Mayo Study: Widespread Burnout Among New Doctors « CBS Minnesota: ROCHESTER, Minn. (WCCO) – A Mayo Clinic study finds that “burnout” and financial debt are widespread among doctors-in-training.
The survey involved more than 16,000 internal medicine residents and provides a disturbing diagnosis.
“Burnout and reports of low levels of quality of life were very common,” said lead researcher Dr. Colin West.
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Pajamas Media » The Worst Use of Taxpayer Funds Ever?
Pajamas Media » The Worst Use of Taxpayer Funds Ever?: Government, particularly at the federal level, is supposed to exist only to do the people’s business, the business that they cannot reasonably do for themselves: maintaining the military, conducting diplomacy with other nations. In the pursuit of government, it is sometimes necessary to establish various bureaus, which are populated by bureaucrats.
In a perfect world, a world envisioned by our Founders — though they harbored no delusions about the perfectibility of man — these bureaucrats would behave in a responsible, adult manner.
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In a perfect world, a world envisioned by our Founders — though they harbored no delusions about the perfectibility of man — these bureaucrats would behave in a responsible, adult manner.
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ATF Death Watch 75: ATF-Enabled Indiana Guns Went to Chicago Gangs | The Truth About Guns
ATF Death Watch 75: ATF-Enabled Indiana Guns Went to Chicago Gangs | The Truth About Guns: I just got off the blower with Brent R. Weil [above] 0f Kightlinger and Gray, LLP. The Evansville, Indiana lawyer represents the [as yet unnamed] gun store that sold firearms to ATF-enabled straw purchasers. “The ATF told my client to let the sales go through,” Mr. Weil told TTAG. “He later told me that the guns went to Chicago gangs.” In one case, a straw purchaser failed to pass the FBI’s NICS [National Instant Check System] background check . . .
The dealer called an ATF agent in the parking lot; the agent told the dealer to let the sale go through. The ATF arrested the so-called straw purchaser after he walked out the door. In every other instance, however, the ATF did not apprehend the buyers immediately after purchase.
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The dealer called an ATF agent in the parking lot; the agent told the dealer to let the sale go through. The ATF arrested the so-called straw purchaser after he walked out the door. In every other instance, however, the ATF did not apprehend the buyers immediately after purchase.
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A White House 'Gunrunner'? - Investors.com
A White House 'Gunrunner'? - Investors.com: The Law: Operation Gunwalker, the rogue ATF operation to arm Mexico's cartels, extends now to three White House officials. A bell goes off with the one named Dan Restrepo.
Late last Friday, CBS News and the Los Angeles Times almost buried the news that Restrepo, the National Security Council's top man for Latin America, and two other officials, were in on ATF memos from the Gunwalker operation called "Fast and Furious."
That blows apart White House claims that it had no idea the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was encouraging frontmen for Mexico's cartels to buy weapons from U.S. gun dealers — to "trace" them afterward.
Some 2,000 U.S. guns were sold in Gunwalker but simply disappeared — until they turned up at massacres in Mexico and at the murder scenes of U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agent Jaime Zapata.
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Late last Friday, CBS News and the Los Angeles Times almost buried the news that Restrepo, the National Security Council's top man for Latin America, and two other officials, were in on ATF memos from the Gunwalker operation called "Fast and Furious."
That blows apart White House claims that it had no idea the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was encouraging frontmen for Mexico's cartels to buy weapons from U.S. gun dealers — to "trace" them afterward.
Some 2,000 U.S. guns were sold in Gunwalker but simply disappeared — until they turned up at massacres in Mexico and at the murder scenes of U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agent Jaime Zapata.
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Sources: Obama Administration To Drop Troop Levels In Iraq To 3,000 | Fox News
Sources: Obama Administration To Drop Troop Levels In Iraq To 3,000 | Fox News: The Obama administration has decided to drop the number of U.S. troops in Iraq at the end of the year down to 3,000, marking a major downgrade in force strength, multiple sources familiar with the inner workings and decisions on U.S. troop movements in Iraq told Fox News.
Senior commanders are said to be livid at the decision, which has already been signed off by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.
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Senior commanders are said to be livid at the decision, which has already been signed off by Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.
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Gallup: Obama Had Worst Month Ever in August | CNSnews.com
Gallup: Obama Had Worst Month Ever in August | CNSnews.com: (CNSNews.com) - Over the course of August, Gallup asked 15,343 American adults whether they approved of the way Barack Obama was handling his job as president. The final result, the polling company reported today, was that only 41 percent said they approved, giving Obama the lowest monthly approval rating of his presidency.
That is down 25 points from the 66 percent monthly approval Obama won in January 2009, the month he was inaugurated.
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That is down 25 points from the 66 percent monthly approval Obama won in January 2009, the month he was inaugurated.
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Battle For Anthony Weiner's Seat In Congress Turns Into Referendum On President Barack Obama's Policies « CBS New York
Battle For Anthony Weiner's Seat In Congress Turns Into Referendum On President Barack Obama's Policies « CBS New York: The gloves are off.
The special election to replace Congressman Anthony Weiner has turned downright nasty.
It’s as much a referendum on President Barack Obama’s policies as on the candidates’ credentials, reports CBS 2’s Marcia Kramer.
Running in a Brooklyn/Queens district that is heavily Democratic and heavily Jewish, Republican congressional candidate Bob Turner got a two-for on Wednesday — the cross-party lines endorsement of Democratic Assemblyman Dov Hikind.
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The special election to replace Congressman Anthony Weiner has turned downright nasty.
It’s as much a referendum on President Barack Obama’s policies as on the candidates’ credentials, reports CBS 2’s Marcia Kramer.
Running in a Brooklyn/Queens district that is heavily Democratic and heavily Jewish, Republican congressional candidate Bob Turner got a two-for on Wednesday — the cross-party lines endorsement of Democratic Assemblyman Dov Hikind.
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Dick Cheney to Hillary Clinton: Run! - ABC News
Dick Cheney to Hillary Clinton: Run! - ABC News: LOS ANGELES — Hillary Clinton for president?
“So far she hasn’t said she would, but I think it’s not a bad idea,” former Vice President Dick Cheney told ABC’s Jonathan Karl in an interview on Wednesday to promote his new book “In My Time.”
Cheney declined to say whether he thought the current Secretary of State would have been a better president than Barack Obama, but called her a “pretty formidable individual.”
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“So far she hasn’t said she would, but I think it’s not a bad idea,” former Vice President Dick Cheney told ABC’s Jonathan Karl in an interview on Wednesday to promote his new book “In My Time.”
Cheney declined to say whether he thought the current Secretary of State would have been a better president than Barack Obama, but called her a “pretty formidable individual.”
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Obama Lies 7 Times In Under 2 Minutes! - YouTube
Obama Lies 7 Times In Under 2 Minutes! - YouTube
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Former ACORN Insider Infiltrates Fox News « The Greenroom
Former ACORN Insider Infiltrates Fox News « The Greenroom: The sometimes strange and increasingly alarming “age of Obama” continues to bring the average American startling and upsetting news. The ever reliable Vice President Joe Biden stepped in to add insult on top of injury to the growing number of Americans who identify themselves as part of the Tea Party. From Biden’s equation of the Tea Party to “barbarians” to Obama supporting “Teamster boss James P. Hoffa’s Labor Day call for to “take these sons of bitches out‘” to the ridiculous announcement that Obama has started his own “Project Vote,” the hits just keep on coming.
I really don't have a problem with Fox putting another leftist on the program, but in all fairness when will MSNBC put one conservative on? CNN? ABC? ~~ The Munz
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I really don't have a problem with Fox putting another leftist on the program, but in all fairness when will MSNBC put one conservative on? CNN? ABC? ~~ The Munz
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Obama’s ineligibility: Prepare to defend America – The real issue for 2012
Obama’s ineligibility: Prepare to defend America – The real issue for 2012: The core issue of the 2012 election is the one about which no politician and no journalist speaks.
No other issue, however, is more important.
Shall this nation, under God, have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth?
The present United States Government is riddled with corruption, complicity and complacency. As such, America will not survive.
Sarah Palin, during her speech at the Tea Party of America’s “Restoring America” event in Indianola, Iowa on September 3, 2011, described it well:
“It’s the collusion of big government and big business and big finance to the detriment of all the rest – to the little guys.”
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No other issue, however, is more important.
Shall this nation, under God, have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth?
The present United States Government is riddled with corruption, complicity and complacency. As such, America will not survive.
Sarah Palin, during her speech at the Tea Party of America’s “Restoring America” event in Indianola, Iowa on September 3, 2011, described it well:
“It’s the collusion of big government and big business and big finance to the detriment of all the rest – to the little guys.”
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Obama’s Plan May Help Obama, but Not the Economy | The Blog on Obama: White House Dossier
Obama’s Plan May Help Obama, but Not the Economy | The Blog on Obama: White House Dossier: Uhhh, I don’t get it.
How is President Obama’s latest stimulus measure going to stimulate the economy when it’s not a stimulus?
Of course, the White House won’t call it a stimulus, since no one thinks a stimulus works anymore. They’ll call it a jobs measure.
But the idea is to stimulate the economy, which creates jobs, so it’s a stimulus.
Except it isn’t. And so it won’t do much at all to help the economy.
You see, one little sentence in White House Press Secretary Jay Carney’s briefing yesterday seems to have been overlooked by everyone. It sounds bland and non-controversial enough, but it suggests more than anything that what we’re going to see Thursday night is political theater, as opposed to, I guess, economic theater.
Here’s what he said:
Let me also be clear that the President will make it absolutely clear that he will pay for these proposals.
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How is President Obama’s latest stimulus measure going to stimulate the economy when it’s not a stimulus?
Of course, the White House won’t call it a stimulus, since no one thinks a stimulus works anymore. They’ll call it a jobs measure.
But the idea is to stimulate the economy, which creates jobs, so it’s a stimulus.
Except it isn’t. And so it won’t do much at all to help the economy.
You see, one little sentence in White House Press Secretary Jay Carney’s briefing yesterday seems to have been overlooked by everyone. It sounds bland and non-controversial enough, but it suggests more than anything that what we’re going to see Thursday night is political theater, as opposed to, I guess, economic theater.
Here’s what he said:
Let me also be clear that the President will make it absolutely clear that he will pay for these proposals.
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Legislating Fascism – Six States & One City are Now Full-On-Fascist – with More to Come
Legislating Fascism – Six States & One City are Now Full-On-Fascist – with More to Come: Hat Tip: Heather Gass/Freedom Advocates/Stephen Poole/Wynne Coleman
Fascist states and city:
HAWAII
MARYLAND
NEW JERSEY
NEW YORK (Unanimously passed State Senate and Assembly; awaiting Governor’s signature)
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
City of PHILADELPHIA
States that are in the Fascist pipe-line:
CALIFORNIA
COLORADO
MICHIGAN
NORTH CAROLINA
PENNSYLVANIA
Governors and State Legislatures who enact the Benefit Corporation Legislation either condone the transformation of America, or they are ignorant sheeple who are too dumb to hold elected office. Either way, it is up to us, the people, to educate them and find at least one representative in each state who will introduce new legislation to make Benefit Corporations and Sustainable Development/Agenda 21 null and void. Then, for those who do not support abolishing the Benefit Corporations and Sustainable Development/Agenda 21, we must organize and support the candidate who is running against them so that we can kick their butts out of office.
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Fascist states and city:
HAWAII
MARYLAND
NEW JERSEY
NEW YORK (Unanimously passed State Senate and Assembly; awaiting Governor’s signature)
VERMONT
VIRGINIA
City of PHILADELPHIA
States that are in the Fascist pipe-line:
CALIFORNIA
COLORADO
MICHIGAN
NORTH CAROLINA
PENNSYLVANIA
Governors and State Legislatures who enact the Benefit Corporation Legislation either condone the transformation of America, or they are ignorant sheeple who are too dumb to hold elected office. Either way, it is up to us, the people, to educate them and find at least one representative in each state who will introduce new legislation to make Benefit Corporations and Sustainable Development/Agenda 21 null and void. Then, for those who do not support abolishing the Benefit Corporations and Sustainable Development/Agenda 21, we must organize and support the candidate who is running against them so that we can kick their butts out of office.
