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Cornyn accuses White House of compiling ?enemies list?
2009-08-06 22:01:00 Cornyn accuses White House of compiling ‘enemies list’ Texas Sen. John Cornyn, accusing the White House of compiling an “enemies list,” has asked President Barack Obama to stop an effort to collect “fishy” information Americans see about a health care overhaul. Cornyn, who leads the Republicans’ Senate campaign effort, said Wednesday in a letter to Obama ... More About: Enemies , List
Obama Seeking Internet Snitches
2009-08-06 04:03:00 Obama Seeking Internet Snitches TUESDAY, AUGUST 4TH, 2009 AT 6:55 AM Facts Are Stubborn Things Posted by Macon Phillips Opponents of health insurance reform may find the truth a little inconvenient, but as our second president famously said, ?facts are stubborn things.? Scary chain emails and videos are starting to percolate on the internet, breathlessly claiming, for example, to ... More About: Obama , Barack Hussein Obama
Sotomayor picks up more GOP support with vote near
2009-08-05 23:51:00 Sotomayor picks up more GOP support with vote near WASHINGTON (AP) – Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor picked up more GOP support Wednesday in her drive toward near-certain Senate confirmation this week as the first Hispanic justice, even as a growing chorus of Republicans called her unfit for the bench. Sen. Kit Bond, R-Mo., became the seventh ... More About: Racism , Support , Vote
Pentagon to evaluate online social networking
2009-08-05 02:07:00 Pentagon to evaluate online social networking WASHINGTON (AP) – The Pentagon is reviewing the use of Facebook and other social networking sites on its computers with an eye toward setting rules on how to protect against possible security risks. The Marine Corps on Monday issued an administrative directive saying it was banning the use of Marine ... More About: Social , Social Networking , Space , Networking , Online
Cash for Clunkers boosts July US auto sales
2009-08-03 21:50:00 Cash for Clunkers boosts July US auto sales DETROIT (AP) – Lured by the government’s cash for clunkers campaign, car and truck buyers started returning to showrooms last month, as Ford Motor Co. reported its first U.S. sales increase in nearly two years and other major automakers said sales showed signs of stability. Overall, automakers are ... More About: Sales , Auto , Cash
Sunday News Highlights 08-02-09
2009-08-02 19:50:00 Sunday News Highlights 08-02-09 Mystery ends: Pilot’s remains found in Iraq desert WASHINGTON (AP) – The remains of the first American lost in the Gulf War have been found in Iraq, the military said Sunday, a sorrowful resolution of a nearly two-decade old question about the fate of Navy pilot Capt. Michael “Scott” Speicher. Full Story Here: Mystery ends: ... More About: Sunday , Cameroon , War on Drugs
NRA opposition fails to sway senators on Sotomayor
2009-08-01 23:31:00 NRA opposition fails to sway senators on Sotomayor WASHINGTON (AP) – The N ational Rifle Association’s threat to punish senators who vote for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor has been met with a shrug by Democrats from conservative-leaning states and some Republicans who are breaking with their party to support her. The gun rights group is used ... More About: Amendment , Second Amendment
Dodd has been diagnosed with prostate cancer
2009-07-31 20:23:00 Dodd has been diagnosed with prostate cancer WASHINGTON – Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., has been diagnosed with an early stage of prostate cancer and intends to have surgery early in August, his office said Friday. Dodd plans to be back at work when Congress reconvenes in September, according to an e-mail his office circulated to fellow ... More About: Cancer , Prostate Cancer , Dodd , Prostate
No. 3 Republican to back Sotomayor for high court
2009-07-30 18:42:00 No. 3 Republican to back Sotomayor for high court WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate’s No. 3 Republican announced Thursday he’d break with the rest of his party’s leaders to support Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, who’s in line to become the first Hispanic justice. Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander said he was voting for President Barack Obama’s ... More About: Back , High
Dems warn GOP of backlash for opposing Sotomayor
2009-07-30 08:03:00 Dems warn GOP of backlash for opposing Sotomayor WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate debate over Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor turned bitter Wednesday, after Democrats warned the GOP it would pay a steep price for opposing the judge who would be the first Hispanic justice, and a top Republican charged they were playing destructive racial ... More About: Harry Reid , Backlash
Fox?s Glenn Beck says he believes Obama is racist
2009-07-29 03:04:00 Fox?s Glenn Beck says he believes Obama is racist NEW YORK (AP) ? Fox News Channel commentator Glenn Beck said he believes President Barack Obama is a racist. Beck made the statement during a guest appearance Tuesday on the ?Fox & Friends? morning show. He said Obama has exposed himself as a person with ?a ... More About: Racist
Skilled immigrants fleeing the U.S.
