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Is Obama Introducing National
Socialism to the United States?

Power Line, by John Hinderaker

Original Article

Posted By:Dreadnought, 10/1/2012 11:01:49 PM

That is a big topic on which much can be said. The U.S. has dabbled in National Socialism before; elements of Roosevelt’s New Deal emulated Mussolini’s policies, and were implemented by men who made no secret of their admiration for Il Duce. But it has been a long time since anyone has seriously tried to turn the United States in a National Socialist direction. Which is what Barack Obama seems to be doing. Consider his 983 executive orders, compared with George W. Bush’s 63. Or his extra-constitutional czars; or his illegal cramdown of bondholders in auto

  

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Reply 1 - Posted by: BillboardBabe, 10/1/2012 11:08:58 PM     (No. 8903354)

This is a neo-Stalinist putsch, and it is a fait accompli.

Wake the hell up.


Reply 2 - Posted by: ColonialAmerican1623, 10/1/2012 11:10:10 PM     (No. 8903356)

Yes.

Why isn't Congress stopping him ?


   

 

  


 
Reply 3 - Posted by: fayebeck, 10/1/2012 11:16:55 PM     (No. 8903364)

I think TR, Wilson, FDR, JFK, LBJ, and BJ were first. the Jackass is finishing the deal.


Reply 4 - Posted by: southernboy, 10/1/2012 11:18:07 PM     (No. 8903365)

Judging from the silence, seems like at least half of the politicians are at least sympathetic to the communist party….More than a few actually are communists.


Reply 5 - Posted by: Photoonist, 10/1/2012 11:18:19 PM     (No. 8903367)

Anyone with the slightest inkling of world history and particularly of the history of the Marxist socialist movement from Chicago in this nation can't deny it. That some in the Democrat Party weren't completely freaked out by 0bama, Hillary, Rahm Emanuel, Axelrod and the others shows that their party IS the Democrat Socialist Party. ''Introducing?'' It's been the plan for decades and 0bama is the front man they have been working to create.


Reply 6 - Posted by: Crosscut, 10/1/2012 11:22:09 PM     (No. 8903371)

Yes, Obama is, and he and his henchmen must be stopped. Everyone must vote in November to oust these traitors.


Reply 7 - Posted by: wlit22z, 10/1/2012 11:59:59 PM     (No. 8903421)

That's been the plan all along and the stupid voters went along with it. They wanted all the freebies without having to pay for them.

It's now probably too late to turn things around, particularly if the Mulatto Kid is re-elected.


   

 

  


 
Reply 8 - Posted by: Charactercounts, 10/2/2012 12:13:44 AM     (No. 8903438)

#5, agree with you. Everyone surrounding 0 adheres to the same ideology.

As #2 stated, where's Congress?


Reply 9 - Posted by: Ribicon, 10/2/2012 12:23:38 AM     (No. 8903446)

The various national socialists differ from Lord Zero in that the former put the interests of their respective nations first while the latter seeks only to dismantle what once was ours.

Also, has any Republican ever been as effective in moving us to the right as Zero has been in moving us far leftward, at that in under 4 years? His progress and the lack of traction shown by his would-be resistance are both remarkable.


Reply 10 - Posted by: KTWO, 10/2/2012 1:10:00 AM     (No. 8903470)

I believe Mussolini and his Fascists provide the best comparison. At least for Obama's first term. O will be much more authoritarian and uncontrolled in a second.

If you bother, look at Mussolini's first decade. Later he seems to have been literally mad - perhaps syphilis - and started building his new Roman Empire. From then on nothing was coherent.


Reply 11 - Posted by: 4Justice, 10/2/2012 1:56:04 AM     (No. 8903489)

And we all know what the National Socialist Party in Germany did...


Reply 12 - Posted by: Kurto, 10/2/2012 3:35:53 AM     (No. 8903523)

It is not just socialism. It is fascist-socialism.


   

 



 
Reply 13 - Posted by: Trigger2, 10/2/2012 3:44:32 AM     (No. 8903528)

Where's congress? Ask Reid. Every bill the house sends to the senate, Reid refuses to bring it to the floor. It's called obstructionism. Look at the list of demonrats owning up to being socialists or communists.


Reply 14 - Posted by: TXknitter, 10/2/2012 3:55:17 AM     (No. 8903535)

The Senate is the problem but the Republicans are without excuse for their silence. It will not be enough to simply oust them. Whether the new administration wants to or not, lawbreakers must not be allowed to get away scot free.


