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Three A-10C Thunderbolt IIs fly in formation beside a KC-135 during an aerial refueling mission in the Tombstone Military Operating Area in Southern Arizona April 27. Six pilots from the 358th Fighter Squadron completed their first aerial refueling mission as part of their A-10C Pilot Initial Qualification course to become fully qualified A-10C attack pilots. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Jerilyn Quintanilla)
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1st Lt. Dan Griffin, a pilot assigned to the 358th Fighter Squadron, readies his A-10C beneath the boom of a KC-135 to receive 2,000 pounds of fuel during an aerial refueling mission in the Tombstone Military Operating Area in Southern Arizona April 27. Lieutenant Griffin is a student in the A-10C Pilot Initial Qualification course and was one of six pilots from his squadron to refuel for the first time. Upon completion of the course in August he will become a fully qualified A-10C attack pilot. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Jerilyn Quintanilla)
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Capt. Jeanie Moughan, wife of Capt. Pete Moughan, a student assigned to the 358th Fighter Squadron, watches as her husband refuels for the first time during an aerial refueling mission in the Tombstone Military Operating Area in Southern Arizona April 27. Six pilots from the 358th Fighter Squadron completed their first aerial refueling mission as part of their A-10C Pilot Initial Qualification course to become fully qualified A-10C attack pilots. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Jerilyn Quintanilla)
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A KC-135 Stratotanker from the 117th Air Refueling Squadron, based out of Forbes Field, Kan., refuels an A-10C Thunderbolt II from the 355th Fighter Wing in the Tombstone Military Operating Area in Southern Arizona April 27. The crew and KC-135 supported refueling missions throughout the week so students enrolled in the A-10C Pilot Initial Qualification course could accomplish their first-ever air-to-air refueling. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Jerilyn Quintanilla)
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-- Nearly 18,000 feet above Southern Arizona's desert landscape, students in the A-10C Pilot Initial Qualification course here completed their first air-to-air refueling mission during the week of April 26.
Twelve pilots from the 358th Fighter Squadron and 13 from the 357th Fighter Squadron are enrolled in the six-and-a-half month course.
Upon graduation in August, they will be fully trained A-10C pilots skilled in instrument flying, basic fighter maneuvers, basic surface attack tactics, and close air support.
In order to attain proficiency in the various A-10C missions, the 355th Fighter Wing maintains a fleet of almost 90 A-10s that make up three A-10C squadrons. The 357th and 358th are both formal training units (FTU), while the 354th Fighter Squadron is one of only five active-duty operational squadrons -- ready to deploy at a moment's notice.
One of the tasks required for graduation is air-to-air refueling.
For 1st Lt. Daniel Griffin, a student assigned to the 358th Fighter Squadron, refueling for the first time was one of the things he looked forward to during the program. Prior to the flight, he practiced in a simulator, studied pictures showing what refueling should look like, and learned all he could from the experienced pilots in his squadron, to include his assigned instructor pilot, Capt. Jason Bartels.
"Prior to my first refueling flight I was very nervous, but we prepared a lot. The thing I was most nervous about was not being able to connect with the tanker and having trouble flying smoothly up to the connection from the astern position," said Lieutenant Griffin, who flew the A-10C for the first time March 24.
To complete the air-to-air refueling mission, the students, along with their instructor pilots, launched from Davis-Monthan's runway and flew to the Tombstone Military Operating Area in Southern Arizona where they linked up with a KC-135 Stratotanker. The tanker and its crew were from the Kansas Air National Guard's 117th Air Refueling Squadron based out of Forbes Field, Kan.
Refueling is essential to the A-10's wartime mission. It is a force enabler, which allows the "mighty Hog" to stay aloft in an over-watch position almost indefinitely, protecting U.S. and Coalition service members.
Upon graduation, the pilots will be ready to support the wartime mission, which can require multiple refuelings over the course of an eight-hour mission.
To demonstrate proficiency, students needed to successfully hook-up and take on fuel from the boom for approximately two minutes. They repeated this process twice, receiving a total of 2,000 pounds of gas.
While airborne, the A-10s connected to the KC-135 via a boom and receptacle system. This system uses a rigid, telescoping tube that an in-flight refueling specialist, also known as the boom operator, inserts into a receptacle on the topside of the A-10's nose.
If all of this sounds challenging, it is.
"It would be equivalent to you driving down the road, next to another car, both windows rolled down. The person in the passing lane is staring at that (other) car without looking down the highway and maintaining his lane -- and then passing objects between the two cars while you're traveling down the road at 70 mph," said Capt. Jason Bartels, 358th Fighter Squadron instructor pilot and Lieutenant Griffin's assigned IP.
While approaching the boom, the students used visual references to position their aircraft and they also received guidance from both the boom operator and instructor pilot via radio.
"When I was under the boom it was really exciting. I talked myself through the process and at the same time my instructor was talking me through it," said Lieutenant Griffin, who refueled on April 27. "When I finally connected it was a lot easier than I thought it would be because once the boom connects it kind of holds on to the A-10 a little bit. You can gauge where you are, not only by the boom operator telling you some directions to go, but there are colors on the boom that tell you how far you are out and on the belly of the tanker there are some indicator lights."
Capt. Jeanie Moughan, wife of Capt. Pete Moughan, a student assigned to the 358th Fighter Squadron, flew aboard the tanker April 27 to learn more about the refueling mission. She also had the unique opportunity to not only watch her husband fly, but also refuel for his first time.
