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Danger in the Andes: November 17, 2010
Are Democracy and Human Rights in danger under the “21st Century Socialism” of Venezuela, Ecuador, and Bolivia? Does the ALBA Alliance of Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador and Nicaragua constitute a threat to U.S. interests and inter American security? Is current U.S. policy toward the region equipped to respond to the erosion of Democracy and the pernicious influence of such hostile actors as Iran, foreign and Domestic Terrorist groups, and narcotics traffickers? Four key U.S. Me...

Danger in the Andes: November 17, 2010
Are Democracy and Human Rights in danger under the “21st Century Socialism” of Venezuela, Ecuador, and Bolivia? Does the ALBA Alliance of Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador and Nicaragua constitute a threat to U.S. interests and inter American security? Is current U.S. policy toward the region equipped to respond to the erosion of Democracy and the pernicious influence of such hostile actors as Iran, foreign and Domestic Terrorist groups, and narcotics traffickers? Four key U.S. Me...

Venezuela sets up 'CNN rival'
In a popular shopping area of Caracas, with street musicians playing a bolero in the background, Jorge Botero is filming a promo for Latin America's most ambitious new satellite channel. A young journalism Student walks into shot and says: "The news on Telesur, the true face of Latin America." Telesur is a new pan-Latin American TV channel based in Venezuela. It aims to rival CNN and the other Spanish-language news channels coming out of Miami and Atlanta. Some have already dubbed it Al-Boliv...

Politics or Pedagogy? with John Cromshow This Thursday
Politics or pedagogy? Leave a comment! Lost your password? WP Cumulus Flash tag cloud by Roy Tanck and Luke Morton requires Flash Player 9 or better. Parents & Community Involvement at Mt. Washington Elementary School - By Invitation Only - 56 comments California NAACP Endorses Legalizing Marijuana: Is It Me, or Is Somebody High for Real This Time? - 17 comments Tom Hayden: As a result of the Republican takeover of the House, hard-line right-wingers like Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Connie Mac...

This Presidency is Lost
Back in April 2007 while George W. Bush was still in the White House and after the Democrats took control of the House and Senate, everyone remembers the four words Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) uttered regarding the Surge in Iraq that was championed by the Bush Administration. Senator Reid’s misguided and untruthful words were meant to undermine President George W. Bush’s authority and to force the American People to believe that the War in Iraq was indeed unwinnable and ...

BENJAMIN WEINTHAL: BOTH BUSH AND LANTOS COULD AGREE THAT GERHARD SCHRDER IS A POLITICAL PROSTITUTE.......
Gerhard Schröder would have made an excellent politician in the late DDR, in fact, he's a caricature of that era, all smiles, but coupled with a hard fisted, statist mentality and a disgusting anti-American sentiment. KGS Gerhard Schröder missed his chance for a being in a government that really was anti-American Bush Says Schröder Betrayed Him on Iraq November 17, 2010 4:21 P.M.By Benjamin Weinthal

Florida Rep. Mack says Obama must get tough with Venezuela's Chavez - Politics AP - MiamiHerald.com
Florida Rep. Connie Mack asked the U.S. State Department last Friday to come out swinging in the fight to extradite a Venezuelan Drug Lord who has threatened to expose high-level government Corruption in his homeland. Walid Makled-Garcia, who has been in a Colombian jail since August, says he paid Venezuelan officials millions of dollars for access to airports he used to ship Cocaine to Central America on its way to the United States. Makled-Garcia, who was indicted in New York Federal Court l...

Colombia spurns US extradition for reputed narco
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos spurned a U.S. request to extradite an alleged Cocaine kingpin from Venezuela, saying Tuesday that the suspect will be sent back to face charges in his home country. Walid Makled, 41, has claimed close ties with Venezuela’s Socialist Government and the U.S. State Department last year called him that country’s “largest drug trafficker.” The announcement drew fierce criticism from U.S. Rep. Connie Mack. Th...

