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President Bush is a LIAR! About Iraq, S-Chip and everything else!

Scammers pumping out emails that try to trick recipients into parting with large sums of cash are getting a helping hand from the Democratic National Committee. According to a researcher with anti-spam company Cloudmark, 419 fraudsters have been relaying a "significant" amount of messages through the democrats.org domain name. The abuse, which dates back at least to the beginning of this month, helps evade filters that internet service providers employ to block the messages."Unfortunately, because they're able to relay mail through the Democratic Party server, it does affect the Democratic Party's IP reputation, as well as their domain sending reputation,"...

My previous torture-related posts seem to have landed me on some lefty enemies lists. Let’s see if I can get on a few more. The big torture question before us today is “What did Nancy Pelosi know and when did she know it?” Turns out, she knew pretty much everything and she knew it right off the bat. In September 2002, four members of Congress met in secret for a first look at a unique CIA program designed to wring vital information from reticent terrorism suspects in U.S. custody. For more than an hour, the bipartisan group, which included current...

There’s trouble brewing. The Hill and the WH are not on the same page. Pelosi and Reid fooled Obama into wasting his post-election political capital on a fake stimulus plan that was just pork spending and political kickbacks to unions etc. They also convinced him (as Senator, Pres elect, AND as President!) that just giving money away to banks was a good idea that Congress would keep Oh-so-close-an-eye on. Yeah, that TARP was a TRILLION dollars well spent, right? They also convinced him to just go ahead and sign the 9000 budget they forged (though he was a Senator then...

Abstract This paper discusses the difficulties of applying the Community Reinvestment Act to banks. It finds that the complications of community investment needs and the opacity of compliance formulas make any banking act too small a commitment to have real effects. Introduction The objective of this paper is to suggest some of the complexities of economic investment with respect to the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) that make the algebraic formulas of compliance far out of range of true measurement. I will discuss some of the ways that the government has attempted to implement CRA compliance, what this reveals about the...

James Pethokoukis has an excellent op-ed about the economy that Obama will own. He is doing his best to ensure that people will believe this is Bush’s economy, not his…but history has shown in two years, and again in four years it won’t be the previous administration that will be blamed especially when he has the next four years to try and fix it. For eight decades, Democrats have successfully blamed Republican Herbert Hoover for the decade-long Great Depression. That, even though Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal failed to restore prosperity or dramatically lower unemployment, and his tax increases in 1937...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqR0Ui0g3wI&eurl= The Leader of the Don't Drill Democrats in the Senate declaims against two giant and productive industries that employ hundreds of thousands of Americans. His full statement: "The one thing we fail to talk about is those costs that you don't see on the bottom line. That is coal makes us sick, oil makes us sick; it's global warming. It's ruining our country, it’s ruining our world. We’ve got to stop using fossil fuel.”

It all sounds so good…. 95% of Americans getting tax cuts. Tho even the most shallow of thinkers have to wonder how this can be when the non-partisan Tax Policy Center notes that 38% of Americans have no tax debt at all.But let’s leave the most simple of mathematical errors behind. After all, it’s the “intent” that matters, yes? And while Obama’s perceived American utopia may be admirable in that intent, he seems a bit old to still indulge in such fantasy.And the numbers indicate Obama’s promises are fantasy indeed. The headline that says it all, bringing reality home, is...

The US House Natural Resources Committee's minority staff released its own report on Oct. 9 challenging one which the majority staff issued six months ago which has been the basis of many 2008 Democratic candidates' energy stands. The new report, "Drilling for Truth and Coming Up Empty," highlights major flaws and inaccuracies in the committee majority staff's document which Democrats from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) to presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) have cited, according to Rep. Don Young (R-Alas.), the Natural Resources Committee's ranking minority member. The majority's report contained unsupported and undocumented extrapolations regarding oil and gas...

Political analyst extraordinaire DICK MORRIS plots out the critical states that may determine whether John McCain or Barack Obama becomes the next president. McCain is pulling ahead in several states, while six others are tossups.

The vote of the Democratic rules committee not to seat the entire Michigan and Florida delegations — as Hillary had wanted — signals the end of the domination of the Democratic Party by Bill and Hillary Clinton. It began when Bill won the California primary in 1992 and ended this past weekend, on May 31, 2008. During this period, nothing moved unless the Clintons OKed it. Now the Party has declared its independence, shaking off their family fiefdom. There is a lot more involved than just the fact that Hillary lost the primaries to Obama and trails him among elected...

By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Tuesday moved toward approving more than $500 billion to keep the government operating through September 2008 and meeting President George W. Bush's demand for new Iraq war funds. By a vote of 70-25, the Senate attached a Republican amendment adding $40 billion for the war in Iraq to the fiscal 2008 spending bill. The money would not be saddled with any of the conditions Democrats have sought for ending combat, now nearing five years. "We need to pass this spending bill, with troop funds, without any strings and without any further...

