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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Tuesday, April 05, 2011
By Terence P. Jeffrey
(CNSNews.com) - The fiscal 2012 budget proposal unveiled today by House
Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R.-Wis.) offers sweeping reforms in federal
spending, including defunding and repealing the health-care law signed last
year by President Barack Obama and converting the federal share of the
Medicaid program into block grants to state governments.
The Republican proposal says one of its aims is “making sure that not a
penny goes toward implementing the ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 2 The share of the population that is working fell to its lowest level last
year since women started entering the workforce in large numbers three
decades ago, a USA TODAY analysis finds.
An aging population contributes to a challenge for the nation's social
programs.
Only 45.4% of Americans had jobs in 2010, the lowest rate since 1983 and
down from a peak of 49.3% in 2000. Last year, just 66.8% of men had jobs,
the lowest on record.
The bad economy, an aging population and a plateau in women ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 3 April 23, 2011
By Stella Paul
This week is Passover, the season of deliverance, and I'm praying for
deliverance from America's failed Jewish leadership. As Jews confront the
most dangerous era since World War II, whom are we stuck with for leaders?
A clueless bunch of mini-Pharaohs, strutting around proclaiming their moral
superiority, blissfully unaware the Jewish people's mortal enemies are
pulling down their pants and laughing at them.
Cataloguing their collective acts of evasion, cowardice... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 582 | 4 Bush seemed so unbeatable in 2004, that the demo even didn't have enough
candidates. However, it turned out to be a very close fight. John Kerry
wasted too much effort in PA, and lost in OH with a less than 1% margin.
John Kerry was very weak, and his name recognition was fairly low then.
But the base gradually turned on in the campaign. In a largely partisan
political environment, the most important thing is to get the base out to
vote. The so called middle is very narrow and random, otherwise ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 5 Israeli Prime Minister Gets 29 Standing Ovations in Congress, Sends Message
to White House*
May 24, 2011 12:59 PM
ABC's Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) reports:
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before a joint meeting of
Congress had all trappings of a State of the Union address by a president
with sky-high approval ratings.
Speaking to a packed House chamber with Speaker Boehner and Vice President
Biden over his shoulders, Netanyahu was repeatedly interrupted by applause
– including more than... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 6 Tuesday, May 31, 2011
The U.S. Supreme Court late last week upheld the legality of an Arizona law
cracking down on employers who hire illegal immigrants, and most voters
support having a similar law in their own state.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 61% of Likely U
.S. Voters favor a law in their state that would shut down companies that
knowingly and repeatedly hire illegal immigrants. Just 21% oppose such a law
, and another 18% are undecided. (To see survey quest... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 7 By Marc Tracy
Physicists and others seeking to unlock the mysteries of the universe posit
many theories about what exists beyond our night sky. One of the more
intriguing theories is that our universe is just one of many universes, or
dimensions, in which our doppelganger encounters different experiences and
thus, different outcomes. Given the bizarre rhetoric being used by
Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Chairman of the Democratic National
Committee, and President Obama lately, this t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 8 By William M. Welch, USA TODAY
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — In a sign of just how deep economic and budget problems
have grown in the nation's largest state, a gleaming new high school built
at a cost of $105 million will sit unused for at least a year because
education officials say they don't have money to operate it.
Newly constructed Hillcrest High School in Riverside, Calif., won't be
easing the crowding at La Sierra High as the new school sits empty for the
coming school year.
Newly constru... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 9 You have enjoyed watching Glenn Beck take on liberals, progressives and even
radical leftists for the last two and a half years at 5pm on Fox News. From
the corruption at ACORN to the Czars to Van Jones, Glenn exposed the left's
agenda and routinely flustered the White House in the process. Beck's Fox
Finale tonight marks the end of a history making program, but far from the
end, this also marks the beginning of something even bigger: GBTV.
What is GBTV? GBTV is a live, streaming video network t... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 10 提出10年让美国联邦债务增加一倍、政府支出增加8.7万亿预算案的奥巴马说共和党削
减2.4万亿支出方案不认真，全世界都笑了
Posted by Jim Hoft on Friday, July 15, 2011, 10:43 AM
Barack Obama addressed the American public this morning for the second time
in one week. Talk about sound bites? We may have enough sound bites for the
next week!
