Gang warfare on the streets of London as Asian and black youths battle outside Julie Christie's house
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 10:28 AM on 04th September 2008
Comments (23) Add to My Stories
Armed with metal poles, sticks, a screwdriver and even Wellington boots, two gangs of black and Asian youths fight it out in broad daylight on the streets of London.
The terrifying scenes were captured by a photographer who had been waiting in the street to take a photo of the actress Julie Christie, who lives nearby.
Instead he was faced with a brutal illustration of life in modern Britain as gang warfare erupted around him in broad daylight.
In one picture, a gang member threatens another with a screwdriver, while in another, even a Wellington boot is used as a makeshift weapon.
Enlarge A group of Asians take on a group of Black youths with screwdrivers, spades, metal poles and sticks outside Julie Christie's home
Enlarge
One gang member attacks another with a screwdriver as the two gangs confront one another
Some of the gang members wear masks as they charge down the street waving sticks and other assorted weapons.
The dramatic confrontation took place yesterday afternoon in streets near Columbia Road, in East London, home to the popular Sunday morning flower market.
The battle lasted around 20 minutes and involved at least 10 youths.
According to reports the fight appeared to have its origins in a dispute between a local Asian man and some youths who he had accused of vandalising his property.
Enlarge
Metal poles and sticks are used as weapons as the running battle continues
While the area lies in the heart of London's East End, its terraced houses sell for up to a million pounds each and it is surrounded by fashionable cafes and shops which have sprung up around the flower market.
Scotland Yard said it had received numerous calls about the battle and officers were investigating.
04 September 2008
Bank Rate Held....September Meeting.....
Thursday, Sep 4, 2008
MPC holds UK interest rates at 5%
BBC: Bank keeps UK interest rate at 5%
The Bank of England has kept interest rates on hold at 5% for a fifth month as it struggles to deal with a slowing economy and soaring inflation. But with reports signalling the economy is heading for recession, expectations are rising that the cost of borrowing will be cut by the end of the year. Economic growth ground to a halt in the second quarter of this year, its worst performance since the early 1990s. However, inflation is more than double the Bank's target of 2%.
MPC holds UK interest rates at 5%
BBC: Bank keeps UK interest rate at 5%
The Bank of England has kept interest rates on hold at 5% for a fifth month as it struggles to deal with a slowing economy and soaring inflation. But with reports signalling the economy is heading for recession, expectations are rising that the cost of borrowing will be cut by the end of the year. Economic growth ground to a halt in the second quarter of this year, its worst performance since the early 1990s. However, inflation is more than double the Bank's target of 2%.
Property Price drop accelerates
Property price drop has accelerated
By PA News
September 02 2008
Government help for homebuyers follows 12 months which have seen prices tumble and loans restricted.
- The average UK property has lost 10.5% of its value during the past 12 months, the biggest drop since the final quarter of 1990, according to Nationwide Building Society.
- Property prices fell by 1.9% in August following drops of 1.5% and 0.9% in July and June respectively.
- The average property in the UK currently costs £164,654.
- London house prices dropped by 5.3% in the last month, a report by property agent Rightmove showed.
- The top five worst affected areas in London, when comparing July to August, were Wandsworth, Brent, Kingston upon Thames, Richmond upon Thames and Greenwich.
- Property firm Savills said profits in its estate agency slumped 88% during the first half of this year.
- Buyers are currently putting down average deposits of 20%, falling to around 10% among first-time buyers, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders.
- Figures show that 144,400 first-time buyers got on the property ladder between August last year and the beginning of this year, and many of these could now find themselves in negative equity.
- Around 552,000 people bought a property with a 100% mortgage between the beginning of August last year and the end of March, meaning they have no equity cushion against house price falls.
- The Halifax estimate 300,000 first-time buyers entered the market in 2007, the lowest since 1980. This compares with an estimated 900,000 at the peak in 1988.
Related links
The government's plan, region by region
Govt raises stamp duty threshold for a year
Why the government decided to act
Message board: has the government done enough?
Stamp duty relief Q&A
By PA News
September 02 2008
Government help for homebuyers follows 12 months which have seen prices tumble and loans restricted.
