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FOX NEWS Reporting that JUSTICE ALITO just sworn in! (12:07 CST)
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Posted on 01/31/2006 10:09:28 AM PST by pillut48

ALITO CONFIRMED

Well done, Senate. Congratulations, President Bush and JUSTICE Alito! Apparently CJ Roberts swore him in...

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News
KEYWORDS: 109th; adiossandyhittheroad; alito; alitoakbar; alitovote; apocalito; scotus; swearingin; woohoonomoresandra
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To: pillut48

It will be even better when the justice who replaced Ruthie gets sworn in.


221 posted on 01/31/2006 1:40:02 PM PST by doug from upland (INDICTING HILLARY -- now that is something that's good for America)
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To: Lizarde

Paging crazed lunatic, sniper waiting in aisle four.

/sarc


222 posted on 01/31/2006 1:44:29 PM PST by HHKrepublican_2 (OP Spread the Truth....http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1535158/posts)
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To: COBOL2Java

Is that bar at Swimmer's house?


223 posted on 01/31/2006 1:45:30 PM PST by NCC-1701 (RADICAL ISLAM IS A CULT. IT MUST BE ELIMINATED.)
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To: petercooper
Sucks to be us right now...

I think he hit the nail on the head.

:0)

224 posted on 01/31/2006 1:46:14 PM PST by Do not dub me shapka broham ("Liberals aren't neighborhood people." -Daniel Patrick Moynihan)
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To: pillut48

Hey Look! The Doors are closing on Kerry, what a coincidence, just like his Prez aspirations


225 posted on 01/31/2006 1:47:10 PM PST by HHKrepublican_2 (OP Spread the Truth....http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1535158/posts)
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To: mlc9852

"...The current Democratic Party doesn't have a heart. People who promote the killing of babies can't possibly have a heart...."

Could this be the day when the current dimoCRAKtic party was, itself, aborted?


226 posted on 01/31/2006 1:48:32 PM PST by NCC-1701 (RADICAL ISLAM IS A CULT. IT MUST BE ELIMINATED.)
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To: raccoonradio
Reminds me of a clip Hannity played a few times on his radio show yesterday:

"But what *hick* about little Billy?!?"

227 posted on 01/31/2006 2:10:03 PM PST by EricT. ("I reject your reality and substitute my own."-Adam Savage)
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To: pillut48
What the hell? Where is the ceremony? The acceptance speech? The presser? THey just sware him in - in the back room somewhere?? I wanted to hear what he had to say..
228 posted on 01/31/2006 2:13:21 PM PST by Pimpmygop (The right way is not always the nice way!)
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To: PaulJ

And me.


229 posted on 01/31/2006 2:19:26 PM PST by hail to the chief (Use your conservatism liberally)
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To: Phantom Lord
"Then I be damned. But I find nothing conservative about countless things President Bush has done."

"Nothing conservative?"

Not one thing?!

MEthinks you haven't been paying attention:

Presidency of George W. Bush -- the first 48 months

 


President Bush signing a federal ban on Partial Birth Abortion

Banned Partial Birth Abortion

Reversed Clinton's move to strike Reagan's anti-abortion Mexico Policy

Stopped foreign aid that would be used to fund abortions.

Supported and upheld the ban on abortions at military hospitals

Signed E.O. reversing Clinton's policy of not requiring parental consent for abortions under the Medical Privacy Act

Killed the Kyoto Global Warming Treaty

Killed U.S. involvement in the International Criminal Court

Killed Clinton's CO2 rules that were choking off all of the electricity surplus to California

Killed Clinton's "ergonomic" rules that OSHA was about to implement; rules that would have shut down some home businesses in America


First Missile is Installed For NMD on July 23, 2004

Killed the U.S. - CCCP ABM Treaty that was preventing the U.S. from deploying our ABM defenses


Built ten ABM silos in Alaska and California so that America has a defense against North Korean nukes

Killed the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty so that the U.S. can once again test our nuclear weapons

The Commercial Space Launch Amendments Act (less romantically known as H.R. 5382) ultimately allows average Americans to hitch a ride on a civilian space craft at their own risk. The federal ban on such citizen travel was repealed by HR 5382 in 2004. The President signed that bill into law two days before Christmas.

