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This guy is an absolute disgrace that should have been asked to resign yesterday, these are the people who are on the inside of this White House.....WTH does this say about President Obama?

COMPARES GEORGE W. BUSH TO 'CRACKHEAD TRYING TO LICK CRACKPIPE FOR A FIX'...

SNIP Here is a list of "talking points" the national office e-mailed to state and local chapters: Q: How does National PTA feel about the President giving this speech on the first day of school and about parents "opting-out" of their kids watching it? A: Anytime a president gives a speech about the importance of education; a speech that inspires kids to do well in school; a speech that speaks directly to them; we feel those are positive messages for children to hear. National PTA supports making children feel good about being in school. Finally, any time we can encourage...

Mideast peace Friday 4 September 2009 (14 Ramadan 1430) It was not just among Americans that Barack Obama raised great expectations when he won last year’s US presidential elections. In this part of the world, people believed that he would solve the Palestinian issue. Repeated signs from him that restarting and solving the Middle East peace process was a foreign policy priority reinforced that view. As a result, Arab and Muslim attitudes toward the US softened. Now, however, people are beginning to lose confidence. Despite talks with Arab leaders, despite Obama’s Cairo speech about re-engagement with the world of Islam,...

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St. Augustine of Hippo Rome, Italy, Sep 4, 2009 / 10:08 am (CNA).- In a letter he sent Thursday to Cardinal Walter Kasper, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity,  Pope Benedict XVI has underscored that the teachings of St. Augustine are a path seeking unity with the Orthodox. The message from the Pope was sent to Cardinal Kasper as the 11th Inter-Christian Symposium gathered in Rome. The meeting was organized by the Franciscan Institute of Spirituality of the Pontifical University Antonianum and the Aristotle Orthodox Theological Faculty of Thessalonica.In his message, the Holy Father expressed his gratitude...

After decades of pushing long-shot causes like abolishing the income tax and reinstating the gold standard, Republican Representative Ron Paul finds himself in an unaccustomed spot: on the cusp of legislative victory. A majority of the libertarian-leaning Texan's colleagues in the House of Representatives support his proposal to increase congressional scrutiny of the Federal Reserve, and the measure could be included in a broader banking overhaul this fall. But don't expect the House to take up Paul's other pet causes, such as pulling out of the United Nations. Experts say the success of his Federal Reserve Scrutiny Act reflects rising...

Obama has done one thing during his reign as president that has benefited United States citizens. He has reminded them just how precious their freedom is and how it must be protected from those who would take it away.

This is a rush transcript from "Hannity," September 3, 2009. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. SEAN HANNITY, HOST: tonight, we bring you new and disturbing information about a member of the president's inner circle. He is green jobs “czar” Van Jones. Now the statements that he has made and the alliances he has formed show that he is not fit for office. Now Mr. Jones signed a letter sent by the infamous 9/11 Truth organization to former New York governor Eliot Spitzer. Now that organization alleges that the U.S. government is responsible...

Asked if controversial White House official Van Jones continues to enjoy the confidence of President Obama given recent revelations about his involvement with those who suggest the Bush administration knew about the 9/11 attacks and allowed them to happen in order to justify a war for oil, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs Friday morning would only say "he continues to work in this administration." Jones, the Special Advisor for Green Jobs at the White House Council on Environmental Quality, last night issued a statement apologizing for past controversial remarks and said a petition which he signed suggesting that President...

On Tuesday, September 8, the first annual Ride 2 Recovery eBay Charity Auction will begin and run for 10 days. The highlight of the auction will be a dinner experience with former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.  The mission of Ride 2 Recovery is to improve the health and wellness of wounded heroes by providing a life changing experience that can impact their lives forever. The money raised from this effort will go to support the participation of wounded heroes in the R2R program and events, purchase bikes, helmets, and other technical equipment required for the wounded heroes. Please go to...

Friday, September 4 Archb.Claudio Celli, Pres.,Pontifical Council for Social Communications; & William Patrick Clark, Jr., Senior Aide to President Ronald Reagan From Wikipedia: William Patrick Clark, Jr. (born October 23, 1931), American politician, served under President Ronald Reagan as the Deputy Secretary of State from 1981 to 1982, United States National Security Advisor from 1982 to 1983, and the Secretary of the Interior from 1983 until 1985. A devout Catholic, former seminary student, rancher, lawyer, and aide to Reagan in the California gubernatorial years, Clark served as a justice of the California Supreme Court prior to his Washington appointment,...

