Iran Look At Yourselves

                           

Iran's supreme leader accuses U.S. of terrorism

By ALI AKBAR DAREINI

The Associated Press

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's supreme leader on Saturday accused the United States of supporting terrorism, pointing to American drone strikes in Pakistan and Afghanistan that he said have killed scores of civilians.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said a country whose military forces are responsible for such deaths can't lecture the world about fighting terror.
Strong anti-U.S. salvos are heard regularly from Iran's leadership. Saturday's statement by Khamenei revealed the differences between Iran and the U.S. on the issue of who is a terrorist and who is a freedom fighter.
"The U.S. and the European governments that follow it describe Palestinian combatant groups who fight for the liberation of their land as terrorists," Khamenei said in a written message to an international conference on combating terrorism that opened Saturday in Tehran.
At the same time, Khamenei said, Israeli military strikes that hit civilians or assassinations of Palestinians by Israeli security agents are not condemned by the West as acts of terrorism.
Iranian leaders say Palestinian groups and the Lebanese Hezbollah are fighting to liberate occupied lands. Iran openly praises groups such as Islamic Jihad and Hamas, which have claimed responsibility for suicide bombings and other attacks.
Khamenei said Iran was a victim of what he called U.S. "terrorism" for the 1988 downing of an Iranian passenger plane by the warship USS Vincennes, which killed all 290 people aboard. The U.S. Defense Department said at the time that the crew mistook the plane for a hostile aircraft, which Iran rejects.
Later Saturday, Khamenei warned visiting Afghan President Hamid Karzai that the United States is seeking to set up permanent bases in Afghanistan.
"Americans are after setting up permanent bases in Afghanistan. This is a dangerous issue. As long as American troops are based in Afghanistan, there will be no real security," state TV quoted Khamenei as saying.
The United States has said it will have all its fighting forces out of Afghanistan by 2014 and that the security of Afghanistan will be turned over to Afghan forces. The U.S. has not asked for any bases or centers to remain under its control.

Commentary

Hey Iran look in the mirror and don't throw stones at glass houses.

Stupid Poll Question From Liberal CNN

  

 



   

                                              Should same-sex marriage be legal?

                                                                Yes

                                                                 No

                                                   Here is CNN's results
                                                    
                                                       Yes 60% 64968

                                                       No  40% 43791

                                                       Total votes: 108759

                                                       This is not a scientific poll

Commentary

This should not even be being asked.Marriage is between a man and a woman Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve.

Obama's Very Weak Weekly Presidential Address

Obama Weekly Address: "We Can't Simply Cut Our Way To Prosperity"

"Hello, everybody. Earlier this week, I spoke about our way forward in Afghanistan, and I said that because of the extraordinary work of our men and women in uniform, civilians, and our coalition partners, we will soon begin bringing our troops home, just as we’ve begun doing in Iraq. After a decade of conflict, we’re finally bringing these wars to a responsible end.
That’s in the best interests of America’s security. And it’s also in the best interests of America’s economy. Even though we’ve turned our economy in the right direction over the past couple of years, many Americans are still hurting, and now is the time to focus on nation-building here at home.

Of course, there’s been a real debate about where to invest and where to cut, and I’m ...
... committed to working with members of both parties to cut our deficits and debt. But we can’t simply cut our way to prosperity. We need to do what’s necessary to grow our economy; create good, middle-class jobs; and make it possible for all Americans to pursue their dreams.

That means giving our kids the best education in the world so they have the knowledge and skills to succeed in this economy. It means rebuilding our crumbling roads, railways and runways. And it means investing in the cutting-edge research and technologies that will spur growth in the years ahead –- from clean energy to advanced manufacturing. Michelle Obama family and friends entourage arrive in Botswana on a weeklong official trip 6-24-11

That’s why I’m here today at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, one of America’s leading research universities. Behind me is a display from a company called RedZone Robotics.

The robots they make are used to explore water and sewage pipes, and find leaks and breaks before they become expensive problems. But the folks at RedZone aren’t just solving problems; they’re working with unions to create new jobs operating the robots, and they’re saving cities millions of dollars in infrastructure costs.

This company is just one example of how advanced manufacturing can help spur job-creation and economic growth across this country. That’s why this week, we launched what we’re calling an Advanced Manufacturing Partnership. It’s a partnership that brings our federal government together with some of America’s most brilliant minds and some of America’s most innovative companies and manufacturers.

Their mission is to come up with a way to get ideas from the drawing board to the manufacturing floor to the marketplace as swiftly as possible, which will help create quality jobs, and make our businesses more competitive. But they also have a broader mission.

It’s to renew the promise of American manufacturing. To help make sure America remains in this century what we were in the last –- a country that makes things. A country that out-builds and out-innovates the rest of the world.

I know these have been tough years for American manufacturing, and all the workers and families who’ve built their lives around it. But being here in Pittsburgh, I’m hopeful about the future. I’m hopeful when I think about how companies like RedZone are reinvigorating manufacturing or about how what started as a small trade school is now a global research university.

