Secret Iranian nuke facility revealed; showdown may loom

Something must be done. I am not saying they need to be attacked because I am not an expert on the issue, but diplimacy isn’t working.

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Time for Obama to appoint an Iranian-Nuclear-Weapons Czar. Yeah, that’s the ticket!

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They continue to build. The object of diplomacy was to stop them from building.

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Bookman must be as naive as B.Hussein believes the rest of us to be. China and Russia won’t have to support sanctions, there is always an out..thats why our Unilateralism , now abandoned, was important ..it allowed us to act to get our way, even when otherswere dead set against helping and indeed, profiting from status quo(Russia is BUILDING their nuclear infrastucture in Iran). Netanyahu, do your business…I hope before you leave office, Ahmedinijad is dead And the Bashir site is spewing thick black smoke from a cratered centrifuge bunker. If carter had had the guts and the wisdom to assassinate Khomeini in Paris in exile, none of this would ever have been necessary. Jimmy Carter was a loser who’s failures continue to reverberate.

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Seems we’ve been tracking this location for years…..

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godless –

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_parties_to_the_Nuclear_Non-Proliferation_Treaty

when you’re scrolling and get to the H’s … slow down

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What???!!! No way!

I am sure the Iranians are afraid of BHO, et al.

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read this!

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/26/world/middleeast/26nuke.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&hp

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getalife –

“This is why it is treason to out an undercover CIA agent for Iranian nukes but they still caught it”

well said!

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Mrs. G –

“NYT says Obama was briefed on this after elecetion so the previous administration knew about it as well…..”

shocked … gambling … blahblahblah

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Personally I’m a big fan of the Reverse Cheney Doctrine:

If there’s a 1% chance that that the neo-conned are attempting to regain power, we have to treat it as a certainty in terms of our response. It’s not about our analysis … It’s about our response.

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george – you forgot “cheese-eating”!!!

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RW-(the original)

“We knew about this before the UN meeting but our “leader” decided to wait until he got to Pittsburgh to mention it.”

If you are interested in the facts. We new about it last fall. Bush’s NSC people briefed Obama just after the election.

There is an advantage gained when you know something about the other side that they do not know you know. The Iranians only found out a few days ago that we (US, UK, Fr & Ger) had been onto them for a year. That is why they wrote their “confessional” letter to the IAEA.

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(shouldn’t have brought up cheese … skipped lunch and starving … )

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“That is why they wrote their “confessional” letter to the IAEA.”

dear iaea …

I never thought I’d write a letter like this …

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USinUK

*shocked …**

You shouldn’t be. We had a real CIA back then. Obama will learn nothing other than what Bush’s administration was able to find out.

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The idea that China and Russia are going to back serious sanction is naive.

The question is what do we do when they don’t.

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I never thought I’d write a letter like this …

Y’know, if you’re fighting hunger pangs, the visual of Ahmadinejad penning a Penthouse Forum letter oughta do the trick.

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USinUK

Cheney outed them? Hmmm. but what about the trials that the Obama crew are planning. Do you have a problem with any of that?

BTW, I left you an answer to the climate change post downstairs. Better stay away from it. Pretty logical stuff. You are not going to like it at all.

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Mrs. Godzilla
September 25th, 2009
11:31 am

“Seems we’ve been tracking this location for years…..”; or, more appropriately, President Bush and Vice President Cheney have been tracking it for years. G-d bless you President Bush, you kept us safe in a dangerous world.

The other truth to jump forth from this episode is equally clear, now we know why experienced, smart leaders, such as President Bush and Vice President Cheney, would not offer to meet “without preconditions” with a bunch of animals like the leaders of Iran. Our dufus, Obumbler, did, however.

Finally, G-d bless Netanyahu for speaking a truth that the world had to hear even though our callow, inexperienced community organizer abdicated our world authority. I guess, at least when it come to freedom and moral clarity, the leader of Yisrael, rather than the POTUS, is the leader of the free world. Change we can’t believe happened. Could we have put a dumber, more ignorant smuck into the Whitehouse than its current resident?

Palin/Liz Cheney 2012 – before its too late.

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LOL. Looks like old George American has nothing to say.

Look, bro. Spare us the shouting in bolded caps and just write “Conservatives are bad”. That’s all your pathetic rhetorical skills are capable of.

