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GOP Spokesman: Senate GOP To Block Obama Tax Plan
Post Date: 2010-09-13 11:35:57 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Republicans will oppose any effort to renew soon-to-expire Bush administration tax cuts if upper income taxpayers are excluded from the reductions. A spokesman for Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell says the Kentucky Republican has pledges from every Senate Republican to filibuster President Barack Obama's plan to allow the top income tax rate to rise back to almost 40 percent on family or small business income over $250,000. If Republicans stand together, that would deny Democrats the 60 votes they would need to push the measure through the Senate. Just Sunday, House GOP Leader John Boehner said he would support renewing tax cuts for the middle class but not ...
Imam Says Resolution To NYC Mosque Debate In Works
Post Date: 2010-09-13 11:33:08 by Brian S
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The imam leading the effort to build an Islamic center and mosque near the World Trade Center site said Monday that a resolution to the raging debate over its location is being examined. "We are exploring all options as we speak right now, and we are working to what will be a solution, God willing, that will resolve this crisis, defuse it and not create any unforeseen or untoward circumstances that we do not want to see happen," Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf said during a question-and-answer session following a speech before the Council on Foreign Relations. He did not elaborate on whether the options included moving the center from a site two blocks from ground ...
Top Obama Official: We Are Such Effin Failures
Post Date: 2010-09-13 10:57:54 by no gnu taxes
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Barack Obama is the worst jobs president since the Great Depression and possibly is the worst jobs president in US History. New chairman of the Council of Economic Affairs (CEA), Austan Goolsbee, told FOX News today that the record Obama unemployment rate is not likely to come down anytime soon. The Hill reported: President Obama’s new chairman of the Council of Economic Affairs (CEA) said Sunday that the national unemployment rate will not decrease significantly anytime soon. Austan Goolsbee, who Obama announced on Friday will replace Christina Romer as head of the CEA, told “Fox News Sunday” that the president is doing all he can to help the economy, but the recession ...
Boehner will back only middle class tax cuts if it's the only option
Post Date: 2010-09-13 10:15:57 by go65
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WASHINGTON — House Minority Leader John Boehner said Sunday he is willing to back tax cuts only for the middle class if that's the only option he's got - though he emphasized it would be "bad policy," and that he wants Bush-era cuts extended for everyone. The Ohio Republican, who stands to be Speaker if Republicans gain control of the House of Representatives this fall, wants to maintain the lower rates in the top two brackets that affect the wealthy. His view is a signal that Democratic leaders in the House could have an easier-than-expected path to passage before the November election. But the Senate, where 60 votes are needed to limit debate, will be a tougher ...
Ethics Question
Post Date: 2010-09-13 09:41:05 by no gnu taxes
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This test only has one question, but it’s a very important one. By giving an honest answer, you will discover where you stand morally. The test features an unlikely, completely fictional situation in which you will have to make a decision. Remember that your answer needs to be honest, yet spontaneous. Please read slowly and give due consideration to each line. You are in Florida, Miami to be specific. There is chaos all around you, caused by a hurricane, with severe flooding. This is a flood of biblical proportions. You are a photo journalist working for a major newspaper, and you’re caught in the middle of this epic disaster. The situation is nearly hopeless. You’re ...
Breaking: Pelosi 28% more unfavorable than Boehner
Post Date: 2010-09-12 19:30:50 by no gnu taxes
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http://libertysflame.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=13089&Disp=2#C2 The poll found that Boehner has a a 23 unfavorable rating Speaker Pelosi has 51 percent unfavorable rating
The Most Important 600 Feet On Earth.
Post Date: 2010-09-12 17:17:51 by Skip MacLure
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There has been much written by people of all political stripes about the proposed Cordoba project. One thing is becoming apparent. The people who make up the Cordoba Project are sticking a finger in our eye and daring us to do something about it. We have got to stop thinking of these people through the lens of our experience. We have to understand that this is an out-and-out challenge, and that this challenge was no more accidental than the attack of 9-11. This Imam Rauf is a slick carnival con-man, with a penchant for organizing sub rosa anti-American Islamic foundations and has multiple ties to the Muslim Brotherhood that go clear back to his father. I’m really disgusted by people ...
