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Failure to Provide Healthcare under Veterans Administration

Veterans Administration Has Long Record of Negligence, Inefficiency, Failure; Services Burdened by Reopened Cases, War on Terror OAKLAND, Calif., Mar. 18, 2010—The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has decided to reexamine the rejected claims of veterans purportedly suffering…

Published on Mar. 21, 2010, 5:52 PM by Alli | 0 comment(s)

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U.S. Consulate Deaths in Mexico Result of Failed War on Drugs

(WIRE/CATO) – The apparent drug gang killings of U.S. consular employees this weekend in Juarez, Mexico are a bloody reminder that President Obama is getting the United States involved in yet another war it cannot win. Drug gang killings also occurred in Acapulco, with a total of 50 such…

Published on Mar. 21, 2010, 2:24 PM by Alli | 0 comment(s)

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Michael Badnarik Today

Michael Badnarik guests with Robert Scott BellTODAY 2:15 Eastern (1:15 Central)Broadcast on these radio stations: http://www.rsbell.com/radio/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=282

Published on Mar. 21, 2010, 12:33 PM by ChrisInMaryville | 0 comment(s)

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Census and the Constitution

Census is for counting not prying.  It’s important we receive as much information before giving the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce, and Economics and Statistics Administration all our private information that they say is required by law.By Michael…

Published on Mar. 20, 2010, 4:09 PM by jimhawley | 0 comment(s)

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GOP Weekly Address: Republicans Cannot Stop Healthcare Bill

OFFICIAL STATEMENT/WASHINGTON D.C. – Hello, I’m House Republican Leader John Boehner. I’m speaking to you from the Capitol, where in a matter of hours, the House of Representatives will vote on health care legislation sure to have a drastic effect on our economy and our lives.[VIDEO…

Published on Mar. 20, 2010, 12:58 PM by Alli | 0 comment(s)

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President’s Weekly Address: Financial Reform for the Economy

OFFICIAL STATEMENT / WASHINGTON D.C. – As a key committee in the Senate takes up reforming the ways of Wall Street, the President lays down a marker: “I urge those in the Senate who support these reforms to remain strong, to resist the pressure from those who would preserve the status…

Published on Mar. 20, 2010, 12:55 PM by Alli | 0 comment(s)

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Radio Marathon Marks 7th Anniversary of Iraq War

This Saturday, March 20th, 2010 is the 7th Anniversary of the start of the Iraq War. Seeking to help bring more public pressure and return the U.S. to a more humble foreign  policy in line with the vision of the Founding Generation, Liberty activists from across the Republic are hosting…

Published on Mar. 20, 2010, 12:44 PM by Alli | 0 comment(s)

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We The People: US Healthcare Facts & The Horrifying Truth about What’s in the Bill

SEC. 401 – ANY individual who doesn’t have “acceptable” HC according to Government will be taxed 2.5% of their gross income AND any NONRESIDENT Alien is EXEMPT from individual taxes. (Americans will pay) 3. It Requires that all Americans purchase health insurance. If you choose NOT to…

Published on Mar. 19, 2010, 6:22 AM by BenevolusFreedomTurnstone | 0 comment(s)

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i cant even watch Obama speak anymore, You know how it is when the lies and deceit are so blatant and stupifying that you just tune the person out since every word even the tone of the persons voice causes you to think in terms that arent very healthy and if acted on would be very bad.

i got one phrase for the pos pres, 23 trillion dollars. I hate that Americans are so desensitized that they refuse to act as they should. being sovereign means there is no power above the people. Take action , Impeach and take control, the senators and representatives are listening and willing to comply so get off your dull asses and take your country back.

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Source: USA Today

GUADALAJARA, Noting the huge trading partnership among the three neighbors, Obama said that commerce must be expanded, not restricted.

Wrapping up a North American summit Monday afternoon, Obama joined Mexican President Felipe Calderón and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper for a news conference after about two hours of talks.

Noting the huge trading partnership among the three neighbors, Obama said that commerce must be expanded, not restricted.

The president also emphasized a need for orderly and legal immigration, a sensitive issue on all borders.

“But ultimately I think the American people want fairness,” he said. “And we can create a system in which you have strong border security, we have an orderly process for people to come in, but we’re also giving an opportunity for those who are already in the United States to be able to achieve a pathway to citizenship so that they don’t have to live in the shadows and their children and their grandchildren can have a full participation in — in the United States.”

On Mexico’s turf, Obama backed Calderón and his efforts to take on drug cartels during a spiraling war on drugs and guns. Washington is debating whether to withhold money to help fight the powerful cartels because of allegations that the Mexican military has been guilty of human rights abuses.

Obama said he had great confidence that under Calderón “human rights will be observed.”

Calderón said the Mexican government has an “absolute and categorical” commitment to human rights.

On commerce, Obama said that a “Buy America” provision in the giant economic stimulus package earlier this year had not hurt trade with Canada. “I do think it’s important to keep this in perspective,” Obama said. “This in no way has endangered the billions of dollars in trade taking place between our two countries.”

