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Compromise on Pledge of Allegiance in Oregon Town Has Some Seeing Red
Post Date: 2011-06-28 15:39:23 by Brian S
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An Oregon town's City Council voted down a proposal to say the Pledge of Allegiance before every council meeting, but later passed a compromise that seemed to make no one happy. The approved measure allows the pledge to be recited at just four Eugene City Council meetings a year, those closest to the Fourth of July, Veterans Day, Memorial Day and Flag Day. It was supposed to be simple, but Councilman Mike Clark soon found out when you’re dealing with God and country, nothing in Eugene is easy. Clark says all he wanted to do was unite the council and show his more conservative constituents that in this city where diversity is celebrated, their more traditional values also are ...
Americans believe Obama destroying their freedoms
Post Date: 2011-06-28 14:34:33 by no gnu taxes
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The WND Freedom Index has taken a nosedive, with more than two in three Americans – including significant numbers of Democrats – expressing alarm that Barack Obama’s tenure in office is costing them their freedoms, and pollster Fritz Wenzel says it might be too late for him recover in time for the 2012 election. Noting that the Freedom Index plunged to 45.9, its lowest mark in the two years it’s been monitored, Wenzel of Wenzel Strategies said: “It will be very difficult to dramatically improve these now negative perceptions that Americans hold toward their government because with every downward movement in this index, people lose just a little more trust in their ...
Unalaska police blotter: 'Butt grabber' grabs the wrong butt
Post Date: 2011-06-28 14:04:47 by Mad Dog
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Here are further highlights from the police log of the Unalaska Department of Public Safety. Read more from the log via the Unalaska Advertiser. Assault -- A drunk at the Harbor View Bar grabbed the buttocks of a man he mistook for someone else and when the butt-grabber offered to make amends by buying the grabbee a drink, the grabbee insisted he instead be paid $20 for the offense. A third person, attempting to intervene in the ensuing argument, was struck by the grabbee in the face and received a broken nose for his trouble. The third person pushed the grabbee to the ground, whereupon [the grabbee] began banging his head on a parking lot stop block in order to obtain some injuries to ...
More Details Emerge in Wisconsin’s ‘Chokegate’
Post Date: 2011-06-28 12:49:38 by no gnu taxes
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With the Wisconsin Supreme Court devolving into a storyline only Vince McMahon could love, rumors are still swirling about what actually happened when two justices engaged in a physical confrontation behind closed doors on June 13. Justice Ann Walsh Bradley claims Justice David Prosser “choked” her. Prosser denies he choked Bradley, and claims she initiated physical contact. In the past two days, multiple sources with first-hand knowledge of the incident have been able to provide more details as to what exactly happened behind closed chamber doors.
The week before the legislature was set to re-pass the collective-bargaining provision, three of the four conservative justices were ready to ...
Libya: Liberals' Last Straw?
Post Date: 2011-06-28 10:11:03 by Happy Quanzaa
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Is Libya going to be the straw that breaks the donkey's back? Certainly, the economy has already inflicted serious damage to Obama's 2012 prospects. However, this has largely been factored in by the general electorate. Contrastingly, Libya is an unforeseen and unfactored variable that could make it a reelection coup de grâce. According to a March 21 Gallup poll, the Administration's Libyan engagement began with the lowest support level (47%) for any U.S. military action in almost 30 years. A June 23 Gallup poll showed approval has fallen to just 39%, with 46% disapproving. In Congress too, support is eroding -- moving increasingly from the fringes to the center. And that ...
After 3 Years of Failure After Failure, the Kenyan Says Bachmann’s Policies Will Devastate the Middle Class (Worst. President. Ever.)