And, he’s supposed to be so smart?
Obama said that 80% of the American public agree with him and want a
balanced appoach. (tax hikes) He said this several times.
The American people are sold… They’re sold… The notion that... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 11 July 21, 2011 |Posted by Jay Tea
Well, the House passed the “cut, cap, and balance” budget bill, largely on
partisan lines, and now it’s in the hands of the Senate, where it is
almost guaranteed to be defeated. And even if it isn’t, it faces a nigh-
certain presidential veto.
So, real waste of time, right?
I don’t think so.
Note that this is the second budget bill to come out of the House this year.
The first was the infamous “Ryan plan,” crafted largely by Congressman
Paul Ryan, and its merits ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 12 By Christopher Chantrill
The fear in the back of every Republican mind is that the American people
will blame John Boehner and Republicans for shutting down the government.
Just like they blamed Newt Gingrich in 1995 when President Clinton shut down
the government in a budget battle with Newt and the first Republican
Congress in 40 years.
Could the Republicans get blamed again? Of course they could. But I don't
think they will.
For sure, the president and the Democrats and their bribed apolog... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 13 By Mark Hyman
There has been no shortage of fawning and sycophantic descriptions of Barack
Hussein Obama. His admirers and supporters on the political left and in
the media (although I repeat myself) have showered him with numerous
accolades and lavished him with countless superlatives. According to them,
he is "the most," "the best," "most successful," "the greatest," and so on.
He has been called the most intelligent man ever elected president. Some
believe he is literally a genius. Obama ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 14 President Obama's latest "pivot to jobs" has turned out to be more of a
sharp left turn. First he announced a new $447 billion stimulus of new
spending and temporary tax cuts. Then on Monday he proposed to offset it
with $1.5 trillion over 10 years in permanent tax hikes. Mr. Obama knows
that little of what he's proposing will pass the Republican-controlled House
, so the conventional wisdom has it that the President is trying to emulate
Harry Truman by setting up a "do-nothing Congress" as a re... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 15 Majority in U.S. Continues to Distrust the Media, Perceive Bias
More perceive liberal bias than conservative bias
by Lymari Morales
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The majority of Americans still do not have confidence
in the mass media to report the news fully, accurately, and fairly. The 44%
of Americans who have a great deal or fair amount of trust and the 55% who
have little or no trust remain among the most negative views Gallup has
measured.
The majority of Americans (60%) also continue to perceive bi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 16 By Victor Volsky
The rogues' gallery of the far left is enormously spacious, and it doesn't
take much to be eligible for inclusion; any conservative worth his or her
salt automatically qualifies. But with the possible exception of that
eternal bogeyman, Richard Nixon, nobody is hated by the left with such
abandon; nobody is more vilified; nobody is targeted with such volcanic
eruptions of insane hatred and vitriol as former Vice President Dick Cheney.
But why? What did Cheney do to deserve suc... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 17 CNN Poll: Trust in government at all time low
mug.cnnpolitics By: CNN Political Unit
Washington (CNN) - The public's trust in the federal government has dropped
to an all-time low, according to a new national survey.
A CNN/ORC International Poll released Wednesday morning indicates that only
15 percent of Americans say they trust the government in Washington to do
what's right just about always or most of the time. Last September that
figure was at 25 percent. Seventy-seven percent of peo... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 19 Friday, September 30, 2011
Federal bailout funding may have prevented General Motors from going through
a normal bankruptcy process, but it has come at a significant price in
terms of reputation and potential buyers.
Fifty percent (50%) of American adults are less likely to buy a GM car
because of the bailout. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey
finds just four percent (4%) are more likely to buy from the company that
critics refer to as Government Motors. Forty-two percent (42%) s... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 20 Most Americans blame Wall Street for the nation's economic predicament —
but they blame Washington more.
By Brynn Anderson, AP
Sarah Jones stands outside the Nebraska State Capitol during Occupy Lincoln
on Sunday.
By Brynn Anderson, AP
Sarah Jones stands outside the Nebraska State Capitol during Occupy Lincoln
on Sunday.
