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An Obama Advisor Says We Need Another Stimulus

Posted by Defend America on Tuesday, July 07, 2009 8:01:30 PM
Obama Adviser Says U.S. Should Mull Second Stimulus (Update2)

By Shamim Adam

July 7 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. should consider drafting a second stimulus package focusing on infrastructure projects because the $787 billion approved in February was “a bit too small,” said Laura Tyson, an outside adviser to President Barack Obama.

The current plan “will have a positive effect, but the real economy is a sicker patient,” Tyson said in a speech in Singapore today. The package will have a more pronounced impact in the third and fourth quarters, she added, stressing that she was speaking for herself and not the administration.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601068&sid=ajQbZ.WrAVwQ
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Do You Mean He is Actually a Democrat? That is Breaking News

Posted by Defend America on Tuesday, July 07, 2009 7:03:12 PM

Specter Loyal Democrat Since Party Switch, Vote Study Shows

Pennsylvania Sen. Arlen Specter, who faces a serious challenge in a 2010 Democratic primary, has demonstrated a higher level of party unity during his brief time as a Democrat than he did as a Republican.
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Releasing Guantanamo Bay Deatinees Never Makes Sense

Posted by Defend America on Tuesday, July 07, 2009 6:59:14 PM
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Universal Health Care by the Numbers

Posted by Defend America on Tuesday, July 07, 2009 4:28:14 PM

0: The number of unrehearsed, unscripted questions asked of President Obama during his “Town Hall” on health care reform.

13: The number of teeth that British veteran Ian Boynton pulled out himself with pliers “because he couldn’t find an NHS (National Health Service) dentist… [he] could not afford to go private for treatment so instead took the drastic action to remove 13 of his teeth that were giving him severe pain.”

14: The percentage of all patients in Britain who wait more than one (1) year to receive treatment after a referral by a general practitioner. Half of all National Health Care patients in Britain wait between 18 and 52 weeks for treatment.

http://hotair.com/archives/2009/07/07/state-run-health-care-by-the-numbers/

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Al Franken is Officially a Senator

Posted by Defend America on Tuesday, July 07, 2009 4:14:00 PM
It’s official: Franken makes 60 for Senate Dems
By J. Taylor Rushing | Posted: 07/07/09 01:51 PM [ET]
Former comedian Al Franken officially became Minnesota’s junior senator on Tuesday, continuing his policy of silence and seriousness but giving the Democratic Party a critical 60-seat Senate majority.
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Who's Ready for Another Stimulus?

Posted by Defend America on Tuesday, July 07, 2009 4:13:29 PM
Hoyer 'open' to second stimulus, but not just yet
By Mike Soraghan | Posted: 07/07/09 12:42 PM [ET]
The No. 2 Democratic leader in the House said Democrats are open to looking at a second stimulus package, but said it's still to early to judge the success or failure of the package passed earlier this year.

Well, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said it can wait:

Reid: Second stimulus can wait
By J. Taylor Rushing | Posted: 07/07/09 03:52 PM [ET]
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Tuesday threw cold water on the idea of Senate passage of a second economic stimulus plan, saying that the first plan needs more time to work.


Rasmussen says this:

Just 27% Favor Second Stimulus Plan This Year, 60% Oppose

Sixty percent (60%) of U.S. voters now oppose the passage of a second economic stimulus plan this year, a five-point increase in opposition since the issue was first raised in March.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that just 27% of voters favor a new stimulus plan, unchanged from the earlier findings. Thirteen percent (13%) are not sure.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/july_2009/just_27_favor_second_stimulus_plan_this_year_60_oppose

I still can't understand the 13% who are not sure.


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Al Gore Compares Fight Against Global Warming to the Fight Against the Nazis

Posted by Defend America on Tuesday, July 07, 2009 12:39:13 PM

Al Gore likens fight against climate change to battle with Nazis

Al Gore today compared the battle against climate change with the struggle against the Nazis.

The former US Vice President said the world lacked the political will to act and invoked the spirit of Winston Churchill by encouraging leaders to unite their nations to fight climate change.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article6658672.ece
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July 7th in American History

Posted by Defend America on Tuesday, July 07, 2009 11:29:20 AM

July 7, 1797

The impeachment of Senator Blount

For the first time in U.S. history, the House of Representatives exercises its constitutional power of impeachment and votes to charge Senator William Blount of Tennessee with "a high misdemeanor, entirely inconsistent with his public duty and trust as a Senator."

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5157

1846 - U.S. annexation of California was proclaimed at Monterey after the surrender of a Mexican garrison.

1865 - Four people were hanged in Washington, DC, after being convicted of conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate U.S. President Lincoln.

1898 - The United States annexed Hawaii.

