Showing posts with label Gordon Brown. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gordon Brown. Show all posts
Monday, June 8, 2009
EU moves right; USA moves left
Conservative parties won big in the European Union elections. German and French conservatives made the largest gains. The EU said center-right parties were expected to take the most seats.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party sent a historic defeat to their center-left rivals in the European Parliament vote.
Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have been against any European stimulus, unlike British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who has been under heat to resign.
This shows that many Europeans are upset at how the current liberal-socialist parties have dealt with a world-wide recession by taking over banks and private companies.
IN THE NEWS:
Associated Press: Conservatives score wins in EU parliament voting
Bloomberg: Merkel, Sarkozy Win EU Vote, Easing Stimulus Pressure
The Independent: Far-right gains from Labour turmoil
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's party sent a historic defeat to their center-left rivals in the European Parliament vote.
Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy have been against any European stimulus, unlike British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who has been under heat to resign.
This shows that many Europeans are upset at how the current liberal-socialist parties have dealt with a world-wide recession by taking over banks and private companies.
IN THE NEWS:
Associated Press: Conservatives score wins in EU parliament voting
Bloomberg: Merkel, Sarkozy Win EU Vote, Easing Stimulus Pressure
The Independent: Far-right gains from Labour turmoil
Thursday, June 4, 2009
PM Gordon Brown receiving calls to resign
The recession in the United Kingdom is bad and Prime Minister Gordon Brown is nationalizing the banks. Sounds familiar? The Britons are asking that the prime minister resign. Where is this in the United States?
Many in Brown's cabinet have resigned. The Britons are just as clueless as Obama's cabinet.
IN THE NEWS:
The Sun: Rebel Labour MPs email to Brown says: Resign now!
The Telegraph: Gordon Brown fights for his political life
Saturday, April 4, 2009
British newspaper mocks Obama
This is too good for me to just talk about. I have to show the article as it is written. By the way, you would not see this in the United States. Well, maybe on conservative talk radio. But where else?
Here it is. This is courtesy of The Guardian.
The question that flummoxed the great orator
by John Crace, The Guardian, Friday 3 April 2009
Barack Obama, the World's Greatest Orator (™all news organisations), didn't exactly cover himself in glory when the BBC's political editor Nick Robinson asked him a question about who was to blame for the financial crisis. Normally word perfect, Obama ummed, ahed and waffled for the best part of two and a half minutes. Here, John Crace decodes what he was really thinking ...
Nick Robinson: "A question for you both, if I may. The prime minister has repeatedly blamed the United States of America for causing this crisis. France and Germany both blame Britain and America for causing this crisis. Who is right? And isn't the debate about that at the heart of the debate about what to do now?" Brown immediately swivels to leave Obama in pole position. There is a four-second delay before Obama starts speaking [THANKS FOR NOTHING, GORDY BABY. REMIND ME TO HANG YOU OUT TO DRY ONE DAY.] Barack Obama: "I, I, would say that, er ... pause [I HAVEN'T A CLUE] ... if you look at ... pause [WHO IS THIS NICK ROBINSON JERK?] ... the, the sources of this crisis ... pause [JUST KEEP GOING, BUDDY] ... the United States certainly has some accounting to do with respect to . . . pause [I'M IN WAY TOO DEEP HERE] ... a regulatory system that was inadequate to the massive changes that have taken place in the global financial system ... pause, close eyes [THIS IS GOING TO GO DOWN LIKE A CROCK OF SHIT BACK HOME. HELP]. I think what is also true is that ... pause [I WANT NICK ROBINSON TO DISAPPEAR] ... here in Great Britain ... pause [SHIT, GORDY'S THE HOST, DON'T LAND HIM IN IT] ... here in continental Europe ... pause [DAMN IT, BLAME EVERYONE.] ... around the world. We were seeing the same mismatch between the regulatory regimes that were in place and er ... pause [I'VE LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT AGAIN] ... the highly integrated, er, global capital markets that have emerged ... pause [I'M REALLY WINGING IT NOW]. So at this point, I'm less interested in ... pause [YOU] ... identifying blame than fixing the problem. I think we've taken some very aggressive steps in the United States to do so, not just responding to the immediate crisis, ensuring banks are adequately capitalised, er, dealing with the enormous, er ... pause [WHY DIDN'T I QUIT WHILE I WAS AHEAD?] ... drop-off in demand and contraction that has taken place. More importantly, for the long term, making sure that we've got a set of, er, er, regulations that are up to the task, er, and that includes, er, a number that will be discussed at this summit. I think there's a lot of convergence between all the parties involved about the need, for example, to focus not on the legal form that a particular financial product takes or the institution it emerges from, but rather what's the risk involved, what's the function of this product and how do we regulate that adequately, much more effective coordination, er, between countries so we can, er, anticipate the risks that are involved there. Dealing with the, er, problem of derivatives markets, making sure we have set up systems, er, that can reduce some of the risks there. So, I actually think ... pause [FANTASTIC. I'VE LOST EVERYONE, INCLUDING MYSELF] ... there's enormous consensus that has emerged in terms of what we need to do now and, er ... pause [I'M OUTTA HERE. TIME FOR THE USUAL CLOSING BOLLOCKS] ... I'm a great believer in looking forwards than looking backwards.
