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Brokaw to lead 'Meet the Press'
By MIKE ALLEN | 6/22/08 10:14 AM EST

Tom Brokaw will replace Tim Russert as moderator of NBC’s “Meet the Press” through the November presidential election, the network announced today.

NBC News President Steve Capus said: "A lot has been said in recent days about what 'Meet the Press' means to NBC News and to the nation. To have someone of Tom's stature step up and dedicate himself to ensuring its ongoing success is not only a testament to his loyalty to Tim, but his enduring commitment to NBC News and our viewers."

NBC’s plans for a successor to Russert, who died two weeks ago after collapsing at the network’s Washington bureau, have been the subject of hot speculation. The interim plan gives network executives time to figure out how to preserve the show’s prestige and profitability for the long run.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/11249.html

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Remember a soldier on the 4th of July!
Largest-ever care package campaign being assembled



This national birthday, July 4, would be an excellent time to remember a soldier, according to Move America Forward, the nation's largest grassroots pro-troop organization.

The group is leading an effort to create the largest-ever care package campaign for U.S. troops.

The organization is asking Americans to, before June 26, sponsor care packages that will be shipped to service members as part of the historic mass shipment. They are scheduled to arrive just in time for July 4th.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=66988

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A telling choice by NBC News
Mitch Proenza
The biggest dilemma NBC had in announcing the sudden passing of Tim Russert was the lack of anyone in their news department with enough stature to "break the news". Who could they choose among their ranks? NBC when they passed on hyper-partisan Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews. Sure, they hosted many hours on MSNBC collecting stories and tributes from the many colleagues who were shocked and saddened by his sudden demise. But if there was any doubt about their smallness it was summarized by Chris Matthews need to create a storyline out of the Iraq war and how Tim Russert at the beginning of the second Iraq war, the exemplifier of small town American values held with the President over the fact that Saddam was thought to have WMD's. He, Matthews, was of course not duped.

Nor did they turn to Brian Williams or Matt Lauer. You can figure that out for yourself. NBC required an alumnus, someone who was untainted by the stench of the petty, the bitter and the bias that has become NBC and particular MSNBC. They chose Tom Brokaw to do it as the only person affiliated to that once great network with the gravitas to report on the death of a titan of broadcast news.

Tim Russert exemplified a hard-nosed sense of fair play when it came to the reporting of and the examination of political events. He managed to disguise his politics and view point and helped separate the facts from the fantasy and spin of both the two major political parties. At the end of the day it was the conservative media, both on radio and the internet that will give him his greatest tributes.

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/06/a_telling_choice_by_nbc_news.html

NY Post: Olbermann Threatens to Quit if Not Made 'Meet the Press' Host

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Jeez guys. You couldn't wait until the body was cold?
Rick Moran
Tim Russert has been dead a week but that hasn't stopped the nakedly ambitous potato heads at MSNBC from lusting after his Meet The Press job.

Word is out and reported by Page Six at the New York Post that both hysterically hyper Chris Matthews and that bumbling bufoon Keith Olbermann are both jockeying for position in the MTP sweepstakes:

TIM Russert's body wasn't even cold in the ground before MSNBC anchors Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann started jockeying for his job, sources claim.

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/06/jeez_guys_you_couldnt_wait_unt.html

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Obama's Propagandistic Iconography: the Making of a Messiah

By Warner Todd Huston | June 22, 2008 - 14:45 ET

A photographic essay of Obama propaganda and the Media's willing assistance with it

In America we have always been a skeptical people. One of our states even has a skeptical motto. Missouri calls itself the "Show Me State" proving that Missourians don't imagine they'd be apt to have the wool pulled over their eyes too readily. Consequently, when most American citizens look at their politicians they usually view them through a prism of skepticism and since the assassination of John F. Kennedy, our skepticism has almost bordered on the irrational.(Photo with Obama logo behind by Reuters)

The American press has traditionally been even harder on our politicians and government than even the average American. Since the first days of our country, the press has savaged, doubted, dug up dirt and attacked our politicians, seeming to never believe a word the pols say. From George Washington to George Bush, the press has been at odds with politicians. Yet, for some unexplainable reason, the pretentiousness and presumption of Barack Obama is being allowed to pass uncommented upon. The media especially is allowing him to make all sorts of claims that they should never allow anyone else to get away with. They are unquestioning with his claim to be the candidate of "change" and the candidate that will "reach across the aisle." Neither claim can be substantiated by the man's career thus far. He does not reach across the aisle and he is responsible for no great program of change. A properly skeptical press would ask for the proof of Obmam's claims, but they merely smile and allow him to ramble on as if what he is saying is unassailable.
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But the media is especially compliant where it concerns the Obama campaign's graphic designs, displays that can be so easily compared to religious iconography or even old style communist propaganda. The overblown, obscenely reverential posters featuring Obama's upturned face in Jesus-like poses have gone uncommented upon by what should be a hard-nosed, doubtful media. These over-the-top graphic images in the form of posters and campaign literature design are amazing for their obvious propagandistic style, yet the media seem not to find any reason to be off put by the absurdity of these graphics. Nor have they noticed the campaign art's similarity to communist imagery. One can't help but wonder why this blatant re-use of the graphic style used by Stalin, Hitler and Mao has raised not the slightest question in the minds of the American media?

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/warner-todd-huston/2008/06/22/obamas-propagandistic-iconography-making-messiah

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Encouraging illegals to 'game' the system
Chad Groening - OneNewsNow - 6/20/2008 10:10:00 AMBookmark and Share

Illegal alien road signAn immigration reform organization says a recent Supreme Court ruling has made it easier for some foreign nationals who overstay their visas to remain in the U.S. legally.



In a 5-4 decision, the high court ruled that someone who is in the country illegally may withdraw a voluntary agreement to depart and continue to try to adjust his or her status while in the United States. The case involved a Nigerian national who overstayed his visa and later married an American woman. Authorities wanted to force him out of the country. But in ruling in the majority in the case, Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote an opinion favorable to his efforts to remain in the country.

Ira Mehlman, a spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform, explains the basics of the case. "This is a case where you have somebody who had accepted voluntary departure -- and then suddenly thought of a reason why he might be able to be allowed to stay and wants to withdraw his voluntary departure agreement."

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=144376

Under the Marxist like Barry, illegals will bring cousins, uncles,aunts,grandmas,grandfathers..etc..& the fence will not be completed!

Paul Supporters Fall Short in Montana

Warrant issued for CBS News anchor Katie Couric
And Keith Obamman has I think 5 warrants out on him...if this was you or me they'd drag us off the air! You mean law enforcement doesn't know how to corral these two????If there's a reward I could lead the police right to them..as a matter of fact I'd do it pro-bono!

Mexico's Gifts to America: Illiterate Peasants, Salmonella, and Disease

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Saudi Arabia Boosts Oil Supply, May Pump More Later (Update2)

By Ayesha Daya and Glen Carey

June 22 (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabia may raise its oil production beyond a planned 200,000 barrel-a-day increase in July if the oil market requires extra supply, Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi told consumers at a summit in Jeddah.

Saudi Arabia's commitment to government and business leaders to pump 9.7 million barrels a day next month came after crude rose to a record $139.89 in New York on June 16. Saudi King Abdullah said at today's summit that his country, the world's biggest oil exporter, seeks ``reasonable'' prices. OPEC President Chakib Khelil said a Saudi boost is ``illogical'' because refiners don't need more crude.

The International Energy Agency estimates that world oil use this year will climb 800,000 barrels a day, or 1 percent, as demand climbs in emerging markets. Stagnating production from Russia and the North Sea and disruption in Nigeria are also contributing to higher prices, which have touched off strikes, riots and accelerating inflation in nations around the world.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=agZ1gqbuhxpo

US charitable donations top $300 bn in 2007
The stinginess of those great so called Christians Barry & Michelle adds nothing to this..they prefer socialism as opposed to their family sacrificing & maybe giving to the needy by the bare minimum of 10%/they give a mere pittance of the 10% minimum & seemingly towards Black Liberation Theology; esp. since Barry's book sales are at 7 times what they were about a year ago!

Carlin, counterculture comedians' dean, dies at 71

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Obama camp closely linked with ethanol
Industry endorsed by candidate has provided some of his top advisers

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25324195/

Summer School for Democrats

BROOKLYN'S BLURBS TO YOUR HEALTH: New Clue to Alzheimer's Found

How Close is Israel to Attacking Iran?

Sarkozy: Nuclear Iran 'Unacceptable'
Line em' up & LET'S ROLL!!!

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10 Concerns about Barack Obama
It's policy.

By William J. Bennett & Seth Leibsohn

1. Barack Obama’s foreign policy is dangerous, naïve, and betrays a profound misreading of history. For at least the past five years, Democrats and liberals have said our standing in the international community has suffered from a “cowboy” or “go-it-alone” foreign policy. While politicians with favorable views of our president have been elected in Germany, Italy, France, and elsewhere, Barack Obama is giving cause to make our allies even more nervous. This past Sunday’s Washington Post reported, “European officials are increasingly concerned that Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign pledge to begin direct talks with Iran on its nuclear program without preconditions could potentially rupture U.S. relations with key European allies early in a potential Obama administration.”

Barack Obama’s stance toward Iran is as troubling as it is dangerous. By stating and maintaining that he would negotiate with Iran, “without preconditions,” and within his first year of office, he will give credibility to, and reward for his intransigence, the head of state of the world’s chief sponsor of terrorism. Such a meeting will also undermine and send the exact wrong signal to Iranian dissidents. And, he will lower the prestige of the office of the president: In his own words he stated, “If we think that meeting with the president is a privilege that has to be earned, I think that reinforces the sense that we stand above the rest of the world at this point in time.” Not only has his stance toward Iran caused concern among our allies in Europe, U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton called it, “Irresponsible and frankly naïve.”

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Barack Obama’s position on negotiating with U.S. enemies betrays a profound misreading of history. In justifying his position that he would meet with Iran without precondition and in his first year of office, Barack Obama has said, “That is what Kennedy did with Khrushchev; that’s what Nixon did with Mao; what Reagan did with Gorbachev.”

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MzQ4YTY4YjQyMzRjYjA5MGZlNDBiZTkwYmEyODg5NTc=&w=MA

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Gitmo torture -- where's the evidence?
Chad Groening - OneNewsNow - 6/24/2008 10:55:00 AMBookmark and Share

Kyndra RotundaMajor Kyndra Rotunda, a former Army lawyer and member of the Guantanamo prosecution team, says it's very irresponsible for supposed "human rights" groups to go the media and make allegations of torture by U.S. personnel on Islamic terrorist suspects without the evidence to back them up.



Currently on inactive reserve, Rotunda has the unique perspective of having been face-to-face with some of the terrorist suspects incarcerated at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility. The author of Honor Bound: Inside the Guantanamo Trials recently read a report from a group known as Physicians for Human Rights which claimed that, upon examining 11 former detainees, they found evidence of torture and abuse by U.S. military health professionals.

Rotunda says it was quite interesting that the advocacy group would not reveal the identities of any of these men it claimed to have examined.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Security/Default.aspx?id=149958

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BROOKLYNS BLURBS To Your Health:
Risk Of Dying Linked To Low Vitamin D
Study: Low Levels Of Vitamin D Ups Risk Of Dying From Heart Disease, Other Causes

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/23/health/webmd/main4203828.shtml?source=RSSattr=Health_4203828

Arpaio plans to sweep Mesa on Thursday
Why would media tip off illegal lawbreakers a couple days in advance???

The Descent of St. Barack

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Imus Explaining New On-Air Race Remarks

NEW YORK -- Don Imus is finding himself in a familiar position on his morning radio broadcast: facing questions over what he meant by on-air remarks about race.

Months after a career resurrection and a pledge to mend the wounds caused by his remark about a women's basketball team, Imus again drew criticism for racial comments made on his broadcast.

During a conversation Monday about the arrests of suspended Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam Jones, Imus asked, "What color is he?"

http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/imus_color_comment/2008/06/24/107021.html

As a person of color I do not feel that Imus' comment in this case was racist by any stretch...it was sarcastic joking if anything. Imus has done alot forcharity, probably donating 10s of 1000s more to charity than the Obamas.We have another case in NYC of the IRS investigated Rev. Bull-horn trying to make a major issue out of this /& $$$$$$ is always 1 of his angles.

Off to Manhattan early this a.m., back later.

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I'm bacccccccccccccck & seems like this court is turning into flaming liberals!

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SCOTUS: No Execution for Child Rape
By Amanda Carpenter
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The U.S. Supreme Court made it illegal to execute persons convicted of child-rape in a 5-4 decision Wednesday.

