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• More Bailouts for the Democrats Favorite Charity Cases

  
  Lakeshore Laments — Authority: 138
  Well, he released the news of this getting past the American public on the right day -- Christmas Eve . The Obama administration pledged Thursday to provide unlimited financial assistance to mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, an eleventh-hour move that allows the government to exceed the current $400 ...
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• Cartoon of the Day

  
  Lakeshore Laments — Authority: 138
  [IMG: http://www.lakeshorelaments.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Heller_Shepherds.png]
  8 hours ago

• Lobbyists 1, Obama 0

  
  Gulf Stream Blues — Authority: 415
  I’m here in the US for a white Christmas, it’s been lovely so far. The big news here, other than the terrorism attempt on a trans-Atantic jet last night, was the historic passage of the healthcare reform bill in the US senate on Christmas Eve. But if some of you across the pond think this represents a ...
  10 hours ago

• Another GTL Guest Column: “An Epidemic of Military Imposters” — By Steve Robinson

  
  The Gun Toting Liberal — Authority: 123
  THIS IS A GUEST COLUMN CONTRIBUTED BY STEVE ROBINSON ***“The name and regiment of the person with the action so certified are to be entered in the ‘Book of Merit,’ which will be kept at the orderly office. Should any who are not entitled to these honors have the insolence to... This is only a comment summary. ...
  11 hours ago

• Paradigm Shifts Continued…

  
  PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts — Authority: 139
  To go along with my previous post, the NYT has a more detailed account of what happened on yesterday’s flight:   Passengers Took Plane’s Survival Into Own Hands. addthis_url = http%3A%2F%2Fwww.poliblogger.com%2F%3Fp%3D17454; addthis_title = Paradigm+Shifts+Continued%26hellip%3B; addthis_pub = ;
  14 hours ago

• “MERRY CHRISTMAS”, by Langston Hughes

  
  OntheWilderSide — Authority: 440
  Published In New Masses (Dec. 1930)From the gun-boats in the river,Ten-inch shells for Christmas gifts,And peace on earth forever.Merry Christmas, India,To Gandhi in his cell,From righteous Christian England,Ring out, bright Christmas bell!Ring Merry Christmas, Africa,From Cairo to the Cape!Ring Hallehuiah! Praise the ...
  17 hours ago

• A Problem With The Senate

  
  IntoxiNation — Authority: 538
  I really like Chris Dodd and want him to start pushing his bill through to fix the FPL, but news like this really makes me angry with him too: Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) on Wednesday ripped the Senates "newest members" for the lack of comity in the upper chamber. In a floor speech Wednesday night, Dodd said there ...
  18 hours ago

• Paradigm Shift in Action?

  
  PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts — Authority: 139
  One of the reasons (if not the main reason) that the 9/11 attacks worked as well as they did (well, three of the four attacks) was that the paradigm in effect regarding airline hijackers was that hijackers want to go somewhere, so passengers and flight crews should cooperate.  That paradigm shifted quickly and ...
  1 day ago

• Cheney is ‘conservative of the year’

  
  WE Blog — Authority: 486
  Human Events, which considers itself the “headquarters of the conservative underground,” picked former Vice President Dick Cheney as the “conservative of the year.” It marveled that Cheney is achieving his new clout the old-fashioned way: talking about public policy. And it contended that Cheney gets under ...
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• More Senate Health Care Vote Numbers

  
  PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts — Authority: 139
  Here’s the breakdown of the vote by class (i.e., when they are next up for election):   Yes No 2010 16 17 +1 (not voting) 2012 24 9 2014 20 13   60 40 Of the 2010 seats, 7 are to be vacated (Bond of Missouri, Brownback of Kansas,  Bunning of Kentucky, 1 Burris of Illinois, 2 Gregg ...
  2 days ago

• Here & There on US Health Care

  
  mirabile dictu — Authority: 129
  From Hillbilly Report : After months of healthcare debate a bill has been passed in the Senate. A bill that stripped basically all that was good for working Americans out, and has become very unpopular among a majority of Americans. A bill that mandates millions of Americans at the mercy of the insurance ...
  2 days ago

• Gates memo suggests joint State-Defense funds for nation-building

  
  howl at pluto — Authority: 122
  A recent unclassified memo from Sec. of Defense Gates to Sec. of State Clinton has been obtained by the Wash Post and is reported on today (Mary Beth Sheridan and Greg Jaffe, "Gates proposes 3 funds to aid unstable countries," WP, 12/24, p.A2). The memo suggests creation of "three long-term funds...dedicated to ...
  2 days ago

• A Very Generic Process Point

  
  Matt Zeitlin: Impetuous Young Whippersnapper — Authority: 122
  David Broder should probably support the Senate health bill, or at least stop being so wishy-washy about it . In his column, he says lots of good things about it. He supported the Massachusetts health care reform, and the Senate bill is basically a better funded version of it that has some cost control in it. But ...
  2 days ago

• Ohio Could Lose 2 Congressional Seats In 2010

  
  IntoxiNation — Authority: 538
  The buckeye state isn’t growing that fast: Ohio could lose two seats in Congress as a result of waning population growth according to Census numbers. The figures, which were released on Wednesday, show that the Buckeye States population grew by only 14,573 people over the past decade, or one-tenth of one ...
  2 days ago

• Looking at the Senate Health Care Vote

  
  PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts — Authority: 139
  As everyone already knows, the Senate voted this morning 60-39 1 to pass their version of the health care reform bill. I did a little preliminary analysis of the vote beyond the partisan breakdown and found the following. Based on constituents represented by each Senator, 2 we have the following: No ...
  2 days ago

• PD Gives Voinovich Cover on Health Bill

  
  Cleveland Leader - Cleveland News & More! — Authority: 591
  You may have noticed that the Plain Dealer gave cover to its favorite Senator, George Voinovich, on the health care bill. Of course, Voinovich – who has spent more than 40 years on a government health plan – voted NO on a bill that could help more than 1.3 million Ohioans. No pressure from the PD, however, to ...
  2 days ago

• The Current State of the Conservative Movement in Less Than 100 Words

  
  The Stonecipher Report — Authority: 419
  Posted by: Tyler Rippeteau Dec. 24, 2009 Earlier today I came across the best summary of the current state of the conservative movement that I have ever read and thought it would make a great Christmas treat for The Stonecipher...
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• Barack Obama Will Be A One-Term President

  
  NoelBagwell.com — Authority: 120
  By Noel Bagwell December 24, 2009 First, let me just say, Merry Christmas to all my readers out there. All 42,600+ (and growing) of you. Thank you for making NoelBagwell.com a success. Now, on with the show. I have followed Barack Obama’s career since he came on the national scene in a big way in late 2007 / early ...
  2 days ago

• Senate OKs health care measure, reaching milestone – Yahoo! News

  
  NoelBagwell.com — Authority: 120
  Senate OKs health care measure, reaching milestone – Yahoo! News .
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• Malkin: Health Care Bill is Tipping Point in Democrats’ Culture of Corruption

  
  Breitbart.tv — Authority: 762
  
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