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For Obama, START is 'personal'
The Hill ^ | 12/21/10 06:00 AM ET | Sam Youngman and Ian Swanson

Posted on 12/21/2010 6:47:47 AM PST by onyx

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To: jennings2004

Call their local offices as a last resort.


41 posted on 12/21/2010 7:35:34 AM PST by GailA (NO JESUS, NO CHRISTmas!)
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

“Respectfully, combat_boots, all that (except maybe the wind) can be done by mortal men, and very likely God expects us to get up off our thumbs, just as our forefathers did.”

Well, I can’t post anything else........

They’ve turned off the phones/go to VM/ring busy.


42 posted on 12/21/2010 7:41:17 AM PST by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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To: jennings2004

Keep hitting REDIAL I got through to both. Remind them elections have consequences.

Sen. Corker’s office [202-224-3344]

Lamar Alexander 202-224-4944
Lamar announces support for START

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/12/lamar-alexander-announces-start-support.php


43 posted on 12/21/2010 7:49:40 AM PST by GailA (NO JESUS, NO CHRISTmas!)
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To: onyx
Every treaty requires implementing legislation.

Obama can delay START until the next Congress and he might get some cooperation out of the House.

If he doesn't delay a ratification vote until then he will get NO cooperation out of the House. When that happens a treaty usually languishes unappreciated until it's finally ignored.

I doubt Obama realizes that.

Oh, yeah, he has to pull back on that DADT stuff as well ~ that's linked to START.

He has his choices ~ watch his head explode.

44 posted on 12/21/2010 7:50:50 AM PST by muawiyah
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To: God-fear-republican

EMP is no longer “top secret” but information about it is still a little sketchy and hard to come by

It’s more than a little sketchy and hard to come by, it’s mythical.


45 posted on 12/21/2010 7:54:56 AM PST by satan (Plumbing new depths of worthlessness on a daily basis.)
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To: onyx

Truth beknown, everything he does is “personal” such as destroying this country, fundamentally transforming it, etc. =.=


46 posted on 12/21/2010 8:04:04 AM PST by cranked
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To: ScottinVA

The definition of mixed feelings, watching our new AF 1 falling into the pacific on its way to Hawaii with (o)bama on board.


47 posted on 12/21/2010 8:05:56 AM PST by Mouton
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To: onyx

More Support for Arms Control Treaty (BOTH TENNESSEE GOP SENATORS)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2645834/posts

KEEP HITTING REDIAL

Sen. Corker’s office [202-224-3344]

Sen. Lamar Alexander 202-224-4944

Mitch McConnell
202-224-2541

BOTH Tennessee senators are supporting this START Treaty. Contact them and encourage them to vote NO! Elections have CONSEQUENCES! Make the call a twofer add the FCC Net Neutrality to the list,

Toll-Free number to the Congressional Switchboard (866) 338-1015.


48 posted on 12/21/2010 8:26:45 AM PST by GailA (NO JESUS, NO CHRISTmas!)
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To: onyx

I called McConnell’s office too, and said did you NOT HEAR us in Nov. and that it was HIS JOB to control the GOP senators.


49 posted on 12/21/2010 8:27:50 AM PST by GailA (NO JESUS, NO CHRISTmas!)
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To: Mouton
The definition of mixed feelings, watching our new AF 1 falling into the pacific on its way to Hawaii with (o)bama on board.

Same here... It'd be sad to lose that beautiful aircraft. I'll have to get back w/you on any other downsides I can think of.

50 posted on 12/21/2010 8:51:58 AM PST by ScottinVA (The West needs to act NOW to aggressively treat its metastasizing islaminoma!)
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To: onyx; maggief; hoosiermama; SE Mom; Liz; penelopesire; All

****Corker’s speaking now = CSPAN2 - in chambers

http://cspan.org/Live-Video/C-SPAN2/


51 posted on 12/21/2010 9:27:59 AM PST by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
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To: STARWISE

Thanks. This crap scares me to death. I can’t BELIEVE they’re going to pass this thing.