Reply 15 - Posted by: Philipsonh, 10/2/2012 4:53:11 AM     (No. 8903549)

I don't understand why the article headline is a question ? The word IS does not belong . Obama hopes to win re-eelction and then he will have 4 years in which to totally bankrupt the USA.


Reply 16 - Posted by: Philipsonh, 10/2/2012 4:53:54 AM     (No. 8903550)

I don't understand why the article headline is a question ? The word IS does not belong . Obama hopes to win re-election and then he will have 4 years in which to totally bankrupt the USA.


Reply 17 - Posted by: Spidey, 10/2/2012 5:02:46 AM     (No. 8903554)

We're really not allowed to criticize anything Obama does because of the racism firewall around him.If you oppose his unconstitutional power grabs,it's because you're a racist,not small government type.If you cling to the Constitution,you're a neanderthal and imperialist.

The left thinks he's doing a spectacular job,that's why they don't feel any election threat.The left is very overconfident that Obama will win.

All I keep hearing,even from our side that Romney had a couple bad weeks which is absurd because he doesn't have the power to do anything destructive. In the same time period,you've had the Libyan debacle where Obama sent his tool chest of fools out to spin with one lie after another.


   

 

  


 
Reply 18 - Posted by: danu, 10/2/2012 5:17:37 AM     (No. 8903557)

Gee, according to BOR the jackbootlicker, we must adopt the Clington criminal law approach:
the citizenry must prove socialism ''beyond a reasonable doubt'', or remain silent and docile--so that BOR may keep his job, and his Gucci loafers.

And golly, don't ask BOR or the MFM to 'investigate' all these outlandish policies as alien to a Constitutional Republic and repugnant to a Capitalistic eco system.

Nooo, we must passively accept the torrents of propaganda, until we get an admission of guilt in court of law, on the record, witnessed by 6 imams and a busload of MBros.

Ignore the fact that BurquaBari nicked his '08 slogan came from the Int'l Comm party
['Oh yes, he did'] and his current bit of stupidity comes from the eurosocialists [the English translation of ''!Adelante!'' etc]

BORbot is still flogging the Admin's canard that *the ''movie'' made them do it*.
For this alone he should be fired.


Reply 19 - Posted by: Bjnealeigh@aol.com, 10/2/2012 6:03:29 AM     (No. 8903573)

Duh! Is this author,stupid or just naive? I would call it communism and he is,the dick-tator!


Reply 20 - Posted by: chance_232, 10/2/2012 7:22:16 AM     (No. 8903658)

"983 executive orders" !!! Good lord! Obama decided what the law was 983 times!?!?!?

Congress? What can congress do? So long as the dems can prevent an impeachment conviction, Congress can do NOTHING. And frankly....the VAST majority of democrats believe that Obama is doing the right thing.

Viva La Revolution!!


Reply 21 - Posted by: 6angels, 10/2/2012 7:36:27 AM     (No. 8903675)

where would I find the background on John's comment that the Obama family costs the USA more than 20 times the cost of the British royal family?


Reply 22 - Posted by: Dreadnought, 10/2/2012 7:46:08 AM     (No. 8903690)

Royal family:
http://lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=704166


   

 



 
Reply 23 - Posted by: Bad Dog, 10/2/2012 7:48:35 AM     (No. 8903695)

I think our Congresscritters must be skeert.... of being compared to McCarthy... OOOHH!

But we know, McCarthy was RIGHT. He has been demonized by those very communists he sought to eradicate from our Halls of Congress.

Alinsky Rule #5: Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.
Alinsky Rule #13: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.

There ya go. Not only are we raaaaaaaaacist, which we are not, we're also afraid to call THEM what THEY ARE.


Reply 24 - Posted by: Judith, 10/2/2012 7:49:13 AM     (No. 8903697)

My grandfather claimed that was exactly what fdr was doing.


Reply 25 - Posted by: dirtydave, 10/2/2012 7:49:22 AM     (No. 8903698)

#1 Hey, as long as people like that miserable soul in Cleveland get their Obama phone, why wake up? What we have to deal with now is that a majority of citizens are fine with creeping National Socialism. That is what is really scary.

Reagan was right, we only two generations away from losing it all. One more to go.


