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Jesse Jackson’s ‘Tribute’ At Chavez
Funeral: He Fed Hungry, Lifted Poor,
Helped People ‘Realize Their Dreams’

Mediaite, by Noah Rothman Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/8/2013 4:28:00 PM Post Reply

Civil rights leader Rev. Jesse Jackson is in Venezuela on Friday where he delivered a eulogy for the recently deceased Venezuela President Hugo Chavez. With actor Sean Penn in the front row, Jackson delivered a somber prayer that Chavez’ soul would find peace in the afterlife. He praised Chavez’s record as president, and prayed that there could be peace between the Latin American nation and the United States. “Death is certain. Life is uncertain. Thus, a life of service matters,” Jackson told the assembled mourners. “We pray to God today that the soul of Hugo Chavez

White House suspends public tours,
but first family trips in full swing

Fox News, by Barnini Chakraborty Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/8/2013 4:22:32 PM Post Reply

WASHINGTON – Visitors to the nation´s capital looking for a White House public tour are out of luck starting this weekend, courtesy of what the Secret Service says is its own decision to deal with the sequester cuts. But while the agency said it needed to pull officers off the tours for more pressing assignments, the budget ax didn´t swing early or deep enough to curtail a host of recent Secret Service-chaperoned trips like President Obama´s much-discussed Florida golf outing with Tiger Woods, first lady Michelle Obama´s high-profile multi-city media appearances, or even daughter Malia Obama´s

McCain calls Paul, Cruz,
Amash ‘wacko birds’

Washington Post, by Rachel Weiner Original Article

Posted By: Desert Fox- 3/8/2013 3:52:00 PM Post Reply

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) is continuing to criticize his fellow Republicans for their filibuster of incoming CIA Director John O. Brennan over drone policy. In an interview with the Huffington Post, McCain referred to Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) and Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) as “wackos.” “They were elected, nobody believes that there was a corrupt election, anything else,” McCain said. “But I also think that when, you know, it’s always the wacko birds on right and left that get the media megaphone.” Asked to clarify, McCain said he was referencing “Rand Paul, Cruz, Amash, whoever.”

Hillary Clinton dominates Vice President
Joe Biden and Andrew Cuomo against
GOP heavyweights in 2016: poll

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

Posted By: NorthernDog- 3/8/2013 3:37:02 PM Post Reply

Hillary Clinton continues to be the clear early favorite in the 2016 presidential race, a new poll has found. If the 2016 election was held today, Clinton would beat Republican favorites Chris Christie, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, according to the Quinnipiac University survey. Her presumptive Democratic rivals, Vice President Biden and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, were both bested by Christie in hypothetical match-ups. Voters preferred Clinton to the New Jersey governor by a 45 percent to 37 percent margin. She scored 50 percent against Rubio’s 34 percent and Ryan’s 38 percent.

Rand Paul’s triumph
But his ideas still dangerous

New York Post, by John Podhoretz Original Article

Posted By: Drive- 3/8/2013 2:24:10 PM Post Reply

Politicians have much to learn from the amazing scene in the US Senate on Wednesday, when Kentucky’s Rand Paul took over the floor and spent 13 hours discussing unmanned drone attacks and US foreign policy. The lesson: Do interesting, unexpected things and you can highlight issues important to you, advance policy goals you think are critical for the future of the country and elevate your own standing to the level of a national figure. “Interesting” doesn’t mean ruminating about rape or tweeting pictures of your torso or “hiking the Appalachian trail.” It requires educating yourself, speaking fluently about issues and knowing how and when to find your moment and make your point. William Kristol calls this “policy entrepreneurship.”

Senate confirms Gen. David
M. Rodriguez as commander
of U.S. Africa Command; Gen.
Lloyd J. Austin III headed to
U.S. Central Command

Fayetteville Observer [NC], by Henry Cuningham Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 3/8/2013 1:52:01 PM Post Reply

Gen. David M. Rodriguez on March 15 will step down as commander of Forces Command, which has headquarters at Fort Bragg. The four-star general will depart for his next assignment as commander of U.S. Africa Command in Germany. (Snip) The Senate also on Tuesday approved the nomination of Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III to be commander of U.S. Central Command at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., and reappointment to four-star rank. Austin is the Army´s vice chief of staff at the Pentagon. He is former commander of Fort Bragg and the 18th Airborne Corps.