As for health care, he said the Canadian system had evolved differently from the one in the USA and that it would not work in the U.S. He said the “vigorous debate” unfolding at home over health care was itself healthy — but he also said he hoped that “more sensible and reasoned arguments will emerge” as the legislation heads toward possible votes this fall.

In a written statement, they pledged a united effort on economic recovery, trade, swine flu and climate change. A statement from the leaders said their nations offered a “joint, responsible and transparent” response to the spreading swine flu threat.

They men spoke at the end of a swift North American Leaders’ Summit, an annual gathering launched during George W. Bush’s presidency. The gathering typically yields fresh promises of coordination on many issues but no breakthroughs or initiatives.

The leaders renewed calls for the restoration of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted in a June 28 coup.

Obama blasted critics who said the United States should intervene in the government dispute on Honduras: “The same critics who say that the United States has not intervened enough in Honduras are the same people who say that we’re always intervening and the Yankees need to get out of Latin America. You can’t have it both ways.”

The North American leaders also tried to coordinate plans to minimize the severity of the H1N1 flu virus as school begins, said John Brennan, an Obama adviser on homeland security.

The virus has flared up again in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas after an initial outbreak that began in Mexico in April spread rapidly worldwide. Swine flu has killed 149 people in Mexico and infected 17,730. In the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said there have been 436 swine flu deaths and an estimated 1 million cases.

World health officials are worried it may evolve into a more dangerous strain during the winter flu season. “There are people who are going to be getting sick in the fall and die,” Brennan said.

Meanwhile, drug-related violence in Mexico has been increasing even after Calderón began dispatching troops to confront drug traffickers in December 2006. As many as 4,000 people have died in drug-related violence this year, up 65% from the 2,422 killed in the same period in 2008, according to an unofficial tally by El Universal newspaper.

Harper said Sunday that Canada will increase its aid to Mexico’s anti-drug fight by bringing 300 Mexican police officers and 32 commanders to the Canadian Police College for training.

The U.S. has pledged $1.4 billion to help Mexico battle its drug cartels, but Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., threatened last week to withhold part of that money because of possible human rights abuses by Mexico’s military.

During their meeting Sunday, Calderón urged Obama to resurrect a program to allow some Mexican trucks onto U.S. highways as part of the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement, Calderón’s office said. Mexico has retaliated by imposing tariffs on $2.4 billion of U.S. goods.

Calderón urged Harper to reverse the visa rule for Mexican visitors, saying it prevented thousands from traveling to Canada in July, Calderón’s office said.

Contributing: Chris Hawley, the Latin America

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.Global Research, July 14, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

VISA REQUIREMENT FOR MEXICANS A PERVERSE OUTCOME OF NAFTA

SASKATOON, Sask.—Canadians need to understand the context of today’s announcement that Mexican citizens will require visas to visit Canada. We also need to understand the root cause of the rising number of Mexican refugees coming to Canada.

Food products—staples such as corn and beans—are flooding into Mexico. Since the 1995 implementation of NAFTA, US corn exports to Mexico have quadrupled. These products are flowing south at prices below Mexican farmers’ cost of production, and below the cost of production in the US. Subsidies enable farmers to produce below cost. NAFTA dictates that Mexico must allow this food in. The NAFTA timetable required that on January 1, 2008, Mexico remove its final restrictions on the imports of staple food products—opening its border completely to imports of corn and beans.

Mexican farmers have been devastated by low prices for corn and other crops. Farm families have been forced off their land, and forced to relocate to large cities and border-town maquilidoras. NAFTA’s body-blow to Mexico’s farm sector has meant a rapid rise in the number of Mexicans who are landless, unemployed, poor, and desperate.

This growing number of desperately poor Mexican citizens has created social unrest and instability and, in some cases, a pool of people willing to work for the drug cartels. Expanding drug cartel violence, the attendant corruption of some police and justice officials, a growing sense of lawlessness, declining safety, and declining economic prospects have driven many Mexican families to flee their homes—some have come to Canada to try to obtain refugee status.

“A huge portion of Mexican citizens rely on farming to support their families. Our trade policies—ostensibly aimed at finding ‘markets’ for our grains and meat—have devastated market prices for those Mexican farmers. Bankrupted farmers have been forced from rural areas and into cities. Those cities are increasingly lawless and dangerous—poverty and desperation has fueled the rise of organized crime. Many Mexicans are now trying to escape. Some are coming here. We need to connect the dots. Many of the Mexicans coming to Canada are refugees from NAFTA,” said NFU International Coordinator Martha Robbins.

Robbins added: “There is irony here. As we are forcing open Mexican borders to our products, we are closing our borders to a significant portion of the Mexican people. We are working to block the flow of people which is, to a significant extent, a result of our work to speed the flow of goods.”

The NFU believes that the effects of NAFTA on farmers in Mexico are unjust and massively damaging. This latest move by the Canadian government to require visas is just the most recent immorality flowing from the so-called trade agreement. The NFU strongly opposes the policy requiring Mexican citizens to have a visa to visit our country.

For More Information:

Martha Robbins, NFU International Coordinator: (416) 656-6708

Darrin Qualman, Director of Research: (306) 652-9465

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