World Politics

[Darryl Webster]

Very amusing vid highlighting the diferance between Conservative @ New Labour ( Ie, there isnt any)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FnmnuDiVno&feature=player_embedded#!

Love this amongst the comment :
"Politicians. They're like nappies, you change them regularly and for the same reason."

 

[Anonymous]

Oh....

So this was what the global warming thing is all about.

http://www.grist.org/article/2011-01-23-climate-change-lawsuits-are-on-the-rise

 

[redtreviso]

Oh....

So this was what the global warming thing is all about.

http://www.grist.org/article/2011-01-23-climate-change-lawsuits-are-on-the-rise

Yea it's only the latest fad in the law profession,,nothing more. Have a beer.

 

[Anonymous]

Yea it's only the latest fad in the law profession,,nothing more. Have a beer.

Trial lawyers....

It's a little early for a beer but, overall, not a bad idea.

 

[redtreviso]

Trial lawyers....

It's a little early for a beer but, overall, not a bad idea.

Trial Lawyers???? oh nooooooo... Says the "legal council" for Goldman Sachs, Exxon, Enron...and Rush....

baaaaaaaa Scotty

 

[fatandfast]

Trial lawyers....

It's a little early for a beer but, overall, not a bad idea.

I worked in a couple of navy research bldgs in San Diego. I was contacted by a law firm about some class action because of the amount of time I worked there. Went to a lab to take a test for lung capacity. They explained that after the test they may need to take a tissue sample if indeed my lungs where effected. I took the test..they told me I could leave and were very disappointed in the results..lead paint,asbestos and who knows what else..but racing and commuting must have lessened the effects. I really could have used 50-100 grand.

Albino Python will be on tap today if this snow keeps up. Stone Brewery sells lots of products that I have enjoyed lately

 

[redtreviso]

I worked in a couple of navy research bldgs in San Diego. I was contacted by a law firm about some class action because of the amount of time I worked there. Went to a lab to take a test for lung capacity. They explained that after the test they may need to take a tissue sample if indeed my lungs where effected. I took the test..they told me I could leave and were very disappointed in the results..lead paint,asbestos and who knows what else..but racing and commuting must have lessened the effects. I really could have used 50-100 grand.

Albino Python will be on tap today if this snow keeps up. Stone Brewery sells lots of products that I have enjoyed lately

Actually this is close to the ONLY concern about TORT reform and how "trial lawyers" has gained a point of ridicule from the right.. If not for asbestos liability hanging over Dresser, Haliburton would have never touched it. Dresser principles were the Bush family btw. Whenever John Cornyn or someone rails about trial lawyers they are just trying to please "Richard" Cheney and the Bush Crime Family. Otherwise you'd hear little about "trial lawyers" unless Bush/Cheney owned coal mines.

 

[redtreviso]

10 years ago today

""WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 — Alan Greenspan, the Federal Reserve chairman, gave his blessing today to a substantial tax cut, but warned that it should not be so big that it would plunge the government back into deficit if the federal budget surplus fails to materialize as projected.

In a clear shift from his previous position that reducing the national debt should be the focus of fiscal policy, Mr. Greenspan said improvements in the economy's long-term potential and the swelling surplus projections had ''reshaped the choices and opportunities before us'' to permit a combination of debt reduction and tax cuts.""

 

[The Hitch]

6000 .............

 

[redtreviso]

6000 .............

6000? How old the earth is and Jesus had a pet dinosaur?

 

[scribe]

6000 .............

And I've totally abandoned this monster.

 

[fatandfast]

Journeyman pictures has a pretty good video about the Bali 9. Two of the guys are going up on the last appeal before a death sentence is handed down. Being American it is nothing short of amazing to see how the prison officials treat the prisoners. No matter what the outcome the people of Bali should be proud of the humanity that is shown to guys on death row. I have followed the case very little although I was in Australia when they got arrested..now it looks like it will only be weeks to find out the outcome

 

[redtreviso]

Everyone knows that Ronald Reagan won the space race?

""..Pressed on the idea of the "Sputnik Moment," Palin responded, "When (the president) so often repeated the Sputnik Moment that he would aspire Americans to celebrate. He needs to remember that what happened back then with the former communist USSR and their victory in that race to space, yeah, they won, but they also incurred so much debt at the time that it led to the inevitable collapse of the Soviet Union."""

gfd!

