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In San Jose, California, hundreds of protesters filled the sidewalks outside of the of the Barnes and Noble Bookstore. This is where Senator Barbara Boxer will hold a book signing/fee-based “non-townhall” meeting event. Custom made signs littered the crowd as an American Flag was carried up and down the sidewalk. Cars where constantly honking their horns in support the protesting against the Obama Democrat Healthcare Initiative.

Last fall I took my daughter to school one morning to find one of her 1st grade classmates wearing an Obama hat. For some reason I felt angry and annoyed that a parent sent his child to school advertising for a political candidate. What’s the big deal you ask? It took me a while to figure out why I responded to this child’s hat in this way.

......... while Boxer's popularity swings with the tides and rarely reaches beyond the magic 50% level. Every six years, Republicans believe that with just the right candidate and just the right amount of money, they can knock off the woman they love to hate. And they are heartened again by a new poll showing Boxer barely leading the most likely 2010 challenger, former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina.

FREEP this poll. What an arrogant thing to say to a man that has "paid" more than his OWN dues to get where he is!

Discussing Fairness Doctrine right now on Fox and Friends...Professor Mark Lamont Hill from Temple University and Obama supporter claims he hasn't been given access to full interview with Biden and Barbara West from WFTV and that Joe Biden wasn't given enough time to answer questions completely. 1. Professor, you are a dumb ass. Go to the Internet...it is everywhere un-edited....uncomfortable pauses and all. 2. Biden answered the questions completely...what he was watching were "CLIPS" from the interview and used for discussion purposes. The entire video is 4:22 long. My God...the intelligence factor is struggling on the Obama side second by...

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With the rumor mill buzzing that a discontent Elisabeth Hasselbeck may vacate her cushiony seat on The View for the cool, hard Eames chair of Fox News, it's up to den mother Barbara Walters to restore order on the set of her chat show. True to form, Walters has eschewed hugging it out in favor of a more clinical approach; according to the Chicago Sun-Times, she's had to schedule a staff meeting to deal with the increasingly hot-under-the-collar Hasselbeck: BIG RIFT ON 'THE VIEW': A longtime staff member on ''The View'' chatfest says, ''It's not as bad as during the...

I used the search engine here and it is under repair and I googled. What I want to know is since the Striesand fund raiser guest list is private. Cant I just look up Obamas contribution list and the names of obvious Hollywood types would be one there? Does anyone have the link handy to the public contribution funds list for Obama?

Enjoy your visit to Sanity Island PHOTO(s) OF THE DAY Mrs. Laura Bush is joined by singer/actress Liza Minnelli, left, her fellow actresses, and fashion models participating in The Heart Truth Red Dress Collection 2008 fashion show in New York, Friday, Feb. 1, 2008. Heart Truth is a national awareness campaign that warns women of the dangers of heart disease. Mrs. Laura Bush, accompanied by daughter, Barbara Bush, watch fashion models during The Heart Truth Red Dress Collection 2008 fashion show in New York, Friday, Feb. 1, 2008. More than 20 celebrated women joined Mrs. Bush and America's top...

According to legend, Saint Barbara was the extremely beautiful daughter of a wealthy heathen named Dioscorus, who lived near Nicomedia in Asia Minor. Because of her singular beauty and fearful that she be demanded in marriage and taken away from him, he jealously shut her up in a tower to protect her from the outside world. Shortly before embarking on a journey, he commissioned a sumptuous bathhouse to be built for her, approving the design before he departed. Barbara had heard of the teachings of Christ, and while her father was gone spent much time in contemplation. From the windows...

Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Oakland, says she's ending her longtime support of the Your Black Muslim Bakery in Oakland and would have ended her support sooner if she'd known it had problems. The bakery has been in the news in the past eight days because Oakland police and other agencies raided it on Aug. 3 and arrested seven members and shut it down for health and safety violations. On Thursday, a federal bankruptcy court judge refused a request by a lawyer for the bakery, Fayedine Coulter, to reverse his previous decision to liquidate the bakery. In a motion filed with the...

It is not the fault of Jenna or Barbara Bush that their father, the president, has gotten us into a war that he doesn't know how to get us out of. And, although you can blame parents for almost anything, George W. and Laura Bush are no longer responsible for the behavior of their twin daughters, who are in their mid-20s. Presidents, like the rest of us, don't get to choose their relatives. Remember Billy Carter? Anyway, Jenna and Barbara are far from George W. Bush's biggest familial problem. The law of averages has given him at least one ne'er-do-well...

