Arianna appeared on "Larry King Live" Friday night, which was being guest hosted by Tavis Smiley, where she discussed Obama's Afghanistan policy, the issues surrounding the administration's bank bailout, and the failures of the war on drugs. She was joined on the show by Garry Shandling and David Frum.
Discussing Obama's Afghanistan policy
Discussing the administration's bank bailout
Discussing the war on drugs
Another very important aspect is the increase in Afghan national army from 80000 to 134000. I believe that this is most important aspect of his speech as a strong central force will definitely have some impact on the overall situation. If the situation in Afghanistan stabilise to the extent that local army takes charge of the situation (even if the Taliban are not totally defeated) and foreign forces leave than situation in Pakistan will cool down as well.
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By Sikander Hayat
"Major investment companies describe private prisons as one of the best investment you can make. Right now in the United States of America, the biggest growth industry is the privatized prison complex."
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1657827965975839596&hl=en
see Minute 1:15:30
There is so much money being made by people in private prison businesses that we will have to continually need to rethink the source of all this righteous indignation. The people that are building these prisons and profiting from them are the same top 1% who control Washington. These people have all the influence they need to make sure the media portrays a unified front of outrage and disgust for anyone promoting legalization. The fact that the current laws putting so many people behind bars for possession of marijuana destroys lives and makes the United States one of the most oppressive countries in the world means nothing to them.
We must put an end to so much suffering being had over something that is a million times more benevolent than cigarettes or alcohol. We must put an end to this phony outrage that is making billionaires at the taxpayers expense. People's lives are being destroyed so someone can make money on housing them in shackles. We are not cattle and we better stop these people from telling us that we must submit to such a vicious practice.
The march of death begins anew with a new generation, the Obama generation, and the ghosts of the dead, the nightmare, soon will swirl through the psyche of our president. Those of us who were
drafted in the sixties, those of us who have not slept, understand Joe Biden's reluctance
to hurl more napalm.
He knows what is about to transpire.
I'll pray for you Mr.Obama and Ms. Clinton. Welcome to our nightmare.
Sleep warm.
There is no "secret knowledge" the presidents gets that changes his whole world view. That is just a comforting myth to help us believe our leaders know what they are doing.
We are citizens, not subjects.
Keep sharing your ideas Folks!
This is democracy in action.
The bailout money for AIG was so they could pay claims on bad debts. These debts may be in your investment portfolio, so ultimately the bailout money is protecting the investments of the ordinary American. I do believe that AIG and other companies receiving bailouts should not pay large bonuses while receiving these funds.
What failed here is not the business model, but the regulatory structure. The Republicans and the corporate Democrats figured out to get rid of the regulations. That's where the failure lies.
LET AIG, BANKS AND WALL STREET FAIL.
As beck wrote, the problem for Pres Obama in trying to solve this crisis is that the media anchors and pundits and most Americans don't understand the basic of economics 101 let along the intricacies of macroeconomics and the working of our banking and broader financial system. This is not a put down. It is a fact.
Until we are willing to educate ourselve, we will surely allow ourselves to continue to be side tracked and led down angry paths that may harm us more than help us. I am not saying we should blindly accept everything Pres Obama does, but we should be sure what we argue against we really understand. We shoul do not criticize merely because someone tells us to or because we feel we are getting revenge against those who let us down (ie those in Congress who supported deregulation and those financial and other corporate heads who act and continue to act out of greed).
Your money and future is very tied up in the decisions that are being made here, so don't forget it for a minute particularly if you have a 401K, IRA, pension or in some cases insurance.
Since Iran funds them, and Iran is working on the bomb, well hey... I think that's the scarier front. Certainly Hezbollah and Al Qaeda could be very cooperative with one another in the short term.
So. Anybody for being POTUS for a day? Any takers?....
How did he get this knowledge? Is it divinely put to him? Did he get it from institutions that had Lawrence Summers as their President?
Until we as a country start believing in ourselves and are not willing to leave the military and the economy, to name two parts of government, in the hands of "experts" we will blindly follow them into another debacle.
How long has it been said that the economy is too difficult for outsiders to understand. It is not that difficult. It is called greed.
Military and political issues are also not too difficult to understand. It is called arrogance.
I don't think that is a good idea.
They have just about 2/3 the population of the USA.
In no way does any of this make a lick of sense. Wrap it up, get back to American soil and begin defending our own borders.