 

[Anonymous]

Everyone knows that Ronald Reagan won the space race?

""..Pressed on the idea of the "Sputnik Moment," Palin responded, "When (the president) so often repeated the Sputnik Moment that he would aspire Americans to celebrate. He needs to remember that what happened back then with the former communist USSR and their victory in that race to space, yeah, they won, but they also incurred so much debt at the time that it led to the inevitable collapse of the Soviet Union."""

gfd!

$28,000,000,000 per week upside down and you are worked up over Palin, Rush and Fox news.

2011 addition to the Federal deficit? $1.5 Trillion. Learn it. Live it. Love it.

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2011/01/26/cbo-report-fuels-budget-debate/

Obama proposes "freezing" Federal spending at current levels. How brave.

Meanwhile, national unemployment is predicted to hover around 9.5% for the balance of the year.

No less than 11 states are facing potential bankruptcy... well not really 'facing'... they already are BK.

But the good news is energy costs will skyrocket as well as health insurance premiums, so there's that.

Epic Fail.

 

[rhubroma]

Since the mid 80's the wealthiest in America have seen their earnings double, while the middle class hasn't had an increase in their income.

10% of the richest American's today control 80% of the nation's wealth, whereas in the 70's it was 20-60. Neoliberalism has been disproved, in that increasing in wealth is not to everyone's benefit. Rather increasing wealth only causes social improvement based on its more equitable distribution. To the contrary, wealth increase that only largely benefits the already affluent only causes social unrest, discontent and ultimately revolution.

The relationship between wealth and poverty in the US was at a significantly more balanced level 40 years ago, following the neoliberal regime since then, however, it is more approaching the status of emerging countries like India, Indonesia and China. There is no more evidence of America's decline.

In India there is the highest concentration of billionaires on the planet, notwithstanding the crisis of financial capitalism and the appalling conditions of hundreds of millions in that land.

The imbalance between the US GNP and public debt has not been due to funding medical care, education, pensions (that is "socialist" things), but rather due to the neoliberal capitalist ideology that caters to the financial institutions and the military apparatus necessary to fight America's wars to maintain the global hegemony it has enjoyed, which allows it to keep petrol currency in dollars and so provides the US money with its global appeal. An appeal that keeps international inverters, especially China, supplying the US with the vital capital treatment it needs to save it from the fatal and auto-inflicted disease from which it is suffering.

This is the truth. Scott SoCal only deludes himself with his rather hysterical rantings. He is thus willing to see the effects of a lethal malady, though not its causes.

 

[Semper Fidelis]

$28,000,000,000 per week upside down and you are worked up over Palin, Rush and Fox news.

2011 addition to the Federal deficit? $1.5 Trillion. Learn it. Live it. Love it.

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2011/01/26/cbo-report-fuels-budget-debate/

Obama proposes "freezing" Federal spending at current levels. How brave.

Meanwhile, national unemployment is predicted to hover around 9.5% for the balance of the year.

No less than 11 states are facing potential bankruptcy... well not really 'facing'... they already are BK.

But the good news is energy costs will skyrocket as well as health insurance premiums, so there's that.

Epic Fail.

I am not so convinced the energy cost is going to “skyrocket”. With health insurance premiums set to go up if the present health care law stands as written. I have some blind faith that they can work the health care law into a viable / workable solution for all working Americans.

 

[Semper Fidelis]

Since the mid 80's the wealthiest in America have seen their earnings double, while the middle class hasn't had an increase in their income.

10% of the richest American's today control 80% of the nation's wealth, whereas in the 70's it was 20-60. Neoliberalism has been disproved, in that increasing in wealth is not to everyone's benefit. Rather increasing wealth only causes social improvement based on its more equitable distribution. To the contrary, wealth increase that only largely benefits the already affluent only causes social unrest, discontent and ultimately revolution.

The relationship between wealth and poverty in the US was at a significantly more balanced level 40 years ago, following the neoliberal regime since then, however, it is more approaching the status of emerging countries like India, Indonesia and China. There is no more evidence of America's decline.

In India there is the highest concentration of billionaires on the planet, notwithstanding the crisis of financial capitalism and the appalling conditions of hundreds of millions in that land.

