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Most Back Cuts Overall –
But Not to the Military

ABC News, by Greg Holyk Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/6/2013 11:40:15 AM Post Reply

For all the dire warnings, most Americans welcome a five percent cut in overall federal spending this year. But the defense budget is another matter. The public by nearly 2-1, 61-33 percent, supports cutting the overall budget along the lines of the sequester that took effect last Friday. But by nearly an identical margin, Americans in this ABC News/Washington Post poll oppose an eight percent across-the-board cut in military spending. See PDF with full results, charts and tables here. These views come before the $85 billion in cuts this year have taken hold, leaving open the

House Adds $2 Billion in Security
Funds to Prevent Another Benghazi

Breitbart´s Big Peace, by AWR Hawkins Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/6/2013 11:33:00 AM Post Reply

On March 4, the House of Representatives put forth a spending bill that adds $2 billion for embassy and consulate security in a bid to prevent another Benghazi-like attack. This is part of the larger bill that keeps the government running through Sept. 30, 2012, and which prevents the military from facing sequester cuts before that date. The additional funds for embassy and consulate security come as a result of State Department review that called for "a more serious and sustained commitment [to embassy security] from Congress."

Report: ´Press Shop´ Removed Al-
Qaeda from Benghazi Talking Points

Breitbart´s Big Peace, by Kerry Picket Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/6/2013 11:28:09 AM Post Reply

Since CBS News learned that the Obama administration delivered Benghazi documents to the Senate Intelligence Committee last Thursday, a source who has viewed the documents is telling the network that someone “in a federal agency ‘press shop’ was involved in changing the talking points to remove al-Qaeda.” (Snip) In fact, CBS’s source says the docs say that there were warnings from Libya that were sent to Washington days before the deadly attack on the U.S. mission that killed four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens that specifically alerted the

Election bump over, Obama approval
drops to 43 percent: Reuters/IPSOS poll

Reuters, by Alistair Bell & Eric Walsh Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/6/2013 11:23:48 AM Post Reply

Less than two months into his second term, President Barack Obama´s approval rating has dropped and Americans blame him and his fellow Democrats almost as much as his Republican opponents for a fiscal mess. A Reuters/Ipsos online poll released on Wednesday showed 43 percent of people approve of Obama´s handling of his job, down 7 percentage points from February 19. Most of that steep drop came in the week to February 26 when it was becoming clear that Washington was going to be unable to put aside partisan differences and agree to halt automatic budget cuts

Homeland Security Drones Designed
to Identify Civilians Carrying Guns

Breitbart´s Big Government, by Wynton Hall Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/6/2013 11:12:51 AM Post Reply

Recently uncovered government documents reveal that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security´s (DHS) unmanned Predator B drone fleet has been customize designed to identify civilians carrying guns and track cell phone signals. "I am very concerned that this technology will be used against law-abiding American firearms owners," said founder and executive vice president of the Second Amendment Foundation Alan Gottlieb. “This could violate Fourth Amendment rights as well as Second Amendment rights." The Electronic Privacy Information Act request; CNET uncovered an unredacted copy. Homeland Security design requirements specify that its Predator B drones

Obama Visits Wounded
Troops—With Photographer

Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/6/2013 11:07:00 AM Post Reply

President Obama arrived with his personal photographer earlier today at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland to visit wounded troops. Here´s the pool report of his arrival: President Obama touched down at the landing field at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., at 2:20 p.m. He stepped off Marine One two minutes later, accompanied by Pete Souza. At 2:23 p.m., the motorcade was rolling and President Obama arrived at Building One at 2:26 p.m. to visit wounded troops. Your pool could not see him. We are holding nearby. Souza is Obama´s

Chicago Will Require
Kindergarteners to Take Sex Ed

Cybercast News Service, by Christopher Goins Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/6/2013 10:59:05 AM Post Reply

