GOP making life harder for the jobless

President Barack Obama Saturday pinned blame on the Republicans to make life harder for the unemployed and those who might lose their jobs without interference from the federal government new. He did just as he sought to distance himself from politics "sad and familiar" Washington.
Capping a week that the administration won a victory - a fund of 20 billion dollars to be paid by BP for the victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill - Obama has reserved his radio and the internet address to concentrate on work that has not been obtained.
His main concern was the rejection of a bill in the Senate that would have provided more money for long-term unemployed, assistance to state governments short and renewal of popular tax breaks for businesses and individuals.
"If the obstruction continues, Americans will see their unemployment benefits stop, Obama said." Teachers and firefighters will lose their jobs. Families will pay more for their first home. All we ask, that is a simple up or down vote. This is what the American people deserve. "
The bill failed Thursday when general economic Democrats could not gather the 60 votes needed to end debate. The vote fell four shy of the 56-40 total needed to break the GOP filibuster. Many Republicans support policies in the legislation, but require changes to reduce its toll on the deficit.
"Americans want us to show we are serious about debt reduction, so the president and his allies in Congress have a choice: they can either vote to cut the deficit, or they can lock arms and digging a hole deeper in debt, "said Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.
Stalemate again revealed the gaps between the Democratic president and Republican leaders of Congress on how to solve the problems of the nation.
Obama was at the same time the image of the opposition party that the obstruction while seeking a better standard of debate in his own party and the Republicans.
"We have an obligation to care for the next generation," Obama said. "I hope that when Congress returns next week, they do so with a greater spirit of compromise and cooperation. America will be watching."
In his speech, Obama also criticized the blocking of a separate measure that would allow a maximum of $ 75 million on the responsibility of economic damage to companies such as BP during disasters like the oil spill in the Gulf. The Senate considers a bill to increase this ceiling to 10 billion dollars.
And Obama also said Republicans are to blame those to prevent votes on its candidates to key positions in government. Former President George W. Bush often have the same complaint about Democratic lawmakers.
Republicans have used their weekly address to claim that the president was too slow to react to threats posed by the oil spill in the Gulf and that certain measures taken by his administration will do more harm than good.
"I'm glad President Obama is finally put this disaster on top of his agenda, but its response was too slow," Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi said. Wicker has criticized Obama for pushing an energy bill and the rising costs of oil cleanup and call for a moratorium on drilling in deep water, which he said would cost jobs and increase energy prices .
Wicker said Obama should have made the point in his speech Tuesday that many beaches of the Gulf Coast are clean and would welcome tourists. But he acknowledged that Obama has made this point at a news conference Monday along the Gulf.

World Cup scares off hunters in South Africa

Hanging dry twigs, the dull murmur and are not the only noise that hunters stalk a herd of zebras in the thick bush of South Africa. A thunderbolt suddenly kills a standard: a dozen trophies in one week of installation with a U.S. sniper proud to take account of hunting opportunities in South Africa offered by the successful release abundant wildlife. But managers say the World Cup has driven the foreign customers in the busiest season of the industry, which coincides with the tournament a month. "One by one, they withdrew," said Arthur Rudman, owner of Blaauwkrantz Safaris, which is less than an hour's drive north of the World Cup host city of Port Elizabeth. "We fully support the World Cup. However, unfortunately, it has a negative impact on our hunting industry." An executive member of the Professional Hunters' Association of South Africa, Rudman said the gaming industry contributes annually between five and seven billion rand (up to 908 million dollars, 745 million euros) to the economy.
Hunts are usually booked in advance with the advance payments, but trips over the World Cup were canceled for reasons ranging from the congested airports, concerns over the transport of guns, housing costs and higher inflated airfares. Some operators have tried to attract football fans in the world with special packages Cup chase, as Rudman, whose family firm is offering a package of three nights for 6,800 rand for two trophies. But few have bitten. "Soccer fans are not students who are really hunters. We've had an interest, we have some hunters arrive, but it's not an avalanche," said Rudman. "We do not have the quantities that we should be in the middle of our hunting season is June and July. I think we will be down 30 percent overall for the year."
Customers postponed to 2011, but the shortcomings of this year come after the global recession which saw foreign bookings in 2009 will decrease by 20 percent. "At the end of the day, we could be in the region of 40-50 percent down on 2008 figures," says Rudman, who ran the hunt since 1978. Hunting is an important activity in several regions of South Africa is home to Africa's Big Five: lion, leopard, elephant, buffalo and rhino. "We also had many cancellations," said Werner van der Walt of Cheetau Safaris, an operator in the central region of the Free State where costs $ 35,000 for a large male lion trophy. "Our main activity is the lion hunt. It was very touched. It is about 18 lions that we lost, "he told AFP. "In financial terms, that alone would have been 2.2 million" rand revenue. The World Cup is expected to attract 300,000 visitors and boost the economy of South Africa of 0.5 percent, but Van der Walt's World Cup special - from playgrounds to five major packaging - have also tanked. "They do not want to come in the World Cup," said Van der Walt. "We've actually been thinking we were going to get busy. It was certainly a disappointment, but we will get through. " For professional hunters, hunts canceled or postponed also mean a loss of income. "The World Cup has had a very negative," said Philip Dixie, 41, a professional hunter to Blaauwkrantz after helping his client to be satisfied with the zebra stallion. "We have basically two months of no hunting. For me, a professional hunter, is a loss of income. This is serious for us. "

