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DNC’s Kaine Disses Manchin’s Gun Ad (KKK Byrd replacement?)
Post Date: 2010-10-14 12:45:31 by Hondo68
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West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin’s bid to use a little firepower to stoke his campaign got a big thumbs-down from the head of his party, Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine. Asked about Manchin’s latest ad, which has the governor using a hunting rifle to blast a mock version of the Democrats cap-and-trade climate bill, Kaine said, “I’m not wild about it.” In the ad, Manchin promises that he will “take on Washington and the administration to get the federal government off of our backs and out of our wallets.” He also promises to repeal “the bad parts” of the Democrats’ health-care overhaul. Speaking at a breakfast gathering of ...
`How Dare You Take My Pension' Becomes Refrain as Voters Consider Cutbacks
Post Date: 2010-10-14 12:06:04 by Brian S
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Oct. 14 (Bloomberg) -- If anyone fits the profile of a San Francisco Democrat, it’s Jeff Adachi. In 2004, the elected public defender volunteered to officiate at ceremonies for same- sex couples during the city’s short-lived attempt to legalize gay marriage. This year, though Adachi is running unopposed, he is drawing the scorn of fellow Democrats for embracing a new controversy: He spearheaded a November ballot proposition that would force city workers to pay more of their rising pension and health-care costs. “How dare you!” Leland Yee, a Democratic state senator from San Francisco, thundered into the microphone as about 100 workers rallied Oct. 5 against the measure ...
ANGLE TRIES TO EXPLAIN HER SHARIA LAW COMMENTS.
Post Date: 2010-10-14 10:54:48 by go65
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ANGLE TRIES TO EXPLAIN HER SHARIA LAW COMMENTS.... Picking the single craziest thing extremist Senate candidate Sharron Angle (R) has ever said is surprisingly difficult, but the Sharia law remarks from about two weeks ago have to be right up there. "Dearborn, Michigan, and Frankford, Texas are on American soil, and under Constitutional law. Not Sharia law. And I don't know how that happened in the United States," she said with her trademark incoherence. "It seems to me there is something fundamentally wrong with allowing a foreign system of law to even take hold in any municipality or government situation in our United States." None of this made any sense. ...
GOP Rep. Joe Barton Admits Republicans’ Agenda Is ‘A Little Bit Short On Specifics’
Post Date: 2010-10-14 10:51:35 by go65
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On his Fox Business show this week, host Neil Cavuto appeared worried that Republicans may be too confident about their chances of taking control of the House and/or Senate this November. “Allay me of that anxiety that Republicans are getting ahead of themselves,” Cavuto told climate change denier and former BP oil spill apologist Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX). While Barton agreed that the GOP may be measuring the drapes a bit prematurely, Cavuto wondered what the GOP would actually do if it won control of Congress. However, the Texas Republican admitted his party doesn’t have much to offer: CAVUTO: I get a sense from Republicans collectively that they’re just already ...
Surrogate mom opens business in Oregon
Post Date: 2010-10-13 23:00:38 by Ferret Mike
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Tina Franklin opened the Oregon Surrogacy Center last month because it's legal to compensate surrogate mothers in Oregon, but not Washington. (AP Photo, The Daily News, Roger Werth) LONGVIEW, Wash. (AP) — Tina Franklin has given birth to 10 babies, but only three of them are her own. The other seven, she's willingly handed over to other parents. Franklin, 37, has been a surrogate mother four times, carrying a set of twins, a set of triplets and two single pregnancies for other people. She's also matched up five couples with other surrogates. She's now using her experience to give birth to a new business. Last month, she opened Oregon Surrogacy Center in downtown ...
They Gave Your Mortgage to a Less Qualified Minority (Cuomo at HUD)
Post Date: 2010-10-13 22:27:49 by Nebuchadnezzar
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They Gave Your Mortgage to a Less Qualified Minority by Ann Coulter 09/24/2008 On MSNBC this week, Newsweek's Jonathan Alter tried to connect John McCain to the current financial disaster, saying: "If you remember the Keating Five scandal that (McCain) was a part of. ... He's really getting a free ride on the fact that he was in the middle of the last great financial scandal in our country." McCain was "in the middle of" the Keating Five case in the sense that he was "exonerated." The lawyer for the Senate Ethics Committee wanted McCain removed from the investigation altogether, but, as The New York Times reported: "Sen. McCain was the only ...
