Pat Dollard

The Revolution has begun, so get ACTIVE..

POLITICO: Republicans failed to push Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor off what appears to be her steady stride towards confirmation Wednesday, though in a series of low-key exchanges she did retreat further on some of her controversial past statements. Sotomayor gave ground on comments about the role of physical differences in judging and seemed to [...]

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama achieved a milestone Wednesday when a Senate committee approved a plan to revamp the U.S. health care system. The Senate panel’s action, which attracted no Republican votes, came as the president’s campaign organization rolled out television ads to build support for his top domestic priority. Obama met with Republicans at [...]

WASHINGTON – Smoke ‘em if you got ‘em. The Pentagon reassured troops Wednesday that it won’t ban tobacco products in war zones. Defense officials hadn’t actually planned to eliminate smoking—at least for now. But fear of a ban arose among some troops after the Defense Department received a study recommending the military move toward becoming [...]

Get f-ing real >_

Obama Botches Commiskey Field Nameby krs601

This one is going to piss a lot of people off.

CFP: We’re hearing a lot today about big splashy memorial services. I want a nationwide memorial service for Darrell “Shifty” Powers. Shifty volunteered for the airborne in WWII and served with Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne Infantry. If you’ve seen Band of Brothers on HBO or the [...]

WASHINGTON – A chaotic scene unfolded at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday after police shot and killed an armed man in what authorities described as a routine rush hour traffic stop that turned deadly. The unidentified man fled authorities, hitting one officer who was injured, said Sgt. Kim Schneider, U.S. Capitol Police spokeswoman. The 35-year-old [...]

WorldNewsDaily: A U.S. Army Reserve major from Florida scheduled to report for deployment to Afghanistan within days has had his military orders revoked after arguing he should not be required to serve under a president who has not proven his eligibility for office. His attorney, Orly Taitz, confirmed to WND the military has rescinded his [...]

FOX News: CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida — Space shuttle Endeavour and seven astronauts are on their way to the international space station after more than a month’s delay. The shuttle blasted off early Wednesday evening, hauling up a veranda for Japan’s space station lab. It was NASA’s sixth attempt to launch Endeavour, and was a welcome [...]

WASHINGTON — So what explains the crazy, cockeyed optimism of House Democrats? Maybe they still believe Team Obama’s rosy-scenario forecast that shows the stimulus package a) keeping unemployment under 8 percent this year and b) launching an economic boom next year and beyond. For some reason, though, they think the battered U.S. economy is so [...]

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Bloomberg: July 14 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama may rely only on Democrats to push health-care legislation through the U.S. Congress if Republican opposition doesn’t yield soon, two of the president’s top advisers said. “Ultimately, this is not about a process, it’s about results,” David Axelrod, Obama’s senior political strategist, said during an interview in [...]