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On Thursday, Democratic leadership with failing public support and rumours of moderate Democrats bailing on attempts to use reconciliation to force their Health Care Reform measures, rolled out a new proposal in an attempt to turn public sentiment in their favor. Democratic Leadership introduced a call to pass Health Care Reform with a built in "trigger" for a government option. The "trigger" would define a broad set of insurability and cost goals within the legislation that if not met within a certain time period would automatically "trigger" a government option. This so called "trigger" is being sold to the American...

In 1956, a popular song called “Green Door” soared to the top of the hit parade charts. The question it posed was “what’s behind the green door” and the answer it gave was a merry band of revellers whom the singer wished desperately to be part of: “All I want to do is join the happy crowd behind the green door.” The song’s open sesame “Joe sent me” didn’t cut any ice; the correct password, proleptically speaking, would have been “Al sent me.” And Al has sent so many people through the green door that a vast new premises has...

When it comes to politicians' foibles and faux pas, the mainstream media's double standard is nothing new, but the Washington Post's recent coverage of the Virginia governor's race takes the cake. Republican gubernatorial candidate and current State Attorney General Bob McDonnell has been trouncing his Democratic opponent, State Sen. Creigh Deeds, in the polls for much of the campaign. So the Post has now dredged up a 20-year-old academic paper McDonnell wrote for a conservative Christian college in which he condemns homosexual behavior, criticizes feminism for being anti-family, and questions the effect on the family of the mass movement of...

Please forward this information to anyone who may be thinking about joining the protest in DC on 9/12.General event information: http://912dc.org/List of Buses Going to DC: http://912dc.org/getting-here/list-of-buses-coming-to-dc/A longer list of charter buses: http://www.resistnet.com/group/wethepeoplemarchonwashington/forum/topics/charter-buses-the-nationalHere are some ideas for protest signs: http://www.resistnet.com/profiles/blogs/messages-for-protest-signs Feel free to add more!

Yesterday, news broke out that Barack Obama's communist Green Czar was a 9-11 Truther. The White House much later in the day released a statement saying Van Jones was "not now or ever" involved in the 9-11 Truther movement. Jones said the petition he signed in 2004 did not reflect his views. Not true. This article at Rense.com from 2002 links Van Jones to the 9-11 Truther movement at its infancy: [*SNIP*]

Here is audio of Karl Rove talking with Sean Hannity yesterday on radio where he said President Obama's "Green Jobs Czar" Van Jones is a "foul-mouthed lunatic." Rove also said the fact Obama has said or done nothing about Jones, even though these revelations have come to light, "says a lot about them doesn't it." Van Jones' days are numbered as a member of the Obama Administration. Obama will have to "throw him under the bus" soon, or his own radical tendencies will be further exposed to Americans by his keeping Jones on. I'm sure Obama does not like either...

Credit to Freeper onemiddleamerican for finding this late last night.Van Jones, the controversial Green Jobs Czar in the Obama administration endorsed an anti-police day of action initiated by a Maoist communist cult group, the Revolutionary Communist Party, in 2006.The statement for the action is entitled, "Call for Oct. 22, 2006: Eleventh Annual National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation", and states in part:Why isn’t the escalation of police brutality and murder in recent years headline news? Perhaps because these images don’t comply well with the need to project images of police as...

By K.C. MYERS kcmyers@capecodonline.com September 03, 2009 CHATHAM – The town is on high alert after five large sharks, possibly great whites, were spotted trolling the waters close to Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge Thursday afternoon. Town and state officials have issued warnings to the public urging people to avoid swimming where seals congregate. Town officials are expected to decide Friday whether further measures, such as beach closures, are necessary, said Lisa Capone, press secretary for the state Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. More Times Breaking News Despite controversy, Nantucket sheriff to run again - 8:19 am Nantucket schools...

6 Years of Saturn Explanation: Today, planet Earth passes through the plane of Saturn's rings. From the perspective of earthbound astronomers, Saturn's rings will be edge-on. The problem is, Saturn itself is now very close to the Sun, low on horizon after sunset, so good telescopic images will be difficult to come by. Still, this composite of Saturn views taken from 2004 - 2009 (lower right to upper left) illustrates the change in ring tilt over the last six years and includes a nearly edge-on ring view, based on images captured earlier this year. While Saturn's south pole is clearly...

Conspiracy Czar By: Ben Johnson FrontPageMagazine.com | Friday, September 04, 2009 IT MUST MARK A NEW LOW IN PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY when the fact that someone is a self-described Communist is not the most damning thing that can be said of a presidential adviser entrusted with federal power. Not only is Green Jobs Czar Van Jones a 9/11 Truther, but his organization believes Hurricane Katrina was a Bush conspiracy, as well. His unique combination of radicalism and irresponsibility provides a remarkable window into Barack Obama’s own radicalism. After a string of embarrassing revelations, yesterday the press reported that Jones had joined...

USA Today published a lead article Thursday that is one of those now-I-understand-what-socialism-is-all-about articles. The essay’s pretzel logic is so outlandish that I promise to keep a straight face as I explain it to you. And the article’s original title was so outrageous that within hours the USA Today editors felt compelled to tone it down. But I’m getting ahead of myself. It’s no secret that men been hit hard in the current recession. The USA Today article acknowledges that men have lost 74% of jobs since December 2007, with women losing the remaining 26%. The reason is men predominate...

One of the most amazing statements by the Apostle Paul is his indictment of the Galatian Christians for abandoning the Gospel. “I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel,” Paul declared. As he stated so emphatically, the Galatians had failed in the crucial test of discerning the authentic Gospel from its counterfeits. His words could not be more clear: “But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be...

Olympia Snowe, the "Republican" who voted with the Democrats on the stimulas is now in negotiations with the Whitehouse over a public option "trigger" in the healthcare bill. It seems she is willing to vote with the Democrats again. When will the Republican party TOSS HER OUT? I can't believe freepers give me schtick for admiring someone like Ron Paul and yet tolerate the REAL traitor Senator Snowe. THROW HER OUT, MCCONNELL IS WEAK

Except for a passing mention in the story about advertisers dropping Beck. Certainly nothing about the recent controversies.

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As a former White House aide myself, there are two incidents that tell me Glenn Beck is right in asking his questions about Van Jones. Two incidents that ask an even more serious question than anything asked about Jones himself. The question: What did the Obama White House know about Van Jones and when did they know it?

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “Word for the Day”. SatrapNoun 1. A governor of a province in ancient Persia. 2. A ruler. 3. A subordinate bureaucrat or official: "The satraps of Capitol Hill will not sit idly by" (David Nyhan). Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence. The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-) Practice makes perfect.....post on.... Review...

We should have "an honest debate" on health care, said Barack Obama in his Aug. 22 radio address, "not one dominated by willful misrepresentations and outright distortions." Among the "phony claims" made against the House bill, says the president, are that it provides funding for abortions, guarantees coverage for illegal aliens, contains "death panels" and represents a federal takeover of the health care system. Is Obama right? Are critics misleading and frightening folks with falsehoods about Obamacare? Well, let us inspect each of those "phony claims." Does the House bill fund abortions? No. However, while the House Energy and Commerce...

Hearing: Motion for Discovery of records showing relevance to eligibility Location: Federal Court building in Santa Ana, CA Time/Date: 8:00 AM Pacific Tuesday, September 8th 2009 Judge: David O. Carter

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