<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!-- generator="wordpress.com" -->
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>romer &amp;laquo; WordPress.com Tag Feed</title>
	<link>http://en.wordpress.com/tag/romer/</link>
	<description>Feed of posts on WordPress.com tagged "romer"</description>
	<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 08:19:55 +0000</pubDate>

	<generator>http://en.wordpress.com/tags/</generator>
	<language>en</language>

<item>
<title><![CDATA[Weltherrschaft des Managements - Der Anfang des "gerechten" Wirtschaftskrieges ]]></title>
<link>http://nokturnaltimes.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/weltherrschaft-des-managements-der-anfang-des-gerechten-wirtschaftskrieges/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:09:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Jazariel</dc:creator>
<guid>http://nokturnaltimes.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/weltherrschaft-des-managements-der-anfang-des-gerechten-wirtschaftskrieges/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Mit der Globalisierung der Wirtschaft haben sich auch die Verwaltungsstrukturen der Unternehmen über]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Mit der Globalisierung der Wirtschaft haben sich auch die Verwaltungsstrukturen der Unternehmen über die Welt verbreitet. Management ist zu einem weltumspannenden Schlagwort geworden und bestimmt die Handlungsweise von Amerika bis Asien.</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/MszVLKBCahQ&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/MszVLKBCahQ&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>Organisieren, koordinieren, kommandieren, kontrollieren &#8211; die hölzerne, inzwischen weit verbreitete Sprache der Wirtschaftstechnokraten kündet von unfehlbarer Verwaltungseffizienz. Allerorten macht sich der neue Glaubenssatz von Industrialisierung und Verwestlichung breit. Von Stanford bis Tokio, von Madrid bis Dakar, von Athen bis zu den Pariser Vorstädten &#8211; überall befindet man sich im &#8220;Reich, in dem die Sonne nie untergeht&#8221;, im allmächtigen Managementimperium.</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/DKwTn_AfrBI&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/DKwTn_AfrBI&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>„Management“ heißt der kommunikationswirksame Verkaufsschlager der westlichen Industrieländer. Hinter dem Zeitgeist-Konzept verbirgt sich ein uralter, der westlichen Tradition entsprungener Begriff, der sich ursprünglich auf Haus, Familie, Gerätschaften und Haushaltsführung bezog.<br />
Von Ökonomen aufbereitet und mit einer wissenschaftlich-technischen Aura versehen, wurde „Management“ zur Wirtschaftsdoktrin, zu einem Propagandainstrument der neuen Globalisierung eines Marktes ohne Grenzen.</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/fSKn4MDiIi8&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/fSKn4MDiIi8&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>Genau wie die großen religiösen und politischen Imperien ist auch das weltweite Management ein Teil der Geschichte. Wer den Versuch wagt, die Entwicklung der Gesellschaft über einen sehr langen Zeitraum nach dem Muster der Erdgeschichte zu analysieren, wird auf die „geologischen“ Schichten einer Zeitarchitektur stoßen, die den Ist-Zustand der Zivilisationen in sich tragen. Traditionen überlagern sich wie Sedimente, auf deren Oberfläche jeweils eine neue Epoche entsteht, die dessen harrt, was unausweichlich auf den Menschen zukommt.</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/JQ2WcfyKTko&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/JQ2WcfyKTko&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>Jede Form von Modernität ruht daher gewissermaßen auf einer verschütteten Vergangenheit, die sich der Mensch in Mythen oder wissenschaftlichen Deutungen zu erklären versucht. Doch um sich mit der Endlichkeit abzufinden, sie gewissermaßen zu bezähmen, bedarf eine menschliche Gesellschaft der Fähigkeit, die Schattenlinie zu erkennen, die jene Momente markiert, an denen Unumkehrbares geschieht. So gesehen, ist die lange Geschichte einer Zivilisation ein einziges, aus Schriftsedimenten bestehendes Textkompositum, durchzogen von eben dieser Schattenlinie, die eine nie endende Inszenierung der Zeit gestattet, eine Untiefe der Erinnerung, die ihr Spiel mit der Wirklichkeit treibt und dem Unsagbaren huldigt.</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/k57FSk1xqXk&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/k57FSk1xqXk&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>Der Film versteht sich als eine Reflexion über den globalisierenden Westen. Er will an der Oberfläche der Sedimentschicht unserer Epoche den Moment entschlüsseln, der eine neue Qualität gegenüber den Brüchen und Übergängen der Vergangenheit darstellt: Wir leben heute in einer Ideenwüste leben, die aus dem Irrglauben geboren wurde, dass die Menschheit &#8211; unter der Wirkung der wissenschaftlich-technischen Wirtschaftsallmacht &#8211; zu einer dem Glück geweihten und von allen Zwängen befreiten „Post-Menschheit“ mutiert.</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/48RejSoHKAs&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/48RejSoHKAs&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>Laut diesem neuen Glauben befinden sich die desaktivierten, zu bloßer Folklore verkommenden Zivilisationen auf dem Wege der Selbstvernichtung. Damit erübrigen sich die Analyse des Textkompositums der Gesellschaft und die Suche nach der Schattenlinie, auch ist es nicht mehr nötig, eine Gesellschaft mit ihren unfassbaren Geheimnissen, ihrer Verletzlichkeit begreifen und ihr schöpferisches Potenzial und ihren Umgang mit den ihr eigenen Todestrieben erkennen zu wollen.</p>
<p><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/W8cdC0oxvpc&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/W8cdC0oxvpc&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p>Die Arbeitsthese dieses filmischen Essays ist ein Satz, den Jean Paulhan in einer Abhandlung über die kubistische Malerei verwendete: „Entfernt die Bäume, die mir den Blick auf den Wald verstellen.“ Diese Metapher aus dem Pflanzenreich habe ich mir zum Grundsatz gemacht, denn unserer Zeit fehlt es an Erklärungen; ein Defizit, das durch die Fragmentierung und Abschottung des Wissens weiter akzentuiert wird. Doch genau diese Erstarrung hindert uns daran, eine Welt zu begreifen, die aus den Fugen gerät, aber nach wie vor in tief wurzelnden, noch immer wirksamen Traditionen verankert ist. Manche dieser Traditionen sind im Untergang begriffen, andere aber trotzen der Gleichschaltung durch die westlichen Systeme.<br />
In dieser Partie mit unsicherem Ausgang ist das weltweite Management &#8211; vom Westen als reines Instrument der Vereinheitlichung mittels wissenschaftlich begründeten Verwaltens konzipiert &#8211; ein neuer Einsatz/Trumpf.</p>
<p>Wie bereits frühere Filme des Autors stellt auch „Dominium Mundi – Die Weltherrschaft des Managements“ von Wirtschafts- und Gesellschaftswissenschaftlern, Biologen und anderen zementierte Gewissheiten infrage. Die Methode des Films besteht nicht darin, sein Sujet – die Funktionsweise einer Zivilisation – zu zerpflücken und zu zerstückeln. Vielmehr seziert er es in der Manier des Kubismus: aus allen Perspektiven, von innen und von außen.</p>
<p>Grundansatz und Anliegen des Films ist es, die Fähigkeit zum Widerstand und die Fortdauer des „Materials Mensch“ sowie die immer währenden Widersprüche, die gewaltigen industriellen Umbrüche und die poetischen Rückzugsmöglichkeiten aufzuzeigen, die ein Film greifbar machen kann, wenn er mit der Gründlichkeit einer literarischen Erzählung vorgeht. Formal handelt es sich bei dem Film also nicht um ein Lehrstück, sondern um die Enthüllung miteinander verquickter Fragestellungen, die aus einem ganz einfachen Grunde undurchsichtig und schwer zu umreißen sind: Denn was der Westen vom Westen nicht wahrnimmt, kann auch in unsere Analysen nicht einfließen.</p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Romer i Sverige]]></title>
<link>http://anahabibah.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/romer-i-sverige/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Layali</dc:creator>
<guid>http://anahabibah.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/romer-i-sverige/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Alen har sökt asyl i Västeuropa i tio år Till slut kom en talare, som onekligen avvek inte så lite f]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://www.folkbladet.se/nyheter/norrkoping/artikel.aspx?articleid=5041270">Alen har sökt asyl i Västeuropa i tio år</a> <em>Till slut kom en talare, som onekligen avvek inte så lite från alla de andra. Alen Zlatanovic, rom från Serbien, har i minst tio års tid försökt få asyl i något av de västeuropeiska länderna. I Sverige har han redan försökt flera gånger. Nu är han åter här, med två barn.</em><br />
<a href="http://www2.unt.se/pages/1,1826,MC=77-AV_ID=986094,00.html?from=nyDygn">Nu får hon hjälp att hitta jobb</a> <em>Efter sju år på socialbidrag har Sari Svart fått nog. Hon har kommit med i ett EU-projekt som kostar tolv miljoner kronor och är en av de största satsningar på romer som gjorts i Uppsala.</em><br />
.<br />
.<br />
- Romer från EU är inte välkomna någonstans. Inte ens i Sverige, flyktingarnas &#8220;paradis&#8221;. Romer diskrimineras överallt.<br />
För romska kvinnor som har valt att bära deras &#8220;klädes-dräkt&#8221;, är det inte lätt att komma till arbetslivet. Det är likadant som med troende muslimska kvinnors ganska så täckande klädsel. Opassande för många yrken. Men mycket handlar ju även om fördomar. </p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Romani riskerar dö ut i Finland]]></title>
<link>http://anahabibah.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/romani-riskerar-do-ut-i-finland/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Layali</dc:creator>
<guid>http://anahabibah.wordpress.com/2009/11/24/romani-riskerar-do-ut-i-finland/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Romani riskerar dö ut i Finland Så kan det gå när man tar inte tillvara minoriteters rättigheter för]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://www.dn.se/nyheter/varlden/romani-riskerar-do-ut-1.999355">Romani riskerar dö ut i Finland</a><br />
Så kan det gå när man tar inte tillvara minoriteters rättigheter för språk och kultur. En i min släkt har berättat hur man behandlade romer inte så länge sedan i Finland. Numera, på utan tycks det vara bra, men när man börjar gräva lite djupare, hittar man allt möjligt. Finland har ju tidigare försökt assimilera romer, därför kanske har staten där inte brytt om romani-språkets fortlevnad. Få romska barn kan romani så pass bra att dom kan prata vad som helst. Det är nog lättare att förstå det än att prata. Synd och skam är det att romerna har varit så &#8220;hatade&#8221; att man inte brytt om deras kultur eller språk. Kanske är det nu en för sen vakning?</p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Romer utnyttjar barn i tiggarligor]]></title>
<link>http://varjager.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/romer-utnyttjar-barn-i-tiggarligor/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>smileth</dc:creator>
<guid>http://varjager.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/romer-utnyttjar-barn-i-tiggarligor/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Elfyma tipsar: &#8220;SVT2 Dokument utifrån 22/11 kl.22 Avslöjande program om hur zigenare systemati]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Elfyma tipsar:</p>
<p>&#8220;SVT2 Dokument utifrån 22/11 kl.22</p>
<p>Avslöjande program om hur zigenare systematiskt utnyttjar barn för att stjäla i stor skala i Italien, Spanien m.fl länder</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow" href="http://svt.se/2.103970/1.1775895/barnen_som_europa_glomde?lid=puff_1775926&#38;lpos=lasMer">http://svt.se/2.103970/1.1775895/barnen_som_europa_glomde?lid=puff_1775926&#38;lpos=lasMer</a></p>
<p>Svt:s hemsida &#8216;Dokument Utifrån&#8217; tipsar om att man kan se denna BBC- film på fredag och på <a href="http://svtplay.se/t/103472/dokument_utifran">Svt Play </a>i sju dagar framåt:</p>
<p>&#8220;Kunskapskanalen Fredag 27 nov 2009 kl 22.00</p>
<p><em>Av rättighetsskäl visas filmen under endast sju dagar i Play.&#8221;</em></p>
<p>Tack till Elfyma!</p>
