAILOUT, America?

In the case of 99 Cents Only Stores, the product lineup remains largely the same. But company leaders say the fraction of a penny change will help it balance out some of the losses from rising costs. Unlike many of its competitors, the California-based company has lost money its past two quarters. It also recently said it would close all its Texas stores, which were less profitable than its other operations. --more--"

Where is YOUR BAILOUT, America?!!!!

Why you standing there with that turd in your hand?

The Wonder of It All

I thought casinos were untouchable by economic downturns?

This is the FUTURE?

"Foxwoods plans to cut 700 jobs in few weeks

Just four months after opening a major expansion to the public, the owners of the Foxwoods Resort Casino revealed plans to cut about 6 percent of the workforce because of the weak economy.

Where is THEIR BAILOUT? In fact, how will the Wall Street giveaway help Foxwoods? Richers have more $$$ to throw away?

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation, which employs nearly 11,000 workers at Foxwoods, said the elimination of 700 jobs will be in addition to just under 200 disclosed in June and will come in the next few weeks. They will affect management and staff positions, tribal officials said. Each affected employee will receive medical benefits and two weeks pay for each year of service up to 26 weeks total, tribal officials said (AP)."

I'm sure that will make them feel good.

Also see: The Economic Untouchables

The Boston Globe Worships the Wealthy Elite

Only U.S. Elite Need Apply

The Comfortable Class Above It All

The Boston Globe Says Don't Vote Or You Will Die

That's ONE WAY of keeping Obama voters from the polls!!!

"More die in car crashes on election days

CHICAGO - Could voting for president be hazardous to your health?

An analysis of Election Day traffic deaths dating back to Jimmy Carter's 1976 win suggests yes, but the authors say that's no reason not to vote. The study found that on average, 24 more people died in car crashes during voting hours on presidential election days than on other Tuesdays during October and November.

The results were pretty consistent on all eight presidential election days that were analyzed, up to George W. Bush's victory over John F. Kerry in 2004. Rushing to get to polling places before or after work, driving on unfamiliar routes, and being distracted by thinking about the candidates were among possible reasons.

"This is one of the most off-the-wall things I've ever read, but the science is good," said Roy Lucke, senior scientist at Northwestern University's Center for Public Safety (AP)."

Looks like I won't be going to the polls after all -- as if it mattered!

Trading With the Enemy

Yeah, it's a different story when $$$ is involved!!

"US sanctions rules are being flouted in light of a dramatic increase in the dollar value of shipments [to Iran] during President Bush's first seven years in office.... from about $8 million in 2001 to nearly $150 million in 2007.... the government's own records showed at least $106,635 in military rifles and $8,760 in rifle parts and accessories going to Iran, along with thousands of dollars worth of military aircraft parts."

The next time this asshole opens his mouth about Iran, he's going to get a burst of wind in his face:

PFFFFFFFFFFFTTTTTTT!!!!!

Yeah, SHOVE the WAR TALK, dick fart!!!

"Lawmakers seek investigation of exports to Iran" by Sharon Theimer, Associated Press | October 1, 2008

WASHINGTON - Two House Democrats are asking congressional investigators to examine US exports to Iran to see whether US sanctions rules are being flouted in light of a dramatic increase in the dollar value of shipments there during President Bush's first seven years in office.

House Foreign Affairs Chairman Howard Berman of California and committee member David Scott of Georgia asked the Government Accountability Office for the review. They said they were reacting to an Associated Press report earlier this year that chronicled an increase in the dollar value of US exports to Iran, from about $8 million in 2001 to nearly $150 million in 2007.

The AP found cigarettes, bull semen, military apparel, and a grab-bag of other US goods including musical instruments and brassieres, went Iran's way during that period, in addition to medical supplies, corn, and soybeans.

Those aren't the only things going through Iran: Occupation Iraq: America's Roadside Bombs

WTF, folks?

The exports were sent under agricultural, medical, and humanitarian exemptions to US sanctions on Iran. The administration has declined to say who is getting the export licenses.

Why? Which FRIENDS of yours are they?

"The revelations in the AP article are deeply disturbing, particularly at a time when Iran continues to pursue its nuclear program in defiance of the will of the international community," the lawmakers told the GAO in a letter Monday, adding there are few national priorities more pressing than US policy toward Iran.

Well, if THAT doesn't show the level of ZIONIST CONTROL over CONGRESS, nothing will!!!!!

FEW MORE PRESSING NATIONAL PRIORITIES than IRAN?

You better GET YOUR PRIORITIES STRAIGHT, jewslave!!!!!

