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From: Kenneth E. Phillipps6/24/2010 10:10:10 PM
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Most People Like Health Care Reform, Unless They're Over 65
by Andrew Gelman @ 6:58 PM

fivethirtyeight.com 

Non-Old People Love Obamacare

Gallup breaks down views of the Affordable Care Act by age. Oldsters hate it, everybody else loves it:

tnr.com 

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To: Hope Praytochange who wrote (86556)6/24/2010 10:19:56 PM
From: lorne3 Recommendations   of 157022
 
Harris: Obama knew of Blagojevich plot
Price of Senate appointment of president-elect's friend
June 24, 2010
BY NATASHA KORECKI AND SARAH OSTMAN Staff Reporters
suntimes.com 


A top aide to former Gov. Rod Blagojevich said he believed Barack Obama knew of Blagojevich's plot to win himself a presidential Cabinet post in exchange for appointing Valerie Jarrett to the U.S. Senate.

John Harris, Blagojevich's former chief of staff, testified Wednesday in the former governor's corruption trial that three days after the Nov. 4, 2008, presidential election, the ex-governor told Harris he felt confident Obama knew he wanted to swap perks.



John Harris, Rod Blagojevich's ex-chief of staff, said he was convinced Barack Obama knew of the quid quo pro Blagojevich expected for a Senate nod.
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Rod Blagojevich and his wife, Patti, are on the phone discussing a job possibility at a labor organization.

Patti Blagojevich is looking online for salary information.

Rod Blagojevich: It doesn't matter. You're . . . just wasting f------ time . . . We're simply saying, create this position. Here's what I want . . .

Patti Blagojevich: Yeah.

R.B.: How about I hang up on you? What are you doin'? What is this? . . .

P.B.: I tried to be helpful and you jumped down my f------throat . . .

R.B.: I don't like you talkin' in some weird f------ way.

Rod Blagojevich to his wife on Barack Obama's marriage

R.B.: He's more henpecked than me. So he listens to Michelle Obama more than I listen to you.

Rod Blagojevich on a job with the Salvation Army

R.B.: Oh, that would be huge. But do you have to wear a uniform? Forget that.

Rod Blagojevich on a job at the United Way

R.B: The United Way. What is the United Way?

Rod Blagojevich on his potty mouth

R.B.: That's f------ good. I gotta stop swearin.' I gotta stop swearin'.

P.B: It's terrible.

R.B.: Yeah.

P.B.: Total gutter mouth.

R.B.: Very bad.
"The president understands that the governor would be willing to make the appointment of Valerie Jarrett as long as he gets what he's asked for. . . . The governor gets the Cabinet appointment he's asked for," Harris said, explaining a recorded call.

Harris said Blagojevich came away believing Obama knew what he wanted after having a conversation with a local union representative, who in turn spoke with labor leader Tom Balanoff, with whom Blagojevich met to discuss a Jarrett appointment. Jarrett, now a White House adviser, was seeking the appointment to Obama's Senate seat.

Defense lawyers say Harris' testimony contradicts the government's previous public statements that Obama knew nothing about deal-making involving the Senate seat appointment.

The defense on Wednesday moved to force the prosecution to turn over FBI reports of Obama's interview with federal agents in December of 2008. Obama is not accused of wrongdoing.

"Testimony elicited by the government from John Harris and wiretaps played in court raise the issue of President Obama's direct knowledge and communication with emissaries and others regarding the appointment to his Senate seat," lawyers wrote in the filing.

The filing came on the trial's third day of the extensive playback of recordings in which Blagojevich is heard repeatedly discussing ways to personally capitalize on his Senate seat appointment power. Blagojevich could be heard plotting to try to head up a charity; swearing and snapping at his wife, Patti, and dismissing the possibility of a federal position that pays $190,000 a year.

"I make $170 . . . So Fred, that has no appeal to me . . . I want to make money," Blagojevich tells national Democratic consultant Fred Yang. "I might as well go out and find a way to make money."

