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Conoco: Alaska exploration not competitive (2007 Palin tax to blame)
Post Date: 2010-01-30 11:34:00 by go65
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For first time since 1965 company will not explore in the state; Archibald says state’s access, permitting OK, not fiscal system ConocoPhillips said in November that it planned no exploration drilling in Alaska this year. Larry Archibald, the company’s senior vice president for exploration and business development, told the Alaska Support Industry Alliance Meet Alaska conference Jan. 22 that, “it’s the first time since ’65 that ConocoPhillips or one of its predecessor companies hasn’t actively explored in Alaska.” That’s saying a lot because those companies have been the state’s most active explorers for many years. Investment on state lands ...
As cameras roll, President Obama faces down GOP
Post Date: 2010-01-30 11:22:18 by go65
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President Obama, groping for a new strategy after the Massachusetts defeat, seemed to find the perfect foundation for one Friday: direct engagement with the GOP in front of a national TV audience. In a lively Q-and-A with House Republicans at their annual retreat in Baltimore, Obama showcased the campaign skills that won him the Oval Office – he was cerebral, combative, cool and quick. And he was also able to forcefully express his strongest political and policy argument: that Republicans have little authentic interest in compromise. “I don’t believe the American people want us to focus on our job security... I don’t think they want more gridlock. I don’t think ...
Republicans reject 'purity test' (Scott Brown can say in the GOP)
Post Date: 2010-01-30 11:15:18 by go65
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ONOLULU – Republicans averted an ideological showdown here Friday, passing a tepid party resolution in place of a candidate “purity test.” Rejecting a plan that would have required GOP candidates to meet at least eight of 10 policy questions to receive national support and funding, the Republican National Committee unanimously approved a rule that only “urges” party leaders to support nominees who back the party’s platform. The author of the original proposal, Indiana national Republican committeeman James Bopp, agreed to withdraw his resolution in the face of overwhelming opposition and backed the watered-down language. Yet even after the compromise was ...
Republicans Oppose the Worhtless Asshole Obama BECAUSE THEIR CONSTITUENTS TOLD THEM TO! Not the other way around.
Post Date: 2010-01-30 10:12:42 by dont eat that
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Hey, let's be non-partisan, and just agree, you guys suck and are being too partisan. "I'm just sayin'." It's funny how our Post-Partisan President only gets around to addressing Republicans when he needs their votes. Funny how he didn't do that for a year. The anger here is pretty palpable. One point he makes is just stupid: He claims Republicans' rhetoric has denied them the tactical room to maneuver or compromise on this issue, because their brain-dead, bitter-clinger supporters are so stupid as to believe these horror stories and so of course will not permit them to compromise. First of all: The GOP was, we all kinda know, ready to roll over and ...
Survey Says: Republicans Know More Than Democrats
Post Date: 2010-01-30 03:25:04 by WhiteSands
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When it comes to the goings-on in the news, some folks are more knowledgeable than others, with Republicans and older Americans scoring better on a current-events quiz. In fact, out of the 12 multiple-choice questions asked in a Pew Research Center phone survey of more than 1,000 adults, Republicans answered an average of about 6 questions correctly compared with 5 for Democrats. (The survey was conducted between Jan. 14 and Jan. 17, and included cell phones and landlines.) These political-party differences are partly a reflection of the demographics, with Republicans tending to be older, well-educated and male – all factors associated with political and economic knowledge. Even ...
Obama, the New “Job’s” President. Fucking Asshole
Post Date: 2010-01-29 18:15:59 by dont eat that
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So, here’s Obama dithering for a whole fucking year on a socialized medicine program that the majority of Americans DON”T WANT. Oh, and yea he did spend some time on a carbon footprint bill based on the Al Gore man-made global warming lie. And he went to Copenhagen for a conference with other deluded socialist, pinko, commie, bedwetting fuckheads who want to economically bomb all the developing countries back to the Stone Age by taxing the shit out of us. He also did some other irrelevant shit, like try to get the Olympics for Chicago and was soundly rebuffed and embarrassed when the Olympic Committee told him to fuck off. Obama: “OK, I’ll go PERSONALLY to Copenhagen! ...
