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The attorney and longtime Washington observer Andy Friedman told attendees Tuesday at the Raymond James Financial Services national conference that advisors and their clients can expect continued volatility in the markets—and in politics—for the rest of the year.
That's due not only to the November presidential election, which introduces the uncertainty that markets hate, and to the expected June ruling by the Supreme Court on the legal challenge to Obama's health care law, but also to what Friedman expects will be the "mother of all lame-duck sessions." That will be when the current Congress likely returns for a Thanksgiving-to-Christmas session after the presidential election to address a host of tax, deficit and budget deadlines.
At the end of the year, regardless of who wins the presidential election or which political party is in legislative power next year, the sequestration budget cuts enacted last year are set to take effect. The lawmakers will need to pass a 2013 budget and, likely, increase the debt limit. Finally—and this one will affect advisors and their clients most—the Bush-era tax cuts are scheduled to sunset.
Quoting White House chief of staff Jacob Lew, Friedman said there was a "perfect storm set up" for December. Noting the coining of the now-popular phrase the "financial cliff," Friedman wondered if it would force Congress into a compromise. He's not optimistic, however, considering that both parties have drawn "lines in the sand," particularly after 2011's acrimonious budget and debt ceiling battle.
As for the outcome of the presidential election, Friedman suggested that the polls to watch should be those of independent voters, who he said tend to care more about economic issues than social issues. Their importance has grown as the electorate has pretty evenly split among Democrats, Republicans and independents. He mentioned in passing that the recent political flap over gay marriage "is a red herring," since both Democrats and Republicans already know where they stand on that issue.
For independents, however, it's not an issue. While he said those independents were "uncertain who to blame" for the nation's less-than-booming economy, he did note that there is a 50% approval rating for President Obama among independent voters, while only 9% of them approve of Congress. They might also, he suggested, be more amenable to raising taxes on the 'wealthy.'
So what should advisors be doing throughout this volatile period on behalf of their clients? Friedman, of TheWashingtonUpdate.com, listed six key areas:
1. Sell assets and dissolve concentrated positions. These steps are important since there's a chance that income and capital gains tax rates may increase next year depending on what Congress does with the expiring Bush-era tax cuts, and since there will definitely be a 3.8% Medicare-funding tax increase in 2013 under the Affordable Care Act for families with more than $250,000 in annual income.
2. Consider investing in municipal bonds. The tax benefits of muni bonds are likely to increase next year, partly because muni bond income will be exempt from that Medicare tax increase.
3. Beware of dividend-paying stocks. Friedman says the likely 2013 tax treatment of dividends is "less clear" than for other forms of income, but should the Bush-era tax cuts expire, taxes on both long-term capital gains and dividends are set to rise from their current level of 15% to a maximum of 20% for capital gains and a whopping 39.6% maximum for dividends.
4. Consider Roth IRA conversions. Again because of the likely increase in taxes, doing a Roth IRA conversion in 2012 makes sense, Friedman argued, since a client will pay the lower 2012 taxes and avoid paying future higher taxes when they convert or when they start taking withdrawals from their traditional IRA, which is taxed as ordinary income.
5. Take advantage of gifting opportunities. Friedman encouraged advisors in attendance to have their clients take advantage of the much higher gift tax and estate tax exemptions due to expire at year end. Advisors can take advantage of these wealth transfer opportunities because they will tend to be in trusts that will still allow the advisor to manage the assets in those trusts.
6. Consider products that provide tax deferral and retirement income guarantees, like variable annuities. Friedman touted the benefits of the modern variable annuity, which provides income for life through investing in a host of investment vehicles including mutual funds. Friedman, who said he was a "huge believer in VAs," also practices what he preaches: Friedman said he had invested all his IRA money into VAs.
Following his prepared remarks, Friedman briefly opened up the floor to questions. The retiring Dick Averitt of Raymond James took the microphone and asked how Friedman would solve the U.S. deficit issue. "You all know" how to fix the problem, he said. "Cut $3 to $4 in spending for every $1 increase in taxes," raise the retirement age for those under 55, institute some means testing for Social Security recipients and institute modest tax increases."
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Let's not focus on the sad news, which is the passing of my lovely 1975 BMW 2002 on to another owner. Ruby is a good car, but I'm barely driving her, and I don't like owning things I don't use. May she be as good for her next owner as she has been for me.
Instead, let's focus on why I'm letting her go: to buy a Land Cruiser.
I'm getting older and slower and dumber. I'm 32. I'm not going to be rich or famous or wealthy or have a lot of money or be rich. But what I do have, what has become my own personal fortune, is freedom. I don't have a lot of stuff, but I don't have any debt. I have my health. (From which I withdraw at a rate of a few whiskies-and-cigarettes-per-day.) And I have a job that lets me make money from the road.
