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Governor Paterson Blames Obama's Weak Record for Anger

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 3:46:09 PM

Paterson blames weak Obama record for friction

Well, this is going to make David Paterson a lot of friends in the White House, as he tries to put himself in the president's shoes:

If you look at it from their perspective, they haven’t exactly been able to govern in the first year of their administration in the way that other administrations have, where you would have, theoretically, a period in which the new administration is allowed to pass the needed pieces of legislation.

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0909/Paterson_blames_weak_Obama_record_for_friction.html
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It's Not Important for Time for Debate

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 3:43:32 PM

Dems block GOP demand for more time


Jennifer Haberkorn (Contact) and Kara Rowland (Contact)

Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee on Wednesday turned back a Republican amendment to wait 72 hours and require a full cost estimate before the final committee vote on the health care reform bill.

It was the committee's first vote out of more than 500 amendments awaiting them, in what has already been a contentious mark-up session.

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/sep/23/house-lawmakers-aim-push-back-against-hasty-votes//print/


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Laws-for-Ads Deal for Big Pharma and the White House

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 3:40:54 PM

Did Sen. Tom Carper Just Admit PhRMA and the White House Had a Laws-for-Ads Deal?

While discussing an amendment to have drug companies pay more to the government as part of the health care reform bill, Senator Tom Carper, D-Del., said:

I'll tell you — if someone negotiated a deal with me and I agreed to put up say, 80 dollars or 80 million dollars or 80 billion dollars and then you came back and said to me a couple of weeks later — no no, I know you agreed to do 80 billion and I know you were willing to help support through an advertising campaign this particular — not even this particular bill, just the idea of generic health care reform? No, we're going to double — we're going to double what you agreed in those negotiations to do. That's not the way — that's not what I consider treating people the way I'd want to be treated.

http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NThiYjA3ODNiN2MwOTJkMTFjYzQ1MjJmYjcyMmIwNGQ=

Here is the video:


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Anytime Castro Praises Obama, Americans Should be Very Concerned

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 3:38:32 PM
Fidel Castro praises Obama on climate change

By PAUL HAVEN (AP) – 5 hours ago

HAVANA — Barack Obama's call for action on climate change and his admission that rich nations have a particular responsibility to lead has received strong praise from an unusual source — U.S. nemesis Fidel Castro.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hrsJ4qSe4ne2_544A7Wzg4_uT7TwD9AT2O683

 


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Time for Hearings on the "State of Newspapers"

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 3:37:14 PM
Congressional Hearing on the Future of Newspapers Set For Thursday

By Joe Strupp

Published: September 23, 2009 10:55b AM ET
NEW YORK While the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday takes up the issue of a federal shield law, another congressional committee in the House will be focused on the impact of the newspaper industry's financial problems.

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1004014990
Tags: Bailout   Media  
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What Carbon Footprint?

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 3:36:04 PM

U.N. Climate Summit Leaves Large Carbon Footprint

To hear world leaders and others addressing the United Nations Summit on Climate Change, the threat could not be more real and the need more urgent to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.

But in stark contrast to the earnest statements is the carbon footprint associated with their gathering.

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2009/09/22/politics/politicalhotsheet/entry5329380.shtml
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Boycott of Iran's UN Speech

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 3:35:13 PM

Canada set to boycott Iran's UN speech

 
 
By Steven Edwards, Canwest News ServiceSeptember 23, 2009 2:17 PM

UNITED NATIONS — Canada will boycott Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s speech at the United Nations on Wednesday, saying his outbursts about the Holocaust and Israel are “shameful.”

