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President Barack Obama says he would "think about changing" the Washington Redskins' name if he owned the football team as he waded into the controversy involving a word many consider offensive to Native Americans.
Obama, in an interview with The Associated Press, said team names such as the Redskins offend "a sizable group of people." He said that while fans get attached to the names, nostalgia may not be a good enough reason to keep them in place.
"I don't know whether our attachment to a particular name should override the real legitimate concerns that people have about these things," he said in the interview, which was conducted Friday at the White House
[WASHINGTONTIMES] Tea party groups, Franklin Graham, Christine O'Donnell, a pro-marriage group. And now Dr. Ben Carson.
The list of conservatives targeted by the Internal Revenue Service for audits, tax-exempt reviews or tax privacy breaches keeps growing, raising fresh questions in Washington about whether a scandal the B.O. regime has blamed on bureaucratic incompetence and coincidence may in fact involve something more nefarious.
The latest revelation came Thursday from Dr. Carson, the renowned neurosurgeon who told The Washington Times that he was targeted for an audit just months after he gave a speech in front of President B.O. that challenged America's leadership. The agency requested to review his real estate holdings and then conducted a full audit.
In the end, the IRS found no wrongdoing, Dr. Carson said, but it raised his suspicions about being singled out for his speech.
"I guess it could be a coincidence, but I never had been audited before and never really had any encounters with the IRS," Dr. Carson said in an interview. "But it certainly would make one suspicious because we know now the IRS has been used for political purposes and therefore actions like this come under suspicion."
Melanie Sloan, head of the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and a former Justice Department prosecutor during the Clinton years, said she had not been that concerned about the IRS reviews of the growing number of tea party groups but the story of Dr. Carson's audit raised red flags.
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The 'sad stories' actually began in January of 2008.
In other news: The Obamacare web site is "down for routine maintenance". No need to throw everyone into massive 'sticker shock' until AFTER we've got an approved congressional funding line, now is there ?
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I had submitted for a grant for a National Park to return Southwest Kansas back into its native beach environment. It would have been staffed soley by Native Americans who are the only macroculture to not contribute to climate change. We would have re-introduced the Ichyosaur, "the dolphin of the reptiles", and created a tropical habitat, a prestine introduction into pre-human climate change world. It would pay for itself when the reserve would prevent two to three Hurricane Katrinas per year.
[ONLINE.WSJ] Senior Republicans in Congress, frustrated over their inability to strike a deal to reopen the government, began shifting from their drive to undercut the 2010 health-care law, which has been the central element of the dispute, toward a broader budget deal.
The new focus comes as Congress is beginning to confront the need to raise the U.S. debt ceiling, which the Treasury said must be done this month in order to pay the nation's obligations. With federal agencies largely shuttered for a third day, some GOP politicians were exploring whether the political stalemate over funding the government could best be resolved by crafting a broader fiscal package that would include an increase in the debt ceiling.
House Speaker John It is not pronounced 'Boner!' Boehner ... the occasionally weepy leader of House Republicans... , (R., Ohio), on Thursday signaled he would follow that course. He told a group of his closest allies over lunch that he doesn't want to broker a deal to fund federal agencies and reopen the government only to face an immediate negotiation over raising the debt ceiling, participants said. The speaker expressed optimism at the lunch that he might be able to combine the two issues to embark on broader budget negotiations with the White House and Senate Democrats.
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And the broader, the better, sneak in Obamacare, ig>NO
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[WASHINGTONTIMES] Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid ... the charismatic senator-for-life from Nevada, currently majority leader ... delivered a striking mea culpa on the Senate floor Friday as he opened the chamber, saying he and his colleagues have simply gotten too personal and nasty in their floor debates.
A day earlier Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Republican, had scolded Mr. Reid for attacking Sen. Ted Cruz, another Texas Republican, by name as they debated the government shutdown. Mr. Cornyn read directly from the Senate Rules that prohibit members from impugning each other's motives or conduct.
Mr. Reid on Friday said it was a lesson all senators, including himself, should learn.
"I'll work harder and I hope my senators will work to their best to maintain these habits of civility and decorum," he said.
The Nevada Democrat said the chamber has "lost the aura" of Sen. Robert C. Byrd, the long-time politician from West Virginia who was seen as a keeper of the chamber's traditions.
