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New York state asks Washington
to cover all storm costs
Reuters, by Edith Honan & Susan Cornwell
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Posted By:JoniTx, 11/1/2012 11:39:16 AM
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| NEW YORK/WASHINGTON- New York state on Wednesday asked the U.S. federal government to pay all the costs of cleaning up and repairing damage from massive storm Sandy that tore through the Northeast this week and crippled New York City. Governor Andrew Cuomo said he is asking fellow Democrat, President Barack Obama, to pay 100 percent of the estimated $6 billion bill, at a time that state and local government budgets remain constrained by a weak economic recovery. That would be a significant change from last year when the federal government covered about 75 percent of the $1.2 billion cost
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
6079 Smith, W, 11/1/2012 11:40:35 AM (No. 8979641)
Which means they want the rest of the country to pay for them.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
VinGoombatz, 11/1/2012 11:41:51 AM (No. 8979648)
Of course, the failed socialist states...
Just like California wants our tax dollars to build its train to nowhere...
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
LadyVet, 11/1/2012 11:52:08 AM (No. 8979676)
The State of Texas is still paying for Katrina and it did not even hit our state. The people relocated here and we're paying for schooling, welfare, medicaid, etc. That's to say nothing of the money spent immediately afterwards to help shelter, feed, and relocate the storm refugees.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Topic Thunder, 11/1/2012 11:57:11 AM (No. 8979698)
FEMA is "all hands on deck" to save and restore any place that looks like a golf course.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Patchy Groundfog, 11/1/2012 11:57:15 AM (No. 8979700)
Actually, state and local governments are constrained by decades of mismanagement, graft, corruption, waste, fraud and abuse all courtesy of Democrats.
The hole was dug long ago. The water has simply filled it in.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
mc squared, 11/1/2012 12:02:07 PM (No. 8979718)
Why go through the middleman? Just go down to Canal street and ask for money in Chinatown.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
BaseballFan, 11/1/2012 12:08:43 PM (No. 8979739)
And now come the money grubbers. We're often warned of these scam artists who prey on storm victims.
Beware!
Oh, and as a reminder, in May 2007 a guy named Barack Hussein Obama who was allegedly a Senator from Illinois voted against H.R.2206, the U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, KATRINA RECOVERY, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act.
He voted 'Nay' for providing our troops with better equipment (body armor was a big need then as were improvements/armor for Humvees).
He vote 'Nay' for providing better care for veterans.
He voted 'Nay' for providing funds for recovery in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.
He voted 'Nay' for providing better/streamlined funding for our troops in Iraq.
That's the Barack Hussein Obama the Leftist media don't want you to know about.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
SouthSanAntonio, 11/1/2012 12:09:07 PM (No. 8979742)
It's ''1984'' -- just 28 years later then Orwell expected...
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
oriton, 11/1/2012 12:09:51 PM (No. 8979743)
"at a time that state and local government budgets remain constrained by a weak economic recovery"
As if the federal government isn't broke too. Good Grief!!!!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
secondtimelucky, 11/1/2012 12:13:25 PM (No. 8979754)
yes 9 - the feds are broke too. but they can ''create'' money whereas the states cannot. don't worry - it's not real money - it's only ones and zeros...
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
DARling, 11/1/2012 12:13:45 PM (No. 8979756)
#3, your state is also having to pay to arrest, prosecute and incarcerate a large number of those worthless bums.
The cost of the recovery should be covered by private insurance. That is, except for any national parks or national seashore areas. No one is entitled to a free house, courtesy of the U.S. government.
I'm sure the irony will be lost on the democrat governments that their states would be a lot better off and could handle their own problems better if their favorite son, Obama, hadn't pushed through Obamacare at the expense of the economic recovery.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
hadass23, 11/1/2012 12:14:21 PM (No. 8979759)
If New Yorker's want federal taxpayer money they better vote for the GOP. Romney/Ryan will lead a new administration in January.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
P chuck, 11/1/2012 12:27:11 PM (No. 8979815)
I have a house near the Georgia coast and have purchased flood insurance to protect my assets. Cover the costs of public lands, but not private property.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
miceal, 11/1/2012 12:28:02 PM (No. 8979819)
Just say "NO!"
