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  • Cloward-Piven Government

    11/23/2009 1:32:52 AM PST · by GiovannaNicoletta · 3 replies · 237+ views
    American Thinker ^ | November 23, 2009 | James Simpson
    It is time to cast aside all remaining doubt. President Obama is not trying to lead America forward to recovery, prosperity and strength. Quite the opposite, in fact. In September of last year, American Thinker published my article, Barack Obama and the Strategy of Manufactured Crisis. Part of a series, it connected then presidential candidate Barack Obama to individuals and organizations practicing a malevolent strategy for destroying our economy and our system of government. Since then the story of that strategy has found its way across the blogosphere, onto the airwaves of radio stations across the country, the Glenn Beck...
  • CARTER: Bush is worst US president in my lifetime

    11/23/2009 1:13:22 AM PST · by killjoy · 29 replies · 575+ views
    Nation Multimedia ^ | November 23, 2009 | Nation Multimedia
    The United States' 39th president sat down with THE NATION'S EDITOR-IN-CHIEF SUTHICHAI YOON to discuss major issues affecting the world today. Here are excerpts from the exclusive interview: Suthichai: How do you assess President Obama's performance so far? Carter: He has set a good goal for himself in many ways. He has announced an end to torture. He has announced his goal to do away with nuclear weapons. He has changed the image of my country among many people around the world.Do you think he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize? Yes, I do. Some people don't agree with that. I...
  • Iran Funding American Professors(What will lad zero say about this?)

    11/22/2009 11:41:21 PM PST · by Tigen · 5 replies · 300+ views
    INN ^ | Nov/23/09 | Reported
    (IsraelNN.com) The New York Post has revealed that Iran is using Islamic charities in the U.S. to fund pro-Iranian professors in American colleges. According to the newspaper, Iran has given hundreds of thousands of dollars to universities such as Columbia in Manhattan and Rutgers in New Jersey, to fund the employment of lecturers who support and sympathize with the Islamic Republic.
  • Obama’s Failure to Understand Indian Distrust of China (Post-Asia Trip/Sri Lanka Press)

    11/22/2009 11:33:17 PM PST · by AmericanInTokyo · 9 replies · 241+ views
    Sri Lanka Guardian (Colombo, Sri Lanka) ^ | 23 November 2009 | Dr. B. Raman, (India)
    "At a time when Indian public opinion was looking forward to fruitful results from the forthcoming visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the US, reports from Beijing on Obama's visit to China would strengthen the impression that Obama is not India's cup of tea." .................................................................................... By B.Raman (November 19, Chennai, Sri Lanka Guardian) The failure of President Barack Obama to understand the distrust of China in large sections of the Indian civil society has landed the US in a situation in which the considerable goodwill between India and the US created during the administration of his predecessor George...
  • White House Hosts Reception Commemorating The First Guru Of Sikhism (huh?)(Photos)

    11/22/2009 11:27:33 PM PST · by Talkradio03 · 9 replies · 393+ views
    hotairpundit ^ | 11/23/09 | talkradio03
    WTH? Sikhism? Are you kidding me? That's exacty what I said when I saw the photos, Gurus from the Sikh religion were invited to the White House to celebrate the birth of the founder,...And you will never guess where I found this story...
  • Cloward-Piven Government

    11/22/2009 11:12:54 PM PST · by neverdem · 26 replies · 469+ views
    American Thinker ^ | November 23, 2009 | James Simpson
    It is time to cast aside all remaining doubt. President Obama is not trying to lead America forward to recovery, prosperity and strength. Quite the opposite, in fact. In September of last year, American Thinker published my article, Barack Obama and the Strategy of Manufactured Crisis. Part of a series, it connected then presidential candidate Barack Obama to individuals and organizations practicing a malevolent strategy for destroying our economy and our system of government. Since then the story of that strategy has found its way across the blogosphere, onto the airwaves of radio stations across the country, the Glenn Beck...
  • Former Allies Turn on Obama Over His Failure to Deliver on Campaign Promises (The Australian)

    11/22/2009 11:15:22 PM PST · by AmericanInTokyo · 11 replies · 479+ views
    The Australian (Australia) ^ | 23 November 2009 | Tony Allen-Mills
    GAZING from the Great Wall of China last week, US President Barack Obama appeared to be making the most of one of the perks of White House occupancy -- a private guided tour of Asia's most spectacular tourist spot. White House aides exulted that choreographed pictures of this moment would make front pages around the world. Yet an experience Mr Obama declared to be magical turned sour as he returned home to a domestic revolt that is fanning Democratic unease. It was not just that the US media have suddenly turned a lot more sceptical about a president with...
  • Copenhagen Conference – Another Day of Infamy?

