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I appreciate you taking the time to share with me your views regarding energy, climate change, and the American Clean Energy and Security Act. The views of my fellow Iowans are an essential component of my decision making process as a Member of Congress. I believe the science is clear: carbon dioxide emissions are contributing to unprecedented climate changes. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has warned repeatedly that unless the industrial world acts soon, projected increases in emissions over the next fifty years will lead to drastic ecological changes, endangering countless species and human health. However, experts predict...

Today I shipped out the very first copy of BARACK OBAMA & LARRY SINCLAIR Cocaine, Sex, Lies & Murder? The completed Book is spaced 1.5 just like every other book of its type. The font in this book is the exact same size as that of Bernie Goldberg's book. The layout of the book was done to make it easy and comfortable to read. Today is a a milestone for us. NOTE: (Posted at the request of a commenter) I am not waiting on any Copyright, the book is copyrighted, and the Book is available and Barnes & Noble, Amazon,...

WASHINGTON - The Federal Air Marshal Service is a "useless" agency staffed with under-worked officers who make few arrests, a Tennessee congressman is charging. U.S. Rep. John J. Duncan Jr., R-Tenn., has taken to the House floor in recent days to ridicule the service as a "needless, useless agency" and argue that air marshals have "a cushy, easy job" that requires little more than sitting on a plane. He also contends that the number of air marshals charged with committing crimes exceeds the number of arrests the agents themselves have made. "I think they are doing almost no good at...

A hard-hitting piece on Sarah Palin in the new Vanity Fair has touched off a blistering exchange of insults among high-profile Republicans over last year’s GOP ticket – tearing open fresh wounds about leaks surrounding Palin and revealing for the first time some of the internal wars that paralyzed the campaign in its final days. Rival factions close to the McCain campaign have been feuding since last fall over Palin, usually waging the battle in the shadows with anonymous quotes. Now, however, some of the most well-known names in Republican politics are going on-the-record with personal attacks and blame-casting. William...

Madoff Sentenced to 150 Years, Waxman and Markey Remain FreeJune 29, 2009 BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: Bernie Madoff, 150 years. One-hundred-fifty years for Bernie Madoff means he'll be out by next spring, probably. While Bernie Madoff gets 150 years, Waxman and Markey weren't even cited in their scheme, their rip-off, this climate bill. Do you realize there was not even a bill? There was not even a copy of the bill in the well of the House, which is standard. It wasn't even written. These people voted on this bill -- not read it, it wasn't written, they couldn't have read...

That is the take from some friends at the Arkansas Judicial Network who have put this video together, urging you to contact Sens. Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor to tell them to oppose their fellow Democrat in the White House and vote against Judge Sonia Sotomayor: (snip) And that is the key. The people back home in Arkansas will note how Sen. Lincoln, who will be asking those very same people for her job back in 2010, will vote for this woman who, despite her wisdom, was overturned on a case which resonates. Remember, it was Mrs. Lincoln who tepidly...

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT RUSH: "US consumer confidence took an unexpectedly steep slide in June." That's from Reuters. "Unexpectedly!" Every bit of economic news is "unexpected." What were they expecting? A big rebound? Let's go to the audio sound bites. I want to take you back to me on this program, January 9th of this year. RUSH ARCHIVE: We're going to start seeing stories that will not be true, that feature man-on-the-street interviews with people whose lives are starting to get a little bit better, they see the light at the end of the tunnel now, they go on more job interviews...

Exhibit A in why it is in fact possible to have too big of a majority: Once you hit 60, the cranks on your side demand results. The nutroots will be watching cap-and-trade and amnesty and health care and maybe even a second stimulus verrrrrry carefully, Harry. As will we, as will we. Note what constitutes “fair and balanced” on Ed Schultz’s show. Kos and Bill Press.