Obama To Republicans: You Bastards Let Me Fail Alone
Post Date: 2010-01-29 14:49:52 by dont eat that
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An angry Barack Obama lashed out at House Republicans this afternoon at their weekend retreat in Baltimore, chastising them for opposing his radical, failed attempts to drag America toward Socialism during his disasterous first year in office and for letting him become an utter failure without the cover of bipartisanship. Speaking to them like a stammering, petulant child in the middle of a tantrum, it was clear that Obama’s thin skin was pierced by the loyal opposition several times over the past year. Also, Obama may be even more far left than any of us imagined. He calls his attempted government take-over of America’s health care system “pretty centrist.” How far ...
The state of President Obama’s key failures
Post Date: 2010-01-29 11:54:55 by dont eat that
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President Obama’s State of the Union Address revealed five crucial failures in his competency as President. Failure to understand basic economics. He advocated demolishing the foundation of our economy when he called for financial institutions to be banned from taking risks. Risk is part of the free market! Eliminating risk requires total government control of the economy, including private property and capital, and correspondingly the abolition of liberty. After condemning President Bush’s tax cuts as contributing to the federal deficit by not being “paid for,” he failed to explain how his would be. The truth is that Bush’s were paid for, by net increases in ...
Obama Was Wrong and Alito Was Right
Post Date: 2010-01-29 11:01:00 by dont eat that
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President Barack Obama was wrong and Justice Samuel Alito was right. During his first State of the Union speech on Wednesday, President Barack Obama incorrectly stated that foreign nationals and foreign entities can now contribute unlimited amounts of money to U.S. political campaigns because of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling lifting certain campaign finance restrictions. This prompted an immediate reaction from Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, who, sitting directly in front of the president, shook his head and apparently mouthed the words “not true” when Obama made his remark. The high court’s 5-4 ruling in a First Amendment case, Citizens United vs. Federal ...
President Obama to Propose Abandoning NASA's Moon Plan (Privatizing space flight)
Post Date: 2010-01-29 10:37:15 by go65
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CAPE CANAVERAL — President Barack Obama will ask Congress to extend International Space Station operations through at least 2020 but abandon NASA's current plans to return U.S. astronauts to the moon, administration and NASA officials said Wednesday. The president's 2011 budget request, due to be delivered to Congress on Monday, will direct NASA to invest in the development of U.S. commercial space taxi services to ferry American astronauts to and from the station. The move is meant to reduce reliance on Russian crew transportation services after the retirement of America's aging shuttle fleet. The administration will provide for a safe fly-out of five remaining shuttle ...
U.S. Economy Grows 5.7 Percent, Fastest Pace Since 2003
Post Date: 2010-01-29 09:21:54 by Badeye
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U.S. Economy Grows 5.7 Percent, Fastest Pace Since 2003 AP The Commerce Department report is the strongest evidence to date that the worst recession since the 1930s ended last year, though an academic panel that dates recessions has yet to officially declare an end to it. print email share recommend (1) AP In this photo made Jan. 13, 2010, Rick Westover bends neon tubing for a sign at Glavin Industries in Solon, Ohio. (AP) The U.S. economy grew for a second straight quarter from October through December, posting a better-than-expected 5.7 percent annual rate, the fastest quarterly pace since 2003. The Commerce Department report is the strongest evidence to date that the worst ...
POS Obama Hoisted on His Own Foreign Donation Petard
Post Date: 2010-01-29 08:46:58 by dont eat that
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Did anyone else throw up a little when Obloviator had the audacity of despotism to politicize the Supreme Court by calling out the legal brain trust for a long overdue Constitutional correction, backed only by his arrogance, conceit and narcissism in his State of the Union address? "With all due deference to separation of powers, last week the Supreme Court reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests –- including foreign corporations –- to spend without limit in our elections. (Applause.) I don't think American elections should be bankrolled by America's most powerful interests, or worse, by foreign entities. (Applause.) ...
