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Memo to D.C.:
Take Kerry, he’s all yours

Boston Herald, by Howie Carr Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 1/25/2013 5:33:07 AM Post Reply

None of his fellow solons was impolite enough yesterday to ask U.S. Sen. John Forbes Kerry the only question anybody really wants him to answer. “Senator, are you really worth $193 million?” Secretary of state? Who cares. I want to know how he got all that dough, and please, no jokes about how he made it the old-fashioned way, he married it. Whatever happened to prenups? I’d always heard Mama T gave him a couple Old Masters oil paintings or some other kind of art worth maybe $10 million so he wouldn’t feel like what he is,

Turning America´s water
into Big Green´s elite empire

Washington Examiner [DC], by Ron Arnold Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 1/25/2013 5:28:02 AM Post Reply

Two weeks ago, outgoing Interior Secretary Ken Salazar named the White River -- which cuts 722 miles through its 17.8 million-acre watershed, crossing 60 counties in Arkansas and Missouri -- as the second National Blueway. What exactly, we should ask, is a National Blueway? In short, it´s the focus of the biggest federal land grab in American history. Physically, a National Blueway is an entire watershed, including its municipal, county and tribal governments, private property, businesses and everything else within the ridge line of the watershed. Consider the first Blueway, the 410-mile Connecticut River,

The GOP and the City

City Journal [NYC, NY], by Edward L. Glaeser Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 1/25/2013 5:22:13 AM Post Reply

After the presidential election in November, New York Times exit polls found that Republican candidate Mitt Romney had received only 29 percent of the big-city vote to President Obama’s 69 percent. That gap prompted Paul Ryan, Romney’s running mate, to conclude that it was “the turnout especially in urban areas” that “gave President Obama the big margin to win this race.” Ryan was right: the GOP has an urban problem. And it’s partly a self-created one. The party, nationally and even locally, has focused on winning suburban and rural votes and has stopped reaching out to city dwellers.

Hillary Clinton’s Dodgy Testimony

Tribune Media Services, by Jonah Goldberg Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 1/25/2013 5:19:45 AM Post Reply

A lot of people in Washington apparently forgot how good Hillary Clinton is at not telling the truth. Wednesday, in her testimony before the Senate and, later, the House, Clinton brilliantly fudged, dodged, and filibustered. Of course, she’s a pro. Clinton was slow-walking depositions, lawyering up, and shifting blame when many of her questioners were still civilians down on the farm. Aided by a ridiculous format, she outfoxed most of the Republicans with ease.Meanwhile, the Democrats, almost uniformly, seemed singularly interested in celebrating Mrs. Clinton as a global diva who somehow manages to carry the burden of her awesomeness

Obama short of judges
for his liberal agenda

Washington Times, by Dave Boyer Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 1/25/2013 5:16:22 AM Post Reply

President Obama already has sketched out a left-leaning legal agenda for his second term on issues such as gun control, climate change and gay rights, but he is falling far short in nominating the judges to help him uphold it. During Mr. Obama’s first term, judicial vacancies rose about 50 percent. That was in stark contrast to the first terms of President Clinton and President George W. Bush, when vacancies on the federal bench declined by 65 percent and 34 percent, respectively, according to an analysis by the liberal Alliance for Justice think tank.

Schools must provide
sports for disabled, US says

Associated Press, by Philip Elliott Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 1/25/2013 5:11:02 AM Post Reply

WASHINGTON -- Students with disabilities must be given a fair shot to play on a traditional sports team or have their own leagues, the Education Department says. Disabled students who want to play for their school could join traditional teams if officials can make "reasonable modifications" to accommodate them. If those adjustments would fundamentally alter a sport or give the student an advantage, the department is directing the school to create parallel athletic programs that have comparable standing to traditional programs. "Sports can provide invaluable lessons in discipline, selflessness, passion and courage, and this guidance will help schools ensure

Fly in the ointment

New York Post, by Ed Cox & David Laska Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 1/25/2013 5:06:21 AM Post Reply

