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Iraq, then and now: Ten years
on from the allied invasion, how
the country has changed from a
war zone full of rusting wrecks
to a modern Arab playground

Daily Mail [UK], by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Attercliffe- 3/1/2013 12:34:29 PM Post Reply

Iraq has been the scene of bitter battles and bloodshed for years, but as these poignant photos show life still goes on. This month is the tenth anniversary of the U.S led invasion of Iraq and the volatile region still remains a dangerous place to live--this morning five people were killed in a blast at a busy market. But according to these images March 2013 is a very different landscape to March 2003 when bloodshed was daily and buildings were being bombed. They claim to show that women who once cowered in their homes as troops marched through the heart

Carney Lashes Out At Press: Do
Some ´Old Fashioned Reporting´

Breitbart´s Big Journalism, by Meredith Dake Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/1/2013 12:34:13 PM Post Reply

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney responded to criticisms of the White House threatening Bob Woodward by saying that the White House and the Administration is always "respectful" to journalists trying to do their job. Carney claimed that anyone who knew the person reported to have "threatened" Woodward for saying the President "moved the goal posts" on the sequester deal would believe it was impossible the email was a threat. Minutes after praising the press pool for doing their job and proclaiming "respect" for them, Carney mocked the press for complaining

Hannity Unloads On Rep.
Keith Ellison, Rips ‘Radical
Connections’ To Nation Of Islam

Mediaite, by Meenal Vamburkar Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/1/2013 12:26:47 PM Post Reply

Following his fiery, contentious segment with Democratic congressman Keith Ellison, Sean Hannity decided “to take a closer look at the man who called me immoral and a liar.” Asserting hypocrisy, Hannity hit Ellison’s “radical connections,” linking him with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. “The reality is, the Congressman not only associated with these radicals, but he spent years spewing their hateful rhetoric,” Hannity said, alluding to the congressman’s time at the University of Minnesota. While Ellison “publicly admitted” to an 18-month association with the group to work

Brennan Vote Delayed
Without Explanation

Breitbart´s Big Peace, by AWR Hawkins Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/1/2013 12:19:43 PM Post Reply

The Senate Intelligence Committee has postponed the vote on CIA Director nominee John Brennan until next week, and it has declined to offer an explanation for the delay. The committee´s vice chairman, Senator Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), would only say he expects the vote to take place on Tuesday. The Obama administration and committee Democrats have been "at odds" over drone policy and Brennan´s position on this policy, particularly as it regards the use of drones against U.S. citizens on U.S. soil. Although the administration has released more information to explain this program over the last few days,

Obama: ´I am not a
dictator, I´m the president´

CNN, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/1/2013 12:14:43 PM Post Reply

Asked Friday by CNN Chief White House Correspondent Jessica Yellin why he can´t simply lock congressional leaders in a room until they reach a deficit-reduction agreement, President Obama said there´s no way he can do that. "Jessica, I am not a dictator, I´m the president," he said while speaking to reporters in the White House Press Briefing Room. "Ultimately, if Mitch McConnell or John Boehner say we need to go to catch a plane, I can´t have Secret Service block the doorway."

George Will: ´I will do many things
for my country and my profession.
I won´t take seriously [Jay] Carney´

Daily Caller, by Jeff Poor Original Article

Posted By: sparky86- 3/1/2013 12:13:48 PM Post Reply

On Laura Ingraham’s radio show on Friday, Washington Post columnist George Will took a few digs at the Obama White House for the way it has handled the so-called sequestration crisis. According to Will, the process has shown the public just where President Barack Obama and other liberals are on government and how any reduction is “intolerable.” “I think the sequester argument is extremely useful because it’s very educational for the American public,” Will said. “When the Obama administration increases on average 17 percent the budgets of the domestic agencies that are now facing a 5 percent cut

Napolitano: Not sure why
released detainees were
in jail in the first place

Washington Examiner, by Michal Conger Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/1/2013 12:10:32 PM Post Reply

Not only was Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano surprised when the people who work for her released hundreds of illegal immigrants this week, but she doesn’t know why those detainees were in jail in the first place, she told ABC News on Thursday. “That’s a good question. I’ve asked the same question myself,” she admitted. “So we’re looking into it.” Napolitano also said the release was poorly timed. “Do I wish that this all hadn’t been done all of a sudden and so that people weren’t surprised by it? Of course,” she said. But, Napolitano explained,

Obama blames GOP for the next
six months of economic news

Washington Examiner, by Joel Gehrke Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/1/2013 12:05:25 PM Post Reply

President Obama preemptively blamed congressional Republicans for the next six months of economic weakness, saying they didn’t avert sequestration because lawmakers “paint horns on [his] head” rather than negotiate. “We shouldn’t be making a series of dumb, arbitrary cuts to things that businesses depend on and that workers depend on,” Obama said today after meeting with top lawmakers this morning. “Every time we get a piece of economic news over the next month, the next two months, the next six months, we’ll know that that economic news could have been better if Congress had not

