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Our Biggest Creditor {China} Tells Us "The good old days of borrowing are over"
by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Birthplace o Independent Conservatism Liberty -vs- Tyranny As the chickens come home to roast... Unbelievable we have been this stupid. ( Reuters ) - Global leaders on Saturday arranged a round of emergency calls to discuss the twin debt crises in Europe and the United States that are causing turmoil in financial markets . After a week that saw $2.5 trillion wiped off global stock markets, they are under pressure to show political leadership and reassure markets that Western governments have both the will and ability to reduce their huge and growing public debt loads. French President Nicolas Sarkozy, who chairs the G7/G20 group of leading economies, conferred with Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron ahead of a call planned for this weekend by G7 finance ministers and central bankers. "They discussed the euro area and the U.S. debt downgrade. Both agreed the importance of working together, monitoring the situation closely
As the Liberal/Progressive Media and Blogosphere Attempt To Destroy Governor Chris Christie...
by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation U S A Purveyor of Truth As the liberal/progressive media and bloggers attempt to trash Governor Chris Christie of New Jersey over the George Washington Bridge lane closings, ostensibly because he is a formidable threat to their darling would be 2016 democratic presidential nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton, there remains NO EVIDENCE he had any involvement or was aware of the actions by his underlings. If Governor Christie indeed had no involvement in the closings, and at this point is is prudent to assume he didn't, the valid question is... should he have known? If we believe an executive sets the tone and culture for his administration then indeed the actions of his loyal staff at least become somewhat understandable. Wrong, but understandable. From NorthJersey.com Nothing in the approximately 2,000 documents released on Friday by the Assembly committee investigating the matter suggest that Christie knew of the lane-closure scheme beforeh
Race Baiting at the Highest Level of the Federal Government...?
by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Lib e rty -vs- Tyr a nny I listened to the full Presidential news conference this afternoon. Obama said some things that made sense. Then he made the following remarks that IMNHO told the nation in full agenda with respect to said issue. Having a in depth discussion of race relations might very well be appropriate and a general discussion is something that MOST American's would welcome. Using the Zimmerman verdict ks simply the WRONG event at possibly the right time. However, don't expect the President, the Department of Justice, or the liberal media or ultra liberal populace to understand what this means. If I can find a video of the full and complete news conference it will be posted later. Via: Memeorandum Update : via You Tube. Your views and thoughts are most welcome. Left and or Right leaning...
How to Set Up a Non Profit Business...
"Buddhanature is the innate primordial freedom of the mind, which is naturally imbued with wisdom, compassion, power, and bliss." Karl Brunnholzl Today's guest post is by Karyn Winrich. She is a personal accountant with over 20 years of experience in the field. She believes that with some strategic planning, anyone can take charge of their financial wellness. This is the reason why she created Financial-Literacy , to offer helpful and practical advice to people from all walks of life to establish a more financially secure present and future. Without further ado, on to the informative article. Image via Pexels 14 Simple Steps to Setting Up a Nonprofit Organization Do you want to start a nonprofit organization? Maybe you’re thinking about ways you can improve the lives of people in your community, or perhaps you want to help people going through crises nationally or internationally. Whatever your goals, it’s essential to know what you’re getting into so
It's Going To Be Close, Brace Yourself For Continued Polarization of America, Especially if Obama Loses...
by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Liberty -vs- Tyranny The race is close, very close, with the momentum shifting to Romney. However, my take is the shift, as significant as it has been, came too late and too little. Progressives no doubt are biting their nails because as much as they prefer not to acknowledge it, this one is a real cliff hanger. Reminiscent of 2000. It is true if Obama loses this one progressives throughout the land will be wailing and gnashing their teeth. For them it will be a great undoing of their greatest hopes and dreams. Of course the other fifty percent of America will view it quite differently. So, as the polls close tomorrow, and the tabulating of the vote goes late into the night, we can be sure of a few thing... The nation will remain polarized, the puppet masters behind the curtains will continue calling the shots, the debt and deficits will continue, no mater who wins. And America will continue to ask why. Tomorrow, as I visit my polli
The ObamaCare Divide Creating Two America's...
by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Purveyor of Truth Red and blue state map, based on returns in last four presidential elections. (Wikimedia Commons/ Angr) This site is not a supporter of the mechanisms of ObamaCare and questions whether it in fact will ultimately make health care either more accessible r affordable. Except for those receiving a subsidy or are getting it free. All that aside I do agree with following Moyers & Company article stating that ObamaCare is widening the gap between red America and blue America. Something needed to be done with our health care and insurance system. Most agree that the pre ObamaCare system needed some work. Unfortunately reason failed American politics and what we have achieved is an ever more polorized country with no end to the polarization. Perhaps it is time to officially form a Blue United States of America and a Red United States of America. Because in reality we are moving ever closer to the breaking point. Th
Obama the Socialist, or Is He? Listen to the Voice of One Who Knows...
by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Liberty -vs- Tyranny at the 44th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Every so often we have our views called into check. Whenever this happens the wise person considers the perspective, as well as the experiences of the person calling the entrenched views into check. In doing so one learns and therefor grows. At least that is how it should work. Milos Forman , the immigrant from Czechoslovakia who later won Academy Awards for best director for the films “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and “Amadeus”, provides just such a check for America. He clearly, and accurately describes American politicians misunderstanding of totalitarianism and western European democratic socialism in his July 10th op-ed piece in the New York Times . He ends the article with a very poignant warning. Mr. Obama, and politicians of both major parties, as well as every American citizens ought to consider his words... and warning. The New York Times - WHEN
Humor in Truth...