"The death penalty is not a proportional punishment for the rape of a child," wrote Justice Anthony Kennedy, who authored the majority opinion. The ruling broke on party lines, the liberal Justices John Paul Stevens, David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen Breyer siding with Kennedy.

In their decision, the liberal justices ruled that a Louisiana law that sent 43 year-old man named Patrick Kennedy to death row in 2003 for raping his 8-year old stepdaughter was “cruel and unusual punishment.”

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/AmandaCarpenter/2008/06/25/scotus_no_execution_for_child_rape

Surprisingly even Obama feels child rapists should be considered to be toasted!

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Pelosi Supports 'Fairness Doctrine'
by John Gizzi
Posted: 06/25/2008

The speaker of the House made it clear to me and more than forty of my colleagues yesterday that a bill by Rep. Mike Pence (R.-Ind.) to outlaw the “Fairness Doctrine” (which a liberal administration could use to silence Rush Limbaugh, other radio talk show hosts and much of the new alternative media) would not see the light of day in Congress during ’08. In ruling out a vote on Pence’s proposed Broadcaster's Freedom Act, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D.-CA.) also signaled her strong support for revival of the “Fairness Doctrine” -- which would require radio station owners to provide equal time to radio commentary when it is requested.

Experts say that the “Fairness Doctrine,” which was ended under the Reagan Administration, would put a major burden on small radio stations in providing equal time to Rush Limbaugh and other conservative broadcasters, who are a potent political force. Rather than engage in the costly practice of providing that time, the experts conclude, many stations would simply not carry Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and other talk show hosts who are likely to generate demands for equal time.

At a breakfast hosted by the Christian Science Monitor yesterday, I asked Pelosi if Pence failed to get the required signatures on a discharge petition to get his anti-Fairness Doctrine bill out of committee, would she permit the Pence measure to get a floor vote this year.

http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=27185

Gallup Daily: Obama, McCain Tied at 45%
Barry never received a traditional double digit lead after he beat Clinton..wonder why & wonder when our 527s start advertising and the media's feet might get held to the fire for bias (that's what madam-do-nothing needs to look into) what'll start to happen to Barry's $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$--it'll drop off!

VIDEO:Nader Says Obama Speaks White
Why shouldn't he he's not totally black...ask the grandma under the bus wheels!

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Faked certificate suggests that Obama may not be "natural born" US citizen
By Reuven Koret June 24, 2008

It is now a certainty that the "birth certificate" claimed by the Barack Obama campaign as authentic is a photoshopped fake.

The image, purporting to come from the Hawaii Department of Health, has been the subject of intense skepticism in the blogosphere in the past two weeks. But now the senior spokesman of that Department has confirmed to Israel Insider what are the required features of a certified birth document -- features that Obama's purported "birth certificate" clearly lack.

The image became increasingly suspect with Israel Insider's revelation that variations of the certificate image were posted on the Photobucket image aggregation website -- including one listing the location of Obama's birth as Antarctica, one with the certificate supposedly issued by the government of North Korea, and another including a purported photo of baby Barack -- one of which has a "photo taken" time-stamp just two minutes before the article and accompanying image was posted on the left-wing Daily Kos blog.

http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Politics/12939.htm

There is NO recession..that's a lie of the democrats & the drive-by media.My very 1st month of stock trading that ended Mon..had me as a rookie making several hundred dollars profit...& today although mostly in Manhattan on Wed. & away from computers I made $134 in a topsy turvey market due to a wishy washy fed!
The BLURB$ Busine$$ Beat:ABC Talks Up Non-Existent 'Recession' Eight Times in Three Days


It's Time McCain Picks Up The Glove

Saudi Marriage Official Says 1-Year-Old Brides OK
Maybe that's why Michael Jackson moved to an Arab nation.

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Jindal condemns Supreme Court, signs castration bill
Governor glad for new law to punish sex offenders on same day as 'atrocious ruling'
Posted: June 25, 2008
9:35 pm Eastern

Shortly after the U.S. Supreme Court announced it struck down the death penalty for child rape in his state, Louisiana Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal signed a bill authorizing castration of sexual offenders.

Jindal – frequently mentioned as a potential vice-presidential nominee – said he was "especially glad" to sign the Sex Offender Chemical Castration Bill "on the same day the Supreme Court has made an atrocious ruling against our state's ability to sentence those who sexually assault our children to the fullest extent."

"Those who prey on our children are among the very worst criminals imaginable," Jindal said in a statement.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=68042

No Bail for 3 Suspects in JFK Fuel Line Plot

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McCain Gaining Support of Conservatives

John McCain is making progress in wooing the center-right coalition, key conservative leaders Dave Keene and Grover Norquist tell Newsmax.

“McCain is gaining more support among conservatives,” says Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform. “He is generally moving in the right direction. He came and spoke to the National Rifle Association board meeting. Interestingly, President Bush never did that in eight years. McCain came and spoke to the Conservative Political Action Committee conference this year. Bush only did that in his final year in office.”

The McCain campaign regularly sends a representative to the off-the-record Wednesday meeting of about 150 conservative leaders, Norquist says.

http://www.newsmax.com/kessler/mccain_conservatives/2008/06/25/107155.html

Arctic ice melt may be due to undersea volcanoes

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Remember a soldier on the 4th of July!
Largest-ever care package campaign being assembled



This national birthday, July 4, would be an excellent time to remember a soldier, according to Move America Forward, the nation's largest grassroots pro-troop organization.

The group is leading an effort to create the largest-ever care package campaign for U.S. troops.

The organization is asking Americans to, before June 26, sponsor care packages that will be shipped to service members as part of the historic mass shipment. They are scheduled to arrive just in time for July 4th.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=66988

Time is running out to have shipped overseas...my order's already in..please try & donate even if it's an order of coffee.God bless you!

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Late Show Top Ten

Top Ten Things Overheard on Hillary Clinton's First Day Back at Work

8. "We chipped in for a welcome back pantsuit"



3. "I can't believe your shrill message of fear didn't resonate"



2. "Please stop taunting her, Senator Kerry"



Late Show with David Letterman

Hillary Clinton is out campaigning with Barack Obama. She says if it goes well, she’ll consider making him her running mate.

Barack Obama has started a fashion craze in Italy. Italian designers have taken his look and they’re turning it into fashion. Don’t sell John McCain short — he’s also influencing fashion. He has popularized the “something on your chin” look.

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

An interesting study was released today. People in California are less convinced there is a God than people of any state in the country. On an unrelated note, more than 800 wildfires are burning out of control here.

There you go — God is real; he’s mad; and he’s trying to kill us.

It’s very hard for firefighters to get them under control, because the vegetation up in northern California, where the fires are, is about 40 percent marijuana plants.



The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Government figures released by President Bush show we are not in a recession. Unless, of course, you have to buy gas or food or some other luxury item . . .



At a press conference, President Bush blasted Congress for not allowing oil exploration in the Alaskan Wildlife Reserve. Democrats said it wouldn’t do any good, because it wouldn’t produce oil for 10 years. You know, the same thing they said 10 years ago.



Barack Obama’s former pastor is getting more and more bizarre. He now says that the high price of gas is due to Dick Cheney and his friends. OK, he’s right on that . . .

I thought about that as I was filling up at a gas station today, or as I like to call it, Grand Theft Auto.




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Big donors aren't in Unity
Insiders tell Fineman that there's tension between Clinton, Obama funders

UNITY, N.H. - I know this is supposed to be a marriage, but behind the scenes, it feels more like a divorce.

There's a lot of sadness and hurt between the Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton camps, with both sides fighting over money and loyalty.

As I wait for the unity fest to begin here in Unity, N.H., I've been on the phone with some top Clinton supporters who attended a big gathering of major donors in Washington, D.C. last night.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25411295/

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TH Radio: Obama Attacks Dobson, Dobson Responds

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Lawsuits Follow Landmark Gun Ruling
By Susan Jones
CNSNews.com Senior Editor
June 27, 2008

(CNSNews.com) - Following Thursday's Supreme Court ruling on gun rights, Second Amendment groups are preparing to challenge gun bans in cities other than Washington, D.C.

The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) and the Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA) announced Thursday they already have filed a federal lawsuit challenging Chicago's long-standing handgun ban. The case is McDonald v. City of Chicago.

The National Rifle Association has said it also plans to challenge gun bans in Chicago and San Francisco.

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=/Nation/archive/200806/NAT20080627b.html

The Legacy of Radical Feminism

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Gang murderer of father and 2 sons
was released by liberal San Fran DA

(06-26) 18:01 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- A suspected gang member accused of killing a father and two sons escaped prosecution in a weapons case earlier this year when the San Francisco district attorney's office concluded it didn't have enough evidence to connect him to a gun that a passenger in his car was carrying, authorities said Thursday.

Edwin Ramos, 21, of El Sobrante, who police say is a member of the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) street gang, was formally charged late Thursday with three counts of murder in the shooting deaths Sunday of Tony Bologna, 48, and his sons Michael, 20, and Matthew, 16. He is being held without bail.

Authorities say Ramos has admitted that he was in the car from which the fatal shots were fired in the Excelsior district just after 3 p.m. Sunday, but that he denies having pulled the trigger. Investigators have said as many as three people were in the Chrysler 300 series car at the time.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2008/06/26/BAV711FM4F.DTL

BROOKLYN'S BLURBS TO YOUR HEALTH: Staying Social May Keep Dementia at Bay

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London Times On War- We're Winning (Despite Western Media)
By Richard Newcomb | June 27, 2008 - 12:27 ET



The NewsBusters staff noted yesterday that the increasingly good news in Iraq was not being covered by the US media. And it is good news. Contrary to the wishes of much, if not most, of the American media and their fellow believers in the Democratic Party, the United States and its allies are winning the war against Islamic aggression on the battlefields, although our courts and our media seem determined to do their utmost to turn this victory into defeat (see the New York Times coverage and the Supreme Court's decision in Boumediene). Most of the US media has placed its eggs into the basket of American defeat and support for the Islamic barbarians we are facing. So it is as welcome as it is rare to see that The Times of London today has a column that points our the indisputable fact that the West is winning.

As The Times reports on the situation in Afghanistan and Iraq, reporter Gerard Baker begins his story by quoting the famous statement by World War I Allied commander Marshal Foch,

"My centre is giving way. My right is in retreat. Situation excellent. I shall attack!” If only our political leaders and opinion-formers displayed even a hint of the defiant resilience that carried Marshal Foch to victory at the Battle of the Marne. But these days timorous defeatism is on the march. In Britain setbacks in the Afghan war are greeted as harbingers of inevitable defeat. In America, large swaths of the political class continues to insist Iraq is a lost cause. The consensus in much of the West is that the War on Terror is unwinnable. And yet the evidence is now overwhelming that on all fronts, despite inevitable losses from time to time, it is we who are advancing and the enemy who is in retreat. The current mood on both sides of the Atlantic, in fact, represents a kind of curious inversion of the great French soldier's dictum: “Success against the Taleban. Enemy giving way in Iraq. Al-Qaeda on the run. Situation dire. Let's retreat!”

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/richard-newcomb/2008/06/27/london-times-war-were-winning-despite-western-media

Pastor Challenges IRS, Urges Congregation Not to Vote for Dems

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THE BLURB$ BU$INE$$ BEAT:

US tax rebates boosted consumer spending in May

Fri Jun 27, 12:21 PM ET



WASHINGTON (AFP) - US consumer spending rose 0.8 percent in May, as Americans spent the proceeds of tax rebate checks, while incomes swelled 1.9 percent, a government report showed Friday.

The jump in consumer spending last month was significantly boosted by the one-off rebate checks, part of a giant 168-billion-dollar economic stimulus program, the Commerce Department report said.

The gains in spending and income were both stronger than most economists had expected.

link here...

Why Liberals Lie About What They Believe

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Is Obama devotee of monkey-god idol?
Hindus present campaign with 2-foot version of good-luck charm candidate reportedly carries
Posted: June 27, 2008
2:31 pm Eastern



A group of Hindus in India have presented Sen. Barack Obama's campaign with a two-foot Hindu monkey-god idol after hearing the candidate carries a smaller version of the Lord Hanuman good-luck charm with him as he vies for the presidency.

Earlier this week, according to reports in India, Obama representative Carolyn Sauvage-Mar accepted the gold-plated statue, promising to pass it on to the candidate after is it sanctified through ritual Hindu prayers.

"The idol is being presented to Obama as he is reported to be a Lord Hanuman devotee and carries with him a locket of the monkey god along with other good luck charms," reported the Times of India.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=68156

RE: ILLEGAL LAWBREAKERS ARKANSAS and adjacent states Please Swing Into Action Fast!

Obama Religious Affairs Adviser: 'Jesus Was an Illegal Alien'
So Obama's people would believe then that through his parent's actions by going to Egypt he was guilty of sin??????And for Catholics Mary was not sinless...

