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Michigan Adds The Most High Tech Jobs 2009-2010
Post Date: 2011-10-06 18:41:03 by Brian S
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Melissa Burden/ The Detroit News Michigan gained the most high-tech jobs of any state between 2009 and 2010, adding 2,700, according to a new report released this week. The state experienced a 2 percent growth in high-tech jobs in that time period, the TechAmerica Foundation said in its 14th annual Cyberstates report. "The fact that Michigan added more tech jobs in 2010 than any other state may surprise people — including people within the state," said Ed Longanecker, executive director and regional vice president of TechAmerica Midwest, in a statement. "But job gains in key sectors like software and research and development have helped the state recover from hard ...
Offshore Energy Leases Fall from $10 Billion to Zero Under Team Obama
Post Date: 2011-10-06 17:57:05 by CZ82
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Offshore Energy Leases Fall from $10 Billion to Zero Under Team Obama by Kevin Mooney Even as the Obama administration postures on behalf of deficit reduction and job creation, it continues to advance policies that undermine energy production in the Gulf region and lower federal revenue, Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) has pointed out in his correspondence with top officials in Washington D.C. Most recently, in a letter addressed to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael Bromwich, warned of a severe revenue fall off attached to declining energy lease sales. “Under the Obama administration’s ...
Slander of Tea Party Continues: Why Blacks Must Be Critical of Race-Baiting
Post Date: 2011-10-06 17:49:57 by CZ82
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Slander of Tea Party Continues: Why Blacks Must Be Critical of Race-Baiting by Terrence Jackson If you were to pile Hollywood’s most talented black actors, actresses, and singers into a room, many of them would echo the same sentiment towards the Tea Party movement — that they are, in effect, little more than a fringe racist organization. It was Samuel L. Jackson most recently who, while entertaining children at a “Reach Out and Read” benefit that featured other well-known thespians such as Julianne Moore and John C. Reilly, decided to follow in the footsteps of the Congressional Black Caucus, all while chatting up a reporter for the New Yorker: While we were on ...
Cain Expands Lead Over GOP Field & Leads Obama, 46%-44%
Post Date: 2011-10-06 16:53:53 by no gnu taxes
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Herman Cain has opened up a 20 percentage point lead among likely Republican primary voters in the race for the Presidential nomination, and also holds a narrow lead among all likely voters over President Barack Obama. Cains share of the GOP primary has jumped 10 percentage points since Sept. 26 and is now at 38%. Mitt Romney is second with 18%, followed by both Rick Perry and Ron Paul, at 12% each. The Oct. 3-5 IBOPE Zogby interactive poll also matches Cain, Romney and Perry against Obama. Cain led Obama, 46%-44%, while Obama is one-point ahead of Romney, 41%-40%, and leads Perry, 45%-40%. As for President Barack Obama, both his job approval (41%) and the percentage who believe he ...
EPA Rolls Back Air Rule, Texas Gets Most Leeway
Post Date: 2011-10-06 15:12:16 by Brian S
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(10-06) 11:39 PDT HOUSTON (AP) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is planning to ease new pollution rules that angered several states and infuriated GOP presidential contender Texas Gov. Rick Perry. The proposed fix to the cross-state pollution rule published Thursday will allow nine states, including Texas, to emit more sulfur dioxide. EPA regional administrator Al Armendariz says most of the additional pollution will come from Texas. Armendariz says the change is being made because the EPA now understands it had been provided incorrect information from some utility companies, including Luminant in Texas. He says it's not because of a letter Perry wrote to President Barack ...
‘Occupy Wall Street’ Not As ‘Fringe’ As Some Like To Believe
Post Date: 2011-10-06 13:43:20 by Brian S
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The First Amendment, part of the Bill of Rights, was ratified by Congress meeting at Federal Hall in New York City on Sept. 25, 1789. Today, a motley, disorganized group of American citizens is exercising its First Amendment rights to peaceably assemble and to petition their government, literally within steps of where Congress met to acknowledge those rights. The movement’s goals are at best uncertain, and to the extent they can be determined, in some ways extreme and unrealistic. And as has been demonstrated convincingly with other large political gatherings, it is certainly possible to wade into the crowd to find people whose antics and beliefs can be used to discredit the larger ...
