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Top Ten Reasons to Support Herman Cain for President [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2011-05-22 09:40:06 by CZ82
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Top Ten Reasons to Support Herman Cain for President By C. Edmund Wright Even those conservatives who will not vote for Herman Cain to win the Republican nomination should hope that he does run -- and that his candidacy lasts a long time during the nomination process, perhaps even succeeding. Not the least of reasons is that a Cain candidacy would be a hoot. And I do not mean that in a derisive or condescending way at all. I mean that it would be the kind of doggone honest and refreshing campaign the country needs. It would be the opposite of the stale McCain run. Cain does not speak Washington drivel, and he's not afraid to take a strong position. Dare I say it? He'll call a ...
Schumer proposes 'no-ride' list for Amtrak
Post Date: 2011-05-21 02:29:11 by socalv8
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In light of recent findings that al Qaeda was mulling targeting railroad lines to mark the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, a senator from New York is calling for tighter rail security. U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer proposed an increase in rail security and an Amtrak version of the Secure Flight "no-fly" list. The proposal stems from material taken from Osama bin Laden's Pakistani compound showing al Qaeda was in the early stages of planning an attack to derail trains on September 11 of this year Click for Full Text!
The Google Pharm Case
Post Date: 2011-05-20 21:56:18 by CZ82
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The Google Pharm Case by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. The American pharmaceutical system is a highly controlled apparatus for restricting access to much-needed drugs and violating the rights of those who want to purchase them. This has long been true. Vast amounts of drugs that people should be permitted to purchase of their own free will are withheld from the market (of course, many others are outlawed). Instead, people who know what they need are forced first to fork over their money to a physician – who then gets overpaid by insurance – then part of the buck is passed to the over-trained checkout clerks at the pharmacy. We are all treated like babies in order to sustain and ...
BUSH AND OBAMA...CAN YOU SEE THE DIFFERENCE...Revealing
Post Date: 2011-05-20 20:12:11 by no gnu taxes
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George W. Bush speech after capture of Saddam: "The success of yesterday's mission is a tribute to our men and women now serving in Iraq . The operation was based on the superb work of intelligence analysts who found the dictator's footprints in a vast country. The operation was carried out with skill and precision by a brave fighting force. Our servicemen and women and our coalition allies have faced many dangers in the hunt for members of the fallen regime, and in their effort to bring hope and freedom to the Iraqi people. Their work continues, and so do the risks. Today, on behalf of the nation, I thank the members of our Armed Forces and I congratulate 'em." ...
The Unspoken Mission: The Deliberate Disintegration of America
Post Date: 2011-05-20 16:34:20 by Capitalist Eric
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“Great men, great nations, have not been boasters and buffoons, but perceivers of the terror of life, and have manned themselves to face it.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Authoritarian globalism, not terrorism, is the biggest threat America and the Western world faces. Terrorism is an invented distraction to keep the police and military guards occupied, and a government trick whose purpose is to scare the people into giving up their natural rights and accept the total government takeover of their lives and society. When we read that nations like Libya and Iran are rogue regimes, which are regimes that pose a threat to the lawless international banking establishment, we should ...
AMTRAK PURSUING PRIVATE INVESTMENT TO SUPPORT NORTHEAST CORRIDOR HIGH-SPEED RAIL PLANS
Post Date: 2011-05-20 16:08:11 by socalv8
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Washington, DC (MMD Newswire) May 20, 2011 - - Amtrak is developing an in-depth business plan that will maximize the opportunity for private investment to finance the construction of infrastructure and the acquisition of equipment required to provide 220 mph (354 kph) next-generation high-speed rail service in the Northeast Corridor. "Amtrak will aggressively pursue private investment, in combination with funding from the federal government and from other public sources, to achieve our goal of initiating true high-speed rail from Washington to Boston," said Al Engel, Amtrak Vice President, High-Speed Rail. In April, Amtrak issued a request for proposals for a fully implementable ...
