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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 (91107)	9/16/2010 8:59:12 AM
From: tonto	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224708

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll offers encouraging signs for the GOP in November. According to The Associated Press-GfK Poll, those surveyed want Republicans steering the economy by a 46 percent to 41 percent margin. But the poll also suggests the public is wary of both parties. Slightly more than half have an unfavorable view of each party.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (91107)	9/16/2010 9:24:06 AM
From: chartseer	3 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224708

Yikes! 450,000 first time applications for unemployment benefits. In the Soetoro utopian socialistic pipe dream society there is never any unemployment. Full employment forever and forever! 450 thousand new applicants a week equals 2 million a month. Yikes! comrade chartseer

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (91107)	9/16/2010 10:07:14 AM
From: Ann Corrigan	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224708

BOOK BOMBSHELL:FIRST LADY SAYS JOB 'HELL... CAN'T STAND IT' Thin skinned Libs cannot take the political heat they so gleefully apply to their opponents; therefore, it behooves them to get out of the kitchen in order that the American people can regain their national sustenance.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (91107)	9/16/2010 10:31:58 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 224708

how are markets ???

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (91107)	9/16/2010 10:33:41 AM
From: JakeStraw	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224708

What part of 450K new claims for unemployment don't you understand? Did you also miss the part where the jobless rate edged up to 9.6 percent from 9.5 percent. Oh and did you hear that U.S. homes lost to foreclosure are up 25%

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (91107)	9/16/2010 10:36:01 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 224708

quick change to bermuda shorts ???

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (91107)	9/16/2010 10:36:11 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 224708

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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (91107)	9/16/2010 11:02:46 AM
From: JakeStraw	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224708

According to the U.S. Treasury, the U.S. national debt is currently more than $13 trillion. And that's not even counting unfunded Medicare and social security liabilities. That works out to roughly $118,477 for each and every taxpayer. At the current pace, we are slipping $3.9 billion deeper in the hole every day—$163 million per hour. The federal government has now run a deficit for the longest stretch of red ink on record. In April, tax receipts totaled $245 billion, but outlays hit $328 billion. That means for every $1 taken in, we spent $1.34. For all of 2010, the deficit is projected to reach $1.5 trillion. That's an insane 780% increase in just three years. As a percentage of GDP, the gap is currently in the double-digits for the first time since World War II. And the combined shortfalls could total $9 trillion in the next decade—ballooning the debt past $20 trillion.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (91107)	9/16/2010 11:08:45 AM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224708

'Draw Muhammad' Cartoonist Goes Into Hiding at FBI's Insistence After Assassination Threat Published September 16, 2010 \| FoxNews.com AP The Seattle cartoonist whose artwork sparked the controversial "Everybody Draw Muhammad Day!" has gone into hiding at the advice of the FBI after being targeted by a radical Muslim cleric, according to the newspaper that published her comics. Molly Norris has moved and changed her name, the Seattle Weekly said Wednesday, after U.S.-born Yemeni cleric Anwar al-Awlaki placed her on an execution hit list. Awlaki -- who has been linked to the botched Times Square bombing and cited as inspiration for the Fort Hood massacre and a plot by two New Jersey men to kill U.S. soldiers -- reportedly called Norris a "prime target" for assassination and that her "proper abode is hellfire." "You may have noticed that Molly Norris' comic is not in the paper this week," Seattle Weekly Editor in Chief Mark Fefer wrote Wednesday. "That's because there is no more Molly." "The gifted artist is alive and well, thankfully. But on the insistence of top security specialists at the FBI, she is, as they put it, 'going ghost': moving, changing her name, and essentially wiping away her identity. She is, in effect, being put into a witness-protection program -- except, as she notes, without the government picking up the tab," Fefer wrote. Norris ignited a firestorm in April after drawing a satirical cartoon to protest the decision by cable television channel Comedy Central to cancel an episode of "South Park" over its depiction of the Prophet Muhammad in a bear suit. Soon after, a fan page popped up on Facebook, but Norris wrote on her since-shuttered website that she had nothing to do with it. "I did NOT 'declare' May 20 to be 'Everybody Draw Muhammad Day,'" she said, adding that her idea was satire that was "taken seriously, hijacked and made viral." "I apologize to people of Muslim faith and ask that this 'day' be called off," she said. The 27-year-old Facebook page creator -- a Canadian woman who asked not to be identified due to fears of reprisal -- told FoxNews.com in July that she was visited at her home by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officials who advised her to remove her page and not to talk to reporters. "I'm scared," she said. "I'm scared that somebody might kill me." Islam strictly prohibits the depiction of any prophet as blasphemous and the "Draw Muhammad" page led to Facebook being temporarily blocked in Pakistan and sparked angry street protests. In July, English-language Al Qaeda magazine "Inspire" attributed an article to Awlaki, saying Norris "should be taken as a prime target of assassination." "The large number of participants makes it easier for us because there are more targets to choose from in addition to the difficulty of the government offering all of them special protection," wrote Awlaki. "But even then our campaign should not be limited to only those who are active participants." He warned that "assassinations, bombings and acts of arson" are all legitimate forms of revenge against the creators of blasphemous depictions of Muhammad. "Now, with the defamation of Muhammad reaching the shores of America, I wonder whether the patriotic American Muslim will still have the audacity to claim that he enjoys the right to be a Muslim in America?" Awlaki wrote. "Does he understand that this right includes his duty to fight against those who blaspheme his Prophet?" Awlaki invited Muslims worldwide to "stand up in defense" of Muhammad and for their efforts to "manifest in all appropriate" means.