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Clinton´s Angry Outburst On Benghazi Was Meant To Deceive—Not Enlighten
Investor´s Business Daily, by Thomas Sowell
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Posted By:pineledger, 1/29/2013 4:37:58 AM
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| An old-time trial lawyer once said, "When your case is weak, shout louder!" Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shouted louder when asked about the Obama administration´s story last fall that the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. ambassador´s quarters in Benghazi, Libya, was due to an anti-Islamic video that someone in the United States had put on the Internet, and thereby provoked a protest that escalated into violence. She shouted: "We had four dead Americans. Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night who decided they´d go kill some Americans?
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Comments: Pssssst, PIAPS, they were not "guys." They were Al Qaeda.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
DW626, 1/29/2013 5:06:33 AM (No. 9145582)
For me the most pertinent question for this poor excuse of a SoS, is: "if you are responsible as you have stated madam secretary, what exactly are you responsible for?"
Btw, I couldn´t get the link to work, perhaps this will: http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials-on-the-right/012813-642206-clinton-testimony-failed-to-address-continued-attacks-by-al-qaida.htm
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
sewa, 1/29/2013 5:07:12 AM (No. 9145583)
I couldn´t bring this article up, but did find it elsewhere. Thomas Sowell brings up a terrific point - when someone is trying to argue a point by using a loud, angry voice, the person is not speaking the truth. This is how Africans determine a case in a palaver in the center of their village - the person who remains calm while presenting his/her case is the truth speaker. The loud, angry speaker is wrong, knows he/she is wrong, but nonetheless is attempting to win in this manner. Case closed.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
steveW, 1/29/2013 5:10:11 AM (No. 9145587)
When corrupt Democrats lie, the MSM applauds. When the MSM applauds corruption, the GOP does absolutely nothing. Hence, our predicament.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
lydwho, 1/29/2013 5:34:06 AM (No. 9145595)
Hey, it worked!!! She got away with it and that´s just what she wanted to do!!!!
Art
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
LComStaff, 1/29/2013 5:44:16 AM (No. 9145604)
Staff added correct link. Please proof read posts before submitting.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
JimS, 1/29/2013 6:44:11 AM (No. 9145653)
What difference does it make? A huge difference. I want to know what Amb Stevens was doing at a mission in Benghazi instead of being in the Tripoli embassy. I want to know what was in those 2 warehouses that was looted. I am certain that they were running guns and military weapons to the Syrians, and that AQ attacked them and stole their stash. What matters, Hillary, is that you are covering up an illegal gunrunning effort being conducted by Obama on Libyan soil. This makes Iran-Contra look like a junior varsity operation. The "difference" was not having this leak out just before the election
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Periwinkel, 1/29/2013 6:45:49 AM (No. 9145655)
All those investigative committee hearings are worthless. If the Republicans truly wish to get to the truth, they should forego the lengthy lead-in and get right to the question/s they have to ask. The speech prior to each question is just for the folks back home.
Note to Prancing and Preening Senators: We, the folks back home, are not impressed when you allow a proven liar to slip away without so much as a tiny nick after you have wasted your alloted time admiring yourselves!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
knarfski, 1/29/2013 6:57:20 AM (No. 9145667)
Hillary is "known for her well-knownness." Her accomplishments are not outstanding (Brit Hume), unless one counts miles traveled and time on TV.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
philemon1967, 1/29/2013 7:05:13 AM (No. 9145678)
Hillary Clinton will NOT escape. Man´s justice can be blind but divine justice is not. While we may not see her pay for her Benghazi decisions that led to 4 murders in her lifetime, she will still have to answer for the lives lost under her watch to their Maker. She has blood on her hands which will never wash away as long as she & this administration refuse to acknowledge their respective parts in this debacle.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Really?, 1/29/2013 7:58:00 AM (No. 9145770)
I am surprised that no-one in the Press is drawing a comparison to "Zero Dark Thirty" when discussing this.
Why did the maker of the supposed "offensive film" get thrown in jail, while the movie about the assassination of Bin Laden heads toward box office records and a possible Academy Award ?