- The average UK property has lost 10.5% of its value during the past 12 months, the biggest drop since the final quarter of 1990, according to Nationwide Building Society.
- Property prices fell by 1.9% in August following drops of 1.5% and 0.9% in July and June respectively.
- The average property in the UK currently costs £164,654.
- London house prices dropped by 5.3% in the last month, a report by property agent Rightmove showed.
- The top five worst affected areas in London, when comparing July to August, were Wandsworth, Brent, Kingston upon Thames, Richmond upon Thames and Greenwich.
- Property firm Savills said profits in its estate agency slumped 88% during the first half of this year.
- Buyers are currently putting down average deposits of 20%, falling to around 10% among first-time buyers, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders.
- Figures show that 144,400 first-time buyers got on the property ladder between August last year and the beginning of this year, and many of these could now find themselves in negative equity.
- Around 552,000 people bought a property with a 100% mortgage between the beginning of August last year and the end of March, meaning they have no equity cushion against house price falls.
- The Halifax estimate 300,000 first-time buyers entered the market in 2007, the lowest since 1980. This compares with an estimated 900,000 at the peak in 1988.
Related links
The government's plan, region by region
Govt raises stamp duty threshold for a year
Why the government decided to act
Message board: has the government done enough?
Stamp duty relief Q&A
31 August 2008
The interview with Jack today..........
Straw says UK can 'weather storm'
Justice secretary defends Labour's "experienced pilot and co-pilot"
Justice Secretary Jack Straw has said Labour is best placed to see Britain through the current economic downturn.
He told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show that economic management under Labour would help the UK to "weather these storms".
He said Chancellor Alistair Darling did not speak out of turn saying economic conditions were the worst for 60 years.
The Tories have said it shows a split between him and Gordon Brown. Mr Straw also ruled out any Labour leadership challenge to the prime minister.
Experience
Mr Straw likened Britain's current economic situation to an airliner passing through turbulence.
There won't be a leadership challenge from me or from anybody else
Jack Straw, Justice Secretary
"The question for the country is who is better to take us through this turbulent period?" he said.
"Is it an experienced pilot and co-pilot in Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling, who have had the experience… or is it two people in David Cameron and George Osborne, who have had no experience of flying a large plane whatsoever."
The Tories have claimed Alastair Darling's comments to the Guardian newspaper "let the cat out of the bag" about the economy and proved that government was divided at the top level.
But Mr Straw insisted the Cabinet was completely in step and stressed that Mr Darling had been referring to the worldwide impact of the credit crunch and soaring food prices, rather than Britain's situation specifically.
This coming 12 months will be the most difficult 12 months the Labour party has had in a generation, quite frankly
Alistair Darling
Darling defends economy warning
Analysis: Darling's frank comments
He said: "We talk to each other all the time, each of us talks for the other. I'm sorry about this, but we're not clones of each other, and we sometimes use different adverbs and adjectives.
"The message from Gordon, from Alistair, from colleagues like myself, has been the same: we've had a very good period of economic management and economic success which has, for sure, provided us with a really serious platform to weather these storms."
Asked if he could rule himself out of any leadership challenge, Mr Straw said: "Yes. There won't be a leadership challenge from me or from anybody else."
Housing market
Mr Straw refused to speculate on possible measures to bolster the ailing housing market. But he said the government had already announced plans to allow local authorities to buy unsold homes to let to tenants.
"This is actually really important. Because of the credit crunch, because of the difficulty people find in getting mortgages, there is a market in the private sector that is, to say the least, not as buoyant as it was.
"Local authorities have said to us… why can't we go into the market to buy some of these houses. We have listened and we have acted very quickly."
Justice secretary defends Labour's "experienced pilot and co-pilot"
Justice Secretary Jack Straw has said Labour is best placed to see Britain through the current economic downturn.
He told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show that economic management under Labour would help the UK to "weather these storms".
He said Chancellor Alistair Darling did not speak out of turn saying economic conditions were the worst for 60 years.
The Tories have said it shows a split between him and Gordon Brown. Mr Straw also ruled out any Labour leadership challenge to the prime minister.
Experience
Mr Straw likened Britain's current economic situation to an airliner passing through turbulence.
