UK Coalition Government Split - Leveson Report

BBC News: Reports on the split in the UK Coalition Government between Conservative PM David Cameron and Liberal Democrat DPM Nick Clegg over regulation of the UK press. 

Lets Get Real:

As predicted folks, the Conservative Party on the whole is against legal regulation of the press, while the left wing Parties of Labour and Liberal Democrats want State regulation.  The Liberal Democrats seem to have forgotten that the term LIBERAL is in their name, well when you have been out of POWER for over 80 years you tend to forget your roots.   While the Labour Party is just after the right wing press because they turned on Labour at the last election.  Lets hope PM Cameron can throw this threat to democracy in to the long grass, the Conservative Whips office will have to play hard ball with their MPs also try to get some Labour backbench MPs to support the Cameron line of self regulation without a State overview.   The BBC as expect is taking the anti press line hook line and sinker, not that they would want to spin their own recent troubles on to a different subject, would the BBC be that cynical.    YES folks they would be, the left wing media, the BBC, Guardian, HATE the Sun etc, they drink from the same polluted water, thus their idea to threaten the democracy of the UK, polluted water, polluted ideas. 

Obama, Rice and the 2nd Obama Term

Guardian: Reports the battle to make UN Ambassador Rice the next US Secretary State has to be seen within the context of a 2nd Obama term, the article notes the following, " The combination of the Rice row and the showdown over taxes and spending offer the president an early opportunity to demonstrate he is going to be tougher in his second term. ".

Lets Get Real:

The US Senate gives advice and consent to Presidential nominations from the Government to the Courts, Nixon had two Supeme Court Justices  rejected by the Senate, Reagan had Bork rejected, Bush 41 had Senator Tower rejected as Defence Secretary, Bill Clinton had a nightmare getting a Attorney General, while Bush 43 had could not get his choice as UN Ambassador pass the Senate.   Thus the Rice fight matters folks, if the Republicans keep together they can block the choice, thus lets see if POTUS wants to spend his political capital on a fight that he could lose and does not need to have, Senator Kerry would be an excellent choice for State. 

The Leveson Report in to Press Standards

BBC News: Reports that the Leveson Report in to press standards has been handed to Coalition PM David Cameron. 

Lets Get Real: 

If there is any legal press regulation the Conservative Party of the Coalition Government should reject the idea, one can expect the Liberal Democrats and the Labour leadership to take the tone of the BBC and of the Guardian, they want to regulate the Conservative Press, on the whole they support the Conservative Party.  Lets be clear were the law has been broken there are already on going cases, just not open to discussion, but this shows that the law does work, thus why allow the Politicians to have a hand in running the press.   The idea that once you start down this road of regulation that it will stop it a worry, the UK elite system does not work that way, the elites are to close, what ever a Judge might think.  It would go wrong sometime in the future, and there will be another report on how to scrap any press laws.   Thus expect a fight folks, the majority of the press will fight tooth and nail any regulation and the politicians and the lawyers will try to regulate free speech, law and freedom of the press do not always go together folks, its regulation lead down a control of the press. 

Ambassador Rice vs. Republican Senators - Libyagate

The New York Times: Reports that a meeting between the prospective next US Secretary of State, the US UN Ambassador Susan Rice and Republican Senators, it was not positive, the article notes the following, " ..attested to the bitterness of the feud between the White House and Republicans over Benghazi. ".

Lets Get Real: 

This blog is pointing its finger at the Oval or someone close to the Oval, US intelligence cant have been that slow to work out that the terrorist attack on the US Consulate in Libya was planned.  The spin that it was a mob and linked to a video helped the Oval far to much for it to be unexpected, thus the intelligence talking points were washed by the White House.   The question IS WHO washed the information, who gave the order, who sent Ambassador Rice to the networks to be economic with the truth.    One would have to reason that is was the Oval, why such a push to make Rice the next Secretary of State after Hillary Clinton, in less to keep her on board, in other words to make sure she does not point the finger at the Oval.   This stinks folks, what is worse is that the uber liberal main stream media are not really going after the Oval, they seem to take direction from the Oval.   GROW UP PRESS. 

Beyond Cairo - Fight for Democracy PT3

Guardian Live - Egypt: Reports the following from its 6.51pm post, " While the focus is on Cairo, let's not forget there are protests in many other cities in Egypt: Alexandria, Suez and Luxor to name a few. ".

Lets Get Real:

The Arab Spring has turned in winter in Syria, thousands are dead and the West has done bugger all, while in Libya the US Ambassador was assassinated by Al Qaeda, in Egypt the Muslim Brotherhood would like to turn Egypt in to another Iran.   Lets be very direct here folks, this blog could care less what these different Parties do within their own borders, the sole exception must be the security of Israel.  If Muslim Brotherhood can keep Hamas under control, keep the Arab Street quiet in Cairo, while keeping the peace deal with Israel then let them turn Egypt in to another Saudi Arabia, if the above are not meet then let them fall, this blog sole interest in the Middle East in the security of Western assets and the security of Israel.  It would be nice to have democracy but that is not the real world folks, this blog is interested in the above results, which ever side gives that then that is okay with this blog, brutal folks, but then the Middle East is brutal.    

Cairo Clashes - Fight for Democracy P2

Telegraph: Reports the following from Cairo, Egypt, " Clashes between police and protesters have erupted near Cairo's Tahrir Square.. ".

Lets Get Real:

The Oval has been very quiet over the latest protests in Cairo, the Oval needs semi peace in this part of the Middle East, thus Mursi can become another Hosni Mubarak as long as he keeps Hamas quite in Gaza and does not have a bloodbath in the streets of Cairo.  As the NYT reported before the US Election the Tehran regime has agreed to one to one talks with the US but was waiting for the US Election, the Oval wants to prevent a Israeli strike on Tehran, thus it can not afford for the Mursi to play the Israeli Card, in other words break the peace treaty with Israel, this would undermine the security of Israel and US interests.   Thus in pure brutal real politic terms it can be argued that Mursi can spill some blood as long as it is not on CNN, BBC, Fox, you get the idea folks.   It is matter of who gives up first, the new Egyptian Regime or the protesters and how many have to die.   It could be argued that Egypt could go the way of Iran in 1979, the moderates swept away by Islamic fanatics.   History does like to repeat itself folks. 

Demonstrations in Egypt - Fight for Democracy

BBC News: Reports on the mass demonstration in Cairo, Egypt against the powers granted by President Mursi to himself.   These powers can not be questioned and are seen by the protesters as a threat to the Egyptian Revolution.

Lets Get Real:

This is not new folks, you have the revolution, as in France and in Russia the moderates are swept away and the extremes take over, for no better reason than they have a structure, while the opposition is split and argue   between themselves.   The Mursi problem is also a US problem, they need Egypt to keep Hamas in order, thus keep Israel from going in on the ground in Gaza.   The big picture for the US and Israel is Iran, it can be argued that Iran wants hot spots in the Middle East from the Civil War in Syria, to the rocket attacks from Gaza, also causing problems in Lebanon.   The next few months will see the Tehran Regime try to divert Israel with other problems, also have endless talks with the US, its a game folks, the prize is leadership of the Middle East.