Post Date: 2011-06-28 09:19:49 by no gnu taxes
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Barack Obama increased the national debt by over $3 trillion in just over 2 years. Obama tripled the deficit in one year with his failed stimulus plan. The Obama deficit this year may reach $1.65 trillion. (The Captain’s Comments) Barack Obama and Democrats also added over One Trillion Dollars to the Federal Budget in the last 4 years. That’s at least a 30% increase in federal spending in just 3 years. ** Real US GDP has risen 0.8% over the 13 quarters since the current recession began, compared to an average increase of 9.9% in past recoveries. ** Obama’s trillion dollar stimulus failed. ** The unemployment rate is still above a 9%. ** Obama is the worst jobs ...
Mau Mau uprising in DC
Post Date: 2011-06-28 08:53:36 by Happy Quanzaa
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Huge Gang Brawl at DC Caribbean Festival
Country can't afford Amtrak's costly plans
Post Date: 2011-06-28 00:55:45 by socalv8
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In response to Tuesday's editorial "Amtrak idea is risky," the true risk with Northeast Corridor high-speed passenger rail is continuing the status quo with Amtrak's costly, subpar performance. The federal government simply can't afford Amtrak's 30-year, $117 billion plan to bring high-speed rail to the corridor. While some criticize Congress for not sufficiently funding Amtrak over the years, no one can reasonably expect Congress to provide this kind of money for this project, particularly in this budgetary environment. That is why we have proposed an innovative approach to fund improved passenger rail by encouraging competition in the corridor. We must attract ...
Some claim reports of racist Peoria mob are exaggerated
Post Date: 2011-06-27 16:39:23 by NewsJunky
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PEORIA — Allegations of racist threats and mob-style intimidation in a West Bluff neighborhood Friday captured national attention over the weekend, but some say the claims were exaggerated. A group of 50 or so young people was walking down Thrush Avenue toward Sheridan Road about 10:50 p.m. Friday, concerning some residents. Paul Wilkinson, who has lived on Sheridan for 11 years, says the group was blocking four lanes of traffic, fighting and yelling racist comments at neighbors. "They were yelling 'We're gonna kill all the white people. This is our neighborhood,'" Wilkinson, 45, said. He emailed his account of the incident to several City Council members and ...
Bachmann Proud to Share Origins with John Wayne... Gacy, Serial Killer
Post Date: 2011-06-27 15:16:37 by go65
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Just after Michele Bachmman announced her presidential candidacy in her hometown of Waterloo, Iowa, Monday morning, she told Fox News, "Well what I want them to know is just like, John Wayne was from Waterloo, Iowa. That's the kind of spirit that I have, too." But The Washington Times' Stephen Dinan reports that Bachmann got her John Waynes mixed up. The rugged manly-man movie star was born in Winterset, Iowa, three hours away. The John Wayne that Waterloo was home to is John Wayne Gacy, the "killer clown" who murdered 33 young men in the 1970s. The first time Gacy was convicted of a crime was in Waterloo, in 1968, when he was convicted of attempted homosexual ...
Blackballed Pelosi Stammers Through Interview With Series of Offensive and False Claims [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2011-06-27 13:56:58 by no gnu taxes
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Pelosi has been iced out of debt talks and has reportedly demanded a seat at the table … to no avail … and appeared visibly upset about it. Imitating Jack Nicholson’s famous line from “A Few Good Men,” Pelosi told Eric Cantor he “can’t handle the truth,” and then told this whopper: "All this talk about tax cuts, in the Bush years the Republicans said that tax cuts would produce jobs; they didn't. They produced a deficit." In fact, following Bush’s 2003 tax relief, the U.S. had 52 months of uninterrupted job growth, the longest run on record. The former speaker finished off the interview by claiming Republicans were not ...
Conspiracy Theory
Post Date: 2011-06-27 13:43:42 by Capitalist Eric
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While we were not watching, conspiracy theory has undergone Orwellian redefinition. A “conspiracy theory” no longer means an event explained by a conspiracy. Instead, it now means any explanation, or even a fact, that is out of step with the government’s explanation and that of its media pimps. For example, online news broadcasts of RT have been equated with conspiracy theories by the New York Times simply because RT reports news and opinions that the New York Times does not report and the US government does not endorse. In other words, as truth becomes uncomfortable for government and its Ministry of Propaganda, truth is redefined as conspiracy theory, by which is meant ...
