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The only way they'd defund the outfit is if it endorsed the war in Iraq or Afghanistan.<--snip--> One of Acorn's leading Congressional enablers has been Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts. Last year Mr. Frank appeared in a promotional video for "Acorn's Grassroots Democracy Campaign," and this year he led the effort to repeal a year-old legal provision barring groups from receiving housing subsidies while under indictment for voter fraud. This he called "a violation of the basic principles of due process." Mr. Frank was absent yesterday when the House voted to defund Acorn, although he had been on the House...

BATON ROUGE - Governor Bobby Jindal has issued an executive order cutting off current and future state funding to ACORN following a series of incidents captured on videotape and the subpoena of documents from the group’s national headquarters in New Orleans by the state attorney general's office. The executive order states that, “ACORN’s actions make clear that financial involvement with ACORN is contrary to the public policy of the State of Louisiana and the best interests of its citizens.” The order prohibits all state agencies from entering into future contracts with ACORN or its subsidiaries and directs the agencies to...

it's Larry King. And he says to the columnist S. E. Cupp, "Would you admit there's racism of the black president? Obviously racism involved?" CUPP: No, I don't think so, and I think this speaks to sort of a generational gap. You know, my generation is not always so quick to jump to race. I think the Maureen Dowds and the Jimmy Carters tend to go there because that's what was always done, but my generation doesn't see racism in a Joe Wilson or racism at a tea party or a town hall. We're looking at the issues. These issues...

He's sitting at -$1000 dollars right now, holy smoke, never seen somebody that so much in the RED !!!

Cairo - SNIPPET: "He said that a man repeatedly stabbed local shopkeeper George Abdu, 63, in the abdomen and the neck, killing him, then fled on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. The archbishop said that the killer drove 4 kilometres to the village of Bamahai and repeatedly stabbed a cobbler, who suffered wounds to the head and lung. The suspect then drove to another nearby village, Mit Afifi, and stabbed a third Christian man, Hani Barsum, in the neck. Barsum and the cobbler were hospitalized, Stefanos said.... Wednesday's attacks resembled a string of attacks in April 2006 in Alexandria that led to...

I went to the DC tea party with some trepidation. The anti Obama racist rhetoric of Dr Yeagley had me preparing for the worst. Of course I know AOW and Frogburger are not racists, but at any large gathering there is the possibility of the lowest common denominator. I marched with friends and checked the signs and could not find one. The protesters were well behaved and polite. About the only off the map talk was the focus on the birth certificate. In an ideal world Obama submits his birth certificate to the document lab and reasonable people live with...

Home » News » Milwaukee County Milwaukee County DNA of 12,000 felons missing from state registry By Gina Barton and John Diedrich of the Journal Sentinel Posted: Sept. 16, 2009 A fellow prisoner posed as Walter E. Ellis in 2001 and gave a DNA sample for him, keeping the accused serial killer out of a statewide database and letting him avoid capture for years, according to a state Department of Justice memo.It wasn't an isolated incident. DNA for about 12,000 felons convicted since 2000 is missing from the database, the department said Wednesday. Even today, the failures in the system...

WASHINGTON - A resurgent conservative activist community that last month zeroed in on U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter has turned its ire to Democratic colleague Bob Casey over the freshman senator's vote against blocking federal funding for the community organizing group ACORN. Casey's vote Monday put him at odds with all but six of his Senate colleagues, who approved an amendment to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's 2010 spending bill to bar federal money for the organization next year. The vote came after videos surfaced showing workers in multiple offices giving tax advice to a couple posing as a...

A secret report from the United Nations' nuclear watchdog warns that Iran has the ability to make a nuclear bomb and is developing a missile system to carry it -- an assessment that could call into question the Obama administration's claim on Thursday that the biggest threat from Iran comes from its short- and medium-range missiles. Just hours after President Obama and Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced that they were shelving plans for a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe because of Iran's shift in strategy, the Associated Press revealed details of the secret report by the International Atomic Energy...

Jeopardy is having a once monthly celeb show leading up to a million dollar prize for the winner's charity. Andy Richter went absolutely nuclear today and won around $70K for St. Jude's, competing against Wolf Blitzer and Dana Delany (who also beat Wolf's arse). Wolf was SO inept he had to be given house money to compete in Final Jeopardy, and Alex tried to make the excuse that he didn't get the signaling device motion - no, he was standing there like the ignorant, arrogant ass he is. At the end when Andy won, he folded up his arms -...

