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Liberals Outraged Over Inaugural Preacher (Council on Foreign Relations' Pastor Rick Warren)
Post Date: 2008-12-17 23:30:14 by Rotara
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President-elect Barack Obama triggered a liberal firestorm Wednesday with the announcement that noted evangelical minister Rick Warren would deliver an invocation at his inauguaration. The celebrity preacher at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., who hosted an important forum on faith with Obama and John McCain during the presidential campaign, is a best-selling author who fills stadiums with his sermons. While liberal partisans were up in arms, some political analysts described the move as brilliant, a gesture not only to white social conservatives but an astute nod to the African-American and Latino communities, which are notably more conservative on religious and social issues ...
December 7, 1941 . . . a Day of Deceit
Post Date: 2008-12-17 18:03:56 by Rotara
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December 7, 1941 . . . a Day of Deceitby Robert B. StinnettThis week, as Americans remember those 2403 men, women, and children killed – and 1178 wounded – in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941, recently released government documents concerning that "surprise" raid compel us to revisit some troubling questions.At issue is American foreknowledge of Japanese military plans to attack Hawaii by a submarine and carrier force 59 years ago. There are two questions at the top of the foreknowledge list: (1) whether President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his top military chieftains provoked Japan into an "overt act of war" directed at Hawaii, ...
Illinois High Court Rejects Challenge to Remove Blagojevich
Post Date: 2008-12-17 17:47:05 by Rotara
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Attorney General Lisa Madigan had argued Blagojevich's legal and political troubles are keeping him from performing his duties. The Illinois Supreme Court has refused to hear a challenge to Gov. Rod Blagojevich's fitness to hold office. A spokesman said Wednesday that the court rejected the challenge without comment. Attorney General Lisa Madigan had argued Blagojevich's legal and political troubles are keeping him from performing his duties. She had argued they amount to a disability, so Blagojevich should have his authority removed temporarily. She expressed disappointment over the court's decision. "Because of Gov. Blagojevich's refusal to resign, the ...
Obama clears himself and staff in Blagojevich case (LMAO !!!!!)
Post Date: 2008-12-17 01:22:39 by Rotara
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The president-elect says an internal review shows there were no inappropriate conversations with the Illinois governor about who would fill the vacant Senate seat. By Christi Parsons and John McCormick December 16, 2008 Reporting from Washington and Chicago -- Barack Obama said Monday that an internal investigation had found his staff had no inappropriate conversations with Illinois Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich over who would succeed the president-elect in the Senate.But Obama said the review of his staff's contacts would not be made public until next week at the request of federal prosecutors, who are investigating whether Blagojevich put Obama's Senate seat up for ...
Conservative Groups to Ask UN to Support Protection of the Unborn
Post Date: 2008-12-14 07:46:59 by PSUSA
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(CNSNews.com) – A coalition of conservative groups plan to present a petition of 330,000 names to the United Nations on Tuesday, calling for the member states to interpret the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as protecting the unborn from abortion and protecting the traditional family. The group was formed in response to efforts by pro-abortion groups International Planned Parenthood Federation and Marie Stopes International, which are calling for the right to abortion on declaration’s 60th anniversary. "We are proud not only to match but far surpass the efforts of pro-abortion groups," said Austin Ruse, president of the Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute ...
AIG Said to Offer Retention Payment to Bigger Group of Workers
Post Date: 2008-12-13 23:48:40 by Rotara
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Dec. 13 (Bloomberg) -- American International Group Inc., the insurer under fire for paying 168 executives not to quit after a government takeover, is giving retention awards to at least 2,000 more employees, according to a person familiar with the matter. The “retention bonus” equals as much as a year’s salary and recipients were ordered to keep the payment secret, said the person, who declined to be named because the plan was labeled confidential. Awards were offered to as much as 10 percent of staff at businesses that are for sale, including plane-leasing and insurance units in the U.S. and overseas, the person said. AIG said in September that 130 executives will get ...
