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The main event

Tribune Media Services, by Cal Thomas Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/2/2012 5:41:19 AM Post Reply

Mitt Romney's main advantage in his first debate with President Obama on Wednesday may be that the president will be speaking without a teleprompter. Romney's second advantage is the president's record, and how he has failed to fulfill so many of his promises. The president will probably recycle his class warfare themes. Romney should instead focus on the president's domestic failures and on Republican initiatives that have worked in the past. We Americans didn't just crawl out of a cave. There is history. He might start with what has happened since the 2010 election, which elected 17 Republican governors.

OMB: We’ll Reimburse
Employers for WARN Act Fallout

Commentary Magazine, by Alana Goodman Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/2/2012 5:37:36 AM Post Reply

The Office of Management and Budget is now promising to compensate defense contractors for any legal penalties that would stem from violating the WARN Act, a federal law that requires employers to warn employees at least 60 days in advance of mass layoffs. The Obama administration had already been urging contractors to ignore the WARN Act in the case of the looming sequestration cuts, since the 60-day-minimum would mean hundreds of thousands of employees could get notices of pending layoffs just days before the presidential election. But it’s one thing for the Obama administration to tell contractors

How Obama Won
the Upcoming Debate

American Thinker, by Timothy C. Daughtry Original Article

Posted By: DW626- 10/2/2012 5:31:27 AM Post Reply

For seasoned political observers on both sides of the aisle, it is not particularly surprising that the media's narrative for Wednesday's presidential debate has already been written. If Obama were to show up in a clown suit and flip-flops, the media narrative would be that his unconventional attire was a daring and brilliant move designed to challenge the status quo and to reveal his human side, or possibly a laudable effort to make politics more interesting to children. Romney, of course, would be cast as the dull guy

The Downside of
Obama’s Foreign Policy

National Review Online, by John Cornyn Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/2/2012 5:30:13 AM Post Reply

Addressing the Democratic National Convention on September 6, President Obama proudly highlighted his foreign-policy achievements, boasting that “al-Qaeda is on the path to defeat” and affirming that “our longest war” — the war in Afghanistan — would be over by 2014. Then he drew laughter by painting Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan as diplomatic lightweights: “My opponent and his running mate are new to foreign policy.” Talk about bad timing. Less than a week after the president’s speech, on the anniversary of 9/11, four American officials were killed in a terrorist attack at the U.S. mission in Benghazi,

Occufail

Washington Free Beacon, by C.J. Ciaramella Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 10/2/2012 5:25:22 AM Post Reply

One year to the day after it initiated its occupation of McPherson Square in the nation’s capital, Occupy D.C. returned in minuscule numbers to the park it left barren and muddy. On the first anniversary of the birth of the local chapter of the nationwide protest movement that spread last fall before quickly receding, the few remaining members of Occupy D.C. took to the streets. “Nobody should ever count Occupy out. It’s a temper tantrum,” Todd Fine, an Occupy D.C. member, said. “It’s necessarily reactive. Eventually the other shoe will drop. When that happens, people will remember this.

Frack film’s flim-flam

New York Post, by Phelim McAleer Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 10/2/2012 5:21:47 AM Post Reply

‘Promised Land,” a new movie from Matt Damon and John Krasinski, attacks fracking — a new way of getting oil and gas out of the ground, which has become the latest villain of the environmental movement. Last week, I revealed the film’s co-writers, Damon and Krasinski, have gone to enormous lengths to twist the narrative to make American energy corporations the villain. At the time, their efforts could be just passed off as just another Hollywood leftist fantasy to explain why the world is not how they think it should be. But now a more sinister possibility has emerged.

Liz digs in deeper hole

Boston Herald, by Howie Carr Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/2/2012 5:17:41 AM Post Reply

Does Granny Warren really believe everything she said last night in Lowell? I mean, this woman is a moonbat’s moonbat. She makes Obama look like a moderate. Two weeks ago, she was wringing her hands about higher college tuitions. Last night she repeated (or Scott Brown did it for her) that she’s for in-state tuition for illegal aliens — which amounts to free tuition for people in the country illegally. But not for kids from New Hampshire whose parents pay income tax in Massachusetts.(Snip) The debate took place on a warm October evening — Elizabeth Warren summer.

