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Obama Blames Everyone But Himself for His Failure
Post Date: 2010-07-19 17:51:54 by no gnu taxes
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According to Democratic Party sources close to the Obama White House, the President and his crew of Chicago gang advisors are totally obsessed with the right-wing propaganda assaults, and read every word that comes out, and watch every snipe that appears on Fox TV. "They are so fixated on these right-wing attacks, and particularly on the Tea Party, that they are totally clueless about what is actually going on with the American people. They don't want to realize that it is their policies—the healthcare swindle, the bailout, the job losses, and the worse-than-useless financial reforms—that have turned the vast majority of Americans into Obama-haters." It has nothing ...
Obama calls out Republicans as deficit frauds
Post Date: 2010-07-19 17:34:27 by go65
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The interesting thing about President Obama's hard hitting remarks about Republicans in the Rose Garden this morning is that he argued as explicitly as he has yet that Republicans who profess concern about the deficit are, well, full of it: For a long time, there's been a tradition -- under both Democratic and Republican Presidents -- to offer relief to the unemployed. That was certainly the case under my predecessor, when Republican senators voted several times to extend emergency unemployment benefits. But right now, these benefits -- benefits that are often the person's sole source of income while they're looking for work -- are in jeopardy. And I have to say, after ...
U.S. Stocks Advance on Optimism About Earnings; Microsoft Rises
Post Date: 2010-07-19 17:30:21 by go65
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U.S. stocks rose, rebounding from the market’s biggest drop this month, as optimism about earnings from technology and energy companies overshadowed a drop in financial shares. Microsoft Corp. climbed 1.4 percent after UBS AG raised its earnings estimate, citing signs of stronger demand. Halliburton Co. jumped 6 percent after topping analysts’ earnings and revenue estimates. Bank of America Corp. slumped 2.7 percent as Goldman Sachs Group Inc. took the shares off its “conviction buy” list, saying low rates may hurt interest income. The S&P 500 rose 0.6 percent to 1,071.25 as of 4 p.m. in New York. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 56.53 points, or 0.6 ...
Rep. Frank Rips Comic for Calling Senator's Daughters 'Prostitutes'
Post Date: 2010-07-19 16:21:45 by Badeye
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Rep. Frank Rips Comic for Calling Senator's Daughters 'Prostitutes' Published July 19, 2010 Rep. Barney Frank agreed to appear on her show, but he said he doesn't appreciate comedienne Kathy Griffin calling Sen. Scott Brown's daughters "prostitutes." In a letter to Griffin sent Friday, the Massachusetts Democrat scolded the Bravo-TV star for making a joke at the expense of the Republican senator's daughters, Ayla and Arianna. "Having agreed to go on your show, I was particularly disappointed in the terrible comment you made about Senator Scott Brown's daughters. I think it's possible to have fun, and even to poke fun at people in my ...
Well cap kept shut despite possible seeping nearby
Post Date: 2010-07-19 14:52:33 by Fred Mertz
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The federal government Monday allowed BP to keep the cap shut tight on its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well for another day despite the possibility something is seeping from the sea floor near the well. The Obama administration's point man for the spill, retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen, said early Monday that the company promised to watch closely for signs of new leaks around the mile-deep well, which has stopped gushing oil into the water since the experimental cap was closed Thursday. Late Sunday, Allen said something was detected seeping near the broken oil well and demanded in a sharply worded letter that BP step up monitoring of the ocean floor. Allen ...
US: National Survey (Politico 7/9-14)
Post Date: 2010-07-19 14:30:14 by go65
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Politico / Penn Schoen Berland 7/9-14/10; 1,011 adults, 3.1% margin of error Mode: Internet (full report, toplines) National State of the Country 27% Right Direction, 61% Wrong Track (chart) Favorable / Unfavorable Barack Obama: 48 / 47 (chart) Hillary Clinton: 49 / 45 (chart) Sarah Palin: 39 / 53 (chart) George W. Bush: 38 / 54 Mike Huckabee: 36 / 29 (chart) Mitt Romney: 30 / 35 (chart) 2010 Congress: Generic Ballot 32% Democrat, 31% Republican, 9% independent (chart) If Barack Obama runs for re-election in 2012, in general, are you more likely to vote for President Obama or for the Republican Party's candidate for president? 42% Republican, 37% Obama 2012 President 48% Obama, ...