David Herro: Blood In the Streets, Time to Buy
In this crazy market, and only trading a little over a month (w/ no advisor) I already made several 100$$$$; on Friday the Dow declared an official Bear Market..what did I do???? I bought Merck as they may be releasing a new powerful migrane drug..& between listening to Barry & Michell speeches & a shaky market..many of us might need this.

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Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The networks always run these fireworks safety videos to make sure no one has any fun on the Fourth of July.

I know they’re supposed to make us scared of fireworks, but after seeing them I feel this intense desire to blow something up.



The only thing we learn from these videos is it’s a bad time of year to be a mannequin.

Late Show with David Letterman

Great news for New York City garbage men: They can now wear shorts in the summer. It’s all part of the mayor’s plan to beautify the city.



I know what you’re thinking: New York City has garbage men?

John McCain has a bandage on his head. Here’s what happened: He tried to answer the iron.

Bill Clinton is campaigning for Obama. President Bush is campaigning for McCain. And I’m thinking, “Wow. This could really be the year for Ralph Nader.”





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Amid policy disputes, Qaeda grows in Pakistan
By Mark Mazzetti and David Rohde
Published: June 30, 2008

WASHINGTON: Late last year, top Bush administration officials decided to take a step they had long resisted. They drafted a secret plan to authorize the Pentagon's Special Operations forces to launch missions into the snow-capped mountains of Pakistan to capture or kill top leaders of Al Qaeda.

Intelligence reports for more than a year had been streaming in about Osama bin Laden's terror network rebuilding in the Pakistani tribal areas, a problem that had been exacerbated by years of missteps in Washington and the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, sharp policy disagreements, and turf battles between American counterterrorism agencies.

The new plan, outlined in a highly classified Pentagon order, was designed to eliminate some of those battles. And it was meant to pave an easier path into the tribal areas for American commandos, who for years have bristled at what they see as Washington's risk-averse attitude toward Special Operations missions inside Pakistan. They also argue that catching Bin Laden will come only by capturing some of his senior lieutenants alive.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/30/america/30tribal.php

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Lieberman: U.S. May Be Attacked In 2009
McCain Supporter Says Terrorists Have Tested New Presidents By Launching Attacks In First Year Of Term

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/29/ftn/main4217516.shtml

Is Carly Fiorina the Answer to McCain’s Prayers for a VP?


Bill Gates??????????????
Longshots in the veepstakes

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'Homeschoolers are Only Good for Cleaning Toilets'

Contact: Brandon Vallorani, 770-222-7266 ext. 202

MEDIA ADVISORY, June 23 /Christian Newswire/ -- The following is submitted by Gary DeMar:



The title for today's article is taken from a response to one of American Vision's daily articles. The respondent is an atheist who claims he can refute any argument raised in defense of the Christian faith. I have irritated him so much by answering his poorly researched responses he sends to me that his true character is spilling out in a public way. His personal emails to me are worse than what I have reproduced here. If you want to know what the world would be like with atheists in control, here's a little taste:

It's good that Christians homeschool. We need citizens to clean our toilets and mow our lawns. Perhaps some homeschooled Christians will be able to fill these types of jobs. The rest will be unemployable retards like their parents.

Here's what I want homeschoolers to do: First, reply to this article and leave a comment describing what kind of work you are doing since you completed homeschooling. Second, send this article and its link to every homeschooler and homeschool organization you know and encourage them to leave a comment at the end of this article describing what they are doing since being homeschooled. Third, I don't want to exclude those who have graduated from a private or church-related Christian school. You can get in on this was well by adding your comments.

http://christiannewswire.com/news/489796986.html

NY, Ore. Governors Doing Fine After Surgeries

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Justice Anthony Kennedy and Our Schizophrenic Supreme Court
By Larrey Anderson
Conservatives were, rightly, thrilled by the recent Supreme Court decision that affirmed our constitutional right to keep and bear arms. Not so fast. Of the four important decisions the court has rendered in this term, three of them have gone the wrong way.



Let's first take a brief look at each of these four cases. Then let us examine Justice Anthony Kennedy's thinking in these cases. Kennedy was either the deciding "swing vote" or the determining factor in each one.

The only case correctly decided was (1) District of Columbia v. Heller. Justice Scalia wrote the Heller decision, which holds that an individual right to keep and bear arms is guaranteed by the Second Amendment. He is one of four conservative justices on the court. Justice Kennedy joined in this opinion.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/06/justice_anthony_kennedy_and_ou.html

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At least 14 employees in the San Diego County Clerk's Office raised religious objections to performing gay wedding ceremonies; told they would have to perform the ceremonies without discrimination or seek a reassignment.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20080619-9999-1m19clerk.html

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U.S. political campaign grows angry
By Brian Knowlton
Published: June 30, 2008


WASHINGTON: The U.S. presidential campaign turned angry Monday as supporters of John McCain rolled out a full-throated defense against attacks on the quality of his military experience and Senator Barack Obama attacked head-on the persistent rumors that his loyalties to the country were doubtful.

The McCain campaign appeared incensed by comments Sunday by an Obama supporter, the retired General Wesley Clark, that even heroic service by the Arizona senator as a naval aviator in Vietnam did not prepare him for the presidency.

"I don't think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president," Clark said.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/30/america/campaign.php

Does anyone remember this tin star general's record w/ NATO?


Hey Obama campaign aides & Marxist friends!
POW with McCain Discusses Clark's Comments


NRA aims big-budget blitz at Obama

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Pentagon Official Warns of Israeli Attack on Iran
U.S. Offical Sees Two 'Red Lines' That Could Prompt Strike

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/US/story?id=5281043&page=1

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Why I Support John McCain
By Dennis Prager

Last week, a conservative magazine reported that I would not vote for John McCain for president. The magazine based its claim on a column I had written in May 2007 about why I could not support John McCain for the Republican presidential nomination.

The magazine was wrong. Though I did not support Sen. McCain in the Republican primaries, the moment he became the presumptive Republican candidate I endorsed him wholeheartedly for president of the United States. Having not been a supporter from the outset, perhaps my endorsement of John McCain will carry more weight among conservatives who are still undecided about whether to vote for John McCain.

My bottom line is this: The gulf between John McCain and conservatives is miniscule compared to the gulf between John McCain and Barack Obama. This is true regarding virtually every issue of significance to America. The America that a President Barack Obama would shape, with the help of a Democratic Congress and a liberal Supreme Court, would be very dissimilar from the America shaped by a President John McCain.

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DennisPrager/2008/07/01/why_i_support_john_mccain

VIDEO: Harry Reid Says "Coal Makes Us Sick"


Bush administration delaying Medicare fee cut


The Obamas and their Mortgage

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Michelle Obama Praises Husband's Commitment to Homosexuals
By Fred Lucas
CNSNews.com Staff Writer
July 01, 2008

(CNSNews.com) - The wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama told a crowd of homosexual activists last week that her husband wants to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) and reverse the rule on homosexuals in the military. Michelle Obama also drew parallels with homosexual advocacy groups and the civil rights movement, referring to events "from Selma to Stonewall."++++

Speaking to the Democratic National Committee's Gay and Lesbian Leadership Committee last Thursday in New York City, Michelle Obama said her husband supports "a world where federal laws don't discriminate against same-sex relationships, including equal treatment for any relationship recognized under state law."

"That is why he supports robust civil unions," she said. "That is why he has said the federal government should not stand in the way of states that want to decide for themselves how best to pursue equality for gay and lesbian couples -- whether that means a domestic partnership, a civil union or a civil marriage."

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPolitics.asp?Page=/Politics/archive/200807/POL20080701a.html

These alledged Christians The Obama's have no problem w/ their daughters learning in school things like Sally has two daddies; I guess that goes for your kids too.

++++Many blacks and civil rights leaders become livid when they hear gay benefit grabs discussed as being just like the civil rights movement. Even Jesse Jackson objects to the similarity being drawn & one of Dr. King's daughters has said her father didn't take a bullet for gay rights.

If there are two grooms, who kisses the bride?


Marriages focus of upcoming movie

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Inconvenient Truth for MSM: Black Ministers March Against Planned Parenthood

By Ken Shepherd | June 30, 2008 - 12:41 ET

Exit poll after exit poll in election after election shows the Democratic Party is staunchly supported by an overwhelming majority of African-American voters, many of whom are much more socially conservative on issues like abortion than their party leadership. The Democratic Party is also staunchly supported in primary battles and in fundraising drives by hard-core pro-choice liberals -- we're talking the same people who fought tooth-and-nail the federal ban on Partial-Birth Abortion.

So when a group of black ministers conducted a protest march in Washington, D.C., last week to raise awareness of its criticism of Planned Parenthood, media outlets had the recipe, instantly, for stories about possible conflicts that could divide the Democratic Party coalition on substantive, hot-button issues.

To perhaps no one's surprise here at NewsBusters, while the media covered the much hyped "Unity" rally in New Hampshire, the cable networks failed to even show up to shoot B-roll of Thursday's pro-life march on the DNC and RNC headquarters. Washington Times staffer Julia Duin covered the march and found no TV cameras present to record it:
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link.........

Your Tax Money At Work: Funding Abortions


McCain meets with evangelist Billy Graham and son

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Pastors battling pro-transgender ordinance
Charlie Butts - OneNewsNow - 6/30/2008 10:00:00 AMBookmark and Share

In Gainesville, Florida, 30 pastors have joined together to fight city hall.

The pastors are showing their ire by launching a petition drive to overturn an action by the city commission. Cane Davis is with Citizens for Good Public Policy (CGPP). "On January 28, they passed an ordinance that basically gives women and men the right to utilize the restrooms of the opposite sex," Davis explains.

The ordinance accommodates the transgendered population – meaning a man who believes himself to be a woman could use the women's restroom. Critics argues that rapists and child molesters who are faking transgenderism could take advantage of the ordinance. Yet there are only 12 known transgendered individuals in the area. And the population of Gainesville? "Roughly around...120,000," Davis says.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=157868

THE HIGH COURT'S SUPREME CLOWN

Romney tops McCain veep list
A bigger flip-flopper than Kerry & Mass. socialized medical plan not a great idea!

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Obama's Pro-Gay Flyers
July 1, 2008

Barack Obama may be talking up his [so-called]Christian faith like he's doing today in Ohio and trying his best to appeal to Evangelicals with a “new kind of politics,” but he’s got a problem. Many of his positions are the same liberal positions that have turned off Evangelicals for years.

Obama delivered another speech about faith Tuesday. He’s done a few of these concerning his faith and how it shapes his public policy. But Sunday his campaign and the Democratic Party were handing out pro-gay rights flyers at the Pride Festival in St. Louis. How is that going to play in the heartland? The Brody File has four flyers in its possession. You can view them by clicking here and here and here and here. These are larger files, so please give them a moment to download.

Obama has passed the first hurdle by engaging people of faith and being willing to discuss his faith openly. He has passed with flying colors. But now comes the hard part. It’s called scrutiny. His political opponents believe that once Evangelicals really get a handle on what Obama is all about policy wise, then they’ll be turned off and they won’t buy in to the lofty rhetoric.

http://www.cbn.com/CBNnews/401969.aspx

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Church Attendance Beneficial to Marriage , Researcher Says
By Michael Gryboski
CNSNews.com Correspondent
July 02, 2008

(CNSNews.com) - Married couples who attend church together tend to be happier than couples who rarely or never attend services, according to sociologist W. Bradford Wilcox of the University of Virginia.

Using three nationally representative surveys - the General Social Survey (GSS), the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH), and the National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) - Wilcox found that married church-going Americans across denominational and racial classifications were more likely to describe themselves as "very happy" than their non-religious counterparts.

Couples who attended church regularly were also less likely to divorce than couples who seldom attended church services, Wilcox found.

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200807/CUL20080702a.html

Obama Pays Female Staff Less Than Males

U.S. Leads the World in Drug Abuse


Starbucks closing 600 stores in the US
My last time at Starbuck's was taking an ex-inmate just out for (high priced) ice coffees; I blame Starbuck's for poor/slow service & high prices vs. Dunkin Doughnuts w/ quick service w/ staff acting like a team... & fast food items like breakfast items, pizza, etc.

Even McDonald's have much better tasting coffee.

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Obama campaign site: Free Islamic terrorist!
E-mail addresses, phone numbers provided to 'take urgent action'



JAFFA, Israel – A blog posting on Sen. Barack Obama's official campaign site urged Americans to take action to secure the release of imprisoned terrorist fundraiser Sami Al-Arian, comparing the controversial former professor to Martin Luther King and Malcolm X.

