Obama Calls for Sweeping Overhaul in Education Law
March 13, 2010
New York Times / By SAM DILLON
President Obama spoke to students in October at a school in Silver Spring, Md., that was named a “Blue Ribbon” school under the law in 2005.
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More Economic Suicide: Obama Administration Bans Offshore Drilling For 3 Years
March 14, 2010
Gateway Pundit / Jim Hoft
In 2009 Democrats scrapped oil and gas leases in Utah, permanently banned drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), and nixed offshore drilling.
Obama by proxy
March 13, 2010
AreYouLiberal.Com :: Converting the Willing, Destroying Ignorance Abroad... / Doctor Zero
Channeling.
The New Poor: For-Profit Schools Cashing In on Recession and Federal Aid
March 13, 2010
New York Times: Home Page / By PETER S. GOODMAN
Susana Holloway of Le Cordon Bleu’s culinary school in Portland, Ore., where a 15 or 21-month program costs $41,000.
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D-day for Obama's health reforms
March 14, 2010
The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines
WASHINGTON: More than a year of high ambition and political wrangling have come down to a make-or-break week for Barack Obama and US Democrats seeking to clinch a historic revamp of America's ...
Lamontagne pounds Ayotte in open letter to McCain
March 14, 2010
Now! Hampshire
Republicans Senate hopeful Ovide Lamontagne pounded GOP rival Kelly Ayotte and “the DC establishment and party bosses” in an “open letter of John McCain” on Saturday.
Rove: Obama ‘aloof and disengaged’
March 14, 2010
Politico / Politico Live
Karl Rove said Sunday that President Barack Obama has been too "disengaged" from the health care reform process.
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Stats Say Kucinich may be Least Valuable Democrat
March 13, 2010
FiveThirtyEight / noreply@blogger.com (Nate Silver)
In December, I posted ratings for each Democratic Representative based on how they voted on 10 key agenda items in 2009.
Employers Rapidly Shifting Health Care Costs to Workers
March 13, 2010
Crooks and Liars / Jon Perr
As the year-long health care debate approaches its end game in Washington, opponents of reform are being buffeted by a double-whammy of bad news.
Brown: An entire year has gone to waste
March 13, 2010
AreYouLiberal.Com :: Converting the Willing, Destroying Ignorance Abroad... / Ed Morrissey
"Disastrous detour."
Constitutional Crisis: House to Pass Health Care Reform Without Voting on It
March 13, 2010
Stop The ACLU / Jay
U.S Constitution, Article I, Section VII, Clause II.
If Only There Were Two
March 13, 2010
Firedoglake / Peterr
Archbishop Desmond Tutu wrote movingly and powerfully about the wave of anti-gay hate that is sweeping his continent of Africa.
Hillary Clinton Rebukes Israel for Settlements Surprise During Biden Visit
March 13, 2010
Politics Daily / Tom Diemer
Filed under: Hillary Clinton, Religion, Foreign Policy, Obama Administration, Culture, InternationalSecretary of State Hillary Clinton ruffled some feathers this week with her sharp criticism of ...
Pauley Back on NBC, Yearned for ‘Cool, Steady Hand’ of ‘Exceptional’ Obama
March 14, 2010
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias / Brent Baker
In 2008, just four years after leaving NBC News, Jane Pauley gave the maximum allowed donation to Barack Obama ($2,300) and campaigned for him in her native Indiana where she proclaimed “I want to see ...
Obama at Bat
March 13, 2010
GayPatriot / B. Daniel Blatt
Just received a link to this from a reader:
Pelosi: I'm delighted the President will be here to burn the Constitution in Effigy... it's going to be historic.
March 13, 2010
Doug Ross @ Journal / directorblue (noreply@blogger.com)
Yesterday evening, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi celebrated the imminent passage of a sweeping health care reform bill by burning the Constitution in effigy, a symbolic act that she said expressed her ...
CBS News Gets Coffee Party Fever: It's a Lot Like TEA Parties
March 13, 2010
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias / Candance Moore
On Friday, CBSNews.com's blog Political Hotsheet ran a gushing article that amounted to free advertising for the left's new gimmick of coffee parties.
Dodd Bill to Toughen Stance on Banks
March 14, 2010
WSJ.com: Markets
Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd is finalizing a bill to rework financial market rules that is expected to be tougher against banks than previously expected.
Obama and Medvedev Talk About Arms Treaty
March 13, 2010
New York Times / By PETER BAKER
President Obama and President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia moved closer to an agreement on a treaty that would slash both countries’ active nuclear arsenals.
Helen Thomas Asks Gibbs 'Why Do We Give Commitments to Israel When it Violates International Law?'
March 13, 2010
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias / Noel Sheppard
Helen Thomas on Friday asked White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs why the United States keeps giving iron-clad commitments to Israel when it violates international law?
Obama: Overhaul ‘No Child Left Behind’
March 13, 2010
MSNBC
Instead of requiring schools to meet annual benchmarks, President Barack Obama's plan would encourage school improvement based on a system of incentives for the best schools and teachers.
Desiree Rogers victim of Kinsley Gaffe? #rsrh
March 13, 2010
Moe Lane / Moe_Lane
Probably not. Although it’s as good an answer as any, I guess*. …Mr.
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If Health Care Is Obama's Waterloo, Get To Know The Duke Of Wellington
March 14, 2010
Daily Kos / DemFromCT
There are few more arrogant and wrongheaded statements of policy and intent than that offered by Jim DeMint in his own words: "If we're able to stop Obama on this, it will be his Waterloo.
Agencies lag in following Obama's openness order
March 14, 2010
Sify.com News
President Barack Obama is having difficulty getting all federal agencies to follow his order to deliver "a new era of open government," according to a study of how they administer the Freedom of
President Obama changing 'No Child Left Behind'
March 14, 2010
Forum: News/Activism / New York Daily News
President Obama announced plans Saturday to overhaul the controversial No Child Left Behind act - even dropping its well-known name.
Obama promise: Brighter education futures for kids
March 14, 2010
AP Top-Sports Headlines At 7:30 p.m.
ATLANTA (AP) -- President Barack Obama is promising parents and their kids that with his administration's help they will have better teachers in improved schools so U.S.
Chief House Democratic vote counter searching for votes to pass Obama's health care overhaul
March 14, 2010
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House vote counter hunting for health care votes
March 14, 2010
Newsvine - Get Smarter Here / Associated Press
The Democrat's chief vote counter in the House says that right now there aren't enough votes to pass President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.
Guinea: Konate rules out presidential bid
March 14, 2010
AfricaNewsSearch: Latest News / IndependentOnline
Guinea"s interim leader says he will not run in presidential elections planned for June in the small West African country.
ARE SOME RACES MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS? “How will the Obama administration respond to a formal compl…
March 14, 2010
Instapundit / Glenn Reynolds
ARE SOME RACES MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS? “How will the Obama administration respond to a formal complaint in the wake of serious black-on-Asian violence at South Philadelphia High School? . . .
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