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An Oviedo High School teacher resigned Wednesday after admitting she gave alcohol and her sport-utility vehicle to a student later arrested in a drunken-driving crash, a Seminole County Public Schools spokeswoman said. Meredith Witt, a special education teacher, told the principal of Oviedo High she provided alcohol to "one or more" students at her home Monday, then handed over the keys to a student and let him drive off, according to a school district document. Dylan Ferguson, 18, an Oviedo High senior, was arrested Monday on counts of DUI with damaged property and leaving the scene of a crash. His...

Yesterday I called the White House comment line (202-456-1111) to register my concern to Barry regarding his destruction of the dollar. It has a magnified effect upon the elderly who live on fixed incomes and who are already set upon by Barry’s assault on the Medicare that they need now more than ever. I was very pleasant to the comment taker. This was a small gesture on my part but I believe that there are at least 50 ways, legal and peaceful, to move Barry out. This is only one and I have given up on writing Benedict Arlen Specter...

(Snip) How is it possible that America has forgotten the basic meanings of these distinctions? How is it that we have let so basic a distinction as “Parents who are citizens of the nation and the child born on its soil” simply fall by the wayside? The answer is both simple and terrible: A lack of education. Historically, children in school were taught lessons from History. (SNIP) They were taught the major works that made up the histories of their Nation, be it France, Great Britain, China… children were once taught the fundamental foundational ideas that sculpted the world they...

Top U.S. military officials may retire or resign unless President Obama quickly sets forth a clear plan on winning the war in Afghanistan, including whether to send more troop to stop insurgents, says Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican. "If he doesn't deploy a successful strategy that might happen," said Mr. Ryan, ranking member of the House Budget Committee. "The president has time to think this through, but not a lot of time because right now we have a strategy that's not working." Mr. Ryan's comments follow similar ones made recently by Republican lawmakers, include those made Wednesday by House Minority...

McChrystal to resign if not given resources for Afghanistan By Bill RoggioSeptember 21, 2009 4:17 PM Within 24 hours of the leak of the Afghanistan assessment to The Washington Post, General Stanley McChrystal's team fired its second shot across the bow of the Obama administration. According to McClatchy, military officers close to General McChrystal said he is prepared to resign if he isn't given sufficient resources (read "troops") to implement a change of direction in Afghanistan: Adding to the frustration, according to officials in Kabul and Washington, are White House and Pentagon directives made over the last six weeks that...

My feeling is that we can ensure that Obama is a one-term president using the birth issue. Is this a delusion on my part?

Stop embarrassing us, Mr. Rangel. ResignBy: Mark Tapscott Editorial Page Editor 08/28/09 4:52 PM EDT Want to understand why 2009 has witnessed the eruption of Tea Party and Town Hall protests of unprecedented intensity? Look no further than Rep. Charles Rangel, the New York Democrat who is chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee that writes tax law for the rest of us. A parade of steadily more serious revelations was capped with news that Rangel somehow forgot to report as much as half a million dollars in assets and income on his 2007 financial disclosure report. It's impossible...

Developing: Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla., is resigning, a senior Republican official told FOX News. He announced earlier this year that he had decided not to seek re-election in 2010. His resignation may allow Gov. Charlie Crist, who is running for the seat, to appoint a replacement.

U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison sent out this transcript of her interview with WBAP talk show host Mark Davis. Hutchison said she will give up her Senate seat in October or November. That would set off the special election for May 2010, unless Gov. Rick Perry declared an emergency and set it for an earlier date. The transcript: (snip) Mark Davis: "So you'll be coming out at some point. When do you think its decision time for you? When would you like, when might we know?" Kay Bailey Hutchison: "Well I'm going to announce in August. Formal announcement: I am...

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Caligiuri calls on Dodd to resignPublished on 7/28/2009 SOUTHINGTON, Conn. (AP) _ A Republican opponent wants U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd to resign after a loan official with Countrywide Financial said the Democrat and a colleague knew they were getting VIP mortgages with the lender. Senators Dodd and Kent Conrad have denied the allegation. Robert Feinberg worked in Countrywide's VIP section. According to a transcript obtained by The Associated Press, he told Republican investigators for a House oversight committee last month that both senators were told they were getting preferential treatment. Both men were said to be considered "friends" of Angelo...