    11/22/2009 10:54:49 PM PST · by bogusname · 15 replies · 274+ views
    CFP ^ | November 22, 2009 | Jerry McConnell
    The Copenhagen Conference opens on December 7, 2009. On that same date in 1941, the Japanese government and military forces bombed one of our protectorates at the time, but today a Sovereign State; our leader at the time, a liberal Democrat President named Franklin Delano Roosevelt declared it “A Day of Infamy.” Could that happen again 68 years later? I’ll tell you what I think...
  • Green jobs help climate, boost social justice (Van Jones & Glenn Beck)

    11/22/2009 10:27:25 PM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 14 replies · 341+ views
    The San Francisco Chronicle ^ | November 22, 2009 | Brenda Payton
    Jobs that not only help save the planet but usher individuals and neighborhoods out of poverty - talk about a silver bullet. If the promise of green jobs sounds too good to be true, the simplicity of the logic is difficult to resist: Train and hire people who are economically marginalized in work that is critical but has been neglected. Instead of poor people getting stuck at the back of the line, they step to the front of the new technology. The Bay Area's Van Jones was a visionary, early recognizing the social justice potential in the green economy. Jones,...
  • Why America Must Learn to Bow (You won't believe it!)

    11/22/2009 10:17:06 PM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 49 replies · 859+ views
    The Daily Beast ^ | November 21, 2009 | Martin Jacques
    The president’s visit to China was seen as failure, but what if that was just the new standard? Martin Jacques on why the U.S. must get used to decline—and learn humility. Obama’s visit to China last week was starkly different from previous such occasions. The United States has stumbled into a new era. Just a decade ago it all looked so different. President Bush—in one of history’s great miscalculations—believed that the world stood on the verge of a new American century. In fact, the opposite was the case. The defeat of the Soviet Union flattered only to deceive and mislead....
  • Immigration looms as the next test for Congress

    11/22/2009 10:09:05 PM PST · by george76 · 4 replies · 269+ views
    Examiner ^ | November 22, 2009 | Michael Barone
    Is Congress, behindhand on Barack Obama's deadlines on health care and cap-and-trade legislation, and flummoxed by the failure of the stimulus package to hold unemployment below 10.2 percent, prepared to address the immigration issue next year? Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says it better be. The current situation, she told the Center for American Progress on Nov. 13, "is simply unacceptable." We need a "three-legged stool," with provisions to strengthen enforcement, legalize some illegal immigrants and improve "legal flows for families and workers." Ironically, the push for legalization in 2006-07 resulted instead in stronger enforcement measures. Some 600 miles of...
  • Obama in secret negotiations to sell out Afghanistan to the Taliban

    11/22/2009 10:07:04 PM PST · by American Dream 246 · 7 replies · 317+ views
    Patriot Room ^ | 11/23/09 | Patriot Room
    This is single sourced for now. Here's the MEMRI Blog source, which is calling out this original reporting from al-Watan.com. A source in Kabul for the Afghan secret talks between the elements in the Taliban led by Mullah Mutawakkil, the Foreign Minister of movement between the American ambassador in Kabul, Lieutenant General Karl Eikenberry, which has achieved progress - without explaining further details. She suggested the United States during the talks give the power to the Taliban in the provinces of Kandahar, Helmand, Uruzgan and Kunar, and Nuristan, in exchange for not ... Full article...
  • Palin scores well with Iowa Republicans, barely trails Huckabee (ANALYSIS)

