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More Disgusting News from Obama's Justice Department

Posted by Defend America on Friday, July 31, 2009 11:01:42 AM

But We Made Him Promise: Absolutely No More Nightsticks at the Polling Place . . . at Least Until 2012   [Andy McCarthy]

Alas, the latest from our Holder Watch.

Republicans in the House, in particular Frank Wolf and Lamar Smith, remain up in arms over the Justice Department's inexplicable dismissal — after the government had already won the case — of a civil-rights/voter-intimidation complaint against three members of the New Black Panther Party who threatened voters at a Philadelphia polling station on election day. Jerry Seper has another report today in the Washington Times. Representative Wolf wants the charges refiled (it's a civil case so there's no constitutional double-jeopardy bar, though I imagine there will be contractual complications — the government is expected to honor its agreements, even if it has made a moronic settlement against the public interest).

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MGYxOTIwYWQ4NTkxMjQ1YzVlYzUxNjY1Y2RkN2JiZjM=


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A Rush to Save 'Cash for Clunkers'

Posted by Defend America on Friday, July 31, 2009 10:59:09 AM

Rush to Save 'Clunkers'

DEVELOPING: House races to pass legislation pouring $2B into financially strapped car purchase program
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Deal is Struck on House Health Care Bill on the Energy and Commerce Committee

Posted by Defend America on Friday, July 31, 2009 10:53:50 AM
Deal on House health bill
By PATRICK O'CONNOR | 7/31/09 10:36 AM
Liberal, conservative Democrats on the Energy and Commerce Committee strike overnight deal.
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Author of Durban Conference (AKA Bash Israel Conference) will Receive Medal of Freedom

Posted by Defend America on Friday, July 31, 2009 10:46:30 AM

Author of Durban I Gets Medal of Freedom

Jennifer Rubin - 07.30.2009 - 1:49 PM

Mary Robinson, U.N. Commissioner and former president of Ireland, is being awarded the Medal of Freedom by Obama. Well, isn’t that just dandy. Who is Mary Robinson? You may remember her role in presiding over the infamous Durban I Conference. At the time she joined Rashid Khalidi at Columbia University (no, you can’t make this up), this report summarized the objections to her hiring, given her record in overseeing the infamous Israel-bashing event:


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Jack Kemp to Receive Medal of Freedom

Posted by Defend America on Friday, July 31, 2009 10:44:41 AM

Cesar Conda, Republican strategist, former Romney and Cheney advisor:

Another topic: Today, President Obama announced that the late Jack Kemp will receive the Medal of Freedom, one of our Nation's highest honors

http://www.politico.com/arena/perm/Cesar_Conda_16547EA1-0184-4B71-A796-7FF6FD52C96B.html
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New Clues in WalpinGate

Posted by Defend America on Friday, July 31, 2009 5:46:14 AM

Probe finds new clues in AmeriCorps IG scandal

By: Byron York
Chief Political Correspondent
July 31, 2009

After seven weeks of trying, investigators looking into President Barack Obama’s abrupt firing of AmeriCorps Inspector General Gerald Walpin are still unable to answer the most basic question of the whole affair: Why did the president do it?

They know the reasons the White House has given: That the 77-year-old Walpin was addled and not up to the job, that he had too many conflicts with the board of the Corporation for National and Community Service, which oversees AmeriCorps, that his office had once distributed a parody newsletter that contained an allegedly sexist remark.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Probe-finds-new-clues-in-AmeriCorps-IG-scandal--52109667.html
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July 31st in American History

Posted by Defend America on Friday, July 31, 2009 5:31:38 AM

July 31, 1875

Former President Andrew Johnson dies

On this day in 1875, former President Andrew Johnson, the man who had become president upon the tragic assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865, dies of a stroke while visiting his daughter in Tennessee.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=800


1991 - U.S. President Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
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I'm Guessing It will be a Yes, But That is Just a Wild Guess

Posted by Defend America on Thursday, July 30, 2009 9:22:35 PM
Baucus: ‘No idea’ how he’ll vote on Sotomayor
By J. Taylor Rushing | Posted: 07/30/09 08:27 PM [ET]
Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said Thursday he hasn’t decided whether he will vote to confirm Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.
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'Cash for Clunkers' to be Suspended

Posted by Defend America on Thursday, July 30, 2009 9:15:06 PM
AP sources: Govt to suspend 'cash for clunkers'
Jul 30 07:39 PM US/Eastern
By KEN THOMAS
Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional officials say the government plans to suspend the popular "cash for clunkers" program amid concerns it could quickly use up the $1 billion in rebates for new car purchases.

