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Entries from February 2010

Stimulus Fails to Deliver Economic ‘Shot in the Arm’

February 17th, 2010 · No Comments

A lot has happened during the year since President Barack Obama signed the so-called “economic stimulus” into law as as a measure that would give the economy a “shot in the arm.” Unfortunately for the president, little of what has happened can be described as good. The nation’s unemployment rate stands close to 10 percent [...]

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Obama Advisor Friendly to Flying Imams

February 17th, 2010 · No Comments

In her recent piece at Creator’s Syndicate, Michelle Malkin writes about John Brennan, President Barack Obama’s deputy national security advisor, and a recent exchange he had with Omar Shahin during a session with students at New York University: During the question-and-answer session, Brennan welcomed a question from Omar Shahin. He identified himself as the head [...]

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Video Explains Why Pain Meds Are Popular

February 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Remember back in June 2009 when Jane Sturm asked President Barack Obama if his health care reform plans would allow spirit-based exceptions to be made for people like her 100-year-old mother?  In dodging a direct answer, the president replied, ““I don’t think that we can make judgments based on peoples’ spirit,” and added, “Maybe you’re [...]

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Why Was Morocco First to Recognize USA?

February 16th, 2010 · 6 Comments

By Bill Federer Guest Blogger “The first nation to recognize my country was Morocco,” stated President Obama in Cairo, Egypt, June 4, 2009. In 1625, Governor William Bradford wrote of a Pilgrim ship returning to England with dried fish and beaver skins to trade for supplies: “They…were well within the England Channel, almost in sight [...]

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Christians Under Attack in Mosul, Iraq

February 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment

“Christians are being targeted inside their own homes and killed,” according to a Christian Newswire report today that cited a worker for the Christian group, Open Doors as the source. “Several have been killed in front of the last check point before leaving Mosul while the Kurdish and Arab security forces were watching.” In a [...]

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Census Touts Thrift Days Before Audit Finds Waste

February 16th, 2010 · 1 Comment

Today, yet another reason surfaces to make people Think Twice Before Opening Door to Census Worker. Only nine days ago, officials at the Census Bureau issued a news release sporting the headline, 2010 Census Ad Campaign Positioned to Save Taxpayers Millions Helping Boost Mail Back Participation Rates.  Today, the content of an Associated Press article [...]

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Terrorists’ Recruitment of ‘Lily Whites’ Nothing New

February 15th, 2010 · No Comments

Early this afternoon, Fox News began reporting that intelligence officials had informed them about Al-Qaeda in Yemen actively recruiting English-speaking individuals and looking for people who are more like Americans, having been born in the United States or Canada.  While that sounds like ominous news, it’s nothing new. Jayna Davis, an award-winning investigative journalist from [...]

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