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An emotional Obama: ´They had their entire lives ahead of them´
NBC News, by Michale O´Brien
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Posted By:JoniTx, 12/14/2012 3:58:17 PM
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| An emotional President Barack Obama led the nation in mourning the victims of an elementary school massacre on Friday, speaking from the White House following the shooting in Newtown, Conn. The president not only pledged to assist investigations into the shooting, but also became openly emotional upon reflecting upon the many school children killed or injured in today´s mass shooting. "The majority of those who died today were children -- beautiful little kids between the ages of 5 and 10-years-old," he said, pausing to wipe away a tear.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
VinGoombatz, 12/14/2012 4:03:11 PM (No. 9065888)
Words from politicians are like slime from snakes.
Sorry.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
vrb8m, 12/14/2012 4:03:45 PM (No. 9065889)
obama, you need to stay away from these people and let them grieve without you inserting yourself into everything. Why must you always do this?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
4Justice, 12/14/2012 4:04:54 PM (No. 9065893)
Oh, but don´t you know...He cares!! He cares!! /s
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Charactercounts, 12/14/2012 4:04:54 PM (No. 9065892)
Decency would have dictated that this hideous opportunist keep quiet while the situation is still unfolding.
But instead: Never let a crisis go to waste.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
BaseballFan, 12/14/2012 4:05:53 PM (No. 9065894)
I listened to this on the radio. He sounded like he was reading minutiae from the pages of a company´s annual report.
Oh - and he also claims that ´now is not the time to gave a discussion about gun control´... but Carney had this to say:
"The president may be making some hard decisions in the coming days about our 2nd Amendment right, and that some Americans may not support his decision."
HIS decision? It isn´t HIS decision to make!
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
KarenJ1, 12/14/2012 4:06:31 PM (No. 9065895)
FTA: We´re going to have to come together to take meaningful action to prevent more tragedies like this, regardless of the politics...
He may have been emotional, but it was an incredibly inappropriate time to even mention politics. Of course nothing is surprising coming from 0bama.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Mike PHX, 12/14/2012 4:09:19 PM (No. 9065902)
Shut up, white boy.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Cog, 12/14/2012 4:14:12 PM (No. 9065908)
The prevention was given thousands of years ago in one simple commandment: "Thou shalt not kill." Perhaps this little line could be brought back into our schools--maybe just before the line about how to put on a condom.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
ZurichMike, 12/14/2012 4:16:22 PM (No. 9065911)
Yeah, the sociopathic whore in the White House breaks all land speed records racing to a podium if he can insert himself in history, whether he is falsely accusing a white policeman of racism for arresting a foul-mouthe, uncooperative black Harvard professor, ridiculously comparing Travyon Martin (a mixed martial arts devotee and urban thug) to what a son of his would look like, commemorating Rosa Parks by having a photo of *himself* in her bus, and now shedding a tear on camera before anything is really sorted out in Connecticut.
I loathe the Marxist Mulatto, the Leftist Puppet, the Alinsky Slave, the Affirmative Action Poster Child for White Guilt, with the heat of a gazillion exploding supernovas.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Carpe Diem, 12/14/2012 4:18:05 PM (No. 9065912)
He´s going to come for our guns now, guaranteed.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
TnEm, 12/14/2012 4:19:42 PM (No. 9065915)
Wolf and some White House reporterette were just gushing over Obama - how he was so emotional, wiping away tears and they had never seen a prez get so emotional. I guess they have forgotten about George Bush who appeared to really be crying and really care. Obama´s little drama was totally fake.There were no tears, no catch in the voice - just a flat line speech which he read and a wipe of his eyes on cue. What a disgusting display!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
TheGrandWahzoo, 12/14/2012 4:21:51 PM (No. 9065919)
Molon Labe!!!
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
BaseballFan, 12/14/2012 4:22:18 PM (No. 9065920)
#8 - from both Exodus and Deuteronomy, the words were:
"You shall not murder."
