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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Thank you for the compliments, Brian.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Arial>I will look into the info you provide
here.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Connie</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=snug.bug@hotmail.com href="mailto:snug.bug@hotmail.com">Brian
Good</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=dimension04@sbcglobal.net
href="mailto:dimension04@sbcglobal.net">dimension04@sbcglobal.net</A> ; <A
title=aroyboy44@hotmail.com
href="mailto:aroyboy44@hotmail.com">aroyboy44@hotmail.com</A> ; <A
title=geri@thetwofacesofmoney.com
href="mailto:geri@thetwofacesofmoney.com">geri@thetwofacesofmoney.com</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A
title=citizenstruth@six.pairlist.net
href="mailto:citizenstruth@six.pairlist.net">citizenstruth@six.pairlist.net</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 13, 2009 1:59
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Drunk?"</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BR> Connie, you have long been a courageous
advocate for truth. I admire you<BR>and I wish I could share your
optimism.<BR><BR> On his third day in office, Obama sent drones to
launch missiles that killed<BR>14 Pakistani civilians in violation of the
Nuremberg Principles, the UN Charter,<BR>and thus Article 6 of the US
Constitution. Maybe this was "making his bones" <BR>and maybe it was a
head-fake to protect his admirable intentions. Time
will<BR>tell.<BR><BR> Joseph Cannon at Cannonfire.blogspot.com has
run a series of articles <BR>suggesting that Obama has been CIA since he was
ten years old.<BR><BR>
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I don't need any seasoning or garnishes to eat my words. I would
LOVE<BR>to be shown wrong, so I could have my life back. I see Obama
unwilling to <BR>yield any of the neofascistic powers put in place by the Bush
regime. These <BR>powers will remain in the presidential toolbox when
president Rice or president <BR>Rumsfeld or president Cheney takes power in
2012.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
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From: dimension04@sbcglobal.net<BR>To: aroyboy44@hotmail.com;
snug.bug@hotmail.com; geri@thetwofacesofmoney.com<BR>CC:
citizenstruth@six.pairlist.net<BR>Subject: Re: [CitizensTruth] "Were They
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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Arial>I still think it might turn out that Obama is
using them instead of the other way around -- a smarter man, all the way
around.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Not to mention it's still less
than his first year in office!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Arial>All this criticism! It's all so contrary to
his lifetime personal history. Mainly for that reason, I guess
I'd rather be wrong on his side rather than right on that side.
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<DIV><FONT size=3 face=Arial>Just send me some salt and pepper if I have to
eat these words!</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=aroyboy44@hotmail.com href="mailto:aroyboy44@hotmail.com">andrew
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<A title=citizenstruth@six.pairlist.net
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RE: [CitizensTruth] "Were They Drunk?"</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>The "Prize" is more proof that the propaganda machine is a
global operation. Put him up on a global peace pedestal and people
will ignore his actions. Orwell continues to be right. War =
Peace in today's society. Lets look at some of Barack's peaceful
accomplishments:<BR><BR>- Continue to wage a never-ending war for oil and
land and contracts and resources in Iraq while calling it a 'withdrawal'.
<BR>- Step up the troop level and killing of civilians and "terrorists" in
Afghanistan while taking control of as much of the opium trade as
possible<BR>- Order tons of illegal drone strikes in Pakistan<BR>- Quietly
order and carry out a coup of the leadership in Honduras. Ignore that
the citizens of that country are living in a nightmare scenario of martial
law <BR>- Continue torturing prisoners abroad and suppress photographs
that show abuse and make sure no one involved in torture in the past ever
gets held accountable<BR>- Help your Big pharma buddies to make a killing
off the swine flu while helping to spread the disease further through the
already proven to be dangerous nasal vaccines.<BR>- Make constant threats to
Iran while carrying out military drills that prepare your troops for a
possible war there<BR>- Refuse to meet with the Dali Lama because you don't
want to upset China<BR>- Quietly conduct military operations in
Somalia<BR>- Bail out the rich cause they need it while the unemployment
rate goes up and up and up<BR><BR>I have to disagree about hope. Hope
is a paralyzing and passive emotion. They want you to sit on your but
and "hope" while they continue to steal and murder. My advice is to
ditch all of your hope and instead do something about whatever you are
"hoping" on. Because hope is completely disempowering. You are
letting go of your ability to affect the world in a real and active way and
putting all your "hopes" in the hands of the ruling elite who do not give 2
sticks of butter about you except to the extent that they can use and abuse
you. <BR><BR>Actions speak louder then words and peace prizes.
