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To: Jim McMannis who wrote (305126)	4/6/2011 12:24:32 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 306849

Can you imagine that low grade moron lefty tejek is dumb enough to bring up the subject of Obama's disastrous foreign policy?

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (305126)	4/6/2011 12:26:26 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Obama's foreign policy is easy, same as Bushes. But even making the USA weaker. How so?

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (305126)	4/7/2011 2:07:07 PM
From: joseffy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

Who is Ed Mezvinsky?? ........................................................ Edward "Ed" Mezvinsky, born January 17, 1937, is a former Democrat congressman. He represented Iowa 's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for two terms, from 1973 to 1977. In March 2001, Mezvinsky was indicted and later pleaded guilty to 31 of 69 charges of bank fraud, mail fraud, and wire fraud. Nearly $10 million was involved in the ponzi scheme. After serving five years infederal prison, he was released in April 2008. He is expected to remain on federal probation until 2011, and still owes $9.4 million in restitution to his victims. So who is he??? He's Chelsea Clinton's father-in-law. Nary a mention of this in any of the media. If this guy was Jenna or Barbara Bush's, or better yet one of Sarah Palin's daughters’ father in law, the news would have replaced the oil spill.

To: Jim McMannis who wrote (305126)	4/7/2011 6:04:03 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 306849

CBS & WaPo Dip Into Obamacare Slush Fund by Chris Queen April 7 2011 newsrealblog.com Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse, it has. Two influential media corporations are now receiving money from an Obama administration program, to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars. (But don’t worry: their coverage of health care reform will be unbiased, won’t it?) This week, The Daily Caller reported that the Washington Post Company and CBS are among the many large companies to dip into an Obamacare fund which uses taxpayer money to pay for health insurance for early retirees: Two mainstream news organizations are receiving hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars from Obamacare’s Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (ERRP) — a $5 billion grant program that’s doling out cash to companies, states and labor unions in what the Obama administration considers an effort to pay for health insurance for early retirees. The Washington Post Company raked in $573,217 in taxpayer subsidies and CBS Corporation secured $722,388 worth of Americans’ money. The ERRP, which Republicans call a slush fund, provides taxpayer money to Obama administration-selected states, companies and labor unions with already-in-place early retiree health insurance programs, and aims to make certain that their employees who retire early still have health insurance coverage before they reach Medicare eligibility age. Almost $2 billion of the $5 billion fund, which was supposed to last until 2014, has already been distributed to corporations. New projections expect the funding to run out before the end of 2012, if not sooner. So, to make a long story short, two media organizations supposedly reporting in an objective, even-handed fashion are now on the receiving end of an Obamacare slush fund. That’s right: two large, Left-leaning news outlets have firmly entrenched themselves with the administration by lining up for Obamacare handouts. Is this a conflict of interest? Apparently not, according to either organization. When contacted by The Daily Caller, both companies’ spokespeople got a little testy, offering curt, snippy responses: CBS Corporation spokesman Gil Schwartz told TheDC that newsroom employees, like any other CBS employees, are indeed allowed to take the taxpayer subsidies. “Yes they are,” Schwartz said. “Why wouldn’t newsroom employees be allowed access to that money like all other CBS employees?” The Washington Post declined to comment. “We have no additional information to provide you other than what you have,” Post spokeswoman Rima Calderon told TheDC. Can either the Washington Post or CBS genuinely believe that the American people can expect objectivity from either organization? Is it remotely possible for these companies to treat the Obama administration — particularly the fiery, ongoing debate over Obamacare — without even a trace of bias? It’s easy to see why many people, especially on the Right, would view this information with more than a bit of cynicism. One congresswoman offered a witty response to the news: “It is fine with me if they continue covering the ObamaCare debate,” said Rep. Marsha Blackburn, Republican of Tennessee, in an e-mail to The Daily Caller. “When NBC used to cover energy issues, they identified themselves as a subsidiary of General Electric. CBS and Washington Post just have to disclose that they are subsidiaries of the Obama Administration.” All joking aside, the issue of media organizations receiving Obamacare money is a serious one. After all, neither company has shied away from supporting the Obama administration, going back even to the 2008 campaign. CBS has very recently proven its track record of bias in favor of Obamacare, and the Post has its share of cheerleaders for Obama’s grand plan to socialize medicine as well. So now, why would either the Washington Post or CBS report anything that would bring a negative light on the very program from which they benefit? Now that the Obama administration almost literally has these media outlets in its back pocket, I think we can absolutely throw all claims of objectivity out the window. CBS and the Washington Post can easily be seen as more than mere cheerleaders for the Left. As direct beneficiaries of a program that is the capstone of President Obama’s radical plans, the two organizations are now shills for the administration. It’s despicable and disgusting, but we shouldn’t expect anything different. This type of behavior is par for the course for the Left.