    11/22/2009 9:35:28 PM PST · by bigred08 · 11 replies · 491+ views
    The Examiner ^ | 11/22/2009 | Kevin Hall
    A new poll shows 68 percent of Republicans in Iowa hold a favorable view of Sarah Palin. That is only two percent lower than 2008 Iowa Caucus winner Mike Huckabee. The Des Moines Register poll proves that Palin would be the decisive factor in the 2012 Caucus, if she runs.
  • Sarah Palin arrives in Asheville NC to have Dinner with Billy Graham & Family

    11/22/2009 5:06:50 PM PST · by euram · 25 replies · 1,247+ views
    Buncombe County Republican Party ^ | 11-22-09 | Richard Bernier
    Sarah Palin comes to Asheville NC to have Dinner with Billy Graham & Family from richard bernier on Vimeo. Sarah Palin arrives in Asheville NC to have Dinner with Billy Graham & Family. 22 Nov 2009 - On a very short notice, Space Mountain Productions was advised that Mrs.Palin would be coming to Asheville to have dinner with Billy Graham & Familly. Mrs. Palin is on her book tour & will be in Fayetteville the next day to promote her book. Mrs.Palin arrived at 3:10pm & took a few questions & meet some supporters who had time to come to...
  • A short-sighted agenda(Obama & China/India)

    11/22/2009 8:54:56 PM PST · by cold start · 138+ views
    The Times of India ^ | 23 November 2009 | LLOYD I RUDOLPH and SUSANNE HOEBER RUDOLPH
    The glancing reference to South Asia in the Barack Obama-Hu Jintao joint statement on November 17 in Beijing has raised a storm of comment in India, not least from the South Block which read it as insinuating a third party into what it insists must be a bilateral Indo-Pakistan relationship. We read the statement as insinuating a larger claim. The statement says among other things: ''The two sides support the improvement and growth of relations between India and Pakistan [and] are ready to work together to promote peace, stability and development in [the South Asia] region.'' This can be read...
  • Obama Democrats:Hope and Bribes

    11/22/2009 8:31:20 PM PST · by William Tell 2 · 1 replies · 121+ views
    Tremoglie's Tea Time Blog ^ | 11-22-09 | Michael P. Tremoglie
    The Obama Democratic Party demonstrated their desire to help the poor, unfortunate victims of Hurricane Katrina by giving them $100 million ...
  • Mistake is see-no-jihad, hear-no-jihad, speak-no-jihad mind-set

    11/22/2009 8:23:02 PM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 5 replies · 185+ views
    The Naples Sun Times ^ | November 18, 2009 | Jack Tymann
    A homegrown U.S. soldier-jihadist, having never served overseas, slaughters unarmed members of the U.S. military on American soil, and his act is foolishly excused by some as “secondary post-traumatic stress disorder.” Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp detainees responsible for 9/11 are being moved to New York for trial. As U.S. soldiers risk their lives in Afghanistan, our leaders struggle with the political consequences of their commanders’ recommendations. The war on terror is spoken of no more. We’ve adopted a see-no-jihad, hear-no-jihad, speak-no-jihad mind-set. Political correctness rules the day. Before it’s too late, America must again awaken to the unprecedented global threat...
  • Obama's Friend Ayers: Kill 25 Million Americans (People who can't be "re-educated"- Video)

    11/22/2009 7:43:48 PM PST · by sadsacke · 63 replies · 1,953+ views
    New American ^ | 10-31-08 | William F. Jasper
    Larry Grathwohl was one of the experts/witnesses we interviewed for the documentary. He had been undercover inside the Weather Underground and had worked closely with Ayers, Dohrn, and their fellow terrorists. I asked, "Well what is going to happen to those people we can't reeducate, that are diehard capitalists?" And the reply was that they'd have to be eliminated. And when I pursued this further, they estimated they would have to eliminate 25 million people in these reeducation centers. And when I say "eliminate," I mean "kill." Twenty-five million people.
  • Those who follow Sarah Palin are sowing the seeds of their own destruction

