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Former Sen. Phil ‘Mental Recession’ Gramm Endorses His ‘Protege’ Rick Perry
Post Date: 2011-08-14 18:27:50 by Brian S
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) yesterday jumped in the 2012 GOP presidential primary, saying that “it is time to get America working again.” “I will work every day to make Washington, DC, as inconsequential in your lives as I can, and free our families, small businesses and states from a burdensome and costly federal government so they can create, innovate and succeed,” he said. And Perry quickly picked up the endorsement of former Sen. Phil Gramm (R-TX): Former senator and current banker Phil Gramm of Texas — well-connected to big donors but controversial for his role in preventing tighter regulation of Wall Street — told The Huffington Post yesterday that he is ...
White House Pushes Congress To Prioritize Passing Free Trade Deals
Post Date: 2011-08-14 18:22:45 by Brian S
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Passing three pending free-trade deals remains a top priority for the White House and congressional leaders as competing interests nudge their way onto the September agenda. President Obama is vowing to provide a weekly list of new bills he wants Congress to consider, including a payroll tax cut and an extension of federal emergency unemployment benefits, while pressure rises to complete work on the long-delayed trade deals with Colombia, South Korea and Panama. "Over the coming weeks, I'm going to be putting out more proposals, week by week, that will help businesses hire and put people back to work," Obama said during a Thursday speech in Michigan. He called for a final ...
Private-sector jobs up 1.8 millon, government jobs down 547,000 in last year: Sunday's Numbers
Post Date: 2011-08-14 16:48:36 by lucysmom
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1.7 percent: Increase in the number of private sector jobs nationally with the addition of 1.8 million jobs from 107.4 million in July 2010 to 109.2 million last month. -2.4 percent: Decline in government jobs nationally with the loss of 547,000 jobs from 22.6 million in July 2010 to 22 million last month. 927,000: The number of additional jobs the nation would have if the government jobs had increased at the same 1.7 percent rate that private sector jobs increased over the last year. 9.1 percent: The national unemployment rate in July. 8.5 percent: What the national unemployment rate would have been in July if 927,000 of the unemployed were instead working. Source: Analysis of Bureau ...
Bomb Squad Called To John Boehner’s Office
Post Date: 2011-08-14 16:02:23 by Brian S
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House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) received a scare on Sunday afternoon after a bomb squad was called to his local office, as reported by local ABC news affiliate in Cincinnati. A police offer located three black suitcases at the door of Boehner's office at around 11:30 AM. Along with the bomb squad, both the police and fire departments in the West Chester area patrolled the scene. It took two hours for the squad to detonate the suitcases, but there were no bombs located. All three of the suitcases included the words "Jobs and oil," but no one was injured.
Indiana State Fair Stage Collapse: 5 Dead; Singer Relates Horror
Post Date: 2011-08-14 13:17:26 by Brian S
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The death toll has risen to five in the stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair in which 45 people were also injured. The main stage collapsed on a crowd waiting for a Sugarland performance Saturday night at the Indianapolis fair after being blasted by winds as strong as 60 to 70 mph, according to the National Weather Service. The lead singer of the country band, Jennifer Nettles, expressed her horror in a statement to Associated Press, saying there were "no words to process a moment of this magnitude and gravity." Photos: Deadly stage collapse The victims were identified by the Marion County coroner's office as Tammy Vandam, 42, of Wanatah; Glenn Goodrich, 49, of ...
BLACK RACIST PIG TO BE CHARGED WITH HATE CRIME
Post Date: 2011-08-14 11:55:49 by no gnu taxes
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The investigation into 11 of the violent incidents on the opening night of the Wisconsin State Fair has resulted in the arrest of a 16-year-old African-American who reportedly told investigators he targeted whites. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was asked on WLS Radio’s Roe and Roeper Show Friday if he thought the crimes warranted hate crime status, “I think it is absolutely outrageous, it is a hate crime, and I would imagine the prosecutor will be very aggressive on this. There is no tolerance whether it’s white on black or black on white, there shouldn’t be any tolerance in general for that kind of problems.” West Allis police said Thursday the teen was arrested ...
Americans' views of Congress reach historic lows [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2011-08-14 11:13:51 by buckeroo
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As bad a stretch as President Obama has had of late -- and there's no denying it's been bad -- the recent debt-ceiling hike has managed to draw an already unpopular Congress to new depths, according to a series of new polls. Consider these findings: •A CNN/Opinion Research poll shows just 14% of voters approve of Congress's job performance, while 84% disapprove -- both records. •A CBS/New York Times poll has similar numbers -- 14% approve and 82% disapprove of Congress' job performance, the latter an all-time high. •A Fox News/Opinion Dynamics poll puts Congress' approval even lower -- 10%. That's a drop from 20% in late June. •Just 18% of ...
Tim Pawlenty Drops Out [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2011-08-14 10:34:53 by go65
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Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty abandoned his bid for the GOP presidential nomination on Sunday after a disappointing finish in the Ames Straw Poll in Iowa. "We needed a boost from Ames that didn't happen," Pawlenty told staff on a conference call Sunday morning, CNN learned. Click for Full Text!