The Transportation Department called congressional offices late Thursday to alert them to the decision to halt the program, which offered owners of old cars and trucks $3,500 or $4,500 toward a new, more fuel-efficient vehicle.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D99P2U9G1&show_article=1


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Members of Congress Who Signed Pledge to Read the Bill on Health Care Before Voting on It

Posted by Defend America on Thursday, July 30, 2009 7:27:09 PM

Senators and Members of Congress who have signed our pledge:

Rep Rodney Alexander, LA - 05
Rep Steve Austria, OH - 07
Rep Michele Bachmann, MN - 06
Rep Spencer Bachus, AL - 06
Rep Gresham Barrett, SC - 03
Rep Brian Bilbray, CA - 50
Rep Gus Bilirakis, FL - 09
Rep Rob Bishop, UT - 01
Rep Marsha Blackburn, TN - 07
Rep Roy Blunt, MO - 07
Rep John Boehner, OH - 08
Rep Jo Bonner, AL - 01
Rep John Boozman, AR - 03
Rep Paul Broun, GA - 10
Rep Ginny Brown-Waite, FL - 05
Rep Michael Burgess, TX - 26
Rep Dan Burton, IN - 05
Rep Ken Calvert, CA - 44
Rep Dave Camp, MI - 04
Rep John Campbell, CA - 48
Rep Eric Cantor, VA - 07
Rep John Carter, TX - 31
Rep Bill Cassidy, LA - 06
Rep Mike Castle, DE - 00
Rep Jason Chaffetz, UT - 03
Sen Tom Coburn, OK
Rep Mike Coffman, CO - 06
Rep Tom Cole, OK - 04
Rep Mike Conaway, TX - 11
Sen John Cornyn, TX
Rep John Culberson, TX - 07
Rep Geoff Davis, KY - 04
Sen James DeMint, SC
Rep Charlie Dent, PA - 15
Rep Mary Fallin, OK - 05
Rep Jeff Flake, AZ - 06
Rep John Fleming, LA - 04
Rep Randy Forbes, VA - 04
Rep Virginia Foxx, NC - 05
Rep Trent Franks, AZ - 02
Rep Scott Garrett, NJ - 05
Rep Jim Gerlach, PA - 06
Rep Phil Gingrey, GA - 11
Rep Louie Gohmert, TX - 01
Rep Kay Granger, TX - 12
Rep Sam Graves, MO - 06
Rep Ralph Hall, TX - 04
Rep Gregg Harper, MS - 03
Rep Dean Heller, NV - 02
Rep Jeb Hensarling, TX - 05
Rep Wally Herger, CA - 02
Rep Duncan Hunter, CA - 52
Sen Kay Bailey Hutchison, TX
Sen James Inhofe, OK
Rep Darrell Issa, CA - 49
Rep Lynn Jenkins, KS - 02
Sen Mike Johanns, NE
Rep Jim Jordan, OH - 04
Rep Steve King, IA - 05
Rep Jack Kingston, GA - 01
Rep Mark Kirk, IL - 10
Rep John Kline, MN - 02
Rep Doug Lamborn, CO - 05
Rep Bob Latta, OH - 05
Rep Kenny Marchant, TX - 24
Rep Kevin McCarthy, CA - 22
Rep Michael McCaul, TX - 10
Rep Cathy McMorris Rodgers, WA - 05
Rep John Mica, FL - 07
Rep Jerry Moran, KS - 01
Rep Sue Myrick, NC - 09
Rep Devin Nunes, CA - 21
Rep Pete Olson, TX - 22
Rep Ron Paul, TX - 14
Rep Mike Pence, IN - 06
Rep Joe Pitts, PA - 16
Rep Todd Platts, PA - 19
Rep Bill Posey, FL - 15
Rep Tom Price, GA - 06
Rep Adam Putnam, FL - 12
Rep Denny Rehberg, MT - 00
Sen Jim Risch, ID
Rep Harold Rogers, KY - 05
Rep Michael Rogers, AL - 03
Rep Tom Rooney, FL - 16
Rep Paul Ryan, WI - 01
Rep Steve Scalise, LA - 01
Rep Pete Sessions, TX - 32
Rep John Shadegg, AZ - 03
Rep Lamar Smith, TX - 21
Rep Mark Souder, IN - 03
Rep John Sullivan, OK - 01
Rep Todd Tiahrt, KS - 04
Rep Patrick Tiberi, OH - 12
Rep Fred Upton, MI - 06
Sen David Vitter, LA
Rep Zach Wamp, TN - 03
Rep Lynn Westmoreland, GA - 03
Rep Joe Wilson, SC - 02
Rep Robert Wittman, VA - 01
Rep Frank Wolf, VA - 10

