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Harry Reid has determined that the price for Louisiana senator Mary Landrieu's professional services is:On page 432 of the Reid bill, there is a section increasing federal Medicaid subsidies for “certain states recovering from a major disaster.” The section spends two pages defining which “states” would qualify, saying, among other things, that it would be states that “during the preceding 7

I have absolutely no idea what this guy was thinking.

Despite being rated as toughest on Obama, Fox was also found to be the most fair and balanced, as Forbes' S. Robert Lichter explains:So how could Fox have both the most balanced and the most anti-Obama coverage? Simple. It's because the other networks were all so pro-Obama. CMPA analyzed every soundbite by reporters and nonpartisan sources (excluding representative of the political parties) that

Throwing people under the bus can have consequences. For instance, embattled New York governor David Paterson now feels free to air his true reaction to the Obama administration's idiotic decision to try 9/11 conspirators in New York City:NEW YORK (CBS) ― Gov. David Paterson openly criticized the White House on Monday, saying he thought it was a terrible idea to move alleged 9/11 mastermind

That means, of course, conferring full American Constitutional rights upon these unevolved barbarians.From the New York Times:WASHINGTON — Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the self-described mastermind of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and four other men accused in the plot will be prosecuted in federal court in New York City, the United States attorney general announced Friday.Brilliant. Why

Taking some time out from skirt-chasing (and hosing), disgraced former President Bill Clinton offered this pungent comment about the health care debate [emphasis added]:Whitehouse quoted Clinton arguing: "The reason the tea-baggers are so inflamed is because we are winning.""Teabagging" refers to the act of squatting over a person's mouth and dipping the male genitalia into it repeatedly. But,

234 years ago today the Continental Congress authorized the formation of the United States Marine Corps, making it the oldest branch of the service in America.Happy birthday you magnificent jarheads.Thanks to Jane Novak of The Jawa Report for the video.

Good little leftist water-carriers that they are, the Washington Post manages to explain Anita Dunn's departure as Obama's communications director without once mentioning Chairman Mao.This is about as close as the Posties come to conceding that controversy marked Dunn's tenure:A source inside the White House, who was not authorized to speak about strategy meetings, said at the time that Dunn went

The House of Representatives just passed the Socialized Medicine bill, with 218 Dems and 1 Republican, Ahn "Joe" Cao of Louisiana, voting "aye."Bill Owens, Dem elected to New York State's 23rd district, voted for the bill, despite campaign promises to the contrary. It will be interesting to see if Owens even bothers to run in the 23rd next year.

We are still at war:FORT HOOD, Texas – Soldiers who witnessed the shooting rampage at Fort Hood that left 13 people dead reported that the gunman shouted "Allahu Akbar!" — an Arabic phrase for "God is great!" — before opening fire, the base commander said Friday.Update: The President's bizarre response to the tragedy:

Like an M. Night Shyamalan movie, this headline from the Syracuse Post-Standard promises but fails to deliver: Dede Scozzafava says 'hate, lies' wore her downSomehow the story doesn't back up the headline. "Lies and hate" are lamented, but nothing specific is alleged. And it softpeddles the problems NY23 Republican voters had with Dede:Scozzafava had been elected as a pro-choice Republican to be

Thanks to William Teach at Stop the ACLU we learn that Chuck has named Doug Hoffman of the NY23 as the "Glenn Beck candidate", apparently for the unforgiveable sin (in Johnson's faith tradition) of endorsing Beck's Nine Principles, 12 Values:1. America Is Good. 2. I believe in God and He is the Center of my Life. God “The propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that

Dede Scozzafava, the erstwhile Republican nominee to represent New York's 23rd district, has endorsed the Democrat candidate after withdrawing from the race.No word yet on what sort of payoff Scozzafava will get for her whoring herself out to the American Marxist Left:A Democratic source said that Scozzafava and her husband, Ronald P. McDougall, met with U.S. Rep. Steve Israel, D-Huntington, and

Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava has read the writing on the wall and suspended her campaign to represent New York's 23 Congressional District:Republican Dede Scozzafava has suspended her bid in next Tuesday’s NY 23 special election, a huge development that dramatically shakes up the race. She did not endorse either of her two opponents -- Conservative party candidate Doug Hoffman or Democrat

From the Associated (with terrorists) Press:WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama declared the swine flu outbreak a national emergency and empowered his health secretary to suspend federal requirements and speed treatment for thousands of infected people.The declaration that Obama signed late Friday authorized Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to bypass federal rules so health