What does it say when John Stewart covers a story before Katie, Brian, and Charlie? ACORN suspended operations yesterday, calling the actions of their employees at four separate locations indefensible. This was after ACORN Bertha Lewis called the BigGovernment videos a scam, that ACORN employees were just "playing along", which came right after they claimed they were suing FoxNews for making ACORN their Willie Horton for 2009, which wasn't too long after they called this an isolated incident. Next up? Bertha Lewis saying "we would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for you meddling kids"? Zoinks! Read...

I've been trying to think of a proper metaphor for the position the president is in right now and the best I have come up with is that he's standing in the middle of quicksand. His presidency is disintegrating and he has bullets shooting at him from everywhere. Unless he takes control right now, his presidency will be lost for a long time, if not forever.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: There is no immediate decision pending on resources because one of the things that I'm absolutely clear about is we have to get the strategy right, and then make determinations about resources. So we are going to proceed and make sure that we don't put the cart before the horse. (END VIDEO CLIP) BRET BAIER, HOST: President Obama today talking about U.S. forces inside Afghanistan and when that decision would be made, if he makes it. Now, that's coming as we hear from our sources on Capitol Hill and in the military telling FOX...

President Obama took his health care pitch to a college campus today, telling a cheering crowd at the University of Maryland that he is keeping his promise to not just clean up the messes he inherited, but build a better future. In a message tailored for the young people who powered his campaign, Obama said his domestic agenda is designed to "ensure your generation" has the same opportunities as his. He specifically mentioned that Congress is on the cusp of overhauling the student loan system to make it simpler and cheaper for students. "That's the change you worked for, that's...

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- The political activists who masterminded the ACORN videos that are drawing national attention to the problems in the liberal organization are the same pro-life advocates who were behind a series of videos that have exposed the Planned Parenthood abortion business.Graduate student James O'Keefe is a national phenomenon thanks to his ACORN videos, but he got his start with Live Action pro-life activist Lila Rose.With Rose, he headed a string of videos showing how staff at Planned Parenthood abortion centers would cover up potential cases of sexual abuse and statutory rape. In some instances, Planned Parenthood...

A former federal prosecutor with deep ties to Sen. Bob Casey has surfaced as the lead candidate to become U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, sources said. Attorney Peter J. Smith, a Wilkes-Barre native who lives near Harrisburg, said Tuesday he had been interviewed for the position but was reluctant to elaborate and chose his words carefully when asked whether he would get the job. "I have not heard anything officially," Mr. Smith said in a telephone interview from his Camp Hill home. "Sometimes, it's a long process." The U.S. attorney's office in the Middle District of Pennsylvania,...

* Cuba says talks "broad and useful" * Another step in Obama efforts to improve relations (Updates with Cuba statement, talks completed) By Jeff Franks HAVANA, Sept 17 (Reuters) - U.S. and Cuban officials met on Thursday to discuss the possibility of resuming long-suspended direct mail service in a first round of talks that Cuba described as "broad and useful." The talks, the result of a proposal by the United States in May, are viewed as another step in President Barack Obama's efforts to mend long-broken U.S.-Cuba relations. In a statement, Cuba said the two sides discussed issues including "transportation...

NBC Universal executives have approached a large number of employees across its news divisions and bureaus, announcing that the company is looking for unspecified number of staffers to take voluntary buyouts

"Say what you will, but former president Jimmy Carter is too old to lie. At 85, he's seen the best and worst of human nature. So, when he says the "You lie!" shouted at President Obama during his address to Congress last week was "based on racism," he is speaking with wisdom."

SANDUSKY, Ohio – An Ohio man said it was a "wild" day when he and his wife were struck by a car while crossing a street and then had their own car stolen while they were in the hospital. Gregory Moses got a knee busted up when he and his wife were hit as they walked across an intersection in the northern Ohio city Monday afternoon. Judith Moses suffered a few bruises. They still weren't home Tuesday morning when their son returned from an overnight work shift and discovered the couple's 2002 Buick LeSabre missing from the driveway. He called...