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How much attention do you pay to the state of the U.S. economy? It has a direct effect on my business. I believe you lead from the top down, and if I ran my business like the guy in the White House runs his business now, whether it's your debt-to-GDP, or your inflows to your outflows, basically — I'd be bankrupt. If I didn't show the confidence to my staff from 2007 to where we are today, making a change to the business model, making adjustments within human resources, moving people out, which you don't like to do, to consolidate...

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...

Many Mormons often give the initial impression that Christian churches are viewed with a certain level of favouritism by the Mormon faith. Zealous young Mormon missionaries, when encountering potential proselytites into the Church, will often side step what Mormonism really thinks of other churches by saying something like: "there is truth in all religions". However, the truth is that Mormonism views other churches as false religions void of all authority. In fairness to individual Mormons, it must be said that some do not really realise the extent to which the Mormon Church disagrees with Christian denominations, or, at the very...

Compiled by Bill McKeever A common response to Christians who question the teachings of Mormonism is to accuse them of being contentious and unloving. Often Mormons will question the "Christianity" of the person and proudly claim that members of the LDS Church never criticize the beliefs of others and therefore conclude that no one else should either. As the following quotes demonstrate, Mormons leaders have long criticized Christians, and oftentimes very harshly. Joseph Smith (Mormonism's founder)Joseph Smith claimed that he had seen both God the Father and Jesus Christ and asked these personages which church he should join. He claimed...

Jonathan Alter’s upcoming book, The Promise: President Obama, Year One, reportedly quotes Obama verbally attacking Americans who participate in the Tea Party movement. The President supposedly said that Republican opposition to his Recovery Act, “helped create the (expletive deleted) and empowered that whole wing of the Republican Party where it now controls the agenda for Republicans.” [...] It is un-presidential for Obama to attack Americans who are exercising their 1st Amendment rights to protest against big government. The President owes Tea Party members and the American people an apology.

Politico's Josh Gerstein and Patrick Gavin have a long article describing the growing anger of the White House press corps towards the Obama White House. Many of the grievances are petty, though some are serious and substantive (involving lack of transparency and media manipulation), but the passage that I found most revealing is this one: Much of the criticism is off the record, both out of fear of retaliation and from worry about appearing whiny. But those views were voiced by a cross section of the television, newspaper and magazine journalists who cover the White House.

President Obama took aim at the health insurance industry Sunday, using an op-ed to accuse the insurance companies of discriminating against millions and rally support for a comprehensive reform package to hold them "accountable." The op-ed in The New York Times escalated an approach the White House and congressional Democrats have taken in recent weeks, in which they've focused more on Americans who have insurance, rather than the staggering number of uninsured. In doing so, health care reform proponents have cited a litany of examples of how Americans’ health insurance plans are falling short.

Reporting from Beirut -- Tehran's hard-line Revolutionary Court warned Sunday that those criticizing its ongoing proceedings against postelection protesters could face jail time themselves. The threat came after a chorus of reformists and even some political conservatives labeled as a sham the televised court hearing Saturday of about 100 defendants arrested in the unrest that followed the disputed June 12 presidential election in which incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the winner.

TORONTO | Former President George W. Bush, appearing Friday with his predecessor, Bill Clinton, in what turned out to be a collegial conversation rather than a spirited debate, once again said he would not criticize President Obama — then proceeded to do just that. "International pressure — diplomacy only works if there's leverage," Mr. Bush said. "It sounds wonderful — 'Let's go talk to people' — but you better have leverage in order to make diplomacy work."

Really? Not about politics? So, does MS NBC want us to believe that the MSM and Team "O" is not assaulting the "right"? How can that be? Or we just supposed to pay no mind to the man behind the curtain? Give me a break; the Homeland Security report has everything to do with politics. Duh.

WASHINGTON – Some Republicans are criticizing a Homeland Security Department intelligence assessment, saying it unfairly characterizes military veterans as right-wing extremists. House Republican leader John Boehner says he wants the Homeland Security Department to apologize to veterans. .. It warns that right-wing extremists could use the bad state of the U.S. economy and the election of the country's first black president to recruit members.

United Nations Wants To Regulate Free Speech Of Every Nation Lou Dobbs reports on a UN attempt to make it illegal to speak ill of islam.

WASHINGTON – President-elect Barack Obama's proposed tax cuts ran into opposition Thursday from senators in his own party who said they wouldn't do much to stimulate the economy or create jobs. Senators from both parties agreed that Congress should do something to stimulate the economy. But Democratic senators emerging from a private meeting of the Senate Finance Committee criticized business and individual tax cuts in Obama's stimulus plan. They were especially critical of a proposed $3,000 tax credit for companies that hire or retrain workers.

WASHINGTON - Democratic lawmakers are questioning a Bush administration plan to eliminate requirements for farms to disclose air pollution from animal waste. Currently farms must report to federal, state and local officials when emissions of hazardous substances like ammonia and hydrogen sulfide exceed certain levels. In a little-noticed proposed rule change published in the Federal Register on Dec. 28, when Congress was on its winter recess, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed eliminating the reporting requirement. EPA argued that the requirement created an unnecessary burden for farms and that the emission release reports weren't acted on at the federal level, anyway....

