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• DADT Likely to Be Part of Defense Bill

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 677
  By GottaLaff The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c The Gay After Tomorrow www.thedailyshow.com Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Health Care Crisis Barney Frank says that the White House "has been consistently committed" to ending Dont Ask Dont Tell. ...
  7 hours ago

• Colbert: Barney Frank Is Not a Great Outdoorsman

  
  Indecision Forever — Authority: 548
  So, according to Barney Frank, "outdoorsman" is the latest euphemism for "pot smoker." And thats cool, but check it out, bro; what does that word even mean? Outdoorsman? Like, does it mean a man who lives outside a door? Does that mean there are men living inside doors? Bro, listen, what if theres a man living ...
  8 hours ago

• Should You Be Worried That Barney Frank Just Put ENDA on the Longer-Term List?

  
  Queerty — Authority: 724
  Oh, not to scare you into thinking you need to rush to the phone to dial your federal lawmaker today (s/he wont answer; its Veterans Day), but did you know that all your hoping for a quick passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act has been for naught? Because ENDA isnt arriving anytime soon, kids! CONTINUED ...
  9 hours ago

• What You Missed Last Night: Colbert "defends" Barney Frank

  
  TV Squad — Authority: 719
  Yesterday we showed you a clip of Wolf Blitzer and Lou Dobbs talking about the 2007 arrest of Barney Franks partner for growing pot plants at their home in Maine. Last night Stephen Colbert defended Frank. Well, sort of. [Watch clips and episodes of The Colbert Report and other shows at SlashControl .]   ...
  10 hours ago

• "Dont Ask, Dont Tell" Repeal in FY 2011 Defense Authorization?

  
  Rod 2.0:Beta — Authority: 563
  The repeal of "Dont Ask, Dont tell" will most likely be an amendment to next years Defense Authorization, Rep. Barney Frank tells the Washington Blade. Frank said in an interview with the Blade that repealing the 1993 law barring gays...
  11 hours ago

• Under Attack, Fed Chairman Studies Politics

  
  DealBook — Authority: 783
  As the Federal Reserve has come under scrutiny, Ben S. Bernanke, its chairman, is nurturing political ties as never before.
  17 hours ago

• Senate Plan Would Expand Rules On Risky Lending

  
  DealBook — Authority: 783
  Senator Christopher J. Dodds plan, a dramatic overhaul of financial regulation, has met with resistance from Republicans and business interests.
  17 hours ago

• F.D.I.C. Calls for Reserve Fund for Troubled Firms

  
  DealBook — Authority: 783
  A reserve fund must be established ahead of time to give the government the working capital it needs to dismantle large, troubled financial companies, Sheila Bair, chairwoman of the F.D.I.C., said Tuesday.
  18 hours ago

• Barney Frank, the Boyfriend, and the Pot Bust

  
  FREEDOM EDEN — Authority: 600
  This is priceless. Alison Bologna of FOX 25 in Boston questioned Barney Frank about his boyfriend, James Ready, and the pot bust . FOX 25 REPORTER ALISON BOLOGNA: You know, youre pushing a bill to legalize medical marijuana, so you really didnt recognize it when you saw it? BARNEY FRANK: Im offended by the ...
  21 hours ago

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  22 hours ago

• Breaking News: Wolf Blitzer Knows What Pot Smells Like!

  
  Watch your favorite videos on the internet. — Authority: 171
  CNNs Wolf Blitzer and Jessica Yellin talk about Rep. Barney Franks saying he wouldnt know what a marijuana plant looks like because hes not an outdoorsy-type
  22 hours ago

• Barney Frank’s Boyfriend’s Bud Problem

  
  race42008.com — Authority: 642
  Click here to view the embedded video. As I listened to Rep. Barney Frank argue with the reporter that he had never smoked ganja, I remembered this picture that I had come across several months back, of Rep. Frank. It is possible that Rep. Frank may have once rolled his own cigarettes, but I highly doubt he ...
  23 hours ago

• Bill Gives Fed New Power to Police Risk

  
  Patrick J. Buchanan — Authority: 603
  By Victoria McGrane – Political.com Frank’s supporters contend that critics are overblowing the potential for a more powerful, more intrusive Federal Reserve… But Ron Paul himself is not so sanguine. “It’s not finished yet, but they’re getting more powers, and I want them to have less powers,” said ...
  1 day ago

• Barney Frank is a disgrace

  
  Coralville Courier — Authority: 488
  So Congressman Barney Frank (liberal - MA.) was sitting on the porch of his partner’s Maine home in August of 2007 when police came to arrest his partner, James Ready, for marijuana possession. Frank claimed he was unaware Ready had marijuana plants.  Right....... According to the police report, Maine police ...
  1 day ago

• Dont Ask, Dont Tell Repeal to Be on Fiscal 2011 Defense Bill?

  
  -Towleroad News- [#gay] — Authority: 739
  So says Barney Frank, reports the Washington Blade : "Frank said in an interview with the Blade that repealing the 1993 lawbarring gays from serving openly in the military would happen as partof the fiscal year 2011 defense authorization bill. The House will take up and the Senate will take up ‘Don’t Ask, ...
  1 day ago

• CNN: the most trusted name in news about weed

  
  TV Squad — Authority: 719
  Heres a rather amusing clip from CNN. They were doing a story about Congressman Barney Franks partner being arrested for having pot plants in his home a couple of years ago, and this leads to Wolf Blitzer saying he knows what marijuana smells like but not what it looks like. Lou Dobbs? He knows both. [via TV Newser ] ...
  1 day ago

• Attention Lloyd Blankfein: The Public Purpose of Banking

  
  New Deal 2.0 — Authority: 135
  Marshall Auerback argues that the purpose of banking is not to make a small number of people fabulously wealthy — but (wow!) to serve the public good. It seems odd that days after we were told by Goldman Sachs’s CEO, Lloyd Blankfein, that bankers are doing “God’s work” , we are still having active ...
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• Dodd Finance Regs Would Gut the Fed’s Powers

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 155
  Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) is set today to unveil legislation overhauling the way the banking industry is regulated. On certain points, the Dodd bill mirrors the wish list outlined by the Obama administration over the summer, including the creation of a new federal agency designed to protect consumers from the ...
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• Dodd Seeks Single Regulator for Banks

  
  DealBook — Authority: 783
  Senator Christopher J. Dodd, the chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, offered a draft bill on financial regulation on Tuesday that would take power away several banking regulators and create a new independent agency to monitor systemic risk.
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• Ed Schultz snaps on Wall Street bonuses and lack of regulation (Video)

  
  This Week With Barack Obama — Authority: 443
  Ed Schultz goes after Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) and these continued bonuses, from the back of the American taxpayer.The Obama White House needs to turn the light bulb on about Wall Street and these bonuses, AGAIN, with our taxpayer dollars. See, I talk about the Joe and Joesetta, not the champaign clinking crowd of ...
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