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Archive for November, 2009

Barbara Boxer: Stupak Amendment Will Not Make It Through Senate

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, November 10th, 2009. Filed under General

Yet more evidence that the health care reform battle has now planted it’s feet firmly on the third rail of American politics, abortion:
One of Congress’s foremost champions of abortion rights said on Monday that the Senate did not have the votes to add a more restrictive anti-abortion amendment to health care reform legislation.
Senator Barbara Boxer [...]

Why “Read The Bill” Is A Waste Of Time

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, November 10th, 2009. Filed under Congress, Politics

Former Reagan Administration official Bruce Bartlett explains why all these calls for Congressman to “read the bill” — which have even resulted in a so-called Read The Bills Act — is a waste of time:
The 1,990-page length of the health reform bill is once again bringing forth demands that members of Congress be required to [...]

Republican Liberty Caucus Endorses Rand Paul And Peter Schiff

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, November 10th, 2009. Filed under 2010 Elections, Elections, Peter Schiff, Political Parties, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Rand Paul, Republicans

Good news:
Liberty fans across the country will be pleased to note that the RLC endorsed Rand Paul in his bid to become U.S. Senator in Kentucky, and Peter Schiff in his bid to represent Connecticut in the Senate.
For more information go check out the campaign websites for Peter Schiff and Rand Paul.

Orly Taitz Files Motion For Reconsideration In Barnett v. Obama

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, November 10th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, Obama Derangement Syndrome, Politics

Well, we sort of knew this was coming:
Maybe we will get another date with Orly Taitz in Santa Ana’s Ronald Reagan Federal Building and Courthouse after all. Less than two weeks after Judge David O. Carter dismissed the Laguna Niguel’s Barnett v. Obama lawsuit seeking to throw the President out of office, Taitz has filed [...]

No, The President Is NOT The “Healer In Chief”

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, November 10th, 2009. Filed under Barack Obama, History, In The News, Politics, U.S. Constitution

This report about President Obama appearing at today’s memorial service at Fort Hood is a perfect example of what’s wrong with American government:
WASHINGTON – Presidents get elected to run the nation. Some days that means knowing how to heal it.
Of course if you look throughout the entirety of Article II of the Constitution, you won’t [...]

Carrie Prejean Admits She Made A Sex Tape

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, November 10th, 2009. Filed under Celebrities, Dumbasses

Well, well, well:
Prejean lost her Miss California sash when she allegedly failed to fulfill….
…appearance provisions of her contract because she was too busy becoming a conservative icon. Like pretty much every other breathing soul in public life this month, she’s written a book.
It’s titled “Still Standing,” which some folks might see as having a double-meaning [...]

Eyewitness Account Of Fort Hood Shooting

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, November 10th, 2009. Filed under In The News

From CNN yesterday, an eyewitness to last week’s massacre:

H/T: Dr. Mellisa Clouthier

This Veterans Day, Donate $ 11 To Help Our Troops

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, November 10th, 2009. Filed under In The News

From Power Line via Donklephant:
I’m delighted to be collaborating with Joe Trippi, one of my favorite liberals, on a bipartisan project to support America’s veterans. The project is called the Eleven Eleven campaign; the objective is to get 11 million Americans to contribute $11 apiece to support America’s vets. The campaign will be internet-driven, and [...]

Westboro Baptist Church Bigots Target The Obama Children

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, November 10th, 2009. Filed under Dumbasses, In The News, Religion

Even for a group of people who specialize in being sick, this is pretty sick:
Westboro Baptist Church, the fringe-of-the-fringe anti-gay group famous for protesting at military funerals and claiming that God is punishing the country for its tolerance of homosexuality, was spotted this morning protesting outside Sidwell Friends, the school attended by Sasha and Malia [...]

CBS: Obama To Announce Plan To Send More Troops To Afghanistan

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, November 10th, 2009. Filed under Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Foreign Affairs, Politics

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Confirming a McClatchy report that I wrote about earlier this week, CBS News is reporting that President Obama is set to announce a troop plan that will give General Stanley McChrystal nearly all the troops that he asked for:
Tonight, after months of conferences with top advisors, President Obama has settled on [...]

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