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We Are Americans Today at 6:08am It has been eight years since the United States suffered the worst attack on our soil since Pearl Harbor. As we look back, we should take stock of what has transpired since then. We have sent our nation's soldiers into battlefields far from home to defend us. These brave men and women live in treacherous conditions, facing improvised roadside bombs, suicide bombers and other attacks. Yet they fight on in their mission to defend the United States and all of us without complaint. Our all-volunteer service is made up of Americans of all races,...

Here is video of an NBC report on GOP Rep. Joe Wilson and his "You Lie" shout during President Obama's Health Care Speech on Wednesday night. The video contains Wilson saying in a video on his website, "I will not be muzzled" on the issues, in his opposition to ObamaCare. The report is very lopsided, as you would expect, but it does reveal that leftists have sent $700,000 to Wilson's Democrat opponent since the speech. However, Wilson has seen an increase in contributions as well. At the end, the report also says some Democrats are still advocating that Wilson should...

Here are some great bumper sticker slogans, which can also be used for Tea Party signs!! Apathy A Conflict of Disinterest All Politics is Loco All Weapons Are Boomerangs Ban Censors Don’t Let ___ Stop___ Bread Not Bombs Flour Power - It’s the Yeast We Can Do Bread Not Bombs We Knead the Dough Exercise the First Amendment - Use It or Lose It Guns Don’t Kill People - People Who Teach Violence Do Got Justice - got milk parody Got MLK - Martin Luther King Jr - got milk parody Give Peas a Chance W e.......... A re.........R ight......N...

President Barack Obama this week has been laying the foundation for Senate Democrats to use a controversial budget maneuver to pass healthcare reform. By offering Republicans olive branches during his address to Congress on Wednesday, Obama has set up a win-win situation. If GOP lawmakers embrace compromise, a healthcare bill would pass Congress easily. But the more likely scenario is that Republicans will continue to oppose Obama’s plan, and the president later this fall will be able to note he tried to strike a deal with the GOP but could not. That will set up a Democratic argument that Senate...

Obama is worried about our national TEA Party tomorrow. The pictures of 500,000 patriotic Americans outside his window demanding our freedoms more than has his attention, it has him off balance and in panic mode. Tomorrow half a million individual patriots largely from the “fly over country” the Marxists mock and hate will be holding a “teach in” to instruct the Left in how America works why America works and how America can and will be a great country again. His CBS stogies are turning 60 Minutes over to him Sunday night and Monday night he is speaking again on...

Close-up of palace walls. Credit: University of Missouri-St.Louis Pylos drain. Credit: University of Missouri-St Louis Clearing thick brush from a mound at his archaeological dig site in Pylos, Greece, Michael Cosmopoulos found a real-life palace dating back to the mythical Trojan War. The palace is from the Mycenaean period (1600-1100 B.C.), famous for such mythical sagas as the Trojan War. It is thought to sit within one of the capital cities of King Nestor, a personality featured in the legends of the war. "We are thrilled, excited and fascinated at the prospect of continuing its excavation," said Cosmopoulos, the Hellenic...

The high hopes that swept across the White House lawn 16 years ago faded long ago, and peace between Israel and the Palestinians seems more remote today than it did before the Oslo Accords were signed on September 13, 1993. Oslo was supposed to mark the beginning of the end of the conflict. I participated later than afternoon in a meeting of American Arab and Jewish leaders with president Bill Clinton to talk about working together to promote the peace. Prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and foreign minister Shimon Peres flew off to Morocco to meet with the king and open...

WASHINGTON, Sept 10 (Reuters) - As billions of dollars from the economic stimulus plan pour through the U.S. economy, members of Congress, the administration and regulatory agencies are increasingly worried about the risks of fraud. Earl Devaney told Congress on Thursday the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board he chairs is investigating those who may have misappropriated stimulus money.

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Rep. Joe Wilson has apologized for his outburst during President Barack Obama's health care address, but he's telling supporters he will continue to speak loudly about the issue and "not be muzzled".

