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		<title>Politics and the good guys</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Nov 2010 09:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As much as we all want to believe that Obama has been doing his best for the country the speculation from the opposition is often too difficult to ignore. What is in the best interest for our country and why is getting deeper in national debt going to help us out in the long run. [...]]]></description>
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<p>As much as we all want to believe that Obama has been doing his best for the country the speculation from the opposition is often too difficult to ignore.  What is in the best interest for our country and why is getting deeper in national debt going to help us out in the long run.  With all the fighting between the politicians and the race to beat each other down how can we really trust any of them.  Is it remotely true, the old saying that no politician can be trusted, most people would agree.  We need to trust somebody otherwise what is the point of electing a president?</p>
<p>The Bushes took us into a war that the country never wanted and now we are still cleaning up the mess as well as now being in constant fear or retaliation from radical extremists.  Today we have the Tea Party who is doing their best to make everyone look like fools including some of their own members.  Why are they spending hundreds of thousands if not millions of dollars in tax payers money on there bring down slogans and ad campaigns.</p>
<p>We need to find a trust worth source of government who will start to look after our best interests and not just their own.  The rich get richer while the poor get poorer and now the sick don’t know if they have health benefits or not.  The country is still in crisis even though there seems to be a slow stopping motion in the big crisis turning wheel.  So Obama has done some good yet nine out of ten people would probably not vote him back in.  It takes more than 4 years to solve big problems like these and changing government’s just means you are going to through a spanner in the works of the bigger picture.</p>
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		<title>Tea Party Movement</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:55:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Tea Party Movement is a social political group that started in 2009. The movement, which is a group of individuals striving to protect the rights of the citizens of the United States of America, began mostly when groups of protestors organized protests on both local and national levels. What Has the Tea Party Movement [...]]]></description>
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<p>The Tea Party Movement is a social political group that started in 2009. The movement, which is a group of individuals striving to protect the rights of the citizens of the United States of America, began mostly when groups of protestors organized protests on both local and national levels.</p>
<p><b>What Has the Tea Party Movement Protested?</b></p>
<p>The modern Tea Party Movement is mostly known for the protests that they have staged. Some of the issues that the Tea Party Movement have protested are: the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008; the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; the Federal Reserve Transparency Act; and multiple health care reform bills.</p>
<p><b>The History and Main Focus of the Tea Party Movement</b></p>
<p>The modern Tea Party Movement takes its name from the historic Boston Tea Party. This event that took place in 1773 still stands as one of the most notable events in history, and took place when American colonists stood up against the British taxation on tea. The 1773 Boston Tea Party is still used as one of the most widely used representations of unfair government taxation on the people.</p>
<p>The Tea Party Movement of today stands for much of what the 1773 Boston Tea Party stood for. However, individuals that are part of the movement often use the acronym to stand for &#8220;Taxed Enough Already.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Poland and U.S. sign agreement on missile defense</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 21:29:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poland and the United States signed on Saturday an agreement on the establishment of a missile shield, despite the objections from Russia. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton witnessed the signing of the document, which allows both countries to station U.S. missile interceptors on Polish territory to defend the country against possible threats from Iran or [...]]]></description>
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<p>Poland and the United States signed on Saturday an agreement on the establishment of a missile shield, despite the objections from Russia.</p>
<p>Secretary of State Hillary Clinton witnessed the signing of the document, which allows both countries to station U.S. missile interceptors on Polish territory to defend the country against possible threats from Iran or other parts of the world.</p>
<p>The U.S. official later attended a conference on the development of democracy and civil liberties, a recurring theme of his four-day visit to Ukraine, Poland, Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia.</p>
<p>President Barack Obama has canceled last year a draft of the Bush Administration planned to deploy a larger missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic. It gave preference to smaller missile interceptors based at sea and on land.</p>
<p>&#8220;The U.S. is deeply committed to security and the sovereignty of Poland,&#8221; Clinton told reporters at a joint press conference with his Polish counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski.</p>
<p>&#8220;Today, by signing an amendment to the agreement on ballistic missile defense, we are strengthening that commitment.&#8221;</p>
<p>THE DEFENSE SYSTEM</p>
