Wednesday, March 30, 2011 By Matt Cover http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-2002-toppling-brutal-dictator-dumb (CNSNews.com) – President Barack Obama, as an Illinois state senator in 2002, said that using military force to topple a murderous dictator amounted to a “dumb war” and should be opposed. The “dumb war” Obama was criticizing was the planned invasion of Iraq and the murderous dictator… [Read more…]
March 30, 2011
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EDITORIAL: The president’s speech Being a leader is about more than reading off a teleprompter By THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Washington Times 8:10 p.m., Monday, March 28, 2011 When King George VI gave his Sept. 3, 1939, war message to the people of the British Empire, it was a time of great moment. It was… [Read more…]
March 27, 2011
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I am so confused! The Obama administration has taken the US into another war, this time striking Libya with air strikes to take out Kuadaffy’s military. This mission has been for supposedly humanitarian reasons, but why didn’t we get approval from the congress weeks in advance of this? Obama was able to gather together support… [Read more…]
March 21, 2011
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President Obama’s own quotes in Dec. 2007 about President Bush using military action against Iran: Four years ago, the Junior Senator from Illinois had this to say about the use of military force: 2. In what circumstances, if any, would the president have constitutional authority to bomb Iran without seeking a use-of-force authorization from Congress?… [Read more…]
December 22, 2010
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US President Barack Obama’s top aide on intelligence appeared to be completely unaware in a television interview of the arrests this week of 12 men accused of plotting an Al-Qaeda-inspired attack. US Director of National Intelligence James Clapper was asked about the attacks, with ABC News interviewer Diane Sawyer posing the questions: “First of all,… [Read more…]
September 29, 2010
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Eyeblast.tv.
August 24, 2010
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Little-known fact: Obama’s failed stimulus program cost more than the Iraq war | Washington Examiner. By: Mark Tapscott Editorial Page Editor 08/23/10 11:32 AM EDT Expect to hear a lot about how much the Iraq war cost in the days ahead from Democrats worried about voter wrath against their unprecedented spending excesses. The meme is… [Read more…]
July 26, 2010
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White House sends 2012 rescue team to Florida – Carol E. Lee – POLITICO.com. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The White House has quietly launched an effort to confront the political backlash along the Gulf Coast over its handling of the BP oil spill — giving special attention to Florida, the only state in the region… [Read more…]
July 9, 2010
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Obama: Israelis suspicious of me because my middle name is Hussein – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News. U.S. President Barack Obama told Channel 2 News on Wednesday that he believed Israel would not try to surprise the U.S. with a unilateral attack on Iran. In an interview aired Thursday evening, Obama was asked whether… [Read more…]
July 7, 2010
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July 7, 2010 http://en.rian.ru/russia/20100707/159724862.html Moscow dismissed on Wednesday the U.S. state secretary’s remarks about Georgia’s occupation by Russian troops as “baseless.” Speaking in Tbilisi on Monday on the final stage of her East European and South Caucasus tour, Hillary Rodham Clinton said the United States fully supported Georgia and “flatly rejects” Russian claims to have… [Read more…]
July 7, 2010
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FoxNews.com - July 06, 2010 http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/07/06/ex-official-accuses-justice-department-racial-bias-black-panther-case/ In emotional and personal testimony, an ex-Justice official who quit over the handling of a voter intimidation case against the New Black Panther Party accused his former employer of instructing attorneys in the civil rights division to ignore cases that involve black defendants and white victims. In emotional and… [Read more…]
July 2, 2010
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Breitbart.tv � 11 Reasons to Vote for Democrats in November. 2010 Mid-term Elections in 124 days.
July 2, 2010
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Breitbart.tv � Obama on the Attack: Lashes Out at GOP. How can a majority Democrat Legislative Branch, majority Democrat Executive Branch, blame ANYTHING on the Republicans??
July 2, 2010
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Breitbart.tv � Pelosi: Unemployment Checks Fastest Way to Create Jobs.
June 26, 2010
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June 25, 2010
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By Jeremy Pelofsky WASHINGTON June 24 (Reuters) – A U.S. judge refused on Thursday to put on hold his decision blocking the federal government from enforcing its six-month ban on deepwater oil drilling after the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman in New Orleans rejected the Obama administration’s request to stay… [Read more…]
June 25, 2010
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By Sarah Ostmanon June 24, 2010 11:57 AM http://blogs.suntimes.com/blago/2010/06/blagojevich_on_tape_get_obama.html In the next tape, Blagojevich is heard floating another idea — to ask the president-elect to ask Warren Buffett or Bill Gates to throw $15 million into a health-care related charity account that Blago could manage and live off. In exchange, of course, he’d appoint Valerie… [Read more…]
June 25, 2010
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Harris: Obama knew of Blagojevich plot :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Gov. Blagojevich. http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/blagojevich/2427402,CST-NWS-BLAGO24.article June 24, 2010 BY NATASHA KORECKI AND SARAH OSTMAN Staff Reporters A top aide to former Gov. Rod Blagojevich said he believed Barack Obama knew of Blagojevich’s plot to win himself a presidential Cabinet post in exchange for appointing Valerie Jarrett to… [Read more…]
June 23, 2010
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By MATT BAI June 22, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/23/us/politics/23bai.html CORAL GABLES, Fla. — For months now, Jeb Bush has been listening as President Obama blasts his older brother’s administration for the battered economy, budget deficits and even the lax oversight of oil wells. “It’s kind of like a kid coming to school saying, ‘The dog ate my… [Read more…]
June 23, 2010
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Inmates Get Homebuyer Tax Credits: Gov’t Report – CNBC. Nearly 1,300 prison inmates wrongly received more than $9 million in tax credits for homebuyers despite being locked up when they claimed they bought a home, a government investigator reported Wednesday. Stephen Marks | The Images Bank | Getty Images The investigator said 241 of the… [Read more…]
June 23, 2010
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The Runaway General | Rolling Stone Politics#.
June 22, 2010
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Terrorists crossing AZ border into U.S.?. June 21, 2010 By: Steve Irvin PINAL COUNTY, AZ – On a single day in April, in a special cell block deep inside the Pinal County Jail, nearly 400 inmates sat awaiting trial or extradition after being detained trying to cross the Arizona border from Mexico. Only about half… [Read more…]
June 21, 2010
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BP Oil Spill: As Pay Czar Promises Money, Workers Turned Away From BP Claims Center Feinberg Says Money is on the Way; Coast Guard Defends Spill Response, Saying Regulations Got in the Way By SHARYN ALFONSI, DAVID MUIR and BRADLEY BLACKBURN http://abcnews.go.com/WN/bp-oil-spill-ken-feinberg-promises-money-abc/story?id=10956385 June 18, 2010— Kenneth Feinberg arrived at the Louisiana State Capitol today in… [Read more…]
June 21, 2010
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By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer Seth Borenstein, Ap Science Writer – Sun Jun 20, 12:02 am ET http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100620/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill_commission WASHINGTON – The panel appointed by President Barack Obama to investigate the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is short on technical expertise but long on talking publicly about “America’s addiction to oil.” One member has blogged about it regularly. Only… [Read more…]
June 21, 2010
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White House says Jon Kyl story not true – Andy Barr – POLITICO.com. The White House on Monday denied Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl’s claim that President Barack Obama told him privately that he would not work to secure the border unless it was part of a comprehensive immigration reform package. In a video that started… [Read more…]
June 21, 2010
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Senator: Obama Told Me He’s Not Securing Border on Purpose | The FOX Nation. On June 18, 2010, Arizona Republican Senator Jon Kyl told the audience at a North Tempe Tea Party town hall meeting that during a private, one-on-one meeting with President Obama in the Oval Office, the President told him, regarding securing the… [Read more…]
June 20, 2010
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Emanuel links fall elections to GOP support of BP. June 20, 2010 (This administration is so desperate to blame everyone else, they have gone to saying that Republicans support BP!! DM) WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama’s chief of staff is warning about what might happen if Republicans—who have defended BP over the Gulf oil… [Read more…]
June 20, 2010
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Mort Zuckerman: World Sees Obama as Incompetent and Amateur – US News and World Report.
June 18, 2010
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Americans want leaders on whom the sun shines. By PEGGY NOONAN June 18, 2010 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704289504575313181930072638.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLTopStories The president is starting to look snakebit. He’s starting to look unlucky, like Jimmy Carter. It wasn’t Mr. Carter’s fault that the American diplomats were taken hostage in Tehran, but he handled it badly, and suffered. He defied the rule… [Read more…]
June 18, 2010
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RealClearPolitics – Video – Gibbs: Barton Should Step Down As Ranking Member. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs says GOP should ask consider if Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) should continue as ranking member of Committee on Energy and Commerce after his comments.
June 18, 2010
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RealClearPolitics – Video – GOP’s Barton “Ashamed” Of White House’s “Shakedown” Of BP. Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) says yesterday’s meeting with President Obama at the White House was a “shakedown” of BP and the $20 billion escrow account is a “slush fund.” VIDEO: Waxman: Oil Spill Threatens Our “National Security” VIDEO: GOP Rep. Sullivan: Obama… [Read more…]
June 18, 2010
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RealClearPolitics – Video – “Daily Show” Mocks Obama For Waging War Against The Oil Spill. Daily Show: Barack Obama wages war on the BP oil spill by establishing a national commission and appealing to God for help.
