After Brief Uptick, Obama Approval Slips to 47%
This must be awful for the President, after all, he keeps explaining to us how he saved the economy–single-handedly, with one hand tied behind his back even. I mean, the unemployment rate went from 10.2 to 10%. Come one people … can’t you see …. things are better!
Hyperinflations transfer wealth from the general public, which holds money, to the government, which issues money.
I am finding this to be very true
Written in 1946, Henry Hazlitt, Economics in One Lesson, on what may as well have been the real estate crisis today:
“Government-guaranteed home mortgages, especially when a negligible down payment or no down payment whatever is required, inevitably mean more bad loans than otherwise… They encourage people to ‘buy’ houses they cannot really afford. They tend eventually to bring about an oversupply of houses as compared with other things. They temporarily overstimulate building, raise the cost of building for everybody, and may mislead the building industry into an eventually costly overexpansion. In brief, in the long run they do not increase overall national production but encourage malinvestment.”
When will we learn?
Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November every year, has been an annual tradition in the United States since 1863. It did not become a federal holiday until 1941. - Thanksgiving Day is now primarily identified as a secular all inclusive day of illustrating ones appreciations for life and thanking Mother Earth for providing far more than we, the humankind need to live a happy and healthy life.Many of us, who reside outside of the on going struggles and bloodsheds for liberty and democracy, and many on going conflicts and slaughters in war zones, should celebrate every single day as a Thanksgiving Day. - I do hope one day soon Iranian / Persian people get the chance to celebrate a Thanksgiving Day for having achieved and established a secular, mullah free democracy, social justice and liberty for all in Iran.
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Islam at Root of Fort Hood Massacre
However, what no one is willing to admit is that these statements made by Hasan, in both his presentation and his actions, are exactly as outlined in the Koran. In fact, most of his above-mentioned presentation quotes the Koran directly, including when he outlines that infidels should have boiling water poured on their heads, among many other “punishments,” and that Muslims are commanded to fight those “who do not believe.”
Some people, although not many, are of the belief that Nadil Malik Hasan was a soldier who just snapped–totally out of the blue, and that his actions had nothing to do with the fact that he is a Muslim at all.
Others still are willing to admit that anyone yelling “Allahu Akbar” while killing innocent civilians is an Islamic terrorist, period.
Reports are coming out however that Hasan made attempts to contact Islamic terrorist organizations. He also gave a presentation that was supposed to be on a medical topic and instead gave a presentation on how Muslims are at odds with the US war against terrorists, what the punishment is for nonbelievers (boiling oil, fire, etc.), and enlightenment regarding what “jihad” is.
What no news story is reporting is that these things–pouring boil on infidels heads, etc.–are straight from the Koran. In fact in Hasan’s power point presentation, he is quoting the Koran directly when he says these things. For example:
A fire has been prepared for the disbelievers, whose fuel is men and stones. 2:24
Those in hell must eat from a tree like molten brass that burns their bellies. Then boiling water will be poured on their heads. 44:43-48
At the end, he insists Islam is not violent and should not be spread “by the sword.” I guess he changed his mind!
Actually I don’t think he changed his mind. I think he was talking out of both ends, as he contradicts himself throughout the presentation. He warns at the end of “adverse effects” if the Army doesn’t let Muslims voluntarily leave the military. And he is quite clear of what adverse effects are, he outlines some that have already happened such as soldiers killing other soldiers, such as Hasan Akbar of the 101st Airborne Division.
And that is what is most frustrating. Muslims always insist they fight only in “defense.” Islam is peaceful and will not initiate force, they say, over and over. But yet they do things like Hasan did. The problem is their defition of “defense” is weak. For instance, if someone makes a cartoon showing Mohammed, this is an act of violence against Islam in their eyes and worthy of violent retaliation, in their eyes–which happened. Same thing with Hasan … I have no doubt he believed he was fighting in “defense.”
The presentation fully admits that Islam not only means “submission” but “surrender”, i.e. surrender to Islam. Hasan fully admits that “jihad” doesn’t just mean “spiritual struggle,” like many Islam apologists says it is, but in fact means holy war against infidels. (slide 5) He quotes sura 9:29 which outlines that Muslims are to fight non-believers until they pay a tax to believers and “are in a state of subjection.” This is the only way that Muslims allow non-Muslims to even live.
The long list of calls for cruelty against infidels in the Koran: http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/quran/cruelty/long.html
Please, read the Koran. You will find there are no ifs, ands, or buts: it is one long battle cry against infidels. Or, you can read my 20 page synopsis of it: Islam on Trial: The Prosecution’s Case. Or, Hasan’s presentation captures the Koran as well. The Koran mostly says, over and over, that believers will be rewarded and non-believers will be punished. Hasan makes that pretty clear in his presentation.
Islam is not a relgion of peace. Hasan was in every way inspired by the hate ideology of Islam.
The mother who brought down the Fort Hood killer
Ms Munley succeeded in bringing him down by shooting him four times, even after being hit by a bullet that passed through both her legs, according to witnesses.
Heroes come in all shapes and sizes! And a gun–the ultimate equalizer–saved dozens of lives!
Christie Wins New Jersey Race for Governor
The one race Obama tried to influence, lost!
It took Bush 6 years in office for people to shift power to the Democrats. Obama is in one year and NEW JERSEY made their opinion known.
If banks are reliant on people to put money in their bank in order to have money to lend out, it means they have to offer an incentive to get people to deposit their money. If they don’t have a lot of reserves, they must raise how much interest they are willing to pay to depositors.
Questions of the day: If the banks get money, nearly out of thin air, from the Federal Reserves, what incentive do they have to raise the savings interest rate to entice depositors to put their money in the bank?
As I type this, the average interest rate for a savings account is around 0.6%. I get more back, percentage-wise, from a cash back rewards card.
Obama Expanding Bailout to Small Banks, Businesses
New effort comes as the administration takes heat from liberals to shift the massive bailout fund’s spending away from big financial institutions and toward reducing foreclosures, creating jobs
I’m becoming convinced that things politicians do in the name of the “economy” really have nothing to do with the economy and everything to do with trying to please constituents. Giving money to stop people being foreclosed = makes people happy and likely to vote for Obama. Good for the economy? Don’t make me laugh.