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Texas Bill Would Make Invasive Pat-Downs a Felony
Post Date: 2011-04-30 10:46:06 by Murron
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Texas Bill Would Make Invasive Pat-Downs a Felony FORT WORTH, Texas -- A former Miss USA's claims of being groped during a pat-down at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport could be a felony under a bill gaining momentum in the Texas Legislature. The bill would make it illegal for a security officer to intentionally touch someone's private areas -- even atop clothing -- unless they have probable cause to believe the person is carrying something illegal. Bill sponsor State Rep. David Simpson says the searches are removing people's dignity. Last fall the Transportation Security Administration started a new pat-down procedure. Susie Castillo, crowned Miss USA in 2003, said ...
Flashback: Trump proposes massive onetime tax on the rich
Post Date: 2011-04-29 23:56:46 by go65
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Billionaire businessman Donald Trump has a plan to pay off the national debt, grant a middle class a tax cut, and keep Social Security afloat tax rich people like himself. Trump, a prospective candidate for the Reform Party presidential nomination, is proposing a onetime net worth tax on individuals and trusts worth 10 million or more. By Trumps calculations, his proposed 14.25 percent levy on such net worth would raise 5.7 trillion and wipe out the debt in one full swoop. The U.S. national debt decreased by 9.7 billion in September but remains at 5.66 trillion, according to the latest U.S. Treasury figures. The net worth tax is the cornerstone of Trumps economic plan released Tuesday ...
Trump: Tax China Imports, Only an Idiot Would Sign Korea Free Trade Deal.
Post Date: 2011-04-29 22:50:33 by A K A Stone
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Billionaire businessman Donald Trump says “only an idiot” would approve the Korea free trade deal that’s coming up for a vote on Capitol Hill. Trump’s been on a tear, blasting “moronic” free trade agreements that are “sucking money out of this country.” He says we should tax imports from China - “it’s not a free trade country” - and make stuff in America instead. Billionaire businessman Donald Trump tells Fox News “only an idiot” would approve the Korea free trade agreement. It’s the biggest free trade deal since NAFTA, and could be up for a vote on Capitol Hill within weeks. Trump’s been on a tear of interviews ...
Royal Cult Worship: Police Ban Protests, Raid Homes of Demonstrators
Post Date: 2011-04-29 20:58:46 by A K A Stone
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Police have hailed the British public for helping to make the Royal Wedding security operation "an amazing success", following the arrest of 55 people. Suspected anarchists were apparently seen putting masks on in central London's Soho Square before the Royal Wedding got under way nearby. Many arrests were made along the route where the new Duke and Duchess of Cambridge later passed after their marriage ceremony. The alleged offences included breach of the peace, drunk and disorderly, handling stolen goods and possession of an offensive weapon. A 38-year-old man suspected of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl on The Mall was among those detained. Top Met Cop ...
Panic selling of the U.S. dollar now underway as debt system implodes
Post Date: 2011-04-29 20:52:24 by A K A Stone
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(NaturalNews.com) To most Americans it's unthinkable that the U.S. dollar could someday be relegated to second-class status as a currency, but what they may not realize is that the transition is already underway. Reports this week marked the dollar's continued slide - it reached a 16-month low against the euro and slid to a historic low against the Swiss franc on Tuesday - while at the same time predicting something we've been telling you for years now, namely that the dollar is on its way out as the world's reserve currency. Impossible, you say? Think again. Signs of the dollar's imminent collapse are everywhere. Look at the economic and investment juggernaut that is ...
For the Pauls, it's who will run, not whether
Post Date: 2011-04-29 20:21:35 by A K A Stone
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WASHINGTON — Many major Republican figures are still trying to decide whether to enter the 2012 presidential race. But in the Paul family, the question is not so much whether to run. It’s more along the lines of: Who will run? For months, Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and his father, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, have been engaged in an Alphonse-and-Gaston routine, each expressing interest in a bid for the White House. It is unprecedented in American political history — a father and son publicly considering presidential bids at the same time. The younger Paul, 48, says he won’t run against his father, 75. But if his father decides not to run, he will consider it. Earlier this ...
