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The media is glossing over the truth of Obama’s approval freefall. His situation is serious because of which groups are turning away. July has been a disaster for Obama’s approval numbers. Gallup says Obama’s numbers fell 4 points overall and 7 points among 18 to 29s. With voters over 65 only 48% approve of Obama. Young and old are realizing they were lied to. Rasmussen says Obama’s approval index (strongly approve versus strongly disapprove) has fallen to -12 points. Zogby says Obama’s approval is 48% the lowest he has recorded for him. Obama has lost 9 points with Latinos; 15...

Soon-to-be-Justice Sonia Sotomayor has called herself "a product of affirmative action" who was "accepted rather readily into Princeton" despite test scores that were lower than those of more privileged classmates due to "cultural biases built into testing." Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., capitalizing on the avalanche of publicity he touched off by attributing to racism his July 16 arrest at his home by a white police officer, has declared that America is "racist" and "classist" and that "there haven't been fundamental structural changes in America.... The only black people who truly live in a post-racial world in America all...

CHICAGO – Activists disappointed that the Obama administration has not given immigration top billing are trying to yank the issue off the back burner by pressing ahead with lobbying and legislation plans they hope will reinvigorate reform efforts. By honing in on national lawmakers they believe are sympathetic or can be swayed to support their cause and drawing on voters who said reform was a top priority, many immigrant rights advocates are striving to make headway at a time when the economy has become the top priority. "We're not going to just be chanting, 'Yes we can! Yes we can!'"...

Make no mistake about it, John Faulk is on a mission to boot Sheila Jackson Lee out of Congress in 2010. John Faulk is not a career politician; he is a concerned citizen who “got fed up”. Faulk says, “I’m not looking to start a political dynasty,” and he adds that he is simply looking to get representation for the people of the Texas 18th. Faulk asserts that since 1995 (when Lee took office), the 18th Congressional District has been without representation. Faulk’s website states, “Our representative has spent more time traveling to Louisiana, Brazil, and even Pakistan than holding...

KEVIL, KY (KFVS) - A man was shot and killed in McCracken County after police say he tried to break into a family's home around 2:00 a.m. The family woke to the sound of the alarm system, indicating the door to the attached garage had been opened. The homeowner went outside to investigate, when he heard his wife inside screaming. He ran back into the home where his wife told him the intruder, later identified as 18-year-old Andrew Caleb Barnett, was inside their attached garage attempting to get into the home through a wooden door with a window, according to...

Three clocks are ticking for the rattled rulers of Iran. One clock, which they see in their favor, is a countdown to the day, perhaps a year or so away, when the country's scientists gain the capacity to produce a nuclear weapon. A second counts the time until a September deadline, set by President Obama, for Tehran to respond to an offer of talks on the nuclear issue or face a stern response. But it is the third clock, one that will influence the other two, that matters most to the regime of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President...

Seeing how I have personal experience in the matter, I see quite the disturbing coincidence between my going on CNN in 2005 and the rather intolerant (and that's putting it mildly) response from their viewers, and the rather intolerant response to black Cambridge Police Sgt. Leon Lashley after his interview on that channel. Because of that interview, Sgt. Lashley has become the latest recipient of America's "Uncle Tom" award. Is it a coincidence or a pattern illustrating the racial bias and hate that infects their viewers? As CNN must know their audience better than anyone, are they intentionally pulling the...

The shrill threats of Leftist losers on display.

DETROIT -- The victim of an armed robbery shot and killed his robber Thursday morning, police said. Police said an armed man attempted to rob a cab driver at the Citgo Gas Station on McNichols Street around 5 a.m. The cab driver pulled out a gun and fired several rounds, striking the thief three times, said police. The man was transported to Detroit Receiving Hospital, where he died. Police said the 38-year-old shooter called police to report the shooting. He is now in custody and being questioned. Police said the cab driver had a legitimate license to carry a concealed...

Bright orange lava spews up into the air, dark smoke mingles with the clouds and the gloomy night takes on an ominous red glow. Towering 1,200ft above the tropical stillness of the Sunda Strait in Indonesia, one of the most terrifying volcanoes the world has ever known has begun to stir once more. Almost 126 years to the day since Krakatoa first showed signs of an imminent eruption, stunning pictures released this week prove that the remnant of this once-enormous volcano is bubbling, boiling and brimming over.