I wasn't planning on being at Gizmodo this long this tour. Six months, in and out. But it's been more like nine months already and I don't see an immediate end in site. I had this startup I was going to do with a friend, but that died on the vine. So here I am blogging. Which, hey. It's a good gig.
But I won't be able to do this forever. I'll go stir-crazy. I always do. So I'm trying to put together the next big adventure.
Next year, I want to hit the road. First to Alaska, to touch the pole. (And get every Palin woman pregnant. My girlfriend objects to this goal primarily for political reasons.) Then back down and around the States for a month or two, visiting many of the places I've never made it to or haven't spent enough time in. And then late in the year, down south through Mexico and on towards Argentina. The Panamerican Highway.
As daydreams go, it's a pretty mild one. Hundreds of Americans hit the overland road every year toward Central and South America. And a large percentage of them write and blog about it. And I'm sure I will too.
But in the meantime, I've got slightly less than a year of learning and experimentation ahead of me. I need to greatly expand my abilities as an auto mechanic beyond my current specialities, Bolting Things On and Sandwich Spreads. I need to bone up on some more Spanish. I wouldn't mind some sort of first-aid training, as the last I had was 20 years ago in the Scouts.
And I need to figure out what gear is essential and what is a joke. I expect this is going to be a relatively high-tech expedition rig when all is said and done – I am a tech dork after all – but the last thing I want to be doing in a year is troubleshooting fritzy gear in the field. (Instead I want to do that this year.)
So first things first: getting a truck. Land Cruisers are about as universal as a vehicle can be across the world. Capable, relatively inexpensive when used, and with a better-than-average chance of local parts availability. Plus the old ones look fantastic. And if you can't look fantastic in the field, where can you, really?
(I'm looking at 62s and 80 Series, if you're a truckdork and care.)
I'm particularly looking forward to finding the balance between equipment to keep us running strong on the road with things that we'll want to, you know, live in relative comfort. I'm not Mr 4×4, but I've seen plenty of rigs taken out to the desert, or what have you, that are packed to the gills with extraction equipment, etc, leaving little room for water. I had a moment last night when I looked at my acoustic guitar, safely swaddled in its hard case and thought, "Of course I'll want to take my guitar." And then a bit of shock as I realised that my guitar in its case would take up a tremendous amount of room in the back of a Land Cruiser. Should I instead strap it to the top? Mount it on the hood like an ornament? Build a special guitar trailer? Every single thing ends up being questioned and questioned again.
That doesn't bum me out. I've been ditching more and more of my stuff over the years. I already do two-week trips abroad in a carry-on – with my camera equipment. But it's going to be a whole new level of technomading it.
I also have no idea how to use a Hi-Lift jack in all its fancy multivariousness. The only winch I've ever used was made of Lego. Most of my desert driving experience was while high and in dust storms. I'm out here in Portland, Oregon, now, so there's plenty of terrain around to practice on all winter, but I've got a lot to learn.
It's my latest mid-life crisis, and I look forward to sharing it with you all. We'll see if I actually manage to stay on target for this one – I'm not known for following through when it comes to life goals – but I've been thinking about it heavily for at least a couple of years. I have to luxury of actually being able to pull it off. It seems wrong, in a way, to not do it. But who knows?
If nothing else, it should be amusing to watch me flail.

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John Brennan came well-prepared Thursday and held his own during questioning at his Senate confirmation hearing to become the 21st director of the Central Intelligence Agency. It was in stark contrast to what was considered by many as an ill-prepared, lethargic performance by defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel at his confirmation hearing last week.
Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee mostly grilled Brennan about his knowledge of the CIA's controversial interrogation and detention program and the lethal targeting of suspected terrorists. Republicans tended to focus on leaks of secret information about counterterrorism activities.
While on one hand Brennan was forceful with his answers, on the other he seemed very careful with his choice of words.
Here are five things we learned from the hearing:
1. Doubts on harsh interrogations
Brennan had said in the past that although he opposed some of the harsh interrogation techniques that were used on suspected terrorists during the George W. Bush administration, CIA reports that he had seen when he was a senior official at the agency indicated valuable information came from the use of those techniques and had saved lives. But he now has doubts after reading the 300-page summary of a recently completed intelligence committee report on the interrogation and detention program. Brennan told the senators a number of things in the Senate report were "very concerning and disturbing" to him.
The 6,000 page report was based on mostly CIA documents, however. No CIA officers past or present were interviewed for the report.
Brennan said he would have to wait for the CIA to complete its review of the report before he drew any final conclusions. "Now I have to determine what the truth is. I do not know what the truth is," Brennan told the committee.
Brennan was asked by Sen. Saxby Chambliss, ranking Republican on the committee, why he didn't try to stop the interrogations if he objected to them. He responded that he was aware of the program and personally objected to parts of it, but didn't take action to stop it because his job as deputy executive director did not put him "in the chain of command" for the program.