Obama's 2008 internal report about his staff's contacts with Blagojevich at the time indicates that Balanoff relayed to Jarrett that Blagojevich was interested in a Health and Human Services Cabinet post.

Recordings also revealed that Blagojevich had tried to get the Chicago Tribune's editorial board fired after it ran a series of disparaging write-ups about the then-governor.

Harris testified that he ignored Blagojevich's firing directive.

Also Wednesday, U.S. District Judge James Zagel refused to gag the talkative Blagojevich as prosecutors had asked. Zagel said Blagojevich keeps saying he's innocent, and that anyone who says otherwise is a liar.

The repetition, Zagel said, has rendered Blagojevich's out-of-court talk unnewsworthy.

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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (86558)6/24/2010 10:21:48 PM
From: lorne1 Recommendation   of 157022
 
ken..ya figure any of these are dems? maybe the 10 year old?

'Gay'-pride parade features 10-year-old grand marshal
'Shameful that adults would abuse a brain-washed child in this way'
June 24, 2010
By Chelsea Schilling
© 2010 WorldNetDaily


A 10-year-old boy has been named grand marshal for a gay pride parade this weekend – prompting a family advocacy group to call the decision "child abuse" and urge the local mayor to withdraw city support for the event.

The American Family Association spoke out against Will Phillips' scheduled participation Saturday in the Northwest Arkansas Pride parade in Fayetteville, Ark.

"It's shameful that adults would abuse a brain-washed child in this way," AFA President Tim Wildmon wrote in a press release. "He's obviously just parroting the nonsense he's been told by manipulative adults. For gay activists to trot out this child and make him the poster child for promoting unnatural sexual expression is a form of child abuse."


2008 Northwest Arkansas Pride parade in Fayetteville, Ark. (Photo: NWA Pride)



2008 Northwest Arkansas Pride parade in Fayetteville, Ark. (Photo: NWA Pride)

The AFA called on Fayetteville Mayor Lioneld Jordan to cancel his plans to issue a proclamation celebrating "homosexual behavior and gay pride."

However, despite hundreds of e-mails urging him to cancel, Jordan still plans to extend the city's support and deliver the proclamation, the Fayetteville Flyer reported.

Fayetteville Communication Director Lindsley Smith told the paper the activities will go on as scheduled.

"The mayor is still excited," Smith said. "Everything's still on."

Joney Harper, director of operations for Northwest Arkansas Pride and a person with a masculine voice and feminine-looking breasts, told KFSM-TV, "The fact that he is 10 years old and he's so outspoken is a big positive not only for our community but the state as well as the country to show that our children in this country are actually smarter than we give them credit for."

A reporter asked Harper if he's worried about backlash from the community for choosing the boy to be grand marshal.

He responded, "We're not San Francisco or New York or something like that. We're pretty much a family affair, so we figure it's pretty safe for him to be there."

Phillips' father and mother said they're honored, proud and not worried about criticism. His father said in the last six months Phillips has traveled across the country and spoken to thousands of people.

"I'm a person. I may be 10, but I'm a person," said Phillips, who declared himself an ambassador for equal rights.

The boy made headlines in 2009 when the fifth-grader publicly refused to pledge allegiance to the U.S. flag until gays and lesbian have "equal" rights and are allowed to marry.

"I was analyzing the meanings of [the Pledge of Allegiance] because I want to be a lawyer," he told CNN during a television interview. "I looked at the end, and it said 'liberty and justice for all,' and there really isn't liberty and justice for all. Gays and lesbians can't marry. There's still a lot of racism and sexism in the world."


2008 Northwest Arkansas Pride parade in Fayetteville, Ark. (Photo: NWA Pride)


Will Phillips at GLAAD awards (Photo: GLAAD)

Phillips said when his substitute teacher asked him to stand for the pledge, he refused: "I eventually – very solemnly with a little bit of malice in my voice – said, 'Ma'am, with all due respect, you can go jump off a bridge.'"

