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Radical Cleric Alive

Posted by Defend America on Friday, December 25, 2009 11:21:39 PM

Radical Yemeni Cleric Believed Unhurt in Airstrike

Relatives: Radical Yemeni cleric not harmed in government air raid on al-Qaida meeting

By AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press Writer
SAN'A, Yemen December 25, 2009 (AP)

A U.S.-born radical cleric is alive and well following reports he may have been killed in a Yemeni airstrike against suspected al-Qaida hideouts, friends and relatives said Friday.

The government said it targeted a meeting of high-level al-Qaida operatives in Thursday's airstrike in the remote Shabwa region. It claimed at least 30 militants were killed, possibly including Anwar al-Awlaki, a radical cleric who has been linked to the shooter in last month's attack at the Fort Hood military base in the U.S.

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=9421843


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Terror Plot Failed

Posted by Defend America on Friday, December 25, 2009 7:07:00 PM

AP sources: Al-Qaida link in failed plane attack

By LARRY MARGASAK and LARA JAKES
The Associated Press
Friday, December 25, 2009; 6:39 PM

WASHINGTON -- U.S. officials say a Northwest Airlines passenger from Nigeria said he was acting on behalf of al-Qaida when he tried to blow up a flight Friday as it landed in Detroit.

Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., identified the suspect as Abdul Mudallad, a Nigerian. King said the flight began in Nigeria and went through Amsterdam en route to Detroit.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/25/AR2009122501355.html?hpid=topnews
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'Year of Living Fecklessly'

Posted by Defend America on Friday, December 25, 2009 8:09:31 AM
2009: The Year of Living Fecklessly
by Charles Krauthammer

WASHINGTON -- On Tuesday, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad did not just reject President Obama's latest feckless floating nuclear deadline. He spat on it, declaring that Iran "will continue resisting" until the U.S. has gotten rid of its 8,000 nuclear warheads.

So ends 2009, the year of "engagement," of the extended hand, of the gratuitous apology -- and of spinning centrifuges, two-stage rockets and a secret enrichment facility that brought Iran materially closer to becoming a nuclear power.

We lost a year. But it was not just any year. It was a year of spectacularly squandered opportunity. In Iran, it was a year of revolution, beginning with a contested election and culminating this week in huge demonstrations mourning the death of the dissident Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri -- and demanding no longer a recount of the stolen election but the overthrow of the clerical dictatorship.

http://townhall.com/columnists/CharlesKrauthammer/2009/12/25/2009_the_year_of_living_fecklessly

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Republicans Have Now a 8 Point Lead on 2010 Generic Congressional Ballot

Posted by Defend America on Friday, December 25, 2009 8:07:55 AM
Generic Congressional Ballot
Republicans Post Eight-Point Lead On Generic Ballot

Republican candidates now have an eight-point lead over Democrats, their biggest lead of the year, in the latest edition of the Generic Congressional Ballot.

The new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 44% would vote for their district’s Republican congressional candidate while 36% would opt for his or her Democratic opponent. Support for GOP candidates held steady over the past week, but support for Democrats slipped by a point.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/mood_of_america/generic_congressional_ballot


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Investigation of Emanuel, Not Going to Happen

Posted by Defend America on Thursday, December 24, 2009 9:04:48 PM

  • Calls to Investigate Emanuel

    Odd couple asks attorney general to probe Obama's chief of staff for potential role in near collapse of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

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Coburn on Voting Against Senate Health Care Bill

Posted by Defend America on Thursday, December 24, 2009 4:22:39 PM

Voting Against Government-Run Health Care

By Senator Tom Coburn

This vote is indeed historic. This Congress will be remembered for its arrogance, corruption and stupidity. In the year of 2009, a Congress ignored the coming economic storm and impending bankruptcy of our entitlement programs and embarked on an ideological crusade to bring our nation as close to single-payer, government-run health care as possible. If this bill becomes law, future generations will rue this day and I will do everything in my power to work toward its repeal. This bill will ration care, cut Medicare, increase premiums, fund abortion and bury our children in debt.

This process was not compromise. This process was corruption. This bill passed because votes were bought and sold using the issue of abortion as a bargaining chip. The abortion provision alone makes this bill the most arrogant piece of legislation I have seen in Congress. Only the most condescending politician can believe it is appropriate to force Americans to pay for other people's abortions and to coerce medical professional to take the lives of unborn children.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/12/24/voting_against_government-run_health_care_99671.html

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'Legislating Discrimination'

Posted by Defend America on Thursday, December 24, 2009 4:02:42 PM
Legislating Discrimination
One more reason to oppose Obamacare.

By Hans A. von Spakovsky

What’s the worst bill ever seriously considered for passage by the U.S. Congress? Certainly both the House health-reform bill and Sen. Harry Reid’s health bill are leading contenders.

Both proposals are obscenely expensive. Both limit our freedom to choose our families’ health care. And both would legislate racial and other forms of discrimination — making them not only unconstitutional, but immoral, counterproductive, and dangerous.

