VIDEO: Why FED & Global banks have brought U.S. to mocked crisis of 1787

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It was February second (1787) and our Nation was in shambles. Shades of Rebellion, and states unable to pay their bills, would usher in a new Constitution!

Arthur Saint Claire was actually our first President, as United States in Congress Assembled, made way for Constitutional Convention.



Saint Claire (a foreign born) soon became Minneapolis Governor; replaced by Washington

Few archives of history tell the tale of concern for this Constitution; as many feared it would create a government so huge, that it would become a Kingdom... Today we find that the opposition was right...

VIDEO UPDATE: Here’s what we’re thinking now! NEW WINDOW!

Rest assured, the People did not fail this giant experiment...
Bloated government and its leaders slowly took advantage of our successes... Slowly exploited our worth, and bargained with our freedoms; by transferring our wealth through special (Int'l) interests... And in order to overcome their failures, 'behind closed-door deals' sought to intercept our savings, profits, earnings; and flooded our markets with panic, and manipulated currencies.

Richard Henry Lee, President (1784-85) and writer of (76) Resolution of Independence, wanted revisions to the new Constitution, to prevent what we see today... Those moments of history...


Though our Constitution sought to distinguish that "America" is, "By the People"...
Government expansion and social ambitions began their 200 year war to reverse it... Today, Tax-payers (all parties) stand up against
Government corruption, and theft.
Sparked by one man on the Mercantile Exchange floor: VIDEO.
VIDEO UPDATE: instapundit.
CORRECTION: Rick Santelli 'rant' was not the genesis of this movement.

They use our future earnings, to create a crushing Media where "MYTHS" of racial divisions, creates propaganda, abhorrent of history...
And encourage absurd form of leader bowing.

Was Obama "really" an historic President?
Obama is the SIXTH President with mixed African heritage.
VIEW VIDEO: HERE!

And in this day and struggles we face; this new government direction promises us nothing, but what it expects to harvest from Americans not yet born...
To protect our Nation, and future Americans, is to Abolish the Federal Reserve!
ESSENTIAL Videos at Abolish the FED.
Money, Banking, and the Federal Reserve

Fiscal responsibility is the new counterculture:
Tea Party photo album.
Developing...

VIEW IT ALL at Hotair: (1-10) Bringing Down the House!

Liberals commit taxpayers to trillions in spending; amidst platitudes & ovations

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Hotair: $3.6 trillion in spending divided by 139 million taxpayers equals $25,573.48 apiece... Amidst a host of ambitions, there are realities, including.... Many takers, who will pay...

And what about tax-payer's 'no return' on investment, start-up costs, strategy for market balance; free health care effect on mutual insurance markets?

Yet, all they hear are words ringing in their ears...

(1948 cartoon sort of nails it... Haha) BIG SCREEN VIDEO

UPDATE:
Cato Institute scholars analyze Obama's Address to congress.
(important view)

Spending mass sums, to reduce debt; is like stripping weaponry (to make us safe)

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"The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States." —Noah Webster, An Examination of the Leading Principles of the Federal Constitution, 10 October 1787



-European friends warn Americans:
Registration, restrictions, then confiscations: VIEW: VIDEO

Tricked by Gov; now they're a Nation of sitting ducks! Same tactics to watch for.
Sure looks more like "bigger dream bailout"... and not safety.
ht: instapundit... Sebastian:

And the 2nd Amendment is not a Privilege, it's a Right...
Crushed! Due Process & 2nd Amendment, all in one swoop!


From Freeper:
Obama will seek these 4 elements in a gun bill: read.
1. An expanded HR 45, gun owner licensing. All gun owners will have to have these licenses, even owners of facilimie weapons (AKA Airsoft and BB). Licenses will only be granted if the records of the applicant are clean (This includes misdemeanors from decades ago). Licensees will be required to hold $1 million in liability insurance. Possession of otherwise permitted weapons (See #3) without license is a felony.

2. Ammunition accountability... All ammo will be required to be microstamped and will be taxed $1/round. All non stamped ammo will be required to be turned in or thrown away. Possession of non-marked ammo is a felony. This part of the act also bans “Cop Killer” bullets.

