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It makes a difference,
Secretary Clinton

Washington Post, by Erik Wemple Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/23/2013 11:09:26 PM Post Reply

No competent wrap-up of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Senate testimony today can omit her clash with Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin. The lawmaker drilled in on signals from the administration that the attacks on the Benghazi, Libya, diplomatic compound were connected to spontaneous protests over that famous anti-Islam video. Johnson to Clinton: “We were misled that there were supposedly protests and something sprang out of that — an assault sprang out of that. And that was easily ascertained that that was not the fact

Romney to be honored Friday
at D.C. luncheon

CBS News, by Lindsey Boerma Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/23/2013 10:51:06 PM Post Reply

Mitt Romney will make it to Washington, D.C. for inauguration week after all. The 2012 GOP presidential nominee and his wife Ann are scheduled to attend a luncheon in their honor Friday at Washington´s J.W. Marriott hotel, National Journal reported this afternoon. The reception will be hosted by two of Romney´s biggest campaign fundraisers: Virginia philanthropist Catherine Reynolds and hotel tycoon Bill Marriott, Jr. Romney, a longtime friend to the Marriott family, serves on Marriott International´s board of directors. While on the trail, he and his traveling staff stayed almost exclusively at Marriott hotels.

Hillary on Not Doing Sunday Shows After
9/11/12: ‘There Are Other Things I Prefer
to Do on Sunday Mornings’

Cybercast News Service, by Elizabeth Harrington Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 1/23/2013 10:50:39 PM Post Reply

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the reason that Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice went on five Sunday morning television shows in her place following the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya was because “there are other things that I prefer to do on Sunday mornings.” Five days following the terrorist attacks on the Benghazi compound, Rice insisted on five separate TV talk shows that the attack sprang from a protest over an obscure anti-Muslim video posted on YouTube, even though the CIA in Libya told Washington within 24 hours that militants were responsible for the attack.

Conservative group slams
A&M for liberal bias

Houston Chronicle, by Erin Mulvaney Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/23/2013 10:48:22 PM Post Reply

A conservative student group from Texas A&M University said the school displayed its "far-left agenda" by hosting actor Danny Glover at a campus event. The Texas Aggie Conservatives posted portions of Glover´s comments about the Second Amendment, which he made during a breakfast to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 17. The event was organized by the Memorial Student Center Woodson Black Awareness Committee. The conservative group later created an online petition slamming the university for inviting "radical leftist speakers" to speak at the annual MLK event. The petition accuses the university of funding

Damon’s anti-fracking flick
bombs at box office

Washington Times, by Jessica Chasmar Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/23/2013 10:38:09 PM Post Reply

Matt Damon’s anti-fracking movie “Promised Land” is not making the box-office splash environmental groups may have hoped for. The film, co-written by John Krasinski of “The Office,” has brought in a scant $7.5 million since its opening on Dec. 28. In contrast, “Texas Chainsaw 3D” has brought in $33.6 million since its opening on the same weekend. The theatrical feature film about a town with natural-gas reserves only cost about $15 million to produce, but the Los Angeles Times predicts “it’s a long shot that the film will end up being a hit even given its modest budget.”

Tears and rage on Benghazi

Washington Times, by Guy Taylor and Shaun Waterman Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/23/2013 10:32:57 PM Post Reply

She teetered on the verge of tears and laughed out loud. She pounded a table with her fists and snapped at lawmakers Wednesday. And once again, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton accepted blame for the death of U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans in the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the U.S. diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, but repeatedly deflected criticism of the Obama administration’s handling of the attack and its aftermath. With a dramatic flair, Mrs. Clinton displayed the full spectrum of emotions during

Gun control proposals
could split President
Obama, Harry Reid

Washington Post, by Paul Kane Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/23/2013 10:28:58 PM Post Reply

The success of President Obama’s starkly liberal second-term agenda will rest largely on the shoulders of Senate Majority leader Harry M. Reid, who has been a rock-solid political ally and a valued legislative tactician for Obama during his first term. But for the first time since Obama became president four years ago, his political interests and Reid’s may be diverging. Not so much because there is huge disagreement on the president’s agenda, but because helping Obama may hurt vulnerable Democrats in the Senate. Reelected and unconcerned about ever having to face voters again, Obama seems

General Dynamics blames $2
million loss on defense cuts

Washington Post, by Jim Tankersley and Marjorie Censer Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/23/2013 10:27:02 PM Post Reply

One of the nation’s largest federal contractors reported a $2 billion loss Wednesday and blamed it on defense cuts, a sign that the government spending that provided the rocket fuel for the metro area’s decade-long economic expansion is now dissipating. General Dynamics, based in Falls Church, said it was devaluing its information technology business by $2 billion amid falling government demand. The announcement was particularly worrisome because IT contracting is the key ingredient to the metro area’s government-powered growth.

What Difference?

