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Obama just told us....the GOVERNMENT is going to HELP US....BBBAAAAAAAAWWAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH (Really, I'm near tears.)

Penny Pritzker is connected to the Hyatt family. She was head of Superior Bank in Chicago that went under and cost shareholders millions. She also helped develop sub prime bundling schemes. Oh, and she was one of Obama's campaign finance helpers. AND, NOW....she'll be running the COMMERCE DEPARTMENT!

Are YOU SMARTER THAN a 7th Grader? Question #1….. If a company has 6 employees and their average annual gross pay is $45,000 annually…..what is the chance they will get TAXED under Obama’s plan???? (Obama has stated no one who “makes” over $250,000 will see an increase in taxes.) ANSWER: 6 x 45,000 = $270,000….which is over $250,000 and, that’s only PART of what a CEO (leader of a company that earns money) has to “make” in sales/receipts in order to be in business. (Remember, there are gross sales, and net sales, but, who knows what Obama is talking about…..seen...

Here is a list of friends of Obama.....Penny Pritzker is Obama's Campaign FINANCE Manager.....do the research on her and Superior Bank....needs more exposure...pass it around ACORN... Obama gave them $800,000 this year? Alinsky, Saul.....Obama is a follower of Alinsky Auchi, Nadhmi... lent Obama over $3 million Ayers, William Weather Underground unrepentent terrorist Bean, Terrence ....raised 50-100K - once controlled the biggest producer of gay porn in America. Chandoo, Muhammad Hasa College roommate #1 from Pakistan Communist Party of USA ....ENDORSED Obama Davidson, Carl .....SDS Member, associated with Chicago’s “New Party” - felt Dem party was TOO centrist Davis, Frank Marshall......Mentor...

Okay.....so....here we go again.....as usual the Democrats have created problems, this time in the financial markets. BUT, this is what they DO....create problems, so they can save US from those problems with their programs (the bailout). WHEN are American's going to wake up to this SCAM???? We must somehow educate people about this game.

Pacific NW Cover Story Growing up in Normandy Park in the mid-'70s, Jeff Wiltse spent summers at the pool. All day. Every day. And it wasn't just about swimming. There was Wiffle ball, showing off for pretty girls, trading baseball cards on the pool deck. The pool was where he had his first meaningful conversations with adults (during intergenerational games of pickleball), and Wiltse vaguely understood, even then, that the pool was more than chlorine and concrete; it was a uniquely intimate community space, "effective for overcoming the social distance that keeps people separate in most spheres of life." Decades...

SPOKANE — The state Republican Party adopted a platform Saturday that includes a provision aimed at opposing automatic citizenship for babies born in the U.S. to illegal immigrants. The state party approved a similar platform plank at its 2006 convention that proved controversial. The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution recognizes citizenship for all persons born in the United States. "Immigration is an issue that a lot of our party activists feel strongly about," state Republican Party Chairman Luke Esser said. "And it's certainly a very defensible position. It's not at all something that's based on race concerns. It's a...

ATLANTA - The number of people hospitalized with a dangerous intestinal superbug has been growing by more than 10,000 cases a year, .....The germ, resistant to some antibiotics, has become a regular menace in hospitals and nursing homes. The study found it played a role in nearly 300,000 hospitalizations in 2005, more than double the number in 2000. The infection, Clostridium difficile, is found in the colon and can cause diarrhea and a more serious intestinal condition known as colitis. It is spread by spores in feces. But the spores are difficult to kill with most conventional household cleaners or...

Here are some things we can look forward to learning about Barack Obama: • That he was mentored in high school by a member of the Soviet-controlled Communist Party. • That he launched his Illinois state Senate campaign in the home of a terrorist and a killer. • That while serving as a state senator, he was a member of a socialist front group. • That his affiliations are so dodgy that he would have trouble getting a government security clearance. • That there is reason to doubt his "loyalty to the United States."

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Thursday left in place a lower court's ruling that allowed Washington state pharmacists to refuse to sell emergency contraceptive "morning after" pills on religious grounds. A federal judge in Seattle suspended state rules that required pharmacies to dispense "Plan B" and other emergency contraceptives that prevent fertilized eggs from implanting, which some people believe is the same as abortion.The case was brought by Stormans Inc, doing business as Ralph's Thriftway, and pharmacists Rhonda Mesler and Margo Thelen.

But like it or not, Gallegly and other lawmakers will have to give up gas-hungry SUVs and luxury sedans for leased vehicles that are more eco-correct, such as Toyota's Prius. Some are in a high-octane fit about it. "A Prius isn't made in the United States," Gallegly said. Congress has been bearing down to do more about global warming, and a little-noticed amendment to last year's energy bill has hit especially close to home. It requires House members who lease vehicles through their office budgets to drive cars that emit low levels of greenhouse gases. The requirement was sought by...

