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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (86471)	6/23/2010 3:38:43 PM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224744

" allowed his staff to ridicule the Vice-President" a staffer blurted out a comment, how is that "allowed" ??? Obama has a thin skin, probably because no one has ever said no to him and all the benefits he got from affirmative action. He proves everyday that he's not a leader

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (86471)	6/23/2010 4:42:16 PM
From: chartseer	Respond to of 224744

oh bummer! It was just a bunch of officers sitting around the officers club drinking and talking like they normally do. Don't worry! Be happy! the stupid hopeless comrade chartseer in the new era of truth be told

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (86471)	6/23/2010 4:45:00 PM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224744

So now Gen. Betrayus is now in charge and you libs cheer him. How do you handle the hypocrisy you have to swallow everyday ?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (86471)	6/23/2010 7:56:35 PM
From: jmhollen	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224744

More unadulterated BS..!!! .. "..Rolling Stone.." certainly isn't a News Organization - it's a Hollyweird rock-roll-sex-&-drugs rag, where the staffer (much like Jack Ruby in Dallas) was foolishly allowed to hang around 'the in crowd' because his flights out were canceled by the volcanic ash hitting the EU. Krackpot never reads any of the details past where OboobO gets his silk panties in a bunch, after Billary's backdoor dope-lomats scheme got outed..... McChrystal and Staff made the mistake of treating the miserable RS phucque with the privilege of 'continued presence' - and the typical Hollyweird Hack screwed them the very first chance he got by reporting 'off the record' locker room talk. .

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (86471)	6/23/2010 8:09:36 PM
From: tonto	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224744

McChrstal is a hero.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (86471)	6/23/2010 8:38:55 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 224744

Sixty-two percent of adults in the survey feel the country is on the wrong track, the highest level since before the 2008 election. Just one-third think the economy will get better over the next year, a 7-point drop from a month ago and the low point of idiot Obama's tenure. Amid anxiety over the nation's course, support for idiot Obama and other incumbents is eroding. For the first time, more people disapprove of idiotObama's job performance than approve. And 57% of voters would prefer to elect a new person to Congress than re-elect their local representatives, the highest share in 18 years.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (86471)	6/23/2010 9:32:46 PM
From: longnshort	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224744

Yup, the libs are all excited about a guy they called "General Betrayus" now leading the war effort. The collective stupidity of the left is a national shame. Message 26638128 20 recs

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (86471)	6/23/2010 9:57:54 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 224744

kennyboy: how idiot odumba makes in new polls ???

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (86471)	6/23/2010 9:58:17 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 224744

The results show "a really ugly mood and an unhappy electorate," said Democratic pollster Peter Hart, who conducts the Journal/NBC poll with GOP pollster Bill McInturff. "The voters, I think, are just looking for change, and that means bad news for incumbents and in particular for the Democrats."

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (86471)	6/24/2010 12:26:35 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224744

foxnews.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (86471)	6/24/2010 7:58:34 AM
From: lorne	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224744

Arizona Democrats urge Obama not to sue over controversial immigration law By Sean J. Miller - 06/23/10 thehill.com Arizona Democrats facing tough reelection races are distancing themselves from the Obama administration as it prepares to file a lawsuit against the state over its controversial immigration law. Rep. Harry Mitchell (D-Ariz.) on Monday sent a sharply worded letter to President Barack Obama urging him not to sue. “I believe your administration’s time, efforts and resources would be much better spent securing the border and fixing our broken immigration system,” the two-term congressman wrote in the letter. “Arizonans are tired of the grandstanding, and tired of waiting for help from Washington. … [A] lawsuit won’t solve the problem. It won’t secure the border, and it won’t fix our broken immigration system.” Republican primaries in Arizona won’t be decided until August, but the prospective challengers have been hitting Democrats for not supporting the law or not staking out a specific position. Democrats, meanwhile, are trying to maneuver past the controversial issue by focusing on border security and calling for action on immigration reform at the federal level. But if the Obama administration goes ahead with the suit, it will put the issue front and center during a campaign in which Democrats already face a tough environment. This week Mitchell was joined by two other vulnerable Democrats in expressing public opposition to the administration’s legal strategy. Reps. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and Ann Kirkpatrick (D-Ariz.) are also urging the administration to reconsider its suit. “Congresswoman Giffords wants more federal agents on the Arizona border, not federal lawyers in court arguing with state lawyers about a law that will do nothing to increase public safety in the communities she represents,” C.J. Karamargin, a spokesman for the congresswoman, told The Hill. Kirkpatrick likewise said the administration should focus on border security. “I am calling on the president and the attorney general to abandon preparations for a lawsuit against Arizona, and to recommit to finding a national solution to fixing this national problem,” the freshman lawmaker said in a statement released Monday. “The administration should focus on working with Arizona to put together a long-term strategy to secure our borders and reform our immigration policy. … The time for talk is over, and the time for action is here.” The three Democrats have also directed their energy to lifting the Arizona boycotts that various groups and local governments around the country have started. Mitchell, Giffords and Kirkpatrick are all in the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee’s “Frontline” program, which is meant to help bolster vulnerable new members. Strategists with the DCCC said it’s up to the members to decide how they’ll handle the controversial issue. “The advice to these members is that they need to work hard to address the needs and interests of their constituents,” said Andy Stone, a DCCC spokesman. Another way the suit could be problematic for Arizona Democrats: It could make it more complicated for them to appear with Obama at a fundraiser or campaign with him in-state. The White House declined to comment for this story, but noted that Obama has no upcoming trips to Arizona planned at the moment. The administration has not filed a lawsuit yet, and a spokeswoman for the Department of Justice said it “continues to review the law.” But Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told Ecuadorian TV station NTN 24 during a June 8 interview that the administration would use the courts to nullify the law. “President Obama has spoken out against the law because he thinks that the federal government should be determining immigration policy. And the Justice Department, under his direction, will be bringing a lawsuit against the act,” Clinton said, according to a transcript. ABC News reported that DoJ could file a lawsuit as early as next week against the state of Arizona arguing the law is discriminatory. The law calls for law enforcement officers, “when practical, to determine the immigration status” of a suspect. If the person is found to have violated immigration law, they’re to be transferred to the federal authorities. Critics have said the bill promotes racial profiling, but polls have shown the law to be popular — a Rasmussen Reports survey in April found that 70 percent of likely voters in Arizona approve of the legislation, while just 23 percent oppose it. --Shira Poliak contributed to this report.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (86471)	6/24/2010 8:05:11 AM
From: lorne	Respond to of 224744

