With talk of interest rates possibly seeing another hike, Iran pulling 8.1 billion out of western banks, and the March date of Iran changing its oil currency over to the Euro, and the opening of it's own exchange. The word from the administration is the State of the Union is strong.
The looming loss of thirty thousand jobs, at GM, and the closing of fourteen North American plants,
Dell to send thousands jobs to India, and the Ford Motor company also announced a few months back, it will have to layoff tens of thousands of workers and management positions. As of 1-23-06, Ford say that by 2010 it will have closed 14 plants, and layoff over thirty-thousand workers,
Ford layoffs The country tied up in a quagmire in Iraq, and threatening Iran, and the Resident is pushing his Tax Cuts to become permeant but in Bush's state of mind the Union is strong. Aftre the Address last night C-Span interviewed Charlie Wrangle, (D) NY, who said that most of what Bush proposed the Congress and Senate have never heard of, that he did not bring it before them. As far as the Tax Cuts, Wrangle said that we would have to barrow more from China to get the Tax Cuts.
The topper of the night was that Cindy Shehhan was arrested for wearing a tee-shirt. Rumors were flying that she tried to unroll a banner, but we found out latter that it was a tee-shirt with the number of dead American soldiers since the invasion of Iraq. Arrested can you believe this in the land of the free. For wearing a shirt, welcome to America. We would like to take this moment to ask the people that cheered when this country went totally right of right with the confirmation on Judge Alito, "Are you happy that the right to dissent is now gone. Can't these people see what is just up the road?
There is an amendment to the Patriot Act, that will be voted on when the 16 sections of the Patriot Act comes up for renewal. Yes tucked away in the vote will be a little ditty supported by,
Arlen Specter, R-Pa., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sponsored the measure, which would extend the authority of the Secret Service to allow agents to arrest people who willingly or knowingly enter a restricted area at an event, even if the president or other official normally protected by the Secret Service isn't in attendance at the time.
The measure has civil libertarians protesting what they say is yet another power grab for the executive branch and one more loss for free speech.
The amendment has some conservatives troubled also, they feel that it push the governments role on the 1st Amendment.
"It concerns me greatly," said Bob Barr, former U.S. prosecutor and Republican representative from Georgia. "It clearly raises serious concerns about First Amendment rights."
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For those of you that played the "Key Word" drinking game, If your words were, Patriot Act and Terrorist you may have gotten a mild buzz. After pushing it down our throats, this time out only dinking on 9-11, you could still drive home.
As Bush rattled off what he would be spending money on, all I could hear was, Iraq, Iraq, Iraq, My pocket. If we have found out anything about this administration, it is money earmarked for projects at home finds itself in Iraq. Over all the State Of The Union was an insalt on the intelligence of any rational thinking person. Basically Bush stood up there and said, here is what we are going to do to you, and the world,[WTF are you going to do about it?] ABA