Obama aides won't discuss Ill. governor probe
Post Date: 2008-12-12 20:22:08 by Rotara
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40 minutes ago WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama is refusing to answer any questions about the internal review he has ordered into Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich's alleged efforts to sell his former Senate seat, saying he will do so when the examination is finished. Obama's staff has declined to respond to even basic questions, like who is conducting the probe, how long it will take, what issues are being explored and whether they are working with federal investigators. Obama has promised transparency throughout his service and to divulge contacts his staff has had with Blagojevich's office in the coming days. But his staff has locked down on inquiries in the ...
Bush Pardons Carly Simon’s Little Drug-Pusher
Post Date: 2008-12-12 18:27:16 by X-15
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NEW YORK--A Brooklyn-born rapper by the name of John Forte had a business idea of sorts about eight years ago. It was one of those get-rich quickly schemes that, alas, work most of the time, hence the reason so many people are out of it most of the time. He flew to South America, bought a large amount of a liquid substance, stuffed it into an expensive briefcase, and flew into Newark airport with $1.4 million worth of liquid cocaine. He was obviously hoping to make ten or twenty times the amount once the haul was hardened by experts, cut up by more experts, and then sold to the small time dealers who would cut it up some more, mix it with laxatives, and eventually sell it to the suckers who ...
Who in 2012??
Post Date: 2008-12-11 18:29:18 by X-15
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"One clear sign that America had better wake the fuck up is that there are still people out there pinning their hopes on a run by Paul and/or Palin. Ron Paul - who's older than McCain! - will be 76 in 2012. The only likelihood more remote than a Paul victory in '12 is if he runs again in 2020 as a still-functioning brain in a fish-tank, floating in spinal column fluid and communicating via electrical impulses. Palin is boneable. That sums up her entire c.v. and program for American renewal. Of course so long as the lights are still on, civil order is more-or-less maintained and - most importantly - the communications satellites are still beaming down AMERICAN IDOL and ...
Liberals voice concerns about Obama ( "Liberals are nervous" LOL !! )
Post Date: 2008-12-08 14:18:40 by Rotara
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Liberals are growing increasingly nervous – and some just flat-out angry – that President-elect Barack Obama seems to be stiffing them on Cabinet jobs and policy choices. Obama has reversed pledges to immediately repeal tax cuts for the wealthy and take on Big Oil. He’s hedged his call for a quick drawdown in Iraq. And he’s stocking his White House with anything but stalwarts of the left. Now some are shedding a reluctance to puncture the liberal euphoria at being rid of President George W. Bush to say, in effect, that the new boss looks like the old boss. “He has confirmed what our suspicions were by surrounding himself with a centrist to right cabinet. But we ...
'Natural-born' requirement called 'stupidest provision' (Also 'discriminates, outdated, undemocratic and assumes birthplace a proxy for loyalty') [Illegal Alien Bastard Obamalamagabedinga-dong Alert]
Post Date: 2008-12-03 21:37:10 by Rotara
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Posted: December 03, 20089:00 pm Eastern By Bob Unruh © 2008 WorldNetDaily An associate lawyer in a Chicago-based firm whose partner served on a finance committee for then-Sen. Barack Obama has advocated for the elimination of the U.S. Constitution's requirement that a president be a "natural-born" citizen, calling the requirement "stupid" and affirming it discriminates, is outdated and undemocratic. Barack Obama and Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga The paper was written in 2006, just two years after Obama had won a landslide election in Illinois to the U.S. Senate, by Sarah Herlihy. She is listed as an associate at the Chicago firm of ...
Bush wants history to see him as a liberator of millions
Post Date: 2008-12-02 20:17:15 by X-15
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George W. Bush hopes history will see him as a president who liberated millions of Iraqis and Afghans, who worked towards peace and who never sold his soul for political ends. "I'd like to be a president (known) as somebody who liberated 50 million people and helped achieve peace," Bush said in excerpts of a recent interview released by the White House Friday. "I would like to be a person remembered as a person who, first and foremost, did not sell his soul in order to accommodate the political process. I came to Washington with a set of values, and I'm leaving with the same set of values." He also said he wanted to be seen as a president who helped ...