Talk about something that might stir people up....
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
3XALADY, 1/29/2013 7:58:59 AM (No. 9145773)
I thought it interesting that Hilzilla referred to Benghazi as a ´consulate.´ According to articles I read, it was merely a rented house or estate which is why it didn´t have all the security measures installed. I also read in the same article that the ´safe room´ where some of them went before they crawled out the window was actually a holding cell. The cartoon on the first page today is sooooo true!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
privateer, 1/29/2013 8:05:28 AM (No. 9145782)
The Queen of Lies played the Repubcapons like a Stradavarius.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
uno_thatguy, 1/29/2013 8:08:59 AM (No. 9145786)
The thirty some that escaped know what was really going on. They need to be routed out next and interrogated. One is laid up in a German hospital. Demand an interview and names of the others.
This thing is far more sinister than the lying fool in a green dress. It goes right up to the WH and the poseur slumped back with his feet on Lincoln´s desk.
In legal circles it´s called "accessory to murder."
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Crosscut, 1/29/2013 8:19:04 AM (No. 9145806)
She pulled it off. She had four months to prepare. The low information people don´t care. What difference does it make, right?
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh, 1/29/2013 8:33:38 AM (No. 9145847)
I believe they will get away with the carefully crafted deception they created. People died "over there", the public just doesn´t care. The terrorists rightly took this Country´s measure, we no longer have the guts and focus to maintain a long term offensive against terrorism. We are comfy in our sheltered lives. Sad that the ambassador was killed and all that, what´s for dinner tonight? Most don´t care. Sure if you poll them they will say it´s bad and probably a terrorist attack but then they forget about it. Nothing happens when people forget about things.
Clinton acted as a blustering bully and a weeping emotional woman, effective emotional tools that deflect a rational discussion of the issues. Standard progressive tools used to drive emotional decisions instead of rational ones. BO won that way. The Country falls for it. Benghazi is over and done. No one cares.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Holeymoses, 1/29/2013 8:37:13 AM (No. 9145857)
Can´t help contrasting the media´s treatment of Madam Cyclops and Sarah Palin. They are helping the former get ready for her run. This babe will be waddling around the White House before you know it. Disheartening.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Me?Opinionated?Nah!, 1/29/2013 8:39:25 AM (No. 9145861)
I’ve often wondered whether Hillary acquired her morals and character traits from Bill or if it was the other way around. Whichever, I continue to perceive the two of them as The Bonnie and Clyde of the Public Sector.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Bad Dog, 1/29/2013 8:41:50 AM (No. 9145871)
Hillary was in Operation Obfuscation mode. As usual.
Lying liars lie. And when the lies are too obvious, they fake indignation.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Grambo, 1/29/2013 8:59:07 AM (No. 9145933)
The phony video story is so clumsy it catches all the attention, and takes attention away from the real story, which is the secret CIA operation at the annex, and Ambassador Stephens meeting with the Turkish emissary arranging the gun running operation. That was the big secret that required Obama and HRC to order no rescue and let the men die rather than expose the operation with a high profile military rescue operation.
The administration is quite happy to egg on its face for the clumsy video story. That may be embarrassing, but the alternative story would be devestating.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
mickturn, 1/29/2013 9:02:30 AM (No. 9145945)
Yep, it´s all an act to deceive and put off detractors...or those seeking the real truth.
It matters Hitlery because you and Obie lied and people died!
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
rmagnus, 1/29/2013 9:06:54 AM (No. 9145962)
We better get some better liars in office.
When even casual observers can tell our politicians are lying the whole system is going to collapse because apparently we can´t handle the truth.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
nekochan, 1/29/2013 9:09:07 AM (No. 9145971)
Yeah, but if you wear a pond-green outfit, and slouch in your chair, you´re going to look like a big fat frog. How smart is that huh?
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
Kristen, 1/29/2013 9:18:59 AM (No. 9146006)
Hillary the fake is adored by MSM. She has accomplished nothing positive.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
bugboy, 1/29/2013 9:26:00 AM (No. 9146028)
Clinton´s Angry Outburst On Benghazi Was Meant To Deceive—Not Enlighten
Wow! Ya think!
