Today, I read incredulously the editorial comments of the Financial Times, "Time to muzzle Libya's mad dog: United Nations should impose a no-fly zone without delay," (February 25). FT wrote, "The UN should be ready to protect the oil installations if Col. Gaddafi starts to destroy them."
In what reality does the Editorial Board of the Financial Times live (in)? When has the UN conducted a successful campaign? Just ask the folks in Rwanda, Srebrenica (Bosnia), and Congo, what UN interventions did for them. Or, Kosovo Serbs being murdered and their organs removed by Bill and Hillary Clinton's "Albanian freedom fighters," under UN protection. And these are only a few examples.
While Col. Gaddafi is slaughtering his countrymen in the streets of Libya, the UN is passing yet another condemnation of Israel. As others have pointed out, 'this sanctimonious babbling mess (UN) is incapable of meaningful intervention.'
In closing, if the Financial Times was a physician, it would be sued for malpractice and have its license revoked. This is journalistic malpractice!
Monday, February 28, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Public Servants Are Now Our Masters: The New Slavery
In Hal Weitzman's article, "Battle of Madison tests US stomach for longer struggle" (FT, February 23), it is important to understand that the Governor of Wisconsin's effort is to curtail the power of Public Employee Unions, and not Unions (private) in general.
Mort Zuckerman's highly instructive article in the FT, "America's public servants are now its masters" (September 10, 2010), points out that "public sector employees have become a privileged class." For example: private sector workers are nearly three (3) times more likely to be jobless than public sector workers; public sector employees are better off in every area: pay, benefits, time off and security, on top of working fewer hours; ninety per cent of government employees receive lifetime pension benefits versus 18 per cent of private employees; public sector employees are almost impossible to fire; public-sector unions are a mechanism for involuntary transfers of money from taxpayers to the Democratic Party; approximately 62 per cent of Obama and the Democratic Congress's Stimulus Program of $787 billion went to support public service employees; and, for the past two years and the first time in recent memory, Obama and his Democratic cohorts could not find “one cent” for an Annual Cost of Living increase for America’s Retired Military and Senior Citizens, but public sector employees experienced no such hardship.
It was Obama who crowed after the 2008 election, that "elections have consequences." Precisely, and the election of 2010 is no different. To my Wisconsin Democratic representatives -- go to work! The citizens of any State elect their representatives to work and represent their views -- not hide like cowards. If you disagree with a bill then you may vote against it -- but, show up, speak out, and be counted.
Mort Zuckerman's highly instructive article in the FT, "America's public servants are now its masters" (September 10, 2010), points out that "public sector employees have become a privileged class." For example: private sector workers are nearly three (3) times more likely to be jobless than public sector workers; public sector employees are better off in every area: pay, benefits, time off and security, on top of working fewer hours; ninety per cent of government employees receive lifetime pension benefits versus 18 per cent of private employees; public sector employees are almost impossible to fire; public-sector unions are a mechanism for involuntary transfers of money from taxpayers to the Democratic Party; approximately 62 per cent of Obama and the Democratic Congress's Stimulus Program of $787 billion went to support public service employees; and, for the past two years and the first time in recent memory, Obama and his Democratic cohorts could not find “one cent” for an Annual Cost of Living increase for America’s Retired Military and Senior Citizens, but public sector employees experienced no such hardship.
It was Obama who crowed after the 2008 election, that "elections have consequences." Precisely, and the election of 2010 is no different. To my Wisconsin Democratic representatives -- go to work! The citizens of any State elect their representatives to work and represent their views -- not hide like cowards. If you disagree with a bill then you may vote against it -- but, show up, speak out, and be counted.
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