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That Coup was ousting a president that was breaking the election rules/laws and the supreme court and their congress had him removed. He was trying to become a dictator. |
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Oh yeah? What company out there? I work at W&L... maybe five minutes from the interstate.
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Here's some facts about the economy under Reagan: -During the Reagan presidency, an average of 1.7 million jobs per year were created, as opposed to only 1.2 million jobs per year from 1990-95 (Cato Institute Analysis No.261; Economic Report of the President, 1996) -When Reagan took office the unemployment rate was 7.6%. When he left office the unemployment rate was 5.5% (Cato Institute Analysis No.261; Economic Report of the President, 1996) -Charitable contributions increased 57% during the 80s, from $65 billion in 1980 to $100 million in 1989 (American Enterprise, Sept-Oct ’91) -The rate of U.S. manufacturing productivity tripled during the 1980s (U.S. Commerce Department) -The Stock Market rose from 777 to 3,000 points during Reagan’s presidency, even after the crash of 1987. (Almanac of U.S. History) -The national deficit was approx. 2.6% of the U.S. GNP when Reagan entered office, and only 2.8% of the GNP when he left (Congressional Budget Office) All while bankrupting and bringing down the Soviet Union. -Middle class families earning between $20,000-$50,000/year had a 28% growth in net worth during Reagan’s time in office (National Review, April 18, 1994) -Inflation went down during Reagan’s time in office. In 1980 the CPI (Consumer Price Index) was 13.5, and in 1984 it dropped to 4.3, and eventually to 4.1 by 1988. (Economic Report of the President, January, 1993) -In 1981, the beginning of Reagan’s presidency, the top 5% of wage earners paid 35% of federal income taxes, while the bottom 50% paid 8%. By 1988, the end of Reagan’s presidency, the top 5% paid 46% of the federal taxes, while the bottom 50% paid 6% (Joint Economic Committee, 1990) A rising tide lifts all boats. -20 million new jobs were created during the Reagan presidency (U.S. Statistical Abstract) Of these 20 million new jobs: -The average hourly wage was $10/hr. -46.1% were over $28,048/yr, and another 46.2% were from $7,012-$28,048/yr, while only 6% were under $7,012/yr. -During the Carter administration (1977-80), of the new jobs created, 41,77% were under $7,012, 68.2% were in the $7,012- $28,048/yr bracket, and 9.9% of the pre-existing jobs in the $28,048 and up bracket were actually lost (Joint Economic Committee, based on data from Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor) I never said Iran/Contra made people fell better, but getting the hostages home was the right thing to do. According to the special prosecutor, Reagan was found not involved in any wrong-doing. -Lawrence Welsh, special prosecutor of the Iran-Contra scandal, concluded that Ronald Reagan was not responsible for any deflection of funds to the Contras or otherwise (D’Souza, Ronald Reagan…p. 204) The Russians don't keep their word and only negotiate what's in their best interest, not ours. Putin is an old Cold warrior. They won't reduce their nuclear arsenal and we'll never be able to verify it anyway. Also, as firstdown mentioned, Zelaya was trying to seize more power in violation of the Honduran constitution, courts and congress. The coup was approved by the other branches of the Honduran gov't.
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I just love how every international and domestic crisis is a reflection of President Obama's perceived strength or weakness and requires immediate U.S. intervention. Take for instance the North Korean vessel recently suspected of carrying small arms and other illicit weapons. That same ship, Kang Nam, has now returned to North Korea without docking or unloading it's materials in a foreign port. Yet that developement has flown under the radar and those same critics, who blasted the president for not being "tougher", are nowhere to be heard from now that it appears that the U.N. Resolution had more bite than some had originally thought.
My point is this, if we're going to critique the president or Sarah Palin for that matter, afterall this is a Palin to resign thread, let's be fair and balanced, as one of my favorite networks likes to say. Where the president is wrong, he should be held accountable and taken to task. And where he's shown sound judgement early on, there's no crime in acknowledging that. |
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I hadn't researched the UN Resolution on N. Korean arms shipments thoroughly. The resolution states that the ship must be docked before it can be boarded and inspected, stopping the ship on the high seas is not in the resolution. So the Obama Admin did the correct thing in shadowing the ship and not stopping the ship while at sea. However, I stand by my position on the missle tests. Another point I forgot to credit the Obama Admin on was the handling of the Somali pirate situation. Well done. To be fair and balanced, the Bush Admin got crapped on by N. Korea also. And while N. Korea is near Russia, it's probably not within Palin's foreign policy grasp because it's not right across the Bering Strait and can't be seen from her back porch.
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I'll take this a little further off course.
Biden was in my area yesterday speaking. I got caught up in his motorcade taking him back to the airport. I was heading north, they had the entire southbound side of the highway closed off, choppers in the air, cops everywhere, and every overpass closed off. I thought there was some sort of mega accident going on until I saw the motorcade racing down the highway. I waved but I guess he didn't see me. Pretty cool, not something you see around here every day. |
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As far as the resolution goes, Japan is trying to authorize its coastguard to inspect North Korean ships in line with a UN resolution. Basically, they could inspect ships both on the high seas and in Japanese waters. However, inspectors would first be required to get approval from the captain of any ship targeted and from its country of origin. As far as the missle launches go, what else can we do. Put Kim Jong in timeout? Unless we actually shoot down one of their missles, which is highly unlikely, I don't see what other viable options are on the table. |
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Damn, I thought I was brutal but Peggy Noonan done murked her.
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Shen usually fields very good football teams. Their school history is pretty impressive 288 Wins 71 Losses 4 Ties 24 League Championships 10 Super Bowl Championships 8 Undefeated Seasons Ranked # 1 in New York State 3 Times Ranked in the Top Ten of New York State 17 Times |
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