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  • Illegal alien ally Luis Gutierrez "guarantees" protection for American workers

    11/26/2009 8:09:33 AM PST · by chicagolady · 15 replies · 345+ views
    The Examiner ^ | November 25, 2009 | Dave Gorak
    Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL), the self-appointed messiah for illegal aliens, says his soon to be introduced amnesty bill will include adequate protection for American workers
  • My Rant

    11/21/2009 8:06:16 PM PST · by LTC.Ret · 43 replies · 1,216+ views
    It's time. No, I am not some crazy fringe lunatic. I am one of the most law abiding citizens around. I don't even have any moving traffic violations ever, in 40 years of driving, only a ticket once in college for an unnoticed (by me) expired inspection sticker. Never drank, never smoked, never tried drugs. I am the LAST person anyone would expect to say NO, NO MORE, NO WAY!!! But it's time. I served my country voluntarily for 31 years, and did my level best to give back to the Army and my soldiers more than they gave me....
  • Scam email using soldier/USMC's good name

    11/21/2009 11:49:59 AM PST · by LTC.Ret · 10 replies · 383+ views
    email | 11/20/2009
    I am Capt. Mathew Stamford presently in Afghanistan , with the United States Marine Corps (USMC). I found $900,000.00 and need someone i can trust to receive it on mybehalf upon its evacuation from Kabul. I cannot do this alone and am ready to take a chance on you. Please contact me on mat-stamford@hotmail.co.uk if you are interested.
  • The Warrior Song - This is AWESOME!

    11/21/2009 9:31:27 AM PST · by lauragarnet · 5 replies · 420+ views
    The Warrior Song Project ^ | November 8th, 2009 | A Soldier's Perspective Blog Noble Duty MilBlogger Coalition by CJ
    The Warrior Song Project http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTs6a0ORdQU would like to thank all of the following individuals for their selfless contributions to this effort: James De Vito, US Marine Corps, for vocals Sachiko De Vito, for being brilliant Rock Williams, for vocals Sean Hurwitz, for the guitars Bernie Pershey, for the marching snares Kashan Curry, US Marine Corps, for images & advice Justin Sullivan, for The Wobble Beat Robb Hendrick, for advice & creative design LYRICS: Ive got the reach and the teeth of a killin machine, with a need to bleed you when the light goes green best believe, Im in...
  • The Next 7 Millions Jobs That Will Be Lost

    11/16/2009 9:40:16 PM PST · by oldtimer2 · 16 replies · 895+ views
    Charles Hugh Smith Blog ^ | Nov 17, 2009 | Charles Hugh Smith
    The Next 7 Millions Jobs That Will Be LostNovember 17, 2009 The hype is that the "recession is over." Has anyone touting this line actually walked around the real world? The next 7 million jobs to be lost are already in the pipeline. The divergence between the reality easily observed in the real world and the heavily touted hype that "the recession is over because GDP rose 3.5%" is growing. It's obvious that another 7 million jobs which are currently hanging by threads will be slashed in the next year or two. According to the latest Employment Situation Summary (Bureau...
  • OBAMA SHOOTS THE ALABATROSS!

    11/13/2009 3:12:49 PM PST · by Edisto Joe · 12 replies · 952+ views
    The Edisto Joe Outlook ^ | 11/13/2009 | Edisto Joe
    Just as in the Rime Of The Ancient Mariner, Obama has shot the albatross and it will be a curse upon the Democrats for 2010 and into the 2012 election. The albatross is a bird of the sea that is accustomed to following sailing ships. Sailors consider them good luck. In the poem, the Mariner shoots the albatross with a cross bow and kills it. The sailors fearing a curse upon them force the mariner to wear the albatross around his neck in hopes of warding off a curse of impending disaster. It fails and they are doomed. They all...
  • Happy Birthday, USMC

    11/10/2009 6:45:39 AM PST · by combat_boots · 23 replies · 589+ views
    USMC.mil ^ | 11/10/2009 | USMC
    THe USMC has a great slideshow andvideo on the birthday of the USMC on top of the page and top right of the URL listed here. One of the great ads is here:http://our.marines.com/cms_content/showblogvideo/rel_id/169/id/870
  • THE OBAMA EGO TAKES A HIT!

