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As Louisville’s Kevin Ware recovers from a broken right leg suffered in the NCAA Tournament on Sunday, he has received tweets from celebrities and even a phone call from First Lady Michelle Obama. A self-proclaimed “shy guy,’’ Ware told Craig Melvin on TODAY Thursday that he appreciated the support. But the details of the first lady's call remain a little fuzzy. “I was so drugged, honestly,’’ Ware said, laughing.

If anyone at Free Republic has a change of heart, here's how to sign up anonymously using social media to make calls on behalf of the Obama campaign. If you know what I mean? ;)

[Click here to listen the 911 call made from a private residence in Springville Utah where a home owner shot and killed an invader.] This series has long argued that there are two parts to armed self-defense. Defending yourself against a lethal threat and defending yourself against prosecution for defending yourself against a lethal threat. Just as the first rule of a gunfight is have a gun, the first rule for staying out of jail and/or losing everything you own due to defensive gun use is STFU (Shut The F Up). That rule starts from the moment you call the...

One of the Kennedy twits — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — tweeted something he should not have at 5:27 PM on Tuesday. From RFK Jr: Speaking of prostitutes, big oil’s top call girl Sen Inhofe wants to kill fuel economy backed by automakers, small biz, enviros, & consumers From Steven Branum: If anyone knows what a hooker looks like, it would be a member of the degenerate Kennedy clan. From Keith: You men like Ted killed Mary Jo? From Robinswrong: Inhofe aloud bitch slap your liberal pansie ass From Christine, Creator especially after the Fluke incident this wknd – it’s...

Drudge has a link to an article titled "NEW FILM BLASTS OBAMA'S RECORD ON ISRAEL..." posted at Foreign Policy Magazine. That article links to the trailer of this video: Daylight: The Story of Obama and IsraelFast Forward to the 0:57 mark and listen as Obama states: "I want to make sure we end before the call to prayer"

ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - Was President Barack Obama too busy watching the “Operation Repo” marathon or something else last Friday night? When KMOX host Charlie Brennan asked now-retired St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa how the traditional call of congratulations from the White House went, La Russa suddenly realized that…it never happened. “That’s a good point, I hadn’t really even thought about that,” replied a surprised-sounding La Russa, who can be forgiven for having a few other things on his mind over the past week. “As we were getting into the World Series we had a call from the...

Rangers’ danger, single helicopter among questions Some in the special operations community are privately criticizing the wisdom of Saturday’s failed rescue mission in Afghanistan, saying commanders should have sent more than the one Chinook helicopter that was shot down, killing 30 American troops, including 23 elite Navy SEALs. They also questioned whether the quickly assembled mission was necessary to rescue a band of Army Rangers reportedly under fire from Taliban militants. “I squarely blame whoever planned and authorized the mission for the deaths,” said a Special Forces soldier who served in Afghanistan. “It was simply uncalled for unless Rangers were...

Roll Call "Political Wire" editor Taegan Goddard selected a drawing by liberal Arizona Daily Star political cartoonist David Fitzsimmons for his August 1 "Cartoon of the Day." The cartoon (embedded after the page break) depicts a battle-scarred U.S. Capitol and White House in 1942 outside of which Nazi and Japanese Empire flags fly in lieu of the Stars and Stripes. A speech balloon coming from the Capitol dome reads, "At least we didn't go into debt," while the caption reads "If Congress had passed the Tea Party's Balanced Budget Amendment in 1940."

While sending a flurry of tweets Wednesday to address fiscal policy, the White House Twitter account took the time to respond to one bored user with a very special, Rickroll-flavored tweet. This week, the White House kicked off a new Twitter program called “Office Hours,” designed to help U.S. citizens better understand everything that’s been going on with the debt ceiling and deficit reduction negotiations. National Economic Council members Brian Deese and Jason Furman will be answering questions via the White House Twitter all week, responding to Twitter users who care to engage. Wednesday, Deese, Obama’s economic adviser, took to...

