Archive for January, 2011

Good evening. My name is Congresswoman Michele Bachmann from Minnesota’s 6th District. I want to thank the Tea Party Express and Tea Party HD for inviting me to speak this evening. I’m here at their request and not to compete with the official Republican remarks. The Tea Party is a dynamic force for good in [...]

The text of the official Republican response to President Obama’s State of the Union address from Rep. Paul Ryan, as prepared for delivery. Good evening. I’m Congressman Paul Ryan from Janesville, Wisconsin — and Chairman here at the House Budget Committee. President Obama just addressed a Congressional chamber filled with many new faces. One face [...]

Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow Americans: Tonight I want to begin by congratulating the men and women of the 112th Congress, as well as your new Speaker, John Boehner. And as we mark this occasion, we are also mindful of the empty chair in this Chamber, and pray [...]

Chicago (AP) -The Illinois Supreme Court has halted the Chicago Board of Elections from printing any mayoral ballots without Rahm Emanuel’s name on them.

Wall Street Journal: When Rep. Paul Ryan delivers the Republican response to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday, many viewers will get their first look at a man whom GOP leaders are trusting to manage a central policy issue—how to cut the federal budget—that could shape the party’s image for years. While [...]

WASHINGTON (AP) – A White House official says President Barack Obama will call for a five-year freeze in non-security, discretionary spending during his State of the Union address. The official says the proposal will be part of the president’s plans to reduce the deficit that he will outline in Tuesday’s primetime address. The official says [...]

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – Former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura sued the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration on Monday, alleging full-body scans and pat-downs at airport checkpoints violate his right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. Ventura is asking a federal judge in Minnesota to issue an injunction ordering officials to [...]

Caught On Tape: <b>Vicious Attack On Wendy’s Order Taker</b>

Vicious Attack On Wendy’s Worker: MyFoxNY.com MYFOXNY.COM – A fight broke out at a Wendy’s in Queens Village, leaving one of the workers seriously injured. The disturbing scene from inside the Wendy’s was captured on a phone. In the video, you can see the cashier get pummeled to the ground by teenage girls. A Wendy’s [...]

<b>Important Display Of Resistance Stifled As GOP Reps And Senators Suckered Into “Date Night”</b>

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Six Cabinet Members Had No Contact With Obama For First Two Years

CBS News: A controversial bill handing President Obama power over privately owned computer systems during a “national cyberemergency,” and prohibiting any review by the court system, will return this year. Internet companies should not be alarmed by the legislation, first introduced last summer by Sens. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), a Senate aide [...]

“At a time when the White House is increasingly focused on his re-election campaign” WASHINGTON (AP) – Addressing a demand for economic answers, President Barack Obama will try to convince the American people and a divided Congress that he has a vision for speeding up job creation, promoting spending on the core of his agenda [...]

Falel Hassan Almaleki (front) wipes his eyes during opening statement Arizona Republic: Faleh Hassan Almaleki was either a devoted father who made a reckless mistake that left his daughter dead, or a man who plotted to kill the young woman he said disgraced his family. A Maricopa County Superior Court jury in the coming weeks [...]

MOSCOW (AP) – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin vowed “retribution is inevitable” for the suicide bombing that killed 35 people at Russia’s busiest airport, while President Dmitry Medvedev demanded full security checks at all transport hubs Tuesday and lashed out at the airport for lax security. Putin has built much of his reputation on harsh [...]

New York Times: MIAMI — As thousands of law enforcement officers gathered inside the American Airlines Arena here Monday morning for a funeral for two slain Miami-Dade police officers, news quickly spread that two more officers had been shot and killed a few hours earlier — this time in St. Petersburg, Fla. It was an [...]

The Hill: Liberals want Keith Olbermann to run for retiring Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman’s (I-Conn.) seat. The ploy to coax the former MSNBC host into the Democratic Senate primary was hatched by activists attending a conference in Pennsylvania over the weekend. Facebook and Twitter pages are already active and a website is expected to go [...]

New York: WASHINGTON — Carol M. Browner, the White House coordinator for energy and climate change policy, will leave the administration shortly, officials confirmed Monday night. Her departure signals at least a temporary slowing of the ambitious environmental goals of President Obama’s first two years in the face of new Republican strength in Congress. Ms. [...]

Washington Times: The Army is mobilizing — in a 21st-century kind of way. Soldiers armed with smart phones are finding new ways to fight and subsequently redefining the battlefield. They can share intelligence and translate languages with what amounts basically to the common cell phone. “This isn’t the future. This is now,” said Lt. Col. [...]

Arizona Republic: The number of Arizona voters who do not designate an affiliation with any political party – the category that includes independents – has exceeded one million for the first time, according to numbers released Monday by the Secretary of State’s office. It also marks the first time the number of independent voters is [...]