"I was excited and proud of him," she said. "All I have been able to see prior to this mission was him taxi on the runway and takeoff - so it was really cool to see him in the air and hear him on the radio."
She said her husband spent the night before practicing for the mission by "chair flying" in their kitchen. While listening to him on the radio, she could hear his breathing intensify as he flew up to the boom.
"I could see and hear that he was nervous," she said with a smile. "They're all perfectionists and want to get it right."
Between now and graduation the students will fire the A-10's 30 mm GAU-8/A seven-barrel Gatling gun, air-to-air refuel at night, and work with joint terminal attack controllers during a simulated combat situation.
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Doctor Who Review: Save the Daleksby Carissa Pavlica at . Comments
The biggest surprise of the Season 7 premiere was the unexpected appearance of the Doctor's new assistant, Clara.
Or, as she was called in "Asylum of the Daleks," Oswin Oswald. Oswin described herself as shipwrecked and being held captive. Things turned out to be quite different indeed, and only time will tell if the Oswin we met as a Dalek will be the same Clara purported to be the Doctor's future companion.
Frankly, it doesn't matter. How they managed to keep the lid on such a big reveal in the season premiere was pretty fantastic no matter who she turns out to be. Jenna-Louise Coleman, who reminds me a lot of a young, spunky Christina Ricci, was an incredible match for the Doctor, and I think meeting her - or a version of her or a relative or whoever she may be - will make the departure of Amy and Rory a little more tolerable when it happens.
Something I noticed straight away as the hour began was how adult Amy and Rory seemed. During the photo shoot, I didn't recognize Amy. When Rory showed with the divorce papers, I seriously considered that there were two eerily similar actors playing their roles, because they were close, and yet so different. Even the idea that Rory and Amy were no longer madly in love affected their entire being.
Rory's lighter hair and modern styling left him almost unrecognizable, but it was the act of divorce that was truly changing the beloved characters with whom we have been through so much.
It was an interesting dichotomy to have the Ponds falling out of love and removing their emotions while they were called upon to assist the Doctor with the Daleks, who have now been somewhat humanized. On one hand, they still have the desire to exterminate, but on the other they want to be saved. To call upon their greatest enemy to save them showed desperation indeed.
To make a Dalek, you remove love and infuse anger. Even while she was being turned, Amy still couldn't hold back her love for Rory and we learned the reason she was divorcing him was because of his dream to have children. When she gave birth to Melody at Demon's Run, it left her unable to have more children, and babies won't be in her future. I hope we have a happy ending for Amy and Rory. Surely their love can survive not having children. We'll soon find out.
When Oswin Oswald, the human turned Dalek, maneuvered her talk of eggs for the souffle back to exterminate and then to tears, I teared up myself. Not only from Jenna's portrayal, but the archaic Dalek in all of it's kitschy glory, as well. It was a wonderful premiere and a great combination of the classic and modern Doctor Who phenomena.
To quote the Dalek: Doctor WHO?!
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Finally! Someone mentions that the actress might be playing a different role, as a semi introduction for the fans. Somewhat akin to Martha Jones in Season 2 (Doomsday) and Amy Pond in Season 4 (Fires of Pompei) and to a lesser extent Gwen -from Torchwood- in Season 1 (The Unquiet Dead) Also, while repetitive -and that is Moffat's theme {Timey-Wimey Solutions(which I love every time) , Enemies that are the most powerful when you can't see them (Silence, Angles, Vashta Nerada), Meeting out of order(Sally Sparrow, River Song, maybe Clara)}-, it could be that we witnessed Clara's end but not her entire life. She told him to remember her. Perhaps he will pick her up before she crash lands. As far as why she would not remember him, there is the fact that her memories of him may have been wiped during the transformation.
Woah. So many bombshells, so little time. So this is what great television looks like. I never thought I'd love this new companion, but what an episode for a coming out party. Encore.
Excellent, incisive review of a very fine episode. This was truly cinematic, intelligent and poignant, and I agree that Matt Smith goes from strength to strength.


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seriously ya'll this has nothing to do with politics, only finance…
in response to all of the comments posted about how a gallon of gas was $1.81 or whatever when Obama took office: How about a gallon of gas hit $4.00 in 2007 when Bush(a Republican) was in office.
Economics lesson: when currency falls, commodities rise.
Thus, if you want to blame any one party or person for the price of oil rising, blame the central bankers ie: the Fed and the ECB(european central bank). They run BOTH parties anyways!!!
Until we think rationally TOGETHER(ie: both parties thinking of ways to work together to achieve a common goal of a higher quality of life for our nation and future generations), we are going to continue to get run over by the ultra rich and social elite.
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By now most of us have a decent understanding of how the subprime mortgage mess came to a meltdown.
Easy money caught up with us when borrowers could no longer afford their minimum payments, which were usually their mortgages, which had been refinanced(or leveraged with home-equity loans) to pay off unsecured credit cards which had been used to finance liabilities like cars, boats, college, home improvements etc.
But can you really blame someone for being handed easy money?
I mean think about it.. The media pushes the message because it is bought and paid for, just like the political parties and currency systems, and by the same people.
The message is to spend money you don't have.
The government does that, why shouldn't you?
And now, four years past Ground Zero of the recession, and easy money is still available. How can this be? And who can still qualify?
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Phoenix housing boomed with the housing market and then crashed hard with the subprime mortgage crisis. Now things are looking up again in the state. It seems as though when the national markets go up, Phoenix goes higher, and when they go down, Phoenix goes lower..