If the president's mouthpiece is a human pinata, as one former press secretary put it, then Robert Gibbs is a papier mache tiger. And the White House press secretary is feeling the hits more and more, as the daily briefings get more contentious and he faces an increasingly prying press corps. Pinata may not be a role Gibbs is comfortable playing. His tendency is toward levity, and he's kept that trademark sense, injecting humor into the situation to keep tensions from flaring too much -- a joke here, a playful metaphor there, a little bit of physical comedy. But in...

Fund manager, Nathan Lewis, explains how the International Monetary Fund is nothing more the collection arm of the big banks: The International Monetary Fund operates primarily as a banker bailout machine. They cajole and tempt and confuse and threaten the leaders of governments worldwide to pay off the failed bets of the big bankers using the taxpayer funds of their countries. This has been going on a long time, at least since the early 1980s. Thus, I am not in the teeniest bit surprised that the same thing is happening today in Iceland and Latvia.... Michael Hudson has some of...

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton moved to terminate aid to Honduras today in response to a June 28 coup that deposed its elected President Jose Manuel Zelaya. The U.S. also decided to revoke visas for officials in the de facto government and supporters of Zelaya's overthrow. "Today's, you know, action sends a clear message to the de facto regime that the status quo is unacceptable and that their strategy, to try to run out the clock on President Zelaya's term of office, you know, is unacceptable. And the time has come for all the parties to sign the San Jose...

A dated, racially loaded description for black people was included in the 2009 edition of the Broward students' code of conduct book, prompting angry telephone calls from some parents and a student at Deerfield Beach High School to start a petition against the word's use. A Broward School District form for parents to sign and return asked for their children's racial background. The form included the word "Negro" as an acceptable description, in addition to black or African American. That form went out in more than 250,000 student code of conduct books throughout the district. Schools are supposed to collect...

IAI Unveils Missiles-in-a-Box for Ground Forces Posted by Graham Warwick at 9/3/2009 12:48 PM CDT Israel Aircraft Industries has unveiled Jumper, an autonomous vertical-launch artillery missile system for ground forces, at a defense show in Latrun, Israel. Jumper consists of eight canistered missiles and a command-and-control unit housed in a 3 X 3 "hive" measuring 1.4 X 1.4 X 2m tall. No operating crew or launching platform is required, says IAI. Weighing in at 63kg, and with a range of 50km, the tail-steered missile is 1.8m long and 150mm in diameter and has GPS/INS guidance coupled with a semi-active laser...

Gibbs slams opposition to school speech By Sam Youngman - 09/04/09 12:16 PM ET The White House on Friday derided GOP opposition to a speech that President Barack Obama intends to give public school children next week, calling it part of a political "silly season." Press secretary Robert Gibbs defended the president's message as positive encouragement for students starting the school year, but many Republicans have assailed that address as an attempt by President Obama at "indoctrination" of the country's youth. Several school districts around the country, particularly in Texas, have said they will not show the address. Critics expressed...

Real Unemployment Rate Hits 16.8% Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/04/2009 08:22 -0500 As markets digest the worse, yet somehow better, than expected 9.7% unemployment, the real state of the labor market is much worse, as indicated by the U-6 number, which has hit a recent record of 16.8% on a seasonally adjusted basis. As a reminder, the "U-6 represents total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers." In other words, in reality the U.S. labor market is likely about...

Can you believe this....??????: "There's no "I" in "team," but there is definitely one in "Biden." With President Obama off on vacation, his second in two weeks, unofficial Acting President Joe Biden has stepped into the vacuum, claiming credit Thursday for the successes of the administration's $787 billion stimulus package and fielding questions on health care reform -- something his boss hasn't done in nearly two weeks." If GW had ever, ever shown any sign of taking a breather like this with Cheney assuming temp duty as POTUS.....the MSM would have been doing double back-flips 24/7 while screeching at a...