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AP, CNN Both Distort Laura Bush Saying Palin ?Lacks Foreign Policy Experien
2008-09-27 23:26:00 -By Warner Todd Huston **Video Below the Fold** In the Words-Mean-Things category, yesterday we got both the Associated Press and CNN distorting the words Laura Bush used to describe Sarah Palin on foreign policy. Worse, the video interview of the First Lady was right on CNN yet on its own Political Ticker blog, CNN still distorted ...
By: Publius Forum
Exposing the Biases in the Broadband Policy Debate ? My new white paper
2008-09-18 11:03:00 -By Scott Cleland Invited to speak at the ITIF forum on ITIF’s white paper, “It’s Time to End the Broadband Policy Wars”, I so strongly disagreed with the framing bias of that white paper and the broadband policy debate in general that I decided I needed to counter it by writing my own white paper: Don’t be ...
By: Publius Forum
Commerce minister to review SEZ tax policy
2008-09-15 07:31:00 Commerce ministry is likely to hold a meeting with Special Economic Zones (SEZ) developers to discuss the problems faces by them over the way income tax exemption is granted to the units in SEZ, at the annual meeting of the export promotion councils for export oriented units (EOUs) and SEZs. Commerce and industry minister, Kamal ...
Obama/McCain -- The Foreign Policy Differences.
2008-09-10 10:30:00 Leave it to Fouad Ajami to put out the best article I have yet seen on the differences between McCain and Obama on foreign policy. Entitled, "The Foreign Policy Difference," it makes no claim as to which foreign policy framework is better, nor do I, but if you want to get to the heart of the very different ways in which McCain and Obama see America's role in the world, you should read this article.
By: China Law Blog
Presidential Energy Policy
2008-09-05 16:19:00 The Energy President In the world of energy and scarcity, the name of the next president will matter to us quite a bit. ?People are policy,? as Ronald Reagan used to say. But then again, a lot of energy and scarcity facts…
By: Jutia Group
Liberal Policy Failures
2008-08-27 16:07:00 -By Dan Scott I always find the audacity of liberals amazing when they spout their pantheon of myths like, oil free economy, the US has no energy policy, the economy is in recession, illegal immigration is good, unions protect workers, health care is out of control, the rich aren?t paying their fair share of taxes or ...
By: Publius Forum
Religion In China: The Glass Is Half Full. Bush On Foreign Policy: Even A
2008-08-07 15:07:00 Very well done blog post over at MNBC's World blog on the current state of religion in China. The post is entitled, "Exuberance at One of Beijing's State-Sponsored Churches," and it is well worth a read. UPDATE: Just came across this China Herald post with a very interesting video setting out how the glass is still half empty. Speaking of half full glasses, President Bush's deft handling of China and the Olympics has to go down as one of the few things he has done right on foreign policy.
By: China Law Blog
The Institute on Religion and Public Policy
2008-08-07 04:38:00 Joseph Griebowski is one odd fellow. He's head of a very strange organization called Institute on Religion and Public Policy. It will be discussed in an upcoming post. Griebowski himself is some sort of a hardline Zionist. He's also a weird, Strangeglovian-looking character. It's apparently got some kind of big neoconservative and possibly Jewish money behind it.He goes up on Capital Hill and travels all over the world agitating for "religious freedom", generally in lands that are being targeted by the neocons and International Zionism. He's also apparently waging US imperialism's war of words with China. His specialty is humanitarian intervention bullshit as my commenters have been discussing lately. His particular angle is "religious freedom".If your country is not allowing enough religious freedom (which, frankly, is none of our Goddamned business) then he's going to wage fake human rights war on you in service of International Zionism or US imperialism. Lately his targets ...
By: Robert Lindsay
Obama's Energy Policy Available Here
2008-08-06 06:29:00 Thanks to Scribd. Scribd does for documents what YouTube does for video. Apparently Obama's campaign has been using it to keep everyone in the know. So here is his complete energy plan. Believe it or not there's more than tire gauges involved.... Barack Obama's New Energy Plan For America - Upload a Document to Scribd Read this document on Scribd: Barack Obama's New Energy Plan For America More policy and positions available here.H/T to Donklephant
By: Dyre Portents
Reform of the defence offset policy
2008-07-31 05:19:00 I am one of those die hard fans of companies like PWC (Price Waterhouse Coopers). Though I do criticise them at times; by and large I am a great fan of many an international consultant. They really bring lot of value add to the discussions on the table. Look at today?s article by Dhiraj Mathur on India?s defence offset policy ? a subject which we are interested in and have covered earlier also in our blogs. He discusses with cogent reasons as to why the FDI cap in defence production (currently at 26%) makes no sense. While I recommend reading the full article at least once (do so here), let us look at some excerpts: The government is scheduled to announce a new (and delayed) defence procurement policy (DPP 2008) in the next couple of days. From Indian industry?s perspective, the defence offset policy is a key element of the DPP. The existing version (DPP 2006) stipulates that 30% (or more) of the value of a defence purchase from a foreign vendor for a contract exceedi...
