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Illegal immigrant tells Congress
not to call him illegal

Washington Times, by Stephen Dinan Original Article

Posted By: drive- 2/13/2013 12:56:50 PM Post Reply

Jose Antonio Vargas, an illegal immigrant and former reporter, scolded a congressional panel on Wednesday, saying that he should not be called illegal, and saying it is an insult to his family who brought him here. “When you inaccurately call me illegal, you not only dehumanize me, you’re offending them,” he said. “No human being is illegal.” Mr. Vargas testified to the Senate Judiciary Committee alongside Chris Crane — a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent and president of the ICE agents’ union — who is unable to arrest him under the administration’s new non-deportation policies.

´Now is the time´: Gabrielle
Giffords and husband talk
gun regulation in Vogue

Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/13/2013 12:49:02 PM Post Reply

TUCSON, Ariz. — Former US Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, Mark Kelly, talk about their continued push for gun regulation in the upcoming issue of Vogue magazine. The couple has formed a political action committee in hopes of preventing gun violence and changing laws to require compulsory background checks for gun buyers. The PAC will also work to limit the size of ammo magazines and to ban the sale of assault weapons to civilians. Kelly said "now is the time" to do something in the wake of recent mass shootings in Colorado and Connecticut.

Doctor Jill Biden

National Review Online, by Jonah Goldberg Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 2/13/2013 12:43:34 PM Post Reply

Last night on Twitter I commented that I think that the rote insistence that Jill Biden be referred to “Doctor Jill Biden” is kind of silly (that’s how President Obama referred to her). This elicited a remarkable amount of anger. I then made things worse by explaining that Jill Biden isn’t a “real” doctor. She holds a doctorate in education. That invited even more bile. Some came from academics who insist that the title “Doctor” is commonplace on American campuses, even for people with doctorates in education, and therefore there’s nothing wrong with the president’s use

Chris Christie goe$ Hollywood

New York Post, by Josh Kosman Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/13/2013 12:40:30 PM Post Reply

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is courting the left-leaning California business community this week in his bid for a second term. Christie attended a $3,800-per-person luncheon yesterday at the Beverly Hills Hotel hosted by Allen Shapiro, former CEO of Dick Clark Productions, and Richard “Skip” Bronson, co-founder of US Digital Gaming, an online gaming company, according to a source. Within hours of the fundraiser, 3,000 miles away in Trenton, NJ, state lawmakers said they plan to move quickly to adopt an Internet gambling bill. Less than a week before yesterday’s fundraiser,

Marco Rubio Tells Brody File
He´s OK With Karl Rove´s
New Conservative Victory Project - Thread Closed

Christian Broadcasting Network, by David Brody Original Article

Posted By: Pluperfect- 2/13/2013 12:35:12 PM Post Reply

In a one-on-one interview with The Brody File, Senator Marco Rubio defended Karl Rove and the American Crossroads group’s new project in their attempt to find the most conservative electable candidates. Having said that, he also made clear that the Tea Party’s concerns about people in Washington deciding who should get elected is a legitimate fear. Ultimately he says, “They both have a place in American politics.” Rubio spoke with The Brody File very early Wednesday morning up on Capitol Hill. Watch the interview below with the key quote.

Utah Resident Forced to Forfeit
Gun Used to Stop Home Invasion

Breitbart´s Big Government, by Heather Piedmont Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/13/2013 12:33:27 PM Post Reply

In late January, 64-year old Clare Niederhauser was arrested for shooting at burglars fleeing from his property. At a plea deal hearing, he apologized for firing the shots, agreed to pay a $700 fine, take a weapons class, and forfeit the weapon he used. Fellow residents of Layton, UT are coming to the aid of the elderly man, who was arrested after firing a shot at a burglar´s vehicle and a fleeing accomplice after they attempted to break in to his property with a crowbar. He was charged with two counts of reckless endangerment because the individuals

Permanent Campaign: Obama
Speech Launches ´Organizing
for Action´ Nationwide

Breitbart´s Big Government, by Joel B. Pollak Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/13/2013 12:22:47 PM Post Reply

