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'Why Democrats Should Go on Fox'

Posted by Defend America on Thursday, October 29, 2009 10:45:59 PM

Why Democrats Should Go on Fox

October 29, 2009 09:45 AM ET | Julia Piscitelli | Permanent Link | Print

By Julia Piscitelli, Thomas Jefferson Street blog

Hi, my name is Julia, I am a Democrat, and I appear on Fox.

Dems, I hate to break it to you, but not only is Fox the No. 1 cable news station, they actually put more women on as experts during the day than MSNBC or CNN.

http://www.usnews.com/blogs/julia-piscitelli/2009/10/29/why-democrats-should-go-on-fox.html

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Public Announcement for the Benefit of the Public was Closed Off to the Public

Posted by Defend America on Thursday, October 29, 2009 5:48:50 PM
Here is the story, followed by some video clips people took:

House health-bill event closed to public

By Kara Rowland

House Democrats blocked the public from attending the unveiling ceremony of their health-care bill Thursday morning, allowing only pre-approved visitors whose names appeared on lists to enter the event at the West side of the Capitol.

The audience at the crowded press conference included Hill staffers, union workers, health care providers and students, according to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who thanked them for attending.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/29/house-democratic-bill-ceremony-closed-public/#at




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Scozzafava Behind Owens and Hoffman in New Poll

Posted by Defend America on Thursday, October 29, 2009 5:28:27 PM
This poll was done by Research 2000, but sponsored by the Daily Kos:

Daily Kos/Research 2000 NY-23 Poll

Research 2000, MoE 4%, Oct 26, 2009 - Oct 28, 2009

QUESTION: If the election for Congress were held today, would you vote for Bill Owens, the Democrat, Dede Scozzafava, the Republican, or Doug Hoffman, the Conservative Party candidate?

 DEDE SCOZZAFAVADOUG HOFFMANBILL OWENSUNDECIDED
ALL 21 32 33 14
MEN 19 41 29 11
WOMEN 23 23 37 17
DEMOCRATS 13 8 64 15
REPUBLICANS 34 41 13 12
INDEPENDENTS 11 47 28 14
18-29 19 26 38 17
30-44 21 30 35 14
45-59 22 35 31 12
60+ 22 37 29 12

http://www.dailykos.com/statepoll/2009/10/28/NY/408


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"Paranormal Taxivity"

Posted by Defend America on Thursday, October 29, 2009 5:24:27 PM
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Some Wonderful Lifesaving Stimulus Projects

Posted by Defend America on Thursday, October 29, 2009 5:22:07 PM

Mapping Rabbit Feces, Studying Facebook, And Building MLB Spring Training Facilities Are All Financed By The American Taxpayer

 

1.    $300,000 FOR MAPPING RADIOACTIVE RABBIT FECES:
“A Week Mapping Radioactive Rabbit Feces With Detectors Mounted On A Helicopter Flying 50 Feet Over The Desert Scrub. … $300,000 In Federal Stimulus Money.” “A government contractor at Hanford, in south-central Washington State, just spent a week mapping radioactive rabbit feces with detectors mounted on a helicopter flying 50 feet over the desert scrub. … the helicopter flights, which covered 13.7 square miles and were paid for with $300,000 in federal stimulus money, took place in an area that had never been used by the bomb makers. … Marylia Kelley, the executive director of a California group called Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive Environment, said the rabbit cleanup was ‘kind of funny, in a sick way.’” (“Even Rabbit Droppings Count In Nuclear Cleanup,” The New York Times, 10/14/09)

2.    $4,200-$5,500 TAX CREDIT FOR PURCHASING GOLF CARTS:
“President Obama’s Stimulus Plan… Is Now Paying Americans To Buy That Great Necessity Of Modern Life, The Golf Cart.” “Thanks to the federal tax credit to buy high-mileage cars that was part of President Obama's stimulus plan, Uncle Sam is now paying Americans to buy that great necessity of modern life, the golf cart. The federal credit provides from $4,200 to $5,500 for the purchase of an electric vehicle, and when it is combined with similar incentive plans in many states the tax credits can pay for nearly the entire cost of a golf cart.” (“Cash For Clubbers,” The Wall Street Journal, 10/17/09)