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I have noticed lately it seems gas is most expensive in Ritzville and in the Hood. Life seems to be the same way – the rich and the poor stimulate the economy. Rather ..the rich and the poor are the economy, or so it seems. And the middle class always seems to find a way to separate themselves from it just a simple observation today..
Okay I'm not saying the middle class are not actuall part of the economy honestly that would be foolish. I'm just saying it seems that the rich buy the asset that the poor spend money on which are liabilities to the poor. The middle-class, the real middle-class, which is greatly shrinking and for the reasons I am talking about here(that and they are at or approaching retirement), stash their cash and avoid paying interest. In an economy that is entirely built on debt, very little is contributed financially outside of the fractional reserve dollars that they create by holding their money in savings. However, the real value created by these people is usually very high when you look at the quality of workmanship they produce in the small business sector. The rich and the government however beat the hell out of them. We have been seeing this especially in recent years with this bloodbath of the middle class.


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Ny•norskˈni nɔrsk, -noʊrsk; Norw. ˈnüˌnɔʃk(n.)
a literary form of Norwegian devised in the 19th century, largely on the basis of W Norwegian dialects.
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Ref: Compare Bokmål.
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< Norw: lit., new Norwegian
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Nynorsk, New Norwegian, Landsmal, Landsmaal(noun)
one of two official languages of Norway; based on rural dialects
One of the two major written standards (language variants) of Norwegian.
Nynorsk, Neo Norwegian or New Norwegian is one of two official written standards for the Norwegian language, the other being Bokmål. The standard language was created by Ivar Aasen during the mid-19th century, to provide a Norwegian alternative to the Danish language which was commonly written in Norway at the time. 27% of the Norwegian municipalities have declared Nynorsk as their official language form, and these comprise about 12% of the Norwegian population. Nynorsk is the majority form of the four counties Rogaland, Hordaland, Sogn og Fjordane and Møre og Romsdal, which together comprise the region of Western Norway. The Norwegian Language Council recommends the name Norwegian Nynorsk when referring to this language in English.
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Am I a neutral factor or a social factor ?
Nepal especially Kathmandu has become the centre for protest for the few last years. We hear news of so and so political parties protesting for certain rights, students organisation, and the party which tops the list in the protesting field would be the Maoist Party. Protests, strikes, fights going on everywhere, everyday... What we don't understand is the "Reason" for their protests. I doubt if the protesters themselves know the reason behind their protests. What they find valid is we the civilian or lets say the neutral factor in this scenario find it completely absurd. We don't find a reason to their protests except hampering the lives of the neutral factors. The neutral factors neither they can support the government completely nor they can raise their voice along with the active social factors which here is the protestors. We belong to the same country and we would also like to raise our voice against social injustice but not for the advantage of a certain person or for a certain party. Is it only me or is it only me? I question this thought because I find many protestors and few neutral factors nowadays.
Regarding the protesting scenario, I would like to recount an article I read few days before -- On the outskirts of Kathmandu some students protested against the local police and stopped the transport circulation in that area for 24 hours, the reason for the protest was some of the students as there were no seats available inside the bus they were traveling on the roof of the bus when the local police saw that he asked those people to get off the roof for obvious reasons. This action of the police made the students furious and they thought it was violation to their rights and stopped the transportation of that area for one day. Even God doesn't know what violations they were talking about, were they saying that they would be responsible for their lives and the police doesn't need to worry about their safety if they happen to fall off the bus while the bus was taking one of their twisted turns? Or they wanted to prove they too were equally conscious of their rights and can raise their voice against injustice? I wonder if those people the active social factors when they went back to their home at night lying on their bed, did they find their act justifiable? Were they content with their deeds or actually silently did they thank the policeman. This only God knows.
I remember few years back, driving on the roads of Kathmandu a French diplomat telling me: In a country where there are no rules, following rules is a crime! At times I wonder if he is true.
Profound idea
Dear Cweta,
I think that rules have to be made according to what most people in the community believe in. Democracy really helps rules be fair and then people will want to follow them. It is when most people don't agree with the rules, because they were created by a small group of powerful politicians, that there are revolts and misery.
So when you say "In a country where there are no rules, following rules is a crime!" I don't think that rules shouldn't be followed, I think that people can create change by following their own moral views and beliefs. It is a very profound comment, however, and I'll have to think about it for a while.
Thanks for bringing that up!
I do agree with you
Dear Cweta,
I do agree with you becuase last month I went Nepal in our vacation tomeet my parents. While I was in kathmandu, I was unable to meet all my friends and relatives there because of protesting and strike. August 3rd 2009, I have to go UNIFEm office for my personal reason and it was in thapathali. From Chakrapath to thapathali it took me 5 hours to reached the office where it is only 45 minutes.
I also agree with maria "Democracy really helps rules be fair and then people will want to follow them. It is when most people don't agree with the rules, because they were created by a small group of powerful politicians, that there are revolts and misery." But honestly in our country though the powerful political leaders create the rules for them and others, they themselves hesistate to follow how will the other follow? If the ruler didn't follow the own created rule then what will the other do?
Not oly the maoist party but also many other unknown parties and students organizations are aaranging protesting and strike in kathmandu whiuchmade the life more complicated and misery.
Thank you so much Cweta for bringing this out.
With love and regards
Sunita Basnet
With Love and Regards
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It is true
Dear Cweta,
It is indeed true that rules and laws can lose their moral authority to oblige us to follow them in many ways. One of these ways can be if only a part of our community is expected to follow the difficult rules. For instance, that Members of Parliament do not pay taxes in many parts of the world.. this lead to the question why.. and citizens could then refuse to pay taxes as a way of leveling the playing field...I agree. But also i see the need for us to then follow our beliefs and convictions and principles as Maria says and also as Gandhi did as a form of protest.