As President Barack Obama delivered the State of the Union address, activists involved in his new non-profit advocacy group, Organizing for Action, gathered in local meetings around the country to watch and cheer him on. The new 501(c)4 organization, which is an offshoot of his re-election campaign, aims to support the president’s policies and to project the power of the White House beyond Washington into local communities and media. I joined a gathering in southern California, which rented out a local pub and tuned in on the big screen. The buildup to the event was almost as

Menendez pushed for several donors
fighting Dominican Republic over
millions of dollars

Star-Ledger, by Salvador Rizzo Original Article

Posted By: FlyRight- 2/13/2013 12:02:47 PM Post Reply

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Much has been written about Sen. Robert Menendez’s intervention in a Caribbean port security contract on behalf of a top campaign donor.But on the very same day Menendez interceded with Obama administration officials on the ports deal last summer, he also went to bat for another company involving a heavily disputed Dominican road-building contract. A deal, records show, that benefited New Jersey investors who contributed to his campaign. The road contract, which has attracted scant attention in the United States, involved a firm called Codacsa, a Spanish consortium with U.S. interests, various government records show.

The Buckley Rule-- according
to Bill, not Karl

National Review, by Neal B. Freeman Original Article

Posted By: tisHimself- 2/13/2013 11:45:24 AM Post Reply

The Buckley Rule has been much invoked in recent weeks, in this space and elsewhere, and on almost every occasion it has been both misquoted and misapplied. As one who was present at the formulation, I feel obliged to record the “originalist” intention. It was the winter of 1964 and the unresolved question at NR editorial meetings, week to week, was this: Whom should the magazine support for the Republican presidential nomination? To outsiders, the question would have seemed all but settled. Issue by issue, NR gave every appearance of being all in for Barry Goldwater.
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Rubio jokes: ‘I needed water’
while delivering Republican response

The Hill [Washington DC], by Jonathan Easley Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/13/2013 11:43:40 AM Post Reply

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on Wednesday joked about his water break during his rebuttal to President Obama’s State of the Union address. “I mean I needed water, what am I going to do?” Rubio said on ABC’s "Good Morning America," after again ducking away from the camera to reach for his water bottle. “God has a funny way of reminding us that we’re human.” As he delivered the live GOP response Tuesday, the Florida senator seemed nervous, and awkwardly paused at one point to grab an off-camera bottle of water and take a sip.

Horsemen, Goodbye

Texas Monthly Magazine, by Larry McMurtry Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 2/13/2013 11:34:20 AM Post Reply

In 1968, five years before this magazine was born, I published—with Bill and Sally Wittliff’s elegant, Austin-based Encino Press—a slim book of essays called In a Narrow Grave, a title derived from a well-known range cattle ballad, “The Dying Cowboy.” No New York publisher had the slightest interest in the book. The dying cowboy of the lament asked his comrades to fling a handful of roses o’er his grave and pray the Lord his soul to save. The handful of roses I flung was a 25-page anatomy of the more or less major cities of Texas,

Van Jones Warns Dems
About ‘Dangerous’ Marco
Rubio: He Is ‘To The Heart
What Paul Ryan Is To The Head’

Mediaite, by Noah Rothman Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/13/2013 11:30:05 AM Post Reply

Former White House Advisor Van Jones warned his fellow Democrats on Wednesday not to laugh too hard at Sen. Marco Rubio’s (R-FL) water drinking moment during his Republican response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address. Jones warned that Rubio is “dangerous” for Democrats because of his ability to connect emotionally with his audience. “I think people can chuckle today – they’re going to be worried about him tomorrow,” Jones said. New York Times columnist Ross Douthat said on CNN Tuesday that, regardless of how Rubio’s water drinking moment may overshadow his address, the Republican Party wants to

Uncork the Nose´s Secret Powers

Wall Street Journal, by Ellen Byron Original Article

Posted By: tisHimself- 2/13/2013 11:07:34 AM Post Reply

How sweet it is to smell. The nose is a hardworking organ, with powers much greater than most people realize. A keen sense of smell offers more flavors, more safety, even more happiness. But be warned—human olfactory powers degrade as the years go by, resulting in a detectable loss by the time many people reach their 30s. Gradually, it can deteriorate to the point where people are unable to notice the odor of rancid food or a household gas leak.

