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The Rich Get Some
Center-Left Tax Sympathy

Investor´s Business Daily, by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 3/4/2013 8:08:14 PM Post Reply

Fairness: A new analysis finds that the rich this year will pay at rates as high as any for the past three decades. It´s enough to draw sympathy even from the center-left´s ranks. How much does the government have a right to take from you, especially when you seem to have plenty to spare? No single answer to this question of "fairness" in taxation will satisfy everyone, but it´s still worth taking a look back to see what Americans have accepted as an acceptable tax system in the past.

Report: Menendez accuser says
she made up story

Philadelphia Inquirer, by Jonathan Tamari Original Article

Posted By: Calvinesq- 3/4/2013 7:50:31 PM Post Reply

WASHINGTON -- One of the two women who videotaped allegations that New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez paid her for sex has said in an affidavit that she was paid to make the story up, according to a report Monday in the Washington Post. The woman also said she has never met nor seen the Democratic senator, the Post reported, citing court documents and two people briefed on her claim. Instead, in an affidavit she said she and a colleague were paid by a lawyer to make up the claims and read from a script, according to the Post.

Does President Obama
Know When To Say When?

National Public Radio, by Alan Greenblatt Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 3/4/2013 7:32:16 PM Post Reply

Doesn´t the president get enough attention? The president is always the star of the show. When just about any major event occurs — whether it´s a downturn in the unemployment rate, a natural disaster or some crisis overseas — much of the news media ask how it´s going to play out for the president, the central actor in our national drama. But then there are additional moments when the president injects himself into non-news contexts. President Obama, in particular, seems to be fond of appearing in as many pop culture venues as possible,

Oprah Winfrey to deliver
commencement address at Harvard

Reuters, by Svea Herbst-Bayliss Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 3/4/2013 6:52:31 PM Post Reply

BOSTON - Talk show host, entrepreneur and philanthropist Oprah Winfrey will deliver this year´s graduation address at Harvard University, the Ivy League school said on Monday. "Oprah´s journey from her grandmother´s Mississippi farm to becoming one of the world´s most admired women is one of the great American success stories," Harvard President Drew Faust said in announcing her selection. Winfrey will join a long list of politicians, policy makers, captains of industry and authors - including George Marshall, Bill Gates and J.K. Rowling - who have offered their wisdom and advice to Harvard´s graduating classes.

Winter storm takes aim on
Midwest; Mid-Atlantic next

USA Today, by Doyle Rice Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 3/4/2013 6:31:56 PM Post Reply

A winter storm is spreading snow across the upper Midwest Monday and Tuesday and into the Appalachians and Mid-Atlantic by Wednesday and Thursday. Snowfall accumulations Monday and Tuesday should be from 6-12 inches from Fargo, N.D. through Minneapolis, Minn., through the southern suburbs of Chicago, according to AccuWeather meteorologist Brian Edwards. Winter storm warnings are in effect for most of Minnesota and parts of Iowa, Wisconsin and Illinois. In the city of Chicago, about 6 inches of snow accumulation is expected through Tuesday. The heaviest snow is expected Monday night into Tuesday morning, with snowfall rates

Bill to allow corporate sponsorship
of N.J. rest stops advances

Star-Ledger [Newark, NJ], by Matt Friedman Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 3/4/2013 5:25:46 PM Post Reply

Trenton — A Senate panel has approved a bill to allow private companies to sponsor highway rest stops. The bill (S2514) would let companies either pay the state directly for rest stop maintenance or provide support products and services. In exchange, the state would put up signs at the highway and in the rest stop acknowledging the contributions. The Senate Transportation Committee approved the bill 5-0 with no debate, sending it on for a vote in the full Senate. Its sponsor, state Sen. Donald Norcross (D-Camden) said it would save money. “Providing opportunities for sponsorships will allow us to raise

Obamacare and the GOP Govs

Rushlimbaugh.com, by Rush Limbaugh Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 3/4/2013 5:25:09 PM Post Reply

