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In campaign for tougher gun laws, Obama and allies work to tilt public opinion
Washington Post, by Philip Rucker
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Posted By:Dreadnought, 1/9/2013 10:47:49 PM
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| The White House is working with its allies on a well-financed campaign in Washington and around the country to shift public opinion toward stricter gun laws and provide political cover to lawmakers who end up voting for an assault-weapons ban or other firearm restrictions. With President Obama preparing to push a legislative agenda aimed at curbing the nation’s gun violence, pillars of his political network, along with independent groups, are raising millions of dollars and mapping out strategies in an attempt to shepherd new regulations through Congress.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
pearlyjo, 1/9/2013 10:54:55 PM (No. 9108144)
Well, Mr. President, even the dimmest lefty bulbs that voted for you can feel the change in the attitudes of Americans over the last several years. The only way you will sway a majority is with money and/or trinkets. It will work. It always does with the kind of folks that vote for you. First you give them stuff and then you scare them that some bad Republican is going to take them away.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
RPool, 1/9/2013 10:57:55 PM (No. 9108147)
Can´t speak for any other area of the country, but any legislator from Texas that buys into this campaign in terms of a vote against Second Amendment rights will be enjoying their farewell tour in Congress. No one - repeat - no one I know will allow the government to confiscate their guns. Vote all you want and see what will happen. Executive fiat will receive the same response from the populace. This is very dangerous ground, I feel, and Obama´s hubris is blinding him from what he will sow.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
jl80863, 1/9/2013 11:04:37 PM (No. 9108152)
While the obama ministry of propaganda is getting cranked up Americans have reacted. I just read that there are a million AR15 magazines on backorder. One million magazines for one type of firearm. When was the last time you have heard of one million of anything on backorder. Molon labe.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
antiquegolf, 1/9/2013 11:13:39 PM (No. 9108164)
Does anyone speak greek? How is molon labe pronounced?
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
FormerDem, 1/9/2013 11:19:10 PM (No. 9108168)
Well it´s not working. It´s just polarizing the country further.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
texaspast, 1/10/2013 12:15:45 AM (No. 9108207)
I just asked my wife, basically, if it was permissible with her that her old man (well, kinda old) were to give his life for what he believes in. She said ´yeah, sure´ - (aside: she´s a lot better looking than I am, and I have some pretty good insurance). I am willing to die for what I believe. I have a feeling that I´m not the only one. Rick Perry, it is your time to choose: do you do the right (but really dangerous) thing, or waffle? You wanted the job, with it come the sometimes very, very hard choices.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
King of all trolls, 1/10/2013 12:25:39 AM (No. 9108211)
Our Bill of Rights is nonnegotiable.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
osprey21, 1/10/2013 3:24:21 AM (No. 9108255)
0bama is Xerxes, and THIS is my Thermopylae.
Come and Take Them!
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Trigger2, 1/10/2013 4:30:57 AM (No. 9108278)
The Japanese didn´t invade the U.S. during WW II because they properly knew there was a gun behind every blade of grass. Barry wants all those guns removed so his favorite people can invade us unimpeded.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
clayusmcret, 1/10/2013 5:57:47 AM (No. 9108310)
The media has diligently attempted to assist in the public opinion battle. However, based on the number of guns, ammo and magazines already purchased during his administration, and especially since November, the lines are pretty well drawn. Oh, there will always be the few in the middle who don´t actually believe obama would be so bold as to take the unconstitutional route his pogues have been suggesting he´d do, but the campaign is over. All´s left to do is watch the results unfold.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Crosscut, 1/10/2013 6:54:00 AM (No. 9108377)
Any smart Democrat politician will run away from this issue as fast as they can, otherwise it will be a career ender. The storm of protest that will come down on Democrats across the nation and Washington, D.C. will be humongous.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
sagman, 1/10/2013 6:55:04 AM (No. 9108380)
Joe Biden Addresses the Nation
Hey, howya doin’, folks.
Yeah, I know what you’re thinkin’: what’s ole Joe doin’ in the Oval Office? I’ll tell ya. The Boss doesn’t want his fingerprints on this one. He said to me, ´´Joe, I need you to lay down the law. I can’t do it because, aside from deciding who to kill with drones, I have a problem makin’ big decisions.
