Friday News Roundup - Domestic
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The U.S. economy showed slowed growth in the first quarter of the year. The supreme court held a hearing on Arizona’s controversial immigration law. Former speaker of the house, Newt Gingrich, said he’s quitting the GOP presidential race. Mitt Romney won all five of Tuesday’s primaries. Congress gears for a fight over a cybersecurity bill. The Senate passed a bill to save the post office. And the campaign finance trial of former presidential candidate John Edwards began with testimony from his former aid, Andrew Young. Naftali Bendavid of The Wall Street Journal, Karen Tumulty of The Washington Post and John King of CNN join Diane for analysis of the week's top national news stories.
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Naftali Bendavid
national correspondent, The Wall Street Journal.
Karen Tumulty
national political reporter, The Washington Post.
John King
anchor of CNN's John King, USA, and chief national correspondent.
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The panelists discuss the latest developments in the growing scandal around the behavior and alleged indiscretions of U.S. Secret Service agents abroad:
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Not surprisingly, Karen Tumulty got it wrong, again. Sarah Palin did not blame POTUS Obama in her comments about the Secret Service agent, David Randall Chaney, who was checking her out back in 2008. She said:
'Well check this out, bodyguard - you're fired! And I hope his wife... sends him to the dog house.'
Of course Diane Rehm just swallowed Tumulty's nonsense and responded by saying, "Oh dear!"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2132439/I-really-checking-Marrie...
Patsy Nomore wrote:
"Would the T-Party run the U.S. government like they run State governments,given the opportunity? You bet ! And what a mess that is. More tax cuts for the wealthy,and teacher cuts. More tax cuts to Corporations,more cops laid off. Privatization of government,higher costs and higher local taxes.
WHAT A MESS...........WHAT A FAILURE.........."
Patsy ... reality check. Most states are in trouble because of out of control pensions spear-headed by public sector unions and out of control social program spending and waste ... not "tax cuts for the rich".
Exhibit 1: CA - pension liabilities are eating up the budget while the wealthies 3% of residents contribute 60% of revenues. Meanwhile, state spending more than doubled in 10 years, creating a 40B deficit in 2008.
Exhibit 2: NY - highest tax rates, personal and corporate in the nation
Liberal progressive policies are killing the states, not "tax cuts for the rich".
Are you aware our current Governor,John "the Flim Flam Man' Kasich sold Ohio`s public service pensions funds $700 million in worthless junk bonds while at Lehman ?
Are most people aware those public service pension fund were created by REPUBLICANS,who opted out of FDR`s Socialist Social Security System? The same system that has never failed.
Bob Taft and his Republican cronies turned a $1 billion dollar 'Rainy Day Fund' surplus into an $8 BILLION DOLLAR DEBT.Now paid off with their newest scam of selling our State`s assets for pennies.
DEREGULATE - DEFRAUD - DENY.......Same Conservative crap worldwide !
Gail Weitz wrote:
"What this all boils down to is a lack of information about the issues facing us. If the voting public would turn off FOX broadcasts and reality shows and watch PBS/read a variety of viewpoints, we would be so much better off. Too many people are unwilling to leave their comfort zones."
Ha Ha! Too funny, Gail. Thanks for the laugh!
Study after study shows that Fox news is the most balanced, statistically, and is perceived so by independents.
You are just so used to the bias of main-stream media INCLUDING PBS/NPR that you think it's "fair" and/or "normal".
Latest example, Ken Rudin on Sarah Palin this morning - she was a "Hail Mary" in 2008 and "hasn't been heard from since"!
Nah ... she only had a couple of TV shows and is considered "one of the titular heads of the Repbulican Party" by the left. Nah ... she hasn't been heard from since!
Patsy Nomore wrote:
"DEREGULATE - DEFRAUD - DENY.......Same Conservative crap worldwide !"
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How did Barney Franks' managing of Fannie Mae & Freddie Mack work out?
''These two entities -- Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac -- are not facing any kind of financial crisis,'' said Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts, the ranking Democrat on the Financial Services Committee. ''The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.'''
Patsy Nomore wrote:
Are most people aware those public service pension fund were created by REPUBLICANS,who opted out of FDR`s Socialist Social Security System? The same system that has never failed."
Never failed? It is in the MIDST of failing. You are just DENYING it.
I question, your rendering of history, but even so, when FDR bullied his way into the lives of Americans by forcing EVERYONE to participate in SS, the state funds should have been phased out. In most cases, Democrats had PLENTY of time to do that. As Reagan said, "Government [especially the FG] is not the solution to our problems, Government IS the problem".
The Diane Rehm Show is a wonderful source for facts. Not only are the Fox News views presented,but the facts and hard data. About 3 weeks ago the show addressed the Social Security System. The number of Americans whose sole income comes from Social Security is an awakening. I`m sure more people get their retirement check via Social Security,than from Enron.
"We the People" bailed out Wall Street..... Boy, how quickly some forget.
The T-Party Republicans keep telling us,our government is not the solution,but THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES IS THE PROBLEM......Hello ????
Same message as Bin Laden`s alQaeda is it not ?
Patsy Nomore wrote:
"The number of Americans whose sole income comes from Social Security is an awakening."
To me, more like a nightmare than an "awakening".
"I`m sure more people get their retirement check via Social Security,than from Enron."
I'm sure you're right. That's because, at the risk of repeating myself, the FG has bullied its way into the lives of Americans and turned what FDR himself said was a safety net "But we have tried to frame a law which will give some measure of protection to the average citizen ... against poverty-ridden old age." into a retirement program.
In 1935 the probability that a man would reach full retirement age of 65 was 50%, women slightly higher. In other words, the probability was that half of the working population then would never collect a dime. That made Social Security feasible. Today, to achieve the same solvency, the age should be raised to somewhere between 72 and 75.
