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Moody's Goes "Negative" On New Haven
by Paul Bass | Jul 14, 2011 11:48 am
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A credit ratings agency slapped the city with a gloomy "outlook" as officials prepare to sell $44.5 million in new bonds.
The downgrading of the city's "outlook" came Wednesday in a report from Moody's Investor Services. It means Moody's sees city bonds as a potentially riskier investment, based on its predictions of New Haven's financial future.
Moody's concluded that New Haven government is keeping too little money in reserve and is carrying too much debt for a city its size.
It also shared a concern expressed by Mayor John DeStefano in budget negotiations with city unions: that New Haven faces too heavy a pension burden.
Acting City Controller Mike O'Neil said Thursday that officials were pleased about a more important decision Moody's made—to keep the city's bond rating at A1. That affects how much it costs the city to borrow money. Three major ratings agency recently issued reports on the city's financial condition as a precursor to a July 20 bond issue. All three kept the overall rating the same, O'Neil noted. (Standard & Poor's set it at A-, Fitch at A+.)
"We're encouraged on the whole," O'Neil said.
The downgrading of an "outlook" sends a note of caution to investors and a warning to city budget-makers. While the bond rating indicates that Moody's sees New Haven as still a good investment, the "outlook" downgrade indicates that it might not stay that way.
O'Neil was asked if the outlook change would affect the upcoming bond sale, which would support a host of projects including school construction.
"We won't know until we have the sale on the 20th what it means," he replied. "It depends on the bidders and how they feel. They will have access to a lot of information about the city. They'll have more than the two or three pages that each of the ratings agencies" published.
Democratic mayoral candidate Jeffrey Kerekes called the Moody's report "a condemnation of the DeStefano administration."
"And I'll tell you why," Kerekes said. "We're really getting hit because we raided the rainy day fund, the emergency fund. This wasn't an emergency. He passed a previous year's budget knowing there were holes in it. He's been doing that for years, passing budgets with holes in it."
"Given the current crises facing the national, state and municipal budgets, this should come as no surprise," chimed in Democratic mayoral candidate Clifton Graves. "But what is troubling is that Mr. DeStefano at his recent re-election announcement stated that New Haven was doing great. He clearly needs a reality check."
Trouble Signs
The ratings report offers an independent expert overview of government finances.
In that overview, Moody's noted several areas of concern:
• The city projected a $6 million deficit for the fiscal year that ended June 30.
• The "undesignated portion" of the city's financial reserves fund—i.e. the rainy day fund—dropped this past year from $16. 1 million to a "slim" $9.1 million, or 2 percent of overall revenues.
• The general city government pension accounts were just 52 percent funded at the fiscal year's end, and police and fire funds a mere 45 percent. (The numbers in 2008: 59 and 61 percent.) The mayor has been calling for modifications in pension plans to stabilize the funds and prevent future deficits.
• City government's "Internal Service Funds"—which covers workmen's compensation and self-insurance for lawsuits—had a $16.5 million deficit. That's better than the previous year's $21.6 million shortfall. But with uncertain future lawsuit payments looming, notably in the Ricci firefighters' case, Moody's is skeptical of improvement.
• New Haven's adjusted 6.1 percent debt burden, much of it coming from school construction projects, "is well above the median level for similarly-sized cities."
"The city's ability to maintain stable fiscal operations is expected to remain challenged given its currently narrow reserve levels, a projected fiscal 2011 operating shortfall, increasing pension contributions, and a still sizable deficit in the Internal Service Fund," the report stated.
Improving Signals
The conversation between Moody's and city officials took place in late June, after the city released its monthly financial report for May. That report had two negative surprises: a seven-figure dip in expected building permit revenue for the year and word that the state was delaying millions of dollars in education reimbursements.
Since that report came out, the city has gotten word that that education money will in fact probably arrive from the state before the end of August, according to Acting Controller O'Neil. That means the city would be able to pay outstanding bills from the just-ended fiscal year in time to have it count toward that fiscal year's deficit.
Read the city's May financial report here.
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posted by: cba on July 14, 2011 12:05pm
No one is to blame for this fiscal mess except John DeStefano, since he has been Mayor for a number of terms . It is time to place this professional politician on the unemployment line so he can experience the economic distress that he has been giving to city workers and residents which
posted by: Cinderella on July 14, 2011 12:15pm
Well, here we go. No one will be able to sell any real estate now in this city, in spite of all the renovations and improvements.
Of course, the entire country is now being downgraded by Moody's so I suppose it's all relative.
posted by: robn on July 14, 2011 12:22pm
It's nice to see in this report that the city isn't party to any derivative agreements however, carrying $474M bond debt which is roughly equal to annual revenue (and 2.5x our property taxes) is quite worrisome.
The report also notes that the city pension fund was funded @60% in 2008, immediately after the financial crisis, but is now funded @50%. How the heck have the fund managers NOT made great returns post-crisis? Other funds have been showing double digit returns in the past 2 years.
posted by: Atwater on July 14, 2011 1:28pm
@ cba: All citizens of New Haven, who voted for DeStefano, are to blame for this mess. They ignored the obvious writing on the wall for more than a decade and continued to vote for him, time and time again. Now, the poop has hit the fan and everyone runs to blame DeStefano. But, the mayor and the BOA are a reflection of the citizenry, people either too dependant on the government to change it, or people who agree with the liberalistic practice of unfunded "renewal" and gentrification. Either way the city is in real trouble and is quickly running out of parking lots and roads to sell to Yale.
posted by: Noteworthy on July 14, 2011 1:35pm
Mike O'Neil is spewing the same political spin the mayor does - drop the kool-aide and be honest about our bond rating. It has not recovered since the last time it was downgraded. The "A" rating in investor language is one step about a C - and with this negative outlook, once the books are closed for the current fiscal year, Moody's and others will downgrade all future debt. That's why the city is rushing out the new debt of $45 million before they close out this year.
It's smoke and mirrors and puts the citizens of this city at great financial peril. We are border line bankrupt and in serious trouble. The city's bond experts recommend no more than $15 million in new debt a year - which DeStefano routinely ignores. He wanted to borrow $100 million last year which KerekGreeksand other beat back to $27 million. This year, the stench that is the school contruction debt is starting to leak out of the containment barrels at the BOE.
