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How to beat Karl Rove at
his own game

Politico, by Steve Deace Original Article

Posted By: mikkins2- 2/6/2013 8:26:53 AM Post Reply

Karl Rove was once known as the “architect” but now a more appropriate nickname might be “demolition man.” Give Rove credit for one thing. He knows how to coalesce the conservative movement. He was the master strategist credited with getting the movement on one page to propel George W. Bush to eight years in the White House. But conservative dissatisfaction with Bush’s big government policies grew, and then eventually boiled over in the Obama years to what we now know as the tea party movement.

Seven million will lose insurance
under Obama health law

The Washington Times, by Stephen Dinan Original Article

Posted By: MattMusson- 2/6/2013 8:25:04 AM Post Reply

President Obama´s health care law will push 7 million people out of their job-based insurance coverage — nearly twice the previous estimate, according to the latest estimates from the Congressional Budget Office released Tuesday. CBO said that this year´s tax cuts have changed the incentives for businesses and made it less attractive to pay for insurance, meaning fewer will decide to do so. Instead, they´ll choose to pay a penalty to the government, totaling $13 billion in higher fees over the next decade.

Boko Haram training camps
found in Mali - ‘Over 200
Nigerians trained for 10
months in Timbuktu’

Daily Trust [Nigeria], by Habeeb I. Pindiga Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 2/6/2013 8:19:33 AM Post Reply

Hundreds of Boko Haram members stayed at training camps with Malian militants for months in Timbuktu, learning to fix Kalashnikovs and launch shoulder-fired weapons, a report has said. The Nigerians fled the city into the desert, along with the other militants, days before a French airstrike on January 20, American newspaper Wall Street Journal reported. A man who said he was hired to cook for the militants said the Boko Haram members trained for about 10 months at what is now a bombed-out customs-police building on Timbuktu’s desert fringe, intermingling with a local al Qaeda offshoot called Ansar Dine.

British House of Commons
Approves Gay Marriage

New York Times, by John F. Burns and Alan Cowell Original Article

Posted By: drive- 2/6/2013 8:07:09 AM Post Reply

LONDON — The House of Commons voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to approve a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in Britain, indicating that the bill is assured of passage as it moves through further legislative stages. But in a major setback for Prime Minister David Cameron, who championed the measure, it appeared that more than half of the lawmakers in his Conservative Party voted against it or abstained.

Hillary Clinton is not just sleeping in
as new website indicates desire
to stay in the spotlight

New York Daily News, by Celeste Katz And Jonathan Lemire Original Article

Posted By: drive- 2/6/2013 8:04:54 AM Post Reply

She´s the picture of presidential ambition. Just days after becoming a private citizen, Hillary Clinton is stoking speculation about running for President in 2016 by launching a mysterious new website that boldly features her in an attention-grabbing photo.... A mass e-mail sent Tuesday by her husband Bill Clinton and their daughter Chelsea is adding to the speculation: It urges recipients to “thank Hillary for making our country and our world, stronger, safer and better.”

Obama crony wins contract
to give phones to jobless

Washington Times, by Luke Rosiak Original Article

Posted By: drive- 2/6/2013 8:00:37 AM Post Reply

A cellphone company whose top executive has close ties to President Obama lobbied for and won a piece of a major new government push to provide Internet service to low-income job-seekers, even though critics say the company’s smartphones are poorly suited to the task of helping those in the program find work. The program’s supporters tout it as a way for the unemployed to learn technical skills, to prepare resumes and to search for jobs, but one of the 14 pilot contracts that the FCC awarded went to Miami-based TracFone Wireless Inc.

Board of Education hears about
increased ACT efforts

Richmond County Daily Journal(NC), by Laura Edington Original Article

Posted By: Rakasha- 2/6/2013 7:57:36 AM Post Reply

The Richmond County Board of Education heard about efforts to increase students ACT scores at its February meeting Tuesday night. American College Testing, also known as the ACT, is a college admissions exam that tests students in English, math, science and reading. Richmond County School Superintendent George Norris said that they are now giving the test to every junior. In past years, the ACT test was only taken by students who wanted to go to college.(snip)...they were unhappy with the test scores from last year, so they are putting more focus on preparing the students for the test to “improve

Meacham on Drone Kills:
Obama acting ´like
American King´

Newsbusters, by Mark Finkelstein Original Article

Posted By: Fiesta del sol- 2/6/2013 7:52:59 AM Post Reply

Wow! Who would have thought that perhaps the strongest statement yet in condemnation of President Obama´s self-arrogated right to kill Americans abroad would have come from Jon Meacham? Yet on today´s Morning Joe, historian and Random House editor Meacham criticized Obama for ignoring the "rule of law" and actually described Obama as acting like "an American King." Joe Scarborough seconded Meacham´s surprising statement, adding that had this come to light under George W. Bush, impeachment would be in the air.