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
killerbee, 12/14/2012 4:23:06 PM (No. 9065922)
So, if you kill a bunch of kids, the president will go on TV and talk about you and what you did. Nice incentive, dumb bunnies.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
mcparland, 12/14/2012 4:24:12 PM (No. 9065925)
What about the 750,000 kids aborted each year in the U.S. who have "their whole lives ahead of them"? The president has no tears to shed for them. Maybe if abortionists used guns instead of scalpels...?
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
fayebeck, 12/14/2012 4:24:38 PM (No. 9065926)
Turned the Jackass off. Once a jackass always a jackass. No matter what.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
master sergeant, 12/14/2012 4:25:59 PM (No. 9065928)
Obama is coming after your 2nd Amendment Rights. He and his crew will use this sorrowful situation as a crowbar against our 2nd Amendment. Consider this - If someone, teacher, administrator or custodian in the Newtown. CT school had had their own firearm maybe the situation might be different this afternoon. Evil people will find a way to commit murder and mayhem. The poor innocents will have no clue as they perish.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Keekng, 12/14/2012 4:32:29 PM (No. 9065937)
To quote BO......"just another bump in the road"
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Norwegian Goddess, 12/14/2012 4:34:21 PM (No. 9065939)
Right #18. It was "not optimal".
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Attercliffe, 12/14/2012 4:35:55 PM (No. 9065940)
June 14, 2008: That’s exactly what Barack Obama said he would do to counter Republican attacks “If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun,” Obama said at a Philadelphia fundraiser Friday night. “Because from what I understand folks in Philly like a good brawl. I’ve seen Eagles fans.” -- Barack Obama in the Wall Street Journal by Staff.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
linkay6, 12/14/2012 4:40:14 PM (No. 9065943)
As we´ve said time and again, it´s not the guns that kill people, it´s the people that kill people. You can make all the laws you want, but stupid people will continue to do stupid things. What are they gonna do - lock everyone up?!
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
grandpa, 12/14/2012 4:41:27 PM (No. 9065946)
Don´t hold back #9, just say what you think.
But seriously, this schoolchild massacre is the natural result of a nation having intentionally and specifically removed God´s protection from public schools by forbidding any mention of Him on school property.
Thanks to the ACLU (Atheist Communist Lawyers Union) who facilitated Satan in this latest tragedy. And thanks to the politicians who enable the ACLU to support Satan in his systematic destruction of this formerly Christian nation.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
dittohead, 12/14/2012 4:54:43 PM (No. 9065960)
My heart is broken.
I can see an Executive Order regarding guns.
In my school in NC a lock down means NO ONE, even if you know them, comes in while in lock down - too bad this was not the policy here. I refuse to let ANYONE in, even it´s my own son.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
rc1776, 12/14/2012 4:54:49 PM (No. 9065961)
There has been no mention of the millions of babies the dimfecal leftist have tortured and murdered. The law abiding abortionist (murderers) no doubt do not use firearms since that would violate break local commie anti-gun and down with the Second Amendment ordinance laws.
Check your yellow pages for the nearest shiria law iman and mosque.
Happy Ala Akbar yaw´all Send donations to the wh
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
lazyman, 12/14/2012 4:56:56 PM (No. 9065963)
A crisis and now an opening to get this Fed even bigger.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
noddy, 12/14/2012 5:01:57 PM (No. 9065973)
I´m giving Obama a pass on this one. Had he stayed away and said nothing he would be blamed. He has young children, and I do think he was affected by this; how couldn´t you be.
As regards guns and gun laws, the criminals will find a way to get automatic weapons into this country and they will be bought and sold on the street.
Today on Drudge I read that in China someone had slashed 22 children.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
TXknitter, 12/14/2012 5:04:35 PM (No. 9065981)
#27, I think your points are right on. Those who fight and push to make sure our public school children are not allowed to honor their Christian faith in any way are also the first to say "Why did God allow this to happen?" They want to blame The Lord God for the evil perpetrated by people controlled by satan.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
rlwo, 12/14/2012 5:06:48 PM (No. 9065984)
Wrong diagnosis #9. He has Narcissistic Personality Disorder. They insert themselves in anything the can. It is the only way they maintain their sense of self.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
fireman28, 12/14/2012 5:22:23 PM (No. 9066003)
SO WHEN IS HE GOING TO TELL US THE TRUTH ABOUT BENGAZI?