The Haunting Majesty of President Bush [not drooling]
Post Date: 2008-12-02 11:55:41 by a vast rightwing conspirator
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What would you like to have handy if you found yourself on a desert island and there was only one other (sub)human there. This one. Click for Full Text!
5 things the war Cabinet says about Obama
Post Date: 2008-12-02 10:17:19 by Rotara
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President-elect Obama made official the worst-kept secret in Washington this morning: that his national security team will be headlined by a bitter political rival (Clinton) and a member of President Bush’s war cabinet (Gates). Beyond the obvious symbolism, however, Monday’s moves also offer some important evidence on the best-kept secret of the past two years: how will a President Obama actually govern in these troubled times? The parlor game of who gets what job is largely over, save a few of the less prestigious cabinet gigs. Here is what today’s announcement – combined with the unveiling of his top White House staff and economic team – tell us about the 44th ...
Scowcroft Protégés on Obama's Radar (Scowcroft = CFR, Trilat und Bilderberg = Obama)
Post Date: 2008-11-23 22:41:59 by Beendigen Sie die Kommunisten
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WASHINGTON -- Many of the Republicans emerging as potential members of the Obama administration have professional and ideological ties to Brent Scowcroft, a former national-security adviser turned public critic of the Bush White House. Mr. Scowcroft spoke by phone with President-elect Barack Obama last week, the latest in a months-long series of conversations between the two men about defense and foreign-policy issues, according to people familiar with the discussions. Brent ScowcroftThe relationship between the president-elect and the Republican heavyweight suggests that Mr. Scowcroft's views, which place a premium on an Israeli-Palestinian peace accord, might hold sway in the Obama ...
Leaders see financial crisis over in 18 months
Post Date: 2008-11-23 16:50:02 by Beendigen Sie die Kommunisten
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At Asia-Pacific conference, Bush makes final push to expand free tradeMandel Ngan / AFP - Getty ImagesPresident Bush takes his seat during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit Sunday. View related photosvar hasRelatedPhotos = 'true';if (hasRelatedPhotos=='true'){var vRPL = document.getElementById("viewRelatedPhotosLink");if (vRPL!=undefined) vRPL.style.display = "";var vLRPG = document.getElementById("linkRelatedPhotos");var vLIRPG = document.getElementById("linkImgRelatedPhotos");if (vLRPG) {if(vLIRPG) vLIRPG.href=vLRPG.href;}}getCSS("3088867")Video: Economy in turmoilStimulus package coming?Nov. 23: NBC's ...
Sarah Palin Turkey Incident: Does TV Interview While Turkeys Are Slaughtered In The Background (VIDEO)
Post Date: 2008-11-21 21:05:34 by Yellow Cake
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___________________ Good God, Palin claims she was unaware of the carnage going on behind her. Scary stuff.
This is Change? 20 Hawks, Clintonites and Neocons to Watch for in Obama's White House
Post Date: 2008-11-20 14:30:12 by Jethro Tull
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This is Change? 20 Hawks, Clintonites and Neocons to Watch for in Obama's White House By Jeremy Scahill, AlterNetPosted on November 20, 2008, Printed on November 20, 2008 http://www.alternet.org/story/107666/ Click here to view this guide as a single page.U.S. policy is not about one individual, and no matter how much faith people place in President-elect Barack Obama, the policies he enacts will be fruit of a tree with many roots. Among them: his personal politics and views, the disastrous realities his administration will inherit, and, of course, unpredictable future crises. But the best immediate indicator of what an Obama administration might look like can be found in the ...