    11/04/2009 10:27:09 AM PST · by Edisto Joe · 12 replies · 959+ views
    The Edisto Joe Outlook ^ | 11/04/2009 | Edisto Joe
    According to White House Press Secretary, Robert Gibbs, the President was busy with other matters last night and wasn't really concerned with election results. Although one would find that hard to believe, in Obama's case it might be true. He has shown a remarkable ability to ignore events that surround him, tea parties, town halls, Afghanistan, to name a few. It's amazing how the Administration can wave off important events effecting the country in the same manner that Obama swatted a fly during an interview. Nonchalantly dismissing anything that doesn't go their way as unimportant. Truth be known, Obama's ego...
  • Shocking Federal Reserve Video: Who's Watching The Trillions?

    11/03/2009 4:48:09 PM PST · by BloggerPatriot · 282+ views
    The Daily Bail ^ | 10-02-09 | The Daily Bail
    The drama unfolds slowly at first. First-term (anti-bailout candidate) Democrat Alan Grayson questions Elizabeth Coleman, Inspector General of the Federal Reserve. The issue is oversight of the Fed's balance sheet, and the potential multi-trillion dollar loss that would be borne by you. If watching the clip sends you into an apoplectic seizure as it does to me, then please help. We need millions of Americans to become aware of the Fed and its abuses. Monetization of the national debt is occurring daily (quantitative easing), as Bernanke simply creates credit and purchases Treasuries. And we haven't even begun to discuss the...
  • A Conversation about Immagration Reform

    10/31/2009 9:45:15 AM PDT · by The Peoples Candidate · 2 replies · 257+ views
    October 312, 2009 | Corrogan R. Vaughn
    will endeavor to continue to give you the simple courtesy of speaking honestly, plainly and sympathetically -- not for my political future but to win the future for America. But here is an outline for a 21st Century program of patriotic immigration which, I believe, will lead to secure borders: CONTROL THE BORDER FIRST. No nation in an age of terrorism can afford to have inadequately controlled borders with millions crossing illegally at will. We need to commit the necessary resources at all the borders, including the coasts, for national security reasons. That would mean more border agents and more...
  • DOUG HOFFMAN: THANK YOU SARAH PALIN

    10/30/2009 2:26:58 PM PDT · by Edisto Joe · 57 replies · 1,824+ views
    The Edisto Joe Outlook ^ | 10/30/2009 | Edisto Joe
    Anyone who doubts Sarah Palin as an up and coming major player on the political scene better find a doctor for a reality check. Her endorsement of Conservative Doug Hoffman in the New York 23rd Congressional District special election has caught the attention of thousands who are now donating to his campaign and pledging support. Hoffman, who is running as a third party candidate against Republican, Dede Scozzafava and Democrat, Bill Owens, is a Republican himself but had to enter the race on a third party ticket since their was no primary for the special election. Had there been one...
  • Hoffman was for Scozzafava before he was against her

    10/29/2009 5:59:36 AM PDT · by Mojave · 1,984 replies · 18,834+ views
    Watertown Daily Times ^ | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2009 | JUDE SEYMOUR
    Doug Hoffman pledged to help Dede Scozzafava in an e-mail sent two days after the Republican Party passed over the Lake Placid accountant for the nomination. The e-mail, sent from Mr. Hoffman's business account on July 24 and provided by the Scozzafava campaign, states in full: "Hi Dede, Congratulations and the best of luck in your candidacy. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help. Doug." This is contrary to what Mr. Hoffman, who is now running against Ms. Scozzafava as a Conservative candidate, told me less than two weeks later.
  • Are Birthers Nuts? (A call to action, lets help the kids)