The dirt on ‘Government Motors’

New York Post, by Charles Gasparino Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 2/6/2013 7:46:41 AM Post Reply

Maybe the most disturbing news in “American Turnaround,” Ed Whitacre’s new book that describes his stint as head of General Motors, is how naïve he was about what it means to run a company that’s been bailed out by the federal government, and is now regulated by the anti-business types who populate the Obama administration.(Snip)In fact, their true goal wasn’t to maximize profits to ensure GM survives for the long term, but to keep control of the company as long as possible (the feds still hold a 26 percent stake today) to both keep its union allies fat

Karl Rove and the Cotton Conservatives

American Spectator, by Jeffrey Lord Original Article

Posted By: mikkins2- 2/6/2013 7:39:33 AM Post Reply

Cotton, conscience, and Karl Rove. It’s time for a family discussion within the Republican Party. A serious conversation intended to be respectful conversation, and yes perhaps at times a tough-love kind of conversation. A conversation among friends. A conversation about politics, history, the Republican Party and America. Karl Rove, the former Bush 43 White House aide, has jump-started such a conversation with the announcement in the New York Times of the formation of something called “The Conservative Victory Project.” Described thusly in the Times:

Postal Service to cut Saturday
mail to trim costs

Associated Press, by Pauline Jelinek Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/6/2013 7:37:24 AM Post Reply

WASHINGTON- The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service says it plans to stop delivering mail on Saturdays, but continue delivering packages six days a week. In an announcement scheduled for later Wednesday, the service is expected to say the cut, beginning in August, would mean a cost saving of about $2 billion annually. The move accentuates one of the agency´s strong points - package delivery has increased by 14 percent since 2010. The delivery of letters and other mail has declined with the increasing use of email

Bob Menendez Spent Up to 87 Percent
of Wealth Paying Back Donor

National Journal, by Shane Goldmacher Original Article

Posted By: Toledo- 2/6/2013 7:29:54 AM Post Reply

When Robert Menendez arrived in the U.S. Senate in 2006, he was a relative pauper in a chamber often called a millionaires’ club. The New Jersey Democrat ranked 97th out of 100 senators in terms of his personal wealth, according to financial records filed that year and compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics. So Menendez’s decision last month to use his personal funds to reimburse a prominent political contributor $58,500 for two flights to the Dominican Republic came at a major cost.

Immigration´s latest ally:
Christian right

Politico, by Anna Palmer Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 2/6/2013 7:22:05 AM Post Reply

The usual suspects pushing immigration reform have a new ally in the fight this time — the religious right. Christian conservatives, who stayed on the sidelines in 2006 or opposed reform outright, have sprung into action for the cause. They’re talking to their congregations from the pulpit. They’re urging lawmakers in private meetings to support reform. And they’re even calling for change publicly. The efforts have dramatically changed the dynamics of the debate, so much so that Republicans anxious to vote yes on a deal might have the political cover to do it.

Rove: ´I Don´t Want a Fight´

Breitbart´s Big Government, by Ben Shapiro Original Article

Posted By: Dreadnought- 2/6/2013 7:18:39 AM Post Reply

Tuesday night, Karl Rove went on Fox News’ Hannity to deliver a mea culpa for a New York Times article which reported that the “biggest donors in the Republican Party” were working with him and Steven J. Law, president of American Crossroads, to “recruit seasoned candidates and protect Senate incumbents from challenges by far-right conservatives and Tea Party enthusiasts who Republican leaders worry could complicate the party’s effort to win control of the Senate.” Rove led off by directly contravening the Times article.

A Way Out of the Wilderness
for the GOP

American Thinker, by Ed Lasky Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/6/2013 7:16:33 AM Post Reply

Republicans hold a weak hand in Washington but a stronger grip in states where voters have entrusted them with power. Performances there can boost not just the Republican image but bring the party back to power in Washington. More importantly, they can show conservative principles work. The "Red State Model" can, in the Wall Street Journal´s words, "Drive Republican Revival." Walter Russell Meade, one of our most brilliant thinkers, has written quite perceptively about the collapse of what he calls "the blue model." These are states that have been firmly in the hands of the Democratic Party and

Surge in foreclosure auctions
shows Chicago-area market´s pain

Chicago Tribune, by Mary Ellen Podmolik Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/6/2013 7:11:33 AM Post Reply

More than 35,000 homes and small multifamily buildings in the Chicago area completed the foreclosure process last year, the highest number since the housing crisis began, and the vast majority of them became bank-owned. An increase in foreclosure auctions was expected since lenders shelved many foreclosure cases while state and federal authorities investigated allegations of faulty foreclosure processes. Still, the heightened level of auctions — 35,244 in 2012, compared with 20,281 in 2011 — along with an increase in initial foreclosure filings, shows the local housing market has a long road to recovery, according to the Woodstock Institute.

