Posts Tagged ‘Politics’

Secret Service agents could be fired for White House breach

If the Salahi’s did breach security they should go to jail.  I can’t imagine what could possibly cause the Secret Service agents to admit someone – anyone – who wasn’t on the White House list.
Secret Service chief Mark Sullivan told a Congressional committee Thursday morning that the agents who admitted Tareq and Michaele Salahi through [...]

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NATO chief: Allies to send 5,000 troops to Kabul, it’s ‘not just America’s war’

It’s time for the rest of the world to ante up and send some significant troops into Afghanistan if they are in agreement that Afghanistan needs help to stabilize the country.  The token number of troops being sent by other countries is just plain bullshit.  If Afghanistan is the world’s problem, then the solution needs [...]

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Video and Transcript: President Obama’s Speech on Afghanistan

Remarks by the President in Address to the Nation on the Way Forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan
Eisenhower Hall Theatre, United States Military Academy at West Point, West Point, New York
8:01 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. To the United States Corps of Cadets, to the men and women of our Armed Services, and to [...]

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New Obama policy bars lobbyists from federal advisory panels

Lobbyists are, of course, up in arms about this rule complaining that this will “neuter the voice of American business.”  The new policy does not bar top corporate officers from sitting on advisor panels as long as they aren’t lobbyists.
Lobbyists pushed off advisory panels
By Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, November 27, 2009
Hundreds, if not thousands, [...]

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Senate looking to crack down on deceptive marketing

It’s about time someone cracked down on this kind of deceptive marketing.   Shopping on the Internet can be treacherous because of these companies.
Next week, the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation will hold a committee hearing on a report titled “Aggressive Sales Tactics on the Internet and their Impact on American Consumers.” During [...]

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Obama Quietly Backs Patriot Act Provisions

By all means, pander to the “tough on terror” idiots who think so little of their liberties.
NEW YORK – With the health care debate preoccupying the mainstream media, it has gone virtually unreported that the Barack Obama administration is quietly supporting renewal of provisions of the George W. Bush-era USA Patriot Act that civil libertarians [...]

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Senate votes to bring health-care bill to the floor

Now the fight begins.
The Senate voted on party lines Saturday night to end a Republican filibuster and bring a bill that would overhaul the nation’s health-care system to the Senate floor.
After days of indecision, the two final holdouts — Sens. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) and Mary Landrieu (D-La.) — voted with all 60 members of their [...]

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Video: Jon Stewart’s Exclusive Lou Dobbs Extended Interview

Despite the fact Jon Stewart is a comedian, this is an extremely intelligent and enlightening conversation between Stewart and Dobbs. Dobbs discusses why he left CNN and his view of the country and what is happening. Stewart, as always, brings a bit different point of view.

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
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Psalms 109:8, An Ugly Prayer for President Obama

Christian nuts are only marginally less scary than Islamic nuts.
Let his days be few; and let another take his office.
Psalm 109:8

Psalms 109:8, An Ugly Prayer for President Obama
Any time the citizens of a state, particularly a democracy, invoke their faith to pray for the demise of those they oppose politically, we should be concerned. When [...]

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Video: Wanda Sykes Takes on Health Care Reform Fear Mongers

WARNING: While adult language is bleeped out, it is still pretty obvious.

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