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Astronauts uncover long line of nicks on shuttle
2009-05-12 21:57:00 Astronauts uncover long line of nicks on shuttle CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - The Atlantis astronauts have uncovered a long stretch of nicks on their space shuttle, the result of launch debris. They were inspecting their ship Tuesday for signs of launch damage when they came across the nicks. Mission Control informed the crew that it’s a ... More About: Astronauts , Long , Line , The U , Shuttle
DOD: U.S. soldier who opened fire at Iraq base in custody
2009-05-11 22:21:00 DOD: U.S. soldier who opened fire at Iraq base in custody BAGHDAD (AP) ? A U.S. soldier opened fire on fellow troops Monday, killing five before being taken into custody, the U.S. command said. Full Story Here: DOD: U.S. soldier who opened fire at Iraq base in custody I am going to do things a bit differently on ... More About: Fire , Opened , Soldier , Custody
Obamanomics explained
2009-05-10 19:46:00 Obamanomics explained Who will help me plant my wheat?” asked the little red hen. “Not I,” said the cow. “Not I,” said the duck. “Not I,” said the pig. “Not I,” said the goose. “Then I will do it by myself,” said the little red hen, and so she did. She planted her crop, and the wheat grew very tall and ... More About: Nancy Pelosi , Barack Obama , Barbara Boxer , Jesse Jackson , Ted Kennedy
Christian school to teen: Skip prom
2009-05-09 18:45:00 Christian school to teen: Skip prom FINDLAY, Ohio - A student at a fundamentalist Baptist school that forbids dancing, rock music, hand-holding and kissing will be suspended if he takes his girlfriend to her public high school prom, his principal said. Despite the warning, 17-year-old Tyler Frost, who has never been to a dance before, said he ... More About: Religion , Christian , School , Prom , American Taliban
White House aide resigns over NYC flyover
2009-05-09 00:09:00 White House aide resigns over NYC flyover WASHINGTON (AP) - A top White House aide resigned Friday for his role in Air Force One’s $328,835 photo-op flyover above New York City that sparked panic and flashbacks to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Louis Caldera said the controversy had made it impossible for him to effectively lead ... More About: White , Aide
Faint Heart Ne?er won Fair Lady
2009-05-08 06:00:00 Faint Heart Ne’er won Fair Lady And it never built a political party or founded a nation either. If the founders of this nation had been as negative regarding the Declaration of Independence or standing up to the British as some I have seen lately, we would ALL still be subjects of the British Empire. The founders of ...
The American Conservative Party
2009-05-06 22:55:00 The American Conservative Party This is a post I found at Conservative Libertarian Outpost and I thought it worth sharing. I hope many of you will take a look at it, read closely the platform, and I hope you will weigh in, good or bad, with your feelings regarding these folks and whether or not you ... More About: Conservative party
New Democrat Specter loses committee seniority
2009-05-06 19:37:00 New Democrat Specter loses committee seniority WASHINGTON (AP) ? Arlen Specter’s switch to the Democratic Party has cost him his seniority on Senate committees. The Senate passed a resolution Tuesday night that made him the most junior Democrat on the committees on which he serves. The resolution was passed after an agreement was reached between leadership ... More About: Committee
Police: Beer Pong Game Prompts Fatal Shooting
2009-05-05 23:26:00 Police: Beer Pong Game Prompts Fatal Shooting BRIDGEPORT, Pa ? One man is dead and another in jail after what suburban Philadelphia police say was an argument over a drinking game that escalated into a fatal shooting. Investigators say 24-year-old Joseph Jimenez fatally shot 25-year-old Scott Riley after they argued over a game of beer pong ... More About: Tattoo , Police , Gun Violence
Afghan president chooses warlord as running mate
2009-05-04 23:27:00 Afghan president chooses warlord as running mate KABUL (AP) - President Hamid Karzai chose a powerful warlord accused of rights abuses as one of his vice presidential running mates on Monday, hours before leaving for meetings in Washington with President Barack Obama and Pakistan’s president. The selection of Mohammad Qasim Fahim, a top commander in the ... More About: War On Terror , Running , Afghanistan
Mexican drug smugglers move into N.M.
