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Create a White House Office on Urban Policy: Obama and Biden will create a White House Office of Urban Policy to develop a strategy for metropolitan America and to ensure that all federal dollars targeted to urban areas are effectively spent on the highest-impact programs. The Director of Urban ...
Biden: No 'Real Gaffes' as VP
Biden: No 'Real Gaffes' as VP
blogs.abcnews.com — ABC News' Matthew Jaffe Reports: On Election Eve, Sen. Joe Biden, D-DE., said that in the past... two and a half months since Sen. Barack Obama, D-IL, selected him as running mate, he has been "value-added" to the Democratic ticket... (more) Biden: No 'Real Gaffes' as VP
White House to Establish Office of Urban Policy
voices.washingtonpost.com — By Al Kamen The intense back-stabbing amongst Democrats for top jobs in the Obama administration assumes there... are a fixed number of jobs worth having. But it's looking likely that some extremely choice, even consequential, jobs are going to be ... (more) White House to Establish Office of Urban Policy
Obama to Create White House Office of Urban Policy
blogs.abcnews.com — On National Public Radio's "All Things Considered" yesterday, longtime Obama family friend and Obama-Biden Transition Team co-chair... Valerie Jarrett said that the President-elect would, as pledged during the campaign, create an Office of Urban Policy. ... (more) Obama to Create White House Office of Urban Policy
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Wasting No Time
TheOtherSideofKim Front Page — Well, that didn’t take long. Reader QP sends me this interesting information from The One’s website: - Address Gun Violence in Cities: As president, Barack Obama would repeal the Tiahrt Amendment, which restricts the ability of local law enforcement to access important gun trace information, and give police officers across the nation the tools they need to solve gun crimes and fight the illegal arms trade. - Obama and Biden also favor commonsense measures that respect the Second Amendment rights of gun owners, while keeping ...

No Sale
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler — ... , will you be bringing the pitchforks and torches and march alongside me just as you took to the airwaves, newspapers and Internet with frothing rants and screams every time Charles Rangel started talking about re-instituting the draft (which you then promptly blamed on Bush, of course)? When your Holy Messiah starts pushing to eliminate my Second Amendment rights , will you stand there with me on the barricades and yell “NO FURTHER!”, just as you went into full, screeching hysteria mode every time something you perceived as a slight to the Holy Writ of Roe v. Wade came ...

The Rumors Are True, Gun Sales Through The Roof [Vinnie]
Ace of Spades HQ — The Rumors Are True, Gun Sales Through The Roof [Vinnie] Yup, big shocka there. It certainly backs up the message I got from co-blogger Blackflag: That being said, almost every online dealer of AR/AK mags and ammo is sold out, mad rush going on in the firearms industry in preparation for AWB2. AWB2 being Assault Weapons Ban 2, if you're a Concern Troll, unable to grasp the fine points that we can actually see through Obama's bullshit that: During an October appearance in Ohio, Obama sought to reassure gun owners. "I will not take your shotgun away," he said. "I will not take your rifle away. I won't take your handgun away." ...

There’s A Surprise
Right Wing Nation — Gun sales were up during the campaign, but they’re skyrocketing now. Why? Well, remember how Obama tried to sell himself as a supporter of the Second Amendment? Now that he’s won, he’s completely dropped that lie. From Obama’s site to your eyes: They also support making the expired federal Assault Weapons Ban permanent, as such weapons belong on foreign battlefields and not on our streets. And there you have it. Obama is a liar. But he’s a liberal, so of course he’s a liar. All liberals are. Note that I said liberals, not Democrats. And ...

It's Change Alright, Change The Fucking Website When You're Criticized [Vinnie]
Ace of Spades HQ — It's Change Alright, Change The Fucking Website When You're Criticized [Vinnie] Remember my post from last night? Look what happened to the change.gov link I put in there. I took a screen shot of the AWB policy listed on that page, it's linked in that post. Also linked in that post is the reason why I decided to take that screen shot of the AWB policy. Here's the screen shot of how it looks now. It may be something, it may be nothing. But before, if you moused over "Agenda," you got a laundry list of options. Now, you get nothing but a static page. I wish I could chalk it up to site maintenance, ...

Obama's Assault Weapons Ban plan disappears down the memory hole
Doug Ross @ Journal — Moments after the election the media breathlessly reported that gun sales had hit record levels . What the media did its best to obfuscate is the vigor with which President-Elect Obama will pursue egregious restrictions like the "Assault Weapons" Ban (AWB). [image] The Kansas City Star was one of many newspapers laying down covering fire for the AWB . It... is unclear whether a serious push for regulation is likely from Congress. The number of Democrats there who support gun rights has increased. Also, the party fell short Tuesday of winning a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, leaving Republicans ...

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