By: Discover It
Another Liberal Myth ? The US has no energy policy
2008-07-06 00:40:00 -By Dan Scott I have even heard my coworkers repeat the talking point that Democrats love to continually repeat. “The country has no energy policy.” The reason why we seemly don?t have an energy policy which would bring stable energy pricing is that we have had 30 years of political meddling in the nation’s ...
By: Publius Forum
Milestones in Drug Policy, Homegrown Solutions Are Best.
2008-07-01 21:43:00 Milestones in Drug Policy, Homegrown Solutions Are Best.Thirty five years ago today, on July 1, 1973, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) was established, based on an executive order signed by President Richard Nixon in March, 1973.A pivotal part of Nixon's War on Drugs, the DEA was formed by merging the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD), the Office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement (ODALE) and several other Federal offices. As a United States Department of Justice law enforcement agency, the DEA's primary task was to combat drug smuggling and use within the United States, and coordinate and pursue US drug investigations abroad.In 1973, the DEA employed 2775 people, 1470 of whom were special agents, and had an annual budget of $74.9 million. By 2005, the DEA boasted 10,894 employees, 5,296 special agents, and an annual budget of $2.141 billion. In 2007, the annual budget was increased again, by $71 million per year, making the total 34 times larger than the original...
Nights of extreme Stupidity in Christchurch Drug Policy
2008-06-27 23:00:00 The entire alcohol debate is gravely flawed with a suspension of any analysis around 'alcohol' being a drug. I hear it labeled so in pejorative terms by people who in so doing believe that somehow that justifies there prejudices to all drugs. Yet there in the middle of this see "Nights of extreme in Christchurch" [http://www.stuff.co.nz/print/4-599551a19743.html ] we have policeman attributing more moderate behaviors associated with the time when raves fueled by Ecstasy occurred describing "E" as a 'happy drug'.And there lies the clue. It is so obvious to anyone who looks at what drives the behavioral outcomes, the need to be part of something, to bond... "Until we accept that our national drug policy is corrupted by the idea there is 'evil vs good' drugs we never get a handle on this."Mere possession of "Ecstasy" [MDMA] was elevated to a Class A schedule (which to a young person means 'must be really excellent') with life in prison, comparable to murder. Yet, in the London p...
Shorter Bush / McCain Energy Policy
2008-06-24 10:21:00 Drill, drill, drill. Or: The best way to wean an addict off heroin is to provide him with new sources of heroin. It's 2008. The gasoline-powered internal combustion engine is century-old technology. It's time for something new to be developed for the mass market, because ...
By: BuffaloPundit
Debate on Foreign Policy
2008-06-24 01:51:00 Anwar SyedSenators from both sides of the aisle argued the other day that the current pro-American policy, a product of the military establishment, should give way to an independent stance. Mr Raza Rabbani, a PPP spokesman and leader of the House, endorsed this call and added that his party had never had any connection with the ?establishment? and its fashioning of a pro-American policy.These assertions are not correct. Pakistan adopted a distinctly pro-American policy beginning about 1954 when a civilian government was in place. It joined US-sponsored anti-communist alliances in the Middle East and Southeast Asia and began receiving American military and economic assistance. This policy direction continued during Ayub Khan?s rule and, in varying measure, during subsequent military regimes. But it is wrong to say that the military establishment had initiated it.It should be noted here that the so-called alliance with the United States did not keep Pakistan from developing close rela...
By: Light Within
Senate Republicans Block Windfall Profits Tax on Big Oil Companies
2008-06-10 21:50:00 Democrats fall eight votes short of preventing filibuster With gasoline prices topping $4 a gallon, Senate Democrats wanted the U.S. government to throttle back on the billions of dollars in profits...
By: Green Options
The truth: Democrat anti-Energy policy hurts the poor
2008-06-09 20:40:00 Tiger Hawk answers a question I quoted VDH as asking earlier today, when he said: And why are Republicans, who voted in overwhelming numbers for off-shore drilling, ANWR, nuclear, shale, tar sands, liquid coal, etc—and were opposed by Democrats on grounds of wanting to enrich energy companies—not appealing to the country to develop domestic supplies on the basis of fairness (the poor have the least access to energy efficient homes and hybrid, fuel efficient new cars), the environment (the US can extract oil, in a fungible market, far more cleanly than Russia or the Middle East), and national security (most of OPEC, Russia, Venezuela are belligerents and becoming more dangerous the more trillions of dollars the West, China, and Japan transfer to them in their hard-won national wealth)? It is a ready-made issue for them, and with skill can appeal to Americans of every persuasion who are starting to snicker when Obama soars in pie-in-the-sky sermons about wind, solar, and millions...