3. Expanded “Assault Weapons” ban— This includes most all semiauto rifles, anything that can be “Bump Fired”, Semiauto handguns, and Semi-auto shotguns. It also includes pump-action shotguns and “Sniper Rifles” AKA your deer rifle.

4. Expansion of the Lautenbach amendment: Removes “Domestic Violence” as disqualifier to gun ownership, inserts any misdemeanor as disqualifer... Anyone with a misdemeanor on their record will be prohibited from owning a firearm. This includes DUI and traffic offenses, and offenses decades ago.

Left Media headlines Palin daughter's itemized snowmobile trips; And Chicago whitehouse corruption? (no story)

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Left Media MSNBC Network too busy reporting on Palin's family outings, to report the "REAL" NEWS. VIDEO





They've pursued stayed on the tireless Palin report; while Obama personally selected and supported a roster of potential criminals, tax evaders and tax cheats. But "mums-the-word" as felons of their party either fade into obscurity, or remain in office, to handle the bailout.

Richardson, Geithner, Daschle, Kellifer, Jefferson, Solis, Burris, and now, (D) John P. Murtha, are now household names; but the roster of shame goes on...

In the Senate, Chris Dodd remains in charge of the Banking Committee despite having received a major financial gift in the form of a sweetheart mortgage from a bank which then collapsed... Now his Irish cottage...

In the background is a roster of former lobbyists named to high government positions within days of the Obama announcement that lobbyists would be excluded from the halls of power...

The President has been no more forceful in his dealing with Congress. Despite protestations of honest government we still see that the chief tax writer in the House of Representatives- Charlie Rangel – not only evaded taxes for years but now it seems that his disclosure statements were inaccurate- the same offense for which Sen. Ted Stevens (Alaska) was convicted.

It is fair to ask if Obama has actually shown less concern for ethical government than any president since Warren G.Harding. As a leader, responsible for setting the tone of official Washington it is apparent that Obama is failing to deliver the change which he promised and that his Chicago roots may be showing...

LIVE AMERICANS WILL OUT-VOTE ACORN (2010!) End Media bailouts.

Markets react to artificial stimulus: Gloom or silence isn't golden -Updated speech

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THEN: Here's the 110th & Co. telling the American people that they will be open, honest, & transparent.
...Honest they will.
Image: still circles the Internet


And here they are, again...
Drudge posts this image below:
"House Democrats propose $410B spending bill" read.
Host of scenarios: New "stimulations"
NOW: This image was also taken before bank Nationalization fears... Stock slide, until Bernanke secures a calm: Read. (Excerpt below)
Bank of America CEO Lewis, gives his second: internal memo in five days.


Image was also taken before...
The Big Mouth of Democrat Senator DODD:
ht: Glen Reynolds:
"Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd (D) -Conn., sent bank stocks into a tailspin Friday with an unguarded comment. The White House had to issue its own comment later to restore equilibrium to stock markets. Some speculators could have made or lost millions. . . . He didn’t know anything. He was just shooting off his mouth. But major bank stocks lost a quarter to a third of their entire value in a matter of minutes."

-Must be time for another Obama Speech... Transcript.
Dave in Texas, blogs the Speech...in his own way (and language)
UPDATE: Glen Reynolds: "Is this what Obama sees." IMAGE. (oh my)
UPDATE 2: Moe Lane Nails it! Obama, his personal reputation:
And his policy’s public perception.
-Thanks to ace.

A little excerpt from above:
Bernanke Statement about "NO" to Bank Nationalization:
"I do not see any reason to destroy the franchise value or to create the huge legal uncertainties of trying to formally nationalise a bank when it just is not necessary."

He said the authorities had other ways to "exert adequate control to make sure they are doing what is necessary to become healthy and viable."
Bernanke should make certain that he & Lib Congress are on the same page.

'New' politi-science is old; as innovators become rebels who face prison of silence

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Just how many thousands of years are we behind in technological advancements, due to power-plays, and suppressed theories treated as heresy? Today, as current administrations pursue individual power, via the same backward path; we'll find 'as little solution in our life-times' as those who imposed limitations, in the archives of history...
Image: Galileo accurately describes moon, via handmade telescope;
Rebel faces: Prison, silence, & blindness

Counterpunch blog:
"Is Global Warming a Sin?"

