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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. Ted Kennedy, who has been recuperating from brain cancer surgery, was back in Washington on Thursday as President Obama set out to tackle a major domestic policy item on his increasingly loaded plate -- health care reform. Kennedy, 77, suffered a seizure in May 2008 at his home on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Shortly afterward, doctors diagnosed a brain tumor. He has been holed up in Massachusetts to recover, rarely returning to Washington.

Watching clips of some of my old favorite movies the other night and this one just struck me as extremely similar to what EARS is doing to the U.S.A. Notice the excuse that Nurse Ratched uses for the rationing. Sound familiar? Even though it wasn't effective, the current situation makes me feel like going "Cheswick". :) I WANT MY CIGARETTES!!! Some Strong Language

"[T]he College Republicans must be punished or sanctioned for throwing shoes at the Hamas flag; pending charges should be dropped against the two protestors who assaulted the College Republicans and seized the Hamas flag; and, most ominously for defenders of free _expression on campus, a forum should be created to 'educate' students about what forms of speech the 'offended' students deem acceptable or unacceptable, including what the Left regularly tries to proscribe as 'hate speech.'"

Barbara Bush had open-heart surgery. She's fine. This should be of interest to you however. As soon as we get the Democrat's nationalized medicine your chances of getting open-heart surgery at her age will be somewhat similar to my chances of waking up tomorrow with a full head of hair. Commissar Obama is really pushing this nationalized medicine thing. Remember .. in Obama's mind America's greatness comes from government - on only government can provide us with a great health care system. Private sector? Forget it. If there are any certainties in our life - one would be the certainty...

There are no fast solutions – either for the US economy or for individuals trying to rebuild retirement funds clobbered by the falling stock market. That was the message from Mark Zandi, one of the nation’s top economists. Mr. Zandi is co-founder and chief economist of Economy.Com, a firm that provides various kinds of research to individual, business, and corporate clients. He was the guest at a Monitor-sponsored breakfast for reporters on Thursday. How long will it take the stock market to recover? “It could be a decade,” Zandi said. “If I were an individual thinking about the size of...

Florida leads the nation in the number of homes delinquent or in foreclosure according to a fourth quarter survey by the Mortgage Bankers Association. The survey found that 20.1 percent of mortgages on Florida homes were delinquent or held in foreclosure. Nationwide, more than 11 percent of American homeowners are either delinquent or in foreclosure. The survey covered 85 percent of the country’s residential mortgages. In the fourth quarter, 11.1 percent of Florida residential mortgages were past due by at least 30 days – with 4.4 percent past due more than 90 days. Nationwide, the number of borrowers at least...

I guess I shouldn't be amazed at the number of slacker ignoramuses who are up in arms about my frank review cutting down the absolute crap they worship a/k/a "The Watchmen", coming out in theaters late tonight. The e-mails they send me and the comments they make about how "deep," "edgy" and "profound" this vile piece of trash (which is none of these) reminds me of the blind statements of followers of Jim Jones. And we all know what happened after they drank he purple Kool-Aid. If only this movie could achieve that result, it would be the most fantastic...

One way to rein in your plant purchases this spring without putting a damper on your dream garden is to use annuals — especially those you can start from seeds sown directly into the garden. For $15 to $25 — the price of one or two flats of flowers or hanging baskets — you can buy a fistful of seed packets that will produce hundreds of plants in a rainbow of colors and shapes. Some annuals, such as morning glories, hyacinth bean, cardinal climber and moonflower, climb by leaps and bounds. Sunflowers, in shades of red, cherry, gold or white,...

You gotta hand it to the gang that brought the 20th century such innovations as airline hijacking, they are always at work to come come up with more imaginative ways to terrorize civilians… Yet another bulldozer terror attack in Jerusalem today And these people, who not only are open about their absolute intention to destroy the Joo State, will now receive over $5 billion in aid. Aid that will either disappear as it did under Arafat (though his wife, while living in Paris, managed to get a $250,000 monthly allowance, at a time when the average Paslestinian family was averaging...

he unholy alliance between the White House and ABC's George Stephanopoulos goes beyond mere conference calls with President Obama's Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. The executive producer of "This Week" is married to newly-confirmed United Nations Ambassador Susan Rice. Such was reported by Commentary magazine's Jennifer Rubin Thursday: You know those fawning little bios which the MSM runs? Well sometimes you learn the strangest things: “[UN Ambassador Susan] Rice is married to Canadian journalist Ian Cameron, executive producer of ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos.” Wait. The EP of a top Sunday show is married to a top Obama official?...

Dear John Ziegler/Media Malpractice Mailing List Members: I just want to update you on a couple of important items. First, those of you who have already ordered the film, you should be receiving your copies very shortly. Second, I hope that you saw that I was named one of the "Worst People in World" this week by MSNBC's Keith Olbermann. Coming from him, it was quite an honor. You can see the video of that as well as many other interesting tidbits including some rave reviews of the film (even from a liberal!) at : http://howobamagotelected.com/media-malpractice-news.asp Third, We begin our...

Citigroup stock drops below $1 a share, relaxed NYSE rule allows continued trading.CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Shares of Citigroup Inc., once the nation's most powerful bank, fell below $1 a share Thursday. The stock fell as low as 97 cents in late morning trading. It was down 11 cents, or 9.7 percent, at $1.02 in mid-afternoon. New York-based Citi has lost more than 85 percent of its value so far this year, and is down more than 95 percent from a year ago as the bank was pummeled by the financial market crisis. Citigroup's shares will remain on the New...

(Video on Site) Operation Tomahawk Strike 11, one in a series of raids targeting illegal militia activity. Scenes include U.S. and Iraqi Soldiers engaging insurgents from a high-rise in the Haifa Street area of Baghdad http://www.notoriouslyconservative.com/2009/03/god-bless-military-battle-on-haifa.html

I'll take it.

Finally after five straight down days for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), it rallied back 149 points to finish at 6,875 on March 4. But it picked right back up today and continued to fall. What's holding it back? CNBC "The Kudlow Report " host Larry Kudlow had Jeff Macke, founder and president of Macke Asset Management on his March 4 program and asked if the rally, along with other indicators might be signs of a recovery. Macke, a co-host of CNBC's "Fast Money" said he wasn't impressed and blamed President Barack Obama. "It would if not for an...

MARCH FOR CAPITALISM!!

News reports today point out that President Obama is going a little gray at the temples. Is it the stress of the job, or is he due to go gray about now anyway? We saw it happen to George Bush, and in dramatic fashion with Bill Clinton. Obama saw his own grayer self coming.

There is something sinisterly frightening about Dumbo's actions of late. Certainly, we here were all aware that he was a Black Liberation Socialist and that his election would have dire consequences, but lately, he has engaged in an orgy of gratuitous destruction that simply can not be explained by a desire to build a Soviet America. Of course his support of Card Check is a quid pro quo to the big unions who supported him. But overturning Bush's executive order allowing doctors to refuse to preform abortions if their consciences didn't permit it was just a slap in the face....

Calling all FReepers. As you may know, Rush on his show yesterday issued a strong challenge to nobama for a debate. You can read Rush's rant/challenge here The RATS have responded to Rush "being out of line" by threatening to put up a billboard near Rush's home in West Palm Beach, FL. And, they are looking for our input as to what should be put on the billboard. They'll want you email address and first and last names. But I reckon ya got that covered :) Go here and make your suggestions.