Obama Only Gets 42% Support Against the Unknown Wack Job Gary Johnson
Post Date: 2011-10-06 13:23:46 by no gnu taxes
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Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson who recently made his first Republican debate appearance earns the lowest level of support against President Obama out of all the 2012 GOP hopefuls.
Occupy Wall Street Protests Full Of Useful Idiot Communists And Socialists
Post Date: 2011-10-06 13:19:38 by no gnu taxes
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It is becoming increasingly clear that the people who are taking part in the much publicized Occupy Wall Street protests are mostly a bunch of useful idiots promoting communist and socialist ideologies. Even multi-millionaire propagandist Michael Moore and a myriad of rich Hollywood celebrities have come out supporting the cause of these protests indicating that the establishment has an interest in steering the direction and outcome of what is taking place. This is one of the most obvious cases of controlled opposition that we have ever seen where the protesters are actually endorsing the collectivist ideologies that benefit the wealthy elite. Communist and socialist ideolgies when put into ...
With Latest Ruling, IRS Threatens To Crush The Whole Medical Marijuana Industry
Post Date: 2011-10-06 11:47:23 by Brian S
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is on the verge of shutting down California’s largest medical marijuana dispensary, and with it potentially the entire semi-legal pot industry. The Harborside Health Center in Oakland — which was going to be the subject of a Discovery Channel reality show called “Weed Wars” — now owes the IRS $2.5 million in back taxes, thanks to the recent enforcement of a federal law that prohibits organizations that traffic in “controlled substances” from taking tax deductions. Those deductions, for things like payroll, workers’ compensation insurance and the like, were taken by Harborside in 2007 and 2008, meaning they owe ...
October 6, 2011 ‘Goodbye, cruel world’: Supporters react to Palin’s decision
Post Date: 2011-10-06 09:04:44 by calcon
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Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin dashed the hopes of her many supporters when she announced Wednesday evening her decision not to run for president in 2012. Palin broke the news on Mark Levin’s radio program. In a letter to supporters, she wrote, “After much prayer and serious consideration, I have decided that I will not be seeking the 2012 GOP nomination for President of the United States.” “As always, my family comes first and obviously Todd and I put great consideration into family life before making this decision,” Palin wrote. “When we serve, we devote ourselves to God, family and country. My decision maintains this order.” Palin told Levin that she ...
Cain: Not rich? No job? Blame yourself (Not Obama)
Post Date: 2011-10-06 09:03:48 by go65
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If you're dissatisfied with the economy, or unemployed, Herman Cain thinks you should take a long, hard look in the mirror. In an interview with the Wall Street Journal posted Wednesday, the up-and-coming GOP 2012 contender and former CEO of Godfather's Pizza summed up his bewilderment about recent demonstrations on Wall Street. "Don't blame Wall Street," Cain said. "Don't blame the big banks. If you don't have a job and you're not rich, blame yourself." The conservative radio talk show host described the protests as "planned and orchestrated to distract from the failed policies of the Obama administration, though he admitted he didn't ...
Occupy Wall Street protests: Police arrest violent leftards
Post Date: 2011-10-06 08:55:42 by no gnu taxes
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Thousands of union workers joined protesters marching through the Financial District Wednesday for Occupy Wall Street's largest rally yet against "corporate greed." The march was mostly peaceful - until after nightfall, when scuffles erupted and some of the younger demonstrators were arrested when they tried to storm barricades blocking them from Wall Street and the Stock Exchange. Witnesses said about 200 people tried to push through barricades and police responded with pepper spray and penned them in with orange netting.
Occupy Wall Street Alleged Demands
Post Date: 2011-10-06 08:46:10 by war
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Demand one: Restoration of the living wage. This demand can only be met by ending "Freetrade" by re-imposing trade tariffs on all imported goods entering the American market to level the playing field for domestic family farming and domestic manufacturing as most nations that are dumping cheap products onto the American market have radical wage and environmental regulation advantages. Another policy that must be instituted is raise the minimum wage to twenty dollars an hr. Demand two: Institute a universal single payer healthcare system. To do this all private insurers must be banned from the healthcare market as their only effect on the health of patients is to take money away ...