National Review Online, by Victor Davis Hanson Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/23/2013 10:24:33 PM Post Reply

We learned today from Secretary Clinton — “What difference, at this point, does it make?” — that the actual causation and circumstances of the deaths of four Americans in Benghazi are not so important — and by implication that the nation for days was given a false or at least incomplete explanation by its highest officials of a spontaneous, video-fueled demonstration rather than a pre-planned Islamist operation. Two thoughts arise, aside from her own health issues (no doubt brought on by an admirable but grueling regimen of travel in often inhospitable places) that make such testimony understandably taxing

Holding Obama to his
inauguration promises

Washington Times [DC], by Reince Priebus Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/23/2013 10:21:25 PM Post Reply

Monday’s inaugural festivities offered Americans a chance to celebrate our country and the enduring success of our democracy. With the pomp and circumstance over, however, our attention returns to the challenges facing the nation. The unsolved problems of President Obama’s first term are all the more urgent now that he begins his second. Chief among them is our out-of-control federal spending. Left unchecked, the president’s addiction to borrowed money will jeopardize the future of the next generations — of our children and grandchildren. The time to act is now. In his inaugural address, Mr. Obama said he agrees,

‘Madam Secretary, You Let
the Consulate Become
a Death Trap’

PJ Media, by Bridget Johnson Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/23/2013 10:14:26 PM Post Reply

After a campaign season of mounting furor over the Obama administration’s twists and turns on the deadly Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in Benghazi, today’s long-anticipated testimony of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was the bombshell that wasn’t. Through morning and afternoon hearings before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and then the House Foreign Affairs Committee, postponed from their original dates because of the secretary’s medical crises, Clinton came prepared to bite back at her challengers and confronted the mere handful of Republicans willing to go toe-to-toe with her. Then, during the second hearing, administration officials leaked

Obama´s covert plans for climate

Politico, by Darren Samuelsohn Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/23/2013 10:11:16 PM Post Reply

President Barack Obama got green hearts fluttering when he devoted more time to climate change than any other single issue during his inaugural address. But don’t expect a climate crusade. It’s more like covert action.There are no plans to enlist Al Gore or other rock stars of the environmental movement for a public campaign on the dangers of global warming. Don’t expect to see a new cap-and-trade bill.(Snip) Energy insiders say the White House will dribble out executive actions and federal rules over the next four years — the same low-key, bureaucratic approach the administration has taken since 2009.

Mickelson Bullied into Apology
After Slamming CA Tax Rate

Breitbart Sports, by Tony Lee Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/23/2013 10:06:32 PM Post Reply

Three days after golfer Phil Mickelson publicly said California´s high tax rate may force him to make "drastic changes" to his career or consider leaving the state he loves for financial reasons, he was bullied into apologizing for what Mickelson said were "insensitive comments." Mickelson issued an apology on Tuesday and, in his first remarks to reporters since his comments on Sunday, expressed deep regret on Wednesday at a press conference at Torrey Pines, CA, where this weekend´s PGA Tour event is being held. Sports writers and others in the mainstream press resoundingly mocked

Seven Things Hillary Clinton
Was Saying When She
Adjusted Her Glasses

New York Magazine, by Dan Amira Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 1/23/2013 9:50:29 PM Post Reply

During her daylong testimony to the House and Senate foreign relations committees on the deadly assault in Benghazi, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton faced pointed questions, provocative allegations, and, from her Democratic allies, lavish praise. Through it all, she routinely touched her eyeglasses to subtly communicate a range of emotions. There were seven distinct variations. The "Is This Dude for Real?" Adjustment

The showstopping emerald earrings
worn by Beyonce at Obama's inauguration-
and they're worth a cool $1.8millon

Daily Mail [UK], by Tamara Abraham Original Article

Posted By: anniej- 1/23/2013 9:48:07 PM Post Reply

President Obama's inauguration ceremony yesterday was full of fashion moments. But Beyonce's earrings made for one of the most sensational details. The star sang the National Anthem out with a pair of dazzling emeralds at her ears, worth a cool $1.8million, according to designer Lorraine Schwartz. Designed with Beyonce in mind - the bright hue stood out against her loose blonde waves and black embroidered Emilio Pucci gown.
Headline and text corrected by Staff.

Video: Security guard pepper-sprays
pro-lifers outside abortion clinic

Washington Examiner, by Joel Gehrke Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/23/2013 9:42:08 PM Post Reply

Peaceful protesters who are part of a national movement pursuing broad political, cultural, and social change were pepper-sprayed by a security guard. No, this story has nothing to do with Occupy Wall Street. Instead, itinvolves three pro-life Mississippians who were apparently pepper-sprayed by a security guard at an abortion clinic. “This morning pro-lifers were singing and praying in front of Mississippi’s lone remaining abortion clinic when a security guard pepper-sprayed three of them in the face,” Life Site News says. “The aggressor was Roy Benjamin, a private, armed security guard who works for Jackson Women’s Health Organization, in Jackson.”