    11/22/2009 7:30:51 PM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 75 replies · 1,802+ views
    The London Guardian ^ | November 23, 2009 | Gary Younge
    The former Alaska governor represents thwarted aspirations and brooding resentment. But she backs policies which would increase them. In the film, The American President, the president's speechwriter Lewis Rothschild (played by Michael J Fox) appeals to the commander-in-chief to take a firm, clear stand against the Right. "People want leadership, Mr President, and in the absence of genuine leadership, they'll listen to anyone who steps up to the microphone." he says. "They want leadership. They're so thirsty for it they'll crawl through the desert toward a mirage, and when they discover there's no water, they'll drink the sand." The president...
  • Yes, "WE NOTICED"

    11/22/2009 6:14:41 PM PST · by opentalk · 7 replies · 764+ views
    dailystrength ^ | november 10, 2009 | unknown
    Yes, "WE NOTICED" President Obama: Today I read of your administrations' plan to re-define September 11 as a National Service Day. Sir, it's time we had a talk......... During your campaign, Americans watched as you made mockery of our tradition of standing and crossing your heart when the Pledge of Al legiance was spoken. You, out of four people on the stage, were the only one not honoring our tradition. YES, "We noticed." During one of your many speeches, Americans heard you say that you intended to visit all 57 states. We all know that Islam, not America has 57...
  • The Republican Party Wonders Why?

    11/22/2009 7:08:56 PM PST · by markomalley · 35 replies · 1,141+ views
    Germantown (WI) Now ^ | 11/21/2009 | Al Campbell
    The Republican party wonders why conservatives are so disappointed with it?Another glowing example of the problems confronting the Republican party occurred yesterday.  The Senate Republicans had the opportunity to force a full reading of the Senate's proposed health care bill so that every bit of the 2,200 pages would be made public by the reading, and so the people could become much better informed about its contents before it is passed...if it is passed.  It had the opportunity to really hold the Democrats' feet to the fire over this abominable excuse for legislation that is being crammed down the throats...
  • 9/11 Suspects Explain Why (Preparation for a circus)

    11/22/2009 7:22:55 PM PST · by markomalley · 10 replies · 279+ views
    WPIX TV ^ | 11/22/2009
    Five men facing trial in the 9/11 attacks will plead not guilty so they can voice their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, a lawyer for one of the defendants said Sunday. Scott Fenstermaker, a lawyer representing accused terrorist Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, said the men would not deny their role in the 2001 attacks, but "would explain what happened and why they did it." Ali and four other men face a civilian trial just a few blocks from the World Trade Center site in the coming weeks. The men are accused of murdering nearly 3,000 people in the deadliest terrorist...
  • The former British police officer who wants to bring down Barack Obama

    11/22/2009 12:30:56 PM PST · by Baladas · 82 replies · 3,266+ views
    The Guardian - UK ^ | Sunday 22 November 2009 | Ed Pilkington
    Neil Sankey has spent his life investigating organised crimes. As a former British police officer with almost 20 years experience, he was seconded to elite units of Scotland Yard through most of the 1970s and now runs his own private detective agency in California. Over the years he has been involved in some big investigations. As part of the Special Branch and Bomb Squad he monitored British leftwing groups and the IRA, and in America his clients have included several big car companies. But never has he handled anything quite as monumental as the investigation that is absorbing his energies...
  • BREAKING: Full List of Tax Hikes In Senate Democrat Health Bill

    11/20/2009 12:42:27 PM PST · by U of IL Conservative · 142 replies · 6,648+ views
    Americans for Tax Reform ^ | Wednesday, November 18, 2009 | Ryan Ellis
    Read the full billRead the tax revenue score from the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) Read the budget and tax score from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) PDF of this DocumentIndividual Mandate Tax (Page 324/Sec. 1501/$8 bil): Starting in 2014, anyone not buying “qualifying” health insurance must pay an income surtax according to the following schedule (capped at 8 percent of income): ==============> Check out this important piece, at ATR.org...
  • Video: SNL destroys Obama over spending

    11/22/2009 12:49:13 PM PST · by Lou Budvis · 36 replies · 2,408+ views
    Hot Air ^ | November 22, 2009 | Allahpundit
    Not only timely and topical, but genuinely funny. And unlike the last time they hit him hard, this attack comes from the right. Who knew they had it in ‘em? Actually, spending is only a secondary concern here. The chief target is The One’s disintegrating credibility in selling his statist agenda. Never would I have guessed that the great orator’s inability to explain cost savings in ObamaCare would be the subject of late-night mockery this late in the game. No wonder his numbers are at new lows nationally and in the swing state that propelled him to the presidency.
  • Israel: Obama criticism of Jerusalem construction is racist

