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The grand illusion
of partisan politics

Canada Free Press, by Doug Hagmann Original Article

Posted By: snowcloud- 3/13/2013 1:59:23 PM Post Reply

If you were born in the early to mid 1970s or before, you might remember Oldsmobile’s attempt to convince the car buying population that their brand of car changed by their new slogan, “[T]his is not your father’s Oldsmobile.” The ad campaign first appeared in 1988, and was seen as an attempt to convince the buying public that Oldsmobile changed to appeal to a younger crowd while still maintaining their respect from the “old guard” of car buyers.

Lawmakers question ´risky´
$5.5B loan for high-speed Vegas
train amid sequester cutbacks

FOX News, by Barnini Chakraborty Original Article

Posted By: US veteran- 3/13/2013 1:59:12 PM Post Reply

While the Transportation Department warns that the sequester will lead to cutbacks causing snarled lines at airports across America, the agency is still considering a massive $5.5 billion government gamble on a high-speed train from suburban California to Vegas. The total cost of the XpressWest project is $6.9 billion, with 80 percent potentially being fronted by the federal government. It would create a train that runs from Victorville, Calif., to Las Vegas and, if green-lighted, would be the largest loan of its type issued in America.

Nursing homes want guest worker
program in immigration bill

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Sam Baker Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/13/2013 1:57:23 PM Post Reply

The nursing-home industry said Wednesday that Congress should include a "viable" guest worker program in any immigration overhaul, and should also lift caps on employer-sponsored visas for healthcare workers. The American Health Care Association (AHCA) said immigration reform should recognize the needs of employers — including nursing homes and long-term care providers, who rely heavily on immigrants for positions such as nurses. "Members of the long term care community employ immigrants and boost the economy. Any visa program must

Obama Warns: ‘Increasing America’s
Debt Weakens Us Domestically And
Internationally’ … In 2006

Mediaite, by Noah Rothman Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/13/2013 1:50:20 PM Post Reply

“[T]he cost of our debt is one of the fastest growing expenses in the Federal budget,” said President Barack Obama. “This rising debt is a hidden domestic enemy, robbing our cities and States of critical investments in infrastructure like bridges, ports, and levees; robbing our families and our children of critical investments in education and health care reform; robbing our seniors of the retirement and health security they have counted on.” Obama made this appeal from the floor of the U.S. Senate in 2006 as he and his fellow Democrats rallied against raising the debt ceiling limit.

‘Post’ Notes Israel Error

Washington Free Beacon, by Adam Kredo Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/13/2013 1:43:48 PM Post Reply

The Washington Post Wednesday morning issued an “editor’s note” explaining why it erroneously blamed Israel for the death of a Gaza-based BBC reporter’s 11-month-old son. The correction was issued several days after a United Nations report independently confirmed that Hamas, not Israel, was to blame for the child’s death, which occurred last year during Israel’s military operation in Gaza. A photo of the crying reporter cradling his dead child was prominently featured on the Post’s front page with the following caption: “Jihad Masharawi weeps as he holds the body of his 11-month-old son, Ahmad,

Will Michelle Obama Lean In?

Atlantic Wire, by Elspeth Reeve Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/13/2013 1:41:07 PM Post Reply

The only thing keeping Michelle Obama out of elected office is Michelle Obama. Pundits have floated the idea of the first lady running for Senate from Illinois in 2016, but The Washington Examiner´s Paul Bedard has another idea today. The 2016 are three years away, but "there´s already buzz growing for the ultimate grrl power ticket: [Hillary] Clinton and first lady Michelle Obama." This item is, sadly, mostly evidence-free. Former Clinton spokeswoman Karen Finney and Democratic strategist Chris Lehane say it could be cool. "Hillary-Michelle 2016" bumper stickers have seen a 60 percent increase in sales since December.

We Waited Four Years for This?

