FTA- "Police in Denver arrested an ABC News producer today as he and a camera crew were attempting to take pictures on a public sidewalk of Democratic Senators and VIP donors leaving a private meeting at the Brown Palace Hotel.
A cigar-smoking Denver police sergeant, accompanied by a team of five other officers, first put his hands on Eslocker's neck, then twisted the producers arm behind him to put on handcuffs."
Check out the video that is with the story- unbelievable. -Riley
A measure that would decriminalize minor marijuana-possession cases is on the ballot in Massachusetts largely because of one man: billionaire financier and liberal activist George Soros. Of the $429,000 collected last year by the group advancing the measure, $400,000 came from Soros, who has championed similar efforts in several states and spent $24 million to fight President Bush's 2004 re-election bid. The Committee for Sensible Marijuana Policy needed about $315,000 of that ......
In the clip, Obama pledges to "cut tens of billions of dollars" in defense spending, "cut investments" in missile defense systems and "slow our development of future combat systems."
You can view the candidate's promises in his own words and full context below:
Adding to our new friend Ignatius Reilly’s article, the pomp of a Greek temple is so politically bad on so many levels that it is unclear where to begin. The illusion that the Obama campaign is trying to give is subtle but we can explain because otherwise nobody will get it. They are trying to invoke an image of the historical Greek Agora, in which all the citizens came together to vote on important civic matters.
Never mind that hoplites and slaves did not have the right to vote, and that the Greek form of direct democracy put Socrates to death. In an unintentional final slap to Hillary Clinton supporters, a few historians will note that the right of women to vote was stripped during the Athenian Empire. But let’s save those lessons for a history class. The real problems with Obama’s Greek stage are more obvious.
Vice presidential candidate Joe Biden's speech at the Democratic National Convention was great. As I write, he hasn't given it yet, but these are my favorite parts: "General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
The current narrative of the Bush Presidency is that it is a failure (believed by 107 of 109 historians surveyed) and that George W. Bush is the worst President in history (believed by 61% of those surveyed historians). Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) said, "The president already has the mark of the American people -- he's the worst president we ever had." That's one narrative. I have another.
Police in the US say there is "insufficient evidence" to charge three men who were allegedly planning to assassinate Barack Obama. The men were arrested in Denver, Colorado, in connection with drugs and weapons offences.
Sky News political editor Adam Boulton, in Denver, said one of the group is reported to have made comments alerting police to a potential assassination plot against the leader of the Democrats.
It was intended to boost the birth rate, but a legal loophole means the $5000 baby bonus can be claimed for late-term abortions. The loophole arises because abortions after 20 weeks' gestation are recorded by doctors as stillbirths. Parents of stillborn babies receive the maternity benefit on compassionate grounds.
British and American activists jailed by the Chinese for protesting about Tibet during the Olympics said they were locked to their chairs for marathon interrogation sessions and deprived of sleep...They said they were kept in cells and allowed to leave only for interrogations, which dragged on for up to 16 hours at a time. With lights shining on them, prisoners were locked into high-backed metal chairs with bars across their laps.
But, hey, the Olympics was a success, right? - Roland
The basic argument of those who support a government takeover of the health care system is familiar. As New York Times columnist Paul Krugman once put it, “America’s health care system spends more, for worse results, than that of any other advanced country.”
Krugman’s line has been repeated so often it’s considered gospel truth in most public debates — people rarely check to see if it matches the facts. As the American humorist Josh Billings quipped, “the problem with the world ain’t ignorance, it’s the things people know that just ain’t so.”
If they did, they’d probably be surprised. Socialized health care isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
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