Thousands of protesters descended around the Capitol to protest the passage of health care reform. The gathering quickly turned into abusive heckling. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) had been spat on by a protestor. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), a hero of the civil rights movement, was called a ‘ni–er.’ And Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) was...
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With one simple phrase everything has changed. “I’m pleased to announced that we have an agreement.” Stupak and other anti-abortion legislators who had been prepared to oppose the health care reform bill have publicly announced their renewed support. “With the help of the president and the speaker, we were able to come to an...
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The Associated Press | Sun, 03/21/2010 WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic House leaders predicted Sunday the final tally on President Barack Obama’s historic health care bill will meet or exceed the 216 votes required for passage. Still at issue were the votes of a handful of members concerned about the abortion issue. In a show...
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One thing Americans don’t seem to be aware of is just how insular our general population has allowed themselves to become despite our government’s apparent ‘finger in every pie’ world policies. As a people we know little of what has passed nor what coincides, despite the many battles our forefathers fought to make this...
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Australia’s government is banning adult publications and films featuring women with small breasts, says Aussie activist Fiona Patten. A ban that classifies normal female bodies as ‘obscene’ could not be any more insulting, says adult industry blog, Ms Naughty. Not only does this encourage women to have breast augmentations, it characterizes men who think...
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Update by Jack Skeen and TM Illingworth: -In response to yesterday’s posted video supposing that 46% of the medical community would leave the profession if healthcare reform passes (according to a survey by the New England Journal Of Medicine). Guess what? The New England Journal of Medicine has officially confirmed that they never, ever...
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A three-month old email survey by The New England Journal Of Medicine purports to show that ‘doctors’ are not only upset and concerned about health care reform, but that 46 percent of ‘doctors’ surveyed are prepared to leave the profession if it passes. From the March 17 Fox & Friends: What might the man...
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The Associated Press | Tue, 03/18/2010 -WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is set to sign a jobs bill into law Thursday morning. The bill contains two major provisions. First, it exempts businesses hiring the unemployed from the 6.2 percent Social Security payroll tax through December. It also gives employers an additional $1,000 credit...
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What is freedom to you? Not so much specifically as a political creature… but as an honest to goodness, flesh and blood human being. Answer from the heart! Your answers here will be the main content for tomorrow’s article on the TBT Network Site. - Freedom, then, lies only in our innate human capacity...
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Just when we thought kindergarten was decades behind us… Rove once again proves that he doesn’t play well with others, manipulates the class with his own version of ‘facts’, and admits that a factor in going into Iraq was to stop Saddam from holding all of his own oil on his own side of...
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The Associated Press | Tue, 03/16/2010 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Feds are on Facebook. And MySpace, LinkedIn and Twitter, too. U.S. law enforcement agents are following the rest of the Internet world into popular social-networking services, going undercover with false online profiles to communicate with suspects and gather private information, according to an internal...
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