CBS considering homosexual dating site Super Bowl ads
Post Date: 2010-01-29 08:05:09 by Happy Quanzaa
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A screen grab from ManCrunch.com's home page shows the site's slogan, "Where many, many, many men come out to play." After days of deliberations on whether to run a controversial Super Bowl ad from gay dating site ManCrunch.com, CBS has not yet reached a decision. The 30-second spot shows two men excitedly watching the game, before their hands brush as they both reach into a bowl of chips. Suddenly, the two begin making out, much to the shock of a guy sitting close by. According to a rep for the dating site, which operates under the slogan “Where Many Many Many Men Come Out to Play,” the ad was submitted on Monday, January 18th. When the site followed up on ...
Winter Storm Warning: Southeastern Kentucky and Surrounding Areas
Post Date: 2010-01-29 06:27:22 by Murron
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Warning ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM EST SATURDAY. * SNOW IS EXPECTED TO START FALLING THIS AFTERNOON SOUTH OF THE HAL ROGERS PARKWAY AND GRADUALLY SPREAD NORTH AND EAST THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING. * SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON WILL LIKELY REACH 6 TO 10 INCHES OVER THE WARNING AREA...WITH UP TO A FOOT OVER THE HIGHER RIDGES ALONG THE VIRGINIA BORDER. * PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL COULD CAUSE HAZARDOUS ROAD CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW COULD ...
AZ-Sen. 2010: McCain has low favorable rating in Arizona survey (ANOTHER ONE!)
Post Date: 2010-01-29 04:18:01 by borntoweardiamonds
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PHOENIX (AP) - A recent statewide survey of Arizona voters found U.S. Sen. John McCain with his lowest favorable job rating in 16 years but that he still does fairly well among registered Republicans. The Phoenix-based Behavior Research Center said Thursday that McCain had a favorable rating of 41 percent among voters statewide, vs. 21 percent unfavorable. That's his lowest favorable rating since 38 percent in 1994, when he was still shaking off effects of the Keating Five scandal. Among registered Republicans, McCain was rated favorably by 52 percent vs. 14 percent unfavorably. McCain faces a contested primary as he runs for re-election for a fifth term. The center says it based ...
White House to Alito: Is too
Post Date: 2010-01-29 04:15:41 by borntoweardiamonds
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The nonpartisan Citizens for Public Integrity has asked: “Will the Citizens United Ruling Let Hugo Chavez and King Abdullah Buy U.S. Elections? Supreme Court Ruling May Open Door to Foreign State-Owned Corporate Political Spending.” Conservatives jumped on Obama’s comment. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said on Fox News’s "Hannity" that Obama was “embarrassing our Supreme Court. … This will be the huge takeaway moment.” On National Review’s The Corner, law professor Bradley A. Smith wrote: “The president's statement is false. … This is either blithering ignorance of the law or demagoguery of the worst kind.” ...
Congratulations! You’re Donating $2,000 per Family to Wall Street’s Bonuses [ NY city's rape of nation and planet continues ]
Post Date: 2010-01-28 20:17:31 by WhiteSands
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Posted by LesLeopold at 10:09 am January 27, 2010 Congratulations! You’re Donating $2,000 per Family to Wall Street’s Bonuses President Obama won’t tell us in his State of the Union address. The deficit hawks won’t crow about it. Don’t expect the Tea Party or Rush and Beck to highlight our generosity either. But the sad fact is this: During the worst year since the Great Depression, with 30 million people out of work or forced into part-time jobs, Wall Street is awarding itself $150 billion in bonus money…..and it comes from us! That’s $500 for every man, women and child in the country — $2,000 for a family of four. (Maybe we should try deducting ...
Sarah Palin to Endorse Rand Paul for US Senate
Post Date: 2010-01-28 20:08:28 by WhiteSands
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As Republican US Senate candidate Dr. Rand Paul approaches his biggest campaign event yet—a Saturday rally at the Fairgrounds that will feature Paul onstage with his dad, former Presidential candidate and US Congressman Dr. Ron Paul—the big news is an upcoming endorsement from 2008 Republican Vice-Presidential nominee Sarah Palin.
David Adams, Paul's campaign manager, said he would announce the endorsement “as soon as we get it.”
“I would categorize that one as 'worth waiting for',” he said. “I'm waiting as patiently as I can.”
Paul was in Louisville last night addressing a small crowd of about 50 University of Louisville College Republicans. The U of L students had invited ...