WaPo Fact-Checker Blasts White
House Sequester Scare Tactics

Breitbart Big Journalism, by John Nolte Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/1/2013 12:04:13 PM Post Reply

“The sequester is not something that I´ve proposed. It is something that Congress has proposed.” - Barack Obama -The President of the United States is lying. He´s not lying about his personal life sex ala Bill Clinton, he´s lying about policy. And he´s not just lying, he´s brazenly lying; audaciously lying. Obama and the media know the stakes in this battle are enormous. If the GOP and sequester can´t be blamed for our failed economy, Obama and his big government philosophy will be. That simply can´t be allowed to happen. "Good heavens" the media is thinking.

Sequester summit: Stalemate

Politico, by Jake Sherman Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/1/2013 12:02:57 PM Post Reply

One hour. That’s how long congressional leadership and the White House devoted to solving an impasse over $85 billion in spending cuts set to take effect on Friday. And it’s clear that next to nothing was accomplished. The meeting began at 10:18 — just a smidge more than 12 hours before the sequester was scheduled to begin —and ended at 11:10 a.m. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) emerged from the meeting and reiterated that Republicans wouldn’t budge on permitting new tax revenues as part of a sequester solution. Instead, they want a

Local history buffs munch on
muskrat in Michigan

Associated Press, by Mike Householder Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/1/2013 11:44:07 AM Post Reply

MONROE, Mich.- Most of the menu read like a typical buffet, with soup, salad, turkey, pork and potatoes. But the first offering at the annual Muskrat Dinner in Michigan was distinctive: a pot of the rodent´s meat mixed with creamed corn. "Most beginners are a little hesitant to dive in, especially when they see the carcass laid out on the plate," said Ralph Naveaux, who helped organize the event. "But those of us that have been raised on it, we just adore them. It´s almost an addiction." Members of the Algonquin Club of Detroit and Windsor, Ontario,

CPAC Keynote Speaker:
Sen. Ted Cruz

Breitbart Big Government, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/1/2013 11:38:46 AM Post Reply

American Conservative Union chair Al Cardenas revealed this morning on WMAL´s Mornings on the Mall that Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) will be the keynote speaker at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference this month. Sen. Cruz has lately become the prime target of the media and the left after his tough questioning of Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel during confirmation hearings before the Senate Armed Services Committee. For his trouble, Cruz was likened to Sen. Joe McCarthy by the McCarthyist left, including the New Yorker and MSNBC. Cruz was elected in 2012 as a Tea Party favorite,

Boehner says no new taxes after
sequester meeting in White House

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Daniel Strauss Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/1/2013 11:37:25 AM Post Reply

Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said Republicans will not agree to any new tax hikes to replace the sequester after a White House meeting on Friday. Boehner said the House next week will move a resolution to keep the government funded through Sept. 30, but will not agree to any new tax increases that President Obama insists should be part of a package to replace the $85 billion in automatic spending cuts that begin hitting the government Friday. "The discussion about revenue in my view is over. It´s about taking on the

U.S. consumer spending
up 0.2% in January

Associated Press, by Martin Crutsinger Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 3/1/2013 11:35:54 AM Post Reply

Washington — U.S. consumers increased their spending modestly in January when taxes rose, but they cut back sharply on major purchases that signal confidence in the economy. Income plunged by the most in two decades, although the decline followed a one-time surge in bonus payments to avoid higher taxes. The Commerce Department said Friday that consumer spending rose 0.2 percent in January. The gain was driven by an increase in spending on services, partly reflecting higher heating bills. Spending on durable goods, such as cars and appliances, fell 0.8 percent. Spending on non-durable goods, such as clothing, was essentially flat.

Republicans warn Obama has ´poisoned´
relations with campaign-style attacks

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Cameron Joseph Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/1/2013 11:26:54 AM Post Reply

President Obama´s public shaming of congressional Republicans to act on a range of issues may be winning at the polls — but it risks alienating the people needed to reach bipartisan compromise. While Obama has made a strategic calculation that he needs to marshal public support to push through his agenda, centrist Republicans warn the president and his allies could go too far with partisan events and campaign-style ads targeting GOP lawmakers. One recent point of contention: Organizing for Action, Obama´s former campaign arm, made its first post-election foray into

Woodward on White House email:
´I never said it was a threat´

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Daniel Strauss Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/1/2013 11:21:06 AM Post Reply

Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward on Friday said he didn´t feel threatened by a senior White House official who challenged his reporting on the President Obama´s handling of sequestration negotiations. But Woodward, who has been at the center of a media tempest over the controversy, said he didn´t feel that it was appropriate for the official — White House economic adviser Gene Sperling — to tell him he would "regret" his characterization of Obama´s position. "I never said it was a threat," Woodward said on MSNBC´s "Morning Joe." Woodward´s comments

Sessions: State Department isn’t
following law against allowing
immigrants into welfare system

Washington Examiner, by Joel Gehrke Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/1/2013 11:11:22 AM Post Reply

Less than one percent of non-immigrant visa applications are denied on the grounds that the person will be a “public charge” in need of welfare, which suggests to a top Republican that the State Department is not following the law against allowing such taxpayer-dependent people to come to the United States. “A central economic principle of American immigration is that those seeking entry into the United States must be able to care for themselves financially,” said Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., in a statement on the State Department’s revelation that only 0.0033 percent of the applications —

Big Country Journal:
Cline Shale could turn area
into ´Saudi America´

Abilene Reporter-News, by Ronald W. Erdrich Original Article

Posted By: Howard Adams- 3/1/2013 10:45:40 AM Post Reply

SWEETWATER — Texas set a record this month. “Thirty-two percent of the electricity on the grid was from wind energy,” said Greg Wortham. “The previous record was last month at 28 percent, the previous record before that was November with 26 percent.” Wortham is the mayor of Sweetwater and the executive director of the Texas Wind Energy Clearinghouse, a group that started in 2004 with its focus primarily on West Texas but now “does international marketing and strategy development for the wind industry sector” statewide.

Hail Armageddon

National Review Online, by Charles Krauthammer Original Article

Posted By: Drive- 3/1/2013 10:41:27 AM Post Reply

‘The worst-case scenario for us,” a leading anti-budget-cuts lobbyist told the Washington Post, “is the sequester hits and nothing bad really happens.” Think about that. Worst case? That a government drowning in debt should cut back by 2.2 percent — and the country survives. That a government now borrowing 35 cents of every dollar it spends reduces that borrowing by 2 cents “and nothing bad really happens.” Oh, the humanity!

The Diversity Racket

Washington Free Beacon, by Mary Lou Byrd Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/1/2013 10:40:19 AM Post Reply

Millions of dollars in federal and local taxpayer money have been spent on a controversial “diversity” speaker who has made government workers say the “pilgrims were illegal aliens” and excused illegal immigration because the U.S. “took over what used to be Mexico.” Judicial Watch recently revealed that two federal government agencies, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Defense, had hired Dr. Samuel Betances. Both agencies spent more than $3 million on Betances’ training program. Judicial Watch obtained a videotape of Betances’ speech to USDA employees through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request.

Kerry, Hagel and Brennan: The 3
Stooges are running the country

Washington Times, by Bob Taylor Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/1/2013 10:35:16 AM Post Reply

CHARLOTTE- As the new Secretary of State, Kerry is boning up on Islam and has learned that it “is not represented by a lot of jihadists and others,” but is, instead, “a beautiful religion.” But Kerry continued by adding, “I’ve been reading a book recently called No god but God, which is the history of the Prophet and where he came from and how it developed as a religion. It’s fascinating.” That should be enough to immediately let us know the direction of Kerry’s tenure in his new position, a direction wholeheartedly

Republicans in bombshell move
push through bill giving tax credits
for kids at ´failing´ schools
to go to private schools

Alabama Media, by Kim Chandler Original Article

Posted By: mheffel- 3/1/2013 10:30:52 AM Post Reply

Republicans dropped a legislative bombshell tonight as they slammed through a dramatically revamped education bill that will give tax credits for families at "failing schools" to send their children to private school or another public school. Lawmakers voted mid-day to send a school flexibility bill -- that would let school systems seek waivers from some policies -- to conference committee.

Janet Napolitano: Decision to
spring detainees made ´in the field´

Politico, by Kevin Cirilli Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/1/2013 10:29:12 AM Post Reply

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is distancing herself from the release of some detained illegal immigrants ahead of the sequester, saying such decisions are made “in the field” by career bureaucrats. “Detainee populations and how that is managed back and forth is really handled by career officials in the field,” she told ABC News. Napolitano also expressed regret for how the release was handled ahead of automatic budget cuts. “Do I wish that this all hadn’t been done all of a sudden and so

As Kerry Heads for Ankara, Turkey´s
PM Equates Zionism With Fascism

Cybercast News Service, by Patrick Goodenough Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/1/2013 10:22:52 AM Post Reply

On the eve of Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit to Turkey Friday a row has erupted over Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s description of Zionism – Jewish self-determination – as a “crime against humanity” and likening it to fascism. Israel, which has generally resisted responding to Erdogan’s anti-Israel rhetoric, hit back Thursday, with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu calling the remark “a dark and mendacious statement the likes of which we thought had passed from the world.”

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