3.    $219,000 TO STUDY THE SEX LIVES OF FEMALE COLLEGE FRESHMEN:
 “Five Hundred Syracuse University Freshmen Will Divulge The Details Of Their Sex Lives … $219,000 In Stimulus Funds For The Study.” “Five hundred Syracuse University freshmen will divulge the details of their sex lives as part of a women's health study called ‘The Women's Health Project,’ being conducted by Michael Carey, SU professor of psychology and medicine. Carey has found himself the target of nationwide criticism from conservatives since he received $219,000 in stimulus funds for the study, which looks at the sex patterns of college women.” (“SU Sex Study Raises Concern,” The [Syracuse] Daily Orange, 9/8/09)

http://republican.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=blogs.view&blog_id=25c154db-0f1c-41ed-9f99-c82c2e06b6da


 
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Third Times a Charm Right?

Posted by Defend America on Thursday, October 29, 2009 5:20:37 PM

3rd Rescue Considered for GMAC

By ERIC DASH
Published: October 28, 2009
It might seem like a lot of cash for one supersize clunker, a good-money-after-bad attempt to jump-start a broken-down giant of Detroit.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/29/business/29gmac.html?_r=1&hp
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Cash for Clunkers Just Another Program that Showed that the Free Market Works Better than Government

Posted by Defend America on Thursday, October 29, 2009 5:18:42 PM

Report: Cash for Clunkers was a lemon

A study by Edmunds.com released Wednesday suggests that Cash for Clunkers mostly gave money to people who were going to buy a new car anyway.

American taxpayers paid a lot of cash for those clunkers: $24,000 for each new car sold, according to a study released Wednesday.

That’s a lot of money, especially when the so-called “cash for clunker” stimulus program offered only a maximum $4,500 in cash for each person who traded in an old gas-guzzler and bought a new car.

http://features.csmonitor.com/economyrebuild/2009/10/28/report-cash-for-clunkers-was-a-lemon/
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PelosiCare is Now Available Online if Any Cares to Go Through All 1,990 Pages of It

Posted by Defend America on Thursday, October 29, 2009 3:08:00 PM
This slowed up my computer a lot, when trying to open it:

http://health.burgess.house.gov/UploadedFiles/House_HCR_bill.pdf

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Economy Expands, But Why?

Posted by Defend America on Thursday, October 29, 2009 2:25:30 PM

Economy Expands 3.5 Percent in Third Quarter, Biggest Growth in 2 Years

The much-awaited turnaround ended the streak of four straight quarters of contracting economic activity, the first time that's happened on records dating to 1947.

The economy grew at a 3.5 percent pace in the third quarter, the best showing in two years, fueled by government-supported spending on cars and homes.

The Commerce Department's report Thursday delivered the strongest signal yet that the economy entered a new, though fragile, phase of recovery.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/29/economy-grew-percent-quarter/

Now the explanation:

Growth Figures Demonstrate Economy’s Ultimate Resilience    [J. D. Foster]

The initial estimate pegging third-quarter growth at 3.5 percent is good news. That’s the first substantial expansion in two years. It’s also generally consistent with other data (e.g. a stabilizing housing market, reduced rate of contraction in labor markets) suggesting recovery is at hand.

But don’t pop those champagne corks just yet. The fact is the underlying trend growth was much less than the topline figure suggests. For example, car purchases added a full percentage point to the growth rate. Everyone expected the cash-for-clunkers program to artificially pump up third-quarter consumer durable purchases, by filching them from the future. That future is now, and so auto purchases are likely to be anemic well into 2010, especially as unemployment continues to increase.

Similarly, whatever small effect the $8,000 first-time homebuyers tax credit had on housing, it too served only to pull purchases into the third quarter and reduce such buying well into 2010. Residential real estate swung from subtracting almost 0.7 percentage point to adding 0.5 percentage point. Expect this to strength to evaporate, especially as mortgage rates are now climbing.

