We froze Col. Kadafi's assets over here a while back and all he did was change hats.Uh, no – as noted here…
“As of today, at least 30 billion dollars in government of Libya assets under United States jurisdiction have been blocked as a result of the executive order issued by President Obama,” Acting Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence David Cohen said on a conference call with reporters. “This is the largest blocking under any sanctions program ever.”I will admit that this by itself is not going to stop the conflict…but then again, maybe if Malcolm’s former boss’s husband hadn’t decided to reward Quaddafi by restoring full relations with him, we might not be in as big of a mess as we are now.
The $30 billion is a sum total of all of the assets that have been blocked, including assets of the government of Libya, the Central Bank of Libya and the Libyan Investment Authority.
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Obama issued the executive order on Friday freezing the assets of Gaddafi and his children as well as the government of Libya and its agencies. On Saturday, the United Nations Security Council adopted resolution 1970, which froze the assets of Gaddafi and his five children. The UK then adopted complementary sanctions on Sunday and today the EU announced they are in the process of adopting their own sanctions.
Malcolm also came up with a doozy yesterday that I’m just getting to now, in which he told us of the “secret lesson” of Baby Newton Leroy Gingrich’s hilarious presidential run, which is apparently to not declare too early as Gingrich did, and from that point, Malcolm proceeds to attack President Obama for a supposed never-ending presidential campaign, or something (as noted here, though, Malcolm suffers from Obama Derangement Syndrome anyway).
(I know this stuff is tiresome and definitely is lacking in the “man bites dog” quality of something that is actually newsworthy, but Malcolm is an insect who deserves to be swatted every so often.)
The Navy's decision to name a cargo ship now under construction after labor activist Cesar Chavez has drawn sharp criticism from one veteran lawmaker who says that a military war hero should receive the honor instead.I agree that Sergeant Peralta should receive the Medal of Honor, but I don’t understand the decision of his family to decline the Navy Cross.
Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, said he understands the Navy's desire to honor Hispanic leaders, but the Navy may want to skip the politically divisive names and opt for an outstanding service member.
"If this decision were about recognizing the Hispanic community's contribution to our nation, many other names come to mind, including Marine Corps Sergeant Rafael Peralta, who was nominated for the Medal of Honor for action in Iraq. Peralta is one of many Hispanic war heroes -- some of whom are worthy of the same recognition," said Hunter, a Reserve lieutenant in the Marines who says he was informed of the decision by Navy officials Tuesday.
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Peralta was 25 when he died in a battle in Fallujah, Iraq, in 2004. After he was shot in the head by friendly fire, he pulled a grenade lobbed by an insurgent under his body before it detonated. He was nominated for the Medal of Honor for sacrificing his life to save the lives of several of his fellow comrades.
Peralta has not been awarded the Medal of Honor, but was offered the Navy Cross, the second highest honor in the Navy. His family declined to accept it.
Besides, I’m not aware of a litmus test that must be passed in order for a U.S. ship to be named after a notable American. As noted here, a U.S. Army ship is named after General Joseph E. Johnston.
Joseph E. Johnston served in the Confederacy during the Civil War, the bunch that led an armed insurrection against this country. You know, against the Union (the guys in the blue coats). And that’s OK?
I’ve got an idea – let’s name the cargo ship after Chavez, name the next U.S. ship to be built after Sgt. Peralta and call it a deal, all right? And let Duncan Hunter find another issue for which he can be a demagogue.
Gee, I wonder if a Dem would have gotten a pass from our august corporate media for walking away from a bipartisan commission like this (I could see the screaming headlines now about Durbin, Sherrod Brown, Patty Murray or whoever supposedly not caring about the deficit, along with the typical bloviation from the right-wing echo chamber, had they done this).
Truth be told, I think Coburn actually did us a favor here by deflating this utterly ridiculous exercise (what we need is a jobs commission…wonder if “President Hopey Changey” will ever name one?).
And that now leads us to James Mountain Inhofe (here)…
It's not surprising that Democrats in Washington have no plan to bring down rising gas prices. But make no mistake, they do have a plan - to make them go higher.As noted here, Obama has directed the Justice Department to look into speculation in the energy markets that is driving up the price of gas (yeah, Obama wants the price of gas to go up and hurt his re-election prospects – uh huh).