guardian.co.uk © Guardian News and Media Limited 2009
Link to Article
Here it is. This is courtesy of The Guardian.
The question that flummoxed the great orator
by John Crace, The Guardian, Friday 3 April 2009
Barack Obama, the World's Greatest Orator (™all news organisations), didn't exactly cover himself in glory when the BBC's political editor Nick Robinson asked him a question about who was to blame for the financial crisis. Normally word perfect, Obama ummed, ahed and waffled for the best part of two and a half minutes. Here, John Crace decodes what he was really thinking ...
Nick Robinson: "A question for you both, if I may. The prime minister has repeatedly blamed the United States of America for causing this crisis. France and Germany both blame Britain and America for causing this crisis. Who is right? And isn't the debate about that at the heart of the debate about what to do now?" Brown immediately swivels to leave Obama in pole position. There is a four-second delay before Obama starts speaking [THANKS FOR NOTHING, GORDY BABY. REMIND ME TO HANG YOU OUT TO DRY ONE DAY.] Barack Obama: "I, I, would say that, er ... pause [I HAVEN'T A CLUE] ... if you look at ... pause [WHO IS THIS NICK ROBINSON JERK?] ... the, the sources of this crisis ... pause [JUST KEEP GOING, BUDDY] ... the United States certainly has some accounting to do with respect to . . . pause [I'M IN WAY TOO DEEP HERE] ... a regulatory system that was inadequate to the massive changes that have taken place in the global financial system ... pause, close eyes [THIS IS GOING TO GO DOWN LIKE A CROCK OF SHIT BACK HOME. HELP]. I think what is also true is that ... pause [I WANT NICK ROBINSON TO DISAPPEAR] ... here in Great Britain ... pause [SHIT, GORDY'S THE HOST, DON'T LAND HIM IN IT] ... here in continental Europe ... pause [DAMN IT, BLAME EVERYONE.] ... around the world. We were seeing the same mismatch between the regulatory regimes that were in place and er ... pause [I'VE LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT AGAIN] ... the highly integrated, er, global capital markets that have emerged ... pause [I'M REALLY WINGING IT NOW]. So at this point, I'm less interested in ... pause [YOU] ... identifying blame than fixing the problem. I think we've taken some very aggressive steps in the United States to do so, not just responding to the immediate crisis, ensuring banks are adequately capitalised, er, dealing with the enormous, er ... pause [WHY DIDN'T I QUIT WHILE I WAS AHEAD?] ... drop-off in demand and contraction that has taken place. More importantly, for the long term, making sure that we've got a set of, er, er, regulations that are up to the task, er, and that includes, er, a number that will be discussed at this summit. I think there's a lot of convergence between all the parties involved about the need, for example, to focus not on the legal form that a particular financial product takes or the institution it emerges from, but rather what's the risk involved, what's the function of this product and how do we regulate that adequately, much more effective coordination, er, between countries so we can, er, anticipate the risks that are involved there. Dealing with the, er, problem of derivatives markets, making sure we have set up systems, er, that can reduce some of the risks there. So, I actually think ... pause [FANTASTIC. I'VE LOST EVERYONE, INCLUDING MYSELF] ... there's enormous consensus that has emerged in terms of what we need to do now and, er ... pause [I'M OUTTA HERE. TIME FOR THE USUAL CLOSING BOLLOCKS] ... I'm a great believer in looking forwards than looking backwards.