RUSH: I thought about leading with this today, but my mood was in a different place, but at some point today we´re gonna get to what´s happening with these eight Republican governors who are caving on the Medicare expansion. The latest is John Kasich in Ohio. And there are reasons for it. Bob McDonnell of Virginia, Rick Scott, Florida. Scott was perhaps one of the most vocal in opposing the Medicare expansion. The Medicare expansion is an Obamacare trick, essentially, but the reason these governors find it attractive, folks, it´s all about money and

Full-Court Press to Find
Sequester Suffering

Rushlimbaugh.com, by Rush Limbaugh Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 3/4/2013 5:19:26 PM Post Reply

RUSH: Okay, folks, the pressure is on to make you feel the sequester. Whether you feel it or not, the pressure is on. Janet Napolitano is saying the wait lines at the TSA, whatever it is there, the wait lines are getting longer even though they´re not. The delays are getting longer, even though they´re not. They´re doing their best. They can´t afford for this to be seen as a non-event out there, so they´ll have the Drive-Bys in their back pocket, and I want you to be ready

What is There to Hate
About America?

Rushlimbaugh.com, by Rush Limbaugh Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 3/4/2013 5:12:04 PM Post Reply

RUSH: We´re gonna start in Maple Shade, New Jersey. Hi, George. It´s great to have you with us, sir. Hello. CALLER: Hey, Rush, how you doing? Thanks for taking my call. RUSH: Thank you, sir. CALLER: Hey, I got one point that I was talking to your screener about. RUSH: Yeah. CALLER: Obama knows that the Soviet Union spent itself to death trying to keep up with Ronald Reagan´s Star Wars, and I think he has the intention of breaking the United States and breaking up the

Former President George W. Bush
and thousands more gather at
funeral for famed pianist
Van Cliburn who eased tensions
during Cold War with music

Daily Mail (UK), by Jessica Montoya Coggins Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/4/2013 4:52:00 PM Post Reply

He softened the chill of the Cold War with Tchaikovsky. Over 1,000 people attended the funeralfor Van Cliburn, the famed pianist who passed away Wednesday at the age of 78 after battling bone cancer. There were several high-profile mourners from the political and art world at the service at Broadway Baptist Church in Fort Worth, Texas - including former President George W. Bush, who presented Cliburn with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2003. Cliburn gained worldwide prominence when he won the the very first International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1958.

Behind the Doors
of the Senate Gym

Roll Call, by Meredith Shiner Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 3/4/2013 4:39:04 PM Post Reply

Behind a discreet set of keypad-entry double doors on the first floor of the Russell Senate Office Building lies one of the last oases of what was once the world’s greatest good-old-boys club: the Senate’s members-only gym. Senators start trickling in at 5:30 a.m. in various states of dress, without the benefit of sunlight or staff, toting gym bags, newspapers and even to-go venti coffees as custodians above loudly buff the marble floors of Russell’s rotunda. In the era of modern travel and constant campaigning, the mysterious gym — where staffers and security details

Mayor Bloomberg moves up
on the Forbes billionaires list

New York Daily News, by Kristen A. Lee Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/4/2013 4:39:04 PM Post Reply

Mayor Bloomberg is moving up in the world. The 71-year-old mayor was named the world’s 13th richest person in Forbes magazine’s annual ranking — jumping from the 20th spot last year after adding $5 billion to his personal fortune. Bloomberg’s net worth now totals about $27 billion, Forbes reported.(Snip) One contender to replace Bloomberg at City Hall next year also made Forbes’ list. John Catsimatidis was ranked at number 458 with a net worth of $3 billion. Overall, it was a good year for the very rich.