<p>Mvh/:)Smileth</p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Zusatzausstattung für Babys]]></title>
<link>http://projektsunstorm.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/zusatzausstattung-fur-babys/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>projektsunstorm</dc:creator>
<guid>http://projektsunstorm.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/zusatzausstattung-fur-babys/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Letzte Woche haben wir für den Transport unserer süßen Kleinen ein paar Euro in die Sicherheit inves]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Letzte Woche haben wir für den Transport unserer süßen Kleinen ein paar Euro in die Sicherheit investiert.</p>
<p>1. Beleuchtung für den Kinderwagen:<br />
Zwar hat die Babywanne des Kinderwagens zwei dünne, reflektierende Streifen an der seitlichen naht, doch das war uns zu wenig. Vor allem wenn es sehr neblig ist und sich kleine Wassertröpfchen auf der Oberfläche sammeln und somit das einfallende Licht &#8220;falsch&#8221; brechen.</p>
<p>Wir haben uns deshalb für die Micro-LED-Leuchten von Sigma entschieden. Beide zusammen kosten keine zwanzig Euro, verfügen über ein Klettband (gut wenn der Rahmen des Kinderwagens nicht rund ist), zwei Leuchtmodi (konstant und blinkend) und sind sehr klein.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.amazon.de/Sigma-Sicherheitsleuchte-MICRO-Leuchten-wei%C3%9F/dp/B000PHF1AM/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&#38;s=sports&#38;qid=1258929816&#38;sr=8-3" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" title="Sigma LED Microleuchten" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41YvDyigt9L._SL500_AA240_.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="240" /></a></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">2. Babylook &#8211; Babyüberwachungsspiegel für das Auto:<br />
Eine tolle Sache um sein 1-12 Monate altes Baby, welches in einer Sitzschale (z.B. MaxiCosi oder Römer) auf der Rücksitzbank positioniert ist, während der Fahrt im Auge behalten zu können, da das Baby ja zur Heckscheibe raus schaut. Der Babylook-Spiegel kostet zwischen 30 und 40 Euro.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.amazon.de/Babylook-Baby-%C3%9Cberwachungs-spiegel-f%C3%BCr-das-Auto/dp/B0014KN6H4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#38;s=baby&#38;qid=1258930271&#38;sr=8-1" target="_blank"><img class="aligncenter" title="Babylook Babyüberwachungsspiegel" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31WLfay-HkL._AA240_.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="240" /></a>Aber Vorsicht!!! Nicht zu oft in den Spiegel schauen, sonst leidet die Konzentration im Straßenverkehr zu sehr.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">
MFG<br />
Projekt Sunstorm</p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Romer, crescita costante ma mercato lavoro ancora in ritardo]]></title>
<link>http://tuocoun.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/romer-crescita-costante-ma-mercato-lavoro-ancora-in-ritardo/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>tuocoun</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tuocoun.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/romer-crescita-costante-ma-mercato-lavoro-ancora-in-ritardo/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;economia americana si avvia a una fase di crescita costante, ma non si assistera&#8217; al b]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>L&#8217;economia americana si avvia a una fase di crescita costante, ma non si assistera&#8217; al balzo deciso che sarebbe necessario per dare slancio al mercato del lavoro.</p>
<p>Secondo Christina Romer, presidente del Council of Economic Advisers della Casa Bianca, &#8220;la stima piu&#8217; ottimistica&#8221; e&#8217; per una crescita del prodotto interno lordo tra il 2 e il 3%, mentre le aziende continueranno a essere restie ad assumere finche&#8217; la ripresa non sara&#8217; ben avviata.</p>
<p>&#8220;La mia speranza e aspettativa e&#8217; che mentre il Pil cresce e la fiducia torna, le aziende riprendano ad assumere&#8221;, ha detto durante il Ceo Council, meeting di circa cento amministratori delegati organizzato annualmente dal Wall Street Journal a Washington.</p>
<p>Secondo Romer un tasso di disoccupazione alto (10,2% in ottobre) e&#8217; parte del &#8220;normale ritardo&#8221; che si verifica durante una fase di ripresa.</p>
<p> Fonte:<br />
 http://www.italiaoggi.it/news/dettaglio_news.asp?id=200911171635483320&#38;chkAgenzie=TMFI</p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Ingen rätt till romani]]></title>
<link>http://anahabibah.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/ingen-ratt-till-romani/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Layali</dc:creator>
<guid>http://anahabibah.wordpress.com/2009/11/17/ingen-ratt-till-romani/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Ingen rätt till romani Det var ju tråkigt. Det här visar igen att romer får inte samma rättigheter s]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://www.sr.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=1646&#38;artikel=3241992">Ingen rätt till romani</a></p>
<p>Det var ju tråkigt. Det här visar igen att romer får inte samma rättigheter som som dom andra nationella minoriteterna. Även judar drabbas. Tråkigt för romer, dom är ju annars också mycket diskriminerade i samhället och rasismen är stor mot romer i Sverige.</p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Vi har ett ansvar för romerna ]]></title>
<link>http://rogerhaddad.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/vi-har-ett-ansvar-for-romerna/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:32:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Roger Haddad</dc:creator>
<guid>http://rogerhaddad.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/vi-har-ett-ansvar-for-romerna/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I torsdags var jag på ett seminarium för kommun- och landstingspolitiker i Stockholm. På plats som f]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I torsdags var jag på ett seminarium för kommun- och landstingspolitiker i Stockholm. På plats som föredragande fanns förra fp-ledaren Maria Lessiner. Men denna gång i egenskap av ambassadör och ordförande för Delegationen för romska frågor. Hon höll ett fantastiskt anförande i 30min och det var knäpptyst i den stora salen. Jag har nog aldrig hört Maria Lessiner tala så engagerat förr om en viss fråga som i torsdags. Jag som folkpartist var stolt och även att folkpartiet i Västerås arbetar väldigt aktivt och envist med denna fråga.</p>
<p>Kommunerna har ett jättestort ansvar att stötta romerna i arbetet med att förbättra situationen för barnen, ungdomarna och de vuxna. I Västerås ansvarar jag för samordningen av dessa frågor och vi gör väldigt mycket och vi har sedan ett år tillbaka startat en dialogprocess som bl.a mynnat ut i ett Råd för romska frågor som jag har förmånen att vara ordförande för. I rådet sitter företrädare för polska, finska och ex-jugoslaviska romer. Leissner uppmärksammade detta arbete i sitt anförande och det kändes väldigt bra att Västerås tar frågorna på allvar och försöker bidra för att förbättra villkoren för romerna i syfte att öka deras chanser att ta makten över sig eget liv och bygga upp en framtid med arbete, utbildning och egen försörjning. Det är ett av de viktigaste uppdrag vi har som liberaler och kommunpolitiker. Jag är glad att Maria Lessiner fått detta uppdrag och att regeringen med statsrådet Sabuni lyft upp frågan tydligt på agendan. När det gäller minoriteter och romerna hoppas jag att Sverige tar sitt ansvar bättre än andra europeiska länder, bla. Italien där romerna fortfarande behandlas på ett inhumant sätt.</p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Dispositivos de retención infantil: en el coche cada niño en su sillita, por su seguridad]]></title>
<link>http://quidiapassa.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/como-deben-viajar-los-ninos-en-el-automovil-dispositivos-de-retencion-infantil/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 16:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Iván</dc:creator>
<guid>http://quidiapassa.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/como-deben-viajar-los-ninos-en-el-automovil-dispositivos-de-retencion-infantil/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Hace ya varios meses que se ha iniciado el curso escolar y no dejo de sorprenderme diariamente cuand]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Hace ya varios meses que se ha iniciado el curso escolar y no dejo de sorprenderme diariamente cuando veo como, algunos padres, deciden trasladar a sus hijos en el interior de los vehículos sin ningún tipo de dispositivo ni de sujección, cuál saco de patatas, a pesar de las contínuas <a href="http://www.tenecesitanprotegeles.com/ViewPage.action?languageId=4" target="_blank">campañas</a> y de la abundante información que circula por todos los medios advirtiendo de los riesgos que entraña para la vida de los más pequeños no utilizar un dispositivo de retención infantil (la sillita de toda la vida) adecuada al peso y tamaño del bebé.</p>
<p>Personalmente me parece una absoluta irresponsabilidad por parte de los padres, que toman la decisión en nombre de sus hijos, que aún no pueden decidir por si mismos, y por su pura comodidad, deciden no utilizar las sillitas adecuadas, tal y como establece el código de circulación así cómo el más común de los sentidos.</p>
<p>No es mi objetivo informar de todas las categorías de sillitas en función de peso y tamaño, esta información es muy fácilmente accesible utilizando el google o bien <a href="http://www.consumer.es/web/es/motor/educacion_y_seguridad_vial/2005/04/04/140900.php" target="_blank">aquí</a>. Más bien, además de prentender hacer una &#8220;denuncia social&#8221;, también voy a aprovechar para hablar de las tres &#8220;sillitas&#8221; que he utilizado y mi experiencia con ellas.</p>
<p>En el mercado existe una gran variedad de fabricantes, diseños, colores y precios. Yo personalmente, en el momento de la compra, por encima del diseño y el precio, me interesé por los resultados de los test de choque o &#8220;crash test&#8221; que anualmente, diversos organismos, los alemanes suelen ser los lideres en este aspecto, someten a la mayoría de los fabricantes con sus respectivos modelos. Dichos test se pueden encontrar muy fácilmente utilizando el google, o bien podéis ver el del RACC-ADAC con fecha de junio-2009 pinchando <a href="http://imagenes.racc.es/pub/ficheros/adjuntos/adjuntos_racc_sri_2009_i_jzq_829fbf8b.pdf">aquí</a>.</p>
<p>El fabricante lider desde hace años es Römer, si bien también el más caro, pienso que el precio no debería ser un factor clave a la hora de decidir que sillita comprar. Además, Römer tiene una segunda marca, Britax, que fabrica algunos modelos con el mismo chasis que la primera marca pero utilizando tapizados más baratos. El resultado es una silla un poquito más fea y un poco más calurosa en verano, pero igual de segura por la mitad de precio, todo es informarse y buscar.</p>
<p>Mi elección para el grupo 0+, es decir, desde recien nacido hasta los 13 Kg de peso fué el modelo de Römer Baby Safe Plus, con el adaptador ISOFIX (los anclajes ISOFIX se encuentran disponible en todos los vehículos nuevos fabricados desde junio-2005 y reducen hasta un 22% las lesiones graves en los niños). Además, dicho capazo se adapta con un cochecito del fabricante Britax, por lo que no es necesarío sacar al bebé del capazo para meterlo o sacarlo del coche, algo que en invierno se agradece. El precio de este capazo con el accesorio ISOFIX es de aproximadamente 350 euros.</p>
<div id="attachment_345" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 610px"><img class="size-full wp-image-345" title="Romer_baby_safe_350_430_230" src="http://quidiapassa.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/romer_baby_safe_350_430_230.jpg" alt="Imagen del capazo Romer Baby Safe con el accesorio ISOFIX" width="600" height="600" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Imagen del capazo Romer Baby Safe con el accesorio ISOFIX</p></div>
<p>Para grupo I, de 9 a 18 Kg, mi elección fué la sillita Romer Duo Plus ISOFIX, lider también en los test de choque y con tapizados para todos los gustos. Su precio, unos 430 euros.</p>