<p>If Poland was angered last year to see Obama about the Bush project, Sikorski said that his country preferred the new formula of fact.</p>
<p>&#8220;When Obama announced the new system configuration, we said we preferred this new arrangement, but I think we did not believed you,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I hope that now that we signed the schedule, we believe you. &#8221;</p>
<p>Hillary Clinton has sought to contain the Russian objections to the project, which Moscow deems threatening to its own nuclear deterrent.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is a purely defensive system, which is not directed against Russia. It is a defensive system to protect our friends and allies and our deployed forces,&#8221; she said. The real threats come from the development of missiles to short and medium range at an accelerated rate in Iran. &#8221;</p>
<p>Clinton began the day by laying a wreath at a memorial to victims of the plane crash that killed in April 10 Russia 96 people including President Lech Kaczynski, the main military leaders and the Polish central bank governor country.</p>
<p>This group was to mark the 70th anniversary of the massacre of thousands of Polish officers by Soviet forces in Katyn when his Tupolev crashed in fog near Smolensk in western Russia.</p>
<p>DISCOURSE ON THE FREEDOM VIOLATIONS</p>
<p>The second round of the Polish presidential election, a result of the death of Lech Kaczynski Sunday. The ballot counters with his twin brother, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the president Acting Bronislaw Komoroswki.</p>
<p>Clinton has not taken sides in the race and did not meet Komorowski. &#8220;Whichever candidate the U.S. will remain friends and partners,&#8221; she said.</p>
<p>As part of the meeting of the Community of Democracies, an intergovernmental body that promotes democratic principles and civil society, Hillary Clinton, however, that groups campaigning for democracy and civil liberties were taken in a &#8220;steel vise .</p>
<p>She cited many countries, Iran and North Korea to Cuba and Zimbabwe, where NGOs are banned, harassed or better clamped.</p>
<p>This repression is an ideology forged in the twentieth century, particularly by communist regimes, but today is often motivated by a desire for power, pure and simple, &#8220;she said.</p>
<p>&#8220;For over 60 years, Winston Churchill came to the United States warned the democracies of the world that Iron Curtain descended on Europe,&#8221; said Clinton. &#8220;Today, fortunately, (&#8230;) the iron curtain fell.</p>
<p>&#8220;But we must remain vigilant against the vise of steel in which governments override slowly across the world, civil society and the human spirit,&#8221; she added.</p>
<p>Clinton has proposed that the Community of Democracies creates an independent oversight body of the repression of NGOs, and take other measures to defend its values. She also announced the creation of a protection fund for groups harassed.</p>
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		<title>Washington and Riyadh for a solution in 2 States in the Middle East</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Barack Obama spoke with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia the issue of peace process in the Middle East and the creation of a Palestinian homeland alongside Israel.</p>
<p>The U.S. president and Saudi King met Tuesday and discussed a number of strategic issues including the Iranian nuclear program, Pakistan and Afghanistan.</p>
<p>Both men expressed their &#8220;strong support&#8221; for international efforts to curb Iran&#8217;s nuclear program that the West regards as suspect.</p>
<p>Obama has emphasized &#8220;the importance of moving ahead quickly and boldly to create a Palestinian homeland that can exist side by side with an Israeli state secure and prosperous.&#8221;</p>
<p>King Abdullah spoke briefly after the interview, thanking Obama for his hospitality and welcoming the friendship between their two countries. The king told his host that he supports the peace initiative in the Middle East, said the White House after the interview.</p>
<p>Obama and King Abdullah expressed the hope that &#8220;proximity talks between Israelis and Palestinians could lead to the resumption of direct negotiations with the goal of two states living side by side in peace and security,&#8221; the statement from the President U.S..</p>
<p>Observers believe that the Saudis want Obama to take a tougher stance against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the issue of peace negotiations and the freezing of Jewish settlements in the occupied territories.</p>
<p>Netanyahu is to meet Obama on July 6.</p>
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		<title>The U.S. Department of Justice visit to Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 13:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Attorney General (Minister of Justice) American Eric Holder arrived Wednesday in Afghanistan to discuss with Afghan leaders and U.S. to fight against corruption and strengthening the judicial system. &#8220;The fight against corruption and support for rule of law in Afghanistan is a priority for the government (Obama),&#8221; said Eric Holder in a statement issued [...]]]></description>
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<p>The Attorney General (Minister of Justice) American Eric Holder arrived Wednesday in Afghanistan to discuss with Afghan leaders and U.S. to fight against corruption and strengthening the judicial system.</p>
<p>&#8220;The fight against corruption and support for rule of law in Afghanistan is a priority for the government (Obama),&#8221; said Eric Holder in a statement issued by the Department in Washington.</p>
<p>The U.S. Department of Justice representative in Afghanistan of lawyers who train Afghan judicial officials.</p>
<p>This is the first time a U.S. Justice Minister visits Afghanistan year.</p>
