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US President Barack Obama praised Islam as an integral part of America, as he feted prominent US Muslims at an Iftar dinner marking the holy fasting month of Ramadan. "For well over a billion Muslims, Ramadan is a time of intense devotion and reflection," Mr Obama said, in remarks welcoming his guests in the State Dining Room of the White House. "Tonight's Iftar is a ritual that is being carried out this Ramadan at kitchen tables and mosques in all 50 states," he said. "Islam as we know is part of America. Like the broader American citizenry, the American Muslim...

A Nonpartisan Transparency Issue: Obama above the Law?

A welcome breath of fresh air from Mark Davis.

From CNN's Political Ticker: South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says that the state Ethics Commission probe into his travel expenses reminds him of the flood of ethics complaints filed against Sarah Palin before she resigned the Alaska governorship. "I think I now know what Sarah may have been feeling," Sanford told The Washington Times in an interview published Wednesday.No, Gov. Sanford, you don't have any idea what Sarah Palin may have been feeling, and neither does anyone else. But wait until they photoshop devil's heads on a photo of your youngest child and spread it around the internet, along with...

DES MOINES – Governor Chet Culver issued the following statement tonight, congratulating Democrat Curt Hanson on his victory in the House District 90 special election: “Lieutenant Governor Judge and I want to congratulate Curt Hanson on his win tonight, and we look forward to working with him in the legislature in 2010. We also want to recognize Stephen Burgmeier and his local supporters for running a strong campaign.

WASHINGTON, Sept 2 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama is completing work on a new strategy to counter opposition to a U.S. healthcare overhaul and outlining specific areas for compromise, a senior Obama official said on Wednesday. Obama is considering outlining his new approach in a major speech as early as next week to coincide with the return of the U.S. Congress after lawmakers' August recess. In the past month, Americans surveyed in polls have shown increasing concern about Obama's handling of healthcare and his popularity with voters has declined. A CBS News poll on Tuesday said most Americans found healthcare...

It's clear she had Ridge on to criticize Bush, Iraq and the Terror threat level, he did none of it, and she is bothered by the end of the interview...(Video)

New research at LIFE – Faculty of Life Sciences at University of Copenhagen shows that vitamin C deficiency may impair the mental development of new-born babies. In the latest issue of the well-known scientific journal The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, a group of researchers headed by professor Jens Lykkesfeldt shows that guinea pigs subjected to moderate vitamin C deficiency have 30 per cent less hippocampal neurones and markedly worse spatial memory than guinea pigs given a normal diet. Like guinea pigs, human beings are dependent on getting vitamin C through their diet, and Jens Lykkesfeldt therefore speculate that vitamin...

I confess to having a soft spot in my heart for old-style, Tammany Hall pols like New York Democrat Charles Rangel, current chairman of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee -- which is the same committee another loveable old rogue, disgraced Illinois Democrat Dan Rostenkowski, used to oversee back in the day. Both are from an era that's long past, and for good reason, too. Old Dan ended up doing time in the slam for a myriad of corrupt practices, including mail fraud, and Rangel could find himself going in the same direction, if current news reports are correct....

Help stop Obama from directly contacting children, attempting to subtly politicize them for his purposes. 1. Call principal 2. Report back to this thread, with a yes it will be allowed or no the principal will not allow the Obama propaganda. I ask that each person call their local Principal demand that they not allow Obama to disrupt the school day and demand to know if any teacher will be allowed the discretion to show the Obama propaganda. Help stop this cult of personality. Also the goal is to see how many people/parents are opposed to this and are taking...

The man expected to become the AFL-CIO's next president said Monday that lawmakers will pay a price if they abandon a government-run option in any health care overhaul. "We need to be a labor movement that stands by our friends, punishes its enemies and challenges those who, well, can't seem to decide which side they're on," said Richard Trumka, currently the AFL-CIO's secretary-treasurer. The threats came less than a month after a protester outside an Aug. 6 health care forum meeting organized by Rep. Russ Carnahan, D-Mo., was sent to the hospital after a beating inflicted by goons wearing SEIU...

