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Latest Articles: Corrupt Government
77,000 federal workers paid more than governors
Post Date: 2011-06-02 07:05:59 by CZ82
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77,000 federal workers paid more than governors Rick Moran It used to be a parent wanted their son or daughter to grow up and be a doctor, a lawyer, or even president - someone who would make a lot of money, live in a nice house, and have everything they wanted in material goods. Today, a parent might dump that idea and hope their kid gets a berth on the gravy train of federal employment: More than 77,000 federal government employees throughout the country -- including computer operators, more than 5,000 air traffic controllers, 22 librarians and one interior designer -- earned more than the governors of the states in which they work. The findings, from a Congressional Research Service ...
Government Motors' US sales fall 1.2% in May
Post Date: 2011-06-01 12:26:45 by Happy Quanzaa
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US auto giant General Motors said Wednesday its US sales fell 1.2 percent in May from a year earlier, in a sign of slowdown in the recovery of the industry and the US economy at large. The producer of Chevrolet, Cadillac, GMC, and Buick brands sold 221,192 vehicles compared to 223,822 in May 2010, when the economy was beginning to pick up growth after recession. GM suggested the May decline was in part due to a lower number of "selling days" during the month this year -- 24 days -- compared to last year's 26. Even so, growth was clearly slower: for the first five months of the year, US sales of 1.05 million units were up 18.2 percent from the same period in 2010. Buick and ...
DNC Chair: Republicans Believe Illegal Immigration 'Should be a Crime' [Lie-beral IDIOT Alert]
Post Date: 2011-05-31 16:47:46 by Capitalist Eric
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(CNSNews.com) – Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D.-Fla.), chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, denounced Republicans last week for believing illegal immigration “should in fact be a crime.” “I think the president was clearly articulating that his position--the Democratic position--is that we need comprehensive immigration reform,” said Wasserman Schultz at a Christian Science Monitor Breakfast on May 26. “We have 12 million undocumented immigrants in this country that are part of the backbone of our economy and this is not only a reality but a necessity," she said. "And that it would be harmful--the Republican solution that I’ve seen ...
The Price of Propriety
Post Date: 2011-05-31 16:08:42 by Capitalist Eric
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There comes a time when almost everything that needs to be said has been said. While I am not going to shut down any of these websites, I can say that for my part I have said most of what I have to say. The issues are not changing. The degrees to which liberty is being stolen is only increasing. The ways and instances of unconstitutional actions by the government are multiplying, erasing our rights one by one. No one will stand to defend them. I have looked out on the nation, straining my eyes to see the coming wave of patriotic defenders of liberty and am lost in darkness and (mostly) alone. I have called for action into the hollowness and received echoes. I have taken small steps of ...
Politics : The White House Limousine liberals? Number of government-owned limos has soared under Obama
Post Date: 2011-05-31 14:36:58 by Hondo68
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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton exits a limousine.State Department dominates the limo count, says purchases reflect need to protect diplomats and foreign visitors in a dangerous world Limousines, the very symbol of wealth and excess, are usually the domain of corporate executives and the rich. But the number of limos owned by Uncle Sam increased by 73 percent during the first two years of the Obama administration, according to an analysis of records by iWatch News. Most of the increase was recorded in Hillary Clinton’s State Department. Obama administration officials said most of the increase reflects an enhanced effort to protect diplomats and other government officials in a ...
RMS Yearbook ‘5 worst people’ list rouses ire
Post Date: 2011-05-31 12:04:36 by Skip Intro
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Controversial item lumps George W. Bush, Dick Cheney with murderers A list included in the Russellville Middle School yearbook detailing the “Top 5 worst people of all time” that identifies former President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney as Nos. 4 and 5 – after Adolf Hitler, Osama bin Laden and Charles Manson – is raising eyebrows and ire. The yearbook, produced by students under the supervision of a faculty advisor, were distributed to the student body Friday, with the text in question covered by a sticker. School board member Chris Cloud said the stickers, however, come off easily, and is less than pleased with the solution arrived at after he and ...