Bring the bottle and play with me

The CNN broadcast a debate over the future of Egypt between Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei, the ex director of the International Agency for Atomic Energy, Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim, the founder of the Ibn Khaldun Center, and Mr. Ahmed Ezz, from the national Egyptian Party which does not deserve to be called a party, and there were many paradoxes of strange and wonderful during this debate that took place via satellite through the host separate and description of Dr. ElBaradei's vision and desire for change and not to run for the presidency and is a man who knows well what he says and knows whereof he speaks through chaired by an international body to a prominent political dimension, he said that the Egyptian government be aware of the urgent desire for change and the need for such change to the national interest, but Mr. Ezz reminds me of the era of the sixties and days of the Vanguard Organization and the Socialist Union, and such systems are outdated Union that still remaining, the National Party has welcomed the entry ElBaradei in the political debate Revolving and welcomed by entering the presidential election, but according to the current Constitution, and I do not know about any constitution is talking about? Do you mean this material worn that are not suitable for even a small village and shackled everything in favor of a particular system! Pain ashamed of the word constitution and is sure that he does not live up to this term? Harder than that, and that those politicians and glorified them have traveled the world and were briefed on a variety of systems and constitutions, and I do not know pain ashamed of themselves?! What I mean is that the man ElBaradei talking about cleaning the field, and as long as cleaning of the ground is located to you and not eh? It is important that this debate over to prove we are caught in a vicious circle predict beyond a reasonable doubt that the only hope for change appears to be a peaceful, unfortunately, because of the self-appointed arbiters of the game insist on deaf ears, and then went after Mr. Gamal Mubarak's statements that other firearms and identical to Ezz said and what's more, but he called those calling for change to provide their programs, and all this, there's no programs? They want to complete the story was the Ministry of National Guidance to remember the old days and we celebrate Labor Day, but we are the closest things to get together in the pub and all singing the famous drunk song in Egypt "bring the bottle and play with me, the Appetizers are fresh and like the situation" and admired

Priesthood license

the Committee for Religious Affairs in Egyptian Parliament Recommended by quickly meet the demands of the imams and preachers, in the allocation of staff and union of the masters and the Imams and preachers in order to maintain their rights and defend them, and give them "immunity" such as parliamentarians and members of the public prosecutor
This came after intense controversy and confrontation between the Parliament Members and some of the imams who attended the meeting, and decided to Dr Ahmad Omar Hashim, Chairman of the Committee, staff re-submit the draft to the Council once again after the rejection of Ahmed Ezz, chairman of the Plan and Budget Committee of the Council, despite the approval of Representatives unanimously and said, Hashim, the lawmakers are going to fight for the inclusion of staff in the next budget.
Hashim also agreed to give immunity to a preacher, and said: «I do not mind this, but within the limits so as not to ascend the rostrum, any person has a particular backgrounds», he continued: «As for the establishment of a union for advocates, this is the simplest thing by demanding that all sides have union».
Commented MP Alaa Hassanein, Secretary of the Committee, saying: «Actors who are spreading Evil have their unions, and preachers who are on the platform do not have a messenger Association»
MP Dr. Farid Ismail, the rest of the House of Representatives in backing the proposal, which would make the establishment of a bar advocates.
The Muslim Brotherhood deputy Sayed Askar, the need to give them immunity, to protect them from others - he said.
MP Yahya Elmessiri: «immunity required because the preacher is forced to talk about the torment of the grave, because it is forbidden to talk about politics and contemporary issues, knowing that an observer from the security authorities».
Elmessiri revealed the arrest of 21 imams from the Security after demonstrating in front of parliament last few days.
He also called on the milk, the government of not taking money Awqaf ministry so that they can meet the demands of the imams and preachers, criticized the control «internal» them. Endowment funds if theirs is in truth and stop to spend on a particular activity and they are supposed to by the Trustees and nothing to do with endowments imams and preachers or religious situation, but here in Egypt
For his part, said Shawki Abdul Latif, Director of the Ministry of Awqaf, the Ministry of Finance is the obstacle to the implementation of the staff, the ministry denied the spelling of certain speeches of preachers, and added: «spoke as you want and in line with the times, especially as we did not touch the security of the day, and all departments and their relevance to our written indication that it was not for the security interference in the work of imams ».
He pointed out that the ministry Abdullatif discussed the ideas of imams have been excluded and the repatriation of more than 96% of them, and promised to consider the matter raised by Deputy Yahya Elmessiri of 21 arrested an imam.
Lord Mohamed Kotb, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Finance, what was raised on the staff, saying: «The ministry was considering the matter with the Waqf to determine the amount of money necessary for its implementation».
The meeting witnessed an argument between the preachers and imams who attended the meeting after the rejection of Major-General Khaled Rizk, Deputy Speaker, to talk to an imam, threatening to withdraw from the meeting. And this what they are because they do not accept the debate, but their requests and orders due for implementation as they have a link between us and God the Almighty, and did not cost one of the members of the same meeting to discuss the interest of taxpayers who fund these expenditures and who does not receive any return to pay taxes only suffering in a variety of everything
Welcome cadre of preachers and their immunity to which Bringing swords over our heads more than they are in, their origin, the needy and now the recommendation came to an official capacity of the parliament, which is supposed to submit the necessary legislation for the state, has been transformed thanks to fifty percent of the workers and peasants, thanks to the mass of the Muslim Brotherhood talk shop and estate to meet the demands of each class, at times he questioned the fertilizer and chemical and sometimes interrogated for no man's land sector workers amnesty public sector who are already working and finally requests imams and preachers Elly essentially set themselves over people need immunity, it remains supplemented by all and no consolation in the blessed Egypt previously