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NiF –

“Do you have a problem with any of that?”

yes. if they broke the law, yes, I most definitely have a problem with that. as should anyone who supposedly loves their country and supports their troops.

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So how’s that “Hope and Change” been working out for you guys?

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Early Christmas for the right -

“A Fulton County Superior Court judge this morning cancelled a temporary restraining order that had stopped Grady hospital from closing its outpatient dialysis clinic.”

Be more humane to gas them, wouldn’t it?

Ah, but not as cheap…

The rightwing was better back when they thought Jesus was cool….

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Say what

actually the Hope and Change are working out quite well for me.

I really wish it does for you too.

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So jump right in, TW, and take your money to keep it open. After all, money is always availble for unprofitable operations, right?

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Working out well for you? So how much bailing out have you received, Mrs. Godzilla?

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Say what

None? You?

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I don’t accept handouts, MG. It’s also not a prerequisite for my vote. You know, sort of a “I’m a capitalist and will stand on my own two feet” mentality. I’m not very impressed with the liberal “from the cradle to the grave” style of government

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Sanctions have not worked, because Russia and France will continue to sell nuclear bomb precursor materials to Iran and possibly North Korea behind our backs. Sanctions will not work. The Sanctions of course do not impact the elite people running the Iran government, and certainly not the byzantine cleric structure. Bush and Condi operated in hibernation mode and were ignored by Iran for 8 years, and now they will have nuclear bomb delivery capability to anywhere in the Mideast and Europe soon if not now.

Better consider Plan “B” whatever that is.

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Yo Repubozos Wake up–

Iran has been a certainty to have nuclear bomb capability well before Bush’s 2nd term. And you all didn’t do jack squat effing anything.

And that was because?

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Would that be the irrelevant UN? Or the relevant one?

Keeping up with conned double speak is not that easy, but can be mastered over time.

Just remember that black is white, war is peace, up is down and lies are truth.

And also to always replace the word conservative with corporate.

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Public Option’s Doing Swell referes to “Repubozos”. That’s the best you got? What are you, a third grader? Get of you mommy’s computer.

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MG said “never did”. Riiiiiigggggghhhhhhhttttt.

Kumbaya, MG, Kumbaya………..

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Mrs. Godzilla
September 25th, 2009
12:26 pm

I don’t want to blow something up. I just want America to have someone cut from a better cloth than the keystone cops in the Whitehouse. I want a President with moral clarity and at least enough character to quick smoking rather than smoking in the oval office.

In our current president we have far less than this nation dweserves.

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Enter your comments here

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USinUK

Thought your last word on global warming was in the previous blog but you’re at it again. Still predicting the end of mankind?

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“Still predicting the end of mankind?”

yep. next Tuesday … no, waitaminnit, I’ve got big plans for next weekend, so make it Tuesday week.

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Riiigggghhhhttt, Iran started their nuclear program under Bush. What’s next, global warming started under Bush as well? Guess you actually believe Al Gore invented the internet.

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MG, you may not be paying health care premiums much longer if Obamacare comes to pass. You’ll get that wonderful government controlled solution. Just take your pill and drink the koolaid. After all, they have successfully run Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Cash for clunkers and many many more well-managed programs.

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IRAN, BRING IT ON!!!

AFTER WE BLOW UP YOUR SECRET BOMB PLANTS, WE WILL TAKE YOUR MONEY AND OIL!!!

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Wyld Byll needs a hug. Where’s @@ when we really need her the most.

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Anybody who floated an attack on Iran’s facilities is bringing the stupid writ large.

If anyone were in a position to know them, it’s Israel since we have next to no CIA presence in Iran. We’re depending on the Mossad and Shin Bet for almost all of our intelligence in Iran, with some help from a panoply of other countries. Iran is 1/5 the size of the US or roughly the size of the combined Western US. Their nuclear materials can be put into a space smaller than Jerry Jones’ new Mitsubishi scoreboard that the Sunday Football whizkids called Sony. So they could easily launch nuclear strikes that would put the middle east and Europe into the Stone age physically, and beyond what we can treat in 2009 nuclear medicine wise.

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say what

take a deep breath.

hope and change really works for me. sorry it hasn’t for you.

nuff said?

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Mrs. Godzilla

September 25th, 2009
12:35 pm

Don’t you just love these little kids and their little dream worlds that they have made up for themselves to live in. Think warm embrace. Do it for the children, no matter how old they may be in human years.

