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America's middle class did the hard work and (finally) flexed its political muscle in last year's elections. But the grueling truth for the Tea Parties is that the real drudgery lies ahead. The Tea Parties have given America three precious gifts. They haven't done a perfect job with any of their three political benefactions. But a blueprint for continuing political success has been drawn up and, at least during the first round of elections, has been semi-successfully implemented. I focus here on the positive nature of these gifts and offer some advice for how the Tea Parties can, and must,...

Pelosi: Two 'pillars' down, one more to go in passing Obama 'blueprint' By Sean J. Miller - 04/17/10 06:51 PM ET House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) said the Democrats are one bill away from completing President Barack Obama’s “blueprint for American prosperity.” “We have passed two of the three pillars in the historic healthcare and education reform and are working towards a clean energy and climate agenda in Congress,” Pelosi said in her remarks to the California Democratic Party state convention in Los Angeles on Saturday. “And essential to prosperity for middle-income Americans is reining in Wall Street.” “The House...

The Obama Administration is developing a new socialist constitution for America to replace the original Constitution written by our Founders. Every single one of these huge bills being rammed through congress is simply another article of the Obama constitution which allows no amendments by Republicans. The people need to understand that these huge 1000 to 2000 page bills - the 111 Congress agenda - are all parts of one master blueprint for a new socialist government. The master plan has been split up into different component pieces so that the people won’t notice how they will all fit back together...

LONDON (AFP) – The G20 vowed Saturday to maintain emergency measures to fight the world economic crisis, warning it was not over yet, while tensions between Europe and the United States remained over bankers' bonuses. After a meeting in London preparing for a leaders' summit later this month, finance ministers said they agreed fresh measures to keep the world economy on the right track, a year after it teetered on the brink of collapse. But they warned there was no room for complacency. "We remain cautious about the outlook for growth and jobs," the ministers said in a communique. "We...

Below Fox News Channel’s Glenn Beck explains the Apollo Alliance on his July 28 show. Beck mentions the Obama administration’s “stimulus” blueprint, “The New Apollo Program: Clean Energy, Good Jobs,” which you can read here.

WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Barack Obama has launched a bid to transform the US political landscape, with a 3.55-trillion-dollar budget mapping out the sweeping scale of his administration's ambitions. The document handed to Congress bristled with spending on healthcare, climate change, the military and education, included a rosy prediction of a return to growth next year and raised taxes on the wealthiest Americans. "This budget is an honest accounting of where we are and where we intend to go," Obama said at the White House, while warning that the size of the deficit required tough decisions on spending priorities. "There...

Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=53223 President Says Budget Signifies New Way Forward for Defense By Jim Garamone American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Feb. 24, 2009 – Americans are not quitters, and the country can overcome the difficulties facing it, President Barack Obama said tonight in his first speech before a joint session of Congress. In a speech mainly dedicated to the economic crisis facing the world, the president also honored the nation's men and women in uniform, vowing to increase the size of the Army and Marine Corps, raise military pay and provide the medical care veterans...

SACRAMENTO – California is on the verge of initiating a historic rewrite of local planning laws, fusing for the first time the issues of urban growth and global warming. Unprecedented nationally, the complex legislation would steer communities toward land-use policies to contain sprawl, using as much as $12 billion a year in state-controlled transportation funds as an incentive. “This bill will change the way California grows,” said state Sen. Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, its author. Under the measure, the state Air Resources Board would establish targets for 17 regions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as part of a broader campaign to...

Beginning with the Revolutionary War when British agents and sympathizers attempted to derail independence, there have been people who have tried to infiltrate the United States for the purpose of undermining and destroying it. In modern times, communism and fascism have sent agents among us, but we discovered their plans and defeated them here and abroad. Now comes what may be the greatest threat: radical Islam, whose ''agents'' may have established a base more solid and more dangerous than anything we've encountered before. The good news is they speak openly of their intentions. The bad news is that many of...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27, 2005 – America's top intelligence official unveiled the blueprint for improving the intelligence community's information gathering and assessment capabilities for the 21st century. That blueprint is contained in a document titled, "The National Intelligence Strategy of the United States of America: Transformation through Integration and Innovation." "This strategy is a statement of our fundamental values, highest priorities and orientation toward the future, but it is an action document as well," National Intelligence Director John D. Negroponte said in a news release. He said it is time to change America's intelligence apparatus as the United States continues the...