    10/28/2009 3:30:54 PM PDT · by Typical_Whitey · 136 replies · 3,645+ views
    10/28/09 | Typical_whitey
    What drives these fringe crazed people on all sides of the aisle? Is it that feeling that something is just, not quite right? Is it the nagging question of why would someone continue to hide something in order to antagonize those that are trying to hold him accountable for the transparency that he promised? Or are you just tired of Obama getting away with it? A great conspiracy started during the 2008 Election Primary by a Hillary Clinton supporting Liberal lawyer from Philadelphia (Philip Berg) who saw that Obama was about to beat Hillary to the nomination and so he...
  • SORRY NEWT...PALIN'S RIGHT!

    10/25/2009 9:07:08 AM PDT · by Edisto Joe · 32 replies · 1,621+ views
    The Edisto Joe Outlook ^ | 10/25/2009 | Edisto Joe
    Sarah Palin's endorsement of Conservative, Doug Hoffman, in the upstate New York Senate Race over Republican Dede Scozzafava who is backed by Newt Gingrich, is a clear example of the present problem facing the Republican Party. Scozzafava is a Republican in name only. She votes like a liberal, stands for big government, abortion rights, and even supports laws to make it easier for unions to organize private business. So why would Newt Gingrich support her? According to Newt, if you want to take back Congress from the Democrats, then you need to accept Republican candidates who may not fully conform...
  • Press Release - October 23, 2009 Free Republic LLC. Targeted For Fraud

    10/23/2009 4:55:48 PM PDT · by Jean S · 46 replies · 1,999+ views
    some wackjob who is annoyed at being repeatedly banned at FR | 10/23/09 | Kevin Martin
    <p>For immediate release. As you know, I am one that is sick of scammers of this world. From global warming, to the very laws that control the people. However, one scam is starting to stick out right now.</p> <p>Free Republic LLC. has viewers, in which only seems to be run by one or two people. The donations on that site are enormous, but the costs just do not add up. We at the SCWXA use about 5% of our server's bandwidth and do not need over $20,000 monthly. It seems owner Jim Robinson is scamming the viewers by using the country's issues on hand, to make money.</p>
  • Green Discounts for using bicycle or public transit.. a brothel in Berlin changes it business model

    10/22/2009 11:24:21 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 10 replies · 584+ views
    AFP on Yahoo ^ | 10/22/09
    A profession O and CONgre$$ won't be messing with 'pay' rates anytime soon?
  • And Now, What's your Scotch?

    10/21/2009 6:34:53 PM PDT · by Sax · 85 replies · 2,156+ views
    I'm not saying this is the way it should go, but for me, it went bourbon as a young man, irish whisky as the taste developed, and then nestled into the scotch as the palate matured and settled down to a sipping type restraint. Glenmorangie as the everyday benchmark, Laiphroaig for the smoky flavor, and Lagavulin for the best of that.
  • What type of Bourbon Do you Drink?

    10/21/2009 5:05:15 PM PDT · by scoobysnak71 · 238 replies · 3,750+ views
    What type of bourbon do you like to drink? Me? Ancient Age over the rocks.
  • Obama "Fox is Picking on Me" Zero Dollar -I've had it with his whiny about Fox

    10/19/2009 11:28:33 PM PDT · by Secret Agent Man · 8 replies · 894+ views
    self | 10/20/09 | Secret Agent Man
    This socialist loser has every news organization in his back pocket and in his front zipper, and the one place that doesn't bow down and Lewinski him, he complains about. The guy just cannot take any criticsm from anyone. The White House goons come out and call Fox not really a news organization because their political commentators like Glenn Beck are on there. HE'S NOT A NEWS GUY!!!! He's the Opinion show!!! He's the equivalent of the OPINION EDITOR not the NEWS editor. What morons these people are. As if what the rest of the news groups are doing is...
  • Lawyer Orly Taitz tries patience of federal court