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: The President and First Lady spent the weekend at the White House. As is their custom when in Washington on Sunday, they attended services at St. John's Episcopal Church this morning.

In new ads, ski company says global warming could dry up snow during the next century... The Aspen Skiing Co. hopes potential customers are ready for a snow job. On Wednesday, the company unveiled a new advertising campaign for the 2006-07 season that centers around the message that snow — and skiing — will disappear around 2100 if humans don’t take drastic action to slow global warming. Three full-page ads, which show a melting snowflake imposed over Highland Bowl, will run in SKI and Outside magazines in the next few months. One ad portrays a “certificate of death” for snow....

NEW YORK - Has Barbara Walters lost it? Some of her co-hosts on “The View” may think so after her claim today about her Havanese dog Cha-Cha. Walters says when she told Cha-Cha she loved her, Cha-Cha said “I love you” back.

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: President and Mrs. Bush arrived back at the White House late this afternoon, after spending a long weekend at the Bush-Walker family home in Kennebunkport, Maine. They attended a wedding of one of the President's cousins on the Walker side of the family. Next week will be a busy one for President Bush as he marks the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina at the beginning of the week, then attends campaign rallies, and addresses the American Legion Convention in Salt Lake City. The President will spend two days in Mississippi and Louisiana. Here's an article...

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: While the Vice President and Mrs. Lynne Cheney were headed back to the United States from their visit to former communist states in Eastern Europe and Western Asia, President Bush, the First Lady and GWB's parents attended St. John's Church this morning. The first family are spending a quiet day at the White House. UPCOMING: Big news...President Bush will host a State Dinner for his good friend, Australian Prime Minister John Howard. From the News.com.au website: Mr Bush, who notoriously dislikes the formality of black-tie events, has previously hosted just seven similar events at the...

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY President Bush had an exceptionally full calendar today. He left Washington shortly after dawn this morning to fly to Oklahoma, where he delivered the commencement address at the University of Oklahoma. While in flight aboard Air Force One, the President got some work done, including a phone call to discuss Darfur with Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo. On his return to Washington, the President joined the First Lady and former President George H. W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, at a wedding for family friends. Transcript of the President's Commencement Address at the University of Oklahoma...

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: The President and First Lady have spent a quiet day in the White House today prior to attending the annual correspondents dinner this evening. President Bush joins the reporters who cover him tonight at their annual Washington banquet, the White House Correspondents' Association dinner. Bush has attended every correspondents' dinner since he took office, and he says he's looking forward to this one. The White House isn't saying what the Bushes are planning for this year in the way of Washington humor. Last year, the first lady interrupted the president's after-dinner speech with one of...

If you go to a college campus, watch television or go into a bookstore, you’re like to see these suspects: people like Al Franken, Michael Moore, Noam Chomsky, and Ralph Nader. They talk about a whole host of issues. They talk about affirmative action. They talk about economic justice. They talk about the importance of regulating corporations and avoiding entanglements with corporations. We also have people like Hillary Clinton, Barbara Streisand or Nancy Pelosi. Some of these people on the liberal left actually are in positions of power and authority. When it comes to debating them and arguing with them,...

Here's one sure way to incite Barbra Streisand's wrath: Write a book about her. Christopher Anderson has learned that with his recently published biography, "Barbra: The Way She Is." Streisand has retaliated not with interviews or public statements, but by way of the Internet. On her Web site, she has issued a response she titles "Does the Truth Matter These Days?" "Normally, I would not dignify vicious, mean-spirited mythology masquerading as biography," she begins. "But it seems this latest rehash of other unauthorized biographies is getting a lot of attention. "Who is the person described in this book? From what...

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush left the White House last Thursday for a long weekend at Camp David. The President and his family enjoyed an early Easter dinner today before returning to Washington. The family's Easter meal included two kinds of ham, spinach salad, macaroni and cheese, asparagus, deviled eggs, fresh fruit and biscuits. For dessert, could choose between double coconut layer cake and lemon curd trifle with fresh berries. Unfortunately, on this lovely day when Christians everywhere celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, the Left will not restrain itself from turning even the...