Article published Dec 5, 2007 Iran and its Democratic friends December 5, 2007 If anything is clear from the new National Intelligence Estimate, it's that the U.S. intelligence agencies have no clear idea of what's going on in Iran. The authors of the intelligence estimate concede that despite their earlier conclusions they can't really say how far Iran's nuclear program has advanced, or how close Iran is to developing atomic weapons. It's irrefutable that Iran may have a nuclear weapon in the foreseeable future — whether in 2009, 2013 or 2015 is not so clear. The only weapon the Democrats...

Democratic fundraiser fails to appear for bail hearing on grand theft charge. Norman Hsu has donated or raised more than $1 million for Democrats and their causes. He served as a "bundler," rounding up a group of donors and then packaging their checks together.***************************** REDWOOD CITY, Calif. -- A warrant was issued this morning for Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu, who failed to appear for a bail hearing on a 15-year-old grand theft charge. San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Robert D. Foiles ordered Hsu, a major fundraiser for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign, to be held without bail should...

Nancy Pelosi always has something to say about unequal rights for women in America, while safely ensconced in America, yet she has no compunction in lowering her status abroad by covering up with one of the many headscarves she reportedly packed. She complains about the glass ceiling and inequality in America, but never about the plight of Muslim women being stoned to death for mere allegations of adultery, burned and disfigured with acid, subjected to genital mutilation, or any of the other uplifting cultural traditions that await many of them.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Looking to instill discipline among Democrats, a coalition of labor, trial lawyers and liberal groups are launching lobbying and campaign organizations this week to keep Democratic lawmakers from straying on populist issues. Democrats who don't hew to this agenda could find themselves facing well-funded primary opponents - an aggressive strategy to counter moderate and conservative blocs within the party. The groups have organized as two entities - a lobbying wing called They Work For Us and a campaign arm called Working for Us PAC. "Our PAC will encourage Democrats to act like Democrats - and if they...

Former Conyers staffer revivies allegations Thursday, November 16, 2006 By Ed Golder The Grand Rapids Press A Holland-area woman is reviving charges of unethical conduct against U.S. Rep. John Conyers as the Detroit Democrat prepares to ascend to the chairmanship of the House Judiciary Committee. Deanna Maher, retired chief of staff for Conyers' Downriver Region office near Detroit, alleges Conyers required her to work on political campaigns and to baby-sit for his children while on the government payroll, both violations of House ethics rules. Conyers has, in the past, denied the allegations. Maher, who lives in Park Township and has...

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- Now that the elections have given them control of the Senate, leading Democrats on judicial issues have a message for President Bush. They don't want him to send up for confirmation any judges who would be hostile to legalized abortion or they plan vote down or filibuster them. Democrats now have 51 votes in the Senate and will likely have a slim one vote majority on the Senate Judiciary Committee when Congress starts its new session in January. Though they technically have enough votes on the panel and in the Senate to defeat any Bush judicial...

Voters seemingly poised to hand control of the House of Representatives and perhaps the Senate to Democrats should be thinking hard about the consequences on an array of defining issues. The most reliable guide to those consequences is not what Democrats are saying on the campaign stump -- or mostly not saying, witness the suddenly missing Nancy Pelosi -- but how they have actually voted in Congress again and again on core issues. Bluntly put, there is ample reason to conclude that the prospective Democratic majorities in Congress would, in fact, be weak on national security, defeatist on Iraq, prone...

Pulitzer-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh slams Bush at McGill address By Martin LukacsThe McGill Daily Speaking to launch McGill’s interdisciplinary media studies program last Wednesday, Hersh said he had seen video footage of atrocities in Iraq.Jennifer Bartoli / The McGill Daily “The bad news,” investigative reporter Seymour Hersh told a Montreal audience last Wednesday, “is that there are 816 days left in the reign of King George II of America.” The good news? “When we wake up tomorrow morning, there will be one less day.” Hersh, a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and regular contributor to The New Yorker magazine, has been...

Many argue that communism will never be possible because of "human nature". The essence of this false argument is the belief that a communist society would consist of an all-powerful central government that would tell everybody what to do--and would therefore undermine the creative initiative of individuals and the search for happiness. • This argument is based on two false assumptions: (1) It assumes that a communist society will look like the former Soviet Union, or the current China, North Korea, etc (ie: corrupt police states with a feudal-style ruling class) (2) It assumes that people will only work in...

Gas costs so much. I cant afford it. Why want Bush do something? Don't say he can't. His daddy or his handlers could be on the phone in 2 minutes with the Rothchilds and by 1 week, oil prices would be under $20 and gas would be 1 dollar a gallon. You know it and I know it. Why want he? Do you know? Is there sombody we can call? Plaese advice.

The Media CIA CONTROLED MEDIDA AND/OR MEDIA MANIPULATION IS A VIOLATION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO A FREE PRESS CONCERNING ALL 50 STATES AND EVERY AMERICAN CITIZEN PLEASE REVIEW: http://government.rantnetwork.com/usgovcoverups (read website on "operation mockingbird") Journalism is a perfect cover for CIA agents. People talk freely to journalists, and few think suspiciously of a journalist aggressively searching for information. Journalists also have power, influence and clout. Not surprisingly, the CIA began a mission in the late 1940s to recruit American journalists on a wide scale, a mission it dubbed Operation MOCKINGBIRD. The agency wanted these journalists not only to...

