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Cox & Forkum on Hans Blix and Iran Nuclear Watch
Cox & Forkum: Blixatron
Previously on Flapsblog: Iran Nuclear Watch: Blix – “Iran is at Least Five Years Away from Developing a Nuclear Bombâ€
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Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: Federal Grand Jury to Hear McKinney Case
ASSociated Press: Grand Jury to Hear McKinney Run-In Case
A federal grand jury will soon begin hearing evidence about Rep. Cynthia McKinney’s run-in with a Capitol Police officer, a lawyer familiar with the case said late Wednesday.
The lawyer, who declined to be identified because of grand jury secrecy, confirmed that federal prosecutors had agreed to get involved in the case in which a black lawmaker is accused of striking a white officer after he tried to stop her from entering a House office building without going through a security checkpoint
U.S. Capitol Police Chief Terrance Gainer said McKinney turned the officer’s failure to recognize her into a criminal matter when she failed to stop at his request, and then struck him.
“He reached out and grabbed her and she turned around and hit him,” Gainer said on CNN. “Even the high and the haughty should be able to stop and say, ‘I’m a congressman’ and then everybody moves on.”
“This is not about personality,” added House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill. “It’s not about racial profiling. It’s about making this place safer.”
Just charge and arrest this NUTTER. Let her tell it to the grand jury and/or a judge.
For her part, McKinney wasn’t backing down from the argument. She charged anew that racism is behind what she said is a pattern of difficulty in clearing Hill security checkpoints.
“This has become much ado about hairdo,” she said Wednesday on CBS’ “The Early Show.” McKinney, a Georgia Democrat, recently dropped her trademark cornrows in favor of a curly brown afro.
The police aren’t the ones who are racist, one Republican said.
“Cynthia McKinney is a racist,” Rep. Tom DeLay, R-Texas, said on Fox News Channel’s “Fox and Friends,” a day after abandoning his reelection bid under a cloud of ethics charges. “She has a long history of racism. Everything is racism with her. This is incredible arrogance that sometimes hits these members of Congress, but especially Cynthia McKinney.”
Stay tuned…..
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Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: Georgia GOP Seizes on McKinney
Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: Thyroid Problem?
Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: Admits to Misusing Taxpayer Funds
Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: Capitol Police Ask for ARREST WARRANT
Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: News Conference Today – “NOTHING New!â€
Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: News Conference Today – “Something New?â€
Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: McKinney a Victim of a Racist Capitol Hill Police Officer
Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: Going to Jail?
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Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: Georgia GOP Seizes on McKinney
GOP tries to link foes to Cynthia McKinney, escorted Monday by Tony Lane.
AJC (Via Donkey Cons): State GOP seizes on McKinney
U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney, already in the spotlight for striking a Capitol police officer, became part of the Georgia governor’s race Monday.
The state Republican Party painted McKinney as “the face of the state Democratic Party,” while Democrats accused the GOP of resorting to “gutter politics” for trying to use her as an issue at the outset of the campaign season.
Ok, it seems that McKinney is a loose cannon that the Democrats are either afraid or embarassed to support.
Political observers say it’s just the opening round in what will be a volatile campaign season with the control of Congress, the Legislature and the governor’s office up for grabs.
McKinney has had a penchant for making headlines since her election to Congress in 1992. She accused President Bush of having prior knowledge of the 9/11 terror attacks and doing nothing to stop them. She has backed the Castro regime in Cuba. And after her 2002 loss to Denise Majette, her father, a former state lawmaker, blamed “J-E-W-S” for her loss.
Donkey Cons blog has put together some of her extreme political views:
- 1. Help Haiti;
- 2. Aid the Palestinians;
- 3. Kiss up to Castro
- 4. Free Mumia;
- 5. Save Tookie (win some, lose some);
- 6. Blame Bush for 9/11;
- 7. Collect contributions from radical Muslims;
- 8. Get campaign cash from out-of-state donors;
and, most importantly … - 9. Honor Tupac Shakur.
Flap thinks this may be the beginning of the end of Representative McKinney’s political career.
Stay tuned…….
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Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: Thyroid Problem?
Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: Admits to Misusing Taxpayer Funds
Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: Capitol Police Ask for ARREST WARRANT
Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: News Conference Today – “NOTHING New!â€
Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: News Conference Today – “Something New?â€
Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: McKinney a Victim of a Racist Capitol Hill Police Officer
Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: Going to Jail?
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Hillary Clinton Watch: House Immigration Bill – “I Realize I Would Be a Criminal, Too. My Staff Would Be Criminal…”
Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce at their Legislative Luncheon in Washington April 5, 2006. Clinton spoke about the on going debate on immigration and the need for health care reform.
ASSociated Press: N.Y. Sen. Clinton says immigration bill would make her a criminal
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton charged Wednesday that a House GOP immigration bill would make her and her Senate aides criminals, and warned of a “ticking time bomb” lurking in the U.S. economy.
Clinton’s latest comments on the immigration debate in Congress follow earlier remarks in which she said the bill, written by Reps. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., and Peter King, R-N.Y., would probably criminalize “even Jesus himself.”
Speaking to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, she claimed her work on behalf of New York constituents would run afoul of the House bill setting penalties for anyone who knowingly assists or encourages illegal immigrants to remain here.
“I realize I would be a criminal, too. My staff would be criminal. We help people with all kinds of problems,” said Clinton, D-N.Y., prompting titters in the audience.
PANDER PANDER PANDER……
First to Blacks (remember Bill’s office is in Harlem) and now to Hispanics……..
Rep. Peter King charged Clinton is the one spreading misinformation, saying the only way his bill would make her a criminal is if she was a “coyote,” another term for an immigrant smuggler.
“I hope that Sen. Clinton is not suggesting that she and her staff are members of an alien smuggling gang, or that she is a coyote posing as a senator,” said King.
Nahhhh, Representative King not a coyote……something worse…….political hack.
Technorati Tags: HillaryClinton, HispanicChamberofCommerce, PeterKing, JamesSensenbrenner, illegalimmigration, illegalaliens
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Massachusetts Health Care Plan Watch: Senator Hillary Clinton Praises Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney’s Health Care Plan
Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney delivers his annual State of the Commonwealth, January 18, 2006. Massachusetts lawmakers overwhelmingly approved an ambitious health-care bill on Tuesday that would make it the first U.S. state to require nearly all residents to be insured or face penalties.
ASSociated Press: Clinton Praises Romney Health Care Plan
A Massachusetts plan that blends the Democratic goal of universal health care with the Republican philosophy of personal responsibility could be a model for politicians nationwide — and a presidential launching pad for its chief sponsor, GOP Gov. Mitt Romney.
The proposal, approved Tuesday by Massachusetts’ Democratic-led Legislature, won Romney cautious praise from Democrats, including a longtime champion of health care overhaul: Sen.
Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York.“To come up with a bipartisan plan in this polarized environment is commendable,” said the former first lady, who led President Clinton’s failed health care campaign.
She embraced the Massachusetts measure’s most striking aspect — requiring people to purchase health insurance — but questioned Romney’s plans to eliminate a fee on companies that do not provide health insurance for employees.
“That would unravel the plan,” Clinton said.
Of course, the LEFT and Clinton like this compulsory state sponsored plan – they want national universal care and this is a step toward their goal.
Hugh Hewitt calls this bill a “Home Run” for Governor Mitt Romney.
Flap says Hugh Hewitt has it WRONG.
Romney STRIKES OUT with this proposal.
Romney’s health care plan is another socialistic attempt to nationalize medicine. Why would ANY conservative support this fiasco?
Sally C. Pipes over at National Review has Unhealthy in Massachusetts, The Romney plan doesn’t cut it.
READ IT ALL.
As for Hillary……she will have to debate health care with Rudy Giuliani in the 2008 Presidential debates not a light weight (who has decided to NOT run for re-election) like Mitt Romney.
Technorati Tags: MittRomney, HillaryClinton, HughHewitt, SallyCPipes, healthcare
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Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran Successfully Test-Fires a “Top Secret” Missile
A picture shows Iran’s new medium-range land-to-sea Kowsar (FL10) missile while being test-fired during maneuvers in the Gulf sea. Recent military activity inside Iran offers proof of Tehran’s willingness to brook international isolation in pursuit of its nuclear ambitions, a White House spokesman said.
