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Obama Relieves General Of His Afghan Command; AP reports Gen. David Petraeus to be named as top Afghan commander
Post Date: 2010-06-23 13:33:53 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama has decided to relieve Gen. Stanley McChrystal of his command over all U.S. military forces in Afghanistan, sources tell NBC News. Obama is scheduled to make an official 1:30 p.m. EDT announcement about the general. Meantime, the Associated Press reported that Obama has chosen Gen. David Petraeus to replace McChrystal as top Afghan commander. Earlier, McChrystal was seen leaving the West Wing and climbing into a van after his nearly half-hour private showdown with the president. Summoned to Washington to explain himself, McChrystal arrived from Kabul in the early morning and met first at the Pentagon with Defense Secretary Robert Gates. After his next ...
President Obama Expected To Make Rose Garden Statement Within The Hour
Post Date: 2010-06-23 13:12:58 by Brian S
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President Obama has rearranged his afternoon schedule to address reporters in the Rose Garden at the White House at 1:30 p.m. ET. The president is expected to talk about his meeting with Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top American commander in Afghanistan, which took place earlier today. According to the White House, Obama "will no longer attend the event today at 2:50PM on the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Nutrition at Columbia Heights Educational Campus," adding "the First Lady will still attend the event and deliver remarks on the President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition (PCFSN)."
Jeb Bush Unloads on Obama: He's a 'Child'
Post Date: 2010-06-23 12:49:08 by no gnu taxes
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For months now, Jeb Bush has been listening as President Obama blasts his older brother’s administration for the battered economy, budget deficits and even the lax oversight of oil wells. “It’s kind of like a kid coming to school saying, ‘The dog ate my homework,’ ” Mr. Bush, this state’s former governor, said over lunch last week at the Biltmore Hotel. “It’s childish. This is what children do until they mature. They don’t accept responsibility.” In fact, instead of constantly bashing the 43rd president, Mr. Bush offered, perhaps Mr. Obama could learn something from him, especially when it comes to ignoring the Washington chatter. ...
Tabloid claims Al Gore assaulted Portland masseuse
Post Date: 2010-06-23 12:45:24 by Badeye
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Tabloid claims Al Gore assaulted Portland masseuse By KATU News StoryVideoPrintTwitterFacebookSummary The National Enquirer claims it has documents that back up their story about Gore and the masseuse, who was not named.KATU News and other journalism outlets are working to verify the Enquirer’s claims. Story Published: Jun 23, 2010 at 8:17 AM PDT Story Updated: Jun 23, 2010 at 9:26 AM PDT Comments (18)PORTLAND, Ore. – A supermarket tabloid that recently exposed Sen. John Edwards’ affair with a documentary filmmaker is now reporting that former Vice President Al Gore attacked a Portland masseuse at a local hotel. In a bold headline next to a photo of Gore, the current ...
Oil Gushing At Spill Site After Vent Damaged; Cap removed after robotic sub hits vent; two deaths in response effort...
Post Date: 2010-06-23 12:25:32 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON - Oil was again gushing uncontrollably from the BP spill site on Wednesday after the company was forced to remove the containment cap when a robotic submarine hit a vent. The news came as officials also reported two deaths in the response effort. BP hoped to reinstall the cap later Wednesday after fixing the vent and checking for safety. Click for Full Text!
When the going gets tough, the tough go golfing
Post Date: 2010-06-23 12:23:33 by no gnu taxes
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Shhh! I'm working hard at breaking all presidential records in record time With unemployment soaring, the economy tanking and troops dying while he makes a decision, Obama still finds time to golf. In 10 months, Obama has played 25 rounds of golf. That is more rounds of golf than Bush played his entire 8 years in office. Since Bush was portrayed as being a non-caring bumbling fool because he played a few rounds of golf while the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars were being conducted, what does this say about Obama? How will Obama be portrayed breaking Bush’s record and dithering on making a decision about sending more troops into Afghanistan, at the request of his hand-picked general ...