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		<title>Barack Obama promised to support Russia&#8217;s entry into WTO</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama said to Dmitry Medvedev that the United States would support the entry of Russia in the World Trade Organization (WTO), indicating that the two men found common ground on economic and trade cooperation. &#8220;To enhance the integration of Russia into the global economy, I reaffirm our strong commitment the access of Russia&#8217;s World [...]]]></description>
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<p>Barack Obama said to Dmitry Medvedev that the United States would support the entry of Russia in the World Trade Organization (WTO), indicating that the two men found common ground on economic and trade cooperation.</p>
<p>&#8220;To enhance the integration of Russia into the global economy, I reaffirm our strong commitment the access of Russia&#8217;s World Trade Organization,&#8221; said U.S. President Barack Obama to the reporters after having received at the White House his Russian counterpart.</p>
<p>The two men shared at a joint press conference of their desire to overcome the technical problems hindering this project by fall.</p>
<p>This decision marks a further step in warming relations between Washington and Moscow, that Barack Obama had wanted to &#8220;rethink&#8221; early in his mandate and turn the page after tensions that peppered the two terms of George W. Bush administration.</p>
<p>The detente between the two countries are already doing so by a new agreement on strategic arms reduction as well as support from Kremlin on issues such as the nuclear Iran or Afghanistan conflict.</p>
<p>After these steps in the diplomatic sphere, Barack Obama is now willing to extend this progress to the commercial field.</p>
<p>This perspective also concerns Kremlin, which made the economy a priority after it was severely hurt by the global financial crisis. Russia recorded a contraction of 7.9% of GDP in 2009.</p>
<p>In addition to the  long awaited announcement of U.S. support for Russia&#8217;s entry to WTO, the two leaders said they reached an agreement on the resumption of U.S. poultry exports to Russia, that Moscow had decided to ban last January in advancing safety reasons.</p>
<p>During the joint press conference, Obama also said China had made progress by announcing that it would loosen its currency regime but it was still &#8220;too early to tell&#8221; if the appreciation of Yuan would be sufficient.</p>
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		<title>USA: Congress passed sanctions against Iran, sent to Obama for promulgation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Both houses of the U.S. Congress passed on Thursday a series of sanctions against Iran, aimed at forcing Tehran to abandon its nuclear ambitions, which is now awaiting the signature of President Barack Obama to take effect. The Senate by 99 votes to none against, gave the green light Thursday to the first bill negotiated [...]]]></description>
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<p>Both houses of the U.S. Congress passed on Thursday a series of sanctions against Iran, aimed at forcing Tehran to abandon its nuclear ambitions, which is now awaiting the signature of President Barack Obama to take effect.</p>
<p>The Senate by 99 votes to none against, gave the green light Thursday to the first bill negotiated between the two chambers. The House of Representatives then adopted the text by 408 votes against eight.</p>
<p>This new set of constraints, particularly for the energy sector in Iran, should complement the text adopted at the UN two weeks ago and that set by the European Union.</p>
<p>But the choice of Europeans and Americans to go further than the UN has been criticized by Moscow, while Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was on a full visit to Washington on Thursday .</p>
<p>&#8220;Our goal is to target Iran where it hurts most,&#8221; said the Majority Leader Harry Reid, Democrat of the Senate, shortly before the vote.</p>
<p>Republican Senator John McCain said that the text should &#8220;force companies in the world to make a choice: do you work with Iran, or do you work with the United States?&#8221;. &#8220;The two are not compatible,&#8221; he insisted.</p>
<p>Although with the general approbation on this text, several elected officials have expressed concern over the ability of the president to waive sanctions. &#8220;This text is in fact a half measure, half a bill, as 50% depends on whom? From the desire of President Obama to implement the sanctions quickly,&#8221; said Republican Representative Scott Garrett.</p>
<p>The text strengthens a law already in force, adding a range of new economic sanctions to try to persuade Iran to abandon its nuclear program.</p>
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		<title>David Cameron made his first strides on the international</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>British Prime Minister David Cameron made his first steps on the international scene this week at the G8 summits in Canada and the G20, an opportunity to assess the scope of the new guidelines announced by the government&#8217;s foreign policy.</p>
<p>The Prime Minister, took office in May to head a coalition government between Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, the G20 would have to plead for a deficit reduction and a tax credit.</p>
<p>The summits will provide an opportunity to meet many world leaders face to face for the first time since taking the office, including U.S. President Barack Obama, the Chinese President Hu Jintao, the Russian president Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh .</p>
<p>David Cameron said he wanted a &#8220;new special relationship&#8221; with India and closer ties with China and a strengthening of trade with countries like South Korea, Saudi Arabia and Turkey.</p>
<p>His Foreign Minister William Hague has raised a &#8220;new beginning&#8221; and &#8220;a more ambitious approach&#8221; of British diplomacy after 13 years of  government Labour.</p>