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
cartcart, 11/1/2012 12:31:22 PM (No. 8979828)
If he says "yes" before the election, that is buying votes. He should say HELL NO!
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
stablemoney, 11/1/2012 12:46:55 PM (No. 8979874)
Democrats have endless ideas of things taxpayers need to pay for. Never go to dinner with a democrat.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
pickle1, 11/1/2012 12:47:11 PM (No. 8979875)
Most of the people in Katrina who left Louisiana to come to Texas were renters; not homeowners.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
civilservant, 11/1/2012 12:55:49 PM (No. 8979898)
Hmmph.
And Cuomo did this without providing the Wan a photo op, ala Chris Christie.
Weird.
S/O
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
kens, 11/1/2012 2:10:54 PM (No. 8980102)
Cuomo doesn't realize that NY will soon be booming economically as a result of this storm without a ton of government money. New Yorkers - - you elected Ray Nagan as governor. Idiots!
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
GardenGal, 11/1/2012 2:13:37 PM (No. 8980108)
Outrageous. Alabama wasn't given money which was minimal for communtity storm shelters- we are talking about saving lives, not private property. Lets of hemming and hawing from FEMA. Of course, we are a Red State, and many of the areas hit by the tornado were very poor areas- who cares.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
mabelkitty, 11/1/2012 2:30:25 PM (No. 8980159)
How about NO.
When you run a Communist state, you pay for it. Plain and Simple.
If we didn't have a sitting President who gave away the Treasury, maybe we would have some wiggle room.
We don't.
Buck up and tax your millionnaires and billionnaires like you want the rest of us to do and see how it works out for you, Spitzer.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
mabelkitty, 11/1/2012 2:31:46 PM (No. 8980161)
Sorry. Not sure why I tagged Spitzer, but you know who I am talking about.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
tarheeltexan, 11/1/2012 5:29:04 PM (No. 8980596)
#3 - you're right about us eternally paying for Katrina here in Texas. It has affected our community for the worse. Can't wait to move when we retire.
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[Editor´s note: This article contains highly disturbing, graphic images. Please proceed with caution.] Who is Dr. Kermit Gosnell? Dr. Kermit Gosnell, age 72, ran an abortion clinic for over 20 years in Philadelphia, now dubbed as the ‘House of Horrors.’ Gosnell allegedly performed illegal, late-term abortions (past the 24-week limit permitted by law), cutting the spinal cords of countless aborted babies. Gosnell also employed unqualified staff, including teenagers and two other “doctors” who were merely medical school graduates without a license. Gosnell allegedly made millions of dollars over his 30-year career and lucrative cash-only abortion practice, as well as
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The First Family’s 2012 tax returns are out today and they show that the Obamas paid an effective federal tax rate of 18.4 percent, almost half of the top tax rate last year. Neil Cavuto reacted on Your World this afternoon as the news broke, pointing out that President Obama slammed Mitt Romney for paying an effective tax rate of 14 percent on his income during the presidential campaign. “Remember what a big deal ‘fatcat Mitt’ supposedly dodging the tax man was then, and ask yourself why the president paying not much more isn’t remotely a big deal now,”
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Republican leaders unanimously approved a resolution Friday urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold Proposition 8, the measure under court review that forbids same-sex marriage in California. The Republican National Committee “affirms its support for marriage as the union of one man and one woman, and as the optimum environment in which to raise healthy children for the future of America and … implores the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the sanctity of marriage in its rulings on California’s Proposition 8 and the Federal Defense of Marriage Act,” according to a resolution approved at the group´s meeting in Hollywood.