White House Adds New Position to Deal with Unfavorable Online Media
Post Date: 2011-05-30 08:44:05 by CZ82
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White House Adds New Position to Deal with Unfavorable Online Media By Chris O'Shea on May 23, 2011 2:32 PM The White House has named Jesse Lee to a new position within its communications department titled Director of Progressive Media & Online Response. According to The Huffington Post, Lee will essentially be responsible for building up Obama’s online presence as he prepares for his reelection bid, and squashing any negative stories: The post is a new one for this White House. Rapid response has usually been outsourced to the Democratic National Committee (DNC), if not done on an ad-hoc basis by administration officials. And it signals that the White House will be adopting ...
Barney Frank's bunghole buddies with bennies
Post Date: 2011-05-28 09:03:39 by Happy Quanzaa
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Barney Frank's friends with benefits If you want to watch a corruptocrat start sputtering like Porky Pig with allergies, confront him with three simple words: conflict of interest. Asked this week about his role in securing an ex-lover's highly coveted job at government mortgage giant Fannie Mae, Massachusetts Democratic Rep. Barney Frank retorted: "Aba-dee aba-dee aba-dee aba-dee." Or that's what it sounded like, anyway. Frank was rather miffed about the recent disclosure that he helped former lover Herb Moses land a job with the behemoth lender while sitting on a House committee that regulates lenders a decade ago. The Boston Herald reported Thursday that Frank ...
20 Questions To Ask Anyone Foolish Enough To Believe The Economic Crisis Is Over
Post Date: 2011-05-26 16:51:48 by Capitalist Eric
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If you listen to Ben Bernanke, Barack Obama and the mainstream media long enough, and if you didn't know any better, you might be tempted to think that the economic crisis is long gone and that we are in the midst of a burgeoning economic recovery. Unfortunately, the truth is that the economic crisis is far from over. In 2010, more homes were repossessed than ever before, more Americans were on food stamps than ever before and a smaller percentage of American men had jobs than ever before. The reality is that the United States is an economic basket case and all of these natural disasters certainly are not helping things. The Federal Reserve has been printing gigantic piles of money and ...
House members in the know score ‘abnormal’ stock profits, study says
Post Date: 2011-05-26 08:01:30 by Sebastian
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It’s no secret that members of Congress qualify as political insiders, but a new report strongly suggests that they also may be insiders when it comes to trading stocks. An extensive study released Wednesday in the journal Business and Politics found that the investments of members of the House of Representatives outperformed those of the average investor by 55 basis points per month, or 6 percent annually, suggesting that lawmakers are taking advantage of inside information to fatten their stock portfolios. “We find strong evidence that members of the House have some type of non-public information which they use for personal gain,” according to four academics who authored ...
Obama: We’re working on gun control “under the radar”
Post Date: 2011-05-26 06:37:08 by CZ82
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Obama: We’re working on gun control “under the radar” 1:15 pm on May 25, 2011 by Ed Morrissey I missed this last week, and so may many who didn’t notice Instapundit’s link to the Greeley Gazette’s post on the White House’s efforts to impose gun control through executive-branch regulatory adventurism. Jack Minor caught this anecdote buried below the jump on a Washington Post Lifestyle profile of Steve Croley, first published six weeks ago. Described as “the White House’s point man on gun regulation policy,” the Post includes this rather telling quote from President Obama on the issue of gun control from March: On March 30, the 30th ...
Reid Preempts (Rand) Paul, Slips Patriot Act in Small Business Bill
Post Date: 2011-05-25 13:15:20 by Hondo68
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has circumvented a call by the newly elected senator from Kentucky, Rand Paul, to debate the Patriot Act. In order to prevent a filibuster, Reid performed “some procedural gymnastics,” according to Fox News, and slipped Patriot Act language into a House small business bill that is considered filibuster-proof. In doing so, Reid has skirted objections to the bill led by Paul and has moved closer to extending the Patriot Act without debate. Democrats have applauded this effort to rush the extension into law without debate. “The suggestion that the extension should be debated fueled considerable opposition, particularly from Sen. Dianne Feinstein ...
Obama skirts rule of law to reward pals, punish foes
Post Date: 2011-05-25 06:00:51 by Happy Quanzaa
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Question: What do the following have in common? Eckert Cold Storage Co., Kerly Homes of Yuma, Classic Party Rentals, West Coast Turf Inc., Ellenbecker Investment Group Inc., Only in San Francisco, Hotel Nikko, International Pacific Halibut Commission, City of Puyallup, Local 485 Health and Welfare Fund, Chicago Plastering Institute Health & Welfare Fund, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee, Teamsters Local 522 Fund Welfare Fund Roofers Division, StayWell Saipan Basic Plan, CIGNA, Caribbean Workers' Voluntary Employees' Beneficiary Health and Welfare Plan. Answer: They are all among the 1,372 businesses, state and local governments, labor unions and insurers, covering 3,095,593 ...