President Obama is riding high in the afterglow of his second Inauguration — but the signs of trouble ahead are already becoming clear. First off, it now looks like the US economy peaked in the third quarter last year — growing at 3.1 percent, a huge leap from 1.3 percent in the second quarter and 2 percent in the first. That was perfect timing for his re-election, bringing unemployment below 8 percent for the first time since Obama took office and robbing Mitt Romney of one of his top talking points. But top economists believe things slowed

New Jersey Senator Bashes Cory
Booker´s Performance as Mayor

National Journal, by Elahe Izadi Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 1/25/2013 4:59:42 AM Post Reply

Days after Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey compared Newark Mayor Cory Booker to one of his disobedient children who needs a spanking, he’s again criticizing the two-term mayor’s job performance. “He’s got a lot of work to do -- a lot of work that should have been done and hasn’t been done,” Lautenberg told National Journal. Lautenberg described Newark as a “city in desperate need of attention,” adding that “maybe if the mayor can solidify the fact that he wants to improve Newark by being there, things would be different. But he’s free to do as he wants to do.”

The Nonexistent Red Line

Weekly Standard, by Lee Smith Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 1/25/2013 4:56:52 AM Post Reply

Last week, we learned of a secret State Department assessment that forces loyal to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad had recently used chemical weapons. The State Department cable, signed by the U.S. consul in Istanbul and based on interviews with doctors, defectors from the Syrian Army, and activists, made what one unnamed administration official called a “compelling case” that the Syrian military had used Agent 15, or BZ gas, in Homs last month against the Sunni-majority opposition. Nonetheless, within 24 hours, the State Department challenged the news report and the cable’s conclusion, stating

Brawl At Social Services
Office Caught On Video

Fox2Now [St. Louis, MO], by Andy Banker Original Article

Posted By: MissMolly- 1/25/2013 4:48:22 AM Post Reply

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. – An alarming video of a Tuesday afternoon brawl at a social services office in East St. Louis had workers and clients concerned for their safety and brought calls for action. A witness told FOX2 it began as a dispute over a place in line. In spite of all the flying fists, there have been no arrests. Workers and clients said that had to change. State and local authorities didn`t know about the video until FOX 2 News alerted them. East St. Louis Mayor, Alvin Parks, called for metal detectors at office at 9th and Missouri.

San Francisco, 1978, Dianne
Feinstein and Gun Control

PJ Media, by Michael Walsh Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 1/25/2013 4:36:41 AM Post Reply

Senator Dianne Feinstein of California has now released her hit list of weapons that would be banned under her proposed “gun control” legislation. They include the usual suspects, including the AK-47 rifle — which is only the most widely used rifle on planet Earth — and the dreaded AR-15, a weapon that strikes fear and terror into tender hearts just at the sight of it. Nowhere on the list, though, do I see “police service revolver” — the .38 caliber handguns that were standard issue in American police departments for decades, and which were in use in November of 1978

Medicare improperly
paid $120M to ineligibles

Politico, by Kyle Cheney Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 1/25/2013 4:31:51 AM Post Reply

Illegal immigrants and prison inmates received more than $120 million in Medicare services from 2009-2011 despite federal law that makes them ineligible for the program, according to two new reports from the HHS inspector general. The issue, according to the reports, is timing. When Medicare is alerted that someone is incarcerated or undocumented, its contractors help prevent payments from going out the door. But often, Medicare’s databases aren’t up to date, and improper payments go out. And Medicare lacks the tools to get the money back. Nearly 3,000 illegal immigrants made thousands of claims resulting in $91.6 million

Revealed: Why Reid will allow
Murray to produce a budget

Hot Air, by Ed Morrissey Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 1/25/2013 4:28:53 AM Post Reply

Alternate headline: Second look at Kent Conrad? We’ve given the retired chair of the Senate Budget Committee plenty of grief over the last three-plus years for not producing a budget, but perhaps we were a little hasty. According to Roll Call’s report on the sudden Democratic urge to budget, there was a reason Harry Reid kept Conrad from actually doing his job, although you have to read past the jump to find it: In addition to Democrats’ willingness to take the political risks that a budget represents, sources said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid,