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oh and

say what

as I have said before, I have read the ingredients on the koolaid
pouch and wouldn’t give that chemical mess to Joe or any of his doggie buddies.

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“I’m sure you and your brethren will find a way to blame it on Bush.”

nah … sometimes we spread the blame around and share it with Cheney, as well …

(ask Bosch why … he’ll tell ya)

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USin UK

Can we wait till late October for the end of the world….

we’ve got a big surprise party and a baby shower planned….

damn I hate to waste the tapas

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Anybody notice that there are no representatives from Russia or China on that podium?

If they can’t stand at a lectern and note their solidarity with the West on this, how can any reasonable person think they will support meaningful sanctions?

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Here’s the Post Office Briefing your momma forgot to teach you to read for all of you Repubozos bringing the stupid bashing the Post Office. It was made financially precarious by your stupid Repubozo Congress years ago.

This is but one more in a series of things that the Katy Abram ignorant here blame on government when it is in fact the screwup of Repubozo government.

How Republicans Cripled the Post Office Along with Medicare

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/08/business/08nocera.html

Glad to school you.

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George American –

Your pathetic “parody” is beyond lame. Just be more forthright and say “I hate Republicans and I see them through the lens of ignorant stereotypes.”

If that is not enough to satisfy your need to flap your gums, you could also say, “I am incapable of articulating any thoughts beyond my mindless partisan beliefs that those who don’t share my narrow-minded views is a bad person.”

You can even shout in in bold-faced caps since your need for attention is only matched by you inability to voice any meaningful thoughts.

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Why even have a blog on this?

We know the outcome which is the same as our policy/position with North Korea — “Okay, we’ll let it go this time, but don’t let it happen again. And, BTW, can we offer anything so you don’t do it again?”…

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stands for decibels
September 25th, 2009
12:37 pm

Not only are you mentally, the liberal and gay communities that would use something like that for their release are truly sick. Just thinking of you people makes me want to shower in antiseptic.

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We know the outcome which is the same as our policy/position with North Korea — “Okay, we’ll let it go this time, but don’t let it happen again. And, BTW, can we offer anything so you don’t do it again?”…

That is to appease all the Republicans that wanted Obama to stick with the Bush plan. It is just for show though. The real work is going on behind the scenes because otherwise the Republicans might start wee weeing on themselves again, like Dave R did earlier.

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well Say What

when I travel abroad, I can be proud we are a nation that does not torture.

The credit card companies can’t play some of their little games with me any more.

My best friend got a great new small business loan.

Kids in the neighborhood have access to SCHIP.

My unemployed brother in law father of three will get his unemployment
extended.

My gay cousin is protected from hate crimes.

Being a lover of the arts the increase in NEA funding really turns me on!

I’m crazy about space exploration and its scientific benefit to the world.

The expanded Americorps would be a great opportunity for my nephew as he graduates from college.

Poor folks I know will have help winterizing their homes this year.

Investment in alternative energy will turn my 32 mpg car
obsolete in a few years.

I have to admit I’d take the rebate for a hybrid plug in if still available when old Tony Toyota passes!

Hopefully I’ll get the opportunity to ride high speed rail.

I’m proud that the President has Dems and Reps in his cabinet.

Stem cell research might cure my nieces lupus.

But that’s just today….check for more next week.

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New York Times/CBS News poll TODAY 9/25/09

The poll of 1,042 adults was conducted by telephone from Saturday through Wednesday. It has a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3 percentage points.

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Dudley –

There were so many angles to pick apart Public Options stupid comments on the Post Office. The guy is so pathetic.

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From da udder blog-

Jay

Meanwhile, the temperature continues its inexorable rise.

bookman, it’s called the thermostat, it would be located somewhere on the wall of your house in a central location, find it and turn it down.

duh.

Either that or come outside where it HAS GOTTEN COLDER!

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Taxpayer. You said “ewwww. Dudley wants his face blown off.” What in the world are you referring to. Are you that ignorant?

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Public Option’s Doing Swell –

Nice cherry picking of the poll. At least you aren’t just making stuff up, so you are making progress.

Here are some points you neglected:

The poll found that an intense campaign by Mr. Obama to rally support behind his health care plan — including an address to Congress, a run of television interviews and rallies across the country — appears to have done little to allay concerns.