This is a great video, plenty of humor and entertainment...must see!

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama is considering giving a major speech detailing what he would like to see included in a bill to overhaul health care, a senior White House aide said Wednesday. Senior advisor David Axelrod told CNN that the president is looking at the possibility of a speech as "one of his options" in pushing forward his health care agenda after returning next week from vacation at Camp David, Maryland. Obama has outlined broad principles for what he would like in health care legislation, but he has left most details to leaders in Congress. Now, White House aides...

'Feminist porn' movie Dirty Diaries, which received 350,000 kronor ($59,000) in public funding, is to premiere this Thursday in Stockholm. The collection of 12 short pornographic films, all shot on mobile phones, is the brainchild of feminist documentary filmmaker, Mia Engberg. All of the filmmakers are either female or identify as female (one of the filmmakers was born male), and the films are underpinned by the 10-point manifesto (See movie website) of the Dirty Diaries project (intriguingly, point 4 is missing). The project received 350,000 kronor in production support from the Swedish Film Institute, which has attracted criticism from some...

Obama adviser: Republicans are "a**holes" By Tony Romm - 09/02/09 09:59 AM ET A video in which White House green jobs adviser Van Jones calls Congressional Republicans (and himself) "a**holes" is quickly making the rounds on the Internet this morning. Jones made the off-the-cuff remark in February, during his lecture at a Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative (BERC) event on the green economy. At the time, the Obama administration had not yet tapped Jones to serve as a special adviser on the White House's Council on Environmental Quality. The slip happened in response to a question about the Democratic Party's...

We have a new Mayor in the city of Detroit, prominent business man and Hall of Fame NBA star Dave Bing. “I wish Dave Bing would run for mayor”, “Now Dave Bing is the one that should run for mayor.” “If Dave Bing ran for mayor I’d vote for him in a second.” You could hear words like these echoing from the propped open doors of Detroit’s barber shops, over the sound of squeaky shopping cart wheels in the local grocer and across the fellowship halls of every church denomination extant in the city. Dave Bing did finally rouse himself...

Writing at The Huffington Post, John F. Kerry inadvertently reminds us of a fate worse than global warming.... that would have been a Kerry victory in 2004. To make his case for apocalyptic global warming, Mr. Kerry implores his readers, "don't take my word for it." Frankly, that's not a problem for me. Consider It has been some 1700 days since Kerry promised full disclosure of his military record by signing Form 180. For those who took John Kerry's word in this particular instance, his window of opportunity for restoring his personal credibility has long since closed. Kerry's op-ed recycles...

Comedian Bill Maher seems to delight in calling Americans stupid. That however is a matter of opinion obviously but now it seems that Democrats are going all out to test Maher’s theory. In February President Barry Soetoro seized control of the U.S. Census Bureau from the Commerce Department and will be using it for political purposes in 2010. This power grab is illegal according to the U.S. Constitution but when does that mean anything to President Soetoro? According to Dr. Paul L. Williams of the Canadian Free Press the 2010 Census is important because: It will determine which states gain...

EWTN News Director and host of the popular EWTN program 'The World Over,' Raymond Arroyo, has written a compelling commentary on retired Washington Cardinal Theodore McCarrick's part in Saturday's burial of Senator Ted Kennedy. Arroyo begins by calling McCarrick's reading of portions of Kennedy's letter and a Vatican response a "marvelous bit of political theatre (as so much of Senator Kennedy's funeral was)." The renowned EWTN show host, who is seen each week in more than 100 million homes around the globe on the Catholic network, then reflects on McCarrick's controversial history. "First of all, it must be recalled that...

News broke yesterday that construction on the Flight 93 memorial will begin in November. EC brings back guest and author Alec Rawls to talk about the frightening design they've settled on to honor the heroes who saved that plane from hitting Washington DC... and gave their lives to protect others.