Although the massive gambling bill passed the Illinois House and Illinois Senate in the waning days of the Spring Session, Governor Patrick Quinn has made it clear that he is not excited about the size of this gambling expansion. In a press conference on June 1, 2011, Quinn told reporters that he thought this gambling bill was "excessive." According to a Chicago Sun-Times article, Quinn also said "I'm beholden to the people of Illinois, not to legislators, not to mayors. The people of our state, all 13 million good and true, they're the ones who I get up in the...

Midwest Communist Party USA members set up a phone bank this week to call up 1500 people who have recently joined the party online.

A Republican congressman has told a left-leaning blog that if there is collective support, he would favor the impeachment of Barack Obama over his decision to stop defending the federal Defense of Marriage Act. Scott Keyes of ThinkProgress.org asked U.S. Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz.: "I know Newt Gingrich has came out (sic) and said if they don't reverse course here, we ought to be talking about possibly impeaching either Attorney General [Eric] Holder or even President Obama to try to get them to reverse course. Do you think that is something you would support?" Keyes asked. Read all about the...

Governor Walker Responds to Prank Call MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Gov. Scott Walker says he won't be distracted by a prank phone call made by a blogger posing as one of his campaign donors, and he'll push forward with a bill to limit the power of public employee unions. Walker stood by his comments on the call, saying they were no different than what he has said publicly. A website called the Buffalo Beast posted audio of Tuesday's call in which its editor pretended to be conservative billionaire David Koch, who had supported Walker's campaign. **SNIP** Walker revealed his supporters...

Today Rush Limbaugh wanted to make it perfectly clear that anyone thinking political rhetoric in the 1980’s was more civil than it is today doesn’t remember the Reagan era very well. Rush claimed the “hatred for Ronald Reagan was universal in the Democrat party and throughout the media” and that the discourse was just as vitriolic with Reagan being directly blamed for the spread of AIDS, homelessness and every other bad thing imaginable. Why Rush discussed this history was to justify his skepticism about the left’s “call for civility” as nothing more than censorship.

RUSH: We find ourselves in the midst now of a whole brand-new template that has been created, and that template is we are to shut up, in the name of civility, we are to abandon our principles, we are to stop arguing for our principles, when this isn't about civility or any of the rest of it. Accusing the president of trampling on our liberties and so forth is hate language. So Obama, he's showing the way. How about this. Ho-ho.

The show is called “Left, Right & Center,” although a more appropriate title would probably be “Far Left, Right, Progressive & Democrat” with its current cast of Robert Scheer, Tony Blankley, Arianna Huffington and Matt Miller. But despite the title of the program, don’t use those partisan labels around Huffington. On the Dec. 24 broadcast of KCRW’s “Left, Right & Center,” Huffington complained that the use of the political terms “left,” “right” or “left-wing” is preventing policymakers from solving “problems” because of the connotation tied to each of them. “Well, I actually feel that it would make a huge difference...

Liberal online political magazine Salon.com published a letter to the editor Friday that called for the murder of 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. The letter was written in response to a mocking article at Salon titled, Good Morning America’s painfully friendly interview with Sarah Palin by Alex Pareene. Pareene snarkily sums up the GMA interview: “The interview was basically split into a couple of distinct sections: How awesome is your family, how bad is Barack Obama, how awful are people who criticize you, and how awesome is America?” The first letter published in response to...

A special call to prayer and fasting for Washington state has been issued from September 22 to October 31 by Light of the World Prayer Center in Whatcom County. For more information, go to: www.lowpc.org . From David Bryant, “A Christ-awakening begins whenever God’s Spirit uses God’s Word to re-introduce God’s people back to God’s Son for all that He is.”

In the wake of the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks relaunch in Washington last week, and ahead of Hillary Clinton and George Mitchell heading to the next round of talks in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt and Jerusalem next week, the Obama administration is continuing to step up its outreach to Jewish and Muslim American leaders and other key domestic constituencies. President Barack Obama himself will do a "Rosh Hashana" conference call with rabbis this afternoon on, Jewish leaders said. And Vice President Joseph Biden hosts Jewish leaders at a pre-Rosh Hashana reception at his Naval Observatory residence this evening. Clinton, meantime, hosts an...