A new policy that was created in part with the consultation of Planned Parenthood of Illinois will require Chicago Public School students from kindergarteners and up to receive sexual health education instruction beginning in 2015. According to the Chicago Public Schools website, the new policy passed last week requires “minimum instructional minutes” for students, and instructional material is tailored around age-appropriateness and “medically accurate information.” “It is important that we provide students of all ages with accurate and appropriate information so they can make healthy choices in regards to their social interactions, behaviors,

Boehner Plans to Permit and Fund
Obama´s Attack on Religious Freedom

Cybercast News Service, by Terence P. Jeffrey Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/6/2013 10:50:03 AM Post Reply

When the Obama administration finalized its regulation requiring health care plans to provide cost-free coverage for sterilizations, contraceptives and abortion-inducing drugs, House Speaker John Boehner — as this column noted last year — was one of those who correctly argued that the regulation was an attack on religious freedom and that Congress must not let it stand. On Wednesday, in craven contradiction to that position, Boehner plans to lead the Republican-controlled House in enacting a continuing resolution that will fund the government for the rest of fiscal 2013 and

Fearing Ken Cuccinelli

American Thinker, by Thomas Lifson Original Article

Posted By: magnante- 3/6/2013 10:43:36 AM Post Reply

Congratulations to Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, who has advanced into the ranks of GOP presidential timber candidates targeted for destruction by the political establishment. The latest evidence, coming in the wake of publication of his new book, The Last Line of Defense, is convincing. The National Journal, which targets the Washington political set (and charges a lot of money for its insider reports - "Make the power connection"), has published a profile questioning Cuccinelli´s political viability because he is a skeptic on Anthropogenic Global Warming theory. The article by Cora Davenport casts him as an anti-science nut

Sean Hannity: ´We Now Have a
Lap Dog, Thrill Up Our Leg,
A**-Kissing, Suck Up Media´

NewsBusters, by Noel Sheppard Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/6/2013 10:43:23 AM Post Reply

"I think that for democracy to survive and thrive, I think we need a vigilant media. You know, we now have a lap dog, thrill up our leg, a**-kissing, suck-up, lapdog media. How do we have a thriving democracy when people can´t get accurate, fair information? That seems to be hard to me." So marvelously said Fox News´s Sean Hannity on his program Tuesday (video follows with transcript and commentary): SEAN HANNITY, HOST: I think that for democracy to survive and thrive, I think we need a vigilant media. You know, we now have a lap dog,

Dictators not immune
to the Grim Reaper

Canada Free Press, by Judi McLeod Original Article

Posted By: snowcloud- 3/6/2013 10:34:27 AM Post Reply

A shiver to remind him of his own mortality should have danced over President Barack Obama upon hearing about the death of his book-giving friend and fellow traveler in Socialism Hugo Chavez. Both men shared so much in common. Both held and hold a stranglehold over millions of people in their respective countries; both worshipped and still worship at the altar of socialism. Both were made omnipotent courtesy of the Boob Tube. Chavez was 57, Obama is 51. But as powerful as he was and with as much control as he exerted over the masses

GOP Leaders Break 72-Hr Pledge:
Rush 269-Page $982B CR to Vote
Less Than 48 Hrs After Posting

Cybercast News Service, by Terence P. Jeffrey Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/6/2013 10:32:23 AM Post Reply

The House Republican leaders today will rush through a vote on a 269-page $982-billion continuing resolution (CR) to fund the federal government for the remainder of fiscal 2013 in direct violation of a pledge they made to the American people to post all bills online for at least 72 hours before voting on them. The text of the new CR was posted online in the House document depository at 2:21 p.m. on Monday. The House leadership has now informed members that the chamber will start the final vote on this CR between 12:45 p.m. and 1:00 pm today.