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Malia2012, 12/14/2012 5:25:29 PM (No. 9066007)
What #2 said. IMO, basic human decency just doesn´t apply to obama. BTW, "news-sources", please spare me the phony tears from the false prophet obama. If I NEVER hear one more "talking head" remind us that obama "as a father"... it will be too soon..
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
dolphin, 12/14/2012 5:28:21 PM (No. 9066017)
If he REALLY wants to do something, he should make breaking the law illegal.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
enemyofthestate, 12/14/2012 5:30:12 PM (No. 9066023)
Where were the tears for the four who died in Benghazi?
0bama´s a phony through and through. Another photo op.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
msjena, 12/14/2012 5:31:12 PM (No. 9066026)
Phony, phony, phony. This cold fish isn´t even good at pretending to have empathy.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
GreatPlains, 12/14/2012 5:35:01 PM (No. 9066036)
It´s not gun control, it´s control of the mentally ill that we need. Every horrific incident like this has one common denominator. The weapons always vary. But, the shooters are always young men with a history of unstable and antisocial behavior.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
redink, 12/14/2012 5:36:09 PM (No. 9066040)
There was a mass shooting of little children in Dunblane, Scotland in 1996. Sixteen children murdered. In 1997, The Firearms Act was passed after a year of media-driven public petitions and guns were effectively banned in the U.K.
This is what Obama is after. Fast and Furious and the movie theater shooting were not enough...it had to be little children. We are in danger of losing what remains (and it ain´t much these days) of our Bill of Rights.
I have been in tears all day over the deaths of these children. Though I know they are in the arms of Jesus, the parents are left in unimaginable grief, and there is little any of us can do for them right now except pray.
But bear in mind, while we pray...the evil that is in this administration is plotting. They will use this monstrous tragedy...they will use it every way they can and we will all suffer the consequences. Be vigilant.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
mominNoCA, 12/14/2012 5:43:43 PM (No. 9066048)
Very true, #34. Think of the weirdo rambling on YouTube and the "Joker" guy with the orange dye in his hair. Both have been diagnosed as psychotic/schizophrenic. That´s a common thread in any mass killing.
Society needs to rethink caring for and managing the behavior of the dangerously mentally ill. There is no place in society for them, and if those who don´t kill others die because of their vulnerability. Institutionalization is a humane solution for these people.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
redmom, 12/14/2012 5:51:20 PM (No. 9066068)
And still, his speech was full of "I" statements and how it effected him.
This tragedy is made worse (if possible) by the transparent glee on the left at finally having a way to institute gun control, ´for the children´.
Condolences to the many families whose lives have been destroyed by a sick individual.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
JAN, 12/14/2012 6:19:35 PM (No. 9066119)
And the unborn, Mr. Obama?
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
zeldafitzg, 12/14/2012 6:28:54 PM (No. 9066138)
I don´t listen to him or look at him, if I can help it.
My husband saw his statement, however, a said he was pulling at the corners of his eyes before any "tears" came. Phoney.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
LAW428, 12/14/2012 6:42:37 PM (No. 9066166)
He "cares" only to the extent he can exploit this to a political advantage; no more, no less.
Remember, he didn´t care enough about Ambassador Chris Stevens, Tyrone Woods, Sean Smith, or Glen Doherty, to send them aid while they were still alive and were under siege.
Do you think he expends any emotional energy for persons in Connecticut that he doesn´t know, whether children or not? Obama has emotions only for his narcissistic self, no one else. In this regard he is mentally ill.
