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Is Obama Now Listening to Dictators and Accepting Their Demands?

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, July 29, 2009 11:51:20 AM
Zelaya asked Obama to revoke Honduran visas
By Bridget Johnson | Posted: 07/29/09 10:29 AM [ET]
The ousted president of Honduras reportedly asked President Obama to revoke the diplomatic visas of members of interim President Roberto Micheletti's de facto government.
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Getting Closer to a Deal on Health Care in the Senate?

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, July 29, 2009 11:49:59 AM

Senators Close to Health Accord

Panel May Vote On Bipartisan Bill Before Recess


Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, July 29, 2009

An emerging consensus among a bipartisan group of senators is poised to shift the dynamic in the congressional debate over health-care reform and could lead to a final product that sheds many of the priorities that President Obama has emphasized and that have drawn GOP attacks.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/28/AR2009072803173.html
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More Fox News Numbers in July

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, July 29, 2009 11:17:48 AM

Primetime Cable Rankings for July: FNC - #3, CNN - #15, MSNBC - #26

Fox News ranks as the #3 basic cable network (behind USA and TNT) for the month of July in primetime. CNN is #15 and MSNBC is #26. In Total Day, FNC is #6, CNN #10 and MSNBC #30.

• Click here to see the network rankings...

Fox News had nine of top 10 shows in cable news for the month based on Total Viewers. CNN's Larry King Live was #8. Countdown with Keith Olbermann was MSNBC's highest ranked show at #15.

• Click here to see the program rankings...
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Obama to Set Rules for Health Insurance Companies

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, July 29, 2009 10:29:19 AM

President Obama to Set Rules for Health Insurance Companies

July 29, 2009 8:32 AM

Taking his health care reform push to the real world, President Obama hits, campaign-style, stops in Bristol, Virginia and Raleigh, North Carolina, in red states he turned blue last Fall.

Today he will outline eight specific consumer protections that he wants to be part of reform:

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/07/president-obama-to-set-rules-for-health-insurance-companies.html
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Stimulus Jobs in Oregon Last One Week

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, July 29, 2009 10:28:14 AM
SPIN METER: 'Help Wanted' counting stimulus jobs

By RYAN KOST (AP) – 1 day ago

PORTLAND, Ore. — How much are politicians straining to convince people that the government is stimulating the economy? In Oregon, where lawmakers are spending $176 million to supplement the federal stimulus, Democrats are taking credit for a remarkable feat: creating 3,236 new jobs in the program's first three months.

But those jobs lasted on average only 35 hours, or about one work week. After that, those workers were effectively back unemployed, according to an Associated Press analysis of state spending and hiring data. By the state's accounting, a job is a job, whether it lasts three hours, three days, three months, or a lifetime.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5ifn5cIQggxKMBZdAwWc0ej79EQLgD99NA4VO3

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You Know Things are Bad for Obama When He Has to Resort to Bashing Bush and the Evil Cheney

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, July 29, 2009 10:26:51 AM

Obama still cashing in on Bush's failings

Facing the first real rough patch of his presidency, President Obama and his supporters are once again resorting to a tried-and-true tactic: attacking George W. Bush and Richard Cheney.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/29/obama-still-cashing-in-on-bushs-economic-failings/print/
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More Analysis of the House Health Care Bill

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, July 29, 2009 7:08:53 AM

Keith Hennessey has wonderful analysis of the health care bill that is proposed in the House. Here are just some charts and for explanations of the charts and more information, you can go here:


http://keithhennessey.com/2009/07/28/cbo-calls-tko/


House health bill spending and taxes
And the deficits it would create:

House health bill long run


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Obama by the Numbers in His First Six Months in Office

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, July 29, 2009 7:03:14 AM

Hoven's Index: Obama's First Six Months

By Randall Hoven

Provided below, in a "Harper's Index" type of format, is the progress made under President Obama so far.  In some cases, data from other time periods are given to provide context.

The 2008 deficit under Bush, the largest in history at the time: $459 B.  CBO's estimate of Obama's 2009 deficit: $1,845 B.

The total cumulative deficit in Bush's first seven years (2001-2007): $1.5 trillion.  CBO's estimate of Obama's first seven deficits (2009-2015): $7.1 trillion.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/07/hovens_index_obamas_first_six.html

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Obama's Chicago Style Bullying

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, July 29, 2009 6:51:55 AM
Bully Boys: A Brief History of White House Thuggery
by Michelle Malkin

Six months into the Obama administration, it should now be clear to all Americans: Hope and Change came to the White House wrapped in brass knuckles.

Ask the Congressional Budget Office. Last week, President Obama spilled the beans on the "Today Show" that he had met with CBO Director Douglas Elmendorf -- just as the number crunchers were casting ruinous doubt on White House cost-saving claims. Yes, question the timing.

The CBO is supposed to be a neutral scorekeeper -- not a water boy for the White House. But when the meeting failed to stop the CBO from issuing more analysis undercutting the health care savings claims, Obama's budget director Peter Orszag played the heavy.

http://townhall.com/columnists/MichelleMalkin/2009/07/29/bully_boys_a_brief_history_of_white_house_thuggery


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