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Theory about Barack Obama
donutboy2000 Offline
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A full-blown trade row erupted on Sunday night between the US and China after Beijing accused Washington of “rampant protectionism” for imposing heavy duties on imported Chinese tyres and threatened action against imports of US poultry and vehicles.

Trade relations between two of the world’s biggest economies deteriorated after Barack Obama, US president, signed an order late on Friday to impose a new duty of 35 per cent on Chinese tyre imports on top of an existing 4 per cent tariff.

ft.com
DrafterX Offline
#2 Posted:
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When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.
> ~Thomas Jefferson~
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> This is from the Wall Street Journal which makes it even more interesting.
> They were once in his camp.
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> Wall Street Journal Sizes up Obama - They've Got Him Figured Out
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> A short article from the Wall Street Journal that needs to be read
> by every level headed American!!!
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> A "deadly" article regarding Obama, at the Wall Street Journal, which today
> is the most widely circulated newspaper in America ..
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> Article from the Wall Street Journal - by Eddie Sessions:
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> "I have this theory about Barack Obama. I think he's led a kind of
> make-believe life in which money was provided and doors were opened because
> at some point early on somebody or some group took a look at this tall, good
> looking, half-white, half-black, young man with an exotic African/Muslim
> name and concluded he could be guided toward a life in politics where his
> facile speaking skills could even put him in the White House.
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> In a very real way, he has been a young man in a very big hurry. Who else
> do you know has written two memoirs before the age of 45? "Dreams of My
> Father" was published in 1995 when he was only 34 years old. The "Audacity
> of Hope" followed in 2006. If, indeed, he did write them himself. There are
> some who think that his mentor and friend, Bill Ayers, a man who calls
> himself a "communist with a small 'c'" was the real author.
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> His political skills consisted of rarely voting on anything that might be
> deemed controversial. He went from a legislator in the Illinois legislature
> to the Senator from that state because he had the good fortune of having
> Mayor Daley's formidable political machine at his disposal.
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> He was in the U.S. Senate so briefly that his bid for the presidency was
> either an act of astonishing self-confidence or part of some greater game
> plan that had been determined before he first stepped foot in the Capital.
> How, many must wonder, was he selected to be a 2004 keynote speaker at the
> Democrat convention that nominated John Kerry when virtually no one had ever
> even heard of him before?
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> He outmaneuvered Hillary Clinton in primaries. He took Iowa by storm. A
> charming young man, an anomaly in the state with a very small black
> population, he oozed "cool" in a place where agriculture was the antithesis
> of cool. He dazzled the locals. And he had an army of volunteers drawn to a
> charisma that hid any real substance.
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> And then he had the great good fortune of having the Republicans select one
> of the most inept candidates for the presidency since Bob Dole. And then
> John McCain did something crazy. He picked Sarah Palin, an unknown female
> governor from the very distant state of Alaska . It was a ticket that was
> reminiscent of 1984's Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferraro and they went
> down to defeat.
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> The mainstream political media fell in love with him. It was a schoolgirl
> crush with febrile commentators like Chris Mathews swooning then and now
> over the man. The venom directed against McCain and, in particular, Palin,
> was extraordinary.
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> Now, nearly a full 2 years into his first term, all of those gilded years
> leading up to the White House have left him unprepared to be President. Left
> to his own instincts, he has a talent for saying the wrong thing at the
> wrong time. It swiftly became a joke that he could not deliver even the
> briefest of statements without the ever-present Tele-Prompters.
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> Far worse, however, is his capacity to want to "wish away" some terrible
> realities, not the least of which is the Islamist intention to destroy
> America and enslave the West. Any student of history knows how swiftly Islam
> initially spread. It knocked on the doors of Europe, having gained a
> foothold in Spain .
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> The great crowds that greeted him at home or on his campaign "world tour"
> were no substitute for having even the slightest grasp of history and the
> reality of a world filled with really bad people with really bad intentions.
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> Oddly and perhaps even inevitably, his political experience, a cakewalk,
> has positioned him to destroy the Democrat Party's hold on power in Congress
> because in the end it was never about the Party. It was always about his
> communist ideology, learned at an early age from family, mentors, college
> professors, and extreme leftist friends and colleagues.
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> Obama is a man who could deliver a snap judgment about a Boston police
> officer who arrested an "obstreperous" Harvard professor-friend, but would
> warn Americans against "jumping to conclusions" about a mass murderer at
> Fort Hood who shouted "Allahu Akbar." The absurdity of that was lost on no
> one. He has since compounded this by calling the Christmas bomber "an
> isolated extremist" only to have to admit a day or two later that he was
> part of an al Qaeda plot.
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> He is a man who could strive to close down our detention facility at
> Guantanamo even though those released were known to have returned to the
> battlefield against America . He could even instruct his Attorney General to
> afford the perpetrator of 9/11 a civil trial when no one else would ever
> even consider such an obscenity. And he is a man who could wait three days
> before having anything to say about the perpetrator of yet another terrorist
> attack on Americans and then have to elaborate on his remarks the following
> day because his first statement was so lame.
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> The pattern repeats itself. He either blames any problem on the Bush
> administration or he naively seeks to wish away the truth.
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> Knock, knock. Anyone home? Anyone there? Barack Obama exists only as the
> sock puppet of his handlers, of the people who have maneuvered and
> manufactured this pathetic individual's life.
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> When anyone else would quickly and easily produce a birth certificate, this
> man has spent over a million dollars to deny access to his.. Most other
> documents, the paper trail we all leave in our wake, have been sequestered
> from review. He has lived a make-believe life whose true facts remain
> hidden.
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> We laugh at the ventriloquist's dummy, but what do you do when the dummy is
> President of the United States of America ?"
fishinguitarman Offline
#3 Posted:
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If you didn't 'Snopes' this they might stone you to death....
gringococolo Offline
#4 Posted:
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I though Obama ran Snopes?
DrafterX Offline
#5 Posted:
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Snopes couldn't find it.... so it must be true..
HockeyDad Offline
#6 Posted:
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jimmy4eyes Offline
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>http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/makebelieve.asp
DrafterX Offline
#8 Posted:
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damn...
fishinguitarman Offline
#9 Posted:
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Here come the ROCKS!!!!
DrafterX Offline
#10 Posted:
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Sad
jpotts Offline
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I checked Snopes to see if Idi Amin Jr. is authentic.


