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Martha MacCallum explains a flaw in CBO scoring - Weiner filibusters instead of actually addressing the point. It's at about 1:50 if your short on time. And again at 5:05.

Not shocked that another US Rep.,by the last name of Weiner would say what he had said about Rep.Alan Grayson. Congressman Weiner called him “one fry short of a happy meal”. I would say that’s pretty close. I am sure Congressman Alan Grayson thinks this is his way of becoming comsequential but it’s clear when he called Fed employee Linda Robertson a”K street whore”, he jumped the shark. A couple days ago O’Reilly sent Griff Jenkins to the Capitol to chase down the whacky wonder from Orlando to get him to respond to the various verbal bombs he has been...

Need your help..running a test stream of The Savage Nation on my website..eventually the stream will end when the show goes off, but for now Hugh Hewitt may be on after Savage. Just want to make sure everyone else can see it-I tried to make sure the player was universal. If it works for you, you are more than welcome to listen on my site. Joe http://www.joeseales.com/savage

Senator Inhofe was on Savage show tonight. He said the Star Wars missile defense for Poland and the Czech Republic were also for protection of the United States. Inhofe said there are three stages of an ICBM flight. Launch, midflight and terminal phase.

All I can say is this was a bad business decision. I just took KNEW off my preset stations. Take a look at the comments...it tells the story! Bye KNEW!

Just heard on Savage's home radio station, 910 KNEW, that they will be dropping his 3PM to 6PM PST slot in favor of the Armstrong and Getty show! I am interested to see what his reaction will be to this one... First banned in Britain, and now in his own hometown??? http://910knew.com/main.html

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Anthony Weiner, normally a supporter of President Obama, yesterday criticized his failure to display "presidential leadership" on health care. "We've been in a scrap through the month of August, but we really haven't had presidential leadership in the way we need it most," Weiner said Thursday night on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show." He said the president's health-reform address to Congress on Wednesday needs to make a strong case for including a public option to compete with private insurers. Obama supports the idea, but has been backing away from it amid fierce resistance from Republicans and conservative...

One of Congress's strongest proponents of a public option criticized President Obama for failing to lead the way on healthcare reform. Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) said Obama has been sitting out the healthcare fight in August. "We've been in a scrap through the month of August, but we really haven't had presidential leadership in the way we need it most," Weiner told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow last night. Weiner has previously threatened that up to 100 Democrats would vote against legislation that doesn't include a so-called public option. The New York Democrat told Maddow that Obama's should use his address to...

Here is video of a woman who said she is an "independent" ripping into New York Democrat Rep. Anthony Weiner at a Town Hall Meeting on August 27, saying that "for the first time in my adult lifetime, I am really afraid for my country." She told Weiner that the American people may have voted for "change" in the last election, but that people did not vote to "remake the nation." She continued, "You may not be aware of it, but we love this country!" . . . . (Watch Video)

Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) returned to the ObamaCare battle on MS-NBC’s Morning Joe today, preaching the public-plan gospel just as he did yesterday on CNBC. However, this time, Joe Scarborough goaded Weiner into a little more honesty than he’s offered on the effort to “reform” health care. Declaring that “health care is not a commodity,” Weiner says his aim is to eliminate all private insurance — which is why he will not yield on the public-plan option:

About 30 people there. Many were a little disturbed the event was not advertised. Nothing on his home page, etc. A mailing went out with the wrong time (an hour earlier). About 25 people were AGAINST the health care bill, only 5 for it. One guy who was for it, a retired cop (about age 42) kept on saying doctors shouldn't make profit. Talking to him, he didn't seem like a cop, maybe a meter maid... Weiner said he doesn't agree with the health bill in the current form, he wants medicare for all (100% government, not a slow march)....

So many Americans have so much to say about President Barack Obama's health care plan. You've seen it play out on television -- meeting's from across the country filled with yelling and finger-pointing at politicians. And Wednesday night one local congressman facing a crowd of protestors tried to keep CBS 2 HD cameras out. The forum was one viewers almost didn't see, after Congressman Anthony Weiner's staffers said the meeting was not open to our cameras. But everyone we spoke to felt comfortable with cameras. "I don't have any issues," said Chris Erickson, IBEW business manager, and the host of...