Another round of wild ... spending was rejected by the state on the new schools. It showed up largely hidden and unexpected in the form of new bond debt of $18 million to cover what the state wouldn't.
So DeStefano can spin a negative rating all he wants, just like he does CMT scores, it doesn't make it true. This is a major black eye.
And that's before you get to unemployment number over 13% - the real number being something approaching 18%. And we get lip service about jobs. The real question is when will John DeStefano Jr. just tell the truth about the real state of the city?
posted by: Perspective on July 14, 2011 2:07pm
No city is an island and last time I checked the nation was on negative outlook, as was the state, as were lots of places. This is happening here—but also all over. Like the mayor or not, this is not just here, not just local—Trenton, Los Angeles, Rockland County, Miami among others have all received negative outlooks in the last two weeks alone. NHI might want to offer some broader context.
posted by: Blame the Mayor on July 14, 2011 2:26pm
This is yet another reason I took my name.
I remember the king being asked specifically (Nathan Hale School, Mayor's budget meeting 2010) if he was going to raid the rainy day fund next year, the king stammered and handed the question to Larry Rusconi. "No" said Rusconi, "We have no plans to do that"
HAH!, you knew it all along.
KEREKES for MAYOR!
posted by: wholly cow on July 14, 2011 2:59pm
It is all a shell game to New Haven leaders, and the pea is under none of the shells. In fact I think John ate it.
Kerekes has my vote as well.
posted by: SaveOurCity on July 14, 2011 3:18pm
It's time for Johnny D to go. The residents of New Haven need to be educated about the hole the JD has dug for us. Too much spending….too many $$ siphoned off in exchange for votes. Do a google check on how many dollars the construction firms that are building the city schools are pouring into Johnny's re-election campaign.
Jeffery K may be inexperienced and may be making claims that will be difficult to execute but at this point, its worth a try.
posted by: Ho Ho, Ha Ha on July 14, 2011 7:48pm
Only a 50% increase in property taxes in 2012. That's the really good news if Kerekes gets elected. If its Johnny Boy again it will be nearer 70%. Is there a real Greek restaurant in town yet?
posted by: Jeremy Lossner on July 14, 2011 8:32pm
STOP BUILDING SCHOOLS. YOU ARE KILLING THIS CITY! WE ARE READY FOR A NEW MAYOR. I am not worried about the pensions as much as your spending and borrowing. You need to stop school construction and potentially might need to sell off some schools. The student population is dropping and there has been warnings about this. Stop mayor, stop!!!!
posted by: factcheck on July 14, 2011 9:09pm
robn-The city pension funds have rebounded very strongly over the past 2 years, reflecting the 90% gain in the stock market since March, 2009. There are excellent management advisors who have done a great job. Employees contribute to the fund and the city contributes too. The city has been underfunding its portion recently. The Mayor is trying to make it look like the pension funds will collapse and are unsustainable. Though the regular pension auditors said the pension funds are in solid shape, the Mayor hired an outside contractor (at taxpayer expense) gave him some bogus variables and got a cooked-up report that said the pension funds are doomed. The Mayor is underfunding and doing whatever he can to fool folks into thinking the pension funds are going down. Not so at all. The unions have even offered to pay more into the funds as their contribution to lessen what the city has to pay, but the mayor has rejected this because he does not want a solution.
posted by: cedarhillresident on July 14, 2011 10:26pm
Totally forgot about this till someone posted it else where….
could some of this have been a part of this??
posted by: robn on July 15, 2011 8:32am
According to the Moody's report, what you say about a pension fund rebound isn't true. Even if its @60% funded (their highest figure from 2008), is this in any way sound fiscal management? Shouldn't the fund be funded 100%?
Also, what would be the mayors motivation if he were trying to create a perception that the fund was doomed? To what end?
posted by: factcheck on July 15, 2011 10:26am
Robn- You're right. It is bad fiscal management by the city, which should be funding the pension at 100%. The funds have bounced back strongly due to the market rebound and the good work of advisors hired by the pension fund. But the Mayor wants to say the pensions are doomed so he can rip up union contracts and radically change pension agreements with city workers.
posted by: robn on July 15, 2011 10:58am
Sorry but unless you have information which I don't have about some miracle, the pension funds haven't bounced back. The Moody's report (link seems to have dissapeared for some reason) says that as of about a year ago, the city and public safety pension systems were funded at 52% and 45%...down from 59% and 61% in 2008. That was a year ago and it was estimated as a $430M liability.
Whether pension agreements are related to or exclusive from the underfunding of the pension fund, we still have a huge problem.
posted by: Bill Saunders on July 15, 2011 1:12pm
Is the underfunding/poor performance of the pension fund at all linked to the city pension money that was 'invested' in the 360 State Street project???
posted by: Factcheck on July 15, 2011 6:38pm
Robn- You need to go to the city pension fund folk and ask for the latest figures on the balance of each pension fund. The city employees retirement fund, for instance, has gone from about $125 million to about $185 million in the past two years. I'm sure you will agree that is a sizeable jump in the balance, even including payouts to retirees. Ask for the pension fund auditor's report which says they are in pretty good shape. However, the city has been, as you say, dramatically underfunding its share of the pension fund in recent years. And yes, at this presently underfunded rate, the city pension fund will be unsustainable even with the market gains and the increasing contributions of employees. It is not nearly as big a gap as the Mayor suggests, but it needs to be addressed for sure. As painful and unfair as it would be to city workers, you could ask for an increase in the contribution which comes from employees to make up the gap. But you shouldn't need to do a wholesale rewrite of pension agreements. It is a problem that needs to be taken care of for sure and Moody's is right to raise it as a concern.
posted by: BYE, BYE DeStefano on July 16, 2011 10:23am
@ Noteworthy
You and Robn are absolutely correct…We are on the brink, and the mayor is rushing to push us over with this new bond issue. SMH. I simply can't understand the level of fiscal irresponsibility coming from this man. Spin it all you want, the facts will come out in due course. And we will be left with his legacy just like Bpt schools situation. This madness has to STOP!!
posted by: inside story on July 16, 2011 10:28am
The fund managers are politically connected. Don't believe me. Look at the last request for proposal posted for the job. It was a small blurb in the Register legal notice (so it was posted,ok) but the close date was within a week and no fund managers were even allowed enough time to submit. I know many that sit on the pension fund committee. I say open up the fund management opportunity for review. If it was not open to the market for proposals it must be presented again with adequate time and recruitment of large scale professional managers. ... To bad this is a blog and not doing any real reporting or any follow-up on any story. Put it out there, get lots of great leads and insights then move to another item so the administration keeps you as their mouthpiece. NHI has lowered it's standards of professionalism. Time for some of the good reporters to begin a real on line newspaper
posted by: robn on July 17, 2011 8:10am
If what you write is true, then I wonder why Moody's has such out of date information in its report? Also wonder if they are completely incorrect about the pension funding levels, are they legally liable? They are, after all, affecting the cities borrowing rates and should be accountable for what they publish.
posted by: JAK on July 18, 2011 7:41am
This is why we need to get rid of public sector unions and the politicians who support them.


