US moves Marines into
position to support Tripoli
Excerpt: The government in Libya
has called the US ambassador
on the carpet over the seizure of Abu Anas al-Libi, the suspected mastermind
behind the 1998 embassy bombings in Kenya
and Tanzania Tripoli
Government Shutdown
Enters Second Week
Excerpt: Traffic around Washington
Republican talking
points. Speaker Boehner said he supports a "grand bargain" that would fund the government, cut
spending, raise the debt ceiling, reform Obamacare, and perhaps soften the
budget sequestration. But the Speaker is very clear that he lacks the votes to pass a "clean" spending
bill. By "clean" they mean a bill that funds the government without
any conditions. To conservative Republicans who want to see Obamacare reforms
and other spending restraints, a "clean" spending bill is the same as
surrender. Whether or not there are enough votes to pass a "clean"
spending bill is a tricky question. A majority of 217 votes is needed. One
cannot assume that all 200 House Democrats would support such a measure. At
least 5 House Democrats have signaled their opposition to a "clean"
spending bill, while 22 House Republicans have voiced their support for joining with the Democrats in
passing a "clean" bill. In any event, if the Speaker were to support
a "clean" bill with 195 Democrats and 22 Republicans, his days in Washington 
Democrat talking points. A
majority of House Democrats (195 out of 200) support the Senate-passed spending bill, which fully funds
the government without condition. Down the street at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Democrat talking points. A
majority of House Democrats (195 out of 200) support the Senate-passed spending bill, which fully funds
the government without condition. Down the street at
Don’t Fret the
Shutdown. By Brian Wesbury, Chief Economist
Excerpt: What we are saying is that those who fear this
government shutdown are not paying attention to history. Moreover, they are
thinking like Keynesians.
Good Analysis: The Only Story in Town. By Brian
Wesbury, Chief Economist
Excerpt: Add to this that the Sequester did not destroy the
economy, while the city of Detroit
Good Column: Where Are You Tom Brokaw? By Andy
Weddington
Excerpt: Numerous passionate interviews with Mr. Brokaw
come to mind. More than a few times through the years I've listened to him tell
stories of everyday citizens who answered their country's call and did
remarkable things - because those things, mostly terrible, had to be
done.
Is the Conflict
Between Us Irreconcilable? By Patrick J. Buchanan
Excerpt: Three times in a fortnight, the House has voted to
fund every department, agency, and program of the government—except Obamacare.
Who, then, is truly shutting down the government? What we are witnessing here
is the unfolding of the Big Lie—the constant repetition of a
transparent falsehood—to persuade a pliable public not only to believe it,
but to recite it, as in Orwell’s “1984.”
Excerpt: The government shutdown is being felt close to home
for some locals. They say they're being forced out of private homes on Lake Mead because they sit on federal land. Joyce
Spencer is 77-years-old and her husband Ralph is 80. (If they can't provide
services, how can they provide police to kick people out of their homes? ~Bob)
About That Vegas
Couple Kicked Out Of Their Home…
Excerpt: But you know what else operates on federally owned
land? A sizable portion of U.S.
The cheap tricks of
the game. By Wesley Purden
Excerpt: Barack Obama is
having a lot of fun using the government shutdown to squeeze the public in
imaginative ways. The point of the shutdown game is to see who can squeeze
hardest, make the most pious speech and listen for the applause. ... “It’s a
cheap way to deal with the situation,” an angry Park Service ranger
in Washington says
of the harassment. “We’ve been told to make life as difficult for people as we
can. It’s disgusting.”
The Vengeful Parent: Government Shutdown is Giving Obama
More Control. By Nancy Keaton
Excerpt: Let’s be clear. You can blame Republicans for the
shutdown. But Republicans ONLY control the House. Democrats control the Senate
and the Presidency. Do you really think the Republicans have the power to
determine HOW the shutdown is implemented? No, they don’t. Obama and ONLY Obama
is the one who decides what will be shut down. NO ONE ELSE has that authority.
He is deliberately trying to hurt ALL Americans in order to try to make us mad
at the Republicans. What president has EVER done that?!
'Gestapo' tactics
meet senior citizens at Yellowstone. By John Macone
Excerpt: Vaillancourt was one of
thousands of people who found themselves in a national park as the federal
government shutdown went into effect on Oct. 1. For many hours her tour group,
which included senior citizen visitors from Japan ,
Australia , Canada and the United
States , were locked in a Yellowstone National Park Del.
Mother of fallen
soldier denied death benefits: 'I won't ever understand it'
Excerpt: The shutdown of the federal government is now
affecting some families when they are most vulnerable, denying them a $100,000
benefit to help with funeral expenses of loved ones killed while serving the
country. The families of five U.S.
service members who died over the weekend in Afghanistan Del
Inarticulate Republicans. By Thomas Sowell
Excerpt: If the continued existence of mathematics depended
on the ability of the Republicans to defend the proposition that two plus two
equals four, that would probably mean the end of mathematics and of all the
things that require mathematics.