This is what happens to all programs that the FG institutes. Even with the benefit of the doubt that intentions are good, they become expanded, bloated programs that bear little resemblance to the original intent.
As one person put it, "the safety net becomes a hammock". Welcome to life in America, 2012.
Patsy Nomore wrote:
"Same message as Bin Laden`s alQaeda is it not ?"
Ooooh ... clevvver! And completely ridiculous, of course.
Bin Laden's complaint is in regards to the EXISTENCE of the US Government (FG). The Tea Party's complaint is in regards to the SIZE of the FG.
Get it?
What have American`s heard the Republicans say every day of the Obama Presidency ?
I HOPE HE FAILS........
Job #1 Get America back to work.
Job #2 Protect American from another terror attack.
Let me recap. Republicans say "I HOPE OBAMA FAILS"
Same message as alQaeda is it not ?
MarcusTullius, there is not a government department that would not see vast improvement with Ron Paul at the helm. His expertise is with the Federal Reserve and that is where he should be. There is compelling evidence that there exists hidden agreements between the Federal Reserve and E.U. to prop the value of the euro, if true and the euro collapses we will be dragged in to a huge financial mess. The Federal Reserve desperately needs to be audited at minimum eliminated at best.
Patsy Nomore wrote." Republicans say "I HOPE OBAMA FAILS" "
Many say this because Barrack Obama's policies are dangerous to the ideals set forth by the founders of our country. He has demonstrated only contempt for everything that made this country great, free and the most prosperous the world has ever seen. He is a cancer that we must be shed of.
"What have American`s heard the Republicans say every day of the Obama Presidency ?
I HOPE HE FAILS........
Let me recap. Republicans say "I HOPE OBAMA FAILS"
Simply false, Patsy.
Many Republicans KNEW Obama's policies would fail. That's different than HOPING he would fail.
And before you go there ... what Rush Limbaugh ACTUALLY said, IN CONTEXT was, "I've been listening to Barack Obama for a year-and-a-half. I know what his politics are. I know what his plans are, as he has stated them. I don't want them to succeed". And they haven't. His ACA is a failure - full of broken promises "If you like your plan you can keep it", now at 2 1/2 times the estimated cost. Stimulus - a failure. The economy is slipping back into recession and we have 5T in new debt. Foreign policy - a failure. He diminishes the U.S. in the eyes of the world every chance he gets. He's a failure. Sorry, that's just the record. Nobody "hoped" for that. But the smart people knew it was coming.
Your post is little more than propaganda, Patsy.
I listened to a little of the program. The guy from CNN was talking about slow job growth and the fact that large corporations are not spending their huge amount of cash. He sounded like he was reading GOP talking points when he said: businesses don’t know what is going to happen with health care or tax policy. These elite media people should do some research. Big companies that provide insurance will not be impacted by the ACA. Also, the Obama administration is trying to reduce business taxes. Some of the biggest problems American businesses are facing are problems in Europe and unemployed people that have been out of work for a while are facing discrimination because they have been out of work for so long. The economy is recovering slowly but also the problems in Congress (last summer budget meltdown) impede the economy too. The shallowness of the elite media is a real problem for our democracy.
johnandere wrote:
"Many Republicans KNEW Obama's policies would fail. That's different than HOPING he would fail.
And before you go there ... what Rush Limbaugh ACTUALLY said, IN CONTEXT was, "I've been listening to Barack Obama for a year-and-a-half. I know what his politics are. I know what his plans are, as he has stated them. I don't want them to succeed". And they haven't. His ACA is a failure"
Hmm, Limbaugh was the first to say "I hope he fails", he says this was his response for a request from I think the N.Y. Times for a 400 word article about the hopes for Obama's new presidency, Rush said he could do it in four "I hope he fails", true many don't say it as I said "they" did, but think it because of the crystal clear logic behind the statement. As far as Obama's policies failing, I just am not sure they have. Let's say the supreme's rule Obama-care in total is unconstitutional and I am worried they might not, there are several thing in place as I'm sure you know that might be very difficult to pull back on. Since Limbaugh's part of this conversation, even he says Obama has been very successful in general pushing his policies forward.
There is a difference between Obama succeeding and the country succeeding. As a libertarian who understands the danger of big government policies that should be easy for you to see.
So, a liberal says, "I hope he succeeds" because they want progressive policies.
A conservative says, "I hope he fails" because they don't want progressive policies and think they are bad for the country.
The libertarian, I would think, would say, "I hope he fails" because he doesn't want big government progressive policies either.
Because people have different views of what is good for the country, it might make perfect sense to say, "I hope he fails". Rush Limbaugh certainly does not want the country to fail, nor do you, nor do I. But his stimulus didn't and his health care is nothing but another "entitlement" that we can't afford. To me, four more years of the same will be bad for the country. That doesn't mean I'm a racist, it doesn't mean I hate Obama (in fact, he seems like a personable guy), I just think where he wants to take us is wrong-headed, and he's in over his head.
But the left has perverted "I hope he fails because his policies are bad for the country" into "I hope he fails even if it's bad for the country". That's BS. It's just a difference in philosophy in which way the country should go. (By the way, 2/3 say we are headed in the wrong direction). To me, in fact, it could be argued that anyone who votes to re-elect the President now, is saying, "Get our guy back in there, no matter how bad of a job he's done". What is that about?
Re: The Secret Service/Marine detail for Presidential trips.
Don't hire swinging **cks if you don't want that behavior on their off duty hours. Otherwise these men are required to put their lives on the line at the drop of a hammer.
Re: USPS
Repeal the Bush Postal accountability act which requires 75 years of advance into the USPS retirement fund.