Obama's Highest Half-Year Approval Ratings . . .{85% - WOW!}
Post Date: 2010-07-19 14:28:38 by Ignore Amos
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July 19, 2010 Obama's Highest Half-Year Approval Ratings in D.C., Hawaii Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, and West Virginia residents were least likely to approve by Jeffrey M. Jones Page: 12 PRINCETON, NJ -- During the first half of 2010, residents of Hawaii and the District of Columbia were most likely to approve of the job Barack Obama is doing as president. His lowest approval ratings came from Wyoming residents. All told, there is a 56 percentage-point gap between Obama's highest and lowest state ratings. Click for Full Text!
5 Great Lakes States Sue Feds Over Asian Carp
Post Date: 2010-07-19 13:02:39 by Brian S
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) -- Five states are suing the federal government and Chicago's water department in federal court, demanding stronger action to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes. Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Minnesota and Pennsylvania filed the lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court in northern Illinois. It seeks an order to close Chicago shipping locks and gates that could provide a pathway to Lake Michigan for the voracious fish. The U.S. Supreme Court refused twice this year to order the locks closed. State officials say the situation has become more urgent since a live Asian carp was found within a few miles of Lake Michigan last month. The suit also asks for an ...
Obama Accuses GOP of "Lack of Faith in the American People"
Post Date: 2010-07-19 12:55:07 by Brian S
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President Obama Monday called on Congress to pass an extension of benefits for out-of-work Americans, accusing Senate Republicans of a "lack of faith in the American people" for repeatedly blocking passage of a bill. After introducing three Americans whose benefits are expiring, the president complained that "after years of championing policies that turned a record surplus into a massive deficit," Republicans "who didn't have any problems spending hundreds of billions of dollars on tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans are now saying we shouldn't offer relief to middle-class Americans like Jim or Leslie or Denise who really need help." Mr. Obama ...
Maryland Invalidates Independent Voters
Post Date: 2010-07-19 12:47:47 by Brian S
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Letters went out last week in all of the state's 24 counties to registered voters, informing them that the "independent" party is no longer recognized under Maryland's state election laws. Voters who registered as "independent" are given two weeks to pick a party, or they will automatically be reverted to "unaffiliated" on their voter registration records. Ross Goldstein, deputy administrator for the state elections board, said a previous group of officers who had registered the Independent party in the state did not renew their registration records or any campaign finance reporting records. When that happened, Goldstein said, the party became ...
NAHB Builder Confidence falls to lowest level since April 2009 (14 out of 100)
Post Date: 2010-07-19 10:24:57 by Nebuchadnezzar
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NAHB Builder Confidence falls to lowest level since April 2009 by CalculatedRisk on 7/19/2010 10:00:00 AM Note: any number under 50 indicates that more builders view sales conditions as poor than good. Residential NAHB Housing Market Index Click on graph for larger image in new window. This graph shows the builder confidence index from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB). The housing market index (HMI) was at 14 in June. This is the lowest level since April 2009. The record low was 8 set in January 2009, but 14 is very low ... HMI and Starts Correlation This second graph compares the NAHB HMI (left scale) with single family housing starts (right scale). This includes the ...
GOP Leadership – Where Do We Go From Here?
Post Date: 2010-07-19 10:22:44 by Skip MacLure
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I’m hoping against hope that the leadership of the Republican Party isn’t sitting back, smugly waiting for the DeMarxists to self destruct. Actually, the Republicans have more experience at that than the DeMarxists ever have. Like many others, I’ve watched the Grand Old Party completely dismantle a virtual sure thing on more than one occasion. The last time they were in power was such a miserable example of total disregard for the oft-repeated warnings of dire consequences coming from their own base, that it’s actually painful to remember. It’s strongly reminiscent of the regime in Washington right now, marching ahead with blinders on, regardless of the will of ...
Hiring Improves in US Economy: NABE Survey
Post Date: 2010-07-19 10:10:34 by go65
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Economists say the U.S. recovery continued during the second quarter of this year with more businesses hiring workers and fewer cutting jobs, but the pace of growth has slowed, a new survey shows. Keith Brofsky | Getty Images The National Association for Business Economics said its latest survey, released Monday, found 31 percent of businesses added workers between April and June, the highest level in three years. And 39 percent of those surveyed say they expect to hire more workers over the next six months — the most since January 2008. Manufacturers reported the strongest increase in demand and profitability. Finance, insurance and real estate sectors saw the slowest growth. The ...
