President Obama gets cheeky

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Obama along with President Sarkozy get photographed being momentarily distracted by a comely teenager makes headlines at the G8 Summit, and the world makes a mountain out of a molehill.  One wonders if it was not a set up by photographers to see what two world leaders reactions would be when a pretty teen walked in front of them. Well Duh! That is a given, they would take a gander.  Whether it is World Leaders, a Group of Guys at a Bar or men at a Construction site, lets face it We're Guys, we are going to look!  Nothing wrong with that!  Of course, their wives may take a different view.  But then they are in Italy, so what do you expect?

Guys will be Guys, regardless of their status.

The good news is that President Barack Obama is a real live red-blooded all-American man, and I don't know about you, but I'd much rather have that kind of guy running the most powerful nation in the world than some moribund frozen-pulse old fart (can you say the Bush boys?) leading the free world.

The bad news is that the commander-in-chief's sidelong and noticeably appreciative glance at the comely derriere of a Brazilian teenager, captured by photographers Thursday and currently burning up the Internet, is making more headlines than the work that he and the rest of the G8 leaders are trying to accomplish on the global economic front in L'Aquila, Italy, this week.

The photo shows curly-haired 16-year-old G8 delegate Mayora Tavares, in a flowing knee-length sleeveless burgundy dress, walking away from Obama, who is heading down some stairs when Tavares's, um, charms clearly catch his eye.

He's in good company, mind you.

Source: vancouversun.com

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Furor Erupts Over Billboard: ‘MLK Was a Republican!’

Furor Erupts Over Billboard: ‘MLK Was a Republican!’ Posted on July 12, 2009 by politisite | Edit Furor Erupts Over Billboard: ‘Martin Luther King, Jr. Was a Republican!’

Loud voices, finger pointing, and name calling erupted under a billboard bearing the image of a man who dreamed of peace Friday.

Transcript:
WE DO NOT OVER THE BILLBOARD AND I PLAY VERY WELL THERE ‘S A LOT LESS
VOICES
FINGER POINTING AND NAME CALLING JANKLOW WAS ME ALL
ERUPTED UNDER A BILLBOARD BEARING THE IMAGE OF A MAN WHO DREAMED OF PEACE
THE BILLBOARD HAS DONE PRECISELY WHAT IS INTENDED TO DO
THEY GOT ME IN
YOUR COMPANY IN A WHOLE BECAUSE WE HAVE TO THE COMPANY
ABOUT AFRICAN AMERICAN LEADERS ON THE BILLBOARD AND ITS CLAIM THAT MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR WAS A REPUBLICAN
IS THE BRAINCHILD OF THIS MAN
FOUNDER OF THE HOUSTON BASED RAGING ELEPHANTS DOT ORG
A GRASSROOTS GROUP
HOPING TO APPEAL TO MINORITIES DOCTOR KING MAY HAVE SUPPORTED SOME OF THE
CIVIL
ANTI ABORTION AGAIN CLAIMS THAT SPREAD OVER THE POINT I UNDERSTAND THAT
BUT TO SAY TO THE MASSES OF ALL THE OVAL
THAT HE WAS A REPUBLICAN AND YOU HAVE NOTHING TO PROVE THAT THIS IS KATIE
WAS
BUT IT
PARKED A HEATED DEBATE TOMORROW BUT I KNOW
THAT I DISAGREE WITH THIS WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT ONE SIDE WANTED
IN FACT YOU CAN EXPECT TO SEE MORE OF THIS TYPE OF BILLBOARDS SOON
SPECIFICALLY IN PREDOMINANTLY HISPANIC AREAS
CHRISTENING OBON THOUGHT TWENTY SIX NEAR

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Obama says Africa is part of world affairs

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Nice to see Obama tell African Leaders the way it is " Pull up your friggin Bootstraps and get with the Program" perhaps not in so many words, but since these countries whined for Independence for decades, they got it, yet many havent a clue how to run their country as an independent country, without suckling at the Worlds Teats for money. Especially money from countries they still abhored, including from Colonial countries who once made their countries prosperous, until African Dictators brought these countries fast into the stone age, with a populace who did little to stop it.

Of course if Obamas predecessor Bush or other world leader said what Obama said, guaranteed the word Racist would be bandied about.  Time to let em do Independence the old fashion way, Earn it or lose it !  You cannot have it both ways. The financial tap will soon run dry and those who do not help themselves will soon perish.

Course it is funny Saudi Arabia who has more money than God, and who wish a Muslim world, seem more tight fisted than a Scotsman on Christmas when sending money to help out their Muslim brethen in poorer and starving parts of the African or Middle Eastern world, like the West Bank etc,,,,preferring the Christian set and other organizations to fund all these charities we seem bent on sending truckloads of aid too.

The U.S. president was scheduled to spend 21 hours in Ghana on the weekend, showing support for the Western African nation's democratic tradition and its relationship with the Western world.

And in a 33-minute speech Obama gave to Ghana's Parliament, he talked openly about Africa's promising future, as well as the many problems it is currently facing, including those that it is responsible for creating.

"This is a new moment of promise," he said. "To realize that promise, we must first recognize a fundamental truth that you have given life to in Ghana: Development depends upon good governance. That is the ingredient which has been missing in far too many places, for far too long. That is the change that can unlock Africa's potential."

Obama didn't hold back on the problems with corruption seen in many African countries, which he said have held such nations back from the success and prosperity they deserve.

Source: news.sympatico.msn.ctv.ca

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Hugh Hefner Sued for 3 billion by BIG HAT!

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

The Whackos certainly come out of the Hat Closet when a woman claiming to be a reincarnation of a plaster statute tries to convince a Judge she deserves 3 Mega large from Hugh Hefner. And one wonders why the court systems are backlogged when Looneys are allowed their day in court instead on a nuthouse.

Hugh Hefner sued for 3 billion

A woman claiming to be ''the most beautifulest angel lusefer (sic)'' has filed an incoherent lawsuit in which she demands $3 billion from Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner.

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Hugh Hefner is being sued for $3 billion by a woman claiming she is the reincarnation of "Venus Aphrodite Demilio".

Sheri Allred - who also says she is possessed by "the most beautifulest angel lusefer (sic)" - has filed papers at the Los Angeles Superior Court in which she claims the Playboy mogul is part of a pedophile organization which targeted her when she was five.