On Thursday, Mr. Reid had accused Mr. Cruz -- who wasn't on the floor -- of having usurped the rest of the GOP leadership, including House Speaker John A. Boehner.
"He is following Senator Cruz 's idea specifically. Senator Cruz is now joint Speaker. He lectures the House on occasion, as he does people over here," Mr. Reid said. He also called the GOP moves he said Mr. Cruz was spearheading "crazy."
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If there were justice in this world, Reid would have died from Cruz's pistol in an honor duel. Or be swinging at the end of a rope for treason.
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"The Nevada Democrat said the chamber has "lost the aura" of Sen. Robert C. Byrd, the long-time politicianKKK kleagle from West Virginia who was seen as a keeper of the chamber's traditions."
FTFY
And no, Harry, obviously you haven't.
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"Reid apologizes"
"I'm sorry I got caught"
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"Mr. Reid, I was reviewing your z-out and it seems your register was -$2000 and there was cowboy poetry where the credit car receipts were supposed to be. Care to explain?"
"Yeah, you are a racist crazy bird and I'll plead the 5th"
Posted by: Redneck Jim ||
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I think you people are all being too hard on him. He might make it as a busboy in Las Vegas...certainly not a waiter but he might make it as a busboy...or how about a dish washer? You know, something where the public won't notice him.
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..ah, come on guys, he'd make an excellent sleazy Las Vegas lawyer for the CSI series.
[WASHINGTONTIMES] Republicans on Friday were furious over a Wall Street Journal report that the White House believes it is "winning" the shutdown fight.
"This isn't some damn game," said House Speaker John A. Boehner. "The American people don't want their government shut down and neither do I."
Publicly the White House, too, says the shutdown isn't about winning. Press secretary Jay Carney said that on Thursday. But the Wall Street Journal reported that a senior administration official said: "We are winning...It doesn't really matter to us" how long the shutdown lasts "because what matters is the end result."
Republicans and Democrats are stalemated in how to reopen the government, with Republicans demanding a compromise that would include a delay or dent in Obamacare, and Democrats insisting the government be reopened without any preconditions -- though they say they would be willing to talk about other spending and tax issues later.
Democrats have accused Mr. Boehner of being a bad negotiator, saying he cannot control his own troops and can't be trusted to deliver on a deal. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid ... the charismatic senator-for-life from Nevada, currently majority leader ... said this week that Mr. Boehner reneged on a deal they had to pass a stopgap spending bill without preconditions but at the spending level the House GOP insisted.
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Bad negotiator? WTF? The Dems refuse to negotiate at all, We elected a split government precisely because of the actions of the Dems in ramrodding a bad law through that the nation did not want. Time to face up to it, Democrats, or be called out as the dictatorial assholes that you are, and (figuratively) break out the tar and feathers to chase them from office.
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Sit like Grant before Richmond, even if it takes all winter and spring. You're numbers can't get much worse with time and theirs will tumble. That's why they're panicking, as you can tell by their baying. The added bonus is that they can't use the Treasury to buy more votes with if the doors are locked.
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If you DON'T WANT Obamacare, defund it. stop making mouth noise, we are listening, but the results are NOT to your liking. (We're listening to know who NOT to vote for)
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[WEEKLYSTANDARD] On Tuesday morning, seven National Park Service employees were seen erecting and tending to a barricade around the World War II memorial in Washington, D.C. One NPS employee was operating a forklift. There usually aren't any NPS employees working at the World War II memorial.
A couple hours later, when an Honor Flight of World War II veterans arrived, accompanied by Democratic and Republican members of Congress, the fences blocking the memorial were easily moved away, allowing the veterans to enter.
But the barriers are still at the memorial, and they've been reinforced. This morning, I walked by the memorial and noticed that wires had been used to tie the fences together:
We need to be out there with wire cutters. Cut the wires, move the barry-cades. Stack them neatly -- they're government property and we paid for them, after all -- then go enjoy the memorial.
And dare the park rangers to arrest you. If they do make sure there are photos and video, and go with joy, as if you'd just been arrested for occupying the South African embassy back in the day.
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Obama is a thug. Plain and simple. Only one way to handle a thug: straight up challenge him and kick his ass.
