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News Link  •  healthcare truth Despite White House worries, Sen. Harry Reid rolls dice 10-27-2009 • Politico Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid dismissed White House worries — and bucked his own reputation as a cautious lawmaker — by announcing he’ll push ahead with a public health insurance option, even though he’s short of the 60 votes needed to pass Read Comments • Make a Comment •  Email this News Link • Send Letter to Editor News Link  •  Iran Families of US hikers held in Iran release video 10-27-2009 • AP The families of three Americans being held in Iran plan to release video footage that they say proves the three were simply on vacation and had no underhand intentions when they strayed across the border. Shane Bauer, 27, Sarah Shourd, 31, and Jos Read Comments • Make a Comment •  Email this News Link • Send Letter to Editor News Link  •  Iran 11 Iranian soldiers captured in Pakistan 10-27-2009 • News Services Pakistani forces detained 11 Iranian Revolutionary Guards for crossing into the country days after an Iranian commander was reported saying his men should be allowed to confront terrorists in Pakistan, officials said. Read Comments • Make a Comment •  Email this News Link • Send Letter to Editor News Link  •  Iran Iran to demand changes to nuclear fuel deal 10-27-2009 • Reuters Iran will accept the framework of a U.N.-drafted nuclear fuel deal, but will also demand changes to it, al Alam state television reported. Iran would present its response to the proposed agreement within 48 hours. It did not give details on what kind Read Comments • Make a Comment •  Email this News Link • Send Letter to Editor News Link  •  Economy – Economics USA Marc Faber & Mike Maloney discuss the economy, gold & silver markets 10/27/2009 • RevolutionaryPolitics Read Comments • Make a Comment •  Email this News Link • Send Letter to Editor News Link  •  Housing Home prices rise in most major cities in August 10-27-2009 • AP The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller home price index of 20 major cities climbed 1 percent from July to a seasonally adjusted reading of 144.5. While prices are down 11.4 percent from August a year ago, the annual declines have slowed since Feb Read Comments • Make a Comment •  Email this News Link • Send Letter to Editor News Link  •  Economy – Economics USA October consumer confidence slips unexpectedly 10-27-2009 • AP Consumer’s confidence about the US economy fell unexpectedly in October as job prospects remained bleak, a private research group said, fueling <b>speculation that an already gloomy holiday shopping forecast could worsen.</b> Read Comments • Make a Comment •  Email this News Link • Send Letter to Editor News Link  •  Economy – Economics USA Gearld Celente: Wall Street has hijacked Washington DC 10/27/2009 • RevolutionaryPolitics October 27, 2009 – 2:06 pm Read Comments • Make a Comment •  Email this News Link • Send Letter to Editor News Link  •  Economy – Economics USA When Will Inflation Really Hit Us? 10/27/2009 • RevolutionaryPolitics Most of us are gathered at the station, watching for the Inflation Express to come rumbling in. But we’ve been waiting for a while now. Just when should we expect the big locomotive to arrive and start pushing the prices of most things uphill? Read Comments • Make a Comment •  Email this News Link • Send Letter to Editor News Link  •  Casey Research Articles Black Gold… Green Oil 10-27-2009 • RevolutionaryPolitics This summer, there’s been a flurry of new green announcements from the world’s major oil firms. ExxonMobil, Chevron, Valero, Statoil, Marathon, and Sunoco have all thrown their hats into the green ring. Read Comments • Make a Comment •  Email this News Link • Send Letter to Editor News Link  •  Dollar Meltdown The Are We Stuck With the Dollar? 10-27-2009 • The Independent Institute A weak dollar means the U.S. can liquefy its debts and boost exports but, in the long term, the dollar’s demise does not help the U.S. one bit and the world may well be stuck with it. Read Comments • Make a Comment •  Email this News Link • Send Letter to Editor Feature Article  •  Constitution The War Against the U.S. Constitution – Is the Constitution Being Destroyed? by Gerald Flurry Ed Vallejo I have been getting The Philadelphia Trumpet for many years now and this article from the Editor in Chief hit home with me personally. Read Comments • Make a Comment •  Email this News Link • Send Letter to Editor

Who Hates Glenn Beck?

Who Hates Glenn Beck?
The American Conservative ^ | 10/23/09 | Jack Hunter

Posted on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 4:00:00 PM by nickcarraway

His talk-radio brethren have less of a problem with his histrionics than with his evolving libertarianism

Warning that popular talk radio and Fox News host Glenn Beck was “Harmful to the Conservative Movement,” Peter Wehner wrote on Commentary’s “Contentions” blog in September: “he seems to be more of a populist and libertarian than a conservative, more of a Perotista than a Reaganite. His interest in conspiracy theories is disquieting, as is his admiration for Ron Paul and his charges of American ‘imperialism.’ (He is now talking about pulling troops out of Afghanistan, South Korea, Germany, and elsewhere.)”

Wehner is not alone in his criticism. When Beck told CBS News’ Katie Couric, “John McCain would have been worse for the country than Barack Obama,” fellow radio talker and New York Times bestselling author Mark Levin fired back: “to say that he would be worse than a president who’s a Marxist, who’s running around the world apologizing for our nation, who’s slashing our defense budget … to say he would be worse is mindless … incoherent, as a matter of fact.”

