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POPS The Obama Work-Out War-weary Obama manages a decision … more golf! Boston Herald: WASHINGTON - President Obama has outperformed former President George Bush in a key area - he’s hit the links as many times in nine months as Bush did in nearly three years, political Web sites reported. Politico, a political news and gossip site, and the Chicago Tribune’s The Swamp, reported that CBS’ Mark Knoller - who documents presidential statistics - Tweeted Sunday, “Today - Obama ties Pres. Bush in the number of rounds of golf played in office: 24. Took Bush 2 yrs & 10 months.” The Swamp noted that after the invasion of Iraq in 2003, Bush quit golf, saying, “I don’t want some mom whose son may have recently died to see the commander-in-chief playing golf . . . I think playing golf during a war just sends the wrong signal . . . ” Come on, guys. Iraq was different. That was Bush’s war. Afghanistan? That’s Bush’s other war! http://www.julescrittenden.com/2009/10/27/golf-for-we-not-for-thee/
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POPSRealtor Consumer Email Lists Are you looking for consumer email marketing leads? Find the consumer email marketing leads and get maximum benefits from your email marketing efforts. Learn the best tips on consumer email marketing leads.
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POPSThe BBC's amazing U-turn on climate change The oceans, he says, have a cycle in which they warm and cool cyclically. The most important one is the Pacific decadal oscillation (PDO). For much of the 1980s and 1990s, it was in a positive cycle, that means warmer than average. And observations have revealed that global temperatures were warm too. But in the last few years it has been losing its warmth and has recently started to cool down. These cycles in the past have lasted for nearly 30 years.
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POPSPaul Krugman: The politics of spite More: How did one of our great political parties become so ruthless, so willing to embrace scorched-earth tactics even if so doing undermines the ability of any future administration to govern? The key point is that ever since the Reagan years, the Republican Party has been dominated by radicals — ideologues and/or apparatchiks who, at a fundamental level, do not accept anyone else’s right to govern. Anyone surprised by the venomous, over-the-top opposition to Mr. Obama must have forgotten the Clinton years. Remember when Rush Limbaugh suggested that Hillary Clinton was a party to murder? When Newt Gingrich shut down the federal government in an attempt to bully Bill Clinton into accepting those Medicare cuts? And let’s not even talk about the impeachment saga.… It’s an ugly picture. But it’s the truth. And it’s a truth anyone trying to find solutions to America’s real problems has to understand.
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POPSMuch Of Traditional Journalism Went Backwards
and were so badly in the tank for one candidate in 2008 that 90 percent of the public can see it. As ABC’s Michael Malone wrote in October of 2008: I also happen to believe that most reporters, whatever their political bias, are human torpedoes . . .and, had they been unleashed, would have raced in and roughed up the Obama campaign as much as they did McCain’s. That’s what reporters do, I was proud to have been one, and I’m still drawn to a good story, any good story, like a shark to blood in the water. So why weren’t those legions of hungry reporters set loose on the Obama campaign? Who are the real villains in this story of mainstream media betrayal? The editors. The men and women you don’t see; the people who not only decide what goes in the paper, but what doesn’t; the managers who give the reporters their assignments and lay-out the editorial pages. They are the real culprits. Picture yourself in your 50s in a job where you’ve spent 30 years
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POPSRacism in America? I think this quote is about as on target as any I've seen since Obama became President and the country went ballistic.It took a while for the hate to bubble up but it's come to a boil lately.
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POPShow to spread misinformation the CBS report has an "update" at the bottom of the piece,from the kind of people CBS didn't bother to quote- (preferring the likes of the Heritage Foundation and CEI, staunch critics of cap-and-trade- more at source.............
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POPS"Democrat-Media Complex" “The unorthodox roll-out was orchestrated to protect James and Hannah,” said Breitbart. “The moment that their peril ended, was when Jon Stewart reported on this, making fun of the media for missing the story. At that moment I called James and Hannah and said, “You’re mostly in the clear, and the only people left who’ll attack you will be some liberal bloggers.’” Breitbart knows something about liberal bloggers. His pre-BigGovernment career included many months working to launch The Huffington Post. (He had been a researcher for Arianna Huffington in the early 1990s, before he joined Drudge, when both of them were still conservatives.) “I wanted the world to see what the Left and the Los Angeles/Manhattan salons had to think about national politics,” Breitbart told TWI. “Sunlight is the best disinfectant. I thought it would be great for Arianna and I thought it would be great for the right, because it gave them source material.”