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Yeah - I can just see the picture headline now: "James Jones, age 87, who fought in the Battle of the Bulge as an 18 year old infantryman, is arrested in his wheel chair by a National Park Service mounted ranger. Jones later suffered a heart attack and died"
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...I think the response to the vets retaking their memorial - the MASSIVE response in barricading anything the Government can reach, and in doing so making a clear and obvious mockery of the "we're-out-of-money" meme - is telling.
They are AFRAID of us. If there was ever a time to make the point about who runs this nation, this would be it.
Mike
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From another site -
Wired barricades around the WWII Memorial and nothing on the border.
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Four weeks ago:
Our military needs to get into another war.
Now:
Former military cannot go see a free to enter monument to the war they went to and fought.
Corpse Men
Benghazi on-your-own
Step away from politics for a second as far a jersey wearing - is it not apparant what this group thinks of you?
And am I right with honorflight.org? I don't really have a memorial to me, and thats fine they earned it, so Ima thinking about visiting our dog faced soldiers from WWI.
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The Million biker group is going to DC I understand to escort the Vets. They have bolt cutters also. I love this. Obama trauma. He can stick this with his redskin idea.
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Wire shut the White house and ALL it's gates.
Put glue in every lock.
Posted by: Redneck Jim ||
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Arrest just one 90 year old WWII vet and it's all over.
Posted by: Abu Uluque ||
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I've been too busy/tired lately to keep up with the mainstream crap, let alone the blogs, so forgive me if this is stale stuff. As appealing as confrontation is, confrontation for its own sake is a big mistake at this point. Instead of a mishmash of vets, bikers, wannabes, and the inevitable crazies and provocateurs, "we" should be organizing small rock-solid groups -- vets, active duty, grannies, scouts, whatever -- to show up and volunteer to act as docents/guards. "We're NOT the gov't and we're here to help." Perfect civics class optics, whether they get into position unchallenged, are turned away, or are dragged away. Perfect message: What's the big deal? We don't need apathetic boartits herding us around OUR holy places. We'll handle it cheerfully, casually, on a volunteer basis, like Americans do (folklorically speaking). Angry armed bearded bikers with boltcutters scare me, and I practically are one. Solid well-spoken diverse-looking citizens "naively" showing up to help out like it's no big deal is what we need. Let the bastards haul away granny wearing a Statue of Liberty tiara. Boy and Girl Scouts. Mexican mormons singing spirituals. Team Rubicon t-shirts. Film that shit, with a hundred angry bikers jeering in the background. Just one milquetoast's opinion.
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Time to give them some hind end. Give them some Occupy. Why can only one group be controlled and marginalized. When the majority want to act why are they the only ones that have to play by the rules?. You stand up to a bully. Defy and overwhelm with shear numbers.
Now, someone with photoshop talent needs to put a clenched fist holding the bolt cutters aloft.
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These veterans didn't eliminate communist/socialist aggression and we don't give adamn about you arrogance with mish mash demonstrations and then getting dragged away.
They went straight at them and decked their asses.
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill that prohibits local law enforcement agencies from detaining people for deportation if they are arrested for a minor crime and otherwise eligible to be released from custody.
AB4 by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, was one of eight immigration-related measures Brown signed on Saturday. The governor also approved a bill allowing lawyers to be admitted to the California bar even if they living in the U.S. illegally.
Ammiano's legislation creates a statewide standard for how local agencies comply with the federal Secure Communities program, which requires law enforcement to check the immigration status of any one who is arrested.
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That's going to be a big hit when they show up in the Beltway for the inevitable bailout. Go to Mexico City for that one.
[CNSNEWS] On the first day of the "shutdown" of the federal government, when members of the U.S. Senate were going to the well of their house to point out that the shutdown would prevent the National Institutes of Health from starting clinical trials for cancer patients and others facing possibly terminal illnesses, the administration was giving $445,000,000 to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, according to the Daily Treasury Statement.
That means PBS NewsHour, National Public Radio and Sesame Street got a taxpayer subsidy during the shutdown, but not would-be cancer patients at the NIH.