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Videos: Rush Slaps Back at “Sons of Bitches” Obama and Hoffa and Their “Army” | Floyd Reports
Videos: Rush Slaps Back at “Sons of Bitches” Obama and Hoffa and Their “Army” | Floyd Reports: The Left is outraged, as usual, this time over the fact that conservatives are using its own tactics against it. At a Labor Day rally in Detroit, featuring a keynote address from the president, Teamsters boss James Hoffa said, “President Obama, this is your army. We are ready to march.” Hoffa rallied the troops to war against the forces of the Tea Party, saying, “Let’s take these sons of bitches out and give America back to an America where we belong!”
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Illegal Immigrants Fight To Keep Driver’s License | Judicial Watch
Illegal Immigrants Fight To Keep Driver’s License | Judicial Watch: Empowered by the president’s recent halt in deportations, the influential open borders movement plans to stop one of the last states to offer illegal immigrants diver’s licenses from killing the practice.
Lawmakers in New Mexico are scheduled to address the heated issue in a special session this week, igniting fury among immigrant rights organizations that accuse them of catering to “fringe right-wing groups.” New Mexico is one of only two states (Washington is the other) that still give illegal aliens driver’s licenses because proof of residency is not required to obtain the card. Utah offers illegal aliens a special license that’s valid only in the state.
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Lawmakers in New Mexico are scheduled to address the heated issue in a special session this week, igniting fury among immigrant rights organizations that accuse them of catering to “fringe right-wing groups.” New Mexico is one of only two states (Washington is the other) that still give illegal aliens driver’s licenses because proof of residency is not required to obtain the card. Utah offers illegal aliens a special license that’s valid only in the state.
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2012 Presidential Hopefuls' Immigration Stances | NumbersUSA - For Lower Immigration Levels
2012 Presidential Hopefuls' Immigration Stances | NumbersUSA - For Lower Immigration Levels: 2012 Presidential Hopefuls' Immigration Stances
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Federal LEO advocacy group charges retaliation for Gunwalker testimony - National gun rights | Examiner.com
Federal LEO advocacy group charges retaliation for Gunwalker testimony - National gun rights | Examiner.com: Project Bombwalker? Were grenade/IED components allowed to ‘walk’ to cartels?
Senator Charles Grassley and Rep. Darrell Issa were sent a letter last Wednesday by Luciano Cerasi, Associate General Counsel, Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, detailing allegations of whistleblower retaliations against Peter J. Forcelli, Group Supervisor, ATF, by the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona and the Department of Justice Office of Deputy Attorney General as a result of testimony he gave on June 15. Forcelli was one of the individuals who appeared before the second House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing into “Project Gunwalker,” where he testified “I believe that these firearms will continue to turn up at crime scenes, on both sides of the border, for years to come.”
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Senator Charles Grassley and Rep. Darrell Issa were sent a letter last Wednesday by Luciano Cerasi, Associate General Counsel, Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, detailing allegations of whistleblower retaliations against Peter J. Forcelli, Group Supervisor, ATF, by the US Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona and the Department of Justice Office of Deputy Attorney General as a result of testimony he gave on June 15. Forcelli was one of the individuals who appeared before the second House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing into “Project Gunwalker,” where he testified “I believe that these firearms will continue to turn up at crime scenes, on both sides of the border, for years to come.”
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Pelosi Peeved Republicans Opt Out Of Rebuttal To Obama Speech | Fox News
Pelosi Peeved Republicans Opt Out Of Rebuttal To Obama Speech | Fox News: Republicans have decided they're not going to give a rebuttal to President Obama's jobs speech later this week, a decision House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi took as a high affront to the White House.
At least three GOP lawmakers also have announced they're not going to show up for the presidential address. House Speaker John Boehner's office then confirmed Tuesday evening that nobody from the party would deliver an official televised response.
Pelosi said the party's "silence" would "speak volumes about their lack of commitment to creating jobs."
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At least three GOP lawmakers also have announced they're not going to show up for the presidential address. House Speaker John Boehner's office then confirmed Tuesday evening that nobody from the party would deliver an official televised response.
Pelosi said the party's "silence" would "speak volumes about their lack of commitment to creating jobs."
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BBC News - Top 50p tax rate damages UK, say economists
BBC News - Top 50p tax rate damages UK, say economists: Twenty high-profile economists have urged the government to drop the top 50p tax rate, which they say is doing "lasting damage" to the UK economy.
In a letter to the Financial Times, they say it should be axed "at the earliest opportunity" to boost growth.
Ministers say the 50p rate is temporary but their policy is to first increase the income tax threshold to £10,000.
But the "liberals" here want more taxes .. because socialism only failed every time before, but they can do it differently??? ~~The Munz
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In a letter to the Financial Times, they say it should be axed "at the earliest opportunity" to boost growth.
Ministers say the 50p rate is temporary but their policy is to first increase the income tax threshold to £10,000.
But the "liberals" here want more taxes .. because socialism only failed every time before, but they can do it differently??? ~~The Munz
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630 WMAL: Stimulating Talk – Breaking News
630 WMAL: Stimulating Talk – Breaking News: WASHINGTON -- A top aide to President Obama says Americans must decide for themselves how to be civil with each other -- a rather sharp departure from comments that Obama has himself made in the past.
In an interview with the WMAL Morning Majority Wednesday, White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer said the Obama administration is not going to be drawn into the "gotcha game" of reacting to comments made by Teamsters President James Hoffa, Jr. At a Labor Day rally in Detroit, Hoffa urged the President to use unions as his army to fight back against the Tea Party and "take these son-of-a-bitches out."
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In an interview with the WMAL Morning Majority Wednesday, White House Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer said the Obama administration is not going to be drawn into the "gotcha game" of reacting to comments made by Teamsters President James Hoffa, Jr. At a Labor Day rally in Detroit, Hoffa urged the President to use unions as his army to fight back against the Tea Party and "take these son-of-a-bitches out."
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Obama 'star' of Palestinian ad - Mackenzie Weinger - POLITICO.com
Obama 'star' of Palestinian ad - Mackenzie Weinger - POLITICO.com: President Barack Obama is the unlikely star of a new Palestinian media campaign.
Part of a speech Obama gave in 2010 to the United Nations General Assembly is featured in an ad aimed to rally support for the Palestinians upcoming bid for statehood at the United Nations on Sept. 20, Reuters reported on Wednesday.
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Part of a speech Obama gave in 2010 to the United Nations General Assembly is featured in an ad aimed to rally support for the Palestinians upcoming bid for statehood at the United Nations on Sept. 20, Reuters reported on Wednesday.
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Obama to propose $300 billion jobs package: reports | Reuters
Obama to propose $300 billion jobs package: reports | Reuters: President Barack Obama, facing waning confidence among Americans in his economic stewardship, plans some $300 billion in tax cuts and government spending as part of a job-creating package, U.S. media reported on Tuesday.
The price tag of the proposed package, to be announced by Obama in a nationally televised speech to Congress on Thursday, would be offset by other cuts that the president would outline, CNN reported, citing Democratic sources.
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The price tag of the proposed package, to be announced by Obama in a nationally televised speech to Congress on Thursday, would be offset by other cuts that the president would outline, CNN reported, citing Democratic sources.
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VIDEO: NBC News Pollsters ‘Concerned’ Over Administration’s Negative Numbers » Blog » Family Security Matters
VIDEO: NBC News Pollsters ‘Concerned’ Over Administration’s Negative Numbers » Blog » Family Security Matters:
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Michael Burke: No Firemen at Ground Zero This 9/11? - WSJ.com
Michael Burke: No Firemen at Ground Zero This 9/11? - WSJ.com: In our darkest hour, they gave us hope—the firefighters of September 11. In the chaos at the World Trade Center, the rigs pulled up, the men climbed out, retrieved their roll-up hoses and marched stalwart to the towers. Carrying nearly a hundred pounds of equipment they climbed the stairs; flight after flight after flight. A woman in the North Tower, descending from the 89th floor said, "When I saw the firemen I knew we would be all right."
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AQ has achieved every single objective it set out to achieve with the 9/11 attacks - and is riding a wave of success unimaginable 10 yrs. ago. » Blog » Family Security Matters
AQ has achieved every single objective it set out to achieve with the 9/11 attacks - and is riding a wave of success unimaginable 10 yrs. ago. » Blog » Family Security Matters: Let's look at this:
US military is strained to breaking point because of the mythical COIN "nation building" strategy........
AQ has succeeded in pushing US out of both Afghanistan and Iraq, leaving both countries under Islamic Law (Shariah), which the stupid Americans helped write into their constitutions - and imposition of Islamic Law is, after all, AQ's number one top reason for conducting Jihad in the first place....
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US military is strained to breaking point because of the mythical COIN "nation building" strategy........
AQ has succeeded in pushing US out of both Afghanistan and Iraq, leaving both countries under Islamic Law (Shariah), which the stupid Americans helped write into their constitutions - and imposition of Islamic Law is, after all, AQ's number one top reason for conducting Jihad in the first place....
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California Dreamin' - A National Nightmare? » Publications » Family Security Matters
California Dreamin' - A National Nightmare? » Publications » Family Security Matters: Crisis clarifies. Our vast economic disaster is the historically predictable culmination of a century of public policy experimentation ungrounded in empirical reference. It is the result of an hubristic idealism translated into policy prescription; a process founded in Platonist thought and prefigured by the repeated failure of communal idylls.
The flow of growth is a constant in enterprise. Bare survival requires thrift and yields caution as a lack of resource demands careful husbanding. The elevation of living standards resulting from the accumulation of wealth creates opportunities for leisure and expansive resource deployment. It creates an environment that is the seed of charity. It is true in industry. It is true in personal finance. It is true in government.
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The flow of growth is a constant in enterprise. Bare survival requires thrift and yields caution as a lack of resource demands careful husbanding. The elevation of living standards resulting from the accumulation of wealth creates opportunities for leisure and expansive resource deployment. It creates an environment that is the seed of charity. It is true in industry. It is true in personal finance. It is true in government.
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Real Unemployment Rate Rose in August to 16.2% -- 26 Million People | CNSnews.com
Real Unemployment Rate Rose in August to 16.2% -- 26 Million People | CNSnews.com: (CNSNews.com) – The real unemployment rate actually rose in August, according to the Department of Labor, belying the fact that the official unemployment rate, 9.1 percent, remained flat while the economy did not create any new jobs on net last month.
According to the data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, real unemployment rose to 16.2 percent in August, up from 16.1 percent in July and tying the 2011 record set in June.
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According to the data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, real unemployment rose to 16.2 percent in August, up from 16.1 percent in July and tying the 2011 record set in June.
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Superpanel chiefs have not met, ever - TheHill.com
Superpanel chiefs have not met, ever - TheHill.com: For Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), the job of leading a congressional search for $1.5 trillion in deficit reduction over the next three months is tough enough.
But that task is further complicated by a little-known oddity: The two Capitol Hill veterans have never met each other. Not in the month since they were tapped to lead the vaunted “supercommittee,” nor in the preceding nine years that they jointly served in Congress, aides to both lawmakers say.
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But that task is further complicated by a little-known oddity: The two Capitol Hill veterans have never met each other. Not in the month since they were tapped to lead the vaunted “supercommittee,” nor in the preceding nine years that they jointly served in Congress, aides to both lawmakers say.
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W.H. denies troops leaving Iraq | POLITICO 44
W.H. denies troops leaving Iraq | POLITICO 44: The White House is denying a report that says the Obama administration has decided to drop the number of American troops in Iraq to 3,000 at the end of the year.
