Graph! Job Loss Exploded Under Bush, Gets Better Under Obama

Bush Tax Cuts Cost More Than 2X Dems' Health Care Bill

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“We only hear all this crying and moaning about the deficit when it's something for regular working people, and not a powerful lobby. And of course, the Republican'ts are right out there in front of the Hypocrisy Parade:

“And yet, many of the lawmakers who argue that the health care reform legislation is “too costly” are the same lawmakers who supported the Bush tax cuts.

“Their own voting record demonstrates that health care reform is not a matter of costs, but a matter of priorities.

“It’s difficult to see how the Bush tax cuts could provide us with two and a half times the benefits of health care reform. In 2010, when all the Bush tax cuts are finally phased in, a staggering 52.5 percent of the benefits will go to the richest 5 percent of taxpayers.

“President Bush and his supporters argued that these high-income tax cuts would benefit everybody because they would unleash investment that would spark widespread economic prosperity. There seems to be no evidence of this, particularly given the collapse of the economy at the end of the Bush years.”

President Obama outraged by slaying of abortion provider George Tiller | News Updates | Wichita Eagle

BY STAN FINGER AND JOE RODRIGUEZ

The Wichita Eagle

The suspect, a 51-year-old male, was arrested without incident on I-35 in Johnson County about three hours after the shooting, Stolz said.

Police did not release the suspect's name.

The investigation is in its "infancy stages," Stolz said. He said the shooting appeared to be an isolated act.

Tiller, 67, was shot once just after 10 a.m. in the lobby of Reformation Lutheran Church at 7601 E. 13th St., where he was a member of the congregation.

Stolz said Tiller was shot in the foyer of the church. There were three or four eyewitnesses, he said. Six to 12 people were in the foyer at the time of the shooting.

Two men attempted to apprehend the suspect, but he pointed a gun at them and threatened them before fleeing, Stolz said.

The suspect's car -- a powder blue Ford Taurus registered to an owner in Merriam -- was spotted just south of Gardner by two Johnson County Sheriff's deputies. The Sheriff's Office had suspected that the man would be coming back to his home on I-35, and the deputies waited for him.

As the car was spotted going north on the highway, the deputies followed and were quickly joined by three other sheriff's patrol cars.

Lt. Mike Pfannenstiel of the Johnson County Sheriff's Office said officers pulled the car over just south of the main Gardner exit and got out with guns drawn. The man then got out of his car with his hands up.

"We took him down without incident," Pfannenstiel said, adding that the man appeared to be driving the speed limit and made no attempt to elude the deputies.

Stolz said police anticipate the suspect will be charged with murder and two counts of aggravated assault. Investigators will present the case to the Sedgwick County District Attorney's Office on Monday.

The District Attorney's Office will determine what charges will be filed, Stolz said. Federal charges are also a possibility, he said.

President Obama said this afternoon that he was "shocked and outraged" by the killing of abortion doctor George Tiller, who was shot while attending church in east Wichita.

Wichita Deputy Police Chief Tom Stolz said at a news conference late this afternoon that a suspect in the shooting was in custody and on his way back to Wichita.

"However profound our differences as Americans over difficult issues such as abortion, they cannot be resolved by heinous acts of violence," the president said in a statement issued by the White House.

The suspect, a 51-year-old male, was arrested without incident on I-35 in Johnson County about three hours after the shooting, Stolz said.

Police did not release the suspect's name.

Abu Ghraib abuse photos 'show rape' - Telegraph

By Duncan Gardham, Security Correspondent and Paul Cruickshank
Last Updated: 8:21AM BST 28 May 2009

At least one picture shows an American soldier apparently raping a female prisoner while another is said to show a male translator raping a male detainee.

Further photographs are said to depict sexual assaults on prisoners with objects including a truncheon, wire and a phosphorescent tube.

Another apparently shows a female prisoner having her clothing forcibly removed to expose her breasts.

Detail of the content emerged from Major General Antonio Taguba, the former army officer who conducted an inquiry into the Abu Ghraib jail in Iraq.

Allegations of rape and abuse were included in his 2004 report but the fact there were photographs was never revealed. He has now confirmed their existence in an interview with the Daily Telegraph.

The graphic nature of some of the images may explain the US President’s attempts to block the release of an estimated 2,000 photographs from prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan despite an earlier promise to allow them to be published.

Maj Gen Taguba, who retired in January 2007, said he supported the President’s decision, adding: “These pictures show torture, abuse, rape and every indecency.