June 18, 2010
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RealClearPolitics – Video – Giuliani: If This Was Bush, He Would Have Been Impeached By Now. Rudy Giuliani on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”: “Boy, you guys really give this guy a break that is beyond…They’d have been working on impeachment of Bush by now. If Bush were the president and handled it this way, there’d be… [Read more…]
June 18, 2010
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RealClearPolitics – Video – Stupak: “Legitimate” For BP Escrow Account To Fund Health Care. Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.): “I think we had to have someone say this is where you can go without limiting your criminal liability or civil liability.For instance, the question is brought up, pay for all of the health care for the… [Read more…]
June 18, 2010
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Olbermann Quits Daily Kos After Being Bashed For Criticizing Obama’s Oil Speech | NewsBusters.org. By Lachlan Markay Created 06/17/2010 – 15:38 When the vitriol is too much for Keith Olbermann, something is seriously wrong. The MSNBC prime time anchor parted ways with the far-left Web site Daily Kos on Wednesday, citing the site’s apparent unflinching,… [Read more…]
June 16, 2010
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MSNBC Panel Slams Obama Speech; Matthews: May ‘Barf’ if More ‘Ludicrous’ Mentions of Nobel Prize | NewsBusters.org. By Brad Wilmouth Created 06/16/2010 – 05:49 On a special edition of Tuesday’s Countdown show on MSNBC which aired after President Obama’s address to the nation, the panel of Keith Olbermann, Chris Matthews and Howard Fineman were not… [Read more…]
June 16, 2010
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http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=37527 by Elisabeth Meinecke 06/16/2010 President Obama told Americans Tuesday night from the Oval Office that a transition to clean energy could boost the economy and create more jobs. He did not say what Dan Juneau, the president of the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, told HUMAN EVENTS Tuesday he was hoping to hear… [Read more…]
June 16, 2010
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Our Caudillo President By Ben Stein on 6.16.10 @ 6:10AM As I write this on Monday night, there are rumors around that BP will agree to President Barack Obama’s demand that the oil giant “voluntarily” put about $30 billion into a fund to be administered by the government to compensate victims of the Gulf of… [Read more…]
June 16, 2010
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http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=67800 Wednesday, June 16, 2010 By Chistopher Neefus Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-Minn.).(CNSNews.com/Penny Starr) Washington (CNSNews.com) – Rep. Michelle Bachmann (R-Minn.) said Tuesday that President Barack Obama is exceeding his legitimate constitutional authority in telling BP it must set up an independent fund, not controlled by the company, for compensating victims of the Gulf oil spill. She described the administration’s policy as an action ”that’s… [Read more…]
June 16, 2010
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BP—Blah Performance President Obama’s Oval Office speech was almost lousy enough to make you miss George W. Bush. By Daniel Gross Posted Tuesday, June 15, 2010, at 10:17 PM ET President Obama’s Oval Office speech about the Gulf oil spill was almost enough to make you miss President George W. Bush. Maybe not the actual… [Read more…]
June 16, 2010
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Just words: Obama’s Oval Office speech fizzles The energy, imagery and promises seemed no match for the horror show still unfolding in the Gulf By Joan Walsh Reuters TV Tuesday, Jun 15, 2010 19:16 ET http://www.salon.com/news/politics/barack_obama/index.html?story=/opinion/walsh/politics/2010/06/15/obama_oval_office_speech U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the nation from the Oval Office at the White House in Washington in this… [Read more…]
June 16, 2010
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http://www.redstate.com/erick/2010/06/15/barack-obama-embraces-his-inner-jimmy-carter/ President Obama’s speech summed up better than most anyone else I saw on TV. He said NOTHING, while saying a lot of fancy words. He didn’t have a plan on how to fix the spill, no plan on how to clean up the mess, TODAY that is, and only gave us silly ideas that… [Read more…]
June 15, 2010
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http://publicpolicypolling.blogspot.com/2010/06/fallout-from-spill.html Our new Louisiana poll has a lot of data points to show how unhappy voters in the state are with Barack Obama’s handling of the oil spill but one perhaps sums it up better than anything else- a majority of voters there think George W. Bush did a better job with Katrina than Obama’s… [Read more…]
June 15, 2010
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Obama Blames Congress for Gulf Oil Spill Disaster – HUMAN EVENTS. by Connie Hair 06/14/2010 <!– Print This Forward Feedback Facebook LinkedIn Digg This! Subscribe Archives Sponsored By: –> In yet another attempt to deflect blame for his administration’s disastrous lack of response to the runaway oil spill catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, President… [Read more…]
June 14, 2010
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By Jonathan Weisman June 14, 2010 http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2010/06/14/wh-takes-cues-from-liberal-think-tank-on-spill/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wsj%2Fwashwire%2Ffeed+%28WSJ.com%3A+Washington+Wire%29 If you want to see where President Barack Obama’s response to the Deepwater Horizon disaster is heading, try following the urgings of the Center for American Progress. The liberal think tank with close White House ties appears to have more influence on spill policy than the president’s in-house… [Read more…]
June 14, 2010
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The Spill, The Scandal and the President | Rolling Stone Politics. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/17390/111965?RS_show_page=0 By Tim Dickinson Jun 08, 2010 4:30 PM EDT This article originally appeared in RS 1107 from June 24, 2010. On May 27th, more than a month into the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history, Barack Obama strode to the podium in… [Read more…]
June 14, 2010
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posted June 9, 2010 by Ed Morrissey http://hotair.com/archives/2010/06/09/expert-panel-says-obama-administration-misrepresented-their-views-on-drilling-moratorium/ When the Obama administration announced its moratorium on new off-shore drilling in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon blowout and Gulf crisis, it packaged the announcement with a series of safety recommendations given to the White House by a panel of experts on deep-sea drilling. Now that… [Read more…]
June 14, 2010
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Interior Secretary Salazar lies about drilling peer review.. I’m not affiliated with this administration: I don’t have to use the weasel term ‘misrepresented.’ Basically, what happened was that Salazar added language to a report on the Gulf oil spill, and that said language called for a drilling moratorium. That’s not the lie: the Interior Secretary… [Read more…]
June 14, 2010
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White House Wakes Up Late to Political Fallout of Oil Spill — Plus an Energy Bill That’s Still Stalled ANALYSIS By RICK KLEIN WASHINGTON, June 13, 2010— It’s not too late to find his way to the White House rooftop after all. President Obama is now reacting to the BP oil mess in precisely the… [Read more…]
June 14, 2010
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Alabama governor blasts oil spill response leadership. A key governor on Sunday blasted the lack of leadership in the US response to the worst ever US oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, saying decisions were being gummed up in committee. Governor Bob Riley of Alabama said he was more frustrated with the Obama administration’s… [Read more…]
June 12, 2010
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Sources: Obama Administration to Support Anti-Israel Resolution at UN Next Week. by William Kristol June 11, 2010 THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned that senior Obama administration officials have been telling foreign governments that the administration intends to support an effort next week at the United Nations to set up an independent commission, under UN auspices,… [Read more…]
June 9, 2010
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By HELENE COOPER June 9, 2010 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/10/world/middleeast/10prexy.html?partner=rss&emc=rss WASHINGTON — President Obama promised a $400 million aid package for the West Bank and Gaza on Wednesday, as the United States scrambled to come up with a way out of the stalemate in the Middle East exacerbated by the Gaza flotilla incident last week. Mr. Obama, meeting… [Read more…]
June 9, 2010
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SC State Wire http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_8545/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=7sAFDYPI MEG KINNARD Published: June 9, 2010 COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina’s surprise Democratic nominee to challenge U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint is facing a pending felony charge. Court records show 32-year-old Alvin Greene was arrested in November and charged with showing obscene Internet photos to a University of South Carolina student.… [Read more…]
June 9, 2010
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By John Blake, CNN June 9, 2010 http://edition.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/06/08/rage.obama/index.html?hpt=C1 Oil disaster prompts critics to demand that Obama get angry Whites asking black man to show more rage called “a sign of progress” (LOL seriously?? LOL DM) An angry Obama may feed stereotypes about black men, scholars say Professor: Obama has to learn political value of rage… [Read more…]
June 9, 2010
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The ties that bind. Remember Rahm Emanuel’s rent-free D.C. apartment? The owner: A BP adviser. In case you were tempted to buy the faux Washington outrage at BP and its gulf oil spill in recent days, here’s a story that reveals a little-known corporate political connection and the quiet way the inner political circles intersect,… [Read more…]
June 8, 2010
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RealClearPolitics – Video – Karl Rove On Helen Thomas, Sestak & Romanoff. Karl Rove talks about Helen Thomas’ forced retirement, the Sestak & Romanoff scandals and the oil spill. “It was the typical bile filled remark,” Rove said of Thomas’ anti-Semitic remark.
June 8, 2010
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RealClearPolitics – Video – Hardball: Is Oil Spill Cheney’s Katrina?. Time Magazine’s Mark Halperin and MSNBC Political Analyst Richard Wolffe join Hardball to discuss the lax regulations and corrupt relationships set up between the government and oil companies. Doesn’t this idiot know that President Bush and Vice President Cheney have not been in office for… [Read more…]
June 8, 2010
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RealClearPolitics – Video – Obama Seeking “Ass To Kick” Over Oil Spill. It is a disgrace that the President of the United States would use such language! DM “I don’t sit around just talking to experts because this is a college seminar, we talk to these folks because they potentially have the best answers, so… [Read more…]
June 8, 2010
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KALAMAZOO — There were quite a few memorable moments Monday night, but one guy may have stole the show. And the video is already going viral on YouTube. You may have noticed a student over the president’s shoulder, on the right side of the screen. He looks like he’s having trouble staying focused on his… [Read more…]
June 6, 2010
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Longtime White House scribe Helen Thomas caused more than a few eyebrows to perk up when video surfaced on Friday of her declaring that Jews should “get the hell out of Palestine” and go back to Germany and Poland. Captured by Rabbi David Nesenoff of RabbiLive.com, the footage made the rounds on mostly conservative and… [Read more…]
June 4, 2010
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By WILL WEISSERT (AP) – 2 days ago HAVANA — Fidel Castro speculated Wednesday that a nuclear strike on Iran might help President Barack Obama win a second term in the White House and also suggested the United States could attack North Korea. The former leader of Cuba, who has not been seen in public… [Read more…]
June 4, 2010
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Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney takes cheap shot at President George W. Bush at White House event. – HUMAN EVENTS. Sir Paul McCartney’s cheap shot aimed at former President George W. Bush at a White House event on Wednesday has prompted House Minority Leader John Boehner to demand an apology from the Beatle. McCartney literally… [Read more…]
June 4, 2010
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Keeping an eye on Elena Kagan and reporting the under-reported news on the Supreme Court nominee. via White House: Obama may use executive privilege to withhold Kagan documents. In a letter to Sen. Jeff Sessions, the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee Republican, Robert Bauer, counsel to Obama, implied the president may use executive privilege… [Read more…]
June 3, 2010
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RealClearPolitics – Video – McCartney Bashes Bush: “It’s Great To Have A President Who Knows What A Library Is”.