Bedbugs at the Opera: Lincoln Center Suffers Outbreak
Post Date: 2010-10-13 20:07:39 by WhiteSands
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Bedbugs have already exhibited their interest in film, having attacked several movie theaters New York City. Now the meddlesome insects appear to be expanding their cultural horizons and developing more high-brow tastes. Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts discovered a bedbug infestation in the dressing rooms of the complex’s David H. Koch Theater, home to New York City Ballet and the New York City Opera. A spokeswoman for the opera, Maggie McKeon, confirmed the incident in response to an inquiry by The Wall Street Journal. The outbreak was confined to one dressing room, according to Rob Daniels, a spokesman for the ballet. The outbreak was first reported by the New York ...
MILITARY BALLOTS MAY NOT COUNT IN ILLINOIS
Post Date: 2010-10-13 19:39:54 by WhiteSands
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CHICAGO (WLS) - The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether the state of Illinois missed the deadline for mailing absentee ballots to members of the military and other overseas American voters as part of a new federal overseas voting law.
Cris Cray, Director of Legislation at the Illinois State Board of Elections, says not all of Illinois' 110 jurisdictions were compliant with the 2009 Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act (MOVE).
The law requires every state to mail their absentee ballots 45 days prior to Election Day to overseas troops, government employees and other Americans who want to vote from abroad.
Cray says she is currently compiling data from each of ...
How Do We Know What We Know? [Government Big Lies, Global Warming Scam, Government Attacks on the Internet]
Post Date: 2010-10-13 17:31:14 by Capitalist Eric
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This is a talk given at the Mises Institute, on October 9, 2010, at a conference titled "Economic Recovery: Washington’s Big Lie." When I first offered this title for my talk, it was suggested that I add the question "how do we know when the state is lying?" I don’t know if this was an effort to limit my presentation to thirty seconds, for I could summarize my answer in the classic words of my favorite stand-up philosopher, George Carlin: "my first rule: I don’t believe anything the government tells me." Kurt Vonnegut offered similar advice. While traveling back to America at the end of World War II, Vonnegut asked a friend what he had learned ...
Barry calls The First Butt Buddy his "iReggie"
Post Date: 2010-10-13 16:56:42 by Happy Quanzaa
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President Obama's Second Generation Human iPad New York Times White House correspondent Peter Baker spent some time with President Obama in September for a story in the Times Magazine this weekend. President Obama showed Mr. Baker around the redesigned Oval Office. He tossed out President Bush's yellow carpet and brought in some earth tones and fresh fruit. "I know Arianna doesn’t like it, but I like taupe,” the president told The Times. He was responding to a blog post that was critical of the new color scheme written by Arianna Huffington in September when photographs of the Oval Office makeover made it into the press. She said the redesign made the ...
Dog Gets New Leash On Life After Euthanasia Flub
Post Date: 2010-10-13 15:48:21 by Brian S
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REDFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- A suburban Detroit man whose Rottweiler was given a new leash on life after surviving a botched euthanasia said he has neither the heart nor the money to try the procedure again. Redford Township resident Matt Olivarez, 27, said he's in a tough spot: facing possible home foreclosure while at the same time trying to do right by Mia, an 11-year-old pooch that he feeds by hand, partly because of her spinal problem that makes walking difficult. Olivarez said he took Mia to the Westcott Veterinary Care Center in Detroit on Saturday to alleviate her suffering. He said Westcott officials speculated afterward that the drug dosage wasn't strong enough or had ...
Shooting Survivor: Hasan Yelled “Alla Akbar” And Then Opened Fire
Post Date: 2010-10-13 15:16:03 by WhiteSands
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The first witness in a hearing that will determine whether accused Fort Hood gunman Maj. Nidal Hasan will stand trial for the deadly Nov. 5, 2009 shooting rampage on post testified Wednesday Hasan yelled “Allhu Akbar” and then opened fire. FORT HOOD (October 13, 2010)—Sgt. Alonzo Lunsford, based at Fort Bragg, N.C., who survived the deadly Nov. 5, 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, testified Wednesday accused gunman Maj. Nidal Hasan “yelled 'Allhu Akbar' before he reached under his blouse pulled out his weapons, and started firing.” (SCROLL DOWN FOR TRIAL BLOG) Lunsford was shot five times and was hit in the head during the rampage at the ...
