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		<title>Obama&#8217;s Top Priority</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kudos to CBS News, of all places. They noticed that President Obama has a tendency to say everything is a top priority. And we mean everything. Perhaps that’s why he’s flailing and failing. No focus. ECONOMIC RECOVERY: “Our top priority is to recover and rebuild from a recession that has touched the lives of nearly [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://irasciblemusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/obama0803.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-78" title="obama0803" src="http://irasciblemusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/obama0803-300x186.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="186" /></a>Kudos to CBS News, of all places. They noticed that President Obama has a tendency to say everything is a top priority. And we mean everything.</p>
<p>Perhaps that’s why he’s flailing and failing. No focus.</p>
<p>ECONOMIC RECOVERY: “Our top priority is to recover and rebuild from a recession that has touched the lives of nearly every American.” (6-15-10) Address to the Nation</p>
<p>JOB CREATION: “Creating jobs in the United States and ensuring a return to sustainable economic growth is the top priority for my Administration.” (3-11-10)</p>
<p>FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS: “…that’s something that’s going to be a top priority.” (4/27/10)</p>
<p>ENERGY SECURITY: “And that’s why my energy security plan has been one of the top priorities of my Administration since the day I took office.” (4/28/10)</p>
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<p>EDUCATION REFORM: “To train our workers for the jobs of tomorrow, we’ve made education reform a top priority in this Administration.” (2/24/10)</p>
<p>STUDENT LOAN REFORM: “This is something that I’ve made a top priority.” (2/1/10)</p>
<p>EXPORTS BY SMALL BUSINESSES: “This is going to be a top priority.” (12/3/09)</p>
<p>HEALTH ASSISTANCE TO 9/11 FIRST RESPONDERS: “I’m not just talking the talk, we’ve been budgeting this as a top priority for this Administration.” (2/3/10)</p>
<p>END HOMELESSNESS AMONG VETERANS: “I’ve also directed (Veterans Affairs) Secretary Shinseki to focus on a top priority: reducing homeless among veterans.” (8/17/09)</p>
<p>HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS: “Our top priority is ensuring the public safety. That means appropriate sheltering in place or if necessary, getting as many people as possible out of harm’s way prior to landfall.” (5/29/09)</p>
<p>H1N1 FLU VACCINATIONS: “And throughout this process, my top priority has been the health and the safety of the American people.” (5/1/09)</p>
<p>SUPPORT FOR MILITARY FAMILIES: “These military families are heroes too. And they are a top priority of Michelle and me. And they will always have our support.” (5/30/09)</p>
<p>STRENTHENING TIES WITH CANADA AND MEXICO: “We’re going to make this a top priority…” (10/16/09)</p>
<p>CONSUMER PROTECTION: “During these challenging times, the needs of American consumers are a top priority of my Administration.” (2/11/09)</p>
<p>ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: “So this is going to be a top priority generally improving our environmental quality.” (11/5/09)</p>
<p>Fact is, President Obama, if everything is a top priority, nothing is a top priority.</p>
<p>Perhaps you should follow one of the rare pieces of advice given by the IHTM Editor’s illustrious farmer father — “Pick one thing and do it well.”</p>
<p>One thing other than socializing the American economy, that is.</p>
<p>Source: CBS News</p>
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		<title>THE LAWYER&#8217;S PARTY</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Democratic Party has become the Lawyers Party. Barack Obama is a lawyer. Michelle Obama is a lawyer. Hillary Clinton is a lawyer. Bill Clinton is a lawyer.  (Disbarred) John Edwards is a lawyer. Elizabeth Edwards is a lawyer. Every Democrat nominee since 1984 went to law school (although Gore did not graduate). Surprise, surprise! [...]