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
Penney, 12/14/2012 6:44:40 PM (No. 9066172)
He seems cold. ...Emotionless, not, ´´emotional.´´
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
previouslyon24, 12/14/2012 6:54:51 PM (No. 9066185)
How very sad for the families of these victims. The random events where these things happen seems tragic, but cannot be avoided completely, no matter what is done. But that won´t stop the do-gooders from trying, mostly out of emotion, but many out of a desire for control, like Obama and his Leftist associates. Better to subjugate an entire nation in an effort to stop random shootings; 1984´s condition of super government control will be hastened by the reaction to this. China does this to an extent (no guns allowed), yet there remains mass killings with other instruments. And their population is essentially living within a mental and geographic prison, which begs the question of whether that´s preferable to death. Live free or die, a once proud statement, and one still on a license plate back east, is becoming hollow to the core with half the population of this nation. They have no sense of history or perspective. This is a very sad story, time for grief, not for instant solutions dripping with emotion.
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
Tianne, 12/14/2012 6:56:03 PM (No. 9066190)
We don´t need to be reminded by President Obama that these dear children and their families belong to the larger American family. We have lived though horrible tragedies before and we know how to respond to them. We have pulled through previous shocking disasters with calm, determination, charity, and action and we did this without President Obama´s instructions. We mourn these precious children and we grieve with their suffering families without reservation and without regard to political persuasion. President Obama should stand back and let the American people quietly respond to this latest situation appropriately, just as they have always done.
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
Keekng, 12/14/2012 7:03:27 PM (No. 9066197)
When a person is seriously grieving, the tears come from the inner part of the eye, not the outer part which obama was wiping away. That type of tear is a "Hollywood" tear, manufactured for sympathy.
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
cgood, 12/14/2012 7:09:44 PM (No. 9066211)
Actor-in-Chief.
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Reply 47 - Posted by:
ocjim, 12/14/2012 7:52:31 PM (No. 9066265)
Stone cold sociopath.
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Reply 48 - Posted by:
Boneshaker, 12/14/2012 8:01:43 PM (No. 9066288)
President Wonderboy displays his intuitive grasp of the obvious.
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Reply 49 - Posted by:
Judith, 12/14/2012 8:37:37 PM (No. 9066336)
Obama amazes me. His eyes looked dry and don´t most people cry from their inner eye? After watching him for the past week or two waltzing around with a big smile on his face and partying and golfing as our country headed for disaster, at least he mustered an effort to appear to be sad during this awful time.
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Reply 50 - Posted by:
3XALADY, 12/14/2012 9:07:21 PM (No. 9066380)
Alligator tears from the wart hog. Where is his empathy and sympathy for the millions of babies not allowed to be born or those who survived after having scissors poked in the back of their little heads and were put aside to die in agony. Hypocrite.
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Reply 51 - Posted by:
Quaestio, 12/14/2012 9:17:14 PM (No. 9066390)
Thank you #9, beautifully said, but no matter what, please don´t let that supernova heat consume you. For example, today I am trying very hard to find some comfort in the fact that certain states are fighting against everything this anti-American pox is inflicting on our nation. As long as our best and bravest are struggling overseas, I feel we can´t completely give up.
As for those in CT, I will pray for the departed and for those left behind, that they receive the support they need to carry on in this life.
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Reply 52 - Posted by:
ColonialAmerican1623, 12/14/2012 9:57:08 PM (No. 9066455)
All those kids cared about was Christmas and Chanukah and the school break.
Every 15 minute seeker of attention has jumped into the fray. Please leave these families alone to grieve. They aren´t asking for a handout, just peace and quiet. Take your TV cameras and leave.
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Reply 53 - Posted by:
bighambone, 12/14/2012 10:40:55 PM (No. 9066511)
This is one big crisis, full of short term emotion, that the Obama crew is not going to allow to pass without them attempting to push through Congress, or administratively ordering a lot of new gun control measures.
Gun control backfired politically on the Democrats the last time they tried it and that could easily happen again. What they should be doing is enhancing the background check process to keep mentally defective people from purchasing firearms. That might not have helped in the Connecticut mass shooting, because it appears that his mother may have been what amounts to a firearms straw purchaser for the perpetrator by purchasing and registering guns in her name for him and it looks like that irresponsible action cost her her life.