2009-07-28 17:59:00 Skilled immigrants fleeing the U.S. Lured by the prospect of climbing to the top of his field, New Delhi native Swaroop Ganguly came to the U.S. 10 years ago and earned a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 2005. He became an expert in an emerging technology called spintronics, ... More About: Barack Obama , Immigration , Immigrants
Bad Boys, Bad Boys, Watcha Gonna Do??
2009-07-27 22:10:00 Bad Boys , Bad Boys, Watcha Gonna Do… When a slick “community organizer” cons his way into the White House, you may be able to take him out of the hood, but you can’t get the hood out of him. When Barack Hussein Obama interrupted a recent live media propaganda confab on his administration’s most critical national ...
Border agent killed in unusual violence within U.S.
2009-07-25 19:59:00 Border agent killed in unusual violence within U.S. CHULA VISTA, California (AP) ? Federal investigators scrambled Friday to find whoever shot a U.S. Border Patrol agent in the head in an unusually violent attack within the U.S. that has left a baffling trail of evidence. Agent Robert Rosas, a 30-year-old, married father of two young children, ... More About: Violence , Border Security , Killed
A Message for ALL Senators and Members of Congress
2009-07-25 04:32:00 A Message for ALL Senators and Members of Congress If you Vote for the Obama Care or Cap and Trade bills, YOU’RE FIRED!! How simple can it be? We can’t spell it out in any more clear language than this. Sen. Cornyn of Texas has said he will vote against. Sen. Hutchison has intimated that she may vote against. Hutchison is, ...
Gates arrest reignites debate on race
2009-07-24 20:40:00 Gates arrest reignites debate on race It began with a routine tip about a suspected burglary, with a white cop squaring off against a black suspect. Now the president and the rest of the nation are weighing in. More than a week after prominent Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates was arrested by Cambridge Police Sgt. James ... More About: Arrest , Debate , Race , Gates
Obama ?stupidly? comment disappoints Mass. cop
2009-07-23 19:53:00 Obama ’stupidly’ comment disappoints Mass . cop NATICK, Mass. (AP) – A white police sergeant who arrested renowned black scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr. said Thursday he’s disappointed President Barack Obama said officers acted “stupidly,” despite acknowledging he didn’t know all the facts. Sgt. James Crowley responded to Gates’ home near Harvard University last week to investigate ... More About: Obama , Comment
Obamanure finally tells the truth!
2009-07-23 02:48:00 Obamanure finally tells the truth! When I was dating Michelle I told her my *winky* was THIS BIG! On our wedding night, she found out it was this small… addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Ftexasfred.net%2Farchives%2F 4613'; addthis_title = 'Obamanure+finally+tells+the+truth%21'; addthis_pub = ''; More About: Truth , Finally , Tells , The Truth
Taking a DAY OFF
2009-07-22 22:18:00 Taking a DAY OFF addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Ftexasfred.net%2Farchives%2F 4604'; addthis_title = 'Taking+a+DAY+OFF'; addthis_pub = ''; More About: Taking
Judiciary Republicans delay Sotomayor vote 1 week
2009-07-21 18:19:00 Judiciary Republicans delay Sotomayor vote 1 week WASHINGTON (AP) – The Senate Judiciary Committee has put off its vote on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor for one week after Republicans asked for a delay. Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy says the vote will occur on July 28. The Vermont Democrat says he’s disappointed the GOP held ... More About: Vote , Week , Judiciary
RNC chairman attacks Obama on health care
2009-07-20 20:34:00 RNC chairman attacks Obama on health care WASHINGTON – The chairman of the Republican Party on Monday called President Barack Obama ’s plan to overhaul health care “socialism,” accusing the president of conducting a risky experiment that will hurt the economy and force millions to drop their current coverage. Michael Steele, in remarks at the National Press ... More About: Politics , Health , Health Care , Nancy Pelosi
Obama Health Plan to Cover 12 Million Illegals