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://irasciblemusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/lawyer-vulture.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-72" title="lawyer-vulture" src="http://irasciblemusings.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/lawyer-vulture-243x300.jpg" alt="" width="243" height="300" /></a>The Democratic Party has become the Lawyers Party.</p>
<p>Barack Obama is a lawyer.</p>
<p>Michelle Obama is a lawyer.<br />
Hillary Clinton is a lawyer.<br />
Bill Clinton is a lawyer.  (Disbarred)<br />
John Edwards is a lawyer.<br />
Elizabeth Edwards is a lawyer.</p>
<p>Every Democrat nominee since 1984 went to law school (although Gore did not graduate). Surprise, surprise!</p>
<p>Every Democrat vice presidential nominee since 1976, except for Lloyd Bentsen, went to law school.<br />
Look at leaders of the Democrat Party in Congress:<br />
Harry Reid is a lawyer.<br />
Nancy Pelosi is a lawyer.</p>
<p>The Republican Party is different.<br />
President Bush is a businessman.<br />
Vice President Cheney is a businessman.</p>
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<p>The leaders of the Republican Revolution:<br />
Newt Gingrich was a history professor.<br />
Tom Delay was an exterminator.<br />
Dick Armey was an economist.</p>
<p>House Minority Leader Boehner was a plastic manufacturer.<br />
The former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is a heart surgeon.</p>
<p>Who was the last Republican president who was a lawyer?</p>
<p>Gerald Ford, who left office 31 years ago and who barely won the Republican nomination as a sitting president, running<br />
against Ronald Reagan in 1976, who we all know was an actor.</p>
<p>The United States has 5% of the world&#8217;s population and 66% of the world&#8217;s lawyers! Tort (Legal) reform legislation has been introduced in congress several times in the last several years to limit punitive damages in ridiculous lawsuits such as spilling hot coffee on yourself and suing the establishment that sold it to you and also to limit punitive damages in huge medical malpractice lawsuits. This legislation has continually been blocked from even being voted on by the Democrat Party.</p>
<p>When you see that 97% of the political contributions from the American Trial Lawyers Association goes to the Democrat Party, then you realize who is responsible for our medical and product costs being so high!</p>
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		<title>1,000 Architects &amp; Engineers Call for New 9/11 Investigation</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[PR Newswire February 19, 2010 SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Richard Gage, AIA, architect and founder of the non-profit Architects &#38; Engineers for 9/11 Truth, Inc. (AE911Truth), will announce a decisive milestone today at a press conference in San Francisco, as more than 1,000 worldwide architects and engineers now support the call for a [...]


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<p>SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Richard Gage, AIA, architect and founder of the non-profit Architects &amp; Engineers for 9/11 Truth, Inc. (AE911Truth), will announce a decisive milestone today at a press conference in San Francisco, as more than 1,000 worldwide architects and engineers now support the call for a new investigation into the destruction of the Twin Towers and Building 7 at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. After careful examination of the official explanation, along with the forensic data omitted from official reports, these professionals have concluded that a new independent investigation into these mysterious collapses is needed.</p>
<p>Mr. Gage will deliver the news around this major development, accompanied by signers of the Architects &amp; Engineers for 9/11 Truth petition. The press conference will be held concurrently in 38 cities in 6 countries. http://www.ae911truth.org/info/160</p>
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<p>These prominent architectural and engineering professionals will discuss the organization’s findings and concerns. A brief presentation of the explosive evidence they have compiled will be followed by Q &amp; A. The presentation is an important update of “9/11: Blueprint for Truth – The Architecture of Destruction,” the DVD produced by the organization, and available on their website AE911Truth.org, which analyzes the scientific forensic evidence concluding that the three skyscrapers in New York City were demolished with explosives on 9/11. The petition will be delivered today to every congressional representative by AE911Truth petition signers throughout the country. Government officials will be notified that “Misprision of Treason”, US Code 18 (Sec. 2382), is a serious federal offense which requires those with evidence of treason to act.</p>
<p>Gage and his group base their conclusions on forensic evidence. Gage states, “The official FEMA and NIST reports provide insufficient, contradictory, and fraudulent accounts of the circumstances of the towers’ destruction. We are therefore calling for a grand jury investigation of NIST officials. Gage points out the destruction of the third high-rise, World Trade Center 7, a 47-story skyscraper which was not hit by an aircraft, yet came down in pure free-fall acceleration for more than 100 feet, a significant fact that NIST has been forced to admit, due to research conducted by AE911Truth petition signers. Other disturbing facts emerging from the forensic evidence include:</p>