From Glen Reynolds:
JOHN TIERNEY: Pure Politics In The Guise of Science: "Why, since President Obama promised to ‘restore science to its rightful place’ in Washington, do some things feel not quite right?"

It seems to me that...
It took thousands of years to enable the freedom which brought great contributions and innovators, such as those of NASA; whose credibility was established outside the realms of directed outcome... Today, Obama team's "Liberalnasa" only condones data findings supportive of their result...
"For power, for control, to dominate w/out opposition." Science R.I.P.

NASA satellite crashes minutes after launch
CNN - February 24, 2009 Politicians envisioned a mission, focused on taxation benefits; rather than to further earth's prevailing discovery of Science.
Without evolving Science, there becomes evolving conspiracy...

Today's Links...
Qando.net: About "cap and trade"
Nov 4, 2008 ... Not only has the EU’s cap-and-trade failed to actually reduce carbon ... Incentives work much better than laws as Europe has shown..

Carbon-trading scheme gets underway in US - environment
Sep 29, 2008... This has failed in Europe and will fail here. As far as the cap and trade concept was successful with sulfur dioxide emissions.
Park lists seven warning signs of voodoo science.

IMAGE ABOVE: Galileo Bookplates Edward Lord Suffield and Thomas Clifford Allbutt; Among the most moving incidents of Milton's Italian journey was his visit in Florence to the great astronomer Galileo, now blind and still living under restrictions for (in Milton's acerbic summary from Areopagitica, 1644) "thinking in Astronomy otherwise than the Franciscan and Dominican licencers thought." Milton refers to one of Galileo's hand-made telescopes in Paradise Lost, Book I, when he describes the "moon, whose orb/Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views/At ev'ning from the top of Fiesole."sc.edu library

Tax havens impact lower Tax rates Video Facts -& Government Myths

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A little more on this issue… Using academic research and data from international organizations, this video shows that the most common attacks made against low-tax jurisdictions, are empty demagoguery.

Dan Mitchell: Why tax havens are good for the global economy. More here and here." and a link to Dan Mitchell's book on:
The benefits of tax competition.

Sorting out the Myths of Tax Havens...
Governments hope to keep the Tax rate high, while controlling the investments of their citizenry.

From Dan Mitchell and the folks at Cato.
The Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation

Part 2: Fruits of One’s Labor & Political Freedom

Mounting pressure from the bailouts are sure to generate enormous tax debts; due to Government mismanagement... They want ONE WORLD control of WHERE and WHEN you invest; promoting greater level of servitude than we have ever come to know...
VIDEO: EU Summit for the economy

Actually...
I seriously question the principals and ethics of a Democratic Nation which places limits on a citizen's private investment options... This can only form a larger and more oppressive servitude; which might eventually amount to civilian slavery... (Just my view)
Article 4 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights...
"No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms."

Today's Links...
Swiss party wants to punish U.S. Democrats, for UBS probe:
U.S. tax authorities said on Thursday they were still pursuing a civil case against UBS seeking access to thousands more names of U.S. citizens it says are hiding about $14.8 billion in assets in secret Swiss bank accounts. [ID:nN19534438]

The SVP also said it would call for an urgent debate in parliament on ways to protect Swiss banking secrecy from "further foreign blackmail".
(Reporting by Emma Thomasson) read.
Thanks a heap, Democrats...
If you have not viewed the video (above) I would recommend doing so.

Additional thoughts...
For the Int'l community to stimulate the economy; cut corporate tax rate... Large percentages of developed Nations own stock, so this would benefit most people and would encourage a flow of investment...

"Free market" explains the fundamental market behavior. To the extent markets are not free, government has intervened. Even still, the resulting distortions themselves follow those same basic patterns:

When prices are "fixed", shortages occur. When a product is banned, black markets appear with high prices.... Human behavior is what drives market behavior. And human nature is immutable. "Free market" economic systems conform to human nature...

Tutorial9: Special-effects Photography(Enhancing Your Gallerie Exhibitions)

Image: Spotlight by Tommy Taka
This photograph (although not from the collection at link below) reminds me of this 'surreal' infrared technique, found in the following:

From samizdata:
-101 Absolutely Breathtaking Infrared Photographs: Here.

