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To: Brumar89 who wrote (72349)	6/11/2009 1:49:29 AM
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Letterman ‘Jokes’ About the Statutory Rape of 14-Year Old Willow Palin By John Nolte on Willow Palin Big Hollywood Letterman on Sarah Palin's Daughter - Appropriate humor? youtube.com To be amazed at how low David Letterman will stoop in order to humiliate Sarah Palin means we still think of him as an entertainer, instead of what he is: a leftist ideologue willing to do whatever it takes to destroy a perceived threat to the Democrat majority. Letterman’s nothing special or unique. He’s merely joined the whole of the entertainment industry in sacrificing his place as an entertainer and legacy as an artist to wage ideological war. And our first step in fighting back is to wake up to this fact and stop being amazed. Once upon a time I loved David Letterman. I loved him because Johnny Carson did, and that was good enough for me. Before he found his place in Late Night, Letterman had a short-lived daytime show. Some of you might remember it. I never missed an episode. That’s how big of a Letterman fan I was. And like Johnny, I thought Dave deserved the “Tonight Show” … but we were both wrong. Johnny Carson defined show business class and so it’s not hard to imagine what he would’ve thought of a comedian willing to use an innocent 14-year old girl as a political weapon of humiliation. But I’ll bet that to learn it was David Letterman would’ve broke his heart. There’s a whole lot more here, including John Ziegler’s interview with Governor Palin and her response to Letterman. Glenn Reynolds. Ace. Jim Treacher. Protein Wisdom. bighollywood.breitbart.com

To: Brumar89 who wrote (72349)	6/11/2009 2:43:58 AM
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Another Obama Nominee Faces Potentially Tough Confirmation By Trish Turner FOXNews.com Wednesday, June 10, 2009 President Obama's pick to be the Army's top lawyer is facing potential opposition from senators for failing to disclose his ties to Fannie Mae. Donald Remy, a former executive at the troubled mortgage giant, met behind closed doors on Wednesday in a follow-up session with Senate Armed Services Committee members, and according to a congressional official with knowledge of what was said in the room, "it did not go well." The meeting, requested by Sen. Mel Martinez, R-Fla, lasted for a little less than an hour and was meant to address Republican concerns that Remy did not divulge his work experience at Fannie Mae, FOX News has learned. Given two opportunities, Remy failed to inform committee member that he was chief compliance officer. Instead, Remy, 42, described his tenure at Fannie Mae, which the government took over last year amid an accounting scandal, as a "major U.S. company." He mentions, by name, other companies for which he has worked on his work history provided to the committee. In a written response to Senate follow-up questions after his confirmation hearing in February, Remy called the omission a "mistake." "You are either incompetent or not telling the truth," the source said. Either way, Republicans are troubled. White House spokesman Tommy Vietor told FOX News that Remy did tell the committee in his questionnaire that was eventually submitted that he worked for Fannie Mae from March 2000 to March 2006. "Mr. Remy fully disclosed his tenure at Fannie Mae in his Senate Armed Services Committee questionnaire," he said, adding that he also disclosed it in other documents submitted to the committee. But an employment document that was originally sent to the committee by Remy did not include Fannie Mae by name, which seems to be the origins of the controversy. A spokesman for Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich, chairman of the committee, declined to comment, citing the confidential nature of the closed-door meeting. Levin attended with committee member Kay Hagan, D-N.C., along with John McCain, R-Ariz., John Thune, R-S.D., Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Martinez. Remy would need 60 votes to get through the Senate confirmation process. At this time, it is unclear if he could achieve that, though Democrats do occupy 59 seats in the chamber, if two of its ailing members, Robert Byrd, D-W. Va., and Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., are able to vote. Both have been out for the month of June, with Byrd suffering from a staph infection and Kennedy still suffering from brain cancer. foxnews.com

To: Brumar89 who wrote (72349)	6/11/2009 2:46:35 AM
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Federal Deficit Soars to May Record of $189.7B In The Executive Branch AP Wednesday, June 10, 2009 The Treasury Department reported Wednesday that the red ink so far this year totals $991.9 billion and the administration is projecting the deficit for the budget year that began Oct. 1, will total an all-time record of $1.84 trillion..... foxnews.com

To: Brumar89 who wrote (72349)	6/11/2009 4:26:14 AM
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One can only wonder whether the State Department has been so taken over by liberal Democrats that overt anti- Americanism is not regarded as unusual or suspicious. Fitting In By John Power Line Paul wrote here about Mr. and Mrs. Walter Myers, who fit in perfectly in Washington, D.C. despite the virulent anti-Americanism that led them to spy for Cuba for decades. For free. Myers worked for the State Department and rose to an alarmingly high intelligence position even though his anti-American views were apparently no secret. Stratfor has some interesting observations about the case: <<< After being recruited, Kendall Myers was allegedly instructed by his handler to move back to Washington and seek government employment in order to gain access to information deemed valuable to the Cubans. In 1981, he applied for a job at the Central Intelligence Agency and in 1982, he returned to working as a part-time contract instructor at the [State Department's Foreign Service Institute (FSI)], and became the chairman for Western European studies. In 1985, he applied for a full-time job at the FSI teaching Western European studies, and in 1999, Myers took a position at the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR), as the senior European analyst. Myers stayed in that position until his retirement in 2007. After his retirement from the State Department in 2007, Myers returned to [the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)] and worked there until his arrest. According to the complaint, the Myers were scathing in their criticism of the United States during their meetings with the source. In addition to their criticism of U.S. government policy, they were also very critical of American people, whom they referred to as "North Americans." Myers said the problem with the United States is that it is full of too many North Americans. The Myers also expressed their love for Cuba and for the ideals of the Cuban revolution. In the first meeting with the source, Kendall asked the source, "How is everybody at home?" referring to Cuba. Gwendolyn expressed her desire to use the couple's boat to "sail home," meaning travel to Cuba. The couple also provided the source with details of a January 1995 trip they took to Cuba. According to the Myers, in addition to receiving "lots of medals" from the Cuban government (something commonly awarded to ideological spies by the Soviet KGB), the best thing they received was the opportunity to meet Fidel Castro. The couple stated they had the opportunity to spend about four hours one evening with the Cuban leader. According to the FBI complaint, Kendall told the source that Castro was "wonderful, just wonderful" and Gwendolyn added, "He's the most incredible statesman for a hundred years for goodness sake." >>> So Myers became a high-ranking intelligence officer in the State Department just a few years after having traveled to to Cuba and being awarded "lots of medals?" <<< One of the other interesting factors regarding this case is that in spite of Myers' strong anti-American political beliefs -- which were reportedly expressed in his classes -- none of the background investigations conducted on him by the State Department provided any indication of concern. Furthermore, he was cleared for access to Top Secret material in 1985 and Sensitive Compartmentalized Information (SCI) in 1999 -- 20 years after he was recruited by the Cubans. Apparently the agents and investigators who conducted his background investigations did not dig deeply enough uncover the warning signs of his radical beliefs, or the people they interviewed knowingly withheld such information. With Montes arrested at DIA, and now Myers from INR, it certainly makes one wonder where the next ideologically driven Cuban agent will be found inside the U.S. intelligence community. >>> One can only wonder whether the State Department has been so taken over by liberal Democrats that overt anti-Americanism is not regarded as unusual or suspicious. UPDATE: Clarice Feldman and Kristofer Harrison have much more info about the Myers in the comments. powerlineblog.com