Reply 26 - Posted by: TakeBackAmerica, 10/2/2012 7:49:55 AM     (No. 8903699)

We've been expecting nothing less from this Marxist traitor.


Reply 27 - Posted by: jimj1s, 10/2/2012 8:22:37 AM     (No. 8903774)

from the national register, bush signed 219 and obama has signed 135 so far - not sure where the author's numbers are coming from


Reply 28 - Posted by: MattMusson, 10/2/2012 8:45:51 AM     (No. 8903810)

Congress is Democrat. They are accomplices.


Reply 29 - Posted by: Fiesta del sol, 10/2/2012 8:53:14 AM     (No. 8903830)

Agree with other posters, where in the heck is Congress? Republicans in the House and Senate are more afraid of the press, than they love America. The Republicans in Congress should be ashamed of themselves. Look at how they let Michelle Bachmann twist in the wind over the Huma Abedin letter she sent.


Reply 30 - Posted by: steveW, 10/2/2012 8:58:33 AM     (No. 8903842)

Dear Democrats,

Answer this honestly:
Does the USA need more socialism, or less?

Can't answer honestly, can you?


Reply 31 - Posted by: mc squared, 10/2/2012 9:03:13 AM     (No. 8903854)

Regarding the 983 Exec orders: I've received chain mail citing this number but I could only find 135 or so.
While I agree with the column, if this number is wrong it weakens Hinderaker's case.


Reply 32 - Posted by: RancherJack, 10/2/2012 9:05:42 AM     (No. 8903855)

Okay. I'm praying Ldotters and other Conservatives quit telling me to "wake up"

I'm awake. Been awake. Haven't been sleeping on the job. Quit telling the rest of us to "wake up"

I'm no genius, n=but even I know what we're doing politically is not working. Hasn't been working, apparently is never going to work in getting America back to a Constitutional basis.

Instead of telling me to "wake up" to wake up, tell me what you're going to do that turns this ship away from Socialism.

If say Vote! then you've already lost.


Reply 33 - Posted by: privateer, 10/2/2012 9:15:06 AM     (No. 8903887)

Thanks 29! Apparently from some spurious email that went viral, with very few bothering to consult the National Archives for the truth. Surprised to see a good columnist get tripped up by this. Any interested to verify here's the url: http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/executive-orders
BTW, Neither Mussolini nor Hitler needed hundreds, nor even dozens of edicts to consolidate absolute power. Louis the XIV said simply "L'Etat, c'est moi!" I am the state. I expect that out of King Barky the Bumbler and his Hussein Clown Posse any day now.


Reply 34 - Posted by: TruthandJustice, 10/2/2012 9:19:06 AM     (No. 8903892)

Obama's father greatly admired Hitler, Mao and Stalin...Obama and Holder are both hateful racists....think evil cannot come to the USA? It's here ...


Reply 35 - Posted by: AnnaS, 10/2/2012 9:36:37 AM     (No. 8903918)

#13 You are so right to point out that every bill the Republicans get passed in the House is killed by Reid in the Senate--no vote even allowed. BUT all you hear on the news is that those wiley Republicans are obstructionists. The public hears it over and over. I do groups with low to low middle income individuals and they are always saying that Republicans block everything! I guess it is hard to get the truth out there when all the media-INCLUDING FOX are so against us! How else to you get out the word? Do Americans really want socialism? Probably not if they understood what is entails, but no one is making clear what is at stake here. I don't altogether blame Republicans--it is hard to get the message out when there is no media support! Pat Cadell is right!


Reply 36 - Posted by: mathman, 10/2/2012 9:37:32 AM     (No. 8903921)

We have seen this before.
In India.
Remember Indira Ghandi?
"Indira is India, and India is Indira."

That did not work out too well

Her Palace Guard took exception to Her Royal Highness.


Reply 37 - Posted by: AnnaS, 10/2/2012 10:00:17 AM     (No. 8903958)

How long do you expect this to take math man? When will Americans notice he is the dictator tearing down our country?I think it may be too late...


Reply 38 - Posted by: BaseballFan, 10/2/2012 10:03:07 AM     (No. 8903966)

It's baffling why the author - someone who's articles I have enjoyed for some time - needed a question mark in the headline, as though this hasn't been pretty evident since at least 2008.