<BR><BR><BR> <BR>
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From: snug.bug@hotmail.com<BR>To: dimension04@sbcglobal.net;
geri@thetwofacesofmoney.com<BR>Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:52:50 -0700<BR>CC:
citizenstruth@six.pairlist.net<BR>Subject: Re: [CitizensTruth] "Were They
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<BR> Obama lost me when he voted for the telecom wiretap
immunity bill <BR>after promising that he would filibuster to oppose
it. He never explained <BR>why he voted for it. He was a
constitutional scholar and he understood <BR>the issues, and he was a lawyer
who understood that the bill would stop<BR>the 50 pending lawsuits'
discovery process that would have revealed the <BR>depth and breadth of the
wiretap violations.<BR><BR> I would like to believe that he's a good
guy who will at some dramatic<BR>point whip off his Bush-lite mask and show
us who he really is, but I<BR>already went through that process with
Kerry. Through the whole<BR>Ohio recount process in 2004 I kept
telling everybody--"You just watch,<BR>the Democrats know what they're
doing. This is a trap for Bush." I was<BR>wrong.<BR><BR>
From 2006 to 2008 the Dems told us "We must appease and concentrate <BR>on
winning the next election." So now that it's won, we must keep
on<BR>appeasing? On his third day in office Obama declared his
contempt for <BR>international law, the Nuremberg Principles, the UN, and
simple human<BR>decency by ordering drone missile attacks on Pakistan that
killed 14<BR>civilians. He's a war
criminal.<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <BR><BR><BR>> From:
dimension04@sbcglobal.net<BR>> To: geri@thetwofacesofmoney.com<BR>>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:11:47 -0500<BR>> CC:
citizenstruth@six.pairlist.net<BR>> Subject: Re: [CitizensTruth] "Were
They Drunk?"<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Good and well-informed
points, as always, Geri.<BR>> <BR>> Re, the "hope" thing. A LITTLE
more to it than that is my surprise that <BR>> given a potential 4-8
years in office, there's so much conviction, it seems, <BR>> that in less
than one year he's a Failure, or worse. Could all this be <BR>>
"premature speculation"?<BR>> <BR>> I think his rise to power is
founded on his natural abilities -- BUT, I <BR>> understand that like
Kucinich, all the natural abilities in the world can't <BR>> "get you
there" if you don't have the backing of the powers-that-be.<BR>> <BR>>
I still wonder whether They are using Barack -- or given time, it will turn
<BR>> out that he has used Them. That it's been his strategy all along to
use <BR>> them to get to where, well actually -- to where he CAME FROM
and bless the <BR>> world with it -- and that would be his mom's and
grandma's life-long <BR>> grooming to truly love and help
humanity.<BR>> <BR>> The ptb, or mom and gram. Hmmmmm...which will it
turn out to be...<BR>> <BR>> ?<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> <BR>>
----- Original Message ----- <BR>> From: "Geri Perry"
<geri@thetwofacesofmoney.com><BR>> To: "Connie Smith"
<dimension04@sbcglobal.net><BR>> Cc: "Chuck Minne"
<mincam2@yahoo.com>; <citizenstruth@six.pairlist.net><BR>>
Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 6:24 PM<BR>> Subject: Re: [CitizensTruth]
"Were They Drunk?"<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> > And there is yet another
perspective . . .<BR>> ><BR>> > This one holds that Obama, like
so many before him, is little more than a <BR>> > puppet.<BR>>
><BR>> > How else can we explain his meteoric rise from total
obscurity to become- <BR>> > in one giant leap - president of the
Unite States, and tainted no less by <BR>> > the same Rezco scandal
that so heavily damaged the Blago image?<BR>> ><BR>> > We can
guess who pulls the strings, but following the money is a good <BR>> >
start.<BR>> ><BR>> > Amazingly poor timing was evident when
Obama convened his war council for <BR>> > crucial talks on Afghan
strategy within hours after being named Nobel <BR>> > Peace Laureate.