2009-07-20 05:42:00 Obama Health Plan to Cover 12 Million Illegals On Friday, Democrats moved one step closer to giving free health insurance to the nation?s estimated 12 million illegal aliens when they successfully defeated a Republican-backed amendment, offered by Rep. Dean Heller, R-Nev., that would have prevented illegal aliens from receiving government-subsidized health care under the proposed ... More About: Obama
Officials: Health care proposal a work in progress
2009-07-19 20:02:00 Obama Care : The Doctor is IN! WASHINGTON (AP) – Administration officials defended President Barack Obama’s broad health care proposals on Sunday and urged a skeptical public not to judge the Democrats’ overhaul until Congress writes a final version. Full Story Here: Officials: Health care proposal a work in progress Permalink: http://texasfred.net/archives/4584 addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Ftexasfred.net%2Farchives%2F 4584'; ... More About: Health Care , Proposal , Work
TEA Party not received well in St. Louis
2009-07-18 20:28:00 Sen. Claire McCaskill’s Office Locks Doors, Pull Blinds & Calls Cops on Tea Party Protesters Ya know, for a bunch of folks that Obamanure claimed to have not heard of, claimed we didn’t even exist, it sure looks like there’s some far left libber loons Senators and their staffs that are afraid of us. Not too bad ... More About: Louis , St Louis
Obama defends call for broad health care overhaul
2009-07-18 15:33:00 Obama defends call for broad health care overhaul WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama on Saturday defended his broad health care overhaul, calling it fiscally sound and urging Congress not to squander its moment to pass reform. Stepping up their criticism, Republicans cast the plan as a financial burden that shouldn’t be rushed. Adopting an aggressive ... More About: Health , Health Care , Obama , Care , Call
Feds arrest felon in sale of gun in McNair killing
2009-07-18 01:45:00 Feds arrest felon in sale of gun in McNair killing NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Federal agents have arrested a convicted murderer for allegedly providing the gun later used to kill ex-NFL quarterback Steve McNair. Adrian J. Gilliam Jr., 33, of LaVergne, Tenn., was arrested by agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. A criminal complaint ... More About: Arrest , Amendment , Sale , Gun Control
Did Sotomayor Lie to Senators?
2009-07-17 03:01:00 Did Sotomayor Lie to Senators? Did Judge Sonia Sotomayor twist the truth when she met with Senators before her confirmation hearings began? Does anyone on the Judiciary Committee have the guts to call her on it? “Is there anything the Senate or Congress can do if a nominee says one thing seated at that table and does ... More About: Senate Judiciary Committee , Arlen Specter , Barack Hussein Obama
House Dems move to votes on health bill
2009-07-16 19:35:00 House Dems move to votes on health bill WASHINGTON (AP) – House Democrats on Thursday pushed ahead with legislation that would deliver on President Barack Obama’s promise to remake the health care system and cover some 50 million uninsured, despite concerns from their own party’s moderate and conservative lawmakers that the $1.5 trillion plan costs ... More About: Health , House , Move , Bill , Votes
Sotomayor defends her legal record
2009-07-15 20:41:00 Sotomayor defends her legal record WASHINGTON ? Judge Sonia Sotomayor insisted Tuesday under pointed questioning that her ethnicity and gender will not influence her decisions if she is confirmed as the Supreme Court’s first Hispanic justice. Republicans, led by Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama, repeatedly pressed Sotomayor on the second day of confirmation hearings about her ... More About: Legal , Record , Barack Hussein Obama
Mexico, US set protocol on weapons cooperation
More articles from this author:2009-07-15 01:51:00 Mexico, US set protocol on weapons cooperation MEXICO CITY (AP) – Mexico and the United States have agreed on a protocol for sharing information in arms trafficking cases. Top officials of both countries say the guidelines are aimed at helping them bring more cases against weapons traffickers. Mexican Attorney General Eduardo Medina-Mora made the announcement Monday at ... More About: Mexico , Cooperation , Amendment , Weapons , Felipe Calderon 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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