Far Left Wing Fox News Comes Out With a Poll Showing the Kenyan's Approval/Disapproval Evenly Divided in an Attempt to Prop Up This Illegitimate White House Resident
Post Date: 2011-04-29 16:33:17 by no gnu taxes
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The Kenyan: Approve 47% Disapprove 47%
Do House Republicans realize they just endorsed a higher debt limit?
Post Date: 2011-04-29 14:43:47 by go65
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The fiscal 2012 budget resolution proposed by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) drew the support of all 235 Republicans present and voting Friday, as well as the opposition from all 193 Democrats in attendance. That means 235 members of the House GOP are now on record in favor of slowing the growth of domestic discretionary spending and Medicaid, shrinking the deficit gradually through fiscal 2015, and sharply reducing federal spending as a percentage of the economy over the long term. They're also on record favoring an increase in the debt ceiling, which currently stands at $14.3 trillion. Pages 5 and 6 of the budget resolution declare that the "appropriate ...
In U.S., Negative Views of the Tea Party Rise to New High
Post Date: 2011-04-29 13:48:14 by Skip Intro
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Republicans and conservatives are the most positive PRINCETON, NJ -- About half of Americans, 47%, now have an unfavorable image of the Tea Party movement, the highest since it emerged on the national scene. 2010-2011 Trend: Overall Opinion of the Tea Party Movement Gallup began tracking Americans' views of the Tea Party in March 2010, when 37% had a favorable and 40% an unfavorable view. Those views stayed roughly the same through January of this year, but have now turned somewhat more negative. The April 20-23 USA Today/Gallup poll finds favorable opinions of the Tea Party movement dropping to 33%, from 39% in January, and unfavorable opinions rising to 47% from 42%. Twenty ...
Huckabee Out?
Post Date: 2011-04-29 12:01:36 by We The People
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It looks as if Mike Huckabee won’t be making a presidential run in 2012 after all. An article at the Process Story blog says they have been told Huckabee is “giving his former S.C. supporters the nod to seek work on other presidential campaigns. The word is that he’s told South Carolina staffers that they have his blessing for them to peddle their wares elsewhere.” Huckabee is a Fox News contributor with his own weekend show, which he would have to suspend if he entered the presidential race. He’s been polling very well in South Carolina. If he’s releasing key staffers in that state, he’s probably not far from formally declaring a non-candidacy. Update: ...
National GOP Primary Poll: Trump 19% Romney 17% Huckabee 15%
Post Date: 2011-04-29 11:20:54 by go65
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Republican primary voters at this early stage of the game now give billionaire developer Donald Trump the edge over presumptive favorites Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee in the race to be the GOP’s presidential nominee in 2012. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely Republican Primary Voters finds Trump with 19% support, just ahead of the former governors, Massachusetts’ Romney at 17% and Arkansas’ Huckabee with 15%. (To see survey question wording, click here.) Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and ex-House Speaker Newt Gingrich are tied for fourth place with nine percent (9%) each, closely followed by Texas Congressman Ron Paul at eight percent (8%). ...
54% of Donald Trump’s political contributions have gone to Dems
Post Date: 2011-04-29 10:42:32 by Rudgear
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For a man who aspires to be the Republican nominee for the presidency in 2012, the Donald sports an interesting history of contributions to political figures. The list of recipients of the billionaire’s largesse includes Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, one of the most polarizing and partisan figures on the Washington scene for decades, and former Obama right hand and current Windy City mayor Rahm Emanuel. The Washington Post reports that the real estate mogul has made more than $1.3 million in donations to political candidates, 54 percent of them to Democrats. Many of Trump’s contributions have been in New York, Florida, and other states where he holds real estate and casino ...
Donald Trump Blames China for Fact That Much of His Gear is 'Made in China'
Post Date: 2011-04-29 09:26:12 by go65
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Donald Trump, who has repeatedly accused China of stealing manufacturing jobs from the U.S., acknowledged today that an array of Trump-branded clothes, accessories and other products are made in China. The real estate and casino mogul, who is considering a run for the Republican presidential nomination, blamed China for the fact that Trump ties, Trump cufflinks and even Trump teddy bears come with a "Made in China" label. "The answer is very simple: Because of the fact that China so manipulates their currency it makes it almost impossible for American companies to compete," Trump told ABC News. Click for Full Text!
