Posted Jul 31st 2010 at 11:01 am
by Phil Kerpen
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn made it official: Illinois will have a special Senate election just for the lame duck session. Thus Illinois joins Delaware and West Virginia (both having special elections) as the three states whose winners on election day will—barring a disputed election result—be seated for a lame duck session in December. A fourth, Colorado, is less clear but may also be in play.
The lame duck session looks increasingly likely—and increasingly ambitious. Sen. Kerry continues to stress that cap-and-trade will be on the agenda, and Sen. Harry Reid (who may be a lame duck himself after Election Day) confirmed it to the Netroots Nation audience, saying: “We’re going to have to have a lame-duck session, so we’re not giving up.”
Along with cap-and-trade, a lame duck will likely consider the recommendations of Obama’s deficit commission — a package that will include enormous tax hikes and could draw the support of some departing Republicans like Judd Gregg of New Hampshire George Voinovich of Ohio, and Robert Bennett of Utah.
And organized labor, seeing the lame duck as their last chance for a legislative return on their political investments for years, will also demand lame duck action.
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July 31, 2010 | Categories: New Media News | Tags: Big Labor, cap and trade, Card Check, Congress, Harry Reid, joe manchin, John Kerry, john raese, lame duck congress, lame duck session, Mark Kirk, michael bennet, mike castle, politics, Robert Byrd, State Politics | 1 Comment »
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Los Angeles, CA
July 31, 2010 – 3:56 PM | by: Casey Stegall, FoxNews
For some time, many lawmakers have called for a military presence along the US/Mexico border to assist Border Patrol agents, as the drug and human smuggling cartel violence increasingly spills over into America. In May, President Obama answered the call and said he’d send in the National Guard to help out. On July 19th, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the deployment would happen on August 1st. However, I’m with my crew in Arizona and it appears the deployment date isn’t happening on Sunday after all. What’s the delay all about?
The National Guard Bureau and US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) don’t see it as a delay. In fact, a spokesperson with the National Guard Bureau in Virginia says the August 1st date has been “over interpreted” and the DHS had given the Guard 90 days, beyond the first of August, to ramp up its numbers. When it’s all said and done, Arizona will get 524 soldiers. California is set to receive 260, 82 will head to New Mexico and 286 to Texas. The Arizona National Guard tells us it’ll most likely be late September or even early October before boots ever hit the ground in this state. The presence will first show up in New Mexico and Texas. A spokesperson says August 1st is the day they’ll begin the processing of soldiers… then it’ll take another several weeks to train them.
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July 31, 2010 | Categories: America's Freedoms, Elections Politics, Foreign Policy, Government, Immigration, Media Corruption, National Security, New Media News, Rights of States, War on Terror | Tags: Arizona, border security, CBP, drug smuggling, illegal immigration, Mexico-US, National Guard, NGB | 3 Comments »
Posted by: Wordsmith @ 11:27 am, July 31, 2010
7 of America’s best and brightest who fought and died in Iraq and Afghanistan came out of Buchanan High School in the Central Valley community of Clovis, California. The 7th soldier to be killed, Brian Piercy, age 27, was buried on Friday.
There’s no sure answer as to how such a thing could happen. But many people in this Central Valley city have a theory. They say Clovis is an extraordinarily patriotic community and its children are raised on God and country, duty and honor. They’re willing to serve and willing to die, the same as Clovis’ generations who went before them.
Buchanan’s school colors are red, white and blue. The stadium is named Veteran’s Memorial. Former classmates and older siblings come back in uniform for campus visits. Friday night football games include a moment of silence for Buchanan’s fallen soldiers.
“The cheerleaders wear six stars on their uniforms. I guess it will be seven now,” said 15-year-old Julie Thaxter. “We’re not proud they died, but we’re proud they fought. It makes others from here even more ready to go and honor them. My brother wants to join. He’s 14 and he’s been set on it since he was 8.”