Source: celebedge.ca

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Canadians favour their health care to U.S. system: poll

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Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Why of course Canadians would prefer their own Health Care, with all its flaws over the non existent US medicare system, that is pretty much a no brainer.  No one in Canada lost their home over a sprained ankle.

OTTAWA -- Canadians think their American neighbours would be wise to look north as they grapple with a massive health-care overhaul.

That's the conclusion drawn from a new poll published as Capitol Hill legislators debate a plan to cover nearly all Americans with government-run health insurance.

The Canadian Press Harris-Decima survey suggests 82 per cent of Canadians believe our system is better than U.S. health care.

The Canadian health-care system has been in the spotlight for weeks at congressional hearings, where it has alternately been characterized as the gold standard and a rusty system plagued with problems and delays.

By the end of the month, the House of Representatives hopes to vote on a health reform plan, and U.S. President Barack Obama has said he wants legislation by October.

Last week, the two leaders of the Senate health committee announced that they'd come up with a government-run insurance option to compete with private insurance plans.

Source: ctv.ca

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Immigrants can fit in without loss of identity: Kenney

Barry Artiste Op/Ed
This would certainly go a long way in appeasing both sides of the pro and con on immigration.


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Immigrants can fit in without loss of identity: Kenney
Updated Fri. Jul. 10 2009 2:51 PM ET
The Canadian Press

CALGARY -- Immigration Minister Jason Kenney wants to see more of an effort made to integrate immigrants into Canadian society. He repeated earlier comments that immigrants seeking to become Canadians should be able to communicate in French or English. He said they shouldn't be granted citizenship unless they have proper language skills.

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10 reasons why Joe Jackson should not be allowed near children

Barry Artiste Op/Ed
The Guy sounds like a real Prince, thhough more like the Prince of Darkness, yet for some reason his family still include him in their lives. Guess the wrong Jackson died for that matter. Nice to see a Vulture, once finished picking the bones clean of his own flesh and blood, looks like he is salivating over his next meal....his grandchildren!!


Since the untimely death of his son, Joe Jackson has emerged from the ensuing media frenzy with a library of quotes that, rather than reinvigorating his image and career, instead confirm he is the insensitive, money hungry, exploitative father we all have long suspected he is. After plugging his record company at the BET awards just three days after Michael's death, Joe called a press conference where, instead of apologizing for his gross error in judgment, plugged his record company again. To the horror of mothers everywhere, Joe is currently helping his wife Katherine care for Michael's three children, and in an interview yesterday with ABC, Joe again said what none of us wanted to hear, this time pondering the future musical careers of his grandchildren. If anyone needs reminding about Joe's suspect parenting abilities, take a look at his 2003 BBC interview, in which he asserts that it only counts as a beating if you do it with a stick.

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The “Debt Clock” Goes Online

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So it's now time to have a window open on your computer screen so you can be continually Anxious over the National Debt.  As it stands today, July 11th 2009 each Americans portion of the debt is $37, 329.  Each citizens average Private debt is $23, 414. 

Since America’s exploding debt has gotten too big for the old national debt clock (literally), there’s only one place on the planet with enough room for the growing ginormosity of our country’s steadily-deteriorating fiscal position.

Where’s that?

The Internet.

That’s right, the U.S. Debt Clock is now online … at USDebtClock.org, conveniently.

This website has it all - including live, up-to-the-minute data on the national debt, government spending, deficit spending, bailout spending, trade deficits and unfunded liabilities.

It’s also got updated unemployment and foreclosure data.

Here’s a peek … Please read the wider article at Fitsnews by clicking the source link

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Leaders in House Would Tax Rich for Health Plan

Keep Your Pocket Book Open.  The House ways and means committee will find the means with the so called rich.  Those Americans who make $280,000 or more.  Most of which own the small business in America and provide employment to millions of people.  The new way of Representative Charles B. Rangel of New York is to pay for health care through people who provide health care to their own employees.  Don't beleive it will stop there.  The $550 Billion is just the down payment on the program thus, the additional funds will come from somewhere and that somewhere will come from fees and taxes on production in America making American products more costly.  This type of economics has been tried before and has failed dismially.  But Americans think that just because the party in office has changed that government spending seems alright following a high spending Republican President and Congress over the prior four years.

WASHINGTON — House Democrats will ask the wealthiest Americans to help pay for overhauling the health care system with a $550 billion income tax increase, the chairman of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee said Friday.

The proposal calls for a surtax on individuals earning at least $280,000 in adjusted gross income and couples earning more than $350,000, said the chairman, Representative Charles B. Rangel of New York

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Only four show up for health care rally

Soros-bots fail again

By Michelle Malkin  •  July 10, 2009 06:00 PM

Here’s your headline of the day:

“Only four show up for health care rally.”

Source: michellemalkin.com

Only four show up for health care rally

TUPELO - A health care rally drew only four people to U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker's office Thursday.

Sponsored by MoveOn, a national public policy advocacy organization, the rally was intended to support expanded health care for the poor.

Organizer James Hull said 100 e-mail invitations were sent but wasn't surprised by the turnout.

Hull said the location had nothing to do with Wicker personally. "It is not a protest for or against him," Hull said. "It's from his desk that this dialogue will have to proceed."

Source: nems360.com

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Illinois Democrat Sen. Roland Burris will not run in 2010

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Illinois Senator Burris (D-Ill) will announce Friday that he will not Run for election in 2010

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. Roland Burris, D-Illinois, is expected to announce Friday that he will not run for a full six year term next year, a well-placed Democratic source tells CNN.

Burris is currently serving the remaining two years of President Obama’s Senate term, but he has never been embraced by Democratic leaders in Illinois or Capitol Hill.

A Burris spokeswoman would not comment on the senator’s future political plans, but his office did release an advisory Thursday stating that he would make a “major announcement” during a speech Friday afternoon in Chicago. A spokesman for Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin, D-Illinois, said that Burris had spoken to Durbin but would only say “we will let him speak for himself” on Friday.

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Rally Calls for SC Governor Sanford to Resign over Affair

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By Albert N. Milliron, Editor Politisite.com

Columbia, SC – (IMNS) – A group of about 50 protesters gathered at the South Carolina State House calling for Governor Mark Sanford to be Impeached or Resign. At first glance Main Stream Media trucks from all over South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia were gearing up for a major event.  But the Major rally would never occur. After a careful review, it appeared that attendees were more media then protesters.

