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Black churches conflicted on Obama's gay marriage decision
Post Date: 2012-05-13 17:35:21 by buckeroo
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Black churches conflicted on Obama's gay marriage decision By Dennis Cauchon, USA TODAYUpdated 43m ago Comments 28 Reprints & PermissionsThe pulpits of the nation's black churches took measure Sunday of President Obama's decision to support gay marriage, and the result was conflicted. Bishop Timothy J. Clark, head of the First Church of God, a large African-American church with a television ministry in Columbus, Ohio, was perhaps most typical. He felt compelled to address the president's comments at a Wednesday evening service and again Sunday morning. He was responding to an outpouring of calls, e-mails and text messages from members of his congregation after the ...
Montana’s Fading Cowboy Culture
Post Date: 2012-05-12 19:40:51 by Brian S
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“It’s been a wild ride. Thank you.” And with that Renee and Kail Mantle closed a chapter of American history. On Sunday the husband and wife team held the closing ceremonies to end the last of 11 horse drives they have completed with their company, Montana Horses, after racing over 300 horses through the western outpost of Three Forks, Montana. The duo, a redheaded former theater major preparing for law school and a tanned wrangler who is a former rodeo champion, have been operating Montana Horses off a plot of land north of town since 1995 when they started with just 14 head of horses. Recently the plot of land has grown to 500 acres where they lease hundreds of horses, ...
NJ To No Longer Ask 3rd-Graders To Reveal A Secret
Post Date: 2012-05-12 19:09:45 by Brian S
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(05-12) 12:31 PDT Trenton, N.J. (AP) -- New Jersey education officials will no longer use a standardized test question that asked third-graders to reveal a secret and write about why it was difficult to keep. The question appeared on the writing portion of some versions of the New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge given to third-graders this past week. And it drew criticism from some parents, who thought it was inappropriate. The state Department of Education says the question was reviewed and approved by it and a panel of teachers. They said it was only being tried out and would not count in the students' scores. But after further review, Department of Education spokesman ...
Brokered convention taking shape
Post Date: 2012-05-12 18:53:58 by Hondo68
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Ron Paul has all but secured enough delegates to force a brokered convention, and there are no such thing as "bound" delegates after all. Photo credit: Ethan Miller / Marc Piscotty / Getty Images New developments are dashing any hopes Romney would escape the RNC unscathed and emerge on the other side as the easy Republican nominee. Surfacing Thursday was a damaging and revealing run-down of the circumstances revolving around who is and isn't a “bound” delegate and what may end up being a game changer for Paul. With 11 states now in the books for Paul, to Romney's 18 and only 11 states left to start their primary or caucus process, Ron Paul has seemingly ...
Romney seeks evangelical votes; opposes gay marriage
Post Date: 2012-05-12 16:13:35 by buckeroo
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(Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney sought on Saturday to calm fears that his Mormon faith would be an obstacle to evangelical Christian voters, stressing shared conservative values while acknowledging religious differences. In a speech at conservative Christian Liberty University - where it is taught that Mormonism is a cult - Romney stressed their common goal of service to God and declared his opposition to gay marriage, a position essential for winning the majority of evangelicals in November. "People of different faiths like yours and mine, sometimes wonder where we can meet in common purpose, when there are so many differences in creed and theology," ...
DC Tells Tombstone, AZ They Can Repair Water System, As Long As They Use Horses and Hand Tools
Post Date: 2012-05-12 11:49:01 by We The People
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This is an incredible story showing how far the federal government is from rational thought. Here’s what happened in Tombstone: Between May and July 2011, the Monument Fire engulfed a large part of the eastern portion of the Huachuca Mountains. Record-breaking monsoon rains followed. With no vegetation to absorb the runoff, huge mudslides forced boulders to tumble down the mountain sides, crushing Tombstone’s mountain spring waterlines, destroying reservoirs and shutting off Tombstone’s main source of water. In some areas, Tombstone’s pipeline is under 12 feet of mud, rocks and other debris; while in other places, it is hanging in mid-air due to the ground being washed ...
RNC Lawyer Says All Delegates Are Unbound! [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2012-05-12 08:13:10 by A K A Stone
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Rule number 38.