Beck has been criticized from both Left and Right for his melodramatic, sometimes conspiracy-minded, intermittently bizarre style. But his conservative critics seem most offended not by Beck’s manner but by his deviationism. He won’t stick to the ideological script.

Conservative radio and TV punditry has a strict set of ground rules. Whatever Democrats are up to is bad; Republicans aren’t perfect, but they are worth cheering for and at least deserve the benefit of the doubt. Rush Limbaugh’s occasional guest host Michael Medved reflected talk-radio orthodoxy perfectly when he said, “For those Americans who want to fight back against the menacing expansion of government and the insanely irresponsible spending of the Obama administration, there is only one way to succeed: electing more Republicans to high office.” But as Marc Ambinder at The Atlantic notes, Beck is an exception: “Beck claims to be non-partisan. Conservative, yes, but disdainful of the GOP, with no vested interest in seeing Republicans return to power.” During the George W. Bush years, Beck’s politics were less differentiated from those of other radio talkers. He deferred to the Bush administration, promoted militarism as patriotism, and called the day’s news along partisan lines. When Ron Paul received national attention for questioning America’s interventionist foreign policy during a 2007 GOP presidential primary debate, Beck called Paul “crazy” and asked, “how did this guy get on stage?” At the time there were no complaints about Beck from the likes of Wehner and Levin — because Beck sounded much like them.

Homeland Security Could Block Websites During Swine Flu Pandemic

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Homeland Security Could Block Websites During Swine Flu Pandemic

Posted By admin On October 27, 2009 @ 11:56 am In Featured Stories, News In Focus, Paul Watson Articles | 61 Comments

GAO report says feds should regulate Internet traffic to cope with overloads

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com ^[1]
Tuesday, October 27, 2009

The government is being encouraged to prepare to block websites and Internet traffic in the event of a worsening swine flu pandemic that results in network congestion, a move that represents a potential end run around the agenda to regulate the world wide web.

A report by the General Accountability Office warns that a severe pandemic, or a worsening of the H1N1 outbreak, could result in 40 percent absentee rates at work and school, meaning that the Internet would be overloaded with people working from home as well as bored children sucking up bandwidth via online gaming.

Securities exchanges already have back-up systems to cope with such a scenario but the same cannot be said for general commerce, warns the report, adding that the federal government, specifically Homeland Security, should be given the power to block certain websites and regulate Internet traffic.

“Private Internet providers might need government authorization to block popular websites, the report states, or to reduce residential transmission speeds to make way for commerce,” according to a Reuters article ^[2].

Glenn Beck’s Enemies on the Right…

Glenn Beck’s Enemies on the Right
Reason ^ | October 27, 2009 | Jesse Walker

Posted on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 3:49:02 PM by nickcarraway

Writing in The American Conservative, Jack Hunter opines:

Warning that popular talk radio and Fox News host Glenn Beck was “Harmful to the Conservative Movement,” Peter Wehner wrote on Commentary’s “Contentions” blog in September: “he seems to be more of a populist and libertarian than a conservative, more of a Perotista than a Reaganite. His interest in conspiracy theories is disquieting, as is his admiration for Ron Paul and his charges of American ‘imperialism.’ (He is now talking about pulling troops out of Afghanistan, South Korea, Germany, and elsewhere.)”

Wehner is not alone in his criticism. When Beck told CBS News’ Katie Couric, “John McCain would have been worse for the country than Barack Obama,” fellow radio talker and New York Times bestselling author Mark Levin fired back: “to say that he would be worse than a president who’s a Marxist, who’s running around the world apologizing for our nation, who’s slashing our defense budget … to say he would be worse is mindless … incoherent, as a matter of fact.”

Beck has been criticized from both Left and Right for his melodramatic, sometimes conspiracy-minded, intermittently bizarre style. But his conservative critics seem most offended not by Beck’s manner but by his deviationism. He won’t stick to the ideological script….

White House monitored wayward plane…

White House monitored wayward plane
MSNBC ^ | October 24, 2009

Posted on Sunday, October 25, 2009 12:47:27 AM by rdl6989

MINNEAPOLIS – There was concern at the White House about that wayward Northwest Airlines jet that flew past its scheduled destination in Minneapolis.

White House spokesman Nick Shapiro told The Associated Press on Saturday that senior White House officials were alerted by the White House Situation Room and they closely monitored the incident.

Shapiro didn’t say if President Barack Obama was informed about the wayward plane. Story continues below ↓advertisement | your ad here

Northwest Flight 118 was out of communications with air traffic controllers for over an hour Wednesday night. The plane carrying 144 passengers and five crew members was destined for Minneapolis but overflew the airport by about 150 miles before controllers were able to re-establish contact.

‘Nobody feel asleep’ The Northwest pilots insist a clandestine snooze isn’t to blame for their goof at 37,000 feet. “Nobody fell asleep in the cockpit,” first officer Richard I. Cole said.

Who in the World is Glenn Beck?

