22 April 2008
News and Comments - 04/22/08
Posted by Roy Bischoff under: What's News .
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Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that during the mad cow epidemic our government could track a single cow, born in Canada almost three years ago, right to the stall where she slept in the state of Washington? And, they tracked her calves to their stalls. But they
are unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around our country. Maybe we should give each of them a cow.
22 April 2008 at 6:22 am. Iraq PM criticizes neighbors for lack of support By Sue Pleming and Ulf Laessing Tue Apr 22, 3:37 AM ET KUWAIT (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki rebuked neighboring states on Tuesday for not doing enough to strengthen ties with Baghdad, write off Iraq’s debts or stop militants entering the war-torn country. In a hard-hitting speech at a meeting in Kuwait of foreign ministers from Iraq’s neighbors and Western powers, Maliki rattled off a list of grievances his government had. Maliki did not name any countries but his remarks appeared aimed at Sunni Arab countries which have only low-level ties with his Shi’ite-led government. “It’s difficult for us to explain why diplomatic ties have not been resumed with Iraq, which got rid of a dictatorship,” Maliki said at the start of the one-day meeting. “Many other foreign countries have kept diplomatic missions in Baghdad regardless of security considerations.” No ambassador from any Sunni Arab nation is stationed permanently in Baghdad. Visits by top officials from Arab states, which have been reluctant to extend full legitimacy to Iraq’s U.S.-backed government, are also rare. By comparison, Iraq has growing ties with Shi’ite Iran. The Kuwait meeting is a follow-on from gatherings of Iraq’s neighbors as well as permanent members of the U.N. Security Council that were held in Turkey and Egypt last year. The talks are aimed at helping stabilize Iraq. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who is at the meeting, has said she would push hard for Arab neighbors to “meet their obligations” and step up financial and diplomatic support that has not been forthcoming since the 2003 invasion. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080422/wl_nm/iraq_neighbours_dc;_ylt=AkHCUYxkXOGi5Zew8cg4LqAV6w8F 22 April 2008 at 9:12 am. This is one of the keys in winning the war. Those other arab nations should want a stable region so they have to step up. 22 April 2008 at 10:45 am. Haha Roy, thats funny. I bet the government could do a better job of tracking illegal aliens but they would rather be doing other things. 22 April 2008 at 11:39 am. Clinton may have the best answer here. An offensive attack doesn’t feel right and we don’t have the resources and it would mean facing Russia and China also. The deterrent of complete obliteration may be the best policy. Clinton says U.S. could “totally obliterate” Iran WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton warned Tehran on Tuesday that if she were president, the United States could “totally obliterate” Iran in retaliation for a nuclear strike against Israel. On the day of a crucial vote in her nomination battle against fellow Democrat Barack Obama, the New York senator said she wanted to make clear to Tehran what she was prepared to do as president in hopes that this warning would deter any Iranian nuclear attack against the Jewish state. “I want the Iranians to know that if I’m the president, we will attack Iran (if it attacks Israel),” Clinton said in an interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080422/pl_nm/usa_politics_iran_dc_4;_ylt=AvY4joaCBKZU2ecSa_Mwlh0E1vAI 22 April 2008 at 11:50 am. I have a hard time caring a lot but today is an important primary: PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (CNN) — The fate of the battle for the Democratic presidential nomination may be on the line Tuesday as voters head to the polls in Pennsylvania’s primary. Sen. Hillary Clinton is ahead of Sen. Barack Obama in the latest “poll of polls” of Pennsylvania voters. Polls opened at 7 a.m. ET and will close at 8 p.m. in the state, which has 158 delegates at stake. Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama both would love to come out of Pennsylvania with a win, but most political analysts agree that a victory is crucial for Clinton. Obama leads in the delegate count, the popular vote and the number of states won so far this primary season. If Clinton is victorious, it would allow her to make a small dent in Obama’s lead, and more. “If she wins Pennsylvania by a hefty margin, she can prove she can win the traditional Democratic constituencies needed to win the election, mostly white working-class voters,” said Gloria Borger, a CNN senior political analyst. http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/04/22/pa.primary/index.html 22 April 2008 at 12:13 pm. Dollar slumps to new record low versus euro FRANKFURT, Germany - The euro roared to another record high Tuesday, crossing $1.60 in late afternoon trading in Europe after a pair of ECB governors said high inflation may cause the bank to raise interest rates. 