There won't be a leadership challenge from me or from anybody else
Jack Straw, Justice Secretary
"The question for the country is who is better to take us through this turbulent period?" he said.
"Is it an experienced pilot and co-pilot in Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling, who have had the experience… or is it two people in David Cameron and George Osborne, who have had no experience of flying a large plane whatsoever."
The Tories have claimed Alastair Darling's comments to the Guardian newspaper "let the cat out of the bag" about the economy and proved that government was divided at the top level.
But Mr Straw insisted the Cabinet was completely in step and stressed that Mr Darling had been referring to the worldwide impact of the credit crunch and soaring food prices, rather than Britain's situation specifically.
This coming 12 months will be the most difficult 12 months the Labour party has had in a generation, quite frankly
Alistair Darling
Darling defends economy warning
Analysis: Darling's frank comments
He said: "We talk to each other all the time, each of us talks for the other. I'm sorry about this, but we're not clones of each other, and we sometimes use different adverbs and adjectives.
"The message from Gordon, from Alistair, from colleagues like myself, has been the same: we've had a very good period of economic management and economic success which has, for sure, provided us with a really serious platform to weather these storms."
Asked if he could rule himself out of any leadership challenge, Mr Straw said: "Yes. There won't be a leadership challenge from me or from anybody else."
Housing market
Mr Straw refused to speculate on possible measures to bolster the ailing housing market. But he said the government had already announced plans to allow local authorities to buy unsold homes to let to tenants.
"This is actually really important. Because of the credit crunch, because of the difficulty people find in getting mortgages, there is a market in the private sector that is, to say the least, not as buoyant as it was.
"Local authorities have said to us… why can't we go into the market to buy some of these houses. We have listened and we have acted very quickly."
Evidence of House Price Crash......
House prices crash by 10.5% in just one year - faster than the crash in the 1990's
Thursday, August 28 2008 @ 06:32 AM UTC
Latest Nationwide data shows month-on-month fall on 2% bringing the yearly fall to a staggering double digit value of 10.5%, a value that was predicted for the next 3 years and also a value that was denied could ever happen by estate agents and other mortgage dependent businesses.
At this rate, 30% - 50% within the next 32 months is now almost certain. Prices only go up eh? Missed the boat? Thats one boat I am glad I did not buy a ticket for.
If you have bought in the last 18 months you are probably in negative equity.
If you are a first time buyer, who has resisted the pressure from parents and friends, well done and here are some dinner party quotes to get your own back.
Message for Declan Curry, BBC: You berk.
For a while now I have generously been giving you the benefit of the doubt, thinking perhaps your hands were tied up by Auntie. But... this morning you removed all doubt from my mind, and I am now certain you a shameless non-independent VI, no wonder they let you work at the BBC.
You haven't quite been able to admit to the fundamentals over the past year clearly showing that house price falls are going to be deep, and 12 months ago you ridiculed anyone who thought 10% would happen - well look at the data today.
Your smirky little comment "so prices have fallen, your not going to be able to get a mortgage anyway" directed at people who chose to sit out the lunacy shows nothing but a nasty jealous streak running through you.
You should also know that a lot of people are shortly going to be wiping that grin of your face when they buy properties in cash, or have a hefty deposit for a cheap mortgage.
I hope your high leveraged BTL empire is weighing you down.
Thursday, August 28 2008 @ 06:32 AM UTC
Latest Nationwide data shows month-on-month fall on 2% bringing the yearly fall to a staggering double digit value of 10.5%, a value that was predicted for the next 3 years and also a value that was denied could ever happen by estate agents and other mortgage dependent businesses.
At this rate, 30% - 50% within the next 32 months is now almost certain. Prices only go up eh? Missed the boat? Thats one boat I am glad I did not buy a ticket for.
If you have bought in the last 18 months you are probably in negative equity.
If you are a first time buyer, who has resisted the pressure from parents and friends, well done and here are some dinner party quotes to get your own back.
Message for Declan Curry, BBC: You berk.
For a while now I have generously been giving you the benefit of the doubt, thinking perhaps your hands were tied up by Auntie. But... this morning you removed all doubt from my mind, and I am now certain you a shameless non-independent VI, no wonder they let you work at the BBC.
