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Interesting. I would particularly like to know why the gold is valued at $44.22/oz? From the Wall Street Bear.. Would you believe me if I told you that BOTH the Fed and Treasury... Rasputin - Sun, Sep 13, 2009 - 05:07 PM ...claim to own the same U.S. stockpile of gold, in what is apparently a case of "double counting"? Well, it's true, unless there is something I'm missing. And I believe I can prove this allegation, NOT by citing some "Doom and Gloom", "End of the World", conspiracy-minded Website, but rather by providing links to the Fed and Treasury's...

Pit Bull Awareness Day is a common event around the nation. Tulsa held there first one this weekend, in hopes of educating people about the pit bull bread. "Pit bulls get a bad rap but thats with any bully bread, because of the stigma people associate a lot of negativity to them, " Millicent Adu-H'Torah Tulsa Animal Welfare Coordinator said. Just last year, two children were attacked by their family's pit bulls at a home in north Tulsa. A memory still fresh in the mind of neighbor Timothy Allred. "As a family pet they are too agressive for that purpose,...

I read an article that states that Wall Street is considering bundling life insurance policies taken out on citizens and selling them as securities. Where investors pay the premium and hope that the person will die soon enough for them to cash out with a profit. This really got me thinking on why Obama is pushing this healthcare bill so hard. The Obamacare bill has provision that will obligate doctors to keep electronics records and convert any paper record to electronic form. All in the name of efficiency and well being of the patient. Now if Wall Street wants to...

It’s been secure for years, actually, and not just because of the infamous “George Bush doesn’t care about black people” crack. This isn’t the first time he’s acted like a royal A-hole at an awards show; in fact, it’s not even the first time he’s rushed the stage during an acceptance speech to protest the winner. That happened a few years ago at the MTV Europe Awards. Even so, I salute him: In this season of political turmoil, Americans are finally united in hatred of his pure, preening douchebaggery. No small accomplishment. Taylor Swift, who’s all of 19 years old,...

Amid Budget Crisis, California Legislators Still Wined And Dined On Lobbyists' Dime Phillip Reese Sep. 13, 2009 It was Valentine's Day eve 2009, and the state faced a $40 billion deficit and a deadline. The governor and legislative leaders had just agreed on a package of sobering tax increases and spending cuts that would affect nearly every Californian. But the package awaited review by the full Legislature. Conservatives were decrying the tax increases, Democrats were trying to stand firm, and national newspapers were opining on whether California would go bankrupt. That same night, AT&T spent $1,800 to send 18 legislators,...

As scary as this may sound... Glenn Beck might actually have more power than anybody else representing the republican party. As the republican party seemingly has no leader in their ranks, at least one that can represent the voice of the people. Even though Glenn Beck is an independent, he represents more republicans than the republican party.

The government of Andorra has frozen “billions of dollars” in bank accounts linked to Iran, Venezuela, and a variety of terrorist groups, according to the daily Diairi d’Andorra, which publishes in Catalan. The Andorran move, announced on Thursday, was carried out in conjunction with a top secret U.S. Treasury investigation in Miami involving money laundered through Venezuelan banks that was transferred to corresponding banks in the United States. From Miami, the funds were then wired to accounts in Andorra that were controlled by Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez, members of his family and his regime. But the funds were also used...

If the economy sinks deeper into recession as a result of his meddling, President Obama can claim that the worsening “crisis” demands even more government intrusion into our daily lives. The more he fails, the more he succeeds. That is liberalism in one sentence.

Freedom. Independence. Opportunity. These are a few of the descriptive words defining America. A place to carve out a new life, to farm a piece of land you could call your own, to raise a family and make a living, all free from government intervention, oppression and thousands of pages of rules and laws- this was America of two and three centuries ago. People governed their own affairs in small communities. They elected needed government officials they knew. The local and the state governments were accessible and existed as servants of the people. The framers of our national government limited...