The Columbia weather called for scattered showers and appeared that it could impede the protest but cleared up just in time for the rally that lasted Just over an Hour.

The stage was lined with 17 people holding signs and chanting the old stand by, “Hey Hey Ho Ho Mark Sanford’s has Gotta Go”

Posters Signs read, “Don’t quote the Bible if you won’t live by it!”, “Take a Real Hike”, and “No Call, No Show, No Job”

Phil Noble, president of South Carolina New Democrats, said he wasn’t worried about numbers, a recent poll said 60 percent of South Carolinians think Gov. Sanford should resign. So Noble said it was a matter of principle.

There were a few Mark Sanford supporters holding signs that read, “We Support Sanford” When asked why they were attending the rally intended to oust Sanford they related that Sanford has done so much for South Carolina and there was more for Him to do.

Another couple stated that they felt that Sanford had personally let them down for not being in control of the state when he was away.

One group, Mission to America, actually traveled all the way from San Diego, California. The Mission Leader provided the most Charismatic portion of the rally encouraging political leaders to return to ethics, credibility, and faithfulness in politics. The group traveled with their dogs in tow. This writer was convinced that dogs were Republican and Cats Democrat. While the Dogs made no comments nor carried any signs they seemed to support their speaker.

The Rally was a Grassroots effort by Marilyn Hemingway of Seneca, S.C. called “Impeach Mark Sanford.” on the social Networking Site Facebook. The group has grown to about 6,000 members, but only 65 estimated that they would attending the rally today.

Mark Sanford’s spokesman sent out an email that stated the Governor would not be stepping down, saying the governor has a great deal of work to do for the State. Work that included rebuilding the trust of the people. Last Month Governor Sanford admitted to a national audience that he had an affair with Maria Belen Chapur while in Argentina.

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Sanford Impeach/ Resign Rally Today at 5:30pm at the State House

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By Albert N. Miliron, Editor Politisite.com on July 9th, 2009 at 10:56 am

Doesn’t one think that Bombing an aspirin factory to Get Monica Lewinsky off the News cycle more of an impeachable offense then his affair. This whole thing that, “Its not about the sex, its because you didn’t tell me where you were” rings so much all those who claimed that Clinton had personal affair and its none of our business. Lewinski was a White House aide and it is a violation of every standard to have encounters of that kind. Think Clinton wasn’t missing in Action? How many events did he carry out to cover up his behavior by bombing Iraq and Missile strikes. So one should look deep within ones self and ask… “is this because Sanford is oppositional to my political leanings” or “do I hold all politicians to the same standard”.

Folks are touting the Thousands in a facebook group. In Practice it is much easier to check a box then to show up at the State House. I guess less then 300-400 max. I will be there to canvass the protesters to see if this is not just a democrat led smear by those who protected their favorite son in President Clinton

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New Report: How Safe are you in a Federal Building?

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Do you feel safe when you walk into a Federal Building?  Following 9/11 one would think with the Department of Homeland Securities Federal Protective Service was designed to provide high safty standards to Ffederal employees and those who utilize Federal Buildings.  Some on the Hill care calling the agency, "The Federal Unprotecteive Service" 

The GAO Sting captured video of  a guard sleeping at a high level check point while on pain killers,  viewing Adult Web sites and carrying on a porn business on government computers, even more appalling rather then going thrrough proper procedures for getting a baby through a check point, the Security Officer passed the baby through a liuggage type X-ray machine. 

Senatior Susan Collins (R-Me) GAO: Untrained guards mean unprotected Feds

"The Federal Protective Service is a key component of our nation's security. Every day FPS officers and the agency's contracted security guards protect nearly 9,000 federal facilities, the people who work in them, and the visitors who come to them to access vital government services," Sen. Susan Collins, R-Me., ranking member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Issues said yesterday during a hearing on the subject. "In this post 9-11 world that we are now living in, I cannot fathom how security breaches of this magnitude were allowed to occur."

Ten level-four federal buildings were included in the study and these included offices of a senator, a representative, and agencies of the departments of Homeland Security, State and Justice, according to Mark Goldstein, the director of Physical Infrastructure Issues for the GAO. Level four buildings have the most security of all federal office buildings, second only to the White House and the Capitol.

"Our investigators used publicly available information to identify a type of device that a terrorist could use to cause damage to a federal facility and threaten the safety of federal workers and the general public," Goldstein said. "In a number of the locations, three or four of them, the guards were not even looking at the screens that would show the materials passing through. In only one instance did a guard ask about something that our investigator was carrying, a brief explanation and that guard let it go through."

Source: federalnewsradio.com

Mark L. Goldstien Responds to Congress

The recent sting by the Government Accountability Office exposed lax security procedures by the Federal Protective Service, the agency tasked with guarding more than 1 million workers at 9,000 federal buildings nationwide.

Mark L. Goldstein, who led the investigation, told lawmakers that his team carried bombmaking materials into 10 high-security federal buildings in the past year. The materials could be purchased in stores or online and cost roughly $150. Once inside, investigators assembled bombs in restrooms and then walked around with them, undetected. In only one instance did a security guard question an investigator carrying suspicious materials.

"One of the concerns we had is that in a number of the locations, three or four of them, guards were not even looking at the screens that would show materials passing through. If a guard had been looking, they would have seen materials not normally brought into a federal building," Goldstein said.

Source: washingtonpost.com

Chairman Sen. Joseph Lieberman, (I-Conn) Told Fox News that he used to feel safe in Government Buildings until he recieved the GAO report.  Lieberman said the GAO's probe included such troubling findings as a report that 73 percent of FPS contract guards lacked valid certifications and a report that one security guard allowed a baby to pass through an X-ray machine -- breaches in security he said make the country vulnerable to terrorist attack.  Lieberman said the guard, who was later fired, filed a lawsuit and won after FPS could not provide sufficient proof that he had been properly trained.  The GAO report found that a vast majority of security guards received no X-ray or metal detection training at all.

Chairman Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., said that in all his years of reading GAO reports, this one represented "about the broadest indictment of an agency in the federal government I've heard."

Source: govexec.com

Testers smuggle bomb parts into buildings; official takes blame

A contrite head of the Federal Protective Service took the blame Wednesday for security lapses that allowed covert investigators to sneak bomb components into 10 federal government buildings.

A GAO report cites lax security in federal buildings after investigators got bomb components past guards.

