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SOUTH BEND -- In the aftermath of the controversial commencement visit by President Barack Obama, the University of Notre Dame's president plans to participate in the March for Life in January in Washington, D.C. The Rev. John I. Jenkins, the university president, announced Wednesday in an e-mail to the campus community that he will participate in the Jan. 22 march. He encouraged others to join him. A March for Life is held each January in the nation's capital on the anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion. "I plan to participate in that march. I...

Folks, my Orthodox brother - he would probably call me "friend" - Panagiotis Demetriadis left the following comment on the post Catholic-Orthodox Reunion Reported "Within a Few Months" and I thought it deserved to stand alone. You may interact with it here or in the original post. Friends and Brothers, It is, as an good student of contemporary ecumenical history would know, one of the basic errors of the followers of the Pope to contend that what divides their confession from the Orthodox Church can be solved in a few months time. Rather, the auto-syneidisis of the laos tou Theou...

Apparently Iran and its newly approved hard line cabinet, obtaining nuclear weapons is of no concern to Obama. This is not unexpected though, as he has bowing down to our enemies since he took office. U.S. backs away from missile shield in Europe Thu Sep 17, 2009 By Jana Mlcochova and Gabriela Baczynska

CONSTITUTION DAY

Signs are increasing that an economic turnaround has begun in Southern California, even as residents and businesses continue to struggle in the worst downturn in decades. The state's exports are growing as overseas consumers, especially those in Asia, are demanding computers, electronics and agricultural products from California. "All of the indicators are that the recession is over with, even in California," said Jerry Nickelsburg, senior economist at the UCLA Anderson Forecast. UCLA's quarterly regional forecast, scheduled to be released today, comes amid rising optimism among economists nationwide. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said Tuesday that the nation had probably...

As soon as their man (Obama) took office, the left began plotting the transformation of 9/11 – Remember the lives lost, but don’t think too deeply about why they died. Create a fitting memorial to them – with re-cycled bottles and green jobs. ..... Fight terrorism by “going green” – destroying our economy with cap-and-trade, and increasing our dependence on foreign oil by preventing off-shore drilling? Osama must be quaking in his sandals.

Was former President Jimmy Carter right or wrong in suggesting that racism is driving some of the anti-Obama protests? Right 40 % Wrong 57 % I'm not sure. 2 % Results are based on 1062 votes http://www.politico.com/

The Sept. 14th Newsweek cover line — “Is Your Baby Racist?” — should have included a sub-head, “Is Dick Cheney a Butcher?” Featured inside the magazine was a full-page, stand-alone picture of former Vice President Dick Cheney, knife in hand, leaning over a bloody carving board. Newsweek used it to illustrate a quote that he made about C.I.A. interrogators. By linking that photo with Mr. Cheney’s comment and giving it such prominence, they implied something sinister, macabre, or even evil was going on there.

Over the past weeks I have been studying how to identify and graphically illustrate WHO brought us to this point. I know that much of the blame is rooted in over 20 years of out of control Congress, but the recent meltdown can be blamed on those I consider traitors to the Nation. This is my best attempt to collect that data. This table lists the voting record of all Congressmen by state for the Financial Bailout, the Auto Bailout, Cap & Trade, and the FDA takeover of U.S. Food production.

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 32% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -8 (see trends). Thirty-five percent (35%) believe the U.S. is generally heading in the right direction and investor confidence today reached the highest level of 2009.

The analogue: The Democratic Party begot the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), and ACORN subsequently begot Barack Obama; ACORN is also involved in an intimate and symbiotic relationship with the Democratic Party. It also participates in a contrasting and mutually exclusive relationship with conservatism, and the idea of democracy.

As reported this weekend , the decision by the Obama Department of  Justice to dismiss a default judgment against the New Black Panther Party and all but one individual defendant in an egregious case of voter intimidation is now the subject of two inquiries, one by the Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility and one by the U.S. Civil Rights Commission.-SNIP-As to the reasons for the dismissal, some speculate that there was an effort to conceal more widespread voter intimidation or fraud which inured to the benefit of the Obama campaign. But there is perhaps something more basic and more...

"As for Linda McMahon, conservatives may find her political donation record more than troubling. She donated an astounding $15,000 to the Democratic National Campaign Committee between the years of 2006-2007. She also has donated $7,800 to Rahm Emanuel, the same Emanuel who is President Obama’s chief of staff and leading the charge on the Obama administration’s liberal agenda. It may only be a matter of time before McMahon is labeled a political opportunist."

SACRAMENTO, CA - A former union official and California Department of Insurance employee was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years in prison after entering no contest pleas to charges of child molestation, possession of child pornography, and manufacturing child pornography. Jaime Enrique Feliciano, who served as a chapter president of Service Employees International Union Local 1000, which represents thousands of Sacramento-area state workers, had previous convictions for child molestation and failure to register as a sex offender. In September 2008, investigators with the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department initiated an investigation into Feliciano following a tip. Deputy District Attorney Lani Biafore said...

A photographer who tracked down one of the only expanding populations of polar bears in the world was rewarded for his efforts by a series of spectacular images of the animals in their natural habitat.. Steve Kaslowski took the pictures during an expedition to Norway's remote Svalbard archipelago last month. The fact that he managed to capture several different bears on camera has been seen as the latest evidence that Svalbard's population is on the increase. Wild otter makes nightly visits to officeMarine mammal expert and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) spokesperson, Dr Tom Arnbom, 50, from Stockholm, Sweden, thinks the...

Charges Dropped Against 4 Men Under Arrest; Search For 5th Called Off; DA, Hempstead School Release Statements The student who alleged she was gang raped by five men inside a Hofstra University dormitory bathroom on Sunday has admitted to making the entire story up, the Nassau County District Attorney's office confirmed on Wednesday night. Charges against the four men arrested have since been dropped. Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice issued the following statement on Wednesday evening: Moments ago my office moved to dismiss all charges against four men accused of committing a sexual assault on the campus of Hofstra University....

AP: "That was embarrassing and shameful," said LeMieux, who watched the address from the House visitors' gallery. "Everybody in the chamber just gasped. He should be censured."

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Thursday shows that 32% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Forty percent (40%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -8 (see trends). Thirty-five percent (35%) believe the U.S. is generally heading in the right direction and investor confidence today reached the highest level of 2009.

Here is video of an ex-neighbor of Raymond Clark III - the man just arrested for the murder of Yale Grad Student Annie Le - talking about her impressions of him. She described him as "a strange bird." She said when looking him in the eye, you "saw nothing." She also said he was "very controlling of his girlfriend," with whom he lived for a time in an apartment on the third floor of the same house where this neighbor lived. . . (VIDEO)

It was meant to celebrate the achievements of the most powerful women in politics. But for Harriet Harman it seems the merits of one female politician were not quite enough to make the grade. Last night, Labour's deputy leader was forced to apologise after managing to omit Margaret Thatcher from a taxpayer-funded leaflet marking the milestones of female politicians. The Women In Power fact sheet - produced by the Government Equalities Office run by Miss Harman - had been designed as a reference point for schools. Starting in 1907 with 'First woman councillor elected', it ends in 2008 celebrating '90...