New Republican super-PAC may target
GOP hardliners on immigration

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

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/6/2013 10:27:55 AM Post Reply

A pro-immigration Republican super-PAC led by former Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez could support primary challenges against GOP lawmakers who take a hard line on the issue. Gutierrez, the head of the newly formed Republicans for Immigration Reform, told The Hill that his group’s main push will be to give cover to Republicans who support immigration reform. But if anti-immigration Republicans face their own primary challenges, Gutierrez said, he’d take a hard look at spending against them as well. “We focus primarily on ‘take the vote now and we’ll support you.’ Those who don’t take

Wash Post´s Eugene Robinson Appears
on MSNBC to Praise ´Quick,´ ´Popular,´
Funny Hugo Chavez

NewsBusters, by Scott Whitlock Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/6/2013 10:18:32 AM Post Reply

Within minutes of the death of death of repressive socialist Hugo Chavez on Tuesday, MSNBC featured ex-Washington Post managing editor Eugene Robinson to fawn over the "quick," "popular" leader. Though Robinson allowed that "freedom of speech suffered greatly" under Chavez, he praised, "He provided medical attention that the poor of Venezuela hadn´t received before, and, and, frankly, it was the first time in many decades that a leader had paid that kind of attention to the poor majority in Venezuela." [See video below. MP3 audio here.] With a nostalgic grin on his face, Robinson told guest

China´s politicos pare
the pomp: No more lobster

Associated Press, by Gillian Wong Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 3/6/2013 10:13:12 AM Post Reply

BEIJING -- Pack your own toothbrush. That´s an order. Military officials descending on China´s capital for the country´s biggest political event have been told to bring their own toiletries. Legislative delegates arriving at the airport no longer find welcoming teams of photogenic, waving women, and police aren´t clearing their way through Beijing´s traffic snarl. Once feted with banquets of lobster and sharks´ fin, the delegates now serve themselves at drab buffets, and stay in guesthouses instead of luxury hotels. China´s new leader Xi Jinping has declared a ban on official extravagance, and that has banished some of the usual pomp

DHS Backdooring Gun
Registration in Missouri

American Thinker, by Timothy Birdnow Original Article

Posted By: ScarletPimpernel- 3/6/2013 9:58:34 AM Post Reply

The Department of Homeland Security is attempting to backdoor gun registration in the State of Missouri. According to talk show host Dana Loesche: "Department of Revenue is working with the Department of Homeland Security to install new hard and software to obtain data on Missouri citizens and transfer this information to DHS and unnamed third parties, says Kinder. Kinder and the Stoddard County Prosecutor today took legal action and held a press conference outlining the infringement on civil liberties as posted by the DoR and DHS. The move by the departments is related to the Real ID.

Washington shuts down as
fierce snowstorm slams Midwest

Reuters, by Ian Simpson Original Article

Posted By: NorthernDog- 3/6/2013 9:53:20 AM Post Reply

WASHINGTON - The U.S. government shut down on Wednesday ahead of a fierce snowstorm packing heavy, wet snow that had blanketed the Midwest, leaving thousands without power and forcing hundreds of flights to be canceled. Washington could get slammed by its biggest snowfall in as much as two years, with 6 inches to 12 inches (15 cm to 30 cm) expected after the storm moved eastward into the mid-Atlantic states, the National Weather Service said. The government, already hit by $85 billion in overall budget cuts that took effect last Friday, ordered 375,000 federal workers in the Washington area

Justice is a long time coming

Hernando Today/Tampa Tribune, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: Mobyclik- 3/6/2013 9:42:09 AM Post Reply

Finally after several years of the intrigue associated with the biggest leak of government classified documents to the WikiLeaks website, the perpetrator, Pvt. Bradley Manning, has admitted guilt to lesser counts of the charges against him. (Snip)We have another high profile case involving a military man, Maj. Nadal Hasan, who shot and killed 13 people and wounded 30 others at Fort Hood, Texas. This happened on Nov. 5, 2009, a full 40 months ago. Our government, by the way, does not call it an act of terrorism, but rather defines it as workplace violence, even after there is proof

Chief White House calligrapher
gets paid $96,725 a year

Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper Original Article

Posted By: Fiesta del sol- 3/6/2013 9:33:27 AM Post Reply

With the White House closing its doors to public tour groups in order to save money for the sequester, it´s worth remembering some of the other costs the White House incurs annually. Like the "Chief Calligrapher," Patricia A. Blair, who has an annual salary of $96,725, and her two deputies, Debra S. Brown, who gets paid $85,953 per year, and Richard T. Muffler, who gets paid $94,372 every year. In all, the White House appears to employ 3 calligraphers for a yearly total of $277,050.