2. The agony of targeted killing
Brennan told the committee that the use of targeted killing against suspected al Qaeda terrorists overseas who pose an imminent threat to the United States is only used as a last resort. He said the United States does not conduct strikes "to punish terrorists for past transgressions." Brennan agreed the public has a misunderstanding of what the government is doing and doesn't realize "the care that we take and the agony that we go through to make sure that we do not have any collateral injuries or deaths."
3. Get ready for more droning on drones
For the first time the public heard an open discussion about the secret targeted killing program with Brennan defending the adminstration's approach.
Brennan agreed with Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, that Americans need to have a full understanding of government rules involving the use of armed drones to conduct targeted killings against American citizens overseas who are considered senior operational leaders of al Qaeda or one of its affiliates. "I have been a strong proponent of trying to be as open as possible with these programs as far as our explaining what we're doing," Brennan said. "So what we need to do is make sure we explain to the American people what the thresholds for action, what are the procedures, the practices, the processes, the approvals, the reviews." He suggested this hearing was a good start and advocated for more speeches by the executive branch to explain its counterterrorism efforts.
4. Authorized leaks are an oxymoron
Last year, Republicans accused the Obama administration of intentionally leaking information about successful secret counterterrorism operations to make the president look good in an election year. At the hearing on Thursday, some GOP senators hammered away at Brennan about one of those leaks - a thwarted al Qaeda bomb plot in Yemen that involved a mole. Sen. Dan Coats, R-Indiana, wanted to know whether it was possible to put out an authorized leak. Brennan gave an emphatic no and said that would be an "oxymoron." The information would have to be declassified to be disclosed, said Brennan "and done in a proper way."
Brennan took exception to the charge he was responsible for the Yemen leak, which is being investigated by the Justice Department.
When Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, bluntly said, "it seems to me that the leak that (the) Justice Department is looking for is right here in front of us," Brennan said he "vehemently disagreed." He added he voluntarily was interviewed by prosecutors and was told he is considered a witness and not a suspect.
5. Trust of CIA directors
It appears Brennan might be looked upon more highly then some of his predecessors if he is confirmed as CIA director - at least in the eyes of some senators.
Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Maryland, complained about being "jerked around" around by just about all of the CIA directors she has been associated with over the past 10 years. She asked Brennan for his word that he would be forthcoming and speak truth to power, something Brennan promised to do.
But Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-West Virginia, had no doubts about his trust in Brennan. He said in his 28 years in the Senate, he couldn't recall "anybody who was more forthright, more direct, more accommodating" and willing to work with the committee. The chairwoman of the committee, Sen. Dianne Feinstein seconded her colleague's comments and added, "you really didn't hedge."
Coats complimented Brennan for giving straight answers, being blunt and candid.
Ecclesiastes 3:8: A time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace.
And there's a time for learning war no more,that time was when Jesus Christ came and died on the Cross for all sin,including the sins of wars.Jesus knew the Scriptures,and he he knew it was his time to fulfill them,to fulfill all the prophets,including the prophet Isaiah,and Isaiah 2:4,man learns war no more-and today is the day of Salvation.
oh puke.... seriously?
Pam should learn the difference between "than and then" – "5. Trust of CIA directors
It appears Brennan might be looked upon more highly then some of his predecessors..."
Really??? He opposes harsh interrogation but is ok with being judge, jury and executioner
Just curious–how much usable intelligence about other terrorists and their future plans do we gleen from the "death by drone" actions?
We found out he can lie as well as Obumer and Clinton.
Thank you, Jaws3119. How true that is!
We have learned that Marco Rubio does not have "command of the facts" when it comes to Foreign Policy. How does a U.S. Senator not know that each country works with their own rule of law? Rubio's new Top Foreign Policy and National Security Advisor is Jamie Fly. Fly is a "ardent supporter" of a war with Iran. Maybe Fly should be advising Rubio in taking a class on "international laws" instead of advising neocon policies.
We have also learned that Obama has no foreign policy other than apology and appeasement.
General Colin Powell disagrees with that statement. Apparently, the majority of Americans disagree with that statement.That phrase was a "talking point" that The Republicans could never back up with facts. Marco Rubio's hiring of Jamie Fly was only to boost his "espousing hawkish views" credentials. Marco Rubio has a "credibility gap". It started with his "embellishment" of his personal biography. That goes to the "character issue".
We learned that Brennan IS NOT the man for the head of the CIA!
We learned that Republicans would rather see the country be attacked by terrorists than see our President succeed at keeping us safe.
Egypt, Libya, Iran, Syria etc., really gives a feeling of safety! You know, everyone has a right to be stupid: you, however, are abusing the privilege!
one event, 9/11. Yeah, Iran doesn't seem that bad does it?
These are the same tactics use during the Bush administrator but all Dems opposite but now its all good and legal. where is ACLU on this issue?