<p>&#8220;I think (David Cameron) wants to be seen along with Manmohan Singh and Hu Jintao to illustrate the broad approach for Foreign Affairs that London has raised,&#8221; he told AFP Robin Niblett, director of business research International Chatham House.</p>
<p>&#8220;This government recognizes the need to a less passionate relationship with the United States,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>The relationship between Barack Obama and David Cameron had a difficult start due to the severe criticism of the White House to the company BP, which is based in Britain, after the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.</p>
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		<title>The McChrystal case will not effect the Afghan conflict, says Obama</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 10:34:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama provides that the dismissal of General Stanley McChrystal, commander of U.S. forces and NATO in Afghanistan, does not alter the strategy pursued in this war that will soon enter in its tenth year. The U.S. president, anxious to reassure its allies in the wake of major military reshuffle of his presidency, added that [...]]]></description>
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<p>Barack Obama provides that the dismissal of General Stanley McChrystal, commander of U.S. forces and NATO in Afghanistan, does not alter the strategy pursued in this war that will soon enter in its tenth year.</p>
<p>The U.S. president, anxious to reassure its allies in the wake of major military reshuffle of his presidency, added that the early withdrawal of U.S. forces, planned for July 2011, does not mean that Washington would &#8220;turn off the light&#8221; on this unpopular intervention.</p>
<p>&#8220;We have not said that, beginning in July 2011, suddenly there would be more American troops or allies in Afghanistan. We do not say we embrace the light and we are closing the door behind us,&#8221; the president said.</p>
<p>Obama dismissed General Stanley McChrystal on Wednesday, with the guilty verdict, as his assistants for having indulged in  explosive confidences in an article published by the Rolling Stone.</p>
<p>To succeed him, Bush has nominated General David Petraeus, an expert on counterinsurgency, which has played a decisive role in Iraq and who now heads the Centcom, the central command of U.S. forces in Afghanistan which depends in particular or Iraq.</p>
<p>For Robert Gates, the Secretary of Defense, the selection of Petraeus, who will be heard Tuesday in the Senate, is &#8220;the best possible solution to a terrible situation.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Petraeus understands this strategy because  he helped to formulate it,&#8221; Obama said at a joint press conference with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev, who is visiting Washington.</p>
<p>&#8220;And I expect that the implement has been exceptional. We will not waste one second because of the change in the chain of command in the Afghan theater,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p>The war in Afghanistan has yet reached a critical level despite the presence of 140,000 foreign troops, Taliban insurgents have never been stronger from their eviction from power in late 2001.</p>
<p>With 79 soldiers killed, June&#8217;s ending is already the deadliest for foreign troops in Afghanistan.</p>
<p>Another figure reflecting the deteriorating security situation: in 2009, 521 foreign soldiers have died in Afghanistan in less than six months, this year the stock was over 300 deaths, according to the count compiled by the organization Icasualties.org.</p>
<p>The losses of the insurgents are much higher, but hundreds of Afghan civilians have also lost their lives in pursuit of the war, most of them victims of bombings and attacks by Taliban forces, but also for a large share of crossfire or &#8220;collateral damage&#8221; from Allied bombing.</p>
<p>&#8220;I do not think that we may be stuck. I think instead that we record the progress. But it&#8217;s slower and harder than we had anticipated,&#8221; Gates said during a briefing at the Pentagon.</p>
<p>Referring to the sacking of McChrystal, a year after the dismissal of her predecessor, Gen. David McKiernan, the head of the Pentagon has refuted speculation that the confusion which would benefit the ranks of the U.S. military.</p>
<p>&#8220;And the Taliban would make a serious mistake if they think that&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>The strategy followed by McChrystal was to hit the Taliban where they are strongest &#8211; in their historic stronghold of Kandahar in southern Afghanistan &#8211; and simultaneously strengthening the security of the population.</p>
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		<title>Melanie Brown: she is able to make love five times a day!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Melanie Brown, the former Spice Girl, is very focused on the thing. And she does not hesitate to confide that she is addicted to sex as she practices every day and sometimes even five times rather than one! Here&#8217;s what she just said: &#8220;My husband and I we make love several times a day. We&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
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<p>Melanie Brown, the former Spice Girl, is very focused on the thing. And she does not hesitate to confide that she is addicted to sex as she practices every day and sometimes even five times rather than one!</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s what she just said: &#8220;My husband and I we make love several times a day. We&#8217;re the same age, he is my best friend and we are obsessed by one another. It is true that one can lose a lot of calories while making love but five times a minute, this does not still not much to keep the line &#8220;.</p>
<p>She does it very often but obviously sometimes very quickly too &#8230;</p>
<p>Melanie Brown has been married for three years to the producer, Stephen Belafonte.</p>
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