The AP found the government's own records showed at least $106,635 in military rifles and $8,760 in rifle parts and accessories going to Iran, along with thousands of dollars worth of military aircraft parts.

Oh, you are KIDDING, right?

The administration looked into those exports after AP questioned them. It said that the rifles and parts actually went to Iraq, and that Iran was erroneously entered on the shipping record.

Is that how we INVADED the WRONG COUNTRY, too?!?! Seriously, readers, you are not believing this PILE of HORSE SHIT served up by the Bush administration, are you?

A TYPO?!! We INVADED IRAQ because of a TYPO?

At least $13,000 in "aircraft launching gear and/or deck arrestors," equipment needed to launch jets from aircraft carriers, actually went to Italy, not to Iran as records showed, the administration said. --more--"

I don't know what to think; however, I know I DO NOT BELIEVE U.S. GOVERNMENT LIARS!!!!!

Occupation Iraq: No More Troop Withdrawals

You were not expecting any, right, America?

"Six US Army brigades, a National Guard unit, and three military headquarters have been ordered to deploy to Iraq next summer, the Pentagon announced yesterday, in a move that would allow the United States to keep the number of troops largely steady there through much of next year."

Isn't that a DECISION for the NEXT PRESIDENT? So much for CHANGE, huh, 'murkn shit-eaters?

And this is just ANOTHER ARTICLE in a SERIES of MSM PROPAGANDA PIECES that gives you the impression that GEORGE W. BUSH won Iraq!!!!

That's from the SAME LYING MEDIA that LIED YOU INTO THIS MESS and DID HIS BIDDING, readers!!!

Where is that salt shaker?

"Iraqis celebrate amid fear and hope; Ramadan ends in a year marked by drop in violence" by Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post | October 1, 2008

BAGHDAD - In the park, you could almost forget the country's violence - if it weren't for the full-body pat-down at the entrance, the Iraqi soldiers in bulletproof vests strolling near the Ferris wheel, the long coil of concertina wire around the perimeter.

It's called FREEDOM!!!!

The noisy park was just one sign of residents' new, wary hope. Another was at the National Theater, which had announced it would hold the first nighttime performance since the invasion.

But just three hours before the 6 p.m. curtain, a white Mitsubishi sedan packed with explosives blew up across the street from the theater, killing three people and blasting a hole in the pavement. Police barricaded the street, and it appeared the much-heralded cultural event was off.

And then a small miracle occurred. Theater officials asked the officers to open the street back up, and by curtain-time, dozens of theater-goers had marched into the building, in defiance of the attackers.

In a sign the US military is relying more on Iraq, the number of Iraqi security forces killed in September rose by nearly a third to 159 compared with the same period last year, Associated Press figures showed yesterday. US troop deaths for the same period fell by nearly 40 percent to 25.

So MORE DEAD IRAQIS is PROGRESS, huh? How DISGUSTING!!!!

Then again, that is your ZIONIST MSM for you!!!!

Even as Iraqi security forces are taking the lead and violence in the country has plunged some 80 percent over the past 15 months, cautious Pentagon leaders have resisted calls for more rapid and hefty troop pullouts.

So if we are losing, we must stay; winning, must stay. WTF?

Six US Army brigades, a National Guard unit, and three military headquarters have been ordered to deploy to Iraq next summer, the Pentagon announced yesterday, in a move that would allow the United States to keep the number of troops largely steady there through much of next year. --more--"

Massachusetts' Messed Up State Budget

"Patrick prepares to cut budget as financial crisis unfolds" by Matt Viser, Globe Staff | October 1, 2008

Governor Deval Patrick, facing the biggest fiscal challenge of his term, is confronting difficult decisions about which priorities he can pursue and which he may have to abandon as state leaders assess how severely the national financial crisis will slam Massachusetts.

While seeking publicly to steady a volatile financial situation, Patrick and his team have been scrambling behind the scenes to assess the damage to state tax revenues and credit availability and preparing various cutback scenarios in case the meltdown gets worse.

Among the items up for discussion are whether to draw from the $1.8 billion remaining in the state's reserve account, and, if so, when to do it and how much.

WTF? We have nearly $2 BILLION lying around, and yet we are borrowing into oblivion? I guess GOVERNMENTS really do WORK for BANKS!!!

Also see: Banks Squeeze States in Bailout Blackmail

How the governor deals with the current fiscal challenge - and whether he can fulfill expensive campaign promises to lower property taxes, put more police on the streets, and reform education - is likely to define the middle phase of his four-year term.