Fox News reported Tuesday that according to sources "familiar with the inner workings and decision on U.S. troops movements in Iraq," Defense Secretary Leon Panetta already approved the proposed troop reduction and timeline, and that some senior commanders were "livid" about the decision.
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Fox News reported Tuesday that according to sources "familiar with the inner workings and decision on U.S. troops movements in Iraq," Defense Secretary Leon Panetta already approved the proposed troop reduction and timeline, and that some senior commanders were "livid" about the decision.
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Hoffa Stands By 'S.O.B.' Remark Amid Tea Party Outcry | FoxNews.com
Hoffa Stands By 'S.O.B.' Remark Amid Tea Party Outcry | FoxNews.com: Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa vowed on Tuesday that he will "never apologize" for standing up for American workers, even in the face of considerable criticism for a Labor Day speech in which he targeted Tea Party politicians and urged supporters to "take these son-of-a-bitches out."
In a defiant statement, Hoffa said corporate-backed conservatives have started a "war" that is destroying the middle class and that he was merely putting voice to that frustration. He said his comments have been misconstrued to suggest he was inciting violence, but said he was merely calling for Tea Party politicians to be voted out in 2012.
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In a defiant statement, Hoffa said corporate-backed conservatives have started a "war" that is destroying the middle class and that he was merely putting voice to that frustration. He said his comments have been misconstrued to suggest he was inciting violence, but said he was merely calling for Tea Party politicians to be voted out in 2012.
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Report Card on the 9/11 Commission's Recommendations » Publications » Family Security Matters
Report Card on the 9/11 Commission's Recommendations » Publications » Family Security Matters: As we near the 10th anniversary, 9/11 Families for a Secure America Foundation in conjunction with Family Security Matters has issued a 10th anniversary report card on the 9/11 Commission’s recommendations. As family victims and friends of those murdered on 9/11 by Muslim terrorists, we have taken it upon ourselves to grade what progress we know has or has not been accomplished on the 9/11 Commission recommendations.
REPORT CARD ON THE 9/11 COMMISSION’S RECOMMENDATIONS
OVERALL GRADE: D+
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REPORT CARD ON THE 9/11 COMMISSION’S RECOMMENDATIONS
OVERALL GRADE: D+
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U.S. man nabbed for smuggling grenade parts | Reuters
U.S. man nabbed for smuggling grenade parts | Reuters: (Reuters) - Mexican police arrested a U.S. man accused of trafficking grenade and gun parts to one of the country's deadliest drug cartels in a sign the gangs could now be making their own weapons, authorities said on Tuesday.
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Ann Coulter, Laura Ingraham Trash Sarah Palin (VIDEO)
Ann Coulter, Laura Ingraham Trash Sarah Palin (VIDEO): Ann Coulter and Laura Ingraham took a series of brutal swipes at Sarah Palin on Tuesday's "O'Reilly Factor."
Ingraham was filling in for Bill O'Reilly, and she and Coulter agreed that Palin has outstayed her welcome.
"She's become sort of the Obama of the Tea Party," Coulter said. "She's just 'The One' to a certain segment of right wingers. And the tiniest criticism of her -- I think many of your viewers may not know this. No conservative on TV will criticize Palin, because they don't want to deal with the hate mail."
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Ingraham was filling in for Bill O'Reilly, and she and Coulter agreed that Palin has outstayed her welcome.
"She's become sort of the Obama of the Tea Party," Coulter said. "She's just 'The One' to a certain segment of right wingers. And the tiniest criticism of her -- I think many of your viewers may not know this. No conservative on TV will criticize Palin, because they don't want to deal with the hate mail."
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ACORN’s Voting Record
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Barack Obama is up to his old tricks again!
He is, once again, READY TO STEAL the next presidential election in 2012!
The Obama campaign’s decision to name its 2012 voter-registration initiative “PROJECT VOTE” – the same name as a group closely linked to the discredited ACORN organization.
ACORN-linked PROJECT VOTE is a Washington, D.C.-based 501(c)3 non-profit organization that supports voter registration drives in “historically underrepresented communities.”
“Project Vote” is the branch of ACORN that’s most notorious for voter fraud. Yet, Mr. Obama has the gall and guts to name his new voter initiative after ACORN. Absolutely unbelievable!
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Barack Obama is up to his old tricks again!
He is, once again, READY TO STEAL the next presidential election in 2012!
The Obama campaign’s decision to name its 2012 voter-registration initiative “PROJECT VOTE” – the same name as a group closely linked to the discredited ACORN organization.
ACORN-linked PROJECT VOTE is a Washington, D.C.-based 501(c)3 non-profit organization that supports voter registration drives in “historically underrepresented communities.”
“Project Vote” is the branch of ACORN that’s most notorious for voter fraud. Yet, Mr. Obama has the gall and guts to name his new voter initiative after ACORN. Absolutely unbelievable!
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Pelosi drops the word 'stimulus' - TheHill.com
Pelosi drops the word 'stimulus' - TheHill.com: Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Democrats have dropped the word "stimulus" from their vocabulary.
Though the House minority leader and her caucus are still pushing an economic stimulus agenda to save the economy, they’ve radically changed their rhetoric with the hope of winning over voters who saw "stimulus" as close to a dirty word.
Democrats are now being careful to frame their job-creation agenda in language excluding references to any stimulus, even though their favored policies for ending the deepest recession since the Great Depression are largely the same.
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Though the House minority leader and her caucus are still pushing an economic stimulus agenda to save the economy, they’ve radically changed their rhetoric with the hope of winning over voters who saw "stimulus" as close to a dirty word.
Democrats are now being careful to frame their job-creation agenda in language excluding references to any stimulus, even though their favored policies for ending the deepest recession since the Great Depression are largely the same.
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Poll: 81% say Obama economic policies not working | Campaign 2012
Poll: 81% say Obama economic policies not working | Campaign 2012: There's a lot of terrible news for President Obama in new polls by the Washington Post-ABC News and the Wall Street Journal-NBC News. The number of Americans who say the country is on the wrong track has risen to its highest level since just before Obama took office -- into what one commentator calls the "incumbent death zone." His job approval rating is down. The number of people who disapprove of his handling of the economy is rocketing upward. And then there is this question, asked by the Post-ABC:
Do you think Obama's economic program is making the economy better, making it worse, or having no real effect?
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Do you think Obama's economic program is making the economy better, making it worse, or having no real effect?
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Democrats fear it’s too late - TheHill.com
Democrats fear it’s too late - TheHill.com: President Obama’s new effort to revive the ailing economy may be too little, too late, according to Democrats and liberal policy experts.
They contend that Obama missed his chance to turn the economy around by November 2012, but still want him to call on Congress to move an aggressive new jobs plan — even if it has little chance of passing.
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They contend that Obama missed his chance to turn the economy around by November 2012, but still want him to call on Congress to move an aggressive new jobs plan — even if it has little chance of passing.
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News from The Associated Press - Survey: US falls to 5th in global competitiveness
News from The Associated Press: GENEVA (AP) -- The U.S. has tumbled further down a global ranking of the world's most competitive economies, landing at fifth place because of its huge deficits and declining public faith in government, a global economic group said Wednesday.
The announcement by the World Economic Forum was the latest bad news for the Obama administration, which has been struggling to boost the sinking U.S. economy and lower an unemployment rate of more than 9 percent.
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The announcement by the World Economic Forum was the latest bad news for the Obama administration, which has been struggling to boost the sinking U.S. economy and lower an unemployment rate of more than 9 percent.
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Hezbollah terrorists reportedly setting up operations base in Cuba | Americas Forum
Hezbollah terrorists reportedly setting up operations base in Cuba | Americas Forum: HAVANA - The Italian daily Corriere della Sera is reporting that Hezbollah is setting up a base of operations in Cuba in order to extend its ability to reach Israeli targets in Latin America, ostensibly to avenge the death of terrorist mastermind Imad Mugniyah.
Mugniyah, a Lebanese-born Hezbollah terrorist leader, was killed in February 2008 by a car bomb. Though it has not been proven who was responsible, it has been reported that several Arab states aided the Israeli Mossad in carrying out the killing.
Mugniyah was believed to have been involved in planning the 1983 Beirut bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks, as well as two attacks on a Jewish synagogue and a community center in Argentina in 1992 and 1994.
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Mugniyah, a Lebanese-born Hezbollah terrorist leader, was killed in February 2008 by a car bomb. Though it has not been proven who was responsible, it has been reported that several Arab states aided the Israeli Mossad in carrying out the killing.
Mugniyah was believed to have been involved in planning the 1983 Beirut bombing of the U.S. Marine barracks, as well as two attacks on a Jewish synagogue and a community center in Argentina in 1992 and 1994.
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How Obama Protects the Teamsters - Page 1 - Michelle Malkin - Townhall Conservative
How Obama Protects the Teamsters - Page 1 - Michelle Malkin - Townhall Conservative: Barack Obama and Jimmy Hoffa are like Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Lady Gaga and hype, the "Jersey Shore" cast and hairspray: inseparable. The president can no more disown the Teamsters Union's leader than he can disown his own id.
At a Labor Day rally in Detroit on Monday before Obama spoke, Hoffa stoked anti-tea party hostility by urging his minions to "take these son of a b*tches out." (Botched grammar added that extra boost of street-gang authenticity to the labor lawyer's threat.) The same civility police on the left who decry any references to crosshairs as incitements to violence are now mute about Hoffa's brass-knuckle rhetoric. The Chicagoans in the White House refuse to comment.
Those calling on Obama to condemn Hoffa's uncivil tone are deluding themselves. The 1.4 million-member Teamsters lifted Obama to power with a coveted endorsement and bottomless campaign coffers funded with coerced member dues. Over the past two decades, the union has donated nearly $25 million to Democrats (compared to $1.8 million for Republicans).
What quid pro quo protection has the Teamsters' money bought? Let us count the ways.
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At a Labor Day rally in Detroit on Monday before Obama spoke, Hoffa stoked anti-tea party hostility by urging his minions to "take these son of a b*tches out." (Botched grammar added that extra boost of street-gang authenticity to the labor lawyer's threat.) The same civility police on the left who decry any references to crosshairs as incitements to violence are now mute about Hoffa's brass-knuckle rhetoric. The Chicagoans in the White House refuse to comment.
Those calling on Obama to condemn Hoffa's uncivil tone are deluding themselves. The 1.4 million-member Teamsters lifted Obama to power with a coveted endorsement and bottomless campaign coffers funded with coerced member dues. Over the past two decades, the union has donated nearly $25 million to Democrats (compared to $1.8 million for Republicans).
What quid pro quo protection has the Teamsters' money bought? Let us count the ways.
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From 9/11 to 2011: Al-Qaida's Battle of Blame - Page 1 - Austin Bay - Townhall Conservative
From 9/11 to 2011: Al-Qaida's Battle of Blame - Page 1 - Austin Bay - Townhall Conservative: Osama bin Laden justified 9/11's great evil on the basis of fixing blame for the Islamic world's cultural and political decline. He was angry with the last seven centuries of history -- history gone wrong for Arab Muslims in particular.
Modernity was at fault, so he despised it. Modernity is a fuzzy notion, but it is definitely an earthly condition that rewards creativity unchecked by clerics and ayatollahs. America is this unbridled modernity's boldest experiment, this modernity al-Qaida approved Islam does not dominate. So in the name of blame he murdered 3,000 people in New York and Washington.
In the decade since 9/11, al-Qaida has lost hundreds of battles (largely at the hands of the U.S. military), but if Arab Spring 2011 is any indication, it is also losing The Battle of Blame. This bodes well for the rest of the 21st century.
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Modernity was at fault, so he despised it. Modernity is a fuzzy notion, but it is definitely an earthly condition that rewards creativity unchecked by clerics and ayatollahs. America is this unbridled modernity's boldest experiment, this modernity al-Qaida approved Islam does not dominate. So in the name of blame he murdered 3,000 people in New York and Washington.