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Reply 54 - Posted by:
fembot, 12/14/2012 10:53:06 PM (No. 9066521)
I thought I couldn´t feel any sicker after hearing about the horror of today.
Then the Narcissist-in-Chief gets up and does the Crocodile Rock while trying to make it all about HIM.
As so many of you have rightly said: Where are his tears for the babies and mothers murdered by legal abortion??? So far from weeping for those deaths, he wants us to be forced to PAY the hit men to murder them.
Woe to you, Pharisee, whitewashed tomb full of dead men´s bones!
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Reply 55 - Posted by:
lil dotty, 12/14/2012 11:02:25 PM (No. 9066531)
our emotional light worker.... in the often remembered words of Elaine (Seinfeld´s ex-girlfriend) fake, fake, fake fake, fake, and fake....
Apparently this clown as learned his fake tears from Slick Willie. Two of a kind....lies and tears.....on cue, on command J. Boehner also comes to mind.
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Reply 56 - Posted by:
bob913, 12/15/2012 12:22:48 AM (No. 9066610)
So did the over 300 Mexicans killed by the weapons you sold to the drug cartels. So did the American rancher and American border guard. So did the 4 men killed in Benghazi. So did the over 1,000 soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan who have been killed because you restrict them from defending themselves.
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Reply 57 - Posted by:
Trigger2, 12/15/2012 4:09:53 AM (No. 9066743)
Yeah, he was soooooo emotional that he stuck his middle finger to his eye several times.
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Reply 58 - Posted by:
ROLFnader, 12/15/2012 11:40:42 AM (No. 9067413)
Lemme see- so far, I found two articles about this ´show of emotion´. The first didn´t contain a video and the second( NBC) for some reason wouldn´t let go to full screen to get a closer look at those ´tears´. This man is cold and without a soul. He has had over five years to prove this and nothing he does will make me believe differently. Were it not for revenge, he would have no emotion. Prove me wrong , please.
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Reply 59 - Posted by:
Italiano, 12/15/2012 11:45:11 AM (No. 9067423)
So did all of those babies who survived attempted abortions, whose killings he voted to authorize.
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Reply 60 - Posted by:
Keekng, 12/15/2012 5:20:17 PM (No. 9067992)
Let the exploitation begin.....
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Reply 61 - Posted by:
Lalo, 12/15/2012 6:02:25 PM (No. 9068041)
#55, I think Boehner is truly tenderhearted and that his tears are real - and inconvenient for him since he´s ridiculed so much about it. Not at all sure about the prez´s though, and it´s indeed unbelievable how the media has been carrying on about them - and never a word about how wooden and unfeeling he always seems. He´s just their little prezzie & don´t you dare say a word against him.
Love is truly blind. (sigh)...
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Reply 62 - Posted by:
strike3, 12/16/2012 9:10:51 AM (No. 9068837)
At the time, the teleprompter was saying "Wipe Your Eye." That is no reason to write an article. This boy is not capable of emotion, except for a perpetual state of anger.
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The White House on Monday distanced itself from the Cuban vacation taken by two of President Obama´s most high-profile supporters — entertainment superstars Beyoncé and Jay-Z. The two Obama supporters traveled to the communist country ostensibly to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary and tour the city of Havana, but their trip has sparked criticism by some Republicans and speculation that it might have violated U.S. law.(Snip) White House press secretary Jay Carney deferred questions on Monday about the Beyoncé trip to Treasury. "That´s not a White House matter. That´s a Treasury matter,"
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White House Garden Tours going forward
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Politico, by Donovan Slack
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/8/2013 5:59:57 PM
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White House officials have decided to go ahead with annual garden tours this year despite sequester cuts, an official familiar with the decision tells POLITICO. Tours of the White House itself remained canceled because the cuts have left Secret Service short on manpower to staff them. But there will be enough agents to staff the garden tours, the official said. The tours are slated to happen this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Guests will be able to view the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, Rose Garden and South Lawn of the White House,
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New Law Targets Padded Rooms for Autistic Kids
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ABC News, by Angela M. Hill, Matthew Mosk*
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/8/2013 5:55:32 PM
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Arizona Gov. Janice Brewer has signed a law providing strong new restrictions on the use of so-called "seclusion rooms" in schools – closet-sized rooms where children with behavioral disabilities such as autism were being locked up as punishment. "It is chilling to imagine an Arizona school child being shut away in a padded room, no larger than a closet, for hours on end," Brewer said after signing the law Friday. "There has to be a better way." With the new law, Arizona will join more than 30 other states that impose rules on the restraint of students in public schools.