Majorities of respondents said that they were confused about the health care argument and that Mr. Obama had not done a good job in explaining what he was trying to accomplish.

The percentage of people who approve of the way he has dealt with Afghanistan has dropped to 44 percent from 56 percent in April. The percentage of Americans who approve of his handling of the economy, at 50 percent, has dropped from 61 percent since April. In April, Mr. Obama had a 43-point advantage over Republicans in terms of who would make the right decisions on the economy; that has dropped to a 26-point advantage.

56 percent of respondents said they did not expect Mr. Obama to be able to keep his promise not to raise taxes on households making less than $250,000.

The poll suggested that Mr. Obama’s effort to deal with concerns about the health plan has enjoyed, at best, mixed success. In the poll, 55 percent said Mr. Obama had not clearly explained his plans for changing the health care system, and 59 percent said they thought the health care changes under consideration in Congress were confusing.

The fact that so many Americans say they do not know enough about the plan to offer an opinion — 46 percent — shows the risk of the White House’s strategy of not putting forward its own specific bill.

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Dudley -

“Are you that ignorant?”

Oh god yes. You will learn pretty quickly to just ignore Taxpayer. He is among the least intelligent people that visit this blog.

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@ “MIke”

No one from my camp is calling you a name Mike. I’m referring to your party in the same way that all your Congress bozos call the Democratic party the Democrat party to denigrate your Congress.

If you check, I’m not calling a commenter any names, at least until they start flinging fecal material first.

Concentrate on the issues. Picking on the post office or Medicare for insolvency is patently stupid when insolvency can be directly laid at the feet of Republicans. And although Senate Finance will have little say in the final health care bill, and everyone forgets that–the floor and conference will be much more important as will the House, they already votged down one attempt to fix Medicare’s solvency and plug the donut hole because they were going to bat for their johns the insurance company. Senate Finance is the Republican and Blue Dog controlled committee in the Senate that usually deals with tax matters over there.

The article makes no reference to Repubozos at all, but later if I have time when I’m through with work, I will show you that the Repubozos set up the current postal corporation. I don’t rely NYT articles to do everything for me. And surely you’re not so ignorant as to think Congress doesn’t make law and oversee the Post Office. Did you think it was Hezbollah who organizes it and makes its laws perhaps?

I said schooling and I meant it. As usual, I can support my claims and you ramble like an ignorant child.

Gotta go Mike. Keep the unemployed fires burning. We’re trying to get health care for ya.

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mike needs are warm embrace, don’t you mike. How much have you had today. Now come here and get that hug you sweet thang.

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Its time to bring in the Israelees and let them take out these nuclear facilities. Hopefully the US will flyover and drop a few bombs also.

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mike

Oh god yes. You will learn pretty quickly to just ignore Taxpayer. He is among the least intelligent people that visit this blog.

Isn’t that sweet. mike loves me. Don’t you mike. You can admit it. You’re amongst friends here. Anonymous friends. You sweet little thang.

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Oh Byll!!

I’m proud my outlook is diametrically opposed to yours.

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Say What, shucking and grinning for BushCo is one thing, and seen here every day of the week.

But to mangle the numbers like that takes true talent!

On the day President Bush took office, the national debt stood at $5.727 trillion.

The day he left office?

$9.849 trillion.

A 71.9 percent increase by your fiscal conservative, I mean corporatist….

No wonder coherency is hard for you to get a grasp on…

Just like the “leaders” in the GOP

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AmVet,

these conservative Republican children can’t even read. Much less understand. I prefer to offer them hugs and words of encouragement just to let them know that we’re here to see that their basic needs are taken care of, except an education. After all, there is a limit to what we can do for them.

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You know, a good stunt to pull on old Wyld Byll right now would be to dip his hand in some warm water. hehehe

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Byll

Not bad.

The view from my backyard hot tub includes two silly dogs running in the yard, our Mimi in her wheelchair on the deck, the neighborkids
playing ball and Mr G coming down the steps with an icey cold beverage.

I’m happy with that.

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I see the #2 idiot is in town today. Wonder how long it will take before he opens mouth and inserts foot?

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AmVet, I no longer need to match wits with you. You’ve done yourself in. You’ve quoted a CBS news report. Hahahahahaha. I’ll bet they have some great stories from Dan Rather about Bush and the National Guard as well, don’t they?