And in the democracy that fancies itself the capital of capitalism, more
than four in 10 people describe the U.S. economic system as personally
unfair to them. A USA TODAY/Gallu... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 21 By Jerry Shenk
Tea Parties and the Occupiers have a few commonalities, but, although many
media outlets have attempted to do so, it's a mistake to equate the two
phenomena.
The American left has been pining for a liberal balance to the popular Tea
Party/grassroots groups since the latter reached numbers sufficient to
assure that its collective voice would be heard. But the "movement" the
left produced will end badly for the progressive politicians whom, through
their ignorance, the Occupiers ex... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 22 Seven of the Top Ten Wealthiest Members of Congress Are Democrats
Yes America, there is a wealth gap. Seven of the top ten wealthiest members
in Congress are Democrats.
The results are based on a new study released today by the non-partisan
Center for Responsive Politics. The Center did an analysis of the financial
statements filed by members of Congress for 2010 income and net worth.
This revelation of extreme wealth by Democratic politicians is completely
contrary to the public image of the De... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 23 By William L. Gensert
Barack Obama is a dream. In 2008, the dream was hope and change. In 2012,
it will be progress, thwarted by evil partisans and selfish greed. As
Gertrude Stein said, "there is no there there." He needs enemies to draw
attention from his lack of depth, for he is truly a mile wide and an inch
deep. He is an illusion -- always appearing to be more than he is, always,
more promise than reality. He is, and always has been, the sum projection
of what others want him to be. ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 24 http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/12/06/republican-vs-democrat-tv/
Republicans vs. Democrats TV survey results: Lefties want comedy, right
wingers like work
by James Hibberd
Republicans don’t watch MTV’s Jersey Shore. But they dig ABC’s Castle.
Democrats don’t like Discovery’s Deadliest Catch. But they swoon for NBC’
s Parks and Recreation.
Those are a few of the findings from an annual research survey by Experian-
Simmons that measures the consumer preferences of various political
ideologies. In a re... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2273 | 25 Washington (CNN) -- The Senate on Saturday approved a compromise spending
bill to keep the government funded for the rest of the fiscal year -- a day
after the bill won approval from the House of Representatives.
The bill now heads to President Barack Obama for his signature. Obama signed
a continuing resolution passed by the House to keep the government funded
through next week while the bill's details are finalized.
The almost $1 trillion measure passed on a 296-121 vote in the House on
Friday... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2273 | 26 Washington (CNN) -- House Republicans and Senate Democrats stepped up their
game of legislative chicken over the expiring payroll tax cut Monday, with
Democrats flatly rejecting House Speaker John Boehner's demand to ditch a
two-month extension in favor of an immediate one-year continuation.
"It's time to stop the nonsense," Boehner, R-Ohio, told reporters on Capitol
Hill. "Americans are tired of Washington's short-term fixes and gimmicks."
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, responded ... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2273 | 27 Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama's approval rating, a crucial
indicator of his reelection chances, is on the rise, according to a new
national survey.
A CNN/ORC International Poll out Tuesday also indicates that the partisan
battle over extending the payroll tax cut may be partially responsible for
the jump in the president's numbers.
Full results (pdf)
According to the survey, 49% of Americans approve of the job Obama's doing
in the White House, up five points from last month, with 48%... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 162 | 28 I have to admit that many Paul's policies have merit.
However,a good CEO must prioritize his agenda. Getting rid of FEMA or even
FED is not the top of the list. A GOP president should help build a solid
majorities in both house and senate. Once the infrastructure has been built,
he can then implement his long term policies for decades ahead.Otherwise,
he would be sucked into the partisan bureaucracy like the second term of
Bush 43.One typical example is current pay roll tax fight.GOP has the hou... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 2273 | 29 NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Congress couldn't agree how to pay for a year-long
extension of the payroll tax cut, federal unemployment benefits and an
adjustment in Medicare physician pay.
In fact, it could barely agree on whether to extend them for two months.
And all three are relatively minor measures in the context of all the budget
issues Congress has to address.
So imagine how much fun this Congress will have this time next year when two
legitimately big issues will be at hand: The nearly $4 tri... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 30 December 24, 2011 | Filed under 2012 Presidential Race,Barack
by Michael Laprarie
So writes Timothy Dalrymple, who explores the interesting phenomenon of how
liberals are handling the stunning reversals in policies enacted by
President Obama, compared to the idealism of Candidate Obama:
[T]here’s no question that the Obama administration has been far less
different from the Bush administration than was promised during the campaign.