Colombia spurns US request to extradite reputed Venezuelan cocaine kingpin, will send him home
Bogota, Colombia — Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos spurned a U.S. request to extradite an alleged Cocaine kingpin from Venezuela, saying Tuesday that the suspect will be sent back to face charges in his home country. Walid Makled, 41, has claimed close ties with Venezuela's Socialist Government and the U.S. State Department last year called him that country's "largest drug trafficker." The announcement drew fierce criticism from U.S. Rep. Connie Mack. The Florida Republican accus...

Colombia spurns US extradition for reputed narco
Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos gestures during a Press Conference marking his first 100 days in office at the presidential palace in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday Nov. 16, 2010. Bogota, Colombia -- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos spurned a U.S. request to extradite an alleged Cocaine kingpin from Venezuela, saying Tuesday that the suspect will be sent back to face charges in his home country. Walid Makled, 41, has claimed close ties with Venezuela's Socialist Government and the U.S...

Bill safeguards US-Aust nuclear pact
AFP A member of Congress in the United States has introduced Legislation to safeguard a US-Australia nuclear co-operation deal, potentially threatened by a ticking US legislative clock. Under US law, nuclear co-operation accords cannot go into effect before the end of a congressional review period set at 90 days of continuous session - a threshold that the current Congress may not reach, depending on the length of a year-end "Lame Duck" session. Republican Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen s...

Spanish pop star Alejandro Sanz back in Venezuela after canceled concerts in spat with gov't
Caracas, Venezuela — Spanish pop star Alejandro Sanz is in Venezuela to perform for the first time in years after Concerts in 2007 and 2008 were canceled amid friction between the entertainer and President Hugo Chavez's government. Sanz was in the western city of Maracaibo on Tuesday to sing in the first of three Concerts in Venezuela. The pop star canceled a Caracas concert in 2007 after a government official said Sanz wouldn't be allowed to use a state-controlled stadium due to his cr...

Caracas deports Colombia 'rebels'
Venezuela has deported three suspected Left-wing rebels to Colombia, a sign of improving relations. Colombia says one belongs to the FARC rebel group, while the other two allegedly belong to the ELN. Earlier this year, then Colombian President Alvaro Uribe claimed Venezuela was harbouring rebels. The Deportations come a day after Colombia promised to extradite a drug suspect, Walid Makled, to Venezuela rather than the United States. Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez had expressed concern...

Venezuela's economy fails to emerge from recession, shrinks 0.4 percent more in 3rd quarter
Caracas, Venezuela — Venezuela's economy shrank 0.4 percent during the Third Quarter from a year earlier, the Central Bank said Tuesday in a report that revealed the South American nation's struggle to emerge from Recession. The latest dip in gross domestic product in the July-September period was largely caused by a 4.4 percent drop in commerce from the same period of 2009, the report said. Economic performance was an improvement from the 4.6 percent contraction in the Third Quarter of...

Chavez Creates `Socialist' Bourse With `High Yields'
Source: Bloomberg Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he is creating a “Socialist” state-run Public Bond Market that will offer local investors high yields to stimulate saving and allow nationalized companies to seek financing. The Public Bond Market, which will begin operations in December, will allow state-run companies to sell Debt to finance operations and individuals to seek investment opportunities, Chavez said. Chavez tightened his grip on the financial industry this year by closing m..

Spanish pop star Alejandro Sanz back in Venezuela
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Spanish pop star Alejandro Sanz is in Venezuela to perform for the first time in years after Concerts in 2007 and 2008 were canceled amid friction between the entertainer and President Hugo Chavez’s government. Sanz was in the western city of Maracaibo on Tuesday to sing in the first of three Concerts in Venezuela. The pop star canceled a Caracas concert in 2007 after a government official said Sanz wouldn’t be allowed to use a state-controlled stadium...