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July 31, 2010 | Categories: America's Freedoms, Americans Against Socialism, Armed Forces, Foreign Policy, National Security, New Media News, War on Terror | Tags: Afghanistan, American Exceptionalism, Military Families, Obituaries, Support the Troops, The Iraqi War, True Heroes | Leave A Comment »
Posted by: DrJohn @ 11:25 am, July 30, 2010
Well, either they were stupid or they were planned. Usually the folly of poorly done laws takes a bit longer than this to become recognized but in truth some of these were fairly predictable.
Captain Obvious
Let’s start off with the tremors in Obama care that have become palpable.
Stronger children’s coverage rules may raise insurance costs
Some families might face higher insurance premiums because of a requirement in the new healthcare law that plans cover sick children, state insurance commissioners said Friday.
The rule barring insurance plans from turning away sick children or denying coverage for specific illnesses for children who are already covered was one of the most popular parts of the new law.
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July 30, 2010 | Categories: America's Freedoms, Americans Against Socialism, Congress: Inquiries & Committees, Constitution, Corruption in Government, Elections Politics, Government, Government Regulations, Healthcare, Jobs, Media Corruption, New Media News, Politics, Rights of States, Tea Party Conservatives, TEA Taxed Enough Already, The Economy | Tags: health care, new insights, no transparency, obama is the worst president ever!, politics, socialism, stupidly crafted laws, surprises | Leave A Comment »
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Another blessed Friday! Alhamdulillah! Don’t forget to.make for to be executed, insha’Allah. May Allah accept our dua! about 4 hours ago via Twitter for Android
UPDATED 9:53 am: Ibn Ali al-Turki (TWITTER name “islamic jihadi”) has tweeted the call for my execution. Here’s the devout muslim’s account: https://twitter.com/IslamicJihadi. If any Atlas readers can track this islamobarbarian down, do it and pass along the info.
There they go again………..devout Muslims making my point for me, yet again. Report this would-be murderer to the authorities, please. I am so sure the Obama administration is working hard to keep folks like me safe. (/sarc tag off.)
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July 30, 2010 | Categories: America's Energy, America's Freedoms, Americans Against Socialism, Americans Reject Sharia and Islamic Supremacism, Corruption in Government, Foreign Policy, Immigration, National Security, New Media News, Politics, Religion, War on Terror | Tags: Islamic death threat, Islamic radicals, Pamela Geller, religion, Twitter | Leave A Comment »
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We all know what the motive behind it was, and it has nothing to do with “human rights” or “splitting up families” or other such poppycock.
Most of the places I go to do serious business here in the U.S. require me to prove who I am. I am required to provide official identification if I want to:
- Vote
- Apply for a job
- Enter a contest
- Get a driver’s license
- Apply for a loan or any other type of credit
- Open a bank account and take money out of said account
- Write a check for goods and services at various businesses
In fact, when applying for employment, one of the questions almost every employer will ask is if you are eligible to work legally in the U.S., either as a full-fledged citizen or a legal alien with a green card.
The few times I’ve been pulled over by the police for driving infractions, I’ve also been asked to provide not just my driver’s license, but proof of having registered my car and proof of current insurance on that car.
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July 29, 2010 | Categories: America's Freedoms, Americans Against Socialism, Constitution, Corruption in Government, Elections Politics, Immigration, Media Corruption, National Security, New Media News, Politics, Rights of States | Tags: Americans Against Socialism, big government, border security, consequences, corruption, drug cartel, elections, human rights, liberal progressives are losing, Marxists in the White House, November Election, obama is wrong, politics, splitting up families, Voters Will Speak Out, War on Terror | Leave A Comment »
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Published July 28, 2010
Federal police officers stand outside the grounds of the Sandra Day O’Connor Court House Wednesday, July 28, 2010 in Phoenix moments after portions of Arizona’s new immigration law, SB1070, was blocked by a Federal Judge. (AP)
While opponents of Arizona’s strict immigration law are claiming victory in a federal ruling Wednesday that blocked most of the crackdown hours before its enactment, there’s still plenty left in the state legislation that supporters are cheering.