Macho Man Randy Savage Dies In Car Accident
Post Date: 2011-05-20 13:36:16 by go65
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Macho Man Randy Savage -- one of the greatest wrestlers of all-time -- died today in a car accident in Tampa, Florida ... TMZ has learned. TMZ spoke with Randy's brother, Lanny Poffo, who tells us the wrestling legend suffered a heart attack while he was behind the wheel around 9:25 AM ... and lost control of his vehicle. Earlier this month, Savage celebrated his 1-year anniversary with his new wife Lynn. Savage was 58. Macho Man began wrestling in the WWF in 1985 and became a superstar with his trademark catchphrase "Ooooooh Yeaahhhhh." Savage was so popular, he became the spokesperson for Slim Jim in the mid '90s ... and became virtually synonymous with the brand. ...
GOP establishment darling Mitch Daniels wants to avoid wedge issues
Post Date: 2011-05-19 17:08:38 by CZ82
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GOP establishment darling Mitch Daniels wants to avoid wedge issues Thomas Lifson Conservatives suspicious of the GOP establishment's tendency to foist wishy-washy candidates on the party, and wary of Mitch Daniels as another John McCain, have had their doubts vindicated. The GOP establishment is begging Mitch Daniels to run for president, if you believe Politico's Mike Allen: "GOP elite see Mitch Daniels as 2012 savior." Meanwhile, social conservatives have been down on him ever since the Indiana governor called for a "truce" on social issues. Now comes video of Daniels speaking to the "centrist" GOP Ripon Society (founded at Harvard) in which ...
Amtrak Chugs Deeper Into the Red
Post Date: 2011-05-19 13:40:34 by socalv8
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Amtrak's financial losses are projected to widen this year despite rising ridership, the top executive of the government-subsidized rail system said Tuesday. Amtrak blames the red ink on rising compensation costs for union workers and increased costs for fuel, materials and other expenses. Amtrak is making money on its heavily traveled Northeast Corridor between Boston and Washington, serving mostly commuters, executives said. But money-losing, long-distance routes are a drag on the bottom line, Amtrak says. Amtrak officials project an operating loss of $506 million in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, up from a loss of $419.9 million last year. Officials have projected a loss of $616 ...
First-time jobless benefit filings decline again
Post Date: 2011-05-19 13:21:50 by go65
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The number of Americans filing for their first week of unemployment benefits dropped sharply for the second straight week. In the week ended May 14, 409,000 Americans filed for their first week of unemployment benefits, the Labor Department said Thursday. That marked a decline of 29,000 from the 438,000 initial claims filed the week before, and was an even lower level than the 420,000 claims economists Click for Full Text!
Ron Paul: "Sell the Gold in Ft. Knox"
Post Date: 2011-05-19 11:37:20 by Capitalist Eric
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Ask a gold bug if he thinks that Franklin Roosevelt did the right thing in 1933 when he unilaterally confiscated the gold coins of all Americans. He will tell you "no." Why not? "Because it was a violation of property rights. The Federal government had no legal authority to do this." But the Supreme Court authorized it, 5 to 4. The gold bug will tell you that the Supreme Court cannot be trusted. Fast forward almost 70 years. Ron Paul announces at the Heritage Foundation that the government should sell its gold to reduce the national debt. http://www.nysun.com/national/selling-gold-at-fort-knox-emerges-as-next-big/87350 No one comes to his defense. Understandably, ...
Poll: Romney Gets Boost as Trump, Huckabee Exit
Post Date: 2011-05-18 23:16:37 by go65
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So who benefits from the recent departures of Mike Huckabee and Donald Trump? Mitt Romney, by a fair margin, according to one just-released poll. Just as telling, though, is that four out of 10 Republicans said they were still dissatisfied with the GOP field. And none of the current crop of candidates, according to a Suffolk University poll of likely voters, could beat President Barack Obama if the election were held now. The poll, one of the first to be released since Messrs. Huckabee and Trump said they wouldn’t run, found that a plurality of their supporters—29%–said they would now back Mr. Romney, the former Massachusetts governor. The pollsters called back those who ...
