Dallas NBC: School districts across Texas are pondering whether they’ll have their students watch a national address by President Barack Obama next week. The speech on the importance of education is aimed directly at the nation’s school children at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Obama has asked school districts to carry the live webcast. Districts in North [...]
Politico: A high-profile White House official is apologizing for a series of provocative statements on race and politics, and denying he ever backed a statement suggesting President Bush was complicit in the September 11 terror attacks, which appeared above his signature. “Green jobs” pioneer Van Jones — who made his name fusing environmentalism with anti-poverty [...]
WashingtonTimes: By Joseph Curl There’s no “I” in “team,” but there is definitely one in “Biden.” With President Obama off on vacation, his second in two weeks, unofficial Acting President Joe Biden has stepped into the vacuum, claiming credit Thursday for the successes of the administration’s $787 billion stimulus package and fielding questions on health [...]
CNSNews: By Fred Lucas, Staff Writer Health Care Bill Gives Obama Power to Appoint Government ‘Commissioner’ With Sweeping Power to Dictate Health Coverage The health care bill under consideration in the House of Representatives would give President Obama the authority to name a new federal “Health Choices Commissioner†who would have sweeping power to govern [...]
WASHINGTON – Sen. Edward M. Kennedy said in a new book that he was not romantically involved with young Mary Jo Kopechne and that he never escaped the despair he felt after she died in the 1969 car crash that has been seared into the national consciousness as “Chappaquiddick.” He acknowledged that he enjoyed women [...]
Washington Examiner: There’s been a lot of discussion about the new and powerful federal agencies that would be created by the passage of a national health care bill. The Health Choices Administration, the Health Benefits Advisory Committee, the Health Insurance Exchange — there are dozens in all. But if the plan envisioned by President Barack [...]
As many of you know, not only am I the National Chairman of ACTIVE, The American Constitution and Capitalism Defense Front, but I’m also a member of Obama’s anti-ACTIVE, Organizing for America, under the name Albert Fish. Got this little email today: Organizing for America Dear Albert – At the beginning of August, President Obama [...]
He’s gone too far, he’s messing with the children….who are not being told to ask themselves “How can I help America?” but “How can I help Obama?”… New York Times: HOUSTON — President Obama’s plan to deliver a speech to public school students on Tuesday has sparked a revolt among conservative parents, who have accused [...]
SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said on Friday that it was in the final stage of enriching uranium, a process that would give it a second path to making a nuclear weapon. After a series of conciliatory gestures by the North over the past month, the announcement raises the stakes in efforts by the international [...]
According to the US Constitution, it is entirely illegal to use race as a factor in hiring or in the appointing of government positions. So why is the Attorney General himself encouraging judges to be appointed based on their race? ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) – The head of the Justice Department told Hispanic lawyers, judges and [...]
Real Clear Politics: Air America Radio host Montel Williams tells GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann to slit her wrist. He instructed her to go even further and “start right at the collarbone.”
American Thinker: Pundits, including perceptive conservative opponents like Charles Krauthammer, have noted the consummate political skill of Barack Obama. There is not much doubt that Obama was able to wage a very effective campaign for the Democrat nomination and then for the presidency in the general election. Bill Clinton was a masterful campaigner too (I [...]
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Politico: Most top Democrats, including senior White House advisers, may no longer expect a health care deal out of the bipartisan “Group of Six,†but the senators still plan to talk Friday for the first time as a group in more than two weeks. Don’t expect any major announcements: the group wants to meet face-to-face [...]