As the case is litigated, Arizona will be able to block state officials from so-called “sanctuary city” policies limiting enforcement of federal law; require that state officials work with federal officials on illegal immigration; allow civil suits over sanctuary cities; and to make it a crime to pick up day laborers.
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July 28, 2010 | Categories: America's Freedoms, Americans Against Socialism, Corruption in Government, Elections Politics, Foreign Policy, Immigration, Media Corruption, National Security, New Media News, Politics, War on Terror | Tags: Americans Against Socialism, Arizona, big government, border security, corruption, crime, drug cartels, drug problem, Immigration problem, lawsuit, limiting law-enforcement, politics, progressive liberal agenda move, remaining provisions, SB1070 supporters find solace, War on Terror | Leave A Comment »
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Published July 28, 2010
(AP Graphic)
Millions of families will be faced with thousands of dollars in tax increases if the Bush tax cuts are allowed to expire at the end of the year, according to estimates from the nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation.
A preliminary report obtained by Fox News shows that several tax increases would hit hard if Congress does nothing to minimize the damage before Dec. 31.
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July 28, 2010 | Categories: America's Freedoms, Americans Against Socialism, Corruption in Government, Elections Politics, Media Corruption, New Media News, TEA Taxed Enough Already, The Economy | Tags: bush tax cuts, could cost families, December 31, income tax from 10 to 15 percent, IRS, set to expire, study shown | 1 Comment »
FOX411 – FoxNews
July 27, 2010 | 11:56 AM ET
Never one to back out of a performance to make a statement, music icon Elton John offered some choice words for his fellow musicians who choose to boycott Arizona over the SB 1070 immigration law.
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July 27, 2010 | Categories: America's Freedoms, Immigration, National Security, New Media News, Politics, Rights of States | Tags: Arizona Immigration law, Elton John, Entertainment, Music, News & Gossip | Leave A Comment »
July 26, 2010 – 12:58 ET
| Glenn Beck:Monday-Friday 5:00 ET
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GLENN: Let’s play that Howard Dean audio one more time.
VOICE: Go ahead, sir.
DEAN: Let’s just be blunt about this. I don’t think Newt Gingrich is a racist and you are certainly not a racist but I think Fox News did something that was absolutely racist. They took a they had an obligation to find out what was really in the clip. They have been pushing a theme of black racism with this phony Black Panther crap and this business and Sotomayor and all this other stuff. I think you’ve got to be very I think, look, the tea party called out their racist fringe and I think the Republican Party’s got to stop appealing to its racist fringe, and Fox News is what did that. You put that on
VOICE: Wait, wait, wait.
DEAN: Yes, I think the Obama people
VOICE: Governor, I know facts I know facts are inconvenient things but let’s try to deal with the facts. The fact is that the Obama administration fired or forced Shirley Sherrod to quit before her name had ever been mentioned on Fox News Channel. Did you know that, sir?
PAT: I get a kick out of these people who say, know what you’re talking about.
GLENN: Know the facts. Read the timeline.
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July 26, 2010 | Categories: America's Freedoms, Americans Against Socialism, Corruption in Government, Elections Politics, Government, Media Corruption, New Media News | Tags: audio, chris wallace, FoxNews blameless, glenn beck, howard dean, MSM blames Fox, shirley sherrod story | 1 Comment »
FoxNews.com | AP
Published July 26, 2010
CHICAGO — A federal prosecutor is detailing Rod Blagojevich’s alleged schemes as part of closing arguments in the former governor’s corruption trial, arguing that the 24 different counts all boil down to something simple: the former governor cannot exchange doing something for the state for something personal.
Prosecutor Chris Niewoehner said Monday that jurors heard Blagojevich try to shake down president-elect Barack Obama for a job in exchange for appointing an Obama friend to his U.S. Senate seat.