The posting, which has been removed since publication of this story, is just a sampling of a large volume of racist, anti-Semitic and pro-Palestinian rhetoric published on the user-friendly MyObama community blog pages. The Obama campaign does not monitor all blog material, which is posted by registered users, but says it removes offending posts that are brought to the attention of the administrators.

In a blog post on Obama's site titled, "We are all Palestinians," user Ulf Erlingsson lamented what he called the "harsh" conditions of Al-Arian's imprisonment – explaining he "lives in segregation … is not allowed any visitors and is given only two phone calls a month."

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=68350

VIDEO: McCain: 'Get Serious' Against Internet Predators
This is not an idea pushed in an election year...but McCain has been on a child terrorist tear for years!

MSNBC's Hall Lets [Gay Militant] Boykin Claim Bush to Blame for 9/11

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The Obamas are Just the Ghosts of Clintons Past
By James Lewis
It's amazing how much the Obamas are like the Clintons -- who are now attacked by the same people who used to kiss the ground they stepped on. Carl Bernstein talks about Hillary's "dark side." Bill, says an MSNBC blogger, is a serial liar. Well, thanks for performing your journalistic duty to the American people. It only took sixteen years for our media to tell us what was clear to the rest of the world before the Clintons ever got elected in 1992.

This is typical of the dismal human judgment of liberals -- it takes them more than a dozen years just to figure out they've been suckered -- or at least, to tell the rest of us what they know. It's one of their repeated intellectual failures, this inability to judge human beings with open eyes, fairly and accurately. They only have two human categories: Good and Evil. To persuade them you are Good all you need is slick talk. Political con artists learn to do that very nicely. They are attracted to the liberal mind like bees to honey.

Well, today the same folks are stepping in the same doo-doo again. Michelle Obama is just another Hillary Clinton; she's the hard-nosed ideologue in the marriage, the scrapper who only feels happy with a long enemies' list. Michelle is bitter the way Hillary is bitter. She literally sees the world in black and white, just like Hillary sees the world as feminist good and evil. Both of them believe their political opponents are Evil -- whether their enemies are defined as white folks in general, men in general, or only Republicans. When Hillary knowingly married Bill the Sex Addict, she just confirmed her prejudices about men in general. When Michelle married Obama the Messiah, she just confirmed her prejudices about whites and blacks in America. That is why these people never learn; they are mentally stuck.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/07/the_obamas_are_just_the_ghosts.html

IRS boosts mileage deduction


New Iraq report: 15 of 18 benchmarks satisfactory

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Identifying perps as illegal immigrants (updated)
Thomas Lifson
It is almost an iron law of the MSM that the race and immigration status of criminals will not be identified if they are members of racial minorities or not in the country legally. Sometimes this aversion is almost comic, as when the subject of a manhunt's race is not included in a description alerting the public.

It would seem the self-appointed guardians of race relations consider America so racist that mere mention of a miscreant's race or flouting of immigration laws would trigger race riots.

But Adam B. Ellick of the New York Times today demonstrates that this "don't ask, don't tell" rule can be suspended when an evil white man can be blamed for something:.........

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/07/identifying_perps_as_illegal_i.html

That's why many of our fellow citizens are so uneducated about just who's sneaking into this country, 100s of our citizens have been slaughtered by illegal alien DUIs, 12 of our nation's citizens woke up this morning & will be murdered by day's end...100 child sexual predators sneak in like vernim daily!

Thanks PMSNBC,NY Slimes, et. al!

Opinions not of any ministry or this site, strictly they are proudly by this blogger alone.Animations: www.artie.com ...photos public.KEEP CHECKING BACK FOR UPDATES, BB1...LOT'S OF JOKES, TIPS & GREAT STORIES ON PREVIOUS PAGE & ABOVE POSTS...GO BACK & SEE IF YOU MISSED ANYTHING.

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LIMBAUGH SIGNS THROUGH 2016; $400 MILLION DEAL SHATTERS BROADCAST RECORDS

Wed Jul 02 2008 09:02:18 ET
**Exclusive**

The American broadcast industry is rocked, realigned and blasted into a new orbit, yet again, by Rush Limbaugh, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.

In what is being described as an unprecedented radio contract, Limbaugh will keep his syndicated show on-the-air and e-v-e-r-y-w-h-e-r-e through 2016 with CLEAR CHANNEL and PREMIERE RADIO.

Already host of the most lucrative hours since radio's inception, Limbaugh's total package is valued north of $400 million, according to media insiders.

http://www.drudgereport.com/flashrl.htm

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U.S. Navy won't let Iran shut Gulf, will defend ships

By Lin Noueihed Wed Jul 2, 7:04 AM ET





ABU DHABI (Reuters) - The United States will not allow Iran to block the Gulf, which carries crude from the world's largest oil exporting region, and would defend its ships in the waterway, the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet said on Wednesday.

"I believe ... Iran will not attempt to close the Strait of Hormuz and we will not allow them to close the Strait of Hormuz. I can't say it anymore clearly than that," Vice-Admiral Kevin Cosgriff, the commander of the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet, told a conference on Gulf naval security in Abu Dhabi.

The head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards said in remarks published last week that Tehran would impose controls on shipping in the Gulf and the strategic Strait of Hormuz if it was attacked.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080702/pl_nm/iran_usa_gulf_dc

Why more Jews won't be voting Democrat this year

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Franklin Graham peppered Obama about ties to Islam
Candidate confronted on Christian faith, asked whether he accepts Jesus as savior
Posted: July 02, 2008
2:25 pm Eastern



JERUSALEM – At a meeting with Christian leaders last month, Sen. Barack Obama reportedly was peppered with questions by Franklin Graham – son of evangelist Billy Graham – about the presidential candidate's ties to Islam, his Christian baptism and whether he accepts Jesus as his savior, it has emerged.

The new accounts, published by the Religion News Service and by the left-leaning magazine The Nation, contrast with major media reports describing Obama's closed-door meeting June 10 with Christian A-listers as friendly.

"I can confirm Rev. Graham did indeed ask Obama about his personal faith. Because it was a private meeting, it is up to Obama if he wants to release any more information," Graham's spokesman, Jeremy Blume, told WND.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=68581

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CNN poll: Obama, McCain in a statistical dead heat



* Story Highlights
* CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Tuesday
* Poll says Obama holds a 5-point advantage, 50 percent to McCain's 45
* Race even tighter when 2 most prominent third-party candidates considered

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/01/cnn.poll.matchup/?iref=mpstoryview

CARTOON: Burglary for dummies

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Your Guide to Macy's July 4th Fireworks



Wednesday, July 2nd 2008, 1:51 AM
Bales for News

The nation's largest fireworks show, with more than 35,000 shells and choreographed to music, will be launched from six barges in two locations on the East River - allowing more viewing locations. Two single barges and one double barge will be moored between 10th and 24th Sts., and one double barge will be positioned south of the Brooklyn Bridge.

1. Midtown East (see numbers in map at right)

Starting at 7 p.m., people can walk on the southbound lanes of the FDR Drive between 42nd and Houston Sts. - with access only at 23rd, 34th, 38th and 42nd Sts. Access for the handicapped will be coordinated by the NYPD at 34th St. and the FDR. Any area with an unobstructed view of the sky above the East River will be good for the fireworks.

2. South Street Seaport

Prime viewing will be available on the lower FDR Drive, which will be closed to traffic from Broad St. to the Brooklyn Bridge for the show. The FDR will be accessible to pedestrians at the Manhattan Civic Center (Brooklyn Bridge/Pearl St. ramp). High-rises and rooftops in lower Manhattan and Brooklyn Heights are ideal for viewing.

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008/07/01/2008-07-01_your_guide_to_macys_july_4th_fireworks.html

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Global Warming as Mass Neurosis
July 1, 2008; Page A15

Last week marked the 20th anniversary of the mass hysteria phenomenon known as global warming. Much of the science has since been discredited. Now it's time for political scientists, theologians and psychiatrists to weigh in.

What, discredited? Thousands of scientists insist otherwise, none more noisily than NASA's Jim Hansen, who first banged the gong with his June 23, 1988, congressional testimony (delivered with all the modesty of "99% confidence").

But mother nature has opinions of her own. NASA now begrudgingly confirms that the hottest year on record in the continental 48 was not 1998, as previously believed, but 1934, and that six of the 10 hottest years since 1880 antedate 1954. Data from 3,000 scientific robots in the world's oceans show there has been slight cooling in the past five years, never mind that "80% to 90% of global warming involves heating up ocean waters," according to a report by NPR's Richard Harris.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121486841811817591.html?mod=todays_columnists

AMERICA LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT.........

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Singer subs 'black anthem' for 'Star Spangled Banner'
'Can you imagine what it would be like if we had a white national anthem?'
Posted: July 02, 2008
A singer who was to perform the "Star Spangled Banner" at the presentation of Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper's State of the City address yesterday substituted the "Black National Anthem" without notifying anyone, because she says as a black, she just doesn't feel American.

"I pulled a switcheroonie on them," Rene Marie said in a report in the Denver Post.

In a video of the event, Marie had been introduced by city council president Michael Hancock, who said she would sing the national anthem. Instead, she sang "Lift Every Voice and Sing," also known as the "Black National Anthem," to the tune of the "Star-Spangled Banner."

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=68585

VIDEO: CAN'T TELECOMMUTE? WATCH THIS!


How Will Supreme Court Look?

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How to Handle a Bear Market
Rated by 42 people
Ken Sweet
FOXBusiness


^^^ME!

Wall Street loves its jargon and perhaps no two phrases are more ubiquitous than the bull and bear market. But when Wall Street traders say the stock market is teetering on the brink of a bear market, what exactly do they mean?

The general consensus among investors is a bear market occurs when a major index such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average, S&P 500 or the Nasdaq falls 20% from its previous high.

“What happens in a bear market is everyone stops buying and the mood among investors becomes overtly pessimistic,” said Ryan Detrick, senior technical strategist with Schaeffer’s Investment Research.

http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/bear-market/

BULL!!!!!!!

I am a rookie only in my 5th week of self-trading & had to cut my day to be in Manhattan, I still made good/great some say $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$...and am still buying..I look forward to make more Thursday....the more I make the more I can give...

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Stay safe and save money this Fourth of July
Despite the gloomy economy, it's still possible to enjoy the holiday

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25484024/

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'Pregnant Man' Gives Birth to Girl
The Transgender Man Born a Woman Was Impregnated by a Sperm Donor

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=5302756&page=1

Obama, Like [Fellow Dems] Dodd and Conrad, Got Cheap Home Loan

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Jeb Bush Joins McCain in Mexico, Predicts Win

Thursday, July 3, 2008 5:14 PM

By: Rick Pedraza Article Font Size

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, whose name has been mentioned as a dark-horse running mate for presumptive presidential nominee John McCain, joined the Senator from Arizona Thursday during a visit to the famed Basilica de Guadalupe in Mexico City.

Bush, the younger brother of President Bush who also has been touted by the GOP as a future presidential candidate, was visiting Mexico on a business trip.

Bush accompanied McCain atop the Papal balcony to pay homage to one of the holiest sites for Mexican Roman Catholics and predicted a win for the Republican candidate in November.

http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/jeb_bush_joins_mccain/2008/07/03/109804.html

W ruined Jeb's immediate future, but he should get a Cabinet post to help in his rehab.

Will be away most of Wed. in Manhattan for 2 medical appointments (NEED YOUR PRAYERS/SEE REQUEST LINK BELOW) & to have dinner w/ a NJ friend to discuss stocks,etc......



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[YET] Another Evangelical questions Obama's 'Christianity'
Chad Groening - OneNewsNow - 7/3/2008 10:15:00 AMBookmark and Share

The head of the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission has joined the chorus of evangelical leaders who are questioning Barack Obama's Christian credentials.



Dr. Gary Cass of the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission has joined Dr. James Dobson of Focus on the Family, syndicated columnist Cal Thomas, and others who have questioned Barack Obama's recent attempts to woo Evangelicals away from their traditional support of Republican presidential candidates.

Cass says while the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate is trying to pass himself off as a devout Christian, his beliefs are more in touch with Universalism. "I think that Obama is not a traditional evangelical Christian. He's confused about Christian theology or rejects it – one or the other. I think he is more of a Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish, Universalist than anything," Cass contends.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Election2008/Default.aspx?id=162248

See related stories above or use your CW search engine: Franklin Graham peppered Obama about ties to Islam
Candidate confronted on Christian faith, asked whether he accepts Jesus as savior/
Is Obama devotee of monkey-god idol?/ Obama Religious Affairs Adviser: 'Jesus Was an Illegal Alien'


How Same-Sex 'Marriage' Will Harm Christians

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Bauer advises Christians to be cautious of Obama
Jim Brown - OneNewsNow - 7/3/2008 10:30:00 AMBookmark and Share

An evangelical political activist thinks Christians should be very wary of Barack Obama's newly unveiled faith-based initiative proposal.