This may be due to the fact that, as Chalmers Johnson <BR>> > posits
in Sorrows of Empire, CentCom pulls the shots on foreign policy, <BR>>
> not the pres. (Or maybe now its NATO?)<BR>> ><BR>> > I'm no
fan of Michael Moore but there is something to be said for those <BR>>
> who at least HOPE the president will do right by the people and not the
<BR>> > money power. Wishful thinking in the face of current facts,
but WAY better <BR>> > than actually "hoping he will fail" as Rush
Limbaugh has publicly AND <BR>> > wrongly asserted.<BR>>
><BR>> > Geri P<BR>> ><BR>> > Connie Smith
wrote:<BR>> >> Or...we could consider another point of
view:<BR>> >><BR>> >> *Get Off Obama's Back ...second
thoughts from Michael Moore*<BR>> >><BR>> >> Saturday,
October 10th, 2009<BR>> >><BR>> >> Friends,<BR>>
>><BR>> >> ...I went back and re-read what I had written. And
_I listened for far <BR>> >> too long yesterday to the right wing
hate machine who did what they could <BR>> >> to crap all over
Barack's big day. Did I -- and others on the left -- do <BR>> >>
the same? _<BR>> >><BR>> >> We are weary, weary of war.
The trillions that will have gone to these <BR>> >> two wars have
helped to bankrupt us as a nation -- financially and <BR>> >>
morally. To think of all the good we could have done with all that money!
<BR>> >> Two months of the War in Iraq would pay for all the wells
that need to be <BR>> >> dug in the Third World for drinking water!
Obama is moving too slow for <BR>> >> most of us -- but he needs to
know we are with him and we stand beside <BR>> >> him as he
attempts to turn eight years of sheer madness around. Who could <BR>>
>> do that in nine months? Superman? Thor? Mitch McConnell?<BR>>
>><BR>> >> Instead of waiting to see what the president is
going to do, we all need <BR>> >> to be pro-active and push the
agenda that we want to see enacted. What <BR>> >> keeps us from
forming the same local groups we put together to get out <BR>> >>
the vote last November? C'mon! We're the majority now -- the majority by
<BR>> >> a significant margin! We call the shots -- and we need to
tell this wimpy <BR>> >> Congress to get busy and do what we say --
or else.<BR>> >><BR>> >> All I ask of those who voted for
Obama is to not pile on him too quickly. <BR>> >> Yes, make your
voice heard (his phone number is 202-456-1414). But don't <BR>> >>
abandon the best hope we've had in our lifetime for change. And for God's
<BR>> >> sake, don't head to bummerville if he says or does
something we don't <BR>> >> like. Do you ever see Republicans
behave that way? I mean, the Right had <BR>> >> 20 years of
Republican presidents and they still couldn't get prayer in <BR>>
>> the public schools, or outlaw abortion, or initiate a flat tax or
put our <BR>> >> Social Security into the stock market. They did a
lot of damage, no doubt <BR>> >> about that, but on the key issues
that the Christian Right fought for, <BR>> >> they came up nearly
empty handed. No wonder they've been driven crazy <BR>> >> lately.
