Death in Afghanistan

MOD: Reports that another British Soldier has been killed in Afghanistan, the Soldier was from the " Royal Dragoon Guards ". Thus since 2001 the UK has lost 299 of its Armed Forces Personnel in Afghanistan, of that total it has has lost 265 in combat operations and 34 due to illness, accidents or other incidents. Its the 18 June 2010 how many more of our brave soldiers will die this month, and the question that has to be asked is for what, at the end of the day is Afghanistan worth the loss of one soldier, this blog has its doubts.

8.5 Billion Suspended in Labour Projects -Public Spending

Telegraph: Reports on top of the two billion Labour projects that have been cancelled a further 8.5 Billion projects have been suspended. The Emergency Budget on Tuesday in the UK will be tough folks, the last Labour Government under Gordon Brown has thrown the UK economy in to the toilet, the Government deficit this year will be a 150 billion, also if the UK does not get a handle on its debt the debt interest alone will be 70 BILLION, thus the Chancellor of the Exchequer should really go to town on Tuesday, increase VAT to 20%, also make it cover more goods, the tax on beer and spirits should go up, the rich should pay more in tax, tax credits for those earning over twenty five thousand should be scrapped as they are a form of tax cuts. The idea that the NHS does not charge for services beyond the most important should be looked at, prescription charges should be bough back to those that can pay. Also those that earn over fifty thousand pounds should be charged for services with in the NHS. Those on benefits should see their benefits frozen for five years at the present rate, the age of retirement should be 75 for men and 70 for women, the tax code should benefit companies that develop jobs, in other words folks the budget should be tough folks, should make your eyes cry, it has to be tough to save the UK.

Real Pain = UK Budget Cuts

BBC News: Reports on 2 billion pounds of real projects that have been cut by the new Coalition Government, the cuts go from helping manufacturing to the new NHS Hospitals. These cuts came from a Liberal Democrat, thus the great crafty move by David Cameron, the Labour Party have to attack the Lib Dems, thus the public will see that two Parties have to carry the can for any decisions that are not popular with the voter, who would have thought that a Liberal Democrat would cancel a planned new Hospital or that Nick Clegg would allow the Treasury to cut money to his home town of Sheffield. However, these cuts are small folks, the big cuts will come with the budget and afterwards, the Labour Party really left a mess behind, it will take five years to get the UK back on top in economic terms.

Is Spain the NEXT Greece?

Telegraph: Reports on constant rumours that Spain is seeking a 208 billion pound bailout from the EU and the IMF. In the real world of Sovereign Debt its not what is real but what is thought that counts, if the Money Markets think that Spain will default they will charge more to secure the debt of Spain. At the end of the day the EU and the IMF has to ask do they have a Titanic on their hands, has the water reached E Deck, and the Ship of state will go down, if Spain cant pay her debts then she is broke, the best cure is to reboot the system in Spain, in other words Spain should default, it will mean harsh cuts, the State will have to be limited, the EU countries will have to accept the fact that the good days of the welfare state are over, the State has to be limited, it cant be the major employer within a country, that leads to Cuba or the old USSR. Spain is the test case, how much money is to much, if it is throwing money down the toilet then Spain should be allowed to go to the wall. Life is not Fair as JFK once said, it about time the EU got that basic fact.

Afghanistan Front News

MOD: Has announced the names of the British Soldiers that were killed on Tuesday in Afghanistan, the Soldiers were " Corporal Taniela Tolevu Rogoiruwai and Kingsman Ponipate Tagitaginimoce from 1st Battalion The Duke of Lancaster's Regiment (1 LANCS), serving as part of Combined Force Nad'Ali ". Our thoughts are with the families of Corporal Rogoiruwai and Kingsman Tagitaginimoce.

Afghan War Becoming a Bloody Farce - Tony Blankley

Read this Article by Tony Blankley folks, it shows the failure of Afghanistan from on high down to the deaths of UK and US soldiers, Afghanistan is just another Vietnam in the making, the US and the UK have to find a way to get out without losing more of its Armed Forces Personnel. Read and Learn.

Obama vs NYT

The New York Times: Has a harsh word for President Obama and the Obama Administration when it comes to the oil spill, the NYT states the following, " Mr. Obama and his team will have to follow through — with more energy and dedication than they have shown so far. ". Even the bloated and Liberal New York Times might be getting the fact that rhetoric and being the first African - President does not mean you get let off the rules of the political world, one has to wonder how many rows it took to get this kind of tough editorial out of the liberal NYT. It can be argued that the NYT has a paternal racist streak, it has gone out of its way not to attack Obama, he is their candidate, he represents their extreme liberal Agenda, but the problem is that President Obama might not be up to the job, he has never run a business, spent his life in state or Federal office, one can argue that he would not get LBJ's staff due to his lack of experience of the real world, as to real world this is the political world, working in the community does not mean you can cope with Iran,North Korea or a oil spill. What must drive the NYT around the bend is that POTUS will lose re-election in 2012 and then get Republican rule for a generation, there is an old saying, be careful what you wish for, you just might get it, for the NYT could be Obama and his destruction of the Democratic Party. As stated many times in this blog, Obama could have been a contender, up there with JFK and Reagan but he allowed his own arrogance to get in his way, in many respects another Richard Nixon.