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FLASH BACK : U.S. Loan to Brazilian Oil Company Riles Conservatives in Favor of Offshore Drilling
Post Date: 2010-06-14 16:06:24 by WhiteSands
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President Obama has opposed any expanded oil drilling off American shores largely on environmental grounds, turning a deaf ear to conservative cries of "Drill, Baby, Drill." But now Obama may start hearing cries of "foul" after the U.S. Export-Import Bank promised Petrobras, Brazil's state-owned oil company, $2 billion in loan guarantees to help finance lucrative drilling off the shores of Rio De Janeiro. Some see a contradiction in an executive branch agency, independent but with board members appointed by the president, facilitating abroad the very kind of energy exploration Obama opposes domestically. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said Thursday he ...
President To Illustrate Scale Of Oil Disaster With First Oval Office Address
Post Date: 2010-06-14 15:51:32 by Brian S
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President Barack Obama will tomorrow night make his first address to the American people from the Oval Office, underlining the scale of the catastrophe now unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico and vowing to hold BP to account for the environmental damage wrought by its eight-week-old oil spill. His prime-time broadcast comes at the start of a crucial week in the response to the crisis. Senior politicians from the Obama administration and the Democratic hierarchy in Congress are lining up to step up the pressure on BP amid accusations that the disaster is spinning out of control. Obama is expected to use his Oval Office speech to outline plans to force the oil giant to set up an independently ...
Crisis Vampires Swoop In As Oil Continues To Spread In Gulf
Post Date: 2010-06-14 15:22:46 by Brian S
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In the land of oil and opportunity, BP’s spill has brought a boon to some who least deserve it. That’s the sentiment held by charter and commercial fishermen from Louisiana marinas, the first hit by cascades of black destruction, to the Florida docks just getting their first bitter taste. These crisis vampires suck the money local boatmen claim as their own. For Ed Wall, a third-generation commercial fisherman based out of Pensacola, Fla., those vampires come in the form of doctors, lawyers and other rich folk with pleasure boats, swiping BP contracts right out from under him. Ed’s livelihood is on the water, but those who pay their way working in offices are reaping ...
Dems defend Etheridge, attack Breitbart
Post Date: 2010-06-14 15:19:31 by Badeye
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Dems defend Etheridge, attack Breitbart Ben Smith June 14, 2010 Bob Etheridge's abject apology for roughing up an anonymous conservative videographer is being accompanied by a defense of the congressman from national Democrats. "Motives matter, and I think you can see who was behind this," said DNC spokesman Brad Woodhouse just now. "This was a Republican party tracking operation. If it wasn't a party tracker or intern, why is the face blurred and why is the source hidden? You know if it had been a right wing blog, they'd identify themselves and they'd be booking this person on TV all day. Republicans know if they admit their involvement in this game of ...
BP Engineer Called Doomed Rig A 'Nightmare Well' (Six Days Before Rig Exploded)
Post Date: 2010-06-14 14:53:39 by Brian S
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Six days before the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, a BP drilling engineer called the rig a "nightmare well" that had caused the company problems in the past. The comment by BP engineer Brian Morel came in an e-mail April 14. On April 20, the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion killed 11 people and sent tens of millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf in the nation's worst environmental disaster. The e-mail was among dozens of internal documents released Monday in Washington by the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which is investigating the explosion and its aftermath. Committee leaders said BP made a series of questionable ...
Republican Operative In NY Accused Of Stealing $1M
Post Date: 2010-06-14 14:48:21 by Brian S
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NEW YORK (AP) -- A Republican operative was indicted Monday on charges he exploited his political reputation to swindle $1.1 million from Mayor Michael Bloomberg, claiming he'd use funds to help guard against fraud during last fall's election but instead buying a house, prosecutors said. John Haggerty duped Bloomberg and his political advisers into giving the money to the state Independence Party to help with ballot security during the mayor's campaign for a third term, according to District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance Jr. Haggerty then laundered the money and used it for personal expenses in the months after the election, Vance said. Haggerty, who now works for Carl Paladino, ...