With all that’s been said about Governor Sarah Palin’s supposedly “shocking” announcement that she was resigning from office, you might think that everything that needs to be said about this has already been reported. However, as I proved in my documentary which “stars” Palin, when it comes to the most unfairly vilified personality of our time, it is more the rule than the exception that the true story about her gets totally lost in the media translation. Her resignation has been a classic example.----snip----First, let’s make it clear that, despite what MSNBC has implied on numerous occasions, I am NOT...

No matter what Sarah Palin does, the media will attack her and spin any information beyond recognition. During the election, she only had 63 days to fight these smears while campaigning. This proved to be not enough time as the media attack dogs capitalize on the Alinsky strategy of manipulating church and the poor. To the elite (which includes the media), we are ALL poor, and this means even the middle class. Sarah Palin’s decision to step down is now proving to be a stroke of genius as she has learned from other Republicans in Congress such as DeMint, Culberson,...

Obviously, the fifteen frivolous ethics violation charges, all dismissed, were more than beginning to take their toll on her, her family, and becoming a distraction from her ability to effectively govern the State. She did mention in her speech that she had personally incurred over $500,000 in legal bills, "just to set the record straight," and she had to be wondering if the onslaught of attacks from her political opponents would ever stop.

Poll: Why did Sarah Palin resign her Office as Governor of Alaska? A Daily Poll.

"WASILLA, Alaska (AP) - Spokesman: Sarah Palin is resigning as Alaska governor on July 26."

The President of the United States can do better than a guy who sounds like the high water mark of his communications career was finishing third-place in the 1977 southwest Alabama regional high school debate competition.

President Barack Obama (AP Photo) (CNSNews.com) – The ousted inspector general who reported that his office found misuse of AmeriCorps funds granted to a charity run by a political ally of President Barack Obama sees an assault on the institution of government watchdogs, noting that besides himself, the inspectors general in both the Treasury Department and the International Trade Commission (ITC) have faced reported hurdles in doing their jobs. He says he wants Congress to hold a hearing on his firing. “I certainly don’t know the facts about any of the other IGs. But I don’t think you can find in the history of IGs such an administration attack on...

With Democrats Like Him, Who Needs Dictators? MIAMI--We expected broken promises. But the gap between the soaring expectations that accompanied Barack Obama's inauguration and his wretched performance is the broadest such chasm in recent historical memory. This guy makes Bill Clinton look like a paragon of integrity and follow-through. From healthcare to torture to the economy to war, Obama has reneged on pledges real and implied. So timid and so owned is he that he trembles in fear of offending, of all things, the government of Turkey. Obama has officially reneged on his campaign promise to acknowledge the Armenian genocide....

Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi is losing the credibility battle, but that's not all she stands to lose -- her speakership is on the line. "We were not, I repeat, were not told that waterboarding or any of these other enhanced interrogation methods were used," Pelosi emphatically told the American people on April 23. Three weeks later when that statement unraveled, Pelosi's behavior became bizarre, insisting her congressional colleagues, the director of the CIA and government personnel are all lying.while only she is telling the truth. "They mislead us all the time," she said referring to...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi learned in early 2003 that the Bush administration was waterboarding terror detainees but didn’t protest directly out of respect for “appropriate” legislative channels, a person familiar with the situation said Monday.

SING-ALONG: You Are the Woman

In light of the leftwing whackjobs' anger with Speaker Pelosi, shortly before 5pm today, I phoned the Speaker's district office in San Francisco. Identifying myself as writing a story for the website "freerepublic," I asked, "In light of some of some of the calls for resignation on various blogs and websites over the Speaker's knowledge about waterboarding, can the Speaker confirm or deny any intent to resign her position?" The female hack who answered the phone wasn't particular appreciative of the question and directed me to speaker.gov. "No direct comments?" No -- go to speaker.gov.........click. For your amusement, and this...

AXcess News) New York - Congresswoman Mary Fallin (R-OK) said Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is "out of touch with mainstream America" if she believes that returning war veterans and people who believe in the Second Amendment pose a terrorism threat to the nation. "Like most Oklahomans I was amazed at her statements and actions this week," Fallin said. "First she approved a report that implied members of the armed forces returning from combat would follow in the footsteps of Timothy McVeigh. Then she insulted our friends in Canada by falsely claiming the 9/11 terrorists came from there. Is this...