Audio of Interview With Phil Berg on 8-4-09- Parts 1,2 and 3.

Audio of Michael Savage interview with Orly Taitz.

Seeking to dampen liberal anger about deals cut with centrists, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) said House leaders have agreed to allow a floor vote on a government-run, single-payer system. "A lot of members on our committee want a vote on that," said Waxman said in an interview. "I believe their wishes will be accommodated." Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) offered a single-payer amendment in the Energy and Commerce Committee on Friday, but withdrew it after Waxman said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) had promised a floor vote. Waxman is trying to maintain the support a number of...

British government e-mails reveal that American radio host Michael Savage was targeted for placement on a list of foreigners barred from entering the country as a way to provide "balance" to the Muslim-heavy list. According to the Daily Mail newspaper, British officials predicted that Savage's outspoken views on gays would encourage public support for his inclusion on the list, but acknowledged that their actions could be seen as "duplicitous."

Official correspondence, released under the United Kingdom's Freedom of Information law, reveals that U.S. radio talk-show host Michael Savage's name was placed on a list of people banned from Britain in order to provide "balance" to a "least wanted" list dominated by Muslim extremists, and the decision was made "at the highest level of government," the London Daily Mail reported today. "We will want to ensure that the names disclosed reflect the broad range of cases and are not all Islamic extremists," reads a draft recommendation, marked "Restricted," that was obtained as part of Savage's libel lawsuit against the government...

Former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has suffered a major setback in her legal battle with American 'shock jock' Michael Savage after her officials were accused of banning him from the country on racial grounds. Emails written by Home Office officials privately acknowledged the ban on Mr Savage would provide 'balance' to a list dominated by Muslims - and linked the decision to Gordon Brown and Foreign Secretary David Miliband. The officials admitted their action could look 'duplicitous' and cited his 'homophobia' as a reason the move would receive public support. The Right-wing radio presenter, whose hardline views on Islam, rape...

Dr. Michael Savage confirmed on his radio show "The Savage Nation" last night, that he is still banned from the United Kingdom, and also drops a potential bombshell that in his words is "a very dangerous situation that will put a chill through every fair minded American and that will set off a shockwave through the British and American governments." According to Savage, after researching the information he and his lawyers obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, there is significant evidence to suggest that there are more American talk show personalities whose names are also on the United Kingdom's...

A relative of mine asked me how in good conscience I could be a guest on the Michael Savage show. Michael Savage?!WTF!?, that "god-awful, pathetic hate-mongering" nut case on radio?We'll, first off, I was asked to be a guest and accepted, just like I was offered an interview, via phone, regarding Savage and his much publicized situation with the UK and its "ban-list", which still includes Savage's name despite reports that he's off it. He's not and told me so, among other things.Let me first state very overtly and openly that, yes, as I've said in this corner, on TV,...

A Savage Nation Celebration: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5fqDIF9RcY VICTORY! Michael Savage Unbanned From The UK! A Savage Nation Tribute to Dear Old England And Our Solidarity With Her.. This is A Victory Not Only For Michael Savage, But For All Freedom Loving People.. Michael Savage told WND he was "stunned" by the quick decision by incoming United Kingdom Home Secretary Alan Johnson to scrap his predecessor's list of people banned from Britain a list that included Savage along with Islamic hate preachers and terrorists. Savage had sued outgoing Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for libel for listing him, along with 15 others, as "least...

Britain's incoming home secretary says ban on radio talker's travel to be lifted WASHINGTON – Radio talker Michael Savage told WND he was "stunned" by the quick decision by incoming United Kingdom Home Secretary Alan Johnson to scrap his predecessor's list of people banned from Britain – a list that included Savage along with Islamic hate preachers and terrorists. Savage had sued outgoing Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for libel for listing him, along with 15 others, as "least wanted" visitors in the country. Meanwhile, Smith's successor, Alan Johnson, called the move a terrible blunder and told the London Daily...

