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Statement from Ret Lt Col Allen West The following is a statement released by Retired Lt. Col. Allen West Thank you for your service Colonel West. This past Thursday 13 American Soldiers were killed and another 30 wounded at a horrific mass shooting at US Army installation, Ft Hood Texas. As I watched in horror and then anger I recalled my two years of final service in the Army as a Battalion Commander at Ft Hood, 2002-2004. My wife and two daughters were stunned at the incident having lived on the post in family housing. A military installation, whether it...

Condemned to an early death: Rationing body tells liver cancer victims that life-prolonging drug is 'too costly' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1229090/Condemned-early-death-Rationing-body-tells-liver-cancer-victims-life-prolonging-drug-costly.html Liver cancer sufferers are being condemned to an early death by being denied a new drug on the Health Service, campaigners warn. They criticised draft guidance that will effectively ban the drug sorafenib - which is routinely used in every other country where it is licensed. Trials show the drug, which costs £36,000 a year, can increase survival by around six months for patients who have run out of options.

A message from Margarete W. Murphy to all members of Massachusetts on Oath Keepers! Continental Congress 2009 My Fellow Americans, I am one of the Continental Congress delegates for the State of Oregon, each delegate was elected through elections which were held on October 10, 2009, we are in session at present in St. Charles, ILL, and you can watch the live stream feed at www.cc2009.us or at www.freedom.tv. Please make this viral to all of your contacts in your email address book, the people of this Nation need to hear this message and need to know that there is...

November 17, 2009 MURTHA CONTINUES TO UNDERMINE TROOPS By William RussellIn recent interviews defending President Obama’s slow decision making on Afghanistan, Congressman John Murtha continues to undermine our troops, embolden our enemies, and place our country in greater danger. He does this by drawing on the wrong lessons from his own experience in Vietnam, and endorsing the enemy’s propaganda.  By continually questioning the request for more troops, Mr. Obama and Mr. Murtha are signaling the possibility that America might withdraw as we did in Vietnam. But unlike Vietnam, we do not have the choice of leaving and withdrawing to our...

Yesterday, the Obama gang released a report "proving" that money can be saved on the "wasteful" use of mammography on women under 50, and that for those over 50, the exam should be given only every two years. Today we learn that Obama is also going after men. According to Fox, Obama has decided that yearly PSA tests need not be given, as it wastes money, as does all the prostate surgery given to men with bad PSAs or other cancer red flags. ObamaCare hasn't even passed but it's already going down. And for all my fellow seniors who voted...

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- A 7-year-old Texas boy and his father were shot to death in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, authorities said Tuesday. A spokesman for the Chihuahua state attorney general's office told CNN Raul Xazziel Ramirez of El Paso was shot in the back after he apparently crawled out their sport utility vehicle's window after shooting erupted Friday evening. His father, Raul Ramirez Alvarado, 35, was found dead behind the wheel, the U.S. news network said. At least 18 9mm shots were fired at the Geo Tracker, spokesman Arturo Sandoval said. No arrests had been made, the...

Body of Shaniya Davis found along the side of a road in rural N.C. Mother sold the child last week into underground slavery. Last seen on a hotel video camera.

Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades as the ninth Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, transferring him from the Diocese of Harrisburg. The Vatican made this announcement at noon on Saturday, November 14 in Rome. Five years ago, on October 14, 2004, Pope John Paul II appointed Rhoades as Bishop of Harrisburg. He was ordained a Bishop and installed as Harrisburg’s ninth Bishop on December 9, 2004. He will be installed as Bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend on January 13, 2010. Bishop Rhoades traveled to Fort Wayne on Friday, November 13, to be there for the announcement...

In the face of a record rise in joblessness, the Obama administration continues to demonstrate its callous indifference to the plight of millions of unemployed workers and their families. The official unemployment rate shot up to 10.2 percent in October, the highest level since 1983. Nearly 16 million people are jobless, an increase of 7 million since the recession began. If workers who have given up looking for work and those forced to work part-time are added, the real unemployment rate is 17.5 percent—or more than one out of every six workers in the US—the highest rate since the Great...

Just announced. No follow-up yet.

Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s 2012 presidential exploratory tour hits Florida today. There he could face a politically tricky question: Will he back Florida Gov. Charlie Crist or conservative darling Marco Rubio in next year’s U.S. Senate contest? Crist was initially expected to easily win the Republican nomination. But he’s come under attack from conservative activists for supporting President Obama’s stimulus package. Earlier this week, the Club for Growth announced its support for Rubio and launched a television ad attacking Crist. Pawlenty could be gun shy about wading into local political battles after his experience pontificating about the recent congressional contest in...