I know you don’t like to be hit with facts, but here goes:

Money quote:

The public national debt – $5.8 trillion as of 2008 – is projected to double by 2012 and nearly triple by 2019. Thus, America would accumulate more government debt under President Obama than under every President in American history from George Washington to George W. Bush combined.

You liberals, er, uh, I mean socialists never cease to amaze me. Thanks again for the laugh.

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We wont know the Iranians have a nuclear bomb until after they have it. Best to ere on the side of caution and lauch a strike force, along with Israel, and take out this menace.

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I see our VP has heard the pleas from the Georgia Republicans and has come down here to offer federal aid to all those truly in need. All they had to do is ask. Just ask. That is all it takes.

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Taxpayer, you keep talking about giving out hugs. Creeeeeepy. Perhaps you’re just a collaborator.

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Nice try, Taxpayer. Actually, Georgia was granted federal aid before Biden ever touched down.

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Say What??

September 25th, 2009
1:27 pm
Taxpayer, you keep talking about giving out hugs. Creeeeeepy. Perhaps you’re just a collaborator

In fact, I am known the world over as the great collaborator. Would you like to collaborate.

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Apparently Public Option thinks that posting here means you are unemployed. Does that mean that he is unemployed?

Or is this another rule that only applies to people who don’t share his narrow views?

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Say what –

“Taxpayer, you keep talking about giving out hugs”

That is what the angry liberals do here when they run out of things to say and need to keep flapping their gums. That or they do lame and bigoted parodies of conservatives.

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You can do it too mike. Flapping the gums, that is. It is really fun and it is stress relieving too. You just lick your lips and poke them out real far. That much I didn’t even have to tell you though. That is because you are a grump. Anyway, not to distract from the task at hand. Now, take your index finger and run it up and down against your upper and lower lips while exhaling, not through your nose, through your lips, silly. Now, you see. You can’t help but smile and grin and even giggle once you do that, especially if your better half catches you doing it and you have to explain it. hehehe.

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Still wrong, taxpayer. It was widely reported that Georgia received federal aid looooooonnnnngg before Joe Isuzu, er, I mean Joe Biden arrived. I know.

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Any so-called sanctions by Russia and China against Iran or North Korea will be all sizzle and no steak. Of course Chairman O will ignore this inconvenient fact and will go to bed each night believing he’s made the world safer.

Meanwhile, back at the Kremlin Putin and his buddies knock back vodka and and belly-laugh every time one of them does an Obama impression of his speech at the UN. They blow chunks when someone mentions Obama’s toughness on missile defense in eastern Europe.

The world is a tough place. Unfortunately Chairman O is not. I fear for our country’s safety, much less the world’s.

It’s Bush’s fault <—– Beat you to it!

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The sky is falling! The sky is falling!

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Where are you AmVet? Did the “Obama tripling the debt” post overload your circuit or make your meds null and void?

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Say What, are you really that dense???

Do you really contend the debt was only $5.8 trillion when George of the Bungle left office?

Are you seeing an entire team of doctors???

PLEASE do cite your “sources”, mystery meat.

I’d love to see it one single solitary source for this nonsense, “I believe the last estimate I heard…”

Link phobic?

Corrobaorationally challenged?

CBS ain’t good enough for ya?

And yet all you can do is pull numbers out of your ample…

Lay them on me stud…

http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/NPGateway

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Say What??

September 25th, 2009
1:44 pm
Still wrong, taxpayer. It was widely reported that Georgia received federal aid looooooonnnnngg before Joe Isuzu, er, I mean Joe Biden arrived. I know.

Now, try to pay attention. If you’re having trouble with this step, then you will not be able to get the following. I’ll repeat it.

Perdue called Obama and asked for fed help. Obama said yes and sent Biden to talk to the folks in some of the hardest hit counties — counties that just happen to have a good number of conservative Republicans that don’t really want any outside help, especially from the fed. They don’t trust Obama and they sure don’t want no handout from the fed because that would mean that tax payer’s money would be coming to them even though they need it. So, Biden came and eased the pain of accepting that handout.

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If you want to get a handle on the timelines of the deficit, take a peek at this graphic from the Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2009/03/21/GR2009032100104.html

It’s not just the deficit of the current year. It is the deficits in the future that are the real problem.