Secret Supper: Obamas, Clintons
dined at W.H. on March 1

Politico, by Glenn Thrush Original Article

Posted By: abuela10- 3/8/2013 1:47:34 PM Post Reply

President Barack Obama has been hosting a lot of high-profile dinner companions lately, but here´s one guest list that didn´t leak for a week: On March 1st, the president, First Lady Michelle, former President Bill Clinton and outgoing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton enjoyed a quiet, three-plus hour dinner in the private residence to celebrate Hillary´s retirement from the administration, POLITICO has learned. Details are scant, but people with knowledge of the event described the meal as "informal," featuring a "wide-ranging discussion" in which the former president apparently offered some second-term advice, including his experiences in engaging hostile Congressional Republicans.

Usual Suspects To Attend Chavez´s
Funeral, But Not China, Russia

International Business Times, by Ryan Villareal Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 3/8/2013 1:37:56 PM Post Reply

The late Venezuelan Hugo Chavez’s funeral is scheduled for Friday and will be attended by a host of leaders throughout Latin America and the Caribbean. Heads of state and Chavez’s former socialist allies Raul Castro of Cuba, Evo Morales of Bolivia and Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua will be in attendance, as will the presidents of Brazil, Argentina and Mexico. Outside of the region, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko will also pay tribute to their departed comrade.

Rev. Jesse Jackson To
Attend Hugo Chavez Funeral

NBC Chicago, by Lisa Balde Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 3/8/2013 1:34:29 PM Post Reply

Of all the people attending Hugo Chavez´s funeral Friday in Caracas, Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. is among them. The father of disgraced former Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. confirmed his attendance on Twitter. He reportedly arrived Thursday night in Venezuela and will lead a delegation organized by his Rainbow/PUSH Coalition. Rev. Jackson told Fox News he knew the Venezuelan president "in a direct and personal way" and says he is "deeply saddened by his passing." Chavez presented Jackson with the Liberator´s Award in 2005. On Friday morning, Jackson posted this on Facebook:

Nancy Pelosi demands $10.10
per hour minimum wage

Washington Times, by Cheryl K. Chumley Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/8/2013 1:24:53 PM Post Reply

Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said that recent Wall Street gains mean one sure thing: The minimum wage should be hike to $10.10 per hour. “This week, we saw something quite remarkable — the stock marking soaring to record heights,” she said, Raw Story reported. “At the same time, we see productivity keeping pact. But we don’t see income for America’s middle class rising. In fact, it’s been about the same as since the end of the Clinton years.” So, she suggests, why not raise the current minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $10.10

Bin Laden son-in-law pleads not
guilty, lawmakers blast move
to use civilian courts

Fox News & Associated Press, by Mike Levine Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/8/2013 1:18:16 PM Post Reply

A top Al Qaeda spokesman, who is the son-in-law of Usama bin Laden, pleaded not guilty Friday in federal court to charges of conspiracy to kill Americans, touching off what could be lengthy legal proceedings as Republicans complained that such terror suspects don´t belong in the civilian judicial system. Sulaiman Abu Ghaith was hit with the charges in an indictment unsealed by the Justice Department late Thursday. The terror suspect´s capture and prosecution in federal court -- all of which was first revealed to the public Thursday -- caught lawmakers by surprise.

The world waits for the
next Pope: Papal conclave
to start on TUESDAY as
cardinals prepare to elect
Benedict XVI’s successor

Daily Mail [UK], by Hannah Roberts* Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 3/8/2013 1:04:57 PM Post Reply

Cardinals will begin their conclave to elect the new leader of the Catholic Church in Rome on Tuesday afternoon. A Vatican spokesman announced on Friday that cardinals will hold the private meeting in the Sistine Chapel after a morning mass in St. Peter´s Basilica. Apart from eating and sleeping, they will not be allowed to leave the meeting until they have chosen who will succeed Pope Benedict XVI, who announced his surprise abdication on February 10. On Friday morning, the cardinals accepted letters of explanation from two cardinal-electors who are eligible to vote for the next pope but will not

Obama budget delayed until April

The Hill [Washington DC], by Jeremy Herb Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/8/2013 1:01:24 PM Post Reply

The Obama administration will release its 2014 budget more than two months late on April 8, according to congressional sources. Pentagon officials have informed the House Armed Services Committee that the budget is coming on April 8, said Claude Chafin, a committee spokesman. A Democratic congressional source confirmed that is the planned release date. The April release means President Obama´s budget will be nine weeks late, as it was due by law on Feb. 4, the first Monday in February. Republicans have slammed Obama for delaying the budget since the first missed deadline.