Republicans grapple with deep
divisions, de-Romneyization,
as RNC meets in Charlotte

Washington Examiner, by Byron York Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/23/2013 9:36:50 PM Post Reply

CHARLOTTE — Members of the Republican National Committee meeting here in North Carolina — a location chosen in part because it, along with Indiana, was one of only two 2008 Obama states that turned to Republicans in 2012 — are deeply divided over what ails their party. On one end of the spectrum are those who stress the GOP’s failure to appeal to Hispanics and other minorities, arguing that the party must make fundamental changes to broaden its appeal. On the other end are those who stress the GOP’s failure to master even

Report: Hickenlooper´s wife
would stay for presidential run

KUSA-TV 9News.com [Denver], by Robert Garrison Original Article

Posted By: BaseballFan- 1/23/2013 9:34:56 PM Post Reply

DENVER - Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper gave a candid comment to the New York Times about his wife, from whom he is separated. The reporter says the Governor told him Helen Thorpe mentioned if Hickenlooper wanted to run for President, she offered to stay married and figure it out. Thorpe attended the State of the State address this month and was thanked by the Governor for staying. He said she was a beacon of light to him and their son.

The Myth of a Stagnant
Middle Class

Wall Street Journal, by Donald Boudreaux and Mark Perry Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 1/23/2013 9:31:17 PM Post Reply

A favorite "progressive" trope is that America´s middle class has stagnated economically since the 1970s. One version of this claim, made by Robert Reich, President Clinton´s labor secretary, is typical: "After three decades of flat wages during which almost all the gains of growth have gone to the very top," he wrote in 2010, "the middle class no longer has the buying power to keep the economy going." This trope is spectacularly wrong. It is true enough that, when adjusted for inflation using the Consumer Price Index, the average hourly wage of nonsupervisory workers in America has
Headline corrected by Staff.

Inhofe: ‘Unacceptable’ That DoD
Leaked ‘Women in Combat’ Plans
Before Briefing Congress

Cybercast News Service, by Michael W. Chapman Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/23/2013 9:30:47 PM Post Reply

Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said it was “unacceptable” for the Defense Department to leak news about lifting the ban on women serving in direct combat positions prior to briefing Congress. News reports on Wednesday citing “senior defense officials” said that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was lifting the ban, put in place in 1994. Specific details were not provided but it was reported that Panetta would make an official announcement on Thursday. In a May 9, 2012 photo, Capt. Sara Rodriguez, 26, of the 101st Airborne Division, carries

Obama Inaugural Speech Says Almost
Nothing Of No. 1 Crisis: Entitlements

Investors Business Daily, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 1/23/2013 9:30:08 PM Post Reply

Presidency: President Obama´s second inaugural address made a great show of defending Social Security and Medicare from any change. It may turn out to be the defining mistake of his presidency. ´We reject the belief that America must choose between caring for the generation that built this country and investing in the generation that will build its future," he said. But pretending these programs don´t need to change to survive is a choice. And it´s a choice that virtually ensures the young people Obama professes to want to "invest in" will have little to show

Revealed: New York’s
Democrats Wanted to Gut
the Second Amendment

PJ Media, by Bryan Preston Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 1/23/2013 9:27:50 PM Post Reply

NY State Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin has posted a list of 15 items that New York’s Democrats in the state Senate wanted to include in the gun bill they rammed through last week. Is this the Democratic Party’s true gun agenda on display? 1. Confiscation of “assault weapons” 2. Confiscation o ten round clips 3. Statewide database for ALL Guns 4. Continue to allow pistol permit holder’s information to be replaced to the public 5. Label semiautomatic shotguns with more than 5 rounds or pistol grips as “assault weapons”

Climate-Change Misdirection

Wall Street Journal, by Bjorn Lomborg Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 1/23/2013 9:24:37 PM Post Reply

In his second inaugural address on Monday, President Obama laudably promised to "respond to the threat of climate change." Unfortunately, when the president described the urgent nature of the threat—the "devastating impact of raging fires, and crippling drought, and more powerful storms"—the scary examples suggested that he is contemplating poor policies that don´t point to any real, let alone smart, solutions. Global warming is a problem that needs fixing, but exaggeration doesn´t help, and it often distracts us from simple, cheaper and smarter solutions. For starters, let´s address the three horsemen of the climate apocalypse that Mr. Obama mentioned.

Now They Tell Us: Obama´s
Tax Promises Were Bogus

Investors Business Daily, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 1/23/2013 9:23:41 PM Post Reply

Remember all those mainstream news reports before the election about how President Obama´s expansive spending plans would require massive tax hikes on everyone, not just millionaires and billionaires? Neither do we. But somehow after the election, reporters are finally admitting that Obama´s budget numbers simply don´t add up and that new taxes on the middle class — including a European-style value added tax — are "inevitable." New York Times columnist Eduardo Porter, for example, wrote this week that the $620 billion in tax hikes on the rich that Obama secured as part of the fiscal-

The Reality That Awaits
Women in Combat

Wall Street Journal, by Ryan Smith Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 1/23/2013 9:21:20 PM Post Reply

America has been creeping closer and closer to allowing women in combat, so Wednesday´s news that the decision has now been made is not a surprise. It appears that female soldiers will be allowed on the battlefield but not in the infantry. Yet it is a distinction without much difference: Infantry units serve side-by-side in combat with artillery, engineers, drivers, medics and others who will likely now include women. The Pentagon would do well to consider realities of life in combat as it pushes to mix men and women on the battlefield.

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