By the way Cweta have you sent a cry out for Aung San Suu Kyi? If not, please read a plea I have sent out and comment or act!!
Together we can do anything. nothing is impossible to a few convinced women! what about many? and joined by men who dare and care?
with love and appreciation,
Philo Ikonya
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Hey there, A good piece.
Hey there,
A good piece. However here's my view on the issue (feel free to disagree:-)
Nepal made a mistake and that is, we became a demoracy without really strengthening the institutions to sustain democracy. So what we have is, to borrow Fareed Zakaria's phrase, iliberal democracy. Its iliberal because none of the institutions to safeguard democracy are in place (or even if they are, they are subject to the whims of political leaders). In the absence of a check-balance mechanism, the leaders are violating the very principles of democracy. You have corruption, nepotism and all the social evils you can think of and you hardly hear any leader taking any effective action to get rid off of these. Instead they are encouraging it, and when that happens, when the democratically elected leaders who are supposed to safeguared the people's intersts only [ONLY] safeguard their own interests, people get angry. And Nepal being a country that has 50 %(maybe less) lteracy rate, and where the media is guided by political ideologies, where the civil society affiliates itself with different political parties.. what do you expect the common folks to do? the only way then that's left to them is defy the state. By defying the state, by challening its authority, the protestors are demanding for good governance [no, not democracy.].
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Paul Krugman is an angry man. In his Friday, April 11, column in the New York Times, he claimed that "thousands" of people die each year because they don't have medical insurance. (Unfortunately, he gives a very questionable anecdote and then extrapolates that example into "thousands" dying. In other words, he spoke ex cathedra, especially and since it first appeared, the Times had to issue a correction saying Krugman was wrong.)
His solution for this "crisis"? Empower the state. He writes:
Look, I know that many progressives have their hearts set on seeing Barack Obama get the Democratic nomination. But politics is supposed to be about more than cheering your team and jeering the other side. It's supposed to be about changing the country for the better.
And if being a progressive means anything, it means believing that we need universal health care, so that terrible stories like those of Monique White, Trina Bachtel and the thousands of other Americans who die each year from lack of insurance become a thing of the past.
That means a state-run system, period. Yet, Krugman hardly wishes to stop with outlawing entrepreneurship in medical care; in fact, he wishes to criminalize entrepreneurship across the entire economy.
How do I draw that conclusion? As I have read Krugman's work over the past several years and especially this past year, I have seen him constantly call for a new rendition of the New Deal, and its subsequent attempts to organize the entire economy into a series of cartels. Read the following from his most recent column:
The question is, can the next administration end America's malaise?
Some of the causes of poor economic performance since 2000 are probably beyond any administration's control. Raw materials were cheap in the 1990s, but in the years ahead the rise of China and other emerging economies will place increasing pressure on world supplies of oil, copper and so on, no matter what the next president does.
But reinvigorated regulation could help restore confidence to the financial system. A return to pro-labor policies could help raise real wages. Pro-competitive policies — which are not the same thing as giving powerful businesses whatever they want — could help America regain its leadership in information technology. In other words, there's a lot that could be done to perk up our sagging confidence.
The system of what he speaks is the New Deal, so if one is to understand what Krugman is saying, one first must understand the nature of the New Deal and its regulatory policies. The first and most important thing is that it was based upon the old "Progressive" notion of organizing the entire system into a series of cartels.
The "Progressives" held that private competition was wasteful and ultimately responsible for periods of unemployment, given that competition would lead producers to "overproduce," and then they had to shut down their businesses and factories until their inventories cleared. Thus, they reasoned, if one wished to end periods of involuntary unemployment, then one did so by holding back production in order to keep businesses from engaging in "overproduction," which then would also create the twin problem of "underconsumption." (Yes, Krugman believes in that, too.)
New Deal initiatives like the Agricultural Adjustment Act and the National Industrial Recovery Act were modeled after Mussolini's Italian "experiment," or what then was called "Fascism." After the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the AAA and NIRA in 1935, the economy rallied briefly, but then the Roosevelt Administration decided to empower labor unions. In 1937 and 1938, the economy was wracked by a series of government-encouraged strikes, and in 1938, the economy suffered a "depression within a depression" as unemployment surged to nearly 20 percent.
An appeal to logic would bring one to realize that one does not "create jobs" and employment opportunities by using government to hold back production at "monopoly" levels, yet that is what people like Krugman are trying to tell us. For example, he says the following about the banking and financial cartels that the government created during the 1930s:
Congress tried to make sure it (the Great Depression) would never happen again by creating a system of regulations and guarantees that provided a safety net for the financial system.
And we all lived happily for a while — but not for ever after.
Wall Street chafed at regulations that limited risk, but also limited potential profits. And little by little it wriggled free — partly by persuading politicians to relax the rules, but mainly by creating a "shadow banking system" that relied on complex financial arrangements to bypass regulations designed to ensure that banking was safe.
For example, in the old system, savers had federally insured deposits in tightly regulated savings banks, and banks used that money to make home loans. Over time, however, this was partly replaced by a system in which savers put their money in funds that bought asset-backed commercial paper from special investment vehicles that bought collateralized debt obligations created from securitized mortgages — with nary a regulator in sight.