You haven't quite been able to admit to the fundamentals over the past year clearly showing that house price falls are going to be deep, and 12 months ago you ridiculed anyone who thought 10% would happen - well look at the data today.
Your smirky little comment "so prices have fallen, your not going to be able to get a mortgage anyway" directed at people who chose to sit out the lunacy shows nothing but a nasty jealous streak running through you.
You should also know that a lot of people are shortly going to be wiping that grin of your face when they buy properties in cash, or have a hefty deposit for a cheap mortgage.
I hope your high leveraged BTL empire is weighing you down.
23 August 2008
Seanator Karen Johnson
A remarkable woman steps forward on 911
Senator Karen Johnson has served in the Arizona State Legislature for almost two decades. She is retiring at the end of this session. It has been my honor and privilege to know Senator Johnson. Back in April 2008, Karen was pummeled by the press in Arizona because she dared speak about 911 with some pointed observations and questions. On April 24, 2008, The Arizona-Republic, published a hit piece on her. This piece of drivel is titled, 'Drinking the 9/11 Kool-Aid.' As you can see by reading it, the author believes that no elected official should question any aspect of the Bush Administration's fairy tale of the events about September 11, 2001. This has been the prevailing attitude of the so-called mainstream media, including cable "news" networks since that day. Anyone questioning the hoax perpetrated on the American people is a Kool-Aid drinker or a traitor.
On June 10, 2008, Karen gave a floor speech on 911. She reinforced that millions, not a few "Bush haters," but millions of Americans want a real investigation into 911. She did not exaggerate. I hope you will take ten minutes to watch this amazing woman do what thousands of cowards in public service won't do: Demand a real investigation into the 911 crimes. Before she began her speech, Karen made a packet of information available to every member in the senate. She sincerely and politely asked them to take the time to look at the documentation. She asked them to open their eyes. Such an entreaty was also given by Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775:
"It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a paintful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous strugle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those who having eyes seen not, and having ears hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth -- to know the worst and to provide for it."
In Michael Reagan's eyes, this courageous woman is a traitor to this country for questioning 911 and asking for a real investigation. She explains in her speech why a new investigation is needed and it's based on facts, not conspiracy theories. If questioning our government, even during a war based on nothing but lies, is considered an act of treason and we should all be hunted down and shot, then millions of Americans, me included, are guilty. We demand the truth and we will continue to fight for the truth. Senator Karen Johnson deserves our thanks and respect. Michael Reagan deserves our contempt and jail time.
Links:
1 - Must Watch Dr. Steven Jones on this 911 presentation - open your eyes, America
2 - Bio: Dr. Steven Jones
3 - Must watch this free video presentation (3) parts by David Ray Griffin on 911
4 - Wall Street Journal vs. 'Jersey Girls'
5 - State Says Hundreds Of 9/11 Rescue Workers Now Dead
Admits Undercount
6 - 911 Archives
KAL 007
1 - Incident at Sakhalin
2 - Kal 007 (Sakhalin Incident) - Follow-up
3 - What about the passengers of KAL Flight 007?
4 - Will Bush Demand Putin Release American Hostages?
5 - Anniversary of on-going Cover up Approaches
6 - Official KAL Rescue Site maintained by family members
© 2008 - NewsWithViews.com - All Rights Reserved
Senator Karen Johnson has served in the Arizona State Legislature for almost two decades. She is retiring at the end of this session. It has been my honor and privilege to know Senator Johnson. Back in April 2008, Karen was pummeled by the press in Arizona because she dared speak about 911 with some pointed observations and questions. On April 24, 2008, The Arizona-Republic, published a hit piece on her. This piece of drivel is titled, 'Drinking the 9/11 Kool-Aid.' As you can see by reading it, the author believes that no elected official should question any aspect of the Bush Administration's fairy tale of the events about September 11, 2001. This has been the prevailing attitude of the so-called mainstream media, including cable "news" networks since that day. Anyone questioning the hoax perpetrated on the American people is a Kool-Aid drinker or a traitor.
