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Cave in Obama puts Social Security and Medicare in budget deal
Michael Collins
(Washington, DC 3/22) Yesterday we found out that President Barack Obama put Medicare and Social Security in the budget deal mix; timely but not thoughtful. What a profile in cowardice. Maybe not. Let's give him the benefit of the doubt and assume that cutting these two programs is part of the Obama Money Party agenda. That's the elegant explanation and explained below.
Here's what Bloomberg reported (thanks to Lauren Hallahan's list for the tip):
"President Barack Obama told Senate Democrats that they should be open to changes in entitlement programs to achieve a long-term budget deal, according to several lawmakers who attended a meeting with him on Capitol Hill today." Bloomberg, March 21
Social Security does not contribute to the deficit. In fact, without the annual appropriation of Social Security funds , cash flow for the government would experience serious cash flow prolems. Each year, Treasury takes Social Security tax revenues to fund the general budget. Treasury leaves an IOU promising to repay beneficiaries down the road. The promise is guaranteed by the "full faith and credit of the United States of America." Who would take the word of the (s)elected "crooks and liars" given all the betrayals we see on a regular basis?
Jesus [Christ], Dorner and Bin Laden: Patsy, Terrorist, or Savior
By Robert Singer
A coincidental look into the lives of the 3 most wanted terrorists in history.
terrorists plural of ter·ror·ist, Noun
A terrorist is a person who uses terrorism in the pursuit of political aims.
There is neither an academic nor an international legal consensus regarding the definition of the term "terrorism." Various legal systems and government agencies use different definitions of "terrorism." These difficulties arise from the fact that the term "terrorism" is politically and emotionally charged. [From Wikipedia]
- Christopher Jordan Dorner [Why do so many assassins/terrorists have 3 names?] a violent domestic terrorist and author of numerous versions of a “manifesto,” in 2013 stars in the recent episode of rampage killing TV, at age 33. News Services Fake Dorner Manifesto, Quick-Shooting Police Mistake Little Women for a Big Man
Quoted in the LA Times: "I don't want to hurt you, I just want to clear my name." Does this sound like something a violent domestic terrorist would say?
[Note the details in the wanted poster to the right. Build: Thin, Remarks: “He is left-handed and walks with a cane." Footnote [1] explains why the CIA would knowingly release a confession video with an overweight, fat nosed actor writing with his right hand.]
- Usama Bin Laden [3 names], a violent international terrorist and kidney dialysis patient, in 1990, stars in the “First Bin Laden-Related Terror Attack in US,” at age 33. In 1998 Bin Laden makes the FBI’s most wanted list for his suspected role in the bombings of two U.S. embassies in East Africa. Finally in 2001, Bid Laden is chosen [by the CIA] to be the leader of al-Qaeda and the leading character in the 9/11 “attack” on America from his bed in a Pakistani military under the jurisdiction of the Pakistani Armed Forces with close links to the Pentagon. [2]
Quoted in the LA Times: “We hate your freedoms but we do not mind establishing a long-term truce between us and you.” Does this sound like something a violent international terrorist would say?
We Must Not Fail Wikileaks Whistleblower Bradley Manning
By Kevin Zeese
Bradley Manning reading his plea statement in court
As I sat in court last Thursday at Fort Meade, watching Bradley Manning take responsibility as the Wikileaks whistleblower, two things struck me: (1) his thorough intelligence fueled by intellectual curiosity and (2) his empathy for other people when so many in war had lost their humanity.
This was the second time I had heard Manning testify. The first was his testimony about the abusive pre-trial incarceration he suffered for one year while being held in a cage in Kuwait and in solitary confinement in the Quantico Brig. I’ve now seen him testify for a total of 15 hours.
His testimony leads me to wonder: what would have happened to Bradley Manning if we had a decent educational system that included affordable, preferably free, college education so that young people weren't driven to the military for economic reasons? What could Bradley Manning have given the country if he had been able to pursue his interests and natural talents? Would Manning have joined the military if the country was honest about how the US Empire operates around the world?