By: BitsBlog
Ebay finally changes feedback policy
2008-06-08 23:16:00 Here's the new ebay screen. For years, the most absurd thing on the internet has been the fact that ebay sellers could hold perfect buyers hostage with the threat of negative feedback. Imagine: you buy a turntable and it comes broken (I don't have to imagine.). The man refuses to give satisfaction, but knowing how to game the system, hasn't given you your feedback despite your prompt payment. You let the matter drop rather than have your low total feedback number suffer disproportionately compared to his larger one. It was a ridiculous system that prevented honesty and held down feedback scores. The buyer's responsibility is to pay. If he pays, he's a good ebayer. If he doesn't, he should never have the merchandise to rate. According to the new rules, a seller can only leave positive feedback. He pays- boom! feedback. I guess if the guy pays late, you can decline to leave any feedback whatsoever. The buyer can still leave negative or positive. In addition, he can use star...
By: Asymmetric
Deal with Policy Inadequacies rather than funding failure.
2008-06-07 21:29:00 Andre Bigras of the Drug Prevention Network of Canada writes critiquing Vancouver's supervised drug injection facility Insite, suggesting it to be a waste of money. Peer review analysis shows it not only saves lives of drug consumers, but significantly it has a major health benefit to otherwise innocent victims in both reducing HepC, HIV and other social liabilities due to acquisitive crimes. His misunderstanding of the goals and aspirations of needle 'services' is as misguided as his understanding of New Zealand's "supposed' consideration to introduce forced treatment. NZ legislated in 1966 to do this but like most other educated and informed countries has moved away from it due to ineffectual outcomes. He may have been referring to a recent parliamentary hearing where a former policeman, now public speaker and pseudo-educator self-interestedly called for renewing such interventions but they were roundly dismissed. Likewise, Mr Bigras misrepresents the science behind both Engl...
> How transparent is India’s oil policy?
2008-06-07 13:40:00 Facts regarding government policy are in short supply. The government of India claims that Rs 71,000 crore (Rs 710 billion) is needed to pay back the defaulted loans of poor farmers. No independent or quasi independent agency of the government has yet come out with the data matching this “estimate” of the government. The RBI figures ...
> How transparent is India’s oil policy?
2008-06-07 13:40:00 Facts regarding government policy are in short supply. The government of India claims that Rs 71,000 crore (Rs 710 billion) is needed to pay back the defaulted loans of poor farmers. No independent or quasi independent agency of the government has yet come out with the data matching this “estimate” of the government. The RBI figures ...
Bush & Cheney Wrapped The Lies Around The Policy..
2008-06-07 00:34:00 GEF @ 3:28 PM MST Iraq Intelligence Report Phase 2: Bush Administration Lied About Pre-Invasion Intelligence By: C&L VIDEO Jon Perr at Perrspectives breaks it down: Four years after Kansas Senator Pat Roberts triumphantly cleared the Bush administration of misusing pre-war Iraq intelligence, the Phase 2 report of the Senate Intelligence Committee he once chaired today reached a much ...
By: Suzie-Q
Three Sentence Description of Solid Foreign Security Policy
2008-06-06 16:20:00 A Three Sentence Description of Solid Foreign Security Policy: AKA “How Non Interventionism Increases Security” We become more secure as a country by minding our own business and being kind to others. This way 95% of the world loves us. Then, when the 5% does pose a threat we are not only free to go and obliterate them, but we do so to a standing ovation. LATER Technorati Tags: RilySi,Ride it like you stole it,Motorcycle Riding,Motorcycle Commuting,FlatLand,Florida
Change in comment policy
2008-06-05 19:25:00 In order to keep spam out of my comments as much as possible, here are a few changes to my policy; Visitors have to enter their name and email address before commenting; Comments don’t appear until I approve them So if you post a comment, don’t worry if it doesn’t appear immediately. I get over 20 spam comments ...
Academic paper: China in Africa - lending, policy space and governance
2008-06-05 19:20:00 Source: ELDIS China in Africa: lending, policy space and governance Authors: Dahle Huse,M. ; Muyakwa,S. L. Produced by: Norwegian Council for Africa (200 China has had bad press regarding its involvement in sub-Saharan Africa. Its lack of aid conditionality - particularly in the field of human rights and environmental issues; its apparent disregard for transparency in the ...