Elsewhere, Krugman has written that deregulation of the financial sector (and deregulation of other aspects of the economy like transportation and telecommunications) came about because of Ronald Reagan and free-market ideology. While such statements no doubt play well to the poorly-educated and uninformed New York Times crowd, they hardly square with reality.
Most of the deregulation initiatives came during the administration of Jimmy Carter, who was and is not known for any particular sympathy to free markets and private enterprise. (Indeed, some of his most visible appointments to government posts were fire-breathing socialists like S. David Freeman of the Tennessee Valley Authority.)
Indeed, since Krugman has decided to re-write history, perhaps it is time to revisit those wonderful days of yesteryear. According to Krugman, the financial cartels were a safe and wonderful mechanism for financing capital development in the economy — except that was not the case. Krugman conveniently leaves out that people abandoned those "tightly regulated savings banks" because of Regulation Q (which he would bring back), which limited banks and S&Ls on what interest they could pay.
Thus, people who were facing inflation rates of 10 percent and more decided that five percent interest on savings accounts wasn't cutting it. The drive to put money in the "non-bank" sector was not motivated by ideology, as Krugman would have us believe, but rather because government-caused inflation was destroying the savings of individuals. (I should add that Krugman, being a True Believing Keynesian, holds that savings are not good, anyway, since they mean people are not spending money at a rate that will bring about "full employment.")
Furthermore, entrepreneurs were bringing the computer age into the marketplace, and the old banking cartel was not equipped to provide them with funds. For example, when MCI began to challenge the AT&T monopoly on long-distance telephone service, Michael Milken underwrote the venture with his famed "junk bonds." Likewise, when Ted Turner launched his fledgling Cable News Network in 1980, Milken underwrote that venture, too, as the banking system was not about to touch a risky venture like CNN.
Krugman conveniently leaves out this bit of financial history, and I suspect he either would appeal to the standard neo-classical viewpoint that takes the introduction of new capital and technologies as a "given" (don't worry about their origins, as they just magically appear in KrugmanWorld), or would ignore this altogether, as it does not fit his narrative. Nor does he tell us of the very destructive role that government-created mortgage entities like "Fannie Mae" and "Freddie Mac" have played in this current bubble. Neither of those institutions are "free-market" creations, yet Krugman wants us to believe that the bubble was caused by free-market ideology. Right.
What does all of this mean in the real world? It means that Krugman believes we can have a thriving economy without entrepreneurship. After all, under heavily-regulated regimes, the first thing to go is the entrepreneur. For example, when the Southern Railway in 1964 developed the Big John grain car, other railroads demanded the Interstate Commerce Commission, which served as the central regulating entity in the railroad cartel, to outlaw the car. The ICC did just that. That is how regulated regimes operate.
Time and again, we have seen regulatory agencies step in to block the application of new technologies and innovations because they bring in new forms of competition, which will kill a cartel. Now, Krugman would argue that regulated forms of the economy are safer, providing a "safety net" against risk. One cannot have entrepreneurship without risk, but Krugman apparently believes that an economy without innovation is just fine, or that innovation will happen without the intervention of entrepreneurs.
The results of such a cartelized system are not a mystery. During the New Deal, the rate of unemployment stayed at more than 10 percent from 1931 through the end of 1941. While Krugman has written elsewhere that this was a golden economic period because the perceived "gap" between rich and poor shrank (yes, everyone became poorer), one should recall that the worst recession since World War II brought supposedly intolerable unemployment rates of about 10 percent.
If we are to have what Krugman is demanding — a cartelized regime — there is no way around both high rates of unemployment and the inevitable stratification of society that has become so common in the heavily-regulated European economies. Yet, there is another way, one that Krugman ignores, but would provide a way out of the current financial mess.
First, and most important, the authorities simply need to let the financial chips fall where they should fall. Stop trying to bail out the system, as it only compounds the problems. Herbert Hoover and later Franklin Roosevelt attempted to bail out the system, and only created havoc.
Second, dispense with the Federal Reserve safety net. Krugman constantly refers to the "safety net" of regulation, but ignores the fact that the Fed for years has hinted it will bail out just about anyone with its vaunted stores of "liquidity." (Don't forget that on the evening of "Black Monday," October 19, 1987, Alan Greenspan promised Wall Street plenty of "liquidity" after the stock market melted down that day.)
I do not fear the recession nearly as much as I fear the government intervening in the economy to stop what is inevitable. Most, if not all, Austrian economists say the same thing. However, the loudest voices are those that are giving the prescription for disaster, not only in the coming year, but the coming decade. And the loudest voice happens to be that of Paul Krugman.
April 16, 2008
William L. Anderson, Ph.D. [send him mail], teaches economics at Frostburg State University in Maryland, and is an adjunct scholar of the Ludwig von Mises Institute. He also is a consultant with American Economic Services.


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1. The opening line about "your " Emergency Department: Under the current proposal by CHS, CHS owns the land, the building, and is charging us (CMC-Union) rent for use and upfits for that building. We will, in turn, pay for approximately 70% of the land and building value in the next 10 years, at which time the lease expires. CHS will have a paid-for facility with 40 years of useful life left and we will have no equity in the facility or the land, as well as no location to continue operation of the ED. It was never going to be "yours".
2. CHS requested permission from the State to build the facility and were, at first, denied. Additionally, Presbyterian challenged the request, which has resulted in the delay of the opening. CHS currently has permission to open the facility in September 2010 (I believe that's the date dictated by the State). The fact that it is currently not operational has nothing to do with the County. They are "not yet caring for patients" because of their timeline, not because of politics. The only "politics" have been created by CHS's actions.