Within the last three months, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has twice sent letters to the president and the leaders of the House and Senate warning them of discriminatory provisions in both bills. But those warnings have been ignored, and the problems remain.

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NmM2YTFmOGQ1MzVhODNjNGRiM2JlYzc1YmY1NjA0M2Y=
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It's All the Newest Members Fault, You Know All those Democrats

Posted by Defend America on Thursday, December 24, 2009 1:11:06 PM

Dodd chastises Senate's 'newest members' for their behavior

By Bob Cusack - 12/24/09 12:33 PM ET
Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) on Wednesday ripped the Senate's "newest members" for the lack of comity in the upper chamber.

In a floor speech Wednesday night, Dodd said there is "nothing wrong" with partisanship, but added he has "been deeply disturbed by some of the [healthcare] debate I have heard, usually from newer members, usually those who have been here one, two, three years, who do not have an appreciation of what this chamber means and how we work together."

Dodd did not name names and spokespersons for the Connecticut senator did not respond to requests for comment.

Most of the newest members of the Senate are Democrats, having been swept into office in the blue waves of the 2006 and 2008 elections.

http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/73573-dodd-chastises-senates-newest-members-for-their-behavior
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They will be Worried in 2010 Election

Posted by Defend America on Thursday, December 24, 2009 1:09:33 PM

Dems not worried about post-vote backlash at home

Democrats today have repeatedly expressed a confidence that they won't face a backlash for their votes when they return home for the holidays, which would stand in marked contrast to the August recess.

"This is a happy day. (Senate Republican Leader) Mitch McConnell said on the floor that we're going to go home and hear our constituents rail against this bill. I don't believe that. I believe that the negativity that Leader McConnell and others have continually displayed on the floor has peaked, and now when people learn what's actually in the bill—and all the good it does—it is going to become more and more popular because it is good for America, good for the American people, and a true symbol of what we can do if we all pull together," said Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer.
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Obama Has had Enough of the Filibuster

Posted by Defend America on Thursday, December 24, 2009 12:54:51 PM
Obama vents frustration at Senate delays
Dec 23 09:48 PM US/Eastern

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday expressed frustration with the way the Senate does business, saying the use of delaying tactics there harms the nation's ability to "deal with big problems in a very competitive world."

"Other countries are going to start running circles around us," Obama said in a White House interview with PBS. "We're going to have to return to some sense that governance is more important than politics inside the Senate."

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Obama said the use of that vote-stalling tactic, which requires 60 votes to cut off debate, has been imposed in an "unheard of" routine fashion. He said it's problematic regardless of which party controls the White House and Congress, but conceded that, as president, he doesn't have much power to do anything about it.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9CPDCOG0&show_article=1
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Top Two Leaders of Al-Qaeda's Regional Branch Believed to be Dead

Posted by Defend America on Thursday, December 24, 2009 11:11:14 AM

Yemen says Fort Hood-linked imam may be dead


SANAA (Reuters) - A Yemeni air raid may have killed the top two leaders of al Qaeda's regional branch on Thursday, and an American Muslim preacher linked to the man who shot dead 13 people at a U.S. army base may also have died, a Yemeni security official said.

Nasser al-Wahayshi, the Yemeni leader of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), and his Saudi deputy, Saeed al-Shehri, were believed to be among 30 militants killed in the dawn operation in the eastern province of Shabwa, said the official, who asked not to be identified.

U.S.-born cleric Anwar al-Awlaki may also have died in the air strike which targeted a meeting of militants planning attacks on Yemeni and foreign oil and economic targets, he said.

If all the deaths are confirmed, the air strike would appear to have struck a severe blow against AQAP, seen as the most dangerous regional offshoot of Osama bin Laden's network.

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BN0S220091224
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Senate Votes to Raise Debt Ceiling

Posted by Defend America on Thursday, December 24, 2009 7:38:42 AM
The Senate just voted to raise the debt ceiling by a vote of 60-39. The only Senator who did not vote was Senator Bunning from Kentucky.

Senate Votes to Raise Debt Ceiling to $12.4 Trillion

FOXNews.com

The Senate's rare Christmas Eve vote allows the Treasury Department to issue enough bonds to fund the government's operations and programs until mid-February.

WASHINGTON -- The Senate has voted to raise the ceiling on the government debt to $12.4 trillion, a $290 billion increase over the current ceiling.

The House approved the increase last week. The Senate's rare Christmas Eve vote, 60-39, permits the Treasury Department to issue enough bonds to fund the government's operations and programs until mid-February. The Senate will vote again on the politically tricky issue on Jan. 20.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/12/24/senate-votes-raise-debt-ceiling-trillion/


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Senate Health Care Bill Passes

Posted by Defend America on Thursday, December 24, 2009 7:17:13 AM
The Senate Health Care Bill passes by a vote of 60-39. The only Senator who did not vote was Senator Bunning from Kentucky.
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