ASSociated Press: Iran Test-Fires ‘Top Secret’ Missile
Iran said Wednesday it has successfully test-fired a “top secret” missile, the third in a week, state-run television reported.
The report called the missile an “ultra-horizon” weapon and said it could be fired from all military helicopters and jet fighters.
The tests came amid war games being held since Friday by the elite Revolutionary Guards in the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Sea at a time of increased tension with the United States over Tehran’s nuclear program.
Iranian television called it a “turning point” in its missile tests but gave no other details.
At the same time, the head of the Revolutionary Guards, Gen. Yahya Rahim Safavi, said the United States must recognize Iran as a “big, regional power.”
Oh PLEASE…..
Of course, Iran can sink some ships in the Straits of Hormuz and disrupt the world oil flow but guess who this hurts worse……Iran.
Speaking on state television, Safavi said Iran could use the Straits of Hormuz to apply pressure on foreign powers. About two-fifths of the world’s oil supplies pass through the 34-mile-wide entrance to the Gulf.
“The Straits of Hormuz are a point of control and economic pressure on the energy transfer route for those foreign powers that might want to undermine regional security,” Safavi said.
He reiterated that Iran could defend itself against any invasion and added: “I advise Americans not to move toward a military strike against Iran.”
Just more bloviations from Iran.
Iran MUST stand down their uranium enrichment program or face the consequences.
Stay tuned…..
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Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran – “Defenses Can Withstand Any Invasionâ€
Iran Nuclear Watch: Blix – “Iran is at Least Five Years Away from Developing a Nuclear Bombâ€
Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran Tests More Weapons in “War Gamesâ€
Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran – “Successfully Fires a High-Speed Underwater Missileâ€
Iran Nuclear Watch: Brits in Secret Talks About Iran Military Strikes
Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran Tests New Stealth Missle
Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran Plans “War Gamesâ€
Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran – “Enrichment Matter NOT Reversibleâ€
Iran Nuclear Watch: United Nations Security Council Permanent Members Agree on a Statement
Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran – Military Strikes Would NOT Stop Uranium enrichment
Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran Gearing Up for Uranium Enrichment
Iran Nuclear Watch: United Nations Security Council Stalled But Diplomats Express Urgency
Iran Nuclear Watch: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – The West Should Apologize to Iran
Iran Nuclear Watch: Big 6 Meeting Yields Nothing
Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran Wants IAEA Supervision and Inspections
Condoleezza Rice Watch: Iran is the “Central Bank of Terrorismâ€
Iran Nuclear Watch: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – “Iran’s Nuclear Fuel Program IRREVERSIBLEâ€
Iran Nuclear Watch: United Nations Security Council Divided Over Response to Iran Nuclear FLAP
Iran Nuclear Watch: Russia – “Iran Still Considering Uranium Enrichment DEALâ€
Iran Nuclear Watch: Russia Rebukes Iran Over Withdrawl from Uranium Enrichment Negotiations
Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran Builds a Secret Underground Command Center
Iran Nuclear Watch: Iran Threatens “OIL†Weapon
Iran Nuclear Watch: Israel – “America Needs to Get Its Act Together.â€
The Natanz uranium enrichment complex in Natanz is pictured in this January 2, 2006 satellite image.
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Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: Thyroid Problem?
Bear Flag League member Baldilocks has McKinney: What’s Important
Tell Ms. Mckinney to ‘get thee to a physician’ in order fix her possible thyroid issues. It may not change her politics, but at least she might become a bit more sane and coherent. Okay, maybe not, but letting her know that she might have a correctable problem is the *right* thing to do—both for herself and for the rest of us.
Well, Flap supposes it is possible……..
But, doubtful…….
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Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: Admits to Misusing Taxpayer Funds
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Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: News Conference Today – “NOTHING New!â€
Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: News Conference Today – “Something New?â€
Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: McKinney a Victim of a Racist Capitol Hill Police Officer
Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: Going to Jail?
