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Crist Tries to Distance Himself From Obama (Isn't everybody?)
Post Date: 2010-10-20 09:27:27 by Badeye
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Crist Tries to Distance Himself From Obama Published October 19, 2010 | Associated Press DAVIE, Fla. -- Gov. Charlie Crist tried to distance himself from President Barack Obama in a debate Tuesday after months of reaching out to Democrats in his independent bid for Senate, and Republican Marco Rubio made a case against the extremist tag his opponents are giving him. Crist, as he has in the last two Senate debates, attacked Rubio as far right because of the Republican's position against abortion rights and his support for a tough Arizona immigration law. Rubio has in past debates hammered at the point that Crist -- a lifelong Republican until going independent in April -- is a ...
Quotes From Nancy Pelosi, Witch, Bitch, would be puppy killer, real life baby killer
Post Date: 2010-10-20 07:11:16 by A K A Stone
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Madam Speaker Pelosi Quotes: "Drain the swamp we did, because this was a terrible place" "We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it" CNSNews: “Madam Speaker, where specifically does the Constitution grant Congress the authority to enact an individual health insurance mandate?” -- Pelosi: “Are you serious? Are you serious?” “We see it as an entrepreneurial bill, a bill that says to someone, if you want to be creative and be a musician or whatever, you can leave your work, focus on your talent, your skill, your passion, your aspirations because you will have health care.” "First Bush cut taxes for the rich and the ...
Here's That Devastating Report On The Coming California Demographic Timebomb
Post Date: 2010-10-19 22:57:58 by WhiteSands
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There's been a ton of talk lately about demographics and the coming pension crisis in the US. Getting buzz today is this report from the Milken Institute and authors Perry Wong and I-Ling Shen. The basic gist: California's demographics are rapidly worsening, and will put serious strain on the state's pension benefits system. Here are some key points: * By around 2012 or 2013, the three major state pensions’ obligations will be more than five times as large as total state tax revenue. * Not only will California’s growing senior population depend on Medi-Cal and other state services, but public school enrollment is likely to rise in the coming years. The state can ...
CBS: A third of 2008 Obama voters won’t vote Democrat in 2010
Post Date: 2010-10-19 22:38:40 by WhiteSands
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If anyone wonders why Democrats seem dispirited in 2010, CBS uses 2008 to explain it. In their latest survey, CBS asked voters who backed Obama in 2008 whether they planned to vote for Democrats in the midterms. Only two-thirds would commit to it, and only 42% of independents: CBS News senior White House correspondent Bill Plante reports that, for the White House, keeping control of the House and Senate is all about getting Democrats and Independents who voted for the president in 2008 back to the polls, and on that score, the latest poll numbers show Mr. Obama hasn’t closed the sale. Only two-thirds of Obama voters in 2008 (67 percent) say they’ll vote for one of his fellow ...
Airlines Wonder Why Undercover Marshals Fly First Class
Post Date: 2010-10-19 18:44:35 by Brian S
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But do they get frequent flyer miles? Undercover federal air marshals routinely fly first class on commercial flights, a practice airlines are trying to end because they say it is expensive and unjustified by current security concerns. The trade group Air Transport Association and the heads of several airlines recently asked the Federal Air Marshals Service and the Transportation Security Administration to move marshals to seats farther back in planes, USA Today reported. After 9/11, an expanded number of undercover and armed marshals were placed on various flights in first class, where they could protect the cockpit door. But the airlines and certain security experts told the newspaper ...
Happy Days' Dad Tom Bosley dead at 83
Post Date: 2010-10-19 18:00:45 by Murron
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Happy Days' Dad Tom Bosley Dead at 83 LOS ANGELES – Tom Bosley, whose long acting career was highlighted by his hugely popular role as the understanding father on television's nostalgic, top-rated 1970s comedy series "Happy Days," died Tuesday. He was 83. Bosley died of heart failure at a hospital near his Palm Springs home. Bosley's agent, Sheryl Abrams, said he was also battling lung cancer. TV Guide ranked Bosley's "Happy Days" character, Howard Cunningham, at No. 9 on its list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" in 2004. The show debuted in 1974 and ran for 11 seasons. "Tom's insight, talent, strength of character ...