Now that KNEW fired Savage, I don't have a source for the previous day's podcasts. Can anyone help?

Away from the media spotlight on efforts to kick-start diplomatic talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, the two parties' police forces together with the IDF's civil administration are increasing their cooperation, and have implemented a series of confidence-building measures over the past two years. PA security forces. Photo: AP [file] SLIDESHOW: Israel & Region | World The cooperation has taken a number of surprising forms. One example is the payment of an estimated NIS 4 million in traffic fines paid to Judea and Samaria Police by PA residents. The police transfer the money to the civil administration, which in...

O'Reilly and Ann Coulter shoot it out over Obama's health care plan.

I'm not going to pronounce on investment decisions that are not contrary to U.S. law that are made by private American citizens. U.S. Department of State Ian Kelly Department Spokesman Daily Press Briefing Washington, DC September 9, 2009 TRANSCRIPT: 1:10 p.m. EDT ... QUESTION: Middle East. Is there anything set yet on Mitchell's trip, and what is your reaction to the new - the announcement by the Israelis of these new housing units in East Jerusalem? MR. KELLY: Yeah. First of all, on Mitchell's trip, no, we have no itinerary to announce. We still expect him to leave probably -...

Just seven months into his presidency, the stardust has faded from Barack Obama so completely that it is hard to recall the extraordinary euphoria that greeted his election, both in the United States and across the world. In his defence, he can claim that he took office at the height of a once-in-a lifetime economic meltdown and also inherited intractable foreign policy problems in Afghanistan, Iran and the Middle East. Yet that is part of the job specification: much of a President's work is crisis management. In fact, it is not in these areas that his leadership has been found...

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”. CaliginousAdjective Dark, misty, and gloomy. 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 Threads: Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!) Review Thread Two:...

The State of Israel must enforce demolition orders issued for two illegal structures built by Palestinians in the West Bank, the High Court ruled on Wednesday. The court ordered the state to set a deadline within which to follow up on the demolition. The ruling came as a response to a petition from an Israeli monitor group, demanding to know why the state does not homes built without permits in the Arab villages of al-Sawaya and Yatma. Regavim, the petitioning group which works "to preserve the nation's lands," said that the Civil Administration had issued few demolition orders against the...

WEST CHESTER, Ohio -- West Chester police are investigating a stabbing that killed a 15-year-old girl Thursday night. Police said they were called to the report of a large fight in the 9300 block of Triangle Drive around 8 p.m. When they arrived, they found Amber Robinson suffering from at least one stab wound. Robinson was taken to Mercy Fairfield Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Neighbors said there may have been as many as 50 teens involved in the fight. West Chester police said they had one suspect, Khrendon Gray, 18, in custody. More information is expected to be...

On a Thursday night Republican Governors Association conference call with conservative activists, moderated by Erick Erickson of RedState, Gov. Tim Pawlenty broached the possibility of “asserting the 10th Amendment” to keep Minnesota from fully participating in a health care plan passed by Congress and signed by President Obama. The 10th Amendment reads:

TORONTO -- A first date with a playful, late-night search for ghosts inside a University of Toronto landmark ended in tragedy yesterday when a 29-year-old woman plunged to her death. Leah Kubik, just two weeks shy of her 30th birthday, was found without vital signs inside a courtyard just before 2 a.m. "They were believed to be exploring an old building because it's rumoured to be haunted," Toronto Police Const. Wendy Drummond told the Sun. The Gothic-style, 134-year-old Connaught medical research building was the site of a grisly murder in 2001 but paranormal experts stress it's not haunted, only rumoured...

Those who were surprised by the White House appointment of Van Jones – a self-styled “communist,” and a proponent of the idea that the Katrina catastrophe was caused by “white supremacy,” haven’t been paying attention to developments on the left since the fall of Communism, or to president Obama’s extensive roots in its political culture. Van Jones is the carefully groomed protégé of a network of radical organizations -- including Moveon.org -- and of Democratic sponsors like billionaire George Soros and John Podesta, former Clinton chief of staff and co-chair of the Obama transition team. At the time of his...