Obama, McChrystal Conclude Oval Office Talk (McChrystal departed ahead of a scheduled war strategy session)
Post Date: 2010-06-23 11:55:53 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Afghanistan war commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal met privately with President Barack Obama at the White House Wednesday and then departed ahead of a scheduled war strategy session. There was no immediate word on whether Obama would fire him for his inflammatory remarks in a magazine interview. Officials had initially indicated that McChrystal would attend the strategy session on Afghanistan to explain remarks he made in the interview with Rolling Stone magazine. But he was seen leaving the West Wing and climbing into a van after his nearly half-hour face-to-face meeting with the president. McChrystal had met earlier in the day with Defense Secretary Robert Gates and ...
Barton To Keep Seat As Top Republican On Committee After Oil Remarks
Post Date: 2010-06-23 11:48:05 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Joe Barton has expressed remorse to his fellow Republicans for his remarks last week apologizing to BP chief executive Tony Hayward and will retain his position as the top GOP lawmaker on the Energy and Commerce Committee. House Republican leader John Boehner said the Texas lawmaker had apologized to his colleagues at a closed-door meeting Wednesday for his "poor choice of words." Boehner said the issue is closed. A House Republican aide confirmed that Barton would not lose his position over the remark to Hayward that embarrassed Republicans and provided ammunition to Democrats claiming that Republicans were taking a pro-industry stance in the Gulf oil spill. ...
Storms May Strengthen in Gulf, Hampering Oil Cleanup
Post Date: 2010-06-23 11:29:49 by Brian S
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The first storm of the Atlantic hurricane season may enter the Gulf of Mexico as soon as next week, possibly disrupting BP Plc’s efforts to clean up the worst oil spill in U.S. history. A system of thunderstorms in the Caribbean Sea is moving west-northwest toward the Gulf at 10 miles (16 kilometers) per hour, bringing rainfall to parts of the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in its latest update at 8 p.m. local time yesterday. “Conditions are forecast to become more favorable” for the system to intensify in the next two days as it heads into the western Caribbean Sea, the center said. There’s a 20 percent chance it ...
Do Florida Democrats Have Nefarious Plans to Win Elections by Running Phony Tea Party Candidates?
Post Date: 2010-06-23 11:21:41 by Badeye
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Do Florida Democrats Have Nefarious Plans to Win Elections by Running Phony Tea Party Candidates? By Thomas Francis, Tuesday, Jun. 22 2010 @ 1:26PM . 43;It sounds like the sort of diabolically genius plot that usually comes from Republicans, but there's reason to wonder whether Florida Democrats have conspired to put tea party candidates on ballots in hopes that it will siphon votes from leading Republican candidates. Chief suspect: Fire-breathing liberal Alan Grayson, the Orlando Democrat whose health-care histrionics have led him into a tough reelection race. Roll Call notes that a woman running in his race as a Florida Tea Party candidate was previously working for Grayson as a ...
Consumer Confidence Falls to Lowest Level Since Mid-April (The Obama Depression)
Post Date: 2010-06-23 11:03:49 by no gnu taxes
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The Rasmussen Consumer Index, which measures the economic confidence of consumers on a daily basis, fell to its lowest level since April 11 on Wednesday. At 76.3,consumer confidence is down three points from yesterday, down six points from a week ago and is just five points shy of the lowest level recorded so far this year. The Rasmussen Investor Index, which measures the economic confidence of investors on a daily basis, dipped a point today to 83.7. That's the lowest level of confidence measured since March 19. The index is down 11 points from a week ago as well as a month ago. The index is now just three points above the lowest level recorded this year. Nationally, 25% of adults ...
Leave The Personal Insults To The Left.
Post Date: 2010-06-23 10:10:27 by Skip MacLure
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South Carolina Rep. Nikki Haley achieved a convincing victory in the gubernatorial runoff, but not without having to endure the all-too-common slur campaign and personal attacks. She will now face Democrat Vincent Sheheen in November. What makes the story so sickening is the fact that some of the character assassinations were from Republicans. A conservative blogger, Will Folks, made allegations of a most extreme nature, the details of which I will not recount here as I find them deeply offensive. Perhaps he thought it would give him the fifteen minutes of fame that he craves, something becoming ever more elusive to bloggers given the rapidly increasing numbers of political commentators on ...