Dr. Ben Carson: Your right to
own a semiautomatic should
depend on where you live

Hot Air, by Allahpundit Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 3/4/2013 4:34:56 PM Post Reply

Via the Right Scoop and Mediaite, a point of divergence from conservative orthodoxy by CPAC’s newest scheduled speaker. The urban/rural distinction was actually a key part of Breyer’s dissent in the Heller case five years ago that established an individual right to bear arms under the Second Amendment: [H]andguns are not only popular tools for crime, but popular objects of it as well: the FBI received on average over 274,000 reports of stolen guns for each year between 1985 and 1994, and almost 60% of stolen guns are handguns… Department of Justice studies

Gov´t: Budget cuts already
causing airport delays

Associated Press, by Alicia A. Caldwell Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/4/2013 4:28:54 PM Post Reply

WASHINGTON- U.S. airports, including Los Angeles International and O´Hare International in Chicago, are already experiencing delays in customs waiting lines as a result of automatic federal spending cuts, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Monday. Both of those big-city airports routinely suffer security line delays. The Federal Aviation Administration reported Monday there were no significant flight delays in either Los Angeles or Chicago. Napolitano, who spoke at a Politico-sponsored event on the 10th anniversary of DHS, said delays will become worse.

Voting rights in a changed America

Chicago Tribune, by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 3/4/2013 4:28:53 PM Post Reply

In understanding the case before the U.S. Supreme Court over the requirements of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, it´s worth considering a controversy from last year. Ohio Secretary of State Jon Hunsted, a Republican, decided to restrict early voting hours, acting on a law passed by the Republican-controlled Legislature. Critics said the intent was to make it harder for black voters to cast ballots.(Snip)It´s hard to see why at this stage of our history these jurisdictions must meet a higher standard than the rest of the country. Absent the preclearance rule, after all,

We can’t cut 2 percent of government
spending, but the Muslim Brotherhood
gets $250 million

Human Events, by John Hayward Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/4/2013 4:25:58 PM Post Reply

Great news for the Egyptian theocracy, courtesy of the UK Guardian: US Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday rewarded Egypt for president Mohammed Morsi’s pledges of political and economic reforms by releasing $250m in American aid to support the country’s “future as a democracy”.[...] Egypt is trying to meet conditions to close on a $4.8bn loan package from the International Monetary Fund. An agreement would unlock more of the $1bn in US assistance promised by President Barack Obama last year and set to begin flowing with Kerry’s announcement. “The United States can and wants to

Follow the Minnie

Wall Street Jounal, by James Taranto Original Article

Posted By: BamaMan- 3/4/2013 4:18:55 PM Post Reply

Last week Bob Woodward had this to say in a CNN interview: "I think if Barack Obama knew that was part of the communication´s strategy--let´s hope it´s not a strategy, that it´s a tactic that somebody´s employed--and said, look, we don´t go around trying to say to reporters, ´If you, in an honest way, present something we don´t like, that, you know, you´re going to regret this.´ And just--it´s Mickey Mouse." Woodward just might have uncovered the biggest scandal since Watergate. And now the Associated Press´s Liz Sidoti has blown the story wide open.

Caltrans policy stymies a
proposed veterans monument

Los Angeles Times, by Steve Chawkins Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/4/2013 3:31:36 PM Post Reply

ORCUTT, Calif. — Small-town folks struggling to put up a monument to veterans: It sounds like something straight out of "Mayberry R.F.D.," but for residents of this Central Coast town, it feels more like "Catch-22." After three years, the privately funded $60,000 monument, which is sponsored by the American Legion and would be placed on a sliver of land owned by the California Department of Transportation, is still unbuilt. The sticking point has been opposition from Caltrans to the monument´s use of the American flag and the agency´s apparent reluctance to allow the display

Why Romney Couldn’t Kill

American Spectator, by Aaron Goldstein Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/4/2013 3:20:53 PM Post Reply

Former GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s interview with Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday was a lament for his failed presidential bid and a lament for the nation. In his first interview since the election, Romney expressed his dismay in not having the keys to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. “I wish I were there. It kills me not to be there, not to be in the White House doing what needs to be done,” said the former Massachusetts Governor. It is interesting that Romney should use the word “kill” in describing his feelings about losing the election. After all,

Michelle Obama’s
public school disaster

Human Events, by John Hayward Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/4/2013 3:12:15 PM Post Reply