Obama in Israel
by Stephen Lendman
His visit bodes ill, not good. He left late Tuesday night. On March 20, he arrived around noon Israeli time.
Secretary of State John Kerry came earlier. Scores of officials, aides and security personnel accompanied him and Obama.
Around 15,000 Israeli police provide security. So do US secret service and its Israeli counterpart.
Pakistan in Search of New Future
Mahboob A. Khawaja, PhD
Pakistan is at critical crossroads. Its moral, intellectual and socio-economic and political capacity and lifelines are undermined by its own wicked rulers. If there were any educated, honest and intelligent political leaders of vision and integrity, they would worry about its present and future and try to pursue a navigational Change. Could the THINKING PEOPLE of Pakistan reverse the course of junk history and make a new beginning based on the ideology and values of the concept of Pakistan? Could the new generations of educated, honest and intelligent Pakistanis initiate new political system and institutions, produce proactive visionary leadership to extend intellectual security and help to protect the integrity and security of the besieged nation?
A Bitter Moment in Obama’s Presidency His “Grand Bargain” Is Dead; Sequester Cut Is Here to Stay
Eric Zuesse
Obama’s biggest plan for the economy, his “Grand Bargain” that he has been working toward, with the Republicans, since at least four days before his first inauguration, essentially died on Sunday, March 17th, of 2013.
A top Senate Republican said then that trading cuts to Social Security and Medicare, for hikes on taxes that the middle class pay, would be acceptable to Senate Republicans. But the Republican House Speaker, John Boehner, said the same day that such a deal would never pass his chamber: “The president got his tax hikes on January 1. The talk about raising revenue is over.” His chamber won’t pass any tax-hikes at all, he said, on ABC’s “This Week.”
America's Genocidal Iraq War
by Stephen Lendman
March 19 marks its 10th anniversary. Permanent occupation is policy. Killing, destruction, toxic pollution, and human misery remain unabated. Pre-2003 Iraq no longer exists.
America's Iraq war is one of history's greatest crimes. It followed Gulf War devastation and punishing sanctions.
They caused about 1.5 million deaths. Most were young children. Up to 7,000 died monthly. Former UN humanitarian coordinator Dennis Halliday resigned in protest. He refused to be part of what he called "genocide."
Gideon Polya keeps count. From 1990 - 2011, he estimates 1.7 million violent deaths, 2.9 million avoidable ones (from sanctions, disease, deprivation and displacement), up to six million refugees, and a dysfunctional, repressive occupied nation.
Grand Theft Cyprus
by Stephen Lendman
Cyprus is tiny. Its population numbers about a million. Its GDP is miniscule by Western standards. It's 0.2% of Europe's economy. It's entrapped under Eurozone straightjacket rules.
They impose financial tyranny. Dissimilar countries surrender monetary and fiscal control. Doing so abandons effective ways to combat recessions.
They can't devalue their currencies to make exports more competitive. They can't print money freely. They can't spend, spend, spend.
Escalating Syria's War
by Stephen Lendman
Syria is Washington's war. It was planned years ago. At issue is regime change. America tolerates no independent governments. It wants pro-Western puppet ones replacing them.
Death squad terror is policy. Washington upped the stakes. Headlines suggest chemical weapons use. Both sides trade accusations. Nothing's verified.
Mossad-connected DEBKAfile headlined "Witnesses report onset of chemical warfare in Syria," saying:
A "Reuters photographer said he (saw) people come into two Aleppo hospitals with breathing problems after the attack. They claimed people were suffocating on the streets."
Remembering Rachel Corrie
by Stephen Lendman
Rachel represented the best of courageous activism. She put her body on the line for justice. She did so because it matters. She's gone but not forgotten.
Ten years ago on March 16, an Israeli bulldozer driver murdered her in cold blood. She tried stopping a Rafah refugee camp home demolition.
Eye witnesses said she climbed atop a giant Caterpillar tractor. They designed to destroy homes. They're weapons of mass destruction. Caterpillar's complicit in Israeli crimes.
Rachel spoke to the driver. She climbed down. She knelt 10 - 20 meters in front. She blocked its path with her body. She was in clear view.
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