Reply 39 - Posted by: Butch59, 10/2/2012 10:33:11 AM     (No. 8904038)

I have said this many times before, but it still needs repeating many times. If this country continues on it's current path, the only way to correct it is just what Thomas Jefferson wrote. And that is whenever a tyrannical government comes to power over the citizenry, it is the DUTY of the citizens to rise up and revolt against the government and install a new government. And right now, I don't really see another way. There are some parts of our Constitution that need to be changed(think term limits) and some that need to be repealed(the 17th amendment). There are more, but an intelligent panel of men and women could work that out. After, we now have 236 years of experience to draw upon. And if a revolution isn't possible, there is always the clause that allows a new Constitutional Convention that can be called for by enough of the states.

But, the most overriding act that needs to be accomplished NOW is to get rid of Obozo and his entire bunch of clowns.


Reply 40 - Posted by: Hardright, 10/2/2012 10:35:39 AM     (No. 8904040)

Agree with #5. Can we stop it? I don't know. We all have to vote like dems in Nov....vote early, vote often and get all your dead relatives out to vote. Fight fire with fire. We have to save our country!


Reply 41 - Posted by: AnnaS, 10/2/2012 10:40:19 AM     (No. 8904048)

The replacement seems to be posing a more difficult task than we thought.....


Reply 42 - Posted by: whyyeseyec, 10/2/2012 10:44:25 AM     (No. 8904057)

The laundry list of impeachable offenses grows daily. Where is John Boehner? Sucking his thumb most likely.

Boehner`s speakership must be challenged by the House members in January 2013. If Obama wins reelection he must not be allowed to continue. We the People an our freedoms are more important than Obama!!


Reply 43 - Posted by: mioilman, 10/2/2012 10:53:08 AM     (No. 8904074)

Hoover primed the pump for FDR in the same manner Bush prepared the ground for Obama.

Regardless of who wins the election, the Tea Party must hold both parties accountable by warming up Allen West in the bullpen.

If (please, please) Romney were to win and the spending doesn't cease patriots such as ourselves will be marginilized for not holding Romney and Ryans feet to the fire.

A warning to all politicians, we know what the problem is.

It's the spending stupid!TEA!


Reply 44 - Posted by: rc1776, 10/2/2012 11:00:31 AM     (No. 8904091)

What gave you the first clue Sir? woodrow wilson, rosseyvelt, lbj, karter or das current resident queen rat 0bower?
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Reply 45 - Posted by: roger h. cook,MD, 10/2/2012 11:07:18 AM     (No. 8904103)

No he didn't introduced FDR and other democrat president but the republicans didn't stop it or atleast try to reverse it. With Obama and the unions ,the media and the democrats it will become a complete take over of gov. as socialism ans sugar coat as "Progerssive" gov.


Reply 46 - Posted by: tehtriggerman, 10/2/2012 11:43:41 AM     (No. 8904189)

Its very scary being awake and seeing the forest for the trees. Thats why America chooses to sleep. Reality sucks. Reality TV doesnt.


Reply 47 - Posted by: OdinsAcolyte, 10/2/2012 11:47:40 AM     (No. 8904204)

The U.S.A. has been heading toward socialism since F.D.R. Government rarely solves anything.


Reply 48 - Posted by: SGT K., 10/2/2012 11:49:15 AM     (No. 8904209)

#29, I believe he was referring only to Bush and Obama's first terms, respectively. That would make sense since the number for Bush seems a bit low.


Reply 49 - Posted by: Browneyes, 10/2/2012 11:49:27 AM     (No. 8904211)

# 13 & 37 are so very on target,VERY. It IS the Dem Senate Leader who controls the agenda and I have watched Sens. Sessions,IsKacson,DeMint,mccain,Thune stand in the well and in "Senate speak" point out what Reid is doing, but the rules of the Senate are what they are and Reid wins.

Perhaps those Rs whom so many here castigate choose to shun the "headlines" that would destroy them,because they are so totally aware of the incipient socialistic leaning of so many there, is because they ARE fighting against the shift and mean to hang on just a bit more to continue the fight. IMHO, there are 46 Rs in the Senate who will retake their oaths along with 4-5 newly electeds and will save our Republic.

If Dems remain in control,then we will be a Socialist Nation.


Reply 50 - Posted by: MickTurn, 10/2/2012 12:08:29 PM     (No. 8904263)

No he's shoving it down our throats!


Reply 51 - Posted by: strikingviking, 10/2/2012 12:27:55 PM     (No. 8904320)

Mussolini-style Fascism:

State control (not ownership) of business.