OBAMA: I'LL GET THERE ON SUNDAY...
Post Date: 2011-05-24 15:24:01 by Rudgear
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JOPLIN, Missouri (Reuters) - First they found his dark blue teddy bear. Then frantic relatives searching for toddler Skyular Logsdon spotted his red T-shirt and pants, torn, rain-soaked and wrapped around a telephone pole. The little boy hasn't been seen since Sunday night when a massive tornado ripped through the center of Joplin, Missouri, killing at least 118 people and leaving many more missing. As search teams took advantage of a break in the bad weather on Tuesday to look for survivors under mountains of wreckage, Skyular's relatives carefully lifted up the wooden beams and twisted metal of what was once his home. Relatives prayed for signs of life from the boy, who was ...
The Changing Face of the Police and the Death of the Fourth Amendment
Post Date: 2011-05-24 14:55:27 by Capitalist Eric
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"Now, one of the most essential branches of English liberty is the freedom of one’s house. A man’s house is his castle; and while he is quiet, he is as well guarded as a prince in his castle. This writ, if it should be declared legal, would totally annihilate this privilege. Customhouse officers may enter our houses when they please; we are commanded to permit their entry. Their menial servants may enter, may break locks, bars, and everything in their way; and whether they break through malice or revenge, no man, no court can inquire. Bare suspicion without oath is sufficient." ~ James Otis In early America, citizens were considered equals with law enforcement ...
Fudgepacker Pedophile School Czar leaving Obama Administration before 2012 election
Post Date: 2011-05-24 12:50:39 by Happy Quanzaa
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Homosexual Activist Kevin Jennings Leaving Obama Administration (CNSNews.com) – Kevin Jennings, founder of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) and head of the Obama administration’s Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools since July 2009, is leaving his post to lead a non-profit coalition-building organization. Jennings, who was appointed by President Barack Obama, is slated to be the next president and CEO of Be the Change, which “creates national issue based campaigns by organizing coalitions of non-profits, social entrepreneurs, policymakers, private sector and civic leaders, academics, and citizens,” according to a press release issued by the ...
Supreme Court orders California to release tens of thousands of prison inmates [CORRUPT GOVERNMENT]
Post Date: 2011-05-23 15:03:37 by Capitalist Eric
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The 5-4 decision represents one of the largest prison release orders in U.S. history. The court majority says overcrowding has caused 'suffering and death.' In a sharp dissent, Justice Antonin Scalia warns 'terrible things are sure to happen.' WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ordered California on Monday to release tens of thousands of its prisoners to relieve overcrowding, saying that "needless suffering and death" had resulted from putting too many inmates into facilities that cannot hold them in decent conditions. It is one of the largest prison release orders in the nation's history, and it sharply split the high court. Related Disturbance at ...
Patriot Act to Be Extended to 2015 in Congressional Accord
Post Date: 2011-05-20 14:37:12 by Hondo68
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The neolibs made me do it! Congressional leaders reached agreement on extending the USA Patriot Act until June 1, 2015, providing law enforcement continued powers to track suspected terrorists that include the use of roving wiretaps. The Senate will move the legislation on May 23 under a timetable Senate Majority Harry Reid established late today, and a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner said he plans to have a House vote on it before the law expires May 27. “The speaker supports this common-sense proposal because this law has been crucial to detecting and disrupting terrorist plots and protecting the American people,” said Boehner spokesman Michael Steel. The law was ...
Living Through A Currency Devaluation
Post Date: 2011-05-19 16:39:31 by Capitalist Eric
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Lonerangersilver writes: In 1976 I was managing an American subsidiary of a successful large US Company in Mexico. It had been a financial turnaround for our team. Cash flow had accumulated in our bank in Mexico and corporate didn’t want the money repatriated to the US. Although we had already paid a 35% income tax to the Mexican government, we would have to pay an additional 30% exit tax to repatriate the money. In addition, we would have to pay high fees for the peso/dollar exchange, in order to make the transfer. The company wanted to expand our successful business and so we decided to keep the money in Mexican pesos to be used for further expansion. One morning, as my wife and I ...