2009-05-02 23:41:00 Mexican drug smugglers move into N.M. COLUMBUS, N.M. - This dusty little border town with almost no visible means of support has been seeing something of a boom in the past year: Brand-new Lincoln Navigators and Cadillac Escalades with flashy wheel rims are parked just off the bleak main drag. Homes are selling quickly, sometimes ... More About: Mexican , Move , Drug
The TEA Party? Why the hell not?
2009-05-02 18:47:00 The TEA Party ? Why the hell not? For quite a long time I have been told that a 3rd party is out of the question. I want to know WHY?? Is that simply the words of *defeatists* that are afraid to try something new?? I have been told that we can’t HAVE a 3rd party and that ... More About: Hell , American Politics
The TEA Party Movement is GROWING!
2009-05-02 03:23:00 This is it folks, THIS is where it starts. I am FED UP with the *If YOU didn’t vote for McCain* BS, it’s time for real ideas, real issues, not *what if* and *if only*. Some people seem to think that anyone not voting for Gramps McLame gave Obama the election, and that is a crock ... More About: Party , Growing
Amid swine flu outbreak, racism goes viral
2009-05-01 18:07:00 Amid swine flu outbreak, racism goes viral ?No contact anywhere with an illegal alien!? conservative talk show host Michael Savage advised his U.S. listeners this week on how to avoid the swine flu. ?And that starts in the restaurants” where he said, you ?don?t know if they wipe their behinds with their hands!? And Thursday, Boston ... More About: Viral , Racism , Fascism , Michelle Malkin
Anti-torture activists march to White House
2009-04-30 22:47:00 Anti-torture activists march to White House WASHINGTON (AP) ? More than 100 anti-torture activists are marching from the U.S. Capitol building to the White House . Protesters gathered at the Capitol on Thursday. They say they are protesting detention policies in the United States and what they call the government’s refusal to prosecute torture. The marchers are wearing ... More About: March , Torture
Obama says waterboarding was torture
2009-04-30 05:55:00 Obama says waterboarding was torture WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama said Wednesday night that waterboarding authorized by former President George W. Bush was torture and that the information it gained from terror suspects could have been obtained by other means. “In some cases, it may be harder,” he conceded at a White House news conference ... More About: Obama , Torture , Waterboarding
FACT CHECK: Obama disowns deficit he helped shape
2009-04-30 02:50:00 Obama disowns deficit he helped shape WASHINGTON (AP) - “That wasn’t me,” President Barack Obama said on his 100th day in office, disclaiming responsibility for the huge budget deficit waiting for him on Day One. It actually was him - and the other Democrats controlling Congress the previous two years - who shaped a budget so ... More About: Obama , Fact , Check , Shape , Deficit
Veteran GOP Sen. Specter switches parties
2009-04-28 21:21:00 Veteran GOP Sen. Specter switches parties WASHINGTON - Veteran Republican Sen. Arlen Specter announced plans Tuesday to switch parties, a move that will push Democrats closer to total control of the U.S. Senate. Specter’s switch is a huge boost for President Barack Obama as he tries to advance his agenda on energy policy, health care reform ... More About: Cain , Parties , Veteran
Strong earthquake felt in Mexico City
2009-04-27 22:48:00 Strong earthquake felt in Mexico City MEXICO CITY (AP) ? A strong earthquake struck central Mexico on Monday, swaying tall buildings in the capital and sending office workers into the streets. The 6.0-magnitude quake was centered near Chilpancingo, about 130 miles southwest of Mexico City and 50 miles from the resort of Acapulco, according to the ... More About: Earthquake , Felt
Rowlett Texas Tea Party - July 4, 2009
2009-04-27 15:07:00 Rowlett Texas Tea Party - July 4, 2009 We’re going to do it again! We’re going to have another Rowlett, Texas Tea Party. The last Tea Parties, on April 15th, seemed to have stirred quite a controversy among our detractors. We HAVE their attention. Now it’s time we garner the attention of the politicians on the NATIONAL front. ...