MOUNT PLEASANT, Wis. — One southern Wisconsin homeowner is probably not in love with the Oscar Mayer wiener. The famed hot dog's Wienermobile crashed Friday into the deck and garage of a home in Mount Pleasant, about 35 miles south of Milwaukee.

Brooklyn, New York Democratic Congressman Anthony Weiner will marry outside the Jewish religion to Huma Abedin, a Muslim woman who is considered one of U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s top aides, the New York Daily News reported. The intermarriage rate in the United States is estimated to be approximately 50 percent and has been one of the strongest forces that has diluted Jewish identity and support of a strong Israel.

For a "Democrat", Rep. Anthony Weiner is no "dhimmi" Democrat. When it comes to the abuse of the "National Security Waiver" by Presidents as a "loophole" to avoid compliance with the law, Weiner "gets it. Successive presidents have used the "waiver" to continue taxpayer funding to Saudi Arabia and Islamists in Gaza and the Palestinian Authority Fatah. Against the will of Congress and the American taxpayer. The live C-Span coverage of the House floor action was very informative. Rep. Keith Ellison became very angry over a poster board display set up by Weiner that revealed to the public the hate...

State Attorney General Jerry Brown joined a legal challenge Wednesday to Pleasanton's 13-year-old limit on housing construction, arguing that the East Bay community is defying state housing laws and adding to urban sprawl, vehicle use and greenhouse gas emissions. "Pleasanton's draconian and illegal limit on new housing forces people to commute long distances, adding to the bumper-to-bumper traffic along (Interstates) 580 and 680 and increasing dangerous air pollution," Brown said in a statement after filing suit in Alameda County Superior Court. He said Pleasanton's housing shortage will worsen if the city adopts a revised general plan that calls for more...

Prometheus caused blind hopes to live in the hearts of men. ~ Aeschylus' "Prometheus" (fifth century B.C.) Prometheus having his liver eaten out by an eagle. Painting by Jacob Jordaens, c. 1640. The ancient Greek myth of Prometheus is the tragic and enduring narrative of a heroic figure who many publicly despised but secretly venerated, because he did feats of strength that others had neither the vision, intellect nor the heart to achieve. Prometheus, renown for his clever intelligence, became a champion of humanity when he stole fire from Zeus and gave it to mortals. For this crime Prometheus was...

We have often contended that unusual, inexplicable, and/or irresponsible actions by a public official is often symptomatic of serious ethical problems or even criminal behavior. In Luzerne County PA, for example, former judge Mark Ciavarella was known for sentencing juvenile defendants to detention programs without benefit of legal counsel, which should have told the community long ago that something was wrong with him. There was; he recently pleaded guilty to charges that involved kickbacks in connection to the construction and operation of juvenile detention facilities. Ciavarella pleaded guilty and now faces more than seven years in prison. British Home Secretary...

Conservative shock jock Michael Savage is "stunned" that the British Home Secretary who banned him from the U.K. will now step down -- but insists he'll now appeal to Prime Minister Gordon Brown to remove his name from the U.K.'s exclusive "name and shame" list. "This is very unusual that a mere shock jock would bring down a government official,'' Savage told The Chronicle Tuesday in a phone interview, after news reports that Home Secretary Jacqui Smith will resign this week. "The political pressure on her became so great that she was forced to step down.'' Though conservatives are suggesting...

Conservative San Francisco-based talk show host Michael Savage has made good on his promise to sue British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for defamation -- though British officials are defending her decision to ban him from the United Kingdom. "As the home secretary has already said, he was excluded for engaging in unacceptable behaviour by making comments that might provoke others to serious criminal acts and foster hatred that might lead to inter-community violence,'' a British official Sunday told the Daily Mail. Savage sued Smith because the "name and shame" list of 16 individuals compiled by the home secretary put him...