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MjFmNDg4OTQ4YTQ0MzQ1Nzk2OTc0ZDY2ZTU5YjYyNTI=#at
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Absentee Ballot Mess in New Jersey

Posted by Defend America on Thursday, October 29, 2009 2:20:07 PM

Democrats Ask New Jersey Secretary of State to Ignore Mismatched Signatures on Absentee Ballot Requests

This year, New Jersey’s registered voters can request a mail-in ballot for any reason. Before 2005, voters needed to provide a reason for why they needed an absentee ballot. The state received about 150,000 absentee ballot applications this year.

On about 2,300 of those applications so far, the signature on the request form did not match the signature on the voter’s registration forms with the state.

In a development that is depressingly predictable, the New Jersey Democratic Party is asking the state to provide provisional ballots for all these voters. Those ballots, could, presumably, be used to overcome any narrow lead by Republican Chris Christie over Democrat Jon Corzine on Election Day.

A mass distribution of provisional ballots, at the request of a political party, would represent a significant change from established law. Currently, when a county clerk rejects an absentee ballot request, they try to contact the voter, through mail, by phone, and in some cases, they make an attempt to contact the voter in person. And a person who has spoken to some of New Jersey’s county clerks says they’re granting wide latitude on signature styles; for them to reject a ballot request because of the signature, it has to be dramatically different from the one on file.

http://campaignspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZTg3YTE5Yjk1Y2Q2NDZiMjQ2ODc1MjY4YmRiYWUyMjQ=#at

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People on the Left Love to Desecrate the Flag

Posted by Defend America on Thursday, October 29, 2009 10:54:53 AM

Organizing for America/BarackObama.com

Democratic fundraising video on Obama's political Web site shows a U.S. flag mural being covered in graffiti and desecrated with slogans about health care reform while a heart monitor beeps ominously.
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All Americans Must Sign Up for Insurance Under PelosiCare

Posted by Defend America on Thursday, October 29, 2009 10:32:10 AM

'Pelosicare' a Trick or Treat?

House speaker to unveil health care bill that would require nearly all Americans to sign up for insurance
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Shocking Story of the Day

Posted by Defend America on Thursday, October 29, 2009 10:30:46 AM
Stimulus jobs overstated by thousands

By BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE and MATT APUZZO – 6 hours ago

WASHINGTON — An early progress report on President Barack Obama's economic recovery plan overstates by thousands the number of jobs created or saved through the stimulus program, a mistake that White House officials promise will be corrected in future reports.

The government's first accounting of jobs tied to the $787 billion stimulus program claimed more than 30,000 positions paid for with recovery money. But that figure is overstated by least 5,000 jobs, according to an Associated Press review of a sample of stimulus contracts.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jMNoef6xDenBbHWO0Im6rIjDmAgAD9BKKBIG0
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October 29th in American History

Posted by Defend America on Thursday, October 29, 2009 8:41:06 AM

October 29, 1777

Hancock resigns as president of Congress

John Hancock resigns his position as president of the Continental Congress, due to a prolonged illness, on this day in 1777. Hancock was the first member of the Continental Congress to sign the Declaration of Independence and is perhaps best known for his bold signature on the ground-breaking document.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=51331

October 29, 1901

McKinley assassin is executed

On this day in 1901, President William McKinley’s assassin, Leon Czolgosz, is executed in the electric chair at Auburn Prison in New York. Czolgosz had shot McKinley on September 6, 1901; the president succumbed to his wounds eight days later.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=51408

October 29, 1929

Stock market crashes

Black Tuesday hits Wall Street as investors trade 16,410,030 shares on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day. Billions of dollars were lost, wiping out thousands of investors, and stock tickers ran hours behind because the machinery could not handle the tremendous volume of trading. In the aftermath of Black Tuesday, America and the rest of the industrialized world spiraled downward into the Great Depression.

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history.do?action=Article&id=7065


1940 - The first peacetime military draft began in the U.S.


1969 - The U.S. Supreme Court ordered an immediate end to all school segregation.
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