Interactive map shows concentration of illegal
immigrants state by state across America

Daily Mail [UK], by Beth Stebner Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 2/6/2013 6:55:00 AM Post Reply

The most illegal immigrants in the United States are concentrated mainly on the western region of the country, a new estimate revealed. According to data from the Pew Hispanic Center, California has the most undocumented immigrants, with 6.8 percent of the population (or roughly 2.5million people) living in the country illegally. But it is Nevada--with an estimated 180,000 illegals out of the state’s 2.65million population--that has the highest percentage of illegal immigrants.[Snip] New Jersey also has a fairly high percentage of undocumented immigrants, with around 550million out of a state population of 8.7million.

The Super Bowl Veers Left

FrontPage Magazine, by Ben Shapiro Original Article

Posted By: Judy W.- 2/6/2013 6:37:35 AM Post Reply

During Sunday’s Super Bowl, the advertising and programming executives in Hollywood and New York graced us with their version of what we want to see. And if it’s any reflection of reality, we’re becoming a coarser, stupider, and less value-oriented nation. Let’s start with the halftime show. For years, the Super Bowl halftime show has been a repository for shocking performances, including the pre-staged Justin Timberlake/Janet Jackson boobgate in 2004. But Beyoncé’s pelvic-thrusting marathon session, accompanied by her doxy backup dancers, wasn’t so much shocking as it was jaded and cynical. It wasn’t sexy; it was tiresome, in-your-face, boring.

A New Eleventh Commandment

American Spectator, by Quin Hillyer Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 2/6/2013 6:18:30 AM Post Reply

It’s time to dust off Ronald Reagan’s old “11th Commandment,” spiff it up, and give it a new and more useful set of clothes. Reagan’s famous commandment, dating from his 1966 campaign for governor and repeated during the early contests of his 1976 presidential bid, was that “thou shalt not speak ill of any fellow Republican.” (Snip)Conservatives almost certainly spent more time bashing John Boehner—who, despite his flaws, is the most attitudinally conservative House Speaker since at least the Great Depression—than they did making a more creative or convincing public case about why conservative positions would produce a better economy,

Sandy recovery on Staten
Island might take years

Los Angeles Times, by Tina Susman Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 2/6/2013 6:07:04 AM Post Reply

NEW YORK — The mud and floodwaters that ravaged the East Coast when Superstorm Sandy roared ashore three months ago have been supplanted by a sea of red tape, leaving thousands of residents and businesses in limbo as they await insurance funds or help from the federal government. Some have used savings or loans to get back into their homes or reopen businesses. Others remain in temporary housing, hotels or face the winter in frigid, unfinished housing, resulting in a staggered state of recovery that bodes ill for a region trying to make itself whole again.

In Their Own Words: Climate
Alarmists Debunk Their "Science"

Forbes, by Larry Bell Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 2/6/2013 6:02:49 AM Post Reply

President Obama has put salvation from dreaded climate catastrophes on his action agenda hot list. During his inaugural address he said: “We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations.” He went on to shame anyone who disagrees with this assessment, saying, “Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires and crippling drought and powerful storms.” This sort of scary presidential prognostication isn’t new. He previously emphasized at the Democratic National Convention that global warming

To Kill an American

New York Times, by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 2/6/2013 5:53:15 AM Post Reply

On one level, there were not too many surprises in the newly disclosed “white paper” offering a legal reasoning behind the claim that President Obama has the power to order the killing of American citizens who are believed to be part of Al Qaeda. We knew Mr. Obama and his lawyers believed he has that power under the Constitution and federal law. We also knew that he utterly rejects the idea that Congress or the courts have any right to review such a decision in advance, or even after the fact.

The Mighty—and Overlooked—
Reign of the Plantagenets

Daily Beast, by Andrew Roberts Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 2/6/2013 5:44:35 AM Post Reply

King Richard III, whose severely wounded body disinterred from under a parking lot in the British Midlands was confirmed by DNA testing this week, was the last of the 14 Plantagenet monarchs who ruled England from 1154 until Richard´s death at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485. The Plantagenets are only usually in the news when an ambitious theater director with a big budget chooses to stage all eight of Shakespeare´s “Plantagenet plays,” from Richard II to Richard III via two parts of Henry IV, Henry V, and three parts of Henry VI. Sometimes written off by historians

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