JAPAN WANTS TO KICK U S FORCES OUT

The new government is reviewing an agreement with Washington on US military facilities following through on a campaign pledge to islanders who have borne the brunt of the American presence for more than 60 years.

Around 50,000 American troops are based in Japan, around two-thirds of the total are in Okinawa. Resentment against their presence has grown in recent years due to a series of crimes committed by service personnel.

WHY WAS CENSUS WORKER HANGED FROM A TREE ?

MANCHESTER, Ky. – When Bill Sparkman told retired trooper Gilbert Acciardo that he was going door-to-door collecting census data in rural Kentucky, the former police officer drew on years of experience for a warning: "Be careful."

The 51-year-old Sparkman was found this month hanged from a tree near a cemetery with the word "fed" scrawled on his chest, a law enforcement official said Wednesday, and the FBI is investigating whether he was a victim of anti-government sentiment.

He was found Sept. 12 in a remote patch of Daniel Boone National Forest.

State police said Thursday that the cause of death was asphyxiation. State police said in a statement that he was found with a rope around his neck that was tied to a tree, but that he was "in contact with the ground." .

People associate any person working for the government as an enemy. Service personnel working for utility companies,cable companies, or any service company are required to write a report as to what they have seen. I think it is an invasion of privacy. I feel our rights are being violated.

PRESIDENT OBAMA : PUT THE HEALTH PLAN ONLINE !!!

I think the president should put the health plan online for everyone in the U S that wants to know if this plan follows the constitution. People out there are showing their ignorance by not knowing that social security and medicare are some form of socialized medicine.

One lady looked so foolish when she was questioned by the Hardball show about these topics and she didn't know. She didn't think that medi cal and social security should be abolished. She said her parents were nearing the age when they would be eligible for these programs.

If the president wants transparancy on the health plan, everyone should have a copy of it available to them so they do not have to depend on their represenative, who is probably looking at the same sound bites for cable shows.

THE ATTACK DOGS ARE READY FOR SOTOMAYOR'S CONFIRMATION HEARINGS

The GOP will likely let Jeff Sessions, (Rep) Al. , be the one to lead the questioning. Sessions was Reagan's choice for U S District Court in Alabama in 1986.
He tried to prosecute three civil rights workers, one who was a former aide to Martin Luther King, Jr.on a case of voter fraud. He was unsuccessful.

He labeled the National Association For Colored People (NAACP), and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), "un-american" and "communist-inspired". Sessions called a white civil rights lawyer a "disgrace to his race"

Sessions said most of the time he had been joking and was sometimes "loose with his tongue". He also admitted to calling the Voting Rights Act of 1965 " a piece of intrusive legislation". I think the confirmation hearings will be lively.

DID CNN CANCEL D L HUGHLEY'S SHOW BECAUSE OF MICHAEL STEEL CONTROVERSY ??

I am wondering if D. L. Hughley's show was cancelled by CNN because of the conflict between Steel/ Limbaugh ? If so this is the same thing ABC did to Bill Mahr . I did not look at the show unless I stumbled upon it while surfing.

The show wasn't that bad . Well, another one bites the dust. Arsenio Hall was another casualty. Michael Steel was out of character that night. Maybe he should stick to written scripts.

But he should not have apologized. If what he said was sincere, there was no need for one. The GOP always critique their members, and they hold their feet to the fire. If they don't keep to the accepted speech by the party, their money will be cut off at the next election.

When I heard Eagleburger take back what he had said about Sara Palin on NPR the next day, he lost all cred ability with me. He was probably told he would not be invited to give any lectures and his books would be blacklisted.

POLITICIANS WHO ADDED PORK TO BAILOUT SHOULD BE CENSURED !!

I think that the politicians who added pork to the Bailout Bill should be censured .It is a disgrace. Have they forgotten about the people from Galveston and the victims of Hurricane Ike ? We want to know their names so they will not do another term in Washington.

THE AVERAGE AMERICAN'S TAKE ON THE BAILOUT !!

The people I have talked to have no pity for Wall Street. They had no compassion for the little guy. I think about the guys that took their own lives after losing everything because of day trading.

The employees of Enron got no support when the company went bust. The government did not step in to help the workers. The CEO's walked away with a lot of money.

These big corporations will not budge if a person wants to negotiate
their loans.They will not meet them half way.