Use the Oval Office. Sit in my chair. Maybe some day it´ll be your chair. I don’t even want to know what you’re proposing. Surprise me.´´
So, here I am with my recommendation. That’s right, I said ´´recommendation.´´ No 2000 page report. with subsections. It’s on this one sheet of paper I’m holding up. On the sheet, one sentence.
Let’s see, it’s 8 4 now. The country can have a national debate about this until midnight. That’s when the Chief’s gonna sign the order From Air Force One with his autopen. Says nobody can actually prove he signed it if the whole thing goes kablooie in our faces.
Here’s the deal, and I quote: ´´If it fires a projectile, any projectile, it’s banned.´´ That clear enough for ya? No handguns, no rifles, no bazookas, no crossbows, no nerf guns, no slingshots, no water pistols. No exceptions.
Whatever you got now that fouls afall of the order—uh, falls afoul of the order--you pile it on the curb in front of your house and the president’s new Civilian National Security Corpse will pick it up.
And don´t even think about appealing to the Supremes. The Court’s suspended and the Justices are under house arrest until a conservative dies.
Now, if you´re listenin,´´ Piers, press your hand to the screen and gimme five.
God bless America.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Judge, 1/10/2013 7:16:45 AM (No. 9108414)
Hollyweird is far more responsible for gun violence then the NRA will ever be. Does ANYONE notice the violence in movies now-a-days?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Kennerboy, 1/10/2013 7:23:35 AM (No. 9108423)
This from the same administration that ships automatic weapons into Mexico??
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Midnight Rambler, 1/10/2013 7:45:33 AM (No. 9108449)
What the public wants or thinks does not matter to Obama. Only Obama matters to Obama. See the healthcare law as the prime example.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Lawsy0, 1/10/2013 8:20:20 AM (No. 9108489)
Obama is waiting until midnight Friday to set an Executive Order. Like he has many times before. We don´t have a president; we have a Caesar.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
faith_and_reason, 1/10/2013 8:25:05 AM (No. 9108494)
Cuomo says "No one needs 10 bullets to kill a deer."
I will be hunting traitors, not deer. And some of them will have high-capacity magazines, and body armor, and a "warrant" from a tyrant. (Hopefully decades in the future, but possibly next week.)
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
rabbit, 1/10/2013 8:26:42 AM (No. 9108498)
There is nothing magic about the gun laws as they are written today. I´m not talking about the Second Amendment; everyone knows there are gun laws on the books today in addition to the Second Amendment. The question is: are there any adjustments to today´s laws that could make people safer, make it harder for psychotic individuals to get weapons?
If there are, then the NRA and its supporters should be offering suggestions. If there are not, then the NRA should be explaining why the myriad of gun laws of today - which do vary state to state - are sacrosanct. I do believe, though, that this attitude of "No, no, no, I won´t make suggestions and I won´t negotiate," sounds like the kid who says, "If you won´t play the football game by my rules, then I´m taking my football and going home. So there!"
I am a Republican. I am a conservative. I worry about how easy it is for people in a psychotic state to get guns. I know that people with severe mental illness cannot even get their names put on ´no sell lists´ voluntarily. Don´t fool yourself that this is a liberal, Obama-lover issue. The issue is much bigger than that.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
tank, 1/10/2013 8:36:11 AM (No. 9108512)
I said it the other day, and I´ll say it again. What´s #18´s ´´solution?´´ You keep demanding that we give ground to the gun grabbers, to show our good faith. History shows that´s been tried. There have been more onerous laws on the books, federal, state and local. Many of these laws have been struck down as uncontitutional. During this time, homicides, violent crime, and gun deaths have fallen.
I´m perfectly happy with the laws on the books regarding guns. What´s your proposal?
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
bighambone, 1/10/2013 8:36:43 AM (No. 9108513)
What industries saturate kids and young people, a small percentage of who are dangerous mentally ill people, with continuous multimedia presentations of extremely violent content that they would never experience in real life in their home towns?
It is squarely the Hollywood movie, the television, and the video game industries who are making billions of dollars off violence and who are all liberal Democrat constituency groups.
The American small arms industry, the NRA, and the hundred million law abiding Americans who own firearms do not do that.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Mr. Know-It-All, 1/10/2013 8:38:20 AM (No. 9108514)
In the spirit of last year´s ChickFilet day...
http://gunappreciationday.com/
Don´t be fooled by high sounding rhetoric coming from the left. The prime directive for most members of congress is to keep his/her job. And they WILL pay attention when the response is loud enough. Contact your congressman.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
ann_n_GA, 1/10/2013 8:54:57 AM (No. 9108545)
This older white female not only purchased a .38 since Zippy´s first term, I joined the NRA this week to try to lend more support.