Who in the World is Glenn Beck?
Townhall.com ^ | October 26, 2009 | Bruce Bialosky

Posted on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 10:07:38 AM by Kaslin

I record Special Report on Fox News every day. One day I noticed that there was a change in the preceding show. Neil Cavuto had been transferred to the new Fox News Business channel and some guy named Glenn Beck had taken over the slot. Nothing resonated with me so I didn’t bother to watch his show.

I soon heard that Beck had broken the story of Van Jones, a guy who should not have been in any administration, let alone a presidential one. Then Beck got credit for showing the Acorn videos that began the cascade of charges and loss of support for that organization. The Obama Administration responded to this by making Beck Public Enemy #1, along with the rest of Fox News.

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October 27, 2009 The Importance of Values and Principles Have State Legislators begun to realize the federal government is usurping the powers given them by the Constitution of the United States? If I read this message from Tennessee accurately, the answer is “yes.” I hope that message jolts every politician, bureaucrat and government lawyer who reads it. I hope it makes them remember that if they have been involved in covering up criminal activities associated with fraud or treason, their feet may yet tread a final despot walk from which they thought their government status protected them……… http://www.newswithviews.com/Barnewall/marilyn118.htm by Marilyn Barnewall Click on the Banner to learn more Environmental Facts the Greens Will Never Mention The problem today is a minor one, but growing. It is estimated that to provide enough energy from wind power to reduce energy shortages in California, it would take wind farms equaling an area the size of Connecticut. That could cause a lot of false tornado warnings. Will Americans become accustomed to the false panics and tragically ignore a real warning someday, causing a wind farm Katrina? Going green causes a lot more problems than in solves – especially since many of the perceived environmental…….. http://www.newswithviews.com/DeWeese/tom149.htm by Tom DeWeese

Wikipedia banned me from editing political articles because I added true info about Obama…

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Wikipedia banned me from editing political articles because I added true info about Obama
October 27, 2009 | me

Posted on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 9:16:46 AM by grundle

I have been a registered editor at wikipedia for about two and a half years.

The following restriction was just placed on me:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive572#Grundle2600:_continued_problems

“Grundle2600 is subject to an indefinite topic ban – he is prohibited from editing any pages relating to US politics or politicians. The ban will be enforced by escalating blocks.”

As a so-called justification for this restriction, the following contributions by me to wikipedia were cited:

“On April 20, 2009, Obama convened his Cabinet for the first time, and ordered them to reduce the $3.5 trillion federal budget by $100 million.” Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/19/AR2009041902009.html

“In February 2009, U.S. Senator Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia) expressed concern that Obama’s czars might violate the U.S. Constitution, because they were not approved by the U.S. Senate.” Source: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0209/19303.html “U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-Wisconsin) expressed a similar concern in September 2009.” Source: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/59071-feingold-questions-obama-czars

“In September 2009, Obama’s green czar Van Jones resigned after conservatives pointed out that he was a self described ‘communist’ and had blamed George W. Bush for the September 11 attacks.” Source: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2009/09/06/phil-kerpen-van-jones-resign/

Obama’s H1N1 Bill to Enact Martial Law Judge Napolitano

Obama’s H1N1 Bill to Enact Martial Law
Fox News ^ | 09-16-09 | Judge Napolitano

Which outrage will get us the Supreme Court 10th Amend test case we need to defeat Obama’s plot? The Collins Report…

Which outrage will get us the Supreme Court 10th Amend test case we need to defeat Obama’s plot?
The Collins Report ^ | October 27, 2009 | Kevin “Coach” Collins

Posted on Tuesday, October 27, 2009 9:05:45 AM by jmaroneps37

The Tenth Amendment showdown is coming. A Supreme Court test case on the power of the Tenth Amendment is coming.

There are several possibilities, but here’s my list.

Homeland Security has withdrawn the authority to round up illegals from Maricopa Arizona County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Arpaio won’t back down rightly claiming he works for Maricopa County not the federal government.

Gun control laws

When the USSC invalidated the handgun laws of the District of Columbia, Chicago passed an even more restrictive law and dared Second Amendment supporters to challenge it, and the NRA has.

When Chicago loses it will create a power vacuum in states. Conservative states’ governments won’t stand for the new restrictive laws certain to be passed by their liberal controlled cities like Dallas, Houston, New Orleans in response to Chicago’s defeat. Those laws will be supported by Obama’s Justice Department and will bring about a 10th Amendment test case on gun control laws.

Overreaching EPA

The Federal EPA is choking off water from the farms in California’s San Joaquin Valley to save a fish. California might not bring a 10th Amendment case to fight this outrage, but it’s very possible the state of Florida will defeat the federal government’s edict to stop sport fishing in the Gulf of Mexico by using the 10th Amendment.

Obama’s sellout to the UN on “Climate change”

Kerry and Boxer will roll approval of a treaty with the UN to force America to “pay” for our supposed “climate change crimes against humanity” into a new Cap and Trade package in an effort to sneak it into law. A 10th Amendment case against this from Texas and/or other states wouldn’t be surprising.

What do you think it will be? Write me at kcoachc@gmail.com let’s decide what to push for our test case.