Protester steals Quran, thwarts burning
Post Date: 2010-09-12 16:34:36 by Ferret Mike
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Roberto Rodriguez / Amarillo Globe-News - Nearly 200 people protested a planned Quran burning Saturday at Sam Houston Park. A planned Quran burning Saturday in Amarillo was thwarted by a 23-year-old carrying a skateboard and wearing a T-shirt with "I'm in Repent Amarillo No Joke" scrawled by hand on the back. Jacob Isom, 23, grabbed David Grisham's Quran when he became distracted while arguing with several residents at Sam Houston Park about the merits of burning the Islamic holy book. "You're just trying to start Holy Wars," Isom said of Grisham after he gave the book to a religious leader from the Islamic Center of Amarillo. Grisham, director of Repent ...
Citing "Mental Anguish," Christine O'Donnell Sought $6.9 Million in Gender Discrimination Lawsuit Against Conservative Group
Post Date: 2010-09-12 15:51:46 by Skip Intro
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Citing "Mental Anguish," Christine O'Donnell Sought $6.9 Million in Gender Discrimination Lawsuit Against Conservative Group ...and falsely implied she was taking master's degree classes at Princeton. Court documents obtained Saturday by THE WEEKLY STANDARD reveal surprising new details about the gender discrimination and wrongful termination lawsuit filed by Christine O'Donnell in 2005 against her former employer, the Intercollegiate Studies Institute, a conservative non-profit based in Delaware.* O'Donnell, who is now challenging moderate congressman Mike Castle in the September 14 Delaware GOP Senate primary, sought $6.95 million in damages. In a court ...
Hurricane Igor Gets Stronger And Shows An Eye. Two More Storms May Get Named This Week
Post Date: 2010-09-12 14:06:22 by Brian S
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Igor has become the ninth named storm and fourth hurricane this year. Winds have reached 80 mph, which is still a category 1 storm, but has already shown an eye on satellite images. That is a sign of a well organized storm with potential for rapid development. Forecasts have this steadily increasing during the upcoming week as it passes just north of the eastern Caribbean Islands as a major hurricane of category 3 or higher. Meanwhile two other storms are likely to get named this week. One off of the coast of Africa, while the other in the Caribbean Sea. The next two names on the 2010 Atlantic list are Julia and Karl. Hurricane Igor sats: Hurricane force winds extend 25 ...
House GOP Leader Signals He's Open to Obama Tax Cut
Post Date: 2010-09-12 13:57:27 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON — The House Republican leader, Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio, said on Sunday that he was prepared to vote in favor of legislation that would let the Bush-era tax cuts expire for the wealthiest Americans if Democrats insisted on continuing the lower rates only for families earning less than $250,000 a year. Speaking on “Face the Nation” on CBS, Mr. Boehner made clear that he supports continuing the lower tax rates at all income levels and that he believes the Democrats would be making a mistake by increasing taxes on anyone, given the weak economy. But Mr. Boehner said that absent any other option, he would vote in favor of legislation proposed by ...
Obamanomics on track to set new US Poverty Record
Post Date: 2010-09-11 17:36:27 by Happy Quanzaa
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US poverty on track to post record gain in 2009 WASHINGTON – The number of people in the U.S. who are in poverty is on track for a record increase on President Barack Obama's watch, with the ranks of working-age poor approaching 1960s levels that led to the national war on poverty. Census figures for 2009 — the recession-ravaged first year of the Democrat's presidency — are to be released in the coming week, and demographers expect grim findings. It's unfortunate timing for Obama and his party just seven weeks before important elections when control of Congress is at stake. The anticipated poverty rate increase — from 13.2 percent to about 15 percent ...
State police: Gunman kills 5, then himself in rural Breathitt County in eastern Kentucky
Post Date: 2010-09-11 17:33:29 by WhiteSands
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JACKSON, Ky. – A gunman in rural eastern Kentucky killed five people with a shotgun before turning the weapon on himself Saturday, authorities said. The shooting happened in a trailer park in the Mount Carmel community outside Jackson around 11:35 a.m. Saturday, Kentucky State Police and Breathitt County authorities said. Click for Full Text!
