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Irwin Stelzer: Congress may stiflerecovery before it grows
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Washington Examiner, by Irwin Stelzer
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Posted By: gandolphxx- 11/7/2009 12:06:17 PM
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There are times when the economic data point in one direction, and businessmen in the privacy of their boardrooms point in another. (Snip) "I'll believe it when I see it on my top line," seems to be the attitude of most businessmen, who are hoarding cash in record amounts.
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All off to college, and first year free!
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Detroit Free Press [MI], by Rochelle Riley
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Posted By: JoniTx- 11/7/2009 11:21:08 AM
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Officials at University Preparatory High School asked themselves: What good is getting children ready for college if they can't afford to go?So the Detroit charter school, which has filled in financial gaps for its students to attend college over the past three years, announced Friday that the school will pay ALL costs for each of the 124 students in the current senior class who meet the requirements of what it calls a hope contract to
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Pelosi: Pro-choice Dems will sign on
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Politico, by Jonathan Allen
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Posted By: JoniTx- 11/7/2009 11:12:10 AM
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Most Democratic advocates of abortion rights appear likely to swallow hard and vote for a health care overhaul even though it is likely to include an amendment that would effectively bar insurers that participate in a public exchange from providing most abortions, according to several lawmakers who attended a private meeting on the topic Saturday morning in the Capitol basement. Asked whether her allies in the pro-choice movement would support the bill with the language offered
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The New Iran Man
at the State Department's
Iran Desk
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American Thinker, by Ed Lasky
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Posted By: magnante- 11/7/2009 11:11:43 AM
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John Limbert will be the senior Iran official at the State Department, replacing Dennis Ross who has moved to the National Security Council (and who has not been heard of publicly since). Should America be concerned? Yes. Limbert is not a neutral arbiter; he serves on the advisory board of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), widely considered to be the de facto lobby for the Iranian regime
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Barbour touts election success for GOP
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The Hill, by Eric Zimmermann
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Posted By: JoniTx- 11/7/2009 11:04:14 AM
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This week's elections were a wake-up call that the American people disagree with the Democrats' agenda, Gov. Haley Barbour (R-Miss.) said Saturday.Barbour, the chairman of the Republican Governors Association (RGA), touted his party's victories in the New Jersey and Virginia gubernatorial elections.
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How Teachers Are
Poisoning Our Children
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Canada Free Press, by Jim O'Neill
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 11/7/2009 10:59:20 AM
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“The goal of socialism is communism.” “A lie told often enough becomes truth” —Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924) The NEA (National Education Association) is the largest professional organization, and labor union in the United States. It represents public school teachers, support personnel, college and university faculty and staff, and college students preparing to become teachers. The NEA has over 3 million members. According to Wikipedia, “the NEA describes itself as a ‘professional employee organization,’ although it is often categorized as
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Mass Murdering Muslim Major
Worked to Assist Obama’s Transition
Team Through University Projec
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Canada Free Press, by Warner Todd Huston
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 11/7/2009 10:54:43 AM
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In 2008 The George Washington University Homeland Security Institute (HSPI) initiated a transition task force to help craft homeland security policies during Obama’s transition period. In May of 2009 HSPI finished its report titled, “Thinking Anew-Security Priorities for the Next Administration.” One of the members of this Obama transition project was none other than the Muslim murderer Nidal Hassan.
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Obama's 'Delayed Empathy'
over Fort Hood Massacre
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American Thinker, by Rick Moran
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Posted By: KarenJ1- 11/7/2009 10:46:04 AM
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This hasn't gotten half the play it should have and for good reason; President Obama's weird, off-putting introduction to his remarks about the Fort Hood massacre reveal him to be something of a cold fish. Obama's shocking insensitivity was first noticed by Robert George writing in the president's home town TV news station WMAQ: After news broke out of the shooting at the Fort Hood Army post in Texas, the nation watched in horror as the
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Islam and Fort Hood
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Chicago Tribune, by Steve Chapman
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Posted By: NorthernDog- 11/7/2009 10:39:18 AM
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Conservatives have been quick to trumpet the fact that the alleged killer at Fort Hood, Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, is a Muslim--the implication being that Muslims are inherently untrustworthy, hostile to America, at odds with civilized norms of behavior or something. (Snip) It may be that Hasan subscribed to a jihadist ideology that drove him to kill his fellow soldiers. But it could be that Islam is just a distraction from more fundamental problems
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George W. Bush Visits Fort Hood, Wounded Soldiers
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: ocjim- 11/7/2009 10:36:41 AM
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Former President George W. Bush and his wife, Laura, visited wounded soldiers and their families near the site of the worst mass shooting on an Army post in the United States. (Snip) The Bushes made their private visit to Fort Hood's Darnall Army Medical Center on Friday night.