Beer is better than Obama, because........ ..soldiers like beer. ..... sailors like beer. ..... marines like beer. ..... beer doesn't come from Madrassas. ..... you know what's in beer. ..... beer won't take half your paycheck. ..... beer makes life a little better. ..... you're sad if there's no more beer. ..... beer doesn't lie. ..... beer doesn't have entitlement demands.Beer is better than Obama, because........ ..... beer and whine don't mix. ..... beer has a pretty good head on it. ..... beer and bowling go together. ..... beer and arugula don't. ..... beer doesn't leave a bad taste in...

Government Suspends 'Clunkers' ProgramAt Current Rate, Giving Out $3,500 Or $4,500 Per Vehicle Would Burn Through $1 Billion Allocated In No Time NYC Car Dealers: How Could Obama Administration Mess This Up?"Cash for Clunkers" came to a screeching halt Thursday, after only six days on the road. In a shocker, the government announced it would suspend the program at midnight because demand was too great. It may have been the best $1 billion the government has spent so far this year. Business was humming at Crestmont Toyota/Volkswagen Thursday night as salespeople rushed back to work on news that the government's...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A new government report shows the economy sank at a pace of just 1 percent in the second quarter of the year. It was a better-than-expected showing that provided the strongest signal yet that the longest recession since World War II is finally winding down. The dip in gross domestic product for the April-to-June period, reported by the Commerce Department on Friday, comes after the economy was in a free fall, tumbling at 6.4 percent pace in the first three months of this year. That was the sharpest downhill slide in nearly three decades. The economy has...

LOCKPORT, N.Y. (AP) -- Police say a western New York tow truck driver was texting on one cell phone while talking on another when he slammed into a car and crashed into a swimming pool.

COLUMBUS, Ohio—A man fatally shot an armed intruder while protecting his 5-year-old relative late Wednesday, authorities said. Columbus police continued to investigate an overnight shooting on the city’s Southwest Side. CPD said the incident started with a home invasion but it was the suspect who was fatally shot.

PRINCETON, NJ -- Seniors are the least likely of all age groups in the U.S. to say that healthcare reform will benefit their personal healthcare situation. By a margin of three to one, 36% to 12%, adults 65 and older are more likely to believe healthcare reform will reduce rather than expand their access to healthcare. And by 39% to 20%, they are more likely to say their own medical care will worsen rather than improve. Despite the greater concern about healthcare reform among seniors, at the moment they are not significantly more critical of the job Obama is doing...

We've been closely following EEStor's potentially game-changing ultracapacitor--a technology that could allow for electric cars that charge almost instantaneously and drive hundreds of miles on a single charge. And if a purportedly "leaked" phone conversation from EEStor CEO Richard Weir currently making the rounds is legit, the long-in-development ultracapacitor has hit a breakthrough, and could be unveiled within months. ... EEStor's ultracapacitor works more or less exactly like the capacitors found in electronics today, briefly holding and releasing small charges, only on a much larger scale; it would be able rapidly take on enough juice to power a car for...

BOULDER, Colo. — It took three rounds from a shotgun, five bullets from a handgun and two shots from a rifle to kill the 120-pound black bear that broke into a Boulder County home early Monday morning. The bear break-in was the fifth time in a week hungry bears have gotten into Boulder County residences, all while the residents were home. That has wildlife officials urging area residents to take precautions and bear proof their homes. Brenda Fischer's barking dog woke her at about 2 a.m. Monday morning. When she went upstairs to investigate, she found a bear in the...

In the end, the great White House Suds Summit failed to live up to President Obama's basic definition of “a teachable moment.” Vice-president Joe Biden was heard to comment "I've seen better communication in a Delaware 7-11." “Did anyone apologize?” our reporter yelled at Cambridge Sgt. James Crowley, whose reputation as the most famous cop in the land was made on a disorderly pinch. “Hell, No! That stubborn a**hole kept right on ranting through the whole damn thing. I thought I'd start of the thing with a toast to something we could agree on, so I says 'Here's to the...

The poor, benighted little people. They just don't understand what a wonderful hopey-changey world Pres. Obama is offering them . . . Andrea Mitchell has suggested that the problem Pres. Obama is facing in selling his health care plan to Americans who already have coverage is that people "may not know what's good for them." [H/t reader Restless 1] Mitchell made her condescending comment on today's Morning Joe. View video here.