The imbalance between the US GNP and public debt has not been due to funding medical care, education, pensions (that is "socialist" things), but rather due to the neoliberal capitalist ideology that caters to the financial institutions and the military apparatus necessary to fight America's wars to maintain the global hegemony it has enjoyed, which allows it to keep petrol currency in dollars and so provides the US money with its global appeal. An appeal that keeps international inverters, especially China, supplying the US with the vital capital treatment it needs to save it from the fatal and auto-inflicted disease from which it is suffering.

This is the truth. Scott SoCal only deludes himself with his rather hysterical rantings. He is thus willing to see the effects of a lethal malady, though not its causes.

I don't know but I am in the middle class and my income has at the very least seen an increase of about 35% from 10 years ago. Before that I guess I was what you would call at the Whiskey Tango level on the salary scale.
I never felt like joining a revolution.

 

[Anonymous]

Since the mid 80's the wealthiest in America have seen their earnings double, while the middle class hasn't had an increase in their income.

10% of the richest American's today control 80% of the nation's wealth, whereas in the 70's it was 20-60. Neoliberalism has been disproved, in that increasing in wealth is not to everyone's benefit. Rather increasing wealth only causes social improvement based on its more equitable distribution. To the contrary, wealth increase that only largely benefits the already affluent only causes social unrest, discontent and ultimately revolution.

The relationship between wealth and poverty in the US was at a significantly more balanced level 40 years ago, following the neoliberal regime since then, however, it is more approaching the status of emerging countries like India, Indonesia and China. There is no more evidence of America's decline.

In India there is the highest concentration of billionaires on the planet, notwithstanding the crisis of financial capitalism and the appalling conditions of hundreds of millions in that land.

The imbalance between the US GNP and public debt has not been due to funding medical care, education, pensions (that is "socialist" things), but rather due to the neoliberal capitalist ideology that caters to the financial institutions and the military apparatus necessary to fight America's wars to maintain the global hegemony it has enjoyed, which allows it to keep petrol currency in dollars and so provides the US money with its global appeal. An appeal that keeps international inverters, especially China, supplying the US with the vital capital treatment it needs to save it from the fatal and auto-inflicted disease from which it is suffering.

This is the truth. Scott SoCal only deludes himself with his rather hysterical rantings. He is thus willing to see the effects of a lethal malady, though not its causes.

Delude this;

US Federal Budget Fiscal 2010 in case you don't recognize....

 

[redtreviso]

$28,000,000,000 per week upside down and you are worked up over palin, rush and fox news.

your queen is incredibly stupid

2011 addition to the federal deficit? $1.5 trillion. Learn it. Live it. Love it.

cheney your hero says deficits don't matter..reagan almost reinvented the word

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2011/01/26/cbo-report-fuels-budget-debate/

obama proposes "freezing" federal spending at current levels. How brave.

lockheed will just have to claim cost overruns

meanwhile, national unemployment is predicted to hover around 9.5% for the balance of the year.

never mind the "pro american" movement to exploit the cheapest labor

no less than 11 states are facing potential bankruptcy... Well not really 'facing'... They already are bk.

and the federal reserve hold cds (gramm notes) on state's debts..

But the good news is energy costs will skyrocket as well as health insurance premiums, so there's that.

but exxon will do fine...they own your party and your vote

epic fail.

epic something...........................

 

[Anonymous]

I am not so convinced the energy cost is going to “skyrocket”. With health insurance premiums set to go up if the present health care law stands as written. I have some blind faith that they can work the health care law into a viable / workable solution for all working Americans.

Well, in California we have cap and trade (AB32) and as goes California so goes the rest of the Country, or so I've been told.

Lessee, heath insurance premiums...

Ok, Insurers can no longer deny insurance for pre-existing conditions. Great, it's about time, right? Except now, all insured are now in a pool with higher risk. Higher risk = higher cost.

No lifetime caps on insurance policies. Great. Except the actuaries have no way to limit potential payouts for medical care. What effect will this have on premiums? Probably not much, but it won't be lower.

Receive cost-free preventive services? Yes. Lower costs? Perhaps 20 - 30 years from now, but today? Nope. Nobody works for free.

Kids on parents policy until they are 26. What do you think this will do to insurance cost... higher or lower?


