The essence of the Dangerfield Admin:Everyone will 'affront' and 'insult' you

because EVERYONE recognizes that what you wish to see as your 'even handedness' is really MORAL COWARDICE.

1. Vladimir Putin, Russia's prime minister, promised on Thursday that Moscow would help Iran complete a civil nuclear power station by this summer, drawing criticism from Hillary Clinton, US secretary of state.

   His remarks highlighted the continuing differences between the two powers over how to contain Iran's nuclear ambitions. Mrs Clinton was visiting Moscow on a trip partly designed to increase the pressure on Tehran by showing America's unity with Russia.

2. The Obama administration is poised to ban offshore oil drilling on the outer continental shelf until 2012 or beyond. Meanwhile, Russia is making a bold strategic leap to begin drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico. While the United States attempts to shift gears to alternative fuels to battle the purported evils of carbon emissions, Russia will erect oil derricks off the Cuban coast.
   
   
3. Effective April 16, Walgreens drugstores across the state won't take any new Medicaid patients, saying that filling their prescriptions is a money-losing proposition -- the latest development in an ongoing dispute over Medicaid reimbursement.
   
   
4. Idaho took the lead in a growing, nationwide fight against health care overhaul Wednesday when its governor became the first to sign a measure requiring the state attorney general to sue the federal government if residents are forced to buy health insurance.

   Similar legislation is pending in 37 other states.

5. A spokesman for Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II (R) said this afternoon that Virginia will file suit against the federal government if the Democratic health care reform bill is approved by the U.S. Congress.

   Cuccinelli has long said he was examining the legal issues and suggested he would likely file suit. Brian Gottstein, a spokesman for the office, said this afternoon that a lawsuit is now a definite.
   
   
6. China's ambassador to the United Nations Office in Geneva, says China believes the door of diplomacy is still open on finding a compromise over Iran's nuclear program.

   And he says it's still not the time to talk about sanctions against Iran.

7. Xinhua News - BEIJING, March 19 -- America's rocky relationship with China is much like that of an abusive spouse. When times are good, warm feelings abound. But at slightest sign of trouble, America vents its frustrations on China like a husband who just lost his job, so he comes home to beat his wife.
   
   
8. March 12 - In recent statements, Saudi officials repeated the official position approved by the follow-up committee, and stressed that Israel and the U.S. were being given a last chance. Saudi Foreign Minister Sa'ud Al-Faisal told the Saudi daily Al-Madina: "The foreign ministers in the committee have decided to give one last opportunity to the two sides, [namely] to the Americans, who are sponsoring the peace process, and to the Israelis. [This opportunity] will last four months, in an attempt to push the peace process forward. At the end of this period, if there is no progress in the peace process, and if Israel ignores the... the Arab peace initiative - which has been endorsed by all the Arab countries as a suitable basis for resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict - then the Arabs will adopt a suitable position."

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