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The White House is hiring a contractor to harvest information about Americans from its pages on social networking websites such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr. The National Legal and Policy Center, or NLPC, revealed the White House New Media team is seeking to hire a technology vendor to collect data such as comments, tag lines, e-mail, audio and video from any place where the White House "maintains a presence" – for a period of up to eight years.

Yet another evening of madness over at MSNBC, as yet another host or guest incited violence by asserting that conservatives want to kill President Obama. Keith's guest on September 1, 2009 was Dan Savage, had the folliwng things to say about religious conservatives, Rep. Michelle Bachman and Glenn Beck. Savage: "the religious right if fomenting this kind of hatred in our country...at our peril...I really do think that the Michelle Bachmans of the word and the Glenn Becks of the world are actively and consciously trying to get...I'm just going to say it...trying to get the President KILLED." Keith: "Unfortunately,...

Here is video of FOX News' Griff Jenkins reporting and going behind the scenes of the "Tea Party Express" which started in California will end in Washington, DC. (Watch Video)

Ben & Jerry's has given chubby hubbies its blessing to marry each other. The Burlington-based ice cream maker is celebrating Vermont's move to legalize gay marriage by rebranding its popular "Chubby Hubby" as "Hubby Hubby" for the next month. "Now more than ever, Vermont is for lovers ... and for lovers of marriage equality," proclaims product literature.

On St. Odo "He Was Austere, But Above All He Was Good" VATICAN CITY, Italy, SEPT. 2, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Here is a translation of Benedict XVI's address at this Wednesday's general audience, which gathered pilgrims in Paul VI Hall. * * * Dear brothers and sisters: After a long pause, I would like to take up again the presentation of the great writers of the Eastern and Western Church of the Medieval era because, as though in a mirror, in their lives and writings we see what it means to be Christians. Today I propose to you the luminous figure...

The election of Barack Obama was never intended by himself or his handlers to be a four year or even an eight year stint. Instead, the broader intent is to establish an Obama personality cult that will lay the foundation for decades of power consolidated in the hands of our most liberal Democrat leaders with Obama as its' figurehead. Wikipedia notes that personality cults are established specifically for political figures who are revolutionary and seek to change a nation's status quo. Fittingly, the term "cult of personality" comes from the writings of Karl Marx. Wikipedia describes the following characteristics of...

This Iraqi Security Force Update provides a summary of changes to the ISF during August 2009. The Iraqi Security Force Order of Battle as of 31 August 2009 is published at Montrose Toast. Peshmerga Prime Minister Maliki has apparently reached an agreement with Kurdish leaders regarding the status of the Kurdish Regional Guard. According to Member of Parliment Firyad Rawandouzi, from the Kurdistani Alliance, Maliki agreed to absorb the Peshmerga into the “national defense apparatus”. The agreement would facilitate the transfer and commissioning of two new divisions (15th and 16th). The remaining Peshmerga members would either be absorbed into the...

Pelosi is giving a speech on health care to the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce. Turn it on if you can.

Criticize the government? Well, you must be racist, according to Chris Matthews. Two-legged baaad. Four legged good. Yet again another fine example of the mass brainwashing of the sheeple who don’t know any better than to listen to these dolts. Pass this along. Jones provides a good educational analysis.

I have posted a couple of threads the last few days asking for prayers for my friend Jamal's interviews on Fox News and CBN. Here is a 3.5 min clip of an interview on Fox from this past Sunday. The link is here - interview on Fox.

Dr. Anna Chacko is currently the head of radiology at the Pittsburgh VA Hospital. Dr. Chacko manages the radiology department as a tyrant, an incompetent, and she has created a culture of fear throughout the department. That's not me saying this. In fact, according to my sources, that's the testimony of six of the fourteen radiologists in the department that she runs this past March as part of an investigative board that was convened to determine if she should be removed. At this board, members of the radiology department testified that Dr. Chacko routinely spreads lies about members of radiology...

(** FILE ** President Obama speaks at Central High School in Grand Junction, Colo. (Associated Press))

Obama Czar's SHOCK ADMISSION: "Green Jobs" Goal Is "Complete Revolution" Away From "Gray Capitalism" http://www.breitbart.tv/obama-czars-shock-admission-green-jobs-goal-is-complete-revolution-away-from-gray-capitalism/ Breitbart.tv and Naked Emperor News

In recent decades, soft, squishy tissues have been discovered inside fossilized dinosaur bones. They seem so fresh that it appears as though the bodies were buried only a few thousand years ago. Since many think of a fossil as having had the original bone material replaced by minerals, the presence of actual bone--let alone pliable blood vessels, red blood cells, and proteins inside the bone--is quite extraordinary. These finds also present a dilemma...

GLENROCK, Wyo. — Bud Grose seemed like the last person who should attract the attention of police when the 76-year-old retiree hopped on his antique tractor and rumbled through the annual parade in this small Wyoming town. But what was supposed to be a day of fun at an end-of-summer festival ended abruptly when police shot Grose with a Taser in a dispute about where to end the parade route. The incident nearly incited a riot as outraged neighbors rushed to his defense. Now residents of this tight-knit town of 2,400 are seething over what they see as police brutality,...

Under pressure from the Pentagon to trim its ranks, the Guard has been quietly phasing in new restrictions that make it harder to enlist...

An upcoming presidential address to local school children may bring the United States’ current fractious political climate to local classrooms. A little more than a week after President Barack Obama announced that he would be delivering a speech directly to children in classrooms across the country on Tuesday, some local parents have caught wind and are up in arms about what they perceive to be the president’s ulterior motives. Lety Martinez, the Odessa City Council PTA president, said the majority of parents she quickly polled about the president’s address were in favor of their children watching, with only one mother...

You know how in Vanity Fair's behind-the-scenes video burgeoning gay icon Levi Johnston jokes with his manager about posing for Playgirl? Well, Gawker's learned it's not a joke. We've confirmed it's actually going to happen. But don't get too excited. After reading on Gawker that Levi was game for posing nude, the guy who puts together Playgirl's photoshoots, Daniel Nardicio, emailed Johnston's manager Tank Jones about having his client pose nude for their website. (The print version of the magazine closed earlier this year). Tank referred the matter to Levi's lawyer Rex Butler (how many handlers does one Alaskan babydaddy...

A Goddard, Kan., police officer admitted in federal court that he offered to have a woman’s drunken driving charge dismissed in exchange for sex, the U.S. Attorney’s office announced today. Calvin Schaffer, 44, of Goddard, made the admission as part of a plea agreement. Schaffer pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud. Authorities said he arrested a woman Feb. 27 for drunken driving. He later sent her a text message and said he could arrange to have the charges dismissed if she agreed to have sex with him.

<p>NEW YORK — In a posthumous memoir, Massachusetts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy writes of fear and remorse surrounding the fateful events on Chappaquiddick Island in 1969, when his car accident left a woman dead.</p> <p>"True Compass" is to be published Sept. 14 by Twelve, a division of the Hachette book group. The 532-page book was obtained early by The New York Times.</p>