Plainclothes investigators testing the effectiveness of private contract guards at federal office buildings were able to smuggle in bomb components in all 10 attempts. Only one investigator was stopped and questioned, but he was allowed to pass with the components of a liquid bomb.

Once inside the facilities, the testers assembled the bombs in restrooms, put them in briefcases and "walked freely" into government offices, according to the Government Accountability Office.  

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B.C. man earned $29,000 collecting soda cans

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

Yep, pretty seet work if you can get it!  I am sure many believe it, especially those born yesterday!

VANCOUVER, B.C. - A B.C. man found with $29,000 in plastic baggies in his car says he had the cash because he's been collecting soda cans.

With a five-cent deposit on pop cans in the province, that works out to almost 600,000 aluminum cans.

Source: cnews.canoe.ca

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What makes border guards so mean?

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

HHMMM, Wow thats a Poser,  why ARE border guards so mean?

Guess it wouldn't have anything to do with British Columbia's Seive of a Justice Department letting all manner of criminal elements out on bail from rape to gun and drug running.  Ohh Pray tell, that would make me a little incensed when the Wild, Wild West is north of Washington state when the law of the land is non existent.  Course the other manner being Canadian Customs Agents being caught being complicit in running drugs and all manner of illegal activities.  Perhaps it is Canadian citizens who still after 2 decades still can't speak the Queens English, surely that would be a Red Flag on both sides of the border, because Canada does not require people in this country to learn english or french. Yep, I can see why some guards are pretty surly when asking questions and are greeted with a look of Deer in the Headlights look from travellers who haven't a clue what the guard are asking.  And don't get me started on the Turd who insisted the US Border Guard say "Please", to me that's asking for a Tasering.

In my time with CCRA, I heard and witnessed tons of horror stories from both US and Canada Customs, when you see an endless line of travellers, you want the line to speed up, and when you meet the travellers unclued on the concept of  Sir, Madam, Please turn off/down your radio, do you have ID, What do you mean "WHY? when I ask you where you Live? or "this car is not registered to you?" You are just going for cheap gas, yet you have two suitcases in the trunk, or the best for last do you have any weapons? NO!  Boy, that 357 Magnum speed loader on your Truck's dash is a dead giveaway!

Small wonder they are a little pissed, when confronted by those who are complete morons.

Omar El Akkad

From Saturday's Globe and Mail Last updated on Monday, Jul. 06, 2009 03:48AM EDT

There's a story from border-guard lore about the day Ahmed Ressam drove from Canada into the U.S. to detonate a bomb in Los Angeles.

Mr. Ressam – the only convicted terrorist caught trying to enter the U.S. from Canada – drove a rental car onto the ferry from Victoria to Washington State in December of 1999. U.S. border inspectors searching his car found some white powder in the trunk, and began testing it as though it were a drug. But after watching Mr. Ressam's panicked reaction to the way they were handling what turned out to be a massive explosive, they figured maybe they had something else on their hands.

Source: theglobeandmail.com

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Immigration cutbacks essential

Barry Artiste Op/Ed

National Post's Diane Francis pretty much says what many are thinking, but few will admit to it publicly, as she says, does it make sense for a company to hire more people in the front door, when your laid off employees are walking out the back door?

Political correctness prevents many politicians saying like it is, as the party line is more immigrants equates to more votes. Votes to keep Political parties in power, and power of lobbies and special interest groups who make pretty sweet coin off the backs of third world immigrants who can ill afford to pay either except the promise and hope they will vote for whichever party allowed them to become unemployed in a richer country than a poor country.   Immigration Scams are big business, British Columbia being the largest anywhere in the World no doubt, with Boiler Room Universities running out of tiny offices, offering little in the way of education, more like Visas for Cash, and an opportunity for immigrants to get student visas for a little ESL schooling, many could have gotten in their own country without coming to ours. 

Media have reported these scams in the past with Immigration Consultants or Boiler Room Universities and Colleges with dubious track records resulting in little in the way of repercussions or punishment given to immigration consultants or so called ESL teachers who coach immigrants to convey the same broken record to Federal Immigration officers.

Like to story states one scam, in a remote town up north, a classified ad looking for 11 Cantonese Chefs, on the premise of knowing no one would either move up north, and knowing full well there is unlikely to be any walking the small town, chef hat and wok in hand.  Federal rules state, you must hire locally first before you can hire outside our country.  Dollars to donuts, this scam family have 11 family members back in China who they want to bring over.  I my have been born............just not yesterday!  Enuff Said!

Time to care for our own, we have close to a million homeless and unemployed, does it make sense to bring in more from whereabouts unknown?  Of course not, Canada and Canadians needs to recover financially, get back to the good times and build a nest egg for the bad times, but until then, we can ill afford to care for others.

 http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/francis/archive/2009/07/03/immigration-cutbacks-essential.aspx

Immigration cutbacks essential
Posted: July 03, 2009, 8:39 AM
by Diane Francis

Canadian Politics, U.S. Politics, dysfunction, economy It’s the issue that dares not speak its name, but the time has come to consider curbing immigration during this emergency period, except to fill skilled trades vacancies.

Canada hosts more immigrants and refugees per capita than any other developed country, but as unemployment will continue to climb and as many workers need retraining, it’s time to cut back on the number of newcomers Canada admits. Immigration is politically incorrect to question, much less criticize.

This is because of many myths and also because the immigration lobby is embedded in all parties and provinces. The lobby includes the politicians, lawyers, consultants and special interest groups that make hay off the flow of people into the country.

 But setting aside politics, just ask yourself: would a company keep hiring workers and increasing overheads if it had to lay off people?

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North Korea pops off another missile

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North Korea pops off another missile By Michelle Malkin  •  July 4, 2009 01:15 AM

Because they can:

South Korea says North Korea has fired a fourth missile off its eastern coast.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff says three missiles were fired early Saturday and the fourth at about noon.

The launches come two days after North Korea fired four short-range missiles.

Yonhap says they’re Scuds.

Did President Obama’s phone ring yet?

Source: michellemalkin.com

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Just In Politisite: Sarah Palin will not seek re-election

Just In Politisite: Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will not seek re-election Posted on July 3, 2009 by politisite | Edit

Just In:  Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will not seek re-electionJust In:  Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will

It is just breaking on CNN that Sarah Palin will NOT run for re-election for Governor of Alaska. She can’t take the heat. She wants to further shirk her responsibilities so she can run for president. I congratulate the people of Alaska for shedding themselves of her. This could be used as a live open thread as she appears before reporters and cameras.

