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The 912 Project - Glenn Beck

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[We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money. --Ronald ReaganAl Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warmingThe welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - CamusThe person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect. --Hayek]

Springsteen calls Wal-Mart CD deal a mistake

NEW YORK – The Boss is owning up to a mistake. In an interview with Sunday's New York Times, Bruce Springsteen says he shouldn't have made a deal with Wal-Mart. This month, the store started exclusively selling a Springsteen greatest hits CD.

Some fans were critical because Springsteen has been a longtime supporter of worker's rights, and Wal-Mart has faced criticism for its labor practices.

Springsteen told the Times that his team didn't vet the issue as closely as he should have, and that he "dropped the ball on it."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090130/ap_on_en_mu/people_springsteen_3

[We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money. --Ronald ReaganAl Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warmingThe welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - CamusThe person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect. --Hayek]

Looks like 0bama's got some other agencies doing the Democratic Two Step.  Dance minions!  DANCE!


RE: Rendition   [Mark Hemingway]

Buried in that LAT article on rendition Jonah linked below is a flip-flop from Human Rights Watch that would impress even the East German judge. Here's Human Rights Watch in April of last year:

The US government should:

·Repudiate the use of rendition to torture as a counterterrorism tactic and permanently discontinue the CIA's rendition program;

·Disclose the identities, fate, and current whereabouts of all persons detained by the CIA or rendered to foreign custody by the CIA since 2001, including detainees who were rendered to Jordan;

·Repudiate the use of  "diplomatic assurances" against torture and ill-treatment as a justification for the transfer of a suspect to a place where he or she is at risk of such abuse;

·Make public any audio recordings or videotapes that the CIA possesses of interrogations of detainees rendered by the CIA to foreign custody;

·Provide appropriate compensation to all persons arbitrarily detained by the CIA or rendered to foreign custody.

Now here's Human Rights Watch in the era of Hope and ChangeTM:

"Under limited circumstances, there is a legitimate place" for renditions, said Tom Malinowski, the Washington advocacy director for Human Rights Watch. "What I heard loud and clear from the president's order was that they want to design a system that doesn't result in people being sent to foreign dungeons to be tortured — but that designing that system is going to take some time."

(via Dissenting Justice)

http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZWY0NTg0ZjUzNjBhMDAyN2VkZWRjYTdkY2QxYTMxOTM=

TB: Your article reminds me of this quote: Remember during Clinton's first inaugural when fighter jets flew over the Lincoln Memorial in formation and actor Ron Silver was troubled at the display of militarism until it dawned on him, "Hey, those are our planes now"?

It apparently reminded someone else too:

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/warner-todd-huston/2009/01/19/new-york-times-excited-its-even-cool-wave-stars-stripes

[We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money. --Ronald ReaganAl Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warmingThe welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - CamusThe person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect. --Hayek]

GOV CLINCHES DEAL ON HUGE TAX HIKES

By BRENDAN SCOTT and FREDRIC U. DICKER Post Correspondents

 ALBANY -- Personal income taxes for the upper middle class and the rich are about to skyrocket under a secret, soak-the-wealthy tax deal reached last night by Gov. Paterson and leaders of the Legislature, sources told The Post.

The two-tier tax plan would bring in $4 billion annually, in part by hiking income taxes a stunning 31 percent for all New Yorkers making more than $500,000 a year, the sources said.

A second, slightly lower tier would increase incomes taxes by 14.5 percent for singles earning $250,000 to $500,000 annually and for married and joint filers earning $300,000 to $500,000.

Taxpayers now hit the current top rate of 6.85 percent when their incomes reach $65,000. The Paterson plan would tax top-tier earners at 8.97 percent and second-tier earners at 7.85 percent.

http://www.nypost.com/seven/03292009/news/regionalnews/gov_clinches_deal_on_huge_tax_hikes_161880.htm

[We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money. --Ronald ReaganAl Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warmingThe welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - CamusThe person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect. --Hayek]

Secretary Clinton "In Awe" of Racist Eugenicist Margaret Sanger   

By Hilary White

WASHINGTON, April 3, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In a speech to the Planned Parenthood Federation of America Awards Gala, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that she admires "Margaret Sanger enormously, her courage, her tenacity, her vision." Secretary Clinton said she is "really in awe of" Sanger for Sanger's early work in Brooklyn, New York, "taking on archetypes, taking on attitudes and accusations flowing from all directions."

Immediately following a trip to Mexico's Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patroness of the pro-life movement, Mrs. Clinton travelled to Texas on March 28, where she was awarded the Margaret Sanger Award by Planned Parenthood.

She told the abortion movement representatives assembled there, "The 20th century reproductive rights movement, really embodied in the life and leadership of Margaret Sanger, was one of the most transformational in the entire history of the human race."