Alaska Palin-Beck 9/11 Event Draws Supporters, Protesters
Post Date: 2010-09-11 17:09:56 by Brian S
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) -- An event featuring former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and conservative commentator Glenn Beck on Saturday night is likely to bring out two very different crowds. Thousands of fans who paid between $73.75 and $225 for tickets will gather inside the Dena'ina Civic and Convention Center to see Beck introduced by Palin, the 2008 vice presidential nominee and a potential 2012 presidential candidate. The two are tea party favorites. Outside the downtown center, critics plan to protest and wave signs denouncing Palin and Beck as intolerant fearmongers spreading divisiveness across the country. As many as 200 protesters are expected to show up, said one of the ...
Scientists Find Thick Layer Of Oil On Seafloor
Post Date: 2010-09-11 17:07:08 by Brian S
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Scientists on a research vessel in the Gulf of Mexico are finding a substantial layer of oily sediment stretching for dozens of miles in all directions. Their discovery suggests that a lot of oil from the Deepwater Horizon didn't simply evaporate or dissipate into the water — it has settled to the seafloor. The Research Vessel Oceanus sailed on Aug. 21 on a mission to figure out what happened to the more than 4 million barrels of oil that gushed into the water. Onboard, Samantha Joye, a professor in the Department of Marine Sciences at the University of Georgia, says she suddenly has a pretty good idea about where a lot of it ended up. It's showing up in samples of the ...
G.O.P. Leader Is Tightly Bound to Lobbyists
Post Date: 2010-09-11 16:59:58 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON — House Democrats were preparing late last year for the first floor vote on the financial regulatory overhaul when Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio and other Republican leaders summoned more than 100 industry lobbyists and conservative political activists to Capitol Hill for a private strategy session. The bill’s passage in the House already seemed inevitable. But Mr. Boehner and his deputies told the Wall Street lobbyists and trade association leaders that by teaming up, they could still perhaps block its final passage or at least water it down. “We need you to get out there and speak up against this,” Mr. Boehner said that December afternoon, ...
Dueling Demonstrations Begin After 9/11 Memorial
Post Date: 2010-09-11 14:42:02 by Brian S
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Family members of Sept. 11 victims recited loved ones' names through tears on the ninth anniversary of the attacks Saturday, avoiding direct mention of the political furor centered two blocks from ground zero. Soon after, demonstrations began over the mosque planned for the spot. After the ceremony, around 1,000 activists rallied about five blocks from the site of the 2001 attacks to support the proposed Islamic community center. A smaller group of opponents rallied nearby, chanting, "USA, USA." Speaking at "hallowed ground" at the Pentagon, President Barack Obama alluded to the controversy over a mosque - and a Florida pastor's threat, later ...
Self-Labeled ‘Christian Counterpart Of Osama Bin Laden’ Allegedly Planned Abortion Clinic Bombing
Post Date: 2010-09-11 14:34:22 by Brian S
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A man who compared himself to a Christian version of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden was in jail Saturday after being arrested for allegedly helping plot an attack against an abortion provider, according to published reports. An affidavit filed by agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) cited a Facebook page registered to Justin Carl Moose, 26, of Concord, North Carolina. Moose allegedly aided a police informant who he believed was set on destroying a Planned Parenthood clinic. According to the documents, he used Facebook to communicate detailed bomb-making instructions. "The Criminal Complaint charges Moose with violating Title 18, United States Code, Section ...
California MLS inventory up 25 percent since April. MLS public data at 144,000 but 742,000 mortgages in California are in foreclosure or one payment behind.
Post Date: 2010-09-11 13:26:20 by Nebuchadnezzar
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California MLS inventory up 25 percent since April. MLS public data at 144,000 but 742,000 mortgages in California are in foreclosure or one payment behind. MLS inventory for California has increased by 25 percent since April of this year. Part of this has to do with more foreclosures and short sales trickling their way onto the market. It also has to do with sales declining because of tax credit expiration fatigue. But what is the real inventory if banks were honest with their distressed properties? That is a hard question to answer but is definitely worth the examination. As we know banks have purposely kept off the books large amounts of housing supply. Basic economics tells you that ...