Anyone with half a brain knows that John Brennan along with Obama and his crowd are a bunch of war criminals who need to be indicted and brought to justice, so just is what's left to learn?
killing terrorists is not war crime, not here, or not any where in the world. Look my brother Muhammed, what Syrians are doing? Killing these people is a big favor to the world.
Just exactly who are you to judge these people, krm1007? And who gave you the moral authority to decide who should live and who should die? In fact, Barack Obama and his crowd of right-wing fanatics need to be indicted and tried at the I.C.C. for crimes against humanity!
If they where german you bet would be charged and end up in prison if not hanged but amaricans can get away with that stuff.What a terrible doble standard
We learned....
Good Men Fought and Good Men Died
While a President Slept the Night Away.
For Seven Hours Straight
They hoped for help
but their calls were in vain.
All the time OBAMA slept.
and one by one they did fall
and one by one they did DIE
and all the time OBAMA slept.
we have the same problems here in Pakistan, corrupt politicians and crook army generals are sleeping (or they are paid to close their eyes) at the desk, while innocent people are getting blown away by Al Qaeda.
What you learned:
Nothing that Faux News and 24/7 hate radio didn't teach you.
The news source you demean is the ONLY one to present the news and do it fairly..the rest are Obama propaganda outlets. The cover-up continues by the administration.
If the President were never allowed to sleep while American lives were on the line... he'd never get any rest. I for one do not want a malnourished, sleep-deprived President leading our nation into any situation... war included.
Get some rest, Mr. President... if you can sleep over all the crazy and stupid shouting outside your window.
This is all so disgusting when will Obama have done Nothing enough to be Impeached seems he is coming close to being everything a President shouldn't be, He is defiant egotistical and his knowledge of the job is NIL.. Never before have we had such a clueless guy in charge even Jimmy Carter wasn't this dumb!! people who voted for him now are seeing th Light being taxed to death a ruined economu and our Miitary being downsize wit the risk of attack getting mover evedent every day as he ignores iran and the the Mid east upheval.. This guy is not only dangerous but in over his head . He was chosen to work socialiaum into our system. How do es he do it ruin our economy make us a nanny country with his fair distribution of wealth till it is gone and he is King./dictator he already is flexing those muscles all he cares about is campaigning telling lies to those who worship him to our detriment we who see through the smile glad handing and let me take care of you crap!!!!!!!!!
What I learned is Obama rules with an iron fist inside of a velvet glove.
Wow, Panetta and Dempsy both being grilled on Bengazi and not a word on CNN. Could it be bacause the hearing proves that Obama AND Hillary did NOTHING to protect or even to try to rescue the Americans being attacked. CNN is the State Run Media!!!
What did we learn? – Obama slept thorugh the whole Libya fiasco, with just one 15 minute phone call. Good job – this would be grounds for dismisal in any other job!
With Brennan, as with Panetta, as with Hillary Clinton, you get an army of 60 year old former Woodstockers who show all the characteristics having been on LSD since 1970.
Sucesso amigo , John Brennan !!!
No es gracioso Natanael, incluso en espanol! Todo el mundo ya sabe que !ni John Brennan ni Barack Obama no buenos para nada! No mas chistes, por favor.
If you read the 5 points notice that nothing is devulged. Nothing is said. Same B___F_ING_S_H__T we hear all the time. He didn't supoort water boarding during the Bush Administration nor did he support Drone strikes. However it's different now that he is up for the post.
This is the beginning of targeted American strikes, what I fear is when they use them on Americans on American soil. The day is comming and I wouldn't be too supprised if they use it on that crazy LAPD officer.
Bunch of doubletalk answering a question with a question garbage.
The Real John Wayne had lung cancer and beat that,...but died of stomach cancer....Google the John Wayne movie "The Conqueror"...and read up on how so many of the cast and crew died later of cancer,..They were filming a movie down wind of YUCCA Flats a US Nuclear Weapons test site....Nothing like filming in a radiation covered desert....
Al Qa'da is still trying to get nuclear material...a nuclear bomb....
What did we learn? We learnt that the US government is not interested in the findings of numerous independent, and on the ground, investigations that have established the fact of an alarming number of civilian casualties in these so called precise drone strikes, over which they apparently agonize. For one example refer to the recent Stanford/NYU study. The only way the US gov can come up with its figures is by labelling almost everyone they kill as a suspected militant – how convenient, and how dishonest. Similarly today on the BBC, a study by the UN of civilian casualties in Afghanistan in ISAF operations. Same result, same denials by ISAF. Seems to me to be a case of intentional self denial for whatever reason.
Not only did we learn that this mendacious twit is a perfect match for this administration, but that some of our Senatorial legislators are partisan hacks who will say anything to promote their leftist agenda.
We learned nothing. The fact that Panetta and Obama had one phone call during/after Benghazi should have come out months ago – it should have certainly been announced prior to the election as it is a dereliction of duty. The fact that it was withheld from the American people borders on traitorous as it would have absolutely affected the election.