They claim he is an urban myth.
chiefburg Offline
#12 Posted:
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Usually these stories and letters that seem "too good to be true" are just that. This stuff pops up all the time.

Having said that, the facts mentioned in the bogus article tend to be true. As such, you think someone might write a real story and get it published.
DrafterX Offline
#13 Posted:
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^ ya, I never bought that Hawaian birth certificate story either...
DrMaddVibe Offline
#14 Posted:
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Theory???

How's 'bout FACTS???

He sucks open azz!

He's trying to fight Wilson and Hoover for Worst Ever American President!
edsbar60 Offline
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Handlers = Bilderberger group? There are definitely some truths in it. McCain and Palin couldn't have been a worst pick for the Republican party.



By the way...here's a link to the real author. It was written for the Canadian Free Press by Alan Caruba.

http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/18546

RICKAMAVEN Offline
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were you around when the previous administration broke all the rules of civilization. did you find anything offensive then or is President Obama. yhe only one who bothers yoy.;

do you think clinton killed or hired someone to kill vince foster. your response will be very helpfull in understaning you.

thanks for your answers in advance
engletl Offline
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The last 4 POTUS have all been Tools of some sort

Time for ALL Citizens to wake up and vote out ALL of the incumbent political machine of office
jpotts Offline
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RICKAMAVEN wrote:
were you around when the previous administration broke all the rules of civilization.



That's quite an assertion, there Rick. What, specifically, are the "rules of civilization?"
jpotts Offline
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The true Bush Hater will cling to their only idol (Idi Amin. Jr.) as they will rationalize that anyone will be better than someone who has liberated millions of Iraqis from beneath the boot of a ruthless dictator.

We can't have non-white people getting all uppity with the notion of liberty, now can we?
borndead1 Offline
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We need a tinfoil hat smiley for this forum.

I do agree with the author on most of his assertions though. McCain/Palin stood no chance against the OBAMESSIAH.

