THIS event could be market moving next week.

Russia: Iran’s nuclear plant to get fuel next week

It is understood that if this facility is to be taken-out (destroyed), it will need to happen before the reactor rods are inserted into the core.      Just a thought.

And, in another part of the world,  US-Vietnam nuke deal will likely allow enrichment.

Sorry Dan, but I overlooked your previous post on this.

THIS from the Telegraph.co.uk.

The Obama presidency increasingly resembles a modern-day Ancien Régime: extravagant and out of touch with the American people.

The First Lady’s ill-conceived trip to Marbella and the complete disregard for public opinion and concerns over excessive government spending is symbolic of a far wider problem with the Obama presidency – the overarching disdain for the principles of limited government, individual liberty and free enterprise that have built the United States over the course of nearly two and a half centuries into the most powerful and free nation on earth.

It is epitomised above all by the President’s relentless drive towards big government against the will of the American people, and the dramatic increases in government spending and borrowing, which threaten to leave the US hugely in debt for generations. It is also showcased by Barack Obama’s drive towards a socialised health care system, which, as I’ve noted before, is “a thinly disguised vanity project for a president who is committed to transforming the United States from the world’s most successful large-scale free enterprise economy, to a highly interventionist society with a massive role for centralized government.”

There is however a political revolution fast approaching Washington that is driven not by mob rule but by the power of ideas and principles, based upon the ideals of the Founding Fathers and the US Constitution. It is a distinctly conservative revolution that is sweeping America and is reflected in almost every poll ahead of this November’s mid-terms. It is based on a belief in individual liberty, limited government, and above all, political accountability from the ruling elites. The Obama administration’s mantra may well be “let them eat cake”, as it continues to gorge itself on taxpayers’ money, but it will be looking nervously over its shoulder as public unease mounts.

Spot on!

MacCube - 13 August 2010 04:30 PM

THIS from the Telegraph.co.uk.

The Obama presidency increasingly resembles a modern-day Ancien Régime: extravagant and out of touch with the American people.

. . .

There is however a political revolution fast approaching Washington that is driven not by mob rule but by the power of ideas and principles, based upon the ideals of the Founding Fathers and the US Constitution. It is a distinctly conservative revolution that is sweeping America and is reflected in almost every poll ahead of this November’s mid-terms. It is based on a belief in individual liberty, limited government, and above all, political accountability from the ruling elites. The Obama administration’s mantra may well be “let them eat cake”, as it continues to gorge itself on taxpayers’ money, but it will be looking nervously over its shoulder as public unease mounts.

Spot on!

 

We shall see. Hopefully this ship can be turned around.

Today, the masses are entranced by the 2010 equivalent of Joe McCarthy—the paranoia-spouting, right wing talk jocks on AM radio and Fox News.  For 25 years now, Rush Limbaugh has been speaking to his bobblehead dittoheads about the perils of librulism.  Glenn Beck, a more recent phenomenon, uses a blackboard to explain his imagined conspiracies.  Others follow on the coattails of these liars and charlatans, writing a steady stream of books and newspaper columns spouting the same unexamined ideas.  The Tea Party masses in America eat this stuff up and are being manipulated by puppetmasters who pull their strings with great skill.

I maintain that many tens of millions of Americans do not exhibit ANY degree of critical thinking.  Unfortunately, most of these people vote.

And this is probably true in every democracy; indeed, it is, in a sense, the price we pay for using democracy as our form of government.  Because most people do not think critically about issues and values, we endure the manipulations of these people by politicians.

A democracy is only as good as the level of education of the electorate. When the constitution was written, the general public were very aware and involved in national and international politics. Unfortunately todays population is one of the least educated ever. What is taught in school is extremely superficial and relatively few follow follow real news or read primary sources of information. This is clearly reflected by many of the posts placed here by relatively educated people.