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Health care passes the House

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 23:52:25 +0000

Health-care reform passed the House, quite literally, at the eleventh hour. It passed with a slim, two-vote margin. But it passed. That is more than has ever happened before. More than Truman or Nixon or Carter or Clinton managed. More than Rayburn or O'Neill or Gingrich managed. It is ...

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The Weekly Standard, Where It's Always Good News For Republicans

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:52:00 +0000

Matthew Continetti's editorial in last week's issue of the Weekly Standard --"The Inevitability Myth: Health care reform is not a fait accompli"--makes the case that, despite all evidence, health care reform may not be enacted after all. (Continetti does concede that "the chances ...

The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan found this 2 days ago on tnr.com

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They Got Nothing… Except the Media

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 20:16:03 +0000

Why is this not a bigger story : Late last night, the Congressional Budget Office released its initial analysis of the health-care reform plan that Republican Minority Leader John Boehner offered as a substitute to the Democratic legislation. CBO begins with the baseline estimate that 17 ...

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Why was the U.S. Embassy in Tehran Captured in 1978?: Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, Iran

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 22:06:22 +0000

Pro-regime demonstrators lampoon President Obama at the site of the former U.S. Embassy in Tehran on the 30th anniversary of the storming of the facility. Continuing with our coverage of the 30th anniversary of the storming of the American Embassy in Tehran, this editorial from the ...

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The Storming of the U.S. Embassy: ‘A Day that Shook the World’ – Kayhan, Islamic Republic of Iran

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 01:39:13 +0000

Two of the 53 American Embassy workers being held hostage with the approval of the Iranian regime, after the facility was stormed on November 4, 1979. Thirty years ago today, the American Embassy in Tehran was stormed by followers of the late Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. It is a day that ...

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An unhappy anniversary

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 09:42:59 +0000

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Iranian invasion of the United States and the true beginning of our now decades long war with the Islamic regime. This humiliating incident where they seized our embassy and help hostage our citizens for 444 days was part of the downfall of the feckless ...

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GOP Congressman Leading Fight Against Rangel Has His Own Ethics Woes

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 12:11:59 +0000

In a rich irony, the Republican congressman leading the fight to have Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-N.Y.) ousted as chair of the House's top tax-writing body turns out to have ethics problems of his own. Rep. John Carter (R-TX) had nearly $300,000 in unreported profits from oil stock sales in 2006 ...

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Billy Carter Service Station to Be Added to Historic Site

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:50:00 +0000

CQ TODAY MIDDAY UPDATE – CONGRESSIONAL AFFAIRS Oct. 26, 2009 – 1:55 p.m. Billy Carter Service Station to Be Added to Historic Site By Alan K. Ota Billy Carter, President Jimmy Carter’s late younger brother, is remembered as the colorful self-described redneck gas station owner and one-time ...

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James Carafano: Why 1978 was a very bad year

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:49:58 +0000

He followed an unpopular president. He received a strong election mandate. He changed the tone in Washington. He said that Human Rights mattered. That America's image in the world had to be remade. He would receive a Nobel Peace Prize. As the end of his presidency's first year drew near, the ...

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Skewed Priorities

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 11:44:23 +0000

Posted By: Seahawk77(285) on 11/3/2009 | 12:00 PM ET I can't recall personally having been so worried about the future of the USA...unless it was during the Carter administration when our hostages were being held in Iran, the Soviets had invaded Afghanistan, and had sent two airborne divisions ...

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The Modern Thirty Years War

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 03:17:21 +0000

I was going to write an article about the 30th anniversary of the Iranian take over of our embassy, the beginning of the most recent incarnation of the Islamic War against the west, but Uncle Jimbo over at Blackfive put up a much better post on it than I could. Today marks the 30th anniversary ...

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Judge Carter Ruling on MTD

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:39:45 +0000

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Judge Dismisses Taitz Birther Suit

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:02:31 +0000

A U.S. District Court judge has dismissed one of Orly Taitz's birther lawsuits, saying it would be unconstitutional for the courts to "effectively overthrow a sitting president." In his ruling, Judge David O. Carter said the plaintiffs, represented by Taitz, had asked the courts to go ...

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Sept. 11 chapel 'arsonist' gives up

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 12:52:10 +0000

A Harvard law grad surrendered to cops yesterday after allegedly setting fire to an East Side chapel that houses remains of 9/11 victims as part of a drunken dare, sources said. Brian Schroeder, 26, originally from Texas, walked into the 13th Precinct station house at about 7 p.m. in connection ...

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Judge Wonders Aloud If Orly Taitz Suborned Perjury

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 22:47:00 +0000

Others have already noted this passage from a smack-down ruling against Orly Taitz in a California Birther suit last week. But it's worth highlighting that the judge in the case suggested Taitz may have suborned perjury. Check out these sentences from the lengthy order by Judge David Carter ...

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