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I see that Bob Grant's name isn't on the list of guests anymore. I'm not going if he's not going to be there.

The Sound(?) Advice of "Chief Advisor" Valerie Jarrett Advice on “green energy” czar Van Jones--- HIRE HIM!Advice on Healthcare--- DUMP and DECEIVE the POOR PUBLIC (in action, not word)Advice on Public Housing for the Poor and Underprivileged--- SCREW EM! (in action, not word) Advice on “green energy” czar Van Jones: Hire him! “Van Jones, we were so delighted to be able to recruit him into the White House, we've been watching him, really, for - he's not that old— but for as long as he's been active out of Oakland and all of the ways that he has -...

Arne Duncan on Face the Nation saying it's silly what parents are doing, Bob Schieffer going right along with the theme...

Exactly what did Barack Obama "inherit?" Our president is fond of laying blame at the feet of his predecessor. Do the facts, however, support the rhetoric? They might but for the inconvenient truth that his party has enjoyed majorities in both chambers of Congress since the 2006 elections. Can any individual or party feign "inheritance" when they have controlled the legislative agenda for over two years? I think not. While much has rightly been made of the contributions to the current recession from "The Fed," the SEC, risk assessors, banks, insurers, and private mortgage lenders, little scrutiny has been applied...

Former Rep. Jim Traficant (D-Ohio) waxed nostalgic about turkey hunting trips in his first post-prison release, lamenting that as a convicted felon, he can't carry a gun. Traficant called into the NewsRadio 570 WKBN "Outdoor Icon" show on Saturday morning, where he reminiscent about his turkey hunting trips with the host, Denny Malloy.

So we see the Witch hunt escalating. This is just the beginning. Van Jones, the White House environmental adviser resigned last night following a smear campaign launched by Glenn Beck and other Republicans. Jones, who is Black, was criticized as a "radical" whose views are out of the mainstream. The Republicans dug up various incidents from Jones' background; that he once headed an organization that fought police brutality; that he was one of the demonstrators who protested the police brutalization of Rodney King; that he once described himself as a socialist; that he criticized white owned companies for dumping toxic...

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With a scheduled hearing date looming Tuesday, Lucas Smith, the man who tried to sell an alleged Barack Obama Kenyan birth certificate on eBay, has filed court papers in a high-profile eligibility case insisting – under threat of perjury – that the Obama birth certificate in his possession is the genuine article. Smith filed his affidavit through California attorney Orly Taitz, who has spearheaded several lawsuits challenging Barack Obama's constitutional eligibility to serve as president, as part of a case that includes as plaintiff former presidential candidate Alan Keyes. Taitz posted on her blog Smith's declaration, which claims he obtained...

Christine Vernay was on holiday in Missouri when she got the call. It was August 12 2003 and the French vineyard owner was not due to return home for 10 days; the harvest on her Rhône valley estate would begin in late September. But then a friend from the same village, Condrieu, called her husband’s mobile phone. “The grapes have ripened early. You need to come home now,” he said. France was sweltering in the most extreme heat wave on record. Christine and her husband, Paul Ansellem, caught the first flight back but by the time they reached the vineyards...

Here is Barack Obama's communist Green Czar giving an interview in 2008 at the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. The title of the talk was "Green Jobs - Not Jails" Here is a closer look at the mural at the Ella Baker Center For Human Rights: Take a closer look at the mural and you'll be bowled over. The painting has mages of African-American and Latinos in the center, with a white cop shooting a Latino woman with her baby on one side, and a white guy in a suit on the other side with a sign that says...

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel defied U.S. pressure to halt construction in its West Bank settlements Sunday, with key leaders speaking out in support of the contentious enclaves and preparing to sign orders to allow building of hundreds of new housing units there. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak are expected to approve orders for about 500 new apartments Monday, said Israeli officials, speaking on condition of anonymity because the plans have not been finalized.

HOUSTON (AP) - The drone of helicopters still haunts William Callahan decades after Vietnam combat left him paralyzed, but he said government bureaucracy stood in the way of getting the one thing that made the echoes stop and kept him independent: a service dog. It took four years and giving up on a Veteran's Affairs canine program for Callahan to find Taylor, a specially trained Labrador retriever. Although the canine program's Web site touts that it "routinely" gives veterans service dogs, the program's director Neil Eckrich said only two dogs have been paired with veterans since Congress authorized the program...

