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| Have We Waited Too Long On Iran's Nuke Program ? |
| Monday, February 01, 2010 |
'Iran will deliver telling blow to global powers on Feb. 11'
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the nation will deliver a harsh blow to the "global arrogance" on this year's anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.
Ahmadinejad made the statement as the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution approaches.
So what does he mean by this statement? Have we waited too long in regards to taking action on Iran's nuclear program? Are they ready to showcase a nuclear weapon?
Recently Fox News Reported:
Tensions between the U.S. and Iran rose Monday after the Obama Administration quietly increased the capability of land and sea-based missile defenses in several Gulf nations to protect American allies against a potential Iranian strike.
Administration officials said over the weekend that the U.S. was speeding up arms sales to a number of Gulf Arab states and that it had also deployed warships capable of knocking down hostile missiles in flight to the region.
So has Ahmadinejad and the Iranian government finally gone off the deep end and if so do they intend on displaying a nuclear missle to the world?
It would appear by the rapid actions of the US Government to deploy anti missle systems and more anti missle cruisers to the Persian Gulf that we may be gearing up for this very event.
It should be noted that these anti missle system sales are being sold to several of the gulf nations based upon an agreement by then President George W. Bush to develop a deterrent among the region's Sunni nations, including Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, against the predominantly Shia Iran.
February 11 marks the day in 1979 when the Islamic fundamentalist regime of Ayotollah Khomeini violently overthrew the Shah of Iran, a few weeks later the Shah fled to exile in Paris.
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| CBS Poll: Obama's First Year in Office |
| Tuesday, January 26, 2010 |
Recently the CBS News Blog invited readers to grade President Obama's first year in office. The unflattering results are posted below:
The Economy
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A:
4.51%
B:
7.27%
C:
6.30%
D:
17.19%
F:
64.73%
Foreign Policy
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A:
9.55%
B:
6.48%
C:
10.05%
D:
22.11%
F:
51.80%
Health Care
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A:
5.09%
B:
5.60%
C:
5.05%
D:
9.12%
F:
75.14%
Afghanistan
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A:
5.89%
B:
16.01%
C:
27.13%
D:
23.13%
F:
27.84%
Iraq
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A:
7.30%
B:
13.48%
C:
27.14%
D:
22.30%
F:
29.78%
Threat of Terrorism
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A:
7.12%
B:
7.42%
C:
8.77%
D:
18.99%
F:
57.71%
Energy and the Environment
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A:
6.45%
B:
7.99%
C:
13.96%
D:
19.01%
F:
52.58%
Social Issues
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A:
7.56%
B:
8.04%
C:
15.11%
D:
18.76%
F:
50.53%
Bipartisanship
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A:
6.73%
B:
5.11%
C:
5.33%
D:
6.67%
F:
76.15%
Obama's Overall Job as President
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A:
6.23%
B:
7.17%
C:
5.31%
D:
25.70%
F:
55.60%
CBS went on to remind us that this is not a scientific poll. But I think the results speak for themselves.
NOTE: This is not a scientific poll. The results above are for information purposes only, and should not be confused with the results of the scientific polls conducted by CBS News. |
| posted by Jay Are @ 2:56:00 AM |
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| OBAMA'S LEGAL TEAM ARGUED TO BAN BOOKS, MOVIES!? |
| Monday, January 25, 2010 |
Do you think the government should regulate what movies you can see, what books can be read, or what movies can be advertised ?
Well,enter the Obama administration, which actually argued for these regulations before the Supreme Court in defending campaign finance regulations, saying that such regulations were essential to limiting the amount of money spent on political campaigns.
On Thursday, in the case Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court struck down a law that had been used to stop the advertising or showing of "Hillary: The Movie" during the 2008 presidential campaign. No one doubts that the movie was critical of Hillary Clinton and that its release was timed precisely to hurt her presidential campaign. What the court couldn't abide was letting the government decide when a movie crossed the line and became too political. The ruling eliminates bans that corporations and unions have faced in trying to influence elections 30 days before a primary election or nominating convention, or within 60 days before a general election.
When President Obama's Deputy Solicitor General, Malcolm Stewart, first argued the case "Hillary: The Movie" before the Supreme Court last March, Justice Samuel Alito asked him if the government could prohibit companies from publishing books. Stewart said that was indeed possible. "That's pretty incredible," Alito responded, and then he pointed out that most book publishers are corporations.
"If [the book] has one name, one use of a candidate's name, it could be covered?" Chief Justice John Roberts then asked. And Stewart replied: "That's correct." "It's a 500-page book, and at the end it says, so vote for X. The government could ban that?" Roberts asked. Again, Stewart said yes.
When the case was re argued before the Supreme Court in September, Stewart was replaced by Solicitor General Elena Kagan. Kagan, realizing that the court was shocked by Stewart's statements, said that pamphlets, not books, could be banned. When Chief Justice John Roberts asked her about pamphlets, here's what she said: "A pamphlet would be different. A pamphlet is pretty classic electioneering." But Kagan's answer is hardly comforting. Is the government going to have a word limit that lets bureaucrats decide when something goes from being a "pamphlet" to a book? How long would that last?
Fortunately, the Supreme Court disagreed.
However, President Obama is already vowing to overturn Thursday’s Supreme Court decision.
"I am instructing my administration to get to work immediately with Congress on this issue. We are going to talk with bipartisan Congressional leaders to develop a forceful response to this decision,"
A "forceful response" such as what, a new campaign finance law, trying to force the Supreme court to reverse their decision ?