Emperor Nero fiddled while Rome burned, according to tales of ancient history. So did Katie Couric, sort of. She played badminton in New York while other news anchors were in Baghdad to cover the opening day of Saddam Hussein's trial. Couric was recently plucked from NBC's Today show to read the evening news on competing CBS. I wish her good luck; she's certainly going to need it. Couric's new job probably saves NBC the possibility of letting her go when her contract expires next month; 15 years is a longtime for a TV personality to stay in one place. CBS...

In the midst of a predictable episode of Bush Derangement Syndrome, Barbra Streisand castigates President Bush as "this C student," all the while littering spelling and grammar errors throughout her February 28, 2006 screed... For now you can read the whole error-ridden piece at BabsOnline. Assuming the text is eventually fixed you can see the highlighted errors in a PDF version or a Word version.

Barbara Allen ( author Unknown ) In Scarlet towne, where I was borne, There was a faire maid dwellin, Made every youth crye wel-awaye ! Her name was Barbara Allen. All in the merrye month of May, When greene buds they were swellin, Yong Jemmye Grove on his death-bed lay, For love of Barbara Allen. He sent his man unto her then, To the town, where shee was dwellin; You must come to my master deare, If your name be Barbara Allen. For death is printed on his face, And ore his harte is stealin: Then haste away to comfort...

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: President and Mrs. Bush are spending the weekend at the White House where, tonight, they host a State Dinner for the nation's governors. Today, President Bush made phone calls to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd; Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari, a Shiite; the leader of the Iraqi Islamic Party, Tarek al-Hashemi, a Sunni; and other prominent political leaders from different religious and ethnic communities, the White House said. The President urged the Iraqi leaders to work together to defuse sectarian tensions in the country after violence sparked fears of a possible civil war. President Bush...

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: President and Mrs. Bush spent the weekend at the White House where they hosted GWB's parents. The family attended St. John's Episcopal Church this morning before the President went for a mountain bike ride. Throughout his term, President Bush has sought to break down barriers that have prevented religion-based charities from using government funds. His $15 billion effort to fight AIDS has handed out nearly one-quarter of its grants to religious groups, and officials are aggressively pursuing new church partners that often emphasize disease prevention through abstinence and fidelity over condom use. Award recipients include...

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: President and Mrs. Bush arrived back at the White House from Camp David this afternoon. WorldNetDaily reported today that President Bush discussed the book "Mao: The Unknown Story" with German Chancellor Merkel during their recent meeting. Here is an excerpt (click the link to read the entire story): Bush's latest bedtime reading Recommends new Mao book to new chancellor of Germany Posted: January 22, 2006 5:55 p.m. Eastern © 2006 WorldNetDaily.com Ever wonder which books President Bush is reading? He provided a clue to Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany in the Oval Office this month,...

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY The first family is spending the weekend at Camp David. Next week, the President, Vice President and others in the administration will be pushing back on the issue of monitoring international phone calls potentially connected with terrorism. THE WEEK AHEAD: Once again Scott McClellan did not announce the week-ahead schedule at his press briefing. However, a search of news articles yielded the following: President Bush will speak Monday at Kansas State University about U.S. efforts to fight terrorism. His address will be part of the university's Landon Lecture series and is scheduled to begin at...

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: The President arrived back at the White House from Camp David this afternoon, as his wife and daughter arrived safely in Ghana on their first leg of a visit to Africa. Along with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, on Monday they will head the official delegation to the inauguration of Liberia's first woman president. In Texas, the President's father, former President GHW Bush, was on hand to christen the USS San Antonio, the first in the Navy's new class of amphibious landing ships. The former president was the keynote speaker. Navy Commissions USS San Antonio...

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: President and Mrs. Bush, their daughter Barbara, and the dogs are spending the weekend at Camp David. The news wires today were filled with news of the First Lady. Laura Bush wants Rice to run for United States PresidentWashington: The US First Lady Laura Bush says she would like to see Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice run for President, despite the Secretary’s reluctance. The United States could have a female president within the next few terms, the First Lady said in an interview to CNN yesterday. Reacting to the election of Liberia’s first female president...