He said they heard Blagojevich trying to get a $100,000 campaign contribution in exchange for signing a racetrack bill and trying to shake down a children’s hospital for another contribution.
And, he argued, Blagojevich lied to the FBI about the alleged schemes.
Blagojevich has pleaded not guilty in an alleged scheme to sell Obama’s old Senate seat and plotting to illegally pressure people for campaign contributions.
Earlier in the proceedings Monday, the government asked to drop one count of wire fraud against Blagojevich’s brother, Robert, who has been implicated as helping the former governor.
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July 26, 2010 | Categories: Corruption in Government, Elections Politics, Media Corruption, New Media News, Politics | Tags: Blago trial, Chicago, Chicago Senatorial seat, closing arguments, corruption in government, COVER-UP, deceit, fraud, lies, Obama and Imanuel indicted, prosecution, selling, wire fraud | 1 Comment »
Liveshots – FoxNews.com
July 26, 2010 – 2:35 PM | by: Lee Ross
Seemingly convinced that the Obama administration has not done enough to improve the country’s economic outlook, a survey of liberals and progressives show a majority believe the nation is now in the midst of a serious long-term economic decline.
The straw poll from this weekend’s Netroots Nation convention of activists reveals that 53% of those surveyed believe the current economic difficulties will last for the foreseeable future. Only 35% think a positive correction is right around the corner.
In a video statement played at the convention Saturday, President Obama talked about the timing of an economic recovery that seems to match up with these numbers. “It took years to get here,” Obama said. “It will take time to get us out.”
Nearly three quarters of the people surveyed believe Washington lawmakers should make the nation’s sluggish employment marketplace their top priority. Concerns over the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as other issues, lagged far behind.
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July 26, 2010 | Categories: America's Freedoms, Americans Against Socialism, Corruption in Government, Energy and Oil, Foreign Policy, Government, Government Regulations, Healthcare, Immigration, Jobs, Media Corruption, National Security, New Media News, Politics, Private Sector (Free Enterprise), TEA Taxed Enough Already, The Economy, The Environment, UNIONS ACORN and SEIU, War on Terror | Tags: Czars, Democrat base, economy, liberals, majority against progressive agenda, not optimistic, obama is a failure, Radicals, revolutionaries, socialism not accepted, We the People! | 1 Comment »
Posted Jul 26th 2010 at 2:21 pm
by Publius
Over at The Daily Beast, editor Tina Brown weighs in on the Sherrod kerfuffle:
Let’s NOT have a conversation about race. The calls for Obama to now make the Shirley Sherrod debacle a teachable moment fills me with panic that the president will retreat to the Oval Office and craft a soaring piece of oratory, instead of getting on with the humdrum business of firing the stumbling, bumbling members of his own team who, as the saying goes, can’t find their ass with either hand.
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July 26, 2010 | Categories: America's Freedoms, Americans Against Socialism, Corruption in Government, Elections Politics, Government, Media Corruption, New Media News, Politics, Tea Party Conservatives | Tags: Andrew Breitbart, Culture, NAACP, NAACP resolution, News, Obama, politics, race baiting, racism, Shirley Sherrod, Tea Party, Tom Vilsack, USDA, whitewater | 1 Comment »
AtlasShrugs.com
Sunday, July 25, 2010
July 25, 2010 | Categories: America's Freedoms, Americans Against Socialism, Americans Reject Sharia and Islamic Supremacism, Constitution, Corruption in Government, Elections Politics, Foreign Policy, Government, Media Corruption, New Media News, Politics, War on Terror | Tags: Global Jihad 2010, Lockerbie Mass Murderer, Obama Bold Face Lie, President Hussein, Scotland, US-connection, War on Terror | 1 Comment »
Posted Jul 25th 2010 at 9:05 am
by Larry Kudlow
The liberal tax revolt, as the Wall Street Journal is calling it, is a very important topic — especially for investors and small-business entrepreneurs. And for new jobs.