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Former British prime minister Baroness Thatcher dies peacefully at the age of 87 after suffering a massive stroke
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Daily Mail [UK], by James Nye
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Posted By: Attercliffe- 4/8/2013 8:55:39 AM
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Margaret Thatcher, the first female British Prime Minister who gained worldwide renown as the Iron Lady has died aged 87. Developing a formidable partnership with President Ronald Reagan during the 1980s, Mrs. Thatcher stood up to the ´Evil Empire´ of the Soviet Union, eventually witnessing its collapse. [Snip] Responding to her death, Buckingham Palace said, ´The Queen is sad to hear the news of the death of Baroness Thatcher and Her Majesty will be sending a private message of sympathy to the family, Buckingham Palace said today.´ British Prime Minster David Cameron said on hearing of her passing, ´It was
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McCain: ´I don´t understand´ GOP filibuster on guns
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Politico, by Jennifer Epstein
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/7/2013 12:18:14 PM
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Sen. John McCain says he doesn´t understand the threats from some of his Republican colleagues to filibuster a bill on background checks to buy guns. "I don´t understand it," the Arizona Republican said on Sunday of the threat coming from Sen. Rand Paul,Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Mike Lee and nine other Republicans. "The purpose of the United States Senate is to debate and to vote and to let the people know where we stand.” "What are we afraid of? ... If this issue is as important as we all think it is, why not take ... it up and debate?"
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Kim Jong-un Wants Phone Call from Obama - report
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Korea Broadcast Service, by Staff
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/8/2013 6:56:50 AM
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North Korea’s young leader Kim Jong-un is waiting for United States President Barack Obama to make a phone call to Pyongyang to discuss easing tensions on the Korean peninsula, according to Russia’s news agency Itar-Tass. The report cited United Kingdom diplomats, saying Pyongyang was demanding the U.S. president personally call Kim Jong-un as one of the conditions to relieve the current conflict at hand. Itar-Tass also quoted the U.K.’s Sky News as saying North Korea currently has eight nuclear warheads.
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Christians, here´s why we´re losing our religion
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Fox News, by Craig Groeschel
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Posted By: STLstudent- 4/7/2013 5:13:55 PM
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Recent research indicates that the number of people who do not consider themselves a part of an organized religion is steadily on the rise. Interestingly enough, though the number of those religiously unaffiliated is increasing, there is little to no trend in the number of those who express atheist or agnostic beliefs. People aren’t saying they don’t believe in God. They’re saying they don’t believe in religion. They are not rejecting Christ. They are rejecting the church. This begs the question, “Why are we losing our religion?”
