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• Sunday Morning Talk Show Thread 29 November 2009

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 175
  The Talk Shows Sunday, November 29th, 2009 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows: FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Sens. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., and Evan Bayh, D-Ind.; former Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark.; Howard Dean, former national Democratic Party chairman; Maj. Gen. Carla Hawley-Bowland, commanding ...
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• The War Surtax

  
  Caffeinated Thoughts — Authority: 142
  When I first saw Governor Sarah Palin post on this I wasn’t sure exactly what she was talking about since I hadn’t heard about it.  Then Josh kindly directed me to this Fox New article .  Man, my head wants to explode: Rep. David Obey, D-Wis., chairman of the purse string-controlling House Appropriations ...
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• Afghanistan war tax, War surtax, David Obey, Carl Levin, Democrats, Representative Obey, Senator Levin, Senate Armed Services Committee, General Stanley McChrystal

  
  Citizen Wells — Authority: 568
  Representative David Obey and Senator Carl Levin, both Democrats, want a new tax to pay for additional troops in Afghanistan. We already have another asshole Democrat, Barack Obama, who is supposed to be Commander in Chief, who is politicizing the war. Sorry about the asshole reference, but since it is the truth, ...
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• Lawmakers Propose ‘War Surtax’ To Pay For Afghanistan Troop Increase

  
  Boom2Bust.com — Authority: 542
  Seems like there’s always some new tax being proposed these days. And now, two politicians are talking about making Americans pay a “war surtax” for expanding the conflict in Afghanistan. Mike Emauel wrote on the FOX News website yesterday: Two top Democrats say they want to impose a new tax on the wealthy ...
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• “Obama, is wondering how the USA, is going to pay for the war in Afghanstan.”

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 156
  That’s easy, says Sen. Carl Levin. “Upper-Bracket Tax May Be Needed for Afghan War Cost, Levin Says” Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) — “Higher-income Americans should be taxed to pay for more troops sent to Afghanistan and NATO should provide half of the new soldiers, said Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed ...
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• Why Arent Self-Proclaimed Fiscal Conservatives Questioning Afghanistan Troop Surge?

  
  DISSENTING JUSTICE — Authority: 535
  Self-proclaimed fiscal conservatives in both the Democratic and Republican parties approach healthcare reform with a high degree of skepticism. Senator Joe Lieberman, who has received $1 million from the insurance industry over the course of his Senate career, has vowed to oppose any reform package that contains ...
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• Efforts to End DADT Stalled in Key Senate Committee

  
  People For the American Way Blog blogs — Authority: 464
  The Senate Armed Services Committee has confirmed that a scheduled November hearing on the repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) has been indefinitely postponed. The delay has been attributed to the pressures of Committee work on other issues, including the recent shootings at Ft. Hood, Texas and the ...
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• Rep. Obey Seeks War Surtax for Afghanistan

  
  Firedoglake — Authority: 758
  Rep. David Obey (D-WI 7) The big story over in Afghanistan is that US special forces have begun to fund Afghan militia in a similar fashion to the Anbar Awakening, offering local resistance to the Taliban. The last time this country funded a local fighting force in Afghanistan they created the structure for Osama ...
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• DADT Senate Panel Hearings Postponed Indefinitely – Don’t Ask – Don’t Tell – Don’t Donate – Don’t Vote – And Maybe Don’t Pay Taxes Until We Are FINALLY Have Equal Rights!

  
  Back2Stonewall.com — Authority: 140
  The Senate hearing on "Dont Ask, Dont Tell" repeal just got postponed indefinitely. Bear in mind this is only days after a House committee delayed the mark up of ENDA. And where I would like to say I am surprised unfortunately I am not.
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• Flushing Out Tax Cheats

  
  IRS Tax Problem Solver Blog - IRS Help — Authority: 131
  Tax evaders who use offshore bank accounts to stash their cash mainly use about 90 countries to do so. The most famous one is Switzerland with its famed Swiss bank secrecy laws that have sheltered tax cheats for decades. But with the recent watershed settlement between the IRS and UBS bank of Switzerland that will ...
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• Momentum for DOMA Crashes to a Halt. Will Anyone Get Out And Push?