His father sat beside his son, smiling during the CNN interview.

"[T]his wasn't a typical act of juvenile delinquency," the father said. "This was a very atypical act of juvenile delinquency."

While Phillips said he wrote a letter of apology to the teacher, he said he's grown up with "a lot of people and am good friends with a lot of people that are gay."

Asked what it will take for him to return to saying the Pledge of Allegiance, the boy replied, "For there to truly be liberty and justice for all. That entails everyone being able to marry."

In March this year, Phillips accepted a media award from the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, or GLAAD, for outstanding TV journalism segment after his "Why Will won't pledge alliance" appearance on CNN.

He took the stage at the Times Square Marriott accompanied by his parents and included a "message for President Obama."

"My voice is small, but has gone far, and with hope has done much good," he said. "I think the bully pulpit of your office could go farther and with help do much more."

The following is a video of his acceptance speech posted on YouTube:

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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (86558)6/24/2010 10:22:34 PM
From: lorne   of 157022
 
GOP jumps on Kanjorski 'minorities' comments
Thursday, June 24, 2010
By Joseph Weber
washingtontimes.com 

Already locked in a tight re-election race, Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski did not help his chances with comments Wednesday implying minorities are not "good American people."

"We're giving relief to people that I deal with in my office every day now, unfortunately," Mr. Kanjorski said during deliberations Wednesday between House and Senate negotiators over the pending financial reform bill.

"Because of the longevity of this recession, these are people — and they're not minorities and they're not defective and they're not all the things you'd like to insinuate that these programs are about — these are average, good American people," he added.

Conservative websites have already begun highlighting the televised remarks, recorded by the C-SPAN cameras and viewable on YouTube.


Mr. Kanjorski, who chairs the House Financial Services subcommittee overseeing financial markets, is seeking a 14th term in the state's 11th Congressional District, which includes Scranton, Wilkes-Barre and the Poconos region.

He faces a rematch with Hazelton Mayor Louis J. Barletta, a Republican whom he narrowly defeated in 2008.

The region is a Democratic stronghold, with a strong union presence held over from its once-prosperous coal-mining industry. The population is roughly 95 percent white and 3 percent black with Hispanics and other minorities making up the remaining 2 percent.

Republicans moved promptly to highlight Mr. Kanjorski's remarks and demand an apology as the congressman's staff attempted to clarify the comments.

"Paul Kanjorski's candid moment reveals a mentality that goes against American values and traditions," said Tory Mazzola, National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman. "The fact that he does not believe minorities are 'average, good American people' uncovers a harsh inequity that has no place today, never mind at the seat of government. Paul Kanjorski owes an apology to every hard-working, average American -- no matter what their ethnicity -- because his comments smack of arrogance and represent an out-of-touch way of thinking that is an injustice to everyone."
The Republican Party of Pennsylvania also demanded an apology from Mr. Kanjorski.

"I find congressman Kanjorski's remarks offensive and he should apologize immediately," said Renee Amoore, the party's deputy chairman. "These comments are unacceptable and have no place in our society and especially in Congress."

Kanjorski spokeswoman Abigail McDonough said the congressman was fighting for government programs to help those hit by the recession and trying to end insinuations that people seeking such assistance are not looking for jobs.

"As congressman Kanjorski stated, these programs are meant to help people and families throughout the country who are unable to afford basic necessities, including those in the congressman's district," Ms. McDonough said. "Anyone trying to politicize this issue clearly doesn’t get it. Congressman Kanjorski is fighting for all Americans who are struggling. Any statement saying otherwise is grossly misinformed. The full video clip, rather than an edited version, speaks for itself and doesn't take the Congressman's remarks out of context."

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To: longnshort who wrote (86537)6/24/2010 10:23:19 PM
From: lorne1 Recommendation   of 157022
 
We all niggas now!