Maybe you missed this but the Desert News in Salt Lake City didn't. Harry Reid had some harsh words for Evangelicals calling millions of them "anti-Christian". Read portions of the article below: (the key qote is bolded)Some past prominent LDS Church leaders wrongly pressed conservatism on church members, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday during a press conference at Brigham Young University. The Nevada senator attacked President Bush and evangelical Christians while saying members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints need to worry less about abortion and gay marriage and more about health care, global...

MANCHESTER, N.H. - President Bush drew startling criticism Tuesday night from Republican White House hopefuls unhappy with his handling of the Iraq war, his diplomatic style and his approach to immigration. "I would certainly not send him to the United Nations" to represent the United States, said Tommy Thompson, the former Wisconsin governor and one-time member of Bush's Cabinet, midway through a spirited campaign debate. Arizona Sen. John McCain (news, bio, voting record) criticized the administration for its handling of the Iraq War, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney said, "I think we were underprepared and underplanned for what came...

State auditors Tuesday criticized California's $3 billion stem-cell institute for lax travel and entertainment rules that let its officials sometimes get chauffeured rental cars, pricey meals and first-class air fare. The report by California State Auditor Elaine Howle also faulted the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine for using questionable data in justifying its salaries, which in some cases seemed excessive to the auditors. In addition, the report said, the institute offered vague reasoning for its policies governing how much revenue and other benefits the state should receive from those who develop products from the institute's stem-cell grants. Moreover, the report...

METULLA, Israel - Israeli soldiers returning from the war in Lebanon say the army was slow to rescue wounded comrades and suffered from a lack of supplies so dire that they had to drink water from the canteens of dead Hezbollah guerrillas. "We fought for nothing. We cleared houses that will be reoccupied in no time," said Ilia Marshak, a 22-year-old infantryman who spent a week in Lebanon. Marshak said his unit was hindered by a lack of information, poor training and untested equipment. In one instance, Israeli troops occupying two houses inadvertently fired at each other because of poor...

LONDON (Reuters) - Muslims criticised the government on Friday for publishing the names of 19 men who police sources say are under arrest for allegedly plotting to blow up passenger planes bound for the United States. The government instructed the Bank of England to publish the names on its Web site on Thursday, just hours after police arrested 24 people in connection with the suspected plot. Police have not named the 24 but a police source confirmed they include the 19 named by the central bank. Although the bank did not give the addresses of the 19, it listed their...

TEHERAN - Iran's reformist opposition criticized the nation's nuclear policies as it may bring Iran before the United Nations Security Council and lead to sanctions, ILNA news agency reported on Monday. The spokesman for the MJM faction, Rassoul Montajabnia, told ILNA that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government had made a political mistake by skipping the Europeans in favour of members of the Non-Aligned Movement. The new Iranian administration has decided to increase nuclear negotiations with the NAM member states as well as Russia and China and sever talks with the European Union trio Britain, France and Germany, the main negotiating partners...

To my fellow Arabs: What we may call the "critical mind" is almost non-existent today in the Arabic speaking societies. This is largely due to the meager margin of democracy allowed and to the fact that top positions, in many cases, are concentrated in the hands of a few incompetent individuals whose intellectual capacities and management skills are mediocre at best. When we add to this the current proliferation of a reactionary religious culture, it is understandable that there should be a marked decrease in rationality, a lack of participation marked by extreme negativity, and a prevalence of constant and...

“Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is no more the leader, having overstepped his legitimacy by not responding to his Islamic duties. He must step down”, says Iran’s most prominent political dissident Akbar Ganji. In a pathetic letter to the nation’s most senior dissident cleric, Grand Ayatollah Hoseynali Montazeri, Mr. Ganji cites a statement by the fonder of the Islamic Republic Grand Ayatollah Rouhollah Khomeini saying “every member of the population has the right to impeach publicly the ruling officials and if the impeached one has no satisfactory answer, otherwise and if having acted against his Islamic obligations, he must step down and...

MEXICO CITY (AP) - CIA Director Porter Goss's remarks about the potential for pre-election instability in Mexico provoked banner newspaper headlines Thursday and prompted the interior minister to accuse the American spy chief of meddling in Mexico's internal affairs. During testimony before a Senate panel Wednesday, Goss briefly mentioned Mexico in a report on "potential areas for instability" or "flashpoints" in some of the eight Latin American nations with elections next year. "Campaigning for the 2006 presidential election in Mexico is likely to stall progress on fiscal, labor and energy reforms," Goss said. Interior Minister Santiago Creek called a news...

Los Angeles County jailers will soon identify illegal immigrants in their custody with criminal convictions and hand them over to federal agents for deportation. The plan, expected to be in place in the coming weeks, has alarmed Bay Area immigration advocates worried about its effect on local policing. --snip-- ``It's really scary and has a lot of people worried,'' said Margaret Zaknoen, advocacy coordinator for the Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition, an umbrella organization of immigrant rights groups that's watching the Los Angeles case closely. ``Things like this chip away at the separation between law enforcement'' and the Bureau of...

