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If you had any doubt that Rush Limbaugh is the Don of the Republican party, this might help.
October 16: Newt Gingrich .
“The special election for the 23rd Congressional District is an important test leading up to the mid-term 2010 elections. Our best chance to put responsible and principled leaders in Washington starts here, with Dede Scozzafava.”
November 4: Rush Limbaugh on the Democratic win in NY-23.
“But, the right message; we cannot forget how this whole thing happened... Read Full Story
Right-Wing Hard-Liners Both Inside and Outside the Party -- Including the Poobahs of Fox News and Talk Radio, as Well as the 'Teabaggers' -- Have Rendered the GOP Leadership Impotent and Hijacked the Party, Driving It So Far Rightward That It Cost the Republicans a Congressional Seat They Held For More Than 140 Years; Florida Is Likely Their Next Target (Photo courtesy Craig Pendleton/University of Maine, Farmington) (Posted 5:00 a.m. Thursday, November 12, 2009) Abraham Lincoln, the... Read Full Story
Check out this section from the 2,074 page Senate health care bill:
SEC. 2006. SPECIAL ADJUSTMENT TO FMAP DETERMINATION FOR CERTAIN STATES RECOVERING FROM A MAJOR DISASTER.
Section 1905 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d), as amended by sections 2001(a)(3) and
2001(b)(2), is amended— (1) in subsection (b), in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘subsection (y)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (y) and (aa)’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(aa)(1... Read Full Story
by Christopher Flavelle, ProPublica The Supreme Court agreed today to hear an appeal by Uighur detainees held at Guantanamo on whether those detainees can be released into the United States. The New York Times’ Adam Liptak summarizes the story so far: the detainees, members of China’s Muslim minority who were captured in Pakistan in 2001, were ordered released by a federal judge last October. In February an appeals court reversed the ruling, “saying that judges do not have the power to... Read Full Story
Would you invite this applicant to interview?
I am Arnie Sherr, the owner of “ The Resume Store ” and I ask seriously, after reading the cover letter below; one written for a 26 year old medical assistant who has just completed his 160 hour externship after successfully graduating Everest University’s Medical Assistant curriculum, would you invite him to interview?
Dear Hiring Authority:
To sum-up a letter of recommendation from Juliay Tippett , Office Manager for Trinity... Read Full Story
Republican Candidate Pulls Out a Day After Right-Wing Group Pulls Dirty Trick With TV Ad Disguised as Liberal Group Praising Her Support for Abortion Rights and Same-Gender Marriage; With Less Than 24 Hours to Go Before Voters in Upstate New York's 23rd Congressional District Go to the Polls, Can Democrat Bill Owens Prevent the Right's Takeover Of a District That Obama Carried a Year Ago? Conceding defeat to the Far Right: Republican Dede Scozzafava announced Saturday that she had halted her... Read Full Story
Here’s a clip of Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy, who makes me think of the following line: “It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.” Kennedy seems to feel that any opposition to illegal immigration makes an individual a racist, then takes issue with the word “alien.” Just in case there are any pro-illegal immigration advocates reading this, here is the formal definition of “alien”:
1. a resident born in or belonging to... Read Full Story
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"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” by Arnie Sherr
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”
By Confucius
Arnie Sherr , President of “ The Resume Store ” writes: Rest assured, I am not writing this essay because I have achieved milestone wealth or even grandiose success. Why I am now able to present this concept is attributed solely to a lifetime of accumulated wisdom and knowledge.
The following are considered the top five quotes... Read Full Story
By Alan Caruba It is a familiar question; why eight years after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, haven’t we found Osama bin Laden? And now the greater question before the President and the nation is why are we still in Afghanistan? You are not likely to hear an answer from either the White House or the Pentagon. You can, however, find part of the answer in a recently published book, Hunting al Qaeda, whose author chose to remain anonymous. ($17.95, Zenith Press, softcover) Bob Mayer... Read Full Story
By Alan Caruba Whatever healthcare legislation is passed will be (a) a pack of lies and (b) end up costing well beyond the estimates that range from hundreds of billions to beyond a trillion dollars. One way or the other, the DEMOCRATS led by Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid will find a way to pass something, anything, called healthcare reform. It simply does not matter that most voters have concluded it is yet another liberal-inspired, utopian disaster. And the only good news is that they might... Read Full Story