A number of recent polls show the president would be wise to shift right. The announcement a week ago of 10.2% unemployment is a significant political event for President Barack Obama. It could well usher in a particularly serious crisis for his political standing, influence and ability to advance his agenda. Double-digit unemployment drove Ronald Reagan's disapproval ratings in October 1982 up to a record high 54%. It was only when unemployment dropped to 7.3%, roughly two years later, that he was able to win a landslide victory over Democratic challenger Walter Mondale in the 1984 presidential election.

Sixty-one years ago, in May 1948, after nearly two thousand years of Jewish dispersal, the nation-state of Israel was created by U.N. mandate. As the “new guy” on the block, Israel immediately sought to become a responsible member of the world community. Surrounded by enemies and lacking natural resources, it faced an enormous challenge -- survival. Six decades later, it not only has survived but has become an economic oasis within a regional desert of poverty and despair. Today, Israelis enjoy a much better quality of life than its Arab neighbors possessing tremendous oil wealth. Before discussing how Israelis became...

To listen to some pundits, Barack Obama's public image began taking a serious beating when the off-year election returns came in a week ago. Or maybe it was the undeserved Nobel Prize, his approach to the war in Afghanistan, or when he revved up his pursuit of national health-care reform.

The Army psychiatrist who killed 14 people and wounded 31 others at Ft. Hood last week, warned a roomfull of senior Army physicians a year and a half ago that the military should allow Muslim soldiers to be released as conscientious objectors. During his slide show, Maj. Nidal presented: "Evaluation ideas/hints * Name: Kareem Abdu-Jabbar (Ferdindand Lewis Alcindor, Jr.) - hint about religious nature of parents. * Devotion: Koran, prayers, etc. * Perceived support of unit/fellow soldiers/military" Why is Kareem Abdul Jabbar's name associated with this terrorist? Was Nidal authorized to use Kareem's name? What sort of relationship did Kareem...

Letter to the Editor in today's San Francisco Chronicle Nidal Malik Hasan missed a golden opportunity to truly be heard ("Worst massacre at a base in U.S.," Nov. 6). If he opposed the Middle East wars and was being harassed, he should have spoken out instead of shooting out. As an Army major and psychiatrist, his voice would have been very credible, and his words would have been heard around the country and the world. Non-violent resistance would have given him an impact that violence never could. Sadly, he choose a "military solution" rather than a peaceful solution and thus...

A Democrat, and independent liberal have won the last two elections at U4prez. This time a Republican is ahead. The voting goes all week and you have to register with a valid email to vote. This is quite a change as this is the first "virtual candidate for president" to possibly win this yearly contest.

Arthur Laffer said-- "You can't raise taxes on the rich. These people know how to get around taxes," says Laffer. "Warren Buffett pays no taxes because all of his wealth is in unrealized capital gains. There's no tax on unrealized capital gains, so how do you get it? You have to tax poor people." LINK Warren Buffet sure talks about taxes a lot for someone who essentially doesn't pay any since the vast bulk of his wealth consists of unrealized capital gains. Appreciation of Berkshire Hathaway stock that he just sits on and never sells anyWarren Buffet lives modestly...

After moving to take control of just about every aspect of your life, the Obama-Pelosi regime is about to clamp-down on all conservative thoughts and expressions by applying the so-called Fairness Doctrine to the Internet. A few days ago, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), under the leadership of Barack Obama's recently appointed Chairman, Julius Genachowski, voted to move forward on what is commonly and deceptively called "Net Neutrality." Genachowski, incidentally, is the man who appointed Barack Obama's Diversity-Czar Mark Lloyd (need we say more). In addition to the FCC action, Congress may be poised to move very soon on so-called...

On last night's O'Reilly Factor (Oct 27, 2009), Bill O'Reilly sat stupidly while Lis Wiehl made several conspicuously false statements regarding the facts related to Obama's birth documentation. Referring to the "birthers", Ms. Wiehl stated that "It's this whole movement that says that Obama was elected from a bad, unconstitutional point of view because he was not born in the United States. That's been litigated. Congress investigated. His birth document from Hawaii was shown." First, regarding "That's been litigated" this case has never actually been heard in open court (because the plaintiffs have been denied standing). Second, regarding "Congress investigated."...