On June 10, 2008, Karen gave a floor speech on 911. She reinforced that millions, not a few "Bush haters," but millions of Americans want a real investigation into 911. She did not exaggerate. I hope you will take ten minutes to watch this amazing woman do what thousands of cowards in public service won't do: Demand a real investigation into the 911 crimes. Before she began her speech, Karen made a packet of information available to every member in the senate. She sincerely and politely asked them to take the time to look at the documentation. She asked them to open their eyes. Such an entreaty was also given by Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775:
"It is natural for man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a paintful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous strugle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those who having eyes seen not, and having ears hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth -- to know the worst and to provide for it."
In Michael Reagan's eyes, this courageous woman is a traitor to this country for questioning 911 and asking for a real investigation. She explains in her speech why a new investigation is needed and it's based on facts, not conspiracy theories. If questioning our government, even during a war based on nothing but lies, is considered an act of treason and we should all be hunted down and shot, then millions of Americans, me included, are guilty. We demand the truth and we will continue to fight for the truth. Senator Karen Johnson deserves our thanks and respect. Michael Reagan deserves our contempt and jail time.
Links:
1 - Must Watch Dr. Steven Jones on this 911 presentation - open your eyes, America
2 - Bio: Dr. Steven Jones
3 - Must watch this free video presentation (3) parts by David Ray Griffin on 911
4 - Wall Street Journal vs. 'Jersey Girls'
5 - State Says Hundreds Of 9/11 Rescue Workers Now Dead
Admits Undercount
6 - 911 Archives
KAL 007
1 - Incident at Sakhalin
2 - Kal 007 (Sakhalin Incident) - Follow-up
3 - What about the passengers of KAL Flight 007?
4 - Will Bush Demand Putin Release American Hostages?
5 - Anniversary of on-going Cover up Approaches
6 - Official KAL Rescue Site maintained by family members
© 2008 - NewsWithViews.com - All Rights Reserved
Indict Michael Reagan
INDICT MICHAEL REAGAN, APPLAUD SENATOR KAREN JOHNSON
By: Devvy
June 16, 2008
© 2008 - NewsWithViews.com
“The most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly - it must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over.” Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda
It takes a lot to shock me anymore, but indeed, shock is what registered when I listened to talk show host, Michael Reagan, blast these words during the second hour of his show, June 10, 2008:
Partial transcript of Reagan’s statements which can be heard here (3:12 minutes):
“Excuse me folks, I'm going to say this. We ought to find the people who are doing this, take them out and shoot them. Really. You take them out, they are traitors to this country, and shoot them. You have a problem with that? Deal with it. You shoot them. You call them traitors, that's what they are, and you shoot them dead. I’ll pay for the bullets. ”Reagan adds, “How about you take Mark Dice out and put him in the middle of a firing range. Tie him to a post, don't blindfold him, let it rip and have some fun with Mark Dice.”
At the end when Reagan says "...these people are just outrageous," I assume it's Reagan's engineer says, "Now you know where the Ron Paul supporters went."
I don't listen to Michael Reagan's show. Like so many others, to me it's just more noise because the serious questions never get asked. The real discussions about issues like the privately owned Federal Reserve, the mis application of the federal income tax, his father's role in the cover up of what really happened to KAL Flight 007, will never happen on his show. He's just another useful fool with his partisan politics. Here and there I've seen Michael Reagan on gab fest programs like Shallow Sean Hannity (FAUX News Network) and never found him to be very intelligent. Fate dealt him a good hand when he was adopted by a popular movie star and future U.S. president.
When I first listened to this segment from his show, I thought, if I said the same thing about Dick Cheney on the air, the FBI would be at my door before the next commercial break. What else can you call what Reagan specifically outlined but solicitation for murder? He's telling his listening audience to go hunt down people who question the government's version of 911 and when you find them, shoot them. Shoot them dead. This wasn't satire. Michael Reagan went so far over the line, he shouldn't just be reprimanded by his boss, he should be charged and indicted.
Who is Mark Dice? I had never heard of him until this happened. It appears he's a 911 activist who has joined with others in a project to present information about 911 to the troops in Iraq. These packages going to active duty soldiers in a war zone was covered on FOX in a 5:12 minute interview with Dice and Megyn Kelly. You can watch this short video here. This is very reminiscent of what happened a long time ago which resulted in what became known as the 'Great Sedition Trial of 1944,' where the defendants were charged with trying to incite mutiny within the troops during WWII; they were not convicted. Dice has filed a report with the FBI.