The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee has announced he will create a new "Council for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships" if he becomes president. Under Obama's program, faith-based groups that receive a federal grant will not be allowed to "proselytize" the people they help or hire people based on their religious beliefs. Also, federal dollars that go directly to churches, temples and mosques can only be used on secular programs.

Gary Bauer, president of American Values, says he is skeptical of any promises Obama makes to the faith-based community. "Senator Obama, in his own words, has said that he believes the Sermon on the Mount – the most important message that Christ ever delivered – ...led...him...to endorse the political agenda of the gay and lesbian movement in this country," he says. "Now I’ve read the Sermon on the Mount many, many times. There is nothing in it that requires an elected official to be in favor of the radical gay rights agenda," notes Bauer.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Election2008/Default.aspx?id=162812

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Conservative Evangelicals Discuss Backing McCain



-- Conservative evangelical leaders, who have been slow to warm to John McCain, met privately this week to discuss coalescing around the Republican's presidential bid.

Mathew Staver, a conservative Christian activist, convened a meeting of about 90 conservative evangelical leaders Tuesday night in Denver. Many evangelicals have been wary of McCain's commitment to their causes and his previous criticisms of movement leaders, among other things.

"Our shared core values compel us to unite and choose the presidential candidate that best advances those values," said Staver, who heads the Florida-based legal advocacy group Liberty Counsel and originally backed the candidacy of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee. "That obvious choice is Sen. John McCain. I think people left the meeting in unity the likes of which have not been evident through the primaries."

http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/mccain_evangelicals/2008/07/02/109459.html

The Obama's show no fruit, no evidence nor Christian hallmarks like giving generously to the ministry & to help others; it appears they only joined this Wright [so called] church to further their face time & to enhance his political career...

If many of us can't trust that he is a person of real faith & one that fabricates their beliefs... how can we trust him w/ the nuclear codes or to lead this nation (into tragedy I feel)????????????????

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In defense of Dobson

Last week's clash between Dr. James Dobson and Barack Obama is but the latest skirmish in a war that dates back to the time of Christ. At issue: What is Christian truth? Does the true Christian put social peace ahead of his duty to make God's Law man's law?



In a speech in June 2006, Obama, citing the book of Leviticus, which declares homosexuality an abomination, noted that Leviticus also says the eating of shellfish is an abomination and condones slavery.

Moreover, Jesus' Sermon on the Mount is "a passage so radical that it's doubtful that our own Defense Department would survive its application."

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=68450

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Election Could Decide Future of Abortion, Thompson Says
By Kaitlynn Riely
CNSNews.com Correspondent
July 04, 2008



Arlington, Va. (CNSNews.com) - The 2008 presidential election is "foremost about the United States Supreme Court," the president of the National Right to Life Committee said at the group's annual convention Thursday.

"It's not the economy, stupid," said Dr. Wanda Franz, referencing President Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign slogan. "No, for us, it's the Supreme Court."

The power of the president to appoint judges to the U.S. Supreme Court, potentially changing the composition of the court and moving it to the right or left, is the "overriding issue" for this election, Franz said, speaking before an audience of pro-life advocates in Arlington, Va.

http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCulture.asp?Page=/Culture/archive/200807/CUL20080704a.html

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Obama abandons 'Joshua Generation Project'
Name conflicted with homeschoolers' trademark
Posted: July 03, 2008

The presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., a longtime supporter of abortions throughout pregnancy, has abandoned its plan to call its outreach to young Christians evangelicals and Catholics the "Joshua Generation Project."


WND had reported earlier a potential conflict when Obama started discussing his outreach because the term "Generation Joshua" already is trademarked by the Home School Legal Defense Association, the world's premier advocacy organization for homeschooling parents and students.

The Obama campaign project first was reported by David Brody on CBN News, who said the campaign would launch sometime in June.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=68699

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CNN’s Costello Omits Part of the Story About Obama’s Radical Abortion Votes

By Matthew Balan |

Carol Costello, CNN Correspondent | NewsBusters.orgIn a report on Monday’s "The Situation Room" purporting to clarify how Barack Obama "really voted on abortion" (as the graphic on-screen at right stated), CNN correspondent Carol Costello misconstrued the Democrat’s stance on legislation during his time in the Illinois state senate that would have protected infants that survived abortions. Besides the two votes specifically mentioned by Costello in the report, Obama also voted against it at the committee level, and when he was committee chair, denied a simple up or down vote on the legislation. The CNN correspondent also misrepresented the apparent pro-life stance of pro-abortion senators like "liberal Ted Kennedy" when the U.S. Senate voted on similar legislation. The bill passed by unanimous consent, so none of the senators actually voted yes or no on it.

Substitute host John Roberts introduced the segment, and asked Costello, "what are the allegations and what's the truth about Obama's abortion record?" Though the CNN correspondent did present both sides of the debate on the issue, she left out key details about Obama’s voting record.
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First, Costello presented how the "charge" that Obama opposed a bill that would have protected unborn babies that survive abortion has been "circulating online for months," as if it’s just another one of those Internet rumors about the senator, like the one that claims that Obama is a Muslim. She then mentioned the criticism of "[a]nti-abortion conservatives like Former Senator Rick Santorum," and Bill Bennett, who have taken Obama to task for the vote.

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Declaration of Independence - America's 'submission to God'
Pete Chagnon - OneNewsNow - 7/4/2008 4:00:00 AMBookmark and Share

Declaration of Independence smallAs Americans celebrate the 232nd anniversary of the signing of The Declaration of Independence, one scholar notes the document is more a submission to God than an assertion of rights.

Dr. Larry Arnn is president of Hillsdale College in Michigan. In a recent article published on TownHall.com, Arnn calls The Declaration of Independence "a most remarkable declaration." He says that it is remarkable to remember that all who supported the document and all who signed the document were committing acts of treason punishable by death. But perhaps most remarkable was the documents four references to God.

"The posture of The Declaration of Independence is an appeal to heaven. And so it's really a beautiful thing if you put the four places that God is mentioned together in the declaration. He's mentioned as the maker of the laws of nature and of nature's God – which makes him a legislator. He's mentioned as the supreme judge of the world – which makes him a judge. He's mentioned as divine providence – which makes him an executive. And he's mentioned as the creator – which is like being a founder," Arnn explains.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=165580

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Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Baptists, and the Constitution!
General piece by Guest: Don Boys

Americans had won the war with England, written a Constitution under which they would be governed and eleven states had approved it. Virginia and New York approved it with the understanding that a Bill of Rights would be added. The Baptists in those states were the major promoters of a Bill of Rights to guarantee them and others added protection that they believed was missing from the Constitution.

The two recalcitrant states were North Caroline and Rhode Island who rejected the Constitution. In fact, neither state joined the Union until the new government was in operation (under the new Constitution). It took threats from Congress (that the two states would be treated as foreign nations and forced to pay duty on trade items) that made them “see the light” and brought them into the Union.

This young Republic was small with fewer than four million souls, 95 percent of whom lived on farms. America stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River and from Canada to Florida. We weren’t an awesome power yet, but we had made a believer out of King George III who was still licking his wounds, and trying to pay his war bills.

http://americandaily.ws/index.php/article/1208

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Operation Gratitude Doing 4th-of-July Patriotism Year-round
By Kyle-Anne Shiver
Happy Independence Day, dear readers! Now, you might want to take a short break from waving your flag, put your sparklers on hold and grab a hanky. This story is going to put a lump in your throat the size of Texas, and bring tears to even the most hardened eyes among us. And I'm not joshing you.



Operation Gratitude was founded in 2003, by one mother (That's right, just one), Carolyn Blashek. Carolyn has no children in the military. She doesn't come from a military family. She's not particularly political either. Shortly after 9/11, though, Carolyn got her patriotic calling.

Like many Americans, she wanted desperately to do something. At first, she even tried to join up and go fight. Too late; she was already past fighting age. So, she went with Plan B. She signed up for pre-deployment morale boosting at the USO lounge at the LA airport.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2008/07/operation_gratitude_doing_4tho_1.html

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Veterans’ Group Hopes to Counter MoveOn With Ad Campaign
by FOXNews.com
Saturday, July 5, 2008





A veterans’ group that sharply criticized Barack Obama is planning a multimillion-dollar ad campaign, which it hopes will counter the anti-war message of MoveOn.org in the run-up to the general election.

The group, Vets for Freedom, plans to launch its four-month campaign next week, called “Four Months, for Victory.”

Chairman Pete Hegseth said the group’s first ad buy will not mention either Obama or John McCain. He said the group has not endorsed anybody in the presidential race.

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/07/05/veterans-group-critical-of-obama-plans-costly-ad-campaign/

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US soldiers in Iraq mark Fourth of July

By MAYA ALLERUZZO, Associated Press Writer



BAQOUBA, Iraq - It's Staff Sgt. Edgar Covarrubias' second Fourth of July in Iraq. No family barbecue, no fireworks, but Covarrubias says he'll call his mom, wife and kids to share the day anyway.

Across Iraq, America's Independence Day was a normal work day for most U.S. troops. But the military threw in a taste of home at larger bases with ribs, corn on the cob and red, white and blue cake.

The holiday is even leaner at smaller outposts closer to the violence, where it comes with a can of meat, some cookies and a job not yet done.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080705/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_fourth_of_july

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Why black Republicans support Obama
Posted: July 05, 2008

I don't necessarily like his policies; but … history thrusts me to really seriously think about it [voting for Obama]. … Black conservatives tell me privately it would be very hard to vote against him in November.

– Armstrong Williams, talk show host

Recent comments by well-known black Republicans J.C. Watts and Armstrong Williams that they're conflicted about the upcoming presidential elections and are contemplating voting for Barack Obama have sent shock waves through the Republican Party.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=68779

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JUSTICE FOR DICK GRASSO

Posted: 3:10 am
July 5, 2008

New York's claims against former New York Stock Exchange head Richard Grasso are now moot, thanks to a pair of court rulings that Attorney General Andrew Cuomo properly has decided not to appeal.

Gone with them are the last remaining tatters of Eliot Spitzer's reputation.

Cuomo threw in the towel Tuesday after an appellate division panel dismissed the last remaining counts of Spitzer's 2004 lawsuit. Earlier, the New York Court of Appeals had dismissed the four most serious charges.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/07052008/postopinion/editorials/justice_for_dick_grasso_118579.htm

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Tired firefighters battle 330 Calif. wildfires

Jul 6, 8:43 AM (ET)

By ROBERT JABLON

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Firefighters got a gift of a mild, mostly windless night and a forecast for similar conditions Sunday as they attempted to protect thousands of Santa Barbara County homes from a huge wildfire, one of more than 300 taxing their energy and resources around the state.

"The firefighters are stretched thin, they are exhausted," and some have gone days without sleep, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger as he visited a command post in the coastal region of Santa Barbara County, where nearly 2,700 homes were threatened by a four-day-old fire in the Los Padres National Forest. The blaze has blackened about 13 square miles.

Fires have burned more than 800 square miles of land and destroyed at least 69 homes throughout California in the past two weeks. One firefighter died of a heart attack while digging fire lines.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080706/D91OBTB80.html

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Tablet ignites debate on messiah and resurrection
By Ethan Bronner

JERUSALEM: A three-foot-tall tablet with 87 lines of Hebrew that scholars believe dates from the decades just before the birth of Jesus is causing a quiet stir in biblical and archaeological circles, especially because it may speak of a messiah who will rise from the dead after three days.

If such a messianic description really is there, it will contribute to a developing re-evaluation of both popular and scholarly views of Jesus, since it suggests that the story of his death and resurrection was not unique but part of a recognized Jewish tradition at the time.

The tablet, probably found near the Dead Sea in Jordan according to some scholars who have studied it, is a rare example of a stone with ink writings from that era — in essence, a Dead Sea Scroll on stone.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/05/africa/06stone.php

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Ore. man completes flight of fancy - in lawn chair

Jul 6, 6:46 AM (ET)

By KEITH RIDLER


CAMBRIDGE, Idaho (AP) - Using his trusty BB gun to help him return to Earth, a 48-year-old gas station owner flew a lawn chair rigged with helium-filled balloons more than 200 miles across the Oregon desert Saturday, landing in a field in Idaho.

Kent Couch created a sensation in this tiny farming community, where he touched down safely in a pasture after lifting off from Bend, Ore., and was soon greeted by dozens of people who gave him drinks of water, local plumber Mark Hetz said.