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Philly Abortion Clinic
Workers Saw Few Options
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They say they were just doing what the boss trained them to do. But eight former employees of a run-down West Philadelphia abortion clinic now face prison time for the work they did for Dr. Kermit Gosnell. Three have pleaded guilty to third-degree murder. And Gosnell, 72, is on trial in the deaths of a patient and seven babies allegedly born alive. In testimony at the capital murder trial this past month, an unlicensed doctor and untrained aides described long, chaotic days at the clinic. They said they performed grueling, often gruesome work for little more than minimum wage,
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Obama´s 2012 return: $112K in
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President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama reported income of $608,611 in 2012 and paid $112,214 in total taxes, the White House announced Friday. Tax documents released by the White House show the first family donated $150,034 to 33 different charities, representing nearly a quarter of their gross income. In addition to his federal salary, Obama made $258,772 from book royalties. The president´s effective federal income tax rate was 18.4 percent. That represents a decline in both income and effective tax rate for the first family from 2011, when the president saw an income of $789,674 and paid
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LOS ANGELES — Jonathan Winters, the cherub-faced comedian whose breakneck improvisations and misfit characters inspired the likes of Robin Williams and Jim Carrey, has died. He was 87. The Ohio native died Thursday evening at his Montecito, Calif., home of natural causes, said Joe Petro III, a longtime family friend. Petro said Winters died of natural causes and was surrounded by family and friends. Winters was a pioneer of improvisational standup comedy, with an exceptional gift for mimicry, a grab bag of eccentric personalities and a bottomless reservoir of creative energy.
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Hymnal dating to 1640
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NEW YORK -A tiny hymnal from 1640 believed to be the first book ever printed in what is now the United States is going up for auction, and it could sell for as much as $30 million. Only 11 copies of the Bay Psalm Book survive in varying degrees of completeness. Members of Boston´s Old South Church have authorized the sale of one of its two copies at Sotheby´s Nov. 26. "It´s a spectacular book, arguably one of the most important books in this nation´s history," said the Rev. Nancy Taylor, senior minister and CEO
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Kentucky county removing Ten
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Associated Press, by Staff
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JACKSON, Ky.-Breathitt County school officials say they are removing Ten Commandments displays from the high school, middle school and elementary schools. WYMT-TV reports the move came after the schools received a complaint from the Freedom From Religion Foundation. The group´s letter says the displays have been up for years. Kentucky Board of Education officials released a statement saying that the display of religious materials in public schools violates the U.S. Constitution. It goes on to say that the Kentucky Education Department´s focus in Breathitt County "is on student achievement and college and career readiness
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Via the Get Religion blog at Patheos: The picture above, for what it’s worth, is of the reserved media seats at the Gosnell trial. It was taken by JD Mullane, a news writer and columnist for the Bucks County Courier Times, The Intel and the Burlington County (NJ) Times. He says: Sat through a full day of testimony at the Kermitt Gosnell trial today. It is beyond the most morbid Hollywood horror. It will change you. I was surprised by the picture and asked “really?” He responded “Local press was there, Inky, PhillyMag, NBC10 blogger.
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Retail sales unexpectedly fall in March
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Reuters, by Jason Lange
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WASHINGTON- Retail sales contracted in March for the second time in three months, a sign the American economy may have stumbled at the end of the first quarter. Retail sales fell 0.4 percent during the month, the Commerce Department said on Friday. That was below analysts´ expectations that sales would be flat. Readings for retail sales have been volatile so far this year, making it difficult to know whether the weakness in March was due to a tax hike that went into effect at the start of the year or to temporary factors related to the weather.
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At the time, it must have seemed like the ultimate work-study program. Ashley Baldwin, a 15-year-old sophomore at University City High School who was thinking of becoming a doctor, got a job at one of the busiest clinics in West Philadelphia.(Snip) Now 22 and the mother of a 2-year-old son, Baldwin on Thursday told a Philadelphia Common Pleas Court jury hearing Gosnell´s murder trial of her unusual hands-on medical apprenticeship. Baldwin also told the jury about seeing at least five aborted babies moving, breathing, and, in one case, "screeching"
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Only one of my six children has left New York for economic reasons but the strain of living in this expensive nanny state is weighing heavy on my other five and their families. As a native New Yorker, I´ve seen its middle class population decline over the years due to its neglect of blue collar families which is ironic since this is a Democrat city. With the recent arrests of several local politicians for corruption perhaps New Yorkers will pay more attention to those they put in office. Given their past indifference in local elections this is highly unlikely.