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Location | Fort Leavenworth, Kansas |
Coordinates | 39°22′42″N 94°56′07″W / 39.37833°N 94.93528°W |
Status | Operational |
Security class | minimum-maximum security, Supermax |
Capacity | 515 |
Population | 440 |
Opened | 1874, Rebuilt in 2002 |
Managed by | United States Army Corrections Command |
Location | Fort Leavenworth, Kansas |
Coordinates | 39°22′42″N 94°56′07″W / 39.37833°N 94.93528°W |
Status | Operational |
Security class | minimum-maximum security, Supermax |
Capacity | 515 |
Population | 440 |
Opened | 1874, Rebuilt in 2002 |
Managed by | United States Army Corrections Command |
The United States Disciplinary Barracks (or USDB, popularly known as Leavenworth, or the DB) is a military correctional facility[1] located on Fort Leavenworth, a United States Army post in Kansas.
It is one of three major prisons built on Fort Leavenworth property, the others being the federal United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth, four miles (6 km) to the south, and the military Midwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility, which opened on 5 October 2010.[2]
It reports to the United States Army Corrections Command and its commandant usually holds the rank of Colonel.
The USDB is the U.S. military's only maximum-security facility for males and houses male service members convicted at court-martial for violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Only enlisted prisoners with sentences over ten years, commissioned officers, and prisoners convicted of offenses related to national security are confined to the USDB. Enlisted prisoners with sentences under ten years are confined in smaller facilities, such as the nearby Midwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility or the United States Naval Consolidated Brig at Chesapeake, Virginia. Corrections personnel at the facility are Army Corrections Specialists (MOS 31E) trained at the U.S. Army Military Police school located at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, as well as Marine and Air Force corrections personnel.
Female prisoners are instead sent to the Naval Consolidated Brig, Miramar.[3]
Originally known as the United States Military Prison, the USDB was established by Act of Congress in 1874. Prisoners were used for the bulk of the construction, which began in 1875 and was completed in 1921. The facility was able to house up to 1,500 prisoners. From 1895 until 1903, prisoners from the USDB were used to construct the nearby United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth[4] until around 400 federal prisoners were moved there to complete the work.
Although work on the two prisons continued at about the same time and they share the same design of a central dome-topped building, the two prisons reflect dramatically different prison concepts.
The original USDB followed the Pennsylvania plan modeling on a layout of the Eastern State Penitentiary where cell blocks radiated out from a central structure. Individual cells were relatively isolated. In contrast, the civilian prison is modeled on the Auburn Correctional Facility in New York reflected a newer concept where prisoners were housed in a large rectangular building where there was a certain amount of communal living.[5]
The original USDB was Fort Leavenworth's biggest and tallest building sitting on top of a hill at the corner of McPherson Avenue and Scott Avenue overlooking the Missouri River. The largest buildings of the original barracks ("The Castle") were torn down in 2004. The old domed building was nicknamed "Little Top" in contrast to the domed federal prison two and a half miles (3 km) south which was nicknamed the "Big Top.".[6] The walls and 10 of the buildings in the original location remaining—including Pope Hall—have been converted or are in the process of being converted to other uses at the Fort. The prison's original commandant's house still remains.[7]
The original prison was 12 acres (49,000 m2). Its walls were 16 to 41 feet (12 m) high.[8]
Gail Dillon of the Airman magazine said in 2002 that "A visitor would immediately notice the medieval ambiance of this institution – the well-worn native stone and brick walls constructed by long-forgotten inmates when 'hard labor' meant exactly that – have witnessed thousands of inmates' prayers, curses, and pleas over the past 128 years" and that entering the facility was "like stepping back in time or suddenly being part of a kitschy movie set about a prison bust."[9]
A new state-of-the-art, 515-bed, USDB became operational in September 2002, replacing the old stone wall and brick castle.