I wonder how long it would take for the ACORN crowd to understand things when put this way: (I read an email like this the other day - so I'm putting this up in summary as I deleted it by accident) Dear Employees: As of yesterday, the Democrats in congress decided that our business will begin paying higher taxes in 30 days. Unfortunately, with the economy as poor as it is, we're not looking good. I've already reduced our expenses as much as possible. I've taken a reduction in salary and so has management. We've cut our energy expenses, cut...

Rangel rally in Harlem draws fansBY Tanyankika Samuels and Erin Einhorn DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS Sunday, September 13th 2009, 4:00 AM Though he's facing critics in Washington over financial improprieties, Rep. Charles Rangel got nothing but love at home Saturday. "I'm here to show support for my brother," said former Mayor David Dinkins who was among 75 local politicians, church leaders and union members who rallied for Rangel in Harlem. "He's a very powerful member of Congress, and they would like to take him down. But that's not going to happen." Rangel, who wasn't at the event, has not been...

President Obama's choice to monitor school safety once boasted that he introduced homosexual advocacy into the school system in Massachusetts by manipulating the message presented to lawmakers. The revelations about Kevin Jennings, who was named assistant deputy secretary for the office of Safe & Drug Free Schools in the U.S. Department of Education, come just as several of Obama's "czars" have come under scrutiny for their actions, opinions and affiliations. Environmental adviser Van Jones resigned last weekend after revelations of his links to communism and his advocacy for the movement that contends the U.S. government conspired to allow or cause...

It was surreal to step onto the stage and to feel the unity, energy, and absolute commitment to this nation on the National Mall yesterday in Washington DC. It was even more surreal to know that all who were there had come from every different corner of life imaginable in the United States. Nonetheless, we were honored to join Parcbench, the National Tea Parties, and every patriot who stood up on 9.12 for the future of America:

Kanye West Outburst Rains on Swift's MTV Parade By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS September 13, 2009 NEW YORK (AP) -- The MTV Video Music Awards kicked off Sunday with a poignant, tender tribute to fallen icon Michael Jackson, but soon got back into raucous character thanks to Kanye West, who delivered yet another awards show outburst at the expense of country and pop sweetheart Taylor Swift. The two moments represented the highs and the lows of the VMAs, which are defined not by its awards, but its wacky and tacky moments. West provided the wacky and tacky soon after the Jackson...

Brandon Stokley Big Catch on Kyle Orton's Tipped Pass Denver Broncos vs Cincinatti Bengals Week 1 2009, Gus Johnson with the Call

From Orly Taitz Facebook page: Judge Land in the Middle district of GA continued hearing of Cpt Connie Rhodes, MD v Obama et al to tomorrow, Monday 09.14.09. 12 noon. I need patriots in the courtroom to support Connie. I am taking yet another red eye to GA, my eyes are really getting red

 

Two staff members of the Baltimore office of ACORN were fired Thursday after they were captured on hidden camera appearing to give advice on evading tax laws to a man and woman posing as a pimp and a prostitute. The video depicts a man and a scantily dressed female partner visiting the Charles Village office of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, where they appear to ask two employees about how to shield their work from state and federal tax requirements. The supposed pimp also appears to ask the employees how to conceal underage girls from El Salvador...

Increased regulations undermine competitiveness Some breathed a sigh of relief that a new health care bill introduced by Sen. Max Baucus does not include government insurance. This solace is premature. The Montana Democrat's bill proposes new regulations that would doom the private insurance industry.

He Started ItThe Democrats are such hypocrites that sometimes I feel that all I do is write the same story over and over. The typical story on this topic goes as follows: Under President Bush the Democrats engage in behavior X. Their liberal hack friends in the media praise behavior X. Under King Hussein Obama the First, the Republicans engage in behavior X and the Democrats and their media stooges go crazy. The latest example occurred when Republican Representative Joe Wilson from South Carolina shouted “You lie” as His Majesty was reading a speech off his Tele-Prompt-Ter in front of...