Is Putin a Tyrant ? - Russian Elections

Telegraph: Reports that former USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev has called for the recent Russian Duma ( Parliament ) Elections to be rerun, as they were rigged to benefit the Government. The US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as the article notes has stated that the elections were not free or fair, thus the Obama restart with Russia after Bush 43 is out of the window. One has to ask has PM Putin started to believe his own press statements, does really think he is the real hard man of Russia. In other words has he gone bonkers like Assad of Syria, or Gaddafi of Libya. This could be a crossroads for Russia folks, either the will of the people is see to be acted upon in full or Russia is a fake democracy. The people should come out on the streets, in their thousands, if the Army would not shoot its own people during the August Coup of 1991, then it will not shoot its own people NOW. It might be time for PM Putin to have a rethink, have a real elections, one doubts the Communists would make real headway if they were seen as having a real chance of power. Lets hope the men in white coats wont be needed at the Kremlin to take away a mad ex KGB officer who has lost the plot.

The Guilt of Assad, Father and Son - Syria

BBC News: Reports that President Assad in remarks to ABC News has stated that he does not feel guilt for the deaths that have happened in the near year of civil war in Syria. If President Assad does not see what his Regime has done then he has more that the civil war in Syria to worry about, he must be to use a common phrase MENTAL. The ruthless streak of the Assad Regime is not new, President Assad senior killed thousands, the difference today folks is that the world has moved on, we live in a global village, you cant totally shutdown the internet, thus the insurgents in Syria have ways of showing the evil nature of the Assad Regime, the Regime will fall but over a longer time period, one has to wonder what will be the fate of President Assad, tried liked Hosni Mubarak of Egypt or killed in the manner of Gaddafi of Libya. Lets hope the International Court gets a chance with President Assad, he has a lot to answer for, his crimes are developing in Syria.

51% Job Disapproval for POTUS - Gallup

Gallup: Reports on its Daily Job Approval Poll for President Obama, today POTUS has a 41% Approval, while 51% of Disapprove of the Obama record. Folks if you look at past Presidencies via the Gallup, Presidential Job Approval Centre, President Obama has a problem. Lets look at the Presidents who won a 2nd term, at how the stood at this moment in the Gallup Poll, Reagan was on 54%, Clinton was 51% and Bush 43 was on 55%. President Obama is on 41% today folks. At best POTUS can only get up to 44%-45%. The Oval has lost Independent voters, the reason is the bad economy in the US, although the unemployment rate has gone down to 8.6%, that has more to do with the fact that over three hundred thousand Americans just gave up looking, also those jobs created are in the service industry before Christmas, this blog expects a spike upwards after the holiday period. The we come to the high point of the Obama domestic agenda, ObamaCare, its hated folks. The US Supreme Court could really well declare that its illegal, so that’s combined with the failed stimulus folks has really turned voters against Obama. What could really hurt the Oval would be if the US Supreme Court declared ObamaCare legal, then it would be a major issue through out the Presidential Campaign. Thus POTUS has turned to class warfare, ask Walter Mondale what the effect was of his statement at the Democratic Convention that he would raise taxes, he lost by 49 States, and 525 Electoral votes, and 59% of US voters voted for Reagan. Thus expect a nasty Campaign folks, Obama cant run his record, he does not have one worth having, its Chicago politics folks, the last man standing wins.

Obama and Class Warfare Part Two

BBC News: Reports on President Obama’s latest attempt to define the Democratic economic agenda vs. the Republican one. The President again raised his call for tax hikes on the rich. In essence folks it’s the usual class warfare rubbish out of the Oval, the speech attacked in essence the Reagan tax cutting boom of the 1980s. Someone really needs to show POTUS the polls on who Americans consider great Presidents, they tend to place either JFK or Ronald Reagan as the greatest President. Both Kennedy and Reagan pushed for tax cuts, Obama wants tax hikes. This blog thought Obama was pandering to the Democratic base with this very old class warfare rubbish, but one has to come to the conclusion that POTUS actually believes the rubbish he is spouting. The greatness of the US was based on people wanting to get rich, they great tycoons of yesterday didn’t care a penny on the way up about their fellow man, they wanted to make money, and didn’t care who they had to step on, they made the US the powerhouse it become. The way Obama speaks one would think he would be lot happier as Irish PM, taking orders from Germany and France. The US is not Europe, the point of the US wans not to be Europe, that the point of the founding fathers, that why liberals fail in the end folks, at their heart they don’t understand US culture or history, they have eyes but don’t see, have ears but don’t listen.

Irish Austerity - View from Dublin

Folks here is a reaction from a Friend of this blog in Republic of Ireland to the latest Austerity package of the Irish Government, “ Some cuts I actually support but, the problem is that they are not uniform. I was outside Leinster House tonight and there were lots of protestors although it sounded almost like they were having a street party. Demonstration Irish style. Anyway one of the most truly disgusting things about this budget is that they have cut disability allowances for 18-24 year olds from €188.00 p/week to €100.00. They are basically saying that they are the same as normal people of the same age trying to get work. At the same time ex civil servants have had their pensions reduced by €80.00. ”.

As this blog has stated in other posts, the bailout nations, such as Ireland have in effect given up their ability run their own Government. The Irish Budget was discussed by the German Parliament before it was discussed in Dublin. The failed Irish Governments have done what the Kaiser and Hitler could not do, they have handed over the fate of their peoples to Germany, the 4th Economic Reich. What was the point of the Easter Rising of 1916, the Irish would better off back under the Crown, at least the NHS is free and benefits are going up for those on welfare.