Doom for Democrats: State-by-State Homosexual Marriage Votes
Post Date: 2012-05-10 19:05:58 by CZ82
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Doom for Democrats: State-by-State Homosexual Marriage Votes May 10, 2012 by The Godfather NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Baptist Press) — Every state that has voted on the issue of marriage at the ballot has affirmed the traditional definition of marriage being between a man and a woman. Following is a list of each state that has voted on the issue. Unless noted, each vote involved a constitutional marriage amendment. Passage of the various proposals has come by an average margin of 67-33 percent. 1998 Alaska, 68-32 percent Hawaii, 69-31 percent 2000 California, 61-39 percent[1] Nevada, 70-30 percent (first of two required votes) 2002 Nevada, 67-33 percent (second of two required votes) ...
Log Cabin Republicans underwhelmed by Obama's support for gay marriage
Post Date: 2012-05-10 18:34:06 by CZ82
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Log Cabin Republicans underwhelmed by Obama's support for gay marriage By Chris Moody, May 9, 2012 The leaders of two organizations for gay Republicans responded to President Barack Obama's support for same-sex marriage Wednesday with backhanded compliments and criticism of the timing of the president's decision. "It is good to see that after intense political pressure that President Obama has finally come around to the Dick Cheney position on marriage equality," said Christopher Barron, chairman of GOProud, in a statement. He went on to say, "This is hardly a profile in courage by President Obama. For years now, President Obama has tried his hardest to have ...
Feds destroyed evidence on Obama's draft registration
Post Date: 2012-05-09 21:41:23 by A K A Stone
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(WASHINGTON TIMES) WASHINGTON, May 7, 2012 — Changes in the wording of Selective Service System record-keeping requirements, made days after the opening of an investigation into the alleged forgery of President Barack Obama’s selective service registration form, raise serious questions about U.S. Government intentions. The new rules allow existing copies of documents that may be sought by investigators to be destroyed. The Selective Service System’s new privacy rules were published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, September 20, 2011, four days after the September 16 announcement by World Net Daily that the Maricopa County (Arizona) Sheriff’s Office “Cold Case ...
Justice Dept. Plans to Sue Ariz. Sheriff Arpaio
Post Date: 2012-05-09 21:37:16 by We The People
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Federal authorities said Wednesday that they plan to sue Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio and his office over allegations of civil rights violations, including the racial profiling of Latinos. The U.S. Justice Department has been seeking an agreement requiring Arpaio's office to train officers in how to make constitutional traffic stops, collect data on people arrested in traffic stops and reach out to Latinos to assure them that the department is there to also protect them. Arpaio has denied the racial profiling allegations and has claimed that allowing a court monitor would mean that every policy decision would have to be cleared through an observer and would nullify his authority. DOJ ...
Hundreds of Arrests Set Grim Backdrop for Victory Day Celebrations
Post Date: 2012-05-09 21:34:38 by A K A Stone
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As Moscow gears up to celebrate its victory in World War II, 67 years ago Wednesday, the shadow of political conflict shrouds the capital as hundreds of arrests cloud Victory Day festivities.
Police said over 200 arrests were made Tuesday and overnight Wednesday on the eve of the anniversary, including repeat detentions for Left-Front leader Sergei Udaltsov and anti-corruption blogger Alexei Navalny, who was arrested twice in a single evening, Interfax reported. Socialite Kseniya Sobchack and State Duma Deputy Dmitry Gudkov were also among those arrested during the protests against President Vladimir Putin's inauguration, though they were later released. A group of ...
The Real GOP Delegate Map The Media Won’t Show You
Post Date: 2012-05-09 13:43:36 by Capitalist Eric
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Even after Ron Paul had massive victories over the weekend, the media is still lying about the Romney delegate count so here is the latest real map. The corporate media still is running story after story claiming Romney has a massive lead and Paul has few delegates. Simply put, as the table below shows, the media is counting non-binding caucuses and states with mixed primaries as wins and delegates for Romney column. The problem is the non-binding caucuses don’t mean a thing. Those non-binding caucuses are just that non-binding and the real delegate selection for many of these states hasn’t even happened yet. As we saw over the weekend, Romney got romped by Paul in 3 states ...