Former Jersey City deputy mayor sentenced to 3 years in NJ's largest corruption probe (Democrat)
Post Date: 2010-06-14 14:17:26 by Badeye
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Former Jersey City deputy mayor sentenced to 3 years in NJ's largest corruption probe Published June 14, 2010 | Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A former Jersey City deputy mayor has been sentenced to three years in prison in the largest federal probe of political corruption in New Jersey. Seventy-five-year-old Leona Beldini did not react as she was sentenced Monday in federal court in Newark. The Democrat was arrested last year in a sting that resulted in charges against 45 others. Nineteen defendants have pleaded guilty or been convicted so far. Beldini was found guilty in February of accepting $20,000 in illegal campaign contributions. The money came from an FBI ...
UC Irvine suspends Muslim student group for disrupting Israeli ambassador's talk
Post Date: 2010-06-14 14:15:39 by Badeye
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UC Irvine suspends Muslim student group for disrupting Israeli ambassador's talk Published June 14, 2010 | Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The University of California, Irvine, has suspended a Muslim student group for at least a year because of a protest that disrupted a talk by Israel's ambassador and led to the arrests of 11 students. The university on Monday released a letter from a student affairs disciplinary committee to Muslim Student Union leaders. It says the group was found guilty of disorderly conduct, obstructing university activities and other violations of campus policy. The Muslim Student Union condemned Ambassador Michael Oren's appearance in ...
Reid Runs as Consummate Insider With 'No One Can Do More' Message
Post Date: 2010-06-14 14:07:27 by Badeye
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Reid Runs as Consummate Insider With 'No One Can Do More' Message Published June 14, 2010 | FOXNews.com As members of Congress across the country try to distance themselves from Washington by burnishing their "outsider" credentials, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is doing just the opposite -- he's embracing his incumbency as he seeks re-election in Nevada. After Republicans selected Tea Party favorite Sharron Angle last week to run against Reid, the Senate's No. 1 Democrat is trying to make the case back home that experience is good, and that his clout in the nation's capital is what brings jobs and funding to Nevada. "No one can do more," is ...
Losing SC Senate candidate protesting
Post Date: 2010-06-14 13:59:03 by Badeye
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APNewsBreak: Losing SC Senate candidate protesting Jun 14 12:22 PM US/Eastern By MEG KINNARD Associated Press Writer COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - The former state lawmaker who lost South Carolina's Democratic U.S. Senate primary to an unknown, unemployed military veteran is protesting the result. South Carolina Democratic Party Executive Director Jay Parmley says Vic Rawl filed a protest with the party just before a noon deadline Monday. Greene stunned state party leaders June 8 when he defeated Rawl. Neither candidate had done much campaigning, but Greene had raised no money and had no ads or website. Rawl says experts who have analyzed the results have noticed irregularities in the vote ...
N.J. Senate Democrats urge Gov. Christie not to join lawsuit against health care reform
Post Date: 2010-06-14 13:56:06 by Badeye
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N.J. Senate Democrats urge Gov. Christie not to join lawsuit against health care reform Published: Monday, June 14, 2010, 12:53 PM Updated: Monday, June 14, 2010, 1:11 PM Matt Friedman/Statehouse Bureau TRENTON, N.J. Senate Democrats are pushing a resolution today asking Gov. Chris Christie to take a pass on joining a lawsuit against the new federal health care law. The resolution is set to be heard at today's meeting of the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee. Conservative groups have appealed to Christie to ask Attorney General Paula Dow to join the lawsuit challenging the law's constitutionality, which 20 states have signed on to. "I think the ...
BP Official Admits to Damage BENEATH THE SEA FLOOR
Post Date: 2010-06-14 13:25:08 by Brian S
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As I noted Tuesday, there is growing evidence that BP's oil well - technically called the "well casing" or "well bore" - has suffered damage beneath the level of the sea floor.The evidence is growing stronger and stronger that there is substantial damage beneath the sea floor. Indeed, it appears that BP officials themselves have admitted to such damage. This has enormous impacts on both the amount of oil leaking into the Gulf, and the prospects for quickly stopping the leak this summer.On May 31st, the Washington Post noted: Sources at two companies involved with the well said that BP also discovered new damage inside the well below the seafloor and that, as a ...