State power concentrated in the Executive (i.e. The Leader).

Cultivation of a personality cult of The Leader.

Suppression of opposition to The State (i.e. The Leader)

Elevation of the State's interests over individual liberties.


Reply 52 - Posted by: kenecarroll, 10/2/2012 1:12:11 PM     (No. 8904437)

There's fixing to be a fight!


Reply 53 - Posted by: Italiano, 10/2/2012 1:13:42 PM     (No. 8904444)

Remember how Benito and Clara ended up?


Reply 54 - Posted by: spiderman, 10/2/2012 1:21:39 PM     (No. 8904459)

No. 2 I can sum it up in two words, "Exective Order" and No. 21 I disagree, if you vote Obama there will be no more free elections. America if you have never prayed start, if you do pray you had better pray like you have never prayed before. America needs God's mercy and grace restored to her.


Reply 55 - Posted by: MDMuskrat, 10/2/2012 1:55:11 PM     (No. 8904546)

Apply Occam's Razor here. One need not go beyond the facts that Obama hates the U.S. and hates white people.

The U.S. must be punished for its Imperialism. Third world underdevelopment is not created by the lack of social, intellectual, economic and other failings of these countries, but by rapacious imperialism. Dreams From My Father: “A luxury cruise liner throws away more food in a day than most residents of Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital see in a year.”

Hatred of white people. Twenty years in the pews of a Black Liberation Theology 'church' ingesting the spews of that racist, Jeremiah Wright, will do that. Here's some of their 'theology:'

"Trinity United Church of Christ adopted the Black Value System written by the Manford Byrd Recognition Committee chaired by Vallmer Jordan in 1981. We believe in the following 12 precepts and covenantal statements. These Black Ethics must be taught and exemplified in homes, churches, nurseries and schools, wherever Blacks are gathered. They must reflect on the following concepts:
1. Commitment to God
2. Commitment to the Black Community
3. Commitment to the Black Family
4. Dedication to the Pursuit of Education
5. Dedication to the Pursuit of Excellence
6. Adherence to the Black Work Ethic
7. Commitment to Self-Discipline and Self-Respect
8. Disavowal of the Pursuit of "Middleclassness"
9. Pledge to make the fruits of all developing and acquired skills available to the Black Community
10. Pledge to Allocate Regularly, a Portion of Personal Resources for Strengthening and Supporting Black Institutions
11. Pledge allegiance to all Black leadership who espouse and embrace the Black Value System
12. Personal commitment to embracement of the Black Value System.

Any questions?


Reply 56 - Posted by: Mother of AL, 10/2/2012 4:13:46 PM     (No. 8904937)

Get Paul Kengor's book THE COMMUNIST. 0 is so far past socialism it isn't funny. He is a Marxist


Reply 57 - Posted by: JohnDRockefeller, 10/2/2012 4:26:59 PM     (No. 8904966)

I don't really see much of an argument here.

On a historical note, it's important to distinguish between National Socialism (the Nazis) and Italian Fascism (Benito and friends). The author seems to conflate the two, but they are conflicting forms of fascism with different emphases. The author designs his argument around Mussolini, but then concludes that this makes him a National Socialist, rather than a Fascist (or, a Hitler rather than a Mussolini).

Additionally, the executive order number has been completely discredited. The president is on pace to sign about as many as Bush did in his eight years (if he's re-elected, of course) and less orders than Clinton, Reagan, Carter, Nixon, Johnson, Eisenhower, Truman, and both Roosevelts. Basing arguments on statistics like that one only hurts the discussion.


Reply 58 - Posted by: Getagrip19, 10/2/2012 4:30:42 PM     (No. 8904975)

Exactly right. With the media under his thumb, he will probably succeed...and then America won't be the Land-of-the-Free anymore.


Reply 59 - Posted by: EnsignO'Toole, 10/2/2012 6:34:41 PM     (No. 8905303)

#2, I agree that Congress should be putting up barriers to what he is trying to do, but where is the Judicial Branch? So much that Obama has done is beyond the scope of the Executive Branch; yet, there is not a peep from the Supreme Court. Just a few of the lower courts have gotten involved in ruling against the administration. When a lower court does make a ruling, Obama ignores it, as in the BP drilling case.

Obama doesn't fear the Supreme Court, because he has a corrupt Attorney General who isn't about to bring anything before the Supreme Court that BHO doesn't want them involved in.