Internal doc reveals ICE plan to
release thousands of illegal immigrants

Daily Caller, by Caroline May Original Article

Posted By: Drive- 3/6/2013 9:25:46 AM Post Reply

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte on Tuesday released an internal U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) document showing that the agency planned to release thousands of illegal aliens from detention centers in response to cuts resulting from sequestration. The document revealed that from Feb. 15 to March 31, 2013, ICE planned to release 1,000 detainees a week,

Sen. Paul slams Attorney
General Holder for ´refusal´ to
rule out drone strikes in US

Fox News & Associated Press, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/6/2013 9:22:04 AM Post Reply

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is blasting Attorney General Eric Holder´s assertion that the government could conceivably use drones against its own citizens in the U.S. as "frightening," saying such an action would violate the Constitution. Paul was responding to comments by Holder released Tuesday before the Senate Intelligence Committee approved the nomination of John Brennan, President Obama´s pick to be his next C.I.A. Director. Paul said in a statement obtained by Fox News that Holder sent him two letters regarding the constitutionality of the use of legal force such as drones against Americans

Angry Saudi prince takes name off
Forbes´ billionaires list; So have we

Investor´s Business Daily, by Andrew Malcolm Original Article

Posted By: SurferLad- 3/6/2013 9:21:06 AM Post Reply

Like virtually every single American who used to have ambition, we´ve been aroused by President Obama´s unifying rhetoric to stop striving for wealth ourselves and simply start hating those who already have it. It´s so much easier to criticize than to emulate. So, when the one-time Chicago slumlord attorney points out the outrageous inequality of the American tax system, we agree on the need for radical Alinsky-style change. If the top 2% of the American public pays only 45% of federal taxes, there´s something obviously unfair.

Jeb Bush Enters Debate,
and Possibly 2016 Race

New York Times, by Micael D. Shear Original Article

Posted By: jackson- 3/6/2013 9:19:24 AM Post Reply

WASHINGTON — As political re-entries go, Jeb Bush’s has been rocky. After watching from the sidelines since before President Obama was first elected, Mr. Bush, a former Republican governor of Florida, injected himself into the debate over revamping the nation’s immigration system this week — and in the process opened the door just a crack to a 2016 run for the White House. The vehicle for Mr. Bush’s return to the national conversation was, as it often is for politicians these days, the publication of a new book. In Mr. Bush’s case, the book argues for an

FOX News Chief Roger Ailes:
Joe Biden ‘dumb as an ashtray’

Washington Examiner, by Charlie Spiering Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/6/2013 9:15:50 AM Post Reply

Vanity Fair has published a few excerpts of Zev Chafets’ forthcoming biography of FOX News chief Roger Ailes – who admits that he likes Vice President Joe Biden. “I have a soft spot for Joe Biden,” he said. “I like him. But he’s dumb as an ashtray.” Other interesting nuggets include Ailes’ disdain for Newt Gingrich – “He’s a sore loser and if he had won he would have been a sore winner,” he asserts. While Obama was running for President, Ailes explains, he was concerned about the way that Sean Hannity portrayed him on the network.

Trying to Revive Talks, Obama
Goes Around G.O.P. Leaders

New York Times, by Jackie Calmes & Jonathan Weisman Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/6/2013 8:55:19 AM Post Reply

WASHINGTON — With Republican leaders in Congress forswearing budget negotiations over new revenues, President Obama has begun reaching around them to Republican lawmakers with a history of willingness to cut bipartisan deals. Mr. Obama has invited about a dozen Republican senators out to dinner on Wednesday night, after speaking with several of them by phone in recent days, according to people familiar with the invitation. And next week, according to those people and others who did not want to be identified, he will make a rare foray to Capitol Hill to meet separately with the Republican and

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