Washington, Jan 25 - Republican leaders of the House Financial Services Committee are seeking assurances from the Obama Administration that U.S. taxpayers will not bear the burden of bailing out debt-ridden European governments.
In a letter sent Wednesday to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, Chairman Spencer Bachus, Vice Chairman Jeb Hensarling and the chairmen of the Committee's six subcommittees ask for confirmation that the Administration will not use taxpayer funds to subsidize Europe's financial programs through additional contributions to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The IMF has requested up to $500 billion to respond to the Eurozone debt crisis. The U.S. is the IMF's largest member country.
Filmmaker Oliver Stone, known for his liberal political views, said he would vote for Ron Paul over President Barack Obama if Paul wins the Republican nomination. "There's no way that we can continue this spending spree," Stone said, predicting a coming economic collapse. "In fact, I think in many ways the most interesting candidate -- I'd even vote for him if he was running against Obama -- is Ron Paul. Because he's the only one of anybody who's saying anything intelligent about the future of the world."
So far, during the presidency of Barack Obama, the price of a gallon of gasoline has jumped 83 percent, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
During the same period, the price of ground beef has gone up 24 percent and price of bacon has gone up 22 percent.
A couple of my favorites:
"He's not saying it, but he's thinking it and he'll do it after he's reelected."
"Where's Bagram?
"His hands are tied!"
Glenn Greenwald: Whatever else one wants to say, it is indisputably true that Ron Paul is the only political figure with any sort of a national platform -- certainly the only major presidential candidate in either party -- who advocates policy views on issues that liberals and progressives have long flamboyantly claimed are both compelling and crucial. As Matt Stoller argued: "the anger [Paul] inspires comes not from his positions, but from the tensions that modern American liberals bear within their own worldview. Ron Paul's candidacy is a mirror held up in front of the face of America's Democratic Party and its progressive wing, and the image that is reflected is an ugly one; more to the point, it's one they do not want to see because it so violently conflicts with their desired self-perception. read more
Was it better than The Who in 2010? Yes.
Was it better than Bruce in '09? Yes.
Was it better than Tom Petty in '08? Yes.
Was it better than The Rolling Stones in '06? Yes.
Was it better than Paul McCartney in '05? Yes.
I want to be entertained during the Super Bowl halftime. Watching Roger Daltrey struggle to sing within an octave of his original songs is not entertaining. Watching Paul grind a hole in the ground, mailing in Live and Let Die isn't very entertaining either.