July 7, 1981

O'Connor nominated to Supreme Court

President Ronald Reagan nominates Sandra Day O'Connor, an Arizona court of appeals judge, to be the first woman Supreme Court justice in U.S. history. On September 21, the Senate unanimously approved her appointment to the nation's highest court, and on September 25 she was sworn in by Chief Justice Warren Burger.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6951

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Analysis of the Housing Crisis with Dr. Thomas Sowell

Posted by Defend America on Tuesday, July 07, 2009 10:43:21 AM
This is a five part series presented by Peter Robinson of the Hoover Institution. The show is called Uncommon Knowledge. This week, Mr. Robinson has Dr. Thomas Sowell to talk about his new book The Housing Boom and Bust and the housing crisis. The housing crisis has been talked about a lot, but I thought it would be good to get a better understanding of the crisis and Mr. Sowell is I think one of the best to explain in plain language. In part 1, he discusses the economics of the housing crisis.

http://tv.nationalreview.com/uncommonknowledge/post/?q=ZTk4OTYwZDYxZDkyN2NjNjVmNTU5NGUwOWJkNGE1MjE=

In part 2, he discusses the politics of the housing crisis.

http://tv.nationalreview.com/uncommonknowledge/post/?q=MTFhZDY4NjVmYjg5YzRjZDBiNDk4NzVmMjQzNWQ3YmY=

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Putin and Medvedev Don't Find Any Fault in Obama

Posted by Defend America on Tuesday, July 07, 2009 9:15:21 AM
Jim Geraghty, at the Campaign Sport blog on National Review Online, has an observation that is frightening.

This is what he said:

If you're the American President, and men like Dimitri Medvedev and Vladimir Putin can't find anything to complain about what you're doing, are you doing your job right?

Putin and Medvedev obviously feel comfortable with one of their own.

This is what Putin had to say about the meeting:

Putin says Obama meeting went well

52 minutes ago

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says his first meeting with President Barack Obama went "very well."

The former Russian president called the two-hour meeting "substantive, informative and collaborative."

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gZbKHmVvztcFTEyHGNW9X6xclDOwD999JQBO0





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Talk About Conflicting Opinions

Posted by Defend America on Tuesday, July 07, 2009 9:10:14 AM
This from Joe Biden on Sunday:

By JoAnne Allen

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israel has a sovereign right to decide what is in its best interest in dealing with Iran's nuclear ambitions whether the United States agrees or not, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview on Sunday.

http://mobile.reuters.com/mobile/m/FullArticle/CTOP/ntopNews_uUSTRE56507F20090706?src=RSS-TOP


Now, this from Barack Obama today:

Obama: 'Absolutely' no green light for Israel to attack Iran

By JPOST.COM STAFF

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday strongly denied that the United States had given Israel an approval to strike Iran's nuclear facilities.

Asked by CNN whether Washington had given Israel a green light for such an attack, Obama answered: "Absolutely not."

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1246443739359&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

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"How to Win Liberal Friends and Oppress Your People"

Posted by Defend America on Tuesday, July 07, 2009 8:57:08 AM
A Thug’s Primer
How to win liberal friends and oppress your people.

By Victor Davis Hanson

How strange that our rather nondescript, sober friends abroad do not garner attention from the current administration, yet overt enemies in Cuba, Nicaragua, Iran, Venezuela, and the West Bank most certainly do. Is there some covert code of conduct known to these dictators that allows them to win a pass from supposedly liberal Americans, who profess to value human rights, religious tolerance, and consensual government?

Here’s a tutorial for up-and-coming thugs abroad, who wish to ingratiate themselves with Western elites, not worry about “legitimacy,” and not have someone meddle in their affairs.

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MjE1ZmZiZGYyNjhmNzYyN2EwNWQwNjE4MTk2NDZmMGI=
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South Carolina GOP Censures Governor Sanford

Posted by Defend America on Tuesday, July 07, 2009 8:25:05 AM

State Republicans censure Sanford

Move ends ‘sad chapter,’ signals ‘time for healing’

By GINA SMITH - gnsmith@thestate.com

After nearly four hours of discussion Monday evening, leaders of the South Carolina Republican Party voted to censure Gov. Mark Sanford, reprimanding him for secretly leaving the state to visit his lover in Argentina.

http://www.thestate.com/local/story/854887.html
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Violence Continues in China

Posted by Defend America on Monday, July 06, 2009 9:36:53 PM

AP

Police arrest 1,434 suspects in connection with worst ethnic violence in decades in China's western Xinjiang region, which killed at least 156 people.
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More Americans are Becoming Conservatives

Posted by Defend America on Monday, July 06, 2009 8:45:33 PM

Special Report: Ideologically, Where Is the U.S. Moving?

Nearly 4 in 10 Americans say their views have grown more conservative

by Lydia Saad

PRINCETON, NJ -- Despite the results of the 2008 presidential election, Americans, by a 2-to-1 margin, say their political views in recent years have become more conservative rather than more liberal, 39% to 18%, with 42% saying they have not changed. While independents and Democrats most often say their views haven't changed, more members of all three major partisan groups indicate that their views have shifted to the right rather than to the left.

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http://www.gallup.com/poll/121403/Special-Report-Ideologically-Moving.aspx
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