"My wife works at the City Market," Hetz said. "She called and said, 'The balloon guy in the lawn chair just flew by the market, and if you look out the door you can see him.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080706/D91OA6EG0.html

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Veterans group plans million-dollar ad campaign touting successes of Iraq troop buildup
Saturday, July 05, 2008 03:18:02 PM



Republican John McCain, who has made support for President Bush's troop buildup in Iraq the centerpiece of his presidential campaign, is getting from help from a veterans group that's launching a national TV ad campaign next week.

Vets for Freedom is spending $1.5 million on ads that will run on national cable television and in five states in July – the first set of ads in a multimillion dollar campaign in coming months touting the troop buildup, Pete Hegseth, the 25,000-member group's chairman, said in a telephone interview Saturday. Aimed at "informing the American people about the truth regarding progress in Iraq and Afghanistan," the issue ads will feature veterans of the war describing the accomplishments they've seen since the buildup began in early 2007.

"We need to finish the job no matter who is president," the ads say, according to Hegseth. The five states being initially targeted are Colorado, Michigan, New Mexico, Ohio and Virginia.

http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D91NTFI80&apc=9008

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Bill Gross: $1 Trillion Deficit Under Obama



Bill Gross, the bond-fund-manager superstar, not only thinks Barack Obama will be elected president, but that the nation’s budget deficit, now nearly $500 billion, will explode to $1 trillion.

Gross, a registered Republican, wrote an open letter to Obama on the Web site of PIMCO, where Gross is co-chief investment officer. “You have inherited a mess,” Gross writes.

“What do I think you should do as the new president to rectify this mess? All I know is that any solution will come with a high price tag.”

http://moneynews.newsmax.com/streettalk/Barack_Obama_/2008/07/01/108974.html

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Will homosexual marriage save the GOP?

A former Republican presidential candidate says the issue of homosexual marriage could save the GOP again on Election Day like it did in 2004.

Following the Supreme Court's decision striking down the Texas sodomy law in 2003, and a ruling by the Massachusetts Supreme Court legalizing homosexual marriage, conservative activists worked to implement state marriage protection amendments.


In a recent column for Politico.com, Gary Bauer says the marriage amendments helped get President Bush and other conservative candidates elected and drove to the polls many voters who otherwise might have stayed home. He contends the legalization of homosexual marriage in California may oddly be a blessing in disguise for Republicans.

http://www.onenewsnow.com/Election2008/Default.aspx?id=162772

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USO and Budweiser Say Thank You to the Troops
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By Noel Sheppard | July 6, 2008 - 17:11 ET



Try watching the following wonderful tribute to our troops without crying:

VIDEO:

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2008/07/06/uso-budweiser-say-thank-you-troops

Saw this for the 1st time today on FOX, put a lump in my throat & makes me think of the armed troops still on duty post 9/11 in NYC!



Netroots Celebrate Helms's Death With Vulgar Attacks



Financial Times: Jesse Helms 'Little Less Than a Monster'

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Iraq says may agree timetable for U.S. withdrawal
Mon Jul 7, 2008 10:54am EDT

By Dean Yates and Ahmed Rasheed

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki raised the prospect on Monday of setting a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops as part of negotiations over a new security agreement with Washington.

It was the first time the U.S.-backed Shi'ite-led government has floated the idea of a timetable for the removal of American forces from Iraq. The Bush administration has always opposed such a move, saying it would give militant groups an advantage.

The security deal under negotiation will replace a U.N. mandate for the presence of U.S. troops that expires on December 31.

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL0353522920080707?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true

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RUSSIA THREATENS MILITARY ACTION AGAINST USA IF WE BUILD SHIELD NEAR IT'S BORDER!!!

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Russia threatens military response to US missile defence deal
David Charter, Europe Correspondent

Russia threatened to retaliate by military means after a deal with the Czech Republic brought the US missile defence system in Europe a step closer.

The threat followed quickly on from the announcement that Condoleezza Rice signed a formal agreement with the Czech Republic to host the radar for the controversial project.

Moscow argues that the missile shield would severely undermine the balance of European security and regards the proposed missile shield based in two former Communist countries as a hostile move.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4295309.ece

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U.S. will keep talking with Russia on missile shield
Tue Jul 8, 2008 9:36pm EDT

TOYAKO, Japan (Reuters) - The United States will continue its dialogue with Russia on a missile defense shield, the White House said on Wednesday after Moscow warned it would use military means if the shield were deployed close to its borders.

President George W. Bush has told Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that the United States seeks "strategic cooperation on preventing missiles from rogue nations, like Iran, from threatening our friends and allies," White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe said in Japan, where the leaders are attending a G8 summit.

"We want to design a system between the United States, Russia and Europe, with everyone participating as equal partners," Johndroe said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUST8969620080709

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Iran reportedly test-fires 9 missiles

PARIS: One day after threatening to strike Israeli and U.S. interests if attacked, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards were reported Wednesday to have test-fired nine missiles, including one that Tehran claims has the range to reach Israel.

State-run media, quoted by Western news agencies, said the tests near the Strait of Hormuz included long- and medium-range missiles, among them a new version of the Shahab-3, which Tehran maintains can hit targets 2,000 kilometers, or 1,250 miles, away.

The reported tests coincide with increasingly tense negotiations over Tehran's nuclear program, which Iran says is for civilian purposes but which many Western governments suspect is meant for building nuclear weapons.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/09/mideast/iran.php

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Obama says Iran's missile tests show need for diplomacy while McCain favors defense system
Wednesday, July 09, 2008 08:39:26 AM

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Wednesday that Iran's missile tests highlight the need for direct diplomacy as well as tougher threats of economic sanctions and strong incentives to persuade Tehran to change its behavior.

John McCain, the Republican seeking the presidency, said the tests demonstrate a need for effective missile defense, including missile defense in Europe and the defense system the U.S. plans with the Czech Republic and Poland.

"Working with our European and regional allies is the best way to meet the threat posed by Iran, not unilateral concessions that undermine multilateral diplomacy," McCain said in a statement.

http://www.theconservativevoice.com/ap/article.html?mi=D91QC0N84&apc=9008

Bush Lied? 550 Tons /Yellowcake Say NO!

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Oil Rebounds on Iranian Missile Launches

Wednesday, July 9, 2008 8:30 AM

VIENNA, Austria -- Oil prices rebounded from consecutive days of steep declines after Iran test-fired nine missiles long- and medium-range missiles Wednesday.



Expectations that a U.S. crude supply report later in the day will show stocks at continued lows also supported prices.

Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards fired the missiles during war games that high-ranking military officials say are a response to U.S. and Israeli threats.

http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/oil_prices/2008/07/09/111187.html

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Turkey suspects al-Qaida in attack on US consulate
Jul 9 12:12 PM US/Eastern
By SUZAN FRASER
Associated Press Writer

ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - Suspected al-Qaida militants armed with pistols and shotguns attacked a police guard post outside the U.S. consulate in Istanbul on Wednesday, sparking a gunbattle that left three attackers and three officers dead.

Turkish and U.S. officials publicly labeled the shooting a terrorist attack and a police official in Istanbul told The Associated Press that authorities suspected al-Qaida was behind it. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to brief journalists on the investigation.

The U.S. ambassador to Turkey and Turkey's foreign ministry said security around all American diplomatic missions in Turkey had been increased.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D91QE8980&show_article=1

Been in Manhattan celebrating w/ a friend; I set as a goal to make a min. of $500 a month by trading stock; this is the 6th week & I am already over $1,000.00! In a bad market, as a rookie & making my own picks on www.scottrade.com , where's it's only $7 commission...

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'Gay' man sues Bible publishers
$70 million for emotional distress because homosexuality cast as sin
Posted: July 09, 2008
10:52 am Eastern



A homosexual man who has a blog on Sen. Barack Obama's campaign website is suing two major Christian publishers for violating his constitutional rights and causing emotional pain, because the Bible versions they publish refer to homosexuality as a sin.

Bradley LaShawn Fowler, 39, of Canton, Mich., is seeking $60 million from Zondervan and another $10 million from Thomas Nelson Publishing in lawsuits filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, the Grand Rapids Press reported.

Fowler filed his claim against Grand Rapids-based Zondervan Monday, alleging its Bibles' references to homosexuality as a sin have made him an outcast from his family and contributed to physical discomfort and periods of "demoralization, chaos and bewilderment," the paper said.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=69147

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Rev. Jesse Jackson Caught Bad-Mouthing Obama
Reverend Apologizes For Remarks Caught On Microphone During Fox Interview
CHICAGO (CBS) ― The Rev. Jesse Jackson is apologizing for disparaging remarks he made about Barack Obama's relationship with African American church-goers, caught on camera during a break in a Fox News interview.

Jackson, during a break in a Fox News interview, made a very crude statement regarding Obama's relationship with African Americans after the presidential candidate made several speeches on morality at black churches.

In a video aired Wednesday night on the Fox program "The O'Reilly Factor," Jackson leans over and whispers to fellow panelist Dr. Reed V. Tuckson, executive vice president and chief of medical affairs for UnitedHealth Group, "See, Barack been, um, talking down to black people on this faith based ... I want cut his [edit bb1]off ... Barack ... he's talking down to black people." Jackson appeared to make a stabbing or cutting motion with his hand as he made the remarks.

VIDEO & STORY:
http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/jackson.obama.comments.2.767252.html

So not only Bill Clinton is using foul language re: Barry The Appeaser & FLIP-FLOPPER
A friend & I were discussing over dinner in the city---how the left was turning on Obama...& then I get home & see this.

The abortion folks too are steaming mad about some recent abortion statements, George Soros 'MOVE ON is now saying to Obama fundraisers move on...many are upset at his Iraq statements among many other things.
Sen. McCain will stay a gentleman unfortunately... but I wouldn't be surprised if Rev Wright stabs him in the back right before the election;527s tear him up...The Clinton's release info that Bob Novak may have; the Michelle anti-whitey video may surface & how in these dangerous times the tide will change to someone ready on day one..stay tuned!

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Doomed to a fatal delusion over climate change

PSYCHIATRISTS have detected the first case of "climate change delusion" - and they haven't even yet got to Kevin Rudd and his global warming guru.

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23991257-25717,00.html

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Headline: 'Global Warming Causing California Glacier to Grow'
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By Noel Sheppard (Bio | Archive)
July 9, 2008 - 18:42 ET

From the "You've Got To Be Kidding Me" department: "Global Warming Causing California Glacier to Grow, Scientists Say."



What? Hasn't Nobel Laureate Al Gore and every climate alarmist in the media been warning us that global warming is causing glaciers to melt, and that we're all going to die if we don't do something about it?

Well, not so fast, because according to the CBC, much like climate change can cause droughts AND torrential rains, it now seems the tricky little devil can make glaciers grow too (emphasis added, better stow fluids and sharp objects):...

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2008/07/09/headline-global-warming-causing-california-glacier-grow

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Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Barack Obama's campaign has announced they are going to hold an event at a NASCAR race. The event will be called, “Meet Your First Black Guy.”

A 60-year-old woman was kicked out of a McCain rally for heckling him. Afterwards, McCain said, “I’m just not popular with young women.”



Months ago, Hillary Clinton’s campaign booked hundreds of hotel rooms for the Democratic Convention. Now that she’s out of the race, she doesn’t need them anymore. Just as Hillary’s staff was about to cancel the rooms, Bill Clinton stepped in and said, “I’ll use them!’



The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

It was so hot today, John McCain offered a $300 million prize to the first person to develop a prune Slurpee.

Happy birthday to President Bush — 62 on Sunday. He is now twice his approval rating.

John Kerry is now criticizing John McCain. Kerry is saying McCain doesn’t have the judgment to be president. I don’t think that’s true. McCain had the good judgment not to accept Kerry’s offer to be his running mate in 2004.



Democrats are preparing for their convention in Denver. They have hired the first ever director of “greening.” They say this will ensure everything about their convention will be green . . . including nominating a candidate who’s only been a senator for a couple of years.



http://www.newsmax.com/jokes/

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OPEC warns against military conflict with Iran
By James Kanter
Published: July 10, 2008



VIENNA: The head of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries warned Thursday that oil prices would see an "unlimited" increase in the case of a military conflict involving Iran, because the group's members would be unable to make up the lost production.

"We really cannot replace Iran's production - it's not feasible to replace it," Abdalla Salem El-Badri, the OPEC secretary general, said during an interview.

Iran, the second-largest producing country in OPEC, after Saudi Arabia, produces about 4 million barrels of oil a day out of the daily worldwide production of close to 87 million barrels. The country has been locked in a lengthy dispute with Western countries over its nuclear ambitions.

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/10/business/opec.php

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Is Hillary back in the Veep Picture?
Rick Moran
Not that she's ever completely left the scene, but Hillary's stock - already pretty low - had been sinking the last few weeks as other Democrats ascended the all important short list for Obama's Vice President.



