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Top Republican Joins Chorus Calling For Rep. Barton To Step Aside [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2010-06-18 15:49:34 by Brian S
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Rep. Jo Bonner (R-Ala.) added his name to the list of Republicans calling on Rep. Joe Barton to step aside as ranking member of the House Energy and Commerce committee. The Gulf Coast GOP lawmaker, incensed that Barton apologized to BP at Thursday's high-profile hearing, released a statement on Friday saying that Barton's comments "sadly fall short of an appropriate response." In that statement Bonner, the ranking member of the House ethics panel, revealed that he talked to Barton on Friday morning. "As I told him, I believe the damage of his comments are beyond repair and, as such, I am today calling on Joe to do the right thing for our conference and immediately ...
Bristol and Levi Reportedly Together Again ["Now that Mama Palin is out of the picture..."]
Post Date: 2010-06-15 17:44:18 by Brian S
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Despite all the drama, baby Tripp Johnston's estranged parents are making it work after all. Although Bristol Palin and Levi Johnston broke off their engagement in March 2009, an insider tells UsMagazine.com that relations have thawed considerably between the young parents to son Tripp, nearly 18 months. "Bristol and Levi are still very close," a source close to Bristol, 19, tells Us. The eldest daughter to former Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin claimed in the June issue of Harper's Bazaar that ex Johnston, 20, was "a stranger to me." But the source reveals, "Now that Mama Palin is out of the picture and Bristol is on her own in Anchorage, they spend more time ...
Sharron Angle Floated Possibility Of Armed Insurrection
Post Date: 2010-06-15 16:33:51 by Brian S
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Here's another one that could be tough for Sharron Angle to explain away: In an interview in January, Angle appeared to float the possibility of armed insurrection if "this Congress keeps going the way it is." I'm not kidding. In an interview she gave to a right-wing talk show host, Angle approvingly quoted Thomas Jefferson saying it's good for a country to have a revolution every 20 years -- and said that if Congress keeps it up, people may find themselves resorting to "Second Amendment remedies." What's more, the talk show host she spoke to tells me he doesn't have any doubt that she was floating the possibility of armed insurrection as a valid ...
Why Is Dick Cheney Silent on the Oil Spill?
Post Date: 2010-06-15 15:44:38 by Brian S
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The former vice president is usually a vociferous defender of his time in government. But not on the disaster in the gulf. by Ravi SomaiyaJune 11, 2010 Brendan Hoffman/Getty ImagesCheney defending his record on national security at the Gerald R. Ford Foundation last year. When the Obama administration, or the media, or just about anybody contradicts Dick Cheney's views on national security, he is far from shy about responding. But facing a firestorm of criticism over the oil spill, he's been notably silent. More than national security, energy policy and the oil industry might be considered Cheney's real areas of expertise. He was chairman and CEO of ...
Is Blackwater's Erik Prince Moving to the United Arab Emirates to Escape From the Law?
Post Date: 2010-06-15 15:34:26 by Brian S
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With Blackwater's top deputies indicted on federal charges and the company up for sale, rumor has it that Prince may flee to a country with no extradition treaty with the US. Sources close to Blackwater and its secretive owner Erik Prince claim that the embattled head of the world's most infamous mercenary firm is planning to move to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Middle Eastern nation, a major hub for the US war industry, has no extradition treaty with the United States. In April, five of Prince's top deputies were hit with a 15-count indictment by a federal Grand Jury on conspiracy, weapons and obstruction of justice charges. Among those indicted were Prince's ...
How Many Of Us Are Not Wanted In Canada?
Post Date: 2010-06-15 13:52:08 by Brian S
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Mexico is unhappy with the United States over border enforcement, but our situation with Canada receives little attention. Millions of potential tourists from the United States are deemed undesirable by Canadians, and we did not even know it. A man from Jackson explained by telling the story of a friend who used to fish in Canada every year. "They won't let him in anymore because he has a drunk-driving on his record," the guy said. Could this be true? Over a lifetime, I have redistributed thousands of U.S. tourist dollars north of the border during at least 15 trips into Canada without hearing any talk of drunken drivers being banned. On my first trip into Canada without ...
‘Gather Your Armies’: Is GOP Candidate Stoking Armed Revolt?