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Canada+boycott+Iran+speech/2022648/story.html

Germany considering boycott if Ahmadinejad denies Holocaust:

Germany wants U.N. walkout if Amadinejad denies Holocaust

Tue Sep 22, 2009 3:49pm EDT

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany will walk out of the U.N. General Assembly if Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denies the Holocaust in a speech he will give Wednesday, and it wants other European Union countries to do the same, the foreign ministry said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE58L5FJ20090922


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What a Perfect Place to Attack Israel

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 3:01:15 PM

Obama Uses U.N. to Broadside Israel

President calls for Mideast peace 'without preconditions' at U.N., says U.S. doesn't accept Israeli settlements
Tags: UN   Israel   obama  
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Pelosi Backing Away

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 8:06:49 AM

Pelosi backs away from deal with Blue Dogs

By Mike Soraghan - 09/22/09 05:03 PM ET

Speaker Pelosi is backing away from a deal she cut with centrists to advance health reform, said a source familiar with talks.

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/59839-pelosi-nixes-deal-with-blue-dogs-on-healthcare

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Senator Byrd Hospitalized

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 7:55:49 AM
Sen. Byrd hospitalized after fall at his home

J. Taylor Rushing

09/22/09 06:50 PM ET

Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), the longest-serving senator in American history, was hospitalized Tuesday after a fall at his Northern Virginia…
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NYPD Jumped the Gun

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 7:45:51 AM

Did NYPD Blow Terror Investigation?

Police may have inadvertently compromised surveillance of plot suspect by reaching out to imam who tipped him off
Tags: Terrorism  
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September 23rd in American History

Posted by Defend America on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 7:14:48 AM

September 23, 1806

Lewis and Clark return

Amid much public excitement, American explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark return to St. Louis, Missouri, from the first recorded overland journey from the Mississippi River to the Pacific coast and back. The Lewis and Clark Expedition had set off more than two years before to explore the territory of the Louisiana Purchase.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5369


September 23, 1969

Chicago 8 trial opens in Chicago

The trial for eight antiwar activists charged with the responsibility for the violent demonstrations at the August 1968 Democratic National Convention opens in Chicago. The defendants included David Dellinger of the National Mobilization Committee (NMC); Rennie Davis and Thomas Hayden of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS); Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, founders of the Youth International Party ("Yippies"); Bobby Seale of the Black Panthers; and two lesser known activists, Lee Weiner and John Froines.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=1375

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September 22nd in American History

Posted by Defend America on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 9:25:08 PM

September 22, 1776

American Patriot executed for spying

In New York City, Nathan Hale, a Connecticut schoolteacher and captain in the Continental Army, is executed by the British for spying.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=5364

September 22, 1862

Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation

On this day in 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issues a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which sets a date for the freedom of more than 3 million black slaves in the United States and recasts the Civil War as a fight against slavery.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=VideoArticle&id=52865

September 22, 1961

President Kennedy signs Peace Corps legislation

In an important victory for his Cold War foreign policy, President John F. Kennedy signs legislation establishing the Peace Corps as a permanent government agency. Kennedy believed that the Peace Corps could provide a new and unique weapon in the war against communism.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=2798

September 22, 1975

President Ford survives second assassination attempt

On this day in 1975, Sarah Jane Moore aims a gun at President Gerald Ford as he leaves the Saint Francis Hotel in San Francisco, California. The attempt on the president’s life came only 17 days after another woman had tried to assassinate Ford while he was on his way to give a speech to the California legislature in Sacramento.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=50791

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I Think Reid Should be Concerned about His Own Reelection Chances

Posted by Defend America on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 7:07:04 PM

Reid Makes 'Nuclear' Threat

Senate Majority Leader threatens to use procedural move called 'budget reconciliation' — nicknamed 'nuclear option'— to steamroll opponents of health care reform
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White House to Push New Guidelines Because of NEA Controversy

Posted by Defend America on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 5:51:58 PM

After 'Inappropriate' NEA Conference Call, White House Pushes New Guidelines

September 22, 2009 12:46 PM

An August 10, 2009 National Endowment for the Arts conference call in which artists were asked to help support President Obama's agenda -- a call that at least one good government group called "inappropriate" -- has prompted the White House to issue new guidelines to prevent such a call from ever happening again.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/09/after-inappropriate-nea-conference-call-white-house-pushes-new-guidelines.html
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