The so-called revolt is comprised of three Democratic senators: Kent Conrad, Evan Bayh, and Ben Nelson. They want to extend all the Bush tax cuts. That includes taxes on the wealthy, or the top personal tax rate, the investment taxes on capital gains and dividends, and the estate tax.So is this revolt a game-changer, or merely wishful thinking?
With a strong pushback against the revolt by President Obama, Treasury man Tim Geithner, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, right now it looks like wishful thinking. But with Democrats getting badly paddled in various polls, you never know.
When Tim Geithner told me in a CNBC interview a few weeks ago about his 20-20 rule for the top tax rate on capital gains and dividends, I blogged that this was a good thing — in particular the story for dividend taxes, which could go to 39.6 percent. But no increase at all on investment taxes would be even better.
Let’s say you’re an investor who went long stocks in March 2009 and now has a long-term capital gain. You could sell right now at a 15 percent tax rate before it goes up to 20 percent. In a nutshell, this is the tax-hike story that has hung over the stock market this year like the proverbial Sword of Damocles. Year-end tax-related selling could still be in front of us.
So the liberal tax revolt is a very important issue for investors. It could mean a potential stock market rally in the second half of the year.
It’s also important for job seekers. Just take a look at the new Investor’s Business Daily poll by the accurate surveyor Raghavan Mayur. He notes that the average length of joblessness has soared to over 35 weeks, nearly two-times greater than the previous high for any downturn. And his polling data show that nearly one-half of households can be categorized as “job-sensitive.” That’s a huge number. These are the people who are either looking for work or fear that they may be laid off — or both.
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July 25, 2010 | Categories: America's Freedoms, Americans Against Socialism, Constitution, Corruption in Government, Elections Politics, New Media News, TEA Taxed Enough Already, The Economy | Tags: Ben Nelson, bush tax cuts, business investment, Capital Gains Tax, Congress, estate taxes, Evan Bayh, expiring tax cuts, Federal Spending, Harry Reid, income taxes, investment taxes, kent conrad, Nancy Pelosi, News, politics, tax hike, tax revolt, taxes, Tim Geithner | 2 Comments »
Posted Jul 25th 2010 at 12:16 pm
by Bob Owens
Tell Chuck Norris to stand down. Invasion USA never happened.
I contacted both the Laredo Police Department and the Webb County Sheriff yesterday and debunked claims that Los Zetas gunmen from the Gulf Cartel has crossed the border from Mexico and took over two ranches in Texas. The Laredo Morning News also refuted the claim. Pro 8 News, the NBC affiliate, didn’t think enough of the absurdity to even comment on it… they found the installation of a new traffic light more newsworthy.
Absurdly, the same trio of sites that cried wolf are still sticking by their story, utter lack of credible evidence aside.
Cypress News publisher John G. Winder is sticking with the story, not because any additional evidence has been produced, but because the two sources for his version of the story, blog Digger’s Realm and Examiner.com’s San Diego (CA) County Political Buzz Examiner blogger Kimberly Dvorak are standing by their militiamen and anonymous police sources.
The original Cypress Times story? A re-publication of the original Digger’s Realm story.
The Digger’s Realm story? Two anonymous Laredo police sources and a San Diego California Minuteman named Jeff Schwilk who claims he got his information from… an anonymous Laredo PD officer.San Diego County Poltical Buzz Examiner Kimberly Dvorak? She claims her information also comes from two anonymous Laredo PD sources.
Are we noticing a pattern here? Every bit of of this claim, which has now scattered far and wide across the Internet, can be traced back to two anonymous police department sources of a police department that does not even have jurisdiction where the alleged invasion is taking place.
I invite Digger and Kimberly Dvorak to provide me with the names and contact information of their anonymous police sources. Perhaps the officers will provide me with the answers to two simple questions that neither blogger has apparently thought to establish yet.
