Archive for August, 2009
Reuters: New H1N1 flu hit estimated 10 percent of New Yorkers
The new H1N1 swine flu is estimated to have infected about 800,000 people in New York City in the spring, a top U.S. health official said on Sunday, citing a study due to be released later this week.Dr. Thomas Frieden, who heads the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said surveys suggested the virus […]
Obama Care: Are Americans now going to be tagged like cattle? - See Page 1000 (H.R. 3200)
Don’t really know what to make of this. I’m not that naive but coupled with what Glenn Beck has been documenting, well, hmm. Cost savings?
(Excerpt) Read more at frwebgate.access.gpo.gov …
Page 1000
9 Subtitle C—National Medical
10 Device Registry
11 SEC. 2521. NATIONAL MEDICAL DEVICE REGISTRY.
12 (a) REGISTRY.—
13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 519 of the Federal
14 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic […]
Proposals could cut mortgage deductions (Welcome to the New Hope and Change)
…Earlier this month the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office delivered its latest revenue-raising options for Senate and House consideration as they write this fall’s tax and budget legislation.Tucked away in the report are several incendiary plans that could — if adopted — cost homeowners billions of dollars. Though not formal legislative proposals, the CBO’s options represent […]
Sunday Caption:Obama drops in store as vacation winds down (before 5 day Camp David Labor Day vacay begins)
WEST TISBURY, Mass. — President Barack Obama spent his last day on a Martha’s Vineyard vacation buying ice cream treats at a general store and a cookie at a nearby deli.
Obama and his daughters took a quick Sunday morning trip to Alley’s General Store. Wearing a White Sox cap and jeans, the president made an […]
Respected Black Preacher:Obama hates the white man
… an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil. – Luke 6:45
Barack Obama hates white people – especially white men. Sorry folks, but the truth will set you free!
Why else would Obama falsely accuse Sgt. James Crowley and other Cambridge Police officers of “racial profiling” and […]
Rasmussen - America Wants to Throw The BUMS OUT !! (Not satisfied with the amount “Hopey Changey”)
American voters are not satisfied with the amount “Hopey Changey” they have gotten since election day. According to the latest Rasmussen Poll , 57% of voters would vote to fire the entire Congress and start all over by replacing them with a new set of “representatives.” Only 25% would keep the group we have now.
Even […]
Get The Facts On Healthcare - Visit www.FixHealthcarePolicy.com
Washington likes to style itself as the center of the political universe, but this summer, the real action is in the states. At town-hall meetings, voters are giving their elected representatives plenty to think about.
Many lawmakers and the Obama administration have made it clear they want to pass massive health care legislation that includes a […]
Bond for Action Press Release:Black Group Comes Out In Support Of Glenn Beck
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August 27, 2009
Black Group Comes Out In Support Of Glenn Beck
LOS ANGELES—BOND Action, Inc., a national cultural action organization, has come out in support of FOX News Channel broadcaster Glenn Beck. Beck has been under attack from the radical left-wing group ColorOfChange.org after he said last month that […]
Rasmussen: Obama strong disapproval at peak
If Barack Obama hoped to gain some breathing room with his vacation, or perhaps even pick up some sympathetic vibe for eulogizing Ted Kennedy on Friday, Rasmussen’s latest poll shows that nothing has changed in the direction of his approval ratings. With one of the three days in Rasmussen’s presidential tracking poll after the wake, […]
NYPost:Charles Rangel, Chairman of tax-writing committee failed to report millions (Rangel Hides Income and Assets)
Rep. Charles Rangel failed to report as much as $1.3 million in outside income — including up to $1 million for a Harlem building sale — on financial-disclosure forms he filed between 2002 and 2006, according to newly amended records. The documents also show the embattled chairman of the Ways and Means Committee — who […]
The Beginning of The End:US Senate Bill would give Obama emergency control of Internet
Internet companies and civil liberties groups were alarmed this spring when a U.S. Senate bill proposed handing the White House the power to disconnect private-sector computers from the Internet.
They’re not much happier about a revised version that aides to Sen. Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, have spent months drafting behind closed doors. CNET News […]
Black congresswoman says opposition trying to destroy president ‘who looks like me’…
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“They are spreading fear and they’re trying to see that the first president who looks like me — fails.”
“People look at the United States as a country that has changed it’s way and elected someone from Kenya and Kansas, I’ll put it like that.”
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SURPRISE: TAX ON ‘CASH FOR CLUNKERS’ REBATE…
The Cash For Clunkers program is adding to the activity at treasurers’ offices all around South Dakota. First, people were asking for proof of ownership, so they could show they owned their vehicle for a full year, allowing them to cash it in. Now, they’ll be returning to register their new vehicle. And when they […]
INSTANT VIEW: Consumer confidence hits four-month low
U.S. consumer confidence fell to its lowest in four months in August on worries over high unemployment and dismal personal finances, though the mood managed to improve from earlier this month, a survey showed on Friday.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com …
UPDATED: As boycott continues, Glenn Beck’s audience swells
An advertising boycott against Fox News host Glenn Beck has succeeded in keeping most major sponsors from running commercials on his show even as the controversial commentator’s viewership has grown.
Beck attracted 2.81 million viewers Monday, his third-largest audience since his show launched on Fox News in January, according to Nielsen Media Research data provided by […]
Media Death Watch:Newspaper slump deepens as 2Q ad sales fall 29 percent
Newspapers’ financial woes worsened in the second quarter as advertising sales shrank by 29 percent, leaving publishers with $2.8 billion less revenue than they had at the same time last year.
It’s the deepest downturn yet during a three-year free fall in advertising revenue — newspapers’ main source of income. The magnitude of the industry’s advertising […]
Nine-Year-Old Forcefully Removed from Town Hall Meeting after Question
Farrell, Pennsylvania- Though the debate over Health Care has been spirited in the last few months, the recent Town Hall meetings held by elected officials have been the focal point of attention. Yesterday, August 26, Pennsylvanian Congressman Jason Altmire (D) held one of his own in Farrell, a city with a population of just over […]
ABC, NBC Won’t Air Ad Critical of Obama’s Health Care Plan
The refusal by ABC and NBC to run a national ad critical of President Obama’s health care reform plan is raising questions from the group behind the spot — particularly in light of ABC’s health care special aired in prime time last June hosted at the White House.
The refusal by ABC and NBC to run […]
Federal Official:Real US unemployment rate at 16 percent
The real US unemployment rate is 16 percent if persons who have dropped out of the labor pool and those working less than they would like are counted, a Federal Reserve official said Wednesday. “If one considers the people who would like a job but have stopped looking — so-called discouraged workers — and those […]
1,000 Banks to Fail In Next Two Years: Bank CEO (Where is Hope and Change?)
The US banking system will lose some 1,000 institutions over the next two years, said John Kanas, whose private equity firm bought BankUnited of Florida in May.
“We’ve already lost 81 this year,” he told CNBC. “The numbers are climbing every day. Many of these institutions nobody’s ever heard of. They’re smaller companies.”
Failed banks tend to […]