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France CPE Riot Watch: French Unions Set April 15 Deadline for CPE Repeal
Students and union members block the access to the MIN (wholesale market) in Nantes, western France. French union and student leaders set an Easter deadline for the government to repeal its youth jobs law or face a repeat of the million-strong protests that have engulfed the nation.
Reuters: French unions set deadline for jobs law repeal
French trade unions on Wednesday set President Jacques Chirac an April 15 deadline to repeal a disputed youth jobs law, scenting victory amid mass protests and the sliding poll ratings of Chirac’s government.
As fears grew about the impact of the dispute on the euro zone’s second-largest economy, students blockaded roads in several cities in a second day of scattered protests after Tuesday’s marches drew at least 1 million onto the streets.
Union chiefs met conservative deputies for discussions after Chirac last week effectively took Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin off the case and promised parliamentary amendments to soften the “easy hire, easy fire” First Job Contract (CPE).
“We asked for the CPE to be repealed as soon as possible,” CFDT union leader Francois Chereque said afterwards.
“They had nothing to say. We didn’t get any response.”
Well, Chirac has to tread very lightly. Since he sold out Prime Minister Villepin last week and agreed to modify the law, any sign of a repeal would precipitate the Prime Minister’s resignation. Then, Chirac would be left with the mess without a stooge.
Villepin must realize that his chances to succeed Chirac are minimus at this point and so his resignation may be imminent – certainly it is inevitable.
Force Ouvriere union chief Rene Valladon said France’s 12 main unions wanted the three-day-old law repealed by April 15.
Students are due to hold protests next Tuesday but unions have so far not called any more strikes. Asked what unions would do if the deadline was not met, Valladon said “nothing was ruled out” and that unions would meet on Monday to plot strategy.
Scrapping the law could be the last nail in the coffin for Villepin’s premiership. His poll ratings have plumbed new depths and his authority in government is already being challenged by rivals, notably ambitious Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy.
But the setting of the deadline of April 15 — the start of France’s Easter vacations — could reflect trade union concerns that the protests could fizzle out over the holiday period.
Villepin told parliament enigmatically that he would “draw the conclusions” of any decisions made on the law, but did not explain what he planned to do. Some local media concluded it was a veiled resignation threat, while others said it was unclear.
Villepin and the CPE emplyment law will be history by the 15th.
Stay tuned……..
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France CPE Riot Watch: Second Straight Day of CPE Protests
France CPE Riot Watch: Latest CPE Protest Turns Violent
France CPE Riot Watch: Another Nationwide Strike Over CPE Hits France
France CPE Riot Watch: Jacques Chirac Signs First Job Contract CPE into Law
France CPE Riot Watch: Lefties Reject Talks and Vow More CPE Protests
France CPE Riot Watch: Jacques Chirac Capitulates on SOME of Job Law
France CPE Riot Watch: Constitutional Council Upholds CPE Jobs Law
France CPE Riot Watch:Fate of CPE Up to Constitutional Council
France CPE Riot Watch: A Million People March to Protest CPE First Job Contract
France CPE Riot Watch: French Police Subdue Riots
France CPE Riot Watch: First Job Contract Protests Grip French Cities
France Riot Watch: Students Riot in Paris over New Youth Employment Contract
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Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: U. S. Capitol Police Chief Terrance Gainer – “Racism NOT a Factor”
ASSociated Press: Capitol Police Chief Denies Racism Charge
U. S. Capitol Police Chief Terrance Gainer said Wednesday that Rep. Cynthia McKinney turned an officer’s failure to recognize her into a criminal matter when she failed to stop at his request, and then struck him.
“He reached out and grabbed her and she turned around and hit him,” Gainer said on CNN. “Even the high and the haughty should be able to stop and say, ‘I’m a congressman’ and then everybody moves on.”
But, McKinney WON’T let it go. She is a LEFTIE NUTTER…….
For her part, McKinney wasn’t backing down from the argument. She charged anew that racism is behind what she said is a pattern of difficulty in clearing Hill security checkpoints.
Gainer said that racism, however, was not a factor.