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Obama says he´s ´determined as ever´ for gun bill
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Associated Press, by Nedra Pickler
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Posted By: Desert Fox- 4/8/2013 10:27:49 PM
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HARTFORD, Conn. -- With time running out on the chance to pass gun control legislation, President Barack Obama on Monday warned Congress not to use delaying tactics against tighter regulations and told families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims that he´s "determined as ever" to honor their children with tougher laws. Obama´s gun control proposals have run into resistance on Capitol Hill, leaving their fate in doubt. Efforts by Senate Democrats to reach compromise with Republicans over expanding required federal background checks have yet to yield an agreement, and conservatives were promising to try
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Broadcasters worry about ´Zero TV´ homes
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Associated Press, by Ryan Nakashima
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Posted By: Ribicon- 4/7/2013 2:43:40 PM
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Los Angeles — Some people have had it with TV. They´ve had enough of the 100-plus channel universe. They don´t like timing their lives around network show schedules. They´re tired of $100-plus monthly bills. A growing number of them have stopped paying for cable and satellite TV service, and don´t even use an antenna to get free signals over the air. (Snip) Last month, the Nielsen Co. started labeling people in this group "Zero TV" households, because they fall outside the traditional definition of a TV home. There are 5 million of these residences in the U.S., up from
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´Mickey Mouse Club´ star Annette Funicello dies at 70
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Los Angeles Times, by Dennis McLellan
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/8/2013 1:18:00 PM
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Annette Funicello, the dark-haired darling of TV´s “The Mickey Mouse Club” in the 1950s who further cemented her status as a pop-culture icon in the ´60s by teaming with Frankie Avalon in a popular series of “beach” movies, died Monday. She was 70. Funicello, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1987 and became a spokeswoman for treatment of the chronic, often-debilitating disease of the central nervous system, died at Mercy Southwest Hospital in Bakersfield, Walt Disney Co. spokesman Howard Green said. Funicello and her husband, Glen Holt, had moved from
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White House: Planned GOP gun filibuster cowardly
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Washington Times, by Dave Boyer
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/8/2013 11:08:31 PM
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Beginning a week of high pressure on gun control, the White House on Monday accused some Republican senators of cowardice for planning to filibuster gun legislation without allowing the full Senate to vote on President Obama’s initiatives. “If they oppose this legislation, have the courage to say so on the floor and vote no,” said White House press secretary Jay Carney. “Don’t block it. Don’t hide behind a procedural action to prevent a vote. That’s the wrong thing to do, and that’s how the president clearly feels.”
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Chelsea Clinton doesn´t close door to public office
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USA Today, by Catalina Camia
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Posted By: jackson- 4/8/2013 10:23:20 AM
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Chelsea Clinton has raised her profile in the last few days, which sparked the inevitable question about the former first daughter´s future: Will she ever be like Mom and Dad and run for office? Clinton, 33, essentially said "maybe" in an interview that aired Monday on NBC´s Today show. "Right now I´m grateful to live in a city, a state and a country where I strongly support my mayor, my governor, my president and my senators and my representative," said Clinton, whose father, Bill, was president from 1993-2001 and her mother, Hillary
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Special ops veterans’ group calls for select probe of Benghazi attack
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Fox News, by Catherine Herridge
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/8/2013 7:00:09 AM
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More than 700 Special Operations veterans are urging members of Congress to back a select committee to investigate last year’s Benghazi terrorist attack, according to a letter first obtained by Fox News. The letter from the group, “Special Operations Speaks,” supports the appointment of a special committee tasked with the single mission of investigating the attack that left Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans dead, and shut down the CIA operation in an annex of the Benghazi consulate, in the Sept. 11, 2012 attack. “Congress must show some leadership and provide answers to the public
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Obama flying 11 relatives of Sandy Hook victims to D.C. on Air Force One so they can back gun control in person
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Associated Press, by Staff
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Posted By: BuckeyeRon- 4/8/2013 4:05:18 PM
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President Barack Obama is bringing 11 relatives of those killed in the shooting at Connecticut´s Sandy Hook Elementary School to Washington on Air Force One on Monday so they can personally encourage senators to back gun legislation that faces tough opposition. A nonprofit organization that works with the families, Sandy Hook Promise, said that after Obama´s speech on gun control in Hartford, he is flying with relatives of seven children and one staffer killed during December´s massacre at the school. The White House says Obama is going to argue that lawmakers have an
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Updated: White House, McCain blast Cruz for threatening filibuster over guns
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Houston Chronicle, by Joanna Raines
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/8/2013 4:55:05 PM
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There was growing buzz over the weekend that a bipartisan agreement on gun control — a deal that would expand background checks — could hit the floor as early as this week. However, any deal could be derailed by the looming threat of a Republican filibuster involving Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. With Cruz standing proudly in the way of any gun legislation, Democrats are trying to make him pay a political price — and even a couple of high-profile Republicans are questioning his tactics.
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