Nick, Nick,Nick,
Dont you realize that if Obama had acknowledged the attach at terrorism, instead of blaming a video, he would have ramped up the BLAME REPUBLICAN rhetoric. Simply exchange the YOUTUBE video for REPUBLICAN TEA PARTY EXTREMISTS, excuse and you see, the mob liberals would have been just as satisfied with that answer.
there is no way to peace, peace is the way..
If you care about the truth in Benghazi and not the truth about IRAQ, you are not a real American, you are a frat boy.
That is too subtle for "them" sir.
Silly straw man argument. Brennan had a duty and obligation as a deputy director of the CIA to file formal objections to any CIA program in which improper or illegal acts were authorized. And this obligation supercedes the question of whether or not he was in the line of command on a specific policy. Why else was he in on the meetings, if his opinion wasn't pertinent?
And how can any sane, rational human being believe that targeting and killing people is NOT worse than a program of waterboarding or sleep derivation – which are nothing more than a temporary discomfort to the recipient – who is able to walk and talk after the ordeal? Ask yourself if it were you would death be preferable?
How about doing an article about what we learned from Panetta on Benghazi? Like, obama was absent, Hillary was absent & they both lied about it.
Come oooonnnnn, that is holding Oboma accountable for his incompetence. And that is absolutely NOT allowed.
This is the power of a dictator. That Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi were said to have this power was part of their demonization as "brutal dictators," a justification for overthrowing their governments and murdering the dictators and their supporters.
Ironic, isn't it, that the president of the United States now murders his political opponents just as Saddam Hussein murdered his. How long before critics move from the no-fly list to the extermination list?
Reagan was a dictator..and a WMD's salesman,and supplier, a illegal drugs dealer, a illegal weapons dealer....and sold all that to terrorist nations....
Bwaahahahha. Ever hear of Fast and Furious? Ever wonder where the FSA gets their weapons. Guess who we just "sold" a bunch of F-16s and tanks to????
I am sure you think Reagan, the greatest president of the modern times, was a dictator, much like you think a strict parent is a meany.
Surely you are losing your mind if you believe your own twaddle!
If you are an American, you are a traitor. Glad you still remember your English. Whether you are or not, there is a simple way to avoid drone strikes – don't join Al Qaeda, and don't plan attacks on US citizens at home or abroad. Is that a drone fired Hellfire approaching that I hear in the background?
James, James, James.....what you just mentioned does not tell the truth about the conspiracy. You know, the conspiracy that the government (you know, the one that is incapable of doing anything right) has a nation-wide conspiracy element that will use these laws and powers against the people. If anything history has shown us it's that the government is always using it's power against the citizens and there is no repurcussions for it's actions.
WV Gleeman
Go back and read your history books about the British East India Company....The government is usually bought and paid for by the super rich ....all through history....The British East India Company had their own army, could operate outside of the British Crown,...and caused a famine in India that killed millions.....We need to fear the super rich too...because right now in America..they are buying control of our government....
Point #1 – According to Brennan, the enhanced interrogations did reveal important information – until Brennan is trying to secure his appointment and dealing with people who don't want to believe that; now he's not sure....
what we learn is this is just another dog and pony show and barely any truth got out but at least America's aware that we have an extensive Predator drone program.
#2 is a load of BS. The misunderstanding part is simply an attempt to get us to believe exactly what he is saying. I understand very well that have a kill list-it's see target , shoot target. The whole paragraph is a complete bunch of S%$T!
Why is there zero coverage about the fact that OBAMA called only one time to check up on what was happening Benghazi? 1 Conversations around 5pm. He never called back to check, didnt care. Typical of CNN to bury the story. So more or less Americans at our Embassy are overseas getting attacked by Terrorists and the President gets the low down, then just goes to sleep no problem. Amazing. Probably he was plotting what to do after re-election and pondering if Gays should be allowed into the Boy Scouts...just amazing.
I bet you see liberals hiding behind your sofa.
Bush or Obama not checking up on Terrorist attacks should be covered the same. Media hounded Bush about everything and should question Obama, but thats right Obama does not get the tough questions. I dont care what party the President belongs to. He has a job to do, and sticking his nose in what the Boy Scouts are doing should not be his priority, but it is...lol That about says it all. As a conservative, I dont care where the liberals are hiding I will continue to support those that share common sense values and live my life according to my values. Not some President h### bent on taking the country down the incorrect path. Good luck to all 🙂
And after George Bush was told a plane just crashed into the Twin Towers he stayed in the school room for how long...
and his father watch for how long as New Orleans was destroyed...and the New Orleans Major was on TV screaming for aid from the Federal Government?.....
Obama is not a military General....He has to rely on his experts.....Donald Rumsfeld had over 100,000 well armed US troops in Iraq and could not protect them from attacks..from IED's....and all that started just days after Donald Rumsfeld sent 250,000 Iraq troops home without any jobs or money...