How about some better journalist who stop stating the obvious. Or has the population become that stupid?
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
PoliticalJunky, 1/29/2013 9:34:49 AM (No. 9146054)
You are right No. 14. The answer lies with the 30 who escaped and have been hidden from us. I heard the much criticized Lindsey Graham say this very thing on Jay Sekulow´s program. He said no one will break silence on this.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Udanja99, 1/29/2013 9:37:17 AM (No. 9146059)
Thomas Sowell is not just "some journalist". He´s one of the most brilliant conservative writers alive today and we here at Lucianne take heed of every word he writes. Oh, that he had been our first black president!
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Rinktum, 1/29/2013 9:39:33 AM (No. 9146065)
Not to get personal, but unfortunately for Mrs. Clinton, her outside is matching up to her inside and it is not a pleasant picture. Someone needs to tell her that being unkempt does not enhance her intellect. It just says she is lazy and lacks personal pride in her appearance. Nevertheless, with the bloviating and weak questioning by the Republicans she managed to walk away set for a 2016 run. Way to go guys. Once again, you failed to take advantage of an opportunity to get answers for the families of those four dead Americans. Abject failure on your parts.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
lylacat, 1/29/2013 9:51:37 AM (No. 9146097)
Yes, the shouting and tears is all a smoke screen. The louder a person gets the less likely anyone is going to pursue the point. She then quietly went into another room and laughed her head off, as she got by with all the drama.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
M2, 1/29/2013 10:16:00 AM (No. 9146173)
Once the Sept. 11 attack in Benghazi is seen for what it was — a highly coordinated and highly successful operation by terrorists who were said to have been vanquished — that calls into question the Obama administration´s Middle East foreign policy.
In my opinion, our foreign policy is exceedingly Muslim-friendly to the point of decreasing America´s national security. It seems clear that this Administration is preparing to soften any and all restrictions on Sharia Law in our Courts, in our schools and in the workplace.
I firmly believe that Obama, not a Christian as he claims, is a Muslim who will facilitate a Muslim America with himself at the helm, helped along by his complete refusal to punish terrorists or to deter Iran´s nuclear program.
In short, he is setting America up to be a Muslim nation, which is why he won´t call them terrorists and is so friendly and slavering toward them.
He hates America. He really does hate us.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
smcchk, 1/29/2013 10:17:09 AM (No. 9146179)
The most foolish part of her answer was if the attack was because of fellows out walking that night deciding to kill some Americans, Senator Johnson should,have interrupted her right then and asked who has ever suggested such a possibility? That would have stopped Madame´s adolescent tirade. Why does the GOP always play defense?
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
chicodon, 1/29/2013 10:37:49 AM (No. 9146228)
Hillary flubbed her screen test. Her outburst was rehearsed and rehearsed to appear to be from the heart but in the end it was not believable. Notice that she was constantly glancing down at her talking points through her goggles during the entire outburst. Hillary, don´t call us, we´ll call you.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
Philipsonh, 1/29/2013 10:40:20 AM (No. 9146232)
Mrs Clinton is being intervieweed on Fox Cable News tonight by Greta V>S> . THIS is Greta´s opportunity to stand out as a REAL JOURNALIST and to ask the toughest possible questions and forget the kissy=kissy garbage. Make the questions so hard that Mrs Clinton will take a hike off the set and forget her 2016 plans. Don´t ask if she READ the cables from Libya, ask if she was aware of the situation that had been ongoing for a year. Ask if she watched the massacre in real time and subsequently twisted the truth. Ask about the gun running to terrorists. Ask if in fact the consulate was an FBI safe-house. and so forth. If she cannot answer the questions, she has no right to ANY official office, because she is either incompetent or unable to manage a high position in the Government, or a liar ( in my opinion ). Congress asked her virtually NOTHING. Greta can do the job if she is willing to. maybe she will win a broadcasting prize ?