Occupy Wall Street Jumps the Shark -- Leftards Make Asses of Themselves -- Ron Paultard Gives Aid and Comfort to the Communists, anarchists, eco-feminists, malingerers, and professional protesters
Post Date: 2011-10-06 08:23:53 by no gnu taxes
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It hasn’t taken long for the socialist-organized “occupation” of Wall Street to jump the shark. In a surreal news conference at the United Nations, anti-American radical and rogue financier George Soros (net worth: $22 billion) threw in his lot with the thousands of Communists, anarchists, eco-feminists, malingerers, and professional protesters who have been baiting and taunting police in lower Manhattan as part of a mass demonstration that began September 17. Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) also jumped on the anti-Wall Street bandwagon. In a move that ought to permanently disqualify him as a GOP presidential candidate, Paul gave aid and comfort to the radicals who want ...
How Steve Jobs reshaped the tech industry (He considered moving to the Soviet Union to promote computer usage)
Post Date: 2011-10-06 00:03:10 by Godwinson
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How Steve Jobs reshaped the tech industry By: Declan McCullagh October 5, 2011 5:10 PM PDT It's difficult to overstate how dramatically Steve Jobs reshaped how we interact with computers. The irascible, brilliant impresario led a transition from minicomputers and IBM PCs squashed into beige metal boxes to the Macintosh, the iPhone, and the concept that technology should be fun to use. Thanks to more than a dozen books about the Apple co-founder, and movies like Pirates of Silicon Valley, much of Jobs' life has become well-known. He started Apple with legendary engineer Steve Wozniak, at a time when the personal computer industry barely existed, after dropping out of Reed ...
Apple Says Company Co-Founder Steve Jobs Has Died
Post Date: 2011-10-05 19:51:35 by Brian S
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(10-05) 16:42 PDT Cupertino, Calif. (AP) -- Apple says the company's co-founder Steve Jobs has died. He was 56. In a brief statement the company said Jobs died Wednesday. He had been battling pancreatic cancer.
'If you're not rich, don't blame Wall St, blame yourself': Herman Cain slams protesters for trying to cover up Obama's failures
Post Date: 2011-10-05 16:49:13 by Sebastian
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New York protests centred in Manhattan's Zucotti Park now in third weekDemonstrators angry at state of America's economic and political systemsOrganisers want students at college to walk out of class this afternoonBig march planned for Thursday on Freedom Plaza in Washington D.C. GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain has risked the wrath of Occupy Wall Street protesters by fuming that they are only holding demostrations to distract from President Obama's failed policies.The 65-year-old businessman told protesters: 'Don't blame Wall Street, don't blame the big banks, if you don't have a job and you're not rich, blame yourself. It is not someone's fault ...
SENATE DEMS SCRAP OBAMA JOBS BILL
Post Date: 2011-10-05 16:37:21 by jwpegler
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Senate Democrats have jettisoned President Obama’s proposal to raise taxes on families making more than $250,000, raising the threshold to $1 million in an attempt to win more Democratic votes. Democratic leaders say they want to impose a 5 percent surtax on the tax liability of millionaires, which would raise about $445 billion over 10 years — roughly the cost of Obama’s jobs proposal. Even with the overhaul of Obama’s jobs package, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said he was not certain it would gain unanimous Democratic support. But Democratic leaders believe the change will broaden the bill’s popularity in their caucus. “We’re going to ...
Poll: Cain Overtakes Romney With GOP Primary Voters
Post Date: 2011-10-05 16:17:18 by no gnu taxes
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A Newsmax/InsiderAdvantage poll shows businessman and radio talk-host Herman Cain now leading former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney among likely GOP primary voters in the fight for the 2012 Republican nomination. The exclusive poll, taken in the past 24 hours, shows Cain vaulting Romney 26 percent to 24 percent. The poll has a margin of error of 4.4 percent. Several other polls show similar results, establishing Cain as the new grass-roots frontrunner deadlocked with Romney, the establishment Republican choice. A new CBS poll showed Cain and Romney deadlocked, with each candidate garnering 17 percent of the vote. And a Quinnipiac University poll released Thursday shows Romney leading ...
