I know that Republicans feel lawsuits filed against corporations for negligence and/or loss are all "frivolous". I also know that Republicans feel that tax cuts are the cure-all for corporations and wealthy individuals. Will they logically conclude that tax cuts are necessary to pay for all the frivolous lawsuits from the fishermen that have lost their jobs, or the resort owners and employees who have lost their livelihoods?

Are you saying BP couldn’t write this off as a Business expense? If they can they can get a tax break from Obama.

In Peggy’s home countrys, Soviet Russia, we putting faith in governments and most peoples starving to death or murdeded by governments.

Because that’s what freeloaders do, they ar3e like parasites and dempe3nd on the life force of others to survive

Even if it means throwing millions of people out of work and slashing social spending so people are left impoverished, by god we’re gonna keep those banks afloat!

Do you agree with this position? To keep banks going at the expense of the livelihoods of the masses?

No. I say if the banks and corporations can’t stand in the economy they have created, let them fall. Prices will be lower to match what consumers can afford and emerging companies will be strong, able to stand on their own without periodic taxpayer-funded bailouts.

Surely it should be obvious that that belief is false?
Just as false as it was for the previous occupants of the White House?
Whose incompetence caused the economic crisis in the first place?
And than whom Obama is no more competent?
Isn’t it time to strip these officious bumblers of their powers to cause chaos and destroy everyone else’s liberties and livelihoods, powers which were not granted by the Constitution and are therefore unlawful anyway?

Gullibility and wishful thinking. See the answer ahead of mine for an example

Prior to 1948, most of the Palestinians were agrarian farmers. Parts of Palestine are part of the "fertile crescent," excellent farming. In the less productive regions, most were nomadic herders.

In 1948, the state of Israel conducted a campaign of terror against the mostly agrarian (and fairly peaceful) villages, expelling the majority of people from their homes. They became refugees, but since the UN set up a refugee relief works that included education, Palestinians (at least the refugees) became one of the most educated population in the Middle East, engineers, doctors, educators and so forth. Those people who still had land to farm continued to farm it, of course, mostly in the West Bank.

When Israel took over the West Bank, East Jerusalem and Gaza in 1967, Israel confiscated a lot of the agricultural land in the West Bank and Gaza, it also employed a lot of people in menial-type jobs, construction, farm labor (often on confiscated land) etc. Anyone who was outside the occupied territories lost their Israeli issued "residency permit," in other words people whose ancestors had lived there for 1000′s of years were forbidden to return home. That included a whole generation of college students who were studying abroad at the time. Nevertheless, Palestinians managed to found universities, and hold underground educational classes when Israel would close them down or raid and arrest the students.

The Organization is called Namalu Action for Poverty Eradication (NAPE) working in the areas of Livelihoods, Agriculture, Food Security, Education, Environment and HIV/AIDS.
We are operating in North Eastern Uganda.
IT is registered with Government as a Community Based Organization (CBO). Suggestions will be welcome.

You create a web site that lists the name of your organization, a detailed list of its expenses, a detailed list of items/services any donations will pay for, a list of what your NGO has accomplished in the last year, a list of your staff and their credentials, and something that confirms your NGO is credible and officially registered. Then, after you have all of that posted on your web site, you invite local businesses and government officials to come see your work first hand.

It’s a make or break world. And once you break, there’s usually a shortage of people running around with super-glue.

Subsistence hunting & fishing.

So i’m visiting Morocco at the end of the month and was wondering about rural livelihoods in the country. I’ve done a bit of research and have come to the conclusion that most males living in rural areas either farm or fish, and women mostly look after the family or make fabrics, tapestrys, rugs etc. However rural tourism is becoming ever so more prominent as well.
I’m looking to write an essay on the subject of rural livelihoods in Morocco and was wondering if anyone here could provide any more information at all? Any help will be appreciated, especially from moroccan residents.
Thank you.

Mostly agriculture of some sort, anything from harvesting cactus fruits to growing wheat and other grains, and raising sheep, goats or other animals and selling them. There are cooperatives being set up in small towns for the sale of rugs and handicrafts, producing argan oil, etc. some of those towns are on routes that tourist buses stop at, and cafes benefit from the buses stopping in town. Places like Ourika Valley are basically rural but benefit greatly from tourism, and there are many small outdoor restaurants next to the river, and souvenir sales in things like fossils, local collectible rocks, clay items, and other handicrafts.

Most people don’t privately own a vehicle, either they share one or depend on public transportation, donkey carts will only take a person so far in a day’s time. Taxis and buses are very common in rural areas so drivers always have business. There are also open-air souks that usually open one day per week in small villages and towns (more often in larger places) and vendors come selling everything from chickens to handicrafts, kitchen wares, clothing, fruits, vegetables, spices and herbs. Whatever is necessary to survive in a rural area.

Does that cost they are willing to pay to regain power include the destruction of our economy, environment and livelihoods?

Apparently yes. And now these maniacs are actually apologizing to BP. They’ve truly gone ’round the bend.
Edit: Rush Limbaugh to Sean Hannity (neither of whom has ever been elected to anything, btw) in an interview on the f0x "News" channel shortly after the inauguration: "Why would I want him (Obama) to succeed?"
But, in the end, the Republicans’ actions speak louder than words. What have they done this whole time but try to block anything the President has tried to do to move us forward? And please explain the apology to BP–I’m still not seeing anyone here willing to "own" that one.
Edit: From the San Francisco Chronicle’s blog, when Limbaugh was asked for 400 words from a publication at the time of the inauguration:
"So I’m thinking of replying to the guy, ‘Okay, I’ll send you a response, but I don’t need 400 words, I need four: I hope he fails.’ "
Here’s your link, Debra: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?blogid=14&entry_id=34773