Dems Criticize Bush on State of the Union By ALAN FRAM : Associated Press Writer Feb 2, 2005 : 5:44 pm ET WASHINGTON -- Their numbers and power diminished, congressional Democrats hope their vigorous response to President Bush's State of the Union address will help fuel a turnabout from the election miseries of November. In addition to their leaders' televised response Wednesday night, Democrats were inviting senior citizens to the House galleries to underscore their opposition to Bush's Social Security plans and planned a news conference Thursday at a memorial to Social Security's father, President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The prime-time...

Edwards criticizes Kerry over lobbyists, trade 2-2-04 By Tom Raum, Associated Press Writer News & Record CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Democratic presidential contender John Edwards, in a must-win battle for South Carolina, criticized chief rival John Kerry on Monday for accepting contributions from lobbyists and supporting trade pacts that he contends have cost U.S. jobs. Edwards, who had gained support in Iowa and New Hampshire for running a positive campaign, claimed in a speech at the College of Charleston that "I don't take contributions from lobbyists, and he obviously does." However, Edwards accepted one donation in 2002 directly from a...

VIENNA, Austria - Austrian historians are ridiculing California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for telling the Republican National Convention that he saw Soviet tanks in his homeland as a child and left a "Socialist" country when he moved away in 1968. Recalling that the Soviets once occupied part of Austria in the aftermath of World War II, Schwarzenegger told the convention on Tuesday: "I saw tanks in the streets. I saw communism with my own eyes." No way, historians say, challenging Schwarzenegger's knowledge of postwar history - if not his enduring popularity among Austrians who admire him for rising from a penniless...

SACRAMENTO (AP) - State auditors Thursday slammed California's efforts to fight workers' compensation fraud, saying officials don't know the extent of the problem and don't have a real plan to deal with it. "The fraud commission and the insurance commissioner have not taken adequate steps to measure fraud in the system, develop a strategy to reduce it or ensure that the fraud assessment funds are distributed to most effectively investigate and prosecute workers' compensation fraud," chief state auditor Elaine Howle said in a report to the governor and legislative leaders. Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi praised the thoroughness of the audit...

<p>California's top Democrats scrambled Thursday to defuse same-sex marriage as a political wedge issue that could cause them problems at the polls in November.</p> <p>As a new statewide poll showed that half of Californians oppose same-sex marriage and hinted of potential difficulties among Democratic and independent voters, key California Democratic officeholders began to express doubts about same-sex marriage, and some were openly unhappy the matter had become an object of national politics in a campaign year.</p>

<p>SACRAMENTO (AP) - As California struggles with a massive deficit, the state's beleaguered prison system cannot continue the chronic overspending that has skewed its budget out of any connection with fiscal reality, state senators said Wednesday.</p> <p>The Department of Corrections overspent by $545 million in the last year alone. An Associated Press analysis found the department overspent by nearly $1.6 billion since 1999, with much of it going for guards' overtime and sick leave.</p>

Clinton, in rare move, denounces Bush record Adam Nagourney NYT Monday, September 15, 2003 INDIANOLA, Iowa: Former President Bill Clinton, seizing the Democratic stage, offered one of his strongest denunciations of President George W. Bush since leaving office as he tried to rally Democrats here around candidates who have yet to stir the excitement he did in 1992. Speaking without notes or a prepared text on Saturday night, Clinton invoked the circumstances of the 2000 presidential election as he argued that the Bush administration had squandered the domestic and foreign policy gains he had made in his eight years in...

CBN.com – WASHINGTON (AP) -- Senate Republicans braced for a continued faceoff with Democrats trying to use a multibillion Pentagon funding bill to criticize President Bush's handling of Iraq and the war on terrorism. Democrats have repeatedly criticized Bush for not aggressively seeking more international forces to police Iraq and help oversee its reconstruction as American soldiers continue to die in attacks from Iraqi resisters. "Our men and women in uniform, doing courageous work, find themselves in a near shooting-gallery environment in Iraq, with very little contribution from allies and the world," Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., said Tuesday. Democrats prepared...

Republican and Democratic leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee say they are not aware of any specific evidence that President George W. Bush intentionally misled the public about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program in the weeks and months leading up to the war on Iraq. Republican Senator Pat Roberts says that despite the failure of the United States to find stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, he believes President Bush's assessment of Iraq's weapons program was honest and based on the best intelligence the United States possessed at the time. The senator, who serves as chairman of...

SAN FRANCISCO, MAY 15 2002 (CBS News) - It is America's new reality: security and surveillance. From intense scrutiny at airports to expanded government authority to track Internet use, federal agents now watch American citizens more closely than ever, reports CBS News Correspondent John Blackstone. Such scrutiny seemed over the line to retired phone company worker Barry Reingold, after the FBI got interested in remarks Reingold made at his health club. After loudly criticizing the war in Afghanistan, Reingold had some unexpected visitors a few days later. "I said, you know, 'Who's there?' And they said, 'It's the FBI,'" said...