In the decade since 9/11, al-Qaida has lost hundreds of battles (largely at the hands of the U.S. military), but if Arab Spring 2011 is any indication, it is also losing The Battle of Blame. This bodes well for the rest of the 21st century.
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Obama's Schizophrenic Reality - Page 1 - Craig Steiner - Townhall Finance
Obama's Schizophrenic Reality - Page 1 - Craig Steiner - Townhall Finance: The economic news from day to day is like reading a schizophrenic reporting of reality.
Markets engage in a triple-digit rally because Hurricane Irene wasn't as damaging as hyped. Or pundits claim that a strong month of car sales are driving away fears of a double-dip recession (even though the same article indicates such spending is unsustainable with high unemployment).
There is celebration in the markets when second quarter housing prices come in higher than expected despite the fact that there are millions of homes either in or near foreclosure, and despite the fact that the second quarter's sale prices were actually down year-over-year. Some days the market goes up because, allegedly, investors are thinking Europe isn't as bad as was thought. Other days the markets are down on "renewed concern" over Europe's situation.
By reading economic news, one would think the economy is slowly moving away from the financial crisis of 2008.
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Markets engage in a triple-digit rally because Hurricane Irene wasn't as damaging as hyped. Or pundits claim that a strong month of car sales are driving away fears of a double-dip recession (even though the same article indicates such spending is unsustainable with high unemployment).
There is celebration in the markets when second quarter housing prices come in higher than expected despite the fact that there are millions of homes either in or near foreclosure, and despite the fact that the second quarter's sale prices were actually down year-over-year. Some days the market goes up because, allegedly, investors are thinking Europe isn't as bad as was thought. Other days the markets are down on "renewed concern" over Europe's situation.
By reading economic news, one would think the economy is slowly moving away from the financial crisis of 2008.
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Will Leftists' Attempt to Ignite America Create a Spark? - Page 1 - Rachel Marsden - Townhall Conservative
Will Leftists' Attempt to Ignite America Create a Spark? - Page 1 - Rachel Marsden - Townhall Conservative: A "flash point" in law-enforcement terms is "a point at which someone or something bursts suddenly into action or being." One such point sits just ahead on the horizon in America, with various leftists and anarchists preparing to mobilize all their reserves for a burst into action beginning on and around Sept. 17.
The goal appears to be to bring the Arab Spring and European-style mob action stateside. While various websites related to the events call for "peaceful" protests against government and business, the website names contain words such as "rage" and "revolution."
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The goal appears to be to bring the Arab Spring and European-style mob action stateside. While various websites related to the events call for "peaceful" protests against government and business, the website names contain words such as "rage" and "revolution."
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Poll reveals Dems have big, powerful best friend
Poll reveals Dems have big, powerful best friend
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Chris Mathews said he got a "tingle" up his leg watching Barack Obama. Other interviewers routinely hand him softball questions to lob to his constituency and the results are not lost on the American public.
A new poll now reveals that by a nearly 2-1 margin Americans believe that the national news media favor the Democratic Party over the GOP. The bias is clear even to Democrats themselves, because one in five who self-identified with the party admit they are the media's favorite.
The results come from new scientific telephone survey of nearly l,100 respondents conducted Aug. 20-22 with a margin of error of plus or minus 2.93 percentage points. It was done by Wenzel Strategies.
The poll shows that responding to the question, "If you had to say, which major party do you think the national news media favor in their political coverage?" 46.4 percent identified the Democrats while 23.4 identified the GOP. Another 30.3 percent said neither party.
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Four Ways Obama Has Blocked Job Growth
Four Ways Obama Has Blocked Job Growth: Wonder who’s to blame for today’s stagnant economy? Look no further than 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue to see where the buck ought to stop. Though President Barack Obama constantly points fingers at others for America’s economic woes, his policies are to blame for preventing the U.S. economy from getting back on track. Before you watch President Obama present his latest jobs plan in his speech on Thursday, be sure you know the four major measures he has taken to prevent job growth in America:
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Obama’s Jobs Speech is D.O.A.
Obama’s Jobs Speech is D.O.A.: Not only is President Obama’s forthcoming “jobs” speech a self-inflicted embarrassment when he was told he could not deliver it to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday—the first time any President was refused the day and time of his choosing—but it is essentially D.O.A.; dead on arrival.
Every one who has had to endure the last two and a half years of Barack Hussein Obama knows he has no idea how to “create” any jobs other than government jobs or how to cut through the Gordian knot of Washington’s regulatory and taxation bureaucracy. For starters, since taking office his administration has accelerated regulations more than the entire two terms of the man he blames for his problems.
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Every one who has had to endure the last two and a half years of Barack Hussein Obama knows he has no idea how to “create” any jobs other than government jobs or how to cut through the Gordian knot of Washington’s regulatory and taxation bureaucracy. For starters, since taking office his administration has accelerated regulations more than the entire two terms of the man he blames for his problems.
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Mother Faces Charges Over Son’s Laughing In Library « CBS Atlanta
Mother Faces Charges Over Son’s Laughing In Library « CBS Atlanta: Atlanta (WAOK)– A trial date has been set for a 20-year-old single mother who was arrested after her son made laughing noises while in a Decatur library.
Donnetta Foster was thrown out of the library after she said her 14-month-old son, Savon, made a laughing noise while looking at an animal flash card in October 2010. Ms. Foster was a full-time student at Georgia Perimeter studying Business Administration when the incident happened. She told police she was at the Decatur branch of the DeKalb County library using the computers to look for employment when her son began laughing. Police were called and she was asked to leave.
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Donnetta Foster was thrown out of the library after she said her 14-month-old son, Savon, made a laughing noise while looking at an animal flash card in October 2010. Ms. Foster was a full-time student at Georgia Perimeter studying Business Administration when the incident happened. She told police she was at the Decatur branch of the DeKalb County library using the computers to look for employment when her son began laughing. Police were called and she was asked to leave.
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67 Shot in NYC Labor Day Weekend Gunfire | NBC New York
67 Shot in NYC Labor Day Weekend Gunfire | NBC New York: Three people were killed and two police officers were wounded in a shooting a few blocks from the annual West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn, capping a violent holiday weekend in which nearly 70 people were injured by gunfire.
Updated statistics obtained by NBC New York on Tuesday show that at least 67 people were shot between 12 a.m. Friday and 11:59 p.m. Monday. That includes nine on Friday, 10 on Saturday, 33 on Sunday and 15 on Monday.
Preliminary numbers indicate as many as 10 were killed.
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Updated statistics obtained by NBC New York on Tuesday show that at least 67 people were shot between 12 a.m. Friday and 11:59 p.m. Monday. That includes nine on Friday, 10 on Saturday, 33 on Sunday and 15 on Monday.
Preliminary numbers indicate as many as 10 were killed.
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Jerome Corsi on WABC Radio: Obama's Forged Birth Certificate & Tax Fraud - YouTube
Jerome Corsi on WABC Radio: Obama's Forged Birth Certificate & Tax Fraud - YouTube
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Mayor Bloomberg: 9/11 site shouldn't be called Ground Zero | Reuters
Mayor Bloomberg: 9/11 site shouldn't be called Ground Zero | Reuters: People should stop calling the site of the September 11 attacks "Ground Zero," New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Tuesday, urging Americans to move past a term long linked with the World Trade Center's twin towers destruction.
"We will never forget the devastation of the area that came to be known as ground zero. Never. But the time has come to call those 16 acres what they are: The World Trade Center and the National September 11 Memorial and Museum," Bloomberg said in a speech on the rebuilding of lower Manhattan.
Ground Zero originated as a term to describe the site of a nuclear explosion and later was used to refer to the point of any dramatic or violent event.
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"We will never forget the devastation of the area that came to be known as ground zero. Never. But the time has come to call those 16 acres what they are: The World Trade Center and the National September 11 Memorial and Museum," Bloomberg said in a speech on the rebuilding of lower Manhattan.
Ground Zero originated as a term to describe the site of a nuclear explosion and later was used to refer to the point of any dramatic or violent event.
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Sultan Knish a blog by Daniel Greenfield
Sultan Knish a blog by Daniel Greenfield: Anyone who cared to dig through the graveyards of Sudan already knew that Muslims mattered more than Africans to us. The sky full of jets that we dispatched to bomb Yugoslavia on behalf of Muslim terrorists never clouded the skies of Khartoum. But they did show up to bomb Tripoli so that Islamist thugs could begin torturing and murdering Africans.
Most still process Obama as an African-American, but while his father was from Africa and he spent part of his life in America-- he is not African-American, because he is not the conjunction of the two. His heritage was Muslim, and so was his Indonesian upbringing at the hands of one of the participants in the genocide of East Timor Christians.
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Most still process Obama as an African-American, but while his father was from Africa and he spent part of his life in America-- he is not African-American, because he is not the conjunction of the two. His heritage was Muslim, and so was his Indonesian upbringing at the hands of one of the participants in the genocide of East Timor Christians.
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That day. That horrific day. Remembering September 11, 2001. « Estote Parati
That day. That horrific day. Remembering September 11, 2001. « Estote Parati:
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That day. That horrific day.
September 11, 2001 was a day like many others where we all got up and went about our business on a beautiful sunny fall day. We were completely unaware of the sickening plot that 19 homicidal maniacs were about to unleash upon our nation.
On that beautiful morning, our friends, colleagues and family members boarded planes to go to work, see family, go on vacation:
0759: AA 11 took off from Logan Airport en route to LAX with 92 passengers and crew
0801: UAL 93 took off from Newark en route to San Francisco with 44 passengers and crew.
0814: UAL 175 took off from Logan Airport – also en route to LAX with 65 passengers and crew.
0820: AA 77 took off from Washington Dulles en route to LAX with 64 passengers and crew.
That beautiful morning, tens of thousands of people went about their business in NYC at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in Virginia. Then, the unthinkable started. That beautiful morning turned into one of the most horrific and sad days in our country’s history:
0846: AA 11 is flown into WTC 1 (North Tower). All passengers and many people in WTC 1 are instantly murdered
0903: UAL 175 is flown into WTC 2 (South Tower). All passengers and many people in WTC 2 are also instantly murdered.
0937: AA 77 is flown into the side of the Pentagon. All passengers and 125 people in the Pentagon are instantly murdered.
0959: WTC 2 collapses. Instantly killing hundreds of people.
1003: UAL 93 is crashed into a field in Shanksville, PA after a heroic effort by passengers to take back control of the plane. Forty people are instantly murdered.
1028: WTC 1 collapses. Instantly killing hundreds more people.
That day. That horrific day 343 firefighters, 23 NYPD officers and 37 Port Authority Police rushed in to do their job and go where others were fleeing. They all died.
That day. That horrific day 2819 innocent souls were lost and barely 10% of their bodies were found intact.
That day. That profoundly sad day over 3000 children lost a parent and over 1600 lost a spouse or partner.
That day. We, America the beautiful, wiped away our tears, grabbed each other’s hands and came together to heal the emotional and physical wounds.
That day, America showed that you can break our hearts, but you can’t break our spirit. We will come back, and we’ll come back stronger than ever.
That day, America vowed to NEVER let this happen again!
That day. Our flag flew proudly all around the country. We were the UNITED States of America. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness were not going to be destroyed.
Since that day, we will also NEVER forget the over 6000 brave men and women who gave their lives fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan or the over 45000 wounded in action.
Let us give thanks to all who we lost and all who sacrificed to defend our freedom and liberty!
That day. That horrific day. We will NEVER EVER forget!
