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Army doctor who questioned Obama's citizenship sentenced to prison
Post Date: 2011-05-07 05:12:55 by Ferret Mike
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Army Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin after his court-martial. An Army doctor who refused to deploy to Afghanistan because he questioned President Obama's citizenship has been sentenced to six months in a military prison and dismissed from the service. A military jury spent nearly five hours deciding the sentence for Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin. Obama was born Aug. 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii. From The Associated Press: Lakin was convicted of disobeying orders -- he had pleaded guilty to that count -- and missing a flight that would have gotten him to his eventual deployment. An army commander, Maj. Gen. Karl Horst, still has to approve the sentence returned by the jury and has the option to ...
The Growing Coverup: Osama and "The Big Lie"
Post Date: 2011-05-06 20:39:46 by A K A Stone
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The Obama administration and the corporate media are concocting an ever-more elaborate and spectacular theater around the “heroic” murder of the CIA intelligence myth/CIA asset Osama bin Laden. Not content to simply to exploit the 9/11 atrocity for political gain, the administration is heaping new layers of lie and cover-up to the original crime. The growing cover-up The desperation is palpable. Just days since the “big announcement”, Obama administration officials have already been forced to backpedal, issuing multiple corrections, adding to the confusion over the location of the killing, whether bin Laden was armed or unarmed, whether there was a “fire ...
Media Scrambles as Bin Laden Story Crumbles
Post Date: 2011-05-06 20:32:59 by A K A Stone
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While the establishment media was busy parroting President Obama’s announcement of Osama bin Laden’s supposed assassination, reporting the unsubstantiated claims as if they were unquestionable facts, much of the so-called “alternative” press was far more cautious — and accurate, it turns out. But more importantly, with the new official storyline indicating that bin Laden was in fact unarmed, bigger and much more important questions are beginning to emerge. In terms of coverage, it turns out that the skeptical approach proved far superior in terms of getting it right. Countless mainstream sources were so confident in Obama’s word that they reported many of the ...
Obama turning out to be no Ronald Reagan
Post Date: 2011-05-06 16:47:22 by no gnu taxes
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During the 2008 Democratic primaries, then-Sen. Barack Obama caused a stir when he said, “Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that, you know, Richard Nixon did not, and in a way that Bill Clinton did not.” Pundits speculated whether the optimistic, charismatic Obama could move the nation’s politics to the left in a way comparable to how President Reagan had moved the country to the right. This comparison took hold early in the Obama presidency as his approval ratings nosedived in a pattern similar to Reagan’s. The problem now for Democrats is that, though both presidents took office with a weak economy, Reagan’s pro-growth policies worked, while ...
Reagan's recovery was robust, Obama's economy still sluggish
Post Date: 2011-05-06 16:34:29 by no gnu taxes
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With a weak first quarter GDP number out this morning, we have further evidence that the sluggish pace of the current economic recovery is trailing far behind the power of the 1983-84 Reagan recovery. This suggests that President Obama will have a much tougher time winning reelection than Reagan did. Obama's political fortunes have often been compared to Reagan's, because both men took office during a bad economy and saw their once high approval ratings nosedive. And if you compare the trajectory of their approval ratings using Gallup's handy tool, the overall pattern is quite similar up until this point. Yet by this time in 1983, Reagan's approval rating had bottomed out ...
Obama Ruined the Economy with His Stimulus BS and Kenyancare
Post Date: 2011-05-06 16:31:15 by no gnu taxes
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Worst. Jobs. President. Ever. The US unemployment rate jumped back up to 9.0% in April the first increase since November. Barack Obama is the worst jobs president since the Great Depression. Market Watch reported: The U.S. economy gained 244,000 jobs in April, the biggest increase in almost a year, but the nation’s unemployment rate rose to 9.0%, according to government data. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch predicted a net gain of 175,000 jobs. Payrolls for March and February, based on a survey of business establishments, were also revised up by a combined 41,000, the Labor Department reported Friday. Yet a separate survey of U.S. households found that the labor force declined ...
