Pat Dollard

By Toro520: In preparation for the exceptionally unpopular and illegal implementation of ‘Obamacare,’ the Obama administration is quickly advancing the enactment of a controversial and heavily criticised centralised, systematic collection of electronic health information commonly referred to as Electronic Health Records (EHR) or Electronic Patient Records (EPR). It is a record in digital format that [...]

LA Times: Somehow, from somewhere, a bright political strategist on the president’s reelection team has come up with the idea of sending Obama out in a bus on Midwestern roads in two weeks, just like real Americans, or real Americans who can still afford a short summer road trip. The spectacle of a passing politician’s [...]

Coronado Patch: When California National Guardsman Joseph Brito woke up Saturday, he didn’t plan to stand for 10 hours at the corner of Los Alamitos Boulevard and Katella Avenue waving the American flag. But when he learned that 30 U.S. troops had been killed that morning in the single deadliest incident for American forces in [...]

Reuters: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has told President Barack Obama that he intends to stay on the job, Treasury said in a statement on Sunday afternoon. “Secretary Geithner has let the president know that he plans to stay on in his position at Treasury,” Assistant Treasury Secretary Jenni LeCompte said. “He looks forward to the [...]

Associated Press: A Standard & Poor’s official says there is a 1 in 3 chance that the U.S. credit rating could be downgraded another notch if conditions erode over the next six to 24 months. The credit rating agency’s managing director, John Chambers, tells ABC’s “This Week” that if the fiscal position of the U.S. [...]

Reuters: Mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae said it would ask for an additional $5.1 billion from taxpayers as a weaker housing market causes continued losses on loans made prior to 2009. The largest U.S. residential mortgage funds provider on Friday also reported a second-quarter net loss attributable to common shareholders of $5.2 billion, or 90 [...]

Someone remembers, Someone cares, Someone Whispers His Name in their prayers. Washington Post: NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Elite Navy SEALs member Aaron Carson Vaughn had asked the military to return him to combat and shipped out just six weeks before he was killed when a U.S. military helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan, killing 38, including [...]

During the onset of the protests in Syria, Hezbollah sided with the protesters. Now that the Syrian front of the ‘Arab Spring’ has turned from their favor, allegiances seem to be changing… Ynet: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) committee said that Iran and Hizbullah are involved in killing Syrian soldiers who refused to [...]

Rest In Peace… Excerpt from Military.com: The operators from SEAL Team Six were flown by a crew of the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. That’s according to one current and one former U.S. official. Both spoke on condition of anonymity because families are still being notified of the loss of their loved ones. One source [...]

Bloomberg: The U.S. had its AAA credit rating downgraded for the first time by Standard & Poor’s on concern spending cuts agreed on by lawmakers to raise the nation’s borrowing limit won’t be enough to reduce record deficits. S&P dropped the ranking one level to AA+, after warning on July 14 that it would reduce [...]

Finally something I agree with Obama on. Reuters: President Barack Obama on Friday proposed $120 million in new tax credits for businesses that hire U.S. veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan at a time of stubbornly high unemployment at home. During a visit to Washington’s Navy Yard, Obama unveiled a “reverse boot camp” program to [...]

ABC News: Defense officials confirm that the Army will announce today that its troops will no longer be serving year-long combat deployments as they move towards nine-month tours of duty. The change will not affect troops currently serving in warzones or those soon to go. The new nine month deployment schedule will begin in January, [...]

USA Today: The market went on a wild ride today, roaring 170 points before plunging 200 below, then rebounding 130 points as word spread that Italy has agreed to stiff fiscal reforms. Update at 4 p.m. ET: At the close, the Dow Jones unofficially ended 60 points higher, with the Nasdaq almost 24 points in [...]

LA Times: Five New Orleans police officers were convicted on Friday of federal charges in connection with the coverup and the shooting deaths of two civilians in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the Justice Department announced. Four officers faced up to 25 counts each for their role in the Sept. 4, 2005, shootings in which [...]