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Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry wears a grim reaper costume as he leads a protest against the House health care reform bill.
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Jamal Baadani was driving home from work outside Washington on November 5 when a friend called to tell him a gunman had shot up the Army base at Ft. Hood, Tex. It didn’t take long for Baadani to learn that the suspect, Nidal Malik Hasan, was an Arab-American, a Muslim, and a member of the U.S. ...
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When Attorney General Eric Holder announced earlier this month that the suspected plotters of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks would be tried in civilian court, he also promised to seek the death penalty for all of them. ...
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For a candidate making his first bid for office, Tim Griffin couldn’t be in better shape. One week after announcing his campaign against Rep. Vic Snyder (D-Ark.), the incumbent in Arkansas’s most Democratic-leaning district, Griffin had raised $130,000. ...
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While the national unemployment rate of 10.2 percent is a sobering reminder of the depth of this recession and the protracted timeline a recovery will take, the challenges posed by long-term unemployment are far greater.
Kimmy
Kimmy
my two cents is: more should be done about creating jobs revolving around the principles of reuse/recycling/renewable resources. There are many things that could be done to improve the state of the economy/environment ~ like investing in industry Carbon Algae Recyling Systems for manmade algae ponds to harness CO2~ production of solar panels/wind ... See Moreturbines etc. ~ creation and implementation of carbon collection units for domestic use. I think we should embrace this opportunity as creators, innovators, inventors. Nothing is truly out of reach!
Wed at 11:49am
Kimmy
Kimmy
also, take a page out of MONTREAL's book!!~ be open minded ,,,
"Saint-Michel Environmental Complex and the focus of the most extensive environmental rehabilitation project ever undertaken by the City."

http://www.tohu.com/en/TOHU/#environmentalMission
Wed at 12:08pm
Kimmy
Kimmy
short blog Canadians tap algae to clean Alberta oil sands

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-9939463-54.html

"the algae could be used to produce biofuels and a number of other products as they suck up CO2 and clean up other chemicals."
Wed at 12:14pm
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The Democrats downplaying the gravity of new recommendations for breast cancer screening have left out an inconvenient fact: their health care bills would automatically adopt them.
Dave Ghen
Dave Ghen
Rationing is on the way. How else can cost be controlled in a government run system? We now know how the left will govern this Country. Hopefully things will change next November.
November 21 at 8:00am
Chriss R Miller
Chriss R Miller
Rationing is here right now--ask those on a "government run" health plan how they like it---surveys show they are WAYYY more satisfied than those of us on private plans that exist now--how can cost be controlled? by acting like a business unlike what the RIGHT did when they passed a law forbidding government entities from negotiating drug prices by buying in bulk just like private plans do--yes, let us hope the left will govern differently
November 21 at 8:46am
Irene Budoff
Irene Budoff
Try to get "experimental" treatments today from the insurance companies. Practices that have been in place for years are still considered too new or too risky for most insurance companies. There has been rationing on a MAJOR scale for years...has no one noticed? People denied treatment because of "existing conditions" or policies dropped when a specific disease becomes too expensive for an insurance company...then the dropped person can't get covered by other companies either.
November 21 at 2:35pm
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The new unit created by the Obama administration to interrogate the highest-value terrorism targets is unlikely to play a role in the case of the highest-profile new potential terrorist target in U.S. custody: Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the alleged Fort Hood shooter.
Dave Ghen
Dave Ghen
Political correctness will bring down this country. A Muslim hears jihad is OK, in particular killing is sanctioned and kills soldiers and wounds 30 or 40 more and it seems inappropriate to call that terrorism. Lieberman got it right. Hasan is a homegrown terrorist.
November 21 at 7:57am
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Mortgage giant Fannie Mae’s recent announcement that it will give homeowners facing foreclosure the chance to stay in their properties as renters for as long as a year is the latest aggressive move by the government to help troubled borrowers and tenants avoid being evicted. ...
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Attorney General Eric Holder surely knew he’d be facing a tough audience when he prepared to testify to the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. That may be why instead of delivering the written testimony ...
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President George W. Bush with judicial nominees Priscilla Owen, Janice Rogers Brown and Carolyn Kuhl in 2003 (whitehouse.gov archives)
Patrick Kennedy
Patrick Kennedy
Does anyone really care what conservatives think? Elections have consequences...
November 19 at 12:39pm
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If President Obama orders an additional 30,000 to 40,000 troops to Afghanistan, he will be deploying practically every available U.S. Army brigade to war, leaving few units in reserve in case of an unforeseen ...
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It happens in every recession: Medicaid enrollment leaps at precisely the same time that states are least able to afford the additional costs. The structural flaw has left state lawmakers threatening program ...
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Carly Fiorina announced her 2010 campaign for California’s U.S. Senate seat in the usual way. She rolled out a new Website. She bounded across a stage at a “green detergents” factory ...
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The Democrats’proposal to terminate the Children’s Health Insurance Program would hike health care costs for some of the country’s low-income families, likely increasing the number of uninsured ...
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On October 30, the Justice Department for the first time applied its new “state secrets” policy to a case charging the government with breaking the law. Open government advocates hoping for ...