To the American People, It is with great sadness; remorse and regret that I had my teleprompter compose this message for you today. I have failed as a President. I have no choice but to admit that. I have just completed my first 100 days in office and I have done nothing but weaken and demean the office of the President and this nation. This office was once a sacred place, a place full of rich and storied history and I have turned it into a laughing stock, a joke and a boil on the behind of this nation. President...

<p>Keith Olbermann featured one of the secession threads at the Hannity boards on his show 'Countdown' on 2/26/2009.</p> <p>He gave Hannity the 'Worst Person in the World' award because of this thread.</p>

Gov. Quinn this morning called on his good friend Roland Burris to resign his U.S Senate seat.

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – U.S. Sen. Roland Burris has acknowledged trying to raise money for former Gov. Rod Blagojevich before being appointed to the Senate.

Here is a message forwarded to me. Why am I not surprised? Mr. Obama, It is clear that you are irresponsible. While the rest of the country is tightening their belts, you turn up the thermostat in the White House - on our dime. When things go wrong around you, you throw your people under the bus instead of taking responsibility for your own failures. It is clear that you are incompetent. Instead of seriously considering every option, you automatically rule out useful and valid tools for managing the current financial crisis, like tax cuts which you say have failed...

Have we seen anything in the MSM about pressure on Rahm Emanuel to resign? Nothing from the L.A. Times. Or the New York Times. But the U.K. and Australian papers often print stories their liberal American cousins will not. And they think something is afoot. More . . .

Obama announced on Thursday that his resignation from the U.S. Senate is official as of Sunday. Vice president-elect Joe Biden, who was also re-elected in Delaware to his Senate seat on November 4, told an interviewer several weeks ago that he would resign when he's sworn in as vice president in January.

Tim Mahoney payed mistress protest 11:00 downtown Stuart in front of Tim Mahoneys office.Resign now!!

If you haven't been spellbound by the (HUGELY telegenic) drama consuming the nation's new financial capital over the past 36 hours, here's a big takeaway you missed: Chris Dodd is the Wonk Stud Du Jour. Chris Dodd, senator from Connecticut — Connecticut, Hedge Fund Capital of the Galaxy. Chris Dodd, onetime waitress-thrower and suitor of Carrie Fisher and Bianca Jagger who more recently became disparaged as Chris Dodd, official Friend of (and recipient of a cut-rate mortgages from) former Countrywide Financial CEO Angelo "Moz" Mozilo. Chris Dodd had a big bug crawl across his head during a debate last summer,...

It is time to get serious and put all he chips in. Obama, McCain, Biden and Palin would show they are serious about their canidancy by resigning their positions in government now. Make this an issue at the first debate? Will this set the ticket and stop last minute switcharoos? Should Obama/Biden challenge the McPalin ticket to resign with them? /s

TOKYO, Sept 1 (Reuters) - Unpopular Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said on Monday that he had decided to resign in an effort to break a political deadlock. Fukuda has been struggling to cope with a divided parliament where the opposition parties control the upper house and can delay legislation. "If we are to prioritise the people's livelihoods, there cannot be a political vacuum from political bargaining, or a lapse in policies. We need a new team to carry out policies," Fukuda said.

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Risking impeachment, Ohio's attorney general on Monday refused demands from the governor and other fellow Democrats that he resign over a sexual harassment scandal in his office and an affair with a subordinate. Gov. Ted Strickland told reporters that Democrats will begin drafting an impeachment resolution against Attorney General Marc Dann right away. Republican House Speaker Jon Husted said Monday that his chamber — which takes the first step in any impeachment — was already reviewing the process. Virtually every state-level Democratic officeholder urged Dann to resign in a letter late Sunday after Strickland tried twice during...

DETROIT - The Detroit City Council on Tuesday called for the resignation of Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who is being investigated over an alleged affair he swore under oath he did not have. He quickly rejected the request. The resolution, passed 7-1, amounted to a "no-confidence" vote because the council lacks the power to force Kilpatrick to step down. Mayoral spokeswoman Denise Tolliver said Kilpatrick has no intention of quitting. "City Council, according to the charter, is free to pass nonbinding resolutions. However while certain members have been playing judge and jury in the court of public opinion, Mayor Kilpatrick has...

