Heard it through the grapevine...
It's Friday. Good enough...
Sean Hannity thinks it's ok if a teacher beats/injures your kid.
Military recruitment is down, apparently because the media reports casualties. Smart kids.
Iraq's New Government May Take Weeks to Be Formed
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - More than a month after Iraq (news - web sites)'s historic election, ethnic and sectarian divisions have stymied efforts to form a government, deepening political uncertainty and delaying badly needed reconstruction.
PM Bids To Keep His Post
The divisions and political horse-trading among Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims and Kurds have prevented a new 275-member national assembly from meeting and a prime minister from being chosen.
The parliament elected in a Jan. 30 vote is supposed to name a government and write a constitution before dissolving and new elections being held by the end of the year.
But so far Ibrahim Al-Jaafari, proposed as prime minister by the Shi'ite bloc that won half the seats in parliament, has been unable to secure enough votes in the assembly to get the job.
Jaafari is challenged by pro-American interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, with 40 seats, and both men are seeking the support of the Kurds, who have emerged as the potential kingmakers.
"We could see a hung parliament, and Allawi effectively running the country in a caretaker role until the writing of the constitution and the next elections," Ali al-Lami, spokesman for the Shi'ite Political Council, part of the Shi'ite bloc, said.
He said Kurds were demanding guarantees from Jaafari, such as limiting the influence of Islamists and clarifying the status of the city of Kirkuk.
Ethnically mixed Kirkuk is the center of Iraq's northern oil industry and the Kurds want it to be part of a federal Kurdish region.
While vying for posts, including president and ministries, goes on, efforts to rebuild Iraq, already severely hampered by persistent violence since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003 to oust Saddam Hussain, mark time.
The difference between Republicans and Democrats isn't about who cares more for the people. All politicians say they care about the people and the people are always justifiably skeptical. The difference between us is how we believe the good of the people is best achieved and liberals have a fundamentally different philosophy than the Republicans. Government is our preferred method to advance progressive ideals. Capitalism cannot substitute for a democratic government that answers to all the people. The invisible hand doesn’t give a crap if children starve or old people have to work until they are eighty or if half the country has to work at slave wages to support the other half. Only government can guarantee its citizens the equal right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We believe that progress toward that end requires that the government be active and engaged in delivering those things.
Here's why Republicans are fleeing from Social Security reform... ouch..
http://democrats.senate.gov/ss/calc.html
Verrrry interesting....http://www.jeffgannon.com
Sean Hannity thinks it's ok if a teacher beats/injures your kid.
Military recruitment is down, apparently because the media reports casualties. Smart kids.
Iraq's New Government May Take Weeks to Be Formed
By Khaled Yacoub Oweis
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - More than a month after Iraq (news - web sites)'s historic election, ethnic and sectarian divisions have stymied efforts to form a government, deepening political uncertainty and delaying badly needed reconstruction.
PM Bids To Keep His Post
The divisions and political horse-trading among Shi'ite and Sunni Muslims and Kurds have prevented a new 275-member national assembly from meeting and a prime minister from being chosen.
The parliament elected in a Jan. 30 vote is supposed to name a government and write a constitution before dissolving and new elections being held by the end of the year.
But so far Ibrahim Al-Jaafari, proposed as prime minister by the Shi'ite bloc that won half the seats in parliament, has been unable to secure enough votes in the assembly to get the job.
Jaafari is challenged by pro-American interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, with 40 seats, and both men are seeking the support of the Kurds, who have emerged as the potential kingmakers.
"We could see a hung parliament, and Allawi effectively running the country in a caretaker role until the writing of the constitution and the next elections," Ali al-Lami, spokesman for the Shi'ite Political Council, part of the Shi'ite bloc, said.
He said Kurds were demanding guarantees from Jaafari, such as limiting the influence of Islamists and clarifying the status of the city of Kirkuk.
Ethnically mixed Kirkuk is the center of Iraq's northern oil industry and the Kurds want it to be part of a federal Kurdish region.
While vying for posts, including president and ministries, goes on, efforts to rebuild Iraq, already severely hampered by persistent violence since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003 to oust Saddam Hussain, mark time.
The difference between Republicans and Democrats isn't about who cares more for the people. All politicians say they care about the people and the people are always justifiably skeptical. The difference between us is how we believe the good of the people is best achieved and liberals have a fundamentally different philosophy than the Republicans. Government is our preferred method to advance progressive ideals. Capitalism cannot substitute for a democratic government that answers to all the people. The invisible hand doesn’t give a crap if children starve or old people have to work until they are eighty or if half the country has to work at slave wages to support the other half. Only government can guarantee its citizens the equal right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We believe that progress toward that end requires that the government be active and engaged in delivering those things.
Here's why Republicans are fleeing from Social Security reform... ouch..
http://democrats.senate.gov/ss/calc.html
Verrrry interesting....http://www.jeffgannon.com
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