Palin's "Refudiate" Tweet on Mosque Near Ground Zero Draws Fire (for Substance and Style)
Post Date: 2010-07-19 10:07:14 by go65
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Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin weighed in on Sunday on the controversy over a mosque planned near ground zero, but her remarks were met with a wave of criticism over her sentiment and her choice of words. "Ground Zero Mosque supporters: doesn't it stab you in the heart, as it does ours throughout the heartland? Peaceful Muslims, pls refudiate," Palin said via Twitter. She subsequently deleted her "tweet" and published a new message, which did not include the made-up word "refudiate": "Peaceful New Yorkers, pls refute the Ground Zero mosque plan if you believe catastrophic pain caused @ Twin Towers site is too raw, too real." Liberal ...
Tea Party Tension Flares as 'Federation' Gives Firebrand Activist the Boot
Post Date: 2010-07-19 09:56:35 by go65
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Tea Party activist Mark Williams ridiculed a national "federation" of Tea Party groups after he was kicked out over the weekend for controversial statements he made about slavery and the NAACP. In a flare-up that highlights longstanding fractures in the Tea Party movement, the National Tea Party Federation on Saturday demanded that the Tea Party Express -- a separate group -- oust Williams from its ranks. When it did not, the federation expelled both Williams and his conservative outfit. "That is what we do -- self-policing is the right and the responsibility of any movement or organization," federation spokesman David Webb said on CBS' "Face the Nation," ...
Dow May Crash to 7,500 If 10,600 Not Breached
Post Date: 2010-07-19 09:51:24 by Badeye
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Dow May Crash to 7,500 If 10,600 Not Breached Published: Thursday, 15 Jul 2010 | 1:29 AM ET Text Size By: Daryl Guppy CNBC Contributor Seeing there's been quite a bit of interest in my recent comments on CNBC about the historical parallels between the Great Depression and the recent financial crisis, I thought it may be appropriate to elaborate further on the chart technicals behind the observation. The causes may have been different, but the collapse of the U.S. markets in early 2008 followed the same behavioral patterns as the collapse in 1929. The recovery pattern seen in 2010, is also very similar to that developed in 1930. CLICK ON GRAPH TO ENLARGE Dow Monthly 1929-1930 The ...
Disaster in the Gulf: 90 Days and Counting ...
Post Date: 2010-07-19 08:49:27 by Badeye
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Disaster in the Gulf: 90 Days and Counting ... Published July 14, 2010 | FoxNews.com The Obama administration claims it has been on top of the Gulf oil spill disaster since "day one." Here's a look at what the president and administration have been doing every day since the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded April 20, triggering the massive spill. The following daily updates are based on a review of White House schedules, news releases and news coverage and do not cover every activity in the Gulf or in Washington: July 17 In the Gulf: Engineers kept vigil Saturday over the massive cap holding back oil from BP's busted Gulf well, their eyes glued to monitors in a faraway ...
Handicapping the 2010 Election: The Five Biggest Mysteries
Post Date: 2010-07-19 08:00:00 by Badeye
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Handicapping the 2010 Election: The Five Biggest Mysteries Walter Shapiro Senior Correspondent Fifteen weeks until the election, political prophets are peddling the kind of glib certainty about the future normally found at an astrologer's convention. From Joe Biden ("I don't think the losses are going to be bad at all") to House Republican Rep. Pete Sessions ("We will be slightly over 40") forecasting a GOP majority on Meet the Press, each predictable partisan prediction is treated with the gravity of a pronouncement from Oracle at Delphi. Respected non-partisan political analysts like Charlie Cook are declaring, "Democrats could lose the House if the ...
Let the devil's advocate rot
Post Date: 2010-07-19 07:53:30 by Badeye
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Let the devil's advocate rot Last Updated: 7:07 AM, July 18, 2010 Posted: 3:19 AM, July 18, 2010 Michael Goodwin Justice is blind, but not stupid. At least not in the case of the odious Lynne Stewart. It took years, but this is a story of triumph for innocent people everywhere in the war against terrorists. The criminal-justice system actually worked, and the outcome is all the more fitting because Stewart's venality was matched only by her arrogance and greed. Convicted five years ago of terrorism charges, the radical lawyer foolishly appealed the verdict and her 28-month sentence, even while boasting the sentence was so short she could do it "standing on my head." ...