Good Column: Medieval
Liberals: Unlike classical liberals, the liberals of today hew
to doctrine in the face of the evidence. By Victor Davis
Hanson
Excerpt: Among elite liberals today, all too few are of this
classical mold — guided by reason and empirical observation. By far the
majority are medieval and reactionary. By medieval I mean that they adhere to
accepted doctrine — in this case, the progressive doctrine of always finding
solutions in larger government and more taxes — despite all the evidence to the
contrary. The irony is that they project just such ideological blinkers onto
their conservative opponents.
Lack of Financial
Transparency in Public Education
Excerpt: Public schools are usually the most costly item in
state and local budgets. Yet despite tremendous and persistent spending growth
in the last half-century, the public vastly underestimates the true cost of
public education, says the Cato Institute. To better understand the source of
this misperception, the Cato Institute examines the spending data that all 50
state education departments make available to the public on their websites. The
report reveals that very few state education departments provide complete and
timely financial data that is understandable to the general public.
Obamacare vs. Samaritan Health-Care Ministry: A Case Study.
The new law erodes the power of individuals to make health care cheaper &
better. By Jim Epstein
Excerpt: When Jason Morris' son Cole was two years old, he
broke his thighbone and spent several weeks in a full-body cast. The medical
bills came to about $13,000, but Morris, his wife, and six children don't have
health insurance. Instead they belong to Samaritan Ministries, an
organization of devout Christians who chip in to cover each other's medical
bills. Following the usual process at Samaritan, members from all over the
country mailed the Morris family small checks that added up to enough money to
cover all the bills. (You can't allow people to take care of each other--that's
government's job! ~Bob)
Dodd-Frank's Costs
Will Be Paid For By Low-Income Bank Customers. By Abby McCloskey
Excerpt: Low-income people, young people, and minorities
have seen a dramatic drop in the financial products and services available to
them since the crisis. Nearly one million people were shut out of mainstream
banking completely from 2009 to 2011, according to the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation.
Another Kerry Gaffe
Puts U.S.
Excerpt: Comments on Monday by Secretary of State John Kerry
crediting the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad with initial cooperation with
international chemical weapons monitors leave no doubt that the United States
now has a stake in shoring up the Assad regime's legitimacy--even as it arms
its increasingly radical opposition.
ATF tries to block
whistleblowing agent’s Fast and Furious book: 1st Amendment battle over
‘gun-walking’ expose
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/6/atf-tries-block-whistleblowing-agents-fast-and-fur/#ixzz2h2zTnPuG
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/oct/6/atf-tries-block-whistleblowing-agents-fast-and-fur/#ixzz2h2zTnPuG
Excerpt: The Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is blocking the main
whistleblower in the Fast and Furious case from publishing a book, claiming his
retelling of the Mexico “gun-walking”
scandal will hurt morale inside the embattled law enforcement agency, according
to documents obtained by The Washington Times. (Refer this to the
Ministry of Truth. ~Bob)
Exchange launch turns
into inexcusable mess: Our view. USA
Excerpt: Alas, the administration managed to turn the
experience for most of those visitors into a nightmare. ... Park said the
administration expected 50,000 to 60,000 simultaneous users. It got 250,000.
Compare that with the similarly rocky debut seven years ago of exchanges to
obtain Medicare drug coverage. The Bush administration projected 20,000
simultaneous users and built capacity for 150,000. That's the difference
between competence and incompetence.
ObamaCare crash not
just traffic
Excerpt: Problems plaguing online enrollment in ObamaCare
are not just due to high traffic, but are being compounded by structural
problems at healthcare.gov, the federal government portal where people can shop
for medical insurance. ... But a source close to the insurance industry said
things aren’t looking good so far. State and federal systems appear to have
problems communicating with each other, and insurers aren’t confident in the
accuracy of subsidy calculations for the few consumers getting that far in the
process. “It just sounds like a nightmare,” the source said.
Must Read: Forgive Commander In Chief Obama
Excerpt: President Obama has been taking a lot of guff
lately for his presumptive shutdown of war memorials. Do not be angry with
President Obama. Just as with Bill Clinton, Barack Obama had no military
experience when he came into the office of the Presidency and assumed the
additional role of Commander in Chief. Sadly, simply assuming the title does
not qualify a man to fill the big shoes. Simply look at the background of both
Clinton and Obama.
Obama’s Shutdown: Parks for Amnesty Activists Only.
By Matthew Vadum
Excerpt: President Obama’s unprecedentedly vicious,
carefully choreographed campaign of shutdown sadism is becoming even more thuggish
as the fiscal 2014 budget dispute heads into its second week. But the lawless
Obama administration is granting an indulgence to its radical friends who
support immigration amnesty and tearing down the nation’s borders.
Power play: Harry
Reid sidelined Joe Biden
Excerpt: When President Barack Obama laid out his strategy
for the current debt-limit fight in a private meeting with Senate Majority
Leader Harry Reid this past summer, Reid stipulated one condition: No Joe
Biden. And while Biden attended the White House dog-and-pony show meeting last
week with congressional leaders, Reid has effectively barred him from the
backrooms, according to sources familiar with the situation.
