Thursday, August 13, 2009

Obama's 'green jobs czar' worked with terror founder

WorldNetDaily "He was a founder and leader of the communist revolutionary organization Standing Together to Organize a Revolutionary Movement, or STORM. The organization had its roots in a grouping of black people organizing to protest the first Gulf War. STORM was formally founded in 1994, becoming one of the most influential and active radical groups in the San Francisco Bay area."

Obamacare's tax hikes

Washington Times "The bill does contain new taxes -- plenty of them. Pages 167 and 168 impose an income tax of 2.5 percent on any individual who chooses not to buy government-approved health insurance. Pages 149-150 impose a tax of between 2 percent and 8 percent on the payrolls of all companies whose payrolls exceed $250,000. Pages 197 and 198 outline income tax surcharges to be imposed on individuals with incomes over $350,000, rising to a highest surcharge of 5.4 percent."

Nineteen Minutes In a Car With Harry Reid

PoliticsDaily "Reid left no doubt he intends to get a health reform bill passed in the Senate, no matter what erupts at town hall meetings and whether any Republicans support the end result. "We can't let the insurance industry win another round. We're going to win this round," he said."

Health Care Research By Jamie Dupree

Hat tip: Neal Boortz Jamie Dupree "Even though I have put the links up a number of times, I still get people asking where they can read and/or download the various health care bills that are before Congress. So let's do that again."

Obama Again Inflates Number of Uninsured Americans--Falsely Claiming '46 Million of Our Fellow Citizens Have No Coverage'

CNS "...overshoots the Census Bureau’s official estimate by about 10 million people—a mistake that is more than 7 times larger than the 1,315,809 people that the CNS News make up the entire population of the state of New Hampshire."

White House: Obama 'Misspoke' About Claim of AARP Endorsement

Fox News "The group is sensitive to the issue because polls show that Medicare beneficiaries are worried their health care program will be cut to subsidize coverage for the uninsured."

THE ARROGANCE OF THE LEFT By Neal Boortz

Boortz "These politicians only care about one thing and that is maintaining power. Many of them simply do not have the job skills to earn in the private sector what they do in Congress. "

MoveOn.org is Trying to Mobilize Activists to Attend Town Hall Meetings to Push for ‘Public Option’ Health Care

Link "MoveOn.org is even suggesting brief statements people can make in favor of a “public option” health care plan if they attend a town hall, and gives people the opportunity to download signs indicating their approval of the "public option" that they can print and carry into the meetings."

FCC’s Chief Diversity Officer Wants Private Broadcasters to Pay a Sum Equal to Their Total Operating Costs to Fund Public Broadcasting

CNSNews Along with this money, Lloyd would regulate much of the programming on these stations to make sure they focused on “diverse views” and government activities.

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Kathleen Parker: The Barry Lynn of The South By Ann Coulter

HumanEvents "Oh, and one more thing. I was once employed by MSNBC. Speaking as an MSNBC insider, I regret to inform you: We MSNBC-ers hate the military, loathe cops, despise the South and absolutely detest Christians. No really, take it from me -- I'm an old MSNBC hand."

Iraqi PM, Annoyed at U.S., Plans to Visit Syria for Security Talks

CNSNews "The comment was the latest indication of emerging strains in the relationship between the Iraqis and the Americans as the balance of power shifts with the impending withdrawal of U.S. forces by the end of 2011."

White House comments on Medal of Freedom winners

Google News "Statements from the White House on the 16 recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which President Barack Obama awarded on Wednesday:"