    10/16/2009 6:27:11 PM PDT · by South40 · 342 replies · 8,354+ views
    Orange County Register ^ | October 16, 2009 | Martin Wisckol
    Obama birthplace lawyer can be handful for the judges hearing her cases. U.S. District Judge David O. Carter has been presiding patiently over Mission Viejo lawyer Orly Taitz's effort to oust Barack Obama from the presidency on the allegation that he was born in Kenya. Carter's kept his cool while Taitz failed to serve Obama's lawyer with her complaint, attempted (and failed) to dismiss two of her clients, attempted (and failed) to have a magistrate judge removed, and attempted (and failed) to have a witness testify during an administrative hearing. She also had 40 to 100 of her supporters call...
  • Test

    10/15/2009 11:05:07 AM PDT · by delacoert · 21 replies · 1,020+ views
    Testing table formating. כח  וַיְבָרֶךְ אֹתָם, אֱלֹהִים, וַיֹּאמֶר לָהֶם אֱלֹהִים פְּרוּ וּרְבוּ וּמִלְאוּ אֶת-הָאָרֶץ, וְכִבְשֻׁהָ; וּרְדוּ בִּדְגַת הַיָּם, וּבְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם, וּבְכָל-חַיָּה, הָרֹמֶשֶׂת עַל-הָאָרֶץ. 28 And God blessed them; and God said unto them: 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that creepeth upon the earth.'
  • THEY'LL SEE THE BIG BOARD!!!!

    10/14/2009 6:03:14 PM PDT · by Edisto Joe · 7 replies · 800+ views
    The Edisto Joe Outlook ^ | 10/14/2009 | Edisto Joe
    Wednesday, October 14, 2009 This video excerpt from the movie Dr. Strangelove came to mind when reading the news about our Secretary of State at the conference table with Russia. It helps to emphasise the absurdity in which they conduct foreign policy and continue to weaken the country's national security. Hilliary Clinton and President Obama have agreed to let the Russians see the "big board." According to a Fox News report, Russia and the United States have tentatively agreed to a weapons inspection program that would allow Russians to visit nuclear sites in America to count missiles and warheads. The...
  • Homeless Help Request Overwhelms City-Thousands Denied Homeless Applications (Detroit-50K!)

    10/07/2009 11:39:04 AM PDT · by STARWISE · 214 replies · 6,082+ views
    The city of Detroit has turned away thousands of people who lined up Wednesday for a chance to receive stimulus money set aside for homeless and low-income residents. Wednesday at the Cobo Hall was the last day for Detroit residents to get an application for Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program stimulus money. The city said an overwhelming 50,000 people came to the center seeking money that was promised to keep low-income residents from losing their homes and finding temporary housing for the homeless. The massive crowds created a fire and safety hazard and forced the Detroit Police Department to...
  • Bachmann is 'Miss November' in conservative women calendar [too bad they forgot Hannah Giles]

    10/05/2009 8:11:03 PM PDT · by rabscuttle385 · 29 replies · 4,281+ views
    Congresswoman Michele Bachmann is a calendar girl. Bachmann and 11 others are featured in the "2010 Great American Conservative Women Calendar" from the Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute, a Herndon, Va.-based group. Others featured in the calendar include columnists Ann Coulter and Michelle Malkin and former Miss California Carrie Prejean. Bachmann is Miss November, according to WCCO-TV. Bachmann represents Minnesota's 6th District. The calendar is available beginning Oct. 2. Cost is $25.
  • Correction: Barack Obama Has No Testicles; I'm Mad As Hell And You Should Be Too

    10/05/2009 8:25:47 AM PDT · by KatyLoraleyVidales · 12 replies · 1,351+ views
    The Tusk ^ | 10/01/2009 | R Hargraves
    This is The Tusk's first correction since we began publication about two months ago. But I'm not embarrassed about it. Yesterday I stunned Tusk readers everywhere by admitting that, despite our previously held beliefs that the president has no balls, he just had "little" ones. But we can all breathe a sigh of relief tonight. Our initial assessment, made after careful observation during the campaign, is true. The president is indeed suffering from a lack of bulk in the male region generally used for reproduction, a condition medical officials call "having no balls to speak of. At all. Period." I...
  • Confirmed: Barack Obama Has Small Testicles

