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Third Round of H1N1?

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Health officials: Beware of third wave of H1N1

January 27, 2010 by afp 
  
Staff Report
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Although influenza-like illness visits to emergency departments are decreasing, and more than 1.2 million doses of H1N1 vaccine has been administered throughout the state of Virginia, public-health officials are continuing to stress the great importance of members of the community [...]


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“Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps” Trailer

January 29, 2010

Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps is the follow-up to Oliver Stone’s 1987 classic about the financial industry. The sequel, which once again stars Michael Douglas as Gordon Gekko, along with newcomer Shia Labeouf, finds the disgraced Gekko released from prison into a new gilded age where even he can’t believe the corporate corruption and vast [...]

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Scott Brown Challenges Obama on Leno

January 29, 2010

Senator-Elect Scott Brown went on the Jay Leno Show on Thursday night. The conversation also turned to a possible showdown between Brown and President Obama — on the basketball court. Brown played college hoops at Tufts, and on the night of his election he told Obama to “pick his best, and I’ll take my daughter [...]

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Dartmouth Prof: America in Decline, Recession is Just the Tip of the Iceberg, Obama to Blame

January 29, 2010

“The money he’s spent is all short-term thinking…it’s all expenditures, not investments that would change the competitive advantage of the U.S.,” the professor says, drawing a stark distinction between President Obama and the President he’s often compared to: FDR.
“This current recession is just the tip of the iceberg,” says Richard D’Aveni, a professor of [...]

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CBS News: Tea Party Movement Q&A with Tea Party leaders Kellen Guida and Michael Johns

January 28, 2010

1) Tea Party Leaders - Katie Couric talks with Tea Party leaders Kellen Guida and Michael Johns about their goals, frustrations and vision for the American government.

2) Background of Tea Party Movement - One of the Tea Party leaders, Michael Johns gives some background about the Tea Party Movement and some of the basic tenets.

3) Tea [...]

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Joke Of The Week

January 28, 2010

Q: Why does Obama feel he has to dumb down his message on health care?
A:  Because he knows that the people who voted for him are IDIOTS!!!

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Arianna Huffington: Obama “Speech Felt As Though it Had Been Focused Group Tested Within an Inch of Its Life…”

January 28, 2010

Beyond left or right: Last night Obama called for bipartisanship. And last night on Larry King, the pundits delivered. The bipartisan consensus is that Obama’s speech was crafted from poll-tested ideas and focus groups.
And we’ve heard all this focus group hot air before: After the 2008 election. But it was his actions after the 2008 election that proved [...]

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FLASHBACK: Obama Campaigned Against Spending Freeze [Over and Over]…

January 26, 2010

However: In his budget for Fiscal Year 2011, to be presented on Monday, February 1, President Obama will propose a three-year hard freeze on non-security discretionary spending, to last from 2011 through 2013.

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Joke Of The Week

January 25, 2010

If Obama wants to make the health care debate more transparent he should talk to the newly-elected junior U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, Scott Brown. You can’t hide very much when  posing nude for Cosmo.

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In A Time Of Suffering…

January 17, 2010

One of the noblest ingredients that make up the American Spirit is generosity,  especially for those in need.   Whether it’s at home or abroad, even the most strapped of us will dig deep to give what they have to help others in dire circumstances.  The earthquake that occurred in Haiti, the poorest nation in this hemisphere, [...]

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Let’s Hope These 4 Things Don’t Happen

January 14, 2010

By Rick Newman
Posted: January 13, 2010

In the cast of corporate characters, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are A-list villains, thanks to the central role they played in the 2008 financial meltdown. The two mortgage-finance firms failed as spectacularly as AIG, the poster child for finance-gone-wrong, with the combined Fannie-Freddie rescue totaling about $111 billion so [...]

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Timing Is Everything!

August 17, 2009

The Health Care Reform packages being railroaded through Congress gives one pause especially given that we have just inched back from the precipice of a global economic implosion. Universal Health Care is a subject worthy of investigation, debate, and eventual implementation. However, its’ timing at this juncture is neither prudent, nor imperative. The rush [...]