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: Accompanied by their daughter Barbara, the first couple and the pets arrived safely back at the White House earlier today. Before leaving Texas, the President began the new year on Sunday at the bedsides of wounded servicemen and women, and awarded nine Purple Hearts to U.S. troops who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. The president boarded the Marine One presidential helicopter before dawn on his ranch in Crawford and flew more than an hour to Randolph Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. His motorcade drove to Brooke Army Medical Center, a 224-bed hospital at...

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: President Bush, the First Lady, the dogs and cat, and their family are spending the New Year's holiday at their Texas ranch. On this New Year's Eve, 2005, although mindful of those who will not continue the journey with us into 2006, it seemed to me we should celebrate happy times. That is the theme of this last Dose thread of 2005. HAPPY NEW YEAR, to all. May your 2006 be healthy, happy and full of love. QUOTE OF THE DAY: From the first Inaugural Address of President George W. Bush, January 20, 2001. Americans...

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: The President and First Lady (and the dogs) are spending the weekend at Camp David, where GWB monitored the Iraqi constitutional referendum. Following are excerpts from the latest AP story. Little Violence As Iraqis Vote on Charter By LEE KEATH, Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD, Iraq - Sunni Arabs voted in surprisingly high numbers on Iraq's new constitution Saturday, many of them hoping to defeat it in an intense competition with Shiites and Kurds over the shape of the nation's young democracy after decades of dictatorship. The constitution still seemed likely to pass, as expected. But...

Half-baked Barbara By John McCaslin October 7, 2005 It's not easy being the master of ceremonies for a roast when half of the roasters don't show up. Ask political commentator Mark Shields, who found himself in that uncomfortable position Wednesday evening as the Spina Bifida Association attempted to put TV personality Barbara Walters in the "hot seat" at the Hyatt Regency Washington. "This is more like a bake-off," a visibly embarrassed Mrs. Walters said after the roasting, expressing disappointment that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and fellow roaster Sen. Mary L. Landrieu of Louisiana were no-shows. As it...

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: President and Mrs. Bush, and the dogs, are at Camp David. They will return to Washington tomorrow. Aides said the President will be using part of his time at Camp David to finalize his choice to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court. The announcement is expected early next week. THE WEEK AHEAD: In addition to likely announcement about the Supreme Court, expected as early as Monday, the administration is planning a series of speeches and events leading up to the Iraqi referendum on its proposed Constitution to be held in two weeks....

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: The President and Mrs. Bush, and the dogs, are spending part of the weekend at Camp David. There's a White House T-ball game tomorrow between the District 12 Little League Challengers of Williamsport, Pennsylvania versus the West University Little League Challengers of Houston, Texas. A Challengers game means that the players are children with disabilities. Steve Palermo, former American League Umpire and current White House Tee Ball Commissioner, discussed Tee Ball on the South Lawn.The Bush administration on Saturday strongly condemned a series of deadly car bombings in Egypt and urged Muslims to denounce threats...

ATLANTA - His mother at his side, President Bush on Friday sought to rekindle interest in his languishing Social Security restructuring plan, marketing it as part of a "Senior Security" package. Calling his mother, Barbara Bush, "my favorite senior citizen," Bush said that the new prescription drug program under Medicare — which takes effect in January — would benefit nearly every one who signed up. "It's a good deal," Bush said. He also vowed that nothing in his Social Security proposal would reduce benefits for current retirees or those close to retiring. "Seniors have nothing to worry about...What you should...

Boxer criticizes Iraq war in SF speech 'Our troops deserve more,' senator says Bay City News Wednesday, July 6, 2005 Sen. Barbara Boxer offered a major foreign policy speech on the war in Iraq before hundreds of her constituents in San Francisco today. The situation in Iraq is spiraling out of control, she said, and the pool of people willing to fight in the insurgency against American troop presence there seems bottomless. She described herself as "distressed, angry and frustrated'' over the continuing unrest in Iraq and the mounting death toll with no apparent end in sight. "Iraq was a...

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: Other than his weekly radio address, the President and First Lady are spending a quiet weekend. No word on whether they are at the White House or at Camp David. The following bit of news is from the Texas media. Former President Bush and former First Lady Barbara Bush to celebrate their birthdays FridayFormer President George H. W. Bush celebrated his 80th birthday last year by skydiving from a plane 12,000 feet above the Bush Presidential Library in College Station. This year the former president and former First Lady Barbara Bush will celebrate his 81st...

