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The Georgia Invasion: In contrast with the West’s otherwise tepid response to Moscow’s new nationalism, one group has taken a tough stance — investors, who are leading the march out of Russia’s markets.

On Friday, Russia’s central bank announced that its foreign currency reserves — a key part of its economic stability and an indicator of foreign investor support — had plunged $16.4 billion in the most recent week, to $581.1 billion (see chart).
Until Russia’s move into Georgia, there seemingly had been only massive capital inflows, thanks mainly to the rising price of oil, which makes up 20% of Russia’s gross domestic product.

Now, it seems, investors are fed up with the rampant militaristic nationalism, red tape, corruption and anti-investor sentiment in Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Some have decided to head for the door and take their money with them.
Last week’s decline was the largest since Russia’s 1998 currency crisis, which led to a collapse of the ruble and rampant triple-digit inflation. So far this time, there’s no major visible impact on Russia’s economy. But if the flow of money leaving Russia turns into a flood, it could send Russia’s markets into a tailspin, creating massive problems for Prime Minister Putin and his handpicked president, Dmitri Medvedev.

This year, foreign investment is expected to fall for the first time in six years — just as lower oil prices kick in. Russia could be in real trouble, and it couldn’t happen to a nicer regime.

http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=304298011180002

i see lawwy wont let any comment link to his totally and extremely wrong observations about terrorism…a month b4 9/11!!!! just like a dem insecure and inadequate to fight back

This is a preview of a really compelling film that shows how devious the Obama campaign was in cheating caucuses to win. It’s slated to be distributed to as many delegates as possible in Denver, before they vote.
Will it change any minds? Who knows, but It SHOULD raise a lot of questions!
Please pass it on!
wewillnotbesilenced2008.com/video/index.htm

http://www.americasright.com/

ok am I really going to wake up tomorrow to news that Hillary is the VP pick?

after all this anger and grief????

sigh

we’ll see

gnite PUMA

sleep well

At this point I am not too certain that Hillary as VP would make enough difference to push Obama over the finish line. I think there has just been too much votality and anticipated more to come that people don’t trust him. With Hillary in the top spot…slam dunk. But unless Obama has a major implosion that hits all media outlets and people in power grow a brain, not going to be a reality.

CONGRATULATIONS SENATOR BIDEN!!
CONGRATULATIONS SENATOR BIDEN!!
CONGRATULATIONS SENATOR BIDEN!!

I bet you wished you hadn’t been caught on camera saying this stuff:

article.nationalreview.com/?q=NGRhNzJlMWY5NjdiNzhjMTRkYjMzNjYwOGJmYzNjMTY=

‘Just Words’ That Joe Biden Would Like To Forget
The curse of a loose mouth and Nexis.

By Jim Geraghty

The fun thing about an Obama-Biden ticket is that the McCain campaign can point to a new awkward comment by Joe Biden — either on the importance of experience, in praise of McCain, or in support of invading Iraq — that contradicts the stands and qualities of the Democratic nominee for every day from now until Election Day.

On McCain:

Biden, on a post-debate appearance on MSNBC, October 30, 2007: “The only guy on the other side who’s qualified is John McCain.”

Biden appearing on The Daily Show, August 2, 2005: “John McCain is a personal friend, a great friend, and I would be honored to run with or against John McCain, because I think the country would be better off, be well off no matter who…”

On Meet the Press, November 27, 2005: “I’ve been calling for more troops for over two years, along with John McCain and others subsequent to my saying that.”

On Obama:

Reacting to an Obama speech on counterterrorism, August 1, 2007: “‘Look, the truth is the four major things he called for, well, hell that’s what I called for,’ Biden said today on MSNBC’s Hardball, echoing comments he made earlier in the day at an event promoting his book at the National Press Club. Biden added, ‘I’m glad he’s talking about these things.’”

Also that day, the Biden campaign issued a release that began, “The Biden for President Campaign today congratulated Sen. Barack Obama for arriving at a number of Sen. Biden’s long-held views on combating al Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan.” That release mocked Obama for asking about the “stunning level of mercury in fish” and asked about a proposal for the U.S. adopt a ban on mercury sales abroad at a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. (HAHAHAHA OMG)

Assessing Obama’s Iraq plan on September 13, 2007: “My impression is [Obama] thinks that if we leave, somehow the Iraqis are going to have an epiphany” of peaceful coexistence among warring sects. “I’ve seen zero evidence of that.”

Speaking to the New York Observer: Biden was equally skeptical — albeit in a slightly more backhanded way — about Mr. Obama. “I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy,” he said. “I mean, that’s a storybook, man.”

Also from that Observer interview: “But — and the ‘but’ was clearly inevitable — he doubts whether American voters are going to elect ‘a one-term, a guy who has served for four years in the Senate,’ and added: ‘I don’t recall hearing a word from Barack about a plan or a tactic.’”

Around that time, Biden in an interview with the Huffington Post, he assessed Obama and Hillary Clinton: “The more people learn about them (Obama and Hillary) and how they handle the pressure, the more their support will evaporate.”

December 11, 2007: “If Iowans believe campaign funds and celebrity will fix the debacle in Iraq, put the economy on track, and provide health care and education for America’s children, they should support another candidate,” said Biden for President Campaign Manager Luis Navarro. “But I’m confident that Iowans know what I know: our problems will require experience and leadership from Day One. Empty slogans will be no match for proven action on caucus night.”

Also that night, Biden said in a campaign ad, “When this campaign is over, political slogans like ‘experience’ and ‘change’ will mean absolutely nothing. The next president has to act.”

September 26, 2007: Biden for President Campaign Manager Luis Navarro said, “Sen. Obama said he would do everything possible to end the war in Iraq and emphasized the need for a political solution yet he failed to show up to vote for Sen. Biden’s critical amendment to provide a political solution in Iraq.

December 26, 2006: “Frankly, I think I’m more qualified than other candidates, and the issues facing the American public are all in my wheelbarrow.”

On Iraq:

Biden on Meet the Press in 2002, discussing Saddam Hussein: “He’s a long term threat and a short term threat to our national security… “We have no choice but to eliminate the threat. This is a guy who is an extreme danger to the world.”

Biden on Meet the Press in 2002: “Saddam must be dislodged from his weapons or dislodged from power.”

Biden on Meet the Press in 2007, on Hussein’s WMDs: “Well, the point is, it turned out they didn’t, but everyone in the world thought he had them. The weapons inspectors said he had them. He catalogued — they catalogued them. This was not some, some Cheney, you know, pipe dream. This was, in fact, catalogued.”

Biden, on Obama’s Iraq plan in August 2007: “I don’t want [my son] going [to Iraq],” Delaware Sen. Joe Biden said from the campaign trail Wednesday, according to a report on Radio Iowa. “But I tell you what, I don’t want my grandson or my granddaughters going back in 15 years and so how we leave makes a big difference.” Biden criticized Democratic rivals such as Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama who have voted against Iraq funding bills to try to pressure President Bush to end the war. “There’s no political point worth my son’s life,” Biden said, according to Radio Iowa. “There’s no political point worth anybody’s life out there. None.”

The article continues…

But I am already laughing my ass off at the wonderful material provided to the RNC by the President of Hairplugs for Men aka Mr. Good Dump!

AHAHAHAHAA heheh

OT

Joe Biden is VP pic for idiot bambi

“I mean, that’s a storybook, man”

storybook = Fairy Tale…

Both Joe Biden Hillary and Bill Clinton where givin the same treatment.