The sexual revolution brought about in part by Sanger's promotion of contraception and abortion, Mrs. Clinton said, has "ushered in demographic and social changes that have brought us closer to gender equality than at any time."

Despite this, she said that the work of Planned Parenthood and the movement inspired by Sanger "is not done."

http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/apr/09040306.html

"Immediately following a trip to Mexico's Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patroness of the pro-life movement, Mrs. Clinton travelled to Texas on March 28, where she was awarded the Margaret Sanger Award by Planned Parenthood."


The Pro-Life movement has themselves to blame. Pro-lifers should block the door to the Basilica so Hillary is prevented from defiling the place.

"Abortion is a Blessing": US Episcopalian Lesbian Minister Appointed to Head Prestigious Seminary

April 2, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Katherine Hancock Ragsdale, an openly lesbian minister in the American Episcopal Church, has caused a stir on the internet with a sermon, posted to her weblog, in which she called abortion a "blessing" and called for the suppression of rights of conscience for health care workers.

http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/apr/09040205.html

[We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money. --Ronald ReaganAl Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warmingThe welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - CamusThe person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect. --Hayek]

Biden Blamed Bush, Gingrich for Virginia Tech Shootings

By Jeffrey Lord

It was President Bush's fault.

And Newt's.

When a student went on a rampage and killed 32 students at Virginia Tech in April of 2007, then-Senator Joe Biden, at the time running for the Democrats' presidential nomination, knew exactly who to blame. He pinned the blame squarely on the man in the Oval Office. And former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

Now Vice President Joe Biden is silent on the topic of presidential responsibility for the mass murders in Binghamton and Pittsburgh. Nor has he laid blame at the feet of current House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

What exactly had then-President Bush and ex-Speaker Gingrich done to set off Cho Seung-Hui, the South Korean immigrant who killed himself in the attack? The president and "the Gingrich revolution" of 1994 said Biden, were responsible for something he called "the politics of polarization." Notwithstanding that the "Gingrich revolution" was 13 years earlier, Biden added darkly that the shootings "didn't happen accidentally." Coincidentally, Biden made the remarks in New York at an April gathering of the Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network. They were reported at the time by Newsmax on April 20, 2007. Biden was back in New York City addressing the same group on Friday, when news broke of the Binghamton rampage that killed 14.

This time, however, Biden had a different reaction to a shooting spree.

"In Binghamton, someone entered a rec center where an examination was being given for...immigrants to become Americans...Walked in through the back door and allegedly shot and killed up to 13 people," Biden said. "I don't have any more details, except I'd ask you to keep these folks in your prayers. We've got to figure out a way to deal with this senseless, senseless violence."

Unlike his remarks in April 2007 in which he blamed the incumbent Republican president and a former Republican Speaker of the House, Biden was silent as to whether Obama's policies, which he himself is helping to shape, contributed in any way to the shooting. Nor did he offer his thoughts on whether the policies of fellow Democrat and current House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may have been a contributory factor to the slaughter.

The very next day after Biden's latest speech, in which he did not assign blame for the Binghamton shooting rampage, 23-year-old Richard Poplawski shot and killed three Pittsburgh police officers. Why? The Associated Press quoted the killer's best friend as saying Poplawski's motive was "the Obama gun ban that's on the way" and that the cop killer "didn't like our rights being infringed upon."

http://spectator.org/archives/2009/04/07/biden-blamed-bush-gingrich-for

[lists veterans as a terrorist risk]

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said she was briefed before the release of a controversial intelligence assessment and that she stands by the report sent to law enforcement that lists veterans as a terrorist risk to the U.S. and defines "rightwing extremism" as including groups opposed to abortion and immigration.

The outcry resulted in a demand from the head of the American Legion to meet with Ms. Napolitano, a request the DHS chief said she would honor next week when she returns to Washington from her current tour of the U.S.-Mexican border.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/apr/16/napolitano-stands-rightwing-extremism/

Veterans a Focus of FBI Extremist Probe

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation earlier this year launched a nationwide operation targeting white supremacists and "militia/sovereign-citizen extremist groups," including a focus on veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan, according to memos sent from bureau headquarters to field offices.

The initiative, dubbed Operation Vigilant Eagle, was outlined in February, two months before a memo giving a similar warning was issued on April 7 by the Department of Homeland Security.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123992665198727459.html

[We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money. --Ronald ReaganAl Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warmingThe welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - CamusThe person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect. --Hayek]

Fashionable First Lady Michelle Obama helps the poor in $540 sneakers

Oops!

First Lady Michelle Obama, who's become quite the fashion role model with her J.Crew wear and buff-arm-spotlighting sleeveless frocks, is under scrutiny for what she wore on her feet the other day.