GOP Rep. McClintock: Republicans “Don’t Deserve” A “Second Chance” - "The American people have every right, and every reason, to blame a Republican president and a Republican Congress for the mess that confronted the Obama administration on January 2
Post Date: 2010-10-19 18:00:41 by go65
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Speaking at an event last week in Orange County, CA, Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) said he expected big gains for his party at this year’s election, but said he worried that Republicans would squander the victory, as they had in the past, by nominating a slew of “bad candidates” and having a lackluster commitment to conservative principles: [blockquote]The American people are about to give Republicans a second chance that we know we don’t deserve, that we haven’t earned. … The American people have every right, and every reason, to blame a Republican president and a Republican Congress for the mess that confronted the Obama administration on January 20, 2009 ...
Mitch Daniels open to VAT, oil tax hike
Post Date: 2010-10-19 17:49:57 by go65
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Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels opened the door Thursday to supporting both a value added tax and a tariff on imported oil, bold proposals that could cause trouble for him with conservatives as he flirts with a long-shot bid for the presidency. The Republican, staying mum about his 2012 plans, was the guest of honor at a dinner sponsored by the conservative Hudson Institute. He received an award named for Herman Kahn, the legendary nuclear theorist who founded the respected institute 49 years ago and helped inspire the character “Dr. Strangelove” in the movie by the same name. Daniels, once the Hudson Institute’s chief executive, described himself as an acolyte of Kahn’s ...
Does Anyone Question G W Bush's Greatness!!!!?
Post Date: 2010-10-19 16:33:08 by no gnu taxes
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THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT GEORGE W BUSH -the most socially conservative president of recent decades -the defeat of the Democrats’ Senate leader Tom Daschle in 2004 -the nominations of Justices Roberts and Alito to the Supreme Court in 2005 -Banned Partial Birth Abortion -Reversed Clinton’s move to strike Reagan’s anti-abortion Mexico Policy -By Executive Order (EO), reversed Clinton’s policy of not requiring parental consent for abortions under the Medical Privacy Act. -By EO, prohibited federal funds for international family planning groups that provide abortions and related services -Upheld the ban on abortions at military hospitals. -Made million available for ...
Miller Bodyguards At Forum Included Active-Duty Soldiers
Post Date: 2010-10-19 14:57:35 by Brian S
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Was Joe Miller required to bring a security detail to his town hall meeting Sunday at Central Middle School? That's what Miller, the Republican Senate candidate, told two national cable news networks Monday in the wake of the arrest by his security squad of an online journalist at his public event. But the school district said there was no such requirement made of Miller -- he only had to provide a hall and parking lot monitor, and advise participants of school district courtesy and food rules. Meanwhile, the Army says that two of the guards who assisted in the arrest of the journalist and who tried to prevent two other reporters from filming the detention were active-duty soldiers ...
Military recruiters told to accept gay applicants [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2010-10-19 14:25:54 by Ferret Mike
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WASHINGTON – A Pentagon spokeswoman says recruiters have been told that they must accept gay applicants, following a federal court decision striking down the ban on gays serving openly in the military. Spokeswoman Cynthia Smith said Tuesday that top-level guidance has been issued to recruiting commands informing them that the military's "don't ask, don't tell" rule has been suspended for now. Recruiters also have been told to inform potential recruits that the moratorium could be reversed at any point. Last week, a federal judge ordered the military to stop enforcing the 1993 law banning openly gay service members. The Justice Department is appealing the ...
Comrade Obama Turns on Voters
Post Date: 2010-10-19 13:39:48 by no gnu taxes
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From the point of view of the condescending liberal elite, there could be only one explanation for our failure to embrace their extirpation of the middle class in pursuit of a Changed America consisting only of the rulers and the welfare-dependent ruled: we just aren't thinking clearly. The Manchurian Moonbat hawks another loogie and spits it in our face: -- Americans are so "scared" they're not thinking straight about the upcoming elections, President Obama said over the weekend, as he sought to explain why voters are turning to Republican candidates. … "People out there are still hurting very badly, and they are still scared. And so part of the reason that ...