Why Were [Ohio] Cops Snooping on Idol's Crystal Bowersox?
Post Date: 2010-09-11 10:02:00 by Ferret Mike
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Hey, Ohio police, stop snooping on celebrities and start minding your own business! It's been revealed that cops, an assistant city prosecutor and others with both access and questionable ethics, improperly accessed the personal records of American Idol runner-up (and Toledo native) Crystal Bowersox while she was competing on the show. Obviously, someone—a few someones, actually—wanted to dig up some dirt on the bluesy songbird. According to the Toledo Blade, employees of five different local governmental agencies, including the sheriff's department, a Bureau of Motor Vehicles clerk, the city attorney's office, and an office administered by the attorney ...
PRAYER FOR PEACE - People of many faiths gather to oppose burning of a holy book
Post Date: 2010-09-11 09:39:35 by Ferret Mike
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Terry Jones, the pastor who threatened to burn copies of the Quran at his Gainesville, Fla., church today, the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, might have wisely changed his mind in light of worldwide outrage. But that didn’t stop a candlelight prayer vigil at Eugene’s United Methodist Church on Friday, scheduled earlier in the week to speak out against the proposed book burning. “We are very thankful to learn that those who were intending to burn the Quran have decided to cancel,” said the church’s senior pastor, Debbie Pitney. Still, the church decided to go on with the vigil attended by about 75 people “because hate speech has filled the ...
The Un-American Mr Obama.
Post Date: 2010-09-11 06:02:06 by Skip MacLure
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There has never been an American President less in touch with the people of the United States of America. As the day of the mid-term election draws ever closer, Democrats are bracing for the worst. The economy and jobs are the anchor around the neck of Barack Hussein Obama. But that’s not all there is to the story. I heard Rush refer to Obama as ‘the man-child’, and in truth he does seem to have a childlike air about him that becomes more apparent as the utter mismanagement of his government is being revealed on a daily basis. His erstwhile supporters (other than the extreme left of the left) are bailing as fast as they can find someplace to bail to, which appears to be any ...
First, Sept. 11 Anniversary Will Be About the Victims, Then It Will Be About the Mosque
Post Date: 2010-09-11 04:23:50 by Murron
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First, Sept. 11 Anniversary Will Be About the Victims, Then It Will Be About the Mosque VERENA DOBNIK, Associated Press Writer September 11, 2010 NEW YORK (AP) — Politics threatened to overshadow a day of mourning Saturday for nearly 3,000 Sept. 11 victims amid a polarizing national debate over a planned mosque blocks from the site where Islamic extremists attacked America. Chants of thousands of sign-waving protesters both for and against the planned Islamic center were expected after — and perhaps during — a ceremony normally known for somber church bells ringing and a sad litany of families reading their lost loved ones' names. President Barack Obama and first ...
September 11, 2001 Tribute
Post Date: 2010-09-11 03:32:57 by Murron
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OH LORD! I DIDN'T THINK I HAD ANYMORE TEARS LEFT...I WAS WRONG....
Poster Comment: Ground Zero Iman's shocking statement made after 9/11 attacks. Rauf reveals his views to Muslims right after the 9/11 attacks. "Hamas, Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad were born as a result of the Muslim hunger for Islamic law and justice. Secularism is not the answer to a Muslim all the laws Muslims need are in the Quran and the Hadith. It is Islam and not the secular American Constitution that offers life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
Let Tax Cuts For Rich Expire, 69% Say
Post Date: 2010-09-10 20:36:07 by Brian S
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Despite the fact that Republicans in Congress have made reducing the deficit one if their signature issues this election season, they also have been arguing — without addressing the $700 billion cost — that the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy should not be allowed to expire. Yet a new USA Today/Gallup poll found that a majority of Americans see it differently. “While 37% support keeping the tax cuts for all Americans, 44% want them extended only for those making less than $250,000 and 15% think they should expire for all taxpayers”: Gallup notes the bottom line: “Democrats may not be putting themselves at great political risk by allowing the tax cuts to expire for ...
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