Washington Free Beacon, by Lachlan Markay Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/13/2013 1:39:31 PM Post Reply

The author of Senate Democrats’ budget proposal has refused to release specifics on her legislation prior to a Budget Committee markup on Wednesday, a move Republicans say reveals the proposal’s unpopularity even among Democrats. Sen. Patty Murray (D., Wash.) is slated to release her party’s budget resolution at a committee meeting Wednesday afternoon. However, committee Republicans have yet to see any details on how the proposal will reduce the federal budget deficit by $1.85 trillion, Murray’s stated benchmark. Murray has instead circulated “talking points”

Debunking the Myths of the NIH´s
$1.5 Million ´Lesbians Are Fat´ Study

Atlantic Wire, by Alexander Abad-Santos Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/13/2013 1:33:32 PM Post Reply

Conservative news sites from the great Drudge and beyond have unearthed their most unflattering Rosie O´Donnell photos today to vent about an ongoing study funded by the National Institutes of Health´s that´s examining the "interplay of gender and sexual orientation in obesity disparities." Or, as conservative news sites, prefer to call it: "Why Lesbians Are Fat." Trouble is, according to the project lead at Harvard — as well as the study itself and the federal funding therein — this hyperbole forgets all about gay men... and there are other sequester-relevant studies that

Climate Change Is the Biggest Threat
in the Pacific, Says Top U.S. Admiral

Wired News, by Spencer Ackerman Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/13/2013 1:23:06 PM Post Reply

North Korea just annulled the 1953 armistice ending its war with South Korea. China and Japan are locked in a dispute over an island chain. But the greatest long-term threat to the peace of East Asia and Pacific Ocean — the part of the world at the heart of the Obama administration’s aspirational defense strategy — is climate change, according to the admiral in charge of U.S. military operations there. Adm. Samuel J. Locklear III is no smelly hippie. He became chief of U.S. Pacific Command last year after running the maritime portion of NATO’s 2011 war against Libyan

Five Most Pro-American Countries

RealClearWorld, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: cebuyer- 3/13/2013 1:23:01 PM Post Reply

While President Obama came to office promising to restore the world´s image of America, the polling firm Gallup has found a steady decline in the world´s view of American leadership. Today, America´s median approval stands at 41 percent, down from 49 percent during President Obama´s first year in office. Nonetheless, global views on U.S. leadership have rebounded since 2008, and several countries in particular have expressed strong approval for U.S. leadership, according to Gallup. These are the five most pro-American countries.

Scarborough Mocks Mayor Bloomberg’s
Soda Ban Behind His Back;
Won’t Challenge Him In Person

Newsbusters, by Jeffrey Meyer Original Article

Posted By: Drive- 3/13/2013 1:17:25 PM Post Reply

In what has become a common theme for the MSNBC conservative, Morning Joe co-host Joe Scarborough failed to live up to his self-titled conservative values on March 13. Following a ruling by a New York state court on March 11 invalidating New York City’s large soda ban, Scarborough and the rest of the Morning Joe crew sans Mika Brzezinski mocked Bloomberg’s failed efforts on March 12. Despite Scarborough’s outright glee at the court’s decision, when given the opportunity to confront Mayor Bloomberg in person on March 13, Scarborough remained silent. Such a complete reversal is surprising,

Report: Obama to
dine with Miss Israel

Politico, by Kevin Robillard Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/13/2013 1:13:00 PM Post Reply

President Barack Obama will dine with Miss Israel during his trip to the Middle Eastern country later this month, according to a report. The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday that Obama´s staff had invited 21-year-old Yityish Aynaw, the first Ethiopian-born winner of the competition and a former Israeli Army officer, to a dinner with the president at the home of Israeli President Shimon Peres. One potential conversation topic? Obama and Anyaw have a hero in common: Martin Luther King, Jr. "He fought for justice and equality, and that´s one of the reasons I´m here,"

Since Sequester, 2,600 New
Federal Jobs Opened

Investor´s Business Daily, by Editorial Original Article

Posted By: HollowLeg- 3/13/2013 1:03:05 PM Post Reply

Budget: Over a hundred jobs are at Homeland Security, which is letting criminal aliens go despite billions unspent from last fiscal year, with hundreds more jobs available at an Interior Department that warns of park closings. ´We´re doing our very best to minimize the impacts of sequester. But there´s only so much I can do," DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said. With regard to the release of illegal aliens from detention in anticipation of cuts due to sequestration, "I´m supposed to have 34,000 detention beds for immigration. How do I pay for those?" Well, Madam Secretary, like other federal departments