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Irony Du Jour

August 22, 2009

The Only Thing Worse Than  Obama  Not Keeping His Promises Is…Obama Keeping His Promises!
–Reformed Liberal

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Hey, Mr. President! Here’s Just One Suggestion On Reforming Health Care…

August 26, 2009

It is apparent to many news observers that Americans see the necessity of reforming our current health care system, but are reticent about adopting another enormous entitlement program at this economic vicissitude. Perhaps townhall meetings would have produced more than anger if instead of making the meetings an opportunity for photo ops, sound bites, and [...]

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Bill would give president emergency control of Internet

August 28, 2009

Internet companies and civil liberties groups were alarmed this spring when a U.S. Senate bill proposed handing the White House the power to disconnect private-sector computers from the Internet.
They’re not much happier about a revised version that aides to Sen. Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, have spent months drafting behind closed doors. CNET News has obtained [...]

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Russian Professor: Collapse Of America Could Begin In Two Months

September 1, 2009

Russian Professor: Collapse Of America Could Begin In Two Months
Paul Joseph Watson Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Russian Professor Igor Panarin says that events are continuing to confirm his doomsday prediction first made over 10 years ago, that the United States will completely collapse like the Soviet Union before the end of 2010, and warns that the [...]

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Question Of The Week

September 2, 2009

Q:  How Many Lives Does A Barrel of Oil  Buy?
A:  I don’t know.  How about asking Gordon Brown and Moammar Gadhafi!

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‘Propaganda’ Video Shown to School Children

September 3, 2009

Parents are upset over a ‘leftist propaganda’ video shown to school children. Most feel public servants should serve the people, and this video invites Americans to serve our public officials — specifically Obama. Fact: We broke away from a monarchy on July, 4th 1776 — there are no Kings and Queens in America. Why change [...]

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Card issuers are already proposing new fees and thinking up ways to subvert interest-rate restrictions

September 10, 2009

New credit-card rules, designed to curb the industry’s abusive practices, went into effect a few weeks ago. But already lenders have found ways to get around the regulatory roadblocks—moves that may cost consumers in the end.

More variable rate credit cards
More annual fees for people who pay in full each month
Tax on transactions for companies not [...]

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The Answer Is Blowing In The Wind

September 18, 2009

The death of Mary Travers of Peter, Paul & Mary marks ,once again, for many of us baby boomers, the passing of an era when citizens disenfranchised from involvement in the political system, organized en masse to change their government’s wrongheaded policy and course of action. You may ask yourself why we note the passing [...]

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Jack Bauer Need Not Apply To Obama’s CIA

September 19, 2009

There are so many things wrong with the current investigation  launched by Attorney General Eric Holder into the activities of the CIA following 9/11 that it is difficult to know where to begin.  First of all, I don’t know if you can be politically correct when you are in a state of war and it is even more [...]

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John Edwards Slides The Bar for Ethics In Politics Further Down

September 20, 2009

Any political theme song nowadays should include the lyrics “I’m sorry…so sorry” with the latest revelations about the former Democratic Vice President Candidate and U.S. Senator John Edwards.  This is not only a personal tragedy for Elizabeth Edwards and her family, but for the nation as well.   It lends credence to the popular saying to trust no [...]

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“There Is No Cause For Alarm If Proper Precautions Are Observed.” Rupert Blue, U.S. Surgeon General 1918. Threat of [H1N1] “Cause for Concern, But Not Alarm.” Barack Obama, U.S. President, 2009.

September 24, 2009

J.M. Barry, (2009) writing in Nature [459: 324-5] on Pandemics: Avoiding The Mistakes of 1918 lists as a major mistake  by the government in addressing the 1918 pandemic was the communication strategy of reassurance.  J.M. Barry points out that in 1918  “This communication strategy of either reassurance or silence had its effect. Its effect was [...]

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90 Days Until Christmas…

September 25, 2009

Television shopping networks are promoting the Holiday season as a way to recover from a lackluster Fall season, which was promoted early to recover from a disappointing Back-To-School promos, which were advertised in early summer to boost poor Summer Sales.  Recovery?  Maybe for the big wigs sitting behind their corporate desks while patting their lobbyists [...]