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's 2010 gubernatorial campaign announced Friday it will return a $25,000 contribution from a businessman who also is the son of Bay Area-based conservative radio talk personality Michael Savage. "The Newsom for California campaign is returning the contribution of Russell G. Weiner," campaign director Eric Jaye said in an e-mailed statement. "We believe that the confusion caused by the conflicts between the views expressed by Mr. Weiner in his campaign for State Assembly and the views and values of Mayor Newsom are best addressed this way." Rockstar energy drink founder and CEO Russell Weiner — son...

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, a declared Democratic 2010 California gubernatorial candidate, has decided to return a hefty $25,000 campaign contribution -- from the son of controversial conservative talk show host, Michael Savage. As we reported earlier this month, Savage was one of 16 individuals on a "name and shame" list who was banned from the United Kingdom. U.K. Home Secretary Jaqui Smith charged that Savage's right wing controverial broadcasts constituted "hate speech" and could promote violence, and did not represent the "values" of Britian.Now, the move at home against Savage comes after a progressive activist in San Francisco, Aaron...

Britain's Parliament has been mired in a political scandal so damaging that Speaker Michael Martin resigned from office Tuesday. He's the first House speaker to step down in more than 300 years. Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labor Party is dreading the next election - which must be held before June 2010 - as members of Parliament have been snared in a series of Daily Telegraph stories detailing how they filed bogus claims of up to $40,000 to cover their expenses needed to maintain two homes. Brown's home secretary, Jacqui Smith, has been particularly embarrassed in the expenses scandal. The Daily...

Trouble in the land of right-wing radio. Michael Savage blasted Rush Limbaugh today as "the biggest phony of them all," reports Media Matters. Savage was speaking about the people who have supported him since Britain branded him a hate-monger and told him to stay away. Limbaugh, however, did not come to Savage's side—as Savage did for him when Limbaugh faced drug accusations. Supporters "see the bigger picture," said Savage. "They're not like O'Reilly; they're not like Limbaugh, who's the biggest disappointment of all. Limbaugh has turned out to be the biggest phony of all of them, all of them. Amongst...

Attorneys for the controversial San Francisco host of the syndicated "Savage Nation" radio show, say the ban is of a blatant human rights violation and formally asked Clinton on Thursday to demand that British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith "rescind the arbitrary and capricious decision" last week to "name and shame" 16 individuals, including Savage, who have been barred from entry into the country.

Schumer on torture 2004: 'Do what you have to do' @ 10:50 am by Eric Zimmermann New audio unearthed of Sen. Chuck Schumer's (D-N.Y.) comments at a 2004 Senate Judiciary hearing is likely to cause to heartburn for the New York Democrat. The comments show Schumer was much more willing to tolerate torture than most Democrats are today. And I'd like to interject a note of balance here. There are times when we all get in high dudgeon. We ought to be reasonable about this. I think there are probably very few people in this room or in America who...

On behalf of Michael Savage, the Thomas More Law Center respectfully demands that you call upon the government of the United Kingdom ... (link brings up the letter)

Rockstar energy drink founder and CEO Russell Weiner - son of Michael Weiner, aka Bay Area-based, nationally broadcast conservative talk radio talk host Michael Savage - on Monday made a $25,000 contribution to San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom's 2010 gubernatorial campaign. Yes, the son of Michael Savage, who just last October was saying Newsom is "in love again with the gay mafia" and "a whack-job as a mayor - 'Any-twosome' Newsom." Y’know, Savage — the guy the Brits don’t care to have around. Is this a case of the apple falling far from the tree? It's not as if the...

THE SCANDAL OVER MY BEING BANNED IN BRITAIN SEEMS TO HAVE TIPPED THE POLITICAL SCALES IN FAVOR OF THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY THERE. PEOPLE IN ENGLAND HAVE REACTED WITH OUTRAGE TO MY BEING PUT ON A LIST OF TERRORISTS, MURDERERS AND IMAMS WHO ADVOCATE THE VIOLENT OVERTHROW OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. EVEN LIBERALS IN ENGLAND ARE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THIS. BUT TO COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND WHY THIS HAS HAD SUCH A DRAMATIC EFFECT ON THE BRITISH POLITICAL SYSTEM, YOU HAVE TO EXAMINE THE RECENT HISTORY OF POLITICS IN ENGLAND. VERY QUICKLY, GORDON BROWN, JACQUI SMITH (WHOM BROWN HAD APPOINTED AS HOME SECRETARY),...

