We delayed this morning’s post in anticipation that we might have a budget deal for FY2011. However, the morning drags on and we do not.
COMMENTS:
The Democrats are trying to force the Republicans into making the majority of concessions. The Republicans recognize that caving in is going to give them grief in 2012. In this process, the Dems have made it clear that they don’t care whether or not the country goes into bankruptcy. All they care is about is their own agenda, spend and tax and let the national debt go wherever it wants. Many Americans are hoping the government WILL shut down; we’ll trim the budget expenses one way or another.
TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. Did Japan’s recent aftershock cause more damage to their nuclear reactor? (Wylie ~ Bieber, CA)
A. More power went out across northern Japan. Several reactors went off line and one temporarily lost cooling, but everything with those plants is back to normal. Workers at Fukushima evacuated, but the latest word from the power company there is that no further damage was created. The quake, 7.1 magnitude, would have caused major damage in any city in the U.S.
Q. You reported on the Ivory Coast the other day. There’s simply just no news about it. What’s going on now? (Velma - Houston, TX)
TODAY’S VIDEO:
A. Laurent Gbago, the ruling strongman dictator who has refused to step down after elections in November, is holed up in the Presidential Palace as U.N. forces have him surrounded. The International Rescue Committee is warning that chaos is permeating this West African nation once split in two by a 2002-2003 civil war, citing an "explosive mix of political, economic and ethnic tension." One can only wonder, if this continues where will we get ivory for piano keys?
Q. I heard yesterday a brief blip about Iran stepping up its nuclear program? (Lana ~ Cottonwood, AZ)
A. The news is that they have even more facilities than we knew about and that production in the centrifuges has picked up while the U.S. has been bogged down in other Middle East problems. There is now no doubt, due to the volume of production, that Iran intends to produce nuclear weapons. I sincerely doubt that Obama will intervene, but Israel might.
TODAY’S QUOTE:
“All we're getting from the Democratic majority in Congress and from this White House is more bailouts, more spending, more planned stimulus, more deficits and debt, and the American people have had it.” ~ Mike Pence
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