First Lady Michelle Obama is running a campaign against childhood obesity called “Let’s Move!” In a bit of grim irony, the implementation of this program has been a teachable moment in Big Government stasis and ruling-class arrogance. A fifth-grade teacher named Leah Putnam wrote an account of the “Let’s Move!” ordeal at a forum for Chicago public school teachers – posted, I gather, by a different blog author, who professes themselves an admirer of Mrs. Obama but nevertheless agrees that “the treatment of school children by people who

Sepsis: A stealthy, sudden killer

Philadelphia Inquirer, by Bob Calandra Original Article

Posted By: Calvinesq- 3/4/2013 3:10:05 PM Post Reply

Dying is effortless. That became clear to me as I lay on a gurney in an emergency department bay at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center. It was 10 p.m., almost five hours since my primary-care physician Michael Cirigliano (better known as Dr. Mike from Fox29) diagnosed me as septic, bundled me into his car, and rushed me to the hospital. After several hours of intravenous antibiotics and four liters of fluid, my blood pressure was crashing, a hallmark of sepsis, a potentially fatal condition caused by an exaggerated immune response to injury or infection.

Napolitano promises to
release more illegals

Daily Caller, by Neil Munro Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/4/2013 3:01:53 PM Post Reply

WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano promised to release more illegal immigrants into the United States, saying the budget sequester has left her no choice. Several hundred detainees have already released because of the sequester, she insisted. They were released on bail, or because their legal status had changed, she said. “We’re going to continue to do that … for the foreseeable future,” Napolitano said at a March 4 breakfast meeting hosted by Politico. “We are going to manage our way through this by identifying the lowest risk detainees, and putting them into some kind of alternative to release.”

Obama vows more outreach
to GOP on deficit deal

Politico, by Jennifer Epstein Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/4/2013 2:51:05 PM Post Reply

President Obama plans to keep reaching out to Republicans to try to work out a long-term deficit reduction deal, he said Monday, after spending time over the weekend calling members of Congress. “I will continue to seek out partners on the other side of the aisle so that we can create the kind of balanced approach of spending cuts, revenues, entitlement reform that everyone knows is the right way to do that,” he said at the start of a Cabinet meeting, his first with Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel and Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, both of

Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul
Join Forces to Legalize Hemp

Reason, by Matthew Hurtt Original Article

Posted By: zoidberg- 3/4/2013 2:27:24 PM Post Reply

Supporters of industrial hemp gained a powerful ally in Washington several weeks ago when Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) joined fellow Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul and Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) as a co-sponsor of S.359, the Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2013. The House companion, sponsored by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), has 28 co-sponsors. The bills would amend the Controlled Substances Act to exclude industrial hemp, the domestic production of which has been illegal since 1970. Though manufacturing hemp is currently just as illegal as growing smokable pot, 10 states already have frameworks

4 teens charged after allegedly
holding Tuskegee airman at gunpoint

Detroit News, by Tony Briscoe Original Article

Posted By: Ribicon- 3/4/2013 2:25:27 PM Post Reply

Detroit — Four teenage boys have been charged in connection with holding an 88-year-old Tuskegee airman at gunpoint and stealing his car on Saturday, according to the Wayne County Prosecutor´s Office. Jesse Rutledge, a B-25 gunner, told WXYZ-TV (Channel 7) that he was leaving a barbershop at about 4 p.m. Saturday near Harper and Van WXYX on when he was ambushed by the teens, ages 13, 14, 15 and 16. Police say one of the suspects held a gun to the Rutledge´s face while the other three boys moved the man away from his car and took

Bob Woodward Retreats:
Death of the Free Media

Canada Free Press, by Marinka Peschmann Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/4/2013 2:23:14 PM Post Reply

Last week establishment journalist Bob Woodward of Watergate fame walked back the initial reports that claimed he had been threatened by the Obama White House’s economic adviser Gene Sperling regarding his reporting that President Obama had moved the goal post on the sequester by seeking additional taxes/revenue. Woodward insisted that he had never used the word “threat.” “I think that was Politico’s word,” he said, “I said I think that language is unfortunate and I don’t think it’s the way to operate. . [Sperling’s] language speaks for itself. I don’t think that’s the way to operate.”

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