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Despite White House Protests, Stimulus Still Cost Taxpayers $278,000 Per Job | The Weekly Standard
Despite White House Protests, Stimulus Still Cost Taxpayers $278,000 Per Job | The Weekly Standard: On Sunday, I noted that an estimate from President Obama’s own economists shows that the economic “stimulus” has cost taxpayers $278,000 per job and that, without the “stimulus,” 288,000 additional jobs would have been added or saved over the past six months. Yesterday, the White House fired back. But its response further confirms that a large portion of “stimulus” spending has done nothing whatsoever to create jobs — and that the “stimulus” is now working in reverse, causing the economy to shed jobs.
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RightChange: Why The Stimulus Recovery Is NOT Working - Right Change
RightChange: Why The Stimulus Recovery Is NOT Working - Right Change: President Obama has been hard at work promoting his new jobs plan that he has not even delivered yet after he sent a frustrated email to supporters asking them to pressure Congress to pass his jobs plan. The preview into his new jobs package indicated that it’s another failed stimulus plan. His plan calls for billions of dollars in more spending on transportation, construction, education, energy, and extension of unemployment benefits. Sound familiar? It should.
According to DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the results of the stimulus were successful and turned the economy around:
"Well, the Republicans who think the Recovery Act (stimulus) didn't work are simply wrong… So the Republicans can't make up their own facts. The bottom line is the Recovery Act had an impact."
It may have had an impact but it was not a positive one.
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According to DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the results of the stimulus were successful and turned the economy around:
"Well, the Republicans who think the Recovery Act (stimulus) didn't work are simply wrong… So the Republicans can't make up their own facts. The bottom line is the Recovery Act had an impact."
It may have had an impact but it was not a positive one.
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Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Who’s next? « Nobarack08's Weblog
Who’s next? « Nobarack08's Weblog: The Obama weapon mass destruction, had begun inflicting its world-wide damage to human civilization to his puppet-masters even before the election of 2008.
Recall that the Obama WND’s first address to the world was in Cairo,Egypt, the same speech that the Obama WMD lied aboutUShistory and claimed that there was any Muslim’s influence on this nation. Out right lying and pandering to the radical Islamic extremists was what this was all about. Obama WND’s false face in pretending to be a friend ofEgypt’s President Mubarak, as seen below.
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Recall that the Obama WND’s first address to the world was in Cairo,Egypt, the same speech that the Obama WMD lied aboutUShistory and claimed that there was any Muslim’s influence on this nation. Out right lying and pandering to the radical Islamic extremists was what this was all about. Obama WND’s false face in pretending to be a friend ofEgypt’s President Mubarak, as seen below.
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DeMint: Obama Treats Congress ‘Like Children’ - By Robert Costa - The Corner - National Review Online
DeMint: Obama Treats Congress ‘Like Children’ - By Robert Costa - The Corner - National Review Online: Columbia, S.C. – Sen. Jim DeMint tells National Review Online that he is tired of being treated like a child by President Obama.
“He believes people are stupid, or at least not smart enough to catch onto him,” DeMint says, shaking his head, days before the president unveils his jobs plan. “In some ways, to position himself as a leader, he calls us all in like children in the Congress, coming over to announce his jobs program. At least the implications, the subtleties there, suggest he’s leading us. That’s what he’s trying to do. But from a businessman’s perspective, it’s really intolerable.”
“He’s going to put some things out there and dare Republicans to block it,” DeMint predicts. “If we agree with it, then we own it with him. If we block it, then he can blame us when the economy doesn’t get better. So he’s playing a game with this. And he’s going to try to radicalize Republicans by calling us tea-party Republicans.”
“That’s going to be his strategy,” DeMint says. “He can’t run on his record. So it’s got to be psychological warfare, demonizing the Tea Party, creating a boogeyman.”
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“He believes people are stupid, or at least not smart enough to catch onto him,” DeMint says, shaking his head, days before the president unveils his jobs plan. “In some ways, to position himself as a leader, he calls us all in like children in the Congress, coming over to announce his jobs program. At least the implications, the subtleties there, suggest he’s leading us. That’s what he’s trying to do. But from a businessman’s perspective, it’s really intolerable.”
“He’s going to put some things out there and dare Republicans to block it,” DeMint predicts. “If we agree with it, then we own it with him. If we block it, then he can blame us when the economy doesn’t get better. So he’s playing a game with this. And he’s going to try to radicalize Republicans by calling us tea-party Republicans.”
“That’s going to be his strategy,” DeMint says. “He can’t run on his record. So it’s got to be psychological warfare, demonizing the Tea Party, creating a boogeyman.”
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Exclusive Report: Documents indicate ATF, FBI allowed Indiana ‘crime gun’ sales - National gun rights | Examiner.com
Exclusive Report: Documents indicate ATF, FBI allowed Indiana ‘crime gun’ sales - National gun rights | Examiner.com: The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has acknowledged an Indiana dealer’s cooperation in conducting straw purchases at the direction of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Exclusive documents obtained by Gun Rights Examiner show the dealer cooperated with ATF by selling guns to straw purchasers, and that bureau management later asserted these guns were being traced to crimes.
From the confidential source providing the documents:
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Michelle Malkin » Fast and Furious update: And now…Project Grenadewalker?!; Plus: The Indiana story
Michelle Malkin » Fast and Furious update: And now…Project Grenadewalker?!; Plus: The Indiana story
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The truth is still seeping out, despite Team Obama’s best efforts to cover up and shut up the Fast and Furious whistle-blowers.
Last week, we noted the latest evidence that the scandal went straight to the top and chronicled the desperate dance of the lemons. In discussing the quiet resignation of U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke in Phoenix, I talked with NRA News’s Cam Edwards about Burke’s transparent attempt at liability avoidance.
Today, the WSJ spotlights the Phoenix USAO’s botched handling of an Arizona man accused of supplying grenades to a Mexican drug cartel. Business Insider provides a closer look (h/t William Amos):
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Melson out-Holder digs in: 1700+ violations of the Export Control Act? | Foreign Policy Blogs
Melson out-Holder digs in: 1700+ violations of the Export Control Act? | Foreign Policy Blogs: Ok. Now we’re into it.
Administration top dogs have thrown ATF Director Ken Melson and US Attorney for Arizona Dennis Burke under the truck.In firefighting, they call it a ‘controlled burn,’ torching a perimeter of just enough man-made flame to meet and beat the advance of a wildfire impervious to less-drastic solutions.
Good luck, gentlemen.
The House Oversight Committee’s investigation into the DOJ/ATF gun-running operation known as Fast and Furious is roaring through the halls of Congress, and despite DOJ’s efforts to spin the story every which way but up, Representative Darrell Issa (R-Calif) and Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) are on a trail insiders whisper may lead investigators all the way to the top.
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Administration top dogs have thrown ATF Director Ken Melson and US Attorney for Arizona Dennis Burke under the truck.In firefighting, they call it a ‘controlled burn,’ torching a perimeter of just enough man-made flame to meet and beat the advance of a wildfire impervious to less-drastic solutions.
Good luck, gentlemen.
The House Oversight Committee’s investigation into the DOJ/ATF gun-running operation known as Fast and Furious is roaring through the halls of Congress, and despite DOJ’s efforts to spin the story every which way but up, Representative Darrell Issa (R-Calif) and Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) are on a trail insiders whisper may lead investigators all the way to the top.
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Source: ATF Gunwalker case to be transferred out of Arizona - CBS News Investigates - CBS News
Source: ATF Gunwalker case to be transferred out of Arizona - CBS News Investigates - CBS News: In a move that signals more trouble for the US Attorney's office in Arizona, sources tells CBS News the Department of Justice is transferring two controversial weapons cases and a murder case to other districts. The cases are the Fast and Furious "gunwalker" case, a major grenade case, and the murder of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry. "The Department of Justice is giving a no-confidence vote to the US Attorney's office in Arizona," says one law enforcement source.
Both weapons cases involve the trafficking to drug cartels in Mexico. In both instances, ATF agents accuse the lead prosecutor in Phoenix of wrongfully allowing suspects to remain on the street as they continued to traffic weapons without interdiction. The Justice Department did not confirm the case transfers, and provided no immediate comment.
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Both weapons cases involve the trafficking to drug cartels in Mexico. In both instances, ATF agents accuse the lead prosecutor in Phoenix of wrongfully allowing suspects to remain on the street as they continued to traffic weapons without interdiction. The Justice Department did not confirm the case transfers, and provided no immediate comment.
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Bring Out Your Dead - UBS Quantifies Costs Of Euro Break Up, Warns Of Collapse Of Banking System And Civil War | ZeroHedge
Bring Out Your Dead - UBS Quantifies Costs Of Euro Break Up, Warns Of Collapse Of Banking System And Civil War | ZeroHedge: Any time a major bank releases a report saying a given course of action is too costly, too prohibitive, too blonde, or simply too impossible, it is nearly guaranteed that that is precisely the course of action about to be undertaken. Which is why all non-euro skeptics are advised to shield their eyes and look away from the just released report by UBS (of surging 3 Month USD Libor rate fame) titled "Euro Break Up - The Consequences." UBS conveniently sets up the straw man as follows: "Under the current structure and with the current membership, the Euro does not work. Either the current structure will have to change, or the current membership will have to change." So far so good. Yet where it gets scary is when UBS quantifies the actual opportunity cost to one or more countries leaving the Euro. Notably Germany.
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In Euro Zone, Banking Fear Feeds on Itself - NYTimes.com
In Euro Zone, Banking Fear Feeds on Itself - NYTimes.com: Remember the collapse of Lehman Brothers? Europeans certainly do.
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As Europe struggles to contain its government debt crisis, the greatest fear is that one of the Continent’s major banks may fail, setting off a financial panic like the one sparked by Lehman’s bankruptcy in September 2008.
European policy makers, determined to avoid such a catastrophe, are prepared to use hundreds of billions of euros of bailout money to prevent any major bank from failing.
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Poll: The Obama Popularity Plummet Continues | The Blog on Obama: White House Dossier
Poll: The Obama Popularity Plummet Continues | The Blog on Obama: White House Dossier: The Washington Post and ABC News are out this morning with another dreadful poll for Obama, the kind that spur speculation that he’ll just quit and let Hillary run.
He won’t, of course. He still thinks he has magical powers. He’ll need them.
As you can see from the graphic below, the numbers are as bad as you would expect, but a couple of things pop out.
First of all, just about as many people – 77 percent – think the country is going in the wrong direction as did when Obama assumed office in January 2009. There’s no way to spin this. It’s a stunning failure.
And an incredible 81 percent of Americans think the Obama economic program has not worked – that it either has had no effect, or that it has actually made things worse.
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He won’t, of course. He still thinks he has magical powers. He’ll need them.
As you can see from the graphic below, the numbers are as bad as you would expect, but a couple of things pop out.
First of all, just about as many people – 77 percent – think the country is going in the wrong direction as did when Obama assumed office in January 2009. There’s no way to spin this. It’s a stunning failure.
And an incredible 81 percent of Americans think the Obama economic program has not worked – that it either has had no effect, or that it has actually made things worse.
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WH Take on GOP: Enemies! Barbarians! Sons of Bitches! | The Blog on Obama: White House Dossier
WH Take on GOP: Enemies! Barbarians! Sons of Bitches! | The Blog on Obama: White House Dossier: You all knew already that all the stuff out of the White House about working with Republicans and respecting others’ views was garbage, didn’t you?
I didn’t have to tell you that. I read your comments here. You can spot fraudulence a mile away.
As of this writing, neither Vice President Biden’s referral Monday to Republicans as “barbarians” nor Teamster’s President Jimmy Hoffa’s airing of his view that Republicans are “sons of bitches” have been renounced by the White House.
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I didn’t have to tell you that. I read your comments here. You can spot fraudulence a mile away.
As of this writing, neither Vice President Biden’s referral Monday to Republicans as “barbarians” nor Teamster’s President Jimmy Hoffa’s airing of his view that Republicans are “sons of bitches” have been renounced by the White House.