Ron Paul vs. Tort Reform
Post Date: 2011-05-06 16:26:06 by socalv8
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When you ask most Republican politicians what health policy ideas they support, one of the first things they tend to bring up is medical malpractice reform. The political advantages are obvious: Trial lawyers are both unpopular and a key Democratic constituency. The Congressional Budget Office, meanwhile, has estimated that reforming the medical malpractice system could save $54 billion over the next decade. Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX), though, is not most Republicans. At last night's GOP primary debate, Paul argued against the idea, making the case against the sort of tort reform proposals that many other members of his party support (Rep. Paul shows up around the three minute mark): ...
Obama's Lies and His Crappy Economy
Post Date: 2011-05-06 16:25:45 by no gnu taxes
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n January of 2009, Obama warned Congress that if his $800 billion "stimulus" did not pass Congress, we would face 8.5% unemployment. At the same time, Obama said that if Congress DID pass the "stimulus", unemployment wouldn't pass 8%, and by 2011, unemployment would be at 6.5%. Today, unemployment is 9%. Yes, 268K jobs were added, but if this occurred 2 years ago, it would be reason to celebrate. But not 2 years into a "recovery". And it...See More appears 25% of these new jobs are from McDonalds, and THOSE jobs were only added because McDonald's received an Obamacare waiver. And liberals are CELEBRATING this jobs announcement?
Toronto 'slut walk' spreads to U.S.
Post Date: 2011-05-06 14:02:00 by Ferret Mike
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About 1,000 people participated in the Slut Walk in Toronto in April. (Ivy Cuervo/CBC News) An international series of protests known as slut walks, sparked by a Toronto police officer's flippant comment that women should avoid dressing like "sluts" to avoid being raped or victimized, is taking root in the United States. Some women and men who protest dress in nothing more remarkable than jeans and T-shirts, while others wear provocative or revealing outfits to bring attention to "slut-shaming," or shaming women for being sexual, and the treatment of sexual assault victims. "It was taking the blame off the rapist and on the victim," said Nicole Sullivan, ...
Waterboarding Works!
Post Date: 2011-05-06 13:50:52 by no gnu taxes
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And Andrew Malcolm notes: The trail to Monday morning's assault on Osama's Pakistan compound began during someone else's presidency. That previous president authorized enhanced interrogation techniques which convinced folks like Khalid Shaikh Mohammed to give up, among many other things, the name of their top-secret courier, now deceased. His travels ultimately led the CIA back to Osama's six-year-old suburban home.
Huckabee: Reagan Would Have A ‘Very Difficult, If Not Impossible Time’ Getting Nominated Today
Post Date: 2011-05-06 13:18:57 by go65
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HUCKABEE: Ronald Reagan would have a very difficult, if not impossible time being nominated in this atmosphere of the Republican party. HEMMER: How come? HUCKABEE: Because he raises taxes as governor, he made deals with Democrats, he compromised on things in order to move the ball down the field. As president, he gave amnesty to 7 million illegal immigrants. There were many things that would have been anathema. People speak of Reagan as if he was absolutely steadfast. He was in his convictions, but you have to govern in a way that is different that is different than the way you campaign. Click for Full Text!
Democrats, Republicans edge closer on debt deal
Post Date: 2011-05-06 11:57:52 by go65
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WASHINGTON — The outlines of a deal that would allow the United States to avert a debt default emerged on Thursday as top Republican and Democratic lawmakers held their first meeting aimed at cutting the bloated U.S. deficit. Republicans edged toward a White House plan that would cut some spending now and set long-term deficit reduction targets, but said more difficult decisions on taxes and healthcare spending would have to wait until after the 2012 election. A top Republican lawmaker, Paul Ryan, said there would be no immediate "grand slam" agreement on tackling the budget deficit, expected to reach $1.4 trillion this year and a major worry for Americans and investors. ...