Haley win a boon for Palin, Romney
Post Date: 2010-06-23 09:19:10 by Badeye
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Haley win a boon for Palin, Romney By ANDY BARR | 6/23/10 4:45 AM EDT Haley isn't the only Republican whose star is rising in an early state crucial to the GOP. AP Nikki Haley may have been the big winner in South Carolina Tuesday, but she isn’t the only Republican whose star is rising in an early state that is key to winning the GOP presidential nomination. Both Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, and Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska, were also winners in the 2012 sweepstakes. They got behind Haley at critical junctures in her campaign for governor while the rest of the potential GOP presidential field either endorsed another candidate or stayed out ...
Haley makes S.C. history
Post Date: 2010-06-23 09:16:21 by Badeye
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Haley makes S.C. history By Jim Davenport - The Associated Press COLUMBIA -- Nikki Haley on Tuesday became South Carolina's first Republican woman nominated for governor. Her win came as she rode the public backlash against the state's notoriously rough-and-tumble politics and with the backing of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and popular former South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford. In her three House terms, she has been known as a close ally of Gov. Mark Sanford and a boat-rocker who sparred with leadership. It was a winning mix in a year where tea party activists and GOP conservatives are anxious to reshape the Republican Party. Tuesday night, preliminary results showed ...
GOP state Rep. Scott defeats Thurmond
Post Date: 2010-06-23 09:08:17 by Badeye
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GOP state Rep. Scott defeats Thurmond By Robert Behre - The (Charleston) Post and Courier E-Mail State Rep. Tim Scott took a step toward history Tuesday night, handily locking up the Republican nomination for the 1st Congressional District. His 3-1 win over his former Charleston County Council colleague Paul Thurmond makes him likely to become the first black Republican to serve in Congress since J.C. Watts of Oklahoma retired six years ago. With all five counties reporting, Scott had won about 68 percent of the vote to Thurmond's 32 percent. In Horry and Georgetown counties, where Thurmond had garnered a lot of support from local candidates, Scott still won by a smaller margin with ...
A Senate of iconoclasts?
Post Date: 2010-06-23 09:04:17 by Badeye
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A Senate of iconoclasts? By JONATHAN MARTIN | 6/23/10 5:24 AM EDT Utah Senate hopeful Mike Lee and a handful of other conservative insurgents believe that that village of Washington can only be saved by destroying it. AP Tuesday's nomination of Mike Lee for the Senate by Utah Republicans served up yet another reminder about what this tumultuous and unpredictable election year might mean for next year’s Congress: The decorous and staid U.S. Senate could get a lot rowdier in 2011. Lee, a 38-year-old conservative lawyer who enjoyed support from tea party activists, is all but certain to fill the seat of 76-year-old Sen. Robert Bennett, the sober institutionalist and ...
President Obama criticized publicly by General McChrystal – General resigns post
Post Date: 2010-06-22 23:30:16 by Craig_Portwood
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In the wake of a pending article in Rolling Stone magazine where Gen. Stanley McChrystal criticized President Barack Obama’s handling of the war in Afghanistan, Obama has accused the General of “poor judgment,” in his remarks to freelance writer Michael Hastings. Although Gen. McChrystal has apologized for the remarks, he has not recanted his criticism of the President. Late breaking reports indicate that the General has resigned. Read more>>
2 corrections officers arrested for inmate abuse
Post Date: 2010-06-22 21:38:19 by WhiteSands
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Two Orange County corrections officers have been arrested for allegedly kicking and hitting an inmate. Twenty-nine-year-old Alton Mercer and 38-year-old Jose Ayala-Martinez were each charged Friday with a single count of battery. An investigation found the two men began hitting and kicking the man after he refused to turn over a juice box. The inmate had been in a cell reserved for individuals with mental health or behavioral problems. It wasn’t immediately clear if either man had an attorney. They have been on unpaid leave since the investigation began.