Senator Barbara Boxer attended the opening session of the American Society of Newspaper Editors conference in Washington on Tuesday. In remarks to those newspaper editors the California liberal pleaded with the editors to "explain why a vocal minority in the Congress is essential for a democracy and why it is essential for you." She explained to the trade magazine Editor & Publisher that she believes that Americans don't understand the term filibuster and believes that "editorials would be very helpful." Barbara Boxer made it clear that she wants the press to favor the Democrats in those editorials in remarks at...

It would be the perfect media match, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton versus First Lady Laura Bush for president in 2008. Not possible, you say? Mrs. Clinton, after all, is almost certain to be running for her party's nomination. After her recent hilarious and deft comic performance at the recent White House correspondents' dinner in the nation's capital, Mrs. Bush, already far more popular than her husband, is now clearly the most well-liked woman in America.

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: The President and First Lady are at their Crawford ranch, where they will host the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia next week. The First Lady plans to attend the wedding this weekend of Mexico's billionaire beer baroness Asuncion Aramburuzabala to Tony Garza, the U.S. ambassador to Mexico. THE WEEK AHEAD: From yesterday's WH press gaggle aboard Air Force One. Monday, the President will welcome the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia at his ranch. Tuesday, GWB will participate in a roundtable on strengthening Social Security in Galveston, Texas. He will return to Washington that afternoon. Wednesday,...

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: The first couple are at their ranch in Crawford today, and no public appearances are scheduled. THE WEEK AHEAD: President and Mrs. Bush will be based in Crawford this week and will return to Washington on Monday, March 28. Monday and Tuesday: The President will travel to Arizona, New Mexico and another state [probably Colorado] on his continuing tour of the nation to promote his Social Security reform proposals. Wednesday: The President will host the trilateral meeting with Prime Minister Martin and President Fox. There will be meetings in the morning at Baylor University, then...

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: As has become their custom while in Washington on Sundays, the President and First Lady attended St. John's Church. They are spending a quiet weekend in Washington. In DC, there is always some wag who has to nitpick just to fill column space. I saw an article the other day in which the author was speculating as to why a President who says he doesn't like Washington has spent the last several weekends in the city instead of going to Camp David. Now why can't I get paid for doing nothing -- a job situation...

PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: The President and Mrs. Bush are spending the weekend at the White House. There are no scheduled public appearances. There was some confusion on FR this week as to whether or not Karl Rove was promoted. He was, in fact, promoted to Deputy White House Chief of Staff. For those interested in the details, here is a link to the daily WH press briefing at which Rove's appointment was discussed in full. For those who are interested in the Jeff Gannon matter, here's a link to the daily WH press briefing in which this matter...

CAUTION: MANY PHOTOS. MAY TAKE AWHILE TO DOWNOAD.PRESIDENTIAL NEWS OF THE DAY: The President and First Lady attended St. John's Church, as has become their routine while in Washington, then returned to the White House. The Vice President and Secretary of Defense appeared on the Sunday morning news interview programs to discuss Iraq and Social Security. QUOTE OF THE DAY: The President speaking at the annual National Prayer Breakfast in Washington Feb. 3, 2005. "This morning reminds us that prayer has always been one of the great equalizers in American life. Here we thank God for his great blessings in...

President and Mrs. Bush went to church this morning, then spent the day in the White House. The President officially proclaimed Sunday National Sanctity of Human Life Day and Religious Freedom Day. The President is preparing both his Inaugural Address and the State of the Union Address to be delivered at the end of January. He is expected to travel to Europe in February. The media will describe this as a repair-the-relationships trip, but it was actually scheduled months ago. QUOTE OF THE DAY: This being the beginning of a celebratory week, I thought today's quote should be lighthearted. "It's...

President Bush once joked that he named the pool at his Crawford ranch the "whining pool" because he had it built to placate his twin daughters, Jenna and Barbara, who complained about visiting him at his Central Texas spread. These days, the daughters, who celebrated their 23rd birthday at the ranch on Thanksgiving, seek to shed their bad-girl image and become enthusiastic members of one of America's most influential political clans. Outfitted in designer gowns, they will join their parents this week at the inaugural ceremony and the accompanying festivities. The occasions will once again put the historic family on...

Today President Bush visited Florida Community College, in Jacksonville, Fla. to speak about the economy and job training ENJOY YOUR VISIT TO SANITY ISLAND!