    11/22/2009 6:13:28 PM PST · by Tigen · 14 replies · 655+ views
    Israel Today ^ | 11-23-09 | Israel Today Staff
    Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat on Wednesday called US President Barack Obama's strong criticism of the building of additional Jewish homes in a Jewish neighborhood of the Israeli capital a position based on racism. Said Barkat: "Israeli law does not discriminate between Jews, Muslims, and Christians or between eastern and western Jerusalem. The demand to halt construction by religion is not legal in the United States or in any other free place in the world. I do not presume that any government would demand to freeze construction in the United States based on race, religion or gender and the attempt to...
  • From Palin to Obama, Saturday Night Live is both unexpected and funny

    11/22/2009 6:11:22 PM PST · by RGirard · 10 replies · 953+ views
    Examiner.com ^ | Nov. 22, 2009 | Réne Girard
    Saturday Night Live, the comedy show that famously mocked Sarah Palin last year (ala Tina Fey) turned the tables last night on President Obama. Focusing on U.S. relations with China, as well as the absurdity of government spending, they performed a new skit that was both timely and humorous. Humor is of course in the funny-bone of the beholder so I've included the video for you to make that decision for yourself.
  • Lawyer: 9/11 Defendants Want Platform for Views

    11/22/2009 3:07:39 PM PST · by Rocco DiPippo · 20 replies · 336+ views
    ABC "News" ^ | November 22, 2009 | Karen Matthews
    The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer for one of the defendants said Sunday. Scott Fenstermaker, the lawyer for accused terrorist Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, said the men would not deny their role in the 2001 attacks but "would explain what happened and why they did it."
  • Splits widen for Democrats over health reform

    11/22/2009 5:45:20 PM PST · by CincyRichieRich · 13 replies · 785+ views
    FT - Financial Times ^ | Nov 22, 2009 | By Sarah O’Connor in Washington
    President Barack Obama’s mission to reform US healthcare vaulted another legislative hurdle over the weekend, but the scramble to secure his own party’s votes sheds light on the messy compromises that may be needed to get it to the finish line.
  • Video: Giant banner of Obama as the Joker angers NAACP (for those of you who missed it!) (

    11/22/2009 4:05:59 PM PST · by Beloved Levinite · 32 replies · 1,510+ views
    theGrio.com ^ | 9/29/09 | the Grio
    Emotions run high at a protest over a banner that depicts President Obama as the Joker from Batman. Some call it racist and disrespectful. Others say race has nothing to do with the issue. The image is stirring up quite a bit of controversy. You can see the large sign is displayed outside of Club Velvet, a gentlemen's club in Richmond. The banner led to a protest by the NAACP. The organization says the image is not only an attack on the president, but on all men and people of African descent. "The presence of a black president that has...
  • Azerbaijan military threat to Armenia

    11/22/2009 3:34:43 PM PST · by bruinbirdman · 6 replies · 331+ views
    The Telegraph ^ | 11/22/2009 | Andrew Osborn in Moscow
    Azerbaijan and Armenia held a presidential summit on Sunday amid warnings that a full blown war is brewing over a festering territorial dispute. Azerbaijan and Armenia held a presidential summit yesterday amid warnings that war was brewing between the countries over a festering territorial dispute. Ilham Aliyev, the president of Azerbaijan, said the negotiations in Munich were a final attempt to avert a military confrontation. They were convened by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe as part of efforts to find a peaceful solution to a problem that has divided the two former Soviet republics since the 1991...
  • The Anti-Lincoln Appeals to the Fallen Angels of our Nature

    11/22/2009 3:45:07 PM PST · by publius321 · 4 replies · 104+ views
    Table Of Wisdom ^ | MrArbitrage
    November 20, 2009 Just a day after Oprah Winfrey announcing that she will be ending her talk show, we are already being overloaded by columns and news reports speculating on “Oprah's next move". I think she’s going to enjoy the attention from this PR stunt immensely. I can see it spinning out of control already and I’m not looking forward to listening to the speculation propounded ad nauseam by media pundits over the coming months. It’s on par to be bigger and more vexing than “who shot JR?”. Some, like Jon Friedman of Marketwatch.com are speculating that she may run...
  • McCain believes Obama's policies lack principles ("he is able to inspire, and I admire that talent")