<p>Finalmente, como grupo II-III, de los 15 a los 36 Kg, mi elección ha sido la Römer Kidfix. Su precio es de unos 230 euros.</p>
<p><div id="attachment_346" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 727px"><img class="size-full wp-image-346 " title="P1000261 [1600x1200]" src="http://quidiapassa.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/p1000261-1600x1200.jpg" alt="Römer Kidfix y Duo Plus ISOFIX montadas en la parte trasera del vehículo con el sistema ISOFIX, que conecta el chasis de la silla con el chasis del vehículo, convirtiendo la fijación en absolutamente segura" width="717" height="477" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Römer Kidfix y Duo Plus ISOFIX montadas en la parte trasera del vehículo con el sistema ISOFIX, que conecta el chasis de la silla con el chasis del vehículo, convirtiendo la fijación en absolutamente segura</p></div>Especialmente en impactos laterales, el sistema ISOFIX se ha demostrado considerablemente más eficaz que la sujección mediante los clásicos cinturones de seguridad, ofreciendo resultados muy buenos en los test de choque.</p>
<p><div id="attachment_347" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 727px"><img class="size-full wp-image-347 " title="P1000264 [1600x1200]" src="http://quidiapassa.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/p1000264-1600x1200.jpg" alt="Detalle del anclaje isofix, el color verde de la pestaña indica que está correctamente instalado" width="717" height="477" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Detalle del anclaje isofix, el color verde de la pestaña indica que está correctamente instalado</p></div>Mi experiencia con las tres sillitas ha sido y es muy buena. La calidad del tapizado es excelente y aunque no es fácil montar y desmontarlo, es posible hacerlo y lavarlo en lavadora. En verano es fresco y no provoca reacciones alérgicas, incluso en pieles sensibles. La construcción es muy sólida y el único defecto que le encuentro es que con el paso de los años, los anclajes de los cinturones que lleva el modelo Romer Duo Plus ISOFIX, se están endureciendo ligeramente, si bien es cierto que le hago un uso intensivo, pues mis hijos cada día suben y bajan del coche no menos de 8 veces.</p>
<p>En todo caso, indistintamente del fabricante y del modelo que se decida, lo realmente importante es utilizar estos dispositivos, es decir, trasladar a los niños correctamente sentados en sus sillitas y sujetos adecuadamente. Algo que se debería hacer <strong>SIEMPRE</strong>, tanto en trayectos largos como en cortos y, si cabe, especialmente en los cortos, que es cuando más nos relajamos al volante.</p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[vellingebor för flyktingar]]></title>
<link>http://mymlanthereal.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/vellingebor-for-flyktingar/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:10:43 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mymlan</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mymlanthereal.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/vellingebor-for-flyktingar/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Via Per Torberger hittar jag Facebookgruppen Vellingebor för Flyktingar. Hopp om mänskligheten, men ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Via <a href="http://www.persvarld.se/2009/11/12/varfor-far-man-inte-vara-forbannad-pa-vellinge/">Per Torberger</a> hittar jag Facebookgruppen <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8157001893&#38;ref=search&#38;sid=505576792.4019696093..1">Vellingebor för Flyktingar</a>. Hopp om mänskligheten, men ändå <a href="http://mymlanthereal.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/kakka-i-eget-bo/">som jag trodde</a>. <em>Alla</em> i Vellinge kan inte vara hjärtlösa, skräckslagna rasister. </p>
<p>För övrigt håller jag inte alls med Per. Hans ilska är mänsklig, och nej man behöver inte vara ädel varje stund, framförallt är det helt normalt och okej att reagera med ilska i ett första skede. Men därefter bör man tänka efter lite. Jag känner få människor som så ofta tänker så långt som just Per, och just därför blir jag fundersam.</p>
<p>Om man tar sig friheten att hata alla i Vellinge tills man fått bevisat att inte alla i Vellinge är rasister, och dessutom argumenterar för det, har man då också rätten att exempelvis hata alla romer tills man fått bevisat för sig att alla inte tjuvar? Eller är det ok att hata alla muslimer för att jag känner till någon som blev våldtagen av en grupp muslimer? Måste alla andra muslimer bevisa för mig att de inte är våldtäktsmän då?<br />
Jag kan inte riktigt köpa ett system där bevisbördan ligger på de oskyldiga, och jag är inte vän av kollektiv bestraffning.</p>
<p>Nu skrev Per i och för sig att han hittade gruppen på Facebook och att det var bra, men han utvecklar ändå resonemanget och i slutet av sin text skriver han:</p>
<blockquote><p>Under tiden kan vi andra kanske få vara lite heligt förbannade? Kan vi få kasta skit på idioterna, dra över en kam, förklara att skithuvuden är skithuvuden och om ni, Vellingebor som har makten över ert kommunstyre, inte ser till att rensa lite bland brunskjortorna i nästa val, ja, då kommer vi att fortsätta att tycka att Vellinge är ett fästa för imbecilla puckon med mycket pengar. Och varför skulle vi inte det?</p></blockquote>
<p>Eller har jag igen ramlat i ironifällan? Är du ironisk Per?<br />
Jag hoppas det, även om det i så fall var ganska otydligt. </p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[As três novidades quentinhas]]></title>
<link>http://eveemitherhofer.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/as-tres-novidades-quentinhas/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Eve Mitherhofer</dc:creator>
<guid>http://eveemitherhofer.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/as-tres-novidades-quentinhas/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Para quem viu o post anterior, pode ter pensado o que é que vai acontecer daqui 18 dias né? Pois ent]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Para quem viu o post anterior, pode ter pensado o que é que vai acontecer daqui 18 dias né? Pois ent]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Våldsverkaren Leif Norrby döms till rättspsykiatrisk vård]]></title>
<link>http://frianyheter.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/valdsverkaren-leif-norrby-doms-till-rattspsykiatrisk-vard/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:22:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Fria Nyheter Skåne</dc:creator>
<guid>http://frianyheter.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/valdsverkaren-leif-norrby-doms-till-rattspsykiatrisk-vard/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[En våldsverkare som slogs med poliser vid ockupationen av Romano Trajo på Norra Fälanden i Lund och ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[En våldsverkare som slogs med poliser vid ockupationen av Romano Trajo på Norra Fälanden i Lund och ]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Atenção!]]></title>
<link>http://eveemitherhofer.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/513/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Eve Mitherhofer</dc:creator>
<guid>http://eveemitherhofer.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/513/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Até logo mais! ♥]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Até logo mais! ♥]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Den gamla fabriken: detta är mitt hem]]></title>
<link>http://brusewitz.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/detta-ar-mitt-hem/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Martin Brusewitz</dc:creator>
<guid>http://brusewitz.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/detta-ar-mitt-hem/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Tio minuter med bil utanför Debrecens centrum ligger ett industri- och köpcenterområde. Oändliga par]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Tio minuter med bil utanför Debrecens centrum ligger ett industri- och köpcenterområde. Oändliga parkeringar, jämn asfalt, infarter, utfarter, gigantiska affärer. Skyltar reser sig som stora segel och glänsande bilar står parkerade i rad efter rad. Butiken Metro ligger som ett gigantiskt hangar och därinne löper kilometervis med varospäckade hyllor. Men vad är det där till vänster? En liten väg? Var leder den?</p>
<p>Vägen löper bredvid de oklanderliga parkeringsytorna, förbi reklamskyltarna, och… ut i ingenting. Asfalten upphör och ett dammigt, buckligt, skumpigt åbäke tar vid. Högt gräs skjuter upp vid dess sidor. Vid vägens slut (väg? mer en stor stig) anar man något. En dumpdunge? En soptipp? Världens ände? Så kommer man närmare. Några tegelbyggnader skymtas och runt dem ett kluster av små träbodar och plåtskjul. Överallt ligger bråte, gamla bräder, kartonger, lastpallar, plastbackar. En rostig bil solar sig i gräset. Kycklingars kackel och hundars skall. En spinkig tomatranka sträcker sig mot skyn. Här bor ju folk!</p>
<p>Det lilla samhället vid vägens slut är varken världens ände eller en soptipp, men ändå är det just det det är, det är en romsk bosättning, en soptipp vid världens ände.</p>
<p>I sitt hem står Fru Guyla Balogh, eller Ankara som hon kallas, och rör i en gryta med puttrande pasta. Vedspisen maten lagas på står och brinner i ett hörn av det rum som är hennes familjs bohag. Det ryker rakt ut i rummet. Rummet ja, det är inte stort, 20 kvadratmeter kanske, slitet, en säng tar upp största delen av det. Täcket är dammigt, kuddarna läcker stoppning. Men detta är familjen Baloghs hem.</p>
<p>Ankara Balogh visar upp sitt hem. Den enkla spisen, den gamla sängen, en trasig affish på väggen, mycket mer är det inte. Hon ler försiktigt. Hennes make Gyula Balogh tar vid uppdraget ute på gården.</p>
<p><a href="http://brusewitz.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/rundvisningen/">Han visar runt</a>. Med stor entusiasm. Han pekar, uppmanar till fotografering, öppnar dörrar, kliver in hos familjer. Se här, säger hans kroppspråk, titta på detta mörka rum, och titta där i taket där en glödlampa lyser med sin frånvaro. Följ med in här, i denna fuktiga, smutsiga lya. Se på skynket, denna gamla trasa från förr, som hänger här där en dörr skulle ha suttit, gestikulerar han. Tänk dig kylan som smyger in här om de kalla nätterna. Och vintern är inte ens här än! Hälsa på dessa eländiga familjer, se deras usla hem, uttrycker hans rörelser. För prata kan vi inte. Vi talar inga gemensamma språk och någon tolk fanns aldrig tid att skaffa fram. Det var att följa med nu eller att inte se.</p>
<p>Det är inte av stolthet han visar runt, det är inte därifrån hans energi hämtas. Det är ur sorgen. Han sörjer hur han bor, hur hans barnbarn växer upp, var hans grannar sover. Men om någon ser det här, då kanske det kan bli ändring. Om någon upplever hur vi lever kanske något kan hända. Det är frustrationens ihärdighet han visar upp. Och hoppets. Hopp om förändring. Herr Guyla Baloghs korta ben ilar över gårdsplanen. Han pekar med kraft. Fram och tillbaka. In i hus, ut ur hus. Titta där, se här, känn på det, hälsa här. Allt måste ses, doftas, kännas! Det här är förfärligt, lyser det ur hans ansikte förvridet i en grimas av skam, förfäran, ja nästan äckel. Detta är mitt hem.</p>
<p>(<a href="http://brusewitz.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/den-gamla-fabriken-en-bakgrund-en-fortsattning/">Varför? En bakgrund. En fortsättning</a>)</p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[11 år – och nybliven mamma]]></title>
<link>http://leffe45.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/11-ar-%e2%80%93-och-nybliven-mamma/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>leffe45</dc:creator>
<guid>http://leffe45.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/11-ar-%e2%80%93-och-nybliven-mamma/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Så står vi inför ännu ett faktum där ett barn blivit mamma och en patriarkal tradition bryr sig inte]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Så står vi inför ännu ett faktum där ett barn blivit mamma och en patriarkal tradition bryr sig inte utan uppmuntrar. Min första tanke var kopplad till de muslimska traditionerna men det visad sig denna gång vara en annan kultur som prioriterar manligheten. Den romerska zigenarkulturen.<br />