Post Date: 2010-06-15 12:22:16 by Brian S
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Add another to the growing collection of strange and disturbing political ads coming out of Alabama these days.Rick Barber, a candidate in the Republican primary for the state's second district, has released a one-minute ad in which he implies he supports impeaching President Barack Obama, then goes on a protracted criticism of the IRS, concluding with an actor dressed as George Washington declaring, "Gather your armies."The ad begins with the Tea Party-backed Barber implying support for Obama's impeachment. "And I would impeach him," Barber says in the ad's opening line as he sits at a table with actors dressed as Washington, Sam Adams and Ben Franklin.And ...
Texas GOP Convention Reveals Split Between Moderates and Conservatives
Post Date: 2010-06-14 22:06:08 by Brian S
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Saturday’s Texas GOP convention in Dallas proved to be derisive and decisive when 8,000 moderate and conservative Republicans debated the Republican Party platform and party leaders. Conservative Texas Republicans called for stricter conservative measures, including the passage of an immigration law similar to that of Arizona’s. GOP members also indicated their unwillingness to compromise on their conservative principles by attempting to pass a resolution that would remove the allegedly too moderate House Speaker Rep. Joe Straus of San Francisco. Discussions on the GOP’s illegal-immigration policy sparked fierce debate. In the end, Texas delegates voted in favor of adding a ...
Muslim Activist Gordon Duff “DANCING ISRAELI” FILM STUDIOS PRESENT: FAKED ATTACK VIDEOS [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2010-06-14 19:29:39 by Brian S
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ShareANOTHER “DANCING ISRAELI” FILM PRODUCTION
..SEE PEOPLE WALK THROUGH STEEL LIKE GHOSTS
By Gordon Duff STAFF WRITER/Senior Editor
BUSTED! I didn’t believe they would be that stupid. You could see the cursor moving in the picture. I saw a man handed a metal bar. Then he walked through, just like a ghost, a solid steel protrusion from the deck, the size of an ashcan. This thing would have stopped a truck but the Fox News “fighters” on the Mavi Marmara were like ghosts. In fact, the “steel bar thugs” were exactly that, or more appropriately, cartoons.
They passed through walls, stood when others cowered and, like the cartoon characters they were, waved ...
Tea Party Candidates Begin Toning Down Their Views -- On Fox News, No Less (VIDEO)
Post Date: 2010-06-14 15:02:23 by Brian S
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The moderation of the Tea Party seems to have begun, as a number of the movement's high-profile candidates transition from primary battles to general election campaigns. On Monday morning, Nevada Republican Senate candidate Sharon Angle told "Fox and Friends" that, contrary to popular belief, she does not in fact want Social Security to be privatized. "[T]hat's nonsense," said Angle. "I have always said we need to make the lockbox a lockbox, put the money in there for our senior citizens. They came here in good faith paying into a system and Harry Reid has put an IOU in for 24 years. He has been raiding Social Security. And what we need to do is ...
Sarah Palin Breast Implants: Sarah Palin Boob-gate Response
Post Date: 2010-06-13 20:51:51 by Brian S
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Sarah Palin Breast Implants:Sarah Palin Boob-gate Response – Recent speculation has stated that Sarah Palin, at one point in her lifetime, was the recipient of breast implants. With a rumor going around for so long, she apparently thought that it was a good idea to address the situation so that she can put it to rest. In a statement that Palin made in an interview with Greta van Susteren, she was asked if she had ever received breast implants before . “No, I have not had implants,” she said in response to the question. “A report like that is about as real and truthful as reports that my husband and I are divorcing or that I bought a place in the Hampton or that my son is ...
Huffington Post: California Republicans Worry About 'Birther Queen' Candidacy, Orly Taitz Goes Mainstream
Post Date: 2010-06-08 18:33:09 by Brian S
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Birther queen Orly Taitz's claim to fame might not have seemed like an ideal launching pad for a Republican campaign for California Secretary of State, but now her momentum has the GOP quaking in their boots. Taitz is facing a rather weak primary challenge from former Jacksonville Jaguar Damon Dunn on Tuesday, and Republican officials are worried that the controversial conspiracy theorist could go all the way. As Politico reported Monday, the GOP would see a Taitz victory as a lost opportunity: "It'd be a disaster for the Republican party," says James Lacy, a conservative GOP operative in the state. "Can you imagine if [gubernatorial candidate] Meg Whitman and ...