IF YOU DELETE MY SCREEN NAME THE WAR WILL BEGIN I AM THE AMBASSADOR...We will plague your message boards My Fellow Soldiers will strike back

JIM LEHRER: You're talking about the ones he lost he did better? DAVID BROOKS: He lost but he did better. So it wasn't just like he only had appeal in the Bible belt; he had appeal across the country, and I think it's because of these terror issues and security issues. MARK SHIELDS: I would say, Jim, there's a couple of realities that have to hit Democrats and Republicans as well: The 11 states of the confederacy, which were the bulwark of the Democratic congressional majority for generations after the Civil War is now the solid Republican cell. There are...

This is hilarious!

This week, many therapists in Kerry-friendly New York found their clients left personal issues at home, instead seeking professional help for post-election political despair. Manhattan psychologist Bonnie Maslin said many of her patients cried about the lost election and the reality of the Republican victory. They talked about hopelessness. They said they felt isolated, depressed and angry. "There is a lot of grieving and mourning -- not unlike the Jewish shiva," Maslin said. "The level of devastation is enormous. Patients are saying they feel that the things they cherish and value are under siege. They feel threatened." Maslin, a practicing...

The country is clearly divided and being divided feels yukky to some people. A lot of rough-housing and mean-spirited campaigning went on during this election year. Name calling like "girlie-men" and "unpatriotic" and "losers" may have hurt the feelings of emotionally vulnerable individuals. Those same individuals were probably the ones to get the balls spiked into their faces during high school dodgeball games. And that can hurt. Especially if you're wearing glasses and headgear. Anyway, IT'S HIGH TIME TO APOLOGIZE AND HEAL THE WOUNDS. PRESIDENT BUSH IS A UNITER, NOT A DIVIDER, as Nancy Pelosi reiterated today. And while President...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- After losing back-to-back presidential elections, Democratic leaders are trying to figure out how to make the party more relevant to mainstream Americans and keep it from slipping into perpetual minority-party status. And the task is daunting, many Democratic consultants and leaders agree. Republicans have cut deeply into formerly Democratic areas in rural America, the Sunbelt, and among Hispanics, the nation's fastest-growing minority group. They have made gains on "family values" issues, winning over social conservatives who previously voted Democratic on economic issues, while keeping their advantage on national defense. (Small inroads make difference for Bush) "We were...

We may be about to experience an election unlike any we've seen in a while. The Florida recount in 2000 raised passions and blood pressure and featured some demonstrations on both sides, but there was no violence. This year, lots of groups are jostling with each other to monitor the elections in battleground states. For its part, the AFL-CIO has promised to dispatch thousands of election monitors to battleground states to watch for any hint of trouble at polling places. From the initial reports, they may be the ones for have to be watched as potential troublemakers. Last week, in...

"Mama T" took the stage Wednesday. A night after giving a sedate speech to the Democratic National Convention, Teresa Heinz Kerry was treated like a rock star at the gay and lesbian caucus, where she told the packed room that "at least, if nothing else, you will have a mom in the White House." "You can call me Mama T," Heinz Kerry said. And the crowd took her up on her offer. Heinz Kerry never mentioned gay marriage during her 10-minute speech, but she said that "we have to make sure that those of you parents ... have the same...

BOSTON (AP) - A sign posted on a locked door at The International restaurant in the financial district warned patrons it was closed due to "lack of business because of the DNC." On stylish Newbury Street during lunch hour, just two of 32 tables at one outdoor cafe were occupied. In the normally cramped North End, a delivery truck parked illegally across from a row of open parking spaces, as if by habit. Around Boston, businesses anticipating a boost from the Democratic National Convention were left to stew in the disappointment of streets emptied by warnings about highway closures, rail-line...

Civility Drops to a Low Point in X-Rated CongressBy Jim Abrams Associated Press Writer Published: Jun 25, 2004 WASHINGTON (AP) - In 1856 a House member from South Carolina took his cane to an abolitionist senator from Massachusetts, bloodying the Senate floor and leaving the man near death. Capitol attacks these days are not as dramatic, but lawmakers from both parties lament what has become another low point in political civility. In the latest episode, Vice President Dick Cheney used an obscenity beginning with "F" in an exchange with Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., on the Senate floor where members had...

Why the Bush victory still worries China's militarists Peter ZhangBrookesNews.ComMonday 16 February 2004 When Jiang Zemin offered the customary congratulations to Mr Bush on his presidential victory he was grinding his teeth as he did so. In fact the grinding of teeth could be heard throughout China's military establishment. Gore was their man. Sa gua (stupid) as they sneeringly referred to him. In their view, any country stupid enough to re-elect Clinton was surely stupid enough to elect Gore. Well, it was a very close thing indeed. (I still believe that Gore would have had his clocked wiped, as...