Academic paper: Agricultural trade policy reform in South Africa
2008-06-05 19:05:00 Source: ELDIS Agricultural trade policy reform in South Africa Authors: Chitiga,M.; Kandiero,T.; Ngwenya,P. Produced by: African Development Bank (200 This paper empirically investigates the impact of agricultural trade reform in South Africa. Using the United Nation’s Conference on Trade and Development’s (UNCTAD) Agricultural Trade Policy Simulation Model (ATPSM), the study performs two specific scenarios that capture the ...
General help on the policy of Green Rooves + advice on techs!
2008-06-04 18:01:00 Hi all, I am a 2nd year civil engineering student interested in Green tech and have been looking into building a green roof. I have a leaking car-port and we've decided we'd like one on that roof to make another sitting area and to stop the leak. We want to place cork(-ish) tiles for a sittin
Content and Image Policy Review
2008-06-04 16:47:00 Dear Members This is with reference to our latest discussion on Content policy for BuzzVines. A lot of our members have criticized the current practice of Flagging a particular comment/ buzz/ blog to be removed from the main site. Which later is reviewed by the Moderators for final approval or removal from the BuzzVines website, forever. read more
By: BuzzVines
Condoleezza Rice At the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Con
2008-06-04 03:45:00 Condoleezza Rice At the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference FULL STREAMING VIDEO Walter E. Washington Convention Center Washington, DC. (10:50 a.m. EDT) PODCAST OF THIS ARTICLESECRETARY RICE: Thank you. Thank you very much. Thank you. I want to thank Howard, first of all, for that kind introduction. And thanks to all of you and your fellow members of the Board for inviting me here today. I?d also like to thank David Victor and Howard Kohr for their leadership of this fantastic organization. It is always my pleasure to be among friends here at AIPAC to have a chance to thank you, all of the members of the organization, for strengthening one of the most vital relationships that our nation has: our alliance with the state of Israel. (Applause.)I was honored to address AIPAC in 2005. It was my first year as Secretary of State. And I am honored to join all of you in what is now my last year as Secretary. And I want to thank you for all recognizing that that wasn?t ...
Banning Condoms In Singapore Is Never My Policy
2008-06-03 12:57:00 I find it amazing and I can't believe it myself when people think I came out with stupid policy. Take my previous post in an instance. I did mentioned about banning condoms in Singapore. I was just stating a brilliant suggestions. That's not even a policy. I haven't discuss the matter with the ministers yet, okay. What's the problem? Hello, it's just a stupid latex and trust me it's 99.9% safe, mind you. And banning condoms will never make a different to your life, okay..First.It's 99.9% safe. You will still get aids no matter what, okay. It's not that you're going to have a healthy aids! Aids disease is not healthy for your information. And I don't see the point if condoms exist when it is not proven to be safe at all. When I say "SAFE" here, I meant 100% guaranteed, people. Why fucken waste of your money getting Durex? Afterall, it is still 99.9%, idiot!Secondly.Maybe you bitches just don't want to suck your boyfriend's salty dick. You want it strawberried. You want it...
My Policy Regarding Spam Comments Made Upon this Blog by Posters
2008-06-03 05:32:00 Hello Dear Readers, I have decided to delete any comments made by anybody who I believe is here for the express purpose of causing problems for me and the readers of this website who are here for civil debate. Hopefully in time the people engaging in this inappropriate behavior will realize it takes me one tenth the time to delete their comments as it takes them to craft them. Any comments that deal with the subjects at hand (no matter if I agree or disagree with the opinions) will remain. I appreciate your continued support of this blog. Peace, Love, Understanding and Respect, Marilyn/Badthing
Sect begins reunions, clarifies marriage policy
2008-06-03 04:13:00 NEW: Parents rush to detention centers, leave with children FLDS spokesman says church will not consent to underage marriage Judge delays release of 16-year-old girl identified as victim of sexual abuse Texas Supreme Court ruled state had no right to
By: Get rich
Sect begins reunions, clarifies marriage policy
2008-06-03 04:13:00 NEW: Parents rush to detention centers, leave with children FLDS spokesman says church will not consent to underage marriage Judge delays release of 16-year-old girl identified as victim of sexual abuse Texas Supreme Court ruled state had no right to
By: Get rich
McCain sharpens his foreign policy attacks on Obama
2008-06-03 04:02:00 '); E-Mail Article Listen to Article Printer-Friendly 3-Column Format Translate Share Article Text Size NASHVILLE: As the bitter Democratic presidential nomination battle was consumed by rancorous maneuverings, Senator John McCain honed his national
By: Get rich
McCain sharpens his foreign policy attacks on Obama
2008-06-03 04:02:00 '); E-Mail Article Listen to Article Printer-Friendly 3-Column Format Translate Share Article Text Size NASHVILLE: As the bitter Democratic presidential nomination battle was consumed by rancorous maneuverings, Senator John McCain honed his national
By: Get rich
Polygamist sect clarifies marriage policy
2008-06-03 02:18:00 SAN ANGELO, Texas (CNN) -- A polygamist sect under fire over allegations of underage marriage will now allow women to wed only when they are old enough to give consent under state law, a spokesman said Monday.
