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...."What an outrage that our government has put roadblocks in the path of its own citizens trying rebuild their beloved Church destroyed by Islamic extremists, while Saudi Arabia, a nation that prohibits people from even wearing a Cross or the Star of David, now provokes the families of those who lost loved ones by apparently funneling money to build a mosque at the same location," he said.....

Barack Obama is president. Oil is gushing in the gulf. America was eliminated from the World Cup. Looking for a laugh break? Try this: MSNBC has described DEMOS as "non-partisan." OK, I hadn't heard of them, either. But their web site just happens to mention that Barack Obama is "a founding Board member of Demos." But that didn't stop Chris Hayes of the lefty Nation mag, on MSNBC this evening subbing for Ed Schultz, from, yes, describing DEMOS as "non-partisan" in introducing the group's Washington, DC director, Heather McGhee. And who is Heather? From the DEMOS site: "previously, she was...

The Answer is Federal Funding Malcolm A. Kline, March 24, 2010 What is the question? “As Spring 2010 college graduates prepare to search for jobs, many from low-income families will start at a competitive disadvantage because they have had to work rather than take crucial, but often unpaid, professional internships that provide key skills for entering the workforce,” the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) claims. “A new legislative proposal from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) and Demos seeks to remedy this inequity by providing funding for low-income students to take high-quality public service internships.” Of course they do. This is the...

A few days ago Van Jones, President Barack Obama's adviser on ‘green jobs,’ resigned his post -- apparently in the middle of the night during the Labour Day holiday weekend -- after a series of astonishing comments he had made came to light. As the Wall Street Journal reported: Mr. Jones has been in the center of a maelstrom on conservative radio and television talk shows since a video surfaced last week showing him calling Republicans a vulgar epithet. Since then, other controversies have emerged, such as Mr. Jones saying black students would have never committed a massacre such as...

Earlier this year, 12,000 people in San Francisco signed a petition in support of a proposition on a local ballot to rename an Oceanside sewage plant after George W. Bush. The proposition is only one example of the classless disrespect many Americans have shown the president. According to recent Gallup polls, the president's average approval rating is below 30% -- down from his 90% approval in the wake of 9/11. Mr. Bush has endured relentless attacks from the left while facing abandonment from the right. This is the price Mr. Bush is paying for trying to work with both Democrats...

I wrote about this very topic a few weeks ago as it related to some polling that had been released. But it wasn't until my own personal experience with Democrats within my own family that it became more personal to me, and its impact on this year's election more evident and probable. Many Democrats do not like and will not vote for Barack Obama. This fact was on display on my two most recent visits to my childhood home while visiting my parents and family. I am blessed to have a very politically diverse family. I have an ardently Republican...

WASHINGTON - Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, an Army veteran who lost his right arm in World War II, criticized Republicans on Saturday for not doing enough to help troops fighting in or returning from Iraq. In the Democrats' weekly radio address, Inouye said Senate Republicans were focusing on legislation sought by the gun lobby while ignoring the needs of troops. On Tuesday, the Senate put off completion of a $491 billion defense bill to act on the National Rifle Association's top priority: shielding gun manufacturers and dealers from liability suits stemming from gun crimes. "For years, we've heard the president...

Mystery Object Encountered By Russian Phobos Spacecraft by Tom Van Flandern, Astronomer Meta Research Martian moon Phobos and "Phobos Mystery Object", photographed in 1989 by a Russian spacecraft not long before all contact was lost. March 15, 1992 was the cover date on the first issue of a new astronomy research publication, the Meta Research Bulletin (MRB). Its purpose was to draw attention to deserving astronomy findings and ideas ignored solely because they did not fit well into mainstream models of the field. Such mainstream models include the Big Bang, the primeval Destination: Space nebula, the Oort cloud, and the...

A short, 2-minute video stream clip here, is quite worth the view (300k) if you have Microsoft Windows Media.It is from Japanese TV today (JNN Network). They sent a Japanese TV crew/reporter to a recent seminar in Los Angeles on how to emigrate to Canada, organized to appeal to American Democrat-Socialist Lib Losers.The video clip is accessible by direct link (above), and also here at this URL (cut and paste and view):http://www.bcast.co.jp/cgi-bin/yahoo/news.asx?cid=20041208-00000031-jnn-int-movie-001&media=wm300k The URL link might last another day or so.

SACRAMENTO - Faced with the prospect of vetoing populist bills to raise the minimum wage, protect car buyers and combat the high price of prescription drugs, Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday accused Democrats of sandbagging him to boost their own political fortunes. In an interview on Sacramento talk radio, Schwarzenegger lashed out at the Democrat-controlled Legislature for sending him both ``silly'' bills and politically motivated measures. ``I'm trying to do good things for the people, but they try to jam me so they can go back and say to their district: `Look what this Republican governor did' so they...