The $445 million the Treasury handed over to CPB was more than the $119 million the Treasury paid on the first day of the shutdown in interest on U.S. government debt that is held by the public. It was also more than $171 million in Social Security benefits the Treasury paid that day. But it was less than the $592 million the Treasury paid for Veterans Affairs programs on the first day of the shutdown.
The $445 million the Treasury gave to CPB on the first day of the shutdown was also almost as much as the $471 million the administration gave to the entire Department of Health and Human Services that day.
CNSNews.com contacted a front man for CPB to ask for an explanation of why CPB got $445 million in taxpayer money on the first day of the federal government "shutdown. The front man suggested that CNSNews.com call the Office of Management and Budget--which is part of the White House--and responded by emailing to CNSNews.com two statements on CPB's website. The first pointed out that CPB is a "private, not-for-profit corporation."
The second said: "For 35 years, decisions on the amount of federal support for public broadcasting have been made two years ahead of the fiscal year in which the funding is allocated. In other words, Congress approves the FY2013 funding level for CPB during the FY2011 budget cycle, its FY2014 funding during the FY2012 cycle, and so on."
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They cant find it for AFN to carry the baseball playoffs and NFL games, but somehow National Propaganda Radio gets its funding.
Excerpt: "With the government shutdown, many [government service] and contract priests who minister to Catholics on military bases worldwide are not permitted to work -- not even to volunteer," wrote John Schlageter, the general counsel for the Archdiocese for the Military Services USA, in an op-ed this week. "During the shutdown, it is illegal for them to minister on base and they risk being arrested if they attempt to do so." ...ugh...
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Priests, Dare them to arrest you. You are doing God's work, not the criminal thug Obama. confront evil and refuse to yield to it - the souls of the soldiers depend on you to deliver them communion and confession and other sacraments.
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Illegal to minister to the faithful, even on their own time? These people have no idea what they have started. Bad optics does not even begin to describe it.
But on the bright side, it might provide a welcom distraction from the Obamacare server meltdown.
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Steve S, the only problem with "Bad Optics" is that the MSM will never show them and the only people who would see them on line already think this is a regime not a gov't OBAFTP, a self-selecting group.
Unless violence starts breaking out on a significant level any protest will be white noise.
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I don't recognize my country anymore. Shutting out the veterans from the memorials and this religious persecution. I am so angry.
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The original article came from CatholicVoter.org, and only mentioned Catholic chaplains saying Mass. I don't know if this also applies to other faiths.
Part of the problem is that because of the shortage of priests, there are not enough active duty Catholic chaplains. The priests affected by this order are contractors, not active duty. However, it means if your chaplain is a contractor, he can't say Mass, baptize your baby, hear confessions, or perform weddings.
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RiV, is that true or is it only true that they won't be paid for the service as a contractor?
If it's a matter of pay, these religious folks should hold all the above mentioned services with as much fanfare as possible gratis.
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Diocesan attorney reads the rules as barring even volunteer service. May be correct if the volunteerism occurs on base - doubt jurisdiction applies if they have Mass on the side of the road outside the gate.
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As I understand it, the volunteer chaplains are free to say Mass - outside of the base. If they are not on Federal property, of course, they are free to say Mass or minister as usual. Just not on base.
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The attorney's advice is based on 19th century law designed to prevent employers from pressuring workers to work without pay. While technically true that the contract chaplains COULD be prosecuted for voluntary chaplaincy acts on base, there is no indication that they WOULD. Not sure even the Obama Administration is blind enough to do it.
That said, it is time to start forcing the issue at every opportunity, lest they nibble our freedom to nothingness.
Logo - raised bolt cutters labeled 'I Will Not Comply'
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Eliminating Constitutional rights of American Soldiers on any military base is a critical component of the anti-Consitutionalists attempt to eliminate said opposition with the help of those forces desensitized to the Constitution.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
Harry Reid
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill that prohibits local law enforcement agencies from detaining people for deportation if they are arrested for a minor crime and otherwise eligible to be released from custody.
[CNSNEWS] On the first day of the "shutdown" of the federal government, when members of the U.S. Senate were going to the well of their house to point out that the shutdown would prevent the National Institutes of Health from starting clinical trials for cancer patients and others facing possibly terminal illnesses, the administration was giving $445,000,000 to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, according to the Daily Treasury Statement.
