Bob McCarty Writes

Bob Geldof announced today that, on July 13, he will stage the first of a series of 12 “LIVE RAID” concerts to benefit Somali pirates.
In much the same way his 1985 “LIVE AID” concerts raised funds for famine relief in Ethiopia, Geldof said the “LIVE RAID” events will benefit the Muslim pirates who, in order [...]

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Need a laugh?  Click on the image at right to visit Iowa Hawk’s blog post and see where President Barack Obama is driving his liberal Democrat friends (left to right): Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.).

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The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled that Secretary of State Jesse White does not need to acknowledge via his signature the letter Gov. Rod Blagojevich used to appoint Roland Burris to the represent the Land of Lincoln in the U.S. Senate.
Delivered by Justice Lloyd A. Karmeier, the ruling in Burris v. White appears to give [...]

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Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) told reporters this afternoon he was disappointed that funding would not come out of the already-approved $700 billion package aimed at helping the economy as a whole and that he was disappointed that no action would be taken today.
Speaking on behalf of a bipartisan group of senators, Senator Levin said, “Our [...]

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) stood behind the podium this afternoon and told Americans that they were rejecting calls for the auto industry to opt for bankruptcy and, instead, giving automobile industry executives one more chance — until Dec. 2 — to submit a plan that [...]

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