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The Ulsterman Report: As Predicted, Obama’s Race Based Union Thuggery Campaign Now Underway | Socyberty
The Ulsterman Report: As Predicted, Obama’s Race Based Union Thuggery Campaign Now Underway | Socyberty: With James Hoffa Jr’s open declaration of war as Barack Obama’s army to "take those sons of bitches out", the predicted race-war politics with a strong assist from labor unions is now officially underway.
“…You think the race card has been played up before? Just wait. 2012 is gonna be the most brutal political cycle we have ever witnessed. Ever.
“…Don’t you understand it then? How race – that very thing that pulled his ass out of the fire back in 2008 – that’s the plan for 2012. But even more of it. They got an entire plan to utilize it. Targeting certain states. A media campaign. Use it as a weapon against prospective opponents”
“…Yes. It’s in place and underway – being developed. Further developed. It’s gonna – gonna tie it in with the unions somehow. I don’t know exactly how – just that’s included in it. It will be an all out campaign on race. The goal is to completely mobilize the Black vote while shaming an even greater number of white voters into not opposing a second Obama term.”
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“…You think the race card has been played up before? Just wait. 2012 is gonna be the most brutal political cycle we have ever witnessed. Ever.
“…Don’t you understand it then? How race – that very thing that pulled his ass out of the fire back in 2008 – that’s the plan for 2012. But even more of it. They got an entire plan to utilize it. Targeting certain states. A media campaign. Use it as a weapon against prospective opponents”
“…Yes. It’s in place and underway – being developed. Further developed. It’s gonna – gonna tie it in with the unions somehow. I don’t know exactly how – just that’s included in it. It will be an all out campaign on race. The goal is to completely mobilize the Black vote while shaming an even greater number of white voters into not opposing a second Obama term.”
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The Associated Press: Poll: OK to trade some freedoms to fight terrorism
The Associated Press: Poll: OK to trade some freedoms to fight terrorism: WASHINGTON (AP) — Surveillance cameras in public places? Sure. Body scans at airports? Maybe. Snooping in personal email? Not so fast.
The same Americans who are increasingly splashing their personal lives across Facebook and Twitter trace a meandering path when asked where the government should draw the line between protecting civil liberties and pursuing terrorism.
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The same Americans who are increasingly splashing their personal lives across Facebook and Twitter trace a meandering path when asked where the government should draw the line between protecting civil liberties and pursuing terrorism.
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Wasserman Schultz attacks Fox, ducks Hoffa - Mackenzie Weinger - POLITICO.com
Wasserman Schultz attacks Fox, ducks Hoffa - Mackenzie Weinger - POLITICO.com: In a heated exchanged, Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz repeatedly ducked questions on “Fox and Friends” Tuesday about Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa’s call for workers to combat the tea party and “take these son-of-a-bitches out.”
Wasserman Schultz tried to turn the tables on Fox and called out their news coverage, while refusing to address Hoffa’s remarks at President Barack Obama’s Monday rally in Detroit where he called on workers to wage war on the tea party.
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Wasserman Schultz tried to turn the tables on Fox and called out their news coverage, while refusing to address Hoffa’s remarks at President Barack Obama’s Monday rally in Detroit where he called on workers to wage war on the tea party.
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Michelle Malkin » Flashback: Obama vowed to end federal probe of Teamsters corruption
Michelle Malkin » Flashback: Obama vowed to end federal probe of Teamsters corruption: The White House is still refusing to comment on Jimmy Hoffa’s profane, threatening warm-up speech before President Obama’s Labor Day gig in Detroit yesterday.
They’ve got each other’s back.
Here’s a flashback from May 2008 that you may remember.
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They’ve got each other’s back.
Here’s a flashback from May 2008 that you may remember.
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SolarGate - Investors.com
SolarGate - Investors.com: Corruption: A top bundler and major investor in a now-bankrupt green company made multiple White House visits before he got a guaranteed stimulus loan that the administration monitored to ensure it was granted.
During the Clinton administration, when the Lincoln Bedroom in the White House became a favorite place for campaign contributors to rest their weary wallets, the infamous Johnny Chung made the observation that the White House was like a subway turnstile. You put your token in and you got inside.
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During the Clinton administration, when the Lincoln Bedroom in the White House became a favorite place for campaign contributors to rest their weary wallets, the infamous Johnny Chung made the observation that the White House was like a subway turnstile. You put your token in and you got inside.
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Confederate Yankee: Obama's DOJ Let Cartel Bombmaker Walk
Confederate Yankee: Obama's DOJ Let Cartel Bombmaker Walk: Jean Baptiste Kingery seems to be yet another thug that took advantage of the Obama Administration's criminal stimulus package for the southwest, building grenades and IEDs for the Sinaloa cartel.
So what did the Department of Justice do when they caught him. They released him free as a bird within hours.
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So what did the Department of Justice do when they caught him. They released him free as a bird within hours.
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Pajamas Media » Gunwalker Explodes into the Heartland
Pajamas Media » Gunwalker Explodes into the Heartland: If the reassignment of ATF officials in recent weeks and the abrupt resignation of U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke were attempts by the Department of Justice and the Obama administration to cover up the Gunwalker scandal, they have failed, miserably.
Now they are saddled by yet another claim of retaliation against a whistleblower and new revelations that gunwalking was far more lethal and widespread that originally thought.
David Codrea of the Examiner has been at the forefront of the investigation, and reveals that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) and FBI — two of the agencies that played key rolls in Operation Fast and Furious — conducted a remarkably similar operation … in Indiana.
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Now they are saddled by yet another claim of retaliation against a whistleblower and new revelations that gunwalking was far more lethal and widespread that originally thought.
David Codrea of the Examiner has been at the forefront of the investigation, and reveals that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) and FBI — two of the agencies that played key rolls in Operation Fast and Furious — conducted a remarkably similar operation … in Indiana.
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Jay Carney | Barack Obama | James Hoffa remarks | Mediaite
Jay Carney | Barack Obama | James Hoffa remarks | Mediaite: In the hours since the Jimmy Hoffa Voter Encouragement Crisis/Incendiary Rhetorapocalypse, conservative media figures have looked to the White House to provide some becalming wisdom to a shaken nation. At Tuesday’s White House briefing, ABC’s Jake Tapper asked Press Secretary Jay Carney how Hoffa’s comments fit with the President’s post-Tucson remarks in January.
In case you missed it, Teamsters president James Hoffa (not Jr.) told the crowd at a presidential Labor Day event ““Everybody here’s got a vote,” Hoffa said Monday. “If we go back and we keep the eye on the prize. let’s take these sonofabitches out and give America back to America where we belong.”
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In case you missed it, Teamsters president James Hoffa (not Jr.) told the crowd at a presidential Labor Day event ““Everybody here’s got a vote,” Hoffa said Monday. “If we go back and we keep the eye on the prize. let’s take these sonofabitches out and give America back to America where we belong.”
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Advice Goddess Blog: It shouldn't be emotionally easy, earning a living by violating people's rights.
On March 31st, when I came through the metal detector and realized that everyone in the TSA line to my United flight was getting searched, I got teary. I was teary at the prospect of being touched by a government worker -- entirely without probable cause. I was very upset, both because of the physical violation and because I love our now too-often-crumpled-up Constitution and Bill of Rights.
I can hold back the tears...hang tough...but as I was made to "assume the position" on a rubber mat like a common criminal, I thought fast. I decided that these TSA lackeys who serve the government in violating our rights just don't deserve my quiet compliance. And no, I won't go through the scanner (do you trust the government that they're safe?) and allow a government employee to see me naked in the course of normal and totally ordinary business travel: flying from Los Angeles to Binghamton, New York, to attend an evolutionary psychology conference for my work.
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On March 31st, when I came through the metal detector and realized that everyone in the TSA line to my United flight was getting searched, I got teary. I was teary at the prospect of being touched by a government worker -- entirely without probable cause. I was very upset, both because of the physical violation and because I love our now too-often-crumpled-up Constitution and Bill of Rights.
I can hold back the tears...hang tough...but as I was made to "assume the position" on a rubber mat like a common criminal, I thought fast. I decided that these TSA lackeys who serve the government in violating our rights just don't deserve my quiet compliance. And no, I won't go through the scanner (do you trust the government that they're safe?) and allow a government employee to see me naked in the course of normal and totally ordinary business travel: flying from Los Angeles to Binghamton, New York, to attend an evolutionary psychology conference for my work.
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Female Blogger Threatened With Defamation Suit For Blogging About TSA 'Rape' - Forbes
Female Blogger Threatened With Defamation Suit For Blogging About TSA 'Rape' - Forbes: Attacking the TSA for its privacy-invasive screening procedures has become a favorite activity for many journalists, especially Matt Drudge. TSA horror stories are often featured prominently on The Drudge Report and he has taken to calling Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (of which the TSA is a part) “Big Sis.”
Napolitano, who doesn’t think Drudge “means [the nickname] kindly” said at a recent Politico event that Drudge is wrong in describing DHS programs as Orwellian and that “the privacy impact of new airport screening technology and similar programs are thoroughly vetted before they are implemented,” in Josh Gerstein’s words.
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Napolitano, who doesn’t think Drudge “means [the nickname] kindly” said at a recent Politico event that Drudge is wrong in describing DHS programs as Orwellian and that “the privacy impact of new airport screening technology and similar programs are thoroughly vetted before they are implemented,” in Josh Gerstein’s words.
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More restaurants are targeting customers who use food stamps – USATODAY.com
More restaurants are targeting customers who use food stamps – USATODAY.com: The number of businesses approved to accept food stamps grew by a third from 2005 to 2010, U.S. Department of Agriculture records show, as vendors from convenience and dollar discount stores to gas stations and pharmacies increasingly joined the growing entitlement program.
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CEOs to Obama: 'Get Out of the Way' for Job Growth - CNBC
CEOs to Obama: 'Get Out of the Way' for Job Growth - CNBC: President Obama's highly-anticipated jobs package will be unveiled Thursday in front of Congress.
Ahead of the economic speech, an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll showed Obama's overall job approval rating at a low of 44 percent, down 3 percentage points since July, while his handling of the economy stands at 37 percent.
We asked several CEOs leading up to the speech what bold steps Obama could take to reduce the 9.1 percent unemployment rate.
John Schiller, chairman and CEO of Energy XXI, said "if the government would get out of the way, from a regulation standpoint, and let us [XXI] do what we do good you'll see us continue to hire and grow this economy."
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Ahead of the economic speech, an NBC/Wall Street Journal poll showed Obama's overall job approval rating at a low of 44 percent, down 3 percentage points since July, while his handling of the economy stands at 37 percent.
We asked several CEOs leading up to the speech what bold steps Obama could take to reduce the 9.1 percent unemployment rate.
John Schiller, chairman and CEO of Energy XXI, said "if the government would get out of the way, from a regulation standpoint, and let us [XXI] do what we do good you'll see us continue to hire and grow this economy."
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Ron Paul to attack Rick Perry in new ad - Dan Hirschhorn - POLITICO.com
Ron Paul to attack Rick Perry in new ad - Dan Hirschhorn - POLITICO.com: Ron Paul is taking on Rick Perry in a new television ad blasting the Texas governor for for supporting Al Gore’s 1988 presidential campaign, POLITICO has learned.
The 60-second spot, backed by a six-figure ad buy — the first negative ad attacking Perry to come directly out of a Republican campaign this primary season — contrasts Paul’s endorsement of Ronald Reagan in 1980 with Perry’s role as the Texas chairman for Gore’s first presidential campaign.
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The 60-second spot, backed by a six-figure ad buy — the first negative ad attacking Perry to come directly out of a Republican campaign this primary season — contrasts Paul’s endorsement of Ronald Reagan in 1980 with Perry’s role as the Texas chairman for Gore’s first presidential campaign.