AHHH, the liberal feeble mind at work. Compares an 8 hour coordinated attack, Benghazi, to the almost simulatneous crashing of jets into the Twin Towers, Pentagon, and the final PA crash (which was foiled by civilians). HAHAHA you libs are so FAIL.
But you are forgetting that NORAD had drills just like the real attack on 9/11/2001...Hijacked planes loaded with jet fuel to be used as home made cruise missiles to hit our government buildings...including the CIA headquarters....Why was John P. O'Neill the head of the FBI BIn Laden team driven out of the FBI just days before the attack....Why did Condoleeza Rice turn down a request by Richard Clarke for a last line of defense around New York and Washington DC...to setup SAM sites...Surface to Air Missile sites ...which are now in place and used at all the Olympics and Super Bowl games...
Not about Bush, his father had nothing to do with New Orleans, Nagan was the fool who screwed up the Katrina evacuation and obama routinely goes against the advice of his military & intelligence staff, as testified to yesterday.
Agree about Bush. I would have finished up in about 10 seconds and made up an ending to the story I was reading to the kids. I imagine Bush would have checked up what happened throughout the night. Even Clinton would have. Obama is totally different. Fact is Obama gets a pass on a lot of things, other than on Fox news. Treat him the same as Bush and you would see the real Obama come out 🙂
The Secret Service advised Bush to remain and appear calm to avoid a public panic. Why are you regurgitating all the false assertions that emanated from ideological crackpots?
Excellent point – too bad that did not come out during the election. We did get to see pictures of the president watching the Obama killing go down. I suppose the relevant photo here would have been the president watching Comedy Central as Benghazi was happening.
Maybe they will dig up another picture of Obama watching the attack in real time all night, like the recent shotgun photo 🙂 But then again it was just people walking down the street with RPGs saying hey lets kill some Americans? (clinton). You got to love the liberal mindset.
And don't you remember the many videos of the students in Libya trying to learn to shoot real military weapons....Many videos of that...School kids running around with RPG's...School kids firing mortars, and rocket launchers, driving military equipment captured from the Libyan army...like tanks.....You remember how the students turned back a group of Professional Libyan troops by burning old carpet scrapes under the tanks...they covered the carpets with gasoline and lighted them as the tanks drove over them....
Bush or Obama not checking up on Terrorist attacks should be covered the same. Media hounded Bush about everything and should question Obama, but thats right Obama does not get the tough questions. I dont care what party the President belongs to. He has a job to do, and sticking his nose in what the Boy Scouts are doing should not be his priority, but it is...lol That about says it all. As a conservative, I dont care where the liberals are hiding I will continue to support those that share common sense values and live my life according to my values. Not some President h### bent on taking the country down the incorrect path. Good luck to all 🙂
The bottom line with Benghazi was that the State Department did not adequately prepare for the safety of its staff or even issue instructions about travel in hot spots on 9/11. All The President's Men are prepared to make excuses and pass the buck, but when you live in hostile territory, you must be prepared. No Consulate can defend itself..their defensive measures are only designed to buy a little time. With a Marine presence, you buy a little more time, but ultimately you must rely on the forces of the host country to come to your aid. This means not just talk, but drills and specific action plans. If you discover the host country is incapable of carrying out its responsibilities, we must make other arrangements to protect the Consulate ourselves or to close it. So far as I can see, Hillary had none of this in place and Obama was not focused on the problem. The failure got people killed. In fact, one could argue that U.S. policy in forcing the defeat of Libya – led by a dictator with whom Obama shared diplomatic relations and who was no longer a threat to the U.S., has had horrific consequences to include, besides Benghazi, the arming of Al Qaeda and others with weapons from the fallen Libyan Government and deaths in Algeria and Mali from weapons gained from U.S. support of the overthrow of the Government of Libya. It is all connected – like the shin bone to the knee bone.
maybe because not two seconds later, Panetta says the president was well informed of the situation.
Only republicans take a part of a hearing, make it a focus of the entire hearing and run a smear campaign based on it. How has that worked for you guys this last election?
You didn't build that......
A question. Is the problem that the President made a mistake or is the problem that President Obama made a mistake? You don't really have to answer that because we already know the answer.
Do you stick up for him at every turn because he is the President or because he is President Obama and a democrat? YOU don't have to answer because we already know the answer.
1. Doubts on harsh interrogations
Why is it getting the subject drunk, or high, is still the most common method used around the world ...not beating the guy up or yanking out his finger nails.....More sensitive information is opening talked about at the average Washington DC social political party with free drinks.....Orin Hatch told the whole world we were listening to Bin Laden's phone calls....and the GOP did nothing..maybe they wanted to send Bin Laden a message...Halliburton was making sooo much money off the war...
