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Enough is ENOUGH. Hussein may sign over the whole country to socialism, but we do not recognise his right to do so. The Constitution of the United States of America recognises that the President can sign a bill into law, but the Constitution does not recognise BHO as President. Until Hussein produces his long-form birth certificate, this law is NULL AND VOID. Until he does so, I will be refusing to pay Federal income tax. Any consequences that Obama's administration try to stick me with will be an own-goal; they will give me "standing" to demand that he produce his...

Calif. Voters Reject Measures to Keep State Solvent By JENNIFER STEINHAUER Published: May 20, 2009 LOS ANGELES — A smattering of California voters on Tuesday soundly rejected five ballot measures designed to keep the state solvent through the rest of the year. The results dealt a severe setback to the state’s fragile fiscal structure and to Gov Arnold Schwarzenegger and the state legislators who cobbled together the measures as part of a last-minute budget deal passed in February.The measures, which would have prolonged tax increases, capped state spending, earmarked money for education and involved the state in a complex borrowing...

Democrats on the House Energy and Commerce Committee put their cap and trade global warming bill--that would increase U.S. energy prices, including electricity bills--on the fast track Monday. Republicans, meanwhile, are complaining that the expedited process is designed to avoid well-informed public debate about what the bill will do and its consequences for American consumers. Spearheaded by committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), Democrats hope to have a vote on the nearly 1,000 page bill by the end of the week, despite the fact that they only released a draft copy of the bill Friday--a day when many members of Congress...

http://www.floridatoday.com/!NEWSROOM/spacestoryN1104PREZSPACEE.htm "President Bush's re-election will jump-start his plan to send astronauts back to the moon, transforming a new vision for space exploration into serious marching orders, analysts said Wednesday. What's more, NASA will have until 2008 to get the new presidential initiative entrenched enough to make it difficult to undo." Ok, If your anti-NASA, this aint the thread for you. Please start one of your own. This news story and thread is a meant for celebration of Bush's victory and the continuation of the new space iniative. If your passion is space exploration as mine is, this election was critical...