Därifrån den lilla Bulgariska staden tycker ingen att detta är konstigt att ett barn på elva år blir mor.<br />
I hennes hemstad Sliven i Bulgarien gifter sig flickorna tidigt och 13-åriga mammor är ingen ovanlighet. Men Kordeza är den yngsta flickan som fött barn i staden.<br />
Där de flesta brudar är i åldern 13 till 17 &#8211; och är lagliga i deras tradition, vilket är viktigare än den riktiga lagen.</p>
<p>Den 11-åriga modern Kordeza säger i hjärntvättad stil– &#8220;Violeta är min dotter och jag måste växa upp nu. Jag tänker inte gå tillbaka till skolan. Riktigt, denna inriktning känner jag igen från annat håll där kvinnan inte skall ha någon utbildning och vara gud och mannen underdåniga.</p>
<p>Modern till  Kordeza påpekar:<br />
&#8220;Kordeza är fortfarande ett barn och jag hoppas kunna göra allt jag kan för att hon inte berövats sin lediga tid.&#8221;  Då kanske du till att börja med anmodar henne att fortsätta sin utbildning eller sträcker sig inte ditt förnuft så långt.<br />
Samma tongångar hörs från pojkens familj. De planerar en stor fest och de hoppas att inte deras pojke får fängelse (upp till sex år i Bulgarien).</p>
<p>Deras uttalande är praktexempel på ursäkter utan substans.<br />
&#8220;Han är en bra pojke och en hård arbetare. Han älskar sin fru och han kommer att stödja sitt barn.&#8221;<br />
Och<br />
&#8220;Jag tror inte det är viktigt att de är unga. De är förälskade i varandra och barnet. Nog är väl det nog.&#8221; </p>
<p>Rena pedofil inställningen, flickor har väldigt låg nedre gräns, men vad har mannen för övre gräns då? 112 år som i fallet med den Tunisiska flickan?</p>
<p>    Den normala tidpunkten för den första menstruationen är någonstans mellan 12,5 och 13 år, men för de här flickorna inträffar det redan före elva års ålder.</p>
<p>”De här flickorna” (11 år) är de tidigt utvecklade.</p>
<p>Har läst om uppfattningar som &#8220;att den psykiska mognaden inträder parallellt med den fysiska och att flickor är redo att bli mödrar så fort de börjat menstruera.&#8221;<br />
Skulle flickan få sin menstruation vid 11 år är hon lämplig att föda barn, undrar vilka som har denna uppfattning och vad säger barnläkare och psykologer.<br />
De enda som kan tillstyrka denna uppfattning måste vara islamister och pedofiler.<br />
Vad säger de korrekta i Sverige, vi har ju romer här också, skall deras tradition i dessa fall råda även här liksom för de undantag ni gjort för muslimer?</p>
<p>Källor: <a href="http://www.aftonbladet.se/wendela/barn/article6059557.ab">AB</a> <a href="http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/news/575565/This-11-year-old-schoolgirl-had-a-baby-on-her-wedding-day.html">NOTW.CO.UK</a></p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Interview With Tim Geithner, Poster Boy For An Administration That Has No Clue]]></title>
<link>http://startthinkingright.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/interview-with-tim-geithner-poster-boy-for-an-administration-that-has-no-clue/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Michael Eden</dc:creator>
<guid>http://startthinkingright.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/interview-with-tim-geithner-poster-boy-for-an-administration-that-has-no-clue/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[From NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Meet the Press,&#8221; with David Gregory interviewing Treasury Secretary ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33562673/ns/meet_the_press/" target="_blank">From <em>NBC&#8217;s</em> &#8220;Meet the Press,&#8221;</a> with David Gregory interviewing Treasury Secretary &#8216;Turbo Tax&#8217; Timothy Geithner.</p>
<blockquote><p>SEC&#8217;Y GEITHNER:  You know, what the government did was to step in and make sure we&#8217;re providing the tax cuts and investments necessary to arrest the crisis, get credit markets starting to open up again.  And we did that, that plan worked.  But we&#8217;ve got a ways to go before&#8230;</p>
<p>GREGORY:  <strong>But that&#8217;s a big question, whether or not&#8211;yes, you have growth for the first time in four quarters.  But is any of this growth sustainable without government intervention?</strong></p>
<p>SEC&#8217;Y GEITHNER:  It will be, it will be.  But what the government has to do in a crisis is to provide a bridge until the economy can repair itself and businesses are confident enough to start to invest again.  And again, you&#8217;re starting to see it again.  Businesses now, I think they&#8217;ll say&#8211;you talk to people across the country, they&#8217;ll say that they feel that things are more stable now and for the first time they see orders starting to pick up.  And what&#8217;ll happen is they&#8217;ll start to invest again, they&#8217;ll start to bring people back onto their payroll and this will get more momentum.</p>
<p>GREGORY:  <strong>But that happened hasn&#8217;t yet</strong>&#8211;hasn&#8217;t happened yet.  We&#8217;ll get into that a little bit more in just a minute.</p>
<p><strong>The question about consumer spending that really drove the market down on Friday, it&#8217;s off, biggest level that it&#8217;s been off in nine months.  Again, people are not consuming</strong>.</p>
<p>SEC&#8217;Y GEITHNER:  <strong>There&#8217;s nothing new in those numbers on Friday.  They were in the GDP report.  No incremental news in those numbers.  So again, the overall picture for the economy is that consumers are a little more confident now, confident enough to start to spend again</strong>, investments starting to spend again. You know, there was another number on Friday that showed business confidence, in the Chicago survey, showing a little more optimism about the future, too. And&#8211;but, you know, again, this is a tough economy still, it&#8217;s going to take some time.  But we&#8217;re committed to making sure we&#8217;re reinforcing this progress we&#8217;ve seen.</p></blockquote>
<p>But that is just a load of baloney, as Gregory pointed out.  Here&#8217;s a link to an AP article bearing the title, &#8220;<a href="http://cbs11tv.com/national/consumer.spending.falls.2.1281796.html" target="_blank">Consumer Spending At Lowest In 9 Months</a>.&#8221;  And the opening paragraph of that article begins with the words, &#8220;<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33547487/ns/business-personal_finance/" target="_blank">Consumer spending plunged in September by the largest amount in nine months</a>.&#8221; [I used a different article because I know how articles that don't pitch the Obama line tend to get deleted].</p>
<p>Seriously, exactly which part of that does Mr. Boy Genius Tim Geithner &#8211; who was so brilliant that we desperately needed him even though he was too incompetent or dishonest (or both!) to know how to pay his own taxes &#8211; fail to understand?  Consumers AREN&#8217;T &#8220;a little more confident,&#8221; Turbo Tax; they&#8217;re a LOT LESS confident!</p>
<p>The &#8220;growth&#8221; in GDP was almost entirely fueled by government spending.  That is a trend toward utter catastrophe and Zimbabwe-like hyperinflation, rather than anything positive.  It is absolutely unsustainable.  It is a terrible sign of artificially-generated growth by debt-fueled spending, rather than a sign for any kind of hope.</p>
<p>When our Treasury Secretary has his head so buried up Obama&#8217;s butt that he can&#8217;t understand simple realities, we are in a giant load of trouble.  And the anvil is being cued to drop as we speak.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s go on.  Maybe Geithner and the Obama administration have some kind of solution, some kind of plan to help get us out of the problem they don&#8217;t even understand exists in the first place:</p>
<blockquote><p>GREGORY: <strong> Do we need another cash for clunkers program to stimulate the economy?</strong></p>
<p>SEC&#8217;Y GEITHNER: <strong> I don&#8217;t think at the moment</strong>&#8211;well, let me start this way, David.  A<strong>bout half of the money in the Recovery Act, tax cuts and investments, are still ahead of us.  So there&#8217;s a lot of force still moving its way through the system now, and you&#8217;re going to see that continue to provide support for the economy going forward</strong>.</p></blockquote>
<p>I interrupt at this point to point out that the Obama administration is literally refuting itself here  Geithner says the stimulus is going to creating beneficial impact.  But Obama&#8217;s chair for his Council for Economic Advisers claimed the exact opposite, <a href="http://cnsnews.com/news/article/55943" target="_blank">saying</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;By mid-2010, fiscal stimulus will likely be contributing little to further growth.&#8221;</strong></p></blockquote>
<p>So which is it?</p>
<p>And pardon me while I mockingly laugh at an administration that is publicly literally talking out of both sides of their mouth at the same time.</p>
<p>In any event, when Geithner confidently declares that the stimulus that never really did squat in the first place is going to continue to continue to produce wonderful changes in the first place, you don&#8217;t have to go any farther than another key Obama official to see that that just isn&#8217;t true.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve also got to point out that it is increasingly obvious that the cash for clunkers program was an unmitigated disaster.  First of all, it is now a documented fact that all the cash for clunkers program did <a href="http://startthinkingright.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/car-sales-fall-back-to-historic-lows-proving-cash-4-clunkers-was-a-clunker/" target="_blank">was spur people to buy cars they were already going to buy within a matter of a few months anyway</a>.  All the government did was move 4th quarter car sales into the 3rd quarter.  Second, we now know that the best and most impartial evidence demonstrates that the <a href="http://www.edmunds.com/help/about/press/153566/article.html" target="_blank">taxpayers forked out a whopping $20,000 for every car sold under the program</a>.</p>
<p>In other words, it was an even bigger disaster than Republicans predicted it would be when they overwhelmingly opposed the program.</p>
<p>But we continue with Gregory and Geithner:</p>
<blockquote><p>GREGORY:  Could you have had more impact if more of that money were paid out? You still have about $500 billion of the stimulus that has not been paid out yet.  How long will it take to get paid out?</p>
<p>SEC&#8217;Y GEITHER: Actually, I&#8211;again, it was designed to pay out over two years, because we knew it was going to take a long time to repair the damage we started with earlier this year.  So it was designed to pay out over this period of time.  And I think it&#8217;s actually delivering better results sooner than we would expect.  I think we&#8217;re seeing better outcomes in the financial sector, in the economy than many of us would&#8217;ve thought when we sat there with the president in Chicago at the end of last year.</p>
<p>GREGORY:  Right.  <strong>Well, but that&#8217;s not exactly true, because the president&#8217;s team said you&#8217;d keep unemployment to 8 percent if you didn&#8217;t have the stimulus, so</strong>.</p>
<p>SEC&#8217;Y GEITHNER:  <strong>No.  No, you&#8217;re right, the unemployment is worse than almost everybody expected</strong>.  <strong>But growth is back a little more quickly, a little stronger than people thought</strong>, and growth is a necessary condition.  With growth jobs will come, but growth has to come first.  But just look at the financial sector.  You know, you&#8217;ve had banks repaying money with interest. Taxpayers are getting substantial earnings on this big investment in the financial system, and that&#8217;s delivering good, good returns for the American taxpayer.</p></blockquote>
<p>Again, Geithner is utterly filled with fecal matter.</p>
<p><em>&#8220;Unemployment is worse than almost anybody thought&#8221;</em>?  <a href="http://startthinkingright.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/biden-we-misread-the-economy-and-its-all-the-republicans-fault/" target="_blank">That was basically Vice President Biden&#8217;s line back in July</a>.  And it was utterly idiotic when Biden said it back then.  Apparently, the Obama administration only has ears that hear liberals&#8217; prognostications.  Republicans widely predicted the stimulus would utterly fail to create jobs.  That was why virtually every single one of them voted against it.  <a href="http://www.heritage.org/Research/Economy/wm2252.cfm" target="_blank">All kinds of economists said it would fail</a>.  But they suffered from the flaw of not being liberals.</p>