Huckabee piles on Thomas, even after demanding Palestinians leave
Post Date: 2010-06-08 14:48:17 by Brian S
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There's a saying about how people who live in glass houses should take care to avoid throwing stones.Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee appears to be ignoring that age-old advice, taking several moments during a recent Fox News broadcast to attack veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas over her opinion on the Israel-Palestine conflict -- in spite of his own remarkably similar comments on Palestinians.Thomas had remarked to a Rabbi that Palestine is "occupied" by Israel, which should "get the hell out.""[Jews] can go home, Poland, Germany, and America and everywhere else," she said, sparking a swell of criticism, both from her colleagues and ...
Report: Helen Thomas Decided On ‘Her Own’ To Retire; Online Community May Send Thomas Flowers Again
Post Date: 2010-06-08 13:17:24 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON — Veteran 89-year-old White House correspondent, Helen Thomas, who covered every president from John Kennedy to Barack Obama, retired Monday amid a storm over explosive remarks about Israel.Thomas, a daughter of Lebanese immigrants, who blazed a trail for female reporters covering US politics, ended her career after apologizing for saying last month that Israel should "get the hell out of Palestine."NBC Washington reports that her "decision to retire in the wake of her controversial remarks about Israel was not the result of outside pressure," according to agent Diane Nine, "who dropped Thomas from her agency early this week but said she remains ...
President Obama Calls Long-Time Journalist's Comments 'Offensive,' But Praises Career
Post Date: 2010-06-08 12:34:27 by Brian S
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Controversial comments made by the dean of the White House press corps, Helen Thomas, were "offensive," but at the same time she had a remarkable career, President Barack Obama said Tuesday. During an interview on NBC's "Today" show, Obama criticized Thomas's remark that Jews should "get the hell out of Palestine" and move back to Germany and Poland, but did not go so far as to say they will taint her five-decade career, which ended abruptly on Monday when she announced her retirement. "Well, her comments were offensive," he said. "It is a shame, because Helen's someone who has been a correspondent through I don't know how ...
GOP Feud Bodes Well for Reid
Post Date: 2010-06-07 23:32:11 by Brian S
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Given his political condition, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid was always going to have to win ugly in his race for re-election this year, if he was to win at all. And thanks to a remarkable Republican brawl heading into Tuesday's primary in Nevada, the GOP just might be giving him a chance to do exactly that. It's hard to overstate the political perils facing the Senate's top Democrat as he seeks his fifth term. Polls show a majority of his state's citizens have an unfavorable view of Sen. Reid. Until recently, he lost hypothetical poll match-ups against his principal potential Republican foes. National Republicans have put a giant bull's eye on his back. In short, ...
Republican Jewish Coalition Hosts Birther Taitz As 'Special Guest' At Annual Bash
Post Date: 2010-06-07 22:54:05 by Brian S
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Witness the mainstreaming of Orly Taitz? The longtime Birther agitator and dentist who is now running for the GOP secretary of state nomination in California was a "special guest" of the Republican Jewish Coalition at the group's "annual summer bash" at the Beverly Hills Hilton Sunday. Also in attendance: GOP heavyweights Karl Rove, former Senator Norm Coleman, and California Senate candidates Chuck DeVore and Carly Fiorina. The program for the event, touted by Taitz on her website, lists about 15 "Special Guests" including Coleman, Reps. Connie Mack (R-FL), Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), Edward Royce (R-CA), and Taitz. Speakers included Rove, who gave the keynote ...
Arianna Huffington And Liz Cheney Lock Horns Over BP Oil Spill And Haliburton
Post Date: 2010-06-06 18:31:29 by Brian S
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In our continuing effort to help CNN fill their 8pm slot — recently vacated by Campbell Brown — may we present out latest suggestion: Liz Cheney and Arianna Huffington. If today’s This Week roundtable segment is any measure it’s a pairing that would give the term “crossfire” a whole new meaning. Huffington and Cheny (not surprisingly) butted heads over a number of issues today but never more loudly than when discussing the BP Oil spill in the Gulf. Huffington, who has been critical of the Obama administration’s response in recent days, today mostly laid blame at the feet of the Bush administration: “The truth is that right now we have precisely ...