It's a quiet Sunday afternoon, after the usual motley crew of assorted losers, twits, and dumb-bells spinning political sewage in the morning. If there's EVER a reason to go to church other than worship God, it's to avoid morning political shows. Anyway, I wondered if Webster's or Wikipedia would be accepting of the following premise: We need an appropriate photo to accompany the urban/slang definition of 'Tool'. Here are my suggestions. Which one best fits your mental image when the word 'Tool' is used in a defamatory way: 01) Obama (dumbo or salt-vampire) 02) Biden 03) Gore 04) Sean Penn...

    Happy Labor Day! September 7, 2009        HISTORY Labor Day is a national legal holiday that is over 100 years old. Over the years, it has evolved from a purely labor union celebration into a general "last fling of summer" festival. It grew out of a celebration and parade in honor of the working class by the Knights of Labor in 1882 in New York. In 1884, the Knights held a large parade in New York City celebrating the working class. The parade was held on the first Monday in September. The Knights passed a...

FLABBY fans have a fat chance of seeing their sports heroes grabbing gold at the London 2012 Olympics. Games bosses have rejected a bid to make the seats bigger at the new £500million stadium in ­Stratford, east London Instead, they plumped for standard seats – meaning super-sized spectators will have to slim down if they expect to get a comfortable spot in the 80,000-­capacity venue. A source said: “The rise in obesity in Britain led the powers that be to ­consider larger seats and more space between them. “Britons are the heaviest ­people in ­Europe, with almost three in ten...

Obama made a huge mistake thinking that everyone in America hates their own country just like Reverend Wright, the killer Ayers, and now green czar Van Jones. But Obama was wrong. Some Americans still actually love their country. So, now that Van Jones’ apostasies have been revealed and he’s quit his president appointed position, I have a few questions: What was it that the left castigated Governor Palin for? Wasn’t it that she was a “quitter”? Didn’t they chortle and guffaw that Palin quit her position as governor? Wasn’t it the worst thing they ever heard of at the time?...

The Brits made a remarkable statement: Whitehall said US President Obama and Hillary Clinton's reaction to Abdelbaset Al Megrahi's release was 'disingenuous.' The real issue, however, has less to do with the specifics of the Lockerbie release than with Obama's Chicago roots. The Brits could just have soon as said, "Mr Obama, if you want to contact the Canadians and tell them that your upcoming campaign rhetoric calling for a renegotiation of NAFTA is just that - rhetoric - that is for the Canadians to choose public silence in light of your specious ethics. We, however, do not take ethical...

Former Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean said Sunday that the resignation of White House green jobs adviser Van Jones is a "loss for the country." The outspoken Democrat and former presidential candidate vigorously defended Jones, who resigned in the wake of criticism over his past statements and associations -- including his past support for a group that believes the Bush administration may have been involved in the Sept. 11 attacks. "I think he was brought down," Dean told "FOX News Sunday," saying he just spoke to Jones. "I think it's a loss for the country." Dean pointed to Jones' credentials...

Over at JihadWatch, the remarkable Robert Spencer brings a potent contribution to the debate about the veil in the Muslim world as only he can. Discussing the recent Salon article which defended Wolf, Spencer writes: Clark-Flory goes on to excoriate Chesler, Horowitz and Glazov for their assorted sins against multiculturalist orthodoxy, and then concludes: You might notice that as this conflagration spreads, more and more conservatives -- many of whom do not identify as feminists -- are rushing in to stoke the fire. As they do, the discussion becomes less about defending women's rights and more about supporting their ongoing...

Two potentially key genes linked to the development of Alzheimer's disease have been uncovered by UK researchers. It is the first gene clue to the condition in 16 years and has prompted scientists to rethink their theories on how the disease develops. The genes were pinpointed in a study of 16,000 DNA samples and are known to be implicated in inflammation and cholesterol breakdown. It is hoped the Nature Genetics study will open the way for new treatments.