Highlighted at the 101 (surreal photography) is a step-by-step suggestion of reading materials & equipment, choosing your object, how to shoot, and what to do in post-production... by David Leggett, founder of Tutorial9 (2008)

-Beautiful photography becomes a 'dynamic' gallerie exhibition.

Look what else I found at Tutorial9...
A link to creating a (2) minute flash website: Scroll & VIEW VIDEO!

Stop talking about it...

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ht: blackfive has more:
Two models for Improved Race Relations:
You choose...

Home of the freebies, land of tax-slaves

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This is what happens when the Democrats "redistribution Policy" takes our professional Mortgage Industry and turns it into a civil-rights industry...All to create a giant Voter Machine! While a large percentage of us, qualify and apply tens of thousands down on property, with cap mortgages; end up footing the bill for those who crashed the value of the market, with "creative financing" (no-qualify) defaults.

ACORN breaks & enters home for civil disobedience protest; and then occupies this private property, calling it civil disobedience...
ht: floppingaces

Watch this denial... They are far behind on Mortgages, but still insist that they should keep their homes! Homes many were given because of skin-color!


Obama's Acorn Community organizers, Break into Home
VIEW VIDEO: HERE.

This woman's mortgage was $1995 a month; and her income? $2200!
NOTE: Time to Vote these Democrat Senators OUT in 2010! They are still clinging onto these civil Rights programs, instead of fazing them out!

Some community activists could face criminal charges after breaking into a home in Southeast Baltimore. Police were at the home Thursday night looking for fingerprints and other evidence.
The activists who staged the break-in belong to the Association of Community Organizations For Reform Now or ACORN. After snapping a lock with bolt cutters, ACORN member Louis Beverly told supporters "this is our house now."

The home in the 300 block of Ellwood Avenue used to be owned by Donna Hanks. She lost this home in September, after owning it since 2001. When things got tough she struggled to make her payments. Her mortgage? $1995 a month. Her income? $2200. Donna's story is one that ACORN is taking a stand against.

The new purchasers fo the home are thinking of suing ACORN...

Quiet early morning...

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Goldfrapp - Clowns
Uploaded by CHAPLINchannel

Image above: Young Swan family

Day two of tonsillitis, and I'm a bit groggy... Will post soon.
Thinking good thoughts to heal...
Hope this day finds you healthy and happy.

VIEW IMAGE: Lovely baby Swan (fickle at the slightest wake)

A few random Sunday quotes:
"People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within." -Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

"Rarely do great beauty and great virtue dwell together." -Petrarch

"The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels."
-Hazrat Inayat Khan

Fox Lawsuit forces US Treasury to release bailout details (Dist. Judge rules 30 days)

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This Administration was wrong... Americans DO strongly reject pork. Well, now they are forced to show transparency... Today's final judgement was a result of a lawsuit filed Nov. 25th, through the Freedom of Information Act; on behalf of the American taxpayers. Read story



FOX Business Sues Treasury for Failure to Respond to Freedom of Information Act Requests; District Judge the court directs the Government to comply within 30 days...Read.

"Steven Mintz, Esq. of Mintz & Gold LLP, and legal counsel for the network added, “Despite the several requests for expedited information filed by FBN, it has become apparent that the Treasury will not cooperate without mounting legal pressure.

Therefore, we have filed a complaint in the Federal Court in New York and ask the Court to make the Treasury provide the information sought by the journalists at FBN." more.
(I might add... "Including Tarp".)

Today's links...
Ace Democratic Members Of Congress: The Secret Ballot Is Essential For Workers...In Mexico. In America? Nah, Not Really. read.

Jindal rejects $98 million in stimulus money for Louisiana:
In a statement:
"The federal money in this bill will run out in less than three years for this benefit and our businesses would then be stuck paying the bill," (R) Jindal said. "We must be careful and thoughtful as we examine all the strings attached to the funding in this package." Read.

UPDATE: R.I.P. Socks...
Events have been obviously too much for the Clinton's Whitehouse cat; who passed away today, at the age of 18...story.

Peace within the chaos

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"Change your thoughts and you change the world."
— N. Vincent Peale
Blossom: D. Bailey

The fly by Hanjin Song
Uploaded by Razorbuzz

LINK

Enjoy a beautiful Day... :)

Transport possibilities, but terminal velocity (NO)

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Going where no helicopter would dare; with fancy moves like cliff hugging or daredevil low flight... It's an, "I would never do that" -moment...
-VIEW VIDEO:
BIG SCREEN!