My idea is to punish those greedy capitalists in the insurance world and those self-serving greedy doctors and other health providers who should just have to work for free, after all, medical care is a human right.

 

[Anonymous]

epic something...........................

Bummer for you... I don't quite fit in your one-size-fits-all mentality.

Palin is my queen? No.

Cheney is my hero? Uh, no.

Lockheed cost overruns? Probably.

"pro american" cheap labor movement? What, you got something against brown people?

Monetizing the debt? Yes, the liberal's liberal answer.

Exxon? Dude, they own your vote too you just haven not figured it out yet.

All in all, not bad. How's the riding going?

 

[Semper Fidelis]

Well, in California we have cap and trade (AB32) and as goes California so goes the rest of the Country, or so I've been told.

Lessee, heath insurance premiums...

Ok, Insurers can no longer deny insurance for pre-existing conditions. Great, it's about time, right? Except now, all insured are now in a pool with higher risk. Higher risk = higher cost.

No lifetime caps on insurance policies. Great. Except the actuaries have no way to limit potential payouts for medical care. What effect will this have on premiums? Probably not much, but it won't be lower.

Receive cost-free preventive services? Yes. Lower costs? Perhaps 20 - 30 years from now, but today? Nope. Nobody works for free.

Kids on parents policy until they are 26. What do you think this will do to insurance cost... higher or lower?


My idea is to punish those greedy capitalists in the insurance world and those self-serving greedy doctors and other health providers who should just have to work for free, after all, medical care is a human right.

All points that I understand, I want to believe that they will be able to work most of these out of the law by 2014? I think that is when the health care will kick in? Not trying to debate the mess of he law as it stands now.

 

[Cobblestones]

Well, in California we have cap and trade (AB32) and as goes California so goes the rest of the Country, or so I've been told.

Lessee, heath insurance premiums...

Ok, Insurers can no longer deny insurance for pre-existing conditions. Great, it's about time, right? Except now, all insured are now in a pool with higher risk. Higher risk = higher cost.

No lifetime caps on insurance policies. Great. Except the actuaries have no way to limit potential payouts for medical care. What effect will this have on premiums? Probably not much, but it won't be lower.

Receive cost-free preventive services? Yes. Lower costs? Perhaps 20 - 30 years from now, but today? Nope. Nobody works for free.

Kids on parents policy until they are 26. What do you think this will do to insurance cost... higher or lower?


My idea is to punish those greedy capitalists in the insurance world and those self-serving greedy doctors and other health providers who should just have to work for free, after all, medical care is a human right.

You know how to get the premiums down then:

1) don't accept anybody with preexisting conditions
2) reintroduce lifetime caps at around 100% of projected accumulated premiums per person
3) no preventive care. If you ain't sick, why would you need to see a doctor.
4) no family plans. Everybody's on his own.

I'm sure when all that becomes law the premiums will go down (at least the services do). Or will they? Might be the CEOs just give themselves higher bonuses for good lobbying.

 

[Hugh Januss]

You know how to get the premiums down then:

1) don't accept anybody with preexisting conditions
2) reintroduce lifetime caps at around 100% of projected accumulated premiums per person
3) no preventive care. If you ain't sick, why would you need to see a doctor.
4) no family plans. Everybody's on his own.

I'm sure when all that becomes law the premiums will go down (at least the services do). Or will they? Might be the CEOs just give themselves higher bonuses for good lobbying.

Let's work together to make America great again. Once all the poor people have died from lack of affordable healthcare the rest of us can really start to live it up.

 

[Anonymous]

You know how to get the premiums down then:

1) don't accept anybody with preexisting conditions
2) reintroduce lifetime caps at around 100% of projected accumulated premiums per person
3) no preventive care. If you ain't sick, why would you need to see a doctor.
4) no family plans. Everybody's on his own.

I'm sure when all that becomes law the premiums will go down (at least the services do). Or will they? Might be the CEOs just give themselves higher bonuses for good lobbying.

Well, those ideas will drive insurance rates down.

I've got a better idea. Why don't we as a society remove, by law, the profit motive from the health industry by forcing private insurers to take risk that will bankrupt them? That way we, as a society, can have a single payor govt system (that's free) with really high standards of care.

There. Fixed it.