24 Oct 2003 11:50:59 GMTSaudi police nabs 80 during protest attempt-source By Fahd al-Frayyan RIYADH, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Saudi authorities arrested more than 80 people who sought to protest in response to calls by an exiled dissident group demanding reform in the absolute monarchy, a security official said on Friday. The protest, the second in the kingdom in two weeks, was seen as a new challenge to the Saudi royal family, which is already mounting a crackdown against militants loyal to Saudi-born al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. "Tens of people were detained as they gathered. The number reached...

When Grey Davis took over the office of California governor 5 years ago there was a $10,000,000 surplus in the state treasury! Last night in his concession speech Davis conceded that he had “ inherited many problems and responsibilities”. For “a fox guarding the chicken house” 10 million dollars was too great a temptation for the liberals in his administration. With typical liberal aplomb they forgot to whom the money really belonged and used it and an additional $38,000,000 to assure themselves a continued control of the governorship by pandering to special interest groups and minorities including even (illegal aliens)...

Davis Campaigns with Top Demos Sat Oct 4, 5:28 PM ET Sue McGuire for KCBS-740 AM (KCBS-AP) -- Fighting to save his job in Tuesday's California recall election Governor Gray Davis has been traveling the state by plane accompanied by some big guns from the Democratic party. KCBS reporter Bob Butler says with Davis were folks like U-S Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi and the Reverend Jesse Jackson. Their first stop was a labor rally in Oakland. "Even if you are frustrated, a frustrated chicken cannot vote for Colonel Saunders. It is not in your interest,"...

Demos resist desire to return home By Guillermo X. Garcia Express-News Austin Bureau Web Posted : 08/31/2003 12:00 AM ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Thirty-five days after defiantly leaving the state, and five days after successfully killing a second special session on redistricting, the Texas 11 are no closer to home this holiday weekend. Although some of the AWOL Democratic state senators had hoped to spend the long weekend with friends and family back in Texas — one member even made tentative reservations to return to Houston — they remain holed up in a high-rise hotel here with no clear exit strategy....

Ad blitz set for AWOL Demos By Guillermo X. Garcia Express-News Austin Bureau Web Posted : 08/23/2003 12:00 AM AUSTIN — A liberal activist group says it has collected almost $800,000 online for a nationwide advertising and informational campaign to bolster Texas Democrats' ongoing effort to short-circuit the Republican push for congressional redistricting. The group, moveon.org, earlier this week set a $1 million goal for what it terms an extensive outreach effort that will focus on the 11 Democratic senators holed up in Albuquerque to prevent a Texas Senate redistricting vote. Friday, two days after its "Defend Democracy" campaign was...

<p>SACRAMENTO - With new polling showing Gov. Gray Davis facing tough odds to save his job, jittery Democrats met around the state Monday to consider breaking ranks and urging U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein or another prominent party leader to run in the historic recall race.</p>

<p>Big confab this week in San Francisco -- with the state's top Democratic and union consultants coming to town for a sit-down with Mayor Willie Brown.</p> <p>The mission: To come up with a plan to ensure that a Democrat is in control of the governor's office.</p>

<p>In this worst of all budget years, Democrats in Sacramento are maneuvering to keep health care reform alive -- by trying to trade broader health insurance for major changes to the state worker's compensation laws.</p> <p>The push to provide health insurance for all Californians has been threatened by the lack of money to pay for new programs. That has left legislative leaders turning to employers, who already provide health insurance for about two-thirds of state residents under 65, and asking them to make a deal they may find unacceptable.</p>

<p>SACRAMENTO -Assembly Democrats unveiled a long-range $6 billion budget solution Wednesday that they contend ``chops down'' the state's mountainous deficit over the next 15 months to a ``manageable'' $8 billion to $13 billion.</p> <p>Assembly Speaker Herb Wesson presented the plan of budget cuts, borrowing and fund shifts after a nearly three-hour closed-door meeting with 48 Democrats. Dubbing it an ``April package,'' Wesson aims to lobby for Republican support in the days ahead and take a vote Tuesday or Wednesday. The cuts would take effect in the new 2003-2004 budget year beginning July 1.</p>

<p>In the most sweeping Democratic critique of George W. Bush since last year's terrorist attacks, Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe on Saturday condemned the president's ethics and record, and accused him of wasting the chance for progress on key domestic problems from the economy to health care.</p>