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Entries from January 2009

Cheney Takes New ‘Ride’ to Inauguration Ceremony

January 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments

I suspect the nation’s talk show hosts and comedians alike will have a field day with the fact that Vice President Dick Cheney arrived at today’s inauguration ceremony sporting a new set of wheels — more specifically, a wheelchair — after reportedly straining his back yesterday while handling moving boxes at his home on the [...]

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Government Jobs Outnumber Manufacturing Jobs, But Barack Obama Still Wants to Add 600,000 More

January 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Less than an hour before the inauguration of Barack Obama is scheduled to take place in the nation’s capitol, I was disturbed to discover an indicator of where the United States stands today in terms of jobs.  Even more disturbing, however, is what the job picture in this country might look like soon if the [...]

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‘Big’ Piano a Sign of Hope for Piano Donor Efforts

January 20th, 2009 · No Comments

It appears the piano donor campaign launched more than two years ago in Key West, Fla., might finally be gaining momentum.  Evidence of this phenomenon can be found in an article I read this morning about the “Walking Piano” from the movie, Big, being donated to Philadelphia Children’s Museum. Want to get involved and show [...]

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Gallup: People Like Warren More Than Media Think

January 20th, 2009 · 1 Comment

Despite media reports of controversy over Barack Obama’s selection of Pastor Rick Warren to give the prayer at today’s inauguration, the average American seems to be either unaware of the selection or to approve. According to survey results released Monday by Gallup, Warren isn’t nearly as unpopular as many in the mainstream news media and [...]

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Rick Warren’s Church to Launch ’40 Days of Love’

January 20th, 2009 · 2 Comments

On the same day as Pastor Rick Warren is set to deliver the invocation during Barack Obama’s inauguration as the nation’s 44th president, his church issued a news release about the Feb. 1 launch of a nationwide “40 Days of Love” campaign. Following in the footsteps of the popular “40 Days of Purpose” campaign that [...]

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Newspapers Companies Warm Up to Homeless

January 20th, 2009 · No Comments

Knowing they have a product that might help turn around their industry’s financial woes, newspaper owners are warming up to the homeless people living along the curbs and in the alleyways outside their downtown office buildings.  That product, developed by a Toronto company, is known as THE 15 BELOW JACKET. In a manner that’s likely [...]

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$75 Million in Private Money Funds Obama ‘Army’

January 19th, 2009 · No Comments

Kudos to the folks over at Stop the ACLU for bringing to my attention this item about Barack Obama’s $75 Million Budget for Obamunist Brownshirts: The Ascension of The One isn’t until tomorrow, but the permanent reelection campaign is already underway. “Organizing for America,” a brownshirt army that The One promises will “continue fighting for [...]

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