June 3, 2010
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By Jessica Resnick-Ault and David Wethe – Jun 2, 2010 http://preview.bloomberg.com/news/2010-06-02/bp-gulf-of-mexico-oil-leak-may-last-until-christmas-in-worst-case-scenario.html BP Plc’s failure since April to plug a Gulf of Mexico oil leak has prompted forecasts the crude may continue gushing into December in what President Barack Obama has called the greatest environmental disaster in U.S. history. BP’s attempts so far to cap the… [Read more…]
June 3, 2010
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http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSLDE65111120100602?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a49:g43:r1:c0.404144:b34561410:z0 June 2 (Reuters) – The Iranian central bank has announced that it will sell 45 billion euros from its foreign exchange reserves to buy dollars and gold, China’s official Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday, citing unspecified Iranian media reports. Xinhua said that the sales would be conducted in three stages and that the… [Read more…]
June 3, 2010
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http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6511ZH20100602?type=politicsNews (Reuters) – China has turned down a proposed fence-mending visit by the U.S. defense secretary, Robert Gates, during his trip in the region this week in what some American officials described as a snub to protest U.S. arms sales to Taiwan. Beijing has delayed several high-level military exchanges since January, when the Obama administration… [Read more…]
June 3, 2010
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Democrats fear fallout from testimony; GOP sees chance to rebuild power By Rick Pearson, Tribune reporter http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/blagojevich/ct-met-blagojevich-trial-politics-20100602,0,2512076.story 9:31 PM CDT, June 2, 2010 Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s federal corruption trial will feature prosecutors feeding voters a steady reminder of the worst elements of Illinois’ political culture — allegations that money, insider influence and personal interest… [Read more…]
June 3, 2010
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By Michael Booth The Denver Post Posted: 06/03/2010 01:41:42 AM MDT Updated: 06/03/2010 06:46:26 AM MDT http://www.denverpost.com/ci_15213784 U.S. Senate candidate Andrew Romanoff said publicly for the first time Wednesday that a White House deputy discussed three specific jobs that “might be available” if Romanoff dropped a primary challenge to a fellow Democrat, Sen. Michael Bennet. Romanoff, responding… [Read more…]
June 3, 2010
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http://www.mrc.org/biasalert/2010/20100601083250.aspx Is there anything a journalist cannot or will not twist to bring the topic back to how life would be so much better if only not for that awful George W. Bush? On Tuesday’s CBS Evening News, with the help of the Washington Post’s Sally Quinn, Sharyl Attkisson managed to blame news, that Al… [Read more…]
June 3, 2010
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By Kristi Keck, CNN // // -1) {document.write(‘June 2, 2010 — Updated 1924 GMT (0324 HKT)’);} else {document.write(‘June 2, 2010 3:24 p.m. EDT’);} // ]]>June 2, 2010 3:24 p.m. EDT http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/06/02/obama.oil.spill.tone/index.html?hpt=T2 President Obama goes one-on-one with Larry King on Thursday night to talk about the oil spill, economic turmoil and war. Don’t miss the president… [Read more…]
June 2, 2010
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GOP demands more Sestak docs – Jake Sherman – POLITICO.com. By JAKE SHERMAN | 6/2/10 5:30 PM EDT Republicans are going to keep hammering away at the Joe Sestak job offer allegations. Reps. Darrell Issa of California, the top Republican on the House Oversight and Government Reform committee, and Lamar Smith of Texas, the top… [Read more…]
June 2, 2010
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By Natasha Korecki on June 2, 2010 12:54 PM Reporting with Lynn Sweet http://blogs.suntimes.com/blago/2010/06/rahm_emanuel_subpoenaed_by_bla.html President Obama’s chief of staff Rahm Emanuel was subpoenaed by the defense to testify in Rod Blagojevich’s upcoming trial, a Blagojevich attorney told the Chicago Sun-Times. “Yes, he’s been subpoenaed by the defense,” one of Rod Blagojevich’s lawyers, Shelly Sorosky said… [Read more…]
June 2, 2010
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By PHILIP ELLIOTT, Associated Press Writer Philip Elliott, Associated Press Writer – 26 mins ago http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100602/ap_on_el_se/us_colorado_senate WASHINGTON – Administration officials dangled the possibility of a job for former Colorado House Speaker Andrew Romanoff last year in hopes he would forgo a challenge to Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet, administration officials said Wednesday, just days after the White House… [Read more…]
June 2, 2010
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Anti-Israel sharks sniff O’s weakness – NYPOST.com. In the aftermath of the Gaza flotilla fiasco, the air is thick with nonsense. Chief among the instant myths is that Israel has created a dilemma for President Obama. Actually, it’s the other way around. The president’s appeasement policies helped to create the incident. Israel took the bait,… [Read more…]
June 1, 2010
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Published June 01, 2010 FOXNews.com http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/01/facing-criticism-obama-meet-arizona-gov-brewer-thursday/ President Obama intends to meet with Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer on Thursday, a White House official told FoxNews.com, after criticism mounted over the president’s refusal to meet her while she is in Washington this week. Brewer had requested a face-to-face meeting with Obama and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano,… [Read more…]
June 1, 2010
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RealClearPolitics – Video – Israeli Commandos Attacked With Knives, Clubs & Gunfire By Aid Ship. AP: Israeli naval commandos stormed a flotilla of ships carrying aid and hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists to the blockaded Gaza Strip on Monday, killing at least 10 passengers in a predawn raid that set off worldwide condemnation and a diplomatic… [Read more…]
June 1, 2010
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Israel Navy commandos: Gaza flotilla activists tried to lynch us – Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News. Nine activists on board Gaza-bound flotilla killed in violent clashes when Israel Navy commandos boarded ships; 7 commandos hurt, 2 seriously. By Amos Harel, Avi Issacharoff, Anshel Pfeffer and News Agencies Tags: Gaza aid Freedom flotilla Story Highlights… [Read more…]
June 1, 2010
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By STEVEN GUTKIN, Associated Press Writer Steven Gutkin, Associated Press Writer – 2 hrs 27 mins ago May 31, 2010 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100531/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians JERUSALEM – Israeli commandos rappelled down to an aid flotilla sailing to thwart a Gaza blockade on Monday, clashing with pro-Palestinian activists on the lead ship in a botched raid that left at least nine passengers dead. Bloodied… [Read more…]
June 1, 2010
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Glenn Beck – Current Events & Politics – The Founders’ views on Faith: Day 3. America’s Prophet: How the Story of Moses Inspired the Founding Fathers by Bruce Feiler Author, America’s Prophet: Moses and the American Story America’s Prophet: Moses and the American Story A few years ago, I set out looking at the role of… [Read more…]
June 1, 2010
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Glenn Beck – Current Events & Politics – The Founders’ views on Faith: Day 2. The Birth of the Nation – It Really Was Forged in Faih By Rod Gragg Forged in Faith: How Faith Shaped the Birth of the Nation 1607-177 What would America’s founders say about the constant challenges to traditional expressions of… [Read more…]
June 1, 2010
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Glenn Beck – Current Events & Politics – The Founders’ views on Faith. Were the Founders religious? By Dr. Peter A. Lillback Faith mattered greatly to our Founders. Consider, for example, the words of the First Continental Congress in 1774: THAT it is an indispensable duty which we owe to God, our country, ourselves and… [Read more…]
May 30, 2010
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RealClearPolitics – Video – Maher: Obama Not Acting Like A “Real Black” President. HBO’s Bill Maher: “I thought when we elected a black president, we were going to get a black president. You know, this [BP oil spill] is where I want a real black president. I want him in a meeting with the BP… [Read more…]
May 29, 2010
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May 28, 2010 9:44 PM by Jake Trapper GRAND ISLE, La. — Billy Nungesser, the president of Plaquemines Parish whose frustrations about the federal government response have been featured prominently on TV in the past few weeks, told ABC News that in the private meeting the president had with local leaders here today, President Obama “chewed… [Read more…]
May 29, 2010
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Pelosi blames Bush administration for BP oil spill. | Washington Examiner. By: Joel S. Gehrke Jr. Special to the Examiner 05/29/10 7:38 AM EDT Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., blamed the Bush administration for any lack of oversight leading up to the Gulf oil spill. The Obama administration, on the other hand, is… [Read more…]
May 28, 2010
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Published May 27, 2010 FOXNews.com http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/27/stressed-tone-deaf-obama-chicago-vacation-raises-eyebrows/ Presidents are never really off the clock, even when they go on vacation. But President Obama ‘s decision to skip the traditional Memorial Day ceremony in Arlington while on his second vacation since the BP oil spill began has some wondering what the schedule says about his priorities. Presidents… [Read more…]
May 28, 2010
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By Chris Cillizza | May 28, 2010; 11:28 AM ET Party leaders and campaign operatives — on nearly a daily basis — approach challenger candidates seeking to disrupt the established political order with a simple message: Get out or else. And so, the report this morning that former President Bill Clinton was tasked by White… [Read more…]
May 28, 2010
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By Michael D. Shear and Philip Rucker Washington Post staff writers Friday, May 28, 2010; 12:58 PM At the urging of the Obama White House, former President Bill Clinton asked Rep. Joe Sestak whether he would abandon his plans to challenge Sen. Arlen Specter in a Pennsylvania Democratic primary if given an unpaid, advisory position,… [Read more…]
May 27, 2010
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Where Was Obama’s Plan A on the Oil Spill?–Kirsten Powers – NYPOST.com. By KIRSTEN POWERS http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/where_was_plan_rlt5oDKad55hkqHe64BgqM Last Updated: 9:58 AM, May 27, 2010 Posted: 1:28 AM, May 27, 2010 Do something, baby, do something: That’s the cry from Obama supporters and opponents alike as the oil keeps gushing into the Gulf of Mexico. The political… [Read more…]
May 27, 2010
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May 26, 2010 Globe Editorial http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2010/05/26/obama_should_take_charge_of_cleanup_in_the_gulf/ MORE THAN a month after BP’s Deepwater Horizon spill, oil is washing up in ugly clumps on beaches and wetlands, coating birds and other marine wildlife with a deadly slick. Just as pelicans and sea turtles are caught in an oily grasp, so is President Obama. Out of political… [Read more…]
May 26, 2010
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http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/05/exclusive-senate-judiciary-committee-republicans-atorney-general-eric-holder-special-prosecutor-sestak-job-offer.html May 26, 2010 1:19 PM Jake Trapper In a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder today, all seven Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee “urge the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate Congressman Joe Sestak’s claim that a White House official offered him a job to induce him to exit the Pennsylvania Senate… [Read more…]
May 26, 2010
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Barney Frank wants to see Rep. Djou’s birth certificate. Tongue firmly in cheek, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) on Tuesday afternoon called on reporters to demand to see the birth certificate of new Rep. Charles Djou (R-Hawaii). As Djou (pictured here) was being sworn into office, Frank walked the hallway of the Speaker’s Lobby off the… [Read more…]
May 26, 2010
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Breitbart.tv � Reporter Reveals: Gibbs Privately Scolded Press for Asking Too Many BP Questions. Amazing how this administration tries to control the media’s message, to keep their message “on task”. No more questions and no more making us look incompentent! Amazing!!
May 26, 2010
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Posted by Erick Erickson Tuesday, May 25th at 6:55PM EDT http://www.redstate.com/erick/2010/05/25/in-defending-barack-obama-skipping-memorial-day-the-left-calls-dead-soldiers-political-props/ Barack Obama is skipping the Memorial Day tradition of the President laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns. It is not unprecedented. George H. W. Bush was on the campaign trail in 1992 and scheduled to speak at an American Legions event… [Read more…]
May 26, 2010
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Posted by Tabitha Hale Tuesday, May 25th at 2:08PM EDT There’s no doubt it’s been a rough day (well, week) over at the White House. Let’s recap. The oil spill in the Gulf has rightly been coined “Obama’s Katrina.” They haven’t done anything, trying to walk the line of making BP pay for their mistakes… [Read more…]
May 25, 2010
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By Howard Schneider and Neil Irwin Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, May 24, 2010 If the trouble starts — and it remains an “if” — the trigger may well be obscure to the concerns of most Americans: a missed budget projection by the Spanish government, the failure of Greece to hit a deficit-reduction… [Read more…]
May 24, 2010
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http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5be4b8d8-6691-11df-aeb1-00144feab49a.html By Stephanie Kirchgaessner and Anna Fifield in Washington and agencies Published: May 23 2010 18:43 | Last updated: May 24 2010 14:31 The Obama administration is facing a rising tide of anger against its handling of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and acknowledged on Sunday that it did not have the technical capabilities to… [Read more…]
May 24, 2010
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By Nina Easton May 19, 2010: 6:15 AM ET http://money.cnn.com/2010/05/19/news/companies/SEIU_Bank_of_America_protest.fortune/index.htm (FORTUNE) — Every journalist loves a peaceful protest-whether it makes news, shakes up a political season, or holds out the possibility of altering history. Then there are the ones that show up on your curb–literally. Last Sunday, on a peaceful, sun-crisp afternoon, our toddler finally… [Read more…]
May 24, 2010
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by Connie Hair http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=37154 05/24/2010 ET Reminiscent of the white-hooded Ku Klux Klan showing up to terrorize families in their homes, the Service Employees International Union (SIEU) and a Chicago group called National Political Action showed up at the Maryland home of Greg Baer, deputy general counsel for corporate affairs at Bank of America… [Read more…]
May 24, 2010
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by Andrew Gully Andrew Gully – Sun May 23, 4:47 pm ET WASHINGTON (AFP) – Right-wing darling Sarah Palin accused US President Barack Obama on Sunday of leading a lax response to the Gulf of Mexico spill because he is too close to the big oil companies. The former vice presidential candidate and Alaska governor, who champions off-shore drilling,… [Read more…]
May 24, 2010
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VENICE, La, May 23, 2010 (Reuters) – Louisiana’s governor on Sunday criticized energy giant BP <BP.L> and U.S. federal authorities for failing to act fast enough to protect the state’s coastlines from a massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The U.S. Coast Guard and BP failed to take decisions quickly enough and delayed supplying necessary clean-up… [Read more…]
May 23, 2010
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Obama campaigning against Bush–again – Carol E. Lee – POLITICO.com. By: Carol E. Lee May 22, 2010 07:02 AM EDT President Barack Obama is trying to ride the wave of anti-incumbency by taking on an unpopular politician steeped in the partisan ways of Washington. It doesn’t matter that George W. Bush left office 16 months… [Read more…]
May 23, 2010
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Blitzer Tried His Best to Hide Calderon Hypocrisy | NewsBusters.org. http://www.eyeblast.tv/public/checker.aspx?v=XdqGkUkUkU On Wednesday’s The Situation Room, Wolf Blitzer gave Mexican President Felipe Calderon every chance possible to refute the argument that sneaking into Mexico from the south is much more perilous than Mexicans stealing into Arizona. BTW – This segment of the ‘exclusive’ interview is… [Read more…]
May 22, 2010
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D.C. Metro Police Escorted SEIU Protesters to Bank Of America Executive’s Home. Posted by Archy Cary May 21st 2010 at 11:11 am The family of Greg Baer, Bank of America executive, is located in a jurisdiction protected by the Montgomery County Police Department (MCPD), which responded promptly to a disturbance call from his neighborhood last… [Read more…]
May 21, 2010
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By MARK S. SMITH, Associated Press Writer Mark S. Smith, Associated Press Writer – May 20, 2010 2 hrs 53 mins ago WASHINGTON – In his battle with the titans of Wall Street, President Barack Obama almost got upstaged by a rat. But he didn’t even seem to notice. Assuming that’s what it was, scurrying in front of his… [Read more…]
May 18, 2010
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Bill O’Reilly story about State Department apologizing to China about the Arizona Border Law!!! Here is this year’s State Department Human Rights Report - Notice the criticizism of China Who is Michael Posner? State Department Employee: Michael Posner has been the executive director of Human Rights First since its founding in 1978. HRF describes itself as… [Read more…]
May 18, 2010
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RealClearPolitics – Video – Hinderaker On Obama Administration Apologizing To China For Arizona Law. Powerline‘s John Hinderaker discusses the Obama administration telling China the Arizona immigration law is “a troubling trend in our society.”
