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This is Very Interesting

Posted by Defend America on Sunday, July 19, 2009 9:49:31 AM

Congressman: Centrist Dems talking healthcare coalition with GOP

Some centrist House Democrats have reached out to Republicans to explore breaking with their party leadership on healthcare and crafting a reform bill with the rival GOP, one congressman claimed Saturday.

Rep. Charles Boustany (R-La.) asserted that an "interesting development" is taking place underway that, if true, could effectively remove Democratic leadership from the driver's seat on healthcare reform legislation in the House.
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July 19th in American History

Posted by Defend America on Sunday, July 19, 2009 9:45:37 AM

July 19, 1848

Seneca Falls Convention begins

At the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, N.Y., a woman's rights convention--the first ever held in the United States--convenes with almost 200 women in attendance. The convention was organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, two abolitionists who met at the 1840 World Anti-Slavery Convention in London. As women, Mott and Stanton were barred from the convention floor, and the common indignation that this aroused in both of them was the impetus for their founding of the women's rights movement in the United States.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=6963

1974 - The House Judiciary Committee recommended that U.S. President Richard Nixon should stand trial in the Senate for any of the five impeachment charges against him.

1984 - Geraldine Ferraro was nominated by the Democratic Party to become the first woman from a major political party to run for the office of U.S. Vice-President.

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This is Just Repulsive and the American Conservative Union Should be Ashamed of Themselves

Posted by Defend America on Sunday, July 19, 2009 4:26:28 AM

Exclusive: Conservative group offers support for $2M


By MIKE ALLEN | 7/17/09 5:07 AM EDT
Updated: 7/17/09 2:28 PM EDT

The American Conservative Union asked FedEx for a check for $2 million to $3 million in return for the group’s support in a bitter legislative dispute, then the group’s chairman flipped and sided with UPS after FedEx refused to pay.

For the $2 million plus, ACU offered a range of services that included: “Producing op-eds and articles written by ACU’s Chairman David Keene and/or other members of the ACU’s board of directors. (Note that Mr. Keene writes a weekly column that appears in The Hill.)”

The conservative group’s remarkable demand — black-and-white proof of the longtime Washington practice known as “pay for play” — was contained in a private letter to FedEx , which was provided to POLITICO.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25072.html



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These Terrorists Only Understand Force and We Must Never Give Up in Trying to Defeat Them

Posted by Defend America on Saturday, July 18, 2009 10:02:39 PM

AP sources: Taliban video shows captive US soldier




By PAMELA HESS and LOLITA BALDOR, Associated Press Writers Pamela Hess And Lolita Baldor, Associated Press Writers – 2 hrs 3 mins ago

WASHINGTON – The American soldier who went missing June 30 from his base in eastern Afghanistan and was later confirmed to have been captured, appeared on a video posted Saturday to a Web site by the Taliban, two U.S. defense officials said.

The soldier is shown in the 28-minute video with his head shaved and the start of a beard. He is sitting and dressed in a nondescript, gray outfit. Early in the video one of his captors holds the soldier's dog tag up to the camera. His name and ID number are clearly visible. He is shown eating at one point and sitting on a bed.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090718/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/us_afghan_soldier_captured


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Now They are Using Google to Determine the Economic Situation

Posted by Defend America on Saturday, July 18, 2009 11:52:57 AM

Larry Summers cites Google search as progress

By EAMON JAVERS | 7/17/09 1:27 PM EDT

Of all the statistics pouring into the White House every day, top economic adviser Larry Summers highlighted one Friday to make his case that the economic free-fall has ended.

The number of people searching for the term “economic depression” on Google is down to normal levels, Summers said.

Searches for the term were up four-fold when the recession deepened in the earlier part of the year, and the recent shift goes to show consumer confidence is higher, Summers told the Peterson Institute for International Economics.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/25083.html

This is a better way to determine where the economy is:

Unemployment tops 10 percent in 16 states in June
Jul 17 10:45 AM US/Eastern
By JEANNINE AVERSA
AP Economics Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Labor Department says unemployment topped 10 percent in 16 states last month. The rate in Michigan surpassed 15 percent, the first time any state hit that mark since 1984.

Home to the nation's struggling auto makers, Michigan has been clobbered by lost factory jobs. Its jobless rate of 15.2 percent in June was the highest in the country, but the record-high for the state was 16.9 percent in November 1982.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D99G8T580&show_article=1



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Gerald Walpin of WalpinGate Files Lawsuit

Posted by Defend America on Saturday, July 18, 2009 11:43:51 AM

AP

Inspector general that President Obama removed for allegedly being 'confused' and 'disoriented' files lawsuit to reclaim his job, argues firing broke law.
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MSNBC Thinks the Tea Parties "Push the Boundaries of Decency"

Posted by Defend America on Saturday, July 18, 2009 6:16:25 AM

MSNBC: Talk Radio and Tea Party Protests ‘Push Boundaries of Decency’

By Kyle Drennen | July 17, 2009 - 18:21

On Friday, MSNBC anchor Tamron Hall exclaimed: "Harsh political discourse against [President Obama] really amped up and people started to push the boundaries of what might be considered decency. From talk radio to those tea parties that we saw with some pretty offensive signs folks were holding, even in the presence of children. The anger has certainly intensified."

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People on the Left Always See Race

Posted by Defend America on Saturday, July 18, 2009 6:15:41 AM

WaPo Mag Editor: 'Any Latina Could Make a Better Decision Than a White Man'

By Noel Sheppard | July 17, 2009 - 14:44

In today's "She Really Didn't Say That, Did She?" segment, a contributing editor to Washington Post magazine claimed that if Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor were being really honest with America, "[S]he probably would want to say, 'Not only do I mean a wise Latina, I meant any Latina could make a better decision than a white man could.'" 

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July 18th in American History

Posted by Defend America on Saturday, July 18, 2009 6:07:19 AM

July 18, 1940

FDR nominated for unprecedented third term

On this day in 1940, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who first took office in 1933 as America's 32nd president, is nominated for an unprecedented third term. Roosevelt, a Democrat, would eventually be elected to a record four terms in office, the only U.S. president to serve more than two terms.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=VideoArticle&id=59466

July 18, 1947

Truman signs second Presidential Succession Act

On this day in 1947, President Harry S. Truman signs the Presidential Succession Act. This act revised an older succession act that was passed in 1792 during George Washington’s first term.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=786
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