- What are the physical addresses of the two ranches Los Zetas are said to have taken over?
- What are the names of the ranchers that have been displaced from their ranches by Los Zetas?
It seems rather odd that the stories promoting this claim say that people were forced out, but that neither has thought to name, locate, or try to interview the best possible eyewitnesses. That is what you would expect from competent journalists. We’re not seeing it here.
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July 25, 2010 | Categories: America's Freedoms, Americans Against Socialism, Constitution, Corruption in Government, Elections Politics, Foreign Policy, Immigration, Media Corruption, National Security, New Media News, War on Terror | Tags: Cartel, Culture, incursion, Justice/Legal, laredo, Local Government, los zetas, Mexico, News, Obama, Texas | Leave A Comment »
AtlasShurgs.com
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Read in full my oped in today’s American Thinker on NY Gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino. And remember to mark your calenders for our next solemn protest against the Ground Zero mega mosque on September 11th. We will rally on September 11th, one year to the day before Islamic supremacists intend to open the mosque: September 11, 2011.
The Man Who Would Stop the Ground Zero Mosque Pamela Geller, American Thinker
“As Governor,” Paladino said Wednesday in a radio ad, “I will use the power of eminent domain to stop this mosque and make the site a war memorial instead of a monument to those who attacked our country.”
I like this guy. I really like this guy. If the Supreme Court could rule, in the notorious 2005 decision Kelo v. City of New London, that the government could seize private property for a private developer and then never develop the property, surely Americans should be able to use eminent domain to designate the Burlington Coat Factory building a war memorial.
July 25, 2010 | Categories: America's Freedoms, Americans Against Socialism, Americans Reject Sharia and Islamic Supremacism, Constitution, Corruption in Government, Elections Politics, Foreign Policy, Media Corruption, National Security, New Media News, Politics, Religion, War on Terror | Tags: 9/11/2001, ACLU, Atlas Articles, Bloomberg, Burlington Coat Factory, Critical Races, Cuomo, Ground Zero, historic landmark, Let your voice be heard, LET'S NOT FORGET, Mosque at Ground Zero: Takbir!, Paladino, WTC | 2 Comments »
AtlasShrugs.com
Sunday, July 25, 2010
A screenshot of the Perdana page on the Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf. Perdana is the single largest funder of the IHH jihad warship convoy (aka flotilla): Imam Rauf is a prominent figure in this hate group and terror sponsor. He is ranked second, right behind Mahathir Mohammed, the notorious Jew hater from Malaysia who famously said: “Jews control the world by proxy”.”
Too much has been exposed about Imam Rauf’s deceit, terror ties and real agenda, with much still to be revealed. And so the morphing mosque narrative is taking on a new direction. I debate these shadowy figures, and the narrative changes everyday.
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July 25, 2010 | Categories: America's Freedoms, Americans Against Socialism, Americans Reject Sharia and Islamic Supremacism, Constitution, Corruption in Government, Elections Politics, National Security, New Media News, Politics, Religion, War on Terror | Tags: Ground Zero, insult to injury, mega-mosque, Muslim lies, NO MOSQUE at ground zero, protest, Sharif El-Gamal, Soho Properties, WTC | Leave A Comment »
Posted Jul 24th 2010 at 7:40 am
BigGovernment.com
by Liberty Chick
Andy Stern has just gained yet another job. Earlier this month, Stern also accepted a position on the Board of Directors for SIGA, a producer of anti-viral and biological warfare defense products.
But this job seems to have some policy teeth, with a think-tank title akin to Media Matters or the Center for American Progress, and it comes with perhaps some welcome company as well.
From The San Francisco Chronicle:
Andy Stern, former president of the Service Employees International Union, is joining Georgetown University’s public policy school as a research fellow.
Stern, 59, retired in May after building his union into one of the largest in the labor movement and increasing his own influence with President Barack Obama and Democratic lawmakers.