3. There was no "surprise" that monies would have to be spent. The "surprise" was that the application filed in 2006, the proposal given to the County in January 2008, and the subsequent State approval, all stated that the land would be purchased by CHS, the building would be built by CMC-Union reserves, and that we (CMC-Union) would have a 50 year ground lease in the amount of $90,000 per year to operate the facility. The current proposal is for CHS to finance the entire project and lease the facility — not for 50 years, but for 10 – again, over which time we will have paid almost 70% of the value of the land and building for no equity in the facility. In essence, it is like me having a piece of land and building a shell of a house on it. I am willing to lease the house to you, but you must install the flooring, the appliances, the light fixtures, etc., and pay me rent in an amount that pays off my mortgage (not over a traditional 30 years, but over the next 10). At the end of the lease, you must vacate the house. You can take the outdated computer, television, and couch that you provided, but you obviously can't remove the flooring or other fixtures you paid for. You have nothing to show for your investment — but my property and house are paid for. Would you take that deal? Staff, the attorneys, and our advisors recommended against it and as stewards of your money, we were offended by it.
4. The change from a 50 yr lease to a 10 yr. by CHS is (according to them) because of the uncertainty of the disposition of the main hospital. Their statement that Commissioners have tied the ED to the main hospital is not true – CHS has done that. Commissioners have certainly had questions about how one affects the other, but CHS is the entity that tied the two together from an operating standpoint. The lease on the main hospital (which, again, is why CHS claims they changed the ED lease term from 50 to 10), has always had a termination date of 2020. The hospital lease expired in 2020 when CHS asked for the ED in 2006 containing a 50 year lease; it expired in 2020 when CHS asked the County for a Certificate of Awareness to include a 50 yr. lease; and it still, today, expires in 2020. Nothing has changed from the County — CHS changed the terms.
5. We aren't debating "unrelated issues." We are debating the inequitable change of terms by CHS at the 11th hour on this facility. We were not notified of their intent to change the original terms until late November/December 2009 (just a few months ago). And when they notified the State of the change in financing, they didn't inform us of that notification, nor did they tell the State about the change in the length of the lease, exactly like they have neglected to inform you of that change. CHS could make this facility operational by doing what they promised to do from the inception of this project. They have refused to do so.
6. As far as the "history" lesson is concerned, the omissions and misrepresentations are boundless. The change in financing is not about freeing up the money for other projects as claimed — it is about protecting their own interest, because CHS claimed in their CON application that: "CMC-Union and CHS has sufficient funds to provide financial support to ALL projects now proposed or under construction as well as the project for the CMC-Union Healthplex." I don't have an issue at this late date with the decision to change the financing if it merely involved a change from an upfront payment to an installment repayment, as long as we had the originally proposed 50-year lease. Don't you find it odd that I have mentioned the 50 vs. 10 year lease more than several times in my response — yet you don't see it once in CHS's scare-tactic ad?
7. The vote that occurred in April 2008 about extending a lease is misrepresented at best. There was NO actual lease on the table, only a memorandum of terms. The end result looked nothing like the intended result. That is why staff recommended that the previous Board hire experts to level the playing field. As a result, we were advised that the proposed lease extension was not in the best interest of the county. The Board NEVER decided NOT to pursue a long-term lease with CHS. The November 2009 vote that Mr. Phillips references specifically included instructions that Kaufman Hall continue lease negotiations with CHS. Mr. Phillips only told you they were hired to sell the hospital–NOT TRUE. Mr. Phillips has had many conversations with me about moving forward with a lease and several offers were extended verbally; but despite promises from him to present a new lease, he never saw fit to put anything in writing.
This is a very complex issue with tons of information. Anyone who professes to know what the solution should be at this point is either naive or driven by a political agenda. I am accountable to the citizens of Union County; CHS is only accountable to themselves and their investors. The true tragedy of this move by Mr. Phillips is that this did nothing to move negotiations forward. Instead of fulfilling their own promise, CHS chose to draw the proverbial line in the sand. I have always been willing to honor the original agreement and you (the citizens) should demand that CHS do the same.
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Yes, Union County does deserve honesty. However, I would not qualify the $107 million in CoP's enacted under GOP leadership as being 'honest'. Honesty does not mean placing taxpayers on the hook without their permission. There is no excuse for not voting on future liabilities. I will be voting for true 'change' this fall, and that does not mean voting for more Demopublicans. I will be proudly voting Libertarian for the first time in my life. I'm just glad those three guys cared enough to run.
Editors Note: CoP's means 'certificates of participation' which is a debt instrument (bond) that is NOT approved my voter referendum. COPS are also at a higher interest rate.
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- Dee
- February 14, 2013 - 21:12
I say Canadians should boycott their theme parks,see what the Governor of Florida would think of that,they would certainly loose quite a bit of taxes.
- paul
- February 14, 2013 - 20:30
- February 14, 2013 - 19:46
Wow everyone....Do your homework....If you believe everything you read, think about these points...1. Florida Hwy. Patrol will not, YET, be enforcing this law. 2. It may even make Canadians exempt (except for Quebec, maybe). 3. Fl. may be violating or contravening the Geneva Convention on Road Traffic international treaty. 4. Why would any Cdn. pay $25. + $10. if it is not yet to be enforced or even legal for that matter. 5. Cdns. already in Fl. can apply by mail to CAA for this I.D.P. now (but, why would they?) 6. Maybe you should check with AAA first...apparently it's only $15. in Fl. (maybe this is just a rumor, but check it out. 7. Next legislation is slated for mid March, so, if it does become law, it probably won't be in effect till July 2013....8. WAIT, why would anyone be so darn eager to pay $25. PLUS when, in my opinion, is not yet necessary...9. If you're renting a vehicle in Fl., shop around...they won't all refuse you...check with Hertz & Enterprise....Good luck everyone....for now, I'm hanging on to my $25...you probably won't get a refund if you've paid for nothing...