As far as the media's treatment of Obama, I seem to recall Bush getting the soft touch from the media for his first couple of years, especially after 9/11.
RICKAMAVEN Offline
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THE PUTZMAN 14

sorry, i can't help you. it is beyond your pay grade. \

it was your parents responsibility to explain civil behavior to you, for example, young boys that hurt animals are generally precursers to an abusive adult, who given the power and the chance will have people tortured to satisfy some inner need to hurt others, and will have people murdered for the same psycotic reason.

there are no drugs that will cure this psycosis. they need to be in a supervised structer, and watched
continually
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ZRX1200 Offline
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A few more than Vince Foster died Rick.
RICKAMAVEN Offline
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zrx1200

are you suggesting clinton had a hand in vince foster's suicide?
jackconrad Offline
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Ric,Not talking k No i think he was implying Clinton had a hand in Fosters Murder...
donutboy2000 Offline
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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — China’s Commerce Ministry has decided to increase an antidumping duty on U.S. chicken products, months after the punitive measures were first introduced, in a sign of continuing trade frictions between the two economic superpowers.

China will raise the minimum chicken duty to 50.3% on chicken products imported from the U.S., compared with minimum duties of 43.1% that were introduced in February, the ministry reportedly said in a statement on Sunday. The maximum antidumping tariff for the chicken products will remain at 105.4%, reports said. Read February antidumping story.
China typhoon death toll rises

Chinese state media reports that Typhoon Fanapi in southern China killed at least 33 people and caused an estimated $300 million in economic losses.

The new rate, which take effect on Monday, will replace the duties imposed earlier after preliminary results of the probe showed U.S. chicken was being sold at below fair value, the ministry said, according to an Associated Press report.

“Dumping duties exist in the imported chicken products from the U.S. and has caused substantial harm to China’s domestic industry,” the report cited the ministry as saying.

Importers that responded to the investigation must now pay tariffs of between 50.3% and 53.4% on U.S. broiler or chicken products. Companies that didn’t respond were subject to a 105.4% duty, the ministry reportedly said.

Beijing’s decision came after the U.S. announced a final decision on Tuesday to impose antidumping and countervailing duties on imports of coated paper from China, according to Dow Jones Newswire
mk05 Offline
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I was watching TV today and apparently TRow Price has macroeconomics it all figured out. I'll be parking my money there.

RICKAMAVEN Offline
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DrafterX 12

i'll bry you didn't even buy that his mother was white, or that he graduated high school and even went to colleg.

nobody can pull the wool over your eyes. e
herfidore Offline
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We have a political board now. Feel free to take full advantage of it.
DrMaddVibe Offline
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98.2% of preteanagers are challenged phonetically.
jpotts Offline
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RICKAMAVEN wrote:
THE PUTZMAN 14

sorry, i can't help you. it is beyond your pay grade. \

it was your parents responsibility to explain civil behavior to you, for example, young boys that hurt animals are generally precursers to an abusive adult, who given the power and the chance will have people tortured to satisfy some inner need to hurt others, and will have people murdered for the same psycotic reason.

there are no drugs that will cure this psycosis. they need to be in a supervised structer, and watched
continually
.


So, Rick, what does that say about you? The guy who degrades just about every woman politician?

Sorry, I forgot - that's above your "paygrade."
jpotts Offline
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FYI, Rick, just about every civilization has done something that, by your "modern" standards, that is appalling.

The Romans slaughtered entire tribes, and kept slaves. The were a "civilization."

The ancient Israelites wiped out entire cities that didn't convert.

The Muslims both past and present slaughter Christians and Jews.

The Soviets and Chinese communists (your buddies and idols) slaughtered tens of millions of people. They too are a "civilization."

The Western Europeans are highly anti-Semetic, and they too are a "civilization."

Even in the US, American liberals are highly anti-Semetic, racist, and believe in government sanctioned theft. They are part of a modern-day "civilization."

So, maybe you need to clarify these "rules" for us, Rick. Just so we're all on the same page here.
RICKAMAVEN Offline
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putzboy #31

as i recall the crusades were the christians on a mission to destroy muslims.

when did the soviets and chinese become my buddies and idols.

see you male up **** and then then tell me i am wrong because of it.

you have a fertile imagination full of weeds.

something you might know. what is the powder in an envelope that comes with the cut flowers i buy at the markets.
RICKAMAVEN Offline
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herfidore #28

LOL
jpotts Offline
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RICKAMAVEN wrote:
putzboy #31

as i recall the crusades were the christians on a mission to destroy muslims.