In my Parish I work with the men of the Holy Name Society and also the women of the Sodality to ensure that the numerous sick in our parish are visited regularly. I try to visit the sick at least quarterly on a rolling basis to ensure they have had confession and anointing of the Sick. But, since I am without an assistant priest, as a general rule, I depend on them to bring communion regularly.We met as a group this past week and had an interesting discussion about a concern that a number of them expressed, that of reverence....

Shirley Sherrod was visibly disappointed after the phone call apology from President Obama. She wanted to share with the President of the USA the unique experience of her life. She wanted to tell him about the South. Mrs. Sherrod like many Americans has so much to say. She felt she deserved to tell her life-story of struggle. Instead President Obama assured her the USDA Secretary was serious about the job offer. However, Shirley Sherrod is not in it for a job position. President Obama was chasing a new job position whole his life. This is all he knows –...

PRIME Minister Julia Gillard is expected to call an election within 24 hours. The ABC reports that Labor sources have revealed Ms Gillard will visit Governor General Quentin Bryce in Canberra tomorrow morning to set the election for August 28. The election campaign will be six weeks long. The news comes as the Opposition accused Ms Gillard of trying "airbrush" the past by refusing to reveal whether she had reneged on a deal with Kevin Rudd. Treasury spokesman Joe Hockey said today the Prime Minister should have been “honest” and “open” about what happened on the night before Mr Rudd...

After getting frustrated out of the lemons his problems gave him, David Miller made his own corporate lemonade. Due to the frustration of always having to call technical support to solve his own frequent hardware problems, he started taking the initiative to educate himself.

Senator Jim DeMint June 4, 2010 U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) voiced concerns that the Senate passes over 90% of legislation without any debate, without amendment, and without a roll call vote. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B751mhY-QE&feature=player_embedded

A senior commander of the military wing of Hamas says the Palestinian movement is stronger than ever, writes Jason Koutsoukis. ABU MUSAB thanks Israel for maintaining its years-long siege of the Gaza Strip. ''It helps to keep the minds of the people focused on fighting Israel,'' he told the Herald this week. Abu Musab, 40, is a senior commander in the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian political movement Hamas.

Does anyone know how late the Washington offices of U.S. Representatives can be expected to be open, tonight (March 20, 2010)? If the offices will be open, it might be easier to reach them tonight than it has been during the day. It also wouldn't hurt to have undecided Democrats receiving (firm but polite) calls late into the night in opposition to the bill.

The Fearful Forty; 40 Dems who are persuadable on health care reform you should call NOW editor's note Ed Whelan over at the Corner has made it easy for you to call congressmen who are wavering in support of or opposition to health care reform: The "(S)" means that the member voted for the Stupak amendment last fall. The full House phone directory is here. "Yes" on Obamacare Last Time but Might Want to Switch: Gabrielle Giffords, (D., Ariz.)-202-225-2542 Ann Kirkpatrick, (D., Ariz.)-202-225-2315 Harry Mitchell, (D., Ariz.)-202-225-2190 Vic Snyder, (D., Ariz.) (S)-202-225-2506 Marion Berry, (D., Ark.) (S)-202-225-4076 John Salazar, (D.,...

Folks, despite all the rhetoric about reconciliation, the real fight is to get the House to pass the Senate bill, word for word, exactly like it came from the Senate. Until then, there can be no "reconcilliation" vote in the Senate, and furthermore, only the Senate bill, word for word, can be voted on. All the rhetoric about changes to the bill, slimmed down bill, incorporation of Republican ideas is simply nonsense. Both Senator Jim DeMint and Senator Lindsey Graham explained this quite nicely on FNC last night. We must pressure the House members and keep the pressure on. I...

Special to the Independent from the Journal of New Ulm MANKATO - In a telephone conference call with up to 1,000 constituents, Rep. Tim Walz and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius tackled questions about the health care reform legislation in Washington. Listeners were on listen-only status unless they signaled their wish to ask a question. Questions were prescreened by the moderator, Walz's Communications Director Meredith Salsbery. There were no raised voices, though some questions were contentious. Walz will be holding a regular town hall meeting at 6 p.m.. Thursday at Mankato East High School. Walz and Sebelius opened...