    10/05/2009 8:24:45 AM PDT · by KatyLoraleyVidales · 15 replies · 1,484+ views
    The Tusk ^ | 10/01/2009 | R Hargraves
    There was no doctors' report. No official White House statement on the matter. There was no press release and not even an annual presidential physical. But the world will note that yesterday, September 30, 2009, was the day that the answer to one of the world's greatest lingering questions was finally revealed: The leader of the free world has small balls. This came as a surprise to many of us on the right who have long suspected that the president had no testicles at all. Yesterday, the White House announced that President Obama will take several weeks to review the...
  • Changing the color

    10/02/2009 12:39:45 PM PDT · by BlueMoose · 6 replies · 805+ views
    today | Color of change
    We've now reached a dead end in our conversations with Target, Orbitz, Warner Bros., JoS. A. Bank, and Roche. These companies need to hear from you. Can you take a moment to give them a call? It takes just a minute: http://www.colorofchange.org/beck/calls/?id=2498-1159026 Thanks and Peace, -- James, Gabriel, William, Dani and the rest of the ColorOfChange.org team October 2nd, 2009 Help support our work. ColorOfChange.org is powered by YOU -- your energy and dollars. We take no money from lobbyists or large corporations that don't share our values, and our tiny staff ensures your contributions go a long way. You...
  • "THE FOOL ON THE HILL"

    10/02/2009 7:52:05 AM PDT · by Edisto Joe · 7 replies · 594+ views
    The Edisto Joe Outlook ^ | 10/02/2009 | Edisto Joe
    Normally that title is reserved for the man in the Oval Office but that all changed this past Wednesday when Alan Grayson used his time on the floor of the House to offer up a "cute" presentation, complete with placards describing the three step Republican health plan. According to Grayson, the Republican plan is as follows: 1. Don't get sick. 2. If you do get sick... 3. Die quickly. According to him this is all he's heard from the Republican side of the argument. No alternate plan or suggestions. Alan has either been asleep or simply wasn't listening all summer...
  • President Bush pacified Iraq & why can't President Obama do the same in Afghanistan? (VANITY)

    10/01/2009 6:56:17 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 22 replies · 924+ views
    Thursday, October 1, 2009 | self
  • OBAMA INSULTS WWII VETERANS

    09/30/2009 9:02:51 AM PDT · by Edisto Joe · 13 replies · 1,438+ views
    The Edisto Joe Outlook ^ | 09/30/2009 | Edisto Joe
    This site will always support and honor our men and women in the military and express gratitude to those who serve, both past and present, those living and those who have past. To the brave who have survived and to the ones who have given life and limb in defense of this country. To feel differently would be to ignore and belittle those who are the backbone of our freedom. Yet, sadly, this is exactly what our President, Barack Obama has done to those members of the WWII era, Alaskan Territorial Guard. (ATG) As incredible and insensitive as this sounds,...
  • Neal Fox - F... The Fed (Youtube video)

    09/28/2009 8:20:17 AM PDT · by Errant · 3 replies · 785+ views
    Youtube ^ | May 2009 | Neal Fox
    Warning - Funny but VERY, VERY gratuitous use of the "F" word. Some vulgar body movements as well. (R-rated!) Please do not view this video if crude or vulgar language or images offend you.
  • A life not worth living?