May 18, 2010
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RealClearPolitics – Video – After Signing “Freedom Of Press Act” Obama Refuses To Answer Questions. CBS’ Chip Reid attempts to ask President Obama a question after he signs the “Freedom of Press Act.” “I am not doing a press conference today,” Obama told him.
May 18, 2010
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RealClearPolitics – Video – Napolitano Admits She Hasn’t Read Arizona Law But Says She Wouldn’t Sign It. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano admits she hasn’t read the Arizona immigration law, but passed judgment on it anyway. “That’s not the kind of law I would have signed,” she declared. “I believe it’s a bad law… [Read more…]
May 18, 2010
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‘Thousands of bees’ swarm White House – The Hill’s Blog Briefing Room. By Eric Zimmermann - 05/16/10 12:31 PM ET A swarm of “thousands of bees” gathered outside the White House this morning. The small army of insects hovered as President Barack Obama tried to leave the White House to play basketball at Fort McNair,… [Read more…]
May 18, 2010
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Offshore drilling agency refuses to send witness to Senate oil spill hearing – The Hill’s E2-Wire. (This is the Obama administration agency who is refusing respond – DM) The federal agency that regulates offshore oil drilling declined to send a witness to the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s hearing Monday on the federal response… [Read more…]
May 16, 2010
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May 16, 2010
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May 16, 2010 10:17 AM http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2010/05/no-littlebitty-matter-sessions-says-kagan-violated-the-law-on-military-recruiting.html by Jake Trapper ABC News The Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Jeff Sessions, R-AL, seized on Elena Kagan’s role in prohibiting military recruiting on Harvard’s campus during her tenure as the dean of Harvard Law School in an exclusive “This Week” interview and called it “no… [Read more…]
May 16, 2010
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By Timothy R. Homan http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aDxF1YfeViEc# May 16 (Bloomberg) — Greece is considering taking legal action against U.S. investment banks that might have contributed to the country’s debt crisis, Prime Minister George Papandreou said. “I wouldn’t rule out that this may be a recourse,” Papandreou said, in response to questions about the role of U.S. banks… [Read more…]
May 15, 2010
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David Bromwich Professor of Literature at Yale Posted: May 14, 2010 12:48 PM http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-bromwich/will-obama-hold-another-p_b_576546.html He held his last in the White House, with all topics open, on July 22, 2009. It aimed to launch that summer’s push for the enactment of health care, but got derailed at the end by an extended improvised answer about the… [Read more…]
May 15, 2010
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White House message machine spins faster than ever | McClatchy. Steven Thomma | McClatchy Newspapers last updated: May 15, 2010 05:28:31 PM WASHINGTON — In the days after an oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, the White House faced not only a looming environmental catastrophe, but also a potential public relations disaster. Aides… [Read more…]
May 15, 2010
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May 14, 2010 Posted by Chip Reid http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20005039-503544.html The president seemed genuinely angry today, on a beautiful spring afternoon in the Rose Garden. Having watched him on a daily basis for about a year and a half, I’m confident he wasn’t faking it. He seems deeply upset about the growing calamity in the Gulf, about… [Read more…]
May 6, 2010
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The ElijahList – Prophetic Words and Prophecies. From the desk of Steve Shultz: I want to exhort our readers, who are on both sides of the political aisle, both in the USA and throughout the world—that we must thank God that President Barack Obama has once again proclaimed May 6, the National Day of Prayer.… [Read more…]
May 1, 2010
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By CALVIN WOODWARD, Associated Press Writer Calvin Woodward, Associated Press Writer Thu Apr 29, 3:46 pm ET WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama pledged an all-out response Thursday to the massive oil spill now expected to reach the Gulf Coast within a day and dispatched top officials to the region to help coordinate defenses against the potential environmental disaster. At… [Read more…]
May 1, 2010
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With Katrina comparisons inevitable, Obama plans oil spill visit – CSMonitor.com. Experts say the brunt of criticism for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico should fall on BP, the British oil giant. But President Obama’s decision to visit the area soon is an indicator of potential political fall-out from what some… [Read more…]
May 1, 2010
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White House: Oil spill no reason to stop drilling | Washington Examiner. April 23, 2010 By: MATTHEW DALY Associated Press 04/23/10 8:15 PM EDT The explosion at an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico is no reason to give up plans to expand offshore drilling, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Friday. (Associated Press)… [Read more…]
May 1, 2010
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By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON and ERIC LIPTON http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/01/us/01gulf.html?hp NEW ORLEANS — Officials in the Obama administration began for the first time Friday to publicly chastise BP America for its handling of the spreading oil gusher in the Gulf of Mexico, calling the oil company’s current resources inadequate to stop what is unfolding into an environmental catastrophe.… [Read more…]
April 26, 2010
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Task Force pulls out of Pentagon prayer event (OneNewsNow.com).
April 22, 2010
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In WH meeting, ‘Only two of the elected officials in the room had never filibustered a Supreme Court nominee’ | Washington Examiner. By: Byron York Chief Political Correspondent 04/21/10 8:50 PM EDT When Senate leaders went to the White House Wednesday morning to discuss the Supreme Court opening, the meeting was attended by President Obama,… [Read more…]
April 22, 2010
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Pelosi may have to testify in Massa investigation | Washington Examiner. By: Susan Ferrechio Chief Congressional Correspondent April 22, 2010 Amid reports that the FBI is investigating payments from former Rep. Eric Massa to a former aide, the House Ethics Committee has launched its own probe into how Democratic leaders handled the sexual harassment allegations… [Read more…]
April 19, 2010
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Top Contributors to Barack Obama | OpenSecrets. Barack Obama (D) Top Contributors This table lists the top donors to this candidate in the 2008 election cycle. The organizations themselves did not donate , rather the money came from the organization’s PAC, its individual members or employees or owners, and those individuals’ immediate families. Organization totals… [Read more…]
April 8, 2010
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Jackie Gingrich Cushman : Grow the Carrots – Townhall.com. Jackie Gingrich Cushman Thursday, April 08, 2010 It’s spring break week for my children, and this year we are joining others who are staycationing. We spent Monday morning at the Georgia Aquarium, and Tuesday we went to the Atlanta Zoo, where I learned something new and… [Read more…]
April 8, 2010
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By Aaron Goldstein on 4.8.10 @ 6:09AM http://spectator.org/archives/2010/04/08/the-color-of-tea Is calling Tea Party activists racist the best liberals can do? Consider the thoughts of the inaptly named openmind82 in a post titled “Is the Tea Party or conservs the modern day Klan?” on the Daily Kos: When I hear words yelled like, “Faggot, Nigger” or politicians… [Read more…]
April 8, 2010
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Obama the Divider — Politics Daily. One of the core claims made by Barack Obama during his presidential campaign — a commitment absolutely central to his run for the presidency — is that he would change the political culture of Washington. He would, by the force and power of his personality, uproot old habits. He… [Read more…]
April 8, 2010
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By Peter Ferrara on 4.7.10 @ 6:09AM When he was asking for our vote in 2008, then candidate Barack Obama most famously promised the American people: And I can make a firm pledge. Under my plan no family making less than $250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax,… [Read more…]
April 8, 2010
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By Ben Stein on 4.5.10 @ 6:09AM http://spectator.org/archives/2010/04/05/bowing-to-tehran There are words for national leaders who attempt to appease their enemies while at the same time shaming and humiliating their friends. One of the kindest of the words is “naive.” This comes to mind because of President Obama’s recent overtures to the terrorist state of Iran,… [Read more…]
April 7, 2010
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WallBuilders – Issues and Articles – Health Care and the Constitution Posted using ShareThis
April 1, 2010
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Stall, Baby, Stall – Sarah Palin – The Corner on National Review Online. Stall, Baby, Stall [Sarah Palin] Many Americans fear that President Obama’s new energy proposal is once again “all talk and no real action,” this time in an effort to shore up fading support for the Democrats’ job-killing cap-and-trade (a.k.a. cap-and-tax)… [Read more…]
March 27, 2010
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CBO report: Debt will rise to 90% of GDP – Washington Times. David M. Dickson President Obama’s fiscal 2011 budget will generate nearly $10 trillion in cumulative budget deficits over the next 10 years, $1.2 trillion more than the administration projected, and raise the federal debt to 90 percent of the nation’s economic output by… [Read more…]
March 26, 2010
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Binyamin Netanyahu humiliated after Barack Obama ‘dumped him for dinner’ – Times Online. For a head of government to visit the White House and not pose for photographers is rare. For a key ally to be left to his own devices while the President withdraws to have dinner in private was, until this week, unheard… [Read more…]
March 24, 2010
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March 21, 2010 By DAVID E. SANGER WASHINGTON — The House’s passage of health care legislation late Sunday night assures that whatever the ultimate cost, President Obama will go down in history as one of the handful of presidents who found a way to reshape the nation’s social welfare system. After the bitterest of debates, Mr. Obama proved… [Read more…]
March 24, 2010
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20 Ways ObamaCare Will Take Away Our Freedoms – Investor’s Business Daily – Investors.com. By David Hogberg Posted 08:28 PM ET If some reports are to be believed, the Democrats will pass the Senate health care bill with some reconciliation changes later today. Thus, it is worthwhile to take a comprehensive look at the… [Read more…]
March 22, 2010
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A Campaign Begins Today. America has just witnessed an unconscionable abuse of power. President Obama has betrayed his oath to the nation — rather than bringing us together, ushering in a new kind of politics, and rising above raw partisanship, he has succumbed to the lowest denominator of incumbent power: justifying the means by extolling the… [Read more…]
March 22, 2010
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Where Were You When the Republic Died?. By Matt Patterson In November 2008, Americans elected a socialist as their president. In March 2010, they woke up stunned to find themselves living in a socialist country. Health insurers – once private companies – are now organs of the federal government. Every citizen is a ward of… [Read more…]
March 19, 2010
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The Biden Incident. By Charles Krauthammer WASHINGTON — Why did President Barack Obama choose to turn a gaffe into a crisis in U.S.-Israeli relations? And a gaffe it was: the announcement by a bureaucrat in the Interior Ministry of a housing expansion in a Jewish neighborhood in north Jerusalem. The timing could not have been… [Read more…]
March 19, 2010
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March 18, 2010 Excuse me, but it is embarrassing—really, embarrassing to our country—that the president of the United States has again put off a state visit to Australia and Indonesia because he’s having trouble passing a piece of domestic legislation he’s been promising for a year will be passed next week. What an air of… [Read more…]
March 19, 2010
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The Heat is On: Congressman’s Office Says Constituent Calls Are ‘Harassment’. Yesterday, I decided to call Rep. John Garamendi’s (CA-10) office in Washington, D.C. He’s my representative and I wanted to voice my opposition to the Senate Health Care Bill. I spoke with a female staffer and politely told her that, while I support health… [Read more…]
March 19, 2010
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KUHNER: Impeach the president? – Washington Times. Jeffrey T. Kuhner The Democrats are assaulting the very pillars of our democracy. As the debate on Obamacare reaches the long, painful end, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is confronting a political nightmare. She may not have the 216 votes necessary to pass the Senate’s health care bill in… [Read more…]
March 17, 2010
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American Thinker Blog: Obama: You will see ‘premiums fall by as much as 3,000 percent’ under Obamacare. March 16, 2010 Obama: You will see ‘premiums fall by as much as 3,000 percent’ under Obamacare David Gibberman When House Speaker Pelosi said that ObamaCare will allow Americans to realize their dream of being an artist, photographer, or writer without… [Read more…]
March 11, 2010