Those "promises" are a distant memory from the "different kind" of governor!!

The first major challenge is a large shortfall in tax revenues. Tax collections for September were estimated to be about $200 million less than originally forecast, according to three sources briefed on figures that will be finalized as early as today. While those figures indicate that revenue stabilized in the second half of the month after a rocky first two weeks, being in the hole so early in the year is worrisome.

Sales taxes and corporate excise taxes have been steadily declining, largely as a result of the slumping economy. Withholding taxes have also declined. Patrick is meeting this week with members of a panel of economic advisers that he announced in January. The panel includes Cathy Minehan, the former president and chief executive of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston; Gloria Larson, the president of Bentley College; and James Stock, chairman of the Department of Economics at Harvard University.

There has been a shift in recent weeks from talk of expanding initiatives to merely limiting the pain. It means that the governor's hopes of putting more police officers on the streets, creating more jobs, and lowering property taxes may have to be tabled, or other areas of the budget will have to be drastically cut.

It is with OUTRAGED INCREDULITY that I READ THIS!!!

Of course, "flushing . . . millions of dollars away supporting a highly profitable industry" when it comes to $300 million in taxpayer dollars for Hollywood is o.k., even as the price of a school lunch rises; paying $13 million for a computer software system that could have cost less than $3 million is all right because the winner was a close friend of the House speaker, even as my poorer-than-dirt district "has been struggling to close a $2 million budget gap."; the lottery shellling out "millions of dollars" for sports tickets for "lottery officials, their family members, and friends" is fine, even as schools are closing; making interest payments to banks to the tune of "a staggering $22 billion" for the Big Pit, as we call it around here, is required, even as bridges are neglected across the state; and again, paying off banks like UBS, who can "demand repayment of an additional $2 million a month beginning in January" while also receiving a "$179 million payment," while the state pension fund loses $1 billion dollars -- which still didn't stop the executive director from carving himself a nice "$64,000 bonus on top of his $322,000 annual salary."

Oh, and did I not mention the $1 BILLION dollar giveaway to the pharmaceutical corporations, even though "it's never been easy to turn a profit in biotech?" Flush that money away, too, taxpayer. Of course, the war looters were next in line for a handout. And should the state be appropriating money for a "multimillion-dollar reconstruction" of golf courses?

And just by "coincidence," the poor economy will lead to the retention if the state income tax -- just as the agenda-pushers want!!!

All this as the pro-tax looters of state government and media cry bloody murder over the possible repeal of the state income tax -- even as the legislators have already let it be known that they will NOT LISTEN to the WILL of the VOTERS:

"leaders like House Speaker Salvatore DiMasi have suggested they would ignore the result even if voters approved the question"

Tell me again how SERVICES are going to be cut, you LYING LOOTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I expect a RIGGING come November! Yes, readers, it happens in Massachusetts, too!

"He has no choice," said Michael Widmer, president of the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation. "He's been dealt his hand, and it's exactly opposite of what he wanted. It's a 180-degree difference. He's been talking about expanding programs. Now the question is how deep will the cuts be?"

The Globe have this PRO-TAX, PRO-BUSINESS on retainer or what?

Widmer, whose business-funded budget watchdog group has been warning of a $1.5 billion "structural deficit" in the budget and now thinks it will get worse, said the governor should consider $250 million in cuts within the next week or so - and also telegraph that it may be only the first of several rounds.

Yup, TRILLIONS for WARS and BANKS. but nothing but a TURD in YOUR PALM, AmeriKa!!!!!

One area that may prove difficult for Patrick to fund is the Readiness Project, an ambitious initiative that includes increasing access to early childhood education, lengthening school days in some districts, and making community college free for all students.

Yup, we CAN'T HAVE THAT -- not when we must make INTEREST PAYMENTS to BANKS!!!!

"In better economic times there's an ability to expand programs and initiatives that are great investments for us in Massachusetts, like the readiness program," House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi said yesterday. "When the revenues are not coming in because of a crisis like this, we have to start looking at changing our views on many of these things. Sometimes you just have to provide the services you're providing today."

From the SAME GUY who PISSED AWAY $9 MILLION to give to his FRIENDS!! FUCK YOU, DiMasi!!!! OUT YOU GO this November, too!!!!!!

The state has a nice cushion with the $1.8 billion in a reserve account - one of the largest of any state in the country - but fiscal watchdogs warned against tapping that fund too early. --more--"

Seriously, WHAT are they WAITING FOR?!!

The money is JUST SITTING THERE, right? So WHY BORROW?