    09/27/2009 10:19:41 AM PDT · by wagglebee · 192 replies · 3,869+ views
    BBC News ^ | 9/25/09 | BBC News
    New guidance has been issued to clarify the law on assisted suicide in England and Wales - but it offers no guarantees against prosecution.Instead the Director of Public Prosecutions has spelled out the range of factors that will be taken into account when deciding on cases. The move has been welcomed by 33 year old Kelly Taylor from Bristol who is terminally ill. In 2005 she tried to starve herself in the hope she would end her pain. "I think the new guidelines are a breakthrough, as it gives people the knowledge when and where they're going wrong and when...
  • Trucker flips his rig after masturbating while driving

    09/26/2009 2:18:16 PM PDT · by WesternCulture · 93 replies · 4,353+ views
    www.thelocal.se ^ | 09/24/2009 | TT/The Local
    A German trucker suspected of driving under the influence of drugs crashed his vehicle near Bors in western Sweden on Tuesday. He subsequently admitted to masturbating at the time of the accident. The trucker, apparently unable to reach a satisfactory climax, then proceeded to continue to pleasure himself while in the midst of a police interrogation, according to the local Bors Tidning newspaper. "He was masturbating while the police interrogated him," police prosecutor sa Askenbck told the newspaper. "He has admitted that he was not paying full attention at the time of the accident. He was playing with himself instead...
  • OBAMA: HEALTH CARE DESTROYING FREE SPEECH

    09/24/2009 1:04:59 PM PDT · by Edisto Joe · 11 replies · 1,199+ views
    The Edisto Joe Outlook ^ | 09/24/2009 | Edisto Joe
    (Reuters) - The White House kept insurance companies squarely in its sights Tuesday in the push for health care reform by releasing research showing that health insurance premiums have risen far faster than inflation in every U.S. State. If that research was funded by the taxpayers, (Reuters did not mention the source), then it was another waste of public funds. Who in their right mind would have thought they went down? Apparently in the health care wars it's alright for the White House to release an official report on insurance premiums, the sole purpose of which is to discredit the...
  • A look into Obama's Healthcare.

    09/20/2009 6:35:53 PM PDT · by Irisshlass · 459+ views
    YouTube ^ | September 07, 2007 | feetgasm
    Warning...graphic!!! Scary! This is a scene from the movie Jacob's Ladder.. One part the patient says..I'm alive..the physican responds..what are you doing here then?
  • Dog poop may turn into cash in Ithaca

    09/18/2009 1:29:12 PM PDT · by Behind Liberal Lines · 20 replies · 1,285+ views
    Rochester Now ^ | September 18, 2009 - 12:50pm
    ITHACA A group of upstate New York dog owners thinks it has a plan to profitably compost the tons of dog doo left behind by the roughly 50,000 canines that use the citys pooch park each year. If their pilot project is successful, the Tompkins County Dog Owners Group and Cayuga Compost hope to market usable compost within the next two or three years. Dog and cat waste contain parasites and pathogens that make them unsuitable as compost for vegetable gardens and topsoil and can run off into local waterways and diminish water quality, said Cary Oshins, an assistant...
  • PETA Evil Ronald McDonald Mask

    09/18/2009 12:08:13 PM PDT · by XHogPilot · 19 replies · 2,006+ views
    PETA ^ | 9/18/2009 | self
    Hey, its a TwoFer! Get a scary halloween mask and help defund PETA! PETA will send you a free Evil Ronald McDonald mask just by filling out the form at their website.
  • "We Hate the United States": Secessionists Rally at TX Capitol

    09/15/2009 2:22:33 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 17 replies · 1,308+ views
    Texas Observer | Forrest Wilder
    Perhaps the most notable thing about the Sovereignty or Secession rally at the state Capitol on Monday was the absence of any remotely mainstream speakers. That little problem in presentation did not escape the events organizers from the Texas Nationalist Movement. In fact, several speakers bitterly complained that neither Gov. Rick Perry nor a single one of the 70-plus supporters of Rep. Brandon Creightons HCR 50, a resolution asserting Texas sovereignty from the federal government, made an appearance. Back in April, Perry flirted with the idea of secession when he told reporters after a Tax Day tea party event: Theres...
  • Judge questions Orly Taitz claims to have Obama birth certificate in hearing ...