Obama and the Perry Miracle
Post Date: 2011-08-14 09:09:16 by CZ82
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Obama and the Perry Miracle By Jeffrey Folks Liberals have let it be known that they intend to "kill" Romney -- or any other GOP candidate who poses a threat to Obama in the 2012 election. The attack on Romney at the Iowa state fair by hecklers pretending to be ordinary retirees is prelude to what we can expect. Obama's own team are hard at work as well. Recently, they've been trying to head off the challenge posed by Gov. Rick Perry, the most successful American governor in living memory. On Friday David Axelrod argued that Perry's record of job creation in Texas was not what it seemed. Yes, Texas has created more jobs over the last decade, while Perry has been ...
Moms Rally To Defend Raw Food Club After Federal Raid
Post Date: 2011-08-13 21:30:02 by Brian S
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Private food clubs and small producers of raw milk and cheese have witnessed all manner of regulatory and legal interference in recent years -- confiscation of raw milk deliveries, quarantining of raw milk, searches of dairies carried out by armed state and federal agents, shutdown of cheese plants. But last week's multi-agency assault on Rawesome Food Club in Venice, Calif., marked the first time individuals associated with a food club or a small farm had actually been thrown into jail, in this case charged with 13 felonies and misdemeanors, and held on high bail (requested between $60,000 and $130,000). The Los Angeles County district attorney issued a criminal complaint, growing out ...
Boy Scout, 12, Did ‘Everything Right’ To Survive Cold Night In Utah Backcountry
Post Date: 2011-08-13 21:02:50 by Brian S
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(08-13) 16:19 PDT (AP) -- He was scared, but the 12-year-old Boy Scout still knew what to do when he got lost during a Utah wilderness outing: He built a shelter made of tree branches and wood to get through a cold night and he covered himself in dirt to stay warm. Jared Ropelato's lean-to — a crude structure the Boy Scout manual advises Scouts to build if they become lost — kept him warm enough so he could sleep after the overnight low in Utah's Ashley National Forest dipped to 31 degrees in the area, said Daggett County sheriff's spokeswoman Karen Peterson. The boy was wearing only jeans and a shirt, and had no food or water, when he went missing around noon ...
NEWS CORP. Hacking Probe Is Widened in U.S...
Post Date: 2011-08-13 20:56:47 by Brian S
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Investigators haven't found hard evidence so far in probing whether News Corp.'s U.K.-based journalists might have hacked the phones of 9/11 victims, but U.S. authorities have expanded their query to see whether they can establish a broader pattern of more recent misconduct at the company's U.S. operations, say people familiar with the matter. British police investigating the sweeping phone-hacking scandal at the company's now-closed News of the World tabloid have told the Federal Bureau of Investigation there are no names or telephone numbers of Sept. 11 victims among the evidence they have gathered to date, according to people familiar with the case. London's ...
Texas Raids Fund For Poor To Keep Taxes Low
Post Date: 2011-08-13 20:46:02 by Brian S
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Texas utility customers pay a little extra on their bills that is supposed to go into a fund to help the poor cover their own utility payments. But in a year of record heat, less than half the fund is being paid out, forcing people to do without air conditioning in triple-digit temperatures. CBS reports that the Texas legislature has repeatedly approved raiding the fund in order to balance its budget without raising taxes. By 2013, there will be $900 million sitting unspent, with no plans to ever pay it out. And not only are the poor being shortchanged, but members of the middle class who pay utility bills are being charged that extra fee which does nothing but subsidize keeping taxes low ...
Ames straw poll: Contenders make closing arguments
Post Date: 2011-08-13 17:19:58 by We The People
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Reporting from Ames, Iowa— Six contenders for the Republican presidential nomination made their pitches to die-hard conservative voters Saturday, and while the messages may have been different, they shared a common theme. “Get the government off our backs!” Tim Pawlenty told a packed arena on the campus of Iowa State University. Pawlenty was fighting to keep his campaign afloat—and needed a strong showing in the traditional Ames straw poll. As he and the other candidates spoke, thousands of voters lined up to vote, with the results expected late Saturday afternoon. Photos: Scenes From Iowa -Republicans at the State Fair In a sense, though, the real action in the GOP ...
Will this be the GOP Ticket?
Post Date: 2011-08-13 15:11:19 by jwpegler
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At a conservative gathering in South Carolina, Gov. Nikki Haley called Gov. Rick Perry a “superstar” and said his move to announce his run for president in her state, while other GOP contenders competed in the Ames Iowa straw poll, was brilliant. “It just let’s us know that it’s game on for all the candidates and I love that,” Haley told reporters, referring to Perry’s announcement at the RedState Gathering where she spoke earlier. She was effusive in her comments about the latest GOP presidential contender but fell short of endorsing the candidate. “He comes from a great state, he has a great hope for America,” Haley said. “He wants to ...