US declares public health emergency for swine flu
2009-04-26 22:03:00 US declares public health emergency for swine flu WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. declared a public health emergency Sunday to deal with the emerging new swine flu, much like the government does to prepare for approaching hurricanes. Officials reported 20 U.S. cases of swine flu in five states so far, with the latest in Ohio and ... More About: Health , Public , Public Health , Emergency
FOXNews Shepard Smith: We don?t f*cking torture
2009-04-26 04:14:00 FOXNews Shepard Smith : We don’t f*cking torture Can someone please explain to me WHY this namby-pamby closet liberal, Shepard Smith , is still on FOX News after his incredibly childish outburst while on air with Trace Gallagher and Judge Andrew Napolitano? A while back E.D. Hill was taken OFF the air because she made reference to Obama?s fist bump ... More About: Torture , Foxnews
Welcome to Dell Hell
2009-04-25 20:52:00 Welcome to Dell Hell I spent ALL day Friday and a good part of Friday night visiting a place called DELL HELL!! I have a Dell machine, 2 of em actually, the wife has her laptop, I use the big model at the desk, and the one I use went down. It appears I had an Adware ... More About: Dell Computers
Republicans Claim Top Lawmakers Were in the Loop on Interrogations
2009-04-23 22:51:00 Republicans Claim Top Lawmakers Were in the Loop on Interrogations Republicans, hoping to turn the tables on Democrats who are open to prosecuting Bush-era lawyers for justifying “enhanced” interrogation techniques, are seeking to reveal the names of those lawmakers who were briefed on the tactics as much as seven years ago. FOX News has learned there ... More About: Republicans , Nancy Pelosi , Torture , Shepard Smith , Janet Napolitano
Earth Day predictions from 1970.
2009-04-23 00:17:00 Earth Day predictions of 1970. The reason you shouldn?t believe Earth Day predictions of 2009. I found this piece looking for more quotes similar to those Glenn Beck was doing when he ran out of time. These were found HERE ?We have about five more years at the outside to do something.? ? Kenneth Watt, ecologist ?Civilization will ... More About: Earth , Earth Day , Predictions
Obama to talk up wind power on Earth Day in Iowa
2009-04-22 19:50:00 Obama to talk up wind power on Earth Day in Iowa WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama’s return to Iowa gives him a chance to mark Earth Day with a pitch for his alternative energy plan and environmentally friendly jobs. The visit to the state that launched him on the road to the White House comes as ... More About: Power , Wind
Obama signs service bill, says volunteers needed
2009-04-21 23:30:00 Obama signs service bill, says volunteers needed WASHINGTON (AP) - Calling on Americans to volunteer, President Barack Obama signed a $5.7 billion national service bill Tuesday that triples the size of the AmeriCorps service program over the next eight years and expands ways for students to earn money for college. “We need your service, right now, in ... More About: Service , Obama , Signs , Volunteers , Kennedy
Obama orders Cabinet to cut spending by $100M
2009-04-21 05:04:00 Obama orders Cabinet to cut spending by $100M WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Monday ordered his Cabinet to find ways to slice spending by $100 million, but acknowledged it’s a “drop in the bucket” and said there’s a “confidence gap” that he needs to overcome. Just back from a Latin America summit, Obama ... More About: Obama , Spending , Orders , Smoke and Mirrors
I took the test. It is now a confirmed fact. I may be a Domestic Terrorist!
2009-04-20 04:58:00 I took the test. It is now a confirmed fact. I may be a Domestic Terrorist !! WASHINGTON ? A newly unclassified Department of Homeland Security report warns against the possibility of violence by unnamed ?right-wing extremists? concerned about illegal immigration, increasing federal power, restrictions on firearms, abortion and the loss of U.S. sovereignty and singles ... More About: Fact , Test
The Republic of Texas and Texas Sovereignty
More articles from this author:2009-04-20 02:16:00 The Republic of Texas and Texas Sovereignty I am getting quite a few personal emails and attempted posts here on the blog from what I am guessing are leftards, moonbats, Texas haters, libbers afraid to stand for FREEDOM, Democrats, but I repeat myself, a number of folks that are afraid of Gov. Rick Perry , all of ... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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