    11/22/2009 3:40:35 PM PST · by rabscuttle385 · 34 replies · 399+ views
    (snip) The Republican senator did say that Obama is charismatic, adding that “he is able to inspire, and I admire that talent.” “Obama gave the world the message that the United States wants to cooperate,” he said. (snip)
  • Religious Leaders Call for Civil Disobedience if Laws Don’t Respect Faith

    11/22/2009 3:08:18 PM PST · by Jim Robinson · 109 replies · 2,139+ views
    NewsMax ^ | Nov 21, 2009
    A formidable coalition of 150 Catholic, Orthodox and evangelical leaders are calling on Christians in a new manifesto to reject secular authority – and even engage in civil disobedience – if laws force them to accept abortion, same-sex marriage and other ideas that betray their religious beliefs. On Friday, these leaders released a 4,700-word document – called the "The Manhattan Declaration: A Call of Christian Conscience." The document was signed by leaders ranging from evangelical leader Chuck Colson to two of the leading Catholic prelates in the U.S., Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C. and Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New...
  • Baptist Leader: Obama 'Very Dangerous,' Causing 'Severe Damage'

    11/22/2009 2:58:27 PM PST · by Jim Robinson · 15 replies · 889+ views
    NewsMax ^ | Nov 21, 2009 | By: John Rossomando
    One of the leaders of the nation’s influential Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) tells Newsmax that President Obama is “very dangerous” in his economic policies and his foreign policy is causing “severe damage” to U.S. standing in the world. Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission and author of the book “The Divided State of America: What Liberals and Conservatives Are Missing In The God And Country Shouting Match”, told Newsmax.TV that the cultural war is heating up. Christians must remember that God is not partisan. “And on many of the most important issues...
  • Visceral Has Its Value (backhanded Palin compliment? Obama slam?)

    11/22/2009 2:41:35 PM PST · by Daisyjane69 · 29 replies · 875+ views
    New York Times ^ | 11/21/09 | Maureen Dowd
    It’s easy to dismiss Sarah Palin. She’s back on the trail, with the tumbling hair and tumbling thoughts. The queen of the scenic strip mall known as Wasilla now reigns over thrilled subjects thronging to a politically strategic swath of American strip malls. The conservative celebrity clearly hasn’t boned up on anything, except her own endless odyssey of self-discovery. And she still has that Yoda-like syntax. “And I think more of a concern has been not within the campaign the mistakes that were made, not being able to react to the circumstances that those mistakes created in a real positive...
  • White House: Gitmo transfers mean jobs (in Illinois)

    11/22/2009 2:40:25 PM PST · by SolidWood · 57 replies · 921+ views
    UPI ^ | Nov. 22, 2009 | UPI
    THOMSON, Ill., Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Thousands of jobs would be created in Illinois if the U.S. government purchases a nearly empty prison there to house terror detainees, a study indicates. The study, performed by the Obama White House Council of Economic Advisers and obtained by The Chicago Sun-Times, asserted that 2,290 to 2,960 jobs would be created in and around Thomson, Ill., in the first year after its conversion to house some of the prisoners now held at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention facility, the newspaper reported Sunday. Local residents in the Illinois-Iowa border town would be "good candidates"...
  • Allen Abel, Sarah Palin and the real Americans (Another Metrosexual chimes in)

    11/22/2009 2:26:45 PM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 18 replies · 662+ views
    The National Post ^ | November 20, 2009 | Allen Abel
    NOBLESVILLE, INDIANA -- The real Americans were waiting in their Audis and Outbacks in the Hoosier rain. Already, the parking lot had been barricaded and the satellite trucks from the local television stations were in place and it still was going to be five hours before we would see the ex-mayor, ex-governor and existential hero of prairie patriots like all of us. I hauled up in my rented Nissan Versa, having driven from the Indianapolis airport in the downpour, and rolled down the window and talked to the people in the next space. --snip-- Jim and Lucy Roark said they...
  • A socialist blueprint [Roman Catholic Church heading Leftward? Funding ACORN and SEIU?]