This is the kind of information that needs to get out and really fast. If it wasn't for Rush, Sean, Mark Levin and several others, and websites such as Lucianne, Breitbart, and Drudge plus the newer blogs, I would say we don't have a prayer.

I think we can overcome all of this, but we have to realize we are all soldiers now - kind of like the Colonial Patriots. We're going to have to engage in a kind of gorilla warfare with the news.


Reply 60 - Posted by: BigGeorgeTX, 10/2/2012 6:43:48 PM     (No. 8905323)

Stinky would make Adolph Hitler proud


Reply 61 - Posted by: bobn.t, 10/2/2012 8:28:07 PM     (No. 8905492)

#20 - Should America be pushed into socialism, it's goodbye guns or hello revolution.


Reply 62 - Posted by: Dodge Boy, 10/2/2012 8:28:24 PM     (No. 8905494)

Hinderaker, you think so?


Reply 63 - Posted by: FormerDem, 10/2/2012 11:17:46 PM     (No. 8905790)

agree completely. the only faint silver lining is that if Zippy fails this idea is over for a while. and i like the thought that Zippy is a weak candidate relatively unlikely to succeed, who got it because of the kind heart of Americans who picked him out of sympathy over racial issues. So if he fails, we can warmly thank those people, e.g. Chris Matthews, because it's thanks to them this effort was not made by a substantially better candidate - a charismatic war hero who worked hard, understood the economy, liked some people....


Reply 64 - Posted by: FormerDem, 10/2/2012 11:25:30 PM     (No. 8905802)

oops, which is not to say we won't one day have a great African-American president, soon I hope; it is only to say that the Ayerses and so on took a short cut via the race issue, and thank God for that.



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On the matter of the president and Kamala Harris, I could go either way. I could write a column — call it Classic Feminist High Dudgeon — lamenting the president’s comments about the California attorney general’s good looks. This column would discuss the continuing, albeit more subtle, discrimination against women in the workplace. It would explain how, even if unintentionally, Obama’s reference to Harris’s attractiveness is demeaning — that it serves, in the apologetic words of White House press secretary Jay Carney, “to diminish the attorney general’s professional accomplishments and her capabilities.” It would, inevitably, invoke the president’s daughters

Democrats push problem
solvers in House contests
Washington Post, by Paul Kane    Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/6/2013 11:38:26 PM     Post Reply
Democratic Party officials believe that Kevin Strouse is exactly the kind of candidate who can help them retake the House next year. He’s a smart, young former Army Ranger — good qualities for any aspiring politician. But what party leaders really like is that Strouse doesn’t have particularly strong views on the country’s hottest issues. Immigration? Tax policy? “Certainly I have a lot of research to do,” Strouse acknowledged in an interview Thursday as he announced his candidacy in a suburban Philadelphia House district. Strouse’s candidacy reflects an emerging

Texas prosecutors’ slayings
unnerve rural Kaufman County
Washington Post, by Stephanie McCrummen    Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/6/2013 11:33:08 PM     Post Reply
KAUFMAN, Tex. — The judge was on the phone. “Yep, I said I’ll do anything,” Bruce Wood told the person on the other end, rubbing his forehead. “They asked me to do a eulogy. I don’t know what I’m going to say.” Elsewhere in the Kaufman County Courthouse, a sheriff’s deputy was handing out bulletproof vests. “I brought the smallest one,” he said to a secretary, who stared at the khaki armor as he explained how to adjust the side straps should the need arise. “These have the neck for a female.” Outside, two armed guards

Vanishing workforce
weighs on growth
Washington Post, by Jim Tankersley    Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/6/2013 11:28:59 PM     Post Reply
Put out an all-points bulletin: Millions of Americans have gone missing from the workforce. Every month that those would-be workers are gone raises the odds that they might never come back, dimming the prospects for future economic growth. The vanishing trend is more than a decade old, but it accelerated during the Great Recession. Throughout 2012, economists held out hope that it had stopped. But then came Friday’s jobs report, and hopes were dashed. The Labor Department reported that the U.S. labor force — everyone who has a job or is looking for one — shrank

