Archive for February, 2010
WEST WING NEARLY BURIED IN SNOW… Where is Liberal Global Warming?
Man dies during University Sleep Study
Emory Healthcare says a 25-year-old man who was participating in a sleep study died because of “sudden cardiac death.”
Brandon Harris’ mother says her son pleaded for help that never came.
Harris, a medical assistant, entered the Emory sleep center on Jan. 22 after attending an Atlanta Hawks game, said his mother, Renee “Sunshine” Lewis.
By the next […]
OBAMA HITS POLL LOW: ONLY 44% APPROVE (More room down there)
Independent voters see Pres. Obama in a negative light by a nearly 2-1 margin, according to a new Marist College survey, while almost half of voters say he has failed to meet their expectations.
The poll, conducted Feb. 1-3, showed just 44% of registered voters approving of Obama’s job as president. 47% disapprove. But among indie […]
Iran Rocket ‘Uses N.Korean Technology’
A rocket launched by Iran on Wednesday was made in the North Korean style, a South Korean expert claims. Chae Yeon-seok, a former president of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, said Thursday the rocket engine, as publicized by the state-run IRNA news agency, seems to be the same as North Korea’s Rodong missile, though Tehran […]
Obama Blaming Bush Again:Obama blasts Bush for ‘dereliction of duty,’ touts economic progress
Speaking at the Democratic National Committee winter meeting at the Capitol Hilton in snow-drenched Washington today, President Obama touted new figures from the Labor Department showing a 0.3 percent decrease in the unemployment rate and took a few shots at former President Bush.
Faced with mounting national opposition to his party’s platform, the president reminded voters […]
The electorate has buyer’s remorse [Predicts GOP will take both houses of Congress in November]
After President Obama’s inauguration, if I had predicted that within his first year in office, his party would lose gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia and a Senate seat in Massachusetts, you simply would not have believed me. After all, the president was enjoying an unprecedented wave of popularity and he had solid Democratic […]
32.8 Million Americans Are Now on Food Stamps - Set Ever-higher Record (One out of 10 Americans is on food stamp)
A record 38.2 million Americans were enrolled in the food stamp program at latest count, up 246,000 from the previous month and the latest in record-high monthly tallies that began in December 2008.
Food stamps are the primary federal anti-hunger program, helping poor people buy groceries. The Agriculture Department updated enrollment data on Friday with a […]
Real Unemployment 18% - Is Government Lying to the American People?
How do fish get caught? They open their mouth. How do investors get ensnared or misled? They believe in non-existent phenomenons like a ‘jobless recovery.’Surprising as it is, for nearly a year, investors have shrugged off mounting jobless claims and rising unemployment as an ingredient that is not really required for an economic recovery.
Yesterday’s (2-4-10) […]
Unemployment Rate Declines to 9.7 Percent With 20,000 Jobs Lost (These numbers don’t add up. Somebody is lying to American People)
Employers Reduced Payrolls by 20,000 During January but Labor Department “Undercounting” Raises Doubts About Real Picture of Unemployed.
The nation’s employers reduced their payrolls by 20,000 during January, a government report showed, generating fresh anxiety about a labor market that has yet to catch up with growth in the overall economy.
The reduction was slightly worse than […]
House Passes Increase on Debt Limit by $1.9 trillion on a 217-212 Vote (Welcome to Hope and Change)
House Passes Increase on Debt Limit by $1.9 trillion on a 217-212 Vote
Developing…
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com …
10 Americans in Haiti Charged With Child Kidnapping
DEVELOPING: A Haitian attorney says 10 Americans detained in Haiti for trying to take 33 children out of the country after the Jan. 12 earthquake have been charged with child kidnapping.
Edwin Coq says the Americans also are charged with criminal association. The 10 appeared in court Thursday and were whisked away to a jail in […]
Bad feelings grow about employment report
When the Labor Department released its employment figures for January 2009, it subtracted an astounding 356,000 jobs from the overall count because it felt that small companies were quietly going out of business.
It couldn’t prove this was really happening.
But the department’s computers made that adjustment anyway — and much more optimistic ones over the 11 […]
Senator-elect Scott Brown Heads To Washington
Senator-elect Scott Brown left his Wrentham home today, en route to Washington, D.C., to be sworn in to office. He was officially certified this morning in a brief procedural hearing at the State House. Brown is expected to be sworn in around 5 p.m. today by Vice President Joe Biden. The Globe photographers followed him…
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Justice Clarence Thomas: Some questioning of Court ‘irresponsible’
Questioning the Supreme Court and other government branches needs to stay within the range of fair criticism or “run the risk in our society of undermining institutions that we need to preserve our liberties,” Justice Clarence Thomas said Thursday.
Thomas also told an audience at the University of Florida law school that some comments he hears […]
CSPAN, FOX, MSNBC, CNN to cover Palin’s speech at Tea Party Convention
When her critics grow shrill and unfriendly journalists circle with whetted appetites, Sarah Palin has the same reaction. She smiles. It is larger than life, universal, genuine, canny, sparkling - and it drives them all crazy. How can you defeat a woman who is fearless enough to smile in the face of the oncoming media […]
USNews:Forget Polls, Here’s Tangible Proof the Obama Honeymoon is Over
One sign that Washington, D.C., had been home to Obama Mania was the number of independent retailers selling all sorts of Obama merchandise. Every street corner, it seemed, had Obama wares (or Obama wear) for sale. Now, however, most of the winter caps for sale are not emblazoned with the Obama logo. T-shirts depicting our […]
Economic Report: Jobless claims at highest since mid-December
First-time filings for state unemployment benefits climbed to their highest level since mid-December last week, defying the forecasts of economists who had expected a sharp downturn, government data showed Thursday. For the week ended Jan. 30, initial claims rose 8,000 to stand at 480,000, according to the Labor Department.
Read the whole story at MarketWatch.com
Jobless Claims Rise Unexpectedly to 480,000
WASHINGTON — The number of newly laid-off workers filing initial claims for jobless benefits rose unexpectedly last week, evidence that layoffs are continuing and jobs remain scarce.
The rise is the fourth in the past five weeks. Most economists hoped that claims would resume a downward trend that was evident in the fall and early winter.
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Next in Line for a Bailout: Social Security (Wake Up America, Vote a Good Change, Not for a Socialist)
Don’t look now. But even as the bank bailout is winding down, another huge bailout is starting, this time for the Social Security system.
A report from the Congressional Budget Office shows that for the first time in 25 years, Social Security is taking in less in taxes than it is spending on benefits.
Instead of helping […]
Breaking!! Obama at prayer breakfast says can question his policies, but not his citizenship.
Speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast, President appeals for a return to “civility” in politics. “You can question my policies without questioning my faith — or for that fact, my citizenship,” he says, a reference to those who insist Obama wasn’t born in Hawaii.
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com …