While on the phone with my Congress critter's office this am, I was specifically asked to contact as many representatives, even from my state, to express my opinions. I found this link for FR. It links to all states and territories, as far as I can tell.

AFSCME is passing out info in State office buildings to call state legislators and SEIU, AFSCME, and Obama's the rest of OBama's Acorn crew are running commercials for higher taxes

Who would have thought 55 days into this administration we would be asking the question, what did he know and when did he know it? Word that a provision in the stimulus bill gave the green light for AIG to hand out bonuses using taxpayer money sent the media bloodhounds hot on the trail of whoever is the culprit. For a time, it looked like Senate Banking chairman Chris Dodd would take the fall, but after 24 hours of twisting in the wind, Dodd said the change that exempted past agreements to pay bonuses was made at the request of...

[Audio of phone call in article] he President must have strayed too far from his trusty teleprompter again. Because we all know how precise he is with his use of language. So let’s pause to consider once more how the media enablers rolled over to let the Eloquent One get away with requesting a do-over on his answer to the NY Times reporter’s question, “Are you a socialist?” Imagine if the hapless George W. Bush had called back the NY Times to change an answer. And then just offered more buck-passing in explanation. Oh, the humanity! But we voted for...

If you've seen the yellow bags on your door knob, you probably know this is the day Boy Scouts collect food for the hungry. Their goal - 500,000 items. But behind one door knob, a local Cub Scout troop solicited a pretty special donor, former president George W. Bush. For 10,000 local kids, scouting for food is door to door, and it's neighbor to neighbor. But for the boys of Troop 19, their newest neighbor is guarded by the police and the Secret Service. Getting the former president's canned goods is no simple matter. "You had to do a bit...

NEW YORK, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY), together with other community groups, today met with Mayor Michael Bloomberg at Gracie Mansion to express their concerns about the mayor's "uncritical" support for Israel's recent attacks on Gaza that killed hundreds of Palestinian civilians.

Call ALL the Offices of Spector,Collins and Snowe. Here are all 21 numbers.

I was just surfing through the garbage and came across this post on DUmmies UNderock. They are fuming at Diane's possible no vote on porkulus and listed numbers to call. I called all and got through to actual human beings (except for the 1st number). FREEP SURGE!!! Call call call!!! I must admit, the gals I spoke with were very nice and polite. This is the post I got the numbers from.... Parker CA (670 posts) Fri Feb-06-09 02:21 PM Response to Reply #6 13. Just called her DC office and got through after 6 attempts. Let the person on...

This is something you will want to have and use! I still remember when AT&T charged me $1.50 to get a phone number from information! My compliments to Google! Just leave it up to Google to come up with something like this!

Legislation (SB 12) that would mandate, as early as 2010, bullet serialization -- the process by which each individual round of ammunition is identified and marked with a laser-engraved serial number -- was introduced, December 11th, by Senator Ronald Ramsey, Sr. in the Georgia State Senate. The National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF), the trade association of the firearms and ammunition industry, has made clear that serializing ammunition on a mass production basis is not feasible from a practical standpoint and any legislation mandating such action could rightfully be considered a de facto ban on ammunition. NSSF is encouraging all sportsmen,...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26, 2008 – Wounded warriors who call into the Marine Wounded Warrior Call Center near Quantico, Va., find truth in the motto, “once a Marine, always a Marine.” That’s because their calls are answered by people like Alfredo Soto, who fondly remembers the camaraderie he experienced during his service in the Marine Corps. “We were always being told to look out for and take care of your buddy,” Soto, 36, said. He is one of several veterans and military family members who work the phones at the call center in Dumfries, Va. “I know I’m out of...

