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Mugabe in Rome for beatification of Pope John Paul II
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/01/2011 06:31 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Arabia
Saleh now Afraid After Mubarak Imprisoned
[Yemen Post] President-for-Life Saleh
... exemplifying the Arab's propensity to combine brutality with incompetence...
was lucky enough to have Mubarak and Bin Ali kicked out of rule before him and is now learning lessons on how to leave power.

Imprisonment, questioning, accusations, interrogation, disgrace, and a heart attack is what Mubarak has been through, and Saleh wants guarantees he will not face the same fate.

The Egyptian revolution was able to rid Mubarak from rule in 18 days, while President Saleh has been able to stay firm even after 93 days of protests demanding that he is ousted.

Saleh wants guarantees that he and his family members will be safe and leave with honor. He does not want to be questioned and stand trial after 33 years of might and power. He is demanding guarantees or else is willing to enter the country a civil war like Libya.

Revolution youth have vowed not only to oust Saleh from rule, but also to degrade him and have him stand trial for the 136 killed since the start of the revolution.

With both sides sticking firm to their demands, intenational intervention is the only option for a safe exit for President Saleh.

No one can deny that Saleh is still powerful and is still able up gather hundreds of thousands if protesters in his support.

Opposition mistakes has also helped Saleh stay in power over the last month. We can honestly say that the opposition, with it's unwise stances, has hurt the Yemeni revolution more than the president himself.

Yemenis, owning over 70 million arms pieces, have been able to show the world that they are peaceful and not blood thirsty. Revolution youth are willing to protest peacefully even if it takes years for Saleh to step down.

Will Saleh get guarantees to leave power with dignity? Will the revolution youth accept international efforts to oust Saleh and guarantee him complete immunity?

These two questions will decide if the Yemeni revolution will succeed.

Protesters at change square decision will be vital and no international stance can overpower their will and the final decision will be theirs.
Posted by: Fred || 05/01/2011 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Economy
Obama expected to cause severe Physician Shortage - MA already 8 weeks to get appointment
Posted by: GolfBravoUSMC || 05/01/2011 09:27 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  This has been true for a long time for the poor. Most physicians in private practice simply won't accept Medicaid; those that do for the most part limit their participation. You just don't get paid enough to cover the basics of running an office.

Same thing is happening in Medicare these last few years: reimbursements are low enough that an increasing number of docs won't take patients who lack supplemental 'Medi-gap' insurance.

But why bother reviewing our own experience when we could look at Canada? Primary care is generally available there, but if you need a specialist, and particularly if you need specialty, non-emergent surgery, forget it.

BambiCare will make this worse. Then we'll have more government slathered on top of that to 'fix' the problems. Lather, rinse, repeat until our entire society is under the thumb of the 'smart', credentialed, intellectual types who think they know better.

Which is the point, of course.
Posted by: Steve White || 05/01/2011 10:25 Comments || Top||

#2  My General Practitioner totally dropped Medicare last month. Reimbursement is marginal at best but he dropped it because the paperwork became more complex in January and the penalties for any kind of mistake can be "breathtaking". And his business insurance would not cover his for those penalties. A relatively minor mistake in billing could bankrupt his Practice and him personally.

Not worth the risk....
Posted by: tipover || 05/01/2011 12:53 Comments || Top||

#3  Hussein and Company has created the first oppressive regime in American history. A very nasty group of people.
Posted by: Flineper Bonaparte3440 || 05/01/2011 13:27 Comments || Top||

#4  until our entire society is under the thumb of the 'smart', credentialed, intellectual types who think they know better

And then you know that happens to them.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 05/01/2011 14:40 Comments || Top||


Europe
Libya and the shattering of European illusions
We may soon see the shattering of a third and final illusion. Post-war European prosperity was built under the US security umbrella. We complained, often with justice, about American policies but we did not have to pay for our own defence or fight our own wars. If ever there was trouble with the Soviet Union or Milosevic in the Balkans, we could rely on the Yanks. Now America is preparing to bring her legions home.

One day Europe will have to fight her own wars and defend her own borders. Although the liberal spokesmen and women in the Oslo and London TV have scoffed at the cowboy Yanks and neo-con aggressors for years, they may miss them when they are gone.
I feel an attack of schadenfreude coming on.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble || 05/01/2011 17:36 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "I feel an attack of schadenfreude coming on."

Take a number and go to the back of the very long line, NS. ;-p
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut || 05/01/2011 19:51 Comments || Top||

#2  Now America is preparing to bring her legions home.

The other team left the field and we've been playing overtime since 1991. Way past time to bring the team home.
Posted by: Zebulon Thranter9685 || 05/01/2011 19:52 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Hugh Hewitt's ObamaLero
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/01/2011 20:23 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Shariamerica: Islam, Obama, and the Establishment Clause
Posted by: tipper || 05/01/2011 01:08 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  With all of the condemnation about the Koran burning, did anyone utter a whimper when this happened? If a Muslim group had sent the Koran to US soldiers who are Muslims, would the military have burned them?


http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/20/us.military.bibles.burned/
Posted by: jack slami || 05/01/2011 10:57 Comments || Top||

#2  Jack, please you must always use the word "holy" when you refer to the quran! The president, secretary of state and General Petraus all did. You MUST follow their example!
/sarcasm
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 05/01/2011 13:14 Comments || Top||

#3  Rambler: yes, I keep forgetting that as well as the US Gov't's usage in official documents of "The Prophet Mohammed" (the soon to be prophet of all Americans).
Posted by: jack slami || 05/01/2011 17:35 Comments || Top||



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