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South Carolina Law Enforcement Division clears Sanford

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South Carolina Law Enforcement Division clears Sanford (SLED) Clears Governor Sanford of missappropriating Satate Funds in Love Liasion

COLUMBIA — The state's top prosecutor and the director of the State Law Enforcement Division appeared Thursday to close off any possibility of a criminal investigation into the extramarital affair of Gov. Mark Sanford after a review of travel records showed no use of state funds on Sanford's trips to see his mistress.

The announcement buoyed some of Sanford's allies and appeared to stem the flow of calls for the governor's resignation that came Tuesday and Wednesday following new disclosures by the governor about “crossed lines” with other women and his view that his lover was his “soul mate.”

Reggie Lloyd, director of the State Law Enforcement Division, told reporters that after examining Sanford's personal records, his calendar, state travel records and interviewing the governor and others, SLED could find no violations in connection with his trips to meet his paramour.

“In terms of looking at it from a criminal standpoint, was there a criminal violation or misuse of public funds, we have found none, nor has anybody brought us any facts to suggest our findings are questionable or there should be another investigation,” Lloyd said.

State Attorney General Henry McMaster said he would review Lloyd's report next week but saw no reason to doubt its conclusions or objectivity.

“I will not duck or abuse my constitutional responsibilities merely to satisfy those who seek a politically motivated fishing expedition,” he said in a statement.

Sanford's office said the governor has no plans to step aside.

Source: greenvilleonline.com

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Who Sighned the Declaration of Independence First?

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Ten Percent of Americans thought Georgia Washington Sighned the Declaration of Independence First.  He wasn't even there.  Shows that Government eduction is a bit lacking in American schools

Americans are celebrating the nation's 233rd birthday, and the words of the Declaration of Independence will be heard at countless patriotic ceremonies across the land. The core ideals articulated by those words are still embraced by solid majorities of the American public.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 89% of American adults agree that "we are all endowed by our Creator with certain unalienable rights among them life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." Only seven percent (7%) disagree on that founding premise.

Seventy-four percent (74%) agree with the assertion that “all men are created equal” while just 23% disagree.

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Fifty-six percent (56%) agree with the view that governments derive their only just authority from the “consent of the governed.” Interestingly, one-in-four Americans (25%) disagree.

Other survey data shows that voters nationwide overwhelming trust the American people to make key decisions more than they trust political leaders. Those who disagree and hold a Political Class perspective represent a small minority of the population.

When presented with a choice of five Founding Fathers, 40% of American adults were able to correctly identify John Hancock as the first man to sign the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Sixteen percent (16%) thought that honor belonged to Thomas Jefferson, the primary author of the document.

Source: rasmussenreports.com

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SC PNN Hot Links - All South Carolina News fro the Top Blogs

 
South Carolina News

• The Fix: The Most Important Number in Politics Today

• Index Journal, editorial: As scandal keeps growing, Sanford should give it up

• The Herald, editorial: Sanford should resign

• P&C, editorial: His own worst enemy

• P&C: Governor's new tactic: Not talking

• SHJ: Sanford under siege

• GN: Pressure on Sanford mounts

• The State: 39 trips for Sanford with no security in '09

• The State: Sanford has no plans to budge

• The State: Sanford's mental state questioned

• The State: Jenny Sanford reportedly staying with parents in Florida

• The State: ETV collects more fees for Sanford coverage

• The State: Sanford adds $334 to trip reimbursement

• The State, editorial: Truly independent review needed to clear the air

• The State, Scoppe: This isn’t the kind of ‘confession’ Sanford needs to make

• The State, Ladner: The Sanford saga — enough!

• AP: For born-again governor, love is a matter of faith

• AP: At least 7 SC newspapers say Sanford should resign

• AP: SC governor silent as clamor grows for resignation

• GN: Love might be clouding Sanford's judgment, experts say

• GN: McMaster says he'll forgo independent prosecutor

• GN, editorial: Clear up chain of command

• Politico: South Carolina GOP: Mark Sanford must go

• CNN: Sanford loyalist says he should consider resignation

• WIS: Rep. Gresham Barrett calls for Sanford to quit

• P&C, Behre: As Sanford twists, Senators ask, ‘what if’

• GN, Bruss: Clamming up doesn't fix it

• GN, Bruss: It's time for Sanford to resign

• SCRN: McConnell’s letter: “I beseech the Governor to do the right thing”

• SCRN: Sanford keeping quiet, Demint says do the right thing

• SCRN: Sanford says no to AP, Democratic senators react

• SCRN: Bauer: Governor shining negative light on SC

• GN: Where they stand on Sanford

• AP: SC congressman calls for gov to quit

• Free Times, Fischer: The State Embarrassed Sanford — and Itself

• The Herald: Wes Hayes joins calls for Sanford's resignation

• The Herald: Barbershop chat led McCall to act

• AP: SC gov's revelations befuddle residents, lawmakers

• AJC: Adulterous governor's chattiness puzzles PR exec, ex-staffer

• WAPO: Jenny Sanford makes clear whom her husband humiliated

• AP: Congressman says Gov. Sanford should quit, can't be effective leader

• WAPO: Sanford Resisting Pressure From Fellow Republicans to Resign

• CNN: Sanford ally: Governor remains ‘defiant’

• CNN: SC GOP chair says Sanford should consider stepping down

• WYFF: Upstate Republicans To Sanford: Resign

• GN: Most GOP state senators want Sanford out

• GN: Sanford confessions continue

• Crazyworld: David Thomas calls for Sanford resignation

• Crazyworld: Inglis on Sanford

• WIS: Some say forget Sanford's affair, worry about the economy

• The Hill: In affair, Sanford loses closest ally: his wife

• AP: Tom Davis Statement on Gov. Sanford

• Free Times: The Sanford Affair

• GN, Smith: McConnell asks Sanford to “do the right thing”

• ABC News: S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford Pressured to Resign As Calls Against Him Grow Louder

• AP: Sanford backs out of promise to release records

• AP: Most GOP state senators want gov out

• Aiken Standard: Local legislators call for Sanford's resignation

South Carolina Blogs

• Michelle Malkin: Another lie from Sanford. Tick, tick, tick…

• Brad Warthen: WWJD (What Would Jenny Do?)