An NGO in Africa Goes Awry

Weekly Standard, by Armin Rosen Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/2/2012 5:14:49 AM Post Reply

In late August, the world’s most high-profile development project celebrated another milestone. The Millennium Villages Project opened its newest site, in northern Ghana, with newly minted Ghanaian president John Mahama and the UK’s international development secretary on hand. The official interest in the project’s arrival in Ghana only emphasized its unique stature in the typically wonkish world of development economics. Wherever MVP founder, Columbia professor, bestselling author and former World Bank presidential hopeful Jeffrey Sachs and his vision of aggressive, integrated rural development go, money, attention and political approval are almost bound to follow.

Official resigns after report finds VA
spent $6.1M on lavish conferences

The Hill (DC), by Jordy Yager Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/2/2012 5:05:37 AM Post Reply

The head of Human Resources for the Veterans Affairs Department resigned after an inspector general’s (IG) report found that the agency spent $6.1 million on two weeklong conferences. The 142-page IG report investigated about $762,000 in “unauthorized, unnecessary, and/or wasteful expenses” during two conferences held in Orlando, Fla., that included $49,516 to produce a parody video of the late-Gen. George S. Patton. Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration John Sepúlveda stepped down on Sunday following the release of the report, which determined that he “abdicated his responsibilities” by not properly overseeing the conferences.

Obama’s claim that the Bush tax
cuts led to the economic crisis

Washington Post, by Glenn Kessler Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/2/2012 5:02:33 AM Post Reply

“Now Governor Romney believes that with even bigger tax cuts for the wealthy, and fewer regulations on Wall Street, all of us will prosper. In other words, he’d double down on the same trickle-down policies that led to the crisis in the first place.” — President Obama, in a new two-minute television ad released Sept. 27, 2012 “This election to me is about which candidate is more likely to return us to full employment. This is a clear choice. The Republican plan is to cut more taxes ...” — Former president Bill Clinton, in an Obama campaign ad running since August

The Intel Behind Obama’s Libya Line

Daily Beast, by Eli Lake Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/2/2012 4:55:51 AM Post Reply

For eight days after the attacks on the United States consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, government officials said the attacks were a spontaneous reaction to an anti-Islam film.(Snip)It’s unclear why the talking points said the attacks were spontaneous and why they didn’t mention the possibility of al Qaeda involvement, given the content of the intercepts and the organizations the speakers were affiliated with. One U.S. intelligence officer said the widely distributed assessment was an example of “cherry picking,” or choosing one piece of intelligence and ignoring other pieces, to support a preferred thesis.

CNN poll: Obama’s bounce
gone, race now statistically tied

Hot Air, by Allahpundit Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 10/2/2012 4:43:40 AM Post Reply

In CNN’s last poll, taken soon after the Democratic convention, O led by six among likely voters. That lead’s now cut in half, to within the margin of error, despite weeks of media doomsaying about Romney’s campaign. In fact, the last four national polls all have the race within two or three points with a bounce opportunity for Romney looming 48 hours from now. I think the first debate will essentially be an audition for him: Obama’s the ultimate known quantity but, for millions of low-information voters, this’ll be the first time they see Romney in action.

Are Polls Showing How
you’ll Vote? Or How You
Think Others Will?