The White Widow's
'Jihadi children': Secret diary of fugitive Briton reveals she is raising
family to murder 'Islam's enemies'
Excerpt: Written by the world’s most wanted woman, it is a
chilling manifesto for terrorism.
‘White widow’ Samantha Lewthwaite spells out over nine
scrawled pages her need to murder disbelievers and incites others – including
her children – to do the same.
Muslim cleric:
"If I were allowed to pray for a non-Muslim, I would have prayed for the
soul of the Nazi leader, who barbecued [the Russians] and the Jews"
Bomb kills 2 in Pakistan
Excerpt: A bomb exploded next to a van carrying Pakistani
security guards tasked with protecting workers involved in an anti-polio drive
in the country's northwest on Monday, killing two people, according to
officials.
In God We Trust; All
Others We Search (Part 1) By Chuck Norris
Excerpt: A decade ago, there were roughly only 10 incidents
of church violence across the U.S.
Cory's Booker of Lies. By Stella Paul
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/../2013/10/corys_booker_of_lies.html
Excerpt: A few chapters back in the Cory Booker story, the dashing young mayor ofNewark , New Jersey
Excerpt: A few chapters back in the Cory Booker story, the dashing young mayor of
Will you get your
Social Security check if the U.S.
Excerpt: The reality: The SSTF actually is one of the
largest creditors of the U.S. Treasury - right up there with China and Japan U.S.
Excerpt: In a statement citing the Authorization to Use
Military Force, which was passed by Congress after the 9/11 attacks on America , the US
military yesterday justified the Oct. 5 raid by US Navy SEALs that targeted a
senior Shabaab leader in Somalia
Excerpt: The Oct. 5 raid by
US Navy SEALs in the Somali coastal town of Barawe that
targeted Shabaab's external operations chief Abdulkadir Mohamed Abdulkadir, who
is also known as Ikrima, may have killed "two senior foreign
fighters." Ikrima was linked to two top al Qaeda leaders who have been
killed by the US
Excerpt: But the most interesting, and factual, part of the
statement is the Taliban's claim that it has "forced the arrogant enemy to
accept the existence and presence of the Islamic Emirate in the political field
while openly declaring that they are quitting Afghanistan and want to bring the
conflict in Afghanistan to an end through talks." (You remember Afghanistan
Bobby Rigged. By Taki
Excerpt: It soon became obvious that [tennis player Bobby]
Riggs’s card games were rigged and outright cheating was going on (marked
cards, peeks installed in the rooms next door, and so on). I soon made my way
up north, never to return to the fold. But during that winter I saw Bobby play
tennis daily, and looking back there was no way a woman, no matter how much
younger, could have beaten him.
Paul Ryan: Here's How
We Can End This Stalemate: Both Reagan and Clinton negotiated debt-ceiling
deals with their opponents. We're ready to negotiate.
Excerpt: First, let's clear something up. The president says
he "will not negotiate" on the debt ceiling. He claims that such
negotiations would be unprecedented. But many presidents have negotiated on the
debt ceiling—including him. In 1985, Ronald Reagan signed a debt-ceiling deal
with congressional Democrats that set deficit caps. In 1997, Bill Clinton
hammered out an agreement with congressional Republicans to raise the debt
ceiling, reform Medicare and cut capital-gains taxes. Two years ago, Mr. Obama
signed the Budget Control Act, which swapped spending cuts for a debt-ceiling
hike.
BREAKING: Redskins’
owner announces new name for Washington
Excerpt: Washington Redskins owner Daniel Snyder announced
today he is bowing to pressure from Pres. Obama and Native American activists
and is changing his football team’s name to the Washington Corruption. The new
symbol of the team will be the White House and the team’s mascot will be a
caricature version of Obama.
Obamacare
Marketplace: Personal Data Can Be Used For ‘Law Enforcement and Audit
Activities. By Jeryl
Bier
Excerpt: The policy states that all information to help in
applying for coverage and even for making a payment will be kept strictly
confidential and only be used to carry out the function of the marketplace. There
is, however, an exception: "[W]e may share information provided in your
application with the appropriate authorities for law enforcement and audit
activities."
Obamacare Snake
Oil: As broken promises pile up — “Lower rates for all!” — the
Left rolls out new sales pitches. By Charles C. W.
Cooke
Excerpt: Don’t look now, but as Obamacare’s critics
are focusing incessantly on the abortive rollout of the law’s health-care
exchanges, the Left is moving the goalposts in the broader debate — and rather
spectacularly, too. Obamacare, recall, was sold with a specific set of
political promises: The new regime, advocates insisted, would reduce the
deficit, cover the needy, and reduce total health spending — all while lowering
the premiums of those who were already insured.
Excerpt: There are over 100,000 women working as sex slaves
in Turkey
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