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More Republicans skipping Obama’s jobs speech | The Ticket - Yahoo! News
More Republicans skipping Obama’s jobs speech | The Ticket - Yahoo! News: When President Obama delivers his address on a new job-creation plan to a joint session of Congress on Thursday, he won't be speaking to a sold-out crowd. Several lawmakers are still determining whether it is worth their time to stay in Washington to hear the president, and some are already planning to skip it.
Republican Rep. Paul Broun of Georgia is the latest to announce that he will not be attending, and will instead watch the speech from his office across the street. During the speech, Broun will post his comments about Obama's remarks on Twitter, a tradition he keeps during State of the Union addresses.
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Republican Rep. Paul Broun of Georgia is the latest to announce that he will not be attending, and will instead watch the speech from his office across the street. During the speech, Broun will post his comments about Obama's remarks on Twitter, a tradition he keeps during State of the Union addresses.
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» 10 Facts That Prove Big Sis Is Wrong, Drudge Is Right Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!
» 10 Facts That Prove Big Sis Is Wrong, Drudge Is Right Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!: Janet Napolitano’s contention that Matt Drudge is “just wrong” about privacy worries surrounding airport screening technology is completely at odds with the facts, which illustrate how the DHS has been caught time and time again lying about both privacy and health issues in a transparent ploy to undermine genuine concerns.
“I think that what he means is we are watching too much—kind of an Orwellian view. He’s just wrong. I mean, he’s just wrong,” Napolitano told Politico, labeling privacy concerns “overblown”.
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“I think that what he means is we are watching too much—kind of an Orwellian view. He’s just wrong. I mean, he’s just wrong,” Napolitano told Politico, labeling privacy concerns “overblown”.
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Janet Napolitano: Drudge is 'just wrong' on privacy - Josh Gerstein - POLITICO.com
Janet Napolitano: Drudge is 'just wrong' on privacy - Josh Gerstein - POLITICO.com: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is calling out web news aggregator Matt Drudge for suggesting that she's an ogre eager to invade the privacy of Americans and in particular those who travel by air.
"I think my nickname is 'Big Sis.' I don't think he means it kindly, actually," Napolitano said Tuesday, accurately recalling the moniker that often accompanies scary-looking photos of her on Drudge's popular news site.
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"I think my nickname is 'Big Sis.' I don't think he means it kindly, actually," Napolitano said Tuesday, accurately recalling the moniker that often accompanies scary-looking photos of her on Drudge's popular news site.
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Napolitano Confronts Drudge Report over ‘Orwellian…Big Sis’ View - ABC News
Napolitano Confronts Drudge Report over ‘Orwellian…Big Sis’ View - ABC News: Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Matt Drudge is “just wrong” for dubbing her “Big Sis” on his Drudge Report website, and defended DHS’s efforts to respect people’s civil liberties while protecting against terrorist attacks.
“I don’t think he means it kindly,” Napolitano said, when asked about the nickname today during an event sponsored by Politico. “I think that what he means is that we are watching too much; kind of an Orwellian view. And he’s just wrong.”
Although Homeland Security does have a vast intelligence architecture at Customs and Border Protection, TSA, Immigration Customs Enforcement, the Coast Guard and Secret Service, Napolitano dismissed any privacy concerns.
“We’re always striking that balance,” between security and liberty, Napolitano said.
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“I don’t think he means it kindly,” Napolitano said, when asked about the nickname today during an event sponsored by Politico. “I think that what he means is that we are watching too much; kind of an Orwellian view. And he’s just wrong.”
Although Homeland Security does have a vast intelligence architecture at Customs and Border Protection, TSA, Immigration Customs Enforcement, the Coast Guard and Secret Service, Napolitano dismissed any privacy concerns.
“We’re always striking that balance,” between security and liberty, Napolitano said.
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Gallup: Uninsured Have Increased Under Obama and Since Obamacare Was Enacted | CNSnews.com
Gallup: Uninsured Have Increased Under Obama and Since Obamacare Was Enacted | CNSnews.com: (CNSNews.com) - The percentage of American adults who lack health insurance coverage has not only increased during the presidency of Barack Obama, but it has continued to increase since Obama signed his signature piece of legislation last year mandating that by 2014 every American carry health insurance, according to a Gallup survey released today.
In 2008, when George W. Bush was president, according to Gallup, 14.9 percent of adult residents of the United States lacked health insurance coverage. That increased to 16.2 percent in 2009, the year that Obama was inaugurated, and to 16.4 percent in 2010, the year that Obama signed his law requiring that all Americans have health insurance.
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In 2008, when George W. Bush was president, according to Gallup, 14.9 percent of adult residents of the United States lacked health insurance coverage. That increased to 16.2 percent in 2009, the year that Obama was inaugurated, and to 16.4 percent in 2010, the year that Obama signed his law requiring that all Americans have health insurance.
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Pelsoi: GOP wants to ‘Destroy Government’, Wonders 'Do Their Children Breathe Air?’ | CNSnews.com
Pelsoi: GOP wants to ‘Destroy Government’, Wonders 'Do Their Children Breathe Air?’ | CNSnews.com: (CNSNews.com) - During a Democratic fundraising event in San Francisco late last month, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D- Calif.) declared Republicans are ‘hijacking’ the deficit issue in order to ‘destroy the public space’ and wondered aloud “Do their children breathe air?”
An audience member recorded Pelosi’s address at the August 21, 2011 fundraiser where the California Democrat attacked Republicans on the deficit.
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An audience member recorded Pelosi’s address at the August 21, 2011 fundraiser where the California Democrat attacked Republicans on the deficit.
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Here is Aga Khan/Rick Perry Curriculum: Scrubbed from Web, Cache Scrubbed from Google Search - Atlas Shrugs
Here is Aga Khan/Rick Perry Curriculum: Scrubbed from Web, Cache Scrubbed from Google Search - Atlas Shrugs: In one of my first posts on the controversial Aga Khan/Perry school curriculum on Islam for Texas public schools, I published the links (URLs) to the Muslim Histories and Cultures Program (MHC). The MHC page said proudly: "In April 2004, the Aga Khan Foundation (AKF) and UT-Austin finalized a grant proposal that created the partnership that became known as the Muslim Histories and Cultures Program (MHC).... Governor Perry was instrumental in getting this program off the ground."
Soon after I posted about it, the links went dead. It was curious that the multiple pages of all nine lessons plus adjunct powerpoints and lesson plans were all taken offline. Subsequently, I found the Google cached pages and posted those links of the curriculum material. Now those links have also been removed. The cache is gone. Why are they hiding this?
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Soon after I posted about it, the links went dead. It was curious that the multiple pages of all nine lessons plus adjunct powerpoints and lesson plans were all taken offline. Subsequently, I found the Google cached pages and posted those links of the curriculum material. Now those links have also been removed. The cache is gone. Why are they hiding this?
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WLS 890AM: A not-so-stealthy “samurai” who told police he was “cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs” is in jail after allegedly abandoning a vehicle on the middle of a busy Indiana interstate to march shirtless with a 35-inch sword.
Indiana State Police Trooper Ricky Rayner found a white, older-model Toyota abandoned in the middle lane of Interstate 65 and a shirtless man marching on the inner shoulder with a 35-inch samurai sword about 2:30 p.m. just south of U.S. Highway 30, according to a release from Indiana State Police.
“The man was marching like a drum major, holding the sword, moving it up and down in rhythm with his marching cadence,” State Police said.
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Indiana State Police Trooper Ricky Rayner found a white, older-model Toyota abandoned in the middle lane of Interstate 65 and a shirtless man marching on the inner shoulder with a 35-inch samurai sword about 2:30 p.m. just south of U.S. Highway 30, according to a release from Indiana State Police.
“The man was marching like a drum major, holding the sword, moving it up and down in rhythm with his marching cadence,” State Police said.
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Quinn to Lay off Thousands | NBC Chicago
Quinn to Lay off Thousands | NBC Chicago: A decision made by Gov. Pat Quinn may leave thousands of state workers without a job by the end of the week.
The cuts are coming in the face of a budget deficit that doesn't leave enough money to pay the workers, the governor says. Quinn also plans to close a prison, juvenile detention center and homes for the mentally ill.
If no cuts are made, several agencies will run out of money by spring, Quinn says.
"We can't spend money we don't have," Quinn said Tuesday.
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The cuts are coming in the face of a budget deficit that doesn't leave enough money to pay the workers, the governor says. Quinn also plans to close a prison, juvenile detention center and homes for the mentally ill.
If no cuts are made, several agencies will run out of money by spring, Quinn says.
"We can't spend money we don't have," Quinn said Tuesday.
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Honor Killings: Moderate Muslims Must Move to "Execute the Executioner" » Publications » Family Security Matters
Honor Killings: Moderate Muslims Must Move to "Execute the Executioner" » Publications » Family Security Matters: It is disheartening to hear a high profile personality make a statement on political issues about which he knows nothing—only giving his outlandish observation visibility due to his celebrity status. Recently making a profoundly dumb observation about Islam is the singer “Prince,”53. “It’s fun being in Islamic countries, to know there’s only one religion,” he offered. “There’s order. You wear a burqa. There’s no choice. People are happy with that.” Queried about Muslim women who may not enjoy donning the extremely hot garment, he added, “There are people who are unhappy with everything. There’s a dark side to everything.”
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Perry on Immigration: Worse than you think | The Daily Caller
Perry on Immigration: Worse than you think | The Daily Caller: Rick Perry’s record on immigration isn’t as bad as I thought. It’s worse! … It’s not just that he doesn’t want to build the border fence. Many fence opponents argue (though I disagree) that it’s far more important to take away the “jobs magnet” that lures illegals to try to cross the border in the first place. But Perry hasn’t supported the quickest, best way to take away the jobs magnet, which is to require all private employers to use the “E-Verify” electronic check of Social Security numbers. Perry wouldn’t even require his own state government to use E-Verify, let alone private employers, declaring “E-Verify would not make a hill of beans’ difference when it comes to what’s happening in America today.” ….
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Three Fall Guys Won't Make Fast and Furious Go Away - HUMAN EVENTS
Three Fall Guys Won't Make Fast and Furious Go Away - HUMAN EVENTS: On Tuesday, Aug. 30, Kenneth Melson, then-acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), was reassigned because of his involvement in the gunrunning operation known as Fast and Furious. At the same time, it was announced that Dennis Burke, the U.S. attorney in Phoenix, was resigning his post due to his involvement in Fast and Furious, and that federal prosecutor Emory Hurley would be moved from “the criminal division in the U.S. attorney's office in Phoenix” to the civil division.
In other words, after 2,500 guns were bought with illegal intent, transferred to various criminals of one type or another, and used to kill well over 1,100 people to date, the Department of Justice announces that they’re going to deal firmly with three people who were involved in the operation by reassigning them and/or accepting their resignations.
Wow. There are huge problems here.
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In other words, after 2,500 guns were bought with illegal intent, transferred to various criminals of one type or another, and used to kill well over 1,100 people to date, the Department of Justice announces that they’re going to deal firmly with three people who were involved in the operation by reassigning them and/or accepting their resignations.
Wow. There are huge problems here.
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FOX & Friends Showdown: Wasserman Schultz Avoids Hoffa Question | RealClearPolitics
FOX & Friends Showdown: Wasserman Schultz Avoids Hoffa Question | RealClearPolitics: DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz appeared on "FOX & Friends" this morning and ducked answering a question about Jimmy Hoffa's "take these son of bitches out" comment.
Host Gretchen Carlson asked several times for a response to what Hoffa said, however Wasserman Schultz kept saying that the American people want us to focus on "working together."
However, eventually Wasserman Schultz got fed up and asked "are you kidding me?" She continued: "Really Gretchen? How many times have you called out the coarse language at tea party rallies? Almost never," she said.
Wasserman Schultz never directly addressed Hoffa's comment.
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Host Gretchen Carlson asked several times for a response to what Hoffa said, however Wasserman Schultz kept saying that the American people want us to focus on "working together."