- Norm
- February 14, 2013 - 19:09
We have been going to Fl. For the last 21 winters 6 months each winter,and we own a home there but I don't think It will be for much longer. We know when when the welcome mat has been pulled
- gary
- February 14, 2013 - 17:56
More reason to consider the hositality of Arizona. Recent years more and more Canadians are discovering Arizona as place to vacation.
- George
- February 14, 2013 - 17:36
To Ted, Heading South, and the rest..... As a dual citizen that is a Floridian / Newfoundlander I would like to point out that Florida IS a Government of its own. We have Federal Laws And State laws. DRIVING in a State Or a Province is a Privilege. Not a Right. It is granted by the State or Province. Florida has 88 million visitors per year... 1.3 million are Canadian. To assist Law Enforcement in Florida in protecting all residents and ALL visitors they would like a document printed in English. The IDP would be printed in English. As always, an amendment to the Florida law will be made for Canadians that present a valid document printed in English. Most International Visitors already show an IDP in most cases. The amendment will probably be completed in July 2013 by the State Government. You folks want to retaliate against the USA / Florida ? As the Battleship USS Missouri said to the Fleet Oiler in the Pacific when the Missouri refused to Identify herself and was threatened with being fired on by the Oiler.... "This is the Battleship USS Missouri,... Fire When Ready" Bitch, whine, complain. Grow up and comply with the law. We do when we travel outside the country Internationally. Why can't you ? Remember,.... Driving is a Privilege. Just settle down... It will get sorted out. Politicians never get a new law perfect the first time.
- Kevin Clynick
- February 14, 2013 - 17:21
So where does the almost 8 billion dollars in revenue go?
- Laura Bowen
- February 14, 2013 - 16:48
we are members of a local Canadian group here in Florida and when this news erupted today there was a great deal of concern b/c there are hundreds/thousands of Canadians already here and did not know anything about the changes in the state law. One of our group executives called the local police forces in Lake, Sumter and Marion counties and all three denied any knowledge of this 'new' legislation - they have not received any details and currently are not applying this law - uncertain what will happen now that they have been questioned about it
- Darrell
- February 14, 2013 - 15:34
Please read the following Statement from DHSMV on International Driving Permits During the 2012 legislative session, the Florida Legislature amended section 322.04, Florida Statutes, to require visitors from outside the United States to have an International Driving Permit in order to drive lawfully in Florida. This change took effect Jan. 1, 2013. It has come to the Department's attention that this requirement may violate the Geneva Convention on Road Traffic (1949), an international treaty to which the United States is a signatory. Treaties to which the United States is a party preempt state laws in conflict with them. Therefore, the Florida Highway Patrol will defer enforcement of violations of the amended statutory section until a final determination of the alignment of the amendment with the treaty can be made. Non-resident visitors to Florida who wish to drive while here will be required to have in their immediate possession a valid driver license issued in his or her name from another state or territory of the U.S. or from their country of residence. However, the FHP will not take enforcement action based solely on the lack of an International Driving Permit.
- Clarice
- February 16, 2013 - 23:18
Darrell: Congratulations ...you have done your homework ...instead of listening to media. I needed answers two years ago when i was purchasing a property here in Florida and was in the process of buying a car also.I called CAA re: the IDP requirement then for foreigners and was very promptly reasured that I would not be needing it and that the IDP was for other foreign countries that issued driving licences in other languages other than english and that holds true today. if people would just inquire to the right dept. first instead of mouthing off. Instead of spending that $25.00 for an IDP permit i think i will deposit it to my Can/USA account and add the equivelant on a monthly basis until this law comes into effect .Wouldn't it be interesting to know what the grand total would be .Any one up for the challenge... As a Canadian I would like to say "Thank you America"for allowing me to have the priviledge to vacation and spend my Winters here and drive with my valid NLCanada English Drivers Licence. GOD BLESS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ....
- Heading South
- February 14, 2013 - 15:02
CAA are the only ones handling the application for this IDL,make you wonder are they partners with Florida,are they looking for new members.Funny travel agents just found out about it the same way we did by reading the newspapers,and this has been in effect since January.I just booked a car to travel to Florida in a few weeks I I wasn't, even told about it when I inquired about it today with my travel agent they did,nt know about it,now I may not have enough time to get this,now I can be refused a rental.We the biggest export with the US maybe it's time for us to make it hard for them.But then again the US are crumbling so they have to do something.
- Busy Bayman
- February 15, 2013 - 05:21
The IDP process only takes 15-20mins and you walk out of the office with it in hand. Why would you not have the time to get one? I'm heading to Florida a week from today so I called the local office and inquired on the process. They can even take the photos in house as well. Rather spend the $25 and get one then take the chances.
- Ted
- February 14, 2013 - 14:07
This would not be necessary if Quebec followed the rest of the world and had english on their drivers lisc and registration. I am sure if there was a quebecer policeman in the far regions of quebec, who looked at a florida drivers lisc and registration, would require some amplification. And note, that this is not just for Canadians, but all foreigners. Where Florida has a very very high impact of tourists the cops should have an easier job
- d
- February 14, 2013 - 20:37
Ha Ha ...blame it on those big bad french separatists again....what a load a crap! While your there might as well have their names translated.