Demilitarizing the Military

National Review Online, by David French Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 1/25/2013 4:24:36 AM Post Reply

The decision to open up ground combat, front-line roles to women should not be viewed in isolation from a number of significant military policy changes during President Obama’s administration. Some changes have made headlines — the repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” women in combat roles, and planned troop reductions– while others, like the ever-increasing influence of international human-rights law in combat operations, have not. There is a common theme, however, and it is decidedly not one of increased combat effectiveness. Following the collapse in morale after the Vietnam War, our nation has labored long and hard

Hillary Clinton´s Postmodernism

Commentary, by Peter Wehner Original Article

Posted By: pineledger- 1/25/2013 4:22:19 AM Post Reply

I wanted to weigh in on the Congressional testimony yesterday by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. (Snip)With all due respect,” Hillary shouted, “the fact is we had four dead Americans. Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided they’d go kill some Americans. What difference, at this point, does it make?” Let’s be clear what Mrs. Clinton is saying. It really doesn’t matter whether the president and his advisers misled the public on the origins of a lethal terrorist attack that claimed four American lives,

Bindi Irwin clash with
Clinton over essay snub

Australian Times [London, UK], by Paul Bleakley Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/25/2013 4:17:09 AM Post Reply

Teenage conservationist Bindi Irwin has spoken out against the United States of America’s State Department after her submission to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s e-journal was censored by government officials to remove all references to overpopulation and the threat it poses to endangered wildlife. (Snip) Bindi’s mother Terri Irwin, also a prominent conservationist, said that her daughter was not impressed by the US government’s attempt to censor her submission and their inability to provide an adequate reason as to why the content relating to overpopulation had been removed.

Jindal: GOP must
stop being ´stupid party´

Associated Press, by Steve Peoples & Ken Thomas Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/25/2013 3:58:04 AM Post Reply

Charlotte, NC - Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal called on the Republican Party to "stop being the stupid party" on Thursday as GOP leaders promised fundamental changes to help stave off future losses. In the keynote address at the Republican National Committee´s winter meeting, Jindal said the GOP doesn´t need to change its values but "might need to change just about everything else we are doing." "We´ve got to stop being the stupid party. It´s time for a new Republican Party that talks like adults," he said. "We had a number of Republicans damage the brand this year with offensive

Arizona reviewing its ban on
driver´s licenses for immigrants

Los Angeles Times, by Cindy Carcamo Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/25/2013 3:25:36 AM Post Reply

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and her legal team are reviewing whether they will continue denying driver’s licenses to young people who recently received immigration relief and work permits under a new Obama administration program. (Snip) In August, Brewer issued an executive order banning driver’s licenses to some youths who had qualified for the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The program, which President Obama created through an executive order, protects some youths who are in the country illegally from deportation. In addition, it authorizes them to live and work in

On Revolt’s Anniversary,
Egypt Needs Economic Miracle

Bloomberg News, by Samir Radwan Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/25/2013 1:59:29 AM Post Reply

It may be too early to judge the success or failure of Egypt’s 2011 revolution, but this much is clear: The young people who led the uprising feel betrayed, and the Islamist government that followed is focused on consolidating power when it should be ensuring economic recovery. (Snip) That is why securing the $4.8 billion International Monetary Fund loan that the government delayed last month for political reasons is a must. Not only would an IMF agreement provide needed cash flow to the budget, it would also provide a kind of certificate to reassure investors that the government

Afghan bombing helped shape
Panetta´s views on women in war

Reuters, by Phil Stewart * Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/25/2013 1:34:39 AM Post Reply

Washington - Three years before he lifted the U.S. military´s ban on females in front-line combat, Leon Panetta grew acutely aware that women in senior positions were already risking - and losing - their lives when a would-be informant blew himself up at a CIA base in Afghanistan. Panetta was CIA director at the time of the December 2009 attack in Khost, Afghanistan, and two women -- including one who headed the CIA base -- were among the seven Americans killed. (Snip) More than 150 women have died in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq since 2001, and nearly 1,000 have been wounded.

