Pres. obama’s first state of the union address
Pres. Obama delivered his first State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress….
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Stephen and virginia pearcy and free speech
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Bizarre Spending Habits
Congressman Ron Paul Monday, March 1, 2010 Last week I had the opportunity to bring up spending and transparency in two important hearings. On Wednesday I questioned Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on some highly questionable uses of funds at the Federal Reserve, and on Thursday I asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton about exorbitant spending at the State Department. It is extremely important to continue bringing these issues up, especially in light of our difficult economic times, when so many are out of work, as I saw up close in my district at the Oceans of Opportunity Job Fair in Galveston two weeks ago. Those who are working live with the fear of losing their jobs as they struggle to pay bills. Meanwhile, Washington is talking of increasing their taxes, something voters were promised, clearly and adamantly, would not happen in this administration. Government also struggles with money, but the struggle centers on how to get more of your money into government coffers. Rather than expanding the Federal budget in the face of economic downturn, we should be focusing on eliminating waste and being the very best stewards of public funds that we can possibly be. Most businesses have had to streamline and cut back in order to survive, and so it is only fair for our government to do the same.
Doomsday Predictions Tax Illinois
State watchdog group calls for ‘historical’ increase in personal income tax Jenel Nels NBC News Monday, February 22, 2010 In order to crawl from beneath crushing debt and reach fiscal solvency, Illinois legislators must choose from a series of options that range from bad to worse, according to a prominent watchdog group. The Civic Federation wants to launch an intervention that includes significant budget cuts and the largest tax increase package in Illinois history, all in an effort to save the state from a $12.8 billion budget deficit. (ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW) “Doomsday is here for the state of Illinois ,” said Laurence Msall , Civic Federation President, to the Sun-Times .
Texas ordered to destroy five million blood samples illegally taken from babies without consent
Ethan A. Huff Natural News Saturday, February 20, 2010 (NaturalNews) The subject of a recent federal lawsuit, routine blood samples legally taken from Texas newborns to screen for disorders and diseases were illegally being kept by the Texas Department of State Health Services without parental consent.
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Texas ordered to destroy five million blood samples illegally taken from babies without consent
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JPL: Missing ice in 2007 drained out the Nares strait – pushed south by wind where it melted far away from the Arctic
Watts Up With That Saturday, February 20, 2010 This fits right in to what I’ve been blogging about for two years. the 2007 record minimum ice extent was wind driven not melt driven. A significant portion of the ice did not melt in place.
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JPL: Missing ice in 2007 drained out the Nares strait – pushed south by wind where it melted far away from the Arctic
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Ahmadinejad Announces Iran Is Now a ‘Nuclear State’
Breitbart Thursday, February 11, 2010 Daily Mail: “We have the capability to enrich uranium more than 20 percent or 80 percent (the level needed to create an atomic bomb),” he said in a speech broadcast live on state television.
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Ahmadinejad Announces Iran Is Now a ‘Nuclear State’
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Police to pose as burglars in the middle of the night in bid to cut break-ins
Jaya Narain Daily Mail Thursday, February 11, 2010 If you awoke in the dead of night and saw a suspicious character trespassing on your property trying your windows and doors you would assume it was a burglar and immediately call the police. But residents may be in for a shock for the dark-clad figure trying your car door may in fact be a police officer. Officers are posing as burglars to test the windows and doors of homes in a campaign to improve security.
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Police to pose as burglars in the middle of the night in bid to cut break-ins
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