'I Forgot He Was Black': Chris Matthews Under Fire for Comment About Obama [ Dems Again Say : He is a Light Skinned Negro. Obama must have truned off his Negro Dialect ]
Post Date: 2010-01-28 19:07:44 by WhiteSands
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MSNBC host Chris Matthews is under fire for commenting on air that President Obama has done so much to heal racial divides that "I forgot he was black" as he watched Obama's first State of the Union address Wednesday night. MSNBC host Chris Matthews is under fire for commenting on air that President Obama has done so much to heal racial divides that "I forgot he was black" as he watched Obama's first State of the Union address Wednesday night. Matthews, who appeared on the cable network shortly after the speech, said of the president: "I was trying to think about who he was tonight. And uh, it's interesting. He is post-racial, by all appearances. You ...
NY pols stunned to learn Barack Hussein Obama opposes funding for 9/11 health bill
Post Date: 2010-01-28 17:55:20 by Happy Quanzaa
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The Obama administration stunned New York's delegation Thursday, dropping the bombshell newsthat it does not support funding the 9/11 health bill. The Obama administration stunned New York's delegation Thursday, dropping the bombshell news that it does not support funding the 9/11 health bill. The state's two senators and 14 House members met with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius just hours before President Obama implored in his speech to the nation for Congress to come together and deliver a government that delivers on its promises to the American people. So the legislators were floored to learn the Democratic administration does not want to deliver for ...
Poll: McCain Job Approval At 15-Year Low In AZ
Post Date: 2010-01-28 16:19:11 by go65
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Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is facing his lowest public approval ratings in his home state since 1994, according to the new Rocky Mountain Poll. The last time he faced approval ratings as bad as the ones released to today was in the aftermath of the Keating Five scandal, when McCain had to rebuild trust with voters in his home state. Just 40% of Arizonans approve of the job McCain is doing for them in D.C., according to the poll. In January of 2006, that number was 60%. It's not clear how much of an impact the tanking numbers will have on McCain's primary battle with conservative J.D. Hayworth. McCain does better with Republicans than he does with the rest of the state. He's got a ...
This is the 24th anniversary of the Challenger disaster
Post Date: 2010-01-28 16:05:55 by Badeye
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This is the 24th anniversary of the Challenger disaster January 28, 1:21 PMPhiladelphia Motherhood ExaminerJennifer Ellis May Where were you on January 28th, 1986? Were you in a classroom watching the first teacher go into space? Do you remember how you felt when you saw the Challenger explode soon after it left the earth? CNN reports that about 17% of Americans were watching when the disaster occurred. One hour later, 85% had heard the news. It is estimated that 48% of 9-13 year-olds were watching. Teacher Christa Macauliffe was supposed to be the first teacher in space, but she never made it. She died in the explosion along with the six astronauts accompanying her. Most of ...
Bachmann cancels Tea Party appearance
Post Date: 2010-01-28 15:52:10 by go65
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Rep. Michele Bachmann has become the latest high-profile conservative to bag the rapidly unraveling Tea Party Convention in Nashville next week. The Minnesota Republican, who has become something of a heroine of the Tea Party movement, decided Thursday morning that she is cancelling her appearance at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel next Friday, where she was scheduled to be a breakfast speaker. Bachmann’s office cited the same concerns that other Tea Party activists have voiced about the first-of-its-kind national gathering: namely, the for-profit model of organizer Judson Phillips, a self-described “small town lawyer” with a history of financial problems. Phillips has ...
The POS POTUS 'It's Not My Fault But I'll Keep Spending'
Post Date: 2010-01-28 14:21:42 by dont eat that
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It is hard to believe a President that says "...I am not interested in re-litigating the past" after he just spent 60 minutes of his First State of the Union Address re-litigating the past and blaming Bush for his problems. It is hard to take a President seriously when he speaks 116 words describing how he wants to get rid of nuclear weapons but only 38 words uttered on the biggest violator of those principles: Iran. It is hard to understand why Obama and his Administration have wasted this past year by not increasing the sanctions on Iran and building on the Bush Administration's 3 UN resolutions sanctioning Iran for their continued illegal uranium enrichment. It's hard ...
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