Archive for October, 2009
“Law & Order” Abortion Episode Outrages Pro-Abortion Groups
WASHINGTON, DC, October 26, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) — Last Friday’s episode of Law & Order on NBC, entitled “Dignity,” has infuriated pro-abortionists while pleasantly surprising pro-lifers with an unexpectedly even-handed treatment of the issue of abortion.
Ripping its plot from recent headlines, “Dignity” begins with the murder of late-term abortionist Dr. Walter Benning (Matthew Boston) during a […]
CLIMATE CHIEF: GIVE UP MEAT TO SAVE THE PLANET!
People will need to consider turning vegetarian if the world is to conquer climate change, according to a leading authority on global warming.
In an interview with The Times, Lord Stern of Brentford said: “Meat is a wasteful use of water and creates a lot of greenhouse gases. It puts enormous pressure […]
Americans Take a Turn to the Right, Poll Shows
Americans Take a Turn to the Right, Poll Shows
John D. McKinnon reports on politics and polls.
Among the striking findings in a new Gallup Poll on Americans’ shifting political attitudes is their growing anti-labor feeling. The percentage of Americans saying they would like to see unions have less influence in the country spiked to a record-high […]
AP IMPACT: Statisticians reject global cooling (find no evidence of global cooling)
WASHINGTON – Have you heard that the world is now cooling instead of warming? You may have seen some news reports on the Internet or heard about it from a provocative new book.
Only one problem: It’s not true, according to an analysis of the numbers done by several independent statisticians for The Associated Press.
The case […]
Healthcare system wastes up to $800 billion a year
The U.S. healthcare system is just as wasteful as President Barack Obama says it is, and proposed reforms could be paid for by fixing some of the most obvious inefficiencies, preventing mistakes and fighting fraud, according to a Thomson Reuters report released on Monday. The U.S. healthcare system wastes between $505 billion and $850 billion […]
14 Americans killed in 2 Afghan helicopter crashes
A helicopter crash and separate collision involving two other choppers killed 14 Americans on Monday in one of the deadliest days for U.S. troops in the war in Afghanistan, the U.S. military said.
In the first crash, a helicopter went down in the west of the country after leaving the scene of a firefight with insurgents, […]
Gallup:Conservatives Maintain Edge as Top Ideological Group
Conservatives continue to outnumber moderates and liberals in the American populace in 2009, confirming a finding that Gallup first noted in June. Forty percent of Americans describe their political views as conservative, 36% as moderate, and 20% as liberal. This marks a shift from 2005 through 2008, when moderates were tied with conservatives as the […]
Obama plays more golf in 9 months than Bush did in nearly three years
President Barack Obama has only been in office for just over nine months, but he’s already hit the links as much as President Bush did in over two years.
CBS’ Mark Knoller — an unofficial documentarian and statistician of all things White House-related — wrote on his Twitter feed that, “Today - Obama ties Pres. Bush […]
Independent Voters Shifting Away From Obama, Democrats
A poll of opinion polls shows Americans’ attitudes are changing rapidly.
They are less and less thrilled about the country’s direction and Congress, according to Tom Bevan, executive editor of national polling aggregator RealClearPolitics. He says independent voters are shifting away from the polices of the Obama administration and Democrats.
“Independents have flipped negative,” warns Bevan. “That’s […]
First Daughters Not Vaccinated Against H1N1…
President Obama’s school age daughters have not been vaccinated against the H1N1 flu virus. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs says the vaccine is not available to them based on their risk.
The Centers for Disease Control recommend that children ages 6 months through 18 years of age receive a vaccination against the H1N1 flu virus. At […]
Obama Wrestling With Jobs Outlook (Unemployment is Liberals’ best friend)
White House economist Christina Romer, in remarks that ratcheted up the administration’s pessimism, told a congressional panel Thursday that “labor market conditions will remain painfully weak through 2010.” She said that the jobless rate, which hit 9.8% last month, would likely remain “at its severely elevated level” for at least another year.
In testimony before the […]
Spain Jobless Rate Stays At 17.9% (America will soon catch up)
Spain Jobless Rate Stays At 17.9%
Spain’s unemployment rate is the highest in the EU
Spain’s unemployment rate has remained at 17.9% in the third quarter, the highest in the European Union.
The number of jobless now stands at 4.1 million, the country’s statistics agency said.
The Spanish unemployment rate had risen for the previous eight quarters after […]
Tennessee Sales Tax Rate Is Highest In U.S.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — A study shows Tennessee’s average 9.4 cent tax on every $1 spent is the highest sales tax rate in America. Opponents of the sales tax say it’s most unfair to those least able to pay but others favor the sales tax over a state income tax.
The author of the tax comparison study, […]
AP sources: Bill likely to cut employer mandate (Fasten your seat belt)
Businesses would not be required to provide health insurance under legislation being readied for Senate debate, but large firms would owe significant penalties if any worker needed government subsidies to buy coverage on their own, according to Democratic officials familiar with talks on the bill.
For firms with more than 50 employees, the fee could be […]
Who Is Barack Hussein Obama? Obama in his own words - (Excerpts from His Book, “Dreams from My Father”)
Originally published at Gilesco.info
This book was written several years (1995) before Obama campaigned for President of the United States. As a result of being the first African-American to be elected president of the Harvard Law Review, Obama received an advance from a publisher to write a book. The book primarily addresses the life of Obama […]
Democrats Are Optimistic That Public Option Will Be Approved (Pray For America)
Several Democratic senators voiced optimism on Sunday that Congress would pass a health care bill containing at least the germ of a government-run insurance program. Their expectations were grudgingly seconded by Senator John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate in 2008.
“I think the Democrats have the votes, and in the House, Blue Dogs bark but never […]
Washington caught off guard by Netanyahu visit
Israel says PM did not consult Obama ahead of trip because meeting on peace process unnecessary.
WASHINGTON – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s intention to visit Washington for the annual UJC General Assembly has surprised many on Capitol Hill and was apparently not coordinated with the Obama administration.
An American source told Ynet Sunday that news of the […]
McCain Would Not Use Cheney’s Words [”I want to support the president”]
Senator John McCain made clear that he and the Republican Party should send the message that they support whatever President Obama’s strategy in Afghanistan ends up being, rather than send messages that the U.S. is “waffling” or “dithering.”
In response to former Vice President Dick Cheney’s recent remarks, in which he said, “signals of indecision out […]
OBAMA BIRTH CERTIFICATE (And guess where he was born)
NewsReal Sunday: Chris Matthews says the Dumbest Thing In Television History
MSNBC host Chris Matthews may now have the honor of having said the dumbest thing in the history of television. This past Thursday Matthews unfortunately allowed an imbecilic thought to pass from his brain to his mouth on his nationally televised cable news show.
Here’s the moment of insanity on video:
Matthews: “The group in this country […]