The new barracks opened at a cost of $67.8 million and is about a mile north of the original barracks. It is on 51 acres (210,000 m2) on the site of the former USDB Farm Colony and is enclosed by two separate 14-foot (4.3 m) high fences. There are three housing units each of which can accommodate up to 142 prisoners. The units described as "pods" are two-tiered triangular shaped domiciles.[10] The cells in the new facility have solid doors and a window. There are no bars. The new facility is said to be much quieter than the old one and is preferred by inmates.[11] Colonel Colleen L. McGuire, the first female commandant of the USDB, said in 2002 that the new facility is "much more efficient in design and layout – much brighter and lighter."[12]
The new prison reflects current prison design of smaller low-rise separate buildings where prisoners can be more easily isolated from the general population.[5]
In 2009, the Barracks along with the Standish Maximum Correctional Facility in Michigan were being considered for relocation of 220 prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. Kansas officials including both U.S. Senators objected to the transfer; Pat Roberts stated that the transfer would require 2,000 privately owned acres around the fort to be acquired for the use of eminent domain to establish a stand-off zone because the prison is on the perimeter of the fort.[13]
The USDB has continuously been accredited from the American Correctional Association (ACA) since 1988. In 2012 the facility received a 100% rating and the accolades of the rating team. Three independent evaluators visited the prison facilities to check on more than 500 standards, including mental health services, safety issues and other aspects of the facility related to humane treatment of inmates. The USDB received a top rating in all of the standards despite having a portion of its staffing deployed to Iraq to oversee detention operations there.[14]
The USDB is currently staffed by members of the 15th Military Police Brigade. Many soldiers have a designated military occupational specialty 31E, corrections specialists. They are under Army Corrections Command, which was activated in Washington, D.C. in 2007 under the Provost Marshal General.[15]
Deceased prisoners who are not claimed by their family members are buried near the original USDB. There were 300 graves dating from between approximately 1894 and 1957, 56 of which are unmarked and 14 more that belong to German prisoners of war executed for the murder of fellow POWs. Before the war with Germany ended, it was feared that American and British prisoners who had killed collaborators in their prison camps would be executed as well. That fear ended when Germany surrendered in May 1945. The executions at Fort Leavenworth were carried out in three groups: Five on 10 July, two on 14 July and seven on 25 August, all in 1945.[16]
The USDB houses the U.S. military's male death row inmates. Since 1945, there have been 21 executions at the USDB, including fourteen German prisoners of war executed in 1945 for murder.[17] The last execution by the U.S. Military was the hanging of Army PFC John A. Bennett, on 13 April 1961, for the rape and attempted murder of an 11-year-old Austrian girl.[18] Bennett's execution took place four years after it was approved by President Dwight D. Eisenhower and then his successor President John F. Kennedy. Bennett applied to Kennedy for a Stay of Execution after an appeal to him from the Austrian victim and her parents for the African American soldier. This was promptly denied by the White House.[19] All executions at the USDB thus far have been by hanging, but lethal injection has been specified as the military's current mode of execution. As of 29 August 2013[update], there are six inmates on death row at the USDB, the most recent addition being Nidal Hasan, sentenced to death on 28 August 2013. Andrew P. Witt is currently the only Air Force member on the USDB death row.[20]
The execution of Army PVT Ronald A. Gray, who has been on military death row since 1988, was approved by President George W. Bush on 28 July 2008. Gray was convicted of the rape, two murders and an attempted murder of three women, two of them Army soldiers and the third a civilian taxi driver whose body was found on the post at Fort Bragg.[21] On 26 November 2008, a federal judge granted Gray a stay of execution to allow time for further appeals.[22]
Within the prison, Death Row is located in an isolated corridor away from other inmates.[23]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fort Leavenworth. |

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Thread: Is Everett to close to Everest?
August 10th, 2012 11:09 PM #11Member
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i would pronounce everett exactly like everest, minus the S sound. Near where i live Everett is a city. but maybe the city is pronounced differently than the name - either way, i wouldn't worry about the everest association at all.
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Everett is my top pick right now!
My husband also says that it reminds him of Everest. If people make the association, I don't think it's a big deal. If anything, I like the association as it makes me think of words like strong, tall, and daring. I don't think that people are going to mix up the name with Everest -the "s" sound is very pronounced.
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I don't think it's much of a problem. I think people generally think of the name and the mountain as two separate things. I myself have never thought of the connection until you mentioned it! I just think It's a nice boys name
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Posted: Sep 17, 2012 7:46 PM by Michael Marsh
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A soldier on probation for sex offenses can leave Oregon to serve with his unit in Afghanistan. The Oregon Supreme Court ordered a judge to modify the probation for Derrick McDonald so it wouldn't conflict with his order to deploy. He was sentenced in January to five years probation and sex offender treatment after pleading guilty to misdemeanor sex offenses. The judge had refused to modify McDonald's probation last month, saying he made little effort to complete his sex offender treatment. If the state supreme court had not stepped in, McDonald would have violated terms of his probation by leaving the country and would have been arrested when he returned.


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(born Dec. 19, 1814, Steubenville, Ohio, U.S.—died Dec. 24, 1869, Washington, D.C.) U.S. secretary of war (1862–68). A lawyer and abolitionist, he was appointed U.S. attorney general in 1861 and secretary of war in 1862. He ably administered the Union military effort in the American Civil War, and he later helped lead the investigation of Pres. Abraham Lincoln's assassination. Conflict with Pres. Andrew Johnson over Reconstruction policy and his alliance with the Radical Republicans led to Stanton's dismissal by Johnson, in deliberate violation of the Tenure of Office Act. Stanton refused to leave office, but he resigned after Johnson was acquitted in the impeachment trial.
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Edwin McMasters Stanton (December 19, 1814 – December 24, 1869), was an American lawyer, politician, United States Attorney General in 1860-61 and Secretary of War through most of the American Civil War and Reconstruction era.
On August 8, 1862 Stanton issued an order to "arrest and imprison any person or persons who may be engaged, by act, speech or writing, in discouraging volunteer enlistments, or in any way giving aid and comfort to the enemy, or in any other disloyal practice against the United States."
The president recognized Stanton's ability, but whenever necessary Lincoln managed to "plow around him." Stanton once tried to fire the Chief of the War Department Telegraph Office, Thomas Eckert. Lincoln prevented this by praising Eckert to Stanton. Yet, when pressure was exerted to remove the unpopular secretary from office, Lincoln replied, "If you will find another secretary of war like him, I will gladly appoint him."
Lincoln's last act as President was overriding Stanton's decision supporting the execution of George S.E. Vaughn for spying. Lincoln pardoned Vaughn one hour before he was assassinated.
Stanton became a Republican and apparently changed his opinion of Lincoln. At Lincoln's death Stanton remarked, "Now he belongs to the ages," and lamented, "There lies the most perfect ruler of men the world has ever seen." He vigorously pursued the apprehension and prosecution of the conspirators involved in Lincoln's assassination. These proceedings were not handled by the civil courts, but by a military tribunal, and therefore under Stanton's tutelage. Stanton has subsequently been accused of witness tampering, most notably of Louis J. Weichmann, and of other activities that skewed the outcome of the trials.
This point is disputed by the Supreme Court web site itself in its official Justices PDFwhich does not list Stanton as a Justice of the Supreme Court, but notes that:
One Dollar Treasury Notes, also called Coin Notes, of the Series' 1890 and 1891 feature portraits of Stanton on the obverse. Stanton also appears on the fourth issue of Fractional Currency, in the amount of 50 cents. Stanton Park, four blocks from the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., is named for him, as is Stanton College Preparatory School in Jacksonville, Florida. A steam engine, built in 1862, was named the "E. M. Stanton" in honor of the new Secretary of War. Stanton County, Nebraska is named for him.


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Jason Aldean is celebrating his 12th #1 this week with the title track off his platinum selling album, "Night Train." "Night Train" topped both the US and Canadian Billboard chart this week. "When I first heard this song we were already done looking for material for this last record, but I just loved it and thought it was worth making room for," said Aldean. "It seems so crazy to say that this is my 12th #1 – I promise you each one is just as sweet as the first one."