Townhall, by Laura Hollis Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/2/2012 12:50:39 AM Post Reply

One of the things which makes the media’s bias in favor of President Obama so influential is the natural human tendency to want to belong, and the fear being out of the mainstream. As a professor, I cannot count the number of classes in which students were reluctant to ask a question for fear that everyone else already knew the answer. And yet when some “brave soul” actually asks, at least half the class heaves an audible sigh of relief – they all have the same question. (Snip) This same dynamic is, I believe, what’s behind some of the wacky

Voters Don’t Believe Paul Krugman

Townhall, by Daniel J. Mitchell Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/2/2012 12:43:25 AM Post Reply

As shown in the video series on the economics of government spending, I’m not a big fan of the welfare state, which is big government in the long run. I’m also not a fan of bigger government in the short run, which is what we get from Keynesian economics and so-called stimulus. (Snip) Three quarters (74%) of voters do not believe federal government spending has helped the economy, and 86% do not believe government spending has helped their own personal financial situation. This pessimism over the impact of government spending is consistent throughout many key demographic groups that are frequently

Cheap Politicians

Creators Syndicate, Inc., by Thomas Sowell Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/2/2012 12:40:18 AM Post Reply

Now that the National Football League has apparently learned that it can be costly to hire cheap officials, perhaps the rest of us should learn the same lesson when it comes to government officials, whose bad calls can do a lot more damage. What do we do when we want a better car, a better home or a better bottle of wine? We pay more for it. We definitely need a lot better crop of public officials. (Snip) No doubt many, if not most, government officials are already paid more than they are worth. But the whole point of higher

Romney Says Obama
Is Out of Excuses

Wall Street Journal, by Colleen McCain Nelson Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/2/2012 12:22:09 AM Post Reply

Denver - Mitt Romney told supporters Monday night that Barack Obama is out of excuses, and on Nov. 6, voters will put him out of office. The Republican presidential nominee arrived in Denver two days before his first debate with Mr. Obama, and he took the opportunity to test some of his arguments here, laying out his critique of the president’s policies. Mr. Romney told the crowd at the rally — estimated by his campaign at about 5,500 — that he is ready to face Mr. Obama. (Snip) “The middle-class squeeze has been unbearable,” he said. “Gasoline prices way up.

Skydiver aims to break
sound barrier in free fall

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/2/2012 12:15:42 AM Post Reply

Cape Canaveral, Fla. - His blood could boil. His lungs could overinflate. The vessels in his brain could burst. His eyes could hemorrhage. And, yes, he could break his neck while jumping from a mind-boggling altitude of 23 miles. But the risk of a gruesome death has never stopped "Fearless Felix" Baumgartner in all his years of skydiving and skyscraper leaping, and it's not about to now. Next Monday over New Mexico, he will attempt the highest, fastest free fall in history and try to become the first skydiver to break the sound barrier. (Snip) Doctors, engineers and others on

$1.5 billion a year
cost to fix pensions?

Chicago Tribune, by Hal Dardick Original Article

Posted By: AltaD- 10/1/2012 11:46:05 PM Post Reply

Absent significant pension system reforms, it would cost the city an extra $1.5 billion a year beginning in 2016 to start the process of restoring financial health to its pension funds, aldermen were warned Monday. If those costs kicked in, services would be cut, taxes would soar or both. Continuing to rely solely on property taxes to cover pension costs would result in a tripling of the city levy, said Ald. Patrick O'Connor, 40th, chairman of the Workforce Development and Audit Committee. The tale of looming financial woe came at a six-hour hearing as part of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's

Univision Exposes Fast and Furious'
Rising Body Count

Investor's Business Daily, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: HollowLeg- 10/1/2012 11:34:56 PM Post Reply

Scandal: A Univision special documents how weapons provided by the administration to Mexican drug cartels repeatedly have taken a deadly toll as families on both sides of the border wait for true answers and accountability. We may never know how many deaths, kidnappings and other criminal activities were facilitated by more than 2,000 weapons that were allowed to "walk" into Mexico under the Obama administration's Fast and Furious program, but a Univision special aired Sunday exposes more of the carnage. The special, put together by Univision's investigative unit

Gazans protest demolition
of smuggling tunnels

Jerusalem Post [Israel], by Khaled Abu Toameh Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/1/2012 11:09:29 PM Post Reply