President Bush pledged to Israel on 4/14/2004 that it could keep parts of the West Bank, giving international legitimacy to Jewish settlements there

Denied Palestinian refugees any right of return to what is now Israel, saying they should be resettled in a future Palestinian state instead

Part of coalition (Russia, Israel, EU, Palestine, USA) for Israeli/Palestinian "Roadmap to Peace"

Pushed through THREE raises for our military

Increased Defense Dept funding which had deteriorated during the previous 8 years

President Bush's Grand Strategy (click here)

President Bush's Environmental Record - 2004 (click here)

Signed TWO bills into law that arm our pilots with handguns in the cockpit

Currently pushing for full immunity from lawsuits for our national gun manufacturers

Ordered Attorney-General Ashcroft to formally notify the Supreme Court that the OFFICIAL U.S. government position on the 2nd Amendment is that it supports INDIVIDUAL rights to own firearms, NOT a leftist-imagined *collective* right


Told the United Nations we weren't interested in their plans for gun control (i.e. the International Ban on Small Arms Trafficking Treaty)

Signed the 2004 Omnibus Budget 1/26/2004 that now MANDATES that gun buyers' background check information be fully and permanently destroyed within 24 hours of the completion of the check, no matter what.

Repealed Gun Controls Against Active, Retired, and Off-Duty Law Enforcement Personnel Carrying Weapons Into Local and State Prohibited Zones (7/28/2004)

Enacted powerful tort reform legislation that moves many class action lawsuits from state to federal courts. Requires federal courts to hear cases where the amount of the dispute is more than $5 million, and when the defendant and any of the plaintiffs live in different states.


Disarmed Libya of its Chemical, Nuclear, and biological WMD's without bribes or bloodshed

Won an agreement that U.S. Navy sailors may now freely board thousands of commercial ships in international waters to search for weapons of mass destruction under a landmark pact between the United States and Liberia, the world's No. 2 shipping registry (signed Feb 11, 2004), and Panama 5/10/2004 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/11/international/americas/11ship.html).

Approves The First U.S. Counter-Intel Plan

Successfully executed 2 wars and rebuilt 2 nations: Afghanistan and Iraq. 50+ million people who had lived under tyrannical regimes now live in freedom...epitomized by their own free and democratic elections.

Provided Billions in aid, machines, and manpower to tsunami victims.

 

Executed a WAR ON TERROR by getting world-wide cooperation to track funds/terrorists (has cut off much of the terrorist's funding and captured or killed many key leaders of the al Qaeda network)

Bush Administration diplomacy led to the 5/25/2004 peace accord that ended a massive 20-year civil war between Sudan's Islamic north and Christian south after two million deaths Click Here

  Delivered vital emergency aid to millions of survivors on multiple continents (e.g. Africa, SE Asia) of a devastating Tsunami caused by a 9.1 earthquake near Sumatra.

Brought back our EP-3 intel plane and crew from China without any bribes or bloodshed

Started withdrawing our troops from Bosnia and has announced withdrawal of our troops from Germany and the Korean DMZ.

Signed the LARGEST nuclear arms reduction in world history with Russia

Initiated comprehensive review of our military, which was completed just prior to 9/11/01, accurately reported that ASYMMETRICAL WARFARE was critical.
Created NATO's Rapid Response Force

Changed the tone in the White House, restoring HONOR and DIGNITY to the Presidency

Reorganized bureaucracy...after 9/11, condensed 20+ overlapping agencies and their intelligence sectors into one agency: the Department of Homeland Security.

Initiated discussion on privatizing Social Security and individual investment accounts.

Improving govt. efficiency with .8 million jobs put up for bid...weakening unions and cutting undeserved pay raises. Wants merit based promotions/raises only.

Orchestrated Republican control of the White House, the House AND the Senate.

Killed the liberal ABA's role in vetting federal judges for Congress.

GWB signed an executive order enforcing the Supreme Court's Beck decision (re: union dues being used for political campaigns against individual's wishes)

Turned around an inherited economy that was in recession.