What’s so astonishing, though, is not that Obama has ext... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 31 奥巴马的白宫主管William Daley辞职了，任职1年，来自华尔街；由预算主管Jacob
Lew接任
White House Chief of Staff William Daley resigns; budget chief Jacob Lew
fills post
By David Nakamura, Published: January 9
White House Chief of Staff William M. Daley resigned Monday, a year after
taking the job, shaking up the administration’s senior management just as
President Obama gears up for what is expected to be a tough reelection
campaign.
Last January, Obama tapped Daley to replace Rahm Emanuel with high
expectations. Daley, a form... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 32 Oh my: Majorities of liberal Democrats now support drone strikes, keeping
Gitmo open
posted at 6:46 pm on February 8, 2012 by Allahpundit
Pity poor Glenn Greenwald, who thought the left’s opposition to Bush’s
counterterror policies was based on something more profound than crude
partisan tribalism. Why he thought that, I don’t know: The writing was on
the wall when the anti-war movement started dying even as Obama geared up
for a surge of tens of thousands of troops in Afghanistan. In fact, I’ll... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 34 Hawaiian ex-lawmaker goes from serving in Washington to Afghanistan vetting
suspected Taliban
WASHINGTON — While other candidates for Congress have spent the past six
months wooing voters and donors, former Rep. Charles Djou of Hawaii took a
detour through Afghanistan where he was part of a team responsible for
interrogating suspected Taliban fighters and determining who should be
detained or freed.
Congress is made up of numerous veterans who served during war time.
( Kent Nishimura / Ass... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 4321 | 35 http://healthcarereform.procon.org/view.resource.php?resourceID
History of the Individual Health Insurance Mandate, 1989-2010
Republican Origins of Democratic Health Care Provision
Heritage Foundation's 1989 report is considered to be the conceptual origin
of the health insurance mandate.
The concept of the individual health insurance mandate is considered to have
originated in 1989 at the conservative Heritage Foundation. In 1993,
Republicans twice introduced health care bills that contained an... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 36 Biden Blames High Unemployment on ‘This God-Awful Recession We’ve
Inherited’
By Terence P. Jeffrey
March 29, 2012
(CNSNews.com) - At a campaign event in Iowa on Wednesday, Vice President Joe
Biden blamed the continuing high level of unemployment in the United States
on what he called “this God-awful recession we’ve inherited.”
According to the non-partisan National Bureau of Economic Research, the last
recession began in December 2007 and ended in June 2009—just five months
into President Barack... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 37 Politico Corrects Misattributed Tina Fey Quote, Continues to “FAIL”
Posted on April 03 2012 - 2:10 AM - Posted by: Stacy Drake
Just yesterday, Politico was called out by Big Journalism Editor, Dana
Loesch, for forgetting their own rules in regard to the use of “violent”
metaphors. Today, Politico writers Dylan Byers and Mackenzie Weinger,
doubled down on the idiocy by mixing fiction with reality and taking petty,
partisan shots at Governor Palin.
First, they replay Matt Lauer’s ‘Team Couric‘ rem... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 38 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Even if President Barack Obama approved the
controversial Keystone XL pipeline tomorrow, at least some Canadian oil
would still flow to Asia, according to Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
In a public one-on-one interview here with Jane Harman, head of the Wilson
Centre think-tank, Harper said Obama's rejection of the controversial
pipeline -- even temporarily -- stressed Canada's need to find other buyers
for oilsands crude.
And that wouldn't change even if the president's mind... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 39 by Rossputin
Less than a month ago, Barack Obama decided to give a speech on Super
Tuesday, a key day in the Republican primary season. DNC Chairwoman Debbie
Wasserman Schultz said the timing of the speech was “not a coincidence.”
Perhaps he is trying to remind people that he is the president while the
scrambling Republicans just hope to be.