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I don’t need maternity care,” Kyl said. “So requiring that on my insurance policy is something that I don’t need and will make the policy more expensive.”

Stabenow interrupted: “I think your mom probably did.”

Whats so funny about that? Seems more like a typical smart a s sed rebuke from yet another know-nothing democrap.

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Mrs. Godzilla, what is “irectile” dysfunction? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Guess you sipped too many cold ones in your hot tub while wathcing your dogs.

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AmVet,

I think Say What may be one of those, you know, members of The Order of the Deniers too. So, go easy on him. You may need to break down the truth into smaller pieces fo rhim to chew on. Smaller, smaller, no, smaller. Getting warmer… .

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Mike

Pink and Blue healthcare!

What a great idea!

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Mrs. Godzilla –

“Pink and Blue healthcare! What a great idea!’

Can we trademark that?

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Taxpayer, Order of the deniers? Not familiar with them. You, on the other hand, play the blame game. Bush or Cheney, take your pick.

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Amvet

Optimism is a good thing. I’ll play the lotto tonight. I’m already picking out my boat.

USinUK

**yes. if they broke the law, yes, I most definitely have a problem with that. **

Well I guess we are OK. The department of justice gave their OK before either person was water-boarded. So if that is the only criteria, then why in the world would the Obama administration want to waste all that time and money? Could it be about politics and his penchant for acting like a third world dictator that is making him do it?

Public Option’s Doing Swell

i thought I was Mike. Didn’t you claim that I was Mike?

Mike

I’m you. You must be a hell of a good guy and a snazzy dresser, too.

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Say What??

September 25th, 2009
2:00 pm
Taxpayer…..HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA…..thanks for the laugh. Biden “eased” their pain? My goodness, what WOULD we do without Joe’s compassion? By the way, he visited primarily metro Atlanta – Obama country – so leave the Republican nonsense out of it. Floods don’t discriminate between parties. Unless, of course, you want to blame this on Bush.

It is all right, say what. I know that conservative Republican pride can be a tough thang to swallow. What, with Perdue having to ask Obama for help and Obama saying yes and all. It was nice of Obama to send Biden down here like that, now wasn’t it. It is good to see that you are not denying that. There may be hope for you yet, in a few years. Then again, who knows. You just hang in there though. We’re here to help.

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Taxpayer

**t was nice of Obama to send Biden down here like that, now wasn’t it**

Not really. It was nice for Biden . . . al those photo-ops of him looking concerned. We could have used the help several days ago like . . . like . . . no, I guess the comparisons to the response time under Bush and Obama would be unfair. Bush is a conservative. He is expected to be efficient and strong in everything he did. Obama is a democrat, so it’s not really fair to expect him to be anything more than a non-caring gov’ment worker who might get around to it today, or maybe not.

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Yesterday, “Mike” committed to ignorance and lazyness said that I was lying when I stated the Senate Finance Committee took up an amendment by Sen. Bill Nelson to close the donut. They did; and Republicans and Blue Dogs heavily paid by Insurance and Pharmaceutical comapnies voted to continue donut and Medicare D insolvency. This will be addressed again there, and on floor/conference and is addressed in the 4 other committees. Mike made a false statement because he was ignorant and too lazy to research his rambling.

Today I stated that the main reason the post office is on a GAO list of financially risky agencies is because of the regulatory framework a Republican controlled set of oversight committees in House and Senate set up and I was correct. Further the NYT article I pointed out did not blame “the internet” for financial problems at the Post Office. In fact it was clear that Potter who runs the Post Office blamed Congress for the byzantine financial framework and lack of tools he has, but Repubozos read what they want in articles no matter what’s in front of their face.

It is fact that the financial framework that the NYT points out is unique only to the Post Office was set up by the Senate and the House when Repubozos were in complete control. The Postal Regulatory Comission makes suggests but has little power, just like MEDPAC for Medicare.

And as I said yesterday, Medicare Part D was set up in 2003 by the Repubozo Congress chiefly Bill Frist after heavy contributions to them by the pharm industry. Repubozzos like to bank on Medicare as if it were a living breathing entity. Medicare’s finances are totally controlled by the Senate Finance Committee and Grassley a Repubozo who lies about death panels was Chairman when the SF Committee hamstrung Medicare.