22 April 2008 at 2:38 pm. Jesse, I agree that Hillary’s plan is the best but at the same time we should be doing some clandestine operations to address the situation. 22 April 2008 at 2:50 pm. Record-high crude nears $120 on supply concerns By Polya Lesova & Moming Zhou, MarketWatch April 22, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Crude-oil futures rose Tuesday to a new high of $119.90 a barrel as lingering worries over oil-supply disruptions and the dollar’s new low against the euro provided support for prices. 22 April 2008 at 2:51 pm. Dang, I forgot to give the link. I think I’m a little unhappy about this news. Things are getting a little tight. I drive a lot. http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/crude-hits-new-high-11990/story.aspx?guid={8B6DEB5D-D66F-4985-8DE3-3ED8E103A099}&siteid=yahoomy 22 April 2008 at 2:55 pm. California foreclosure “surge”: Up 327% from ‘07 levels Jz2tduncThe number of California homes lost to foreclosure in the first quarter surged 327% from year-ago levels — reaching an average of more than 500 foreclosures per day — DataQuick said in a report warning that the widening foreclosure problem could “spread beyond the current categories of dicey mortgages, and into mainstream home loans.” From DataQuick’s report on California foreclosures in the first three months of 2008: “Trustees Deeds recorded, or the actual loss of a home to foreclosure, totaled 47,171 during the first quarter. … Last quarter’s total rose 48.9 percent from 31,676 in the previous quarter, and jumped 327.6 percent from 11,032 in first quarter 2007.” That translates into 517 foreclosures every day in the first quarter of 2008. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laland/2008/04/california-fo-1.html 22 April 2008 at 3:01 pm. UK’s Brown: Food crisis is new credit crunch (CNN) — British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Tuesday that rising food prices pose as great a threat to world prosperity as the global credit crunch, warning that spiraling prices threaten to reverse progress made to alleviate poverty in the developing world. A demonstrator eats grass during a protest in Haiti in April. The British leader, who is meeting in London with World Food Program executive director Josette Sheeran, development charities and farmers, said urgent action to stimulate food production is needed, including a review of the impact of biofuels on global agriculture. Rising food prices, stoked by increased fuel costs, have led to the world’s first major food crisis since World War II and sparked protests across the Caribbean, Africa and Asia. “Tackling hunger is a moral challenge to each of us and it is also a threat to the political and economic stability of nations,” Brown said, in a statement released Tuesday ahead of the meeting in London. http://www.cnn.com/2008/BUSINESS/04/22/brown.food.ap/index.html 22 April 2008 at 3:02 pm. I still say we should focus on the positive and not worry so much about what is coming. Worrying makes it worse. 22 April 2008 at 3:06 pm. If we don’t spend at least some time considering the future then we won’t be ready for it. That is irresponsible. 22 April 2008 at 3:11 pm. It is better not to know the future. It would be to scary and we would probably mess things up if we knew it. I don’t think we weren’t meant to know what is going to happen to us. 22 April 2008 at 3:16 pm. One third of the Bible is about prophecies so I am sorry Realist, but I don’t think the Lord agrees with you. He wants us to prepare ourselves and to remain faithful to him and be ready for the End Times the best we can. I am very grateful for all the prophecies that inspire me and let me know that I don’t have to be afraid because in the end he makes everything come out right. 22 April 2008 at 3:24 pm. Maybe those prophecies were meant to be confusing so that we wouldn’t understand anything until after it happened and then it would be a witness that God lives. 22 April 2008 at 3:28 pm. The parable of the fig tree tells us very clearly we are suppose to be watching for the signs of his coming. This doesn’t mean recognize them afterward. He was trying to help us because he loves us. 22 April 2008 at 8:44 pm. Sen. Hillary Clinton has won the Pennsylvania primary vote as expected, ABC News has projected. US Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY., wins Pennsylvania Democratic primary, besting Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill. Clinton has led polls in the state, and her win now fuels questions about why Obama hasn’t been able to sew up the nomination, despite having more money, having won more states and having a lead in the popular vote and pledged delegates, according to ABC News’ delegate scorecard. The pressure was on Clinton today to win by a large margin. Clinton won 53 percent of the vote, to Obama’s 47 percent, with 18 percent of the precincts reporting so far. http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Vote2008/story?id=4701035&page=1 You must be logged in to post a comment.
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