USS Cole attack survivors angry at Obama
Post Date: 2010-10-13 14:49:16 by WhiteSands
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The 10th anniversary of the bombing of the USS Cole on Tuesday conjured up painful memories for the families of the 17 Navy sailors who died in the terrorist attack, but it also revealed simmering anger at the Obama administration over the lack of concrete progress in bringing an alleged perpetrator to justice. In February 2009, less than three weeks after his inauguration, President Barack Obama held an emotional meeting with family members of victims of the Cole bombing and the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. Families said the new president promised swift action yet pleaded for their patience so his aides and Congress could overhaul the military commission system – which federal courts ...
Obama And The DeMarxists’ Scorched Earth Political Suicide.
Post Date: 2010-10-13 13:43:16 by Skip MacLure
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Regular readers of this column will remember a cartoon showing ‘the march of the Democrat lemmings’, where identical hordes poured over a cliff. That’s much like what’s still occurring within the DeMarxist ranks. Not satisfied to have presided over the single greatest threat to our livelihoods, our homes and our freedoms in the history of the country, many a Congress critter is about to ride the Obama express over the falls. The mood of the country is neither forgiving nor is it likely to allow for much compromise with the left as far as most of us are concerned. The DeMarxists are running for their political lives. Barack Hussein Obama’s White House is rapidly ...
The Kenyan White House Residen'ts Biggest Lies
Post Date: 2010-10-13 13:38:06 by no gnu taxes
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President Obama loves to make up things that are patently untrue, like every economist agrees his $800 billion economic stimulus “has done its job,” the economy “is moving in the right direction,” and the Bush tax cuts caused the trillion dollar deficits. The facts say otherwise, but he is never challenged by the news media for his repeatedly dishonest myth-making. Here are some of his worst offenses. Myth 1: President George W. Bush’s 2001-2003 across-the-board income tax cuts are responsible for the higher deficits and $13 trillion national debt we have today. Fact: The Congressional Budget Office, using static analysis that does not account for growth ...
Bush vs. Obama on job creation
Post Date: 2010-10-13 12:42:50 by no gnu taxes
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Democrats will just about say anything nowadays. You have to wonder, after reading the article below, exactly who is Debbie think she’s fooling. Who is the audience? Is the audience people without an internet connection? People who cannot do a quick search and find her statements false? Have I answered my own question? Is her liberal base in Floriduh comprised of individuals who take what she says as scripture? Watching the democrats flounder like this in the runup to the November elections is like watching a dog die. Its terrible….almost sad. According to Florida congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, President Obama is on pace to create more jobs in 2010 than President Bush ...
Home Heating Costs To Rise Modestly This Winter - EIA
Post Date: 2010-10-13 12:28:53 by Brian S
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NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- The U.S. Energy Information Administration said Wednesday that many consumers will see their home heating bills rise modestly this winter because of higher fuel prices and colder Northeast weather. Total home heating prices are expected to rise by 2.5%, or $24, to an average of $986 per household, according to the first forecast released for the 2010-11 winter season by the Department of Energy's statistical and analytical arm. "This forecast reflects moderately higher prices for all the fuels, although slightly milder weather than last winter for much of the Nation should contribute to lower consumption in many areas," except in the Northeast, the EIA ...
Rival Blasts Fudgepackocrat Barney Frank's Free Jet Ride
Post Date: 2010-10-13 12:24:50 by Happy Quanzaa
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Rival blasts Barney Frank’s swanky free jet ride U.S. Rep. Barney Frank, immersed in one of the toughest political fights of his career, took a free private jet to the Virgin Islands courtesy of a Maine congresswoman’s billionaire fiance — whose company received a $200 million federal bailout, the Herald has learned. Frank, who’s facing feisty Republican challenger Sean Bielat, flew to the tropical paradise for a vacation in 2009 on a $25 million jet owned by Paloma Partners honcho S. Donald Sussman, the fiance of U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree (D-Maine). Paloma Securities — a subsidiary of Sussman’s Greenwich, Conn.-based hedge fund — received $200 million ...
Women see Obama as the limp membered failure that he is
Post Date: 2010-10-13 12:22:55 by no gnu taxes
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The White House may view the last 18 months as historic, racking up a legislative scorecard that includes a $787 billion stimulus package and an overhaul of the health care system. A majority of women, however, see it as a failure, according to a new poll conducted by Kellyanne Conway for The Kitchen Cabinet, a conservative women’s group. The findings point to the divide this year between Washington and the electorate, which has yet to give President Barack Obama much credit for his string of legislative victories. Fifty-six percent of women consider the health care reform law a failure, while 29 percent view it as a success, according to the poll. The economic stimulus package is ...
