WASHINGTON – The insurance industry won’t be able to block a public health plan because most Americans realize they would be better off if the industry had competition, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Tuesday as congressional committees worked to shape legislation. In an interview with The Associated Press, Sebelius said that President Barack Obama does [...]
YEKATERINBURG, Russia (AP) – Brazil, Russia, India and China on Tuesday called for a more diversified international monetary system, but wrapped up their first full-fledged summit by avoiding any explicit criticism of the world’s dominant currency, the U.S. dollar. The statement issued by the leaders from the so-called BRIC nations contained no reference to developing [...]
Notice how the State-controlled New York Times, in an attempt to buttress Obama’s support of the tyrannical Ahmadinejad Regime, tries to downplay the opposition. Related: Fears Of Revolution Force Iranian Government To Offer Limited Recount New York Times: Recount Offer Fails to Quell Political Tumult in Iran TEHRAN — Thousands of both pro- and anti-government [...]
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LA Times: Reporting from Washington — The Obama administration this week will propose the most significant new regulation of the financial industry since the Great Depression, including a new watchdog agency to look out for consumers’ interests. Under the plan, expected to be released Wednesday, the government would have new powers to seize key companies [...]
The coalition starts showing its cracks… From Red State: After boldly promising to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and reverse “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,†the ban on openly gay and lesbian service members, gay voters, en bloc, went to the polls for then-Senator Barack Obama. But following months of concealing their bitter disappointment, gay [...]
Related: Obama Seizes Control Of ABC News Mr. Ken McKay Chief of Staff Republican National Committee 310 First Street SE Washington, D.C. 20003 Dear Mr. McKay: I am in receipt of your letter of June 15, 2009 and wanted to respond to a number of false premises you raise regarding our ongoing and upcoming coverage [...]
MSNBC: The Obama administration is fighting to block access to names of visitors to the White House. Despite President Barack Obama’s pledge to introduce a new era of transparency to Washington, and despite two rulings by a federal judge that the records are public, the Secret Service has denied msnbc.com’s request for the names of [...]
Related: New York Times Firmly Under State-Control I’ve been saying we have state-controlled media for awhile. As soon as the White House threatened a financial executive with ruination by the White House Press Corps if he didn’t sign a document they wanted him to, that made it clear that the media would do as the [...]
BAGHDAD (AP) – They still feel like newlyweds, five years into their marriage. A lucky couple? No, Nathan and Jennifer Williams just haven’t seen much of each other. The two young Americans, both Army captains, have each been deployed twice to Iraq on 12-month tours—but in different locations. Back home, they spent at least another [...]
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And it will cost a trillion dollars. From the Congressional Budget Office Director’s Blog: According to our preliminary assessment, enacting the proposal would result in a net increase in federal budget deficits of about $1.0 trillion over the 2010-2019 period. When fully implemented, about 39 million individuals would obtain coverage through the new insurance exchanges. [...]
TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s Islamic leadership is prepared to conduct a limited recount of disputed presidential elections, a spokesman said Tuesday, as thousands of people took to the streets to show support for the regime and authorities cracked down on independent media. The announcement comes after Iran’s state radio reported earlier Tuesday that seven people [...]
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Politico: There used to be an old yarn in Washington that went like this: Four journalists are sitting in the waiting room of an important government official’s office. The receptionist rings her boss to announce, “Sir, there are three reporters and a gentleman from The New York Times here to see you.†The story is [...]
