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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (478998)	5/7/2009 11:04:41 PM
From: bentway	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575175

Joe The Plumber Quitting The GOP: Time Magazine huffingtonpost.com ( Say it ain't SO, Joe! ) Stop the presses... (even though we haven't received the press release yet). Time Magazine is reporting - burying rather - the news that Joe the Plumber, also known as Samuel Wurzelbacher, is quitting the GOP. That's big news considering Joe became the new GOP mascot during the McCain campaign and has since advised the party during conferences and in Capitol Hill briefings. Below is the excerpt from the Time article. Well, more elections. Big Government is never popular in theory, but the disaster aid, school lunches and prescription drugs that make up Big Government have become wildly popular in practice, especially now that so many people are hurting. Samuel Wurzelbacher, better known as Joe the Plumber, tells TIME he's so outraged by GOP overspending, he's quitting the party -- and he's the bull's-eye of its target audience. But he also said he wouldn't support any cuts in defense, Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid -- which, along with debt payments, would put more than two-thirds of the budget off limits. It's no coincidence that many Republicans who voted against the stimulus have claimed credit for stimulus projects in their district -- or that Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal stopped ridiculing volcano-monitoring programs after a volcano erupted in Alaska. "We can't be the antigovernment party," Snowe says. "That's not what people want."

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (478998)	5/8/2009 12:08:04 AM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1575175

Television station identifies Alberto Cutié's female companion BY GERARDO REYES, TRENTON DANIEL AND JOSE PAGLIERY miamiherald.com ( Good news! This priest isn't screwing kids! ) greyes@herald.com A Spanish-language television station in Miami on Thursday reported the identity of the woman at the center of the romantic scandal involving the Rev. Alberto Cutié, saying she lives in Miami Beach. The woman, Ruhama Canellis, lives in the 300 block of 20th Street, América TV (Canal 41) and a neighbor said. El Nuevo Herald reports that she has a 15-year-old son. A gaggle of television reporters and photographers is staked out in front of her three-story pink apartment building. But Canellis has declined to speak with reporters. Miami-Dade court records show Canellis is divorced with at least one child. She married in Florida in 1994, but divorced two years later. Miami-Dade County court records show she had been cited for operating a business without a license in 2000. She paid fines and one of the counts was dismissed. She had been cited for operating a business without a license three other times before, but she was acquitted or the charges were dropped. She also applied for a license with the Florida Department of Business and Professional regulation to be a real estate broker or sales. State business records indicate that Canellis was also licensed as a ''body wrapper'' and facial specialist. The controversy over the popular Catholic priest's relationship with a woman became public this week when Spanish-language magazine TVnotas published pictures of Cutié on a beach with the woman. Another picture shows the couple kissing at an unidentified terrace bar. The pictures prompted Archdiocese of Miami officials this week to remove Cutié from conducting Mass and other duties at his South Beach parish, St. Francis de Sales, 621 Alton Road. Reaction to Cutié's removal from his parish and the pictures was strong, with most people supporting the popular priest, whose name is well-known because of his work in Spanish-language television and radio. He hosts a weekly television show on GenTV, a weekly radio program on the Catholic Church's Radio Paz and pens a weekly column for El Nuevo Herald. He's an author, having published a self-help book in 2006. The move by the archdiocese spurred a demonstration on Thursday morning by Cutié's supporters. More than 60 people rallied to the priest's defense in front of his Miami Beach church. The noisy supporters were few in number but boisterous in their support, some waving signs saying they supported him. ''Celibacy no! Choice yes! 21st century'' was one chant in Spanish. And another: ``I admire, I respect, I pardon Father Alberto!'' The rally, which gathered after the early morning Mass, drew television cameras from local stations.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (478998)	5/8/2009 1:31:11 AM
From: bentway	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1575175

Obama Budget Cuts Funds for Abstinence-Only Sex Ed newser.com (Newser) – Take that, Bristol. The Obama administration seeks to cut most federal funding for abstinence-only sex education programs, the Wall Street Journal reports. Obama's proposed budget for 2010 would scrap two programs that fund abstinence education—with $145 million—and replace them with a $160 million initiative that funnels 75% of the funds to proven, non-abstinence-based education. That 75% would go to programs subject to “rigorous evaluation” of their ability to deter pregnancy. Still unclear: Whether Congress will approve, the Journal notes. “The Obama administration deserves praise for bringing science and evidence back to public health policy,” says an advocate. Abstinence proponents are not thrilled. Students “say the skills they are receiving are helping them achieve their goals—not just saying no to sex but a plan for the future,” one said. Source: Wall Street Journal