Obama's legislative success not resonating with voters
Post Date: 2010-07-18 23:03:56 by A K A Stone
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WASHINGTON -- Step by step, President Barack Obama is building a record of major legislation that's sure to make a mark on history. • The most sweeping financial regulation since the Great Depression. • A vast expansion of health care, which Democrats had wanted for more than six decades. • An $862-billion stimulus package that locked in long-sought Democratic priorities. Yet his job-approval rating remains low. Why doesn't he get any credit? First, the economy remains shaky. Second, he went further with a big-government, big-deficit approach than some voters wanted, notably independents, who've turned against him. Third, he broke some of his own promises ...
GOP Sees Path to Control of Senate
Post Date: 2010-07-18 22:04:54 by A K A Stone
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WASHINGTON—Democrats for the first time are acknowledging that Republicans could retake the Senate this November if everything falls into place for the GOP, less than two years after Democrats held a daunting 60-seat majority. Leaders of both parties have believed for months that Republicans could win the House, where every lawmaker faces re-election. But a change of party control in the Senate, where only a third of the members are running and Republicans must capture 10 seats, seemed out of the question. That's no longer the case. The emergence of competitive Republican candidates in Wisconsin, Washington and California—Democratic-leaning states where polls now show tight ...
GOP Senator Gets An Unwelcome Surprise — Conservative Challenger With None Of The Baggage
Post Date: 2010-07-18 19:02:53 by Brian S
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NEW ORLEANS — Talk about Republican Sen. David Vitter's worst political nightmare — a surprise challenger with all the right conservative credentials and none of the baggage of the incumbent's prostitution scandal. Chet Traylor, the first Republican elected to Louisiana's Supreme Court since Reconstruction, made a last-minute decision to take on Vitter after a fresh scandal for the first-term lawmaker: An aide had remained on Vitter's payroll after pleading guilty to charges stemming from a knife-wielding incident with an ex-girlfriend. "In the weeks leading right up to the campaign, people just wanted an alternative," said Traylor, 64, an Army veteran ...
Grand Lake St. Marys 'dying' from toxic algae
Post Date: 2010-07-18 18:54:44 by A K A Stone
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GRAND LAKE ST. MARYS — Ben Rupert has lived 47 of his 50 years in the Villa Nova section of Grand Lake St. Marys, where on Tuesday morning he watched juvenile detention crews shovel dead catfish from a beach and pile them in the back of a dump truck. When the crew left, only the hungry seagulls remained. “Years ago, it was nothing to see 60 to 100 people on this beach every day in the summer,” Rupert said. “And you can see what it is today. This is definitely the worst it’s ever been.” Residents and business owners say the water quality of the state’s largest inland lake has been gradually deteriorating over the last 10 to 15 years, but the problem has ...
Official: Seep Found Near BP's Blown Out Oil Well + Some Oil Spill Events From Sunday, July 18, 2010
Post Date: 2010-07-18 18:54:40 by Brian S
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By COLLEEN LONG and HARRY R. WEBER (AP) – 1 hour ago NEW ORLEANS — A federal official said Sunday that scientists are concerned about a seep and possible methane seen near BP's busted oil well in the Gulf of Mexico. Both could be signs there are leaks in the well that's been capped off for three days. The official spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Sunday because an announcement about the next steps had not yet been made. The official is familiar with the spill oversight but would not clarify what is seeping near the well. The official said BP is not complying with the government's demand for more monitoring. BP spokesman Mark Salt declined to ...
President Obama: Republicans Block Tax Cuts For Small Business
Post Date: 2010-07-18 18:44:25 by Brian S
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President Barack Obama went on the attack Saturday, accusing Republicans in the US Congress of attempting "to filibuster" US recovery and "obstruct" progress. "Too often, the Republican leadership in the United States Senate chooses to filibuster our recovery and obstruct our progress. And that has very real consequences," Obama said in his weekly radio address. He said that in order to facilitate credit for small businesses, his administration had proposed eliminating capital gains taxes on their investments and establishing a fund for small lenders to help small businesses. "But again and again, a partisan minority in the Senate said "no," ...
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