They'll never have it as good again as they've had it since <BR>>
>> Reagan took office.<BR>> >><BR>> >> But -- do you
ever see them looking all gloomy and defeated? No! They <BR>> >>
keep on fighting! Every day. Our side? At the first sign of wavering, we
<BR>> >> just pack up our toys and go home.<BR>>
>><BR>> >> So, at least for this weekend, let us celebrate
what people elsewhere are <BR>> >> celebrating -- that America now
has a sane and smart man in the White <BR>> >> House, a man who
truly wants a world at peace for his two daughters.<BR>> >><BR>>
>> Many, for the past couple days (yes, myself included), have
grumbled, <BR>> >> "What has he done to earn this prize?" How 'bout
this:<BR>> >><BR>> >> The simple fact that he was elected
was reason enough for him to be the <BR>> >> recipient of this
year's Nobel Peace Prize.<BR>> >><BR>> >> Because on that
day the murderous actions of the Bush/Cheney years were <BR>> >>
totally and thoroughly rebuked. One man -- a man who opposed the War in
<BR>> >> Iraq from the beginning -- offered to end the insanity.
The world has <BR>> >> stood by in utter horror for the past eight
years as they watched the <BR>> >> descendants of Washington,
Lincoln and Jefferson light the fuse of our <BR>> >> own
self-destruction. We flipped off the nations on this planet by <BR>>
>> abandoning Kyoto and then proceeded to melt eight more years worth
of the <BR>> >> polar ice caps. We invaded two nations that didn't
attack us, failed to <BR>> >> find the real terrorists and, in
effect, ignited our own wave of terror. <BR>> >> People all over
the world wondered if we had gone mad.<BR>> >><BR>> >> And
if all that wasn't enough, the outgoing Joker presided over the worst
<BR>> >> global financial collapse since the Great
Depression.<BR>> >><BR>> >> So, yeah, at precisely 11:00pm
ET on November 4, 2008, Barack Obama won <BR>> >> the Nobel Peace
Prize. And the 66 million people who voted for him won <BR>> >> it,
too. By the time he took the stage at midnight ET in the Grant Park <BR>>
>> Historic Hippie Battlefield in downtown Chicago, billions of people
<BR>> >> around the globe were already breathing a huge sigh of
relief. It was as <BR>> >> if, in that instant, one man did bring
the promise of peace to the <BR>> >> world -- and most were ready
to go wherever he wanted to go to achieve <BR>> >> that end. Never
before had the election of one man made every other <BR>> >> nation
feel like they had won, too. When you've got billions of people <BR>>
>> ready, willing and able to join a cause like this, well, a prize in
Oslo <BR>> >> is the least that you deserve.<BR>>
>><BR>> >> One other thought. The Peace Prize historically
has been given to those <BR>> >> who have worked to throw off the
yoke of racial discrimination and <BR>> >> segregation (Martin
Luther King, Jr., Desmond Tutu). I think the Nobel <BR>> >>
committee, in awarding Obama the prize, was also rewarding the fact that
<BR>> >> something profound had happened in a nation that was
founded on racial <BR>> >> genocide, built on racist slavery, and
held back for a hundred-plus years <BR>> >> by vestiges of hateful
bigotry (which can still be found on display at <BR>> >> teabagger
rallies and daily talk radio). The fact that this one man could <BR>>
>> cause this seismic historical event to occur -- and to do so with
such <BR>> >> grace and humility, never succumbing to the bait, but
still not backing <BR>> >> down (yes, he asked to be sworn in as
"Barack Hussein Obama"!) -- is more <BR>> >> than reason enough he
should be in Oslo to meet the King on December 10. <BR>> >> Maybe