Back to the Post Office’s financial setup which was not done by Mr. Potter or the Post Office. As he says in the NYT article–his hands are completely tied and they aren’t tied by the “internet.” It doesn’t set financial regs for USPO.

The financial organization of USPO is set by Congress who has confirmation power over its Board of Governors who have next to no power and do not make financial statutes. Acord 39 U.S.C. § 202 Article I, section 8, Clause 7 of the United States Constitution grants U.S. Congress the power to establish post offices and post roads. The latest set of financial architecture regs for the USPO was the Postal Act of 2006 reported by Senator Grassley’s committee to the Senate floor and by the House Committee on Oversight of Governmental Affairs which regs the USPS in the House. The Chairman in 2006 was Tom Davis of Virginia the powerful Republican who resigned in 2008.

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Mike

You . . . er I . . . er Ray . . . whatever . . . must have done something right. When he starts a post with: Yesterday, “Mike” committed to ignorance and lazyness, he has kicked into Televangelist mode where his biggest regret in life is that there is not a key on the keyboard that will make a finger shake at you.

Good job.

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Nothing is Free

Not really. It was nice for Biden . . . al those photo-ops of him looking concerned. We could have used the help several days ago like . . . like . . . no, I guess the comparisons to the response time under Bush and Obama would be unfair. Bush is a conservative. He is expected to be efficient and strong in everything he did. Obama is a democrat, so it’s not really fair to expect him to be anything more than a non-caring gov’ment worker who might get around to it today, or maybe not.

Not really. Obama could do nothing until Perdue asked for the help. The ball was in Perdue’s court. Obama replied with a yes to that ask for help very quickly and then he sent Biden down to give that show of support. Of course, he probably would have worn his jeans and brought a pair of gloves if he had known that you needed his personal help. He’s just that kind of guy.

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Say What??

September 25th, 2009
2:26 pm
Taxpayer, you say things like giving hugs and keeping little secrets. Are you a 10 year old girl?

Do you expect to get hugs from ten year old girls and do you ask them to keep them secret. If so, I think you have a serious issue that requires immediate attention. Seek help now. I urge you.

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Taxpayer, the same could be said about Bush and Katrina. He was waiting for the LA Gov to call, but she initially didn’t. Did you cut W some slack when her late call finally arrived?

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Taxpayer

WOW!!!! That’s incredible because that is exactly what happened with Bush and Katrina.

Now aren’t you sorry you said all those nasty things about Bush? Apparently, most of the things that Obama is doing, Bush is being held up as his standard.

Maybe Obama can keep trying and become a real president some day.

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Point frigging made to the unemployed ignorant lazy Repubozos.

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Taxpayer, you’re right, Bush is gone. So who are you going to blame for the continuing rise in unemployment and the national debt? After all, like you said, “You really need to let him go.” HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

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Unfortunately Bush caused the problem in the first place. In the second place Iran has never, not once, violated the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty. The treaty guarantees two things. One is the right to nuclear reactors for energy purposes. The second is the right to enrich your own uranium fuel for those reactors. Case closed.

Bush, like the traditional Republican bully, decided that he was going to decide which nations got their full rights under the treaty, and which did not.

Which is why both the Bush and Obama administrations harp on the “secrecy” of what they are doing but neither have ever pointed to any specific violations that Iran has engaged in.

The real elephant in the room is Israel. There is only one nation in the Middle East that HAS nuclear weapons and it is also a nation that has repeatedly under false pretext attacked its neighbors. That is Israel. It has repeatedly claimed its strikes were “preemptive” but in every case, it has later been proved that there was no threat against them at the time. The example of the 1967 War is the best. Israel claimed that the Egyptians were massing troops at the border, but this was not only planned, but Egypt sent messages to Israel through diplomatic channels that they would be conducting scheduled military exercises near the border, gave dates, times and troops locations and concentrations so Israel would not think they were planning an attack.

On television, Queen Noor of Jordan, one of the leaders of the nuclear non proliferation movement, repeatedly points out that every nation in the Middle East must disarm if the area is to become a nuclear free zone. Thats not going to happen if Israel gets to keep its estimated 100-400 nukes. If they have the upper end, they have more nukes than all the nations in Europe put together.