The Most Libertarian GOP Debate in History
Post Date: 2011-05-06 10:23:15 by go65
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The winners in last night's GOP debate? The Fox News Channel was the biggest. The cable network's moderators asked questions that were reasonably tough, well-researched, and less flawed than is typical. America could always do a lot better when it comes to what is asked of its presidential candidates. Relatively speaking, however, kudos are owed, even if former New Mexico governor Gary Johnson got a silly question about what reality TV show he would host if given the chance. (He flubbed it too -- the answer is clearly "The Amazing Race.") Libertarians had a great night too: they accounted for two-fifths of the people on stage for the only time in memory, and were allowed ...
Al Qaeda, in Web message, confirms bin Laden's death
Post Date: 2011-05-06 09:53:30 by go65
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- Al Qaeda released a statement on jihadist forums Friday confirming the death of its leader, Osama bin Laden, according to SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors Islamist websites. The development comes days after U.S. troops killed bin Laden in a raid on a compound in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad. The statement, translated by SITE, lauded the late militant, threatened to take action against the United States, and urged Pakistanis to "rise up and revolt." Bin Laden's death will serve as a "curse that chases the Americans and their agents, and goes after them inside and outside their countries," the message said. "Soon -- with help from Allah -- their ...
Panetta Credits Water Boarding for Success of Raid ; Obama Wants to Jail Those Who Made the Killing of Osama Possible
Post Date: 2011-05-06 09:32:48 by no gnu taxes
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ntelligence garnered from waterboarded detainees was used to track down al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and kill him, CIA Chief Leon Panetta told reporters on Tuesday. "Enhanced interrogation techniques" were used to extract information that led to the mission's success, Panetta said during an interview with anchor Brian Williams. Those techniques included waterboarding, he acknowledged. While President Barack Husein Obama, D-Kenya, seems to take all credit for the successful raid, he has completely forgotten that he harshly criticized President Bush for allowing waterboarding of terrorist suspects. In October 2007 Senator Barack Obama said… “Torture is how you ...
Obama poll numbers jump after Osama Bin Laden killing
Post Date: 2011-05-06 09:21:24 by go65
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WASHINGTON--President Obama's job approval numbers increased after the killing of Osama Bin Laden, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll taken May 2 and 3, the days after the Sunday raid. In the poll, 85 percent approved of the way Obama handled the pursuit of Bin Laden. Some 62 percent think the Bin Laden killing will increase the terrorism threat against the U.S. A new Rasmussen poll finds 86 percent approve of Obama's decision to kill Bin Laden. Check out a wrap-up of the latest Obama polling--and whether he gets an "Osama bounce"--and if so, how long will it last--over at Bruce Drake's PollWatchDaily.
Obama is a liar on gas prices
Post Date: 2011-05-06 09:20:30 by no gnu taxes
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Herman Cain at the South Carolina GOP Debate about what his administration would do about the high price of gasoline. He said that Obama’s statement that there is nothing the president could do in the short term is “simply untrue.”
Asshole Hypocrite Obama: Now open to taxing employer provided health care benefits after trashing McCain on that idea
Post Date: 2011-05-06 09:18:44 by no gnu taxes
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He brutally attacked McCain during the campaign for making the same suggestion. Before the election Obama called this "the largest tax increase in history on the middle class." What a difference a few months makes. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/us/politics/15health.html?ref=politics Administration Is Open to Taxing Health Benefits "…The proposal is politically problematic for President Obama, however, since it is similar to one he denounced in the presidential campaign as “the largest middle-class tax increase in history.” Most Americans with insurance get it from their employers, and taxing workers for the benefit is opposed by union ...
