Obama on his Agenda

The New York Times: Reports on President Obama's comments to Senate Democrats, the President stressed jobs should be the main priority, the article states the following, " While he implored Congress to press forward on health care legislation, he said initiatives to create jobs should also take priority. " This is why health care reform is dead folks, by the time the Congress is finished with the Budget and getting more people back to work you will have the Mid Term Congressional Elections, the House and the Senate are not going to commit political suicide to make President Obama feel happy. Thus Health Care Reform will gather dust somewhere, of course the liberal leadership in Congress could be mad, they could try to push health care reform, but the cost would be the loss of Congress and the Republicans in control, neither the White House or the Democrats on the Hill want that outcome, thus the reform is dead for this year, the Obama White House has to stress jobs, jobs and jobs for the next eight months if they want to keep Congress.

Caprica

Guardian: Reports on the prequel to BSG, Caprica. Folks if you love good drama that makes you think then watch Caprica, yes if your a fan you know how it ends, but that does not matter, it has an excellent cast and the scripts are great. In many respects its human technology a few years ahead, if you have seen Avatar in the cinema we might not be that far from having a virtual world as seen in Caprica. Thank the Gods for Carpica and Mad Men, and Dr Who next year, the world is not that bad after all, SO SAY WE ALL.

Playing for TIME - Iran

BBC News: Reports President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran has offered to carry on with its nuclear deal with the IAEA. This is bull folks, the Tehran Regime is playing for time, it wants to cause divisions within the UN Security Council, start endless talks and then announce to the world that it has the bomb. The Obama Administration should carry on with its plan for tough sanctions against Iran, otherwise Iran will use the time for endless talks and then the Middle East will have to deal with a nuclear armed Iran. Also lets recall President Ahmadinejad needs the bomb to keep his government in power, the internal pressures can only be thwarted if Iran is in a direct and indirect confrontation with the USA. The USA does not need to play this game with Iran, make the Tehran regime hurt, place tough and heavy sanctions on the regime.

Another 9/11 ?

The Hill: Reports that the US Intelligence Agencies believe that Al Qaeda will try another another terrorists attempt in months. Lets hope the CIA is on its top game, the next time it might not be a lone terrorist on a plane but a dirty bomb in New York or Washington D.C, or a nuclear device that takes out an American city or in Europe. The terrorists only have to get lucky once, thus lets hope the CIA and MI6 are connecting the dots and taking out terrorists by what ever means, at the end of the day the first duty of government is to protect its people, not the rights of the terrorists.

Afghanistan Front News

MOD: Has released the names of the soldiers killed of late in Afghanistan, the soldiers were " Corporal Liam Riley and Lance Corporal Graham Shaw from 3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment (3 YORKS) " Our thoughts are with the families of these heroic soldiers.

The Role of a Reporter

The Times: A thought provoking article folks on the role of a reporter in war and natural disasters. Its interesting folks, if your a blogger and you find yourself at a news event, are you a citizen or a citizen reporter/blogger. If your see a car crash do you think about those hurt or do you get your mobile out and take a picture and send it to your blog or twitter page. Also recall placing a copyright sign by the picture. This article made me think, God forbid that I find myself in a terrorists incident or natural disaster, do I see who is hurt and look after them or do start to blog, sending updates to my blog and to twitter. I will be honest folks, this blog is my testament in many ways, I get my mobile out and start to take pictures and add commentary, also looking to sell any pictures to the local or national papers. The blogger is the modern reporter, if we are constant bloggers we should act like Independent reporters, that means you report. There will be others that are appalled, I am appalled but that is life. This blog will always be honest with its kind readers. Read of the Day.

Iran CRITICAL of US Missile Defence in Persian Gulf

Fox News: Reports that the Tehran Regime has been critical of the US buildup of its missile defences in the Persian Gulf, stating its a trick by the US to increase its military presence in the region. Thus a lot of hot air out of Tehran, the question is what is next by the USA and Iran. The US is looking to place tough sanctions on Iran, it seems that Russia and China will use their veto power on the UN Security Council to get mild sanctions. When it comes to China the Obama Administration has to be careful, China is holding a lot of US debt and the Obama Administration needs China to carry on holding that old and new debt. Russia of late has been quite petulant, it sees that Iran could be a threat but it has profitable trade deals with Iran, the same as China. Thus if China and Russia say NO to tough sanctions then what, the US will have to impose them with its allies. The question is will they be tough enough for Israel, if Israel sees them as weak and Iran on the way to the bomb they will attack Iran. Also the countries around Iran do not want a nuclear armed Iran, this could set of a weapons race in the region, that is the last thing the region needs. Thus Iran will be a major flash point for the Obama Administration, lets hope Obama is another JFK or Reagan.