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Palin vs. Pelosi
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National Review Online, by Kathryn Jean Lopez
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Posted By: jimr3- 11/7/2009 10:23:47 AM
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FB, natch: What’s in this bill? The “death panel” provision is in it. Medicare cuts are in it. Coverage of illegal immigrants is in it. And federal funding for abortion is in it. I commend the many Republicans and Blue Dog Democrats who are taking a principled stance to fight this. I had a message for Speaker Pelosi in a speech I gave last night for the Wisconsin Right to Life – “please, please don’t
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Bluffing at the highest levels
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Wall Street Journal, by James McManus
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Posted By: pineledger- 11/7/2009 10:22:43 AM
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When Harry S. Truman was sworn in to office, his poker buddies from the previous war were afraid he might stop playing now that he had been "promoted." They need not have worried. The new chief executive even requisitioned a set of chips embossed with the presidential seal for use in the White House, though he tried to avoid being photographed gambling on its premises. The prudes of America would put up with only so
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Sadder but wiser
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Wall Street Journal, by Eric Felten
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Posted By: pineledger- 11/7/2009 10:14:01 AM
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No one ever went broke encouraging Americans to be cheerful. Grinning (whether in conjunction with bearing it or not) has ever been our fashion; our national passion for cosmetic dentistry may have something to do with how much we smile. Where else would a founding credo declare the pursuit of happiness to be an unalienable right? But what if happiness isn't everything it's cracked up to be?
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The Hole at the Heart
of Our Strategy
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National Review Online, by Mark Steyn
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Posted By: JohnGaltFL- 11/7/2009 10:05:12 AM
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Thirteen dead and 31 wounded would be a bad day for the U.S. military in Afghanistan, and a great victory for the Taliban. When it happens in Texas, in the heart of the biggest military base in the nation, at a processing center for soldiers either returning from or deploying to combat overseas, it is not merely a “tragedy” (as too many people called it) but a glimpse of a potentially fatal flaw at the
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Barack Obama calls for calm as
Muslim community fears
backlash over Fort Hood killings
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Daily Mail [UK], by Staff
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Posted By: JoniTx- 11/7/2009 9:55:55 AM
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Barack Obama has tried to calm racial tensions in the US after the Muslim community voiced fears it would face a backlash from the Fort Hood killings. The president's intervention follows two days after Muslim army psychiatrist Major Nidal Malik Hasan opened fire on colleagues at the military base in Texas, killing 13 and wounding 30.Hundreds attended a candlelit vigil last night at Ford Hood, the country's largest army camp, while the investigation into the incident
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Chapman president earns
more than U.S. president
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Orange County Register [CA], by Gary Robbins
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Posted By: JoniTx- 11/7/2009 9:51:57 AM
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James Doti, the economist who serves as president of Chapman University in Orange, was paid a salary $440,000 during the 2007-08 academic year, which is $40,000 higher than the salary given to the president of the United States. Doti also received $27,516 in benefits, for total compensation of $467,516, says the Chronicle of Higher Education (CHE), which examined the salaries of scores of presidents and chancellors at public and private colleges and universitie
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Fort Hood shooting:
an attack by the enemy within
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Telegraph [UK], by Toby Harnden
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Posted By: GaGardener- 11/7/2009 9:39:38 AM
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The murderous killing spree carried by Maj Nidal Malik Hasan will be seen by many Americans as a terrorist attack from an enemy within rather than the act of a lone madman. It will take weeks to assess all the reasons Hasan acted. But the evidence of his devout Muslim faith, antipathy towards women, arguments in favour of suicide bombing and opposition to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars point to a religious and political motivation
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Court rules in favor of students
in holster suit
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: JoniTx- 11/7/2009 9:14:58 AM
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FORT WORTH— A federal court decision will let Tarrant County College students wear empty holsters in public areas when they protest a ban of concealed weapons on campus next week.However, they can't wear the holsters in the Fort Worth-area school's classrooms and hallways.Clayton Smith and John Schwertz sued because officials limited the
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Up-or-down vote on an amendment
to block abortion funding approved
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The Hill, by Molly K. Hooper and Mike Soraghan
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Posted By: orangeandblue- 11/7/2009 9:12:36 AM
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House Democratic leaders will allow an up-or-down vote on an amendment blocking any money in its healthcare overhaul from funding abortions, risking the votes of members who support abortion rights. Anti-abortion Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) had told a bleary-eyed Rules committee panel that a deal struck earlier in the day to move forward on the issue was off.