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Pollution Dirty Manners

Ten interrogatories submitted to the Egyptian Parliament recently, they are all focusing on the serious environmental pollution, Egypt has been witnessing at all levels of pollution beginning from water, air , food and everything. and after creation and forming the Ministry of Environment, which is decorative, the beneficiaries started to get place through the environmental study that must be adopted in any activity, then they expanded to obtain the support of local and international suppliers to eliminate environmental problems, but extended it to conciliation in cases of abuse or lack of environmental compliance, it is important bribe, and if it happened and you submit a complaint from any activity harmful to the environment and brought to the EEAA, attended by Messrs. Corrupt quickly to investigate the complaint and inform complained that his neighbor has made a complaint against him and then get on and train themselves well known and fully all of the chips and requires the complainant, even if electric cars workshop in a district who buy damaged batteries and melt its lead nodes in the street neglecting any environment pollution cause he is protected by law through EEAA after he paid the bribe well, and no matter how many peoples will die or have headache or anything caused by air pollution, he knows well that he will only pay and then will became a formal environment, and the strange thing is that the establishment of the Ministry of Environment was intended to develop environmental awareness and to eliminate all kinds of pollutants, but it turned miraculously blessed in our country to a source of income, Beneficiaries and bribes. no consolation in environmental pollution, but it is important to do some decorative work by banning shisha smoking in malls as if it is the leading cause of black cloud, and the witnessed air pollution, and the fact that no one working for the country, all Citizens pollute the air and poison themselves with their hands by burning straw and lay waste in the Nile River and on its bank, factories are throwing their chemical and industrial to the Nile and canals and drains in addition to its fumes , while the EEAA is Legitimate the pollution turning it formal and legal by collect the irregularities and the conditions of reconciliation and bribe gets hidden by the inspectors So caught up in a continuum of legalized pollution and reckless and blind man who will not hurt but us and our children, and does not apply to this case except that we are really dirty people, and each one is classified the same as the meaning of a word and compatible with him, Salute to the parliament who is the master of peoples decisions .

But all the masks fall to the will of the Lord

What is happening in Egypt these days and what happened in the assassination of Egyptian brothers in Upper Egypt, is only a product of culture grew up and grew up in a repeated over the last thirty years or more, especially after the rise of fundamentalism in Egyptian society, and the sad thing is that this extremists is no longer only for radicals extremists, but there are many educated Egyptians but they are extremists in their thoughts and actions towards their brothers, other Egyptians who are not Muslims, and this is strange and unfortunately started to appear in our society only after radicals rise in Egyptian society last three decades, and the solutions is very easy and applicable if we canceled the the religion square of the identification card, which does not represent anything in an identification card check is even more useless than the distinction between the Egyptians and the strange thing is that all Governments neglecting this solution and leave the ID card with this useless field, while it is well known that the cancellation of this field is part of the solution to the problem, the problem is existing and sectarian strife no longer need a retreat or buried HEAD in the sand where it is a reality and will not be solved by kissing beards and hugs between Muslims leaders and the monks, we are all extremists if we did not initiate the return of Egypt for the Egyptians and not for the Wahhabis and the fundamentalists and terrorists, but Egypt for the Egyptians of all religions, Islamic Christianity and Judaism, and since when we assess the person according to his religion? Egypt did not know such extremism, but the emergence of Wahhabi invasion of Egypt and its radical cultures and all aspects of failure, nothing will cure the wounded bleeding heart of Egypt but without our unity and release of our souls and leave religions and all what between a human and his lord as a specail personal relation and religious and we have no custody to judge people according to their religions and leave to our Lord, Creator of all the Almighty, God is the one who make us accountable for our actions and behaviour, we are all have not have to evaluate each others religion, but live in love, peace and harmony, and to make Egypt an Egyptian not Arab and not Islamic and not Christian and not Jewish but Egypt for all Egyptians.