And Aldean's buddy Luke Bryan has a few number ones under his belt and more than a few moves for the ladies. He shared his wealth of knowledge with Tommy Woolridge on The View. Woolridge has become YouTube famous for trying to pick up girls using song lyrics. Not only has he been unsuccessful, but the 23 year old has never actually had a kiss. Ever. In steps Bryan. Bryan A.) taught Tommy some moves and B.) helped in work on his delivery using host Jenny McCarthy as his guinea pig. After some coaching, the interview ended well for Tommy with an aggressive kiss from McCarthy! Check out the hilarious clip here.
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Hollywood Insiders Dark Stars examines Illuminati symbolism, Predictive programming, 9/11 synchronicities, and Satanism in Hollywood and the music industry.
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Hollywood Insiders Magick and The Matrix is about Abdul AlHazred's "Necronomicon" and the Illuminati's concealment of the truths it bares. This documentary takes a practical look at black magic and the forces behind it. Then, delves into "The Matrix-like" world the Necronomicon paints. It discusses the multi-dimensional beings that feed off of us, parallel universes, and explains much Illuminati and Freemasonic imagery.
Full Disclosure is a full-length documentary that takes a deep, analytical look at Illuminati and freemasonic symbolism in numerous movies. Examining each movie's use of all-seeing eyes, pyramids, suns, and serpents; then reviewing more covert satanic symbolism rooted in Egyptian, Christian, and Islamic traditions. Examining [ Batman,Watchmen,The Simpsons,Men in Black,Tomb Raider,Blade,Hellboy,The Lion King,THX-1138,Conan the Barbarian,Stargate,The man who would be king,Spawn,Dogma,Gabriel,The Road to El Dorado]
This provocative and insightful film is the first in a series of documentaries that will reveal the secret knowledge embedded in the work of the greatest filmmaker of all time: Stanley Kubrick. This famed movie director who made films such as 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining and Eyes Wide Shut, placed symbols and hidden anecdotes into his films that tell a far different story than the films appeared to be saying.
In Kubrick's Odyssey, Part I, Kubrick and Apollo, author and filmmaker, Jay Weidner presents compelling evidence of how Stanley Kubrick directed the Apollo moon landings. He reveals that the film 2001: A Space Odyssey was not only a retelling of Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick's novel, but also a research and development project that assisted Kubrick in the creation of the Apollo moon footage. In light of this revelation, Weidner also explores Kubrick's film, The Shining and shows that this film is, in actuality, the story of Kubrick's personal travails as he secretly worked on the Apollo footage for NASA.
Called by Wired Magazine an "authority on the hermetic and alchemical traditions," and "erudite conspiracy hunter," Jay Weidner is a renowned author, filmmaker and hermetic scholar. Considered to be a "modern-day Indiana Jones" for his ongoing worldwide quests to find clues to mankind's spiritual destiny via ancient societies and artifacts, his body of work offers great insight into the circumstances that have led to the current global crisis. He is the producer of the documentary films, "2012 The Odyssey", its sequel "Timewave 2013″ and "Infinity; The Ultimate Trip". Jay joins us to discuss his latest film "Kubrick's Odyssey: Secrets Hidden in the films of Stanley Kubrick". The acclaimed American film director Stanley Kubrick told an important story with all his films and they all connect with each other and communicate a message. The question is if Kubrick was murdered considering what he trying to reveal with his films. We start to examine the film "Eyes Wide Shut" and how it connects with mind control, the elite, satanic, archonic, and demonic forces. We also discuss the Brotherhood of Saturn, the secret space program and Arthur C. Clarke. Topics Discussed: Kubric's Odyssey, Eyes Wide Shut, Operation Monarch, occult, sex-cults, Kubrick murdered, storytelling with films, A.I., pedophilia, Archons, Demons, Lolita, bear symbolism, Jim Garrison, Lee Harvey Oswald, NASA, the real space program, Babalon Bunch, Saturnian Society, JPL, the ringmakers, hexagonal rings on Saturn, Jupiter, Zeus, Saturn, Set, Buzz Aldrin comments on the Monolith Phobos, Lord of the Rings, Iapateus, Sargon, rings of Saturn, time trap and more.
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Michael Tsarion discusses the historical significance of ancient Ireland and takes us on a truly fascinating journey through time, from the Emerald Isle to Egypt and back again full circle. Along the way we are introduced to the Druids and also to their destroyers, the Atonists. We discover the origins of the world's most powerful secret societies and the New World Order they labor to create. We discover secret facts about the royal dynasties of Britain and Europe, the Empire of Rome, and about Masonic influence in America.
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An electrolyte is a chemical that conducts electrical current. It is used in batteries to make the ions flow, producing current. It is also used in electrolytic cells to carry the ions between the electrodes.
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The Times Online describes talks between the US and Iran over Afghanistan — in Moscow.
Iranian and American officials have held their first talks about ending the war in Afghanistan amid signs that President Barack Obama's efforts to thaw relations with Tehran are paying off. While television cameras focused on Obama in Washington during the unveiling of his strategy for Afghanistan last Friday, US and Iranian diplomats were holding a remarkable meeting in Moscow. The Russian initiative brought together Patrick Moon, the US diplomat in charge of south and central Asia, and Mehdi Akhundzadeh, Iran's deputy foreign minister, as well as a British diplomat who has been acting as a mediator.
"We've turned a page to have Iranians and Americans at the same table all discussing Afghanistan," Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, told delegates. …
Friday's meeting was held under the auspices of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, a six-member regional security group including Russia, China and central Asian states, to discuss combating terrorism and drug trafficking in Afghanistan. Those present included Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary-general, the foreign ministers of Pakistan and Afghanistan, and senior British diplomats.
Meanwhile, the policy differences between the US and Hamid Karzai seem to have been resolved in a manner that Karzai likes. The Washington Post reports:
After months of tension between the Afghan leader and officials in Washington, especially over civilian casualties caused by Western military forces, Karzai seemed pleasantly surprised by Obama's prescriptions for Afghanistan's problems, calling his plan "better than we were expecting."