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Jihad's 5th Column
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Investors Business Daily, by IBD Editors
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Posted By: orangeandblue- 11/7/2009 9:01:20 AM
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War On Terror: The Fort Hood terrorist is being portrayed as an "anomaly," an "aberration," a "lone wolf." Sadly, he's just one of many examples of jihadist traitors in the ranks of the military. Together they form a dangerous Fifth Column, and the Pentagon — thanks to institutionalized political correctness — is doing next to nothing to root them out .
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Ukraine Says It Paid Russian Gas Bill
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Wall Street Journal, by James Marson
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Posted By: PageTurner- 11/7/2009 8:59:31 AM
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Ukraine said it has paid its monthly gas bill to Russia, allaying fears of a new gas crisis in Europe. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin had said last Friday that Ukraine was struggling to make the payment, sparking concerns of another gas crisis after a dispute in January saw flows to the European Union cut.
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'Gentle' Army psychiatrist displayed
worrisome signs
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Washington Times, by Ben Conery
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Posted By: garnet- 11/7/2009 8:50:13 AM
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Investigators worked doggedly Friday to piece together what apparently drove an Army psychiatrist to open fire on his comrades at Fort Hood in Texas. While they searched for clues, a conflicting portrait of the accused shooter, Maj. Nidal Hasan, an Arlington native, has continued to emerge. On the one hand, he has been described by some as a gentle man who was involved in his mosque's charitable endeavors and spoke little of America's conflicts abroad;
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Steve Jobs voted ‘CEO
of the decade’
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The Telegraph [UK], by Emma Barnett
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Posted By: supersid- 11/7/2009 8:37:44 AM
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Steve Jobs, Apple’s chief executive, has been voted the CEO of the decade by Fortune magazine. According to the publication, he was deserving of the title because he has “radically and lucratively reordered three markets – music, movies and mobile telephones”. "The past decade in business belongs to Jobs," Adam Lashinsky, Fortune’s editor-at-large said. "He is the rare businessman with legitimate worldwide celebrity."
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Health bill reaches moment of truth
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The Hill [Washington,D.C. ], by Jared Allen & Molly K. Hooper
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Posted By: garnet- 11/7/2009 8:34:50 AM
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The House healthcare bill has taken more twists and turns and has zig-zagged its way through more Democratic districts than the Mississippi River. And after a month’s worth of legislative wrangling and deal-making, the bill is approaching its final destination: a vote on final passage, expected sometime before the sun rises on Sunday. Pressing toward dawn on Saturday, the Rules committee passed a rule after nearly 12 hours that would set up a vote on the
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Low vaccine supply raises ire
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Chicago Tribune, by Dahleen Glanton
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Posted By: AltaD- 11/7/2009 8:20:54 AM
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For Rachel Goodman, the frustration boiled over last week when she and other pediatricians in her North Shore office managed to get their hands on just five doses of swine flu vaccine. (Snip) The problems have raised suspicions about the fairness of how the vaccine is being distributed, why some school districts have received it and others have not, and how some internal medicine doctors received vaccine when many pediatricians and obstetricians cannot get one
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A 2010 survival guide for Democrats
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Politico, by Harrison Hickman
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Posted By: garnet- 11/7/2009 8:17:41 AM
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Political tsunamis, like economic recoveries, are highly over-predicted. But the mere chance that 2010 could be as bad for Democrats as 2009 portends is worth attention. Survival is possible even in the worst of climates, as many Democrats in 1984 and 1994, and many Republicans in 1986 and 2008 have shown. Here’s a summary of ten things every Democrat should do to prepare for next year. 1. Get real. 2008 didn’t change politics.
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