he could take us along with him. 'Cause I also suspect the Nobel <BR>>
>> committee was tipping its hat to all of us -- we, the American
people, <BR>> >> had conquered some of our racism and did the truly
unexpected. After <BR>> >> seeing searing images of our black
fellow citizens left to drown in New <BR>> >> Orleans -- and poor
whites seeing their own treated no better than the <BR>> >> black
man they had been raised to hate -- we had all seen enough. It was <BR>>
>> time for change.<BR>> >><BR>> >> Thank you,
Barack Obama, for giving us the opportunity to redeem <BR>> >>
ourselves. Now for the tasks ahead. We need you to do all that you <BR>>
>> promised to do. We need it. The world needs it.<BR>>
>><BR>> >> My prediction for the future? You become the first
*two-time* winner of <BR>> >> the Nobel Peace Prize! Yeah!<BR>>
>><BR>> >> Fred (that's Norwegian for "Peace"),<BR>>
>> Michael Moore<BR>> >> MMFlint@aol.com<BR>> >>
MichaelMoore.com<BR>> >><BR>> >><BR>> >> Join
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>> ----- Original Message -----<BR>> >> *From:* Chuck Minne
<mailto:mincam2@yahoo.com><BR>> >> *To:*
citizenstruth@six.pairlist.net<BR>> >>
<mailto:citizenstruth@six.pairlist.net><BR>> >> *Sent:*
Sunday, October 11, 2009 6:47 PM<BR>> >> *Subject:* [CitizensTruth]
"Were They Drunk?"<BR>> >><BR>> >><BR>> >>
Foreign Newspapers on Obama’s Nobel Prize Victory<BR>> >><BR>>
>> October 10th, 2009 | By: Michael van der Galien<BR>> >>
<http://www.poligazette.com/author/michael-van-der-galien/><BR>>
>> Tags: Barack Obama
<http://www.poligazette.com/tag/barack-obama/>,<BR>> >> News
<http://www.poligazette.com/tag/news/>, Nobel Peace Prize<BR>>
>> <http://www.poligazette.com/tag/nobel-peace-prize/>,
PoliGazette<BR>> >>
<http://www.poligazette.com/tag/poligazette/>, Politics<BR>>
>> <http://www.poligazette.com/tag/politics/><BR>> >>
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>><BR>> >> obama nobel peace prize<BR>> >> The
left-wing NRC Handelsblad<BR>> >>
<http://weblogs.nrc.nl/commentaar/2009/10/09/bedwelmd-door-hoop/><BR>>
>> (Netherlands): ”What got into the committee to award this prize
to<BR>> >> a man who has yet to live up to the high expectations?
*Were they<BR>> >> drunk?”*<BR>> >> Center-left to center
Volkskrant<BR>> >>
<http://extra.volkskrant.nl/opinie/commentaar><BR>> >>
(Netherlands): ”It’s clear that Obama has increasingly more<BR>> >>
difficulty meeting expectations. His inspiring words about peace<BR>>
>> and deproliferation have yet to be supported by any
concrete<BR>> >> results. What is meant to be a reward [for great
achievements],<BR>> >> could very well end up being tremendous
burden for Obama.”<BR>> >> The right-of-center Telegraaf<BR>>
>> <BR>> >>
<http://telegraaf-i.telegraaf.nl/daily/2009/10/10/TE/TE_2S_20091010_3/articles/artikel_TE_2S_20091010_3_172.php><BR>>
>> (Netherlands): “This isn’t the first mistake of the Committee,
but<BR>> >> it is the biggest. The value of the Nobel Peace Prize
has been<BR>> >> diminished.”<BR>> >> Benedict Brogan,
writing for the British newspaper the Telegraph<BR>> >> <BR>>
>>
<http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/benedictbrogan/100013071/nobel-prize-for-president-obama-is-a-shocker-he-should-turn-it-down/>:<BR>>
>> “To reward him for a blank results sheet, to inflate him when
he<BR>> >> has no achievements to his name, makes a mockery of
what, let’s<BR>> >> face it, is an already fairly discredited
process (remember<BR>> >> Rigoberta Menchu in 1992? Ha!). That’s
not the point. What this<BR>> >> does is accelerate the elevation
of President Obama to a comedy<BR>> >> confection, which he does