GOP Front Runner Trump's f-bomb tirade
Post Date: 2011-04-29 09:23:14 by go65
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Real estate mogul Donald Trump served up a profanity laced speech to Republican supporters in Las Vegas Thursday night, attacking American policies and continuing his flirtation with a run for the GOP presidential nomination. At a reception hosted by two Republican women's groups at the Treasure Island Casino, Trump acknowledged he is not the typical candidate for president, and may lose in 2012, but is still serious about a bid for the White House. "I'll think about it," Trump said when an audience member asked him to run. "You probably won't be disappointed." Trump criticized the price of oil in his remarks, one of the mantras adopted by the reality TV ...
Bob Scheiffer Proves He is Democrat Shill When He Uses the R word against Trump
Post Date: 2011-04-29 08:44:19 by A K A Stone
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A senior CBS news anchor today labelled Donald Trump's campaign to raise doubts about President Obama's school grades as an 'ugly strain of racism'. Face The Nation host Bob Schieffer made the comments in the wake of Mr Trump's calls yesterday for Mr Obama to release college transcripts 'proving' he had the grades to enter Columbia and Harvard. The attack came as new research suggested viewers for Celebrity Apprentice - some of the most liberal for any TV show - were deserting the program due to Mr Trump's outspoken rants against Mr Obama. The furore came soon after the President released his full birth certificate - finally putting the question of his ...
How Oil Profits Are Good for Americans
Post Date: 2011-04-28 21:59:13 by CZ82
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How Oil Profits Are Good for Americans Posted April 28th, 2011 at 12:00pm in Energy and Environment You could substitute a newspaper article from June 2008 with today’s gas price stories, and no one would know the difference. The story is the same: politicians blaming speculators and big oil while ignoring supply and demand issues and the impact of a weak dollar on oil prices. It’s been easy for politicians to point the finger of blame at oil companies since the Gulf spill—although a large majority of Americans support offshore drilling. When politicians attack big oil, it’s important to remember who owns these companies and where that money goes. Mutual funds and ...
Brown Cancels California’s $356 Million ‘Cadillac’ Death Row
Post Date: 2011-04-28 21:52:15 by Ferret Mike
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April 28 (Bloomberg) -- California Governor Jerry Brown scuttled plans to build a $356 million new death row at San Quentin prison that some lawmakers derided as a “Cadillac” because of its cost. Brown said it would be “unconscionable” to go ahead with the complex north of San Francisco, planned since 2003, when the state is cutting jobs and services to bridge a deficit. California, which holds the largest number of death-row prisoners in the U.S., faces a resurgent budget deficit equal to nearly 20 percent of the general fund. Interest on prison construction bonds would have cost $28.5 million a year. “At a time when children, the disabled and seniors face ...
Gov. Brown Now Wants California Tax Hike on November Ballot
Post Date: 2011-04-28 21:45:54 by CZ82
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Gov. Brown Now Wants California Tax Hike on November Ballot by Chuck DeVore 04/27/2011 California does everything big, especially recurrent, intractable budget crises. California’s latest fiscal calamity is an extension of its last brush with insolvency when the Dot.com bubble burst in 2001, leaving California with plunging revenues and soaring government employee pension obligations brought on by a raft of higher benefits for government union workers. The unwillingness of California’s Democrat-dominated political establishment to restructure government led to the historic 2003 recall of Gov. Gray Davis. Arnold Schwarzenegger was elected on the promise of “blowing up the ...
Indiana poised to cut Planned Parenthood funding
Post Date: 2011-04-28 21:30:24 by CZ82
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana is poised to become the first state to cut all government funding for Planned Parenthood. The move would be a significant victory for anti-abortion activists but could pose a political predicament for Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels as he considers running for president. The Indiana House voted 66-32 Wednesday to cut off the $3 million in federal money the state distributes to the organization for family planning and health programs. The Senate approved the measure earlier this month. Indiana risks losing $4 million in federal family planning grants if Daniels signs the bill. A veto could antagonize ardent conservatives wary of Daniels' calls for a truce on ...
