STEALING from the POOR

The Times: Reports that New Labour is cutting benefit to the poorest families in the UK. I thought Labour was created to help the poor not to penalise them for being poor. In the USA Obama is throwing money at the poor through his economic package, while in the UK we are taking food in many respects from the mouths of the innocent. It seems the UK Government can save the banks but will allow people to starve, the Conservatives would never try to pull this kind of vile underhand policy move, it can be argued that UK PM Gordon Brown as the political instincts of the Captain of the Titanic.

President Obama, the US Justice Department vs The CIA

The New York Times: Reports on the decision by the US Justice Department under Eric Holder to investigate the CIA over its methods post 9/11, the NYT writes the following, " Few cabinet officers are closer to Mr. Obama than Mr. Holder,.... Aides said that they could not rule out that the two discussed the matter..." It seems that President Obama is out to get the CIA, this is bad mistake by the Obama White House, it should recall its has two wars to deal with, Afghanistan and Iraq, the CIA leaked the Bush White House to distraction, if it wants to it can make Obama's first term hell, they are the CIA, Obama is Chicago politician, the CIA has the National Security Agency that spies on everybody, thus lets hope the Obama White House is totally clean or they might find that leaks come out when they least want them and they spend rest of the time having to deny stories that make them look bad. At the end of the day you don't win against the CIA, when your President you need them more than they need you, Obama will find over the next few years that his main enemy is not the Republicans in Congress but the CIA and their leaks, they are experts, even better than Chicago politicians.

Russia vs Ukraine

The New York Times: Reports on the growing tensions between Russia and the Ukraine, the NYT writes the following on Russian actions, " is engaging in an increasingly hostile standoff with another pro-Western neighbor, Ukraine. " The issue is the Crimean Peninsula and the Russian Naval Base on Ukraine soil, on this issue it can be argued that Russia should get the Crimean Peninsula back, its part of Russia proper, it only lost due to administrative change at the time of the USSR. The move of the Crimean Peninsula to the Ukraine was done under Khrushchev the leader of the USSR, and the NYT is right in stating the following, ".... decision had little significance because both were part of the Soviet Union. " The Obama Administration on this issue should try get a deal between Russia and the Ukraine for the return of the Crimea back to Russia. But President Obama should make clear that Russia can not do another Georgia, no invasions, President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should make it clear to Russia that the West would support the Ukraine in any armed conflict between Russia and the Ukraine. Keep an eye on this story folks.

The US and the Afghan Election

BBC News: Reports on a stormy meeting between the Afghan President Hamid Karzai and President Obama's Envoy Richard Holbrooke, the issue the Chicago Type election in Afghanistan, in other words the vote was rigged in favour of Karzai. One has to wonder does the Obama Administration under the lessons of Vietnam, the Kennedy Administration got rid of the Diem Regime in South Vietnam and found it self saddled with the War in Vietnam. Lets hope this supposed heated debate is spin by the Obama Administration to show that it cares about Democracy. The Obama Administration should keep its nose out of internal Afghan politics, its like Chicago politics, dirty and deep and they do things differently there, President Obama should recall Chicago politics and keep well out of this election in Afghanistan.