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
EnsignO´Toole, 1/29/2013 10:47:04 AM (No. 9146247)
If Hillary is going to run for Prez in 2016, there sure is a lot of work to do on her physically. She needs a new hairdo, lose about 100 lbs and reduce her thighs - she must have enough money for cosmetic surgery. I´m pretty sure the glasses will come off or new contact lenses will be invented for her.
It is shocking how her appearance has degraded since leaving the WH. At least while she was in the Senate, her hair style was professional looking. Now she just looks unkempt - what´s with the long, stringy hair? Maddy Half-bright actually improved her appearance as SOS. If Maddy could do it, surely Hil could, since she had a lot of Hollywood connections when Bill was in the WH.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
Grampy, 1/29/2013 10:49:15 AM (No. 9146253)
"Innocence seldom utters outraged shrieks; guilt does." Whittaker Chambers
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
caddyjak, 1/29/2013 11:05:56 AM (No. 9146287)
Here is what I don´t understand. Stevens was a well-known homosexual. Muslims like nothing better than decapitating homosexuals. Knowing this, why in the hxll would Hillary send him to a muslim country?
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
Nan, 1/29/2013 11:06:03 AM (No. 9146288)
Nothing surprises me about anything a Clinton does.
I have come to the conclusion that the glasses (please feel sorry for me, I hit my head, she was wearing were a prop in the play she was putting on for the Congress and MSM.
Her shouting ´what difference does it make´ strengthened that conclusion for me.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
Arby, 1/29/2013 11:08:31 AM (No. 9146299)
With the media solidly behind her for 2016 and their heart´s darling, Obama, behind her now--there´s no way that the sheeple will see through her lies and chicanery. They haven´t yet. Why will they start now? They see her pose as ´feisty´.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
peterfleming, 1/29/2013 11:18:46 AM (No. 9146325)
Congratulations to Lucianne for aggregating this newest Tom Sowell writing. Usually the quiet and pure ideological leader in the free market of ideas, today, Tom blasts out at our lying leadership, The Hoaxters, the people that would lie to us to protect their powerful political careers and would totally abandon their duties to protect the nation. Tom Sowell has always written about the good things found in a free market Today, he shouts out the bad things about our lying leadership. America needs every good citizen to speak up. Now is the time.
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
peterfleming, 1/29/2013 11:24:11 AM (No. 9146341)
continued.....Now is the time for all good citiszens to speak up.
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
bav2, 1/29/2013 12:37:29 PM (No. 9146523)
She never mentioned the Video nor did anyone ask her about. She is a lying woman and very cunning. It was a lovefest for Madame Hillary! Rand Paul was the only one there with guts to tell her he would have relieved her of duties The Republicans are Wimps and she seems to be off the hook. Case Closed
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
lana720, 1/29/2013 12:49:51 PM (No. 9146552)
Bingo, #6, BINGO! All about guns.
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
redwhite&blue2, 1/29/2013 12:57:21 PM (No. 9146569)
Good one #13! The QUEEN OF LIES! That trumps Cankles and Hildebeast. So now who is the bigger liar, her, or her pasty philandering bubba?
Speaking of liars, paging Susan Rice, paging Barry Hussein, paging Eric Holder, paging Joe Biden, paging Bill Clinton, Paging Hillary Clinton, paging Jay Carney, paging Tim Geithner, paging Chuck Schumer, paging Barney Frank, Paging Valerie Jarrett, to the White Courtesy Deceivers/ Liars Phone!
We oughtta be ashamed of these people and MORE ashamed of the ass-press rump-swab lap dog enemedia for carrying their lies to us like fresh garbage every damn day...I am so sick of these liars I could go skeet shooting!
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
Kurto, 1/29/2013 1:44:58 PM (No. 9146682)
Her faux-anger was an obviously contrived tactic intended to control the discussion. Like EVERYTHING else she has tried as SOS, it failed.
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
Farmwife1, 1/29/2013 2:02:19 PM (No. 9146735)
Don´t you know you´re not supposed to hit the girl? Even if the girl is Medusa?
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
Dignitary Protection, 1/29/2013 2:50:34 PM (No. 9146848)
Consider how the PIAPS looks now and imagine what she´ll look like in four years if she decides to run for President!
