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To: bentway who wrote (594286)	11/25/2010 2:27:33 AM
From: PROLIFE	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1580271

Meanwhile...Congressman Fires Aide For Soliciting Sex From A Minor by John Hayward The Associated Press reports Representative Steve Rothman (D-NJ) has fired his top aide, Robert Decheine, after learning Decheine was arrested in a Gaithersburg, Maryland police sting operation. The 48-year-old has been charged with soliciting sex from an underage girl,, after responding to a web ad placed by the police, and communicating with an undercover officer via phone and text messages. A spokesman said Rep. Rothman “considers this alleged criminal act to be shocking, appalling, and indefensible. As a parent, he understands the vital importance of protecting our children from predators.” The spokesman said Rothman acted quickly to terminate his relationship with Decheine after the arrest, but it actually took six days for the congressman’s office to announce the firing. Decheine was arrested on Wednesday, November 17, and authorities said they contacted the House of Representatives to confirm his employment status immediately. Rothman announced the termination on Tuesday, November 23. His spokesman says he didn't become aware of the arrest until Friday the nineteenth. Is it normal for a congressman to fail to notice his chief of staff is missing for two days? Does the clerical apparatus of the House generally fail to notify representatives when the cops ring them up to verify employment for high-ranking staffers after they get arrested for sex crimes against minors? The Politico website notes that Decheine was a senior adviser to the Obama campaign, and previously served as chief of staff to Representative Bill Luther, a Minnesota Democrat. He has worked for Rothman since 2003. If Steve Rothman’s name sounds familiar, it might be due to the widely distributed videotape of his anger at a constituent who caught him lying about ObamaCare during a town hall meeting. Hopefully his final conversation with Decheine was even angrier. gimme DeLay any day.

To: bentway who wrote (594286)	11/25/2010 2:42:08 AM
From: PROLIFE	2 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1580271

Delay was just normal politics...something O'bamma knows all about...but here is your real thief. Catch him on his next apology tour. Military Pegs Hourly Air Force One Cost at $181G,(that's PER HOUR) as Obama Sets Travel Record The U.S. military has provided an updated estimate on that cost, first published by a taxpayer watchdog group and confirmed by FoxNews.com, and the number is staggering -- $181,757 per hour. That's the price tag for shuttling around President Obama, who, as it turns out, has spent more days abroad in his first two years than any other president. Estimates over the years based on government reports and independent number-crunching have always reflected a steep cost for presidential travel, but the figure provided by the 89th Airlift Wing appears to be far higher than any previously reported. It was first published in a report this week on presidential travel by the National Taxpayers Union Foundation. "It's astonishing. It's far higher than any other ... figure that's been reported on. It's very surprising, and of course it's just a fraction of the overall cost involved with presidential travel," said policy analyst Demian Brady, who wrote the study. Master Sgt. Jeff Capenos, with the 89th Airlift Wing, told FoxNews.com the figure reflects operating costs ranging from fuel to engine and aircraft maintenance. Asked why other public estimates, which typically did not exceed $100,000, were so much lower, he said: "They were probably inaccurate." foxnews.com