guardian.co.uk © Guardian News and Media Limited 2009
Link to Article
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Why Obama hates Churchill, England
While the world loved during his time and continues to love him today, President Barack Obama does the opposite.
This beloved man was Sir Winston Churchill, who is considered to be the best prime minister in the history of the United Kingdom.
Shortly after taking office, Obama sent back a bust of Churchill to England because he didn't like it in the Oval Office. The British said that Obama could have sent the bust to a museum in the United States, rather than back to the British Isles. Obama still sent the bust to England even after that.
A week ago, U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown came to the United States on a visit. Brown gave Obama memoirs of Winston Churchill and some more historical things from England. Obama wasn't too excited to see that gift about Churchill's life. And, as a response to the gift, Obama gave Brown 25 DVDs of American classic movies. This was the cheapest give ever given by an American president to the prime minister of the United Kingdom. These movies could be found at your neighborhood Wal-Mart and at Amazon.com.
The White House and State Department continue to say that the United States will treat every country equally and that the UK is no better than any other country. How can they say that? The U.K. is our best and closest ally. We have been buddies with the British since after the War of 1812 and now Obama wants to change this? But why? Here's why.
Obama's father's side of the family, and maybe himself, are from Kenya. Kenya used to be a part of the British Empire. Really, not just a part, they were the British Empire. Churchill was prime minister during a period of this time.
Obama sees England as imperialists and imperialists are evil. The United States are, or were, imperialists as well when we acquired Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines and a few other countries from the Spanish-American War and on, and some would say before too as the U.S. moved to the Pacific coast.
Obama is against imperialism and capitalism. He wants both to fail. He still has that hatred toward England.
Who then will become our closest ally? Cuba? Obama wants to end the trade embargo with Cuba. Well, we'll always have Canada, but wait, Canada is close to the U.K. as well, so that won't work.
So who can it be? Russia?
This beloved man was Sir Winston Churchill, who is considered to be the best prime minister in the history of the United Kingdom.
Shortly after taking office, Obama sent back a bust of Churchill to England because he didn't like it in the Oval Office. The British said that Obama could have sent the bust to a museum in the United States, rather than back to the British Isles. Obama still sent the bust to England even after that.
A week ago, U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown came to the United States on a visit. Brown gave Obama memoirs of Winston Churchill and some more historical things from England. Obama wasn't too excited to see that gift about Churchill's life. And, as a response to the gift, Obama gave Brown 25 DVDs of American classic movies. This was the cheapest give ever given by an American president to the prime minister of the United Kingdom. These movies could be found at your neighborhood Wal-Mart and at Amazon.com.
The White House and State Department continue to say that the United States will treat every country equally and that the UK is no better than any other country. How can they say that? The U.K. is our best and closest ally. We have been buddies with the British since after the War of 1812 and now Obama wants to change this? But why? Here's why.
Obama's father's side of the family, and maybe himself, are from Kenya. Kenya used to be a part of the British Empire. Really, not just a part, they were the British Empire. Churchill was prime minister during a period of this time.
Obama sees England as imperialists and imperialists are evil. The United States are, or were, imperialists as well when we acquired Puerto Rico, Guam, the Philippines and a few other countries from the Spanish-American War and on, and some would say before too as the U.S. moved to the Pacific coast.
Obama is against imperialism and capitalism. He wants both to fail. He still has that hatred toward England.
Who then will become our closest ally? Cuba? Obama wants to end the trade embargo with Cuba. Well, we'll always have Canada, but wait, Canada is close to the U.K. as well, so that won't work.
So who can it be? Russia?
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