    11/22/2009 2:05:41 PM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 29 replies · 427+ views
    The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | November 22, 2009 | Cliff Kincaid
    The outcome of the health care reform legislation in the House demonstrates that while the Republicans don't have the votes to stop it, the Catholic Church has the votes to pass it. Could the same thing happen in the Senate? On Nov. 7, Catholic lobbyists working for the church's bishops finalized a deal with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. An anti-abortion amendment by Rep. Bart Stupak, a Catholic Democrat, was offered and passed. The bishops then came down officially in favor of a bureaucratic plan that could spell the end to freedom of choice in health care. The turn of events...
  • Worst President Evah (Cnn Interview)

    11/22/2009 1:46:34 PM PST · by vrwc54 · 5 replies · 837+ views
    You Tube ^ | 11/22/09 | RobtKraft
    The Worst President Evah Lies Through His Teeth In This Interview.
  • How Popular Is Palin?

    11/22/2009 12:44:16 PM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 28 replies · 1,113+ views
    The Atlantic ^ | November 20, 2009 | Marc Ambinder
    The conventional wisdom on Sarah Palin is that she's a divisive figure, and, from what polls tell us, that's true: according to Pollster.com's average, 38 percent of Americans hold a favorable view of her, while 49.2 percent view her unfavorably. So she's in minus territory--11.2 percent more Americans view her negatively than positively--which is bad for any politician running for office (if indeed she is). That's worse than other top-tier 2012 contenders, too, whose favorable/unfavorable splits, according to the same average, are 36.9 / 27.3 for Mitt Romney and 44.6 / 23/9 for Mike Huckabee. But among Republicans, she does...
  • Hume Defends American Exceptionalism: Obama Foreign Posture 'Exactly Backward'

    11/22/2009 12:38:03 PM PST · by Rufus2007 · 15 replies · 737+ views
    Newsbusters ^ | November 22, 2009 | Jeff Poor
    On Fox's Nov. 22 "Fox News Sunday," former "Special Report" anchor and Fox News senior political correspondent was dead spot on target in many regards when it came to criticizing the tack President Barack Obama has taken with his foreign policy gestures. First, Hume reflected on how Obama reacted on his trip to Asia last week. He noted that Obama was in a tough position, having to rely on borrowed Chinese money. However, "embracing weakness" was not the proper way for Obama to represent the country in Hume's view (emphasis added). "Look, the president is in a weaker position than...
  • Financial And Economic Situation Could Get Ugly Fast

    11/21/2009 9:04:18 PM PST · by blam · 54 replies · 1,793+ views
    The Market Oracle ^ | 11-21-2009 | Mike Whitney
    Financial And Economic Situation Could Get Ugly Fast Economics / Economic Stimulus Nov 21, 2009 - 03:27 AM By: Mike_Whitney Things could get ugly fast. With the Democrats backing-off on a second round of stimulus, the Fed signaling an end to quantitative easing, and Obama moaning about rising deficits; there's a good chance that the stumbling recovery could turn into another sharp plunge. Bank lending is shrinking, consumers spending is off, housing prices are falling, unemployment is soaring and the wholesale credit markets are in a shambles. This isn't the time to slash government support in the name of "fiscal...
  • The Palin effect

    11/22/2009 12:24:37 PM PST · by 2ndDivisionVet · 26 replies · 854+ views
    The Arkansas Times ^ | November 22, 2009 | Max Brantley
    Both Maureen Dowd and Frank Rich have it right. Sneer and dismiss Sarah Palin -- and/or the sentiment she taps -- at your political peril. Dowd writes that President Obama could use some of Palin's visceral appeal. Palin can be stupefyingly simplistic, but she seems dynamic. Obama is impressively complex but he seems static. She nurtures her grass roots while he neglects his. He struggles to transcend identity politics while she wallows in them. As he builds an emotional moat around himself, she exuberantly pushes whatever she has, warts and all — the good looks, the tabloid-perfect family, the Alaska...
  • STONEWALLING: Obama Delaying Release of Union/ Administration Contacts