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POPSLimbaugh's Racist Shocker: "We Need Segregated Buses" Limbaugh’s comments came after a called complained to say that local law enforcement said the attack probably wasn’t racially motivated. The incident had been hyped by the conservative Drudge Report, which posted a video of the fracas.
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POPSConservative Op-ed: "Time to Get Out of Afghanistan", Propaganda War Starts Note there is a neoconservative (William Kristol) reply to this op-ed below the article at source (because it scares them, really), which also proves that Obama has continued the neoconservative agenda in this "war on terrorism", whether that term is used or not. (Miraculously again, Bin Laden allegedly made a new video or post, which the MSM and Drudge also made sure you saw, while they did not link to this Op-ed of a well known conservative columnist). Conservative policy writers at Cato Institute are also calling for an end by exposing Myths about Afghanistan (here) . Myth #1: Both al Qaeda and the Taliban Are Our Mortal Enemies You can use Will's Op-ed to take action with your Congressmen (especially if republican) at Just Foreign Policy (here).
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POPSHow 20 Popular Websites Looked When They Launched From Google to youtube, from craigslist to flickr - how some of today's biggest sites looked back in the early days of their existence. Remember the days when the word Google was not interchangeable with internet? Or when every site seemed to have a Netscape icon on it? Or when Flash was still something you cleaned your floor with? Then you were clearly using the web in the mid to late 1990s when pages were rudimentary affairs containing lists of links and information. The 101 most useful websites 50 things that are being killed by the internet The best travel websites
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POPS It's Bush's Fault "This was underresourced, underfunded, undermanned and ignored for years," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said. "The president is focused on ensuring that we meet measurable benchmarks. ... It's going to take some doing." Related... Team Obama says they have protected America from terrorists better than Bush. Posted by Gateway Pundit
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POPSCyber-Security Bill Permits President to "Seize Temporary Control of Private Sector Networks During A So-Called... Emergency The bill would allow the president to unilaterally declare "a cybersecurity emergency" for non-governmental computer networks in order to respond to a threat. Other sections of the bill go even further: they proscribe government-controlled certification programs that license computer security professionals. And it goes on to demand that certain, privately-owned computer systems and networks be managed only by those professionals who have achieved the federal certification. In all seriousness: if you were elected President and wanted to transform the U.S. into a third-world banana republic like Venezuela, how would your policies differ from those of Obama?
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POPSLockerbie "Bomber" a Patsy, Real Reason for Release Here Updated for Drudge's Sept. 3rd link. And FBI Director Robert Mueller (who was involved in the Lockerbie investigation) knows it, just like former CIA operative Robert Baer who appears in the first video at the 8:00 minute mark . See for yourself.
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POPSDemocrats Plan to Go It Alone on Healthcare Bill uch a change could alter the dynamic of talks surrounding health care legislation, and even change the substance of a final bill. With no need to negotiate with Republicans, Democrats might be better able to move more quickly, relying on their large majorities in both houses. Democratic senators might feel more empowered, for example, to define the authority of the nonprofit insurance cooperatives that are emerging as an alternative to a public insurance plan… Administration officials, who maintain that Republicans are badly mischaracterizing the legislation that has emerged from three House committees and the Senate health committee, said they had hoped to achieve some level of bipartisan support. But they are becoming increasingly convinced that they will instead have to navigate the complicated politics among varying Democratic factions. The officials said the White House hoped to make the case to the American people that it was Republicans . . .
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POPSLowering The Flag E-mails to that address now bounce back with the message: “The e-mail address you just sent a message to is no longer in service. We are now accepting your feedback about health insurance reform via http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck.” So they say, but six hours have gone by without a bounce-back. Something is fishy here.