Rational Nation U S A Purveyor of Truth Eleven days into 2016 and still recovering from the hustle and bustle of the preceding year end holidays I was looking for something to get me back to normal and give me a great belly splitting laugh. But that laugh needed to be a laugh caused by something that was funny because of the great truths it held. Today that great belly splitting laugh happened. June 28, 2015 Jeff Landry, an aide to Donald Trump, scratched the back of his right leg with his left shoe, stalling. You have to answer just right , or he goes apeshit . Jeff remembered grimly what a pleasant change he’d thought this job would be, but now he looked back on those six harrowing weeks working for Harvey Weinstein like a long-ago Hanukkah. The question Trump had put to him was “How do we close this?” Jeff played it safe: “I say go big.” Trump lit up. “I can do big,” he said. “This whole thing, which was my idea, incidentally, and a very good idea, really a very gr
More Thoughts On Reasonable Firearm Control...
by: Les Carprnter Rational Nation USA Liberty -vs- Tyranny In the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy in which 20 innocent children lost their live to a sick and mentally unstable individual the subject of gun control has remained center stage. This is understandable, and as it should be. The pursuit of finding improved methods to better identify unstable individuals and thereby keep firearms out of the hands of such individuals is a worthy pursuit. As we consider how to deal with increasing societal violence we must find a happy medium that will both improve public safety and preserve our second amendment rights. It can be done, if both sides of the gun control debate will start listening to each other rather talking A T each other. We have heard from the NRA's Wayne LaPierre, who has offered essentially the same solution as the organization did in 2007. Put armed police guards in every school in America. Not anything most suburban and rural Mom's and Dad's will b
I say his latest blast, comparing his lobbying with Mitt's capitalism, is abhorrent and illustrative of where his progressive heart really lies.
ReplyDeleteThree words:
ReplyDeleteWE. TOLD. YOU.
(Not you, Les. "You" being generic in its usage here.)
Gingrich is a Big Government statist. When will people freaking wake-up?
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ReplyDeleteThe Blaze misrepresents Gingrich on more than few occasions in that first video. For instance, in those last remarks in that video, Newt is referring to big changes, quite divergent from FDR's New Deal.
ReplyDeleteGingrich's appreciation for FDR doesn't come from agreement with FDR's policies, but rather with FDR's effectiveness, his "Presidency." "FDR was the most effective president of the 20th century," said Newt in that piece, and what he meant was that FDR "got things done." Whether Newt would agree with those "things" is another matter. Gingrich, in his own weird way, is an academic/politician at heart, he appreciates the work of one of history's most successful presidencies, whether you like it or not.
FDR's administration made us the most powerful nation the world has ever seen. How anyone can't appreciate that is beyond me. The guy's like a modern Augustus, for cryin' out loud.
As for Gingrich on foreign policy, he's always been for a massive MIC, he hates the commies, drugs, terrorists, whatever. There will always be excuses for hawks to maintain a massive military empire. Heck, it's gone way beyond just the hawks. The MIC is right up there with the banks and big biz when it comes to who's pimping our government these days.
Newt Gingrich has no great appreciation for the New Deal beyond the great political expertise that went into making it happen. What Newt really appreciates about FDR was his role in WWII.
The terrible legacy of FDR has nothing to do with the New Deal. Most of the New Deal was inevitable, and FDR was smart enough to expend inevitable things, rather than rigidly holding political stances. It was the establishment of a permanent standing military empire that is the terrible legacy of FDR.
Perhaps if FDR had lived through his fourth term, things may be very different today, but that great military power he built has now become a multi-trillion dollar albatross that just won't stop flying all over the place.
We've been fighting the Second World War for 70 years now.
At what point do we stand down???
Gingrich wants us to stand there forever. He's an idiot.
JMJ
Jersey said: "There will always be excuses for hawks to maintain a massive military empire"
ReplyDeleteYou are entirely incorrect. There is no empire.
"... It was the establishment of a permanent standing military empire that is the terrible legacy of FDR."
The opposite is true. Almost all of the instances of the US being an empire are prior to FDR. Not after.
Jersey: By that standard, Hitler "got things done" as well.
ReplyDeleteWhat is it with progressives' wet-their-pants admiration for strong men?
SF,
ReplyDeleteIt's an Alpha Male thing that liberal boys all get giddy over. Just like liberal chicks. They can't help it.
Bush was a Wilsonian and that didn't work out too good, either.
ReplyDeleteI have a video that analyzes the voting record and actions of former Congressman Newt Gingrich, revealing that Newt is not the conservative he portrays himself to be.
ReplyDeleteNarrated by John F. McManus, President of John Birch Society
Click here
@John,
ReplyDeleteGreat resource! Thanks for sharing!
--We Told You 2011