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Tiger Woods Hires Ex-George Bush Spokesman Ari Fleischer as PR Flack – NYPOST.com. By MARK CANNIZZARO Last Updated: 6:33 PM, March 11, 2010 Posted: 3:37 AM, March 11, 2010 MIAMI — Tiger Woods has summoned someone even more significant than swing coach Hank Haney to help facilitate his wildly anticipated comeback. Two sources in the… [Read more…]
March 11, 2010
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March 11, 2010 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703701004575113292688090292.html#dummy The Senate bill’s abortion language is not the House Speaker’s only problem. By MICHAEL BARONE Are there enough votes in the House to pass the Senate’s health-care bill? As of today, it’s clear there aren’t. House Democratic leaders have brushed aside White House calls to bring the bill forward by March… [Read more…]
March 11, 2010
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House Democrats looking at ‘Slaughter Solution’ to pass Obamacare without a vote on Senate bill | Washington Examiner. By: Mark Tapscott Editorial Page Editor 03/10/10 4:17 PM EST Would House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her fellow House Democratic leaders try to cram the Senate version of Obamacare through the House without actually having a recorded… [Read more…]
March 11, 2010
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Issa raises questions on Sestak – Jake Sherman – POLITICO.com. By: Jake Sherman March 10, 2010 04:42 PM EST The top Republican on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee says the Obama administration may have broken the law by offering Rep. Joe Sestak (D-Pa.) a job in order to persuade him not to mount… [Read more…]
March 8, 2010
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By Kristi Keck, CNN // // -1) {document.write(‘March 8, 2010 — Updated 2028 GMT (0428 HKT)’);} else {document.write(‘March 8, 2010 3:28 p.m. EST’);} // ]]>March 8, 2010 3:28 p.m. EST Rep. Eric Massa speaks out on “Larry King Live,” Tuesday 9 p.m. ET. (CNN) — House Democratic leaders on Monday refuted embattled Rep. Eric Massa’s… [Read more…]
March 8, 2010
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MSNBC.com Massa details ‘salty’ talk, slams Dem leaders New York lawmaker says Democrats ousted him over health care vote msnbc.com news services updated 1:14 p.m. CT, Mon., March. 8, 2010 A New York lawmaker set to resign from Congress Monday accused Democratic leaders of using an investigation into a sexual harassment complaint to force him… [Read more…]
March 8, 2010
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Posted: March 8th, 2010 02:17 PM ET From CNN.com’s Kristi Keck (CNN) – Embattled Rep. Eric Massa said Sunday that the ethics investigation surrounding him stems from a sexually laced conversation he had at a New Year’s Eve wedding. The New York Democrat said in his weekly radio show that he wasn’t told about… [Read more…]
March 8, 2010
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Massa Implicates Emanuel, Dem Leaders – Hotline On Call. By Reid Wilson Embattled Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) lashed out in an emotional radio appearance Sunday, accusing Dem leaders of what he suggested was an orchestrated campaign to force his resignation. “There’s a reason that this has all happened, frankly one that I had not realized,”… [Read more…]
March 8, 2010
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Eric Massa: Democrats ousted me over health care – Tim Grieve – POLITICO.com. By: Tim Grieve March 8, 2010 06:04 AM EST Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) says the House ethics committee is investigating him for inappropriate comments he made to a male staffer on New Year’s Eve — and that he’s the victim of a… [Read more…]
March 8, 2010
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Breitbart.tv » Rep. Massa Blast Dems: He Was Set Up…Hoyer Lied…May Rescind Resignation. “When I voted against the cap and trade bill, the phone rang and it was the chief of staff to the president of the United States of America, Rahm Emanuel, and he started swearing at me in terms and words that I… [Read more…]
March 3, 2010
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DEMINT: White House land grab – Washington Times. By Sen. Jim DeMint You’d think the Obama administration is busy enough controlling the banks, insurance companies and automakers, but thanks to whistleblowers at the Department of the Interior, we now learn they’re planning to increase their control over energy-rich land in the West. A secret administration… [Read more…]
March 1, 2010
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Race-baiting the Super Bowl (OneNewsNow.com).
March 1, 2010
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Pelosi: GOP has had its day; confident Dems can pull together on health bill – TheHill.com. “We need to define the word bipartisan for Nancy Pelosi. DM” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Sunday that Republicans have left their mark on the healthcare bill and should accept that the bill will go forward. “They’ve had… [Read more…]
February 20, 2010
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He is hiding his meeting with the Dali Lama by sending him out the back door along with the White House garbage! What a disgrace and a hypocrite Obama is!
February 20, 2010
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Army Investigates Alleged Attempt by Soldiers to Poison Food at Fort Jackson – Local News | News Articles | National News | US News – FOXNews.com Posted using ShareThis
January 31, 2010
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/7111525/UN-climate-change-panel-based-claims-on-student-dissertation-and-magazine-article.html By Richard Gray, Science Correspondent and Rebecca Lefort Published: 9:00PM GMT 30 Jan 2010 Officials were forced earlier this month to retract inaccurate claims in the IPCC’s report about the melting of Himalayan glaciers Photo: GETTY The revelation will cause fresh embarrassment for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which had to issue… [Read more…]
January 25, 2010
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POLITICO: Berry: Obama said “big difference” between ’10 and ’94 is “me” – Glenn Thrush – Berry: Obama said “big difference” between ’10 and ’94 is “me”. Rep. Marion Berry’s parting shot, published in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette [no link, subscription only] offers a warning to moderate Democrats and border state moderates — warning of a… [Read more…]
January 19, 2010
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via New White House site slams Bush – Andy Barr – POLITICO.com. By: Andy Barr January 20, 2009 05:24 PM EST The new White House website unveiled by President Barack Obama’s team Tuesday includes a shot at former President Bush’s response to Hurricane Katrina. Under the “agenda” portion of the site regarding Katrina, it reads: “President Obama… [Read more…]
January 16, 2010
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Pat Robertson said that “a pact to the devil” caused the devastating earthquake in Haiti, and now Danny Glover proposes a marginally less insensitive cause: climate change. “What happened in Haiti could happen to anywhere in the Caribbean because all these island nations are in peril because of global warming,” Glover said. “When we see… [Read more…]
January 8, 2010
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Strange Tales of the Vampire Congress. By Michelle Malkin Meet the Beltway bloodsuckers. They convene in the dead of night, when most ordinary mortals have left work and let their guard down or are lying asleep in bed. Pale-faced and insatiable, the nocturnal thieves do their nefarious business in backrooms and secret chambers. Their primary… [Read more…]
January 8, 2010
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Exit of high-profile Democrats underscores Obama woes. WASHINGTON — The unexpected retirements of two senior U.S. Democratic senators on Wednesday underscores the deepening political woes facing the majority party as it heads into midterm elections widely expected to be a referendum on American President Barack Obama. Facing bleak prospects for re-election in November, Senator Chris… [Read more…]
January 8, 2010
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Commentary by Margaret Carlson Jan. 7 (Bloomberg) — The unmitigated disaster of the underwear bomber’s success — slipping through security despite waving every red flag imaginable — was enough to make even our preternaturally calm president angry. Not angry enough for his aides, who rushed out to issue an anger supplement on background, but still.… [Read more…]
January 7, 2010
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After President Obama devoted much of 2009 to health care and global warming—two issues far down Americans’ list of concerns—the White House says he will pivot to jobs and deficit reduction in his State of the Union speech in a few weeks. The White House is considering dramatic gestures, perhaps announcing a spending freeze or… [Read more…]
January 6, 2010
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CNSNews.com – Pro-Life Advocates Plan to Protest Opening of Largest Abortion Clinic in U.S. (CNSNews.com) – A coalition of pro-life advocates and religious leaders plan to gather in Houston on Jan. 18 to oppose what is expected to be the largest abortion clinic in the country. Planned Parenthood is renovating a former bank, turning it… [Read more…]
January 3, 2010
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And why he may come to regret it. By Howard Fineman | NEWSWEEK Published Dec 31, 2009 From the magazine issue dated Jan 11, 2010 President Barack Obama begins and ends each workday at the White House by going over a to-do list with his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel. The two were reviewing things recently… [Read more…]
January 3, 2010
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Democrats’ worst nightmare: Terrorism on their watch – Ben Smith and Carol E. Lee – POLITICO.com. From the time he launched his campaign for president three years ago, Barack Obama had to consider how he would react to the first serious act of terrorism during the campaign, or if he won, on his watch. His… [Read more…]
January 3, 2010
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Hollow Words on Terrorism. By Charles Krauthammer WASHINGTON — Janet Napolitano — former Arizona governor, now overmatched secretary of homeland security — will forever be remembered for having said of the attempt to bring down an airliner over Detroit: “The system worked.” The attacker’s concerned father had warned U.S. authorities about his son’s jihadist tendencies.… [Read more…]
December 30, 2009
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Al Qaeda-linked terrorist, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, attempted to blow up a packed commercial jet over Detroit on Friday, Dec. 25th, but was tackled by heroic passengers as he tried to explode the bomb, officials said. The 23-year-old Nigerian extremist was subdued immediately aboard Northwest Flight 253 – carrying 278 passengers and 11 crew members –… [Read more…]
December 30, 2009
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http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2009/12/30/2009-12-30_its_time_prez_for_you_to_get_serious.html Originally Published:Wednesday, December 30th 2009, 1:59 AM Updated: Wednesday, December 30th 2009, 1:59 AM It’s time to get serious, Obama! The president uncharacteristically lacked a sense of urgency in his address of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab’s failed bombing of Flight 253. The attempt to blow Northwest Flight 253 out of the air was planned as… [Read more…]
December 30, 2009
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Dick Cheney: Barack Obama ‘trying to pretend’ – - POLITICO.com. By: Mike Allen December 30, 2009 04:21 AM EST Former Vice President Dick Cheney accused President Barack Obama on Tuesday of “trying to pretend we are not at war” with terrorists, pointing to the White House response to the attempted sky bombing as reflecting a… [Read more…]
December 23, 2009
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End the escapades — OrlandoSentinel.com Posted using ShareThis
December 22, 2009
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Exclusive: Rep. Parker Griffith switches to GOP – - POLITICO.com. POLITICO has learned that Rep. Parker Griffith, a freshman Democrat from Alabama, will announce today that he’s switching parties to become a Republican. According to two senior GOP aides familiar with the decision, the announcement will take place this afternoon in Griffith’s district in northern Alabama.… [Read more…]
December 19, 2009
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U.N. climate forum gives up on adopting accord brokered by Obama, others+. (AP) – COPENHAGEN, Dec. 19 (Kyodo)—A crucial U.N. climate conference on Saturday gave up on adopting a political accord brokered by U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders, and instead decided to just “take note of” the text after an all-night tug-of-war… [Read more…]
December 15, 2009
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Obama’s Nobel prize – unconstitutional? (OneNewsNow.com). A constitutional scholar says President Obama’s acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize may be a violation of the U.S. Constitution because he received the award without the consent of Congress. Last Thursday, Barack Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize Oslo, Norway. He is the third sitting president, after Woodrow Wilson… [Read more…]
December 15, 2009
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Inconvenient truth for Al Gore as his North Pole sums don’t add up – Times Online. There are many kinds of truth. Al Gore was poleaxed by an inconvenient one yesterday. The former US Vice-President, who became an unlikely figurehead for the green movement after narrating the Oscar-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth, became entangled in… [Read more…]
December 11, 2009
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UN Security Stops Journalist’s Questions About ClimateGate. A Stanford Professor has used United Nation security officers to silence a journalist asking him “inconvenient questions” during a press briefing at the climate change conference in Copenhagen. Professor Stephen Schneider’s assistant requested armed UN security officers who held film maker Phelim McAleer, ordered him to stop filming… [Read more…]
December 10, 2009
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Dec 10, 7:47 AM (ET) http://apnews.myway.com/article/20091210/D9CGERT80.html OSLO (AP) – President Barack Obama, accepting his Nobel Peace Prize, says all nations must follow standards on the use of force. The president, who last week ordered 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan, says he reserves the right as commander in chief to act unilaterally to defend the U.S.… [Read more…]
December 10, 2009