<p>When high-level officials like Biden and Geithner say things like, &#8220;almost everybody was just shocked,&#8221; it shows how utterly insulated and ignorant these clowns who are running our government truly are.</p>
<p>Basically, 47% of the country didn&#8217;t vote for Obama.  And the 47% were the ones who turned out to be right.</p>
<p>The Obama administration consists on a bunch of weasels who are trying to dodge their central economic claim.  They said their massive stimulus (<a href="http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/stimulus_bill_pork/2009/02/14/181864.html" target="_blank">which actually cost taxpayers $3.27 TRILLION</a>, by the way) would prevent unemployment from reaching 8%.  They were wrong.  Everything they thought was wrong.  And now &#8220;everybody&#8221; but them should be held responsible for their failure.</p>
<blockquote><p>GREGORY:  <strong>Let&#8217;s talk about claims of success about jobs.  The White House says 640,000 jobs have been created or saved by the $800 billion stimulus.  There are Republicans who say the number is bogus, that it&#8217;s just PR</strong>.  John Boehner, leader of the Republicans in the House, as you well know, circulated <strong>a quote from an economist at Carnegie, Carnegie Mellon University, and I&#8217;ll put it up on the screen and you can look at it:  &#8220;One can search economic textbooks forever without finding a concept called `jobs saved.&#8217; It doesn&#8217;t exist for good reason:  how can anyone know that his or her job has been saved?&#8221;</strong> You&#8217;ve got a lot of experience in the economy.  Is this PR or fact?</p>
<p>SEC&#8217;Y GEITHNER:  This is fact.  Again, at&#8211;when the president took office, this economy was falling at the rate of 6.5 percent at an annual rate per year, fastest rate in decades.  We were losing three-quarters of a million jobs a month.  Now, the pace of job loss has slowed dramatically, the economy&#8217;s now growing again.  It&#8217;s growing not just because the effects of the Recovery Act.  Many people opposed the Recovery Act, said it wasn&#8217;t going to work.  It&#8217;s working, it&#8217;s delivering what it should result&#8211;what it should, it should produce.  Value of Americans&#8217; savings are up almost 35 percent since the beginning of the year.  Interest rates down.  These are substantially powerful returns on the Recovery Act, and they are delivering what they were designed to deliver.</p>
<p>GREGORY:  OK.  <strong>What is a saved job?  How do you measure that?</strong></p>
<p>SEC&#8217;Y GEITHNER:  A, a saved&#8211;well&#8230;</p>
<p>GREGORY:  <strong>It&#8217;s not something an economist recognizes as an actual fact.</strong></p></blockquote>
<p>Thank you, David Gregory.  You must work for Fox News, given the fact that the White House has been demonizing Fox News as a propaganda outlet due to the fact that it presents the facts rather than Obama&#8217;s propaganda.</p>
<p>The <em>Associated Press</em> joined Fox News in Barry Obama&#8217;s doghouse <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091029/ap_on_bi_ge/us_stimulus_jobs" target="_blank">by pointing out the fact that the administration was playing all kinds of ridiculous shenanigans with their job claims</a>.</p>
<p>And we can go back months into the past and see that <a href="http://www.backtype.com/anonymous/comment/0000bb71ff77af4d000000008a102ae1" target="_blank">the Obama administration has stubbornly insisted as stating as fact what was months ago revealed to be blathering nonsense</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX): <strong>“The administration, including the vice president, has claimed that stimulus policies have added 150,000 new jobs to the level of employment. We see this cited almost daily by the administration. Can you substantiate that claim?”</strong></p>
<p><strong>Mr. Keith Hall, Commissioner Of Bureau Of Labor Statistics: “No. That would be a very difficult thing for anybody to substantiate.”</strong></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;Created or saved&#8221; is a meaningless superficial category created by meaningless superficial people to advance a meaningless superficial agenda.</p>
<p>It doesn&#8217;t matter how deceitful the Obama&#8217;s bogus claims are, because they are liars without shame and they don&#8217;t give a damn about reality.  And they can&#8217;t solve the unemployment problem because they can&#8217;t get past their own propaganda.</p>
<p>Gregory goes on a little later and points out:</p>
<blockquote><p>GREGORY:  Right.  But my, <strong>but my point is that this should not be overstated, the impact of the stimulus should not be overstated.  Here&#8217;s the facts about how many jobs have been lost since the stimulus:  2.7 million.  And you&#8217;ve got 14 states who have double-digit unemployment.  You can look at the top five, with Michigan at the top with 15.3 percent unemployment</strong>.  So you say it could&#8217;ve been a lot of worse.</p>
<p>SEC&#8217;Y GEITHNER:  David&#8230;</p>
<p>GREGORY:  <strong>A, it&#8217;s still very bad, and B, the stimulus has had only a minimal effect</strong>.</p>
<p>SEC&#8217;Y GEITHNER:  Actually&#8211;no, no, I wouldn&#8217;t say that.  I said actually, even those numbers understate it, because there&#8217;s lots of people who are underemployed, working less they would like.  So again, this is a very tough economy.  It&#8217;s only been three initial months of positive growth.  It&#8217;s going to take some time for unemployment to come down and for jobs to get created again.  And that&#8217;s why it&#8217;s important to&#8211;for people to recognize that we have a responsibility to keep working at this so we&#8217;re reinforcing the recovery.</p>
<p>GREGORY:  <strong>How high will unemployment go, do you think?</strong></p>
<p>SEC&#8217;Y GEITHNER:  Don&#8217;t know for sure, but it&#8217;s likely still rising and it, it probably going to rise further before it starts to come down again.</p>
<p>GREGORY:  <strong>Double digits?</strong></p>
<p>SEC&#8217;Y GEITHNER:  <strong>Most economists think we&#8217;ll probably get there</strong>, and&#8211;but again, the economists think&#8211;and, you know, there&#8217;s a lot of uncertainty in this.  Economists don&#8217;t know that, don&#8217;t know that much about the future, David.  But they say that they think we&#8217;ll start to see net jobs created at the beginning of the year, sometime around the beginning of the year, in the first quarter sometime.</p></blockquote>
<p>I have to begin by correcting David Gregory.  He said that Obama had lost 2.7 million jobs since he passed his stimulus.  <a href="Approximately 3.3 million jobs have been lost since the stimulus act passed, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics." target="_blank">ABC News, reporting facts from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, had a very different number</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Approximately <strong>3.3 million jobs have been lost since the stimulus act passed</strong>, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.</p></blockquote>
<p>But what are 600,000 jobs between friends?</p>
<p>And when Geither says that &#8220;most economists think we&#8217;ll get [to double digit unemployment], realize that we are going to get there VERY SOON.  Geithner is talking about the wonderful effect the stimulus has had on employment even as the unemployment rate is expected to climb to at least 10% when the Bureau of Labor Statistics figures for October come out.</p>
<p>And respected economic analysts such as Meredith Whitney &#8211; <a href="http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/fortune/0812/gallery.market_gurus.fortune/7.html" target="_blank">who accurately predicted the 2008 economic crash</a> when most of her fellows were whistling a very different tune &#8211; has gone on the record predicting <a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/31888017" target="_blank">unemployment rates of 13% or higher in our future</a>.</p>
<p>Okay.  Things are bad and they&#8217;re going to get a lot worse.  But the Obama adminstration has some kind of plan, right?  I mean, RIGHT?</p>
<p>Nope.  Beyond &#8220;Blame Bush,&#8221; they&#8217;ve got NOTHING.</p>
<blockquote><p>GREGORY:  <strong>What should the administration be going specifically to reduce unemployment at this point?</strong></p>
<p>SEC&#8217;Y GEITHNER:  The most important thing is to get growth growing again at a strong pace.</p>
<p>GREGORY:  <strong>Right.  But what can the government&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>SEC&#8217;Y GEITHNER:  That&#8217;s the most&#8230;</p>
<p>GREGORY: <strong> &#8230;what should the government be doing?</strong></p>
<p>SEC&#8217;Y GEITHNER:  <strong>The government&#8217;s doing exactly what it should be doing</strong>. It&#8217;s, it&#8217;s making sure that there are tax cuts to business and families, investments in improving infrastructure, creating incentives for businesses to spend again, relief for state and local governments and getting this financial system back on its feet.</p></blockquote>
<p>Gregory could have pointed out that the government ISN&#8217;T actually doing ANY of these things.  Tax cuts?  They plan tax increases.  What the Obama administration calls &#8220;tax cuts&#8221; have been &#8220;<a href="http://features.csmonitor.com/economyrebuild/2009/07/21/economic-scene-obama-takes-first-step-to-redistribute-wealth/" target="_blank">redistribution of wealth</a>&#8221; as the government takes money away from producers and hands it to non-producers.  And to small businesses?  <a href="http://www.usnews.com/money/business-economy/small-business/articles/2008/03/31/too-little-stimulus-for-small-business.html" target="_blank">Are you joking?</a> Geithner claims that stimulus investments have imporoved infrastructure.  <a href="http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/50971" target="_blank">The problem is and always has been that not enough of the stimulus program ever went to infrastructure in the first place</a>.  And what exactly what incentives has Obama provided for businesses to spend again?  The fact is, Obama is trying to force businesses to spend more on healthcare, more on job-killing minimum wages, more on electricity, all of which will result in them having a lot LESS to spend on anything else.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s okay though, I suppose.  Geithner would have spent the rest of his time quibbling over details and pumping sunshine if Gregory had stopped him at his last paragraph.</p>
<p>What Gregory did was continued to push Geithner for SOMETHING that Obama could offer as an economic solution.  Something.  Anything.  And Geithner had nothing.</p>
<blockquote><p>GREGORY:  <strong>But do you need more stimulus?</strong></p>
<p>SEC&#8217;Y GEITHNER:  <strong>I don&#8217;t think we need to make that judgment yet, David</strong>. Again, there&#8217;s&#8211;about half of the money committed by the Congress is still working its way through the system by design.  It was designed to work over two years.  So we&#8217;re not in a position yet where we need to make a choice about whether it&#8217;s going to take more than that&#8230;</p>
<p>GREGORY:  Right.</p></blockquote>
<p>[Please go back to what I demonstrated earlier, i.e., that Obama's own chair for the Council of Economic Advisers actually said the precise opposite.]</p>
<p>We now continue the documentary about the fact that Tim Geithner and Barry Obama have absolutely no clue whatsoever how to fix the economy.</p>
<blockquote><p>SEC&#8217;Y GEITHNER:  &#8230;to bring growth back.  And again, that&#8217;s only a bridge. You&#8217;re not going to get real recovery until it&#8217;s led by the private sector, by businesses.</p>
<p>GREGORY:  <strong>So I want to be clear, additional stimulus you don&#8217;t think is needed right now</strong>.</p>