That's right: the Democrats, along with President Obama, are advocating policies that will make you pay more at the pump. And that's exactly what they want. Consider President Obama's Energy Secretary, who said, "Somehow we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe." That's about $7 to $8 a gallon.
Also, Inhofe’s former Dem U.S. Senate opponent Andrew Rice told us the following here (noting also that Inhofe has received at least $1,076,573 in campaign contributions from Big Oil)…
It's nothing new for Oklahoma's senior senator to try to distract from our energy problems by pointing fingers and shifting blame. Rather than taking responsibility for his own inaction on gas prices and energy independence during his 22 years in Congress, Inhofe chooses to accuse those who disagree with him of "an attempt to misinform and frighten the public" (Inhofe in a July 9, 2002 floor speech) and "fear-mongering" (Inhofe in a January 4, 2005 floor speech). He used two hours of the Senate's time last October to discuss Leonardo DiCaprio, the Weather Channel, and his climate change denial, when he could have used that time to put forward solutions to the growing energy crisis.Of course, since Rice is a Dem and we’re talking about Oklahoma, he lost (idiots).
During the 14 years Inhofe has been in the Senate, gas prices have nearly quadrupled. Yet he seems content to blame others and takes no responsibility for his own failures. It's time Oklahoma's voters held Jim Inhofe accountable, and it's time we sent him a message that pointing fingers is no way to lead.
Oh, and here’s another Inhofe “funny,” remember (the global warming Al Gore igloo)?
Well, as noted here, the recent extreme weather patterns such as those in Texas and Louisiana were predicted by climate scientists years ago as part of the global warming that is so funny according to Inhofe.
Ha, ha, ha…Pennsbury School BoardSo basically, if this had been the general election instead of the primary, based on the voting of “Democrats” who chose to support Steve Kosmorsky, Chris Cridge and Dorothy Vislosky instead of those of their own party, Simon Campbell would now be in charge of the Pennsbury School Board.
All seats for 4-year terms
Region 1: 1 Seat
Republicans
Gene D. Dolnick (I) 507
Steve Kosmorsky 1,526
Democrats
Gene D. Dolnick (I) 1,008
Steve Kosmorsky 693
Region 2: 3 Seats
Democrats
Matthew Arlen 695
Mike Giosa 296
Gallus J. Obert Jr. 551
John Palmer 990
Jacqueline Redner 948
Gary Sanderson (I) 1,075
Dorothy Vislosky 667
Republicans
Matthew Arlen 330
Mike Giosa 166
Gallus J. Obert Jr. 213
John Palmer 179
Jacqueline Redner 186
Gary Sanderson (I) 187
Dorothy Vislosky 311
Region 3: 1 seat
Democrats
Chris Cridge 826
Linda L. Palsky (I) 981
Republicans
Chris Cridge 1,017
Linda L. Palsky (I) 284
Short of guttural profanity, I can’t think of a way to properly communicate my disgust.
Oh, and as noted here today in the Courier Times, “Only 11.56 percent of registered voters in Bucks turned out to the polls in Tuesday’s primary election.”
11.56 percent? That’s how many parents in this school district care about the education of their kids?
On second thought, I think guttural profanity actually works at this moment…
Are you fucking kidding me??
I read this column from Kate Fratti about all this the other day (she being a writer I genuinely respect), and I get what she’s saying here, about everybody having it tough and the teacher’s union having to give on salary and bennies. However, we need to keep the following in mind also…
… it's very hard for some of us to relate to some of the anti-union candidates when it comes to matters other than finance. Region 3 Republican Chris Cridge, for instance, confirms that as a parishioner at St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church, he videotaped sermons by a priest he perceived as too liberal and sent them on to the archdiocese. I think that's weird.If your answer is No, then you’d damn well better get off your asses and vote for the Democrats in November, people. And the following came from the comments…
"It was a long time ago," he said. But he makes no apology.
Another keeps a "Don't Tread On Me Sign" on his front lawn, and collects guns. I couldn't get him on the phone to talk about it Tuesday after leaving messages on his phone and with his campaign organizer.
Longtime Democrats ask, "Do we want social conservatives such as these running our schools?"
Get ready for the "intelligent design" and "abstinence solution " curriculum push once these folks are in control. That's the real long-term hidden agenda. Bank on it.If you don’t vote for yourselves this fall, people, at least do it for your kids.
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