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The daughter of President Barack Obama´s controversial former pastor was indicted on Wednesday on charges of money laundering and lying to federal authorities, a Justice Department spokeswoman said. Jeri L. Wright, 47, the daughter of Jeremiah Wright, was accused of participating in a fraud scheme led by a former suburban police chief and the chief´s husband that involved a $1.25 million state grant, according to the Attorney´s office for the Central District of Illinois in Springfield. Wright, of the Chicago suburb of Hazel Crest, was charged with two counts of money
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Remember little Anthony Freemont, played by cute little Billy Mumy, in one of the "Twilight Zone´s" most famous episodes? In the opening sequence Rod Serling informs us: "A monster had arrived in the village. Just by using his mind, he took away the automobiles, the electricity, the machines -- because they displeased him -- and he moved an entire community back into the dark ages -- just by using his mind. . . . and the people there have to smile. They have to think happy thoughts and say happy things because once displeased, the monster can wish them into a cornfield
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End this bizarre fantasy
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Is Anthony Weiner completely delusional? Or is he out of his flipping, sex-crazed gourd? Whatever big-busted fantasies crawl around the ex-congressman’s delirious noggin, la Weiner made his next goal as clear as the skin of the wholesome college students he craved: He relishes being Mayor Weiner. Please, shut up this clown. These days, the genitally obsessed Weiner has nothing much to do, except sit in his lavish Manhattan apartment and — the inhumanity! — change the poopy diapers of his 16-month-old son, Jordan. Worse, Weiner is living under a kind of house arrest, sentenced to take extreme grief
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/11/2013 12:23:49 PM
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The Senate voted to move forward on gun control Thursday, clearing the first of what is expected to be many 60-vote hurdles for the legislation. (Snip) Sixteen Republicans voted in favor of the motion, while two Democrats — both from states President Obama lost in the 2012 election — voted against it. The two Democrats were Sens. Mark Begich (Alaska) and Mark Pryor (Ark.), both of whom face reelection next year.The 16 Republicans who voted to proceed were
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American Spectator, by Jeffrey Lord
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Seven hundred Military Special Operations professionals. And one insistent and very angry Mom. This is becoming a deadly combination for the political game players in the Obama Administration. Sean Smith, the young State Department computer wizard who was brutally murdered that September night in Benghazi, was Pat Smith’s only child. Let’s say that again. Sean Smith was Mrs. Smith’s only child. To listen to her recent radio interview with another Sean… Sean Hannity… is to have the heart break.
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Philadelphia abortion clinic horror:
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USA Today, by Kirsten Powers
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Infant beheadings. Severed baby feet in jars. A child screaming after it was delivered alive during an abortion procedure. Haven´t heard about these sickening accusations? It´s not your fault. Since the murder trial of Pennsylvania abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell began March 18, there has been precious little coverage of the case that should be on every news show and front page. The revolting revelations of Gosnell´s former staff, who have been testifying to what they
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On Thursday, in the midst of ongoing national debate over prospective gun control and comprehensive immigration legislation, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said that he didn’t need the approval of a majority of his own party to move forward with legislation. Referring to the so-called Hastert Rule, named after former House Speaker Denny Hastert (R-IL), which dictated that House leadership not bring up any bill for a vote without the support of a majority of the majority party, Boehner said, “Listen: It was never a rule to begin with.” Then, realizing the gravity of admitting
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Jonathan Winters, groundbreaking
comic who influenced
generations, dead at 87
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/12/2013 1:16:37 PM
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LOS ANGELES — Jonathan Winters, the cherub-faced comedian whose breakneck improvisations and misfit characters inspired the likes of Robin Williams and Jim Carrey, has died. He was 87. The Ohio native died Thursday evening at his Montecito, Calif., home of natural causes, said Joe Petro III, a longtime family friend. Petro said Winters died of natural causes and was surrounded by family and friends. Winters was a pioneer of improvisational standup comedy, with an exceptional gift for mimicry, a grab bag of eccentric personalities and a bottomless reservoir of creative energy.
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