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POPSObama, Emanuel and Israel So it may well be salutary not to waste eight more days (let alone eight more years) playing along and playing the fool while more Palestinian lands are confiscated and more Jewish colonies and Jews-only bypass roads are built on them, clinging to the delusion that the charming Mr. Obama, admirable though he may be in so many other respects, will eventually (if only in a second term, when he no longer has to worry about reelection) see the light and do the right thing.
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POPSCongressman likens Dear Leader to Hitler "We can't be lulled into complacency," Broun added. "You have to remember that Adolf Hitler was elected in a democratic Germany. I'm not comparing him to Adolf Hitler. What I'm saying is there is the potential."
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POPSUnfair and Unbalanced I listen to talk radio on occasion. It is available, along with sources of opposing view points, as the result of one of America’s greatest freedoms: free speech. I have never subscribed to the idea of following only individuals that I agree with. That kind of dedication, in my opinion, stifles the mind and leads to a myopic and very narrowed view of life. Democrats are talking about ending conservative dominance of the radio dial. They would accomplish this through the Fairness Doctrine. While I don't agree with conservative ideas people like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Michael Savage and others espouse, they are experiencing a dominance because they have a following. That in itself doesn’t make what they say valid but we no more have the right to shut them down than we do to shut down liberal media outlets. Taking away freedoms granted by the Constituion is not the action of a free and enlightened society. Doing so will surely negatively affect us all.
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POPSEven As AIG Pleads For Another $40 Billion Dollars In Loans
~ ~ ~ They're Discovered at a $343,000 Secret Gathering, AIG Signs and Logos Hidden~ ~ ~ The company’s portion of the total meeting costs is under $25,000. Additionally, financial planner attendees are responsible for their travel-related expenses, registration fee ($199), and guest registration fee ($250).The company’s portion of the total meeting costs is under $25,000. Additionally, financial planner attendees are responsible for their travel-related expenses, registration fee ($199), and guest registration fee ($250). Conference Sponsors (as seen on a board in one of the conference rooms) -AIG SunAmerica Mutual Funds -OppenheimerFunds -Russell Investments -Brinker Capital -Investment Advisory Services -Curian Capital -Dimensional Fund Advisors -eMoney Advisor -Financial Guidance -Genworth Financial -Hanlon Investment Management -Invesco AIM -Icon Advisers -IAS -iShares -John Hancock -Lockwood Advisors -Morningstar -Rochdale Investment Management
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POPSCome out and defend yourself If this isn't what Obama has in mind I would like to hear him say it to the whole country. President Bush had ot come out regularly to defend the Patriot Act against criticisms that abuse would occur (which didn't by the way.)
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POPSObama's Pick for Chief of Staff. . . . . . . . . . . .Tops Recipients of Wall Street Money . . . . . Emanuel, who is currently the No. 4 Democrat in the House, has also collected $136,640 from the lobbying industry during his career, making K Street his 13th most generous industry. Since being elected to the House six years ago, he has collected $1.5 million from the investment industry , with lawyers and law firms and the entertainment industry coming in at a distant second and third place ($682,900 and $376,100). As a member of the powerful House Ways & Means Committee--which has jurisdiction over tax legislation, Social Security, Medicare and other entitlement programs--Emanuel is a popular industry target. Private equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners has given Emanuel more than any other contributor over his career at $93,600. Emanuel and Obama have more than just Chicago in common; investment bank UBS, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley are among both men's lists of top donors .
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POPSWhat's wrong with Alaska's election? Despite a record-setting early vote throng, the overall participation supposedly decreased by 11% - the lowest participation by Alaskans in any presidential race ever! How could that be? Further, polls turned out way wrong, only here. Pre election polls had both Mark Begich-D and Ethan Berkowitz-D solidly beating incumbents Senator Ted Stevens and Congressman Don Young by at least 6-10 points. Stevens is currently ahead by 3,353 votes with 49,000 ballots left to count. Berkowitz, however, is behind by 16,887 votes; a 51-43 margin.
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POPSThe Problem with Rahm Emanuel The CapTimes editorial board (i.e., John Nichols of The Nation ) explains the problem that I and a lot of other lefties have with Rahm Emanuel.
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POPSLobbyist Reactions to Obama Victory Roll Call's Kate Ackley reports on reactions from Washington's advocacy industry. A notable: Dan Mica, a former congressman who now runs the National Credit Union Association. “They’re talking about having complete and total transparency in advocacy," he says, "That’s tremendous."
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POPSFiction has, once again, foreshadowed reality Certainly some of the parallels are coincidental. It is unlikely, for example, that the writers knew Mr. Obama had an affection for Bob Dylan when they made Santos a Dylan fan. But it is the unintentional similarities that make the DVDs of the sixth and seventh seasons, which at the time received mixed reviews, so rewarding to watch now. In both “The West Wing” and in real life, for example, the Phillies played in the World Series during the election campaign. :) more similarities inside...
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POPSChristians Sacrificed To ‘Clean Up’ Obama’s Past Barack Obama’s presidential campaign as well as making the requisite pilgrimage to Barack Obama’s childhood school. According to our Indonesian sources, “officials” who accompanied Faleomavaega were interested in acquiring any and all documentation or photographs of a young Barry Soetoro for America’s “national archives” and they were offering cash, lots of it. In a show of faith, Barack Obama’s childhood school would be one of the very first beneficiaries of this outpouring receiving thousands of dollars to upgrade the school and for the purchase of computer equipment, thanks in part to the benevolence of this visiting junket. The challenge of course was securing Indonesian goverment records potentially damaging to Barack Obama’s candidacy for the US presidency as well as other records pertaining to a young Barry Soetoro and his family wouldn’t be so easy to acquire and secure, and for this, the visitors would need the assistance and cooperation of the Indonesian government.
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POPSJohn Murtha Murtha was a Marine with the 34th Special Infantry Company (4.00 / 4) in Vietnam 1966-67. He received the Bronze Star with Valor, 2 Purple Hearts, the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry, and the Navy Distinguished Service Medal.
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POPSA convicted felon can run for office - but can't vote1?
Another Republican Congressman convicted for corruption. (While they make up smears about and ACORN, etc. -- they are the ones most often gong to jail). But when I hear that this guy could still run for office I was astounded. The USA has a rule that felons can't vote. So felons can't vote but they can run for office!? Obviously this is absurd. But it made me think and come to a clear opinion about this rule that felons can't vote. This rule that felons can't vote is, indeed, another tactic of voter suppression by the Republicans. All their voter suppression tactics focus on the poor and minorities and, 4sure, that's the majority of our prison population. What a despicable election scam. Not to mention that it would seem much better to try to integrate and interest ex-prisoners back into behaving more properly in society -- and voting is a good citizenship thing to do. Felons can run for office but can't vote? I guess felons running for office is more of a W
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