I truly don’t have any idea what country I’m living in..


52 posted on 12/21/2010 9:30:42 AM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: onyx

I’d like the opportunity to SMACK this little weasel, Corker.

And the whole damned lot of them who will vote for this monster treaty.

IT’S A LAME DUCK SESSION PEOPLE.


53 posted on 12/21/2010 9:34:11 AM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: SE Mom; onyx; Combat Boot; All

I KNOW! Purposefully working and bending over to WEAKEN us .. IT’S OUTRIGHT SATANIC AND EVIL !!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

*******FLASHBACK

Obama’s ‘missing’ college thesis on Soviet nukes and his current defense policies (missile shield)
various sources | various authors

Posted on Sunday, March 08, 2009 2:04:04 PM by ETL

Obama and the case of the missing ‘thesis’
By Jim Popkin, NBC News Senior Investigative Producer
July 24, 2008

excerpt:

*snip*

A video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7o84PE871BE

has surfaced of Presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama talking on his plans for strategic issues such as nuclear weapons and missile defense.

The full text from the video, as released, reads as follows:

Thanks so much for the Caucus4Priorities, for the great work you’ve been doing. As president, I will end misguided defense policies and stand with Caucus4Priorities in fighting special interests in Washington.

First, I’ll stop spending $9 billion a month in Iraq. I’m the only major candidate who opposed this war from the beginning. And as president I will end it.[i.e. not win it]

Second, I will cut tens of billions of dollars in wasteful spending.

I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems.

I will not weaponize space.

I will slow our development of future combat systems.

And I will institute an independent “Defense Priorities Board” to ensure that the Quadrennial Defense Review is not used to justify unnecessary spending.

***Third, I will set a goal of a world without nuclear weapons.

To seek that goal, I will not develop new nuclear weapons; I will seek a global ban on the production of fissile material; and

I will negotiate with Russia to take our ICBMs off hair-trigger alert, and to achieve deep cuts in our nuclear arsenals.

You know where I stand. I’ve fought for open, ethical and accountable government my entire public life. I don’t switch positions or make promises that can’t be kept. I don’t posture on defense policy and I don’t take money from federal lobbyists for powerful defense contractors. As president, my sole priority for defense spending will be protecting the American people. Thanks so much

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2202012/posts


54 posted on 12/21/2010 9:38:22 AM PST by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
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To: STARWISE

Here’s a first- I just sent Rush an email hollering at him.

He’s discussing the show’s new iphone app and then right into some nonsense about Donavan McNab...football etc,

Gee- what shall I cover today...the demise of the US defense system or some football player?

Decisions...decisions...


55 posted on 12/21/2010 9:43:58 AM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: SE Mom; onyx; Combat Boot; All
Obama's paper at Columbia


56 posted on 12/21/2010 9:56:39 AM PST by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
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To: SE Mom

And he deserved it ... blathering on while our
country implodes .. not giving folks ideas on what
to do. IT WILL TAKE MUCH MORE THAN
WORDS TO GET OUR COUNTRY BACK.
He could at least attempt to be a source for
strategy, action plans, etc.

Bottom line: brilliant businessman, not a tactician

Just like our health, we have to do it ourselves, and
somehow or another, IT WILL BE DONE.


57 posted on 12/21/2010 10:52:27 AM PST by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)
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To: GailA

Remind them of their earmarks position and how it can be used against them in 2012.

An incumbent, in this climate, having refused to forgo earmarks and having voted against the will of his constituents will have a tough time facing crowds of angry voters at town halls.


58 posted on 12/21/2010 1:39:04 PM PST by widdle_wabbit
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To: onyx

GOP 8 who voted for START phone numbers
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2646113/posts


59 posted on 12/21/2010 6:20:06 PM PST by GailA (NO JESUS, NO CHRISTmas!)
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