AFP reports, “The White House insisted Monday that President Barack Obama was determined to close Guantanamo Bay, despite failing to do so by the war on terror camp’s 10th anniversary this week. Obama declared within a few hours of taking office in January 2009 that he would shutter the camp within a year, saying it […]
Entries from January 2012
White House Still Insisting On Closing Gitmo, Even Though It Still Has No Plan
January 10th, 2012 · No Comments
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NAACP Calls for Economic Boycott of St. Louis City/County
January 10th, 2012 · No Comments
This excerpt from a press release from the Missouri State Conference of the NAACP further proves that the NAACP is a tired and irrelevant organization offering more tired and irrelevant ideas: NAACP State Quarterly meeting in Columbia, Mo. – On Saturday January 7, 2011 the NAACP Missouri State Conference supported the call for a Economic […]
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Poll: 52% Think Repeal of Health Care Law Likely
January 9th, 2012 · No Comments
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 54% of Likely U.S. Voters at least somewhat favor repeal of the law, while 39% are at least somewhat opposed. This includes 42% of voters who Strongly Favor repeal versus 29% who Strongly Oppose it. Read more… In this video flashback, soon to be former Congressman […]
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Grassley, WSJ: Where’s The Legal Rationale For Obama’s “Recess” Appointments?
January 9th, 2012 · No Comments
In an op-ed for USA Today, Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, writes, “President Obama’s appointment of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is unacceptable because it violates both the letter and spirit of the Constitution. The framers saw the dangers of power grabs by any one branch […]
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Let The Desperation Begin! Hannibal Courier-Post Calls for Security for McCaskill
January 9th, 2012 · No Comments
Message posted today on the MOPNS Facebook page Apparently Claire’s moderate charade is not resonating back home. Time to go to the playbook and bring out the fear card: The last two times U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill has come to the Hannibal area, the amount of personal protection offered to the Senator has been less […]
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Rep. Jamilah (Lil’ Niecey) Nasheed & “Coonery”
January 4th, 2012 · No Comments
Coonery: Antics and behavior displayed by certain underclass individuals in the Black culture, the end result being the embarrassment of the rest of the upstanding Black community.–Urban Dictionary The words “coonery” and Jamilah Nasheed go together like peanut butter and jelly and ham and eggs. (sorry for the pork reference Lil Niecey) Now, before you […]
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Post Dispatch Commits Random Act of Journalism
January 3rd, 2012 · No Comments
“Speed is important….Debate starts at 10 in am. Votes late tomorrow aft or early eve. Holding flight home tomorrow night. Hope I make it.” – Sen. Claire McCaskill on Twitter during the ‘stimulus’ debate In a complete act of random journalism we’re sure, St. Louis Post Dispatch reporter Bill Lambrecht actually pens an objective piece […]
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