Houston Man Forced To Pay Child Support For Child That DNA Proves Isn’t His
Post Date: 2011-06-27 12:27:34 by Brian S
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HOUSTON -- A new state law says men no longer have to make child support payments if they discover the child is not theirs, but a Houston man says he still has to pay. Ray Thomas contacted KHOU 11 News saying he is frustrated because he owes more than $50,000, even though he is not the child’s father. “They've been taking money out of my income tax -- taking my money and I haven't been able to pay my bills,” Thomas said. Thomas claims he's a victim of mistaken paternity. He said, in 1986 a woman he was dating had a baby and told Thomas it was his. In fact, he thought so too until the little girl's hair started to turn red. Thomas said he went to court ...
The best beer for a good fast buzz
Post Date: 2011-06-27 12:06:22 by no gnu taxes
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Welfare before the Welfare State
Post Date: 2011-06-26 12:26:53 by jwpegler
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Many people think life without the welfare state would be chaos. In their minds, nobody would help support the less fortunate, and there would be riots in the streets. Little do they know that people found innovative ways of supporting each other before the welfare state existed. One of the most important of these ways was the mutual-aid society. Mutual aid, also known as fraternalism, refers to social organizations that gathered dues and paid benefits to members facing hardship. According to David Beito in From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State, there was a "great stigma" attached to accepting government aid or private charity during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.[1] ...
Borrowing and spending the GOP way
Post Date: 2011-06-26 11:16:38 by Skip Intro
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The big deficit facing the U.S. is mostly Republican in origin, the Congressional Budget Office says. The Bush tax cuts alone have added $3 trillion in red ink, yet the party wants to double down on its failed policy. President Obama's fiscal policies are a mess. Whatever one thinks of the need for stimulus in a severe recession, it is obvious that running trillion-dollar deficits for years on end is unsustainable. Moreover, his proposals are dishonest. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office concluded that his proposed 2012 budget underestimates spending while overestimating revenues. Sadly, the Republicans have offered no viable alternative. The failure of our leaders to offer ...
Employee accuses circuit court of anti-Muslim harassment
Post Date: 2011-06-25 18:18:12 by CZ82
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Employee accuses circuit court of anti-Muslim harassment June 22, 2011|By Manya A. Brachear, Tribune reporter A former child care attendant for the Cook County Circuit Court has sued the court, its chief judge and her former supervisor for allegedly harassing her because she is Muslim. Fozyia Huri, 45, a Muslim of Saudi Arabian origin, alleges that Sylvia McCullum, executive director of the Cook County court's children's advocacy rooms, bullied her because she was not a "good Christian." According to the suit, McCullum repeatedly referred to herself, other employees and Chief Judge Timothy Evans as "good Christians," indicating that the two went to the same ...
Issa introduces bill to ‘prevent bailout’ of Postal Service
Post Date: 2011-06-25 14:25:18 by CZ82
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Issa introduces bill to ‘prevent bailout’ of Postal Service Published: 12:10 AM 06/24/2011 | Updated: 1:49 PM 06/24/2011 By Alexis Levinson Rep. Darrell Issa, chairman of the congressional oversight committee, introduced legislation on Thursday to significantly reform the United States Postal Service in order to prevent the need for a “taxpayer bailout.” The legislation follows USPS’ announcement on Wednesday that it will no longer pay money into its Federal Employee Retirement System in order to cut costs. Issa said that such a solution was not acceptable. “The Postal Service lost $8.5 billion last year,” he said in a statement. “It is going to ...
Will Kansas Become First Abortion-Free State?