CDC Warns Public to Prepare for 'Zombie Apocalypse'
Post Date: 2011-05-18 19:48:22 by A K A Stone
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Are you prepared for the impending zombie invasion? That's the question posed by the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention in a Monday blog posting gruesomely titled, "Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse." And while it's no joke, CDC officials say it's all about emergency preparation. "There are all kinds of emergencies out there that we can prepare for," the posting reads. "Take a zombie apocalypse for example. That's right, I said z-o-m-b-i-e a-p-o-c-a-l-y-p-s-e. You may laugh now, but when it happens you'll be happy you read this, and hey, maybe you'll even learn a thing or two about how to prepare for a real emergency." The ...
Has Subsidy-Scrapping Time Arrived?
Post Date: 2011-05-18 18:17:51 by CZ82
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Has Subsidy-Scrapping Time Arrived? By Peter Hannaford on 5.18.11 @ 6:07AM One day last week Senate Democrats engaged in one of their favorite indoor sports: beating up on oil companies. They convened a kangaroo court (aka a hearing) to give tongue-lashings to the CEOs of major oil companies, just to make sure American motorists know it is this greedy bunch that is responsible for soaring gasoline prices. "Take away their subsidies," they cried. The media missed the irony in the sharp inquisition by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), heir to a large Standard Oil fortune (of which Exxon is a modern descendant). One of the accused said taking away the subsidies was okay if all ...
Rep. King: 'I'm not going to say no' to presidential suggestions
Post Date: 2011-05-18 15:15:46 by go65
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Washington (CNN) - Rep. Peter King's name has not previously come up as a possible presidential candidate. But could he soon enter the race? "I'm not going to say no," the New York congressman told CNN in a telephone interview on Wednesday. King is the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. Next week, he'll hold hearings on how the death of Osama bin Laden impacts homeland security. In March, King held hearings on the radicalization of Muslim Americans. Click for Full Text!
Santorum Says McCain (Who Was Tortured) Doesn't Understand How Torture Works
Post Date: 2011-05-18 13:07:18 by go65
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Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum doesn't think former POW and torture survivor John McCain quite understands how torture works. Santorum was on Hugh Hewitt's radio show, and responded to a question about Sen. McCain's (R-AZ) repeated assertions that torture doesn't work and that there's no evidence that it led to the killing of Osama bin Laden. "Now your former colleague, John McCain, said look, there's no record, there's no evidence here that these methods actually led to the capture or the killing of bin Laden," Hewitt said. "Do you disagree with that? Or do you think he's got an argument?" Here's Santorum's ...
White House contender Huntsman: Listen to climate scientists
Post Date: 2011-05-18 11:55:03 by go65
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GOP White House hopeful Jon Huntsman is sticking by his view that climate change is under way, even while reversing his past embrace of cap-and-trade. Time magazine has posted excerpts from interviews with the former Utah governor — who recently left his job as President Obama’s ambassador to China — conducted for a recent profile. Asked about his views on climate change, Huntsman replied: This is an issue that ought to be answered by the scientific community; I’m not a meteorologist. All I know is 90 percent of the scientists say climate change is occurring. If 90 percent of the oncological community said something was causing cancer we’d listen to them. I ...
CBO: Budget Bill Savings Shrink
Post Date: 2011-05-18 10:58:06 by go65
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The Congressional Budget Office cast a new shadow on Republicans’ claim to have made deep cuts in spending in the April law setting the final budget for fiscal 2011. A new analysis released Monday found that the bill would actually produce a net increase in discretionary outlays of $3.2 billion in the remaining months of the year because defense spending would rise by $7.5 billion as domestic programs would drop $4.4 billion. Brendan Buck, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner (R.,Ohio) dismissed the significance of the revised estimate of discretionary spending as “an uneven snapshot’’ of Republicans’ record of cutting spending because it did not take ...