A Reporter Explains Why
Gun Coverage Is So Biased
Power Line, by John Hinderaker    Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/6/2013 9:13:14 PM     Post Reply
Well, not intentionally. But Jim Ragsdale of the Minneapolis Star Tribune attended a conference in Chicago on covering gun issues, which he describes this way: “Covering Guns” brought reporters with front-line experience covering mass shootings in Tucson, Ariz.; Aurora, Colo.; Newtown, Conn., and Red Lake, Minn., to meet with gun experts and advocates and gun trainers. Sponsored by the Poynter journalism center and funded by the McCormick Foundation of Chicago, we gathered in a city that witnessed 506 homicides last year. The idea, I take it

Report: Carbon Emissions
in US Lowest Since 1994
PJ Media, by Rick Moran    Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/6/2013 9:03:02 PM     Post Reply
Carbon emissions in the US were at their lowest level in 2012 since 1994, according to figures released by the US Energy Information Administration. We did it without carbon trading scams, the EPA making carbon dioxide a poison, or obeying the dictates of the Kyoto climate Treaty. We did it partly because of decreased economic activity as a result of the Obama recovery-that-isn’t, but mostly because of good old fashioned market forces; competition between natural gas and coal: Energy-related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in 2012 were the lowest in the United States since 1994



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We are living in a dying country (Thread 2)
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Rushlimbaugh.com, by Rush Limbaugh    Original Article
Posted By: LComStaff- 4/7/2013 6:49:54 AM     Post Reply
This is the second thread of an article posted yesterday which can be found here:http://lucianne.com/thread/?artnum=730032

´My bangs are getting
a little irritating´: Michelle
Obama admits she already regrets
her high-maintenance hairdo

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Daily Mail (UK), by Margot Peppers    Original Article
Posted By: pineledger- 4/7/2013 7:43:42 AM     Post Reply
Michelle Obama has admitted that she is already tired of the bangs she first sported in January. The First Lady said in an interview with Entertainment Tonight: ´Bangs are a day-by-day proposition. They´re starting to grow out, get a little irritating.´ Still, she hasn´t let her hairdo woes get her down. ´It´s okay,´ she said after her initial complaint. ´We´ll be good.´ The first indication that her hairstyle was becoming a burden came about last weekend, when Malia, 14, was spotted adjusting her mother´s hair during the White House Easter Egg Roll.

McCain: ´I don´t understand´
GOP filibuster on guns

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Politico, by Jennifer Epstein    Original Article
Posted By: JoniTx- 4/7/2013 12:18:14 PM     Post Reply
Sen. John McCain says he doesn´t understand the threats from some of his Republican colleagues to filibuster a bill on background checks to buy guns. "I don´t understand it," the Arizona Republican said on Sunday of the threat coming from Sen. Rand Paul,Sen. Ted Cruz, Sen. Mike Lee and nine other Republicans. "The purpose of the United States Senate is to debate and to vote and to let the people know where we stand.” "What are we afraid of? ... If this issue is as important as we all think it is, why not take ... it up and debate?"

Christians, here´s why we´re
losing our religion

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Fox News, by Craig Groeschel    Original Article
Posted By: STLstudent- 4/7/2013 5:13:55 PM     Post Reply
Recent research indicates that the number of people who do not consider themselves a part of an organized religion is steadily on the rise. Interestingly enough, though the number of those religiously unaffiliated is increasing, there is little to no trend in the number of those who express atheist or agnostic beliefs. People aren’t saying they don’t believe in God. They’re saying they don’t believe in religion. They are not rejecting Christ. They are rejecting the church. This begs the question, “Why are we losing our religion?”

Broadcasters worry
about ´Zero TV´ homes

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Associated Press, by Ryan Nakashima    Original Article
Posted By: Ribicon- 4/7/2013 2:43:40 PM     Post Reply
Los Angeles — Some people have had it with TV. They´ve had enough of the 100-plus channel universe. They don´t like timing their lives around network show schedules. They´re tired of $100-plus monthly bills. A growing number of them have stopped paying for cable and satellite TV service, and don´t even use an antenna to get free signals over the air. (Snip) Last month, the Nielsen Co. started labeling people in this group "Zero TV" households, because they fall outside the traditional definition of a TV home. There are 5 million of these residences in the U.S., up from

Mother Of Slain Benghazi
Officer To Sean Hannity:
‘They Want Me To Shut Up’