By: Get rich
Polygamist sect clarifies marriage policy
2008-06-03 02:18:00 SAN ANGELO, Texas (CNN) -- A polygamist sect under fire over allegations of underage marriage will now allow women to wed only when they are old enough to give consent under state law, a spokesman said Monday.
By: Get rich
Elder: FLDS church marriage policy revised
2008-06-03 01:23:00 An elder in a Texas polygamist group says church policy going forward will to be to forbid any girl to marry who is not old enough to legally consent in the state where she lives.
IMF Mozambique: Second Review Under the Policy Support Instrument (PSI)
2008-06-02 17:23:00 Press Release: IMF Completes Second Review Under the Policy Support Instrument (PSI) for Mozambique http://www.imf.org/external/np/-sec/pr/2008/pr08123.htm
Confirmation that Tax Credit Scholarships are Good Policy, and Politics
2008-06-02 14:00:00 Two weeks ago it was pointed out how the evidence was showing Tax Credit Scholarships were good policy and politics. As for the policy aspect there are numerous examples about the benefits to all involved (from tax payers to - most importantly - children, and the educational system in general). Then, as for the politics ...
Guidelines for PTA Policy in Himachal
2008-06-02 13:54:00 Shimla: Ishwar Dass Dhiman, Education Minister informed that a large number of complaints regarding irregularities in the appointment of teachers by Parents Teacher Associations in schools/colleges were received and Government had asked Deepak Sanan, Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare to enquire into recruitments by the Parent Teachers Association (PTAs). He said that after considering ...
Google hiring policy is key to its success as best place to work in UK
2008-06-02 10:01:00 Google HR chief Liane Hornsey has attributed the internet search giant's success as
AIPAC(Israeli Lobby) Wields Amazing Power to Control US Policy?
2008-06-01 18:11:00 GEF @ 9:01 AM MST .. Behind the Scenes, US Congress continues selling us and our families down the toilet! Treason for money is fashionable and encouraged up in the Capitol. Their Oath of Office is worthless… AIPAC is the main reason that Congress will not Impeach Bush and Cheney! AIPAC is lobbying hard to keep that from ...
By: Suzie-Q
McCain?s Foreign Policy Gaffes Continue
2008-06-01 05:33:00 While the main attention has been devoted to the meeting of the rules committee and the ramifications of what remains of the Democratic primary race, there has also been some action in the more meaningful campaign between the presumptive nominees of the two major parties. Barack Obama has taken major steps to counter the perceived, ...
By: Liberal Values
US policy on Cuba is childish and counterproductive
2008-06-01 03:23:00 Writes: By Eugene Robinson For nearly five decades, the United States has pursued a policy toward Cuba that could be described as incredibly stupid. Raúl Castro is not going to transform Cuba into a... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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John Hagee: deviant theology, dangerous foreign policy
2008-05-31 17:23:00 Religion John Hagee: deviant theology, dangerous foreign policy By John Taylor Pastor John Hagee gleefully anticipates the death of hundreds of millions of people in a series of wars preparing the world for the second coming of Christ: "The end of the world is rapidly... Click on the headlines to read the full story!
Fan?s injury should force bat policy change (Yahoo! Sports)
2008-05-30 07:50:00 A broken maple bat shattered a fan’s jaw, more proof that MLB needs to fix its bat policy. Read the full story.
By: MLB News Blog
Report: Japan nominates economic professor for Bank of Japan policy board
2008-05-30 00:00:00 {mosgoogle right}TOKYO (AP) -- Japan nominated a professor for the central bank's policy board, Kyodo reported Thursday, amid wrangling between the ruling party and opposition over who should steer monetary policy through embattled times.Nominated for one of two vacated seats at the Bank of Japan was Kazuhito Ikeo, 55, economics professor at Tokyo's prestigious Keio University, Kyodo News reported. The public relations office of Japan's parliamentary lower house could not immediate ... |
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