Helen Thomas: Israeli Jews Should 'Go Home' to Germany
Post Date: 2010-06-06 18:27:47 by Brian S
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Longtime White House correspondent Helen Thomas was captured on video telling an interviewer that Israeli Jews should “get the hell out of Palestine” and “go home” to Germany and Poland. The May 27 exchange with Rabbi David Nesenoff was posted June 3 at www.RabbiLIVE.com and featured at the top of the Drudge Report on Friday and Saturday (complete with a picture of a smiling President Obama with his arm around Thomas at her 89th birthday last year.)After her comments became public, Thomas posted a statement at HelenThomas.org: “I deeply regret my comments I made last week regarding the Israelis and the Palestinians. They do not reflect my heartfelt belief that peace ...
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer Wrongly Claims Father Died Fighting Nazi Germany
Post Date: 2010-06-02 21:10:40 by Brian S
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Jan Brewer, imperial sun queen of Arizona’s chromatocracy, told the Arizona Republic that her father died fighting Nazis during World War II. The saga is very sad, except its tragedy is somewhat mitigated by the fact that it is extremely untrue. Brewer’s exact statement: “Knowing that my father died fighting the Nazi regime in Germany, that I lost him when I was 11 because of that ... and then to have them call me Hitler's daughter. It hurts. It's ugliness beyond anything I've ever experienced.” See, The Arizona Guardian points out that Brewer’s father “worked as a civilian supervisor for a naval munitions depot in Hawthorne, Nev. He died of lung ...
Tea Party Rise, Rand Paul Win Has Republican Jews Nervous
Post Date: 2010-06-01 22:17:49 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON -- Rand Paul, the Tea Party insurgent who was the upset victor in last month’s Kentucky Republican Senate primary, could be the biggest headache yet for a Republican Party that hopes to capitalize on the populist surge without being tainted by the movement’s extremists. While some political observers say Paul’s strong pro-Israel views could be a magnet for Jewish campaign givers, even some ardent Jewish Republicans are worried about what they see as the political newcomer’s views on U.S. foreign policy and his positions on issues such as civil rights. All of which led the Republican Jewish Coalition to oppose his candidacy for the nomination and, in an ...
Ted Koppel's son, Andrew, found dead after night of boozing in NYC: sources
Post Date: 2010-06-01 09:58:17 by Fred Mertz
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Ted Koppel's 40-year-old son was found dead in a Washington Heights apartment early Monday after a daylong drinking binge, police sources said. The cause of Andrew Koppel's death has not been determined pending autopsy results. Police were called to a building on Audobon Ave. about 1:30 a.m. They found the famed newsman's son unconscious. He couldn't be revived. Sources said Andrew Koppel, who lived in Queens with his girlfriend and daughter, started boozing at a bar in Hell's Kitchen Sunday afternoon. Later that night, he went to the Audobon Ave. apartment with a man he met a bar, sources said. There were no immediate signs of criminality. Investigators suspect ...
Howdy from HAPPY2BME-ONLF [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2010-05-27 21:53:17 by HAPPY2BME-ONLF
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Greetings all! Joining Liberty's Flame today. Diving in. H2
Pamela Geller, blogger with Tea Party ties, launches ad crusade against 'Islamization of America'
Post Date: 2010-05-26 15:36:45 by Brian S
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A bikini-wearing blogger with Tea Party ties has placed ads on city buses aimed at outraging Muslims. "Fatwa on your head? Is your community or family threatening you? Leaving Islam?" read the ads bought by rabble-rouser Pamela Geller and the New York-based Stop the Islamization of America. They also direct Muslims to a Web site urging them to leave the "falsity of Islam." Geller, 51, a leader in the fight against the proposed Ground Zero mosque, said she was "thrilled" that the ads were up - and doesn't care if they offend Muslims. "Will it bother Islamic supremacists? Yes," she said. Geller said she spent $10,000 - money raised by readers ...
Rand Paul Victory Poses Risks For Jewish Republicans as Tea Party Movement Surges
Post Date: 2010-05-26 12:56:16 by Brian S
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RJC, in unusual move, opposes Tea Party candidate. Wednesday, May 26, 2010 James D. Besser Washington Correspondent Rand Paul, the Tea Party insurgent who was the upset victor in last week’s Kentucky Republican Senate primary, could be the biggest headache yet for a Republican Party that hopes to capitalize on the populist surge without getting tainted by the angry movement’s extremists. While some political observers say Paul’s strong pro-Israel views could be a magnet for Jewish campaign givers, even some ardent Jewish Republicans are worried about what they see as the political newcomer’s views on U.S. foreign policy and his positions on issues such as ...
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