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House ethics committee investigators have recommended that Rep. Charlie Rangel of New York be reprimanded, according to one of those investigators, Rep. Gene Green, D-Texas.A reprimand would be a relatively light punishment, compared with censure and expulsion.
Can someone explain to me what has been accomplished in Afghanistan during the past nine years? TGORefer to story below. Source: Associated Press By ROBERT H. REID, Associated Press Writer Robert H. Reid, Associated Press Writer KABUL, Afghanistan – NATO announced Friday that six more U.S. troops have died in Afghanistan, bringing the death toll for July to at least 66 and su
THE BATTLE PLAN: A Roadmap for America’s Future American Enterprise Institute Wednesday, July 21, 2010http://www.roadmap.republicans.budget.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=199601
Below is a letter being sent to the Editors of the Salt Lake Tribune and Deseret News this afternoon. I am posting it here because I don’t believe that it will be printed:To the Editor:Today I am ashamed to be an Utahan and Represented by Congressman Jason Chavez, and have my neighbors represented by Congressman Rob Bishop. Both of these two men chose to join their Republican allies in t
The debate over the New START arms control treaty with Russia is winding down. Senate committees have held nearly 20 hearings, and treaty opponents are now repeating the same tired arguments that have already been thoroughly debunked and discredited. With the debate over START largely exhausted, Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relation
With all the criminality in public life, why am I so disturbed with Charlie Rangel? Jack Marshall put his metaphorical finger on it in his EthicsAlarm blog: Rangel is an ethics corrupter. Marshall defines it this way:“An ethics corrupter is a public figure of high accomplishment, a hero who encourages his admirers and followers to allow the hero’s achievements to excuse his flawed character and v
This governor of California vetoed SB 1121 today. The bill would have ended 70 years of blatant racial discrimination in California by extending the same overtime rights you and I enjoy to the nearly half million farmworkers toiling in the fields.Let’s be clear: this is a public official supporting with his power and authority the systematic abuse of the thousands and thousands of people
There is a God and He has a sense of humor. How else do you describe gifts like this?According to a story on the website examiner.com, Mary Francis Berry, the Clinton-appointed chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, admitted that Democrats regularly lie about Republicans and conservative causes by falsely claiming that they are racists, bigots, and homophobes in an attempt to discredit
One of the House members Weiner yelled at last night was fellow New Yorker Peter King. They were both on Fox News this morning discussing last night’s vote. Round 2.
Dear Karen Handel,Say it ain’t so. You know how hard it is for me to stand behind Conservatives, but I thought that with you, things could be different. I thought there was a chance– a glimmer of hope towards putting one toe over the political line, if you will. I’m into this whole, “Georgia needs a female governor” thing, and as lame as your “Bring it OnR
The New York Times ran an interesting opinion piece today about how we can learn from the Colombian experience in trying to fight the drug cartels in Mexico.Really interesting–except that Foreign Affairs already ran this article about two months ago.Reading The Times over the last couple years is like reading an old copy of Reader’s Digest.
waffles are a delicious, sweet and filling breakfast. in shrek 4, donkey’s inability to resist waffles leads to shrek and him discovering an underground (literally) communtiy of ogres. donkey has never waffled on his love of waffleswaffle can also be used as as verb to indicate a lack of confidence in a decision and a shift in opinion. during the world cup, i explained to students that by
Your senators need to hear from you! They need to know that Americans haven’t forgotten about this critical issue and support efforts to reduce the risk of nuclear weapons. Let your senators know that a safer world STARTs with this simple step-encourage them to ratify START today.via secure3.convio.net
Dr. Detlef Junker, Founding director, Heidelberg Center for American StudiesI had an interesting talk on the U.S. foreign policy with the founding director of Hidelberg Center for American Studies Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Detlef Junker. You may find the excert below:I.B.: “It is said that the central part of Obama’s foreign affairs doctrine is negotiation and collaboration over confrontation and
An email message titled “Will you wish Barack a happy birthday with me?” arrived to email in-boxes across the country the other day, coming from “Michelle Obama”. I got one, personalized “To Erick” even.Michelle wants the O-bots to all wish Barack a Happy Birthday…and send him lots and lots of money;(CNSNews.com) – It seems like a nice gesture – an e-mai
Spencer Ackerman – Wired, FireDogLake, Washington Independent, Talking Points Memo, The American ProspectThomas Adcock – New York Law JournalBen Adler – Newsweek, POLITICOMike Allen – POLITICOEric Alterman – The Nation, Media Matters for AmericaMarc Ambinder – The AtlanticGreg Anrig – The Century FoundationRyan Avent – EconomistDean Baker – Th
President Obama is visiting two major auto companies, GM and Chrysler, that are on the rebound after government bailouts. Reportedly, the auto industry is on its feet and running again after several years in the tank. Hiring is back but not to the extent that it was years ago. The industry and the automobile are reinventing themselves. We need to keep positive thoughts that this good news in our
The grocery store, along with your kitchen sink, are two of the most dangerous places in the world.In a special video, Alex Jones addresses one of the darkest modes of power the globalists have used to control the population– food. The adulteration of the planet’s staple crops, genetically-altered species and intentionally-altered water, food and air all amount to a Eugenics operation to wea
By JEANNINE AVERSA, AP on Yahoo! NewsWASHINGTON – The recovery lost momentum in the spring as growth slowed to a 2.4 percent pace, its most sluggish showing in nearly a year and too weak to drive down unemployment.Consumers spent less, companies slowed their restocking of shelves and the nation’s trade deficit dragged more on the economy in the April-to-June quarter. In a separate report, t