For the first time since the election of President Mohamed Morsi, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have staged demonstrations against the demolition of tunnels along the border with Egypt. Some of the protests were organized by Hamas, whose leaders had thus far refrained from criticizing Morsi and the new Egyptian government. (Snip)In recent weeks, Egyptian security forces have destroyed dozens of tunnels that Hamas and many Palestinians used to smuggle goods and people across the border. The move came after unidentified terrorists killed 16 Egyptian border guards in their military base in Sinai during Ramadan. “Oh, people and president of

Nato withdrawal from Afghanistan
could be speeded up, says Rasmussen

Guardian [UK], by Ian Traynor Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/1/2012 11:05:48 PM Post Reply

Brussels - The retreat of western forces from Afghanistan could come sooner than expected, the head of Nato has said as he conceded that the recent Taliban strategy of "green on blue" killings had been successful in sapping morale. In an interview with the Guardian Nato's secretary-general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, responded to pressure for a faster withdrawal from Afghanistan by stating that the options were being studied and should be clear within three months. (Snip) Nato aims to have an Afghan security force of 352,000 taking over responsibility for the country in just over two years when the US-led combat

Smokers feel the pinch
as France raises taxes

France 24, by Joseph Bamat Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/1/2012 11:01:57 PM Post Reply

In a country famed for its laissez faire attitude toward smoking bans, the French government is now hitting smokers where it hurts: their wallets. From October 1, French smokers began paying 6.5% to 10% more for tobacco, as an unpopular price rise went into effect. No pack of cigarettes in France will cost less than €6.10, with high-end brands going for €7. It is not clear whether this price hike will finally push French smokers to quit, as France’s 2008 full smoking ban failed to reduce the number of smokers. The number of 18 to 75-years-olds smokers actually increased by

Is Obama Introducing National
Socialism to the United States?

Power Line, by John Hinderaker Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/1/2012 11:01:49 PM Post Reply

That is a big topic on which much can be said. The U.S. has dabbled in National Socialism before; elements of Roosevelt’s New Deal emulated Mussolini’s policies, and were implemented by men who made no secret of their admiration for Il Duce. But it has been a long time since anyone has seriously tried to turn the United States in a National Socialist direction. Which is what Barack Obama seems to be doing. Consider his 983 executive orders, compared with George W. Bush’s 63. Or his extra-constitutional czars; or his illegal cramdown of bondholders in auto

Weather On Mars Surprisingly
Warm, Curiosity Rover Finds

Space.com, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/1/2012 10:57:32 PM Post Reply

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity is enjoying some nice, warm weather on the Red Planet — and spring hasn't even come to its landing site yet. Curiosity's onboard weather station, which is called the Remote Environment Monitoring Station (REMS), has measured air temperatures as high as 43 degrees Fahrenheit (6 degrees Celsius) in the afternoon. And temperatures have climbed above freezing during more than half of the Martian days, or sols, since REMS was turned on, scientists said. These measurements are a bit unexpected, since it's still late winter at Gale Crater, the spot 4.5 degrees south of the Martian equator

The polls show a race
that is still up for grabs

Washington Post, by Jennifer Rubin Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 10/1/2012 10:51:21 PM Post Reply

In the Washington Post-ABC News poll and the Battleground Poll, both of which show a race within the margin of error nationally and with President Obama under 50 percent, Mitt Romney supporters will find confirmation that the contest’s dynamics have changed very little, if at all, since the summer. The dramatic ups and downs in August and September seem to be a wash. But wait, is the race still in the bag for Obama, as some would have you believe? You’ve got to get deep into the weeds to tell what is going on.

Hugo Chavez vows
stronger socialist drive

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Photoonist- 10/1/2012 10:51:06 PM Post Reply

Caracas, Venezuela - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez pledged to redouble his efforts to create a socialist system if re-elected in Sunday's election, saying the next six-year term would bring bigger changes. Since taking office in 1999, Chavez has increased the government's role in the economy and has nationalized private businesses including cement plants, banks and retail stores. He has also used the country's oil wealth to bankroll social programs including cash benefits for poor families and state-run grocery stores. "We've laid the foundations of 21st century socialism and today we launch, well, the second cycle," Chavez said. "We'll launch the

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