Farmer to call 'guest workers' By RAELYNN RICARTE News staff writer January 30, 2008 Fifty-three percent of agricultural workers that recently responded to a confidential federal survey admitted to being in the U.S. illegally — but officials believe the true number is about 30 points higher. Pine Grove orchardist Gary Willis took a look at the new statistic and began to worry about a major picker shortage during the 2008 harvest season. He based that concern on new immigration enforcement measures that, tied to the high rate of illegal aliens, could keep the majority of workers in Mexico. “If we...

"What do you consider to be your greatest achievement in 2007?.......... Iraq..... Health Care.... Infighting between Democrats and Republicans..... read the article for more.....

FROM FACEBOOK.... Calculations Each month we use funds generated through sponsorship to purchase an amount of CO2 reduction. For example, 15,000 lbs. Each day we'll give some of that amount out to everyone who's added Greenbook. 15,000 lbs / 30 days = 500 lbs/day Every user gets a fraction of the daily amount, based on how many users we have. 500 lbs/day / 1000 users = 0.5 lbs/day/user. This is called a 'Nightly Update'. So basically, just by keeping Greenbook installed, you are earning CO2 reductions. You have the option of reducing more CO2 than just from the Nightly Updates....

EXCERPT..... Nelson Ludlow and his wife, Bonnie, (owners of Mobilisa) have donated generously in the past five years, giving $11,500 to U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and nearly $20,000 to U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks, D-Bremerton. At the same time, the Ludlows have mastered the earmark game. Since 2003, Murray and Dicks have favored Mobilisa with at least nine earmarks worth $20.3 million. Mobilisa had to split some of the earmark money with others and hasn't received all of it yet. But most of the company's $13 million to $14 million in revenues since 2003 have come from political pork, federal...

On Friday, September 7, within hours of each other, the House and Senate passed the biggest infusion of money into the Pell Grant program ever. As part of H.R. 2669, the College Cost Reduction Act, Congress enacted roughly $20 billion in cuts to student loan lender subsidies - and turned them into Pell Grant increases, student loan interest rate cuts, a loan forgiveness program, a teacher grant, other student benefits, and a little bit of deficit reduction. (For details, see "Key Provisions in H.R. 2669," below.) The big winner in the bill is the Pell Grant program. The Pell Grant...

Staph superbug may be infecting patients June 25, 2007 02:04:50 PM PST A dangerous, drug-resistant staph germ may be infecting as many as 5 percent of hospital and nursing home patients, according to a comprehensive study. At least 30,000 U.S. hospital patients may have the superbug at any given time, according to a survey released Monday by the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology. The estimate is about 10 times the rate that some health officials had previously estimated. Some federal health officials said they had not seen the study and could not comment on its methodology or...

A horror movie come to lifeThree Fircrest families receive death threats via cell phone. Even when the phones are off. Even when they get new phones. SEAN ROBINSON; The News Tribune Published: June 20th, 2007 06:15 AM Enlarge image Alison Yin/The News TribuneHeather Kuykendall and her daughter, Courtney, 16, display the cell phones they’ve abandoned in an attempt to cut off a stream of threatening messages from mysterious harassers. Courtney started receiving the calls in February. Other families have gotten them, too. Investigators suspect it’s an elaborate hoax. Maybe it’s just a long-running prank, but the reign of terror endured...

Pharmacy Profession Gravely Concerned by Anti-Patient Compounding Bill WASHINGTON A coalition of nine pharmacy organizations representing more than 60,000 pharmacists today expressed grave concerns over proposed legislation that would restrict patients’ access to vital compounded prescription medications and create onerous, new requirements for both prescribers and pharmacists. The American Pharmacists Association, the National Community Pharmacists Association, the International Academy of Compounding Pharmacists, the American College of Apothecaries, the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists, the National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations, the Massachusetts Pharmacists Association, the North Carolina Association of Pharmacists, and the Kansas Pharmacists Association expressed their concerns in a...

<p>The summer I turned 6 years old, some of the neighborhood boys started bullying me. Back then, I owned a pair of cabbage patch kid roller-skates and my favorite activity was skating around the block singing nursery rhymes at the top of my lungs. One day, a few boys in the 8-10 range thought it would be pretty humorous to push me around and watch me flail. I tried to run from them, but I couldn’t skate faster than they could run. They taunted me for a while and then knocked me down. Angry, humiliated, and with two freshly skinned knees, I did what any 6 year old girl would do in my position.</p>