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Why Obama’s Health Care Ideas Fail

September 29, 2009

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Jobless Report Is Worse Than Expected; Rate Rises to 9.8% — 17% Rate Including Laid-off Workers Taking Part-time Work or Given Up…

October 2, 2009

from the NY Times:
The American economy lost 263,000 jobs in September and the unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent, the government reported on Friday, dimming the prospect of any meaningful job growth by the end of the year.
The Labor Department’s monthly snapshot of unemployment dashed hopes that the pace of job losses would continue to [...]

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“O”lympics, “O”bamas, “O”prah–Too Many Zeroes!

October 8, 2009

Not even close!  Floating the bid for the 2016 Olympics, Chicago’s balloon went down faster than the Hindenburg on Friday finishing 4th out of 4.  And why does this come as a shock?  There wasn’t overwhelming public support for hosting  the Olympics.   45% of Chicagoans believed that with the recent economic downturn,Chicago’s and Illinois’ [...]

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Politics Of Nobel Peace Prize Not So Noble

October 11, 2009

Well now we know  just how political the Nobel Prize Committee has become—there should not be any doubt with the election of Barack Obama to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Let’s put it in context, Gandhi never received the Nobel Prize, but Arafat did.
Cloaked in secrecy, the Nobel Prize Committee refuses to [...]

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Mild Cases Of H1N1 Raising Havoc!

October 13, 2009

As one who has experience firsthand the ravages of the flu this season, all I can say is that there is no way to adequately prepare your family against an outbreak of this size, notwithstanding a pandemic.
Not to be critical of the local public health officials and medical personnel, the current situation on many [...]

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Without high-tech care, H1N1 death toll could soar, studies suggest

October 14, 2009

TORONTO — Developing countries with limited access to advanced health-care facilities may be in for a rough ride with swine flu and even countries with high-tech ICUs may find themselves pushed to the limit as their hospitals struggle to save gravely ill H1N1 patients, new studies suggest.

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Study: Swine flu deadliest to healthy, relatively young adults

October 14, 2009

Doctors learn they don’t entirely understand the H1N1 flu virus. New studies say it hits otherwise-healthy relatively young adults the hardest.  Read More…

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BY FRED TASKER

ftasker@MiamiHerald.com
The H1N1 influenza virus is so new it’s not entirely understood, South Florida doctors say. It can be as mild as a [...]

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Distribution of H1N1 Vaccine: A Real Test Of Government’s Access To Health Care?

October 16, 2009

As Congress is moving toward reforming the current health care system, the H1N1 pandemic offers a real time test of the efficacy of a government run system. For example, the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities campus has an enrolled student body of approximately 10,000+ students . Primarily a commuter campus, students health care coverage [...]

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If A Deal Is Too Good To Be True—Cash For Clunkers

October 21, 2009

Remember the old adage?  Well, those who bought into the Cash For Clunkers are going to have quite a surprise on the taxes. 
Posted from Janet Larson, Read More:

Political Math….

Let’s do some good old fashion math, not the new fangled political math. Let us do the math using what we learned in school, not [...]

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Is H1N1 Obama’s Katrina?

October 22, 2009

Fox News has depicted the H1N1 vaccine and the peak of the influenza as ships passing in the night.  The fact of the matter is the H1N1 vaccine will not be available for most of us, at least in this first go around, to make a measurable difference, since the spread of the disease has [...]

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Joke Of The Week: Irritating Phrases Made By Politicians

October 28, 2009

Fox News reported the phrases spoken often by politicians that voters find irritating.  Here are five that either have become annoying to us, or at least, ones that we consider particularly tiring and our spin on them:
“Let  me be clear…”interpreted as I have to correct a statement  because either I or someone in my [...]

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Swine flu: Who’s winning and losing in the H1N1 virus pandemic?

October 26, 2009

by Melly Alazraki for Daily Finance
President Obama declared the H1N1 flu outbreak a national emergency last weekend. While U.S. officials insist the move is not a reaction to new developments but a preventive measure, it comes just as the vaccine shortage has been making headlines, with the Centers for Disease Control “frustrated” by the tight [...]