According to a release from Senator John Thune (R-SD), he is joining Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) in calling for an investigation concerning the report casting doubt about anthropogenic global warming that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) buried before the cap and trade global warming tax vote last week. On the eve of the HR 2454 “American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009” vote last Friday it came to light that the EPA had in its possession a report which pointed to natural causes for planetary warming, but it refused to make that report public. What’s more, several emails regarding...

Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Falling Marks Today's Rasmussen reports presidential tracking poll shows that 31 percent of voters surveyed strongly approve of the job president Obama is doing. But 33 percent strongly disapprove. That means the president's approval index rating has fallen below zero for the third time in 10 days. The approval index is calculated by subtracting the number of people who strongly disapprove — from the number who strongly approve. It currently stands at negative two. That matches President Obama's lowest rating since taking office, which was recorded on June 21. Before that, the...

We were just reading through a little more of this proposal from Wal-Mart (WMT) and liberal thinktank Center for American Progress for some kind of law that would require all employers to provide health insurance. We already said why we think it's a ridiculous idea and that the CAP and its star blogger Matthew Yglesias are being used big-time by a company that wants to raise costs for its rivals. In looking though their supporting letter (.pdf) this line jumped out at us big time: In 2008, half of all people filing for home foreclosure cited medical problems as a...

Franken Declared Winner of Minnesota Senate Election, Giving Dems Filibuster-Proof Majority After the Minnesota high court rejects a legal challenge from Norm Coleman, the Republican concedes to Democrat Al Franken in the state's Senate race. Democrat Al Franken, right, with his wife Frannie Franken smile as they meet the media at their house in MInneapolis Tuesday June 30, 2009 after the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Democrat in the Senate race against Republican Norm Coleman. (AP) Democrat Al Franken as the winner of the state's vacant Senate seat after the state's high court ruled that Republican challenger...

The former Vice Presidential candidate opens up about her life and explains why she's still on the trail.

Countering criticism that he's done little on gay rights, President Barack Obama commemorated the 40th anniversary of the birth of the modern movement by welcoming its leaders to the White House and reaffirming his commitment to their top priorities. "I want you to know: You have our support," Obama told members of the core Democratic constituency as he and first lady Michelle Obama hosted a cocktail-and-appetizer reception in the East Room for gay pride month.

So I said to him, "Barack, I know Abe Lincoln, and you ain't Abe Lincoln." "You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves." .....Abraham Lincoln

Four of the September 11 hijackers would have got through America's travel screening procedures introduced since the attacks, the US Secretary of Homelands Security has said. In an interview in London, Janet Napolitano said screening procedures have been improved since the attacks eight years ago, adding: "All but four of the attackers would have been picked up." But she said: "You can't thermoseal entry to the US. We have to be ever vigilant." The US has seen Britain as a potential jumping-off for terrorists attacking the US but Ms Napolitano emphasised the country was a "close ally" and had much...

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For the second time this year, a sales tax increase is going to cut into the profits of David Lynch, owner of Sacred Grounds coffeehouse in downtown San Pedro. "I have to absorb it unless I raise my prices," Lynch said of the half-percent increase that takes effect Wednesday everywhere in Los Angeles County. "And with things being the way they are, this is no time to raise prices. "We'll have to absorb it for now. But I'm not happy about it." The county sales tax is climbing a half-cent on the dollar to 9.75 percent because of voter-approved Measure...

So when I say Joe's Crabby Shack has been a resource that readers here have found value in for years, I'm not just saying it to be nice or to do someone a favor.

A district judge who held another ACORN worker for trial Monday on election law violations urged prosecutors to go after the real culprit, the organization that employed him. "Somebody has to go after ACORN," Senior District Judge Richard H. Zoller said about the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. "It's happening all over the country. All you have to do is turn on the television," he said, referring to voter registration fraud charges brought recently against ACORN and its workers in Nevada. "We will," Allegheny County Detective Robert F. Keenan promised as he wrapped up his testimony. A spokesman...