(unless she gets some work done between now and then)
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
geminale, 1/29/2013 3:50:33 PM (No. 9146946)
The more I see and hear, the more convinced I am that they are all a bunch of liars, all covering up for each other. The Borgias could not be more corrupt than those that work inside our highest levels of government.
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Reply 47 - Posted by:
Dante, 1/29/2013 4:39:55 PM (No. 9147054)
She is filth personified and her act is pathetic.
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Reply 48 - Posted by:
JoElla Bee, 1/29/2013 4:54:32 PM (No. 9147069)
Just for starters, if the American deaths in Benghazi had been the result of "some guys out for a walk one night who decided they´d go kill some Americans", it is doubtful the "guys" would have attacked with the same weaponry, that it would have taken hours, and that events and circumstances would have been such that a target would have been "painted" for help that never came because of the actions and inactions of their own government which ultimately resulted in unnecessary loss of American life.
The ending result of an attack by "some guys out for a walk" would likely have been far different, causing fewer questions, and the administration would have been just lying through their teeth and making up stories about domestic things, as usual.
We wouldn´t have had an asinine story about a YouTube video causing a riot, that resulted in an innocent man spending time in jail as part of an elaborate government cover-up of what really happened in Benghazi.
And, we wouldn´t have had a ludicrous charade of a hearing on the matter that turned into a praise fest for a representative of an administration that should have its hide nailed to the wall instead.
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Reply 49 - Posted by:
T-Bubba, 1/29/2013 5:21:32 PM (No. 9147093)
You know, I´m beginning to dislike Hildebeest.
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Reply 50 - Posted by:
belwhatter, 1/29/2013 6:25:18 PM (No. 9147191)
The thirty peole who escaped to Germany - who are they? Were they CIA agents? One is forced to think that they must have been playing some kind of cloak and dagger role for them to remain so totally anonymous
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Reply 51 - Posted by:
larryp, 1/29/2013 6:33:40 PM (No. 9147203)
I do think that the drone operators should e subpoened and I heard on KFI, a 50,000 watt radio station from so calif, that those types of Drones can be armed. Were they armed and did anyone order the shots? also the family member of one of the 4 that were killed told a reporter that ´we don´t even know how he was killed.´ and the reporter said, can´t an autopsy be done? She said he was cremated so no.
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Reply 52 - Posted by:
get er done, 1/29/2013 8:55:25 PM (No. 9147355)
Hillary Clinton´s outburst should be preserved on film for replay in the 2014 and 2016 election ads as an example of how the left cares about our military, our citizens and America.
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Reply 53 - Posted by:
knarfski, 1/30/2013 5:06:06 AM (No. 9147756)
#53: Also an example of how ego-defense and politics override moral reasoning?
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Young people are racking up larger amounts of student debt than ever before, but fresh data suggest they are becoming warier of borrowing in general: Total debt among young adults dropped in the last decade to the lowest level in 15 years. A typical young U.S. household—defined as one led by someone under age 35—had $15,000 in total debt in 2010, down from $18,000 in 2001 and the lowest since 1995, according to a recent Pew Research Center report and government data. (Snip)In addition, fewer young adults carried credit-card balances and 22% didn´t have any debt at all in 2010
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Privatize Airport Security
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Commentary, by Michael Rubin
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Posted By: pineledger- 3/5/2013 4:50:29 AM
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Rather than use sequestration to trim waste, the Obama administration has viewed the deadline—and the Republican desire to curtail spending—as an assault on big government. If it’s a choice between defending big government and hurting the individual, President Obama appears much more inclined to punish the individual, hoping that a backlash against government-instigated inconvenience will lead Republicans to cave.(Snip)Endless airport lines under sequestration are not about security, they are about the inability of a government agency to do its job with its available means.
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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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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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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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Is going gluten-free healthier for everybody?
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The Week, by Staff
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Posted By: NorthernDog- 4/7/2013 11:28:27 AM
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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.
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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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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
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Posted By: noproblems- 4/7/2013 9:52:58 AM
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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.
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