Keynesian Economics is wrong... Bigger Gov't Is Not Stimulus (cato)

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Sound money requires the empowerment of good judgment over bad, as both failure and success, provide accurate assessment... The US Republicans are not in favor of Obama's Keynesian model... And for a variety of reasons, Dem's have received a variety of Int'l warnings...

Ed Morrissy points out that it would take some Reagan-like courage to suffer through a severe recession in order to tighten the money supply and roll back debt...read.
From the Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation...
Dan Mitchell explains in this video, why politicians resist...

And more (here) on this bad direction...


Obama's Misleading Spendulus Website...
Gabriel notices the $142 B for "Protecting the Vulnerable"...
View graphic: All of this is spending!

My view... As long as the Obama Administration fails to see that a kick start (tax relief) to the engine (employers) is essential; we are likely to see a new wave of unemployed "car riders"... History should matter, outside the hopes for two Presidential terms, when damaging policy can negatively impact five generations...

Here's a suggestion from comments:

"How about we realize that our corporate tax rate is too high and cut that? 80% of the US owns stock, so this would benefit most people and would encourage investment here.

"Free market" explains the fundamental market behavior. To the extent markets are not free, government has intervened. Even still, the resulting distortions themselves follow those same basic patterns.
For example, when prices are "fixed", shortages occur. Or when a product is banned, black markets appear with high prices. Human behavior is what drives market behavior. And human nature is immutable.
"Free market" economic systems conform to human nature.

Former links... ht: instapundit
From Dan Mitchell and the folks at Cato.
(The Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation)
Why tax havens are good for the global economy. More here and here." and a link to Dan Mitchell's book on:
The benefits of tax competition.

Fruits of One’s Labor & Political Freedom: read.

More links today...
(hotair) California Republicans oust Senate leader, dig in:
"It's time we stop treating the taxpayers of California as a personal ATM," Sen. Tony Strickland, R-Thousand Oaks (Ventura County) said..

The G.W. Dems never really mention (09)(Happy Birthday, & wish you were here)

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But if he returned, his first words would be:
"What Bail out?? ...What Fairness Doctrine?? Gun ban?? "

Reason.com gives a little background on George Washington:
Founding Father, Entrepreneur
"The overlooked business career of George Washington" (John Berlau)

It's not a question of the "Fact or Fiction" of the Cherry Tree:
I'd look closely at this: (ht: Gateway) Sweetness and Light
7 Broken Promises in Record Time...



The final stimulus package is the final insult to taxpayers.
Taxpayer revolt: Porkulus protest in Seattle,
Obama to sign theft act in Denver
Telegraph: Obama & Geithner rob Main Street of $3 trillion
AS DATA COLLECTION GROWS, PRIVACY ERODES...
Urgent Stimulus on Hold for Obama's Weekend off
WSJ: Obama's Rhetoric Is the Real 'Catastrophe'
Transferring it out, faster than it comes in should be a
(BIG CLUE)

When all that matters is a 'so-called' WIN: read.
"From Hugo's military coup, to impoverished Nation."

A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship."
-Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh; 1787

Admired by the world... Rafik Hariri

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Taken from us, but his memory forever remains... What I remember most, is his ability to be a friend to all leaders...

Lebanese remember Rafik Hariri
Los Angeles Times, CA - Feb 14, 2009... from Beirut -- Hundreds of thousands of Lebanese poured into the streets of Beirut on Saturday to remember slain former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri... (I think Ace is there?)

Image:Hussein Malla [LINK]


And while this is not a somber video (below) it really seems fitting to celebrate his special quality... May the true happiness of Lebanon seek its own way...


Hariri was their happiest of times...

VIDEOS:
Rafik Hariri... The dream
When you love your country: View.

