Archive for December, 2009
Big Mortgage Backers Swim in Ocean of Debt
And the total risk they pose to the taxpayer far exceeds that of the big banks. Fannie and Freddie, in the final days of the year, are even said to be negotiating with the Treasury about greatly expanding the money available to them.
Though the four are not in all the same businesses, they were caught […]
Palin’s Favorable Up Slightly; Obama’s Holds Steady Obama (56%) more popular than Palin (44%)
PRINCETON, NJ — After the release of her much-publicized autobiography and the ensuing book tour, Sarah Palin is still viewed more unfavorably than favorably by Americans, though her favorable rating has improved slightly (now 44%, up from 40% in October).
(Excerpt) Read more at gallup.com …
Pathetic and Shameful:Militants in Iraq used $26 off-the-shelf software to intercept live video feeds from U.S. Predator drones (Insurgents Hack U.S. Drones)
Militants in Iraq have used $26 off-the-shelf software to intercept live video feeds from U.S. Predator drones, potentially providing them with information they need to evade or monitor U.S. military operations.Senior defense and intelligence officials said Iranian-backed insurgents intercepted the video feeds by taking advantage of an unprotected communications link in some of the remotely […]
SCARY HARRY HIDES THE HEALTHCARE BILL!
And here’s the most outrageous part: at the end of this rush, they want us to vote on a bill that no one outside the Majority Leader’s conference room has even seen. That’s right. The final bill we’ll vote on isn’t even the one we’ve had on the floor. It’s the deal Democrat leaders have […]
Florida man exonerated after 35 years
James Bain used a cell phone for the first time Thursday, calling his elderly mother to tell her he had been freed after 35 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit.Mobile devices didn’t exist in 1974, the year he was sentenced to life in prison for kidnapping a 9-year-old boy and raping […]
Wake Up America: U.S. to contribute to $100B climate fund to help developing countries ($100B GLOBAL WARMING GIVE AWAY)
The planet may be saved after all, and it will only cost $100 billion. Just as the Copenhagen climate summit appeared to be on the verge of unraveling, the United States Thursday announced its support of an annual $100 billion climate protection fund, the Associated Press reports.
“The US is prepared to work with other countries […]
BREAKING: Mysterious Group Buys Building Next to Ground Zero For Muslim Mosque
Mysterious Group Buys Building Next to Ground Zero For Mosque Wednesday, December 16, 2009 Jim Hoft
A mysterous Muslim group with unknown sponsors has purchased a building steps away from Ground Zero. Hudson New York reported:
An identified group with unknown sponsors has purchased building steps away from where the WorldTrade Center once stood — to turn […]
Detroit’s unemployment rate is probably near 50 percent
The Detroit News’ Mike Wilkinson has an eye-opening story on how unemployment rates generally under-report true joblessness — and specifically how this is happening in Michigan’s largest city.
The story points out that Detroit’s official unemployment rate of 27 percent (as of October) may be dramatically under-counting those without work in the economically-strapped city. The actual […]
White Americans’ majority to end by mid-century
The estimated time when whites will no longer make up the majority of Americans has been pushed back eight years — to 2050 — because the recession and stricter immigration policies have slowed the flow of foreigners into the U.S.Read the whole story at Yahoo News
Shocking News:Tiger Woods voted top athlete of the decade (Pray for Tiger’s Family)
As sports go, it wasn’t close: Tiger Woods was famous for his golf long before he became infamous for his personal life.
For 10 incomparable years, no one ruled a sport like Woods. He won 64 tournaments, including 12 major championships. He hoisted a trophy on every continent where golf is played. And those 56 titles […]
Welcome to Obama America: National debt is now above official debt limit (Exceeded the statutory Debt Limit approved by Congress last February)
The latest calculation of the National Debt as posted by the Treasury Department has - at least numerically - exceeded the statutory Debt Limit approved by Congress last February as part of the Recovery Act stimulus bill.
The ceiling was set at $12.104 trillion dollars. The latest posting by Treasury shows the National Debt at nearly […]
PANIC MODE: OBAMA WARNS USA ‘WILL GO BANKRUPT’ WITHOUT HEALTH BILL
ABC’s Karen Travers reports from Washington: President Obama told ABC News’ Charles Gibson in an interview that if Congress does not pass health care legislation that will bring down costs, the federal government “will go bankrupt.”
The president laid out a dire scenario of what will happen if his health care reform effort fails. If we […]
Polls:USA Today poll shows Obama below 50%
Barack Obama has suffered a 36-point drop in the gap between approval and disapproval since Inauguration Day in the latest USA Today/Gallup poll of adults. He started at 64/25, but limps into Christmas with 49/46, within the margin of error. In fact, Obama fared worse than any other President in the history of the survey.
What […]
John Kerry fundraising letter: Defeat Sarah Palin and Tea Parties (Liberals Feeling The Heat)
Sen. John Kerry’s new fundraising letter seeks to make a bogeyman of Sarah Palin and the Tea Party movement and rally liberals for the 2010 midterm elections.
A new fundraising letter from Sen. John Kerry (D) of Massachusetts gives a strong hint about how Democrats may try to stir their base to action during the 2010 […]
Oral Roberts Dies at 91
The Rev. Oral Roberts, the internationally known television evangelist and faith healer who founded Oral Roberts University, died Monday in Newport Beach, Calif. He was 91.
According to a release, his son, Richard, and daughter, Roberta, were at his side. Funeral services are pending.
The often-controversial charismatic minister built Oral Roberts University, the now-closed City of Faith […]
Wake Up America:Tea Party Movement Evolves Into Political Force With Eye Toward 2010
The “tea party” movement that gained steam shortly after President Obama took office is seeing a surge in popularity, with a string of candidates and officials willing to take up its cause and a political infrastructure that’s starting to mirror that of an actual political party.
What started as a conservative protest klatch has evolved into […]
Healthcare Vote:Senator Ben Nelson: ‘I’m not on the bill’
The White House meeting Tuesday between President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats has raised expectations that they have nailed down 60 votes for the health care bill.
But as he prepared to leave for the White House with other senators, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) told POLITICO the deal wasn’t done.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com …
Report: John Edwards bought Charlotte home for former mistress Rielle Hunter (and more …)
Rumors have been circulating for several days through Charlotte’s Eastover neighborhood that former U.S. Sen. John Edwards bought a home here for his admitted former mistress, Rielle Hunter. And now the National Enquirer is reporting in its Dec. 21 issue that Edwards has, in fact, bought a house here that the Charlotte Business Journal has […]
D.C. Council passes same-sex marriage bill (Pray for America)
The D.C. Council on Tuesday passed a same-sex marriage bill on a final vote of 11-2, prompting public witnesses in the Council chambers to erupt into cheers and extended applause.
D.C. Council Chairman Vincent C. Gray allowed the applause for several seconds, then banged his gavel as the noise subsided and reminded the crowd that demonstrations […]
Why Such Joy Over Tiger Woods’ Humiliation?
Thanks to my wife who has this thing about not getting rid of books, I stumbled across a book I read years ago in my youth, “The Hiding Place” by Corrie ten Boom. The book chronicles the horrible experiences of Corrie and her family imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps. The epic cruelty and man’s inhumanity […]