Coming Soon: Kagangate
Post Date: 2011-10-05 15:45:40 by CZ82
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Coming Soon: Kagangate Posted 10/03/2011 06:56 PM ET Supreme Court: Forget unconvincing liberal demands that Clarence Thomas recuse himself from the ObamaCare case because his wife is a Tea Partyer. Ex-Obama operative Elena Kagan has a true conflict. To buttress the flimsy case of leftist groups like Common Cause that he step down from judging whether ObamaCare is unconstitutional, 20 House Democrats last week called for an investigation into Justice Thomas' not filling out financial disclosure forms to their satisfaction regarding his wife's political activities. Ginni Thomas' pro-limited government activist group Liberty Central has indeed gone after ObamaCare. But as Mrs. ...
Election 2012: Generic Presidential Ballot [ANY Republican 47%, Obama 41%]
Post Date: 2011-10-05 14:27:13 by Capitalist Eric
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Election 2012: Generic Presidential Ballot Election 2012: Generic Republican 47%, Obama 41% in PoliticsE-mail this .Related Articles Election 2012: Generic Republican 46%, Obama 43% Election 2012: Generic Republican 47%, Obama 42% Election 2012: Generic Republican 47%, Obama 42% Tuesday, October 04, 2011 A generic Republican now holds a six-point advantage over President Obama in a hypothetical 2012 match-up for the week ending Sunday, October 2. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely U.S. Voters finds the generic Republican earning 47% support, while the president picks up 41% of the vote. Four percent (4%) prefer some other candidate, and eight percent (8%) are ...
Tom Ehrich asks if we really live like Christians
Post Date: 2011-10-05 12:25:23 by go65
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What if America truly were a Christian nation? Not a Southern Baptist nation, or an Episcopal nation, or a Roman Catholic nation. Not grounded in the doctrinal and ecclesiastical isms that have grown up over the centuries. But a Christian nation, doing what Jesus did. Well, we wouldn’t be arguing about sex, that’s for sure. Jesus devoted no time to matters of sexuality. We wouldn’t be leading cheers for any particular economic system, capitalist or socialist, for in his many teachings about wealth and power, Jesus saw both as snares and delusions. We wouldn’t be taking votes on who gets medical care, or who gets to live, or who gets to learn, or whose rights matter ...
Mitt Romney's moment
Post Date: 2011-10-05 11:55:30 by go65
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If Mitt Romney can’t start locking up the GOP nomination now, he may never be able to. The former Massachusetts governor’s charmed path toward the presidential nomination was made even smoother Tuesday when New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie opted out of a campaign and recommended that voters choose the candidate with the “best chance” of beating President Barack Obama. No white knight from Trenton, N.J., or anywhere else is riding into the race as the establishment’s savior. Romney’s would-be chief rival for the nomination, Rick Perry, is dropping in the polls amid doubts from conservatives and pragmatists. And the one candidate on the rise, Herman Cain, is ...
Obama’s Racial Crisis -- Our post-racial president has set race relations back decades.
Post Date: 2011-10-05 11:54:20 by no gnu taxes
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In the current racial circus, the president of the United States, in addressing an assembly of upscale black professionals and political leaders, adopts the style of a Southern Baptist preacher of the 1960s. He alters his cadences and delivery to both berate and gin up the large audience — posing as a messianic figure who will “march” them out to speak truth to power. In response, the omnipresent Rep. Maxine Waters goes public yet again, to object that the president has no right to rally blacks in this way, when he does not adopt similar tones of admonishment with Jews and gays. (Should Obama try to emulate the way he thinks gays and Jews talk in his next address to them?) ...
Forecasters Predict Extreme Cold Winter For Chicago
Post Date: 2011-10-05 11:38:25 by Brian S
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(Reuters) – Private forecaster Accuweather.com said on Wednesday that heavy snow and extreme cold should be expected in the north central United States, especially in the Chicago area, in the coming winter. The East Coast faces average to slightly above average snowfall during the winter of 2011-2012 as a Pacific La Nina again drives weather patterns across the United States. “People in Chicago are going to want to move after this winter,” Accuweather Long-Range Meteorologist Josh Nagelberg said in a statement. Accuweather’s forecast projects Chicago will again be hit by extreme cold weather and several blizzards, as it endured last winter when more than 50 inches ...
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