Rep. Anthony Weiner played hooky last week from the House of Representatives -- and then played hockey in Manhattan, The Post has learned. The puck-loving pol, who is considering running for mayor, skipped a House session on April 27 that included three votes -- among them a measure to reauthorize a $250 million program that last year set aside $1.8 million for New York in emergency preparedness funds. The Democratic congressman -- who once said he opted to attend SUNY-Plattsburgh because of its hockey team -- missed two other votes that night, including one to support the goals of National...

I consider myself a reasonable person. I do not subscribe to any of the many conspiracy theories designed to strike fear in the hearts of patriotic Americans. I have studied world history and American history and am a paid political commentator with my own daily talk radio program. And the news this week that my colleague Dr. Michael Savage has been banned from Great Britain sent a shudder down my spine. While Michael joins the likes of the Honorable Geert Wilders, Dutch parliamentarian, he is also on the list with racists, murderers and radical Islamic terrorists. Oh, excuse me, "man...

When I awoke Tuesday morning, I ambled over to the computer, as is my wont, and made my usual cyber rounds. I logged on to the Drudge Report and, lo and behold, saw the following headline, "RADIO HOST MICHAEL SAVAGE BANNED FROM UK FOR 'EXTREME VIEWS'...." "Wow," I thought, "Britain strikes again." The prohibition is the handiwork of England's Home Secretary, Jacqui Smith, who included Savage on a list of 16 unwelcome individuals whom she wanted to "name and shame." According to Beverley Rouse writing in The Independent, Smith says this is "so others could better understand what sort of...

Talk about the wrong kind of foreign aid! After he proposed to expand the visas available to foreign models so they can work in New York, Rep. Anthony Weiner's mayoral campaign took contributions from some cat walkers from abroad.

December 23, 2008, 4:00 a.m. Gross Dereliction of DutyBy the Editors As attorney general of California, Jerry Brown has a duty to defend the state and its laws in court. That duty requires him to offer the best grounds in defense of any law that may reasonably be defended. In a brief he filed last Friday in the case challenging Proposition 8 — the ballot measure that amended California’s constitution to ban same-sex marriage — Brown grossly violated that duty. On Election Day, California voters approved Proposition 8. Opponents of Proposition 8 then rushed to court to invalidate it...

Michael Savage is talking about the Barack Hussein Obama lawsuit. He is really getting it stoked up. You know that now Drudge and the other Media channels will have to get Phil Berg and Andy Martin on air. Funny how nobody want to touch this but now Savage has gone nationwide with it. Yea for Savage. MICHAEL SAVAGE IS BREAKING THE BERG LAWSUIT! October 22, 2008 on his Web page and Radio Main Street Media embarassed about missing this opportunity as they thought Barry was a nice guy with nothing to hide. Why IS BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA really Headed to...

Is it over for McCain? The Republicans can pretend that the media has turned against them. They can pretend that they used the hurricane as an excuse to avoid coverage of the convention. They can pretend that only evil, sexist, misogynists are against Sarah Palin. But the truth is that McCain’s cronies have made a fatal choice. They ran this gal up the flagpole and the pole broke from shock. McCain did not want Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential pick. He wanted Joe Lieberman. And as insane as it sounds, even Joe Lieberman would have been a better choice than...

McCain has thrown the election. It is clear now with his choice for Vice President that he has no desire to win in November. Why else would he chose an inexperienced woman, whose only apparent qualification is that she won a beauty pageant in the 1980s? Why else would he refuse to say Barack Hussein Obama’s middle name? Why else would he run an ad praising Obama and congratulating him for winning the nomination? If McCain had chosen Mitt Romney, a man with real leadership ability, real charisma, and real experience, he might have stood a chance. He could have...