Passed tough new laws to hold corporate criminals to account as a result of corporate scandals.

Signed 2 income tax cuts ---- 1 of which was the largest Dollar-value tax cut in world history

Reduced taxes on dividends and capital gains

In process of eliminating IRS marriage penalty.

Increased small business incentives to expand and to hire new people

Eliminated the Estate Tax (AKA "Death Tax") that was taking small farms and businesses from families


Signed into law the No Child Left Behind legislation delivering the most dramatic education reforms in a generation (challenging the soft bigotry of low expectations)

Reorganized the INS in an attempt to safeguard the borders and ports of America and to eliminate bureaucratic redundancies and lack of accountability.

Signed trade promotion authority

Committed US funds to purchase medicine for millions of men and women and children now suffering with AIDS in Africa

Passed Medicare Reform (authorized $39.5 Billion per year for preventive medicine such as drugs and doctor visits as well as included a ten year Privatization option)

Urging federal liability reform to eliminate frivolous lawsuits

Supports class action reform bill which limits lawyer fees so that more settlement money goes to victims


Submitted comprehensive Energy Plan--awaits Congressional action (works to develop cleaner technology, produce more natural gas here at home, make America less dependent on foreign sources of energy, improve national grid, etc.)

Endorses and promotes The Responsibility Era ("In a compassionate society, people respect one another and take responsibility for the decisions they make in life. My hope is to change the culture from one that has said, if it feels good, do it; if you've got a problem, blame somebody else -- to one in which every single American understands that he or she are responsible for the decisions that you make; you're responsible for loving your children with all your heart and all your soul; you're responsible for being involved with the quality of the education of your children; you're responsible for making sure the community in which you live is safe; you're responsible for loving your neighbor, just like you would like to be loved yourself. " -----this quote was too good to leave out)

Started the USA Freedom Corps

Initiated review of all federal agencies with a goal to eliminate federal jobs (completed September 2003) in an effort to reduce the size of federal gov while increasing private sector jobs.

Challenged the United Nations to live up to their responsibilities and not become The League of Nations ( in other words, completely irrelevant)

Nominated strong, conservative judges to the judiciary.


President Bush opened up an additional part of Alaska for domestic oil drilling. In 2004, the National Petroleum Reserve, an area west of the existing Prudhoe Bay field, was approved for new energy exploration and production.

Increased U.S. Oil Drilling Permits 70% Above Clinton-era

Changed parts of the Forestry Management Act to allow necessary clean-up of the national forests in order to reduce fire danger.

As part of the national forests clean-up, the President restricted judicial challenges (based on the Endangered Species Act and other challenges) and removed the need for an EIS (Environmental Impact Statement) before removing fuels/logging to reduce fire danger.
New Forest Rules Gives States Power Over Federal Forests Inside Their Borders
Significantly eased field-testing controls of genetically engineered crops.

President Bush signed the workplace verification bill to prevent hiring of illegal Aliens
S. 1685, the Basic Pilot Extension Act of 2003, was signed by President Bush on December 3, 2003.
It extends for five years the workplace employment eligibility authorization pilot programs created in 1996. It expands the pilot programs from the original five states to all 50 states.


U.S. Forces In Baghdad


2nd Term Supplimental (incomplete)


Broke the Chinese Yuan to Dollar currency peg

CAFTA - President Bush signing CAFTA

Bolton to the UN

Has CONSTRUCTION in process on the second group of eight ABM silos in Alaska and California so that America has a land-based defense (in addition to our sea-based SM-3 and AEGIS systems) of 18 ABM's against North Korean nukes (note: China itself currently only has 24 -out of several hundred- nuclear ICBM's capable of reaching the U.S.)