“I am not sure what purpose their release would serve other than a legal one and the consequence would be to imperil our troops, the only protectors of our foreign policy, when we most need them, and British troops who are trying to build security in Afghanistan.

Sean Hannity Attacks Obama For Putting Mustard On His Burger

You know its a slow news day at Fox News when...

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Apollo astronaut joins UFO conference at end of Obama’s firs

Apollo 14 astronaut Dr Edgar Mitchell will be among speakers at the 2009 X-Conference discussing why the Obama administration needs to declassify X-files on UFOs and extraterrestrial life held by various federal agencies and departments.

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UFOs and Obama Memorandum on Scientific Integrity

On March 9, President Obama issued a Memorandum on Scientific Integrity to promote “transparency in the preparation, identification, and use of scientific and technological information in policymaking." Obama’s Memorandum makes possible the release of suppressed technological information concerning the UFO phenomenon.

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Release of Memos Fuels Push for Inquiry Into Bush’s Terror-Fighting Policies - NYTimes.com

By CHARLIE SAVAGE and NEIL A. LEWIS

Published: March 3, 2009

WASHINGTON — A day after releasing a set of Bush administration opinions that claimed sweeping presidential powers in fighting terrorism, the Obama administration faced new pressure on Tuesday to support a broad inquiry into interrogation, detention, surveillance and other practices under President George W. Bush.

The bailout now costs more than anything else ever.

"There’s not much I like more than a good info graphic. With words like 'billions' & 'trillions' crowding the headlines lately, this one puts thing in perspective."


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Georgia congressman warns of Obama dictatorship

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican congressman from Georgia said Monday he fears that President-elect Obama will establish a Gestapo-like security force to impose a Marxist or fascist dictatorship.

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Pro-Obama Media?

Obviously dated, yet valid points nonetheless: What talk about media favoritism really means...

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Barack Obama: Wolf in Sheep's Clothing

Video discusses relationships between the major players dating back to the House of Windsor. It doesn't matter if Obama or McCain win this election. The bloodline will still be in control.

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ABC News: On Obama, Earmarks, Palin Less Than Honest

Palin lies about the Bridge to Nowhwere (she was for it before she was against it), earmarks generally (she loved them before she hated them), and Obama's legislative record (she didn't know we had a federal government with its own Senate).

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Bush, McCain, and Obama? What's the difference?

McCain observes that "in the 21st century, nations don't invade other nations", conveniently if temporarily forgetting the 2003 illegal invasion of Iraq that he, and practically every other Republican, Democrat, and Independent, supported.

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GOPers For Obama Rip McCain On Georgia, Tout Hagel As VP

GOPers For Obama Rip McCain On Georgia, Tout Hagel As VP

"I served with Sen. McCain, and he and I were the only two to vote against the Bush/Cheney tax cuts," recalled Chafee. "During this campaign it is a different John McCain. He is saying he would make the tax cuts permanent. He is advocating more drilling whereas he voted against drilling in ANWR. It goes to his credibility. And that is such an important issue for this country... plus his foreign policy has been consistently with Bush/Cheney and I know from my perspective that is a huge issue for the United States."

House Party Ends in Shouting, Tears

House Party Ends in Shouting, Tears

Last night, I went to one of the Unite for Change House parties for Barack Obama at the home of my hair stylist. She's an Aquarian Moon, so the assembled was a diverse mix of young, middle-aged, old, black, white, gay, straight, tattooed and conservative looking...somebody dropped the F-bomb in reference to Obama's recent reversal -- a decision not to accept public funding. That means he'll rely on private funds, with all the strings that are usually attached to that cash...This firebrand participant caused the room to explode, with people talking out of turn, and steering the conversation into dark, despairing comments like, "Who really runs this country?", "Do the people have a voice?, and "Are the two parties that different anymore?"

Every now and then, someone tried to look on the bright side, but was quickly reminded of the real mess we're in. It seemed like there was no going back to cheery American-style pretending that one man could fix it. The young Obama staffer lost control of the living room audience, started to tear up, and ran out. She later came back, but could not stop crying. There was no resolution, and I left feeling jarred, but like I had been part of something very real. It felt like a dysfunctional family grasping in the dark, and considering whether to stage an intervention. It left me feeling a wee bit of hope.

(c) Laura Rauch

Obama Votes for War Funding

Continuous vote for War and War-Related Funding. See "Appropriations" category.

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