What does this say for our country's future. It's not enough that they want to regulate our health care, they now appear to want to regulate the information we have access to.
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| posted by Jay Are @ 11:54:00 AM |
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| Live Blogging of Massachusetts Senate Special Election Starts at 12 Noon Tuesday 1/19/2010 |
| Tuesday, January 19, 2010 |
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| Shameless Coakley Uses MLK Event To Campaign For Votes |
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Shameful, absolutely shameful ! Coakley uses a MLK remembrance breakfast to campaign for votes ! How pathetic can you get ?
Coakley, in her remarks, linked her candidacy to the legacy of King and Edward M. Kennedy.
"If you send me to the Senate, I will be guided by those values," she said. "It's not about me anymore. It ...never was. It's what Martin Luther King stood for. It’s what Ted Kennedy stood for."
"I'm running for the United States Senate because Dr. King's work is unfinished; his dream is unrealized," she said."Tomorrow we act on the dream and we make sure that we allow me to continue that work," Coakley said. "We remember the dream tomorrow and we will act on the dream tomorrow."
Republican Scott Brown attended the breakfast but was not one of the speakers. He had this to say:
"I certainly did not realize that this was a rally for Martha and I thought it was inappropriate that she starting asking for people's votes when we are trying to remember Martin Luther King Jr."
Michelle Malkin Has More |
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| Jay Are Endorses Scott Brown for US Senate |
| Saturday, January 16, 2010 |
Veteran Police Sergeant, Blogger, Talk Show Host, and former local politician, Jay Are, endorses Massachusetts candidate Scott Brown for the U.S. Senate.
Scott Brown opposes the current health care bill in the Senate, he opposes wasteful government spending and higher taxes.
Scott is an officer in the Massachusetts National Guard and knows that our country needs to continue the fight in the war on terror, not just overseas but here at home as well.
On January 19th, I am asking all of my fellow Massachusetts residents to vote for Scott Brown for US Senator.
It's time to break away from the "business as usual attitude" when it comes to electing officials that will represent Massachusetts in Washington!
Vote for Scott Brown for US Senate, I know I am ! |
| posted by Jay Are @ 2:26:00 PM |
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| Reconciliation on Health Care If Brown Wins in MA ? |
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If Democrats lose the special election in Massachusetts US Senatorial race Tuesday to Republican Scott Brown, Congress could still pass the health care bill through reconciliation, a top House Democrat said.
It means the elimination of the filibuster and only a 51 vote requirement for passage:
The process requires 51 votes rather than the 60 needed to prevent Republicans from blocking votes on ObamaCare.
"Even before Massachusetts and that race was on the radar screen, we prepared for the process of using reconciliation," Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said.
"Getting health-care reform passed is important," Van Hollen said in an interview on Bloomberg Television's "Political Capital with Al Hunt," airing this weekend. "Reconciliation is an option."
Read more here: HolyCoast.com |
| posted by Jay Are @ 10:23:00 AM |
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| Harry Reid in 2008: "No Negro Dialect" |
| Monday, January 11, 2010 |
Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid apologized on Saturday for remarks he made about Barack Obama's race during the 2008 presidential bid.
"I deeply regret using such a poor choice of words. I sincerely apologize for offending any and all Americans, especially African-Americans for my improper comments;"
Reid made the statement after the excerpts were first reported on the Web site of The Atlantic.
The remarks were quoted in a yet-to-be-released book about the campaign.
Reid described Sen. Barack Obama as "light skinned" and "with no Negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one."
Reid's remarks were included in the book "Game Change" which was written by Time Magazine's Mark Halperin and New York Magazine's John Heilemann.
"I was a proud and enthusiastic supporter of Barack Obama during the campaign and have worked as hard as I can to advance President Obama's legislative agenda."
Apparently this makes everything okay because we have not heard any protests from Shapton or Jackson or the Democrats at this point.
Reid should be held to the same standard as former GOP Sen. Trent Lott, whose own racial gaffes cost him the Senate leadership in 2002.
But don't hold your breath, folks.
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| posted by Jay Are @ 2:15:00 PM |
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| Keep Opposing ObamaCare, Never Surrender ! |
| Monday, December 21, 2009 |
Even though the Health Scare bill passed cloture in the Senate, it is still not over folks, keep faxing and emailing your Senators and Representatives(because this will eventually have to go back to the House). Don't give up, that's what they want you to do, if we are going to go down, let's go down swinging, and who knows, we may even be successful in stopping this bill.
Here is what the itinerary looks like now that the Bill has passed cloture:
• 7 a.m. TUESDAY - To approve the manager's package. Simple majority required.
• Also TUESDAY - To end debate on Mr. Reid's original health care proposal, as amended by the manager’s package. 60 votes required.
• 1 p.m. WEDNESDAY - To approve Mr. Reid's original proposal. Simple majority required.
• Also WEDNESDAY - To end debate on the finalized health care legislation. 60 votes required.
• 7 p.m. THURSDAY, Christmas Eve (or anytime after the prior vote if all senators agree) - To approve the final bill. Simple majority required.
Don't let the main stream news media and the Democrats fool you, it isn't over yet, I know it's discouraging, but keep fighting, don't give up. Keep faxing, keep emailing and keep calling your elected officials in Congress, let them know you oppose this bill. remember to keep encouraging those around you who have become disillusioned. |
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