not deserve, and gives his critics yet<BR>> >> another bat to whack
him with. Shame on the Swedes Norwegians*. He<BR>> >> should turn
it down, even if he does look great in white tie and<BR>> >>
tails.”<BR>> >> The Times of London<BR>> >> <BR>>
>>
<http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6867711.ece>:<BR>>
>> “Rarely has an award had such an obvious political and
partisan<BR>> >> intent. It was clearly seen by the Norwegian Nobel
committee as a<BR>> >> way of expressing European gratitude for an
end to the Bush<BR>> >> Administration, approval for the election
of America’s first black<BR>> >> president and hope that Washington
will honour its promise to<BR>> >> re-engage with the
world.<BR>> >> “Instead, the prize risks looking preposterous in
its claims,<BR>> >> patronising in its intentions and demeaning in
its attempt to<BR>> >> build up a man who has barely begun his
period in office, let<BR>> >> alone achieved any tangible outcome
for peace.”<BR>> >> Left-wing rag the Guardian<BR>> >>
<BR>> >>
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/09/barack-obama-nobel-prize-why>:<BR>>
>> “Indeed, the reasoning behind the awarding of the prize to<BR>>
>> previous American presidents has been easier to discern.
Teddy<BR>> >> Roosevelt opened the court of arbitration in the
Hague and helped<BR>> >> mediate a peace treaty between Russia and
Japan; Woodrow Wilson<BR>> >> was the founder of the League of
Nations. Jimmy Carter won his<BR>> >> prize for his “untiring
efforts to find peaceful solutions to<BR>> >> international
conflicts”.<BR>> >> “Which is what makes the awarding of this
year’s prize to a<BR>> >> president who has been in office for a
mere nine months an odd<BR>> >> departure. It is as if the prize
committee had been persuaded to<BR>> >> give the award on the
future delivery of promises.”<BR>> >> The Sydney Morning
Herald<BR>> >> <BR>> >>
<http://www.smh.com.au/world/they-think-he-can-obama-wins-nobel-peace-prize-20091009-gqwu.html>:<BR>>
>> “YES, surprisingly, he could. Barack Obama, is the shock
choice<BR>> >> for the Nobel Peace Prize, less than a year after
his election as<BR>> >> U.S. President.”<BR>> >> Il
Giornale<BR>> >> <BR>> >>
<http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/09/international-media-reactions-obama-peace-prize/><BR>>
>> (Italy): “Let me be clear: the discourse on Islam in Cairo
was<BR>> >> beautiful, tall, and it opens up new horizons, but did
not lead to<BR>> >> anything. And on the other matter, as pointed
out repeatedly in<BR>> >> this blog, Obama has been evasive or
inconclusive, starting with<BR>> >> Iran and Afghanistan. Nor can
he boast the merits of rapprochement<BR>> >> with North Korea,
which was brought about by Bill Clinton. He kept<BR>> >> only one
real promise: the gradual withdrawal from Iraq. Enough to<BR>> >>
deserve the Nobel Prize?”<BR>> >> Center-left the Spiegel<BR>>
>>
<http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,654251,00.html><BR>>
>> (Germany): “The Nobel Peace Prize has come too early for
Barack<BR>> >> Obama. The US president cannot point to any real
diplomatic<BR>> >> successes to date and there are few prospects of
any to come.”<BR>> >> National Post<BR>> >> <BR>>
>>
<http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/10/09/jonathan-kay-giving-barack-obama-the-nobel-peace-prize-is-ridiculous.aspx><BR>>
>> (Canada): “Obama is being given his award for mere words —
for<BR>> >> striking fashionable poses in favour of
multilateralism, for<BR>> >> making a nice speech in Cairo, for
offering “hope.” Months after<BR>> >> Americans learned to dismiss
Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign<BR>> >> slogans as the
meaningless bromides they were, Scandinavians are<BR>> >> still
drinking his Kool-aid.”<BR>> >><BR>> >> "*_most of those
bankrupted by medical problems had health<BR>> >>
insurance"_*<BR>> >> *_"Two-thirds were homeowners and three-fifths
had gone to <BR>> >> college."_*<BR>> >> *_"Often illness
led to job loss, and with it the loss of health<BR>> >>
insurance."_*<BR>> >> *Medical problems contributed to nearly
two-thirds (62.1 percent)<BR>> >> of all bankruptcies in 2007*,
according to a study in the August<BR>> >> issue of the American
Journal of Medicine that was published today<BR>> >> online. The
data were collected prior to the current economic<BR>> >> downturn
and hence likely understate the current burden of<BR>> >> financial
suffering. Between 2001 and 2007, the proportion of all<BR>> >>
bankruptcies attributable to medical problems rose by 49.6<BR>> >>
percent. The authors’ previous 2001 findings have been widely<BR>>
>> cited by policy leaders, including President Obama.<BR>>
>> *_Surprisingly, most of those bankrupted by medical problems
had<BR>> >> health insurance. More than three-quarters (77.9
percent) were<BR>> >> insured at the start of the bankrupting
illness,_* including 60.3<BR>> >> percent who had private coverage.
Most of the medically bankrupt<BR>> >> were solidly middle class
before financial disaster hit.<BR>> >> *_Two-thirds were homeowners
and three-fifths had gone to<BR>> >> college._* In many cases, high
medical bills coincided with a loss<BR>> >> of income as illness
forced breadwinners to lose time from work.<BR>> >> *_Often illness
led to job loss, and with it the loss of health<BR>> >>
insurance._*<BR>> >> From:<BR>> >> <BR>> >>
http://discuss.epluribusmedia.net/content/more-medical-bankruptcy-have-insurance-go-bankrupt<BR>>
>><BR>> >><BR>> >> "*_most of those bankrupted by
medical problems had health<BR>> >> insurance"_*<BR>> >>
*_"Two-thirds were homeowners and three-fifths had gone to <BR>> >>
college."_*<BR>> >> *_"Often illness led to job loss, and with it
the loss of health<BR>> >> insurance."_*<BR>> >> *Medical
problems contributed to nearly two-thirds (62.1 percent)<BR>> >> of
all bankruptcies in 2007*, according to a study in the August<BR>>
>> issue of the American Journal of Medicine that was published
today<BR>> >> online. The data were collected prior to the current
economic<BR>> >> downturn and hence likely understate the current
burden of<BR>> >> financial suffering. Between 2001 and 2007, the
proportion of all<BR>> >> bankruptcies attributable to medical
problems rose by 49.6<BR>> >> percent. The authors’ previous 2001
findings have been widely<BR>> >> cited by policy leaders,
including President Obama.<BR>> >> *_Surprisingly, most of those
bankrupted by medical problems had<BR>> >> health insurance. More
than three-quarters (77.9 percent) were<BR>> >> insured at the
start of the bankrupting illness,_* including 60.3<BR>> >> percent
who had private coverage. Most of the medically bankrupt<BR>> >>
were solidly middle class before financial disaster hit.<BR>> >>
*_Two-thirds were homeowners and three-fifths had gone to<BR>> >>
college._* In many cases, high medical bills coincided with a loss<BR>>
>> of income as illness forced breadwinners to lose time from
work.<BR>> >> *_Often illness led to job loss, and with it the loss
of health<BR>> >> insurance._*<BR>> >> From:<BR>>
>> <BR>> >>
http://discuss.epluribusmedia.net/content/more-medical-bankruptcy-have-insurance-go-bankrupt<BR>>
>><BR>> >><BR>> >><BR>> >>
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