The tall talker and the
old geezers

Washington Times [DC], by Wesley Pruden Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/8/2013 12:57:59 PM Post Reply

Talking is the national sport in Washington. For the old geezers in Congress, it’s more fun than watching baseball, complaining about the weather or remembering sex. Nobody drones on like a U.S. senator and nobody loves the sound of his raspy voice like a U.S. senator. Rand Paul, the freshman from Kentucky who stars in the bad dreams of every Republican geezer in town, talked for almost 13 hours on the Senate floor this week to delay a confirmation vote on John O. Brennan as director of the CIA, and earned only the scorn of the geezers.

Delahunt to represent US
at Chavez funeral

Cape Cod Today [MA], by Walter Brooks Original Article

Posted By: PageTurner- 3/8/2013 12:57:20 PM Post Reply

The Obama administration has sent an official three-person delegation to Caracas to attend Friday’s funeral for deceased Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. According to US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland, they are former Massachusetts Congressman William Delahunt, U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York and State Department diplomat James Derham. Chavez´s funeral is being attended by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Cuban President Raul Castro and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, all of whom, like Chavez, have their issues with Western capitalist society.

Marine Corps rapid-response team
ordered to Africa to thwart
another Benghazi attack

Washington Times, by Shaun Waterman Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/8/2013 12:49:56 PM Post Reply

U.S. Africa Command will get a new Marine Corps rapid response force as part of a plan to beef up its crisis response capabilities. More Leathernecks will be at the ready after the military was unable to get timely aid to Benghazi, Libya last year, during a terror attack that killed U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and members of his security detail. Gen. Carter Ham, Africom’s commander, told Congress this week about the planned new force, Stars and Stripes reported Friday.

Iran´s Ahmadinejad criticised
over Chavez remarks

Reuters, by Zahra Hosseinian Original Article

Posted By: earlybird- 3/8/2013 12:38:47 PM Post Reply

DUBAI - Senior Iranian clerics have criticised President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for saying Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will be resurrected alongside Jesus Christ and the hidden imam who Shi´ite Muslims believe will rise up to bring world peace. (Snip) But Ahmadinejad´s comments angered some religious officials in Iran. "The terms Mr Ahmadinejad used to describe the Venezuelan president are not appropriate for us," the semi-official Mehr news agency quoted Ghorbanali Dorri Najafabadi, a cleric and a senior member of the Assembly of Experts, as saying. "One can naturally send a diplomatic letter without getting into religious discussions,"

Obama sending official
delegation to Chavez funeral

Washington Times, by Guy Taylor Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/8/2013 12:30:13 PM Post Reply

The Obama administration has dispatched an official delegation to Caracas to attend Friday’s funeral for deceased Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. In addition to James Derham, who presently serves as Charge d’Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in the Venezuelan capital, the State Department said Thursday that the delegation to the socialist revolutionary’s funeral will include U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks, New York Democrat, and former U.S. Rep. William Delahunt, Massachusetts Democrat. Details were not forthcoming about why Mr. Meeks and Mr. Delahunt were chosen to represent the U.S. at the funeral.

White House Taking No Actions
Yet to Cut Back Its Budget

Bloomberg, by Lisa Lerer Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/8/2013 12:24:36 PM Post Reply

While President Barack Obama has spent weeks warning of the dark consequences of across-the-board budget cuts, there’s one area of government where his staff has failed to calculate their impact: the White House itself. Obama administration spokesman Jay Carney told reporters Thursday that “detailed decisions” have yet to be made about how the administration would meet a projected $24 million reduction to the executive office budget, which may include furloughs of presidential aides and other employees. “I’m not going say that this person is going have to be furloughed today, if

Living Large in the
Obama White House

National Review Online, by Charles C. W. Cooke Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 3/8/2013 12:18:25 PM Post Reply

We are now firmly ensconced in the brutal Age of the Sequester, and things in America are grave. The federal government, we learned on Wednesday, is so strapped for cash that the president has been forced to cut off the People’s access to the home he’s borrowing from them. He didn’t want to have to do this, naturally — “particularly during the popular spring touring season.” But then Congress just had to go and acquiesce with measures that the president himself suggested and signed into law. How beastly! We axed 2.6 percent from a $44.8 trillion budget,

Will Clinton Help Bolling,
Hannity Fund White House Tours?