Thank God the FEDS are coming to the "rescue," huh?

"Mass. gets $10.6b for healthcare insurance" by Kay Lazar, Globe Staff | October 1, 2008

At a time when many states are facing substantial cuts in federal financing, Massachusetts will be able to expand its first-in-the-nation healthcare law because of a federal promise of $10.6 billion over the next three years, Governor Deval Patrick said yesterday.

Where is YOUR BAILOUT, America?!!

The deal, struck after months of delicate negotiations, gives Massachusetts about $2.1 billion more than it received from the government in its last round of negotiations three years ago for its Medicaid waiver package. The waiver allows Massachusetts to provide subsidized health insurance to some residents with incomes higher than would typically be allowed under traditional Medicaid rules.

While Massachusetts did not get everything it had requested, it did get all of the money it expected to receive for this fiscal year, Patrick said, easing anxiety among state leaders who are grappling with a budget shortfall.

So is the $$$ going to be used for healthcare or something else?

Although the amount granted the state was $2 billion less than requested in December, it was seen as sufficient, especially given that expected health insurance enrollment has lagged in recent months. Several state leaders characterized the agreement as a federal stamp of approval for Massachusetts' historic healthcare law, which was enacted in 2006 and requires nearly every resident to have coverage.

TRILLIONS for WARS and BANKS -- but a CUT in HELATH CARE!!!!

WAKE UP, 'murka, and get your head out of that bowl of shit!!!!

Several months ago, state officials said they faced at least a $130 million gap this fiscal year in paying for the newly insured, and they required hospitals and insurance companies to contribute more to the fund. The state also boosted premiums and copayments for consumers who receive subsidized coverage.

Every time you turn around, someone is shoving something else up your ass, 'eh?

At the time, the Patrick administration also said it would require employers to pay more toward their workers' coverage under complex new rules that were to start today. But yesterday the administration, facing an uproar from businesses, said it would delay the rules until Jan. 1 and exempt many small companies from the proposed changes. Several business leaders had warned that the rules would force many companies, already reeling from the soured economy, to drop health coverage all together.

I wish the CITIZENS of Massachusetts had SUCH CLOUT!!!!

Dr. JudyAnn Bigby, the state's human services director, said in an interview that the concerns raised by businesses were "compelling" and that the state's intent was not to "penalize small businesses."

No, just the TAXPAYER and PATIENT!!!! As if you were not sick enough!!!

To soften the impact, state officials said yesterday, they would not only delay the new rules but apply them only to businesses with 50 or more full-time or equivalent workers - rather than businesses with 10 or more such workers, as was originally planned. --more--"

Oh, so RULES and LAWS mean NOTHING to the ELITES!!!!

Those are just for YOU and ME!!!

PFFFFFFFFTTTT!!!!!

No Good Deed Ever Goes Unpunished

Especially when you are LOOTING the STATE!!!!

"Ex-official indicted on larceny charges

The former probate register for Middlesex County has been indicted for allegedly stealing money from copy and cash machines at the Registry of Deeds in Cambridge. A grand jury indicted John Buonomo yesterday on 12 counts of breaking and entering into a depository with intent to commit larceny, eight counts of theft of public property by a county officer, and eight counts of larceny under $250. No date has been set for his arraignment. Buonomo had pleaded not guilty in Cambridge District Court and was released on personal recognizance. Buonomo was arrested in August and resigned on Sept. 7 (Boston Globe)."

Zionist Jews Are Above the Law

"Bloomberg reportedly to seek 3d term; He had backed NY term limits" by Sara Kugler, Associated Press | October 1, 2008

NEW YORK - The New York Post reported yesterday that billionaire cosmetics heir Ronald Lauder, who spent millions on the referendum that led to the enactment of the two-term limit in 1993, was willing to make a onetime exception so Bloomberg could run again. --more--"

You know who Ronald Lauder is, right, readers?

So JEWS are ABOVE the LAW, huh?

Rapist Masquerades as Police Officer

I keep telling you ladies; do NOT STOP for the COP!!!!!!

"Officer accused of rape while on duty; 15-year veteran fired in Lawrence" by John R. Ellement, Globe Staff | October 1, 2008

A veteran Lawrence police officer is facing rape charges and has lost his job after being accused of kidnapping a woman off a Lawrence street and repeatedly sexually assaulting her while on duty.

Kevin Sledge was arrested in Pelham, N.H., yesterday on charges of rape, kidnapping, and indecent assault and battery. At a court hearing in New Hampshire, Sledge agreed to be returned to Massachusetts.