Stern will coordinate research at Washington-based Georgetown on wage reform, labor policy and retirement security, according to an announcement on the school’s website.
Stern of course maintains his position as an adviser on Obama’s deficit-reduction commission, a post to which Obama appointed him in February of this year.
This announcement comes only weeks after the announcement that Ed Montgomery, who has been serving in the White House as both a member of President Obama’s Task Force on the Auto Industry and as the Director of Recovery for Auto Communities and Workers, will leave the Obama administration to take over as Dean of Georgetown University’s Public Policy Institute. As very active leaders in the labor movement, both Mr. Montgomery and Andy Stern certainly know one another, and have shared visits at the White House for such activities as Obama’s White House Forum on Jobs and Economic Growth.
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July 24, 2010 | Categories: America's Freedoms, Americans Against Socialism, Constitution, Corruption in Government, Education, Elections Politics, Healthcare, Media Corruption, New Media News, Politics, UNIONS ACORN and SEIU | Tags: Andy Stern, auto task force, Big Labor, debt commission, ed montgomery, georgetown university, Journolist, Obama, Patricia McGinnis, public policy, research fellow, SEIU, SIGA Technologies, Washington Post | Leave A Comment »
Posted Jul 24th 2010 at 3:01 pm
BigGovernment.com
by Bob McCarty
When men who didn’t serve in the armed forces pretend to be decorated war heroes, they’re labeled as “fake veterans” and can even be prosecuted for for what many call “stolen valor.” Recently, one Missouri politician began mailing campaign literature that leads me to believe he’s guilty of stealing the valor of members of the Tea Party Movement (i.e., freedom-loving patriots who sacrifice time, talent and treasure in an effort to save their country from socialism). In short, he’s guilty of “stealing tea.”
The politician at the heart of this matter is Scott Rupp, a RINO Republican running for re-election in Missouri’s 2nd Senatorial District.
This week, I learned from friends in the Tea Party Movement that Rupp had mailed a four-color piece that features a photo of him standing, arms crossed, in front of a bright yellow Gadsden (a.k.a., “Don’t Tread On Me!”) flag. In addition to featuring the flag that’s become a symbol of the Tea Party Movement, the photo features people holding up signs in the background.
The problem I have with Rupp’s brochure is that it gives voters a false impression about a candidate who, according to everyone with whom I’ve spoke, has never been to a single Tea Party event in the district — and I’ve attended dozens of ‘em!
Chuck MacNab, one of the leaders of an anti-socialism group in O’Fallon, Mo., shared feelings about Rupp’s tactics with recipients of his RITEON.org e-newsletter. An excerpt of that e-mail appears below:
As we see it, his flyer attempts to create an illusion. For instance, we have never seen him show up to meet people or to help out at a Saturday rally of K & N Patriots, the largest and primary “tea party” group that has met every Saturday for over a year in his District. Cynthia Davis, his opponent, has shown up to help out, hold a sign and converse with participants at the corner of K & N almost every Saturday, sometimes for the entire duration of the rally.
MacNab had better things to say about Rupp’s opponent, Cynthia Davis, the owner of a Christian book store owner and member of the Missouri House of Representatives since 2003:
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July 24, 2010 | Categories: America's Freedoms, Americans Against Socialism, Corruption in Government, Elections Politics, Media Corruption, New Media News, Tea Party Conservatives | Tags: cynthia davis, don't treat on me, fake veterans, gadsden flag, Missouri, Missouri Senate Candidate Guilty of 'Stealing Tea', missouri senate race, republican, rino republican, scott rupp, st louis post-dispatch, stealing tea, stolen valor, Tea Party, tea party movement | Leave A Comment »
PajamasMedia.com
What is it about stopping illegal immigration that draws such misguided indignation?
