Reading about Boehner’s latest debt ceiling proposal many things come to mind, unconstitutional, rendering Congress powerless, creating a nearly almighty legislative body, which consist of only a dozen people. But let us take a look at what started the discussion about this outrageous plan. The Huffington Post reported yesterday evening, that House Speaker John...
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Boehner Wants Super Congress To Solve Debt Problem
Why Obama Must Not Make Peace With the Taliban
Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced two weeks ago, that the United States is engaging in peace negotiations with the Taliban. From a western point of view, the Taliban is an ethnic group, which practices one of the strictest interpretations of Islam, denounce women their most basic rights. They also harbored al Qaeda and made...
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Governor Walker Screws Wisconsin’s Working Class
In a despicable scheme, Wisconsin Republican Senators voted on eliminating collective bargaining rights from public employees, in absence of the 14 Democratic State Senators who still hide out in Illinois. The 14 Democrats left Wisconsin to prevent the Senate from voting on the controversial budget Governor Walker proposed. While the bill sparked massive protests...
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Fair Politics USA – Changed Banner/BBM Group
Earlier this week, I promised to various changes, some were already implemented, when I posted the news, while others were too complex to add right away. The most important feature of this updated is the new banner for the blog. The idea behind this is the simplicity, which corresponds very well with the general...
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Fair Politics USA – The Relaunch
While I was absent for about three months, a lot has happened in the US and in the world. The federal government is on the brink of a shutdown, GOP state legislatures and governors have declared war on unions, Tunisia and Egypt ousted their autocratic leaders and Libya is facing a bloody civil war....
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Why North Korea Attacked The South And Why The Ceasefire Will Hold
Just a few hours ago, North Korea attacked South Korea with artillery fire, which right thereafter was retaliated by the South. Few people know what the cause for this attack actually was. Some do not even know that both countries are technically still at war since 1950. The actual attack was preceded by a...
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NATO Leaving Afghanistan – What’s Next?
Apparently the NATO summit came to the agreement that the ISAF forces will have left Afghanistan until 2014, in case the local forces can protect the Afghan people. So the main focus will be on educating and training the police and the army. Sounds like a great plan, Afghans can protect themselves and no...
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Wikileaks posts insurance file
With the release of some 90,000 classified documents by the whistleblower Wikileaks many facts surfaced, which the Pentagon wanted to remain secret. This includes collaboration of Pakistani officials with the Taliban, increasing difficulties in the North and also a massive amount of civilian casualties. Now the Pentagon wants these documents back, including every copy...
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Kagan confirmed as Supreme Court justice
Elena Kagan, President Obama’s nominee, was just confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be the successor of John Paul Stevens. The vote came down 63-37 in favor of Kagan, with all Democrats supporting her, except Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska. Republicans mostly voted against her, because she might not be able to judge by...
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US has first strike plan on Iran, so what?
Admiral Mike Mullen was a guest on NBC’s Meet the Press last Sunday and talked about Afghanistan, the importance of the strategic partnership with Pakistan and the danger of the recent leaks. He also mentions plans of the United States to attack Iran to prevent them from getting nuclear weapons. Watch the video below...
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