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To: puborectalis who wrote (660782)	7/4/2012 11:13:13 AM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571431

pubic trembles when he sees any mention of Obama's "God Damn America" policies.

To: puborectalis who wrote (660782)	7/4/2012 11:14:11 AM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1571431

Patriot pubic will tell us how he celebrates today's 4th of July.

To: puborectalis who wrote (660782)	7/4/2012 11:14:49 AM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571431

Homeland Security-Funded Study Lists People ‘Reverent of Individual Liberty’ as ‘Extreme Right-Wing’ Terrorists theblaze.com .... the report barely mentions radical Islam. [ That is, the element that has actually KILLED 3000+ Americans ] Instead the study lumps religious terrorist groups into one category and describes them as “groups that seen to smite the purported enemies of God and other evildoers, impose strict religious tenants or laws on society (fundamentalists), forcibly insert religion into the political sphere.” ..... The study shows no religious terrorism in Manhattan during the 1990s. How about the 1993 World Trade Center bombing? Or the 1994 Brooklyn Bridge Jewish student van shooting by Rashid Baz that killed 16-year-old Ari Halberstam after Baz heard a fiery anti-Jewish sermon at his local mosque? Or the 1997 Empire State Building observation deck shooting by Ali Abu Kamal that killed one tourist and injured six others before Kamal took his own life? And then there was the 2002 shooting at the Los Angeles Airport El Al counter by Hesham Mohamed Hadayet that killed two and wounded four others. The FBI and Justice Department concluded that the attack was a terrorist attack by an Egyptian assailant bent on becoming a Muslim martyr. These are reflected nowhere in the study. Perhaps, like the 2009 Fort Hood massacre by Major Nidal Hasan, who gunned down his U.S. Army colleagues while shouting “Allahu Akbar,” these incidents are considered acts of “workplace violence” and not religious terrorism? .......... Further, taking a look at the START dataset’s codebook, two subgroups of “right-wing extremism“ were identified as ”gun rights“ and ”tax protest,” according to PJ Media. The definition of “terrorism” seems to be expanding at an alarming rate as the federal government and other left-leaning scholarly institutions are increasingly classifying seemingly harmless actions such as cherishing personal liberty and opposing abortion as potential terrorist activity. This isn’t the first time taxpayers have funded these types of terrorism “studies.” For example, the FBI’s Communities Against Terrorism program recently classified things such as the bulk purchase of food and paying with cash at a coffee shop as indicators for potential terrorist activity.

To: puborectalis who wrote (660782)	7/4/2012 11:18:39 AM
From: Brumar89	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571431

Are Democrats all a bunch of incompetent dingbats? Here is a NC Democrat who meant to vote against allowing fracing, says she pushed the wrong button and cast a deciding vote for it. Or so she says. lonelyconservative.com

To: puborectalis who wrote (660782)	7/4/2012 11:30:22 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1571431

Romney supporters fight calls to dump campaign staff By Karen Tumulty The Washington Post staff Wed, 07/04/2012 - 8: Supporters of Mitt Romney are pushing back against calls for a campaign shake-up by Rupert Murdoch and Jack Welch, two industry titans who recently took to Twitter to advise the Republican presidential candidate to dump his staff. Murdoch was among 50 people who met with the former Massachusetts governor at the Union League Club in New York City last Thursday. Murdoch, the chief executive of News Corp., which publishes the Wall Street Journal and operates Fox News Channel, tweeted Sunday that Romney’s campaign team is insular and outmatched by President Barack Obama’s. "Met Romney last week. Tough O Chicago pros will be hard to beat unless he drops old friends from team and hires some real pros. Doubtful," Murdoch wrote. Welch, a former chief executive of General Electric, later issued a statement similar to Murdoch’s. But according to Kellyanne Conway, a Republican strategist who also attended the meeting, Murdoch’s issues with the campaign staff were never discussed. "I can tell you confidently and competently that neither Governor Romney or anyone in that room raised any talk of personnel, let alone a shake-up," Conway said Tuesday. "Personnel matters were not discussed whatsoever. It was a very constructive conversation where he showed some teeth and a little leg. To me, Romney seemed like that guy in the Florida debate all over again." New York Jets owner Woody Johnson and Randy Falco, the chief executive of Univision, were among the guests. The Supreme Court’s decisions on health care and immigration were among the topics, Conway said. The meeting was first reported by Politico. Romney, who is vacationing in New Hampshire, is standing by his team, which includes a mix of longtime aides, such as Eric Fehrnstrom and Beth Myers, who is heading the search for Romney’s running mate. "Governor Romney respects Rupert Murdoch and also respects his team and has confidence in them," Romney press secretary Andrea Saul said. Murdoch’s grumblings raised questions about the staff and whether prominent business leaders are souring on the campaign even as they pour millions of dollars into the candidate’s war chest. At the meeting, Murdoch pressed Romney and his aides to get tougher on Obama and asked about Romney’s stance on immigration. He later tweeted his thoughts in response to a follower who said that Romney has brains but needs more stomach and heart: "Romney has all these and more, but just to see more fight. And Hispanics a surrender to O. Cn not afford, hurts senate too." Polls show that Romney is lagging far behind Obama among Latino voters. At the meeting, the Republican insisted that he will maintain his position on immigration rather than risk appearing to switch sides. He also mentioned Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida as a top surrogate who would help him attract support among Latinos. The calls by Murdoch and Welch for a staff shake-up came as Fehrnstrom, a top Romney campaign aide, sided with Democrats who said that Obama’s health-care reform law penalizes rather than taxes people who don’t buy insurance. Romney has made the same argument about the health-care plan he signed into law when he was governor of Massachusetts. Republicans, however, have used the tax argument - part of the Supreme Court ruling that upheld the law - to try to reframe the health-care debate and tag Democrats as tax-and-spend liberals. Fehrnstrom’s comments seemed to take that issue off the table. Murdoch later tweeted: "Romney people upset at me! Of course I want him to win, save us from socialism, etc but should listen to good advice and get stuck in!" standard.net

To: puborectalis who wrote (660782)	7/4/2012 11:56:37 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571431

Who knew? Republican Chris Collins: 'People now don't die from prostate cancer, breast cancer' + * by David Nir for Daily Kos Republican Chris Collins My jaw just hinged open and didn't want to shut after I read this. Major props to Adama Brown for this find about Republican Chris Collins, running against Democratic Rep. Kathy Hochul in New York's 27th Congressional District: The healthcare reforms Collins said he would push would be tort reform and open up competition in insurance by allowing policies across state lines. Collins also argued that modern healthcare is expensive for a reason. "People now don't die from prostate cancer, breast cancer and some of the other things," Collins said. "The fact of the matter is, our healthcare today is so much better, we're living so much longer, because of innovations in drug development, surgical procedures, stents, implantable cardiac defibrillators, neural stimulators—they didn't exist 10 years ago. The increase in cost is not because doctors are making a lot more money. It's what you can get for healthcare, extending your life and curing diseases." As Brown points out, prostate cancer kills almost 30,000 men a year (PDF) in the United States, while breast cancer kills nearly 40,000 women each year (PDF). I'm absolutely dumbfounded, and I hope Hochul hammers Collins to pieces on this. I am a little concerned, though, about the fact that this quote originally appeared over a week ago, yet neither the Hochul campaign nor the DCCC seems to have picked up on it. Fortunately, there's still time to remedy that oversight and make Collins pay for his arrogant ignorance.