We are a people who’ve always adapted to meet the challenges of a new time; who’ve always shaped our own destiny, and I’m absolutely confident that that’s what we’re going to do one more time. Have a great weekend."

Commentary

Investing is a code Democratic Party word for more tax payer $$$$ to go to more and more frivolous spending

This Aint No Santa Clause Busted In Santa Monica

Welcome Home Whitey!

Democrats Being What They Are True To Form

House arrest keeps Tierney’s wife from rep’s fund-raiser  

Johnny And Patrice Tierney the felon
By Laurel J. Sweet Boston Herald Reporter
Wednesday, June 22, 2011

With his wife still under house arrest until August, U.S. Rep. John F. Tierney will be going stag to Friday night’s major Women Taking the Lead for Tierney fund-raiser, spokesmen for the couple confirmed yesterday.
Patrice Tierney is listed on the host committee of the annual $100-a-plate cocktail party to take place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Danvers. But Jennifer Flagg, spokesman for the Salem Democrat’s convict wife, told the Herald, “Mrs. Tierney is definitely not attending the event.
“She wouldn’t do anything to step out of the terms of her probation.”
Michael Goldman, a spokesman for John Tierney, 59, said the congressman will attend, and the nod to his wife of 14 years was strictly a formality.
Patrice Tierney, 60, pleaded guilty in January to aiding and abetting the filing of false tax returns by her brother, Robert Eremian, a fugitive from federal charges of racketeering, illegal gambling, money laundering and witness tampering.
The petite jewelry designer completed a monthlong prison stretch on March 15 and is now on two years’ supervised release — the first five months of which she’s confined to her home, though not on a GPS bracelet.
The scandal hasn’t scared deep-pocketed donors away from her husband, who has held his office since 1997. Judson Reis, president of Gorton’s Seafoods, Endicott College president Richard Wylie and historic Hawthorne Hotel owner Michael J. Harrington all contributed in recent months, according to Federal Election Commission records.
Patrice Tierney, whose mother died May 30 at age 87, is “doing the best she can under the circumstances,” Flagg said. “She’s a remarkably strong and resilient woman.”

DevildogDave (from the Boston Herald message Board)

Awe too bad Mama Tierney she cant go out and play she wants to cry now.I love what one reaps one will sow.

OPED Mary Ellen Was Refering To

Beyond buffoonery

By Boston Herald Editorial Staff                          
Friday, June 10, 2011


The Governor’s Council has now gone beyond mere buffoonery and straight into dysfunctional.
This week they knowingly and admittedly rejected a well qualified candidate for the Parole Board based on nothing more than his reluctance to disclose details of his federal pension and their unabashed jealousy over how much he makes.
John Bocon, a former federal probation officer, was rejected by a 4-3 vote of the Council Wednesday for failing to disclose information that is not required under state ethics laws. In response to questions from councilors he told them his last year’s federal salary was $174,000 so it’s not hard to guess that his pension would be in a similar range — which seems to be what really bothers some councilors.
“I bugs me when I know the guy’s making $200,000 and doesn’t have the decency or courage to tell us what his pension is,” said Christopher Iannella. “Enough is enough,” he told State House News Service.
It’s one thing to reject a nominee for the $90,000 a year post for reasons related to his qualifications or his record of service or a dispute over philosophy, but this is just plain nutty.
The Parole Board was a mess when in the wake of the killing of Woburn Police Officer John Maguire by parolee Dominic Cinelli. Gov. Deval Patrick decided to turn his attention to cleaning house. At the time Bocon got a three-month appointment to fill one of those vacancies. This time he was up for a full five-year term.
The state should be grateful that a man with his experience is willing to serve in what is a difficult and often thankless job.
Councilors Iannella, Mary-Ellen Manning, Marilyn Devaney and Kelly Timilty ought be ashamed of themselves. It’s really time the voters put this gang out of business.

Commentary

The Boston Herald is starting to sound like the Boston Globe.

This Is The Boston Herald Version Edited

Councilor responds    

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Your editorial “Beyond buffoonery” (June 10) said that I should be ashamed of myself for having voted against the governor’s most recent nominee to the Parole Board because he refused to disclose the amount of his federal pension.
This is false. I voted against John Bocon because this administration has put politics ahead of public safety. Its unschooled approach to parole will result in an increased number of dangerous felons being released directly into our communities without any post-release controls.
If the basis for this editorial is a June 8 State House News Service item, SHNS changed the story at my request to remove the implication that I had voted against Bocon over the pension issue.

— Mary-Ellen Manning,
Governor’s Councilor

Here is my comment left on the Boston Herald message board

DevildogDave

Hey Mary Ellen great letter this is why I am proud to have you as our Governor's Councilor.

David R.Beaupre Independence Tea Party of Massachusetts