In a telephone interview, Lawrence Police Chief John Romero outlined the allegations against Sledge, 46, who has been on the force for 15 years. Romero said that while on duty and assigned to the booking room early on Friday, Sledge left his post, drove in his personal car to a Lawrence neighborhood, and picked up an apparently inebriated woman.

Oh, this guy is LOWER than LOW!!!! Preying on a DRUNK WOMAN?

He then drove back to the station, parked in a nearby lot, and returned to work. Over the next 90 minutes, Romero said, Sledge repeatedly left the station, went to his car, and sexually assaulted the woman. After getting a cellphone call around 4 a.m., a friend of the woman arrived at the station, Romero said. Sledge, Romero said, told the friend that the woman was "sleeping it off" in his car and to come back in an hour.

When the friend returned, Romero said, the woman told her what had happened. --more--"

Also see: AmeriKa's Police State in Action

Killers of Carol Ann Gotbaum Go Free

Mass. Cops Shoot Illegal Batterer

Of course, they never tell you, but the name makes you wonder....

"Police chief details shooting of suspect

The Cape and Islands district attorney's office is investigating a shooting in which a Harwich police officer wounded a man who allegedly made a threatening statement and charged at the officer, officials said. Marcus Miranda Jr., 29, was shot at least once Monday night in a yard as police were trying to arrest him following a domestic violence report, Harwich Police Chief William Mason said. When officers arrived at Miranda's home on Division Street, he fled on foot and was eventually spotted by an officer. "The suspect made statements to the effect that would lead the officer to believe his life was in danger," Mason said. "The suspect then charged at the officer, at which time the officer fired his service weapon to stop the assault." Mason would not say whether Miranda was armed, nor would he name the officer. Miranda was listed in satisfactory condition at Cape Cod Hospital, the district attorney's office said. The office said Miranda would face domestic violence charges."

Of course, all the illegals are just hard-working guys trying to put food on the table, right?

See: The Hard-Working Mexican Immigrant

Slain Illegal Was Driving Drunk

I mean, hey, it is not like the illegals are gang members, rapists or CHILD rapists, etc.

Mass. AG Puts Mass. DAs Above the Law

Also see: Mass. DA's Broke the Law

"Coakley rejects marijuana group's case

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has rejected a complaint by backers of a pro-marijuana ballot question against the state's 11 district attorneys. The Committee for Sensible Marijuana Policy filed the complaint against the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association, saying the group made false statements about the question. The committee pointed to a statement on the district attorneys group's website stating that if the question is approved "any person may carry and use marijuana at any time." If the question is passed, possession of marijuana would still be illegal, and anyone carrying or using marijuana would face a $100 fine. Coakley's office said nothing in the proposed law explicitly forbids public use of the drug (AP)."

What (cough) were we talking about (cough), readers?

Mass. Officials Say Drill, Baby, Drill!

After all the global warming gas I've had to listen to from the bloviating state officials?

"Ian Bowles, secretary of the state's Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, said the Patrick administration is open to proposals for offshore drilling: "I think it's appropriate to consider all possible resources to meeting the nation's energy needs."

Pull my finger, readers.

PFFFFFFFFFFFFTTTT!!

"Offshore oil drilling is favored; In poll, Mass. residents cite cost, dependence" by Todd Wallack, Globe Staff | October 1, 2008

Feeling the crush of high gasoline and heating oil prices, Massachusetts residents overwhelmingly support expanded oil drilling in the United States, including off the state's coastline, according to a Suffolk University/Boston Globe poll.

Until the first oil slick rolls in!

The poll, conducted last week, found 63 percent of residents said they favor drilling in restricted oil reserves, such as Alaska or near the shores of Florida and California. Nearly as many - 58 percent - supported drilling in restricted areas off the coast of Massachusetts, while just 31 percent opposed the idea.

Robert Bouley, 58, one of 400 people who participated in the poll, reflected the majority sentiment. "We need the oil. We are being held hostage by foreign interests," he said in an interview.

Yeah, by a shitty little state known as ISRAEL!!!!!!!!

Bouley, a boat captain who gives tours of New Bedford harbor, said he used to oppose drilling off the Massachusetts coast, but soaring oil prices make it crucial to open up more areas for pumping oil, including the Georges Bank fishing grounds.

"When you come right down to it, are we going to freeze or are we going to protect the fish?" he said. Still, he believes drilling can be done carefully to minimize any potential harm.