<p>SEC&#8217;Y GEITHNER:  <strong>Not, not yet</strong>.  Now, Congress is looking at extending unemployment insurance, some other targeted programs that would expire without additional action.  You&#8217;ve heard Congress today&#8211;you heard&#8211;saw Congress this week start to talk about extending the first-time homebuyer tax credit, some other measures.  We think those will be helpful things for the economy as a whole, and they&#8217;ll also provide some added support.</p>
<p>GREGORY:  <strong>Let me talk about the deficit and the debt.  These are alarming numbers, you said they are.  Let&#8217;s look at the deficit since Inauguration Day: $1.2 trillion, now $1.4 trillion; it&#8217;s up 17 percent.  The overall debt, Inauguration Day:  $10.6 trillion, now $11.9 trillion.  What&#8217;s it going to be a year from now?</strong></p>
<p>SEC&#8217;Y GEITHNER:  <strong>Well, it&#8217;s going to have to come down.  Now it&#8217;s too high, and I think everybody understands this</strong>.  You know, we&#8217;ve got these two central imperatives:  restore growth, create jobs.  But make sure people understand we&#8217;re going to have to bring those fiscal deficits down as growth recovers. First growth, though.  Without growth, you can&#8217;t fix those long-term fiscal problems.  But you&#8217;re not going to have a recovery that&#8217;s going to be strong enough unless people are confident we&#8217;re going to have the will to go back to live within our means.</p>
<p>GREGORY:  <strong>How do you bring it down, though?  Do taxes have to go up?</strong></p>
<p>SEC&#8217;Y GEITHNER:  <strong>Well, we&#8217;re going to have to do&#8211;we&#8217;re going to have to make some hard choices</strong>.  <strong>The&#8211;but we&#8217;re not really at the point yet, David, we&#8217;re going to know what&#8217;s going to be the best path forward</strong>.  The president&#8217;s very committed to bring down these deficits, and he&#8217;s very committed to doing so in a way that&#8217;s not going to add to the burden on people, people making less than $250,000 a year.</p>
<p>GREGORY:  <strong>But wait a minute, though, what are hard&#8211;I mean, I think a lot of people, it&#8217;s fair to say, what are hard choices?  I mean, what hard choices have been made so far?  Are you going to raise taxes?</strong></p>
<p>SEC&#8217;Y GEITHNER:  We&#8217;re going to have to bring our resources and our expenditures more into balance.</p>
<p>GREGORY:  So it&#8217;s possible.</p>
<p>SEC&#8217;Y GEITHNER:  Well, again, the president&#8217;s committed to make sure we get this economy back on track.  We&#8217;re bringing down this deficit over time.  And to do so&#8230;</p>
<p>GREGORY:  <strong>Mr. Secretary, you talked about hard choices, so why can&#8217;t you give a straight answer to whether taxes have to come up&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>SEC&#8217;Y GEITHNER:  Because&#8230;</p>
<p>GREGORY:  <strong>&#8230;when you have a deficit this big?</strong></p>
<p>SEC&#8217;Y GEITHNER:  Because, David, right now we&#8217;re focused on getting growth back on track, OK, and we&#8217;re not at the point yet we have to decide exactly what it&#8217;s going to take.  And I just want to say this very clearly.  He was committed in the campaign to make&#8211;he said in the campaign and he is committed to make sure we do this in a way that is not going to add to the burden on people making less than $250,000 a year.  Now, it&#8217;s going to be hard to do that, but he&#8217;s committed to doing that and we can do that.</p>
<p>GREGORY:  <strong>You can do it, but it&#8217;s still a chance that you&#8217;d have to raise taxes and go back on that if you&#8217;ve got a debt this big</strong>.</p>
<p>SEC&#8217;Y GEITHNER:  <strong>We&#8217;re going to have to do it in a way that&#8217;s going to help to meet that test, meet that commitment, the commitment he made, to do it in a way that&#8217;s fair to Americans and make sure we do it in a way that&#8217;s going to allow&#8211;provide for growth and recovery going forward.  But we can do this. You know, this is not beyond our capacity as a country to do</strong>.</p>
<p>GREGORY:  <strong>But&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>SEC&#8217;Y GEITHNER:  But first things first.</p>
<p>GREGORY:  Right.</p>
<p>SEC&#8217;Y GEITHNER:  <strong>And unless we have a recovery, our long-term debts are going to be worse.  Now, you didn&#8217;t raise health care yet, but what&#8217;s happening on health care now is very encouraging</strong>.  Because if you look at what independent analysts say now, if you look at these bills moving their way through the Congress, they will make a substantial difference in reducing the rate of growth in healthcare costs over the long term and they will help bring down those long-term deficits.</p>
<p>GREGORY:  <strong>But there is going to be a heavy burden on the middle-class through, through health care by taxes going up, by premiums going up.  It will affect the middle-class.</strong></p>
<p>SEC&#8217;Y GEITHNER:  <strong>You know, I, I, I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s the way to look at it</strong>. The&#8211;our tax&#8211;our healthcare system today imposes enormous burdens not just on businesses, but on families.  There are very high hidden costs to our current system.  And the best way to add to our long-term deficits, and the best way to add to those burdens is not reform health care today.</p>
<p>GREGORY: <strong> But it doesn&#8217;t answer the question about premiums going up with an individual mandate and taxes going up on so-called Cadillac plans and other parts of this bill as they&#8217;re moving their way through the process that would increase taxes</strong>.</p>
<p>SEC&#8217;Y GEITHNER:  <strong>Right.  Again, I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s the right way to think about it</strong>.  I think you have to look at the entire system today and the cost that presents.  And if you look at those&#8230;</p>
<p>GREGORY: <strong> Well, why isn&#8217;t that the right way to look at it if that&#8217;s the reality of what the legislation would do?</strong></p>
<p>SEC&#8217;Y GEITHNER:  No.</p>
<p>GREGORY:  <strong>How else should it be looked at?</strong></p>
<p>SEC&#8217;Y GEITHNER:  <strong>Well&#8230;</strong></p>
<p>GREGORY:  <strong>Yes, there are, there are ballooning costs with the existing system, but the remedy still includes tax cuts&#8211;tax hikes, does it not?</strong></p>
<p>SEC&#8217;Y GEITHNER:  No.  What the, what the bills moving through Congress do, and these are very important, they expand coverage, they will make care more affordable and they will reduce the rate of growth in healthcare costs.  And in that sense they&#8217;re going to provide a more fair system, so families are not going to live with the fear that if they lose their job they&#8217;re going to lose health care, they&#8217;re going to be denied healthcare coverage and they&#8217;re going to be able to afford a basic package of care that&#8217;s going to make sure they can provide for their families.</p>
<p>GREGORY:  Just a couple of minutes left&#8230;</p></blockquote>
<p>Gregory turned the discussion to bonuses to AIG executives.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not even going to begin to get into the terrible calamity that Obamacare will be if it passes.  Costs will go up massively.  People will pay more and get less.  There will be rationing.  A lot of people will unnecessarily die early deaths of medical neglect.</p>
<p>In what may be the most frightening thing of all to those who value liberty, <a href="http://forums.accuratereloading.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/3811043/m/1561056911" target="_blank">the phrase &#8220;shall&#8221; granting the government sweeping powers and responsibilities appears a whopping 3,425 times</a>.  That&#8217;s three thousand, four hundred and twenty-five times the government forces you to do something.  This is legislation that will give the government an all-encompassing mandate to dominate our lives.</p>
<p>And about the taxes Gregory mentioned?  Here&#8217;s a fun little trivia fact you can know about the 1,990 page health care bill:</p>
<blockquote><p>According to that group, along with the word &#8220;shall&#8221; being used 3,425 times in the legislation, the word &#8220;tax&#8221; was used 87 times, &#8220;taxable&#8221; used 62 times, &#8220;excise tax&#8221; used ten times, &#8220;taxes&#8221; used 15 times, &#8220;fee&#8221; used 59 times, and &#8220;penalty&#8221; used 113 times. They also provided a list of 13 specific tax hikes contained within the bill, and even were so kind to include page numbers.</p></blockquote>
<p>You want taxes?  <a href="http://kingston.house.gov/blog/?p=1329" target="_blank">Then you&#8217;ll LOVE H.R. 3692</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>October 29th, 2009 by Legislative Staff</p>
<ol>
<li><span style="font-family:Arial;">SMALL BUSINESS SURTAX (Sec. 551, p. 336) – $460.5 BILLION<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Arial;">EMPLOYER MANDATE TAX* (Secs. 511-512, p. 308) – $135.0 BILLION<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Arial;">INDIVIDUAL MANDATE TAX* (Sec. 501, p. 296) &#8211; $33 BILLION<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Arial;">MEDICAL DEVICE TAX* (Sec. 552, p. 339) &#8211; $20 BILLION<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Arial;">$2,500 ANNUAL CAP ON FSAs* (Sec. 532, p. 325) &#8211; $13.3 BILLION<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Arial;">PROHIBITION ON PRE-TAX PURCHASES OF OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUGS THROUGH HSAs, FSAs, and HRSs* &#8211; (Sec. 1802, p. 1162) &#8211; $2.0 BILLION<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Arial;">TAX ON HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES TO FUND COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH TRUST FUND* (Sec. 1802, p. 1162) &#8211; $2.0 BILLION<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Arial;">20% PENALTY ON CERTAIN HAS DISTRIBUTIONS* (Sec. 533, p. 326) &#8211; $1.3 BILLION<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Arial;">OTHER TAX HIKES AND INCREASED COMPLIANCE COSTS ON U.S. JOB CREATORS &#8211; $56.4 BILLION</span>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family:Arial;">IRS reporting on payments to certain businesses (Sec. 553, p. 344) &#8211; $17.1 BILLION<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Arial;">Delay implementation of worldwide interest allocation rules (Sec. 554, p. 345) &#8211; $26.1 BILLION<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Arial;">Override U.S. Treaties on certain payments by “insourcing” businesses (Sec. 561, p. 346) &#8211; $7.5 BILLION<br />
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family:Arial;">Codify economic substance doctrine and impose penalties (Sec. 562, p. 349) &#8211; $5.7 BILLION</span></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><span style="font-family:Arial;">OTHER REVENUE-RAISING PROVISIONS &#8211; $3.0 BILLION</span></li>
</ol>
<p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong>TOTAL TAX INCREASES: $729.5 BILLION</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Arial;"><strong><em>*Violates President Obama’s pledge to avoid tax increases on Americans earning less than $250,000</em></strong></span></p></blockquote>
<p>My point in bringing this to you was simply to point out that if you have ever seen a circus that featured a bunch of clowns wildly driving around and crashing into each other in little clown cars or tricycles, you pretty much understand what it looks like inside the White House.</p>
<p>These people have no clue.</p>
<p>And the new United States of America under Obama, launched with such great fanfare, is &#8211; like the Titanic &#8211; on a collision course with a giant iceberg.</p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Romantik på bulgarisk skolgård]]></title>
<link>http://varjager.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/romantik-pa-bulgarisk-skolgard/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>smileth</dc:creator>
<guid>http://varjager.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/romantik-pa-bulgarisk-skolgard/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[En 11-årig romsk flicka födde sin dotter på bröllopsdagen och hennes 19-årige make riskerar fängelse]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>En 11-årig romsk flicka födde sin dotter på bröllopsdagen och hennes 19-årige make riskerar fängelse:</p>
<p>&#8220;Kordeza  met Jeliazko in the playground of her Roma gypsy  school in Sliven, Bulgaria, when he rescued her from bullies.</p>
