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9196. jexster - 11/8/2008 2:55:20 PM Berlusconi's a Buffoon 9197. wonkers2 - 11/8/2008 5:55:21 PM Moving comment 'banks. I felt much the same way. My sister had an election watching party the evening of November 4. It was a joyous occasion as the electoral votes piled up for Obama. And his acceptance speech was quite moving, cooler than MLK but almost as good. 9198. jexster - 11/8/2008 6:19:27 PM Wipe the Pollack Entity off the map
CHICAGO – President-elect Obama has spoken to the president of Poland about relations between the two countries but didn't make a commitment on the multibillion-dollar missile defense program undertaken by the Bush administration, an Obama aide said Saturday.
That contrasts with a statement by Polish President Lech Kaczynski, who said Obama told him the missile defense project would continue.
9199. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 11/8/2008 9:12:44 PM 
9200. wonkers2 - 11/9/2008 2:52:29 AM I wonder who's telling the truth--Obama or Kaczynski? The project is a waste of money IMHO and unnecessarily provocative. 9201. Marc-Albert - 11/9/2008 5:17:21 AM
I hope the Palestinians and other Ayrabs are not putting too much stock in Mr. Obama and his trusted Chief-of-Staff to help find a solution to the Jewish occupation of Palestine.
On n'est pas sorti de l'auberge.
He will be our man at the White House (Maariv)
9202. Marc-Albert - 11/9/2008 5:19:24 AM I think a reality of US politics is that you can't get into the White House unless you are somewhere between staunchly and rabidly pro-Israel. (Bela in Random International) 9203. alistairConnor - 11/9/2008 12:40:25 PM That is the conventional wisdom, M-A... But then again, there was that famous anti-Semite Jimmy Carter... Had he been a little bit more skilful and realistic, and got the Syrians on board, the whole bag of knots could have been ancient history by now. There's no fundamental reason why it should be harder now, a mere couple of decades later, to solve problems that are millenia old.
The major reason why nothing will progress in the next couple of years is named Netanyahu. 9204. jexster - 11/11/2008 8:08:54 PM EuroTolerance? Apparently not. prominent EuroTrash calls our spade a spade! 9205. wonkers2 - 11/12/2008 11:43:17 PM Letter to NY Times Reader Opinion Blog
39. November 12, 2008 12:24 pm Link
Twice in recent weeks otherwise excellent NY Times editorials endorsing and congratulating Barack Obama referred to the “necessary war in Afghanistan” without explaining what is so necessary about the war, what we expect to accomplish by it, at what cost and what the likelihood of achieving our goals there is, and whether to goals are worth the cost. Dexter Filkins outstanding recent report on Afghanistan didn’t inspire confidence in the likelihood of success of our policies there.
In the months leading up to the invasion of Iraq, the NY Times let the country down, lending it’s front pages to misinformation about WMD and its editorial page in support of Bush’s foolish, costly, counter-productive invasion of Iraq. I urge your editors to re-examine your position on Iran. The lack of public discussion of this issue is unfortunate, in my opinion.
Moving troops from Iraq to Afghanistan may well be be jumping out of the frying pan into the fire.
W2 9206. jexster - 11/14/2008 2:49:32 AM EuroTrash Credit Insurers Pull Plug on GM and Ford 9207. wonkers2 - 11/14/2008 6:21:19 AM Paulson was on the Lehrer News Hour tonight. He appeared worried and not at all confident that what he's doing is working. The U.S. economy is in quite serious trouble in my opinion. My view may be jaundiced due to the huge black cloud over Michigan thanks to Jexter and his buddies in California driving Lexuses to dinner at the French Laundry. 9208. alistairconnor - 11/14/2008 5:17:12 PM Let me spell it out, Wonk.
Guilty : the Bush administration, whose tax cuts on RVs gave a perverse incentive to Americans to buy damn great tanks that Motown built for them, rather than downsizing to prepare for an oil-poor future.
Guilty : Ford and GM strategists who took the easy money building damn great tanks (which they had a monopoly on, since no other auto maker on earth is insane enough to make them their strategic product line; but which are unexportable, for the same reason) rather than developing cars for the future.
Out of luck : the workforce who, through union power, maintained their earning power against a sinking tide. They are now stranded.
In crisis : every car maker in the world, because nobody's buying.
DOA : the American car industry, because when people start buying again, they have an unattractive product line. 9209. wonkers2 - 11/14/2008 6:30:01 PM Very true. GM, Ford and Chrysler were shortsighted in betting so heavily on SUVs. Also, they missed the boat on diesels. GM and Ford have been skating on thin ice for a long time because they are so heavily leveraged. They lobbied successfully with the help of the UAW and Iron John Dingle against improvements in fuel economy standards. 9210. wonkers2 - 11/14/2008 6:41:39 PM However, the failure of the U.S. auto companies will have a cataclysmic effect on the American economy. 9211. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 11/14/2008 7:17:47 PM The cataclysm is coming one way or the other. Paulson is a still a whore for Wall Street and ineptitude continues to be rewarded because cronyism still rules in this administration.
As Claudius said: Lance the boil and let the puss run out. 9212. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 11/14/2008 7:18:25 PM a
9213. jexster - 11/15/2008 3:13:34 AM I'm likin this Frenchman more and more!!!
Nicolas Sarkozy saved the President of Georgia from being hanged "by the balls" — a threat made last summer by Vladimir Putin, according to an account that emerged yesterday from the Élysée Palace. . . .
The Russian seemed unconcerned by international reaction. "I am going to hang Saakashvili by the balls," Mr Putin declared.
Mr Sarkozy thought he had misheard. "Hang him?" — he asked.
"Why not?" Mr Putin replied. "The Americans hanged Saddam Hussein."
Mr Sarkozy, using the familiar tu, tried to reason with him: "Yes but do you want to end up like [President] Bush?"
Mr Putin was briefly lost for words, then said: "Ah -- you have scored a point there."
9214. jexster - 11/15/2008 3:14:46 AM However, the failure of the U.S. auto companies will have a cataclysmic effect on the American economy.
Earth to Honkers...they already HAVE failed..that's why they want me and Wizzer to bail their sorry asses out
They've been failing for three decades 9215. jexster - 11/15/2008 3:17:39 AM FYI Chevron and me is going to Cyrus and Allah willing the French Laundry in January....we'll be saving the planet by drinking champagne and eating brunch in a hot air balloon
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