Like a cross-section of Afghans interviewed Saturday, Karzai said he was especially glad that Obama explicitly endorsed two ideas Afghan officials have been stressing for several years: that the fight against Islamist terrorism must focus on militant safe havens in next-door Pakistan and that negotiations with Taliban insurgents are essential to ending the conflict in Afghanistan. …
Obama's strategy calls for a major expansion of Afghan security forces and the deployment of 4,000 new U.S. troops to train them, on top of an additional 17,000 combat troops. It also proposes a boost in U.S. civilian expert assistance, more economic aid to Pakistan in return for stronger action against Islamist militant groups, and support for a better-run, more honest and responsive Afghan government as part of an overarching focus on fighting terrorism in the region.
What do these two developments suggest? My guess is that Iran, which has historically had great influence in Afghanistan and whose road network supplies the Afghan economy with consumer goods has been mollified in some way. The Iranians are likely to want concessions for any agreements they may enter into with the United States. There may be linkage with Hamas and Hezbollah and with Iranian nuclear weapons. But we don't know what just yet. Exactly what price the US will pay for cooperation with the Iranian remains to be seen. With respect to shutting down the Taliban in the Pashtun areas within Pakistan, the question is whether "assistance" can achieve this, or whether the assistance will be used Pakistan for purposes other than intended. Taken together, the two stories suggest that the the Obama administration has decided to enlist regional actors and the Afghan government to split up and perhaps neutralize the Pashtun structure but that the price paid to Iran will be high and that the means that are to be employed of unproven effectiveness. The good news is that Obama may have found a key; the bad news is that the key may be to an empty room.
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1. davidt
"The Russian initiative brought together Patrick Moon, the US diplomat in charge of south and central Asia, and Mehdi Akhundzadeh, Iran's deputy foreign minister, as well as a British diplomat who has been acting as a mediator."… Were there any Iraqis there to discuss the future of Iraq?
March 28, 2009 - 6:48 pm Link to this Comment -
2. programmer
Have you ever watched a movie where a bunch of young teenagers drive up to dilapidated old house in the woods and as they get out and start into the house, lightning flashes, thunder rolls, and rain starts falling. Everyone in the theater is hollering at the top of their lungs, "Get back in the car, you idiots and keep driving." But no, they go into the house and split up, each to a separate room AND we all know what happens then.
I get the same feeling when reading the above. I want to shout at the top of my lungs at the idiots in our government who are setting this whole disaster up.
March 28, 2009 - 6:50 pm Link to this Comment -
3. Willie G
Nope, David, this meeting was to cover BHO's ass, not to accomplish anything more substantial.
Our security is being sold…cheap. BHO needs a fig leaf in foreign affairs while he destroys our country.
And what will we do to stop him?
Just asking…..
March 28, 2009 - 6:52 pm Link to this Comment -
4. Habu
I reject the premise that talking with the Persian or Islams will result in any lasting rapprochement worth the effort.
Their taqfir methodology along with other tenets of the Quran make it impossible. I don't know how many times one needs to point out that they intend one thing. Worldwide domination of Islam, by death or servitude, or a state of constant war to accomplish this end.
The talking is what the Russians refer to as fuffle. Examples come from many realms.
A fuffle is an artful fake, an artifact specifically made to fool, beguile, seduce, or intimidate people into something. Ideally, the initial transaction serves as the basis of a permanent arrangement, with the victim roped into an plan, which is in their favor. An even better fuffle is one that grows over time. Since a fuffle is, in essence, a fake, its useful properties, should it have any, are largely irrelevant, and so its abstract properties come forth as being the essential ones. The most important such property is, quite obviously, size, and indeed fuffles tend to get bigger and bigger over time, such as the Iranian nuclear program. This is a telltale feature of fuffles that makes them easier to identify: if something gets bigger and bigger over time while delivering the same or lesser value, then it is quite likely to be a fuffle. Also, fuffles breed: as a fuffle gets larger and larger, it produces offspring of other fuffles,(nukes to terrorists) which also grow.
March 28, 2009 - 6:59 pm Link to this Comment -
The Iranians have been at war with us for 30 years.
444 days. Beirut. Khobar Towers. EFP's.
They're still at war with us. If they let us use their port of Chabahar and their road to Zaranj, it's because they want to screw us. The Italians in RC West are already making their own deals with them.
Once they have our scrotum in the vice they will squeeze.
I do not trust our C-in-C and SECSTATE.
I have done a fair amount of cheer leading for OEF in the past. I still support the troops, and some of this new strategy, but I will no longer stifle myself in the interest of solidarity.
Negotiating with the "Taliban" is something that only those who really know who they are and who speaks for them can do. And the weaker party doesn't negotiate, it concedes.
March 28, 2009 - 7:03 pm Link to this Comment -
6. Mark Razak
BHO wants to abandon Afghanistan. The Iranian leadership is convinced that Obama in his heart nurses a deep antipathy towards his own nation. They view this development as a great opportunity to to weaken American influence in the region.
My guess is that if BHO can convince the Iranians to forego their "bragging rights", at least publicly for while, about portraying our departure as a defeat for the "Great Satan", BHO will give Iran everything it wants.
But can the Iranians convince the Sunni radicals to sit and be quiet until after America has abandon Afghanistan?
This development can not be good. Anti-Americanism is a pillar of the Iranian revolution and without it the regime has no legitimacy.
Iran suspects great weakness in the America.March 28, 2009 - 7:10 pm Link to this Comment -
Petraeus did such a bang-up job pacifying Iraq there's nowhere else in the world that Obama can destroy the US military other than by sending them into a no-win scenario in Afghanistan with a supply chain so long and tenuous the least brigand of the hills could cut it off.
March 28, 2009 - 7:16 pm Link to this Comment -
8. 49erDweet
Brilliant! Go to the folks that got their butts handed to them by the outgunned locals, who btw have a vested interest in seeing us slowly swirling down the drain, and ask them for advice. That's gotta work!