Despite that, there are still many Democrats urging Obama to take her and by doing so, heal the party. Such was the reception both candidates received yesterday in a joint appearance:

The Associated Press Wednesday reported Clinton flew to New York on Obama's campaign plane with Caroline Kennedy, who is running his vice-presidential search. Obama and Clinton appeared at a private fundraising dinner Wednesday night.

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/07/is_hillary_back_in_the_veep_pi.html

Pelosi Slips Impeachment Onto the Table

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Border agents arrest gang member, sex offender



By Jim Edwards, Fox 11 News

Border Patrol Agents at the Douglas and Willcox stations have arrested a man with gang affiliations, and a convicted sex offender. Manuel Ortega of Mexico was taken into custody at the Douglas Station when a fingerprint check indicated that Ortega was convicted and sentenced in Illinois on multiple charges, including harboring a runaway, resisting a peace officer, domestic battery, and criminal sexual abuse, and that he is a documented Sureno 13 gang member. He is being held pending prosecution, and removal proceedings.

http://www.fox11az.com/news/topstories/stories/KMSB_20080709_jh_border.3d6e61f3.html

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Black Churches Gather to Promote ‘Reproductive Choice’
Thursday, July 10, 2008
By Penny Starr, Senior Staff Writer

(CNSNews.com) – Members and leaders from black churches gathered at Howard University School of Divinity this week to discuss sexuality, including how to make churches inclusive for homosexuals and what they say is the failure of federally funded abstinence-only education programs.

A program of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice (RCRC), a nationwide coalition of religious groups trying to advance abortion rights, the 12th annual National Black Church Summit on Sexuality featured speeches by the majority whip of the U.S. House, Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.), and former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Joycelyn Elders.

Workshops at the three-day event included “Pastoral Care and Reproductive Health Counseling,” which focused on “engaging women and families confronted with issues related to healthcare and reproductive health choices” – and included an introduction to churches on “how to provide a pregnant woman with all available information about their options – parenthood, adoption and pregnancy termination.”

http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=32158

Love Isn’t Enough: 5 Reasons Why Same-Sex Marriage Will Harm Children

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Obama' Flip-Flops Anger the Liberal Base

WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama is coming under increasingly heavy fire from his left flank for abandoning long-held liberal positions in an abrupt swing toward the center that threatens his candidacy.

After racing away from hardcore positions on trade protectionism, gun control, government wiretapping, the death penalty and even his vaunted troop-pullout plans for Iraq, his once-diehard supporters on the left are attacking his character and honesty and threatening to withhold campaign contributions or, worse, shift their allegiance to Ralph Nader.

"We've been hearing more from voters who are disconcerted about Obama's move to the right. We're hearing from antiwar folks, civil-liberties people and other activists concerned about his flip-flops and considering voting for Ralph," said Nader campaign representative Chris Driscoll.

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DonaldLambro/2008/07/10/obama_flip-flops_anger_the_liberal_base

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Bobby Jindal, America's Most Transformational Governor

Newt Gingrich

You may have heard his name mentioned as a possible vice presidential running mate, but if you don't know anything more about Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana, you should.

Governor Jindal is leading a revolution of conservative reform in Louisiana. He is the most transformational young governor in America today. The principles that motivate his Louisiana Revolution are the same pro-innovation, pro-competition, anti-bureaucracy and anti- big government principles that I urge each week in this newsletter - the same principles that are so desperately needed in Washington, D.C.

For those of you who don't yet know him, I'd like to take a moment to introduce you to Governor Bobby Jindal. And for those of you already familiar with this rising reformer, read on. You may just learn one more reason why Bobby Jindal is a reformer to watch , regardless of whether or not he gets a spot on the 2008 presidential ticket.

http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/id.582/pub_detail.asp

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McCain Had $26.7 Million for Campaign at End of June (Update2)

By Jonathan D. Salant
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July 10 (Bloomberg) -- Presumptive Republican presidential nominee John McCain raised $22 million last month and entered July with $26.7 million in the bank, campaign manager Rick Davis said today. It was the biggest fundraising month of his campaign.

The Republican National Committee had $67.8 million in cash at the end of the month, giving McCain and his party about $95 million to spend, Davis said. He said he expected to have $400 million for the campaign, including the money now in the bank and $84.1 million in taxpayer funds McCain will receive in the first week of September for the general election.

``From our perspective, we start in a very, very robust position financially,'' Davis said.

At the end of May, McCain and his party had $85.1 million to spend compared with $37.3 million for presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama and the Democratic National Committee. Obama has yet to release his June figures, due at the Federal Election Commission by July 20.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aK.tSDydCtAo&refer=worldwide

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Tony Snow, Former White House Press Secretary and FOX News Anchor, Dies at 53

Tony Snow, the former White House press secretary and conservative pundit who bedeviled the press corps and charmed millions as a FOX News television and radio host, died Saturday after a long bout with cancer. He was 53.

A syndicated columnist, editor, TV anchor, radio show host and musician, Snow worked in nearly every medium in a career that spanned more than 30 years.

• Click here for photos.

"Laura and I are deeply saddened by the death of our dear friend Tony Snow," President Bush said in a written statement. "The Snow family has lost a beloved husband and father. And America has lost a devoted public servant and a man of character."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,381250,00.html

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Obama campaign outraged by New Yorker cover
Jul 14 11:24 AM US/Eastern

Obama Campaign Blasts ‘Terrorist’ Caricature Cover on ‘The New Yorker’


Barack Obama's campaign decried Monday a satirical cartoon on the cover of The New Yorker magazine showing the Democratic presidential hopeful wearing Islamic dress while his wife holds a Kalashnikov.

The influential weekly defended its cover, titled "The Politics of Fear," as a critique of unfounded allegations during the campaign that have attempted to paint Obama, who is Christian, as a closet radical Muslim.

"The New Yorker may think, as one of their staff explained to us, that their cover is a satirical lampoon of the caricature Senator Obama's right-wing critics have tried to create," Obama spokesman Bill Burton said.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080714152414.ywhxksb5&show_article=1

What do you expect for an un-patriotic weakling & what a black neighbor said when he saw my McCain cap..that he could never vote for Barry & his wife dresses like a hooker??????? (I'll be fairer & say more like SEX & THE CITY attire).

McCain is now tied in 2 national polls & Obama should of had a 12 point bounce after he so called defeated Hell-ary!

Opinions not of any ministry or this site, they are proudly posted by this blogger alone. Animations: www.artie.com ...photos public.KEEP CHECKING BACK FOR UPDATES, BB1...LOT'S OF JOKES, TIPS & GREAT STORIES ON PREVIOUS PAGE & ABOVE POSTS...GO BACK & SEE IF YOU MISSED ANYTHING...

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Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade High on Obama, Critical of McCain

In Aaron Klein's 2007 book Schmoozing With Terrorists, he details his discussions with various members of terrorist groups about their ideologies, motivations, goals, and views of the world.

One is Ramadan Adassi, leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades in the Andar refugee camp in the northern West Bank, and another is Ala Senakreh, chief of the Al Aqsa Brigades in the West Bank. They shared their assessment of the presidential race to Klein in the spring of 2007.

On page 177:

http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZGQ5MjI4NjNiOWYxNDc2MWVhZjEyZjdiODc1ODhmNDA=

John McCain : The return of the reformer

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WHY 'KUMBAYA' CAN'T FIGHT TERROR


By MICHELLE MALKIN

Posted: 4:17 am
July 16, 2008

IN all the brouhaha over the New Yorker's cover car toon satirizing Barack and Michelle Obama, a truly "tasteless and offensive" passage in the magazine's feature article got lost.

The piece quotes Obama's recommendations for how to stop jihad, which he had previously published in a local Chicago newspaper eight days after 9/11. It's a self-parody of blind, deaf and dumb Kumbaya liberalism:

"We must also engage, however, in the more difficult task of understanding the sources of such madness. The essence of this tragedy, it seems to me, derives from a fundamental absence of empathy on the part of the attackers: an inability to imagine, or connect with, the humanity and suffering of others.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/07162008/postopinion/opedcolumnists/why_kumbaya_cant_fight_terror_120101.htm

Matthews Worries 'Right' Will Turn New Yorker Cover into T-Shirt

How Chuck Schumer Set Off a Bank Panic

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The Sheen is off Obama Candidacy
Rick Moran
Is it possible that Obama's recent spate of flip flops has so damaged his reputation as a man of principle that the voters now see him as something less than a savior of America?

If this New York Times poll is to be believed, that is exactly the case. By a 51-43 margin, voters now believe Obama says what people want to hear rather than what they think. Another question, asking whether Obama's positions have changed since he wrapped up the nomination show a 53-32 agreement. The wool has been pulled from people's eyes and Obama is now seen as, if not just another politician, certainly in somewhat more human terms.

Jonah Goldberg calls this "Damage to the Brand." Indeed, one Democrat he talked to said"If McCain can turn him into a politician, Obama has lost his advantage." Losing that advantage would mean less money in fundraising as well as less enthusiasm.

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/07/the_sheen_is_off_obama_candida.html

Democrats Are Weighing More Tax Rebates, Pelosi Says

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Late Show with David Letterman

Beautiful day here in New York City, oh, am I right? So sunny today in New York City, Alex Rodriguez came out of Madonna’s building squinting.



Hey, how many folks stayed inside today to watch President Bush’s latest press conference? Well, you know, we’re in the middle of a banking crisis, and today on television, President Bush assured Americans that he is taking steps to resolve the financial crisis. Well, that’s good enough for me. Come on, let’s go to the park.

...I don’t know, I feel bad for the guy. Brett Favre says that he has reconsidered, reconsidered his decision to retire and he wants to get back in the game. Today, Hillary Clinton said, ‘You can do that?’




Late Night with Conan O'Brien

In a speech yesterday, Barack Obama called for African-Americans to be better parents. Obama said, ‘Not all black children can be raised by Angelina Jolie.’



Comedian Bernie Mac performed at a recent Democratic fundraiser – and afterwards, Barack Obama told him to clean up his act because some of his jokes were about sex and prostitutes. Unfortunately, Bernie Mac couldn’t hear Obama’s advice – because Bill Clinton kept screaming ‘ENCORE!’





http://www.newsmax.com/jokes/

BB1 HIGHLY RECOMMENDS:GENERATION KILL:
Portrait of the Iraq War & our brave troops.PLUS how to support them!!!



GENERATION KILL
Chain of Command

From Maj. Gen. Mattis and Godfather down to Sgt. Colbert's First Recon unit check out our character briefs with our Gen Kill feature The Marines.

http://www.hbo.com/

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American flag disappears from Obama campaign jet
Candidate's trademark 'O' replaces stars and stripes
Posted: July 21, 2008
6:31 pm Eastern



As part of a month-long aircraft makeover, a painted American flag was removed from the tail of Sen. Barack Obama's official campaign airplane and was replaced with the presidential candidate's trademark "O" symbol.



The refurbished 757 was unveiled to members of the news media today, 41 of whom boarded the craft and took off to meet Obama in Amman, Jordan, where the presidential candidate will stop as part of a Middle Eastern and European tour.



Obama traveled to the Mideast earlier this week on board a separate airplane.

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=70236

The Obamas love the Obamas & seemingly hate/dislike the USA!

Wisest decision Barry made leaving loud mouth wife @ home, during fake overseas foreign policy excursions.

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Andrea on Obama Trip: 'What Some Would Call Fake Interviews'

By Mark Finkelstein (Bio | Archive)
July 21, 2008 - 20:00 ET


Andrea Mitchell might be a doyenne of the liberal media, but she has her reporter's pride and principles, which have been trampled by the way the Obama campaign has managed the media during the candidate's current trip to Afghanistan and Iraq. Mitchell let loose on this evening's Hardball, speaking of "fake interviews," and decrying that she was unable to report on pertinent aspects of the trip because the media has been excluded and that the video released is unreliable because it's impossible to know what has been edited out.



Before Mitchell made her displeasure known, Roger Simon of Politico, Chris Matthews's other guest during the segment, depicted the images coming out of the war zone as all Obama could have dreamed of.

ROGER SIMON: The optics are all very good on this trip. I mean, the beginning of this trip is so good, Senator Obama might just want to call off the end and just keep running the videotape.

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2008/07/21/andrea-obama-trip-what-some-would-call-fake-interviews

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CARROLL: Gore's nutty idea
By Vincent Carroll, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)
Tuesday, July 22, 2008

He's a former vice president of the United States, Nobel Prize winner and best-selling author, so the lavish news coverage of Al Gore's latest brainstorm was inevitable. Less understandable is why an idea so irresponsible - in economic terms, in fact, just this side of deranged - attracted so little ridicule.

Gore proposed last week that the United States "commit to producing 100 percent of our electricity from renewable energy and truly clean carbon-free sources within 10 years."

