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To: Lane3 who wrote (10946)	10/31/2009 12:39:37 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 42652

NOBODY REMEMBERS OBAMA AT COLUMBIA Alan Peters 19 October 2009 Looking for evidence of Obama's past, Fox News contacted 400 Columbia University students from the period when Obama claims to have been there, but none remembered him. Wayne Allyn Root was, like Obama, a political science major at Columbia who also graduated in 1983. In 2008, Root says of Obama, "I don't know a single person at Columbia that knew him, and they all know me. I don't have a classmate who ever knew Barack Obama at Columbia. Ever! Nobody recalls him. I'm not exaggerating, I'm not kidding." Root adds that he was also, like Obama, "Class of '83 political science, pre-law" and says, "You don't get more exact or closer than that. Never met him in my life, don't know anyone who ever met him. At the class reunion, our 20th reunion five years ago, who was asked to be the speaker of the class? Me. No one ever heard of Barack! And five years ago, nobody even knew who he was. The guy who writes the class notes, who's kind of the, as we say in New York, the macha who knows everybody, has yet to find a person, a human who ever met him. Is that not strange? It's very strange." Obama's photograph does not appear in the school's yearbook and Obama consistently declines requests to talk about his years at Columbia, provide school records, or provide the name of any former classmates or friends while at Columbia. en.wikipedia.org NOTE: Root graduated as Valedictorian from his high school, Thornton-Donovan School, then graduated from Columbia University in 1983 as a Political Science major (in the same class as President Barack Obama WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN IN)

To: Lane3 who wrote (10946)	10/31/2009 1:26:48 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 42652

Rush on Fox News: ‘It’s Gonna Be the Biggest Snatch of Freedom’ "That's the easiest, fastest way for them to be able to regulate every aspect of human behavior." breitbart.tv

To: Lane3 who wrote (10946)	10/31/2009 1:29:34 PM
From: longnshort	1 Recommendation Respond to of 42652

Rep. Bachmann Calls Pelosi Plan ‘The Crown Jewel of Socialism’ breitbart.tv

To: Lane3 who wrote (10946)	10/31/2009 5:36:13 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

Kirk Introduces Centrist Republican Alternative to Pelosi Health Care Bill IR 30 October 2009 One Comment [This article was syndicated via RSS from Illinois Review. The views represented do not necessarily represent those of the Chicago Daily Observer.] Kirk2 from Mark Kirk's congressional office WASHINGTON - One day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi unveiled the final version of her trillion-dollar government-run health care bill, U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Dr. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) today introduced the Medical Rights and Reform Act (H.R. 3970), a centrist Republican alternative to lower health care costs and expand insurance coverage without raising taxes, cutting Medicare or compromising the doctor-patient relationship. "Over the last 10 months, five dozen patient, doctor and hospital groups joined with centrist Republicans to craft reforms that would lower costs, expand coverage, protect Medicare, reject tax increases and defend our doctor-patient relationship," said Kirk who co-chairs the centrist Republican Tuesday Group. "It is the duty of minority members of Congress to propose better reforms before criticizing the 1,990-page Pelosi bill," Kirk said. "Based on our findings, I am proud to introduce a centrist Republican alternative bill that will lower costs and expand coverage without a government takeover." According to staff estimates, the Medical Rights and Reform Act will reduce federal spending by $355 billion and is the lowest-cost major health care reform bill introduced this Congress. The legislation is based on four key pillars: 1. The Medical Rights Act: the bill protects medical rights by preventing the government from interfering with the decisions that you and your doctor made. 2. Eliminating waste, fraud and abuse: the bill strengthens Medicare's enrollment process for providers, expands standards of participation and reduces erroneous payments to save billions in improper fraudulent payments. 3. Reducing Expensive Defensive Medicine: the bill includes robust lawsuit reform and rapid deployment of fully-electronic medical records to cut the need for duplicate tests and procedures. Lawsuit reforms under this Act would save $54 billion alone. 4. Lowering Insurance Costs: the bill grants the right of Americans to buy coverage from other states if they find a plan that is less expensive or more flexible for themselves or their small business. Interstate pools of insurance broaden and share risk. The bill also allows individuals to receive the same tax break employers receive when buying their own health insurance. This is the major spending item of the bill, (costing $33 billion) along with state innovation programs to cover pre-existing conditions and increased coverage for dependent children (costing $15 billion). These items are more than offset by CBO-scored lawsuit reform savings and appropriations staff estimated savings of canceling unobligated balances of non-infrastructure items in the Stimulus. These reforms yield a net savings in the legislation of $355 billion, dramatically reducing federal borrowing. "We need to lower health care costs without creating unsustainable debts, without raising taxes and without a government takeover of our medical rights," Congressman Kirk said. "This centrist alternative will protect every American's relationship with their doctor, the integrity of the medical profession and the right of Americans to choose the care they deem appropriate without federal delay or restriction." A section-by-section summary of the Medical Rights and Reform Act - including cost estimates - appears below. A copy of H.R. 3970 as introduced is available upon request. cdobs.com

To: Lane3 who wrote (10946)	11/1/2009 4:58:13 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

Relativism.

To: Lane3 who wrote (10946)	11/5/2009 3:55:21 PM
From: Peter Dierks	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 42652

In U.S., Majority Now Say Obama’s Policies "Mostly Liberal "Fewer than half believe he has kept his election promises by Lydia Saad PRINCETON, NJ -- A majority of Americans now see President Barack Obama as governing from the left. Specifically, 54% say his policies as president have been mostly liberal while 34% call them mostly moderate. This contrasts with public expectations right after Obama's election a year ago, when as many expected him to be moderate as to be liberal. gallup.com Apparently you are in the minority. How long until the majority recognise that Obama is a radical?