/begin my translationS. Korean Lawmaker, "N. Korea demanded to Hyundai Asan blueprints of a submarine (and an Aegis ship)" claimed, "This is the real reason (N. Korea) scrapped Hyundai's N. Korean venture." Unification Minister Chung (Dong-young) dismissed it saying, "Baseless allegation ... no more than an unfounded rumor) Seoul, Yonhap (News) 2005.10.25 (Opposition) Hannara lawmaker Lee Bang-ho claimed on Oct. 25, 2005, during the questioning session on government, "The reason why N. Korea declared the total scrapping of Hyundai Asan's N. Korean business venture is because N. Korea demanded to have blueprints for a submarine and an Aegis ship under construction by...

The word "reinvent" is a dumb term, having an overtone of redundancy. After all, when you have invented something, it exists. You can revise it or change it, but you can't "reinvent" it after you have already invented it. I never heard the term when I first entered the workforce. But somewhere in the 1970s or so, corporate executives-began using the word, and using it a lot. Then as now, the nation had its usual economic ups and downs, but suddenly after one downturn, our nation was heavily laden with companies that had reinvented themselves. What happened is that after...

The United Nations unveiled a sweeping proposal to overhaul the organisation, including the Security Council, in what would be the biggest UN reform since its founding in 1945. After bitter divisions over the war in Iraq, UN Secretary General Kofi Annan ordered a high-level panel last year to come up with the blueprint and help the United Nations adapt to the 21st century. The panel's report released Tuesday proposed more than 100 recommendations, including some -- an expansion of the Security Council and a definition of terrorism -- that have eluded UN diplomats for years. "What is needed is a...

Blair's blueprint to strike at terror By George Jones (Filed: 06/03/2004) Tony Blair called yesterday for a change in international law to legitimise pre-emptive military action against rogue states that developed weapons of mass destruction, co-operated with terrorists or brutalised their people. He said the "global threat" posed by Islamic extremism and global terrorism meant it was time to rethink the centuries-old rule that the only clear case for armed intervention was "self-defence in response to aggression". Mr Blair in Sedgefield yesterday After months of controversy over the legitimacy of the Iraq conflict, Mr Blair embarked on the most detailed...

Allies to Begin Seizing Weapons From Most Iraqis By MICHAEL R. GORDON AGHDAD, May 20 — Iraqi citizens will be required to turn over automatic weapons and heavy weapons under a proclamation that allied authorities plan to issue this week, allied officials said today. The aim of the proclamation is to help stabilize Iraq by confiscating the huge supply of AK-47's, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons that are used by criminal gangs, paramilitary groups and remnants of the Saddam Hussein government. Iraqis who refuse to comply with the edict will be subject to arrest. Only Iraqis authorized to...

Blueprint for Freedom: Limiting the Role of the United Nations in Post-War Iraq by Nile Gardiner, Ph.D., and David B. Rivkin, Jr., Esq. April 21, 2003 | Full Text | | According to media reports, the United Nations Secretary General's office has already drawn up detailed plans for the U.N. to step in and govern Iraq three months after the war is over. Numerous countries, including most members of the European Union, Russia, China, and virtually all of the G-77 states, have also been clamoring for the U.N. to play a leading role in Iraq. Even some Coalition partners, such...

Bush's blueprint for future conceals a declaration of war By Rupert Cornwell in Washington 28 February 2003 There were a few conditionals at the start, describing what "would" happen if an American-led coalition were to invade Iraq. There was the obligatory expression of hope that Baghdad will "meet the demands of the UN and disarm fully and peacefully". But that pretence quickly vanished. Within a minute or two, it wasn't "would" but "will" – what will happen when Saddam Hussein's regime is destroyed and the American military runs Iraq. President Bush's words on Wednesday can be read in many keys:...

Arafat Shows CIA Chief Security Reform Blueprint Tue Jun 4, 4:21 PM ET By Diala Saadeh RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Yasser Arafat presented CIA director George Tenet on Tuesday with a plan to streamline his security forces, which Washington wants to curb suicide bombings against Israel. According to a copy of the proposal, part of which was obtained by Reuters, Arafat's nine security services would be amalgamated into three agencies for presidential security, general security and internal security and intelligence. "He (Tenet) came to evaluate the rebuilding of the security branches and the situation on the ground...