<p>However  Jeliazko,  who’s facing up to six years  in  prison  for having sex with a minor, is planning their future together.&#8221;</p>
<p>Staden <a href="http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sliven">Sliven</a> i Bulgarien är de minderåriga mödrarnas huvudstad i Europa:</p>
<p>&#8220;It is not uncommon for Roma girls to fall pregnant in their teens. Sliven is the underage mums capital of Europe with 177 ases last year. (ANI)&#8221;</p>
<p><a title="Bulgarian schoolgirl, 11, gives birth on her wedding day!" rel="bookmark" href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bulgarian-schoolgirl-11-gives-birth-on-her-wedding-day-214055/">Bulgarian schoolgirl, 11, gives birth on her wedding day!,</a> Breaking News 24/7</p>
<p>Tipstack till <a href="http://allahuakbar.se/wordpress/">Allah!</a></p>
<p>&#160;</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-13625" title="images" src="http://varjager.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/images1.jpeg" alt="images" width="124" height="93" /></p>
<p>I Sverige var det lagligt fram till 2004 att av kulturella skäl gifta sig med minderåriga. Romer och muslimer hade denna rätten, men efter 2004 får man söka tillstånd hos Länsstyrelsen, och ange &#8220;särskilda skäl&#8221;:</p>
<p><a href="http://hedersrelateratvald.blogspot.com/2008/05/barngifterml-kan-kriminaliseras.html">Barngiftermål kan kriminaliseras</a>, Hedersrelaterat våld</p>
<p>Läs också på bloggen <a href="http://hedersrelateratvald.blogspot.com">Hedersrelaterat våld:</a></p>
<p><a href="http://hedersrelateratvald.blogspot.com/2009/04/barngiften-okar-drastiskt.html">Barngiften ökar drastiskt</a></p>
<p><a href="http://hedersrelateratvald.blogspot.com/2008/08/barngifta-ska-frsrjas-av-maken.html">Barngifta ska försörjas av maken</a></p>
<p><a href="http://hedersrelateratvald.blogspot.com/2009/10/unga-muslimer-om-livet.html">Unga muslimer om livet</a></p>
<p>Mvh/:)Smileth</p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Staket stänger ute romer ]]></title>
<link>http://frianyheter.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/staket-stanger-ute-romer/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Fria Nyheter Väst</dc:creator>
<guid>http://frianyheter.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/staket-stanger-ute-romer/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[En häftig debatt har blossat upp i Slovakien sedan bybor i den fattiga östra landsändan byggt en två]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[En häftig debatt har blossat upp i Slovakien sedan bybor i den fattiga östra landsändan byggt en två]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Ingen lågkonjunktur i kränkningsbranschen]]></title>
<link>http://frianyheter.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/ingen-lagkonjunktur-i-krankningsbranschen/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Fria Nyheter Sthlm</dc:creator>
<guid>http://frianyheter.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/ingen-lagkonjunktur-i-krankningsbranschen/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Det går knackigt för Sverige, det vet de flesta &#8211; skyhög arbetslöshet, minskande skattebaser, ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Det går knackigt för Sverige, det vet de flesta &#8211; skyhög arbetslöshet, minskande skattebaser, ]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[MORTIS REX - Römer gegen Cthulhu! ]]></title>
<link>http://marcelschweder.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/mortis-rex-romer-gegen-cthulhu/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ScoreMaster</dc:creator>
<guid>http://marcelschweder.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/mortis-rex-romer-gegen-cthulhu/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Nach Centurion und The Eagle of the Ninth ist also noch ein Römerfilm in Planung! Allerdings hat die]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Nach <a href="http://marcelschweder.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/centurion-romer-im-wald/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Centurion</strong></span></a> und<a href="http://marcelschweder.wordpress.com/2009/10/20/the-eagle-of-the-ninth-noch-mehr-romer-in-britannien/" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong> The Eagle of the Ninth</strong></span></a> ist also noch ein <strong>Römerfilm</strong> in Planung! <img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-815" title="mortisrex-concept art" src="http://marcelschweder.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/timthumb-php.jpg?w=300" alt="mortisrex-concept art" width="363" height="173" />Allerdings hat dieser eher einen etwas anderen Inhalt als die beiden oben genannten.  Obwohl auch dieser <strong>wieder</strong> im Norden <a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britannien" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Britanniens</strong></span></a>, um 120 n. Chr, spielt &#8211; ob es wohl auch da wieder um die <strong>Neunte Legion</strong> geht? &#8211; versucht nämlich in <strong>Mortis Rex</strong> ( lat. &#8220;Der König des Todes&#8221; )  ein in Ungnade gefallener,  römischer Kriegsheld, seine Ehre wiederzuerlangen,  indem er versucht ein uraltes Monster zur Strecke zu bringen, das am Hadrianswall wütet und dort für schreckliche Todesfälle sorgt! Und JA &#8211; ihr ahnt es schon- <span style="text-decoration:underline;">natürlich</span> ist es, lt. den Filmemachern, ein <a href="http://io9.com/5391563/lovecraft-101-get-to-know-the-master-of-scifi+horror" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>Lovecraft</strong></span></a>mäßiges Monster, also mit <strong>Tentakeln</strong> etc.!  <strong>Römer gegen Cthulhu</strong> also&#8230;hmh?! Und diese Affinität zu <strong>Lovecraft </strong>kommt nicht von ungefähr, denn der Regisseur <strong>Peter Briggs</strong> war einer der Drehbuchschreiber des <strong>Hellboy</strong> Films, und <strong>Hellboy</strong> Schöpfer <strong>Mike Mignola</strong> ist ja durchaus bekannt für <strong>Lovecraftsche</strong> Anleihen. <img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-814" title="mortisrex" src="http://marcelschweder.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/mortis072309.jpg?w=224" alt="mortisrex" width="224" height="300" />Und wenn man sich das erste Postermotiv von <strong>Mortis Rex</strong> anschaut, dann weist das stilmäßig ebenfalls sehr deutliche <strong>Mignola</strong> Spuren auf:</p>
<p>Auf der <a href="http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/14395" target="_blank"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>bloody-disgusting</strong></span></a> Seite findet man noch mehr <strong>Mortis Rex</strong> Infos und Interviews (Related Headlines),  sowie noch ein paar weitere coole <strong>Konzept-Bilder!</strong> Die Dreharbeiten sollen im Frühling 2010 beginnen. Ich bin jedenfalls gespannt was aus dem Ding wird!</p>
<pre>Quellen: <a href="http://www.firstshowing.net/2009/10/28/writer-peter-briggs-to-direct-supernatural-thriller-mortis-rex/" target="_blank">firstshowing.net</a>, <a href="http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/17898" target="_blank">bloody-disgusting.com</a></pre>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Obama Continues To Resort To Fabrication To Pimp His Porkulus]]></title>
<link>http://startthinkingright.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/obama-continues-to-resort-to-fabrication-to-pimp-his-porkulus/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:15:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Michael Eden</dc:creator>
<guid>http://startthinkingright.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/obama-continues-to-resort-to-fabrication-to-pimp-his-porkulus/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It would be nice if the Obama administration got its narrative straight.  Christine Romer, the chair]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>It would be nice if the Obama administration got its narrative straight.  <a href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2009/10/24/ap-waters-down-impact-romers-stimulus-has-had-biggest-impact-remark-igno" target="_blank">Christine Romer</a>, the chair of Obama&#8217;s Council of Economic Advisers, says that the stimulus pretty much had all the effect it&#8217;s going to have.  And while she&#8217;s saying that, Treasury Secretary <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20091027-719768.html" target="_blank">Timothy Geithner</a> is proclaiming that the stimulus was designed with a two-year horizon and that &#8220;half that effect is still ahead of us.&#8221;  Maybe they could get together and cook their story.</p>
<p>It wouldn&#8217;t hurt if the White House got its basic facts straight, while they were at it.</p>
<p>From the AP, in an article entitled,<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091029/ap_on_bi_ge/us_stimulus_jobs" target="_blank"><strong> &#8220;Stimulus Watch: Stimulus Jobs Overstated In Report&#8221;</strong></a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>WASHINGTON – The White House is promising that new figures being released Friday will be a more accurate showing of progress in President Barack Obama&#8217;s economic recovery plan. It aggressively defended an earlier, faulty count that overstated by thousands the jobs created or saved so far.</p>
<p>Ed DeSeve, serving as Obama&#8217;s stimulus overseer, said the administration has been working for weeks to correct mistakes in early counts that identified more than 30,000 jobs paid for with stimulus money. He said a new stimulus report Friday should correct many mistakes an Associated Press review found that showed the earlier report overstated thousands of stimulus jobs.</p>
<p>&#8220;I think you&#8217;ll see a pretty good degree of accuracy,&#8221; DeSeve said in an interview.</p>
<p>White House spokesman Robert Gibbs downplayed errors in job counts identified by the AP&#8217;s review, telling reporters, &#8220;We&#8217;re talking about 4,000, or a 5,000 error.&#8221;</p>
<p>The AP reviewed a sample of federal contracts, not all 9,000 reported to date, and discovered errors in one in six jobs credited to the $787 billion stimulus program — or 5,000 of the 30,000 jobs claimed so far.</p>
<p><strong>Even in its limited review, the AP found job counts that were more than 10 times as high as the actual number of paid positions</strong>; jobs credited to the stimulus program that were counted two and sometimes more than four times; and other jobs that were credited to stimulus spending when none was produced.</p>
<p>For example:</p>
<p>• Some recipients of stimulus money used the cash to give existing employees pay raises, but each reported saving dozens of jobs with the money, including one Florida day care that claimed 129 jobs saved.</p>
<p>• A Texas contractor whose business kept 22 employees to handle stimulus contracts saw its job count inflated to 88 because the same workers were counted four times.</p>
<p>• The water department in Palm Beach County, Fla., hired 57 meter readers, customer service representatives and other positions to handle two water projects. But their total job count was incorrectly doubled to 114.</p>
<p>Those errors were included in an early progress report on the stimulus released two weeks ago that featured numerous mistakes, including a Colorado business&#8217; claim that its stimulus contract created more than 4,200 jobs. TeleTech Government Solutions actually hired 4,231 temporary workers for its stimulus project, but most of them worked for five weeks or less and the others no more than five months, company president Mariano Tan said.</p>
<p>The short-term positions should have been reported as 635 full-time, 40-hour-a-week jobs under the government&#8217;s method of calculating stimulus work, Tan said.</p></blockquote>
<p>Now, first of all, stop and contemplate the farce that is going on here.  <strong>We have lost <em>3 million</em> jobs</strong> since Obama bluffed and pandered his generational theft act through Congress.  And they are touting 30,000 jobs as a success?  I mean, 30,000 jobs created or saved is a massive failure on its face.  And then it turns out that even many of those 30,000 jobs are bogus.</p>