Black smoke again, as three
papal ballots fail

Reuters, by Barry Moody and Philip Pullella Original Article

Posted By: ScarletPimpernel- 3/13/2013 1:02:35 PM Post Reply

VATICAN CITY - Black smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel for a second day on Wednesday after a secret conclave of cardinals held two more inconclusive votes for a new pope to lead the troubled Roman Catholic Church. Following an initial split ballot when they were first shut away amid the chapel´s Renaissance splendor on Tuesday evening, the 115 cardinal electors held a first full day of deliberations but many Vatican watchers expected the waiting to go on.

View The Full Schedule For
CPAC 2013 March 14th – 16th

Mediaite, by Matt Wilstein Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/13/2013 12:49:31 PM Post Reply

The 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference will take place from March 14th – 16th in Washington, D.C. CPAC will feature speeches from Republican lawmakers such as Senators Rand Paul (R-KY) and Marco Rubio (R-FL), Congressmen Paul Ryan (R-WI) and Eric Cantor (R-VA), among many others. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) will close the conference with a keynote address on Saturday, March 16th at 5:10pm ET. Sarah Palin and Donald Trump also have prominent speaking slots. The conference caused some controversy this year by neglecting to invite more moderate GOP governors Chris Christie (R-NJ) and Bob McDonnell (R-VA).

Obama In Wide-Ranging Interview
With ABC: ‘We Don’t Have An
Immediate Crisis In Terms Of Debt’

Mediaite, by Meenal Vamburkar Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/13/2013 12:43:10 PM Post Reply

On Wednesday, Good Morning America aired more of George Stephanopoulos‘ interview with President Obama — during which they talked addressed topics ranging from a budget deal and GOP opposition to North Korea and the cancelled White House tours. Asked about his insistence that new revenue be included in a deal, and Republican opposition to the idea, Obama said he’s not looking “to break them or to go around them” — but to find those members of Congress who are through with having the same argument over and over again. As he’s argued before, he made his case for

McCarthy: Obama spends more time on
March Madness brackets than budget

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Justin Sink Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/13/2013 12:35:27 PM Post Reply

House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Tuesday night he thinks President Obama spends more time filling out his college basketball brackets than he does drafting his annual budget. How can a president not want to balance the budget? How does he forgot what he said? One of his first goals in the first four years was to cut the deficit in half. Now he doesn’t care. He doesn’t even produce a budget,” McCarthy told Fox News. "I’ll bet you this. I bet you he spends more time filling out his March Madness brackets than he does

The Hidden Purpose of Organizing
for Action — Obama’s New
Political Action Group

PJ Media, by Ron Radosh Original Article

Posted By: SoCalGal- 3/13/2013 12:31:39 PM Post Reply

Today in Washington, D.C., major donors to the Obama campaign are meeting with the president at a $50,000 per person fundraiser on behalf of the ongoing campaign’s new so-called “grassroots” organization, Organizing for Action. It is officially explained as follows: A nonprofit organization established to support President Obama in achieving enactment of the national agenda Americans voted for on Election Day 2012.(Snip)In essence, it is the campaign organization continuing on after the last election, now focused on promoting outside pressure towards a left turn by the nation.

Obama to Nominate Ambassador to
Libya, First Since Chris Stevens
Was Murdered in Benghazi

Weekly Standard, by Daniel Halper Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/13/2013 12:29:41 PM Post Reply

The White House announced that it intends to nominate Deborah K. Jones to be the next U.S. ambassador to Libya. If confirmed, she´ll be the first ambassador to that country since Chris Stevens was murdered in Benghaz, Libya on September 11, 2012. "Ambassador Deborah K. Jones, Nominee for Ambassador to Libya, Department of State," the White House announcement reads. "Ambassador Deborah K. Jones, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, is Scholar-in-Residence at the Middle East Institute in Washington, DC.

