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December 23, 2009 07:46 PM EST
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I found this interesting piece December 23, discussing the potential constitutional issues with the Senate healthcare bill. Excerpts follow, with my comments in parentheses.
Enumerated Powers: Article . . .
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December 23, 2009 07:27 PM EST
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Doctors without Borders has published its list of the top ten humanitarian disasters of 2009. They are as follows (the countries are not numbered in the list, so the order here does not necessarily correspond . . .
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December 23, 2009 12:47 PM EST
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It’s kind of gotten to be a tradition for me to publish something a little lighter than my usual stuff on Christmas. This year I thought some Political Carols might be fun… enjoy.
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December 23, 2009 11:12 AM EST
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The Times (UK) reported December 23 that the family of most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden is living in a secret compound inside Iran, citing members of the bin Laden family as sources.
The story . . .
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December 23, 2009 10:52 AM EST
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The New York Times reported December 22 that the Obama administration's plan to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba may not come to fruition until some time in 2011, more than a year . . .
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December 23, 2009 10:28 AM EST
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VOA reported December 21 that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen, has said that the use of military force against Iran for its continued defiance of the international . . .
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December 23, 2009 10:16 AM EST
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Here’s a nice breakdown on the bill crafted behind closed doors by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and revealed to the public less than 48 hours before the initial vote:
Busts the Federal Budget: . . .
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December 23, 2009 07:06 AM EST
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...merged bill may b unrecognizable from what assumed was a done deal:R death panels back in?what's punishment 4not purchasing mandated HC?
Sarah Palin, Twitter, December . . .
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December 23, 2009 01:19 AM EST
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12,000 illegals enter the USA every day. I just looked this up and fell the hell out of my chair. Estimated numbers are now at 20 million. Lets put that into perspective:
1 in 15 . . .
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December 22, 2009 11:37 PM EST
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If they only had the ability to limit their own self proclaiming grandure, they might actually have passed something that wasnt dead on arrival. Here are just a very select few of the issues with the . . .
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December 22, 2009 08:02 PM EST
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Seems to me the strategies for killing health care reform have been shifting and morphing like some kind of bad hallucination induced by a hard blow to the head ... which is what all of us who . . .
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December 22, 2009 06:04 PM EST
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Republican efforts to interview a former top aide to Michelle Obama in the controversial case of a fired inspector general have been stymied by the White House, the top Republican looking into the case . . .
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December 22, 2009 04:30 PM EST
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From CBS News Online:
On the Senate floor Tuesday morning, Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) delivered a health care inspired version of the classic Christmas poem, "Twas the Night Before Christmas." . . .
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December 22, 2009 03:51 PM EST
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The Associated Press had a brief breakdown December 21 of the winners and losers in the Senate's health care legislation. The breakdown is as follows:
WINNERS
_Cosmetic surgeons, who fended off a . . .
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December 22, 2009 03:41 PM EST
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The Associated Press reported December 21 that Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez called U.S. President Barack Obama a "liar" for his statements at the recent climate conference in Copenhagen.
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December 22, 2009 03:03 PM EST
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I'm reposting this because I didn't realize I had denied the ability to comment previously.
The Politico reported in an exclusive story December 22 that Alabama Democratic Congressman Parker Griffith . . .
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December 22, 2009 10:07 AM EST
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How far into stupid must we go with this "let's all be green" initiative?
Yes, I do not believe in MAN made global warming.
Yes, I am tired of hearing about my carbon footprint and what that supposedly . . .
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December 22, 2009 09:35 AM EST
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Many of the protesters have already seen some of their numbers melt away.
See larger . . .
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December 22, 2009 06:56 AM EST
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Conservatives are ecstatic!
Republicans are repulsed!
Democrats are rejoiced!
Dick Cheney: HUMAN EVENTS' Conservative of the Year
How do you feel about it?
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December 22, 2009 01:38 AM EST
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Just when every tactic in the book had been seemingly exhausted in the health care debate, Rock the Vote comes along with a new one: if you want health care reform, don't sleep with anyone who opposes . . .
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