2. The agony of targeted killing
They worry about innocent by standers getting hurt..no one wants that...but the GOP criticized Clinton for not launch cruise missiles on Bin Laden..because he was with a Saudi Prince...and that flight was one hour to even get to the target.. ..oh and we fire bombed Tokyo in WWII that was Curtis Lemay..
These drones can fly over difficult terrain...and fire down on buildings and cars...I suppose it would be better to send a few helicopters a few hundred miles into dangerous areas and hope they all get back alive....
3. Get ready for more droning on drones
For the most part the rules are clear to identify the targets.....a few really bad mistakes have been made in the past...but not as many as were made by manned helicopters ....so the question should be ..are the unmanned better are reducing innocent bystanders getting killed...Our manned helicopters had many innocent killed...what are the real numbers based on number of flights and support command behind the order to shoot....These drones provide real time video and the higher ups can see the situation by then with our manned helicopter..We could use better wide view cameras along with the targeting camera. for better situation awareness..
4. Authorized leaks are an oxymoron
Well they happen in the Pentagon...when one project wants to end another project...all over funding battles.....
Our news reporters get tips all the time and report that the next day...and those tips usually come from highly place individuals that want their name with held..because they are not authorized to talk about it to anyone....oh brother..
5. Trust of CIA directors
The trust needs to goes both ways....like I already said the GOP did nothing to Orin Hatch...but they want to nail someone now over leaks they can not prove.... They put one CIA agent in jail for 30 months for telling the world about water boarding an international war crime....but seem to let others who leaked information or broke the rules off the hook...
The author Pam Benson needs to learn the difference between then and than. I can't stand a "journalist" who cannot read or write.
"It appears Brennan might be looked upon more highly then some of his predecessors if he is confirmed as CIA director"
Who hired this person? Who will take responsibility?
And Ms. Benson feels free to give HER opinion while reporting.
Brennan's explanation, as well as Panetta and Clinton before, that the "heads up" and time and distance didn't allow enough time for a response to save our men in Benghazi is complete HOGWASH!
1. There was "heads up" in the Ambassadors request for additional security and the other attacks in Libya leading and NOTHING was done to add security.
2. The attack lasted 8 hours and two Americans were killed in the last hour. How did Brennan and the others know that the attack wouldn't have lasted 2 days? They left our boys out there without sending any response to stop the attack.
3. Obama and Clinton never bothered to check up on the response or outcome during the entire 8 hour attack after they were initially made aware of the attack. THEY DIDN'T CARE.
Fourleaf Tayback
1. There was "heads up" in the Ambassadors request for additional security and the other attacks in Libya leading and NOTHING was done to add security.
But you forget the request for additional security guards was not for Benghazi....
2. The Ambassador lost his way in the smoke filled hallways lost his security detail ..and took a wrong turn..and he died from breathing too much smoke....
3. Who ran the White House on the morning of 9/11/2001...Dick Cheney who probably held a higher national security clearance then GHWBush....In the 1980's when GHWBush was running a small Texas oil company...Dick Cheney was helping to run a super secret supply system providing tons of WMD's to Saddam in Iraq....Was it Disk Cheney that ordered the fighters to intercept the hijacked planes out over the ocean off the east coast....and totally missed the real hijacked aircraft...guaranteeing they would hit their targets in New York and Washington DC...
Funny how no matter what the topic of the moment is, some people feel compelled to rag on Bush. In other words, Bush did bad things; Obama does bad things, but its okay because Bush did bad things. Using Bush to justify Obama is silly and way beyond old.
Bush used the drones to kill...the GOP cheered....
Bush had many more killed troops on the ground looking for the bad guys...the GOP cheered....
Bush and Cheney are in the past! Obama has been in office over four years now...He did not, nor Hillary, protect our our Embassy and our people PERIOD!!!
Every Oligarchy needs its henchmen to keep the lower ranks in order – Brennan fits the bill
I read this summary and have to comments
1) Apalled again at the content throw enough mud and hope some sticks UGH
2) these confirmation hearings have become flawed process driven more by politics of the candidates or suspected policy flaws = those which are different to the minority view.
They have to talk about how any nominees will perform on current and future issues not living in the past, and castigating actions that are still under investigation... wher did innocent until proven guilyt go.
Why Did the corrupt Senate Dinosaurs move Webster from the FBI to the CIA to internal revenue service ?
Why did the FBI constantly CHALLANGE the CIA veracity under Websters incompetent watch when he was in the FBI.
An endorsement from Rockefeller the outgoing W VA Senator who knew he would not win reelection so he decided to save face and not run again for his senate seat ,and a stooge who wanted internet censorship now thats as good as gold


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I'm in no hurry to abandon my proven Lexapro-and-Abilifi diet, but nevertheless am always interested to see if any of the purported "depression supplements" actually work, and have popped a lot of St. John's Wort in my time. So was I wasting my time?