Senate changes its
rules to ease gridlock

Reuters, by Thomas Ferraro * Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/25/2013 1:19:12 AM Post Reply

Washington - The Democratic-led U.S. Senate changed its rules on Thursday in a bid to ease partisan gridlock blamed for turning the chamber into a legislative graveyard. Senators approved the changes on bipartisan votes of 78-16 and 86-9. The changes fell far short, however, of what many Democratic reformers wanted. They preserved the right of minority Republicans to block votes on legislation with procedural roadblocks known as filibusters. But the revisions drew praise from President Barack Obama, who said in a statement, "Too often over the past four years, a single senator or

Mississippi bill would nullify federal laws

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: LittleHoodedMonk- 1/25/2013 12:58:24 AM Post Reply

Jackson, MS - Mississippi defied the union during the Civil War and civil rights era, and at least two lawmakers think it is time to do so again. Republican state Reps. Gary Chism and Jeff Smith, both of Columbus, filed a bill this month to form the Joint Legislative Committee on the Neutralization of Federal Laws. Chism said Thursday that the tea party-backed measure is a response to President Barack Obama´s federal health care overhaul and proposals to curb gun violence. "Certainly, the Obamacare started this," Chism told The Associated Press, referring to the health care plan,

‘Open carry’ bill latest proposal
to expand gun laws in Texas

Houston Chronicle, by Kolten Parker Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/24/2013 11:13:56 PM Post Reply

As the federal government moves forward on its plans to tighten gun restrictions, Texas lawmakers are proposing legislation to expand gun rights in the state. The latest proposal is HB 700 filed Thursday by state Rep. George Lavender, R-Texarkana, that would allow individuals with concealed handgun licenses to carry weapons in plain view on a belt or shoulder holster. “For some it is a matter of personal safety, for others it is simply a convenience/personal preference issue,” said Lavender, who carried similar legislation that failed last session. He added others view it as a constitutional issue.

Feinstein: Reinstate
assault weapons ban

Washington Times, by David Sherfinski Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/24/2013 11:08:58 PM Post Reply

Sen. Dianne Feinstein rolled out sweeping legislation that would ban more than 150 types of military-style semiautomatic rifles on Thursday, kicking off the congressional debate on a new assault-weapons ban that both sides say faces a steep uphill climb on Capitol Hill. The measure is by far the most ambitious of the number of gun-control bills introduced in the wake of the school shootings in Newtown, Conn., last month. “This is hard to do. It’s not easy to do,” Mrs. Feinstein, California Democrat, said. “I think if the people in [a] red state want their representative

Fracking’s rise in U.S.
inspires the world

Washington Times, by Ben Wolfgang Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 1/24/2013 11:05:33 PM Post Reply

Fracking is going global. The U.S. energy industry clearly still leads the way on the revolutionary drilling method that has upended global energy markets, but the rest of the world is beginning to catch up as nations seek to replicate American success in oil and natural gas development. Taking the lead in Europe, Poland plans to begin producing shale gas using hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as fracking, as soon as next year, the country’s treasury minister said recently. More than 100 exploration concessions to more than two dozen companies have been awarded, and the Polish State Geological Institute

Hillary Lets the Jihadist
Cat Out of the Bag

Front Page Magazine, by Robert Spencer Original Article

Posted By: smcchk- 1/24/2013 10:58:07 PM Post Reply

After four years of pretending there is no jihad against the free world, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton blurted out the truth during her testimony on the Benghazi jihad massacre Wednesday: “We now face a spreading jihadist threat,” she said, adding: “We have to recognize this is a global movement.” We do? Yet the Obama administration has for years steadfastly and repeatedly denied both that there was a jihadist threat at all and that it was a global movement. So far has the Obama administration been from acknowledging that there was a jihad threat
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