Not just all new electricity, mind you, which would be challenging enough. But all existing electricity, too.

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jul/22/carroll-gores-nutty-idea/

VIDEO: Gore Makes Energy Challenge, Exits in Long-Idling Limo

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SEN. JOHN EDWARDS CAUGHT WITH MISTRESS AND LOVE CHILD!

Vice Presidential candidate Sen. John Edwards was caught visiting his mistress and secret love child at 2:40 this morning in a Los Angeles hotel by the NATIONAL ENQUIRER.

The married ex-senator from North Carolina - whose wife Elizabeth continues to battle cancer -- met with his mistress, blonde divorcée Rielle Hunter, at the Beverly Hilton on Monday night, July 21 - and the NATIONAL ENQUIRER was there! He didn't leave until early the next morning.

Rielle had driven to Los Angeles from Santa Barbara with a male friend for the rendezvous with Edwards. The former senator attended a press event Monday afternoon with L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on the topic of how to combat homelessness.

http://www.nationalenquirer.com/sen_john_edwards_caught_with_mistress_and_love_child_in_la_hotel/celebrity/65193

Dobson says he may endorse McCain

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THE REV COPS A PLEA

Posted: 4:02 am
July 23, 2008

Looks like Rev. Slick has copped a plea. So to speak.

The US Attorney's Office has called off a criminal probe of Al Sharpton's mysterious personal and professional finances, accepting instead the reverend's promise to make good on up to $9 million in unpaid back taxes, interest and penalties.

Sharpton's word being what it is, the G-men better have it in writing - with multiple copies.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/07232008/postopinion/editorials/the_rev_cops_a_plea_121179.htm

81 Arrested In Anti-Gang Sweep

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McCain may be zeroing in on a running mate

ROCHESTER, N.H. (AP) - Yet another town-hall meeting isn't doing the trick. Neither is dropping in on a former Republican president. So just what can John McCain do to draw attention away from his showy Democratic rival? Pick a running mate, perhaps.

Speculation swirled Tuesday that McCain might name his vice presidential partner within the next few days - right in the middle of Barack Obama's overseas tour.

McCain aides were not helping tamp down the speculation with their comments, often made late in the afternoon, of "no announcement today."

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080723/D9237KN02.html

Dolly now a hurricane, set to hit Texas coast

Flight carrying [Ron Paul &] members of Congress makes emergency landing

New York Times 2Q profit drops 82 percent

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Regarding McCain's Rejected Op-Ed
Ethel C. Fenig
After the NY Times rejected John McCain's op-ed the NY Post, a tabloid paper, printed it with the following explanation EDITORS' NOTE: The New York Times wouldn't print this oped from the GOP candidate.

But of course. John McCain disagrees with Barack Obama. John McCain disagrees with the NY Times. Therefore why bother acknowledging anything positive about John McCain?

The NY Times editor wanted John McCain to give an exact Iraqi pullout timetable. When he didn't comply the editor used this as one of his excuses not to publish the op-ed. More knowledgeable, more realistic, even more experienced about such matters than any NY Times editor--or Barack Obama, McCain clearly stated: ................

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/07/regarding_mccains_rejected_ope.html

Crude's Decline Steers Stocks Green
I haven't made $$$$$ since last week, but today had one of my best days in my rookie trading history!

Police arrest man accused of taking 42 cents from mall fountain
And what is this poor guys bail.............a penny maybe???????

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Late Show with David Letterman

It was so hot today, Vice President Dick Cheney? He replaced his pacemaker with an ice maker.

So hot today, former Gov. Eliot Spitzer was dating a girl named Margarita.



So hot today, that thing on Donald Trump’s head was panting.



Late Show Top Ten

Top Ten Questions Asked Of Barack Obama On HIs Trip Overseas

7. "If you want to visit a war zone, how about the Alex Rodriguez marriage?"



5. "Can you explain the 'feels like' number?"

4. "How many Obamas still living in Ireland?"



The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

"Batman" made $150 million over the weekend. The only place with longer lines was customers trying to get their money out of IndyMac Bank.



One of the characters was Two-Face. He appears one way from one side, but is totally different from the other side. I believe he was played by Jesse Jackson.



Osama bin Laden’s driver is now on trial. I understand, during the trial, bin Laden will just wait in the car.

Barack Obama is in Afghanistan. Bill Clinton went with him. At least that’s what he told Hillary . ..



http://www.newsmax.com/jokes/

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Edwards Admits Sexual Affair; Lied as Presidential Candidate
In an ABC NEWS NIGHTLINE Interview, Edwards Reveals He Cheated, But Didn't Father Child
By RHONDA SCHWARTZ and BRIAN ROSS
August 8, 2008
John Edwards repeatedly lied during his Presidential campaign about an extramarital affair with a novice filmmaker, the former Senator admitted to ABC News today.
Hunter-Edwards



In an interview for broadcast tonight on Nightline, Edwards told ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff he did have an affair with 44-year old Rielle Hunter, but said that he loved only his wife, Elizabeth.

"Two years ago I made a very serious mistake," Edwards said, blaming the prominence of being a vice presidential candidate. "All of which fed a self-focus, an egotism, a narcissism that leads you to believe that you can do whatever you want," he said.

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5441195&page=1

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John Edwards' statement
By POLITICO STAFF | 8/8/08 5:16 PM EST


The dishonest dog will be on ABC later tonight!

STATEMENT OF SENATOR JOHN EDWARDS

August 8, 2008

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

In 2006, I made a serious error in judgment and conducted myself in a way that was disloyal to my family and to my core beliefs. I recognized my mistake and I told my wife that I had a liaison with another woman, and I asked for her forgiveness. Although I was honest in every painful detail with my family, I did not tell the public. When a supermarket tabloid told a version of the story, I used the fact that the story contained many falsities to deny it. But being 99% honest is no longer enough.

I was and am ashamed of my conduct and choices, and I had hoped that it would never become public. With my family, I took responsibility for my actions in 2006 and today I take full responsibility publicly. But that misconduct took place for a short period in 2006. It ended then. I am and have been willing to take any test necessary to establish the fact that I am not the father of any baby, and I am truly hopeful that a test will be done so this fact can be definitively established. I only know that the apparent father has said publicly that he is the father of the baby. I also have not been engaged in any activity of any description that requested, agreed to or supported payments of any kind to the woman or to the apparent father of the baby.

It is inadequate to say to the people who believed in me that I am sorry, as it is inadequate to say to the people who love me that I am sorry. In the course of several campaigns, I started to believe that I was special and became increasingly egocentric and narcissistic. If you want to beat me up – feel free. You cannot beat me up more than I have already beaten up myself. I have been stripped bare and will now work with everything I have to help my family and others who need my help.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12405.html

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Watch more tonight on "World News" at 6:30 p.m. ET and the full interview tonight on "Nightline" at 11:35 p.m. ET
Tune in tonight as yet another dem lies....let's see if his breck hairspray catches on fire as he faces the heat.I pray to God he doesn't use the sick wife as a stage prop.

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Georgia 'overrun' by Russian troops as full-scale ground invasion begins

By Daily Mail Reporter



* Gordon Brown urges Moscow to order a ceasefire
* Putin lashes out at the U.S. for 'helping Georgia'
* Georgia 'restarts shelling' after ceasefire call ignore
* Refugee crisis as 40,000 flee

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1043236/Georgia-overrun-Russian-troops-scale-ground-invasion-begins.html

In these dangerous times we need a steady, experienced hand...a true HERO vs. big ZERO !

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McCain calls for diplomatic action against Russia
Aug 11 09:54 AM US/Eastern
By CHARLES BABINGTON
Associated Press Writer
Write a Comment
ERIE, Pa. (AP) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain is calling for an emergency meeting of G-7 nations to deal with Russia's attacks on Georgia

McCain said Monday that Moscow appears intent on toppling the Georgian government.

McCain also said NATO's North Atlantic Council should convene an emergency session to demand a ceasefire. He said the Council should begin discussions on both the deployment of an international peacekeeping force to South Ossetia and the implications for NATO's future relationship with Russia.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D92G4B0G0&show_article=1

Georgia President: Russia Wants Our Energy Route

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The Left sneers at suggestions for a strong response to Russia
Rick Moran
The criticism by the left to some suggestions coming from conservatives that our response to the Russians for their now naked aggression in Georgia is analogous to the reaction to the Sudentenland or some other pre-World War II example of appeasement only shows them to be devoid of any ideas to deal with the crisis beyond the call "take it to the UN."


Matthew Yglesias on Bill Kristol's column:


Now of course Vladimir Putin really is a bad actor. And it should be said that as of today Russia seems to be going beyond anything that could be justified as a response to Georgia's provocation in South Ossetia. But the habit that the Kristols of the world have of deploying this kind of rhetoric is infuriating. If Kristol really thinks we should go to war with Russia, he's being crazy and irresponsible. If he doesn't think that, then he has no business busting out these Munich analogies. Nowhere in his column does he propose a single concrete step with any meaningful chance of altering the situation - it's all dedicated to mocking doves, but utterly lacking in viable alternatives.

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2008/08/the_left_sneers_at_suggestions.html

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Russia's Invasion Same as Hitler's

Monday, August 11, 2008 11:44 AM

By: Dick Morris & Eileen McGann

On Oct. 3, 1938, Adolf Hitler's armies marched into Sudetenland, a part of Czechoslovakia. Germany said it was responding to separatist demands from the large German population that lived there and that she was merely honoring their desire for reunion with Germany.

Hitler's tanks took over a vital part of an independent country that had largely rejected his overtures and allied itself with the West. Neither Britain nor France nor the United States did a thing to stop him.

On Aug. 7, 2008, Vladimir Putin's armies marched into South Ossetia, a part of Georgia. Russia said it was responding to separatist demands from the large Russian population that lived there and that she was merely honoring their desire for reunion with Russia.

http://www.newsmax.com/morris/russia_invades_georgia/2008/08/11/120902.html

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The War in Georgia
Is a War for the West
By MIKHEIL SAAKASHVILI
August 11, 2008; Page A15

As I write, Russia is waging war on my country.

On Friday, hundreds of Russian tanks crossed into Georgian territory, and Russian air force jets bombed Georgian airports, bases, ports and public markets. Many are dead, many more wounded. This invasion, which echoes Afghanistan in 1979 and the Prague Spring of 1968, threatens to undermine the stability of the international security system......

The Kremlin designed this war. Earlier this year, Russia tried to provoke Georgia by effectively annexing another of our separatist territories, Abkhazia. When we responded with restraint, Moscow brought the fight to South Ossetia.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121841306186328421.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries

WALL STREET JOURNAL: Kremlin Capers

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Putin Makes His Move

The details of who did what to precipitate Russia's war against Georgia are not very important. Do you recall the precise details of the Sudeten Crisis that led to Nazi Germany's invasion of Czechoslovakia? Of course not, because that morally ambiguous dispute is rightly remembered as a minor part of a much bigger drama.

The events of the past week will be remembered that way, too. This war did not begin because of a miscalculation by Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili. It is a war that Moscow has been attempting to provoke for some time. The man who once called the collapse of the Soviet Union "the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the [20th] century" has reestablished a virtual czarist rule in Russia and is trying to restore the country to its once-dominant role in Eurasia and the world. Armed with wealth from oil and gas; holding a near-monopoly over the energy supply to Europe; with a million soldiers, thousands of nuclear warheads and the world's third-largest military budget, Vladimir Putin believes that now is the time to make his move.

Georgia's unhappy fate is that it borders a new geopolitical fault line that runs along the western and southwestern frontiers of Russia. From the Baltics in the north through Central Europe and the Balkans to the Caucasus and Central Asia, a geopolitical power struggle has emerged between a resurgent and revanchist Russia on one side and the European Union and the United States on the other.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/10/AR2008081001871.html

VIDEO: Georgian conflict has serious energy implications for the U.S.

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Obama Lied About Abortion Record
by Amanda Carpenter

Newly discovered documents from the Illinois state archives prove Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has lied about his opposition to legislation requiring health officials to provide care to babies who survived abortion as an Illinois state senator.

Obama has claimed again and again he would have supported his state’s version of the Born Alive Infant Protection Act if it included language to protect abortion rights guaranteed by Roe v. Wade and viciously attacked conservative opponents who suggested otherwise. Now there’s documentation showing Obama did vote against a version of the Born Alive Infant Protection Act that contained language to protect abortion rights identical to the bill that passed 98-0 in the U.S. Senate.

“We have a smoking gun committee report,” the National Right to Life Committee’s Legislative Counsel Susan Muskett said. NRLC posted the unearthed documents from the Illinois senate archives Monday.

http://townhall.com/columnists/AmandaCarpenter/2008/08/12/obama_lied_about_abortion_record