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Edmunds Statisticians: Taxpayers paid $24,000 per clunker…

October 30, 2009

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Video: Planned Parenthood Leader Resigns After Watching Ultrasound of Abortion Procedure…

November 3, 2009

“I just thought I can’t do this anymore, and it was just like a flash that hit me and I thought that’s it.”

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JACK SQUAT: A Year After The Election For President

November 3, 2009

A recent skit on Saturday Night Live had a report by President Obama, portrayed by comedian, Fred Armisen , on the accomplishments of his administration. It was summed up by Armisen in two words “Jack Squat.” Systematically listing the numerous promises that have not been fulfilled brought laughter from the audience, but perhaps it was [...]

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Early NJ Exit Polls: Independents Breaking Overwhelmingly for Republican Christie

November 3, 2009

8:28 PM - Internal exit polls showing very good signs for Christie in NJ, most importantly Christie is running very strong with independents.
Indies are breaking overwhelmingly for Christie, and this could spell trouble for Democrat Corzine. It stands to note that the Democrats have a very strong coalition in Jersey, so the sway of indie [...]

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Death Without Mourning

November 12, 2009
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Is The Second Bow A Cover-Up For The First Bow?

November 16, 2009

President Obama’s 90 degree bow from the waist to the Emperor Akihito of Japan has been met by the mass media with a “so what, who cares–get over it” attitude unlike the uproar caused by President Clinton’s nod to Emperor Akihito back in 1994 . It is inconceivable that this was just a spur [...]

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If H1N1 joins with the bird flu, pandemic may be much worse*

November 18, 2009

[Commentary printed by The China Post* ref. post Playing Chicken With A Nightmare Flu by Alan Sipress The Washington Post]

When swine flu erupted this spring in the southwestern United States and Mexico, it had been 40 years since the last flu pandemic. The outbreak has dispelled any illusion that pandemic influenza belonged to a bygone era, [...]

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Hunting For Swine Flu Vaccine

November 19, 2009

By Maggie Mertens for NPR
The swine flu vaccine remains scarce, but is slowly becoming a little less difficult to find.
Some people are getting the vaccine at doctors’ offices, some at college health centers, and some at public flu clinics. You’re best bet will depend on where you live.
As KQED’s Sarah Varney reports on Tuesday’s All [...]

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Bargain Banter: TV Divas Martha And Oprah’s Changing Roles–Is It Marked By The Downturn In The Economy?

November 20, 2009

by Markdown Mom

Those of us who write on the web check our stats to see how we are doing.  Periodically, we also check on how others are doing.  Markdown Mom has noticed lately that the stats for Martha Stewart.com have been hidden at the” request of the owner”.  With the exception of the huge audience [...]

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While CDC Projects That The Peak of H1N1 Is Over, Reports Of Person-to-PersonTamiflu Resistance Found In The U.S.

November 21, 2009

In  the midst of CDC reporting in a decline in the number of H1N1 patients, what would seem like good news, is being kept in check by new cases that are resistant to the current  popular antiviral Tamiflu.
By Steve Sternberg, USA TODAY
Epidemic experts say they are investigating the apparent spread of Tamiflu-resistant swine flu virus [...]

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Civility and Celebrity, Two Words Worlds Apart

December 21, 2009

The new millenium is starting to look like the Era of  Gotcha for Celebrity Infidelity.  Entertainers including athletes have closed ranks with politicians for sleaze.  The recent revelations of Tiger Woods’ secret life although shocking in mark contrast to his skillfully crafted public persona, should not come as a surprise.  Too long has the public created heroes with [...]

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Rosie O’Donnell Splits–Welcome To Gay Divorce!

January 4, 2010

Well, after fighting to get gay marriage legalized, now gay and lesbian couples can enter into the other side with their heterosexual counterparts:  D-I-V-O-R-C-E.  Comedienne Rosie O’Donnell married longtime partner Kelli Carpenter in 2004 in San Francisco, California and now she has a new love interest after splitting this Fall from Kelli.  It will be [...]

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Recent Terrorist Threat Exposes Why Closing Gitmo Is Unwise

January 5, 2010
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Yemen is a hotbed of terrorist activity and where are we releasing prisoners from Gitmo to? That’s right–Yemen. What was the destination of the plane with terrorist suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on board?  East Coast, West Coast?  No, Detroit Michigan in the Midwest. Where is the new facility planned to be built to hold the [...]