How Almost Everyone Just Got Screwed (Debt deal breakdown)
Post Date: 2011-08-13 14:09:11 by go65
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CBO Schools Tea Party Freshman In Basic Economics
Post Date: 2011-08-13 10:40:20 by go65
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Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), a Tea Party-backed freshman who voted against the final debt limit bill, recently asked to hear from the Congressional Budget Office about the impact of government spending on economic growth. It's an article of faith on the right that vastly shrinking government will unleash the forces of private enterprise, and faced with CBO's opposing view, Huelskamp wanted to know the answer to two questions: 1). What current federal departments, agencies, programs, or portions thereof do not contribute to economic growth? 2). In the programs that CBO believes do contribute to economic growth, what level of spending cuts would amount to a level you believe would be ...
S&P: Debt default skeptics fueled ratings downgrade
Post Date: 2011-08-13 10:36:18 by go65
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A Standard & Poor’s director said for the first time Thursday that one reason the United States lost its triple-A credit rating was that several lawmakers expressed skepticism about the serious consequences of a credit default — a position put forth by some Republicans. Without specifically mentioning Republicans, S&P senior director Joydeep Mukherji said the stability and effectiveness of American political institutions were undermined by the fact that “people in the political arena were even talking about a potential default,” Mukherji said. “That a country even has such voices, albeit a minority, is something notable,” he added. “This kind of ...
White Supremacist Calls Black Guys Monkeys
Post Date: 2011-08-13 10:14:02 by no gnu taxes
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Harvey also had a lot to say about the fact that Tavis suggested that President Obama sit down with him and West for two or three days to discuss poverty in America. Harvey said, “Who in the hell got 2–3 days for your ass? I ain’t got time to sit down with your monkey behind for two, three days, let alone the President of the United States. -- Oh wait a second. This is actually a leftard black guy. My bad. Comedian Steve Harvey Calls Cornel West And Tavis Smiley “Uncle Toms” For Criticizing Obama… Steve Harvey has decided to throw himself into the ring as a critic of the Poverty Tour of Tavis Smiley and Cornel West. This week on his syndicated radio show, ...
Medical Insurance that Worked — Until Government "Fixed" It
Post Date: 2011-08-12 18:50:52 by jwpegler
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Today, we are constantly being told, the United States faces a health care crisis. Medical costs are too high, and health insurance is out of reach of the poor. The cause of this crisis is never made very clear, but the cure is obvious to nearly everybody: government must step in to solve the problem. Eighty years ago, Americans were also told that their nation was facing a health care crisis. Then, however, the complaint was that medical costs were too low, and that health insurance was too accessible. But in that era, too, government stepped forward to solve the problem. And boy, did it solve it! In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, one of the primary sources of health care and ...
14 Reasons Why Rick Perry Would Be A Really, Really Bad President
Post Date: 2011-08-12 17:28:44 by go65
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Supporters of Texas Governor Rick Perry are not going to like this article at all. Right now, Republicans all over the United States are touting Rick Perry as the "Republican messiah" that is going to come charging in to save America from the presidency of Barack Obama. Many believe that if Rick Perry enters the race, he will instantly become the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. Perry certainly looks the part and he knows how to give a good speech, but when ordinary Americans all over the country take a hard look at his record, they may not like what they see. The truth is that Rick Perry is a big-time globalist, he has raised taxes and fees in Texas ...
Breaking: Kenyancare is Unconstitutional
Post Date: 2011-08-12 15:30:17 by no gnu taxes
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Don’t expect this to be the last stop for the train, but during the next stage of the court challenge process, the individual mandate in Obamacare (not the entire law) has been found unconstitutional. A federal appeals court ruled Friday that a provision in President Obama’s health care law requiring citizens to buy health insurance is unconstitutional, but didn’t strike down the rest of the law. The decision is a major setback for the White House, which had appealed a ruling by a federal district judge who struck down the entire law in January. But the case is clearly headed to the Supreme Court, which will have the final say. On Friday, the divided three-judge panel of ...
Shocker: Even Brain Dead Moronic Moronic New York Liberals Hate Obama
Post Date: 2011-08-12 13:59:34 by no gnu taxes
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There are several states on the national electoral map that are, with rare exception, “gimmes” for Democratic candidates. Among them are California and New York. Which makes the findings of the latest Quinnipiac University poll a “rare exception.” For the first time since President Obama took the oath of office, his disapproval rating among Empire State residents is higher than his approval rating. Of 1,640 registered voters queried in the survey, 45% said they approve of the job the president is doing, while 49% said they disapprove. The findings represent a sharp turnaround from June, when Obama’s approval rating among New Yorkers was in very positive territory, ...
U.S. Olympic Skier Gets Drunk, Pees On 11-Year-Old Girl On JetBlue Flight
Post Date: 2011-08-12 13:06:07 by lucysmom
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The drunk man who peed on a sleeping 11-year-old passenger on a JetBlue flight is one of the most elite skiers in the United States, according to the NYPost. Robert Vietze, a U.S. Skier, probably just blew his chances of participating in the Olympic Games in Russia in 2014. His name was removed from the team's roster yesterday. Vietze was drunk on his flight from Portland, Ore., to JFK Wednesday night when he was heading home from a week-long training camp, stumbled out of his seat to the girl five rows behind him, and urinated on the girl. Vietze told the cops: "I was drunk, and I did not realize I was pissing on her leg." The skier refuses to apologize for his actions. ...
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