<p>Complete destruction of both Twin Towers in just 10 to 14 seconds at near free-fall acceleration<br />
Over 100 first-responder reports of explosions and flashes at onset of destruction<br />
Multi-ton steel sections ejected laterally 600 ft at 60 mph<br />
Mid-air pulverization of 90,000 tons of concrete &amp; metal decking<br />
1200-foot-dia. debris field: no “pancaked” floors seen in the debris pile<br />
Several tons of molten metal found in debris.</p>
<p>Evidence of advanced explosive nano-thermitic composite material found in the WTC dust by an international team of scientists</p>
<p>AE911Truth’s conclusions are shared by thousands of scientists; senior-level military, intelligence and government officials; pilots and aviation professionals; firefighters; scholars and university professors; and 9/11 survivors and their family members. The implications are enormous and may have profound impact on the forthcoming Khalid Sheikh Mohammed trial.</p>
<p>The 9/11 Truth Movement, which Time magazine in 2006 called “a mainstream political reality,” continues to gain momentum. As AE911Truth’s own influence grows, Gage has embarked on well over 130 speaking events, covering 20 states and 13 countries, including Australia, New Zealand, and Japan. He has been interviewed by media around the world – including the BBC, CBC, NatGeo, and Fox TV.</p>
<p>SOURCE Architects &amp; Engineers for 9/11 Truth, Inc.</p>
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		<title>Pelosi’s Military Travel Cost the United States Air Force $2,100,744.59 over a Two-Year Period</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[source: Judicial Watch Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has obtained documents from the Air Force detailing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s use of United States Air Force aircraft for Congressional Delegations (CODELs). According to the documents, obtained by Judicial Watch through the Freedom of Information [...]


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<p>Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, announced today that it has obtained documents from the Air Force detailing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s use of United States Air Force aircraft for Congressional Delegations (CODELs). According to the documents, obtained by Judicial Watch through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the Speaker’s military travel cost the United States Air Force $2,100,744.59 over a two-year period — $101,429.14 of which was for in-flight expenses, including food and alcohol. The following are highlights from the recent release of about <a href="http://www.judicialwatch.org/story/2010/jan/nancy-pelosi-air-force-documents">2,000 documents</a>:</p>
<p>Speaker Pelosi used Air Force aircraft to travel back to her district at an average cost of $28,210.51 per flight. The average cost of an international CODEL is $228,563.33. Of the 103 Pelosi-led congressional delegations (CODEL), 31 trips included members of the House Speaker’s family.</p>
<p>One CODEL traveling from Washington, DC, through Tel Aviv, Israel to Baghdad, Iraq May 15-20, 2008, “to discuss matters of mutual concern with government leaders” included members of Congress and their spouses and cost $17,931 per hour in aircraft alone. <a href="http://www.judicialwatch.org/files/documents/2010/pelosi_airforce/pelosi-excerpt1-01282010.pdf">Purchases for the CODEL</a> included: Johnny Walker Red scotch, Grey Goose vodka, E&amp;J brandy, Bailey’s Irish Crème, Maker’s Mark whiskey, Courvoisier cognac, Bacardi Light rum, Jim Beam whiskey, Beefeater gin, Dewars scotch, Bombay Sapphire gin, Jack Daniels whiskey, Corona beer and several bottles of wine.</p>
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<p>According to a “Memo for Record” from a March 29—April 7, 2007, CODEL that involved a stop in Israel, “CODEL could only bring Kosher items into the Hotel. Kosher alcohol for mixing beverages in the Delegation room was purchased on the local economy i.e. Bourbon, Whiskey, Scotch, Vodka, Gin, Triple Sec, Tequila, etc.”</p>
<p>The Department of Defense advanced a <a href="http://www.judicialwatch.org/files/documents/2010/pelosi_airforce/pelosi-excerpt2-01282010.pdf">CODEL of 56 members of Congress</a> and staff $60,000 to travel to Louisiana and Mississippi July 19-22, 2008, to “view flood relief advances from Hurricane Katrina.” The three-day trip cost the U.S. Air Force $65,505.46, exceeding authorized funding by $5,505.46.</p>
<p>“Speaker Pelosi has a history of wasting taxpayer funds with her boorish demands for military travel. And these documents suggest the Speaker’s congressional delegations are more about partying than anything else,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton.</p>
<p>Judicial Watch previously obtained internal DOD email correspondence detailing attempts by DOD staff to accommodate Pelosi’s numerous requests for military escorts and military aircraft as well as the speaker’s last minute cancellations and changes.</p>
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