Chocolatier pumps out chocolate
shoes for Valentine´s Day -
complete with red soles and
candy-filled heels

Daily Mail (UK), by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/13/2013 11:01:34 AM Post Reply

Florists and chocolate-makers are working around the clock in the run-up to Valentine´s Day. And a Dallas, Texas-based chocolatier who loves designer high heels has molded her pedestrian passion into chocolate form. Andrea Pedraza´s most popular chocolate pumps - which receive a lot of attention in the weeks leading up to the holiday - are those made in the style of Christian Louboutin shoes. Scroll down for video-The decadent treats come in an array of designs including zebra print and polka dots.

Michelle Obama looks chic
in Jason Wu... AGAIN! First
Lady chooses sparkling
crimson cocktail dress by
trusted designer for President
Obama´s State of the Union speech

Daily Mail (UK), by Deborah Arthurs Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 2/13/2013 10:55:30 AM Post Reply

They don´t call her the First Lady of Fashion for nothing. And last night, As Michelle Obama played host to honoured guests at her husband´s State of the Union address, she proved that she can do glamorous power dressing with the best of them. Wearing a shimmering crimson and black cocktail dress by Jason Wu, she looked every inch the perfect politician´s consort. Wu of course is one of Michelle´s most trusted designers. He not only designed the white gown she wore for her debut as First Lady at the President´s inaugural ball back in 2009,

Obama’s Most Dishonest
State of the Union Address

FrontPage Magazine, by Daniel Greenfield Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/13/2013 10:50:04 AM Post Reply

In 1986, at the closing session of the Communist Party shindig in the Karl Marx Theater in Havana, Castro had declared, “Let no one think that what I have here is a lengthy speech; it is the party’s program.” He then went on to speak for 7 hours and 10 minutes. Obama’s ridiculous 6600-word marathon is also not a lengthy speech; it is the party’s program. The professional flatterers and fawners in the media have long since given up describing the teleprompter-in-chief as a talented speaker. These days Obama gives speeches that not only sound like they were

Tragedy and Comedy
at the SOTU

American Thinker, by Sally Zelikovsky Original Article

Posted By: magnante- 2/13/2013 10:43:06 AM Post Reply

I couldn´t help but think of the "tragedy and comedy" Janus masks as I watched Joe Biden and John Boehner dutifully sit behind President Obama as he delivered his painfully long State of the Union speech. Biden´s comedic goofy grins were a knee jerk response to Obama´s overtures to help the little guy, whereas Boehner´s tragic pouts reflected the harsh fact-driven reality that such policies actually hurt Mr. and Mrs. Main Street. Here are just a few examples of Obama´s glaringly inane propositions.

Obama calls al-Qaida
´shadow of former self´

Associated Press, by Robert Burns Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/13/2013 10:39:38 AM Post Reply

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says al-Qaida is a "shadow of its former self," and does not pose the kind of threat to America that requires tens of thousands of U.S. troops to fight abroad. In his State of the Union address Tuesday, the president said U.S. troops will continue pursuing the remnants of al-Qaida in Afghanistan for a number of years. He noted that various al-Qaida affiliates have emerged elsewhere in the world in recent years, including in Yemen and Somalia. Instead of sending large numbers of U.S. troops to fight there, he said,

Dr. Ben Carson Reviews Obama´s
State of the Union Address

Townhall, by Katie Pavlich Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/13/2013 10:31:59 AM Post Reply

Dr. Ben Carson, the man who spoke at the National Prayer Breakfast and made major news for speaking against Obama´s class warfare policies and about the healthcare system, critiqued President Obama´s State of the Union address this morning on Fox and Friends. "You´ve got to realize that you´re the president of everybody."

Could ObamaCare´s
´affordability glitch´ leave your
family without health care?