American Spectator, by Jeffrey Lord Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 3/8/2013 12:15:41 PM Post Reply

Is the Sequester the chance for Bill Clinton to bond with Fox’s Eric Bolling and Sean Hannity? Bill Clinton — our former president who loves to say taxes should be raised on the rich and that he is rich and doesn’t mind paying more — has a new challenge. This is the same former President Clinton who wrote a book called Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World. In which the ex-president discussed the importance of individual giving. Well, OK. Got the message. So the question? Will the self-admitted rich guy Bill Clinton join Fox’s Eric Bolling and Sean Hannity

Dardenne Dynasty

Weekly Standard, by Michael Warren Original Article

Posted By: StormCnter- 3/8/2013 12:12:59 PM Post Reply

Louisiana’s showing up a lot on cable TV these days. There’s the History Channel’s Swamp People, a hit series documenting the lives of Cajun alligator hunters in the swamps of coastal Louisiana. Over on A&E, you can watch Duck Dynasty, which features a self-professed family of rednecks who turned their northeast Louisiana-based duck call business into a multi-million dollar company. (Snip)Jay Dardenne, a Republican who may try to take Democrat Mary Landrieu’s Senate seat next year, probably wouldn’t take credit for all of the recent attention Louisiana’s been getting, but he might as well.

How the White House
silenced gun control groups

Politico, by Reid J. Epstein Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/8/2013 11:48:17 AM Post Reply

President Barack Obama’s gun control agenda is looking more doomed by the day, but gun control advocates still haven’t said a word to complain.The White House knew its post-Newtown effort would require bringing key gun control groups into the fold. So the White House offered a simple arrangement: the groups could have access and involvement, but they’d have to offer silence and support in exchange. The implied rules, according to conversations with many of those involved: No infighting. No second-guessing in the press. Support whatever the president and

Krauthammer: Obama´s Golf With
Tiger Travel Expenses Would Pay
for a Year of White House Tours

NewsBusters, by Noel Sheppard Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/8/2013 11:42:01 AM Post Reply

President Obama actually had the nerve this week to close down the White House to tours as part of budget sequestration. Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer on Fox News´s Special Report Thursday observed, "The President’s travel expenses alone for the golfing outing with Tiger Woods would pay for a year of White House visits." "So I suggest that perhaps he curtailed the travel, or perhaps auction off the set of clubs and he might be able to allow those Iowa tots to come through the White House," Krauthammer added. "I´m not cynical enough – I’m trying."

The Hollow Crown

PJ Media, by Richard Fernandez Original Article

Posted By: Hazymac- 3/8/2013 11:39:46 AM Post Reply

The Guardian story on Hugo Chavez’s last words give us a glimpse of him at this most vulnerable. His last utterance was “I don’t want to die. Please don’t let me die”. This extremely human reaction recalls Shakespeare: Dar’st thou die? The sense of death is most in apprehension; And the poor beetle that we tread upon, In corporal sufferance feels a pang as great As when a giant dies. The Venezuelan dictator, Commander of the nation, the New Bolivar as he further styled himself, was not any more immune to this sense of dread

It´s not your mansion any more! Family
of squatters who took over $3MILLION
Memphis home are evicted by SWAT
team who crashed through locked
gates in an armored car

Daily Mail [UK], by Helen Pow & David Mccormack Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/8/2013 11:35:41 AM Post Reply

A family of extremist squatters occupying a $3million mansion in Memphis, Tennessee has been evicted by an armed SWAT team and the ringleader arrested while attempting to escape. On Thursday night a judge signed a warrant for police to raid the house after a grandparent of one of the children inside asked them to intervene. Within five minutes a SWAT team had arrived in an armored vehicle full of officers armed with assault rifles and they and they quickly gained entry by smashing through the gates. The squatters, claiming to be ´Moorish American Nationals´, had consisted of

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