Authorities to Hold News Conference on Fate of Boy Whose Grandfather Has Been Tied to Mexican Drug RingNevada officials have deactivated an Amber Alert for kidnapped 6-year-old Cole Puffinburger. They gave no reason for the cancellation. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department announced a news conference to be held at 5 p.m. ET (2 p.m. PT). Puffinburger was kidnapped Wednesday morning from his Las Vegas home. His grandfather, Clemens Tinnemeyer, 51, was arrested by the FBI on Friday as a "person of interest" in the case. He was taken into custody in Riverside, Calif., and is being held at the...

Click Below to sign the petitionhttp://www.callbackcongress.com/

I don't know if it was ever pointed out here that this measure passed 63-5, with 32 Senators choosing not to vote, including both McCain and Obama. Click through if you don't know how your Senator voted.

COLORADO SPRINGS — A court hearing was delayed at the last-minute for the woman considered a "person of interest" in the phone call that sparked the massive raid on the Fundamentalist LDS Church's YFZ Ranch. Rozita Swinton, 33, was scheduled to appear in an El Paso County courtroom on Friday for a pre-trial hearing on a misdemeanor charge of making a false report to police. The hearing was postponed at the request of her defense attorney. "He asked for a continuance due to the amount of discovery in this case," said prosecutor Frederick Stein. "I did not object to...

Malicious Legislation Watch Climate Security Act is about NeitherOnly US Senators would have the overbearing arrogance--think Al Gore--to think that they can vote to change climate. But the Senate votes tomorrow on a piece of Buffoonery called the Climate Security Act. Maybe the Senators attach a rider outlawing tornadoes and floods, while they're at it. Tomorrow's Senate vote, which will cost every American THOUSANDS of dollars more--while accomplishing NOTHING. Instead of filing this under "Legislative Mischief", this bill needs to go into the "Malicious Legislation" file. The Climate Security Act will affect neither climate nor security. It will, however, affect...

PARIS - President Bush has finally set a target date for reining in U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases but the plan is falling flat in the international arena, where critics have long accused him of not moving quickly enough on tackling global warming. "Losership instead of leadership," Germany's environment minister said Thursday of Bush's new strategy. A major disappointment, South Africa said. Too little and too late, a Chinese official added. Bush's speech Wednesday, in which he said the United States must stop the growth of its emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases by 2025, dominated U.S.-sponsored climate...

IT'S ONLY MY OPINION-Hillary Clinton and the 3 a.m. callStanley P. Gershbein 04/10/2008 Many years ago I was called as a witness to a lawsuit in which I was involved. I was asked a question by the opposing attorney and completely surprised - no. SHOCKED is a better word. I totally shocked him with my response. He attempted to stop me in the middle of my reply. I then looked up at the judge and said "Your honor. I'm not finished." "I'll allow it. I'm curious myself to hear what you have to say." I went on for another few...

Mailings Fool Seniors Into Accepting Pitches; States Launch ChargesOlder Americans around the country are getting duped by a seemingly innocuous tactic that can expose them to hard-sell pitches from the insurance industry. The technique is centered on a marketing tool called the lead card, and it became popular after the federal government created its Do Not Call Registry in 2003 to shield consumers from unwanted solicitors. Sent through the mail, the lead card invites the recipient to mail off an enclosed reply for free information about, say, estate planning. "It's a huge loophole," says Pam Dixon, executive director of the...

WASHINGTON, June 13, 2007 – On June 17, most fathers will awake to smiles, hugs and maybe even another tie for their collection. For more than 150,000 American fathers, sons and daughters serving in operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, their Father's Day will be much different. To help bridge the gap between the front lines and the home front, the Army and Air Force Exchange Service actively partners with the American public on not just Father's Day, but every day troops are far from home, AAFES officials said. Available to the public since April 2004, “Help Our Troops...

First, there were letters; what's now referred to as "snail mail." Next, email came along. Now, some military families are "catching the wave" of wireless communication via satellite. It's a costly way to communicate unless you pool your resources. Thanks to satellite time purchased by Sgt. Brad Frey, he's able to talk to and see his wife Andrea and their two young boys from his computer in Afghanistan. Andrea logged onto the computer and set up a satellite feed while News 4 was there. She said to him, "We can see you." Sgt. Frey and seven of his friends; other...