Fox News, by Dr. Marc Seigel Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 2/13/2013 10:30:49 AM Post Reply

The “Affordable Care Act” is turning out to be anything but. (Snip) Advocates for the poor are now suddenly concerned about a new oxymoron, the so-called “affordability glitch,” where your employer can no longer afford to cover you and your family, and you will be forced to go to the state exchanges for your health insurance only to discover that you can’t afford the rising premiums there and don’t qualify for a federal subsidy. The only “good news” about this glitch is that new IRS regulations may exempt you from paying the 2.5% tax for non-compliance,

A Message to
Obama, Served Cold

Townhall, by Jonah Goldberg Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/13/2013 10:22:38 AM Post Reply

In an earlier era, Dr. Benjamin Carson´s speech before the National Prayer Breakfast last week would have been a really big deal rather than mere fodder for a brief squall on Twitter and cable news. Born in crushing poverty to an illiterate single mother dedicated to seeing her children succeed, Carson became the head of the department of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins medical institutions when he was 33. He´s been a black celebrity role model ever since. Even if you didn´t like the substance of what Carson had to say at the breakfast, his speech made

Obama recklessly claims America is
‘Stronger’ in State of the Union

Washington Times, by Henry D´Andrea Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/13/2013 10:06:14 AM Post Reply

PHOENIX - During Barack Obama’s first State of the Union address of his second term, the President claimed that the United States is seeing more economic growth and that as a nation we are “stronger” today than we were before. Though when President Obama claimed that the state of our union was “stronger,” one could only ask: for whom? 22.7 million Americans are unemployed, underemployed, or have given up looking for work under the Obama administration. The unemployment rate when Obama took office was 7.8%; four years later, it stands at 7.9%. Are these Americans

Rand Paul for the Tea Party:
Only in D.C. could $7 trillion
more spending be called a cut

Investor´s Business Daily, by Andrew Malcolm Original Article

Posted By: SurferLad- 2/13/2013 9:57:58 AM Post Reply

Good Evening. I speak to you tonight from Washington, D.C. The state of our economy is tenuous, but our people remain the greatest example of freedom and prosperity the world has ever known. People say America is exceptional. [Snip] America is exceptional because we were founded upon the notion that everyone should be free to pursue life, liberty and happiness. For the first time in history, men and women were guaranteed a chance to succeed based their own initiative and desire to work.
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Lugar bemoans depth
of US political rancor

Journal Gazette [Fort Wayne, IN], by Brian Francisco Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/13/2013 9:54:11 AM Post Reply

Political partisanship “is out of control,” largely the fault “of a massive industry that makes money off of political discord,” former Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., said in his first public speech since leaving office in early January. Many cable news networks, talk radio, think tanks, websites and fundraisers “have a deep economic stake in perpetuating political conflict. They are successfully marketing and monetizing partisan outrage,” Lugar said in remarks prepared for his Tuesday address at the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University in Durham, N.C. He said some commentators “are true

Obama’s agenda is simple —
take more of your money

Washington Times, by Charles Hurt Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/13/2013 9:47:04 AM Post Reply

The state of our union, President Obama now tells us with “renewed” confidence, is “stronger.” Stronger than what, exactly? The deepest bowels of a recession? “There is much progress to report,” he says, dreamily. Tell that to the millions of Americans who are still unemployed. Tell that to the broken taxpayers who have shouldered the burdens of all his bailouts and government schemes-gone-bust. Tell that to the generations to come, for whom the American Dream has been sold downriver in order to pay for trillions of dollars in debt with which he has saddled them.

Sen. Ted Cruz: Obama SOTU
‘Unabashed Liberalism’

Cybercast News Service, by Fred Lucas Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 2/13/2013 9:32:34 AM Post Reply

The first State of the Union address of President Obama´s second term was too partisan and failed to address the nation’s economic problems, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) told CNSNews.com. “I think the president missed a real opportunity tonight to reach across the aisle, to find bipartisan cooperation on productive steps to get our economy going and get people back to work,” Cruz said. “Instead he chose to embrace unabashed liberalism.” Cruz, elected in November, said: "It seems the president only knows how to grow government. He doesn’t know how to grow the economy.” Cruz said that under

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