Not everyone who participated in the poll is so sure. Monique Turk, 43, of Medford, prefers more investments in public transportation and other fuel-conservation methods over expanded oil drilling. "I am concerned about the environment," Turk said. "I don't understand why we don't do more with trains [and other alternatives], instead of always trying to have more oil."

Because when you READ the PAPERS and SEE where the $$$ comes from for adverts and politicians, then you UNDERSTAND WHY!!! Those who PAY get THEIR MESSAGE OUT!!!!

The poll comes at a time when many Americans and politicians have proposed more drilling to help cope with rising energy costs.

Ian Bowles, secretary of the state's Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, said the Patrick administration is open to proposals for offshore drilling: "I think it's appropriate to consider all possible resources to meeting the nation's energy needs," Bowles said. --more--"

Globalist Governors to Meet in Massachusetts

What is the CARBON FOOTPRINT on that?

"Nation's governors to meet in Boston

The National Governors Association said yesterday that Boston will host the nation's governors for its annual meeting in 2010, providing Governor Deval Patrick with a major platform to showcase Massachusetts during what would be a reelection year for the state's leader. The meeting, scheduled to take place July 9-12, is one of the largest bipartisan gatherings of governors (Boston Globe)."

As far as I am concerned, they can all stay home.

Russia Rebuffs EU

At least, that's the way the enemy-creating, agenda-pushing, war-promoting, AmeriKan MSM is playing it....

"Russia sets new limitations on European Union observers; Monitors blocked from buffer zone in South Ossetia" by Matt Siegel, Associated Press | October 1, 2008

TBILISI, Georgia - As hundreds of European Union monitors prepared to deploy in Georgia today, Russia said it would not allow them to enter a buffer zone surrounding separatist South Ossetia.

It's called KEEPING the PEACE!!!

Yesterday's statement by Russian peacekeeping forces appeared to be another example of Moscow delaying on compliance with a cease-fire agreement it had reached after the August war with Georgia over breakaway South Ossetia.

And WHAT OF ISRAEL, stink fucks? How LONG has the U.S. been in Iraq, asshole breath?!!!!!!!

Russia has cast Georgia as the aggressor in the war, saying it only responded militarily to defend Russian citizens and peacekeeping troops in South Ossetia from a Georgian offensive that began late on Aug. 7.

Look at this SHIT JEWSMEDIA!!!! As if the account is IN DISPUTE!!!!

Sorry, AmeriKan MS, but GEORGIA STARTED IT and the WHOLE WORLD KNOWS IT!! So STOP LYING, you filthy pieces of diarrhea!!!!!

Russia still plans to keep about 7,600 troops in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which it has recognized as independent nations. Moscow had already said it would not allow EU monitors inside the regions themselves.

Earlier this month, the EU agreed to provide Georgia with more than $700 million to help resettle refugees and rebuild buildings, roads, and bridges ruined by the war. --more--"

Not like their own citizens needed the help, 'eh?

And how about that? An AGGRESSOR being REBUILT by the "FREE WEST!"

Israelis Incite Indian Stampede

Now CUI BONO?

"Nearly 75 percent of Malegaon's 500,000 residents are Muslims. Malegaon has long been the scene of violence between Hindus and Muslims."

WHO BENEFITS form TENSIONS between Muslims and Hindus, readers?

Please see: The Israeli-India Terror Shop

"Death toll rises to 168 in Indian stampede; False rumor of bomb cited; 425 injured" by Emily Wax, Washington Post | October 1, 2008

NEW DELHI - At least 168 people were trampled to death and more than 425 were injured in a massive stampede at a Hindu temple yesterday in Jodhpur city, officials said, the third such disaster in India in three months.

With no crowd control, more than 12,000 people had gathered at dawn to celebrate Navratra, a nine-day Hindu festival to honor the Mother Goddess, Jodhpur Police Superintendent Malini Agarwal told reporters. Witnesses said the early morning stampede began as false rumors of a bomb spread among the crowd.

Also contributing to the pandemonium was a power failure and the collapse of a wall on the narrow 1 -mile path leading to the temple, officials said. Other pilgrims had crammed the path, leaving little room for those fleeing to escape.

Television images of the scene afterward showed chaotic crowds hoisting limp bodies through the air. Women slapped the faces of husbands, trying to revive them, and wept over their bodies as paramedics tried to push through the crowds.

One child sat on the ground next to the body of a woman, rubbing her forehead and crying "Mother, Mother."

The stampede occurred in the Chamunda Devi temple. It is nestled in the narrow passageways of the historic 15th-century Mehrangarh fort, a sprawling hilltop monument that overlooks the town. Across major cities in India, nerves have been rattled by a series of bomb blasts in busy markets since May.