    09/14/2009 1:33:00 PM PDT · by SvenMagnussen · 383 replies · 13,294+ views
    Ledger Enquirer ^ | Sept. 14, 2009 | CHUCK WILLIAMS
    During a hearing in U.S. District Court Monday, an attorney for an Army officer fighting deployment to Iraq questioned Barack Obamas legal right to serve as president, asserting he was born in Kenya, not Hawaii. Judge Clay Land, inquisitive throughout the 90-minute hearing, said he will issue a decision on Capt. Connie Rhodes request for a temporary restraining order by noon Wednesday. Rhodes was represented by Orly Taitz, a California lawyer and a national figure in the birther movement that claims Obama does not meet the qualifications to be president. California attorney Orly Taitz, the president of the Defend Our...
  • Free MIT course: How to Stage a Revolution

    09/12/2009 3:10:46 PM PDT · by ctdonath2 · 13 replies · 1,126+ views
    Course Description 21H.001, a HASS-D, CI course, explores fundamental questions about the causes and nature of revolutions. How do people overthrow their rulers? How do they establish new governments? Do radical upheavals require bloodshed, violence, or even terror? How have revolutionaries attempted to establish their ideals and realize their goals? We will look at a set of major political transformations throughout the world and across centuries to understand the meaning of revolution and evaluate its impact. By the end of the course, students will be able to offer reasons why some revolutions succeed and others fail. Materials for the course...
  • TIME MANAGEMENT, INTEGRITY AND, THE RACE TO OPPOSE WU IN OREGON'S 1ST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT.

    09/12/2009 2:33:14 PM PDT · by GeoffLudt · 2 replies · 437+ views
    OregonTeaParty.com ^ | 09/11/2009 | Geoffrey Ludt
    Four contenders vying for the opportunity to challenge David Wu in Oregons first congressional district spoke before Labor Days Tax Referral Tea Party. As the event agenda was closely choreographed each contender was instructed to prepare for no more than three minutes of speaking time not an easy task. How these contenders treated that limitation may tell us something about how they would represent the interests of Oregons first congressional district. Using the candidates treatment of the limitation as a yardstick, Doug Keller presented the best management, Rob Cornilles didnt.
  • How Many People Are Actually In Washington D.C. For The March On 9/12/2009?

    09/12/2009 12:46:14 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 107 replies · 7,330+ views
    Saturday, September 12, 2009
    What is the total count? I think it is extremely important to have an accurate count so we can point this as a mainstream movement that has a large following in America.
  • The Innovator's Prescription: A Disruptive Solution to the Healthcare Crisis

    09/11/2009 8:56:40 PM PDT · by xd40 · 1 replies · 516+ views
    MIT ^ | May 13, 2008 | Clayton Christensen
    http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/594 About the Lecture Dont believe everything you learn in business school, cautions Harvard Business School professor Clayton Christensen. Its the principles of good management we teach that cause successful companies to fail. In this meaty lecture, Christensen distills several books worth of research describing how business leaders sometimes metamorphose into losers when confronted with market-rocking innovations. He also reveals how we may harness his insights in such socially significant and complex industries as health care. Christensen distinguishes between the kind of sustained and incremental technological improvements that help a market leader retain its edge, and disruptive technology, where a...
  • FYI: Is There a Scientific Way to Measure How Bad a Fart Smells?