Sharron Angle: Unemployed Workers are Lazy Welfare Queens
Post Date: 2010-06-22 17:28:34 by go65
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I'm really trying to understand what Nevada Tea Party Senate hopeful Sharron Angle thinks her job as US Senator should be. According to her remarks on this video, it's not the job of a United States Senator to be involved in job creation. Further, evidently job creation isn't something that's really a problem. No, the problem is that those unemployed people just think they're too good to scoop garbage out of the gutters as long as they collect the fat unemployment check every couple of weeks. Really? The "unemployed as deadbeats" theme has been around for years. It's not new and it's not unusual from the right, though it usually doesn't come from ...
White House To Appeal Ruling Against Drilling Ban
Post Date: 2010-06-22 14:33:32 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House said Tuesday it will immediately appeal a federal judge's ruling against the Obama administration's moratorium on new deepwater drilling. A New Orleans judge on Tuesday blocked the six-month ban imposed in the wake of the Gulf oil spill, saying the Interior Department had failed to provide adequate reasons for it. Robert Gibbs, the White House press secretary, defended the moratorium and promised an immediate appeal to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. Gibbs said President Barack Obama believes strongly that drilling at such depths - without knowing what happened to cause the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig to explode - does not make any sense ...
MSNBC Negro Whoopin'
Post Date: 2010-06-22 14:23:31 by no gnu taxes
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Now that this has time to cool off in Obama's Gulf Gusher speech, and that Bill O'Reilly has plagiarized this blog in repeating what was written here long ago in the left has turned on Obama, it is time to address what MSNBC in Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann were really doing when that entire cable source threw down on Obama. They were Negro Whoopin'. If this was Democrat Jim Webb in his college days it would be called N*gger Knockin', but in New York intellectuals, one has to comprehend it was sophisticated in being like Bill Clinton terming Obama as "that bright boy" which is code for an uppity n*gger which all blacks got and this blog had to explain to ...
The Empirical Obama – A Portrait In Failure.
Post Date: 2010-06-22 14:20:25 by Skip MacLure
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Obama is as great a failure as he was a worldwide sensation during the 2008 presidential campaign. Absolutely nothing is going right for the Anointed One. Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s hit guy, has served Barack Obama as loyally as anyone could have. Now, it seems, Rahm is having second thoughts, though he roundly denies it. According to sources at the Telegraph, Rahm may be considering leaving the administration because of his inability to penetrate the hard core ideologues that Barack Obama has surrounding him. True or not, it’s an indication of the turmoil that is rampant in the administration. The problem with radical ideology is that it prevents objective discourse and is ...
Drilling Moratorium BLOCKED by Federal Judge [BREAKING]
Post Date: 2010-06-22 13:44:14 by war
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Rove's 527 far short of $52M goal
Post Date: 2010-06-22 13:37:37 by Skip Intro
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Rove's 527 far short of $52M goal A new 527 group conceived by veteran GOP hands Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie and launched this year with predictions that it would raise $52 million to support Republican candidates has thus far failed to live up to the fundraising hype. The group, American Crossroads, raised only $200 last month, according to a report it filed Monday with the Internal Revenue Service, bringing its total raised since launching in March to a little more than $1.25 million. It spent $76,000 in May, primarily on legal fees and salaries, bringing its total spending to $140,000. The operatives running the group have boasted that it has received pledges for more than $30 ...
Americans Still Upbeat, But Less So Than In Past
Post Date: 2010-06-22 12:01:33 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans remain a generally upbeat lot, but all the skepticism, snark and dismal rhetoric being bandied about may be taking their toll. Nearly two-thirds of people answering a Pew Research Center for the People and the Press/Smithsonian Magazine poll said they are optimistic about their future and that of the country - and a majority expect the economy to be strong in the future. But while it's still a positive picture, it's much less so than a just over a decade earlier. Some 64 percent of those polled said they are optimistic about their future, for example, but that's down from 81 percent in a similar poll in 1999. At the same time, the proportion ...
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