BP Hires Cheney's Press Flack
Post Date: 2010-06-14 13:20:07 by war
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BP has hired Dick Cheney's former press flack, Anne Womack Kolton, to serve as the new "head of U.S. media relations" as the company deals with the PR disaster of the ongoing oil spill in the Gulf. Kolton was Cheney's press secretary during the 2004 campaign, and then moved to a job in public affairs at the Department of Energy. One of her tasks in her previous job was defending the administration's secret meetings with energy officials, even as courts were telling the White House to turn over documents about the task force: "We are ready to defend our principles in court. This goes to the heart of the presidency and to the ability of the president and vice ...
Sunday School Teacher Gets Life In Prison For Murder Of US Girl Found In Suitcase
Post Date: 2010-06-14 13:07:22 by Brian S
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A Sunday school teacher who pleaded guilty to kidnapping and murdering a neighbor girl in Northern California is headed to prison for the rest of her life. A judge sentenced 29-year-old Melissa Huckaby to life without parole Monday as part of a plea deal that took the death penalty off the table. Huckaby entered her surprise plea last month to first-degree murder with the special circumstance of kidnapping in the death of Sandra Cantu of Tracy, whose body was found in a suitcase pulled from an irrigation pond. All other charges, including allegations that she sexually abused the 8-year-old girl, were dropped. Authorities have not released a possible motive for Huckaby.
Crews Find Body Of 20th Flood Victim In Ark. River
Post Date: 2010-06-14 13:04:13 by Brian S
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(06-14) 09:58 PDT Langley, Ark. (AP) -- Crews on Monday found a 20th victim of a flash flood that swept through a popular campground, but they continued searching because authorities don't know if the body belonged to the last person thought to be missing. State police declined to identify the victim, who was found floating in the Little Missouri River. But Capt. Mike Fletcher said searchers weren't sure if the body matched the description of the last person they were looking for. Dozens of people were feared missing after the pre-dawn Friday flood, but authorities on Sunday narrowed their search to just one person known to have been camping at the Albert Pike Recreation Area. ...
Would You Be Obama's Butt-Boy?
Post Date: 2010-06-14 13:00:13 by Happy Quanzaa
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Obama Golfs While the Gulf Boils in Oil!
Post Date: 2010-06-14 12:36:32 by no gnu taxes
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The Hill newspaper reports that Obama spent Sunday afternoon golfing in sweltering heat. Meanwhile, the oil continues to gush from the sea floor and the spill is now spreading farther and farther. A massive plume of oil is now only a short distance offshore from Florida’s Gulf beaches. What’s Obama doing about it? Has he issued a waiver for the Jones Act which would allow a number of foreign countries which have offered to send advanced ships to help capture the oil before it hits the beach? No. There is still no explanation from the White House as to why these offers have not been accepted. Coastguard Sent BP a Strongly Worded Letter Instead of taking any new action that ...
Is Obama Gay?
Post Date: 2010-06-14 12:31:04 by no gnu taxes
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I'm just sayin...
What YOU Have In Common With Rush and Elton
Post Date: 2010-06-14 11:47:47 by Badeye
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What YOU Have In Common With Rush and Elton By Steven Crowder Published June 11, 2010 | FOXNews.com Print Email Share Comments (17) Text Size “What is wrong with Proposition 8 is that they went for marriage. Marriage is going to put a lot of people off, the word marriage… I don't want to be married. I'm very happy with a civil partnership. If gay people want to get married, or get together, they should have a civil partnership… You get the same equal rights that we do when we have a civil partnership. Heterosexual people get married. We can have civil partnerships." – Elton John Ain’t that a kick in the pants? As it would seem, Elton John and Rush ...
N.C. Congressman Under Fire for Physical Confrontation With Man in Washington
Post Date: 2010-06-14 11:44:39 by Badeye
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N.C. Congressman Under Fire for Physical Confrontation With Man in Washington Published June 14, 2010 | FOXNews.com Print Email Share Comments (4) Text Size A North Carolina congressman is under fire after a video surfaced Monday showing him in a physical confrontation with a young man on a street in Washington. Rep. Bob Etheridge, a Democrat, is seen in the amateur video grabbing the wrist and neck of the unidentified man after he approached him and asked if he supported the "Obama agenda." The video, posted to YouTube, shows the man, who appears to be in his young 20s and who identifies himself as a college student, approaching Etheridge on the sidewalk. Etheridge is then ...