• Hot Air: Why Mark Sanford Has To Go

• The Blogland of Earl Capps: Sanford or no Sanford - the need for reform remains

• Brad Warthen: Just look down at your shoes and walk away, gov

• WR: Barrett, Thomas want Sanford to step aside

• WR: Gov’s book deal now in limbo

• WR: Support for Sanford disappears, more want him to go

• WR: Sanford, transparency champ, goes opaque on financial records

• Carolina Politics Online: Brown May Be Getting a “Blue Dog” Challenger

• Waldo Lydecker's Journal: Apparently, among Republicans, infidelities are OK if you don't get caught

• TPS: Bauer backs off pledge to not run for governor

• TPS: Sanford has a book deal

• TPS: Malloy to receive ‘Katie’s Heroes’ award

• TPS: A moral police force

• Roxanne Walker: SC to Governor - Shut Up and Go Away

• Nikki Haley: Statement on Governor Sanford

• Indigo Journal: Judging a Book By its Cover

• FITS: Haley Hanging With Sanford … For Now

• FITS: Sanford Declines To Release Travel Info

• FITS: “Dug In”

• FITS: Come To Jesus?

• FITS: Governor’s Strongest Ally Issues Statement

• WR: Haley fundraiser at downtown Columbia Sheraton a dud

• Indigo Journal: Tallying the Calls For Sanford's Resignation

• Voting Under the Influence: Sanford needs to end the soap opera

• Brad Warthen: Sanford’s bizarre new admissions embolden critics

• Brad Warthen: Mullins hasn’t gotten a hit yet

• WR: Hutto looking at challenging DeMint

• WR: Senate Republicans issue statement for Sanford to step down

Source: us.mc526.mail.yahoo.com

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The 8 cap-and-tax Republicans…and the 44 Democrats who voted no

Introducing the GOP’s Cap-And-Tax 8…

Photoshop credit: Leo Alberti

I listed them earlier tonight, but am breaking out a separate post to spotlight them again.

The 8 cap-and-tax Republican turncoats again are:

Bono Mack (CA) (202) 225-5330
Castle (DE) (202) 225-4165
Kirk (IL) (202) 225-4385 (And he’s seriously considering running for Senate!)
Lance (NJ) (202) 225-5361
LoBiondo (NJ) (202) 225-6572
McHugh (NY) (202) 225-4611
Reichert (WA) (202) 225-7761
Smith (NJ) (202) 225-3765

(Phone numbers h/t commenter rightwingmom)

Congrats, congresspeople, you helped the Democrats pass a junk science-based, massive national energy tax. Headed to Disney World now?

We still want to know: What were your payoffs/earmarks?

Source: michellemalkin.com

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Jenny Sanford: I Warned Him Not To See His Mistress

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The Governors wife, Jenny Sanford, warned her husband not to see his mistress.  Jenny Sanford came across letters her husband wrote nearley two months ago that led to her asking the Governor for a trial seperation. 

SULLIVANS ISLAND, S.C. -- South Carolina first lady Jenny Sanford said she warned her husband not to see his mistress before a trip last week and was shocked he met her in Argentina anyway.Jenny Sanford told The Associated Press on Friday that she discovered Gov. Mark Sanford's affair in January when she found a letter from him to the other woman.The governor was told to end his affair, Jenny Sanford said. She said that he agreed to.When the governor told her recently he needed time alone to write, she specifically warned him not to visit the mistress, Jenny Sanford said. She said that she was shocked to learn this week that he'd gone to Argentina to do just that.

Source: foxcarolina.com

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Michael Jackson Dies

TMZ is reporting that Entertainer Michael Jackson has Died. 

We've just learned Michael Jackson has died. He was 50.

Michael suffered a cardiac arrest earlier this afternoon at his Holmby Hills home and paramedics
were unable to revive him. We're told when paramedics arrived Jackson had no pulse and they never got a pulse back.

A source tells us Jackson was dead when paramedics arrived.

Once at the hospital, the staff tried to resuscitate him but he was completely unresponsive.

We're told one of the staff members at Jackson's home called 911.

La Toya ran in the hospital sobbing after Jackson was pronounced dead.

Michael is survived by three children: Michael Joseph Jackson, Jr., Paris Michael Katherine Jackson and Prince "Blanket" Michael Jackson II.

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Amber Alert - Mitchell County, NC - Alexander & Heidi Suddeath

Amber Alert

Missing From:  Mitchell County, NC Missing Date:  06/24/0009 12:00 AM Issued for:   North Carolina: Statewide Contact:  If you have information, please contact Mitchell County Sheriff's Office, (828)688-3982 OR 911 Circumstances:  RALEIGH 1:24 AM -- The Mitchell County Sheriff`s Office is searching for 2 missing children. Last seen on Roan Mountain in Mitchell County. Parents lost sight of the children while returning to a public parking lot on the mountain. If you have any information regarding this abduction, call the Mitchell County Sheriff`s Office immediately at (828) 688-3982, or call 911 or *HP. Missing Child  Name:  Alexander Lee Suddeath Alias:   Hair Color:  Sandy Brown Eye Color:  Brown Skin Color:  White Age:  6YO Height:  4FT7 Weight:  55LB Gender:  Male   Description:  Yellow t-shirt and navy blue shorts wearing croc shoes. He has a scar on the right eyebrow. Missing Child  Name:  Heidi Elizabeth Suddeath Alias:   Hair Color:  Light Brown Eye Color:  Brown Skin Color:  WHite Age:  4YO Height:  3FT3 Weight:  38LB Gender:  Female   Description:  Pink skirt and a purple shirt and crocs. Scab on her right elbow.

Source: ncmec.org

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E-mails between Gov. Sanford, and Mistress (Maria) Revealed

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The State newspaper in Columbia SC must have had a beam on the Governor Sanford affair as they had personal e-mails ready for publication following the confession on national news.

Below are excerpts of e-mails, obtained by The State newspaper in December, between Gov. Mark Sanford's personal e-mail account and Maria, a woman in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The State has removed the woman's full name and other personal details, including her address, e-mail address and children's names.

The woman who South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford had an affair with lives on Republica de la India in the Palermo neighborhood of Argentina.

The woman who South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford had an affair with lives on Republica de la India in the Palermo neighborhood of Argentina.