March 28, 2009 - 7:22 pm Link to this Comment -
9. Marie Claude
maybe there was a good raison that the Iranians finally accepted to meet US diplomats :
http :// sudantribune.com/spip.php?article30639
http :// http://www.iran-resist.org/article5260.html
if theses operations are verifiable somwhere, but not "really" on papers, it would mean that they were tests for a future attack on Arak, and on iranian missiles
Like it is said on Iran-resist, the israeli planes flight 2400 km (to the objectives and back home), the lenght from Israel to Arak is 1000 km, so they say , that it was a warning to Iran, that if she doesn't comply, israeli planes can nuke their nuclear sitehttp :// http://www.iran-resist.org/article5251.html
uh, Jundallah (pachtoun militia paid by CIA, anounced the capture of Zarif Sheybani, a mullah agent…)
http :// http://www.moonofalabama.org/2009/03/israels-sudan-bombing-report-is-likely-nonsense.html#more
some say that it's ment to manipulate opinions in Iran, er ummm, ya know that the Clinton /Brzezinski are after the Mullahs, in the back-yards though, uh oh, one wonders why Obama is seen so appeasing in front of the curtain, hey, he is playing the buffoon
March 28, 2009 - 7:22 pm Link to this Comment -
10. Mike Sylwester
One unifying factor in this diverse coalition — the USA, Russia, the Karzai Government, and Iran — is hostility toward the coalition of Pashtun radicals, Arab radicals and ex-USSR Moslem radicals (Chechens, Uzbeks, etc.) that has established itself along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
The Arab Sunni radical movement has been weakened significantly since September 11, 2001. No Arab state supports this movement, which has fractured and faltered.
Shiite Iran, not Sunni Al Qaeda, now leads the radical movement in the Moslem world. Therefore terror against Shiites in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan no longer will be tolerated. Iran is willing to enable the USA to use its marvelous weapons to kill anti-Shiite terrorists for a while, as long as the USA eventually leaves the theater.
Russia too wants the USA to leave that theater but likewise will be willing to allow the USA to kill Chechen and Uzbek radical Moslem leaders in that theater for a while.
Everyone knows the Obama Administration does not want to stay in that theater. If Obama can crush Al Qaeda in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border area and then withdraw US forces, then many governments will feel that an ideal resolution has been achieved.
March 28, 2009 - 7:32 pm Link to this Comment -
11. MarkJ
"In a related story, President Obama today announced that he has developed a 'foolproof' method at winning Three-Card Monte. 'I can't tell you what it is,' said a beaming Obama, 'so, hey, you'll just have to trust me. However, I can tell you my method really really works. In fact, I'm willing to bet the future of this country on it!'"
Gee whillikers, folks! Is there ANYTHING Obama can't do?
March 28, 2009 - 7:38 pm Link to this Comment -
12. Mike Sylwester
What the USA wants from Russia and Iran is arranagements that will allow supplies to flow to the Afghanistan government as necessary through routes other than through Pakistan.
US forces themselves do not have to play visible roles in those supply routes. Rather, arrangements can be made for Russia and Iran to transport and provide fuel, vehicles, food, clothing, weapons, ammunition, etc. directly to the Afghanistan government.
March 28, 2009 - 7:46 pm Link to this Comment -
13. fred
Anyone who trusts the Mullahs in Tehran is a fool. Anyone who trusts the Russians is an imbecile.
I've got a bad feeling about this.
March 28, 2009 - 7:48 pm Link to this Comment -
15. Lifeofthemind
Were there any Iraqis there to discuss the future of Iraq?Edvard Benes was unavailable for comment.
March 28, 2009 - 7:53 pm Link to this Comment -
16. hdgreene
I wonder what the Russians are getting. I suspect they are getting something like a free hand in the "near abroad", for starters.
I like how this is put: "Iranian and American officials have held their first talks about ending the war in Afghanistan…" So the Iranians are on the other side? I think it is more a timetable for a US withdrawal, which is not the same thing. I've thought for a while that the local players might trade a few high level scalps for a US withdrawal (mission accomplished!).
Maybe we will leave Afghanistan about the same time we leave Iraq. Whose sphere of influence will extend where once we're gone? Who will Iraq cozy up with, I wonder.
March 28, 2009 - 8:06 pm Link to this Comment -
17. Dave
Two comments about this:
Remember that Arabs, (Iraqis, Syrians, Jordanians, Libyans, Egyptians, Moroccans,
Algerians, Saudis, others) have no great love for Persians——Iran.Victory in Iraq has made all of Arabia feel more cordial towards us. Iran would certainly like to make all of Arabia feel like the Great Satan—-that is us folks—-
is now betraying Arabs. Hence they may well feel amenable to some high-profile deal.Second thing is that Iran is rushing towards bankruptcy. A course escalated by the decline in oil prices. They are in a race to build that nuclear arsenal before their lights go out. Don't you think they are open to being bribed, not to mention given the chance to purloin a bit of what is being transhipped?
And would Russia like to be in on the bribery and purloining? Does the ursurus horriblis move his bowels within the confines of the timbered regions.
Like Fred, I have a shrinking feeling on this one. In this area, I do not read Obama as wishing us harm. But he does think that he is so damned smart that he can make Afghanistan/Pakistan go away at no cost to himself. Those others can clean his clock without working up a sweat.
So Michelle is right to worry about the troops. What he is putting them into and the danger to their logistics are both magnified
by what his budget proposes.Don't think "Vietnam". Think "Bataan".
March 28, 2009 - 8:14 pm Link to this Comment -
18. Armeggedon Rex
I know that many others have asked, both publicly and privately, but I can't seem to stop myself!
Is anyone really this stupid, or is this an intentional betrayal of the U.S. and western culture?
March 28, 2009 - 8:19 pm Link to this Comment -
Wretchard wrote:
Exactly what price the US will pay for cooperation with the Iranian remains to be seen. With respect to shutting down the Taliban in the Pashtun areas within Pakistan, the question is whether "assistance" can achieve this, or whether the assistance will be used Pakistan for purposes other than intended.
Which pretty much dovetails with what I was thinking. As near as I can make out, the success of this plan hinges on the rather improbably premise that Pakistan is serious about subduing its wild hinterlands. That would be extremely difficult, prohibitively expensive, and would require a massive shale-up of entrenched interests within the Pakistani bureaucracy. More likely, they will pocket the money, make a few token attacks on outlaw villages (which will mollify press/public opinion), then lament the difficulty of the task while hitting up Uncle Sam for more money and more time. Iran, meanwhile, will gladly allow U.S. convoys transit through their territory so the mullahs can prop up their crumbling regime off the rake, al the while poking the fires of tribal militancy in Afghanistan. The payoff to rogue states never works to mitigate the violence: just look at North Korea's intended missile launch to see wither all this is tending.