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The five young American men detained in Pakistan were seeking jihad, or holy war, and were planning a big attack when arrested, local authorities in central Punjab charged Thursday. Usman Anwar, the chief of police in the town of Sargodha, told McClatchy that the five men, all from the Washington area, were… [Read more…]
December 10, 2009
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Reid Asks Republicans for Weekend Off, Has Big Easy Fundraiser to Get To – The Note. ABC News’ Z. Byron Wolf reports: Senators and staffers watched CSPAN breathlessly from their offices Wednesday evening as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid indicated they might not have to work this weekend. The Senate has been working at a… [Read more…]
December 9, 2009
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Reid doubles down on slavery analogy – The Hill’s Blog Briefing Room. I guess Mr Reid has forgotten that it was southern DEMOCRATS who wanted to keep civil rights from happening for blacks and not Republicans. Republicans are the ones who BACKED Civil Rights bill and were the cause of it being passed in congress. … [Read more…]
December 8, 2009
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President Obama told me to stop ‘demeaning’ him, says Rep. Conyers – TheHill.com. The president needs to wake up and realize this is the real world and he is the leader of the United States, and people will criticize him. He needs to grow some thicker skin, and do what is right for the country,… [Read more…]
December 5, 2009
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by Newt Gingrich Posted 12/02/2009 Tomorrow, the Obama Administration will hold its much-hyped “jobs summit” in Washington, D.C. Plenty of politicians will be there, as well as labor bosses and academics. No doubt, some business representatives have been recruited to attend as well. Today, in contrast, a very different group of Americans will kick off… [Read more…]
December 5, 2009
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Do Smoking Guns Cause Global Warming, Too? – HUMAN EVENTS. As we now know (and by “we” I mean “everyone with access to the Internet”), the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit (CRU) has just been caught ferociously manipulating the data about the Earth’s temperature. Recently leaked e-mails from the “scientists” at CRU show… [Read more…]
December 3, 2009
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Boxer: Hackers should face criminal probe over ‘Climategate’ – The Hill’s Blog Briefing Room. – of course she would say that, it kills all of the planned legislation she wants to tax the crap out of businesses and the American people… DM Leaked e-mails allegedly undermining climate change science should be treated as a criminal… [Read more…]
December 3, 2009
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By Gabor Steingart December 2, 2009 Never before has a speech by President Barack Obama felt as false as his Tuesday address announcing America’s new strategy for Afghanistan. It seemed like a campaign speech combined with Bush rhetoric — and left both dreamers and realists feeling distraught. One can hardly blame the West Point leadership. The… [Read more…]
December 1, 2009
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By: David Rogers http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1109/30022.html November 30, 2009 08:17 PM EST Democratic Rep. John Murtha — just back from a fact-finding trip to Afghanistan — said Monday that he never got a clear definition of what constitutes an “achievable victory” for the United States and fears that American commanders are assuming more time for the war… [Read more…]
December 1, 2009
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HHS would become federal giant under Senate plan | Washington Examiner. A quick search of the Senate health bill will bring up “secretary” 2,500 times. That’s because Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius would be awarded unprecedented new powers under the proposal, including the authority to decide what medical care should be covered by… [Read more…]
December 1, 2009
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Nancy Pelosi spends $2,993 on flowers – Jake Sherman and Meredith Shiner – POLITICO.com. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) spent $2,993 in taxpayer money on flowers between June and October. House Majority Whip James Clyburn has a thing for Chantilly Donuts, spending about $265 at the Virginia shop in the past quarter. And Rep. Tim Walz… [Read more…]
December 1, 2009
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7 stories Barack Obama doesn’t want told – John F. Harris – POLITICO.com. By: John F. Harris November 30, 2009 05:45 AM EST Presidential politics is about storytelling. Presented with a vivid storyline, voters naturally tend to fit every new event or piece of information into a picture that is already neatly framed in their… [Read more…]
November 28, 2009
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Robert Tracinski. http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | In early October, I linked to a breaking story about evidence of corruption in the basic temperature records maintained by key scientific advocates of the theory of man-made global warming. Global warming “skeptics” had unearthed evidence that scientists at the Climatic Research Unit at Britain’s University of East Anglia had cherry-picked… [Read more…]
November 27, 2009
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White House says uninvited dinner couple met Obama. WASHINGTON (AP) – A White House official says the Virginia couple who attended a state dinner without an invitation met President Barack Obama in the receiving line. Michaele and Tareq Salahi were admitted into Tuesday’s dinner for India’s visiting prime minister although they were not on the… [Read more…]
November 22, 2009
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Egypt Muslims burn Christian shops: police. Hundreds of Muslim protesters on Saturday burnt Christian-owned shops in southern Egypt and attacked a police station where they believed a Christian accused of raping a Muslim girl was being held, a police official said. Police repelled the demonstrators in the town of Farshut using tear gas and also… [Read more…]
November 22, 2009
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Democrats hold line, but cracks show – Carrie Budoff Brown – POLITICO.com.
November 22, 2009
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Scientific scandal appears to rock climate change promoters.
November 22, 2009
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Jesse Jackson: ‘You can’t vote against healthcare and call yourself a black man’ – TheHill.com The Rev. Jesse Jackson on Wednesday night criticized Rep. Artur Davis (D-Ala.) for voting against the Democrats’ signature healthcare bill. “We even have blacks voting against the healthcare bill from Alabama,” Jackson said at a reception Wednesday night. “You can’t… [Read more…]
November 20, 2009
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Health Care Battle: Abortion, Public Plan Among Hurdles in Senate Debate – FOXNews.com Posted using ShareThis
November 20, 2009
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Fox News Poll: Approval of President Obama Hits New Low – FOXNews.com Posted using ShareThis
November 20, 2009
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Administration Guarantee of Conviction in Terror Case May Undermine Federal Trial – FOXNews.com Posted using ShareThis
November 20, 2009
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Florida Family of 3 Blindfolded, Held Captive for 3 Days – Local News | News Articles | National News | US News – FOXNews.com Posted using ShareThis
November 20, 2009
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GOP Lawmaker Calls on Treasury Chief Geithner to Resign – FOXNews.com Posted using ShareThis
November 20, 2009
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The $100 Million Health Care Vote? – The Note. ABC News’ Jonathan Karl reports: What does it take to get a wavering senator to vote for health care reform? Here’s a case study. On page 432 of the Reid bill, there is a section increasing federal Medicaid subsidies for “certain states recovering from a major… [Read more…]
November 19, 2009
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Alexandra Kerry at campaign function for her father, Senator John Kerry 2004 November 19, 2009 (AP) – 6 hours ago LOS ANGELES — The daughter of Sen. John Kerry has been arrested in Hollywood for allegedly driving drunk. Los Angeles police say 36-year-old Alexandra Kerry was stopped by officers on a Hollywood street at about… [Read more…]
November 17, 2009
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Jobs Saved or Created in Congressional Districts That Don’t Exist – ABC News. Here’s a stimulus success story: In Arizona’s 15th congressional district, 30 jobs have beensaved or created with just $761,420 in federal stimulus spending. At least that’s what the Web site set up by the Obama administration to track the $787 billion stimulus says. Discrepancies on government web… [Read more…]
November 17, 2009
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Change debated – Potential harm of frequent mammograms outweighs benefit, task force says (Can someone say DEATH PANEL?? This looks like the first one and the healthcare bill isn’t even passed yet!) By Rob Stein Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Women in their 40s should stop routinely having annual mammograms… [Read more…]
November 14, 2009
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Top Republican says White House hiding info on Fort Hood – The Hill’s Blog Briefing Room. The ranking Republican on the House intelligence committee on Tuesday night accused the White House of withholding information on the Fort Hood attack. Rep. Pete Hoekstra (Mich.) said administration officials delayed briefing members of Congress about the alleged gunman,… [Read more…]
November 5, 2009
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Israel: Navy seizes ship with hundreds of tons of weapons from Iran headed for Lebanon – 11/4/2009 4:47:37 PM | Newser. Open crates from a cargo ship seized Wednesday by Israel revealed dark green missiles inside. Containers from the vessel bore writing in English that said “I.R. Iranian Shipping Lines Group.” Israel alleged that the… [Read more…]
November 1, 2009
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H1N1 Vaccinations To Be Offered To Guantanamo Bay Detainees WASHINGTON (CNN) — The Pentagon will offer the H1N1 vaccination to detainees at the U.S. facility at Guantanamo Bay, officials there said Friday. The Pentagon made the decision based on U.S. government assessments that people held in detention facilities are at high risk for the pandemic,… [Read more…]
October 30, 2009
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Dozens of House members scrutinized, report shows WASHINGTON (AP) – Dozens of lawmakers have drawn scrutiny from their ethics monitor this year for everything from financial dealings to travel and campaign donations, according to a leaked account showing an active House panel secretly at work. Seven of the lawmakers—four not previously known—serve on a defense… [Read more…]
October 30, 2009
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Passports Linked to 9/11 Found Along Afghan Border – International News | News of the World | Middle East News | Europe News – FOXNews.com Posted using ShareThis
October 30, 2009
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House health-bill event closed to public – Washington Times. House Democrats blocked the public from attending the unveiling ceremony of their health-care bill Thursday morning, allowing only pre-approved visitors whose names appeared on lists to enter the event at the West side of the Capitol. The audience at the crowded press conference included Hill staffers,… [Read more…]
October 30, 2009
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House health bill clocks in at 1,990 pages – Jonathan Allen – POLITICO.com. It runs more pages than War and Peace, has nearly five times as many words as the Torah, and its tables of contents alone run far longer than this story. The House health care bill unveiled Thursday clocks in at 1,990… [Read more…]
October 29, 2009
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October 28, 2009 THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says only once since Jan. 20 has White House life annoyed him. It was the Saturday in May when, trying to be a good husband, he kept a campaign promise to take his wife, Michelle, to New York after the election for one of… [Read more…]
October 29, 2009
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President Obama traveled to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Thursday to meet the plane carrying the bodies of 18 U.S. personnel killed in Afghanistan earlier this week. DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Delaware — President Barack Obama made an overnight dash to Dover Air Force Base on Wednesday to honor the return of fallen… [Read more…]
October 29, 2009
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By Jeff Poor 2009-10-29 Recently a lot of hubbub had been made about the possibility that the peaceful tea party protests and some conservative voices would stir up emotions that could lead to violence. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was even one of those sounding that alarm [1]. But what has gone unsaid by… [Read more…]
October 27, 2009
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/26/AR2009102603394.html?hpid=topnews&sid=ST2009102603447 Foreign Service officer and former Marine captain says he no longer knows why his nation is fighting By Karen DeYoung Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, October 27, 2009 When Matthew Hoh joined the Foreign Service early this year, he was exactly the kind of smart civil-military hybrid the administration was looking for to help… [Read more…]
October 26, 2009
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By Los Angeles Times | October 26, 2009 As he is quick to point out, President Obama is presiding over two wars, a sour economy, and an epic fight to rebuild the nation’s health care system. Now he has tacked on state and local political races. With an off-year election fast approaching, Obama is stepping… [Read more…]
October 26, 2009
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POLITICO CLICK: President Obama ties George W. Bush on golf – Patrick Gavin. President Barack Obama has only been in office for just over nine months, but he’s already hit the links as much as President Bush did in over two years. CBS’ Mark Knoller — an unofficial documentarian and statistician of all things White… [Read more…]
October 25, 2009
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Prince Andrew defends big bonuses.