Lies That Leftards Tell
Post Date: 2011-05-06 09:15:20 by no gnu taxes
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How do the progressives lie? Let me count the ways! 1-We now have an entitlement crisis because George W. Bush “squandered” the surplus left to him. Lie! The reality is a bit more complicated. To start with, it’s important to emphasize that the projected surpluses were just that — projections. As the Congressional Budget Office cautioned in its January 2001 report on which Montgomery based her piece, “considerable uncertainty” surrounded them. The CBO wrote that “the U.S. economy and the federal budget are highly complex and are affected by many economic and technical factors that are difficult to predict. As a result, actual budgetary outcomes will ...
'We've never forgotten,' Obama says in moving visit to city
Post Date: 2011-05-06 09:10:44 by go65
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In a solemn conclusion to one of New York’s most emotional weeks since 9/11, President Barack Obama made a poignant visit to the city on Thursday, marking the death of the man who turned the World Trade Center into Ground Zero almost 10 years ago. In multiple stops culminating with a wreath-laying ceremony in the hallowed ground of the lost towers, and in the shadow of the rising new buildings, Obama offered tribute to the 9/11 dead, comforted their families, and saluted the first responders. The visit, Obama’s first as president to Ground Zero, was an unexpected prelude to the anniversary events, a tour of Gotham no one could have imagined just last week. Joined by Mayor ...
Bush-era decisions led to Bin Laden’s elimination
Post Date: 2011-05-06 09:10:28 by no gnu taxes
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Bin Laden is dead. I believe that to be true. I know our government has often lied to us throughout our history, and I believe Obama would do anything to create an “event” that portrays him favorably (he is in full-time campaign mode for 2012). But I believe BL is gone from this world thanks to our Special Ops military team. But I will give Obama credit for making the decision to go get him in Pakistan, even though there is information coming out now that Obama was reluctant and had to be dragged kicking and screaming to sign off on the “get Bin Laden” operation. But Obama in the end made the right decision. But let’s not lose sight of some important facts. During ...
Where Is Obama’s Popularity Bounce?
Post Date: 2011-05-06 09:06:43 by no gnu taxes
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Normally in American politics, when a major foreign policy event occurs – the launch of a war, a terrorist attack, or the killing or capture of a significant enemy – the president receives a bump in the polls. When Saddam Hussein was captured in Iraq, for example, President Bush’s approval rating jumped from 54 percent to 63 percent, according to CNN. When Osama Bin Laden was killed this week, by contrast, President Obama received virtually no bounce: according to CNN, 52 percent of people approved of Obama, up from 51 percent. That lack of bounce was mirrored in several other polls, including the Rasmussen poll, and the Newsweek/Daily Beast poll. Assuming these polls are ...
"The only thing Obama has done right in his foreign policy is continue President George W. Bush’s policies"
Post Date: 2011-05-06 09:03:56 by no gnu taxes
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Republican presidential hopefuls on Thursday night didn’t allow President Obama’s widely-praised operation that killed Usama bin Laden this week to deter them from attacking his foreign policy or blaming his domestic policies for high gas prices and the fragile economy recovery. During the first debate of the 2012 election season, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty congratulated Obama for capturing the world’s most wanted terrorist nearly 10 years after the Sept. 11 attacks. “I tip my cap to him in that moment,” he said. “But that moment is not the sum total of America’s foreign policy. He’s made a number of other decisions relating to our security ...
Obama Promises Justin Bieber Meetup for 9/11 Family Member
Post Date: 2011-05-06 09:02:02 by go65
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After laying a wreath Thursday at the World Trade Center site in Lower Manhattan, President Barack Obama lingered to talk with several people who lost family members in the 9/11 attacks. Among them was 14-year-old Payton Hall, who had written the president a letter about her father, Glen James Wall, who was killed in the Trade Center attacks. Each day, White House staff give the president 10 letters from the public to read on a variety of topics, and on Monday, Payton’s was in the batch. The White House invited Payton to attend–only to learn that her mother had no clue that her daughter had written the letter. She attended, along with her mother, Diane; sister, Avery, 12 years ...
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