    09/11/2009 6:39:55 PM PDT · by Saije · 79 replies · 3,693+ views
    Popular Science ^ | 9/1/2009 | Bjorn Carey
    Youre in luck. For their senior project, two Cornell University computer-engineering whizzes recently built a machine that does just that. After learning in class how breathalyzers work, Robert Clain and Miguel Salas assembled a fart detector from a sensitive hydrogen sulfide monitor, a thermometer and a microphone and wrote the software that would rate the emission. A slight perturbance in the air near the detector sets it to work measuring the three pillars of fart quality: stench, temperature and sound. Temperature, Clain explains, is critical. The hotter a fart, the faster it spreads. It beeps faster if its a high...
  • Penis chopping woman must wait for verdict

    09/11/2009 10:05:55 AM PDT · by Slings and Arrows · 41 replies · 1,903+ views
    METRO.co.uk ^ | September 10, 2009
    A Turkish woman accused of cutting off her lover's penis must wait 18 months for a verdict and sentencing while a court determines whether his re-attached penis still functions, a court source said on Thursday.
  • SARAH PALIN VS. ANDREE MCLEOD ON ETHICS

    09/10/2009 2:49:11 PM PDT · by Edisto Joe · 3 replies · 811+ views
    The Edisto Joe Outlook ^ | 09/10/2009 | Edisto Joe
    Image via Wikipedia Did Andree Mcleod apply for a government position with the Palin Administration in Alaska and receive a rejection notice? Or somewhere in the past did Sarah steal an old boyfriend from her? Something has put a serious weed up her rear end when it comes to her fixation on trying to get Sarah. It would almost be funny if it weren't so pathetic. Somebody needs to hold an intervention with her and break this addiction of ethics violations she keeps conjuring up in her mind. In the past I have referred to her as Alaska's Ethics Nazi...
  • Financial Crisis Revisited song by The Astroturf

    09/09/2009 10:03:52 AM PDT · by Konrad_PL · 1 replies · 361+ views
    Youtube.com ^ | 09/09/09 | Konrad
    Financial Crisis Revisited - this is a political Satire song about Lehman Bros. (sept. 15 is the anniversary of their bankruptcy btw) and the recession. It was made by Ryan Stotland, a 22 yo Canadian, who is currently doing a 12,000 Km bike-ride is South America to raise money for charity (skin cancer center) Financial Crises Revisited watch on YouTube
  • Naomi Wolf to Write History of the Vagina

    09/08/2009 5:51:31 PM PDT · by libh8er · 114 replies · 3,261+ views
    New York Observer ^ | Leon Nayfakh
    Naomi Wolf is going back to her roots. The journalist and author, who has seemingly been on a break for the past couple of years from writing books on the kinds of feminist themes that made her famous in the early 1990s, has signed on with the Ecco Press for a project tentatively titled A Cultural History of the Vagina. Ms. Wolf was represented by lit agent John Brockman. Neither was not available for comment. In her last three booksone a memoir about her father, the other two polemics on American politicsthe author has departed from the area of expertise...
  • Letter - Obama born in Kenya; groomed by radicals

    08/30/2009 8:42:19 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 864 replies · 15,253+ views
    The Ottumwa Courier ^ | August 28, 2009 | Francis Fye
    I am still under the impression that Barrack Hussein Obama hasnt proven that he is an American citizen. His grandmother in Kenya said she was at his birth there, so Im going to take her word because I dont have any reason to believe she would have any reason to lie. Barrack could quickly put this question to rest unless he has something else to hide. After hearing the presidents racial comment on TV ... and his comments about the stupid police department, I realize his mental attitude. Having been nothing more than a community organizer in Chicago, you can...
  • Why Are America's Event Planners All Out To Get Sarah Palin?

    08/30/2009 7:57:14 PM PDT · by Extremely Extreme Extremist · 164 replies · 4,739+ views
    EXAMINER.COM ^ | 30 AUGUST 2009 | EXAMINER
    Where in the world is Sarah Barracuda Palin? Alaska's sultry superstar has once again mysteriously disappeared right before she was scheduled to speak at one of her very important fundraisers, this one so slutty teenagers who get knocked up have no choice but to have the baby unless they want to get the ol' parental approval for an abortion. Now normally Sarah's habit of shirking her duties is limited to elected terms in office, but ever since becoming an unemployed publicity hound and Facebook junkie, Palin's erratic behavior has instead metamorphosed into canceling paid speaking engagements at the very last...