CNN put to the test 8 of the most popular natural supplements. Short answer: for the bulk of them, the results were "limited and inconclusive." In a few cases — St. John's Wort, Saffron — there were noticeable benefits. However, these applied only to mild cases of depression and in no way should be considered a substitute for a doctor's care. And while saffron proved mildly effective in some cases, it's hardly cost-effective. Unless, you know, you have some line to bulk spices.
Bottom line: don't do anything without a professional's consultation. Because something is "natural" doesn't mean it isn't powerful (think about how many pharmaceuticals are derived from natural sources!) , and if a substance can effect your mental state, chances are it's relatively potent. As with all things homeopathic and otherwise, get second —and third — opinions and take anything you read "on the Internet" with the proverbial grain of sea salt. Indeed, the thing I found most alarming about this otherwise sober CNN report was that, between cautiously-worded reviews of tryptophan supplements and Omega-3s were ads for herbal antidepressants promising "90% success rate" and a "Natural Bipolar Treatment" offering a free 15-minute consultation. Well-being, sadly, is rarely that easy.


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Whenever I hear that a favorite author of mine is working on a young adult novel, my heart sinks. "Oh, that won't be for me," I say to myself, "I am not a young adult." Sure, I know adults can read YA fiction: I read the His Dark Materials trilogy and the Harry Potter books along with the rest of the universe. But I object to the idea that young people need their own special, segregated genre of books, as if their minds are so dramatically different from adult minds that they require their own category of fantasy. Once a person has reached adolescence, relegating their reading material to its own gated subgenre seems at best condescending and at worst censorious. As many critics have pointed out, writing YA fiction doesn't mean avoiding so-called adult topics like sex, horror, and politics. China Mieville has written a dark YA novel called Un Lun Dun, and Cory Doctorow has published the highly-political YA book Little Brother. It sounds like Paolo Bacigalupi's YA novel will be political, too. So what exactly separates YA fiction from A fiction? It would seem that it's simply the ages of the protagonists. YA fiction features teen heroes, and A fiction features those over 18. If age of protagonists is the delineator, that means publishers could easily repackage Vernor Vinge's A Fire Upon the Deep as YA fiction, since at least half the novel is about two young people on a strange planet. Or hell, why not make Neal Stephenson's new book Anathem YA too? Its protagonist is just 18 years old. But nobody would think Stephenson's book was for young people, just as they wouldn't likely slap "young adult" on the cover of a Vinge tome. Obviously age isn't the only indicator, then: There is something more than safe subjects or young characters that makes a book YA. I think you and I know exactly what that "something" is. It's niche marketing. We've already got clothing, games, and technologies aimed at teenagers. Now we have scifi books aimed at them too. I don't want you to think that I have some giant objection to niche marketing, because I don't. It's helpful to have bookstores divided up into sections. What I don't like is when one of those sections is specifically designed to repel me, to make me think that I shouldn't be there.
When scifi novels with adolescent protagonists are marketed as "just for adolescents," a curtain of taboo falls between most adults and that novel. In an era where there is so much legal panic around relations between adults and young adults, it's hard to deny your knee-jerk response that there's something slightly distasteful and pedophilic about an adult reading stories aimed at people under the age of 18. I just can't get that scene from the movie Happiness out of my head, where we figure out that one of the main characters is a pedophile because he buys Tiger Beat magazine. What I'm trying to say is that labeling novels YA in the hope that that will make them "mainstream" may actually backfire. You will certainly alienate possible adult readers, who feel vaguely nasty for cozying up with a genre aimed at teens. And I believe in the end you will lose teen readers, who are exactly the sorts of people who dislike being told that their youth bars them from understanding adult novels. What self-respecting 15-year-old wants to read "young adult" fiction when she could be reading stuff actually written for adults? The beauty of science fiction is that our hypothetical 15-year-old can read adult fiction and enjoy it just as much as adults do. Not because scifi is simplistic, but because it usually operates on multiple levels: One level is devoted to an adventurous plot, and the other seethes with social subtext and commentary. The most successful scifi novels should work as entertainment for people of any age, and can suggest deeper ideas to people who have been on Earth long enough to want a little contemplation with their space battles. Many of the recent and forthcoming YA novels in scifi could just as easily be marketed as novels without any particular age designation. My guess is that young people would read them anyway, just as I read adult novels by Rudy Rucker, John Varley, and Robert Silverberg when I was in the "young adult" target market. If we really want to open science fiction up to new readers, we won't do it by dividing our audience up into smaller and smaller groups. Nor will we expand the minds of young people by telling them that they should only read specially-designated novels for young people. Why not admit that teens have a place in the world of adult imagination, and vice versa? Adults and teens are different in all kinds of ways, but surely they can meet in the world of fiction. Since so much scifi is about changing the future, it seems crucial that this genre forge alliances between youth and adults. We'll build a better space-faring species together if we don't deliberately create generational barriers where they aren't necessary.


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