The Trouble with Independents
Post Date: 2011-04-28 21:18:41 by CZ82
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The Trouble with Independents By Paul Kengor The latest edition of The New Republic has an interesting piece, titled, "The Trouble with Independents." T he subheading is even more on target: "What if these voters are just a clueless horde?" The article is written by the thoughtful Georgetown scholar (and man of the left) Michael Kazin, who finds himself in company with a lot of conservatives, from me to Rush Limbaugh. Kazin writes: No group in American politics gets more respect than independent voters. Pundits and reporters probe what these allegedly moderate citizens think about this issue and that candidate, major party strategists seek the golden mean of messaging ...
2009 Report: Hawaii Health Department went paperless, discarded documents
Post Date: 2011-04-28 21:13:45 by CZ82
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2009 Report: Hawaii Health Department went paperless, discarded documents Thomas Lifson In the words of Lewis Carroll, it gets curioser and curiouser. According to this report, back when Lou Dobbs (then a CNN host) began to raise questions about Obama's birth, CNN president Jon Klein had his researchers contact the Hawaii Department of Health to inquire as to the records. TV Newser reproduced the letter in a post dated July 24, 2009: From: Klein, Jon (CNN) Sent: Thu Jul 23 19:00:44 2009 Subject: Important re birth certificate I asked the political researchers to dig into the question "why couldn't Obama produce the ORIGINAL birth certificate?" This is what they ...
Not So Fast, Mr. Obama: Trust But Verify
Post Date: 2011-04-28 21:09:35 by CZ82
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Not So Fast, Mr. Obama: Trust But Verify By Carol A. Taber Yesterday, President Obama released a long form birth certificate. In doing so, he lectured Americans about what was truly important in America. "We do not have time for this kind of silliness," he intoned. "We've got better stuff to do. I've got better stuff to do. We've got big problems to solve, and I'm confident we can solve them, but we're going to have to focus on them, not on this." He then promptly boarded Air Force One to solve one of those vital problems -- by flying to Chicago for another appearance on Oprah's show. Let's focus now on one very simple question: why did he ...
PDF Layers in Obama’s Birth Certificate
Post Date: 2011-04-28 16:50:20 by Ferret Mike
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We have received several e-mails today calling into question the validity of the PDF that the White House released, namely that there are embedded layers in the document. There are now several other people on the case. We looked into it and dismissed it. The PDF is composed of multiple images. That’s correct. Using a photo editor or PDF viewer of your choice, you can extract this image data, view it, hide it, etc. But these layers, as they’re being called, aren’t layers in the traditional photo-editing sense of the word. They are, quite literally, pieces of image data that have been positioned in a PDF container. They appear as text but also contain glyphs, dots, lines, ...
AP News Service Has Always Known That Obama Was Born in Kenya -- Look at Their 2004 Article
Post Date: 2011-04-28 15:47:08 by no gnu taxes
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Kenyan-born Obama all set for US Senate Kenyan-born US Senate hopeful, Barrack Obama, appeared set to take over the Illinois Senate seat after his main rival, Jack Ryan, dropped out of the race on Friday night amid a furor over lurid sex club allegations. The allegations that horrified fellow Republicans and caused his once-promising candidacy to implode in four short days have given Obama a clear lead as Republicans struggled to fetch an alternative. Ryan’s campaign began to crumble on Monday following the release of embarrassing records from his divorce. In the records, his ex-wife, Boston Public actress Jeri Ryan, said her former husband took her to kinky sex clubs in Paris, New ...
Thank You!
Post Date: 2011-04-28 14:36:56 by buckeroo
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Dear American Taxpayer For only the second time in my adult life, I am not ashamed of my country. I want to thank the hard working American people for paying $242 thousand dollars for my vacation in Spain . My daughter Sasha, several long-time family friends, my personal staff and various guests had a wonderful time. Honestly, you just haven't lived until you have stayed in a $2,500.00 per night private 3-story villa at a 5-Star luxury hotel. Thank you also for the use of Air Force Two and the 70 Secret Service personnel who tagged along to be sure we were safe and cared for at all times. By the way, if you happen to be visiting the Costa del Sol, I highly recommend the Buenaventura ...
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