Obama is the dumbass, not Bush
Post Date: 2010-10-19 13:22:42 by no gnu taxes
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We've been told that Bush was an idiot and Obama is the smartest President eevvvaaahh!!! Here's Obama talking to a group of kids. When President Bush went to talk with the kids, notice how many teleprompters he used. Yeah, Bush was the dumb one. Kids don't care if you are "on message" and perfect. I'm sure no matter which one spoke to them, they would be thrilled for years to tell people that they met the President. The other explanation is that one of these Presidents was talking to the kids and the other was really talking to the parents through the TV. In that case, the kids are just props. Which explanation is worse; needing a teleprompter to talk to ...
Levi Johnston's Politicial Ambitions Get Smackdown From Barbara Walters
Post Date: 2010-10-19 12:57:27 by Ferret Mike
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Levi Johnston, the on again/off again fiance of Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol, is off to a rocky start in his wanna-be political career. Johnston, the father of Bristol's son, Tripp, said in August that he intends to run for mayor of Wasilla or some other local office in 2011 in a campaign that could also be part of a reality show. But Johnston got a dose of another kind of reality during his appearance Monday on ABC's "The View." Taking a page out of WomanUp's book of manners, host Barbara Walters told the Vanity Fair oversharer and nude model, "You became famous for impregnating a 17-year-old girl. You're 20 years old, you don't have a high school ...
Article exposes neocon agenda
Post Date: 2010-10-19 12:06:10 by Ferret Mike
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The online news source AlterNet recently published an article by John Dolan that can best be described as an exposé on the educational infrastructure set up in Iraq since the country was invaded by the U.S. seven years ago. Dolan, who worked as an English teacher at the American University of Iraq Sulaimaniya, or AUIS, provides a firsthand account of his experience as faculty at the Western institution set up in Kurdistan — Iraq’s quieter northern region composed of ethnic Kurds, which chafed under Saddam’s rule — by neoconservative underlings of the Bush/Cheney administration. The article confirms the greatest possible fears about the exportation of Western or ...
Joe Miller: Communist East Germany a Model for Border Security
Post Date: 2010-10-19 12:00:05 by Ferret Mike
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The United States should borrow ideas from Communist East Germany to keep its borders secure, Alaska's Republican Senate candidate Joe Miller suggested at a town hall Sunday night. "The first thing that has to be done is secure the border," Miller said when asked about illegal immigration into the United States, Alaskan blogger Steve Aufrecht first reported. Miller continued, "East Germany was very, very able to reduce the flow. Now, obviously, other things were involved. We have the capacity to, as a great nation, secure the border. If East Germany could, we could." The Tea Party-backed candidate, who is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, ...
Candidates Keep Distance From Sarah Palin on Campaign Trail
Post Date: 2010-10-19 11:40:08 by Ferret Mike
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Former Alaska Governor Stumps for Candidates, Without the Candidates Themselves Sarah Palin is hitting the campaign trail, going coast to coast to build support for her mama grizzlies and papa grizzlies. But there's one thing noticeably absent at her stump events -- the candidates themselves. Palin made a three-day tour of California last week to rally Republicans, hopping from San Diego to Sacramento in a schedule packed with speeches and rallies. But neither Carly Fiorina, the GOP Senate candidate Palin endorsed, or gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman attended the events, citing scheduling conflicts. Fiorina -- who credited Palin with giving her a much-needed boost in the ...
Obamanonics in action: Gallup predicts jobless rate to jump higher
Post Date: 2010-10-19 11:30:42 by Happy Quanzaa
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Gallup predicts jobless rate to jump higher Gallup on Monday predicted the nation's unemployment rate will rise to between 9.7 and 9.9 percent in October. Unemployment for September was 9.6 percent. Gallup also predicted that October's unemployment rate will be held down because of people giving up looking for work. "It is easy for potential workers to become discouraged when the unemployment rate is expected to remain above 9 percent through the end of 2011," it stated, adding its "employment data continue to reveal little good news for consumer spending, retailers or the unemployed as the holidays approach." Also in time for the holidays is the expiration ...
Republicans put 99 Democrat-held House seats in danger
Post Date: 2010-10-19 11:04:16 by jwpegler
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Politico. 99 Democrat seats in play. 29 of the 38 Democrats freshman are at risk. 31 Democrat seats are at risk in the midwest. 24 Democrat seats in the south are at risk. Stewart Rothenberg. 91 Democrat seats in play. GOP could win 60 seats. Charlie Cook. 90 Democrat seats in play. GOP will win at least 40 seats. With two weeks remaining until Election Day, the political map has expanded to put Democrats on the run across the country — with 99 Democratic-held House seats now in play, according to a POLITICO analysis, and Republicans well in reach of retaking the House. It’s a dramatic departure from the outlook one year ago — and a broader landscape than even just prior ...