911 is a very divisive issue and the raw hatred spewed by those who believe the government's version of events, whether their political loyalty is the "right" or "left" is thick as molasses in this country. Michael Reagan's soliciting the murder of Americans for exercising their First Amendment Right (not privilege) is by far and away the most extreme example to date. Americans who do take the time to investigate for themselves the credible research on this issue have found the government's version lacking, including family members who lost loved ones that day. I suppose if the "Jersey Girls" sent their DVD to the troops in Iraq (and Afghanistan), Michael Reagan would include these widows on his list of Americans to be hunted down, killed and he'll pay for the bullets.
One thing I find astounding is the absolute black out of ANY media coverage on Reagan's death threats and solicitation of murder. When I submitted this column two days ago to NWVs, I had been checking all the web sites that are popular, "left" and "right": Huffington Post, Truthout.org, Drudge, Worldnetdaily, FOX, CNN, ABC, MSNBC, etc. Nothing. The exposure has been on independent Internet web sites as well as Dice's, but not a single word has been said about Michael Reagan's call to kill Americans from any "mainstream" media source. Where is the condemnation from any of the MSM and all those web sites? They didn't know about it? Bollocks! It was broadcast live to a huge listening audience. Because Reagan is the son of a former president? That does not excuse what he's done and this is not "protected speech" under the First Amendment, which I fiercely defend even if I disagree with it.
By: Devvy
June 16, 2008
© 2008 - NewsWithViews.com
“The most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly - it must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over.” Joseph Goebbels, Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda
It takes a lot to shock me anymore, but indeed, shock is what registered when I listened to talk show host, Michael Reagan, blast these words during the second hour of his show, June 10, 2008:
Partial transcript of Reagan’s statements which can be heard here (3:12 minutes):
“Excuse me folks, I'm going to say this. We ought to find the people who are doing this, take them out and shoot them. Really. You take them out, they are traitors to this country, and shoot them. You have a problem with that? Deal with it. You shoot them. You call them traitors, that's what they are, and you shoot them dead. I’ll pay for the bullets. ”Reagan adds, “How about you take Mark Dice out and put him in the middle of a firing range. Tie him to a post, don't blindfold him, let it rip and have some fun with Mark Dice.”
At the end when Reagan says "...these people are just outrageous," I assume it's Reagan's engineer says, "Now you know where the Ron Paul supporters went."
I don't listen to Michael Reagan's show. Like so many others, to me it's just more noise because the serious questions never get asked. The real discussions about issues like the privately owned Federal Reserve, the mis application of the federal income tax, his father's role in the cover up of what really happened to KAL Flight 007, will never happen on his show. He's just another useful fool with his partisan politics. Here and there I've seen Michael Reagan on gab fest programs like Shallow Sean Hannity (FAUX News Network) and never found him to be very intelligent. Fate dealt him a good hand when he was adopted by a popular movie star and future U.S. president.
When I first listened to this segment from his show, I thought, if I said the same thing about Dick Cheney on the air, the FBI would be at my door before the next commercial break. What else can you call what Reagan specifically outlined but solicitation for murder? He's telling his listening audience to go hunt down people who question the government's version of 911 and when you find them, shoot them. Shoot them dead. This wasn't satire. Michael Reagan went so far over the line, he shouldn't just be reprimanded by his boss, he should be charged and indicted.
Who is Mark Dice? I had never heard of him until this happened. It appears he's a 911 activist who has joined with others in a project to present information about 911 to the troops in Iraq. These packages going to active duty soldiers in a war zone was covered on FOX in a 5:12 minute interview with Dice and Megyn Kelly. You can watch this short video here. This is very reminiscent of what happened a long time ago which resulted in what became known as the 'Great Sedition Trial of 1944,' where the defendants were charged with trying to incite mutiny within the troops during WWII; they were not convicted. Dice has filed a report with the FBI.
911 is a very divisive issue and the raw hatred spewed by those who believe the government's version of events, whether their political loyalty is the "right" or "left" is thick as molasses in this country. Michael Reagan's soliciting the murder of Americans for exercising their First Amendment Right (not privilege) is by far and away the most extreme example to date. Americans who do take the time to investigate for themselves the credible research on this issue have found the government's version lacking, including family members who lost loved ones that day. I suppose if the "Jersey Girls" sent their DVD to the troops in Iraq (and Afghanistan), Michael Reagan would include these widows on his list of Americans to be hunted down, killed and he'll pay for the bullets.