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McClatchy special correspondent Angeles Mase visited the 14-story apartment building in Buenos Aires Wednesday where the woman lives, according to the emails, which included her address. The woman at the address answered to the name in the emails and, at first, agreed to speak to a visitor, but she declined after the visitor identified herself as a reporter.

The doorman at the building, shown a photograph of Sanford, said he did not recognize him. According to the doorman, the woman has two sons, one a teenager of driving age and the other younger. The emails refer to the woman's two sons

Source: thestate.com

Please see the wider article at The State Newspaper

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1. Link: VIDEO: Sanford admits affair Gallery: Sanford's news conference: Governor admits affair


2. Story: Sanford admits affair; wife Jenny responds


3. Story: Read Jenny Sanford's full statement


4. Story: Timeline: Evolving details of Sanford's trip


5. Story: Sanford met in Atlanta after returning from South America


6. Story: Reaction to Sanford from SC politicos
   

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Free Market Response to the ABC News / Obamacare Infomercial

Based upon the tremendous work and the town hall meetings started across the nation by Amy Kremer and Jenny Beth Martin on the issue of health care reform, they have been asked to participate in the Free Market Response to the ABC News / Obamacare Infomercial.  The event is scheduled to take place Wednesday, June 24, 12:00 Eastern, in Room 210, of the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, D.C. 
 
The event is sponsored by Americans for Tax Reform, Media Research Center and the Health Care Freedom Coalition.  The panel will be chaired by Grover Norquist.  Panelists include Congressman Tom Price, Senator Jim DeMint, Doug Holtz-Eakin, Ph.D.: Why Government Health Care Is Expensive and CBO Is Correct, Merrill Matthews, Ph.D. (CAHI): Why a Government Plan Is a Bad Idea, Greg Scandlen, (CHCC): Why Mandates Are Bad Ideas, Victor Schwartz, Esq.: Medical Malpractice Reform, Rick Scott (Conservatives for Patients Rights): Grassroots Update, Amy Menefee (Patients United Now): Grassroots Update, Amy Kremer and Jenny Beth Martin (Tea Party Patriots): Grassroots Update.
 
As a fledgling organization operating on a shoestring budget, we need your help.  Amy and Jenny Beth just returned from a road trip to D.C. for the Health Care Town Hall at their own expense, and we're looking for a few generous folks willing to help them fund this return trip on short notice.  If you can help with a donation (non-tax deductible), please contact me at mark@teapartypatriots.org, and I will help to arrange the donations.  We apologize for the short notice, but we need to know today so we can book flights and make all the arrangements.

Contact

Mark Meckler 
National Coordinator
California Coordinator
Sacramento - Organizer   Email:  Mark.grassroots@gmail.com              Ph:    530-274-9900
Twitter: @markmeckler                              Cell:  530-210-6080
                                                             Fax:   530-274-9754

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V.A. Hospital: a Model for health Care? Not if you have Cancer

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V.A. Hospital: a Model for health Care?  Not if you have Cancer

For patients with prostate cancer, it is a common surgical procedure: a doctor implants dozens of radioactive seeds to attack the disease. But when Dr. Gary D. Kao treated one patient at the veterans’ hospital in Philadelphia, his aim was more than a little off.

Most of the seeds, 40 in all, landed in the patient’s healthy bladder, not the prostate.

It was a serious mistake, and under federal rules, regulators investigated. But Dr. Kao, with their consent, made his mistake all but disappear.

He simply rewrote his surgical plan to match the number of seeds in the prostate, investigators said.

The revision may have made Dr. Kao look better, but it did nothing for the patient, who had to undergo a second implant. It failed, too, resulting in an unintended dose to the rectum. Regulators knew nothing of this second mistake because no one reported it.

Source: nytimes.com

On a personal note, I am a former health care provider for the VA.  I am also a patient.  Recently I went to see my doctor for medication renewal and found my Harvard Doctor had been replaced by a nurse pracicioner who did not have the scope of practice to treat all of my disabilities.  She was unable to write perscritions for some of my medications.  What happened next was that one of my medications I had been on for nearly ten years was not refilled.  If this medication is stopped abruptly, serious side affects can result.  During a 90 mile drive, the reactions was so strong that I lost control of my vehicle and ran off the road.  I became quite dizzy and had vertigo that could have been deadly to myself and others. 

The concern is that if this type of treatment is hapening to other veterans due to budget issues, how much more dangerious would it become if the VA Modality is used for Health Care Reform?  Not too long ago in several VA Medical Centers, endoscopy equipment was not properly sterialized and thousand of Veterans were exposed to HIV, Hepititis, and other deseases. 

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Columbia assault victim, Nettie Britt is Young Republicans leader

COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - Columbia Police are investigating an assault that occurred at a residence on Luvalie Street.

The victim is a Young Republicans leader in Richland County. The Richland County GOP says Nettie Britts is in intensive care with a fractured skull.

It happened sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday morning.

The suspect broke into her home, and the statement released by the party says Britts woke up with a gun to her head. It's thought that the suspect then hit her with a gun numerous times.

Columbia Police are asking for this community and all communities to be vigilant and to report any suspicious behavior by calling 911.

Source: wistv.com

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News 2.0: The Future of News in an Age of Social Media

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by Judy Gombita – June 19, 2009 · Audience, Communication, Culture, Journalists, Media, Social media, Web 2.0 -

I’m briefly interrupting the wonderful debate on CPRS’s new definition of public relations to let you know that a new, two-part CBC Radio show, produced by Ira Basen (of Spin Cycles fame), begins on Sunday, June 21st: News 2.0: The Future of News in an Age of Social Media.

Both segments are one hour in length. Part one will air at 11 a.m. North American ET. Part two is slated for Sunday, June 28, 2009, but note that this segment is slated to begin one hour earlier, at 10 a.m. NA ET.

Canadians can tune in via conventional radio (part of the Sunday Report show) in any of the four time zones. International listeners can use the web-based live stream for CBC Radio One. It is also available to subscribers of satellite at Sirius Radio 137. A link to the show should go live this weekend.

Just like Spin cycles, the two-parts will eventually be available as audio files off of the dedicated website; however, first the tapes need to be re-mixed, to delete copyrighted music. (Ira Basen chooses his musical accompaniements with great care, and assures me that “The radio version will be better.”)