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POPSWhite House Public Option Ploy: A Trial Balloon, Not a White Flag Do you believe the Sunday spin on the White House’s alleged “retreat” from the Obamacare public option? Video of HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius’s pooh-poohing of the public option provision is here. Drudge illustrated the AP story with a white flag. Politico says the White House has “backed away.” I’m not buying the hype. Are you? Late Sunday, the health care czar’s office said Sebelius “misspoke.” It’s not a misstatement. It’s not a surrender flag. It’s a trial balloon to measure the potential nutroots backlash versus the potential Senate pick-ups. Besides, the public option provision can always be stuffed back in via a 3am manager’s amendment or during the House/Senate conference to reconcile each chamber’s Obamacare bills. As for Democrat Sen. Kent Conrad’s health care “co-op” idea, the devil " as always " is in the details. Distrust and verify.
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POPSPelosi's Swastika Carrying Plants Are Sprouting Don't believe me. Ask this guy who made a living posing as an ashamed Republican. The media couldn't stop falling for his shtick... Update: First, I was wrong, the sign in question is in the batch of 133, it's easy to overlook, but visible here. Second, our lefty friends want to claim that this is somehow proof that I had it all wrong. I didn't have anything wrong. At the time of Pelosi's statement that picture was unknown to everyone, me, the Huffington Post, everyone at Daily Kos, and even to Pelosi herself. It was only revealed after I proved that Pelosi's information wasn't coming from it's natural sources, the netroots and all its denisons. The sign itself (lame as it may be) generated zero notice, and wasn't noted in press accounts or netroot accounts. More importantly the photo in question wasn't from a townhall meeting, it was from a street demonstration - there was no townhall meeting that day. In that regard it rates a FAIL as proof that Pelosi was right.
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POPS"You're going to destroy my presidency" Whatever.... In fact he's destroying his own Presidency by pursuing policies that will (and are) destroying our Country, our economy, and our reputation around the world. My eyes popped when I read that our Dem. Congressman has now declared himself a "Blue Dog Democrat"! People are starting to get very angry with this Health Care issue...and well they should. Mr. Obama actually said that "Americans are “going to have to give up paying for things that don’t make them healthier – and speaking as an American I think that’s the kind of change you want.'" This from the guy who will not be subject to the same healthcare plan that he is promoting!!!!
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POPSLegal Drinking & Driving I just had a frustrating conversation with a Costa Mesa Police Officer who would NOT tell me it was illegal to drink and drive... because it is NOT! This was shocking information to me, mostly because I would love to be able to tell my 33 year old daughter that it is NOT legal for her to drink a beer and hop in the car with my grandson! No dice, I can't tell her that, she has already informed me it is legal... and she is right.
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POPS1,500 Tea Party Protesters Drove For an Hour Through The Rain From today's tea party speech (excerpt): First of all there is a cable news channel today that is relatively fair and balanced. And it’s doing quite well by the way….. In the second quarter that just ended FOX News had the Top 10 rated shows. The top 10 rated shows. There is obviously a market for fair and balanced news!! So that is one avenue of truth for you. If you want the truth….. There is also Talk Radio! There is Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Laura Ingraham, Mark Levin, Neal Boortz, Tammy Bruce, etc. There is 97.1 FM and Jamie Allman and the Great Dana Show! There is Mark Reardon. There is DIANE JONES of KPLW Most of these radio hosts have there own websites too. There are also conservative websites and foundations. There is the Heritage Foundation, Cato Institute, American Issues Project, Heartland Institute, the Weekly Standard, The National Review, Human Events, World Net Daily, Commentary Magazine, The Spectator, Front Page, Lucianne, The Drudge Repor
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POPSThis Is What Gives Washington Politicians A Bad Name Memo: Feds Knew Air Force Dumb Might Cause Panic; Ordered It Kept Secret Anyway, Threatening "Sanctions" Against Any Who Leaked it to Cops or FBI —Ace "To say that it should not be made public knowing that it might scare people it's just confounding," Sen. Charles Schumer said. "It's what gives Washington and government a bad name. It's sheer stupidity." http://ace.mu.nu/
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