I sadly and truly do not believe there is a Republican or Democrat in DC that will do the right thing, anymore. Decisions are made only to make or build their wealth or to keep them in office. And we all know the MSM is a Rat org.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Quiet Observer, 1/10/2013 9:05:43 AM (No. 9108570)
It´s not the first time that Zippy has used a drummed-up "crisis" in an attempt to circumvent that pesky old Constitution that he has sworn to uphold.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Pockets64, 1/10/2013 9:09:57 AM (No. 9108581)
He didn´t worry about the Constitution, public opinion, or anything else when they forced through Obamacare.
Find good hiding places for your firearms.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Chuzzles, 1/10/2013 9:10:01 AM (No. 9108582)
Drudge had a link yesterday to something that talked about the fact that buried in the Obamacare bill is a restriction forbidding gun registration. So unless he hasn´t read his own bill, how does he think he can break his own law? #18 really needs to read what was printed in Pravda and take it to heart. And I do not believe you are conservative in anything at all.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Susieq1, 1/10/2013 9:21:27 AM (No. 9108600)
Sow the wind you reap the whirlwind.
Said it before and I will say it again, what type of mind altering drugs were these shooters taking?
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
LZK, 1/10/2013 9:28:03 AM (No. 9108612)
IF and I say "IF" the Washington DC elite lefties think that this is a winning score for them -- they are mistaken....
The RIGHT to bear arms is endorsed by even the demorats here in Chicago....
LZK
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
rplat, 1/10/2013 9:29:46 AM (No. 9108615)
Unfortunately, a slight breeze will tilt the sheep and parasites that support this guy.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
starsNstripes, 1/10/2013 9:33:22 AM (No. 9108623)
#25 I believe Obamacare restricts doctors from registering your answers to their gun related questions when you are being examined, etc. They are allowed to ask about whether you own a gun or not, but supposedly they are not allowed to write your answer down. ...yeah right...
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
gwmcclintok, 1/10/2013 9:48:03 AM (No. 9108655)
The reason the terrorists use bombs...they don´t have guns. If we give up our guns, it will be bomb time. Suicide bombers. The Sandy Hook massacre was a terrorist act. He kills many, then kills himself. Same scheme, different weapon. Now Washington wants us to give in to this terrorist attack and add gun laws. It is surrender. Terrorist act and Washington surrenders. Plain and simple. And I am sick of these yankee politicians. I am not your docile servant Washington. I am not Obama´s boy. As Yosemite Sam says: ´You´ll eating lead´ if you come on my property with some anti-constitutional law to take my guns. And I mean guns.
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
jimmiet, 1/10/2013 10:11:06 AM (No. 9108715)
There are two reasons America has enjoyed the freedoms and prosperity it has. God and Guns. Our trusted government has tried to restrict both and we are reaping the whirlwind. However there are several million Americans willing to die before we give up our guns. The Christians and Jews in Germany thought that their government would stop waay before it did. We can´t afford to take that chance.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
Butch59, 1/10/2013 10:12:06 AM (No. 9108721)
If Obozo attempts to circumvent the 2nd Amendment by executive order (which is, IMHO, illegal) that just might be the tipping point that will start the next revolution or civil war. Call it what you want. After all, I´ve been saying for some time now that this country needs a complete house cleaning, from top to bottom. Get rid of EVERYONE in DC and start from scratch. Of course, there will have to be some changes made, but that can be handled. If was once about 225yrs ago. We can do it again.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
Browneyes, 1/10/2013 10:23:18 AM (No. 9108751)
All the Cables are spending their time talking about "GUNS" and keeping it front and centre.
Well,what they are really doing is high-lighting just how this administration is manipulating them and "prepping" them as to how they can assist in dismantling the US Constitution. Get rid of the 2nd. ammendment and then have them convince the voters the 14th DOES permit Zippy to raise the debt limit and then, well, we better appoint a commission to re-write the damn thing!
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
dman, 1/10/2013 10:35:00 AM (No. 9108800)
The hypocrisy of the libs is unlimited. Contrast their arguments to infringe on the right to bear arms with their arguments to allow pornography and offensive "art", lest it infringe freedom of speech. More recently and to the point, contrast their push for more firearms registration, databases, and background checks with their howls over voter ID laws that, in their opinion, would suppress the "right" to vote. Perhaps conservatives should link voter ID with gun registration to expose this hypocrisy.