Random Lebanon Links...
Lebanon: Thousands mark Hariri's assassination
CNN International - Feb 14, 2009 BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- Thousands gathered in downtown Beirut's Martyrs' Square on Saturday to mark the fourth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rafik ...
Remembering 2006: Kofi Annan has publicly scolded Iran for its financing and involvement with Hezbollah and their interference with the new democratic government of Lebanon...
Lebanonwire.com Iran: Meddling in the Hamas Rivalry
Feb 11, 2009 ... A Stratfor source in Lebanon reported Feb. 9 that Hezbollah received new satellite equipment — paid for by the Iranians — to set up a new al...
Former Iraqi PM: Hariri is a big loss to Iraq and the Arab world
iloubnan.info, Lebanon - Feb 14, 2009... Prime Minister Rafik Hariri’s assassination that, “Hariri’s death
Asharq Al-Awsat Talks to Saad Al-Hariri
Asharq Alawsat, UK - 8 hours agoFor us, it means that the sacrifices that the Lebanese people have made since the criminal assassination of martyred Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri and his ...LATEST NEWS: Jumblatt: Some use Lebanon to fight Israel while ...

HRH Saudi King Abdullah appoints Woman Minister -Noor Al Fayez

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JEDDAH - The appointment of Noor Al Fayez as the first woman in the Saudi Cabinet as deputy minister for women’s education has been widely welcomed. more.

Image: France24 HRH: S.A.





It is said that a lot more is coming, as King Abdullah is keen on reforms and in seeing women increasingly involved in the country’s development...read.

"This is an honor not only for me, but for all Saudi women. In the presence of a comprehensive operational team, I believe I’ll be able to face challenges and create positive change," Al-Fayez told Arab News.

People are very excited about this, Khaled Al-Maeena, editor-in-chief of Arab News told the U.S. broadcaster. This sends a clear signal that the King means business. Instead of appointing some bureaucrat, he appointed a woman.

Random M.East Links...
China to Build Mecca Rail System
China has signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia to build a new railway system to connect the city of Mecca with the pilgrim destinations of Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifah.
Reality producer Endemol inks Middle East deals
Reuters - Feb 4, 2009 Endemol Middle East said it will produce "Fear Factor Extreme" for local broadcaster Al Hayat TV. The 13-episode show will go into production in March and ...
Qatar stages first Middle East women's race
Reuters India, India - Feb 10, 2009 "We are very proud of this event, a women's race for the first time in the Middle East," said Belgian former champion Eddy Merckx, an advisor to the women's ...
Iraq bans Farsi signs in holy cities
BAGHDAD - Interior Minister Jawad Bolani on Saturday imposed a ban on signs in foreign languages in Iraq’s Shiite holy cities, in an apparent reference to Farsi, the language of Iran.
Jordan and Hamas: a window briefly opened, then shut
Daily Star - Lebanon

Western Humanitarians: The givers of trillions of AID to avert global starvation

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We failed to predict the shift in rising nations; as billions poured from western countries who sought to feed the world... We gave, when we did not have... And as states must balance, the 'error of mass infusion' of credit and debt, was born.
Western humanitarian: B. Kouchner
A truly great man, of dedication...



Note: I changed this post title, as did not translate well...
Neither have smears and misunderstandings as:
The west is touted as selfish... read.
But when the world's rising nations were called upon, only those of the "Free markets" answered the call... Our debts rose, and the poorest ate; and now in the down-turn, those who never gave, or gave the least, accuse the west of greed... When an even share of AID, would enable larger debts to be paid.

According to new Europe ...
Social Scientists pin-point three causes for the global economical crisis: Globalism, inter-nationalism, and transformationalism... But the domino effect, which eventually resulted in mass write-downs; contained a global variety of imbalances; drawn across 'less interdependent' nations... This was decades in the making...

There may be only one fix...
I believe that a global financial restore-point is the answer...
Maybe this time the responsibilities of the world would come from all, and not just a few... That we might establish a balanced foot-hold, and shift to reliable market strategy; void of those who support their own protectionism...

It is illogical to blame the largest aid donors for leading the financial crisis.

I begin to question our ability to save our markets, by injecting capital from our future earners, now threatened by those who seek a new and dominant role, yet void of 'even commitment' toward feeding the world's less fortunate...

This continues to harm the poorest of the poor, as western philanthropists are unable to rise to this challenge...

Top of the news
G-7's Vow: read.
Those who oversee about two-thirds of the world economy, are: U.S., Japan, Germany, U.K., Italy, Canada and France... They predicted the full effect of individual rescue packages will "build over time."