http://www.letfreedomringusa.com/pledge-to-read
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The Federal Reserve Must be Audited

Posted by Defend America on Thursday, July 30, 2009 7:01:48 PM

U.S. judge rules for Fed in Fox News Network request


1 hr 10 mins ago

NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Thursday denied a bid by Fox News Network LLC seeking details from the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve about the central bank's loans to companies affected by the financial crisis.

The owner of the Fox Business cable network made an initial request for documents in November last year under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) about the companies and funds they received between August 2007 and November 2008.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090730/tv_nm/us_federalreserve_foxnews


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Time Magazine Should Just be Called Obama Magazine

Posted by Defend America on Thursday, July 30, 2009 6:40:49 PM
This from the Media Blog on National Review Online:

Would You Like a Foot Massage Before We Start the Interview, Mr. President?   [Greg Pollowitz]

Thanks to reader MB-C for pointing out this Karen Tumulty interview with the president in Time magazine. Here's the nausea-inducing end (Tumulty's comments in bold):

Well, again, thank you very much.
Thank you so much.

I just so appreciate you doing this.
Well, I appreciate you. You've been doing a good job on the reporting on this.

Thank you so much.
It's hard stuff and you've been very serious about it, so we appreciate it.

http://media.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MjBkMzcxZTFiZTQ3ZGRiNDNjMTYwYTQxM2VjYzM4ZDg=




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Taxes for the Rich

Posted by Defend America on Thursday, July 30, 2009 4:24:42 PM

America’s top 1 percent pay 40 percent of all taxes

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Posted by: James Pethokoukis
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The Tax Foundation review of new IRS data (through 2007) finds some remarkable things about America’s progressive tax system:

1) The top 1 percent of taxpayers paid 40.4 percent of the total income taxes collected by the federal government — the highest percentage in modern history — while the top 1 percent paid 24.8 percent of the income tax burden.

2) The share of the tax burden borne by the top 1 percent now exceeds the share paid by the bottom 95 percent of taxpayers combined. In 2007, the bottom 95 percent paid 39.4 percent of the income tax burden. This is down from the 58 percent of the total income tax burden they paid twenty years ago.

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Obama's Science Czar is Truly Frightening

Posted by Defend America on Thursday, July 30, 2009 4:24:28 PM
My previous post, I linked to a story about Obama's Science Czar John Holdren and last week I linked to a story by conservative columnist Michelle Malkin about Holdren. Here is another article about John Holdren:

Obama’s Science Czar Said a Born Baby ‘Will Ultimately Develop Into a Human Being’
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
By Terence P. Jeffrey, Editor-in-Chief
(CNSNews.com) - President Obama’s top science adviser said in a book he co-authored in 1973 that a newborn child “will ultimately develop into a human being” if he or she is properly fed and socialized.
 
“The fetus, given the opportunity to develop properly before birth, and given the essential early socializing experiences and sufficient nourishing food during the crucial early years after birth, will ultimately develop into a human being,” John P. Holdren, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, wrote in “Human Ecology: Problems and Solutions.”

http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=51676

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Do You Think Trees Should Have Legal Standing to Sue in Court?

Posted by Defend America on Thursday, July 30, 2009 4:23:50 PM
In the 70s, Obama's Science Adviser Endorsed Giving Trees Legal Standing to Sue in Court
Thursday, July 30, 2009
By Christopher Neefus

(CNSNews.com) – Since the 1970s, some radical environmentalists have argued that trees have legal rights and should be allowed to go to court to protect those rights.

The idea has been endorsed by John P. Holdren, the man who now advises President Barack Obama on science and technology issues. 

Giving “natural objects” -- like trees -- standing to sue in a court of law would have a “most salubrious” effect on the environment, Holdren wrote  the 1970s.

http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=51756
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