One thing I find astounding is the absolute black out of ANY media coverage on Reagan's death threats and solicitation of murder. When I submitted this column two days ago to NWVs, I had been checking all the web sites that are popular, "left" and "right": Huffington Post, Truthout.org, Drudge, Worldnetdaily, FOX, CNN, ABC, MSNBC, etc. Nothing. The exposure has been on independent Internet web sites as well as Dice's, but not a single word has been said about Michael Reagan's call to kill Americans from any "mainstream" media source. Where is the condemnation from any of the MSM and all those web sites? They didn't know about it? Bollocks! It was broadcast live to a huge listening audience. Because Reagan is the son of a former president? That does not excuse what he's done and this is not "protected speech" under the First Amendment, which I fiercely defend even if I disagree with it.
09 August 2008
05 August 2008
If Music be the food of the recession, play on.......
Recession means depressing music
Fears of recession, grey summer weather and collapsing house prices have begun to depress the public so much that miserable music is topping internet playlists, it has been claimed.
What's your favourite playlist in these testing times?
Fears of recession, grey summer weather and collapsing house prices have begun to depress the public so much that miserable music is topping internet playlists, it has been claimed.
What's your favourite playlist in these testing times?
Recession ~ How to walk backwards into a brick wall.
The UK is "at serious risk" of recession with the future looking "grim", business leaders have warned.
People are spending less as credit crunch bites
The British Chambers of Commerce says falling orders and rising costs are putting companies under increasing pressure.
Services firms, which account for three-quarters of the economy, saw "alarming" declines in the second quarter of 2008.
Those reporting lower orders outnumbered those recording rises for the first time since 1990.
The BCC quizzed almost 5,000 companies as part of its survey, which found business confidence was at its lowest since 1990.
BCC economic adviser David Kern said the responses showed a "menacing deterioration" in UK prospects.
Firms were equally gloomy about the prospects for the future, he added.
The outlook is grim, and we believe that the correction period is likely to be longer and nastier than anticipated
BCC's economic adviser David Kern
The BCC warned the Government against hitting firms with more taxes in an effort to boost public revenues.
Director-general David Frost said: "The temptation for the Government will be to raise business taxes because the exchequer is running out of money.
"This would be a catastrophe.
"To put more pressure on business would not only restrict growth and hit the consumer hard, it would further crush what our economy is based on - confidence."
Firms are facing soaring costs from rising electricity bills and raw materials as oil approaches $150 a barrel, while banks hit by the crunch clamp down on lending.
This has put cashflow among UK firms under the most pressure since 1992, the BCC said.
Email Bookmark tools Comment PrintRegister/Log-in to track story
People are spending less as credit crunch bites
The British Chambers of Commerce says falling orders and rising costs are putting companies under increasing pressure.
Services firms, which account for three-quarters of the economy, saw "alarming" declines in the second quarter of 2008.
Those reporting lower orders outnumbered those recording rises for the first time since 1990.
The BCC quizzed almost 5,000 companies as part of its survey, which found business confidence was at its lowest since 1990.
BCC economic adviser David Kern said the responses showed a "menacing deterioration" in UK prospects.
Firms were equally gloomy about the prospects for the future, he added.
The outlook is grim, and we believe that the correction period is likely to be longer and nastier than anticipated
BCC's economic adviser David Kern
The BCC warned the Government against hitting firms with more taxes in an effort to boost public revenues.
Director-general David Frost said: "The temptation for the Government will be to raise business taxes because the exchequer is running out of money.
"This would be a catastrophe.
"To put more pressure on business would not only restrict growth and hit the consumer hard, it would further crush what our economy is based on - confidence."
Firms are facing soaring costs from rising electricity bills and raw materials as oil approaches $150 a barrel, while banks hit by the crunch clamp down on lending.
This has put cashflow among UK firms under the most pressure since 1992, the BCC said.
Email Bookmark tools Comment PrintRegister/Log-in to track story
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