Eric Rush
June 24, 2010
wnd.com 


On a recent visit to New York, I had occasion to attend services at a predominantly black church. It boasts a very large congregation (well, it has a large congregation; they don't necessarily boast about it, but you know what I'm getting at), and I surmise that those congregants and members who are not black attend due to the overwhelmingly positive energy there. Race, as it has come to be understood in America, is simply not a significant issue.

This church and its pastor are well-known in ecumenical circles, some would even go as far as to say famous. I am preserving their anonymity here because I wouldn't want anyone there to catch flak for associating with an infamous "race traitor," the label some in the black community insist upon ascribing to me and other black conservatives.

In any case, the service was spectacular; the band and choir were magnificent. Their pastor, an extremely well-educated and spirit-filled gentleman, delivered a moving and uplifting sermon. I dare say it was inspired.

Nowhere in the sermon did I hear the phrase "social justice," however, nor witness any meanderings into the realm of black victimization or white oppressors. In fact, the only reference to race at all was an offhanded remark concerning people of color developing an increasing amount of economic power, which is certainly true.

It's quite a different tune form the message that is being delivered in churches that espouse social justice and Black Liberation Theology, which I have asserted are apostasy. Such constructs are Marxist in nature and were contrived by far left radicals to indoctrinate Christians into a subverted version of Christianity. One must consider the pre-eminence of Christians in America to understand this political imperative.

In my book, "Negrophilia: From Slave Block to Pedestal – America's Racial Obsession," I point out that the protocol executed by the left toward compromising the social and cultural viability of black Americans is identical to that which was later (and is currently being) used to transform the rest of America into a society sufficiently hedonistic, ignorant, dependent and deluded that it might be easily and effectively hoodwinked into voting away its liberties.

This has very nearly occurred. Due in part to certain sensibilities circumscribed in my book, as well as stellar marketing, propaganda and a complicit press, Americans reflexively cast votes for a dedicated communist as president of the United States. Every facet of Barack Obama's presidency – his Cabinet, proposals, policies and machinations – smack of old-school Marxist dogma combined with '60s radicalism. Every move appears to be calculated to compromise America economically, politically and socially.


This appearance is with good reason, because indeed every move is calculated to compromise America economically, politically and socially. This has resulted in a popular backlash that is being addressed by the president's supporters on many fronts as – you guessed it – racism.

As has become clear to millions of Americans, since the end of the Civil Rights Movement, issues of racial tension and cultural balkanization have never been about Americans being incapable of peacefully coexisting. They have been about weakening our perception of ourselves as Americans, thus resulting in squabbling amongst ourselves, rather than addressing our common enemy (the political left) and being ripe for the aforementioned hoodwinking.

This emerging clarity, if you will, has led to more Americans becoming engaged with each passing week, because they can now see that the crises held before them have been nothing but smoke. Race is not an issue for most Americans, and they've learned that it really isn't much of an issue to the political left either, despite the inordinate emphasis placed on it for the last several decades.

For all practical purposes, our neighbors have realized that in our leaders' eyes, "we all niggas now!"

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To: JakeStraw who wrote (86538)6/24/2010 10:25:24 PM
From: Ann Corrigan   of 157022
 
Stop amnesty:Send a fax to the desperate Dems in the White House...
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To: lorne who wrote (86559)6/24/2010 10:32:33 PM
From: Hope Praytochange   of 157022
 
online.wsj.com 

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To: lorne who wrote (86562)6/24/2010 11:06:45 PM
From: SGJ3 Recommendations   of 157022
 
After the Constitutional Reinstatement Revolution of 2011, where the people took back their country from the Marxists, anyone who voted for Obama had their American citizenship stripped and were forced to take an oath to support it or be banished in exile to Mexico.

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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (86557)6/24/2010 11:10:18 PM
From: SGJ4 Recommendations   of 157022
 
The Democrat (Socialistic) policies have ground the economy to halt, just like they have always done everywhere before.

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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (86557)6/24/2010 11:53:09 PM
From: ahhaha   of 157022
 
The Republican filibuster of the jobs bill proves her point.

How?

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