England's Bankster Bailout v2.0 'The Guardian, one of Britain's most respected papers, reports on the British govt's second attempt at bailing out their banks; without looking like they're bailing out the banks. As the Treasury last night finalised its second sweeping banking revival package in three months, Downing Street was preparing to go on the offensive, justifying the package not as a bail-out for the banks, but an attempt to protect companies and families trying to secure a mortgage. The 200billion pound insurance scheme is not for the culpable banks, but for their innocent customers, ministers will say. The tactics, however, betray a nervousness in Labour circles that the public will simply not understand why there is a second tranche of help going to Britain's bankers, who have already received billions of pounds of loans, guarantees and capital.' Million Workers March Against Sarkozy 'More than a million angry French workers took to the streets Thursday in a nationwide strike to force President Nicholas Sarkozy to boost wages and protect jobs as the economic crisis deepens. "Sarkozy has to take from the billionaires and give a bit back to the poor," said teacher Jean-Baptiste Voltuain, echoing mounting calls for the right-wing government to boost social spending by hiking taxes on the rich.' Nancy Pelosi Defends Illegal Immigrants Right to Work 'House Speaker Nancy Pelosi recently told a group of both legal and illegal immigrants and their families that enforcement of existing immigration laws, as currently practiced, is "un-American."...You are special people. You're here on a Saturday night to take responsibility for our country's future. That makes you very, very patriotic." "I was embarrassed by what she said," said Rick Oltman, with Californians for Population Stabilization, an anti-illegal immigrant group. "Exhorting illegal aliens for taking responsibility for our country's future....In fact, sitting there in the audience....I really resented that comment".'
Friday, 20 March 2009
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