And CUI BONO?!

The latest attack occurred late Monday night in the western city of Malegaon, killing six people and wounding 45. On Saturday, a bomb exploded in a New Delhi market, killing two people and wounding at least 22. Stampedes have long been a frequent occurrence during festival periods at Hindu temples in India, where colossal crowds - sometimes up to 100,000 - squeeze into maze-like areas.

One hundred forty-five people, 50 of them children, died in a similar crush at the Naina Devi shrine in Himachal Pradesh this year. In July, six devotees were killed and 12 were injured in a stampede during a pilgrimage in the eastern Indian state of Orissa.

Monday's bombing in Malegaon occurred in a market packed with Muslim shoppers. An 8-year-old girl was among the people killed. Separately yesterday, a small bomb exploded at a market in Modasa in Gujarat state packed with Muslims breaking their Ramadan fast, killing one person and wounding 15, police said.

NEED I EVEN TYPE IT, readers?

Why am I smelling ISRAEL all over this stinking pile of shit?

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attacks. In Malegaon, police initially said the blast was caused by a gas cylinder, but yesterday police officer S. Rajvanshi said it was a bomb placed on a motorcycle outside a restaurant.

He said police were later forced to fire in the air to disperse an angry crowd that surrounded a police station demanding answers from officers.

Two years ago, 31 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded in an attack on a mosque in Malegaon. Nearly 75 percent of Malegaon's 500,000 residents are Muslims. Malegaon has long been the scene of violence between Hindus and Muslims. In July, the Indian Mujahideen group claimed responsibility for a series of blasts that killed at least 45 people in Gujarat. Monday's attack came hours after police in Lucknow arrested an alleged member of the Indian Mujahideen in connection with some of the recent bombings, police spokesman Suren Shrivastava said. --more--"

The who? Please see: Mossad e-Mails Indian TV

That clear the false-flags up for you, readers?

Like Taking Candy From a Baby

The article is an outrage, and so is the way it is written!

The article is RACIST since the STARVING AFRICANS are not mentioned until the BACK HALF -- as if STEALING FOOD from HUNGRY PEOPLE were a GOOD THING!!!

I guess the shitstink elites that run corporations and newspapers don't have to worry where their next meal is coming from.

"Foreign nations reap bounty in hungry Africa; Cheap labor, fertile land lure Gulf countries" by Edmund Sanders, Los Angeles Times | October 1, 2008

WAD RAWAH, Sudan - Africa's abundant natural resources long have invited foreign exploitation.

Over generations, foreign empires and companies stripped the continent of its gold and diamonds, then its oil. Rubber and ivory were plundered from Congo. Even Africa's people were exploited by being captured and sold into slavery abroad.

Yeah, and WHO was responsible for that?

Now foreigners are enjoined in a new scramble in Africa. The latest craze? Food. Amid a global crisis that for a time this year doubled prices for wheat, corn, rice, and other staples, some of the world's richest nations are coming to Africa to farm, hoping to turn the global epicenter of malnutrition into a breadbasket for themselves.

And what about all those STARVING AFRICANS that I see on TV all the time?

Lured by fertile land, cheap labor, and untapped potential, oil-rich Persian Gulf countries such as Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait, where deserts hinder food production, are snapping up farmland in underdeveloped African nations to grow crops for consumption back home.

Why am I getting an ANTI-MUSLIM feeling from this ZIONIST-CONTROLLED GARBAGE, folks? The jewsmedia NEVER STOPS pushing that agenda!!!!!

By next spring, Hadco, a Saudi agricultural company, hopes to be exporting wheat, vegetables and animal feed to Saudi Arabia. The Emirates government recently signed a similar deal in Sudan for up to 70,000 acres south of Khartoum, the capital. Investors from Qatar are fattening sheep and chickens not far away. Meanwhile, Egypt and Ethiopia are touting their agricultural potential, hoping to draw foreign interest.

How would you feel if YOU were STARVING and your government SHIPPED the FOOD OUT, American??!!! You would be HUNGRY, wouldn't you?

The deals are bound to raise eyebrows, because countries targeted by the investors often are struggling to feed their own populations.

Oh, NOW the AmeriKan MSM is going to raise questions -- halfway though this piece of racist filth!

Although Sudan has thriving exports of cotton and gum arabic, it imports more than 1 million tons of wheat annually and has suffered recent deficits in another staple, sorghum. Regions in the south and west, including Darfur, are heavily reliant on international food aid, provided mostly by the United States.

