A "Dear Colleague" letter was sent from Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., chair of the House Judiciary Committee, to other members of Congress to solicit signature for a letter to the President-elect protesting the notion of a Surgeon General Dr. Sanjay Gupta. (Yes, Mr. …
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Conyers Vs. Gupta. Oh, It's On.
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Kappes to Join Panetta and Blait for PEBO Intel Announcement
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/01/kappes-to-join.htmlABC News has learned that President-elect Obama is debating whether the current deputy director of the CIA, 27-year agency veteran Stephen Kappes, will be present when Obama unveils his Intelligence Team Friday. The President-elect will likely keep Kappes in his current No. 2 role. …
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Obama's Big Speech
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/01/obamas-big-spee.htmlHere's our GMA report on President-elect Barack Obama's speech on the economy: -- jpt…
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Joe the Plumber Plunges into Gaza
http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2009/01/08/joe-the-plumb...“Joe the Plumber,” Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher of Holland, Ohio, is on his was to the Gaza fray. The non-plumber, non-economist, worst-selling memoirist, would-be country singer and token exhibition plebian for the failed McCain presidential campaign is now a non-war non-correspondent covering the Israeli incursion into Gaza for some blog. He is uniquely
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Renthusiast
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The Stiletto
http://thestilettoblog.comand will continue to be a "distraction." Little wonder House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) told “Fox News Sunday’s” Chris Wallace that the economic stimulus package won’t be on Barack Obama’s desk on Day One of his presidency, as his transition team had hoped. Rangel is a colorful fellow, and the House can be counted on to provide drama while cooler heads in the Senate unswayed by the passions of the day get things done - but not this time,
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Freedom Writing
http://freedom-writing.blogspot.comTucker Carlson, Unplugged
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Values Voter News
http://www.valuesvoternews.comrush to blow $1 trillion in taxpayer money without any debate, there are still some truly terrible ideas that must be defeated. In his weekly radio address this Saturday, Obama promised that his economic stimulus plan would include enough spending for 600,000 new government employees. This is part of the left’s larger plan to use this economic crisis to permanently and significantly expand the size of the federal government. These ideas most be resisted at all costs. Part and parcel to this permanent expansion of
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Can't Find a Job? Get One From the Government!
http://www.meltingpotproject.com/mpp/2009/01/cant-find-a-job...likes high unemployment. But even fewer people (that's right, less than nobody) like the idea of useless employees getting a paycheck for doing nothing. Sadly, there are no statistics for the latter category - which helps to explain why Barack Obama wants to bring more new people into the federal government than inhabit most American cities.
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Transparency and Bipartisanship On the March. Really!
http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2009/01/11632_t...and his plans for fixing the economy, health care, and America's reputation abroad. Even those who opposed Obama during the campaign are seeing that the new administration will be run with respect for the other side and a full embrace of transparency. Jake Tapper: House Minority Whip Eric Cantor, R-Vir., suggested said the [stimulus] bill should be put on the Internet a week before Congress votes on it. Mr. Obama smiled and said something along the lines of, "maybe if I was better at faking it , I'd say, 'Great
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…Because I am Good Enough, Smart Enough and Doggonit! People Like Me.
http://www.lauralohr.com/?p=879Jesse Ventura), now Al Franken. You have to hand it to Minnesota, they really love entertainment. It is nice to know we have cartoons running our country. Everyone loves some Stuart Smalley. Well, everyone except Allison. She just told me,
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Joe the Plumber War Correspondent Heads to Israel
http://ochairball.blogspot.com/2009/01/joe-plumber-war-corre...No, he's not serving his country. He's serving the conservatives and will rail against the Palestinians. This by way of ABC: Toledo TV: The world’s most famous plumber will travel to Israel to report on the fighting. On the campaign trail he’s known as “Joe the Plumber.” When he heads to the Gaza Strip, he’ll be Joe Wurzelbacher, “War
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CRIME STOPPERS ALERT NOTIFICATION
http://britanniaradio.blogspot.com/2009/01/brannons-bio-bran...es experts NEW! Sea Ice Ends Year at Same Level as 1979 The dirty joke from Minnesota UNCOMMON COMMON SENSE Monday, 5th Franken's Coup: Anatomy of a Vote Grab Sunday, 4th New Missouri law targets illegal immigrants Prez-Elect Makes New Pitch, Promises on Job Creation -- Including 600,000 New Government Employees Saturday, 3rd Iranian Pro-Israel Newspaper Banned Chrysler gets $4 billion U.S. government loan Military Poll Finds Troops Wary About Obama U.S. could be facing debt 'time bomb' this year U.S. governors seek $1 trillion federal