However, eventually Wasserman Schultz got fed up and asked "are you kidding me?" She continued: "Really Gretchen? How many times have you called out the coarse language at tea party rallies? Almost never," she said.
Wasserman Schultz never directly addressed Hoffa's comment.
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Obama ratings sink to new lows as hope fades - The Washington Post
Obama ratings sink to new lows as hope fades - The Washington Post: Public pessimism about the direction of the country has jumped to its highest level in nearly three years, erasing the sense of hope that followed President Obama’s inauguration and pushing his approval ratings to a record low, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
More than 60 percent of those surveyed say they disapprove of the way the president is handling the economy and, what has become issue No. 1, the stagnant jobs situation. Just 43 percent now approve of the job he is doing overall, a new career low; 53 percent disapprove, a new high.
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More than 60 percent of those surveyed say they disapprove of the way the president is handling the economy and, what has become issue No. 1, the stagnant jobs situation. Just 43 percent now approve of the job he is doing overall, a new career low; 53 percent disapprove, a new high.
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Obama hits all-time low, NBC News/WSJ poll finds - politics - msnbc.com
Obama hits all-time low, NBC News/WSJ poll finds - politics - msnbc.com: When Barack Obama unveils his jobs and economic plan to a joint session of Congress on Thursday, he'll do so at the lowest point of his presidency, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
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Poll shows California voters dissatisfied with nation's direction - latimes.com
Poll shows California voters dissatisfied with nation's direction - latimes.com: Nearly 3 in 4 say the country is on the wrong track, and nearly half favor slashing government spending — a potentially dismal finding for President Obama, who will unveil a jobs plan this week.
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Woman severs tongue of would-be rapist - The Local
Woman severs tongue of would-be rapist - The Local: A man who is suspected of trying to rape a 21-year-old woman in an apartment in Malmö over the weekend was left nursing a partially severed tongue as his would-be victim fought back.
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New Video of 9/11 Flight 93 Discovered | MRCTV
New Video of 9/11 Flight 93 Discovered | MRCTV:
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Obama Freudian Slip - Priority is Bigger Government - YouTube
Obama Freudian Slip - Priority is Bigger Government - YouTube
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Tea Party Express V: Black Activist Not Lynched! » Publications » Family Security Matters
Tea Party Express V: Black Activist Not Lynched! » Publications » Family Security Matters: Rep. Andre Carson, Congressional Black Caucus member said some in Congress would “love to see us as second-class citizens” and “some of them in Congress right now of this tea party movement would love to see you and me ... hanging on a tree.”
Despite members of the CBC attempting to rally the black and white guilt votes via despicable false charges of racism against the tea party which includes a ridiculous claim that the tea party wishes to see blacks lynched, the tea party continues to grow.
We are winning!
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Despite members of the CBC attempting to rally the black and white guilt votes via despicable false charges of racism against the tea party which includes a ridiculous claim that the tea party wishes to see blacks lynched, the tea party continues to grow.
We are winning!
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9-11 Commission's 10th Anniversary Report Advises Reorganization » Publications » Family Security Matters
9-11 Commission's 10th Anniversary Report Advises Reorganization » Publications » Family Security Matters: Congressman Peter King, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, vowed to collaborate with House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on the revamping of the House of Representatives' committees and subcommittees that have jurisdiction over homeland security issues following King's review of the latest 9-11 Commission Report.
Rep. King’s (R-NY) promise came Thursday in response to the 9/11 Commission’s report, which revealed allegations that millions of dollars were wasted and the nation’s security has been jeopardized because of the antiquated structure of congressional oversight with regards to homeland security matters.
For example, the appropriation for installation of a "virtual border fence" on the U.S.-Mexico borderline was terminated after the U.S. government spent $1 billion on systems that either failed to operate properly or were deemed obsolete by the time they were installed.
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Rep. King’s (R-NY) promise came Thursday in response to the 9/11 Commission’s report, which revealed allegations that millions of dollars were wasted and the nation’s security has been jeopardized because of the antiquated structure of congressional oversight with regards to homeland security matters.
For example, the appropriation for installation of a "virtual border fence" on the U.S.-Mexico borderline was terminated after the U.S. government spent $1 billion on systems that either failed to operate properly or were deemed obsolete by the time they were installed.
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White House received emails about Fast and Furious gun operation - latimes.com
White House received emails about Fast and Furious gun operation - latimes.com: Reporting from Washington—
Newly obtained emails show that the White House was better informed about a failed gun-tracking operation on the border with Mexico than was previously known.
Three White House national security officials were given some details about the operation, dubbed Fast and Furious. The operation allowed firearms to be illegally purchased, with the goal of tracking them to Mexican drug cartels. But the effort went out of control after agents lost track of many of the weapons.
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Newly obtained emails show that the White House was better informed about a failed gun-tracking operation on the border with Mexico than was previously known.
Three White House national security officials were given some details about the operation, dubbed Fast and Furious. The operation allowed firearms to be illegally purchased, with the goal of tracking them to Mexican drug cartels. But the effort went out of control after agents lost track of many of the weapons.
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Muslims Against Crusades Plans 9/11 London Protest Against America | TheBlaze.com
Muslims Against Crusades Plans 9/11 London Protest Against America | TheBlaze.com: On the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, a radical Islamic group hopes to “expose the crimes of the American government,” while showcasing its opinion that the U.S. has lost its battle against terrorism.
The group, Muslims Against Crusades (MAC), plans to purposefully disrupt a commemorative 9/11 ceremony. Participants pledge to make as much noise as possible during a planned moment of silence that will be held outside the U.S. Embassy of London next weekend.
The group will be joined by another radical enterprise — Sharia 4 America. According to Beliefnet, MAC “…calls the 19 hijackers ‘martyrs.’” The group’s spokesperson, Anjem Choudary, says:
“We will be holding a big demonstration and it’s going to begin at the time the first plane hit the building – when everybody is holding their minute’s silence.
“We will be very noisy during that time. It will be to expose the crimes of the American government over the past ten years and showing how they have failed.
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The group, Muslims Against Crusades (MAC), plans to purposefully disrupt a commemorative 9/11 ceremony. Participants pledge to make as much noise as possible during a planned moment of silence that will be held outside the U.S. Embassy of London next weekend.
The group will be joined by another radical enterprise — Sharia 4 America. According to Beliefnet, MAC “…calls the 19 hijackers ‘martyrs.’” The group’s spokesperson, Anjem Choudary, says:
“We will be holding a big demonstration and it’s going to begin at the time the first plane hit the building – when everybody is holding their minute’s silence.
“We will be very noisy during that time. It will be to expose the crimes of the American government over the past ten years and showing how they have failed.
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Job growth ground to a halt in August - Business - msnbc.com
Job growth ground to a halt in August - Business - msnbc.com: WASHINGTON — Employment growth ground to a halt in August, as sagging consumer confidence discouraged already skittish U.S. businesses from hiring, keeping pressure on the Federal Reserve to provide more monetary stimulus to aid the struggling economy.
Nonfarm payrolls were unchanged last month, the Labor Department said Friday. It was the first time since 1945 that the government has reported a net monthly job change of zero. The August payrolls report was the worst since September 2010, while nonfarm employment for June and July was revised to show 58,000 fewer jobs.
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Nonfarm payrolls were unchanged last month, the Labor Department said Friday. It was the first time since 1945 that the government has reported a net monthly job change of zero. The August payrolls report was the worst since September 2010, while nonfarm employment for June and July was revised to show 58,000 fewer jobs.
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Lieberman blasts Obama's Politically Correct War on Terrorists » Publications » Family Security Matters
Lieberman blasts Obama's Politically Correct War on Terrorists » Publications » Family Security Matters: The Obama administration's politically-correct orthodoxy regarding the fight against terrorists is hurting the U.S. war effort, according to Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT), chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs.
Obama and many lawmakers in both houses of the U.S. Congress are often at odds with other politicians over the language used and the tools utilized in the war on terrorism. For example, the controversy over trying terrorists using civilian courts or military commissions approached the boiling point until the President acquiesced and allowed the military to try terrorists such as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the 9-11 mastermind.
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Obama and many lawmakers in both houses of the U.S. Congress are often at odds with other politicians over the language used and the tools utilized in the war on terrorism. For example, the controversy over trying terrorists using civilian courts or military commissions approached the boiling point until the President acquiesced and allowed the military to try terrorists such as Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the 9-11 mastermind.
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Big Government Rising?
Big Government Rising?: How does a trillion dollars in more federal government spending sound to you? For most Americans, the idea of growing government at a time when deficits are sky high might seem preposterous. But for many on the left, it’s the only way they can think of to get the economy moving again, and they think some sort of new New Deal should be included in President Obama’s much-touted jobs speech on Thursday. Their end goal? The continued rise of big government.
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Barack Obama | Labor Day Message | Labor Unions | The Daily Caller
Barack Obama | Labor Day Message | Labor Unions | The Daily Caller: President Barack Obama took his re-election campaign on the road again Monday with a short partisan speech in Detroit aimed at reversing his sagging support among union households, blue collar workers and swing state Midwest voters.
Obama cited Democratic President Harry Truman’s come-from-behind presidential victory in 1948, lambasted GOP leaders for their criticism of unions, and declared that unions are “the cornerstone of the middle class … America cannot have a strong, growing economy without a strong, growing middle class and without a strong labor movement.”
Obama’s speech tried to showcase his financial support for the auto industry and his support from union allies, including AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.
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Obama cited Democratic President Harry Truman’s come-from-behind presidential victory in 1948, lambasted GOP leaders for their criticism of unions, and declared that unions are “the cornerstone of the middle class … America cannot have a strong, growing economy without a strong, growing middle class and without a strong labor movement.”
Obama’s speech tried to showcase his financial support for the auto industry and his support from union allies, including AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.
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Herman Cain | Jimmy Hoffa | Intimidation | The Daily Caller
Herman Cain | Jimmy Hoffa | Intimidation | The Daily Caller: Presidential candidate Herman Cain struck back Monday against abrasive comments made by Teamsters union President Jimmy Hoffa, Jr. attacking the tea party and congressional Republicans at a Labor Day event in which President Obama later delivered a speech.
Appearing on Fox News Channel, Cain said the reason Hoffa and others resort to vitriolic rhetoric to bash conservatives is because “they have no plan, they have no ideas.”
“The one reason the president and his administration don’t have an idea that’s going to work is they keep forgetting the business sector is the engine that drives growth,” Cain said.
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Appearing on Fox News Channel, Cain said the reason Hoffa and others resort to vitriolic rhetoric to bash conservatives is because “they have no plan, they have no ideas.”
“The one reason the president and his administration don’t have an idea that’s going to work is they keep forgetting the business sector is the engine that drives growth,” Cain said.
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ABC's Jobs Solution: 'Spend and Build,' a 'Stimulus Program as Big as the One That Was Launched in World War II'
ABC's Jobs Solution: 'Spend and Build,' a 'Stimulus Program as Big as the One That Was Launched in World War II': In the midst of the failure of President Obama’s $800 billion or more “stimulus spending” program, ABC on Friday night asserted the solution to the devastating report, of zero jobs created in August, is...more stimulus spending. Since “the debt, say most economists, is only a long-term concern and the U.S. can borrow money right now at practically no interest,” reporter Jim Avila contended the federal government “should launch a stimulus program as big as the one that was launched in World War II.”
Avila insisted “the non-political, overwhelming answer from a dominant majority of economists” as to what the government should do “is spend and build. Roads, bridges, schools. A $200 billion a year investment would produce two million jobs and lower unemployment by a point.”
$4 Trillion was not enough??? ~~ The Munz
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Avila insisted “the non-political, overwhelming answer from a dominant majority of economists” as to what the government should do “is spend and build. Roads, bridges, schools. A $200 billion a year investment would produce two million jobs and lower unemployment by a point.”
$4 Trillion was not enough??? ~~ The Munz
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