GOP Newsletter In Virginia Advocates For Armed Rebellion If The American People Re-Elect President Obama
Post Date: 2012-05-09 12:31:06 by Brian S
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The Republican Party seems to already be sensing that they will be miserably defeated on Election Day this November. So as a back-up plan, a Republican newsletter in Virginia is openly calling for violently overthrowing the duly elected government of the United States should Democrats still be in charge. The newsletter, known as “The Constitutional Conservatives” was published in March by the Greene County, Virginia Republican Committee and it included a column titled “Whitehouse Watchdog” written by editor Ponch McPhee. In the column, Mcphee trashed President Obama and said that if the American people fail to elect a Republican government, conservatives should arm ...
Watergate Revelations: The Coup Against Nixon
Post Date: 2012-05-08 23:17:47 by A K A Stone
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Suddenly, everyone’s interested in Watergate again. The media were excited to report that Robert Redford is working on a documentary about the scandal that brought down a president and created new heroes: the reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. Given that the film All the President’s Men, in which Redford played the heroic Bob Woodward, practically made Redford’s career, we probably shouldn’t expect any big surprises. But here’s one: In recent days, we’ve heard doubts from former Washington Post Executive Editor Ben Bradlee about his journalists’ reporting on Watergate. This from a new book by Woodward’s own former assistant: Ben talked ...
Lugar loses Ind. GOP primary to tea party rival (Constitutional Amendment bans Gays in NC)
Post Date: 2012-05-08 21:27:21 by Hondo68
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Richard Lugar (Darron Cummings/AP Photo)WASHINGTON (AP) -- Veteran Indiana Sen. Richard Lugar lost a bitter challenge from the right flank of his own Republican Party Tuesday night, his nearly four-decade career in the Senate ended by a tea party-backed GOP foe.Also Tuesday, North Carolina voters weighed a gay-marriage ban and Democrats were picking a nominee to challenge Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker in a June recall election, contests that overshadowed Mitt Romney's unstoppable progress toward the GOP presidential nomination.Romney won the GOP presidential primaries in Indiana and North Carolina and was all but certain of victory in West Virginia, drawing close to the 1,144 ...
Google gets Nevada driving licence for self-drive car
Post Date: 2012-05-08 20:34:35 by We The People
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Driverless cars will soon be a reality on the roads of Nevada after the state approved America's first self-driven vehicle licence. The first to hit the highway will be a Toyota Prius modified by search firm Google, which is leading the way in driverless car technology. Its first drive included a spin down Las Vegas's famous strip. Other car companies are also seeking self-driven car licences in Nevada. Accident The car uses video cameras mounted on the roof, radar sensors and a laser range finder to "see" other traffic. Engineers at Google have previously tested the car on the streets of California, including crossing San Francisco's Golden Gate bridge. For ...
Romney & Son Investigated For 8 Billion Ponzi Scheme
Post Date: 2012-05-08 11:41:06 by Brian S
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Mitt Romney and his son Tagg Romney have been implicated in a 8.5 billion dollar ponzi scheme with Wall Street investors Allen Stanford and James M. Davis. The pair are not cleared including their three partners in a court document verified, ongoing legal proceeding involving selling fraudulent CD’s to potential investors. The statement of fact, includes SIBL, Stanford International Bank, SGC Stanford Capital Management and the associates R. Allen Stanford, ( Allen Stanford) and James M. Davis stole money from investors through fraud. The group bilked investors by diverting funds to their own lifestyles through bonus money, salaries and compensation packages. The Stanford Financial ...
Ron Paul Could Still Win Enough Delegates To Deny Mitt Romney The Republican Nomination
Post Date: 2012-05-07 19:05:40 by Capitalist Eric
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Despite what you may have heard from the mainstream media, Mitt Romney does not have the Republican nomination locked up. In fact, he is rapidly losing delegates that almost everyone assumed that he already had in the bag. To understand why this is happening, you have to understand the delegate selection process. Each state has different rules for selecting delegates to the Republican national convention, and in many states the "voting" done by the public does not determine the allocation of delegates to particular candidates at all. And the truth is that delegates are the only thing that really matters in this race. In state after state, the Ron Paul campaign is focusing on the ...