Roll it all back now... Because "over time" unstable markets, amidst shifting geographical changes; are forcing millions of productive people, into mass resignation... When blame hits the most generous, there is disorientation, and HOPE IS CRUSHED...

EXCESS fear & damaged belief-systems, AID this crisis:
BIG SCREEN VIDEO: Here's the worst one.

Vacuum of Fear...
'Global recession' 41 mins ago from BBC News
IMF: Worst of crisis yet to come 5 hours ago from Makfax
International Monetary Fund offer is not wanted
GDP growth in Gulf set to fall by half
The recession’s red ink drowns the EU and the jobless
IMF may 'deny' Ukraine loan
9 hours ago from BBC News - 4 articles
Serbia to seek additional loan from IMF
Over 1.7 mln Russians officially unemployed more »
from RIA Novosti 7 hours ago
Icelandic Volcano Erupts: People Power in Streets.
15 hours ago from AlterNet.org
Uncertainty takes toll on Uganda
6 hours ago from Xinhua
Italy's recession may stretch into 2010, says IMF
3 days ago from Channel News Asia - 4 articles
Economic woes spread in Balkans more »
from Reuters Alert Net 1 day ago
Barclays’ stressed assets rise in India more »
from livemint.com 1 day ago
Latvia's economy shrinks rapidly more »
from BBC News 1 day ago
Swiss bank UBS reports $7.5 billion loss
12 hours agoMSNBC
Russia gets debt markets edgy more »
from The Deal: Blogs 10 hours ago
Asian stocks lose ground, euro falls on Russia more »
from Economic Times 19 hours ago

NASA's Int'l Year of Astronomy: 400 yrs. of exploring the Universe since Galileo

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Arcing above the horizon and into the night at the left is a beautiful band of Zodiacal Light - sunlight scattered by dust in the solar system's ecliptic plane.

Zodiacal Light Vs. Milky Way Credit & Copyright: Daniel López, IAC


Of course, seasoned skygazers might even spot M33, the California Nebula, IC1805, and the double star cluster of Perseus...

NASA's Great Observatories Celebrate International Year of Astronomy #
View image of the spiral galaxy Messier 101; which is a composite of the Hubble, Chandra and Spitzer space telescopes...

Remembering Galileo Galilei, who first turned his telescope to the heavens in 1609, marking the dawn of modern astronomy. To commemorate 400 years of exploring the universe, 2009 has been designated the International Year of Astronomy. More.

BIG SCREEN VIDEO:
NASA/ESA: New Views of the Skies: Hubblecast-VIDEO
-GPS... Interesting info (In French)

Le GPS européen GALILEO (independant des USA)
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And then, we cannot forget NASA's Galileo... VIEW.
Deliberately plunging into Jupiter's crushing atmosphere, Sept. 21, 2003; marking a successfully ended mission, N.G. forever shaped modern Astronomy.
NASA's Galileo changed the way we look at our solar system... And was the first to fly past an asteroid and the first to discover a moon of an asteroid... And provided the only direct observations of a comet colliding with a planet...

N.G. was the first to measure Jupiter's atmosphere with a descent probe, and the first to conduct long-term observations of the Jovian system from orbit. N.G. found evidence of subsurface saltwater on Europa, Ganymede and Callisto and revealed the intensity of volcanic activity on Io...
In Memory: View image- Here.

All you need is love...

-Posted by D. Worth (US) | for- M. Barbay France (US trip)

Obama porkulus horror of 2009- passes

-Posted by D. Worth (US) | for- M. Barbay (France) (US trip!)

Liberals approve their 1,073 page trillion-dollar Federal dole-out without reading or understanding its contents... The Pelosi Administration's rush to vote: ALL Republicans and 7 Democrat voted NO...Liberals revoked their own transparency vote, failing to provide online access, 48 hours before vote.

More will be revealed, as final version was available last night...
VIDEO: ht: hotair recaps the final minutes, a plea, and more



One congressman starts reading the porkulus...
I suggest that you read the bill...House Version PDF
To see how it is "intended" to effect Nation...

Republican Study Committee Chairman Tom Price
VIDEO: ht: gateway



As Michelle points out... Buried in the porkulus conference report, include a provision specifically targeting governors who would exercise the choice to refuse stimulus money.

I also question its legality, and also see this as a complete federal usurpation of states’ budget processes. More later...