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As payments dry up, almost half of 11.6 million jobless don’t receive help
The Associated Press updated 3:16 p.m. CT, Sun., Feb. 8, 2009 WASHINGTON - The government safety net designed to protect laid-off workers from financial catastrophe is falling short, leaving nearly half the 11.6 million jobless Americans without unemployment benefits.In economic stimulus package, arts deserve place in line.
In economic stimulus package, arts deserve place in line Chicago Tribune Chris Jones In the recent debate over the Barack Obama administration's economic recovery bill, proposals to spend government money on the arts have become poster children for pork. "The National Endowment for the Arts," wrote sarcastic editorialists at the National Review last week, "is in line for $50 million, increasing its total budget by a third. The unemployed can fill their days attending abstract-film festivals and sitar concerts."Baptist Leader: Obama ‘Very Dangerous,’ Causing ‘Severe Damage’
Baptist Leader: Obama ‘Very Dangerous,’ Causing ‘Severe Damage’ Saturday, November 21, 2009 2:24 PMBy: John Rossomando One of the leaders of the nation’s influential Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) tells Newsmax that President Obama is “very dangerous” in his economic policies and his foreign policy is causing “severe damage” to U.S. standing in the world. Dr.Rise of conservative women
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/15/michele-bachmann-president-sarah-palin She is much more Religious Right then I like in Conservative politicians, but I still found her interesting. The new wave of female firebrands striking fear into liberal America Right-wing radicals are already pinning presidential ambitions on a mother-of-five from Minnesota who calls herself a 'fool for Christ' and condemns Obama as a socialist at the head of a gangster regime- Buzz up!
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Rasmussen: What They Told Us: Reviewing Last Week’s Key Polls
These days, political turmoil isn’t a one-way street. President Obama’s mediocre approval ratings and the Democrats’ internal battling over the details of the health care reform plan are the obvious headline-grabbers, but the opposition party has troubles of its own. Just 15% of Republicans who plan to vote in 2012 state primaries say the party’s representatives in Congress have done a good job of representing GOP values.8 Reasons Fox Is Not a News Organization
Even before Barack Obama was elected to the presidency, Rupert Murdoch had declared war on him via the personalities of Fox News Channel, a subsidiary of Murdoch's media conglomerate, News Corp.
Since Obama's election, the cable channel's hosts and paid analysts have launched a full frontal assault on the president, smearing his nominees, calling him a racist and suggesting that his administration was trying to persuade disabled veterans to off themselves.
Now the fearmongers at Fox are crying foul since the president and his aides declared Fox not to be a news organization.
Who Killed California?
by Troy Senik http://nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/who-killed-california My apologies for having nothing originally in this post. The text was here but didn't show up. Apparently this article is too long to be printed here, at about 11 pages. It is nevertheless worth reading, unless, as someone has already done, you have made your mind up what to believe before reading.Social Security makes it official: No COLA in 2010
WASHINGTON – There will be no cost of living increase for more than 50 million Social Security recipients next year, the first year without a raise since automatic adjustments were adopted in 1975, the government announced Thursday. Blame falling consumer prices. By law, cost of living adjustments are pegged to inflation, which is negative this year because of lower energy costs.The Stimulus Is Definitely Working?! (Forbes)
The Stimulus Is Definitely Working?! Thomas F. Cooley and Peter Rupert, 08.26.09, 12:01 AM EDT Proponents ignore both fact and reasoning.Weak himself, Obama draws strength from Bush
Weak himself, Obama draws strength from Bush By: Michael Barone Senior Political Analyst October 7, 2009 (AP) In trying to understand what is happening in the nation and world, we all employ narratives -- story lines that indicate where things are going and what is likely to happen next. We can check the validity of these narratives by observing whether events move in the indicated direction. If so, the narrative is confirmed.
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