By working together, local and federal officers can better identify and remove criminal aliens — which is a tremendous benefit to public safety. — Immigration Customs and Enforcement
Last month, I met Arizona state Senator Russell Pearce, who drafted the state’s common-sense immigration enforcement law. He stressed that the nation needs immigration enforcement not just on the border, but in the interior as well. Over half the country’s illegal aliens entered through the Arizona border. Senator Pearce said he has listened to stories about families living on the border threatened by drug runners and gangs trespassing on their land. Some of these bold thugs even threatened to return and kill the families of anyone who calls the police. Earlier this year, an illegal alien murdered Arizona cattle rancher Robert Krentz on his property.
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July 23, 2010 | Categories: America's Freedoms, Americans Against Socialism, Corruption in Government, Elections Politics, Foreign Policy, Immigration, Media Corruption, New Media News, Politics, Rights of States, War on Terror | Tags: Arizona, DOJ, enforcing immigration law, illegal immigration, miguided indignation, PJM, SB1070, states' rights, US Border Security | 1 Comment »
Posted Jul 22nd 2010 at 3:26 pm
by Publius
WASHINGTON (AP) – A House investigative committee on Thursday charged New York Rep. Charles Rangel with multiple ethics violations, dealing a serious blow to the former Ways and Means chairman and complicating Democrats’ election-year outlook.
The panel did not immediately specify the charges against the Democrat, who has served in the House for some 40 years and is fourth in seniority. The charges by a four-member panel of the House ethics committee sends the case to a House trial, where a separate eight-member panel of Republicans and Democrats will decide whether the violations can be proved by clear and convincing evidence.
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July 22, 2010 | Categories: Corruption in Government, Elections Politics, Media Corruption, New Media News | Tags: Charlie Rangel, Congress, corrupt politicians, ethics, ethics committee, Ethics violation charges, Justice/Legal, Nancy Pelosi, progressive liberals, tax evasion, Ways and Means Committee Chairman | 1 Comment »
Atlas Shrugs
Thursday, July 22, 2010
The hatred of the good for being the good. Ayn Rand.
I was shocked (shocked, I tell ya!) to find out that the liberal goosestepping fascists over at the beastly Daily were behind the silencing of free speech. Poor, poor Tina Brown, oh how the mighty has fallen.
The Palin post removal was pushed by a beast who scribbles for the Daily Beast. The spammer is a notorious hater. He best reflects the moochers, looters and destroyers that Ayn Rand so brilliantly describes in Atlas Shrugged. This, yet again, best displays destroyers at work or at play…..
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July 22, 2010 | Categories: America's Freedoms, Americans Against Socialism, Constitution, Corruption in Government, Elections Politics, Media Corruption, New Media News, Politics, Tea Party Conservatives | Tags: Brian Fries, Daily Beast, deception, Facebook rant, lies, mighty has fallen, progressive liberal agenda, revolutionary radicals, Sarah Palin, Tina Brown, Twitter | 1 Comment »
Associated Press | FoxNews.com
By Stephen Clark
Published July 21, 2010
AFP
June 26: President Obama and British Prime Minister Cameron talk at the conclusion of the G20 conference in Ontario, Canada.
At first glance, the similarities between President Obama and his new British counterpart, David Cameron, are unmistakable: Both leaders, who appeared together for the first time Tuesday at the White House, are young and charismatic and swept into office as reform candidates.
But that’s where the similarities end.
Obama has presided over what critics been described as an unprecedented era of government spending since he took office 18 months ago, from the $862 billion stimulus package to the nearly trillion-dollar health care system overhaul, while Cameron has embarked on an ambitious austerity path to dismantle the bloated bureaucracy that his predecessors built.
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July 22, 2010 | Categories: America's Freedoms, Americans Against Socialism, Corruption in Government, Elections Politics, Foreign Policy, Government, Healthcare, National Security, New Media News, Politics | Tags: British Prime Minister Cameron, Canada, conservative, G20, Obama, Ontario, progressive liberal, similar leaders - but not | 1 Comment »
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