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Our tax dollars already go towards abortions, but I thought this was interesting as it sheds even more light as to what is in this bill. http://thehill.com//blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/64971-mich-democrat-pelosi-not-happy-with-me Mich. Democrat: Pelosi 'not happy with me' By Bob Cusack - 10/27/09 01:30 PM ET Rep.The Media’s Complicity: Analysis of ACORN Coverage
The Media’s Complicity: Analysis of ACORN Coverage by Billy Hallowell The mainstream media were complicit in their coverage of the ACORN scandal. Their behavior was and continues to be an insult to democracy and journalistic responsibility as the Fourth Estate has ignored facts, engaged in one-sided sourcing, and avoided basic and inherently important journalistic questioning. bertha lewis press club First, there was avoidance.The Blue Dogs have a dilemma
Blue Dogs Turn Red By W. James Antle, III BEFORE CONGRESS ADJOURNED for the summer recess, Republicans stood on the House floor, faced C-SPAN's cameras, and asked one by one: "Where are the jobs?" It was part of a sustained attack against the president's stimulus program, a $787 billion behemoth opposed by every Republican in the chamber, which had failed to meet its targets for job creation and unemployment.Van Jones decries 'lies and distortions,'quits as Obama's environmental advisor
Van Jones decries 'lies and distortions,'quits as Obama's environmental advisor Jones says he has become a distraction to the administration's healthcare agenda because of his videotaped insult of Republicans and his signature on a petition suggesting a 9/11 conspiracy. By Peter Wallsten (L..A. Times) Reporting from Washington - Responding to a firestorm that raged almost entirely on conservative talk shows and websites, the White House today announced the resignation of a top environmental advisor who had made fiery remarks about Republicans and signed a petition questioning whether the U.S.Students not allowed to watch Obama address
Elmbrook won't show Obama speech live District cites content qualms By Amy Hetzner of the Journal Sentinel Posted: Sept. 4, 2009 enlarge photo Gibson Forum- What do you think of the controversy?
Obama’s Unholy Attack
Obama’s Unholy AttackOn bearing false witness.By Kathryn Jean Lopez The mix of politics and religion can be an intoxicating cocktail. Just now you can smell the incense everywhere, from Martha’s Vineyard to Washington, D.C. For a Left that obsesses over a wall of separation between church and state, when death comes and health-care bills need rallies, there is little hesitation to break out the devotional smells and bells.Change We Can't Believe In?
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Change We Can't Believe In?
By Ruth Marcus
Candidate Barack Obama offered a lofty vision of how his White House would operate. When the details of health reform were being hammered out, he vowed, "We'll have the negotiations televised on C-SPAN so that people can see who is making arguments on behalf of their constituents, and who are making arguments on behalf of the drug companies or the insurance companies."
Was the Climate Bill Actually Written When House Voted?
Thought this provided interesting context to a claim that keeps coming up In Washington, it's not unusual for lawmakers to get as heated about the arcane rules of Congress as they do about the substance of a bill. Such was the case with a plan to slow climate change passed by the House of Representatives on June 26, 2009. Republican lawmakers not only opposed cap-and-trade because they fear it will be too expensive, but they were angry that they'd had only a few hours to vet 300 pages of last-minute changes to the already massive legislation.The Tax Capital of the World
The Tax Capital of the World States are raising taxes despite the 'stimulus'; New York is No. 1 Like the old competition to have the world's tallest building, New York can't resist having the nation's highest taxes. So after California raised its top income tax rate to 10.55% last month, Albany's politicians leapt into action to reclaim high-tax honors.Twin sisters Courtney and Corrie Cockrell share a shocking family history
By Sheila Weller Around 7:00 P.M. on November 4, 2008, Courtney Cockrell, a 27-year-old law student, was stuck in traffic and yelling at the radio. She was driving from the Ole Miss campus in Oxford, Mississippi, to her parents’ house in Jackson to watch the election returns with her twin sister, Corrie, and their family.
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