Public transportation prices in 80 worldwide cities
Any good Budget traveler can tell you that one of the best and easiest ways to save money in almost any city is to use the Public Transportation system, especially on longer journeys. As we recently displayed in our world taxi prices comparison, even a short trip can be incredibly Expensive in some cities. So below we’ve compiled Public Transportation prices in 80 of the Most popular tourist cities all over the world. Since nearly every one of these systems is subsidized by the city, some ...

Karl Rove: Don't Get Cocky, GOP - WSJ.com
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Bill Nelson and Marco Rubio pledge to keep it nonpartisan when it comes to Florida
The state's two senators pledged Wednesday night at a Florida delegation party to work together on issues central to the state. Bill Nelson , a Democrat, noted a long tradition of different party senators working together on issues, dating to Democrat Bob Graham and Republican Connie Mack . "It's important because there is a lot of stuff that comes before us that is not partisan," Nelson said, quickly adding, "Well, there's a lot of stuff that comes...

The Earmark Sideshow
It isn’t the Earmarks, stupid. Bullying Republican Senate leaders into a “voluntary” ban on Earmarks may represent a political triumph for the Tea Party Movement, but as a measure to reduce the federal Deficit it is a meaningless substitute for real action. The facts about earmarks—and the Deficit, for that matter—are so simple that even the dumbest Birther should be able to understand. Funds directed to specific projects by legislators—which is what earmark...

Senator Rockfeller Wants FCC To Say Goodbye To Fox and MSNBC (Video)
I wonder if he's ever heard of Freedom of Speech and freedom of the press? This is Rockefeller at a Senate hearing today, roll tape: Rockefeller: " There’s a little bug inside of me which wants to get the FCC to say to Fox and to MSNBC out-off-end-goodbye. It would be a big favor to political discourse and to our ability to do our work here in Congress and to the American People to be able to talk with each other and have some faith in their government and more importantly in their future...

Saying Goodbye to Compassionate Conservatism
Will the Tea Party sell out for a mess of pottage in the form of a ban on Earmarks? That’s one possibility. But another is that this embrace of a purely symbolic approach to Deficit reduction is a sign that the Tea Party’s central goals may lie elsewhere—in an effort to push the Republican Party away from those aspects of George W. Bush’s legacy that tried to steer the Conservative Movement in a new direction. The real point may be to get the GOP to say goodbye to the ide...

Kissing Off Compassionate Conservatism
Washington—Will the Tea Party sell out for a mess of pottage in the form of a ban on Earmarks? That’s one possibility. But another is that this embrace of a purely symbolic approach to Deficit reduction is a sign that the Tea Party's central goals may lie elsewhere—in an effort to push the Republican Party away from those aspects of George W. Bush’s legacy that tried to steer the Conservative Movement in a new direction. The real point may be to get the GOP to say goodby...

2012 Preview: Mack Attacks Nelson
It looks like the Republican field against Florida Sen. Bill Nelson (D) in 2012 is growing. Rep. Connie Mack (R-Fla.) is the latest to enter the fray. Mack took the fight to Nelson in a Orlando Sentinel op-ed on Wednesday -- a clear sign that he is angling for a Senate run. Mack called on Nelson to support extending the Bush Tax Cuts. "Admitting he was wrong to oppose the Bush Tax Cuts in 2001 and 2003 would be a first step for U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson to signal he 'got the message' in the recen...

Mack bashes Nelson: First shot in U.S. Senate campaign
With the ascendancy of Republicans to every statewide office that was up for election this year, U.S. Sen. Bill Nelso n is the last Democrat standing. And as Mark K. Matthews wrote last week, Republicans are already jockeying to run against him. Among the known and presumed contenders: outgoing U.S. Sen. George LeMieu x, appointed last year to fill the remainder of Mel Martinez ‘ term; Senate President Mike Haridopolis of Merritt Island; U.S. Reps. Vern Buchanan of Sarasota and Tom Rooney ...