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Check out the following link. Nancy Pelosi has helped upgrade the menu to haute cuisine for Congress members.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0108/7888.html
Martin Luther King Jr.
Check out the following link. Nancy Pelosi has helped upgrade the menu to haute cuisine for Congress members.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0108/7888.html
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Florida, Michigan revotes comes down to money-
cnnpolitics.com
Both Clinton and Obama are under fire by the Democratic National Committee (DNC) for holding primaries too early in Florida and Michigan.
Clinton and Obama both agreed not to campaign in either state before the official start of the primary season on February 5. Early primaries were only given to four states which were Nevada, South Carolina, Iowa, and New Hampshire.
For violating the rules, neither parties will be allowed to obtain the 2,024 delegates needed to win nomination.
Both parties would like to have revotes in those states, but in Michigan that could cost 10 million dollars and another 20 million dollars in Florida. Having agreed not to use taxpayers money to fund the revotes, many are wondering, "who pays"? Although the Democratic National Convention would love to have revotes in those two states, they are focusing on the big piture. They rather save their money for the upcoming presidental election in November. Both Clinton and Obama have agreed to support any decision the DNC comes up with.
I read today in a article at cnn.com that Adm. William Fallon has resigned as chief of U.S. forces in the Middle East and Central Asia. Some people think that he wasportrayed him as resisting pressure for military action against Iran, which the Bush administration accuses of trying to develop nuclear weapons.The reason why he retired is because he believe it was the right thing to do, even though I do not believe there are in fact significant differences between his views and administration policy.President Bush praised Fallon for helping "ensure that America's military forces are ready to meet the threats of an often troubled region of the world.
Iran Warns Dutch Lawmaker's Anti-Koran Film Will 'Breed Violence'
Much of the Islamic community is angered at a Dutch film that breaks down what the Quran says. Geert Wilders known for his anti-Islamic rhetoric, and is the leader of the Freedom Party in the Netherlands made an anti-Islamic film. The film picks apart the Quran and depicts the book as fascist. The film shows how the Quran preaches oppression of women and homosexuals; explains how it can be used by extremists to preach violence. Most of the Islamic nation is angered over the film and protests it. With Iran, a country that spreads hate to its people, leading the charge, the Islamic community calls on the Dutch government to ban the film. However, because of the Netherlands right to Freedom of Expression, it would be a violation of Wilders rights. Films, books, and other forms of media are always putting down Christianity and other religions all of the time, and there is never any backlash from those communities. So why is there a back lash from the Islamic community? Could the depictions of the film actually be true and is that why the backlash is coming from Islamic nations? I am not trying to talk bad about Islam; however, it seems there is always a doubled edged sword when it comes to the Islamic religion. People can talk bad about one religion but not theirs. Their rights of freedom of religion must be protected but someone’s right to freedom of expression must be taken away because they do not like the topic. What does that say about the religion? Additionally, why is a nation, Iran, which preaches hate, threatening to boycott the Netherlands? Iran uses cartoon characters to preach hate about other religions. Yet they are leading the charge against the film, another doubled edged sword. The actions towards this film do not make the Islamic religion look good.
Article found at
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,336829,00.html
Spitzer resigns after stunning fall from power - N.Y. governor was a repeat prostitution customer
MSNBC News Services
updated 12:25 p.m. ET, Wed., March. 12, 2008
ALBANY, N.Y. - New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned on Wednesday, completing a stunning fall from power after he was nationally disgraced by links to a high-priced prostitution ring. His resignation will be made effective on Monday, March 17. The 48-year-old Spitzer spent thousands of dollars on a call girl at a swanky Washington hotel on the night before Valentine's Day. Investigators said Tuesday Spitzer was a repeat customer who spent tens of thousands of dollars — perhaps as much as $80,000 — with the prostitution service over an extended period of time. Spitzer's vast personal wealth would have made it easy for him to spend thousands of dollars on prostitutes. The scion of a wealthy Manhattan real estate developer, Spitzer reported $1.9 million in income to the IRS in 2006. On Wall Street, where Spitzer built his reputation as a crusader against shady practices and overly generous compensation, cheers and laughter erupted Monday from the trading floor when news broke of his potential ruin.
Many in the financial industry had long complained that the man known as "Mr. Clean" and the "Sheriff of Wall Street" was a sanctimonious bully who was just trying to advance his political career. Many Wall Streeters were delighted to see him get his comeuppance.
“He built his political reputation on rooting out government corruption, and made a name for himself as attorney general as crusader against shady practices and overly generous compensation. He also cracked down on prostitution.” As reported by Verena Dobnik and Michael Gormley of American Press, 3/12/2008.
"The irony and the hypocrisy are almost too good to be true," said Bryn Dolan, a fundraiser who works with many Wall Street employees.
My opinion, having intelligence, wealth, and political power did not protect him from doing what is politically and immorally wrong. As a public elected official and attorney general, he made the major mistake of being irrational and careless as he went about pursuing his sexual fantasies. Because of his selfishness, he has hurt those who are very close to him, family. Life is all about making the right chooses. When knowingly making the wrong choose, one must endure the consequence and repercussion that follows.
Iranians are voting Friday in parliamentary elections, which are expected to keep power in the hands of the country's conservative faction.
More than 40 million eligible voters will cast ballots for 4,500 candidates nationwide competing for 290 seats in the parliament (the Majlis). But Iran's Guardian Council, a religious oversight group, disqualified 1,700 candidates, many of them reformists and opponents of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
The Council said the rejected candidates did not display enough loyalty to Iran's Islamic system.
With so few reformists running, some analysts expect a low voter turnout. Key issues before the electorate include Iran's high inflation and unemployment, and how President Ahmadinejad deals with the West. Early results could begin coming in Saturday, but complete election returns are not expected for several days.
The VOA Middle East correspondent reports the election is largely a contest between two rival conservative factions, one more closely allied to Mr. Ahmadinejad and the other favoring a more pragmatic approach to issues such as Iran's dealings with the West over its nuclear program.
The Supreme National Security Council decreed that subjects such as Iran's nuclear program were off limits for public discussion, so many issues barely have been mentioned during campaigning. Instead, local or domestic matters, such as pollution, have been the focus in many districts.
My Opinion
It goes to show how messed up religion entwined with state is. Free elections aren't really free until anyone can be admitted on the ballet. Of course it's hard to get on the ballots here but we can too if we follow the rules.
While it is not necessarily a current political event, the 13th of March is a somber day (if you are French).
Zazare Ponticelli, died at the age of 110. Though Italian by birth, he fought for France in World War I and would later become a citizen.
He was the last surviving veteran of the 8.4 million French that fought in the First World War.
Truly honorable to the end, he refused a state funeral, unless all of the fallen were remembered. At his request, France is to hold a national funeral this coming Monday to honor all that lived, fought or died in the trenches.
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