Ken...so looks like hussein obama and gang were aware of problems with this BP well long before blow up...and still they gave them safety award...how come ken? Cracks Show BP Was Battling Gulf Well as Early as February By Alison Fitzgerald and Joe Carroll - Jun 17, 2010 bloomberg.com BP Plc was struggling to seal cracks in its Macondo well as far back as February, more than two months before an explosion killed 11 and spewed oil into the Gulf of Mexico. It took 10 days to plug the first cracks, according to reports BP filed with the Minerals Management Service that were later delivered to congressional investigators. Cracks in the surrounding rock continued to complicate the drilling operation during the ensuing weeks. Left unsealed, they can allow explosive natural gas to rush up the shaft. “Once they realized they had oil down there, all the decisions they made were designed to get that oil at the lowest cost,” said Peter Galvin of the Center for Biological Diversity, which has been working with congressional investigators probing the disaster. “It’s been a doomed voyage from the beginning.” BP didn’t respond to calls and e-mails seeking comment. The company’s shares rose 22 pence to 359 pence today in London after the company struck a deal with the Obama administration yesterday to establish a $20 billion fund to pay cleanup costs and compensation. BP has lost 45 percent of its market value since the catastrophe. On Feb. 13, BP told the minerals service it was trying to seal cracks in the well about 40 miles (64 kilometers) off the Louisiana coast, drilling documents obtained by Bloomberg show. Investigators are still trying to determine whether the fissures played a role in the disaster. ‘Cement Squeeze’ The company attempted a “cement squeeze,” which involves pumping cement to seal the fissures, according to a well activity report. Over the following week the company made repeated attempts to plug cracks that were draining expensive drilling fluid, known as “mud,” into the surrounding rocks. BP used three different substances to plug the holes before succeeding, the documents show. “Most of the time you do a squeeze and then let it dry and you’re done,” said John Wang, an assistant professor of petroleum and natural gas engineering at Penn State in University Park, Pennsylvania. “It dries within a few hours.” Repeated squeeze attempts are unusual and may indicate rig workers are using the wrong kind of cement, Wang said. Grappling Engineers BP Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward and other top executives were ignorant of the difficulties the company’s engineers were grappling with in the well before the explosion, U.S. Representative Henry Waxman, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said today during a hearing in Washington. “We could find no evidence that you paid any attention to the tremendous risk BP was taking,” Waxman said as Hayward waited to testify. “There is not a single e-mail or document that you paid the slightest attention to the dangers at this well.” BP Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles and exploration chief Andy Inglis “were apparently oblivious to what was happening,” said Waxman, a California Democrat. “BP’s corporate complacency is astonishing.” In early March, BP told the minerals agency the company was having trouble maintaining control of surging natural gas, according to e-mails released May 30 by the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which is investigating the spill. Gas Surges While gas surges are common in oil drilling, companies have abandoned wells if they determine the risk is too high. When a Gulf well known as Blackbeard threatened to blow out in 2006, Exxon Mobil Corp. shut the project down. “We don’t proceed if we cannot do so safely,” Exxon Chief Executive Officer Rex Tillerson told a House Energy and Commerce committee panel on June 15. On March 10, BP executive Scherie Douglas e-mailed Frank Patton, the mineral service’s drilling engineer for the New Orleans district, telling him: “We’re in the midst of a well control situation.” The incident was a “showstopper,” said Robert Bea, an engineering professor at the University of California, Berkeley, who has consulted with the Interior Department on offshore drilling safety. “They damn near blew up the rig.”

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (86471)	6/24/2010 8:17:00 AM
From: JakeStraw	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224744

>>McChrstal allowed his staff to ridicule the Vice-President Biden desrves to be ridiculed; he's one of the biggest boneheads' since Dan Quayle...

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (86471)	6/24/2010 9:25:38 AM
From: Ann Corrigan	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224744

Bite-me Biden is ridiculed by Americans other than reality-challenged Dems. Joe is worried because the McChrystal incident shows you can actually get fired for saying dumb things.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (86471)	6/24/2010 10:06:01 AM
From: JakeStraw	Respond to of 224744

The Internal Revenue Service doled out more than $27 million in fraudulent claims for the home buyers’ tax credit, including claims by prisoners serving life sentences and people who purchased their home before the credit was in effect, a Treasury Department report said Wednesday. The IRS paid out $9.1 million to 1,295 people who were in jail at the time they said they bought a home, and 241 of those prisoners were serving life sentences, according to the report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, which monitors the Internal Revenue Service. On average, that’s slightly more than $7,000 per prisoner.