“I’ve seen our officers stop white members and black members, Latinos, male and females,” he told CNN. “It’s not an issue about what your race or gender is. It’s an issue about making sure people who come into our building are recognized if they’re not going through the magnetometer, and this officer at that moment didn’t recognize her.”
“It would have been real easy, as most members of Congress do, to say here’s who I am or do you know who I am?” Gainer added.
McKinney should stop the racial nonsense and apologize.
The United States Attorney should issue an assault arrest warrant….. she is NOT above the law.
Stay tuned…..
Michelle Malkin has THE PARTY OF POLICE HATERSÂ
My new syndicated column is up. You know what I am talking about.
Rep. Tom DeLay on Fox & Friends sums Cynthia McKinney up in five words:
“Everything is racism to her.”
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Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: News Conference Today – “Something New?â€
Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: McKinney a Victim of a Racist Capitol Hill Police Officer
Representative Cynthia McKinney Watch: Going to Jail?
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France CPE Riot Watch: Second Straight Day of CPE Protests
France‘s Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin (R) and Budget Minister Jean-Francois Cope leave the Elysee Palace in Paris after the weekly cabinet meeting April 5, 2006. French unions will meet figures from President Jacques Chirac ‘s ruling right for talks in the afternoon on a contested youth jobs law, bolstered by street protests demanding the new hire-and-fire rules be scrapped.
ASSociated Press: Police, Jobs Law Protesters Clash in Paris
Demonstrators blocked roads, rail lines and mail delivery trucks Wednesday in a second straight day of protests to demand the repeal of a divisive jobs law, while unions vowed they would not compromise in talks withPresident Jacques Chirac’s ruling party on the issue.
So, will the Chirac/Villepin government cave into the students and unions?
Or do they want more photos like this……..
French riot police officers detain students in Lille, northern France, Tuesday April 4, 2006 after a demonstration against the French government’s new labor law. Police said at least 1 million people poured into the streets across France on Tuesday and youths clashed with riot officers in the latest protests against the government’s new jobs law.
This unrest is ruining France’s tourism and business climate…..as is their high youth unemployment.
Buoyed by the success of marches that drew more than 1 million protesters Tuesday, unions were in a position of strength heading into talks that Chirac’s government hoped might offer a way out of the crisis.
“Students must be able to prepare for exams, and high schoolers must go back to school,” Chirac said in a Cabinet meeting Wednesday, according to a spokesman. Some universities have been shut down for weeks, and many high schools have been affected, as well.
Labor leader Bernard Thibault said the repeal of the law, which would make it easier to fire young workers, was “not negotiable.” Unions also met among themselves to discuss further protest action, determined to maintain the intense pressure that has fractured the embattled conservative government.
Villepin and Chirac have bungled youth employment reform and the socialists who wish to control the government (after upcoming elections) are happy to rub their noses in the mire.
Flap handicaps a withdrawl of the CPE and Villepin from public life.
The winner:
France’s Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy (C) walks with police, after police clashed with youths following a nationwide protest demanding the government scrap the First Job Contract (CPE), in Paris April 4, 2006. French transport workers and teachers staged new strikes on Tuesday and students across the country gathered for street protests they hope will kill off the disputed CPE, a youth hire-and-fire law.
The Chirac government will meet this afternoon with the dissident unions.
Stay tuned…..
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France CPE Riot Watch: Latest CPE Protest Turns Violent
France CPE Riot Watch: Another Nationwide Strike Over CPE Hits France
France CPE Riot Watch: Jacques Chirac Signs First Job Contract CPE into Law
France CPE Riot Watch: Lefties Reject Talks and Vow More CPE Protests
France CPE Riot Watch: Jacques Chirac Capitulates on SOME of Job Law
France CPE Riot Watch: Constitutional Council Upholds CPE Jobs Law
France CPE Riot Watch:Fate of CPE Up to Constitutional Council
France CPE Riot Watch: A Million People March to Protest CPE First Job Contract
France CPE Riot Watch: French Police Subdue Riots
France CPE Riot Watch: First Job Contract Protests Grip French Cities
France Riot Watch: Students Riot in Paris over New Youth Employment Contract
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