Which started when the Muslims were slaughtering Christians in Muslim-occupied territory (about 100 years after Islam's occupation of the Holy Land). It was in a response to the foundation of the Fez, whose red hats were dipped in Christian blood, and the order by Caliph al—Matawakkil and Caliph Harun al—Rashid that Christian houses of prayer are to be destroyed. This also led to the destruction of the Church of Mary Magdalene in Jerusalem. Then there were the anti-Christian riots in Jerusalem in 966, the destruction of Church of the Resurrection in 937, and the invasion of Spain, Sicily, and Sardinia by Muslims in the 10th century.

Only in 1099 did the Christians decide to go on the Crusades.

History obviously isn't your strong suit, is it Rick?

RICKAMAVEN wrote:

when did the soviets and chinese become my buddies and idols.


Around 1952.

RICKAMAVEN wrote:

see you male up **** and then then tell me i am wrong because of it.


Rick, I don't have to make up anything to let you know you're wrong. All you have to do is type, and the rest just sorta happens.

RICKAMAVEN wrote:

you have a fertile imagination full of weeds.


Yes, coming from a failed insurance salesman, I'm sure you're an "expert" on being "imaginative."

RICKAMAVEN wrote:

something you might know. what is the powder in an envelope that comes with the cut flowers i buy at the markets.


The major brand name on that is called Floralife, though there are several other manufacturers of that substance since its first introduction.

We started providing Floralife for customers some time in the late 1980s, though the best way to extend the life of your cut flowers is to cut the bottom part of the stems with a sharp knife on a 45-degree angle, just before you put them in water. It also helps if you periodically clean the vases you put your cut flowers in with bleach, as many organisms that will shorten the life of your cut flowers will survive and hibernate cleanings using soap and hot water.

Many bacteria, when exposed to harsh conditions, will form "spores", which can resist prolonged exposure to cold, soap, and even hot water (though boiling water is very effective). Bleach, however, kills just about everything it touches.

Use a knife to cut the stems, and not a scissors, as the scissors wil pinch the capillary tubes used to feed the flowers water and nutrients.
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Thankfully, we're not repeating all the mistakes of 1937. But Congress and the Obama administration are flirting dangerously with one of them by failing to extend the expiring low tax rates for all Americans. What's worse, we're close to repeating the mother of all policy errors, the one made not in 1937 but in 1930—the one that started the Great Depression. We're on track to resurrect the 1930 Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act.

Last week the House passed the Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act. It's an amendment that gives dangerous new protectionist powers to the notorious Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, the proximate cause of the global Great Depression, which after all these years is still on the books. Democrats—all but five of whom voted in favor of the bill last week—would do well to remember that in 1932 Franklin Delano Roosevelt ran as a free-trader, pledging to lower Smoot-Hawley's tariff walls. The 99 Republicans who voted aye should know that Herbert Hoover's name lives in infamy for erecting them. Instead, Wednesday's vote was a bipartisan move to build those walls higher using currencies as the bricks and mortar.

The bill, if passed by the Senate and signed by the president, would mandate that the Department of Commerce take a foreign country's currency interventions into account in determining whether its trading practices are unfair. In the case of China—the target at which this bill is aimed—Commerce would determine that the amount by which the yuan is allegedly undervalued. The number being thrown around now by supporters of the bill, such as the AFL-CIO and the United Auto Workers, is as much as 40%. The cost basis of Chinese-made goods exported to the U.S. would then be adjusted upward by that amount to determine whether they are being sold below cost, an unfair trade practice known as "dumping." Not a single Chinese export good could survive such a test—virtually the entire volume of China's exports to the U.S. suddenly would become subject to countervailing duties.

Surely China would retaliate. That makes the bill a nuclear threat of mutual assured economic destruction. If carried out, it would crush trade between China and the United States, which are huge export markets for each other.

Suppose China blinks and revalues the yuan to avert the nuclear threat. Even if this creates some American jobs, which is doubtful, it would do so by making all Chinese goods more expensive in the U.S.—an immediate inflationary tax on American consumers.

At the same time, it would make goods priced in dollars cheaper for China to import, supposedly a boon to U.S. exports. But an unintended consequence is that it will make China an even more voracious competitor for oil. That's because oil is priced in dollars, so a revaluation would make it cheaper in yuan terms. Remember, during the period from 2005 to 2008 when the yuan was revalued under similar political pressures from the U.S., the price of oil rose, not coincidentally, to $147 per barrel from $60. That could happen again—and it would be another inflationary tax on U.S. consumers.

WSJ
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