They're trendy Lanvin sneakers. Which look really nice and comfy and all. Trouble is, they cost $540. If you can find a pair anywhere.

And, of course, if you've got $540, plus -- what? -- 9 or 10% tax in some places. Which seems like a lot for two shoes not guaranteed to benefit your jump shot.

The other trouble is that -- wait for it -- she wore them to a poverty event, a Capitol Area Food Bank for Feeding America to provide much appreciated help and publicity to benefit the food bank.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/05/michelle-obama-shoes.html

[We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money. --Ronald ReaganAl Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warmingThe welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - CamusThe person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect. --Hayek]

Elizabeth Edwards gets the final say
By Joan Vennochi

IN A NEW BOOK, Elizabeth Edwards acknowledges that her husband, John Edwards, the former Democratic presidential candidate, is a liar and cheat.

She can forgive him. The public shouldn't.

It's not the infidelity. It's his reckless decision to go forward with a presidential race after confessing a fling to his cancer-stricken wife, knowing it was much more than that. Even worse was his willingness to feature his wife in a campaign based on family values, even as he lied about the affair on the campaign trail.

In "Resilience," a new memoir that is due out May 12, Elizabeth Edwards writes that her husband told her about what he described as a one-time fling days before announcing his run for president in 2006. His confession of what turned out to be only a portion of the truth made her physically ill. "I cried and screamed. I went to the bathroom and threw up," Edwards writes, according to the New York Daily News, which obtained an advance copy.

Fearful of the affair becoming public, she wanted her husband to quit the race for the family's sake. But she stood behind him when he decided to go forward and kept his secret. She continued to back him after her breast cancer spread, saying she did not want her legacy to be: "That I'd taken out this fine man from the possibility of giving such a great service."

Now, she writes, "He should not have run."

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/05/03/elizabeth_edwards_gets_the_final_say/

[We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money. --Ronald ReaganAl Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warmingThe welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - CamusThe person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect. --Hayek]

Pelosi Blames Bush for Social Security and Medicare Woes

By Susan Jones, Senior Editor

(CNSNews.com) – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, reacting to a dire government report on the solvency of Social Security and Medicare, says it’s all the Bush administration’s fault.
 
"The Trustee's reports reveal that, just as they left behind a record of recession, deficits and debt, the Bush administration's economic and fiscal mismanagement undermined the strength of Social Security and Medicare,” Pelosi said Tuesday in a news release.
 
According to the trustees’ reports, issued Tuesday, Social Security is spending more than it is taking in, partly because of the economic recession and its depressing effect on payroll taxes. “Medicare's financial status is much worse,” the trustees said.
 
Nevertheless, Pelosi on Tuesday insisted that President Obama and Congress “will keep the promises of Social Security and Medicare to today's seniors and persons with disabilities and tomorrow's retirees.”
 
She said Obama’s economic stimulus program is helping, by providing seniors with a $250 rebate this month.
 
"The previous administration's shortsighted economic policies and fiscal recklessness have made the task of strengthening Social Security and Medicare for the future more difficult, but President Obama and Congress are prepared to meet this challenge,” Pelosi said.
 
“By strengthening our economy and creating jobs, and by finally tackling the challenge of health care, we are already working to protect the promise of Social Security and Medicare for all Americans."
 
During his two terms in office, President Bush repeatedly tried to get congressional Democrats to go along with his plan to reform Social Security, but Pelosi and her fellow Democrats refused to even discuss what they called Bush’s “risky partial privatization plan.”

http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=48071

Let's face it, the reason we have not been attacked again by Osama Bin Laden is because when he looks at Washington from his underground cave bunker and sees Obama/Biden/Pelosi/Clinton/Napalitano in charge and figures he can't do any more damage to us than we have done to ourselves.

[We could say [Democrats] spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors. It would be unfair, because the sailors are spending their own money. --Ronald ReaganAl Gore didn't invent the internet, he invented global warmingThe welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants - CamusThe person who advocates government planning of the economy always assumes that it is his plan that will be put into effect. --Hayek]

Obama Lifts Ban on Lobbyists! Back to Business as Usual
By Warner Todd Huston

Roll Call is reporting that during the typical Friday afternoon document dump -- a practice used to hide actions that might prove somewhat embarrassing to the White House -- the administration quietly announced that some of the former restrictions on lobbying ballyhooed about during the late campaign have been lifted. And now, we have to wonder: will the media notice this sudden change? I mean, a whole day has gone by and so far only Roll Call has mentioned it.

In any case, let special interests ring, baby!



http://newsbusters.org/blogs/warner-todd-huston/2009/05/30/obama-lifts-ban-lobbyists-back-business-usual