Energy Bill (new tax cuts...after 5 years of opposition)

Immunity For Gun Manufacturers From Crime-Related Lawsuits

5% unemployment
3.4% annual (after inflation, 5.5% actual) reported GDP Growth

Syrian Troops forced to withdraw from Lebanon

Russians Troops Peacefully Withdraw From Georgia

Brought North Korea to the Negotiating Table and won their agreement to dismantle their Nuclear Weapons Program

Chief Justice John Roberts
Justice Sam Alito

Dramatically improved U.S.-India relations via a breakthrough nuclear agreement

Signed Bankruptcy Reform Into Law

Waived Make-Work Enviro Studies For New Oil Drilling

Full Immunity From Frivolous Lawsuits For Our Domestic Gun Industry
Click Here

Fed Chairman Bernanke

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1518385/posts
Iraqi's Thank America (Wow, this is moving!)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1518877/posts
Iraqi Kurds thank the United States for liberation in New T.V ads (From MoveAmericaForward)

US forges trail-blazing UN condemnation of Hizbullah

US rules out extra pledges on global warming

230 posted on 01/31/2006 2:20:30 PM PST by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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To: petercooper
There is no shame in logging off of DU.

Truer words were never spoken.

231 posted on 01/31/2006 2:25:54 PM PST by kinsman redeemer (the real enemy seeks to devour what is good)
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To: pillut48
Why the long face, Senator? ;-)

Senator John Kerry (D-MA) is seen in the Capitol Building following a Democratic party-led bid to block Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, January 30, 2006. (Jason Reed/Reuters)


232 posted on 01/31/2006 2:42:10 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Monthly Donor spoken Here. Go to ... https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: pillut48
Who loves ya, baby?

U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA) smiles following a Democratic party-led bid to block Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, in Washington January 30, 2006. The Republican-led Senate on Monday defeated the Democratic bid to block Supreme Court nominee Alito -- clearing the way for confirmation of the 55-year-old conservative who could move the high court to the right. REUTERS/Jason Reed


233 posted on 01/31/2006 2:43:13 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Monthly Donor spoken Here. Go to ... https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: pillut48

Joy to the world!!!!!!


234 posted on 01/31/2006 2:43:27 PM PST by Aussie Dasher (The Great Ronald Reagan & John Paul II - Heaven's Dream Team!)
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To: pillut48

WOO HOO!


Just watch how the hippies react to this tonight!!!


235 posted on 01/31/2006 2:45:22 PM PST by Thunder90
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To: NormsRevenge
Does a ghost cast a shadow? :-)

U.S. Senator John Kerry (D-MA) reacts to the press as he walks to the Senate floor to vote on the confirmation of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, in the Capitol Building in Washington, January 31, 2006. A sharply divided U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, backing a second conservative nominated by President George W. Bush in his effort to move the nation's highest court to the right. REUTERS/Jason Reed


236 posted on 01/31/2006 2:45:27 PM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Monthly Donor spoken Here. Go to ... https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: kylaka

Given Alito's extensive record, there is plenty of reason to be confident in his judgement.


237 posted on 01/31/2006 2:51:07 PM PST by thoughtomator
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To: Dont_Tread_On_Me_888

Is too!


238 posted on 01/31/2006 2:51:33 PM PST by altura
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To: pillut48
CJ Roberts swore him in...

Beautiful. LOL

I've thanked the President, Senators...particularly Republicans since the Democrats all did so for purely political calculation but I WILL give the four some credit given the beating they chose to take for it. There are others, like Mary in LA that voted no even though her chances of re-election are iffy now at best. It did take some courage, or at least a finally surfacing survival instinct to inspire a vote FOR Alito. I was wondering when a human beings instinct to save themselves would finally kick into effect for some of these guys. I've thanked the conservatives past and present and future that have made, and will make, gains possible on the Courts. I've thanks Alito for answering the call...

I will take a moment to thank someone else. Thank you Harriet Miers. It's no secret I wasn't pleased with her nomination....But she did the right thing under uncomfortable circumstances. Most people wouldn't be able to do what she did, and following months have seemed to have shown she handled it with grace to my knowledge. I wish her the best, and thank her for helping bring about this day.

239 posted on 01/31/2006 2:57:45 PM PST by Soul Seeker (Mr. President: It is now time to turn over the money changers' tables.)
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To: D-Chivas

Alito gets charge of the 9th circuit? LOL This just keeps getting better.


240 posted on 01/31/2006 3:05:36 PM PST by Soul Seeker (Mr. President: It is now time to turn over the money changers' tables.)
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