Here we are 4 days into the Obama Experiment and you already have the White House Chief of Staff (yes, that’s the Chief of Staff….the guy who runs the office) “calling for” aid for the auto industry? So we have the office manager stepping out like he’s the VP….or even the President…??? The office manager setting policy for the country? Spending the Treasury’s money? Did anyone have him sign off on a job description? Aren’t there some office supplies that need to be ordered?
Disaster coming soon…
The American economy lost 467,000 more jobs in June, and the unemployment rate edged up to 9.5 percent in a sobering indication that the longest recession since the 1930s had yet to release its hold. “The numbers are indicative of a continued, very severe recession,” said Stuart G. Hoffman, chief economist at PNC Financial Services in Pittsburgh. “There’s nothing in here to show that the economy and the market are pulling out of the grip of recession.” The Labor Department’s monthly snapshot
Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has stressed on the need of fencing the country’s border with Afghanistan on the lines of the US and Mexico border wall to stop terrorist infiltration and drug trafficking. Talking to US Secretary for Homeland Security, Janet Napilitano, Gilani urged the United States to provide immediate military assistance to help Pakistan tackle the rampant Taliban effectively in the tribal areas. It may be noted that Napilitano, as governor of Arizona, had initi
In a move that suggests its initial rescue plan was insufficient, the Obama administration yesterday announced plans to widen the eligibility parameters of a key housing initiative. The change would allow borrowers with mortgages valued at 125 percent of their home's worth to refinance into more affordable loans. Previously, only borrowers with so-called loan-to-value ratios of 105 percent or less could do so. The mortgage refinancing program is part of the president's two-pronged plan to pull t
Palin talks about what Obama tax policy, economic policy, central control, judicial nominees, Obama/Bidens foreign policy naivety. Everything she has said has come true.It is prophetic.Is this a candidate who doesn’t have command of the various issues?
No offense to Elizabeth May, whom I admire and respect, but I am certainly never going to vote for a parachute candidate in my riding of Saanich- Gulf Islands. I dislike the idea of parachute candidates. Back when I was living in Williams Lake, I was involved with the local Liberal Riding committee for a short period during the 1997 election and they initially had no takers for a local Liberal candidate. Considering Conservative MP’s have been elected there forever, I am sure most people c
A Volga Dnieper Airways (VDA) Antonov 124 cargo plane on the tarmac Photo by: Boeing Next week U.S. President Barack Obama will meet Russian President Dimitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in Moscow. This week American and Russian negotiators reportedly reached an agreement to expand the transit of U.S. materiel through Russia in support of the NATO mission in Afghanistan. Not coincidentally, Russia's military chief of staff announced that the U.S. and Russian militaries had r
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