<p>Obama promised his Wreckovery Act would create 3 million new jobs.  The fact that he now has to play games to create the illusion that he &#8220;saved&#8221; or created a minuscule 30 thousand jobs is a screaming testimony to what a failure Obama has truly been.</p>
<p>The White House, according to media reports, <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/29/number-jobs-credited-stimulus-overstated-thousands/" target="_blank">is blasting the <em>Associated Press</em></a> for exposing this new Obama administration fabrication.  I guess they&#8217;re not a &#8220;legitimate news agency,&#8221; either.</p>
<p>The Obama administration has been pumping sunshine (a polite synonym for &#8220;lying&#8221;) practically since the day their <a href="http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/stimulus_bill_pork/2009/02/14/181864.html" target="_blank">porkulus</a> generational theft act was passed back in February.  That was when Obama officials falsely promised the country that <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/08/obamas-stimulus-promise-m_n_212420.html" target="_blank">they would be able to keep unemployment below 8%</a> if we gave them their stimulus.  <a href="http://startthinkingright.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/even-liberals-realizing-obama-has-been-total-bust-at-creating-jobs/" target="_blank">Even liberals are increasingly acknowledging that Obama has been a total bust at job creation</a>.</p>
<p>Obama now has a <a href="http://startthinkingright.wordpress.com/2009/07/16/obamas-economic-forecast-no-reality-in-sight/" target="_blank">documented history of fallacious expectations and highly selective cherry-picking of &#8220;facts&#8221;</a>.  It is par for the course for a president who only knows how to campaign, rather than to lead or to actually solve problems.</p>
<p>And <a href="http://startthinkingright.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/wreckovery-act-and-stimulus-employment-the-pathetic-reality/" target="_blank">nothing has been more completely fraudulent that their repeated attempts to argue that their Wreckovery Act created jobs</a>.</p>
<p>The reality is that <a href="http://startthinkingright.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/why-is-american-unemployment-under-obama-rising-faster-than-in-other-countries/" target="_blank">the European leaders who predicted government stimulus would fail to improve the economy were right, and Obama was wrong</a>.  There is a clear correlation between stimulus money and unemployment, but it isn&#8217;t the kind of correlation Obama wanted: the more spending by government, the higher the unemployment rate.</p>
<p>We&#8217;re told that the economy grew by an annual rate of 3.5% last quarter, and that this signals the recession may be over.  <a href="http://www.dailymail.com/ap/ApTopStories/200910281228" target="_blank">But there&#8217;s a little factoid that needs to be understood, namely</a>:</p>
<blockquote><p>Economists forecast the nation&#8217;s total output grew at an annual rate of 3.3 percent between July and September, after contracting for a record four straight quarters. <strong>That growth has been fueled by a huge influx of government cash</strong>, including a temporary tax credit for first-time homeowners and a $1.25 trillion Federal Reserve program to keep mortgage rates low.</p></blockquote>
<p>In other words, the GDP grew, my hind end.  Rather, the government spent a ton of money, the result of which was to artificially pump up the economy.  It&#8217;s the equivalent of borrowing a ton of money you don&#8217;t have to buy a car you can&#8217;t afford in order to impress your neighbors.  Only it&#8217;s Obama instead of you, and it&#8217;s trillions of dollars rather than thousands.</p>
<p>As a result of this fraud, the administration can pump up a number.  But the reality is very different.  <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=8925431" target="_blank">Consumer confidence &#8220;unexpectedly&#8221; dropped in October</a> just as we&#8217;re entering the critical Holiday shopping season, meaning the American people aren&#8217;t falling for the ruse.  <a href="http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/10/28/new-homes-sales-drop-unexpectedly-in-september/" target="_blank">And new home sales took an &#8220;unexpected&#8221; dump into the toilet</a> to throw a bucketful of cold water into the face of anyone naive enough to buy the myth that we&#8217;re going to rise above our housing market woes.</p>
<p>As a result of too many partisan political shenanigans over too long a time, most Americans &#8211; by a solid 52% to 36% majority &#8211; <a href="http://startthinkingright.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/majority-of-americans-say-country-under-obama-on-wrong-track/" target="_blank">believe that Obama has the country on the wrong track</a>.</p>
<p>I would submit that a little more honesty, and a lot less bullpuckey, would go a long way.</p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Heilige und Allerheiligen I]]></title>
<link>http://windberg.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/heilige-und-allerheiligen-i/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 08:27:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Kuttner</dc:creator>
<guid>http://windberg.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/heilige-und-allerheiligen-i/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Bald ist wieder ein Feiertag: Allerheiligen. Auch wenn es allgemein nicht bekannt ist: Allerheiligen]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Bald ist wieder ein Feiertag: Allerheiligen. Auch wenn es allgemein nicht bekannt ist: Allerheiligen steht auch im Festkalender der evangelisch-lutherischen Kirchen. Der <a href="http://www.integrationsbeauftragter.nrw.de/pdf/interreligioeser-kalender.pdf" target="_blank">interreligöse Kalender</a> des Landes NRW irrt (nicht nur hier: auch der 1. Advent ist ein evangelisches Fest!). Was hat es mit den Heiligen nun auf sich? <em><a href="http://windberg.wordpress.com/about/heilige1/" target="_blank">hier weiter</a></em></p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Leif Norrby kvar i häktet, dom kommer den 4 november]]></title>
<link>http://frianyheter.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/leif-norrby-kvar-i-haktet-dom-kommer-den-4-november/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Fria Nyheter Skåne</dc:creator>
<guid>http://frianyheter.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/leif-norrby-kvar-i-haktet-dom-kommer-den-4-november/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Leif Norrby, född 1982-10-16 har sedan en längre tid suttit häktad i Lund. Romano Trajo-extremisten ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[Leif Norrby, född 1982-10-16 har sedan en längre tid suttit häktad i Lund. Romano Trajo-extremisten ]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Bloomberg article referencing Bastiat]]></title>
<link>http://savecapitalism.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/bloomberg-article-referencing-bastiat/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:04:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>hpx83</dc:creator>
<guid>http://savecapitalism.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/bloomberg-article-referencing-bastiat/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Say what? A classical economist quoted in a Bloomberg article when explaining why Christina Romers ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Say what? A classical economist quoted in a <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601039&#38;sid=aUuHhaDx8Hr8">Bloomberg article</a> when explaining why Christina Romers &#8220;jobs saved or created&#8221; is completely bunk.Has the world started veering of the neo-keynesian path to once again realize that its all bullcrap?Ah, reality, you return yet again to whack the likes of Krugman and Samuelsen over the head with some&#8230;..reality-ness!</p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
</item>
<item>
<title><![CDATA[Den okända förintelsen]]></title>
<link>http://rogerhaddad.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/den-okanda-forintelsen/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 07:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Roger Haddad</dc:creator>
<guid>http://rogerhaddad.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/den-okanda-forintelsen/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Den okända förintelsen &#8211; så heter den fotoutställning som jag idag har förmånen att inviga på ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Den okända förintelsen &#8211; så heter den fotoutställning som jag idag har förmånen att inviga på Västerås Stadsbilbiotek. Utställningen har vi hyrt in från É Romani Glinda, som också är med och berättar om bilderna. Detta gör vi samtidigt som det i media rapporteras mycket om Radovan Karadics, Haag-tribunalen och frisläppandet av den förra bosninenserbiska presidenten, <a title="DN om frisläppande av Biljana Plavsic." href="http://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/biljana-plavsic-lamnar-sverige-1.983150" target="_blank">Biljana Plavsic</a>. I nyhetsinslagen kring dessa personer förekommer orden &#8220;brott mot mänskligheten&#8221;. Jag funderar ibland hur medvetna ungdomarna är kring dessa ord och dess innebörd. Får man lära sig om detta idag i skolan? Det vi tänker visa och berätta om i Västerås är romernas situation under 2a världskriget. Vi har i skolan fått lära oss om förföljelserna mot judarna och de brott som begicks mot de, men vi fick inte lära oss att tusentals romer också mördades.</p>
<p><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-254" title="Romernas flagga. " src="http://rogerhaddad.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/romers-flagga.jpg" alt="Romernas flagga. " width="300" height="200" />I Västerås jobbar vi aktivt med att bryta människors utanförskap genom arbete och utbildning. Men också genom aktiv dialog med föreningar och företrädare för olika invandrar/kulturgrupper. Vi arbetar aktivt med att förbättra dialogen med romerna och underlätta för ungdomarna att klara av skolan och få ett arbete. Rådet för romska frågor som vi inrättat ska också va en arena för dialog.</p>
<p>Jag hoppas att utställningen som kommer att stå på stadsbilbioteket i ca 1 månad lockar till sig många västeråsare och andra besökare, inte minst lärare och skolelever. I tider när Sverigedemokraterna ökar i opinionen, <a title="DN och opinionsläget för partierna. " href="http://www.dn.se/nyheter/valet2010/stodet-minskar-for-de-rodgrona-1.983530" target="_blank">Dagens Nyheter</a>,  kan det vara intressant att diskutera föregångarna till Sverigedemokraterna och hur de partierna agerade under andra världskriget och under Bosnienkriget i början av 90-talet. Då handlade det också om brott mot mänskligheten.</p>
<p>Sverigedemokraterna uttrycker sig på ett försiktigare sätt, åtminstone försöker dem. Men artikeln om att muslimer är det största hotet mot Sveriges framtid och utveckling är ett uttalande man bör granska. Många politiker i många länder tar ofta &#8211; när de politiska knepen och argumenten tryter- till sig religiösa argument och det blir ett viktigt slagträ i den politiska debatten. Jag känner igen detta från det land jag är född i, Libanon. Men jag trodde aldrig att jag skulle få uppleva det i Sverige, att ett parti börjar skrämmas och använda religionen i politiska syften, det är precis det Sverigedemokraterna och Jimmie Åkesson gör. Detta är naturligtvis en väl planerad taktik från Sverigedemokraternas partiledning. Vi liberaler har ett stort ansvar att säga ifrån och stå upp för våra värderingar om mänskliga rättigheter, rätten att vara olika, leva och bo i Sverige och göra rätt för sig. Att ställa krav på att invandrare ska följa svensk lagstiftning är självklart. Folkpartiet är emot barnäkstenskap, vi är emot könsstympning och vi är angelägna om att alla som bor i Sverige respekterar svenska lagar. Med detta sagt så spelar det ingen roll om man kommer från Turkiet, Libanon, Saudiarabien eller Autsralien. SD försöker dock hitta en målgrupp &#8211; invandrare och främst invandrare som är musllimer &#8211; för att utmåla de som ett hot. Det är viktigt att i debatten skilja på muslimer och radikal islamism annars får vi en helt fel debatt.</p>
</div>]]></content:encoded>
</item>

</channel>
</rss>