National ID: the arguments for it will not go away.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
Grambo, 1/10/2013 10:37:47 AM (No. 9108809)
Molon labe.
Obama has gone a bridge too far.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
TakeBackAmerica, 1/10/2013 10:46:13 AM (No. 9108845)
Zippy never stops running for office. He´s doing this stunt because it worked for him twice before.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
capt scurvey, 1/10/2013 10:52:51 AM (No. 9108867)
No more Wacos; ever...
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
RancherJack, 1/10/2013 11:00:01 AM (No. 9108888)
You need to live where the local sheriff has told Obama to go **** himself
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
geoman, 1/10/2013 11:03:09 AM (No. 9108892)
Re: #18 the repetitive single-issue gun law supporter ostensibly concerned with the mentally unstable having access to guns. The issue has blown past the mentally unstable and goes to whether progressive politicians can nullify the foundational provision in our Constitutions Bill of Rights. Bedrock conservatives and Americans are being told by progressive politicians and a compliant media that they must give up the right to self defense. This is not about the NRA; it is about individual citizens. Gun control as it is being pedaled is more of a threat to the existence of our republic than was the Cuban Missile Crisis. If the progressives don´t stop pedaling, there will be war. Throwing the red herring of the mentally unstable in the face of a free people who know and understand that the very underpinnings of freedom are at risk is a fools errand. The public debate has turned such that outright confiscation of currently legal firearms is being openly advocated by elected officials. Those who pretend that "adjustments to make people safer" are reasonable are nothing but agents of tyranny.
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
Udanja99, 1/10/2013 12:36:10 PM (No. 9109113)
Thank you #40.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
Udanja99, 1/10/2013 12:38:49 PM (No. 9109116)
BTW, public opinion has already tilted - that´s why gun and ammo sales are through the roof and out into the stratosphere and the NRA has 100,000 new members.
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
flatwater, 1/10/2013 3:37:13 PM (No. 9109458)
"In campaign for tougher gun laws, Obama armed Mexican drug cartels, resulting in hundreds of murders"
Fixed the headline for you.
Why isn´t the GOP bringing up the 300+ murders that are a direct result of Barack Obama selling guns to the world´s most violent drug gangs?
Obama doesn´t want to talk about "Operation Fast & Furious." He´s so scared of the subject that he´s hiding behind executive privilege.
The MFM doesn´t want to talk about "Fast & Furious." So far, the only networks to offer any serious reporting on the subject are FOX News and CBS. The media won´t talk about Fast & Furious because they know the subject harms their Lord and Savior, Barack Hussein Obama....
So, why not FORCE "Fast & Furious" into the national conversation?
Why not FORCE the media to bring Obama´s Mexican gun-running into the picture?
Why not take the opportunity not just to question the (p)Resident, but to question the questioners in our corrupt media?
Barack Obama has much to answer for in "Operation Fast & Furious." So do the network representatives at ABC, NBC, PMSNBC, CNN, PBS and NPR!
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
4Justice, 1/10/2013 4:13:33 PM (No. 9109511)
Beautiful #40!
By the way, every single gun control law on the books today is unconstitutional! The 2nd Amendment is clearly written. There is absolutely NO reason we should have ever allowed any law to be created that infringes upon this right. The gun "laws" are ILLEGAL. And don´t tell me that our Founders could never have invisioned the kinds of weapons we have today or how society has changed. Our Founders were much more intelligent and visionary than any of us today--not only because they were guided by God, but also because of the timing. They didn´t live in a world of distraction, fast-paced society, mass media and all other sorts of sensory garbage. And I truly believe that not only was this country created by Providence but our Founders were brought together by God to create a unique beacon of light in a long dark world. They were a true godsend & a testament to the good that mankind CAN do when guided by good. ("good" is derived from the word "God" by the way, for those who didn´t know)
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
Coy860, 1/10/2013 4:25:21 PM (No. 9109528)
#44. At the time our Founders wrote the Second Amendment, the People had the exact same arms the Army had.
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
lana720, 1/10/2013 5:11:30 PM (No. 9109592)
Thank you, #21 for the link and #40 for the excellent post.