Post Date: 2011-06-25 14:13:32 by CZ82
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Will Kansas Become First Abortion-Free State? Wednesday, 22 June 2011 03:13 PM EDT Jennifer LeClaire Kansas could become the first abortion-free state in the nation. According to the new state law, clinics offering abortions must meet minimum safety standards before they can be licensed. If clinics fail to meet the new standards, they cannot legally do abortions. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment has the authority to deny, suspend or revoke a license, and has the authority to fine a clinic for violations and go into court to ask that a clinic be closed. The KDHE will notifiy the trio of clinics on July 1 as to whether or not they can continue killing unborn babies. ...
New York Atheists Angry Over 'Heaven' Street Sign Honoring Sept. 11 Victims
Post Date: 2011-06-25 14:10:09 by CZ82
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New York Atheists Angry Over 'Heaven' Street Sign Honoring Sept. 11 Victims By Todd Starnes A group of New York City atheists is demanding that the city remove a street sign honoring seven firefighters killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks because they say the sign violates the separation of church and state. The street, “Seven in Heaven Way,” was officially dedicated last weekend in Brooklyn outside the firehouse where the firefighters once served. The ceremony was attended by dozens of firefighters, city leaders and widows of the fallen men. “There should be no signage or displays of religious nature in the public domain,” said Ken Bronstein, ...
Obama unveils manufacturing initiative
Post Date: 2011-06-25 13:28:18 by buckeroo
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President Obama called for the federal government to increase support for manufacturing and robotics technology on Friday in a speech in Pittsburgh. Obama reading a PCAST report CAPTIONOSTP; White House photographer "If we want a robust growing economy, we need a robust manufacturing sector," Obama said, announcing the "Advanced Manufacturing Partnership." The partnership between universities, firms and the federal government, would open engineering labs to small firms, support manufacturing process research and develop "precompetitive" technologies such as "nanomanufacturing flexible electronics, information technology-enabled manufacturing and advanced ...
Understanding Supply Side Economics
Post Date: 2011-06-24 18:58:15 by CZ82
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Understanding Supply Side Economics By Henry Oliner It has been derided as voodoo economics by George H.W. Bush and contemptuously as 'trickle down' economics by opponents from the left and some from the right. When Ronald Reagan embraced supply side economics many Republicans and Democrats were skeptical. When unemployment shot up to 11 percent and interest rates spiked to 20%, Reagan's own party and even members of his cabinet were questioning the wisdom of cutting taxes at the high end of the rates. High unemployment, painful as it was, helped bring inflation under control. Interest rates and unemployment fell. Supply side economics has retained a bitter opposition. ...
Anti-Immigrant Showboating By Politicians Leaves Georgia Crops Rotting In The Fields
Post Date: 2011-06-24 17:05:06 by Brian S
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In yet another example of how wingnut politicians act without thinking of the logical consequences, Georgia Republicans passed a law that's leaving their agricultural industry in sad shape:After enacting House Bill 87, a law designed to drive illegal immigrants out of Georgia, state officials appear shocked to discover that HB 87 is, well, driving a lot of illegal immigrants out of Georgia. It might be funny if it wasn’t so sad. Thanks to the resulting labor shortage, Georgia farmers have been forced to leave millions of dollars’ worth of blueberries, onions, melons and other crops unharvested and rotting in the fields. It has also put state officials into something of a panic ...
The ABC’s of Barack Obama’s Complete and Utter Stupidity
Post Date: 2011-06-24 16:27:23 by no gnu taxes
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It’s supposed to be common knowledge that Sarah Palin is stupid, right? Why? Palin-haters can’t tell us. There’s no actual data to back that up, other than out-of-context or completely made up quotes, putative gotcha moments, which then get transported instantaneously throught the leftosphere from Daily Kos to the NY Times to MoveOn.org to MSNBC to the script writing rooms of “Saturday Night Live” and around and around again. All this before the slightest bit of fact checking even starts—if it ever takes place at all. Remember the “Bush Doctrine” thing? Sarah got it wrong in her interview with Charlie Gibson in September, 2008—or did she? ...
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