Bunkertime for Barry
Post Date: 2010-10-13 12:09:30 by Happy Quanzaa
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The White House Bunker So Soon? Based on the recent appointments of the two most powerful staff positions in the White House, and on various statements, it would appear that the White House is descending deeper into the bunker in anticipation of the expected shift in congressional majorities next year. The selection of Pete Rouse for chief of staff and Tom Donilon for national security adviser are both in-house promotions. Moving deputies up to principal rank is more typically seen in the seventh and eighth years of a White House administration -- when an administration often has lost its instinct for innovation and creative responses to changing events. Moreover, in each case, a senior ...
Dow gain tops 100 points
Post Date: 2010-10-13 11:25:33 by go65
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stocks rallied Wednesday as investors continue to anticipate more stimulus measures from the Federal Reserve. The Dow Jones industrial average (INDU) surged 121 points, or 1.1%, after about 1-1/2 hours of trading. The S&P 500 (SPX) gained 12 points, or 1%, and the Nasdaq (COMP) added 26 points, or 1%. Investors also took in stronger-than-expected earnings from JPMorgan Chase, Intel and CSX. However, shares of Intel and JPMorgan were both lower in early trading. Traders said the market is being supported by meeting minutes released Tuesday by the Federal Reserve that suggest the central bank could implement additional measures to bolster the economy as soon ...
PPP: Manchin retakes lead (WV Senate: 48-45)
Post Date: 2010-10-13 10:26:16 by go65
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Joe Manchin has reclaimed the lead in the West Virginia Senate race by a 48-45 margin. He trailed by 3 points in a PPP poll three weeks ago and his improved standing is a clear example of the biggest potential game changer nationwide for this year's election in the final three weeks- if Democratic voters wake up some of their candidates' fates could shift quite a bit. In 2008 56% of the voters who came out for President in West Virginia were registered Democrats while 29% were registered Republicans. The poll we did in mid-September found that the folks planning to vote in this year's election were considerably more GOP leaning- only 51% Democrats and 37% Republicans. But ...
PPP: Reid holds a small lead (47-45)
Post Date: 2010-10-13 10:25:15 by go65
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When PPP last polled the Nevada Senate race in July Harry Reid was ahead by 2 points. Fast forward 3 months and nothing has changed. Reid leads Sharron Angle 47-45 with minor candidates and none of the above combining for 7% and only 1% of voters still undecided. Reid continues to be unpopular with 44% of voters approving of him and 52% disapproving. Feelings toward him are pretty much completely polarized along party lines with 83% of Democrats giving him good marks and 88% of Republicans unhappy with the job he's doing. Independents split against him by a 34/61 margin. Although Reid's approval numbers are bad he's come a long way since PPP's first Nevada poll of the ...
Maine Governor: LePage (R) Drops To Near Tie with Mitchell (D)
Post Date: 2010-10-13 10:22:02 by go65
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A month ago, Republican Paul LePage led Democrat Libby Mitchell by nearly 20 points in Maine's gubernatorial race. Now LePage's support has fallen to a new low, putting him in a near tie with Mitchell. The latest Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey of Likely Voters shows LePage picking up 35% of the vote, while Mitchell draws support from 32%. Democrat-turned-independent Eliot Cutler now earns 21% of the vote. Six percent (6%) prefer some other candidate, and another six percent (6%) are undecided. (For survey question wording, click here.) These numbers move the race from Solid GOP to a Toss-Up in the Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 Gubernatorial Scorecard. In ...
Ohio Governor: Strickland (D) Gains Ground on Kasich (R)
Post Date: 2010-10-13 10:20:12 by go65
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The race for governor of Ohio appears to be tightening. The latest Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Voters in Ohio shows Republican John Kasich barely ahead of incumbent Democratic Governor Ted Strickland 48% to 45%. Three percent (3%) like some other candidate in the race, and four percent (4%) are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.) The race moves from Leans GOP to a Toss-Up on the Rasmussen Reports Election 2010 Gubernatorial Scorecard. This is the closest the race has been since early August and the fifth straight poll of the race to show Kasich’s support between 47% and 50%. However, for Strickland, it’s his strongest showing since May. Two ...
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