Russia, on the other hand, does not mind the U.S. presence in Afghanistan as much as we imagine. It's better for them to keep their enemy close by, where they can keep an eye on him. They will use their nascent ability to make our lives miserable in Afghanistan as a tacit bargaining chip against Missile Defense. Ironically, the presents of Americans in Afghanistan, especially under the Obama administration, will allow the Russians a large measure of indirect control over the Caucasus: "That's a nice pipeline you have there. It'd be a real shame if something happened to it, no?"
Obama, for his part, half-understands the Faustian bargains he's making, but is willing to permit himself to be misled. "Kicking the can" is the name of the game here. The current situation is unstable; he's just hoping it doesn't implode on his watch.
March 28, 2009 - 8:44 pm Link to this Comment -
20. Walt
When O says to the mullahs if you help me in the Stans
I will look the other way and let you formulate your plans
To rid the world and people of a certain you know who
Just be sure you don't inform me so I won't know what you do
The mullahs smile and say sure Jack just tell us what you want
And O winks back and says he just needs something he can flaunt
To show the public back at home he's really on the ball
I've got to give them something big that's why I make this call
The guys I've got, the money men, he said with great disdain
Are causing polling numbers to go circling round the drain
So what I need is access to the Afghan seat of war
I need your ports, I need your roads, I need your help much more
Than I could state in simple terms because it's so complex
And if you give me what I need I think we'll clear the decks
For you to gain complete control of what you say is yours
And in the process make Israelis grovel on all fours
To grovel them is not our goal the mullahs winked and laughed
No doubt you think us crazy and no doubt you think us daft
But total 'nihilation is what this is all about
We don't want them to holler and we don't want them to shout
We want the sons of pigs and dogs in silent heaps to lay
So that is what we want and are you now prepared to pay
Done and done said O as he prepared to board his plane
I don't know what you're gonna do but if my numbers gain
You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours and when I leave the room
I'll know you've kept your bargain when I've heard that great big boomMarch 28, 2009 - 8:45 pm Link to this Comment -
Excellent, Walt. Excellent.
March 28, 2009 - 8:53 pm Link to this Comment -
22. Mike Sylwester
The USA, Russia and Iran can agree that Afghanistan should continue to exist as a unified state with its current borders and should not provide a safe haven to Al Qaeda.
The USA will be happy if Russia and Iran develop diplomatic relations and economic trade with Afghanistan. Such ordinary support from those two countries can help the Afghanistan government to survive and thrive and to maintain its independence from Pakistan.
The alternative to the Afghanistan government is a radical, anti-Shiite regime headed by Al Qaeda and the Pashtun Taliban radicals. That alternative is decidedly opposed by Russia and Iran.
When the Afghanistan government is able to stand by itself — with support from Russia and Iran — then the USA will withdraw its military forces.
If the USA can destroy Al Qaeda in the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region during the next couple years and then withdraw its military forces, then that resolution will suffice for many governments.
Al Qaeda is vulnerable. What happened to Al Qaeda in Iraq can happen again in Pakistan.
March 28, 2009 - 8:55 pm Link to this Comment -
23. John Lynch
Rank speculation: we promised not to attack their nuclear facilities.
They can agree to anything for the time it takes to get the nukes, then tell us to go f*ck ourselves.
That's what I would do if I was them.
March 28, 2009 - 9:02 pm Link to this Comment -
24. Fen
Our security is being sold…cheap
No. Its being given away "for the promise of future negotiations" [Manchester, Last Lion Vol2].
Edvard Benes was unavailable for comment.
Spot on. Nicely done!
Iran suspects great weakness in the America.
Iran recognizes the same pattern seen in the American Left re Israel: naive faith in the righteouness of proportional responses. Our military is about to be tied down in Afganistan with an unrealistic ROE. Leaving Iran free to work its mischief.
March 28, 2009 - 9:04 pm Link to this Comment -
25. Lifeofthemind
Why would the Israelis of any stripe from Kadima and Labor to the right let themselves be sold to Iran to buy BHO time to play in the sand? I expect Bibi and Barak to kick Barack's fantasy over, hopefully before 75,000 Americans get trapped.
March 28, 2009 - 9:09 pm Link to this Comment -
26. Benj
Anybody notice Condi's respectful line on the new admin – and her implicit rebuke of Dick C.? Just asking… – how easy is if for ya'll to dismiss her affirmation that O's crew are "quality people" and patriots who might just have a clue…And what about Gates on Obama's head vs. Bush's? Was he just sucking up? So you got Condi and Gates saying O and co. aren't fools. But so many of you are SURE they're either idiots or traitors. Hmmm…Time for second thoughts?
March 28, 2009 - 10:10 pm Link to this Comment -
Condoleezza Rice (along with much of George Bush's administration and works) is hardly the standard upon which thoughtful conservatives rest their case.
March 28, 2009 - 10:45 pm Link to this Comment -
28. buddy larsen
Don't be fooled by the venue. The Mullahs once let Carter's sec of state Warren Christopher sit on the tarmac for six hours under a blazing sun before they let him deplane to do a little begging for the hostages. What they're doing now is trading Lebanon for Mexico, and if that goes well, then Israel for New Mexico, Arizona, and So Cal up to Russian Hill in Frisco. Frisco goes to Russia, 'for the house', along with Alaska if they promise to take Palin too.
March 28, 2009 - 11:54 pm Link to this Comment -
29. Fen
how easy is if for ya'll to dismiss her affirmation that O's crew are "quality people" and patriots who might just have a clue
Yes, its easy. One need simply review the track record of these "quality people" over the last 60 days.
March 29, 2009 - 5:47 am Link to this Comment -
30. Fen
Although its telling that you must appeal to authority to make your point. Is it possible for you to reach a decision based on your own judgement, or do you always need to check around to see what the "cool kids" are saying instead? Hey, you're not on JournaList too?
March 29, 2009 - 5:51 am Link to this Comment -
Given his background, I don't suppose that ObamOpra has ever heard the stories of Brier Fox and Brier Rabbit, specifically the Tarbaby and the Brier Patch? No, no way. Even if he had access to those stories they would have been considered to be racist.
As near as I can tell, we are about to shake hands with the Tarbaby in the middle of someone else's Brier Patch.
March 29, 2009 - 9:30 am Link to this Comment
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