The first program, on Sunday, June 21, 2009, features:

- Paul Sullivan, formerly of Orato.com
- Andrew Keen, author of The Cult of the Amateur
- Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody
- Paul Gillin, author of The New Influencers

The second program, on Sunday, June 28, 2009, features

- Kirk Lapointe, The Vancouver Sun
- Mathew Ingram, Community Manager, Globe and Mail
- Jeff Jarvis, Buzz Machine and author of What Would Google Do?
- Jay Rosen, PressThink
- Michael Tibbet, NowPublic.com

Source: ironmill.wordpress.com

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DeMint: Boxer Is "Loose Cannon" Who "Speaks Before She Thinks"

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California Senator Boxer scolded a General for calling her Ma'am yesturday.  She related to the General that she sould be identified as "Senator" as she worked so hard to get that title.  Senator Boxer must be unaware that under military protocol an officer who is haigher in rank is called "sir or Maam"  Interesting enough that She did not refer to him as General in the rebuke.  It should be noted as well that the General also called Male senators Sir. 

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) opined Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) demanding a general to call her "Senator" at a hearing yesterday.

Mr. DeMint called Mrs. Boxer "a loose cannon."

"For her to try to embarrass him in front of the public -- I just can't put up for that kind of thing -- if people think too much of themselves," he said.

He added that "ma'am" is "the highest title" -- higher than senator or congressman.

Source: realclearpolitics.com

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Stimulus Package full of Pork Barrel Spending (See List)

Sen. Tom Coburn is offering a GOP counterpoint to a recent White House report that extolled the early successes of the $787 billion stimulus program.

The White House report focused on 100 projects that administration officials believe demonstrate the wisdom of the massive fast-spending effort to jolt the economy back to health.

Coburn's report essentially says "Wait one minute there, fellas." It's called "A Second Opinion on the Stimulus," and it features 100 projects that the senator and his staff believe show the waste and foolishness of some stimulus spending.

An LA Times story this morning says the report "contends the Obama administration's stimulus program is fraught with waste and incompetence -- evidenced by a turtle crossing in northern Florida that will cost more than $3 million and a snafu in which thousands of Social Security checks went out to people who had died."

Source: voices.washingtonpost.com

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David Letterman issues a full Appology for Palin Joke

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David Letterman issues a full Appology for his Palin Joke on tonights Late Show with David Letterman.  Since this is what conservatives and others have asked of him, one might concider his apology as valid.  During the unscripted racially charged joke given by Don Imus on Imus in the Morning no amont of appologising seemed to make those concerned happy.  One hopes that America has moved beyond that and will accept the apparnt heart felt appology of Mr. Letterman.  Still groups intend to picket his studios despite the appology.  "he made the joke and he can't take it back" said one in a womans group near New York.  Hopefully folks understand what the word forgiveness really means. 

I told a joke that was beyond flawed, and my intent is completely meaningless compared to the perception" of the joke by viewers, he said during Monday's taping of "Late Night with David Letterman," according to a transcript given to Reuters.

"And since it was a joke I told, I feel that I need to do the right thing here and apologize for having told that joke," he said. "It's not your fault that it was misunderstood, it's my fault."

"I would like to apologize especially to the two daughters involved, Bristol and Willow, and also to the Governor and her family and everybody else who was outraged by the joke. I'm sorry about it and I'll try to do better in the future," he said.

Source: reuters.com

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Obama Woo's Doctors on Health Care Reform - Consider the VA

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The New York Times is rporting on Todays speech to The American Medical Association (AMA) on Government Health Care Reform.  Many appear skeptical over the Government intervention on any front these days.  One should look at past and present take overs by the government and review the sucess rates of each.  Many concider Veterans medical care as an example of what Obama-care would look like.  The Militray Medical insurance systems as well as the Veterans health care turned to Quanity of care rather then Quality of care as a matter of record in the early 90s.  The auto take overs should look at AMTRAK and the Banks should look at Government accounting.   Many as does this writer has reservations on the Governments ability to do anything at resaonble costs of efficently. 

WASHINGTON — President Obama took his health care overhaul proposal to one of its more skeptical audiences, telling doctors at the American Medical Association conference in Chicago that the United States is “not a nation that accepts nearly 46 million uninsured men, women and children.”

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Mr. Obama’s much-anticipated address appeared carefully calibrated to woo doctors to support — or at least, to not actively oppose — his sweeping health proposals. He also sought to reassure doctors who are skittish about his proposal for a government-run insurance plan as one option from which consumers could choose.

Source: nytimes.com

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Related Text: Obama’s Speech on Health Care Reform
Bits: G.E. Offers Loans for E-Health Record Purchases  Health Care Reform Room for Debate: Should Health Insurance Be Mandatory?

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Famous People Top 20 stupidest Quotes

(On September 17, 1994, Alabama's Heather Whitestone was selected as Miss America 1995.)
Question: If you could live forever, would you and why?
Answer: 'I would not live forever, because we should not live forever, because if we were supposed to live forever, then we would live forever, but we cannot live forever, which is why I would not live forever,'
--Miss Alabama in the 1994 Miss USA contest.
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'Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff.'
--Mariah Carey
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'Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life,'
-- Brooke Shields, during an interview to become spokesperson for federal anti-smoking campaign .
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'I've never had major knee surgery on any other part of my body,'
--Winston Bennett, University of Kentucky basketball forward.
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'Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country,'
--Mayor Marion Barry, Washington , DC . ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,


'That lowdown scoundrel deserves to be kicked to death by a jackass, and I'm just the one to do it,'
--A congressional candidate in Texas .
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'Half this game is ninety percent mental.'
--Philadelphia Phillies manager, Danny Ozark    
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'It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.'
--Al Gore, Vice President
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'I love California . I practically grew up in Phoenix .'
-- Dan Quayle ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,


'We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need ?'
--Lee Iacocca
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'The word 'genius' isn't applicable in football. A genius is a guy like Norman Einstein.'  

--Joe Theisman, NFL football quarterback & sports analyst.
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'We don't necessarily discriminate. We simply exclude certain types of people.'
-- Colonel Gerald Wellman, ROTC Instrutor.
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'Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992 because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may reapply if there is a change in your circumstances.'
--Department of Social Services, Greenville , South Carolina
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'Traditionally, most of Australia 's imports come from overseas.'
--Keppel Enderbery
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'If somebody has a bad heart, they can plug this jack in at night as they go to bed and it will monitor their heart throughout the night. And the next morning, when they wake up dead, there'll be a record.'
--Mark S. Fowler, FCC Chairman

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