Monday, March 21, 2011

Barker's Newsbites: Monday, March 21, 2011


Another St. Paddy's Day in Pearl River weekend...

(Thank God I now have a year to recover till the next one!)
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3 comments:

William R. Barker said...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/mar/20/bbc-world-service-us-funding?CMP=twt_fd

The BBC World Service is to receive a "significant" sum of money from the US government to help combat the blocking of TV and internet services in countries including Iran and China.

* BUT... BUT... BUT...

[I]n agreement is expected to be signed later this month that will see US state department money – understood to be a low six-figure sum – given to the World Service to invest in developing anti-jamming technology and software.

* BUT... BUT... BUT...

The US government money comes as the World Service faces a 16% cut in its annual grant from the Foreign Office...

* THERE IS NO "U.S. GOVERNMENT MONEY...!!!" THERE'S ONLY TAXPAYER MONEY AND MONEY BORROWED IN THE TAXPAYERS' NAME!

* FOLKS... RATHER THAN CUTTING UNNECESSARY AND/OR UNAFFORDABLE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES, OBAMA KEEPS CREATING NEW PROGRAMS! THIS IS INSANE! IT'S THE F--KING BBC - BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION!

March 21, 2011 at 8:58 AM
William R. Barker said...

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/breaking-sen-claire-mccaskil-d-mo-admits-failing-pay-287000-property-taxes_554904.html

In a conference call with reporters, Missouri [Democratic] Senator Claire McCaskill just disclosed that she failed to pay $287,000 in property taxes related to her co-ownership of a private aircraft.

* CO-OWNERSHIP OF A PRIVATE AIRCRAFT...???

This scandal comes quickly on the heels of recent revelations that McCaskill improperly billed taxpayers for use of the same private aircraft, for which McCaskill reimbursed the Treasury $88,000.

* BILLED TAXPAYERS...?!?!

[McCaskill] used taxpayer money to cover the cost of political travel.

* AND SO SHE'LL SOON BE GOING TO JAIL, RIGHT...? PAYING SUBSTANTIAL FINES...? RESIGNING IN SHAME...?

(*SMIRK*) (*SNORT*)

March 21, 2011 at 5:30 PM
William R. Barker said...

http://www.nationaljournal.com/nationalsecurity/costs-of-libya-operation-already-piling-up-20110321?page=1

The first day of Operation Odyssey Dawn had a price tag that was well over $100 million for the U.S. in missiles alone.

* THIS IS INSANITY.

Senate Foreign Relations ranking member Richard Lugar, R-Ind., says Congress should have had the opportunity to weigh in on what he said will be “a very expensive operation, even in a limited way.”

* OH, PLEASE... (*SMIRK*)... OBAMA FLAT OUT VIOLATED THE CONSTITUTION BY ENGAGING IN PURELY OFFENSIVE MILITARY ATTACKS ON A SOVEREIGN NATION ABSENT CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORITY.

On the first day of strikes alone, U.S.-led forces launched 112 long-range Tomahawk cruise missiles, which cost about $1 million to $1.5 million apiece...

(*JUST SHAKING MY HEAD*)

March 21, 2011 at 7:29 PM

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