As a recent article points out:

But notice that neither Obama, French President Nicholas Sarkozy nor British Prime Minister Gordon Brown accused Iran of a specific violation of its international nuclear responsibilities, and pivoted their case instead on Iran’s concealment. That’s because it’s not actually clear whether Iran has committed a specific violation of either the Nuclear Nonprofileration Treaty or its follow-on agreements negotiated separately with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Under the NPT, each state negotiates a safeguards agreement to the IAEA so the atomic watchdog can work out where and how to establish monitoring devices like cameras at declared facilities. “Iran’s specific safeguards agreement doesn’t say anything about the time limits for the provision of design information,” says Ivanka Barzashka, an analyst with the Federation of American Scientists’ Strategic Security Program. Specific time-frames for site or design disclosure typically occur in additional “subsidiary arrangements,” and usually provide for disclosure around 180 days before the introduction of nuclear material into a given facility. But Iran’s subsidiary arrangement with the IAEA “has not been made public as far as I know,” Barzashka says…

…And that clearly hasn’t happened. According to an U.S. intelligence official who would only speak on background, “We’ve known about this facility for years. Over time, a clearer picture evolved of Iran’s intentions and activities at this covert site — one that, it turns out, wasn’t unknown to us.”

That’s still not the same thing as a broken obligation binding under international law. But the lack of a specific broken obligation, in turn, isn’t a reason to dismiss today’s disclosure. “It adds to the fact that Iran’s behavior is ambiguous,” Barzashka says. “The issue for Iran should be to do anything to dissuade this concern, like [implementing] further transparency measures … that should be the issue Iran should address.”…

http://washingtonindependent.com/60932/has-iran-actually-violated-any-specific-international-obligations-here

Iran has constructed a large facility. But there is no evidence that there is any URANIUM at the facility at all. It must tell the IAEA that it is going to introduce Uranium into the reactors at the facility six months before it does so

The U.S. government has actually KNOWN about this facility for years. Obama was made aware of it when he became president as any president who is being briefed on entering office would be.

Here is a U.S. government REPORT on the installation:

The latest IAEA report (GOV/2009/55) states that Iran has not yet implemented early provisions of design information in accordance with the revised Code 3.1 of the Subsidiary Arrangements General Part, which would require Iran to notify the agency of the construction of new facilities or modifications to existing ones as soon as such a decision has been authorized by the government or the plant operator. The original agreement required Iran to submit such information no later than 180 days before the introduction of nuclear material into the facility (GOV/2003/40).

The only reason that the United States would have to complain is if it had some belief that Iran was going to place Uranium into the reactor within the next six month, before that six months is up, and so then Iran would be in violation of the NNPT, But so far no Uranium has been introduced, nor has Iran stated that it intends to introduce any.

Iran and Syria have repeatedly made a single statement. Make the ENTIRE Middle East a nuclear free zone, and we will give up all of our nuclear energy programs.

Unfortunately the United States does not accept that offer, because it does not want to force Israel to give up its nukes, because it knows full well that Israel will not do so, which means that the U.S. will have to simply allow the other states to do the same.

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The final facts are that in Obama’s less than ten months in office:

1. DJIA is now higher than when he got elected
2. Government has started earning profits on TARP investments
3. JObs are being created
4. Roads are being repaired
5. Airports are expanding services
6. Businesses are starting to see an upswing in consumer confidence
7. unemployment rates fell in several states

Add to this this months rise in housing prices and housing starts first time in 24 months, and you have Obama doing much better than Bush or Reagan did in their first ten months in office.
Obama’s policies have been more effective than the Bush tax cuts claim they were. It took almost two years before you saw any positive economic change after the dot com bubble and the Bush tax cuts. In fact the market went down even further for some time after the Bush tax cuts.

In fact the Dow was at about 10,500 when Bush entered office and it was 10,500 on the day he was inaugurated for his second term in office

In fact after the Bush tax cuts which went into effect early in 2001, the market plummetted from 10,504 in July of 2001, to 7,992 in April of 2003. It was not until January, 2005 that they reached the same levels they were at on the day Bush entered office. January 2001 the Dow was at 10,686.00
and it finally passed this on Jan-05 10,783.75 though by the end of the same month it was down again to 10,489.94.

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And finally the worlds largest violator for years of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty. The United States. While the U.S. demands that other nations allow the IAEA in to inspect their reactors and place cameras in them and so on, the United States has denied this for almost 30 years.

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