- Ted
- February 14, 2013 - 14:06
This would not be necessary if Quebec followed the rest of the world and had english on their drivers lisc and registration. I am sure if there was a quebecer policeman in the far regions of quebec, who looked at a florida drivers lisc and registration, would require some amplification. And note, that this is not just for Canadians, but all foreigners. Where Florida has a very very high impact of tourists the cops should have an easier job
- Jack
- February 14, 2013 - 13:35
In retaliation to Florida's move against Canadians, I think that provinces that honour USA drivers licenses should not allow those with Floridian Driver's Licenses from driving on Canadian roads without an IDP as a reciprocity measure. As for Florida, the best policy at this time is to suspend the mandatory IDP law, especially for those with English licenses from Canada (except Quebec unless they have an English equivalent license), Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain (including dependencies like Bermuda or Falkland Islands), Ireland, Hong Kong, Guyana, India (English licenses only), European Union (English licenses only), and South Africa. That way, Florida stops recursive discrimination against English speaking foreigners.
- Jack
- February 14, 2013 - 13:29
Because forcing non-American drivers to have International Driver Permits is an international matter, I think that Florida is overstepping their bounds. Under American law, matters involving foreigners, including Canadians, must be handled through the US State Department and Department of Homeland Security, not the State of Florida. As a result of trying to act like a country and not a politcal subdivision, the Obama Administration should punish Florida for acting on their own interest towards international peoples. Besides, if we accept Florida licenses as part of various agreements between USA and the provinces, Florida has to do the same as part of reciprocity. No more making your own laws against Canadians, Florida. Besides, as long as you're part of USA, you'll stick by their rules, not your own. Down with Florida.
- Devil's Advocate
- February 14, 2013 - 19:48
I am pretty sure Jack, that states and provinces write their own laws. That's why it is 19 years before you can legally drink in NFLD, and 18 years old in Alberta for example. If a cop saw you smoke a joint in B.C., he probably wouldn't waste his time writing a ticket, but in NFLD you would be in court and your name in the paper. Or read the U.S. constitution, may enlighten you a little.
- P. Craig
- February 14, 2013 - 13:21
It is bad enough that we are required to have Florida Drivers Permit, if we have a vehicle with Florida plates that we drive each year for 3 months. This could be caused by the Northern Invasion, of " Non-English Speaking " vacationing natives. There are examples where they cannot understand or speak the language of the locals, when it is to their benefit. Alternate, it could be the attempt to grab more tax base. What ever the reason for this, will come back to haunt them and their tourist $$.
- B Wall
- February 14, 2013 - 17:43
P Craig I have a car in Florida and I have insurance but I do not have a Florida Drivers Permit. I was told when I got the car and changed it to my name at the Motor Vehicle Office that a Florida Drivers Permit was not necessary for me to own a car and drive in Florida. I do have a valid drivers licence in Ontario and I did have to show proof of being licensed to drive. I have had my car for 4 years now.
- Florida bound
- February 14, 2013 - 13:19
This is ridiculous,maybe people should start vacationing in their own Province or their own country.We as a family are Florida Bound next month we already have to pay $10.00 plus taxes a day for a second driver on a rental car now they are imposing this extra expense on us.$25.00 plus $10.00 for passport pictures for two people is almost an extra $100.00.How hard is it to read a drivers licence number,the spelling of someone's Country or their name don,t change.What a pile of bull.
- Helene Tessier
- February 14, 2013 - 12:03
What about us snowbirds who are already in Florida and won't be returning to Canada till April???
- Sizzla
- February 14, 2013 - 11:18
Florida is the Quebec Riviera, they are shooting themselves in the foot. Another cash grab, maybe the PQ have something to do with this......


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DanielM..To claim that Orthodoxy is defined simply and only by councils is to sound the death knell of the Coptic, Eastern and Oriental churches, since they were branded as heretics and must succumb to the voice of the Ecumenical Church... My reference to the broken reed of Egypt and the arrow was not a threat but a scorn of a Buddhist proverb that has no application to the situation, as well as a reminder that there will be no council representation on the day of reckoning, but all will have to stand and answer as individuals having " examined THEMSELVES daily to see if they be in the Faith"...I assure you there is no animosity or anger, though there IS great disatisfaction with the slurs directed against the truly Orthodox Fathers of the 2nd century, which have NEVER been anathematised as heretics, as Cerinthus and Montanus were..Since they have yet to be anathematised, regardless of whether one may or may be accepted as a Catachumen for holding their beliefs, in reality there is currently NO grounds for heresy in reference to the chiliasm of the undivided 2nd century Orthodox Church. In a nutshell, though those who hold the keys may wilfully bar entry to those that do not, they do so unlawfully and contrary to undivided Orthodoxy.. I am claiming that to bar an earnest believer from the life of Orthodoxy on the grounds of a presumed yet undeclared anathema of the Fathers ( including Saint John) is unjust and unChristian, as well as contrary to Scripture and Orthodoxy itself. Montanistic theories of "progressive development and revelation" are equally contraventions of Orthodoxy, yet you appear to subscribe to both.. Your arguments remain circular and unconvincing, and for these reasons one must ask whether you would wish to cast the first stone of anathema( in order to cement with any degree of authority the charge of heresy) against the Fathers of the undivided Orthodox church of the 2nd century, yourself..Until you do, your answer lacks all authority and smack only of wilfullness and disobedience.. Peter Cvek
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