Barney Frank Is Anything But On Housing
Post Date: 2010-10-19 01:19:56 by WhiteSands
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You would be hard-pressed to find a politician who is less frank than Congressman Barney Frank. Even in an occupation where truth and candor are often lacking, Rep. Frank is in a class by himself when it comes to rewriting history in creative ways. Moreover, he has a lot of history to rewrite in his re-election campaign this year. No one contributed more to the policies behind the housing boom and bust, which led to the economic disaster we are now in, than Frank. His powerful position on the House of Representatives' Committee on Financial Services gave him leverage to force through legislation and policies that pressured banks and other lenders to grant mortgage loans to people who ...
Citing health care law, Boeing pares employee plan [ Aerospace giant Boeing is joining the list of companies that say the new health care law could have a potential downside for their workers. ]
Post Date: 2010-10-19 00:13:49 by WhiteSands
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By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press Writer Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar, Associated Press Writer – Mon Oct 18, 6:23 pm ET WASHINGTON – Aerospace giant Boeing is joining the list of companies that say the new health care law could have a potential downside for their workers. In a letter mailed to employees late last week, the company cited the overhaul as part of the reason it is asking some 90,000 nonunion workers to pay significantly more for their health plan next year. A copy of the letter was obtained Monday by The Associated Press. "The newly enacted health care reform legislation, while intended to expand access to care for millions of uninsured Americans, is ...
Workers Say Boss Gave Them Marked Ballots (Republican choice marked already on them) [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2010-10-18 18:48:05 by Ferret Mike
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (CN) - Five black employees of Birmingham-based Altec Industries say the company owner told them to vote Republican, and gave them pre-marked ballots during a visit by Sen. Jeff Sessions. The workers add, in separate federal complaints, that when Barack Obama was elected president, "an employee drew cross hairs or a target on a picture of President Obama and posted it in the workplace." In their discrimination complaints, all five employees claim they were "subjected to different terms and conditions of employment because of their race," including denial of promotions and training. They say they were given a different dress code than white workers and ...
Oregon “Ducks” No. 1 while state named No. 1 in poverty
Post Date: 2010-10-18 18:03:06 by Ferret Mike
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EUGENE, Oregon – While the University of Oregon “Ducks” can now claim to be the No. 1 in college football, it’s a bittersweet distinction as many who live in this community – both in and around the university and its football stadium – suffer out in the cold without shelter. Oregon also claims the No. 1 spot in the country for homeless, unemployed and those in dire poverty. The Ducks earned the top spot in the AP poll Sunday just in time to brag when President Obama visits on Wednesday. Oregon hopes Obama visit will help bring relief to poor in state “If President Barack Obama can ask Congress to approve a one-time payment of $250 for seniors than he can ...
US Sept. industrial output drops unexpectedly
Post Date: 2010-10-18 16:17:07 by WhiteSands
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U.S. industrial output fell unexpectedly in September, raising concerns that a slowdown in the primary driver of the economy will hit the economic recovery. Industrial output decreased by 0.2 percent in September after gaining 0.2 percent in August, the Federal Reserve data showed on Monday. Markets had expected a 0.2 percent increase in the U.S. factory output in September. The indices for manufacturing output and manufacturing excluding motor vehicles and parts dropped by 0.2 percent in September. Capacity utilization, a measure of how fully firms employ their resources, also slipped to 74.7 percent in September. The market consensus was 74.8 percent. In the third quarter, total ...
White men casting early votes in droves [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2010-10-18 16:04:55 by no gnu taxes
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After three days, one-stop early voting is on a record-setting pace for a midterm election, and white Republican men are furiously casting ballots, according to an analysis by Democracy North Carolina. The nonpartisan political watchdog group says the total number of Republicans who voted between Thursday and Saturday still trailed Democrats statewide by about 4,300. Yet, the margin is significantly smaller than the 3-1 ratio Democrats held in 2008. “Early voting doesn’t favor one party or another, but reveals who’s most organized and enthusiastic about making their voices heard,” Bob Hall, executive director of Democracy North Carolina, said in a statement. Two years ...
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