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Shock Video: Heidi Fleiss Thanks God For Abortions

January 6, 2010
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While filming UK’s Celebrity Big Brother Heidi dropped a huge bomb on fellow contestants, including born-again Christian Stephen Baldwin and Dynasty actress Stephanie Beacham.

In comments that have sparked outrage on internet forums, she said:

“I hope I never have babies. That would kill me. Every minute I’d be, ‘Is the baby OK?’ I’d worry too much.” “I’ve never had [...]

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DEMOCRATS! WHERE’S THE WORK?

January 8, 2010
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After Attacking Bush During Periods Of Job Growth, And Pledging Their Stimulus Would Create Millions Of Jobs, Where’s The Dems’ Outrage? LEADING DEMS ATTACKED BUSH WHEN MILLIONS OF JOBS WERE BEING CREATED …

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To Become A Real Player In Reform, Tea Party Should Make Term Limits Its’ First Order Of Business

January 12, 2010

The Ohio Valley Tea Party has announced its’ formation as a political action committee in time for  the upcoming election year.  This will enable the group to raise money and support candidates for office.  Although it’s still in the development stage, the potential of becoming a political party is there.  To grow this grassroots movement into [...]

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Debating Tebow’s Super Bowl Ad

February 1, 2010

Gloria Allred says she believes it an impossible scenario to believe that Philippino doctors would of ever suggested abortion as a viable option for Tebow in the first place. And when you learn that physicians and midwives who perform abortions in the Philippines face six years in prison, and may have their licenses suspended or [...]

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Global Warming On Top of SEC’s Radar

January 29, 2010

SEC to demand global-warming risk disclosure from public corporations
WATCH:

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Mainstream Media Finally Wakes Up?

January 29, 2010

It brings a warm feeling to the cockles of this writer’s heart to see Arianna Huffington, CNN, and others finally awake from their long sleep with the dark prince.  ButAsForMe has been writing about Obama’s lack of substance and experience since 2007 and how did  the fine, upstanding Obama-ites answer our concerns about his election?  By [...]

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John Edwards Made Sex Tape, Abortion Plea, Aide Says

January 28, 2010

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Palin: Obama’s SOTU Speech a Lecture

January 28, 2010

Sarah Palin says Obama’s SOTU speech: “In a word…lecture. I think there was quite a bit of lecturing , not leading.”
A Facebook post also describes the president as a lecturer.

Instead of sensibly telling the American people, “I’m listening,” the president is saying, “Listen up, people!” This approach is precisely the reason people are [...]

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Jay Leno Damaged by ‘Tonight’ Fight

January 24, 2010

Howard Kurtz talks to media critics about NBC’s fight over late night and why so many are casting blame on Jay Leno.

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Keith Olbermann Apologizes For Scott Brown Comment (VIDEO)

January 23, 2010

Keith Olbermann apologized for his comments about Massachusetts Senator-Elect Scott Brown Friday night just one day after being called out by Jon Stewart over the remarks.
Monday night, Olbermann described Brown as “an irresponsible, homophobic, racist, reactionary, ex-nude model, tea-bagging supporter of violence against women and against politicians with whom he disagrees.”
WATCH:

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Wall Street Reeling After Obama’s Financial Reform Proposals

January 22, 2010

Wall Street is reeling following the White House’s financial reform proposals. The News Hub panelists argue the merit of the effort.

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If Columbo Could Question The President

January 19, 2010

FROM OUR READERS;:
Hope that you all remember the detective show with Colombo in it. He was a detective that dressed like an unmade bed but he always got his man. I loved the show.

> Subject: Colombo ’s question for President Obama
>   Ah, sorry  to bother you Mr. Obama, Sir.  . ..
 
>   Well, listen, anyway, I [...]

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A Lay-off letter from an excellent boss?

January 15, 2010

Dear Employees:

As the CEO of this organization, I have resigned myself to the fact that Barrack Obama is our President and that our taxes and government fees will increase in a BIG way.

To compensate for these increases, our prices would have to increase by about 10%. But since we cannot increase our prices right now [...]

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