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Entries from October 2009

Secretly-Recorded Conversation Answers Question, ‘Would White House Rescue Kid in Balloon?’

October 15th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Now that the world is no longer worried about the possibility of a 6-year-old Colorado boy falling out of a runaway balloon, I share the transcript of a secretly-recorded phone conversation that took place this afternoon between a search-and-rescue expert in Brighton, Colo., President Barack Obama and his key advisers: Colorado Search and Rescue Chief [...]

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Lobbyist’s Disclosure Documents Raise Serious Questions in Chevron-Ecuador Lawsuit

October 15th, 2009 · 6 Comments

Today, I offer evidence suggesting Ben Barnes, lobbyist for the plaintiff in a lawsuit that could cost San Ramon, Calif.-based Chevron $27 billion, has been reading this blog.  It takes a while to explain, but I think you’ll find it offers worthwhile and relevant information about the Chevron lawsuit now being tried in a thoroughly-corrupt [...]

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Did Photo Capture Obama Bowing to Oil Interests?

October 15th, 2009 · No Comments

I was psyched at the prospect of a photo rumored to show President Barack Obama bowing to the interests of the nation’s oil and natural gas industry.  Could it be that the president — yes, the same one who, through his Secretaries of the Interior and Energy, seems bent on breaking the country’s energy backbone [...]

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2004 Headline from Kenya’s Oldest Newspaper: ‘Kenyan-born Obama all set for US Senate’

October 15th, 2009 · 10 Comments

This morning, Don Surber points his readers to a web archive image (above) of an article published in the June 27, 2004, edition of the Sunday Standard, Kenya’s oldest newspaper.  The headline, Kenyan-born Obama all set for US Senate, makes me think about two things:  (1) Michael Johns’ article about Barack Obama’s birth documents and [...]

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HUD Secretary Promises Help to Floridians Impacted by Hazardous Chinese Drywall

October 15th, 2009 · No Comments

Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan promised weary and impatient homeowners in Florida “help is on the way” for them in dealing with the impact caused by the use of defective building materials — specifically, Chinese drywall that emits sulfuric fumes and corrodes pipes — in the construction of their homes. That news, according [...]

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Former White House Speechwriter Calls for Barack Obama to ‘Release the Birth Documents’

October 15th, 2009 · 13 Comments

Editor’s Note: Several times during the past few years, I’ve turned to Michael Johns, a White House speechwriter during the George H.W. Bush presidency who brings a more-scholarly-than-average approach to the news topics of the day.  Three weeks ago, he tackled the issue which, if one is on the “wrong” side of it, can get [...]

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NFL’s Biggest Problem is Players, Not Limbaugh

October 14th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Members of the mainstream media are having a field day after it was announced today that Dave Checketts, owner of the National Hockey League’s St. Louis Blues, had decided to drop conservative radio talk show legend Rush Limbaugh from the group interested in purchasing the National Football League’s St. Louis Rams.   Conveniently, they ignore the [...]

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