    11/22/2009 12:23:25 PM PST · by Shellybenoit · 6 replies · 205+ views
    Back in April the National Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation filed a freedom of information act asking the Department of Labor to release: * Records from communications and recorded events where specified Obama appointees and Big Labor official were present * Lists of lawsuits involving the Department of Labor and Deborah Greenfield within the past eight years. * List of any gifts received by Solis in the past 5 years from Big Labor or its officials * Provide in detail (a) notes, (b) agreements, (c) communications, and (d) agendas related to the regulations related to the labor union and...
  • 'SNL' scorches Obama policies (Video of skit)

    11/22/2009 12:01:07 PM PST · by sadsacke · 37 replies · 1,257+ views
    World Net Daily ^ | 11-22-09 | Joe Kovacs
    Saturday Night Live" opened its show last night with a comedy sketch that scorched President Obama over his economic policies including health care, "Cash for Clunkers" and borrowing billions of dollars from China. The NBC program featured comic Fred Armisen portraying the commander in chief at a news conference with Chinese President Hu Jintao, played by Will Forte, who spoke through an interpreter, comic Nasim Pedrad.
  • Obama faces bruising battle with his own party as radical healthcare bill passes major hurdle

    11/22/2009 12:00:30 PM PST · by Schnucki · 5 replies · 376+ views
    Daily Mail (U.K.) ^ | November 22, 2009 | David Gardner
    President Obama is facing a bruising battle with moderates in his own party after the Democrats narrowly avoided a humiliating setback in their bid to overhaul America’s healthcare system. Two women senators took party leaders right down to the wire before finally agreeing to back the bill. The strictly partisan 60-39 vote allowed the Democrats to squeak through a key procedural hurdle to clear the way for a full debate on the £513 billion health reforms in the US Senate. The Democrats needed at least 60 votes to overcome a Republican-led 'filibuster' – a delaying tactic designed to block consideration...
  • Sarah Palin to dine with Billy and Franklin Graham tonight

    11/22/2009 11:36:43 AM PST · by SolidWood · 29 replies · 1,108+ views
    Charlotte Observer ^ | Nov. 22, 2009 | Tim Funk
    Sarah Palin, who will sign books Monday at Fort Bragg, plans a stopover in Montreat today to have dinner with 91-year-old Billy Graham and his son, Franklin Graham, who issued the invitation. "He just saw that she was going to be in the area and he said to come by," said Jeremy Blume, a spokesman for Franklin Graham. Former Alaska Gov. Palin, who was the Republican vice presidential nominee in 2008, will fly into Asheville this afternoon, Blume said, and then go to Billy Graham's mountaintop home in Montreat for dinner. The Charlotte-born evangelist has never met Palin, who is...
  • Climate Change Bombshell: Dr. Tim Ball on the hacked CRU emails

    11/22/2009 11:37:30 AM PST · by dila813 · 15 replies · 1,374+ views
    you tube ^ | 11/21/2009 | corbettreport
    Video by Retired Dr. Tim Bell Historical Climatologist explaining why this is such a big deal. "This isn't a smoking gun, this is a whole bunch of smoking machine guns"
  • AL QAEDA RESURGENCE: OBAMA “BUSY WITH OTHER MATTERS”

    11/22/2009 11:54:30 AM PST · by Tamar Rush · 6 replies · 328+ views
    The Last Crusade ^ | November 22, 2009 | Barry Rubin
    Obama Presidency: A Boon to Islamic Terrorists Obama's General Says: Syria Allied with Al-Qaida, Attacking U.S.; White House Says: Is that a Problem? By Barry Rubin thelastcrusade.org Does anyone read the newspapers in the U.S. government? How about checking out the dispatches coming from its generals in the field? Here’s a news story which tells all. A Reuters’ dispatch from Iraq interviews the commander of U.S. forces there. What’s he say?Al-Qaida is joining forces with Saddam Hussein’s supporters. And where are both al-Qaida’s forces fighting in Iraq and Saddam’s backers headquartered with lots of money stolen from Iraq? Syria....