Reverand Jerry Hunter, a pastor on the White House Faith Council, sends President Obama two or three devotionals a week, along with Scripture, via...
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Archive for August 12th, 2009
Mexico News- Headlines- Violence Shows No Signs of Lessening
Mexico News Headlines 8-7-9
Mexico Violence Shows no signs of lessening
RT @times_of_india 17 dead, one decapitated, in northern Mexico attacks http://bit.ly/EpOMn
CIUDAD JUAREZ (MEXICO): A string of attacks on Mexico’s northern border left 17 dead, including one headless body among five corpses dumped in a truck...
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8-12-9 Obama Care- AARP endorsement- real or imagined? #obama #care
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/08/11/wild-misrepresentation-watch-obama-lies-about-aarp-endorsement/
…the President may have overstated support for his plan in one instance. When asked about the potential impact of the reform plan on Medicare, the President said, “The AARP would not be endorsing a bill if it was undermining Medicare.” Problem is – the AARP has not yet endorsed the plan. The New Hampshire...
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8-12-9 Gov News- Photo IDs for Town Halls but not for voting- #gov #news
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2009/08/11/cant-make-it-dem-rep-who-opposes-photo-id-vote-requiring-photo-id-town-h
Congressman Eugene Green (HT to an e-mailer)
This is how Gene Green has voted on laws relating to requiring photo identification to vote (from the web site “On the Issues”):
for more- go to the source
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/tom-blumer/2009/08/11/cant-make-it-dem-rep-who-opposes-photo-id-vote-requiring-photo-id-town-h
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8-12-9 Town Hall Protests- Heritage has town halls, talking points on obama care- #town #hall
Get talking points, in-depth analysis and more on Heritage’s rapid response page
The heated town hall meetings of the past week have already demonstrated the broad public opposition to big-government health care. As one University of Pennsylvania professor tells Politico, this movement could present a political problem for the Left. “If this comes down to...
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8-12-9 Green News- Cap and Trade overwhelmingly supported- survey sez- #green #news
A new Zogby poll commissioned by the National Wildlife Federation found that 71% of respondents supported the Waxman-Markey energy and climate bill recently passed in the House of Representatives. Only 19% of respondents said they were “strongly opposed” to the House bill, indicating that polluting industries and their front groups have failed in their...
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8-12-9 Obama News- The truth about the 230mpg volt- #obama #news
The EPA rules for fuel economy are draft rules, and there is no guantee that these are the numbers that will be on the car.
This is absolutely true. GM took draft rules from the EPA, applied it to their car, and then created a gigantic advertising campaign celebrating the results….
The EPA is fudging numbers...
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8-12-9 Obama Care- United Health settles for $925.5 mil- #obama #care
Judge OKs UnitedHealth $925.5 million backdating pact
http://www.reuters.com/article/ousivMolt/idUSTRE57A5ZO20090811
NEW YORK (Reuters) – UnitedHealth Group Inc (UNH.N) and former chief executive William McGuire will pay $925 million to resolve an investor class-action lawsuit accusing the health insurer of improperly backdating stock options.
The Minnetonka, Minnesota-based company will pay $895 million toward the settlement fund, while McGuire will pay...
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8-12-9 Russia News- Budget Deficit Soars- #russia #news
http://en.rian.ru/business/20090812/155789904.html
MOSCOW, August 12 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s budget deficit totaled an estimated 923.82 billion rubles ($28.9 billion) or 4.3% of the country’s GDP in January-July 2009, the Finance Ministry said on Wednesday.
A total of 1.62 trillion rubles ($50.5 billion) was spent from the Reserve Fund in the reporting period to balance the federal budget,...
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8-12-9 Iran News- Jailed Protestor Abuse haunts regime- #iran #news
http://iranquest.com/?p=9383
A reformist politician’s letter claiming jailed protesters have been abused brings details of such allegations to the fore. The parliamentary speaker has promised to investigate.
Reporting from Beirut — Nearly a month later, she can’t erase images of the dying young man from her mind.
The Iran Revolution continues in full force. The regime has been...
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Headline News- 8-12-9
8-12-9 Headline News- Photo ID for Town Halls- China oil imports spike- Iran update- #headline #news
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