Supreme Court and POTUS - 2nd Term Blues

Guardian: Reports the following on the decision by the US Supreme Court to curtail aspects of ObamaCare that covers abortion issues, the article notes the following,  " Court ruled that some corporations are exempt from law requiring no-cost access to contraception in healthcare plans "

Lets Get Real:

On the political side this blog sees ObamaCare as a disaster for the US, that is plain from many of its posts on the subject, on specific issue of contraception and abortion this blog support the right of women to have an abortion right up to the end, so while liking the ruling as policy, this blog does not agree with the subjective nature of the decision, the Court passed ObamaCare thus it should have upheld the Administration's argument that women should have the power to control their own bodies.    This decision will make the right happy and and make liberals increase the vote for liberal candidates in 2014 and 2016.   The political game on this issue has started, lets see who wins. 

ObamaCare suffers LOSE at Supreme Court - 2nd Term Blues

BBC News: Reports " The US Supreme Court has ruled a Christian-owned company can claim a religious exemption to a law requiring employers to pay for their workers' contraception. "

Lets Get Real:

One can assume that this is the Chief Justice saying sorry for landing the US with ObamaCare, as the above decision was 5-4, all the Conservative Judges voting for the ruling, the Chief Justice made a big mistake when he trusted that President Obama could run the Federal Government, the messy roll out, and the lack of support for the law, the fact that health costs have not gone down, and the millions of Americans were thrown off their health cover and the law still does not cover those it was meant for, thus the US Supreme Court is hacking a way at a law it passed.   One doubts that ObamaCare lasts the decade, will either Democratic or Republican Administration really go to bat for ObamaCare, one has doubts. 

Sarajevo June 28th 1914 Live Reporting - BBC News

BBC News - Sarajevo Live 1914: Reports that the last words of the Archduke Ferdinand was for his wife to stay alive for their children. 

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This smacks of a political conspiracy by Serbia, it is time the Austria - Hungary took action to remove this threat to the Monarchy, the terrorist group known as the Black Hand and its aims for the Slavs people is a mortal threat to the Monarchy and its subjects.   The Government in Vienna should take firm action and demand that Serbia deal with this threat or the Monarchy will have to take action because off the assassination.   This should be a local affair, another Balkan War, the peace of Europe should while having tensions should not lead to the powers taking action, lets recall with the exception of Republican France, the powers are all lead by Monarchies and a threat to one Crown is a threat to ALL Crowns. 

No Unity Government for Iraq - Iraqi PM

BBC News: Reports " Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has rejected calls for a national salvation government to help counter the offensive by jihadist-led Sunni rebels. "

Lets Get Real:

This is not a great surprise, would you trust your future to the Obama Administration and President Obama, the word of Secretary Kerry is NO GOOD, what ever Kerry says you have to have doubts, will the Oval follow through with any red line, or will President Obama bottle any military action, the President had made it clear that he has no interest in the Middle East, the removal of US troops in 2011 was the biggest mistake of the 21 Century, now that mistake has come back to haunt the Oval, thus the sending of three hundred military advisors, if the Oval was serious it would send thousands of advisors aka Vietnam.   The Oval is looking for the easy option when it comes to IRAQ, there are no easy outs, just different levels of pain.  That is the real world. 

The BREAKUP of Iraq - 2nd Term Blues

Telegraph: Reports " Iraq crisis: the country is facing imminent break up say Western diplomats....Western officials say the crisis is 'the real thing' and are concerned that politicians cannot deal with its sheer scale "

Lets Get Real:

It is simple really, the West does not have a Reagan or a Thatcher in power, we have 2nd raters, at the end of the Cold War there was the idea that the World could be managed, well Bosnia and Kosovo showed that was an error, then came 9/11 and the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq,  the West needs bold leadership, Reagan and Thatcher bought down the USSR through morale argument and defence, the USSR ended up in the dustbin, the leaders that followed in the US and UK didn't understand that history in itself does not change, there is always new terrors coming up, the question is can the Western Governments see the problem and deal with it,  the threat form terrorism was seen by the West, but no one saw a 9/11 in New York or a 7/7 in London, thus when those terrors arrived the West was slow and is still slow.    The fault for the present crisis in Iraq is down to President Obama, he withdrew the troops, he still thinks rhetoric is more important than reality, and at the end of the day, its the voter who is to blame, you voted the in, you have to face the results. 

The Kerry WINDBAG blows through Iraq - 2nd Term Blues

BBC News: Reports " US Secretary of State John Kerry has told the BBC there must be regional unity to expel Sunni rebels from the Isis group who have taken large swathes of northern and western Iraq. "

Lets Get Real:

IF this blog was an Iraqi politician it would not take a blind bit of notice of Secretary Kerry, when President Obama didn't use force with Syria when they used WMD he made Kerry pointless on the international stage.   The US Secretary of State made speeches that gave the impression that the Oval would ACT, when the Oval lost its bottle and ordered the troops back home the Secretary of State become a joke.   The only word that matters is the Oval, the Oval has shown that it is weak and makes BAD decisions ALL the time.    Thus if your the Iraqi Government you would better off as in not being overthrown in getting support from Tehran, better to be a puppet of Tehran than an ally of Obama, AT the end of the day Obama is WEAK, and would not support YOU in a foxhole, that is the basic truth, harsh but true. 

President Obama at 40% Approval in New NYT/CBS Poll - 2nd Term Blues

The New York Times: Reports " The president’s approval rating is now at 40 percent, while 54 percent say they disapprove of the job he is doing in office, a six-point jump since May. "

Lets Get Real:

This is what happens when past decisions made in the 1st term come back to haunt you, the decision to leave the future of US and Iraqi relationship to VP Biden was a mistake,  thus the removal of US troops in 2011, the rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and its threat to Syria, Iraq and now Jordan  shows that it was a massive strategic mistake for the US to leave Iraq without getting an agreement to leave troops behind, the more that ISIS grows more that the US has to do, one can even see combat troops going back, in some respects Iraq is far more important than Vietnam ever was,  if Iraq goes under, this could wreak the Western economic recovery, the last few days has seen a rise in oil prices, if Al Qaeda controls the oil of Iraq the US might have to go back, what an outcome for President Obama that would be, the political Gods would have shown their verdict on the Obama Presidency.