October 25, 2009
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Obama offers millions in Muslim technology fund.
October 24, 2009
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Obama vs. The President He Said He’d Be. By Tom Bevan During the campaign Barack Obama vowed he would be a different kind of leader who would move America beyond the “smallness of our politics.” That inspired promise was not an insignificant part of why he was elected last November. In his inaugural address Obama… [Read more…]
October 24, 2009
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PRUDEN: Obama’s Third World press rant – Washington Times. By Wesley Pruden Throwing rotten eggs at “them lyin’ newspapers” has always been great sport in America, and sometimes even effective politics. But it has to be done with wit and humor, which may be above Barack Obama’s pay grade. Thomas Jefferson despised newspapers, with considerable… [Read more…]
October 24, 2009
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White House attacks worry moderate Democrats – Jonathan Allen – POLITICO.com. A White House effort to undermine conservative critics is generating a backlash on Capitol Hill — and not just from Republicans. “It’s a mistake,” said Rep. Jason Altmire, a moderate Democrat from western Pennsylvania. “I think it’s beneath the White House to get into… [Read more…]
October 24, 2009
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White House Tactics Go Too Far. By Charles Krauthammer WASHINGTON — Rahm Emanuel once sent a dead fish to a live pollster. Now he’s put a horse’s head in Roger Ailes’ bed. Not very subtle. And not very smart. Ailes doesn’t scare easily. The White House has declared war on Fox News. White House communications… [Read more…]
October 24, 2009
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704224004574489530713762884.html At a certain point, a president must own a presidency. For George W. Bush that point came eight months in, when 9/11 happened. From that point on, the presidency—all his decisions, all the credit and blame for them—was his. The American people didn’t hold him responsible for what led up to 9/11, but they… [Read more…]
October 23, 2009
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“Dithering on Afghanistan” “Obama Afraid” Vice President Dick Cheney Video Part 1 “Obama Dithering On Afghanistan” Vice President Dick Cheney Video Part 2 CHENEY: Thank you all very much. It’s a pleasure to be here, and especially to receive the Keeper of the Flame Award in the company of so many good friends. I’m told… [Read more…]
October 23, 2009
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Excuses wearing thin for Obama, media pals :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Steve Huntley. Have you heard the news? President Obama inherited an economic mess from the Bush administration. You say that’s hardly news? But it’s been the message sounded over and over by the White House. Top Obama adviser David Axelrod said on one of… [Read more…]
October 23, 2009
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October 23, 2009
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October 23rd, 2009 From CNN Political Producer Peter Hamby WASHINGTON (CNN) – Sarah Palin and Tim Pawlenty, two Republicans widely viewed as possible 2012 White House hopefuls, weighed in Thursday night on the closely-watched special election in New York’s 23rd congressional district. They chose very different approaches – but neither endorsed the GOP candidate. Calling… [Read more…]
October 23, 2009
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Democrat blasts White House for anonymous sniping October 23rd, 2009 From CNN Political Producer Peter Hamby WASHINGTON (CNN) – A well-known Democratic strategist in Virginia is blasting the White House for placing anonymous quotes in the Washington Post in a pre-emptive effort to blame Creigh Deeds for what might be a loss in the state’s… [Read more…]
October 20, 2009
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Report urges action to preserve journalism.
October 20, 2009
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Excuses wearing thin for Obama, media pals :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Steve Huntley. Have you heard the news? President Obama inherited an economic mess from the Bush administration. You say that’s hardly news? But it’s been the message sounded over and over by the White House. Top Obama adviser David Axelrod said on one of… [Read more…]
October 19, 2009
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POLITICO: Dunn’s master class – Ben Smith – Dunn’s master class The video is interesting, and worth the watch (in part for the irony of Dunn’s warning that, “thanks to YouTube, anything you say you should expect to be on YouTube”), but the point she’s making is almost exactly the opposite of that spin. The… [Read more…]
October 19, 2009
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76 days since request for more troops, Obama accused of stalling – Times Online IN Afghanistan they would call it a shura, the traditional tribal way of listening to elders views before reaching a consensus. In Washington, where President Barack Obama has now held five war councils, they are starting to call it dithering. With… [Read more…]
October 19, 2009
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White House boasts: We ‘control’ news media Shared via AddThis
October 19, 2009
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http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=113347 By Aaron Klein © 2009 WorldNetDaily Communications chief offers shocking confession to foreign government TEL AVIV – President Obama’s presidential campaign focused on “making” the news media cover certain issues while rarely communicating anything to the press unless it was “controlled,” White House Communications Director Anita Dunn disclosed to the Dominican government at a videotaped conference.… [Read more…]
October 19, 2009
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Farrakhan: Don’t be ‘pacified’ by Obama election MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – Minister Louis Farrakhan on Sunday urged his followers not to become complacent by President Barack Obama’s election and to work to repair communities. The 76-year-old Nation of Islam leader said in a speech commemorating the 14th anniversary of the Million Man March that people… [Read more…]
October 19, 2009
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By Michael V. Hayden Special to CNN October 19, 2009 Editor’s note: Gen. Michael V. Hayden was appointed by President Bush as CIA director in 2006 and served until February 2009. He also was director of the National Security Agency and held senior staff positions at the Pentagon. WASHINGTON (CNN) — I know that the… [Read more…]
October 18, 2009
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October 17, 2009 from Facebook by Sarah Palin Now that the Senate Finance Committee has approved its health care bill, it’s a good time to step back and take a look at the long-term consequences should its provisions be enacted into law. The bill prohibits insurance companies from refusing coverage to people with pre-existing conditions and… [Read more…]
October 18, 2009
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Debra J. Saunders : Bipartisan Facade Can’t Hide Health Plan’s Flaws – Townhall.com If the Democrats’ health care package is so great, why are President Obama and Dem congressional leaders so hungry to share the credit for its passage with a Republican? It’s not as if D.C. Dems are opposed to hogging the glory when… [Read more…]
October 18, 2009
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Ken Blackwell : Obama’s $900m Mess – Townhall.com The ruling (barely) Palestinian party on the West Bank has just about lost patience with President Obama. That didn’t take long. The Fatah “party” is the creation of Yassir Arafat, the Nobel Peace Prizewinner who invented airline hijacking for terrorist purposes. Arafat is dead, of course, and… [Read more…]
October 18, 2009
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Charles Krauthammer : Debacle in Moscow – Townhall.com WASHINGTON — About the only thing more comical than Barack Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize was the reaction of those who deemed the award “premature,” as if the brilliance of Obama’s foreign policy is so self-evident and its success so assured that if only the Norway Five had… [Read more…]
October 18, 2009
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October 17, 2009 By RUSH LIMBAUGH http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704322004574477021697942920.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_RIGHTTopCarousel My critics would have you believe no conservative meets NFL ‘standards.’ David Checketts, an investor and owner of sports teams, approached me in late May about investing in the St. Louis Rams football franchise. As a football fan, I was intrigued. I invited him to my home where… [Read more…]
October 18, 2009
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October 17, 2009 From CNN Associate Political Producer Emily Sherman http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/10/17/sharpton-threatens-suit-against-limbaugh/?=LOL WASHINGTON (CNN)– Reverend Al Sharpton and his lawyers say they are preparing to file a defamation lawsuit against conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh for an op-ed published Saturday, which Sharpton alleges “erroneously” characterizes his (Sharpton’s) role in a string of violent incidents in New… [Read more…]
October 18, 2009
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October 17th, 2009 From CNN Associate Political Producer Emily Sherman http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/10/17/kerry-obama-would-be-irresponsible-to-send-more-troops-to-afghanistan-now/ WASHINGTON (CNN)– Sen. John Kerry cautioned President Obama Saturday against raising troop levels in Afghanistan, saying it would be “entirely irresponsible” to do so while the Afghan government remains in turmoil following national elections. ”It would be entirely irresponsible for the president of the… [Read more…]
October 18, 2009
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Limbaugh Targeted By Obama Official The plot thickens on the media’s character-lynching of Rush Limbaugh. Of the four stories run on ESPN.com about Limbaugh’s bid for the Rams (October 6, October 12, October 15, and another October 15) none of them mention that NFL Players Association Executive Director DeMaurice Smith served as counsel to Attorney… [Read more…]
October 17, 2009
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Drill by Sarah Palin on National Review Online Petroleum is a major part of Americas energy picture. Shall we get it here or abroad? By Sarah Palin Given that were spending billions of stimulus dollars to rebuild our highways, it makes sense to think about what well be driving on them. For years to come,… [Read more…]
October 16, 2009
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EXCLUSIVE: Obama loosens missile technology controls to China – Washington Times (Won’t be long and Obama will have our enemies benefitting from his plans to turn loose technology. This is what Clinton did in the 90′s and look what happened. DM) President Obama recently shifted authority for approving sales to China of missile and space… [Read more…]
October 16, 2009
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October 15, 2009 Put this dishonest media in their place. They can’t keep lying about people without some consequences for their actions and words. The lynching you’ve received needs to be addressed. I beg you, for the good of our country, and in defense of Conservativism, PLEASE sue the crap out of those liars! They need… [Read more…]
October 15, 2009
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LEAKED NETWORK MEMO REVEALS: Obama Controls Your Television Set On September 10th of this year the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) posted a press release informing the world that from October 19-25, more than 60 network TV shows [will] spotlight the power and personal benefits of service, and that this unprecedented block of TV programming is… [Read more…]
October 15, 2009
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Majority of Nobel jury ‘objected to Obama prize’ Three of the five members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee had objections to the Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to US President Barack Obama, the Norwegian tabloid Verdens Gang (VG) reported Thursday. “VG has spoken to a number of sources who confirmed the impression that a majority… [Read more…]
October 15, 2009
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The Rush Limbaugh media lynch mob Which public figure can be quoted as having said something bigoted and disgusting and it doesn’t matter whether he did or not because he might have? Who can Big Media brand a racist without checking the facts? Who has to prove he did not say something racist, rather than… [Read more…]
October 15, 2009
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Interracial couple denied marriage license in La. (Personally, I’d like to know if this guy is himself black, and is he a democrat?) HAMMOND, La. (AP) – A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have.… [Read more…]
October 15, 2009
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U.S. troop funds diverted to pet projects – Washington Times Senators diverted $2.6 billion in funds in a defense spending bill to pet projects largely at the expense of accounts that pay for fuel, ammunition and training for U.S. troops, including those fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to an analysis. Among the 778… [Read more…]
October 14, 2009
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Symbol carved into green at Lakeville golf course LAKEVILLE, Mass — Police along with the Secret Service are investigating after a local country club discovered a symbol that represents eastern religious beliefs carved into the green. Lakeville Country Club workers discovered the vandalism early Monday morning. Police believe the vandals meant to carve a swastika… [Read more…]
October 13, 2009
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(Incredible that the Obama adminstration is so frightened of Fox News, they’ve dedicated someone to counter attack every single thing they say. Why waste Taxpayer dollars on such a silly thing. 99.99% of the main stream media is in the pocket of this adminstration, so why do they fear Fox so much? Apparently, they have… [Read more…]
October 13, 2009
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October 12, 2009 From CNN Political Producer Rebecca Sinderbrand http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/10/12/limbaugh-the-media-didnt-make-me-and-they-cant-break-me/?eref=politicalflipper Limbaugh told an interviewer the media couldn’t ‘break’ him. (CNN) – Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh is dismissing Democratic campaigns to paint him as the man steering the Republican Party, and media frenzies over his most controversial comments. “The media didn’t make me, and… [Read more…]
October 12, 2009
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John Andrews : Help Obama? No, Help America – Townhall.com Attention, liberals. A new book urges that in order to help Obama improve our country, you should adopt a dog, quit smoking, and conciliate conservatives. But don’t rush into it. So far the President himself has only accomplished the first of those. The inspiring ideas… [Read more…]
October 12, 2009