Ron Paul Wins Big in Nevada, Maine: “The Entire Establishment Should Be Embarassed”
Post Date: 2012-05-07 18:21:19 by Capitalist Eric
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Despite the media blackout, Ron Paul is still a leading candidate in the 2012 U.S. presidential election against President Barack Obama. On Sunday May 6 2012, the results out of Nevada and Maine marked a historical event in the history of presidential elections. He won overall 43 delegates in the two states, who he will be bringing to Tampa, Florida for the national convention. Ron Paul, who has run for president three times altogether, continues to de facto shape national debate and the coming presidential election. When looked at in terms of how the election has been covered by national media outlets, one would presume that Paul was a third party candidate – say, along the lines ...
Romney Operatives Caught Handing Out Fake Ballots In Nevada AND Maine
Post Date: 2012-05-07 18:14:59 by Capitalist Eric
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Attempts to divide and disrupt official Ron Paul delegate slates; Romney sends in lawyer that stole election for Bush in 2000 Two separate incidents captured on video this weekend reveal desperate attempts by Mitt Romney operatives to divide and disrupt official Ron Paul endorsed delegate slates by handing out fake ballots to attendees at the state conventions in Nevada and Maine. The video below captured by Ron Paul supporters in Nevada on Saturday exposes a provocateur wearing a Ron Paul T-shirt being caught handing out a fake delegate ballot in an attempt to dilute Ron Paul supporters’ votes. The ballot that the man was handing out looked very similar to the official Ron Paul ...
George Lindsey dies; 'The Andy Griffith Show's' Goober Pyle
Post Date: 2012-05-06 14:55:22 by Brian S
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George Lindsey, the Southern-born character actor who played dim hayseed Goober Pyle, the genial gas station auto mechanic on "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Mayberry R.F.D.," died early Sunday morning. He was 83. Lindsey, who later was a regular on the long-running country music comedy show "Hee Haw," died at a healthcare center in Nashville after a brief illness, said his manager and booking agent, Carrie Moore-Reed. "George Lindsey was my friend," Andy Griffith said in a statement. "I had great respect for his talent and his human spirit." Noting that he had his last conversation with Lindsey a few days ago, Griffith said: "I am ...
Ron Paul to have presence on floor of GOP national convention in Tampa
Post Date: 2012-05-06 10:41:50 by buckeroo
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Tampa - Digital Journal reported late last month that Texas Congressman Ron Paul’s strategy of obtaining as many delegates as possible appears to be working. It was confirmed that Dr. Paul will at least tie for first place in the states of Iowa and Minnesota. It was also reported by MSNBC that Paul won Louisiana and Washington State, while he is also on the verge of winning other states, such as Colorado, Alaska and Rhode Island. Fox News confirmed Friday that Paul will now appear on the ballot in August at the Republican National Convention in Tampa. Paul, who did not win any of the state primary contests in terms of popular vote thus far, and his team have remained confident ...
Ron Paul Backers Take Over Alaska GOP
Post Date: 2012-05-06 10:30:06 by buckeroo
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The presidential hopes, and long-term legacy within the Republican Party, of conservative-libertarian Ron Paul scored a major victory last Saturday, after backers of the Texas congressman were elected as party chairman and co-chairman at the Alaska state convention last week. Russ Millette was elected the party’s chairman, beating out a candidate backed by outgoing chair Randy Ruedrich. The establishment Republican, who has run the Alaska GOP since 2000, decided to not run again. Debra Holle Brown, another Paul supporter, was voted in as co-chair. According to the Alaska Dispatch, Millette began his political career in 1964, when he volunteered for the presidential campaign of Barry ...
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Post Date: 2012-05-06 10:27:46 by buckeroo
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SPARKS, Nev. (AP) -- Nevada Republicans are holding their state convention, where supporters of Ron Paul's presidential bid are poised to dominate attendees, force a possible showdown over selection of national convention delegates and exert grassroots muscle to shape the state party. Saturday's convention in Sparks comes after a lawyer for the Republican National Committee suggested Nevada's presence at the national convention could be jeopardized if Paul supporters swamp the state delegate contingent. Mitt Romney won Nevada's Republican caucuses with half the vote, and under party rules delegates to the national convention are to be allotted proportionally to the caucus ...
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