John McCain
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Letter from Presidential Candidate Senator John McCain to Polonia

October 29, 2008

John McCainMr. Frank Spula
President
Polish American Congress
1612 K Street, NW  Suite 410
Washington, DC 20006


Dear Mr. Spula,

I share your concern about Poland’s exclusion from the U.S. visa waiver program. Poland is not only a steadfast and valued ally of the United States, we have the potential of growing to be much closer partners than we are now. Requiring visas from Poles seeking to travel here is inconsistent with our current relationship, not to mention the deeper and broader relationship we must work together to foster. I support the inclusion of Poland in the visa waiver program and will make it a top priority of my administration to make it happen.

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Polonia w Proszku

Amerykańska Polonia traci na znaczeniu. Ani Obama, ani McCain nie zabiegali o jej głosy przed nadchodzącymi wyborami.

Polonia w USAKiedy na początku października Polonia obchodziła 400. rocznicę przybycia Polaków do Ameryki (wsławili się m.in <http://m.in> . zorganizowaniem pierwszego strajku na kontynencie), żaden z kandydatów do objęcia władzy w Białym Domu: ani republikanin John McCain, ani demokrata Barack Obama, nie zaszczycił obchodów w historycznym Jamestown. Nie był to przypadek czy 0wynik napiętego kalendarza kampanii przedwyborczej: 9 milionów Amerykanów polskiego pochodzenia ma po prostu coraz mniej do powiedzenia.

Choć w USA stanowimy ósmą pod względem wielkości grupę etniczną, latem tego roku senator Obama ominął Polskę szerokim łukiem podczas światowego tournée (mimo że syn prof. Zbigniewa Brzezińskiego, Mark, jest jednym z jego doradców). Najwidoczniej sztab ekspertów doradzający Obamie po analizie baz danych uznał, że wizyta w kolebce Solidarności nie przysporzy demokracie zbyt wielu głosów, bo Polonia jest grupą o słabnącym znaczeniu: nawet okręg wyborczy obejmujący bastion polskości, czyli chicagowskie Jackowo, reprezentuje kongresmen Rahm Emanuel, polityk pochodzenia żydowskiego.

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Polish Army Major Receives Army Commendation Medal

Polish Army
Polish army Maj. Tomasz Semeniuk, resident of
Wroclaw, Poland, receives an Army Commendation Medal from U.S. Army Brig. Gen. William D. Frink, Jr., commander of the 311th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait on Oct. 25, 2008.

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PAC – White House Conference Call

White HousePolish American Congress (PAC), Washington DC, October 21, 2008 – In response to a letter from Frank J. Spula, president of the Polish American Congress, to President George W. Bush in regards to the Visa Waiver Program (VWP), Spula received today an invitation from the White House to a conference call to discuss the issues presented in the communiqué (full text available at: http://www.polamcon.org/presoffice/let-Bush-081017.pdf).

The conference call took place this afternoon between Spula; Adam Sterling, director for Central and European Affairs, National Security Council, and Brian McCormack, special assistant to the President and Deputy Director of Public Liaison at the White House.

The White House representatives assured the Polish American Congress that, „President Bush is a supporter of Poland, as well as of Poland as a part of the Visa Waiver Program; the President was disappointed that this not happen.” They blamed the failure to include Poland in the bill signed by Mr. Bush on the actions of the U.S. Congress.

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Cel Postępowego Upaństwawiania Banków w USA?

Dollar Sign over black background Iwo Cyprian Pogonowski

Pojawiają się w prasie amerykańskiej takie tytuły jak „Częściowe Upaństwawianie Banków w USA?” Chodzi o odbudowę zaufania do systemu finansowego, zwichniętego przez lichwiarski kapitalizm, za pomocą częściowego upaństwawiania systemu banków w USA, w formie przejmowania przez państwo tytułu własności ważnych banków.

Minister skarbu Henry Paulson powiedział 9go października, 2008, że ma upoważnienia używania, ostatnio zatwierdzonego funduszu 700 miliardów dolarów, na ratowanie gospodarki USA, za pomocą inwestowania w kluczowych bankach. Podobnie dzieje się w W. Brytanii gdzie rząd inwestuje 87 miliardów dolarów w takich bankach, jak Royal Bank of Scotland, HSBC oraz Barclays. Rząd Irlandii już przejął kontrolę nad bankami irlandzkimi.

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Obama and McCain tie in the second debate

Election Icons On Wednesday both Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain took part in a second debate. The debate took place at Belmont University of Tennessee hosted by Tom Brokaw was conducted in a town meeting style, where select undecided voters had the opportunity to ask questions.

During the course of the debate, John McCain criticized Obama by accusing him of his naive dealing with international affairs, willingness to capitulation in Iraq and vote in the Senate supposedly contributing to the deterioration of the situation in the country.

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Cut Medicare and Medicaid by $1.3 Trillion?

Where do Reps. Kirk, Biggert, Roskam and LaHood stand on the McCain health care plan that would cut Medicare and Medicaid by $1.3 Trillion?

 

According to the Wall Street Journal: “John McCain would pay for his health plan with major reductions to Medicare and Medicaid, a top aide said, in a move that independent analysts estimate could result in cuts of $1.3 trillion over 10 years to the government programs.” [Wall Street Journal online, 10/6/08]

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Obama leading 3 percent over McCain

Barack Obama It is exactly one month before the historic Presidential election in The United States. According to Reuters poll, Barack Obama is leading by 3% over John McCain. The poll was conducted between Saturday and Monday just after the Vice Presidential debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden. The margin of error is estimated to be 2.8% and about 4% of voters still remain undecided.

Barack Obama is leading the race to the Presidential chair by 49% to 42%, between independent voters, and 51% to 42% between women. It is suspected that these two voter groups will play a key role in the outcome in this election..

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Obama campaign funding to be verified

Barack Obama The Republican Party Committee wants to verify the sources of additional campaign funding Barack Obama Presidential campaign has received. GOP claims there might be evidence of unknown campaign funding, some even coming from foreigners overseas which is illegal.

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700 billion dollar bailout bill signed into law

House of Representatives The House of Representatives passed the 700 billion dollar bailout bill on Friday. 263 House members voted in favor of the plan and 171 voted against it. President George W. Bush quickly signed the bill into law saying „By coming together on this legislation, we have acted boldly to prevent the crisis on Wall Street from becoming a crisis in communities across our country,”

The plan was approved by Senate earlier this week on Wednesday; it was rejected earlier on Monday by the House of Representatives mainly due to voters criticizing it.

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