  
  That's My Congress — Authority: 479
  In the immediate wake of the National Equality March, some momentum for equal rights legislation was apparent. But that momentum seems to have come crashing to a halt. Senator Carl Levin had promised in October to hold a hearing on reform to the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell law, a law that codifies military [...]
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• Senate Democrats Delete Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Hearing

  
  Irregular Times: News Unfit for Print — Authority: 515
  Back in October, President Barack Obama promised the Human Rights Campaign, “I Will End Don’t Ask Don’t Tell. That’s my commitment to you.” Around the same time, Senator Carl Levin promised that Senate Armed Services Committee would hold a hearing in November on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, the policy ...
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• Higher Taxes on Rich: Discrimination Based on Race?

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 175
  Not only do liberals want to tax the so-called rich in order to fund health care for illegal aliens and other uninsured millions, now a prominent member of the U.S. Senate has proposed a tax on the well to do to pay for Obama’s quagmire in Afghanistan. As reported at Bloomberg.com, in part: “Higher-income Americans ...
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• Hey, How About an Afghanistan Tax?

  
  JammieWearingFool — Authority: 722
  You evil "rich people" raking in an unseemly $200K a year better be ready to bend over a bit more.Higher-income Americans should be taxed to pay for more troops sent to Afghanistan and NATO should provide half of the new soldiers, said Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee.An “additional income ...
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• Carl Levin Has A Surefire Way To End The War: Tax The Rich To Pay For It

  
  DownWithTyranny! — Authority: 640
  Actually, it isnt just Carl Levin who is standing up and saying that if Obama wants to escalate the war in Afghanistan hes going to have to figure out how to pay for it without charging our great, great grandchildren, Bush and Cheney having already bankrupt our children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Keep ...
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• Higher Taxes on Rich: Discrimination Based on Race?

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 458
  By John W. Lillpop Not only do liberals want to tax the so-called rich in order to fund health care for illegal aliens and other uninsured millions, now a prominent member of the U.S. Senate has proposed a tax on the well to do to pay for Obama’s quagmire in Afghanistan. As reported at Bloomberg.com, in part: ...
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• EXCUSES: The Senate Just Knocked DADTs Hearings Into Next Year

  
  Queerty — Authority: 727
  You thought the postponement of the Houses hearings on ENDA were frustrating? How about the Senate opting to delay hearings on Dont Ask Dont Tell? Well thats what Sen. Carl Levin is doing, with a familiar excuse: theyre too busy! CONTINUED » Permalink | Post a comment | Add to del.icio.us Tagged: Carl ...
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• Upper-Bracket Tax May Be Needed for Afghan War Cost, Levin Says

  
  BeltwayBlips - Top Political News, Videos, and Blogs — Authority: 570
  Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Higher-income Americans should be taxed to pay for more troops sent to Afghanistan and NATO should provide half of the new soldiers, said Carl Levin , chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee . An “additional income tax to the upper brackets, folks earning more ... Newshoggers.com ...
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• Senate Hearings on Dont Ask, Dont Tell Postponed Indefinitely

  
  -Towleroad News- [#gay] — Authority: 753
  U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee hearings on "Dont Ask, Dont Tell" have been postponed : "A planned November hearing by the US Senate Armed Services Committee to consider ending a ban on gays serving openly in the US military will be postponed, a spokeswoman indicated Friday. We do not have a date for the ...
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• Senate "Dont Ask, Dont Tell" Hearing "Postponed" Indefinitely

  
  Rod 2.0:Beta — Authority: 612
  The Senate Armed Services Committee has "postponed" indefinitely the scheduled hearing on "Dont Ask, Dont Tell", the military ban that prevents gays and lesbians from serving openly, AFP reports. "We do not have a date" for the hearing, said the...
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