Romney fund-raising day yields $10.25m
Post Date: 2011-05-18 10:12:49 by go65
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LAS VEGAS – Mitt Romney raised $10.25 million from his National Call Day here today, far exceeding the haul he brought in from a similar fund-raising day in Boston four years ago. With around 720 supporters placing calls around the country throughout the day, he sought to put on full display one of the most important attributes for his emerging campaign: raising money. Click for Full Text!
Is Michele Bachmann Smarter Than a 10th Grader?
Post Date: 2011-05-18 09:22:01 by go65
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Rep. Michelle Bachmann rose to national prominence by courting controversy and firing up the conservative base. Thousands of politically active people would gladly argue with her if given the opportunity. It is therefore interesting that a high school sophomore in Cherry Valley, N.J., has generated national headlines by challenging the Minnesota Congresswoman to a debate. "I have found quite a few of your statements regarding The Constitution of the United States, the quality of public school education and general U.S. civics matters to be factually incorrect, inaccurately applied or grossly distorted," Amy Myers wrote in early May in an open letter to Bachmann. "Though ...
GOP elite see Mitch Daniels as 2012 savior
Post Date: 2011-05-18 09:19:17 by go65
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Top Republicans are increasingly convinced that President Barack Obama will be easily reelected if stronger GOP contenders do not emerge, and some are virtually begging Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels to add some excitement to the slow-starting nomination race. It’s a sign of the GOP’s straits that the party is depending on the bland, wonkish Daniels for an adrenaline boost. Click for Full Text!
The dead infant and the birth-certificate mystery Researcher who suspects forgery finds possible reason for Obama registration number
Post Date: 2011-05-18 08:57:11 by A K A Stone
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NEW YORK – Amid questions about the authenticity of Obama's posted birth records raised by the registration number, a researcher has discovered a possible explanation. The Post and Email blog, which has focused on the Obama eligibility controversy, features a report by an unnamed researcher who discovered the record of a girl born the same day as the president who died a day later that could have been the source of Obama's birth certificate. The find is significant because of questions about the plausibility of the registration number indicated on the images of short-form and long-form birth certificates for the president posted on the Internet. As WND reported, the numbers ...
Sen. Rand Paul proposes eliminating gasoline tax to ease burden on Americans at the pumps
Post Date: 2011-05-18 08:06:14 by A K A Stone
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FRANKFORT, Ky. — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul is proposing elimination of the gasoline tax to ease the financial burden on Americans. Paul said he intends to make the proposal an amendment to any energy bill that comes before the Senate. He proposes offsetting the lost revenue with a corresponding reduction in foreign aid and corporate welfare. Such a proposal is a huge longshot because of concerns about losing federal money that goes to maintain and expand the nation's highways.
Finally, a bit of glamour to brighten up the campaign! Supermodel Cindy Crawford abandons Obama to support Romney for 2012
Post Date: 2011-05-17 21:24:05 by Sebastian
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* Romney targets billion-dollar war chest to beat Obama * Meanwhile President struggles to fire up fund-raisers Barack Obama is often pictured with celebrity supporters - but Mitt Romney has stolen a march on him here. Supermodel Cindy Crawford backed the President in 2008 - but fashion is a fickle business. Now she's changing colours and supporting Republican Mitt Romney in his battle to get to the White House. The supermodel appeared in a fund-raising video for the former Massachusetts governor at his national 'call day' in Las Vegas yesterday. Crawford, 45, is reported to be friends with one of the Mr Romney's sons, and helped the presidential candidate as the Romney ...
Nordyke numbers expose Obama document fraud? Newly found details about birth registration show president's certificate out of sequence
Post Date: 2011-05-17 19:43:07 by A K A Stone
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NEW YORK – Newly unearthed information about Hawaii's procedure for numbering birth records at the time Barack Obama was born casts further doubt on the authenticity of the short-form and long-form birth certificates published online with the president's authority. Details about the registration procedure are significant, because some analysts have wondered how Obama could have been issued a registration number that is higher than the numbers of the published birth certificates of Susan and Gretchen Nordyke, which were registered three days later than the president's. Some have speculated that even though Obama's birth certificate was received by the registrar Aug. 8, ...
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