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To err is human and nobody can boast of not making a single mistake in life, including while driving in a car. Even if the person driving the car makes no mistake, chances are high that the person on the opposite side drives carelessly and accidents do happen. So, it is mandatory for every car owner to have a car insurance which would be beneficial for both the owner of the car and the car.
There are different premium rates for males and females because it is a general fact that men are more likely to be involved in an accident than women. Likewise, the premium rates for teenagers are higher and have to pay more, since teenagers fall under the category of high risk. If the teenager takes a defensive driving course then, there is a chance of reducing the premium.
When car insurance is taken, it offers a peace of mind to the owner of the car and this fact would make him drive peacefully and safely and this factor itself would avoid many accidents. Every one owning a car has to possess a car insurance which is a way of protection, not only for the self but also for others on the road.
There is a highly resourceful web guide on car insurance - http://car-insurance-choices.com - that I often visit to get tips and experts’ advice on choosing the right insurance choices for my vehicles. Check it out!
By Jim Garamone
American Forces Press Service
May 20, 2008 - While the United States fields the best military in the world today, that power "is not assured tomorrow," the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee today. The president's fiscal 2009 defense budget request is important for the long-range strength of the U.S. armed forces, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen said.
Ensuring the strength of tomorrow's armed forces is why the budget request raises readiness funding by $5.7 billion. "That's why it calls for more than $180 billion for strategic modernization," he said. The budget also calls for a $700 million increase for research and development to $11.5 billion.
The request calls for completing the stand-up of U.S. Africa Command, growing the Army and Marine Corps, and improving U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities, Mullen said.
"I'm convinced this budget reveals balance in our vision for the future: a realization that, while we must continue to develop irregular warfare skills needed to effectively wage irregular warfare both today and tomorrow, we must also prepare for, build for and train for a broad spectrum of warfighting capabilities," he said.
The chairman stressed that the Iraq war is America's No. 1 strategic priority. "We cannot afford, the world cannot afford, to have an Iraq unable to govern, defend or sustain itself in effect and in practice as a failed state," he said. "[If] we get it wrong there, we place an unacceptable risk on our national interests throughout the Middle East.
"We get it wrong there and Iran's growing and negative influence, Hezbollah's growing extremism or al-Qaida's ability to reconstitute itself only intensify and imperil the region that much more," he continued. "That's why we've worked so hard to improve our counterinsurgency skills and to adapt when necessary to changing conditions. We've attained far too much experience in this type of warfare to ignore the lessons learned or the practicalities of application elsewhere."
Counterinsurgency operations are more than simple small-arms firefights. Precision air strikes, cyberwarfare against extremists, and diplomatic efforts are all part of these operations, Mullen said.
The Iraqi government is becoming more confident, and Iraqi security forces are becoming more capable. "We saw that in Basra recently," Mullen said. "We're seeing it today in Sadr City. And Iraqi security forces are leading in many areas in our current fight in Mosul. I'm encouraged, but we are far from done."
In Afghanistan, the United States is working with NATO allies to ensure similar progress.
"Fresh violence in the south, a burgeoning poppy trade and increasingly unstable and ungoverned border with Pakistan all tear at the very fragile seams of security," Mullen said.
1. He has the audacity to tell Obama, as President, not to meet with those Bush considers enemies. Of course, Bush has a record of never having an opinion which proved to be correct.
2. He claims that the conflict in Iraq has NOT cost America in excess of THREE TRILLION DOLLARS. Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Economist and author of “The Three Trillion Dollar War” has a different opinion. Of course, Bush has a record of never telling the truth.
3. On the other hand, Bush has increased the National Debt by THREE TRILLION DOLLARS. Bush took a budget surplus – predicted to extend as far as the eye could see – and turned it into an extended series of record deficits which promise, or threaten, to continue until we exit Iraq; that being predicted to be sometime in the next hundred years. This raised the National Debt by fifty percent in seven years.
Bush, a graduate of both Harvard and Yale, with degrees in History and Business, has the education necessary to have correctly predicted the effect of his actions. More important, he has achieved his goals and projections – the ones laid down for him by Osama Bin Laden and the Saudis Royal Paymaster who gave Bush senior multi-millions of dollars.
4. The director in charge of getting Veterans their benefits publically stated it was more important for him to study the Bible than do his job; however, had he in fact studied the Bible, he would have learned that care for the sick and injured is a first priority – the priority which was being ignored in favor of alleged bible study. Hell has a special place for this guy and all who think like him.
5. Bush is lying about the number of wounded, the number of dead, and every aspect of reality associated with Iraq.
6. MAJOR LIE, accepted by the media, is that this Iraq thing is a war. If a war, then they should be able to name the individual and governmental body which can surrender to us; and they can name the people who can sign and approve a peace treaty with us. Try it! It is the first request of a war – one must have a real enemy who can surrender. There is no such person, no such governmental entity, no basic criteria for a “war” exists – aside from having our troops in a region where they are at risk and engaged in the slaughter of civilians.
7. NAFTA – three million jobs lost over the ten plus years it has been in effect. Wages are now at 1972 levels. Americans have lost thirty years of gains in because of a Republican policy approved by Clinton and apparently endorsed by his wife – who, if she becomes president, will not correct what husband has done; nor will she correct what Bush has done. The only thing that can be said for Hillary is: She is not John McCain and therefore will not make things worse.
8. Al-Qaeda is stronger, better organized and more internationally identified as a place for those who hate America and anything non-Islamic.
9. Dig in and prepare. The recession is on the way with a depression to follow. America has been buried by the GOP and they will cheer – as they exit the country with their carpetbags filled with cash.
Rush – the voice of the GOP – is still at it; and the idiots are sending their money via the ratings. Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy – this is the season for the Republican Conservatives to take pleasure while America suffers pain. They and Bin Laden have achieved their goal – well, almost. All that is really needed is for McCain to become President.
10. Ten ... we need a tenth point. Well. Actually, we do not. The tenth point will be the sound of America passing into history.
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