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Mediaite, by A.J. Delgado    Original Article
Posted By: StormCnter- 4/7/2013 5:00:16 AM     Post Reply
On Friday, Sean Hannity brought Pat Smith, mother of the late Sean Smith, on his radio program. The 34-year-old information management officer was one of four Americans murdered in the Benghazi embassy attack on September 11, 2012. In the chilling interview, a distraught Ms. Smith, in tears, pleaded for answers and spoke of the efforts to silence her. Ms. Smith first relayed how her son, prior to the attack, requested additional security in advance and warned the State Department: He did tell them, ahead of time, he typed it into his little typewriter over there,

Vanishing workforce
weighs on growth

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Washington Post, by Jim Tankersley    Original Article
Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/6/2013 11:28:59 PM     Post Reply
Put out an all-points bulletin: Millions of Americans have gone missing from the workforce. Every month that those would-be workers are gone raises the odds that they might never come back, dimming the prospects for future economic growth. The vanishing trend is more than a decade old, but it accelerated during the Great Recession. Throughout 2012, economists held out hope that it had stopped. But then came Friday’s jobs report, and hopes were dashed. The Labor Department reported that the U.S. labor force — everyone who has a job or is looking for one — shrank

Obama critic apologizes for
his ´poorly chosen words´
on gay marriage

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The Hill [Washington DC], by Alexandra Jaffe    Original Article
Posted By: JoniTx- 4/6/2013 12:18:19 PM     Post Reply
Neurosurgeon Ben Carson, considered by some to be a potential Republican contender for president, apologized to Johns Hopkins University for the "poorly chosen words" he used in expressing his opposition to gay marriage last month.“I am sorry for any embarrassment this has caused,” Carson said in the letter, reported in New York Magazine.(Snip) "Although I do believe marriage is between a man and a woman, there are much less offensive ways to make that point. I hope all will look at a lifetime of service over some poorly chosen words.” Carson will remain as commencement speaker at Johns Hopkins,

The Secrets of Princeton
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New York Times, by Ross Douthat    Original Article
Posted By: Oblio- 4/7/2013 8:08:09 AM     Post Reply
Susan Patton, the Princeton alumna who became famous for her letter urging Ivy League women to use their college years to find a mate, has been denounced as a traitor to feminism, to coeducation, to the university ideal. But really she’s something much more interesting: a traitor to her class. Her betrayal consists of being gauche enough to acknowledge publicly a truth that everyone who’s come up through Ivy League culture knows intuitively —

Is going gluten-free
healthier for everybody?

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The Week, by Staff    Original Article
Posted By: NorthernDog- 4/7/2013 11:28:27 AM     Post Reply
Gluten-free diets are all the rage, but they can be dangerous if not done right. What is gluten? It´s the spongy complex of proteins, found naturally in wheat, rye, and barley, that gives elasticity to dough and allows it to rise. When flour is moistened and either kneaded or mixed into dough, gluten molecules form an elastic, microscopic latticework that traps the carbon dioxide produced when yeast ferments, causing dough to inflate like a hot air balloon. Baking hardens the gluten, which helps the finished product keep its shape. Wheat — and gluten — is ubiquitous in the American diet.

Adam Lanza´s murder spree at Sandy
Hook may have been´act of revenge´

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New York Daily News, by Matthew Lysiak and Rich Schapiro    Original Article
Posted By: noproblems- 4/7/2013 9:52:58 AM     Post Reply
Newtown killer Adam Lanza may have launched his murder spree at Sandy Hook Elementary School as an “act of revenge,” the Daily News has learned. A close friend of Lanza’s mother told The News that the troubled boy was a target of relentless bullying when he attended the Connecticut school years ago. “I think Adam felt betrayed by the school and this was his act of revenge,” said Marvin LaFontaine, a friend of Nancy Lanza’s. “Nancy told me he was being picked on at school. That they were just torturing him.”
Source and text corrected by Staff.

Parents outraged that Mass.
kids were denied lunch

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Associated Press, by Staff    Original Article
Posted By: beancounter- 4/6/2013 5:21:39 PM     Post Reply
ATTLEBORO, Mass. — As many as 25 students at a Massachusetts school were denied lunch this week — with at least some forced to dump their food in the garbage — because they couldn´t pay, school officials and parents said. Outraged parents said some students at Coelho Middle School in Attleboro cried when they were told by a worker for the district´s food service provider they could not eat on Tuesday because they couldn´t pay or their pre-paid accounts were short on funds. The on-site director for the company, Whitsons Culinary Group of Islandia, N.Y., was placed on administrative leave by


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