That's GLOBALISM for you!!!!

"It's not as easy as siphoning oil out of a country," said Joachim von Braun, director of the Washington-based International Food Policy Research Institute. --more--"

That's where the article was CUT for the WEB VERSION!!

WTF is with the CENSORSHIP?

"Ethiopia, for example, is marketing its farmland to Saudi Arabia, yet the Horn of Africa nation has a history of famine and is currently combating serious drought. Under such circumstance, foreign growers planning to export food could face potential protests, even riots, from hungry locals, experts said. And even as it tries to lure the foreign investment, the government recently slapped a ban on all food exports in response to domestic shortages.

No kidding? Ya think?

"It would be unimaginable for a foreign investor in Ethiopia now to simply ship out large amounts of grain," Von Braun said.

Why?

But he stressed that the foreign partnerships should benefit everyone by increasing worldwide food production. "We should not look at this trend with alarm. The more capital that finds its way into agriculture, the [bigger] the total pie."

That is what the GLOBALISTS ALWAYS SAY -- even if it turns out to be UNTRUE!!!! Aren't you TIRED of those FALSE PROMISES, world?

Sudanese officials say the new deals will help, not exploit, their country by creating jobs, promoting commercialization, and pumping much-needed investment into its agricultural industry. --more--"

The GLOBALIST LINE from the Sudanese government!!!!

Taylor Tortured For U.S.

Please read: Memory Hole: Our Man in Africa

"Taylor's son is accused of torturing prisoners; US citizen's trial first to test '94 law" by Kelli Kennedy, Associated Press | October 1, 2008

MIAMI - The trial of Charles McArthur Emmanuel marks the first test of a 1994 law that makes it a crime for a US citizen to commit torture overseas.

Then ALL OUR SOLDIERS, CIA MEN, CONTRACTORS, and PUBLIC OFFICIALS are CRIMINALS!!!!!!

Prosecutors say Emmanuel headed the "Demon Forces," an elite paramilitary antiterrorist unit in his father's government in west Africa from 1999-2002, and used any means necessary to silence Taylor's opponents. The unit trained soldiers and tortured prisoners, prosecutors said. --more--"

Sounds like a U.S-sponsored operation, doesn't it?

And WHAT OF U.S. TORTURE anyway, MSM?

Readers, see:

Hell-oween: Afghanistan Torture File/The First Abu Ghraib

Hell-oween: Afghanistan Torture File/Perversion

Hell-oween: Afghanistan Torture File/Dilawar and Habibullah

Hell-oween: Afghanistan Torture File/Chamber of Horrors

Hell-oween: Afghanistan Torture File/American Amnesty

Hell-oween: Afghanistan Torture File/Bagram

Afghanistan Torture Chamber

Inside Bagram Prison

The Globe's Weekend Movie

Also see:

Memory Hole: Iraq's Jails

Memory Hole: Torture Rules

Memory Hole: Camp Nama and Task Force 6-26

Occupation Iraq: New Torture Techniques Revealed

Occupation Iraq: Winter Soldiers Speak

Memory Hole: What Four Years of Torture Will Do to an Innocent Man

Oh, please, SHUT UP, AmeriKan government!!!!!!!!

Palin Preps For Vice Presidential Debate

Not only that, she's gonna win!!!!!


Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska campaigned yesterday at a rally at Capital University in Bexley, Ohio. (Mark Lyons/Getty Images)

I must admit, the lady grows on you. I despise McCain now because he is such a liar; I've swung from support for Sarah to vitriolic opposition to a more nuanced, in-favor position. So be it.

"Palin says she's ready for debate with Biden

Amid growing doubts about her readiness, Sarah Palin said yesterday she is looking forward to the one and only vice presidential debate on Thursday night with Democratic rival Joe Biden.

"I have to admit, though, he's a great debater, and he looks pretty doggone confident, like he's sure he's going to win," she told voters in Columbus, Ohio. "But then again, this is the same Senator Biden who said the other day that University of Delaware would trounce the Ohio State Buckeyes. Wrong!"

You know, the EVERYMAN thing must be rubbing off on me because I am not offended by the ditzy and vacuous response. She's kinda cute, even though I don't like the idea of comparing the debate to a football game.

Given her already-mocked interview with Katie Couric of CBS News last week, some Republicans fear how she will fare in the unscripted forum of a debate. Palin answered her critics, saying on CBS last night that "not only am I ready, I'm willing and able (AP)."

Oh, yeah, so am I! Come on and bring it, girl!!

Hey, there is a precedent!