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House Passing Health Care Tonight November 7 11:05 P.M. History Made

Sun, 8 Nov 2009 04:11:48 +0000

The vote is taking place right this minute in a late session and 218 votes are needed to Pass the Healthcare Bill tonight on Saturday November 7th, 2009 at 11:05 p.m., there are at 213 votes right now. Democrats are going without the Rupublicans who are voting no on this bill. We are moments ...

Teris posted 4 hours ago from politicolnews.com

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Combat Wounded, Combat Dead

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 20:33:01 +0000

... deserve Purple Hearts. Their killer probably deserves desertion, treason and terrorism charges if, as all indicators seem to very strongly suggest, he was engaged in jihad, from his rants about the Koran, his denunciation of the United States as "the aggressor" in arguments with fellow ...

Cold Fury found this 11 hours ago on julescrittenden.com

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Obama Gives Shout Out to 'Congressional Medal of Honor Winner' Who Isn't

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 12:37:38 +0000

The Washington Post this afternoon reported "President Obama delivers remarks on Ft. Hood shooting at end of tribal leaders conference." The transcript begins: SPEAKER: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA [*] OBAMA: Please, everybody, have a seat. Let me first of all just thank Ken and the ...

Say Anything found this 43 hours ago on newsbusters.org

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Palin’s Speech

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 20:07:40 +0000

“My fellow Americans, tens of millions of you shared our convictions and gave us your votes. And I thank you for your confidence. For us, it was not our time . . . not our moment. But it is our country . . . the winner will be our president . . . and I wish Barack Obama well as the 44th ...

tsteels2 posted 12 hours ago from themoderatevoice.com

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Obama: no stickler for accuracy

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 16:49:00 +0000

Obama Gives Shout Out to 'Congressional Medal of Honor Winner' Who Isn't By Mike Bates The Washington Post this afternoon reported "President Obama delivers remarks on Ft. Hood shooting at end of tribal leaders conference." The transcript begins: SPEAKER: PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA [*] OBAMA: ...

jhudock posted 15 hours ago from commonsensewonder.blogspot.com

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The Christmas vs. Holiday battle ensues (video)

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 15:16:11 +0000

With increasing threats, lawsuits and exposure over what constitutes a ‘legal Christmas season’ in this country, it is astounding albeit wonderful, that the current White House administration, President and Congress hav...

Pirate's Cove found this 16 hours ago on examiner.com

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Blackouts and bankruptcies

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0000

How cap and trade is destroying the economies of Europe

Doug Ross @ Journal found this 18 hours ago on americanthinker.com

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Michele Bachmann invites tea partiers to Washington for another swig.

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 02:49:33 +0000

Whether it was billing the event as a "Super Bowl of Freedom" or challenging conservatives to "scare" members of Congress, it worked. Rep. Michele Bachmann got thousands of protesters to flood the lawn in front of the Capitol building Thursday afternoon, joining her for what was originally described as a "press conference" but turned out to be a full-blown rally against health care reform—a mini-sequel to the 9/12 protest of two months ago. [ more ... ] ...

Slate Magazine found this 2 days ago on slate.com

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Be Proud, Democrats. Be Very Proud.

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 14:00:00 +0000

Friday night, prosecutors in the case of The United States v. William Jefferson (D-LA) issued a memorandum recommending a prison sentence of 27 to 33 years for the former congressman from New Orleans, consistent with Federal sentencing guidelines. Such a long sentence is justified, according to ...

Doug Ross @ Journal found this 18 hours ago on redstate.com

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Former President George W. Bush -- By: Kathryn Jean Lopez

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 16:31:48 +0000

visited Fort Hood families last night: FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) ― Former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, visited wounded soldiers and their families near the site of the worst mass shooting on an Army post in the United States. The Bushes made their private visit to Fort ...

Cold Fury found this 15 hours ago on corner.nationalreview.com

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If women can defend Fort Hood, they can defend America.

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 20:43:34 +0000

Fort Hood, Texas, hosts tens of thousands of men who are trained to fight for their country. But none of them stopped Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan as he blew away 13 of their colleagues Thursday afternoon. It was a civilian police officer, Sgt. Kimberly Munley, who shot him. For her trouble, Munley took a bullet in her leg. Maybe the president will also pin a medal on her. [ more ... ] Fort Hood - United States - Police officer - Military - Texas

Slate Magazine found this 35 hours ago on slate.com

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Revolutionary War hero becomes honorary US citizen (AP)

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:09:09 +0000

AP - Finally, Gen. Casimir Pulaski became an American citizen on Friday, 230 years after the Polish nobleman died fighting for the as yet-unborn United States.

Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military ... found this 19 hours ago on news.yahoo.com

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Washington Post Company Crashed-and-Burned-and-Smoking Watch

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000

Why oh why can't we have a better press corps? Shut it down right now. If it were going to educate and inform the public, API would not be doing it, would they? Zachary Roth: Newsweek And Oil Lobby Team Up To Host Climate Change Event With Lawmakers : Newsweek magazine is teaming up ...

Crooks and Liars found this 19 hours ago on delong.typepad.com

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One Down: Schleicher County Jury Convicts Jessop of Child Rape

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 13:00:00 +0000

The State of Texas awaits the jury's decision on his sentence, but even the NYT cared enough about the outcome of the Eldorado, Texas, trial to report the verdict. The jury found him guilty in fewer than four hours. Seen in an AP photo, below, as he was escorted away from the courthouse, ...

Crooks and Liars found this 19 hours ago on correntewire.com

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Security forces seek 4 suspected Iranian group members

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:38:37 +0000

WASSIT / Aswat al-Iraq: Security forces in the city of al-Kut on Friday hung posters and photos of four wanted men believed to be members of the Iranian al-Quds Brigade on charges of involvement in “armed operations against Iraqi security personnel and civilians”.“The security authorities in Kut ...

Antiwar.com Original found this 39 hours ago on en.aswataliraq.info

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Is Cost Control a Joke?

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 22:17:48 +0000

For all of the crazy arguments against health care reform, a few of them are entirely sensible--and worth taking seriously. As I write in my latest Kaiser Health News column , which appeared on TNR’s home page yesterday , one of those is the worry that Congress won’t follow through ...

Ezra Klein found this 33 hours ago on tnr.com

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Afghanistan

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 04:33:50 +0000

I have to admit that I don’t have a very strong opinion about Afghanistan. I don’t understand the situation at all, I understand that, unlike Iraq, there may have been good reasons to go in, and I also understand that those reasons may or may not have anything to do with whether or ...

Corrente found this 27 hours ago on balloon-juice.com

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Conservatives Heart Nuke Power

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 21:44:27 +0000

First Brad Plumer in the New Republic , then Matt Yglesias on his site have marveled at the supposedly strange enthusiasm of conservatives for nuclear power. What's strange about it? It's pure cold economic rationality.

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Remember, Nidal Hasan Isn’t The Only Muslim In The United States Military

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:49:17 +0000

Some of them have died for their country: Similar Posts: Pat Buchanan Goes Into Full-On Raving Lunatic Mode A Part Of History The Thrill Of Victory, The Agony Of Defeat Last British Veteran Of World War One Dies Slipping Into Memory

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GOP Health Plan Would Allow For ‘Sweatshop Insurance’

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:17:12 +0000

Under the Republican health care alternative filed in the House, young and healthy individuals can purchase policies from insurers that don’t abide by local benefit or rate standards . The Republican bill allows the health insurer to choose a “primary state” “whose covered laws shall govern the ...

Ezra Klein found this 38 hours ago on wonkroom.thinkprogress.org

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