CBC member trusts Obama to
tap ‘most qualified’ for Cabinet

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

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/13/2013 12:19:50 PM Post Reply

Congressional Black Caucus member Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) on Wednesday said she trusted President Obama to pick the “most qualified, experienced’ people to serve in his Cabinet. Moore’s comments came after CBC Chairwoman Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio) in a letter said earlier this week that she was concerned that Obama had yet to appoint any African Americans to his second-term Cabinet. Moore on C-SPAN’s "Washington Journal," defended the CBC chairwoman for raising those concerns, and said she expected Obama to thoroughly vet potential African Americans for top spots in his administration and select those best suited.

Federal investigators bust up $100
million crop insurance fraud ring
in North Carolina

Associated Press, by Michael Biesecker Original Article

Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 3/13/2013 12:14:36 PM Post Reply

Raleigh - Federal investigators have unraveled an elaborate scheme among dozens of insurance agents, claims adjusters, brokers and farmers in eastern North Carolina to steal at least $100 million from the government-backed program that insures crops. Authorities say the ongoing investigation is already the largest such ring uncovered in the country. Forty-one defendants have either pleaded guilty or reached plea agreements after profiting from false insurance claims for losses of tobacco, soybeans, wheat and corn. Often, the crops were not damaged at all, with farmers using aliases to sell their written-off harvests for cash. Prosecutors compared the case to

City Council considers stricter gun
laws after death of 6-month-old baby

WFLD-TV [Chicago, IL], by Joanie Lum & Tiffany Boncan Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/13/2013 12:11:27 PM Post Reply

CHICAGO - City Council will consider stricter gun laws in Chicago on Wednesday, one day after a 6-month-old baby girl was shot five times while her father changed her diaper – she did not survive. Jonylah Watkins´ father, Jonathan, was changing her in their parked minivan near 65th and Maryland on Monday afternoon. He was also shot multiple times. Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said in a press conference Tuesday that Jonathan Watkins is most likely the intended target. McCarthy acknowledged the father has an extensive

Obama to meet for first time in
two years with House Republicans

The Hill [Washington, DC], by Alexander Bolton & Justin Sink Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/13/2013 12:02:59 PM Post Reply

President Obama will meet with the House Republican Conference on Wednesday for the first time since June 2011. It will also be the first time he has visited his main antagonists on Capitol Hill on their own turf since 2009 — just a week after he took office and when they remained a House minority. The meeting continues an outreach effort launched by Obama over the past few weeks that will see him meet with all four congressional caucuses on Capitol Hill. The effort is aimed at reaching a grand-bargain deficit-reduction deal by the summer,

Sen. Lindsey Graham gets
unexpected challenge from
gay and female candidates

Washington Times, by Jennifer Harper Original Article

Posted By: KarenJ1- 3/13/2013 11:58:34 AM Post Reply

Palmetto State politics continue to be complex. Boisterous rivals like Teddy Turner and former Gov. Mark Sanford vie to fill the shoes of Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, the former representative appointed to his current office after Jim DeMint left to become president of the Heritage Foundation. Meanwhile, Sen. Lindsey Graham has a pair of unexpected challengers as 2014 looms in the distance. First, there is Bruce Carroll, co-founder of GOProud, the gay Republican group barred from the upcoming Conservative Political Action Conference at week’s end.

Miss Israel to dine with Obama

Jerusalem Post, by Staff Original Article

Posted By: JoniTx- 3/13/2013 11:40:51 AM Post Reply

Newly crowned Miss Israel Yityish Aynaw was invited by US President Obama´s staff of his upcoming visit to Israel to a dinner that will take place at President Shimon Peres´s residence, Army Radio reported. Aynaw who is 21-years-old and a former Israeli army officer became the first Ethiopian-born Israeli to win the pageant. "It´s important that a member of the Ethiopian community win the competition for the first time," she was quoted by Israeli media as telling the judges in response to a question. "There are many different communities of many different colors in Israel,

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