Hitler HAD only got one ball
Post Date: 2008-11-20 02:30:22 by noone222
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AN extraordinary account from a German army medic has finally confirmed what the world long suspected: Hitler only had one ball. War veteran Johan Jambor made the revelation to a priest in the 1960s, who wrote it down. The priest’s document has now come to light – 23 years after Johan’s death. The war tyrant’s medical condition has been mocked for years in a British song. The lyrics are: “Hitler has only got one ball, the other is in the Albert Hall. His mother, the dirty b****r, cut it off when he was small.’ Until now there has never been complete proof Hitler was monorchic – the medical term for having one testicle. But the document tells how Johan ...
Democratic officials: Daschle accepts HHS post
Post Date: 2008-11-19 13:55:15 by Beendigen Sie die Kommunisten
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WASHINGTON – Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle has accepted President-elect Barack Obama's offer to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, Democratic officials said Wednesday. The appointment has not been announced, but these officials said the job is Daschle's barring an unforeseen problem as Obama's team reviews the background of the South Dakota Democrat. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorize to discuss the matter publicly. Daschle is a close adviser to Obama throughout the former Illinois senator's White House campaign. He recently wrote a book on his proposals to improve health care, and he is working with former ...
Where have all the O'piles gone ???? [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2008-11-12 19:09:49 by Rotara
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Poster Comment:
Where oh where hast thou hidden thyselves ???
Lindsey Graham on Rahm Emanuel: "This is a wise choice by President-elect Obama"
Post Date: 2008-11-11 12:22:52 by Jethro Tull
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But then there were these words, from Lindsey Graham, the Republican senator from South Carolina and John McCain's frequent traveling companion in the just-completed presidential campaign: "This is a wise choice by President-elect Obama." Graham, praising Emanuel for "great political skills," continued: I worked closely with him during the presidential debate negotiations which were completed in record time. When we hit a rough spot, he always looked for a path forward. I consider Rahm to be a friend and colleague. He's tough but fair. Honest, direct, and candid. These qualities will serve President-elect Obama well.
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(Neo) Conned Again
Post Date: 2008-11-10 15:10:43 by Rupert_Pupkin
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Conned Again By Paul Craig Roberts If the change President-elect Obama has promised includes a halt to America’s wars of aggression and an end to the rip-off of taxpayers by powerful financial interests, what explains Obama’s choice of foreign and economic policy advisors? Indeed, Obama’s selection of Rahm Israel Emanuel as White House chief of staff is a signal that change ended with Obama’s election. The only thing different about the new administration will be the faces. Rahm Israel Emanuel is a supporter of Bush’s invasion of Iraq. Emanuel rose to prominence in the Democratic Party as a result of his fundraising connections to AIPAC. A strong supporter of the ...
U.S. concedes Georgia attack attack in South Ossetia was a mistake
Post Date: 2008-11-09 12:30:53 by Rotara
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The U.S. State Department said Friday the Georgian attack in South Ossetia last August was a mistake, but that it did not justify Russia's large-scale intervention. The comments follow a critical newspaper assessment of the Tbilisi government's role in the crisis. In its most specific comments on the subject to date, the State Department says Georgian leaders made a mistake when they attacked the capital of breakaway South Ossetia, Tskhinvali, in August. But officials here say overall culpability for the war may never be known, and the focus now should be on getting Georgia, and especially Russia, to heed ceasefire obligations, and help return the region to stability. The ...
President Obama
Post Date: 2008-11-08 20:40:29 by Jhoffa_
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President Obama Now it's our turn to hope. In politics, as one suspects in life, no good deed goes unpunished. John McCain staked everything on success in Iraq. He advocated the surge publicly and made the case for it privately. He defended it passionately and intelligently, and was indispensable in beating back critics, shoring up nervous supporters, and keeping enough public support for the surge so the Democratic party's repeated efforts to abort it failed. The surge worked. It worked better than even its proponents expected. The strategic and moral calamity of an American withdrawal in defeat from the central front in the war on Islamic jihadism was averted. The positive ...
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