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Allen Hunt : A Letter to our Nobel Winner – Townhall.com Monday, October 12, 2009 Congratulations, Mr. President, you won the Nobel Peace Prize. Now it is time for you to earn it since your nomination was submitted just after you had actually taken office. Nevertheless, it is possible for you to make some strides… [Read more…]
October 12, 2009
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Michael Barone : ‘Conceptual Language’ Hides Health Care’s Costs – Townhall.com Some of the headlines in recent days are not worthy of belief. No, I’m not referring to the headlines that Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize, however odd that many seem to many (including, it seems, Obama himself). I’m referring to the headlines… [Read more…]
October 12, 2009
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Hugh Hewitt : Congratulations, Mr. President. Now Please Use The Moment To Save The Afghan People From The Taliban and The World From Iran’s Fanatics – Townhall.com President Obama has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, a stunning and unexpected event, but one that provides the president with a unique opportunity to reverse the deteriorating… [Read more…]
October 12, 2009
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Misguided Nobel will weigh on rest of his presidency October 10, 2009 by John Bolton http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/albatross_e6ond8gKEX5AkdKPg5uXqO/0 Americans were justifiably proud last week of their many Nobel Prize winners. Eight of the nine honorees in physics, chemistry and medicine were US citizens, some native-born, some naturalized, a near total American sweep. And their achievements were glorious:… [Read more…]
October 11, 2009
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October 10, 2009
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October 9, 2009 By Ed Rollins CNN Senior Political Contributor http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/10/09/rollins.obama.wins.prize/index.html?iref=werecommend Ed Rollins: Giving Obama the Peace Prize is making a bet on his potential He says Obama was nominated before anyone could judge his presidency He says other presidential winners, Roosevelt and Wilson, ran into obstacles NEW YORK (CNN) — Congratulations, Mr President. I… [Read more…]
October 10, 2009
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September 30, 2009 By Ed Rollins CNN Senior Political Contributor (Before the Olympics Denied Obama) http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/30/rollins.obama.world/index.html NEW YORK (CNN) — The president had his first foray into the byzantine world of U.N. politics last week and walked away cheered on by the anti-America crowd. He appeased the delegations led by tyrants and petty dictatorships by… [Read more…]
October 9, 2009
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Comment: absurd decision on Obama makes a mockery of the Nobel peace prize – Times Online The award of this year’s Nobel peace prize to President Obama will be met with widespread incredulity, consternation in many capitals and probably deep embarrassment by the President himself. Rarely has an award had such an obvious political and… [Read more…]
October 9, 2009
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By Ben Hall in Paris and agencies Published: October 9 2009 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7eefa362-b50f-11de-8b17-00144feab49a.html One of two men arrested in France on Thursday on suspicion of having links with an Islamist terrorist group was working as a researcher at the Cern “big bang” laboratory on the French-Swiss border, the nuclear research body said on Friday. The man,… [Read more…]
October 9, 2009
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Iran to ‘blow up the heart of Israel’ if attacked TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – A top official with Iran’s most powerful military forcethe Revolutionary Guardsays Tehran will “blow up the heart of Israel” if the Jewish state or the United States attacked Iran. Cleric Mojtaba Zolnour, the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s representative in the… [Read more…]
October 9, 2009
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Nuclear engineer from Cern lab arrested for al-Qaeda links – Times Online Fears that al-Qaeda is planning an attack on the nuclear industry in Europe were renewed yesterday after French secret agents arrested a physicist working at an atomic research centre. The 32-year-old man, who was detained with his brother, 25, is suspected of providing… [Read more…]
October 9, 2009
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Is Obama Becoming a Joke? Most presidents become a joke at some point. It’s a matter of when and how. Both points should concern this president. In Winston Churchill’s words, “a joke is a very serious thing.” Or it can be, when the joke is about a very serious thing. “Saturday Night Live” has long… [Read more…]
October 9, 2009
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PRUDEN: It’s a cruel world for Obama – Washington Times OPINION/ANALYSIS: The cruel world is closing in on Barack Obama. Springfield was never like this. The president can only look back with yearning for the days when he was the star of the state legislature, where a legislator’s only concern is who’s going to pick… [Read more…]
October 9, 2009
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Young Hamlet’s Agony WASHINGTON — The genius of democracy is the rotation of power, which forces the opposition to be serious — particularly about things like war, about which until Jan. 20 of this year Democrats were decidedly unserious. When the Iraq War (which a majority of Senate Democrats voted for) ran into trouble and… [Read more…]
October 9, 2009
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NASA to Bomb the Moon Friday October 9, 2009 HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ-TV) — The moon. It has captured the imagination of mankind since the beginning of time. So, come Friday morning… we’re going to bomb it. NASA’s “L-CROSS” mission involves an un-manned rocket that will be followed by a separate satellite. That satellite will transmit… [Read more…]
October 8, 2009
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American troops in Afghanistan losing heart, say army chaplains – Times Online American soldiers serving in Afghanistan are depressed and deeply disillusioned, according to the chaplains of two US battalions that have spent nine months on the front line in the war against the Taleban. Many feel that they are risking their lives and… [Read more…]
October 7, 2009
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By CHARLES HURT, Post Correspondent October 6, 2009 http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/tricky_doctored_photo_kTVWHZ3vEeRQbxCC0TNZHN WASHINGTON — President Obama yesterday rolled out the red carpet — and handed out doctors’ white coats as well, just so nobody missed his hard-sell health-care message. In a heavy-handed attempt at reviving support for health-care reform, the White House orchestrated a massive photo op to… [Read more…]
October 7, 2009
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Several Democrats, including some closed allied to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, are the subject of ethics complaints. By Holly Bailey | NEWSWEEK Published Oct 3, 2009 http://www.newsweek.com/id/216687 Correction (published Oct. 5, 2009): This article originally reported that Rep. John Murtha was under investigation by the House ethics committee. Rather, the committee is “reviewing,” not investigating political… [Read more…]
October 7, 2009
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Gene Healy: Obama is becoming the omnipresident | Washington Examiner “No-drama Obama”? The president’s flight to Copenhagen last week to make a personal pitch for holding the 2016 Olympics in Chicago was an audacious move — and a dramatic failure. “Second City Absorbs Its Latest Defeat,” read the (rather snotty) headline in the New York… [Read more…]
October 7, 2009
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The left detests him, and some conservatives say he’s undermining the cause. The truth is, he must be doing something right. By Jonah Goldberg http://blogs.usatoday.com/oped/2009/10/column-in-defense-of-glenn-beck-.html For a self-described rodeo clown who frequently admits he isn’t that bright, Glenn Beck must be doing something right. A de facto leader of the populist backlash against President… [Read more…]
October 7, 2009
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The Obamas’ Narcissism on Display WASHINGTON — In the Niagara of words spoken and written about the Obamas’ trip to Copenhagen, too few have been devoted to the words they spoke there. Their separate speeches to the International Olympic Committee were so dreadful, and in such a characteristic way, that they might be symptomatic of… [Read more…]
October 7, 2009
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Obama’s Gitmo blame game – Josh Gerstein – POLITICO.com Greg Craig, the top in-house lawyer for President Barack Obama, is getting the blame for botching the strategy to shut down Guantanamo Bay prison by January, so much so that he’s expected to leave the White House in short order. But sources familiar with the process… [Read more…]
October 4, 2009
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The Obamas Violated First Three Rules of Selling Of course Barack and Michelle Obama failed in Copenhagen. Their strategy could not possibly succeed. In their academic arrogance, they thought they could sell a product they clearly do not believe in (the United States) and moreover, they could do so by stressing the benefits to the… [Read more…]
October 4, 2009
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Do Not Blame Barack Contrary to what my title indicates, I probably judge Barack Obama more harshly than most reading this page. I don’t think he is just a misguided ideologue or merely a creature of expediency. I believe, practically speaking, he is an evil man. That is to say, while he is largely ignorant… [Read more…]
October 4, 2009
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Rooting against America: Beck, other conservatives cheer elimination of Chicago’s Olympic bid http://mediamatters.org/research/200910020025 October 02, 2009 2:50 pm ET — Conservative media figures have celebrated the International Olympic Committee’s elimination of Chicago’s bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics and used the event to bash President Obama, who flew to Copenhagen to lobby IOC members… [Read more…]
October 3, 2009
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Could failed Olympic bid hurt his efforts on issues such as health care, war? ANALYSIS By JENNIFER LOVEN and JULIE PACE The Associated Press Oct . 2, 2009 WASHINGTON – OK, so it is only the Olympics. But President Barack Obama’s high-profile failure to win the games for Chicago could feed negative narratives already nipping… [Read more…]
October 3, 2009
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October 2, 2009 http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/10/limbaugh-obama-failed-in-copenhagen-unmasking-weakness-and-ego.html# ABC’s Steven Portnoy reports: Rush Limbaugh acknowledged his glee in telling his talk radio audience Friday that the International Olympic Committee’s rejection of Chicago’s bid for the 2016 games is a metaphor for President Obama’s weakness and an illustration of his “Mars-sized ego.” “Who knew the Olympic Committee was a bunch… [Read more…]
October 3, 2009
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A resounding rejection of America’s arrogance :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Rick Telander WE’RE N0. 4! As I stood with the shell-shocked citizens in Daley Center Plaza before noon Friday, the sickly orange fountain bubbling like toxic waste before us on this gray, miserable day, I halfway expected that cheer to break out. The first round… [Read more…]
October 3, 2009
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October 3, 2009 http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091003/pl_afp/oly2016chicagoobamamedia_20091003172653 WASHINGTON (AFP) – US newspapers offered various takes Saturday on Chicago’s spectacular Olympic flameout, but when it came to President Barack Obama‘s last-minute lobbying bid, the message was loud and clear: What was he thinking? Obama joined his wife Michelle in Copenhagen Thursday just hours before the International Olympic Committee voted… [Read more…]
October 3, 2009
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Friday, October 02, 2009 http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/02/obama-heads-denmark-lobby-olympics/ President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama risked their political capital and the prestige of the presidency on an enormous Olympic campaign that resulted in an early exit for Chicago and the top prize going to Rio de Janeiro. President Obama’s failure to grab gold in his personal quest to… [Read more…]
October 3, 2009
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Monday, September 28, 2009 The White House announced Monday that the president will travel Thursday night to Copenhagen to make a personal appearance before the International Olympic Committee to promote Chicago as the host city for the 2016 Summer Games. President Obama is taking his eye off the ball, his critics say, chiding him for… [Read more…]
October 3, 2009
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Saturday, October 03, 2009 http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/03/obamas-olympic-failure-highlights-limits-international-appeal/ It may have only been the Olympics but President Obama’s high-profile failure to win the games for Chicago has raised serious questions about his perceived international star power. This wasn’t supposed to happen to him. It may have only been the Olympics but President Obama’s high-profile failure to win the… [Read more…]
October 3, 2009
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By ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125452884516260923.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsTop The selection of Rio de Janeiro over Chicago for the 2016 Olympics was an embarrassment for President Barack Obama, whose appearance before the International Olympic Committee was the first by a U.S. president. Mr. Obama revved up the White House machinery to aid Chicago’s Olympic bid, sending First Lady Michelle Obama… [Read more…]
October 3, 2009
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By KATIE THOMAS Published: October 3, 2009 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/sports/04usoc.html?_r=1 This article was reported by Katie Thomas, Richard Sandomir and Juliet Macur, and written by Ms. Thomas. For weeks, the United States Olympic Committee and the national sports governing bodies it oversees had settled into an uncomfortable truce. Despite a year of upheaval and conflict, the parties… [Read more…]
October 2, 2009
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October 2, 2009 by Allahpundit http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/02/limbaugh-on-chicago-who-knew-the-olympic-committee-was-a-bunch-of-racists/?print=1 An easy joke but a good one. “When you stop to think about it, folks, doesn’t it make sense?” Limbaugh asked. “Our president, Barack Hussein Obama, has been running around the world for nine months telling everybody how much our country sucks…. Why would anybody award the Olympics to… [Read more…]
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