Governor's Resignation Expected Anytime; Paterson To Be Sworn In Today Eliot Spitzer, the 54th governor of the state of New York, will resign Wednesday morning, a high-ranking official tells CBS 2's Andrew Kirtzman. Lt. Gov. David Paterson will be sworn in later in the day in Albany. There has been no set timetable for an announcement and an official letter of resignation has not been handed down, but both were expected at any moment. The governor hoped to use the resignation as a bargaining chip with federal prosecutors to avoid jail time, insiders say, following his alleged involvement in a...

<p>March 12, 2008 -- Posted at 8:38 a.m. Gov. Eliot Spitzer has decided to resign and will begin notifying top state officials of his decision just after 9 a.m., The Post has learned.</p>

Title 16. Article 3. 222.C. For a vacancy in the office of United States senator, the governor shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy. That appointee shall be of the same political party as the person vacating the office and shall serve until the person elected at the next general election is qualified and assumes office.

The mayor of a small Oregon town who posted photographs of herself in her undies online has been asked by some constituents to resign, according to a report.

DES MOINES, Iowa - Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign on Sunday requested the resignation of a second Iowa volunteer coordinator who forwarded a hoax e-mail saying Barack Obama is a Muslim possibly intent on destroying the United States. Obama is a member of the United Church of Christ and says he has never been a Muslim, but false rumors attempting to tie him to Islamic jihadists are circulating on the Internet. "Let us all remain alert concerning Obama's expected presidential Candidacy," read the e-mail. "Please forward to everyone you know. The Muslims have said they Plan on destroying the US from...

Poteet Mayor Reverses Decision To Resign After Child Indecency PleaLast Update: 10:22 am SAN ANTONIO (AP) -- The mayor of Poteet says he no longer plans to resign over his guilty plea to child indecency charges. Lino Donato pleaded guilty last week to two counts of indecency by exposure and no contest to one count of indecency by contact for incidents between 1996 and 2000. Donato's guilty plea cut short his trial on accusations he exposed himself to two girls and improperly touched one of them. He planned a meeting today to resign as mayor of the town about 30...

...The slump in Las Vegas could last until 2010, even if gamblers and vacationers continue to fuel the city economy, said Patrick Newport, chief U.S. economist at Global Insight, based in Lexington, Massachusetts. Prices have already dropped 5 percent from their peak last year and may fall another 15 percent in the next three years, he said...

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said he may resign if he fails to win parliamentary approval to extend the country's mission in Afghanistan. Mr Abe said he would do the utmost to keep his promise to the US on the mission, but had "no intention of staying" as PM if MPs blocked the move. He was speaking in Sydney, at a summit of Asia Pacific leaders (Apec). The opposition controls the upper house and can stall talks on the mission beyond its expiry date on 1 November. The mission involves Japanese vessels in the Indian Ocean providing refuelling and...

What is your opinion on Larry Craig?

Sen. Larry Craig has agreed to temporarily give up his seats on four Senate Committees at the request of Senate Republican leadership, while his political support eroded significantly today when three fellow Republicans in Congress called for his resignation.

Statement of Senator Craig: BOISE, ID - Idaho Senator Larry Craig made the following statement in response to the Roll Call story this afternoon: "At the time of this incident, I complained to the police that they were misconstruing my actions. I was not involved in any inappropriate conduct. "I should have had the advice of counsel in resolving this matter. In hindsight, I should not have pled guilty. I was trying to handle this matter myself quickly and expeditiously."

Rove’s legacy will be the subject of much debate, but this much would seem to be clear - Karl Rove was better at winning office than holding onto it. Be it the infamous, “Mission Accomplished” sign, the President’s disastrous handling of the Hurricane Katrina aftermath, the failed attempt at overhauling Social Security, the suicidal illegal immigration debate, or the tone-deaf communications effort that allowed the War in Iraq to be painted as a quagmire, and a booming economy to be seen as weak, Rove’s forte was clearly not in governance.

Brilliant and handsome, ambitious and arrogant, New York Republican Roscoe Conkling was one of the most compelling and colorful members of the late-nineteenth-century Senate. Robert C. Byrd (D-WV) has described him as “a veritable bird of paradise amidst a barnyard of drabber fowl. While his colleagues favored black,” Byrd writes, “Conkling sported green trousers, scarlet coats, gold lace, striped shirts, and yellow shoes.” Soon after his arrival in 1867, this flamboyant orator became one of the Senate’s principal Republican leaders. Conkling built a strong state political machine through his control over New York City’s patronage-rich customshouse. When an investigation uncovered...