More likely he is trying to keep the cameras pointed at him, in part to
distract attention away from his competitors and in part because he is a
publicity h... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 40 Jamie M. Fly — April 2012
Following the killing of American soldiers and the recent protests sparked
by the accidental burning of Korans by coalition forces, Republican
presidential candidate Newt Gingrich went so far as to suggest that the
United States should abandon Afghanistan unless the Afghans apologize,
adding that we should tell them, “figure out how to live your own miserable
life.” This is the increasingly frequent refrain of war-weary
conservatives who question President Barack Obama’... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 41 "This 2012 Obama is strident and mean, even deceitful, divisive"
Andrew Malcolm is wondering what happened to the 2008 Obama:
Has anyone seen Barack Obama recently?
You know, the optimistic hopeful fellow with the charming smile who
promised so many positive things four and five years ago, how he was going
to change the harsh, partisan tone of our nation's capital and bring the
country together as its first African American president.
Even allowing for political hyperbole, his empty resu... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 42 Anatomy of a Victory: The Importance of MJ Rosenberg's Ousting from Media
Matters
By Jared Arluck
The anti-Israel echo chamber has always existed. For a while, this hateful
ideology resonated in the blogosphere louder than it should have. Not
anymore.
Renowned lawyer and Democrat Alan Dershowitz's insistence that Media Matters
distance itself from anti-Israel advocate MJ Rosenberg has worked.
Rosenberg, the controversial senior foreign policy fellow at Media Matters,
was unceremoniously jetti... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 3803 | 44 As it turns out, even some libertards want to review if their stands on all
fronts look should look this disgusting - worth or not?
to be honest, simplicity is by design rooted in liberal life.
Not everybody can process all data by first looking at or figuring out the
race of the involving targets like OBama and his mom Michelle.
This burden of fabricating events and alignment along the partisan line will
have a payback time in their life. Guess that's why the former White House
spokesman left h... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 45 Chris Christie: Obama is “walking around in a dark room trying to find the
light switch of leadership”
May 21, 2012 Rick Rice
No holds barred from the New Jersey Governor:
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie told Kentucky Republicans on Saturday
that President Barack Obama was “posing and preening” instead of working
to resolve pressing issues facing the country.
“He is the most ill-prepared person to assume the presidency in my
lifetime,” Christie told some 600 Kentucky Republicans at a Lex... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 46 by Rick aka Mr. Brutally Honest
Many miss Mass for one innocuous reason or another... but not this young
lady:
MargeauxGrahamA Umatilla teenager said she was forced to choose between
her Catholic faith and serving as a delegate to Florida Girls State, a
government-in-action leadership program for teen girls.
"I was shocked. This is basically discrimination," said Margeaux (Mar-go
) Graham, 16, a junior at Umatilla High School, who was told that she would
not be allowed to attend Sunday M... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 47 By SCOTT BAUER
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Meet the new boss, says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker,
pledging to make peace with Democrats after his historic recall victory.
But it will take more than a promised meeting with lawmakers over beer and
brats to ease tensions. Walker's wounded adversaries will want proof that
the triumphant governor isn't the same as the old boss.
"A lot of what the governor had to say he said last year in his inauguration
address," a skeptical Democratic state Sen. Jon Erpen... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 48 by Ned Ryun
For years, conservatives looking to effect change have turned their eyes to
Washington, D.C., and the national political and media scene. Naturally, a
philosophy that promotes a centralized solution to every problem finds a
happy reception among the elites who walk the halls of power. But for those
who proclaim federalism, it has been ironic to see many Washington, D.C.-
based conservative groups frequently fall prey to the same siren song of
power, and seem most interested in buildi... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 49 By: Scott Kaufman
6/20/2012 03:50 PM
Attorney General Eric Holder has been held in contempt of Congress by the
House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
The vote, 23 to 17 along party lines, was expected after an eleventh hour
meeting between Holder and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) Tuesday evening
failed to produce documents relating to the controversial gun-walking
operation, known as Fast and Furious -- Issa noted that "We waited all night
for the documents to arrive." Speaking befor... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 29846 | 50 By Dick Morris on June 28, 2012
Today, Barack Obama won the battle, but will lose the war. The Supreme Court
decision makes Obamacare the central issue in the 2012 election, just like
it was in the 2010 election. And we know how that turned out.
The Court has sustained the individual mandate. That imposes on us a mandate
this horrible law.
Public opinion has rejected this law for two years now by about the same
margin: 40% support; 55% oppose. While the Court decision may give the law a
short te... 阅读全帖 |
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