January 19th, we have our St. Barbara´s Dinner - she is the patron saint for the US Army´s Field Artillery. Dear St. Barbara, we ask your intercession for our protection from our government which before this represented us. Increase our vigilance and keep us strong. Amen.
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
loveUSA, 1/10/2013 5:24:43 PM (No. 9109602)
Mr. President, what about your role in Fast and Furious? Why were you selling guns if you are so against them?
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Reply 47 - Posted by:
artiec, 1/10/2013 7:19:21 PM (No. 9109764)
Translation: expect a flood of anti gun propaganda from the White House and the media Orcs. And by that i include the anti second amendment Washington Compost.
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Reply 48 - Posted by:
Crosscut, 1/10/2013 8:33:19 PM (No. 9109884)
Democrats are committing political suicide if they don´t drop this.
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Reply 49 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy, 1/10/2013 8:42:25 PM (No. 9109900)
Isolate Obie and destroy the msm, then we can discuss self-defense and its importance.
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/6/2013 9:03:02 PM
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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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´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
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Posted By: pineledger- 4/7/2013 7:43:42 AM
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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.
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McCain: ´I don´t understand´ GOP filibuster on guns
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Politico, by Jennifer Epstein
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/7/2013 12:18:14 PM
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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?"
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Why Obama´s ´Best-Looking Attorney General´ Comment Was a Gaffe
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The Atlantic, by Garance Franke-Ruta
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Posted By: Oblio- 4/6/2013 6:51:15 AM
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President Obama´s biggest gaffe yesterday when speaking of California Attorney General Kamala Harris was not in flirtatiously complimenting her as "the best-looking attorney general," but in introducing an observation from the system of beauty into a forum that was about the system of power.What´s that, you say? Irin Carmon does a great job in Salon in laying out the bounds of propriety for when it´s appropriate to talk about a woman´s looks as a general matter. But I´ve long felt we lack a solid theoretical underpinning for easily discussing these issues, and why precisely it is that
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Christians, here´s why we´re losing our religion
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Fox News, by Craig Groeschel
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Posted By: STLstudent- 4/7/2013 5:13:55 PM
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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?”
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Broadcasters worry about ´Zero TV´ homes
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Associated Press, by Ryan Nakashima
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Posted By: Ribicon- 4/7/2013 2:43:40 PM
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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
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Mother Of Slain Benghazi Officer To Sean Hannity: ‘They Want Me To Shut Up’
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Mediaite, by A.J. Delgado
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/7/2013 5:00:16 AM
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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,
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Vanishing workforce weighs on growth
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Washington Post, by Jim Tankersley
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Posted By: Dreadnought- 4/6/2013 11:28:59 PM
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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
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Hillary Clinton Would Not ´Clear the Field´ for 2016
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New Republic, by Tod Lindberg
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Posted By: StormCnter- 4/6/2013 5:22:36 AM
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No one is more preoccupied these days with Hillary Clinton´s 2016 plans than the Beltway political class—not even the former presidential candidate herself. To hear some tell it, her decision will be dispositive for all other Democrats thinking of entering the race. And pundits and reporters aren´t the only ones positing the "The Hillary Factor": No less than the House Democratic whip, Steny Hoyer, told BuzzFeed, “I don´t know that anybody would run against Hillary…. If she runs, she clears the field.” It´s an understandable conclusion, given Clinton´s stature in the Democratic Party and her 70 percent
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Obama critic apologizes for his ´poorly chosen words´ on gay marriage
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The Hill [Washington DC], by Alexandra Jaffe
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Posted By: JoniTx- 4/6/2013 12:18:19 PM
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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,
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The Secrets of Princeton
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New York Times, by Ross Douthat
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Posted By: Oblio- 4/7/2013 8:08:09 AM
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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 —
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Beyonce, Jay-Z celebrate 5th anniversary in Havana, Cuba
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Los Angeles Times, by Nardine Saad
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Posted By: Fiesta del sol- 4/6/2013 8:20:04 AM
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Beyonce and Jay-Z celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary in Cuba this week. The couple, who married on April 4, 2008, took in the sights of Old Havana, visited a school, dined on a rooftop terrace and strolled the fan-filled streets in their island best.(snip).The power couple declined to answer journalists´ questions about their visit to the island nation, but some outlets are reporting that the moguls are there as tourists, though that would be illegal because of the half-century embargo the U.S. has on the Communist country. However, the Miami Herald said Washington has issued special licenses for
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