This too shall pass. So will this, this, this, this, and this too.
Post Date: 2011-05-19 15:10:30 by Capitalist Eric
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Take a moment and conduct a mini thought experiment. Imagine that you’re from the future many hundreds of years from now, researching what life was like in the early 21st century. You pull up an archive of newspaper headlines from the year 2011 and read the following: “US Congress To Vote On Declaration Of World War 3 — An Endless War With No Borders, No Clear Enemies” “Blackwater hired by the crown prince of Abu Dhabi to put together a secret force of foreign troops” “10 killed in US drone attacks in northern Pakistan” “US Officials Warn Terrorism Threat Remains Post-bin Laden” “TSA Pat Down of Suspicious Baby Is No Big Deal” ...
How Totalitarian Police States Are Built
Post Date: 2011-05-19 15:08:08 by Capitalist Eric
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Totalitarian state powers grow by great leaps and bounds in the midst of obvious threats to the safety of the people, such as major wars and great financial crises. This has happened repeatedly in the U.S. from Lincoln's Civil War to Bush and Obama's Global "War On Terrorism" and their "Saving" the American people and the world from the Great Financial Crisis the government created through the wild pump-priming of the Federal Reserve and Big Banks. When the crisis is over some of those powers are reduced, but not eliminated, so the totalitarian powers ratchet up one big step at each major crisis and over a century and a half the U.S. government would by those big ...
Is the Administration Using the I.R.S. to Restrict Political Speech?
Post Date: 2011-05-18 18:25:36 by CZ82
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Is the Administration Using the I.R.S. to Restrict Political Speech? Jonathan S. Tobin 05.18.2011 - 6:09 PM Last week, the New York Times broke a story about the Internal Revenue System that shocked the philanthropic and political worlds. According to the Times, the IRS had sent letters to five unidentified donors to non-profit advocacy groups that their contributions may be subject to taxes. The IRS move, which is a reversal of a policy of non-enforcement of limits on the size of such gifts that goes back decades, was a shot fired over the bows of 501(c)(4) groups that have had an outsize impact of politics in recent years. That’s especially true since last year’s Citizens ...
Why it Can Be Valuable to Carry a Gun and a Recorder
Post Date: 2011-05-18 18:13:17 by CZ82
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Why it Can Be Valuable to Carry a Gun and a Recorder by John R. Lott, Jr. Carrying a gun protects people from criminals, but carrying an audio recorder can also pretty important. The Phildelphia Daily News yesterday showed just how valuable a tape recorder can be. Some police in Philadelphia apparently didn’t know what Pennsylvania and Philadelphia laws are on law-abiding citizens carrying handguns. Given that there are about 800,000 concealed handgun permit holders in Pennsylvania, there could be a lot of misunderstandings. Police are extremely important in stopping crime, but even they can make mistakes. Hopefully because this incident was taped there will be a few less mistakes ...
Recovering Economy Goes Into Relapse
Post Date: 2011-05-18 16:33:52 by Capitalist Eric
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State sponsored media will have you know that the economy is doing better. Never mind that the fundamental problems facing America are nowhere near resolved – and in fact – are much worse now than they were prior to the 2008 crash. Hope is just about lost. Change is not coming. The much touted recovery never happened, unless your singular measure of economic health is the stock market, in which case America is booming. The reality on the ground, however, is dismal, as evidenced by events of the past few weeks: People are still losing jobs and there’s no meaningful labor to be had. While Vice President Joe Biden continues to talk up the administration’s jobs programs, ...
“EYEWITNESS” INTERVIEW SAYS AMERICANS DIED, MISSION UNSUCCESSFUL
Post Date: 2011-05-16 18:10:54 by Capitalist Eric
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A Pakistan news agency reports that the bin Laden raid on Abbottabad was aborted because of a helicopter crash which killed several passengers, believed to be Pashtu speaking Americans. Though this is from a news agency, it is an eyewitness account and unconfirmed. Veterans Today has received this story from several sources but most recently from our comments section. Thanks! If this story is true, it would be a disaster for the Obama presidency, deeply paralleling the unsuccessful hostage rescue attempt in Iran during the Carter presidency. If the story is true, our heartfelt sympathies for the families of those who may have died in this operation. As described below, the mission depicts ...
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