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<p>WASHINGTON (CNN) — Two out of three Americans who watched President Barack Obama's health care reform speech Wednesday night favor his health care plans — a 14-point gain among speech-watchers, according to a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation national poll of people who tuned into Obama's address Wednesday night to a joint session of Congress.</p>

He's tall, trim, with shaved head, a confident demeanor, wearing a dark turtleneck, kind 'a funny and Yale Law School. Cool. Co-o-o-l. Or maybe even wow! He's Van Jones, and he resigned on Saturday as what the White House called its "czar" for the environment. There are actually many czars at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in this administration, and I wonder why the historical resonance of the word doesn't just give the Obama crowd the creeps. Unless, of course, they want to govern like czars ... and czarinas. To be sure, Mr. Jones did not have an option even though Valerie...

Green Jobs Czar Van Jones' resignation over the Labor Day weekend occurred amidst controversy about his actions and statements prior to taking a post in President Barack Obama's White House. What has not been covered was his current role in the administration and the policy he was hired to implement. The goal of substituting "green jobs" for conventional work in American industry is as problematical as any of the Marxist delusions that Jones embraced as a radical activist in 1990s. There are reasons that Al Gore is a fan of Jones' work as an environmentalist. Of all the allegations made...

Reports are that Chris Matthews was hospitalized last night with uncontrollable thrills running up and down his leg.

ISTANBUL, Turkey – Turkish military police said Thursday that they had stormed an Istanbul villa to rescue nine women held captive after being tricked into believing they were reality show contestants. The women were rescued on Monday in the villa in Riva, a summer resort on the outskirts of Istanbul, a spokesman said. The women were made to believe they were being filmed for a Big Brother-type television show. Instead, their naked images were sold on the Internet, the reports said. The women had responded to an ad searching for contestants for a reality show that would be aired on...

Afghanistan is the number one national security challenge for the administration. Polls show support for the war is slipping, particularly among the president's strongest constituents and European allies. The White House also seemed to be losing support on the war from the right. Respected conservative pundit George Will threw up his and hands and said it was time to quit. Meanwhile, claims of voter fraud in the Afghan presidential elections continued to grow. To make matters more troubling last week, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the senior officer responsible for operations in the country, announced the results of his "strategic review" of...

Well, after almost 5 years of hiatus I decided to shake myself out of the mothballs. Also, I was getting a little tired of muttering news-induced obscenities to myself and searching frantically for my bottle of crazy pills. (I'm all out.) Thus... Unspun with AnnaZ on Blog Talk Radio(also available as podcasts on iTunes!) I did a 30-minute test show with a speaker phone ("primitive talk radio") last week and had so much fun we got new equipment and thought I'd go official. This week... Hugo Chávez and Us ::: Why Venezuela MattersDescription: I lived in Caracas during Hugo...

Russian media on Thursday continued to cover Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's mysterious visit to Moscow, that was leaked to the media from his office. Kommersant newspaper quoted "experts" as saying they believe a visit of this kind could have stemmed from urgent circumstances, "for example, in the event that Israel plans to attack Iran". At first, Moscow denied a visit ever took place, but after Netanyahu's office was forced to admit to the PM's Military Secretary Meir Kalifi's lie, a senior Kremlin source also confirmed to Kommersant that the Israeli prime minister did indeed visit the city. Russian media...

Interview with the Vampire ( Creates the mood perfectly) Il Postino ( Mama Mia!) Idlewild (Without watching the movie, it won’t be enjoyed) I am Sam ( The BEST of the Beatles…without them!) I Walk The Line (Deserved all the Oscars it got) The Ice Storm ( Some great “ obscure tunes) In Dreams ( Liz Fraser!) Into The Wild ( Eddie Vedder!) Inglorious Basterds ( Tarantino AGAIN) Immortal Beloved ( doh!)

It’s official, Barack Hussein Obama is a liar. Oh, it isn’t because Congressman Joe Wilson proclaimed it last night. It’s because Obama’s entire speech was laced with outright lies and distortions, coverage for illegal aliens among them. The fact that no bill presently being entertained by Congress or Obama specifically bans illegals from receiving health care paid for by American taxpayers leaves the issue of covering them wide open. In effect, if there is no language to the contrary, illegals will have as much right (and we use that term advisedly) to health care on America’s dime as any American....

Talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres has been named as the fourth "American Idol" judge. FOX announced this evening that Ellen will be joining Simon Cowell, Kara DioGuardi and Randy Jackson on the "American Idol" judging panel in the wake of Paula Abdul's departure. She will join the panel after the initial auditions, so I'm hoping that means she is there for Hollywood Week. DeGeneres had this to say: "I'm thrilled to be the new judge on American Idol. I've watched since the beginning, and I've always been a huge fan. So getting this job is a dream come true, and think...

Easy to make and sure to please the whole family!

Here is video of Dennis Miller talking to Bill O'Reilly last night about Obama's Health Care Speech, where he said he does not think Obama knows what he is doing. Miller said the fact Obama was 15 minutes late starting the speech reveals all you need to know about how efficient Government would be in running Health Care. Miller was also hilarious in commenting on Van Jones, saying Glenn Beck "nailed Van Jones." . . . (VIDEO)

On a glorious Labor Day afternoon, I had the chance to speak with about 5,000 of New Jersey’s best and liveliest citizens at the historic Morristown Green. Morristown served as the military headquarters of the American Revolution 230 years ago and, from the looks of things on Monday, seems ready for the challenge once more. Being in New Jersey, I spoke about coming of age in a socialist society. I refer here specifically to the People’s Republic of Newark in which I was born and raised. What I noticed, even as a kid, is that socialism did not necessarily come...

WASHINGTON — Vice President Joe Biden asserted Thursday that a health care bill will be done by Thanksgiving because President Barack Obama has “re-centered debate” and there’s an emerging bipartisan consensus for change despite fights over details like the government-run option. “I think the most important thing he did, he also debunked a lot of the myths out there, the idea of death panels, that we were going to insure undocumented aliens,” said Biden, touring the morning network news shows a day after Obama delivered what he hopes was a game-changing appeal to a joint session of Congress.

Obama and Health Care: Time to Hit 'Reset'By Jane Sasseen Thursday September 10, 01:24 PM Can he do it? **SNIP** The Public-Option Problem But another question is who, if anyone, among his potential supporters Obama will be willing to anger. The two wings of the President's party are divided over the so-called "public option" for health care. Progressives in the House say they won't vote for a bill that doesn't include a public option -- that is, a government-backed competitor to private insurance -- while moderates in the Senate say including it will doom any bill there. So far, the...

The president has become a prosecutor. Politically, that’s the news that emerged from Obama’s speech to Congress Wednesday night. The transformation came just in the nick of time to revive (although not completely) his wobbly effort to sell a massive change in the way this country delivers health care. Barack Obama is a lawyer, but he has rarely been in a courtroom, let alone passionately argued a case in one. Too often, he sounds more like a law professor or a writer than an advocate. While he closed last night with an eloquent, philosophical defense of the fail-safe role of...

Where is Obama? I am Jewish and I cannot go more than six hours without an Obama speach. I mean I know he is an antisemetic black racist but I need him. Please Obama speak...tell me how much you love Islam and hate American arrogance. I cannot go another six hours without another Obama speach! Why haven't we heard from you? Are you OK? One more Obama speach! Please? I like need it, man like some hope man, ypu know and some change and crap..givit to me man Its been way over six hours...I need another speach How is your...

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 33% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty-one percent (41%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -8 (see trends). Thirty-three percent (33%) say the United States is generally heading in the right direction. Data for this daily update is collected via nightly telephone surveys and reported on a three-day rolling average basis. As a result, the overwhelmingly majority of interviews for today's update were completed before the President delivered his speech to Congress...

Only one crime was solved by each 1,000 CCTV cameras in London last year, a report into the city’s surveillance network has claimed. The internal police report found the million-plus cameras in London rarely help catch criminals. In one month CCTV helped capture just eight out of 269 suspected robbers. David Davis MP, the former shadow home secretary, said: “It should provoke a long overdue rethink on where the crime prevention budget is being spent.” He added: “CCTV leads to massive expense and minimum effectiveness. “It creates a huge intrusion on privacy, yet provides little or no improvement in security.