Dumb and Dumber, First Obama Compares BP Oil Spill to 911, Then Goes Golfing
Post Date: 2010-06-14 09:44:57 by no gnu taxes
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More profiles in Leadership … Obama compares the Gulf oil crisis to 911. ARE YOU SERIOUS … and the LEFT called GWB stupid? Welcome to “Dumb and Dumber, the Obama edition”. This President just cannot differentiate between Gulf and Golf. Yesterday, President Barack Hussein Obama told the POLITICO that the Gulf Coast BP oil spill disaster was like 911. You heard that correct, Obama compared a oil spill, ecological accident to a premeditated terrorist act like September 11, 2001. I wonder how the families who lost loved ones on 9-11 feel about the President’s ridiculous comparison? Is it any wonder why Obama’s ratings are falling in the polls, he can get nothing ...
Howard Kurtz Oddly Suggests Few 'Onlookers' Noticed Helen Thomas Had Veered Into Rants
Post Date: 2010-06-14 09:24:48 by Badeye
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Howard Kurtz Oddly Suggests Few 'Onlookers' Noticed Helen Thomas Had Veered Into Rants By Tim Graham (Bio | Archive) Mon, 06/14/2010 - 08:43 ET Washington Post media reporter Howard Kurtz wrote Monday that Helen Thomas could have spared herself an embarrassing quick retirement if her media colleagues had “gently suggested” it was time to go. He said the press corps saw her as an “eccentric aunt,” but he claimed most of the country never saw her as cranky and ideological: But that's not how she was seen by much of the country, which still viewed her as the groundbreaking correspondent she once was, not the cranky columnist she had become. So when Aunt ...
Birth of a Racist Meme: Weak Dem Candidate In S.C. Is a Republican Plant! (Damn, Democrats are stupid!!)
Post Date: 2010-06-14 08:46:50 by no gnu taxes
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Last night, the most famous graduate of Cornell Cow College, Keith Olbermann, interviewed the newly minted Democrat candidate for the U.S. Senate, Alvin Greene, an international man of mystery so mysterious that the only possible explanation for his improbable win in the open South Carolina primary is that… he’s a Republican plant! See for yourself: You can’t make this stuff up, but of course the left can and does, routinely. Note that it’s Bill Press, another leftist journo-op, who introduces the notion that Greene is a Republican “plant” to Rep. Jim Clyburn (D, S.C.), who dutifully parrots it back, thus allowing Olbermann to put the idea to Greene as if ...
The President’s Moment [ NY Times: "These are matters of competence and leadership. This is a time for Mr. Obama to decisively show both." ]
Post Date: 2010-06-13 22:33:29 by WhiteSands
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The President’s Moment Published: June 11, 2010 If ever there was a test of President Obama’s vision of government — one that cannot solve all problems, but does what people cannot do for themselves — it is this nerve-racking early summer of 2010, with oil spewing into the Gulf of Mexico and far too many Americans out of work for far too long. Related Times Topic: Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill (2010) The country is frustrated and apprehensive and still waiting for Mr. Obama to put his vision into action. The president cannot plug the leak or magically clean up the fouled Gulf of Mexico. But he and his administration need to do a lot more to show they are on top of this ...
Lady Gaga Buys Hot Dog, Flips Another Bird
Post Date: 2010-06-13 20:29:12 by WhiteSands
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Apparently gearing up for her middle finger meltdown at Citi Field on Thursday, last Wednesday Lady Gaga was content to just flip off whoever was around while she was trying to buy a hot dog. And really, who can blame her? It's not like striking the Captain Morgan stance while seemingly not wearing any underwear is something any normal person would stare at, right? Best part: check out the original for bonus sideboob! [Via Buzzfeed] Also, Jerry and Jessica Seinfeld's spokesperson issued a statement about the singer in response to the Met's apology (the comedian and his wife became involved because the Mets moved her to Seinfeld's luxury suite): "The Seinfelds take an ...
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