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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 (161301)	10/24/2013 4:53:27 PM
From: TideGlider	5 Recommendations Recommended By locogringo lorne slowmo Thehammer Woody_Nickels Respond to of 224728

The Americans With No Abilities Act President Barack Obama and the Democratic Senate are considering sweeping legislation that will provide new benefits for many Americans. The Americans With No Abilities Act is being hailed as a major legislative goal by advocates of the millions of Americans who lack any real skills or ambition. "Roughly 50 percent of Americans do not possess the competence and drive necessary to carve out a meaningful role for themselves in society," said California Sen. Barbara Boxer. "We can no longer stand by and allow People of Inability (POI) to be ridiculed and passed over. With this legislation, employers will no longer be able to grant special favors to a small group of workers, simply because they have some idea of what they are doing." In a Capitol Hill press conference, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid pointed to the success of the U.S. Postal Service, which has a long-standing policy of providing opportunity without regard to performance. At the state government level, the Department of Motor Vehicles also has an excellent record of hiring Persons with No Ability (63 percent). Under the Americans With No Abilities Act, more than 25 million mid-level positions will be created, with important-sounding titles but little real responsibility, thus providing an illusory sense of purpose and performance. Mandatory non-performance-based raises and promotions will be given to guarantee upward mobility for even the most unremarkable employees. The legislation provides substantial tax breaks to corporations that promote a significant number of Persons of Inability (POI) into middle-management positions, and give a tax credit to small and medium-sized businesses that agree to hire one clueless worker for every two talented hires. Finally, the Americans With No Abilities Act contains tough new measures to make it more difficult to discriminate against the non-abled, banning, for example, discriminatory interview questions such as, "Do you have any skills or experience that relate to this job?" "As a non-abled person, I can't be expected to keep up with people who have something going for them," said Mary Lou Gertz, who lost her position as a lug-nut twister at the GM plant in Flint, Mich., due to her inability to remember righty tighty, lefty loosey. "This new law should be real good for people like me. I’ll finally have job security." With the passage of this bill, Gertz and millions of other untalented citizens will finally see a light at the end of the tunnel. Said Sen. Dick Durbin: "As a senator with no abilities, I believe the same privileges that elected officials enjoy ought to be extended to every American with no abilities. It is our duty as lawmakers to provide each and every American citizen, regardless of his or her inadequacy, with some sort of space to take up in this great nation and a good salary for doing so." HT Mad2

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (161301)	10/24/2013 5:45:27 PM
From: TideGlider	4 Recommendations Recommended By John lorne ManyMoose Thehammer Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224728

Eleanor Roosevelt's License to Pack Heat By Rebecca Onion The Vault is Slate's new history blog. Like us on Facebook; follow us on Twitter @slatevault; find us on Tumblr. Find out more about what this space is all about here. At the FDR Library, one exhibit holds the contents of Eleanor Roosevelt’s wallet. While many of the cards and slips of paper from the wallet are fascinating (a Met membership card, a scrap of a poem about the importance of good cooks), this pistol permit is perhaps the most surprising. Roosevelt was a peripatetic traveler, covering large distances in service of the many projects she pursued both during and after the FDR presidency. It was Eleanor’s determination to drive her own car that led to her pistol ownership. The Secret Service begged her to take an agent, a police escort, or at least a chauffeur; she refused. The pistol was a compromise: a small bit of protection to put their minds at ease. The argument that women should carry weapons to protect themselves wasn’t a common one during the 1930s and 1940s. Laura Browder, author of Her Best Shot: Women and Guns in America, writes on her website that while early twentieth-century ads selling guns to women touted firearms ownership for personal safety, the theme vanished during the midcentury (and re-emerged again in the 1980s). Eleanor’s situation, as a stubbornly independent First Lady, was clearly an unusual one. Although Eleanor told the fascinated press, when she first got the weapon, that she was a “fairly good shot,” a New York Times reporter at the 1972 dedication of the Eleanor Roosevelt Wings of the FDR Library interviewed several of Eleanor’s friends who said that she carried the permit, but not the pistol. Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. Rebecca Onion, who runs Slate’s history blog The Vault, is a writer and academic living in Philadelphia. Send her an email or follow her on Twitter. slate.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (161301)	10/24/2013 6:53:48 PM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Recommended By Thehammer TideGlider Respond to of 224728

Harry Reid, Barack Obama fingered as sources for Dick Durbin lie about GOP.: I should not be surprised: Harry 8 moelane

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (161301)	10/25/2013 9:35:03 AM
From: locogringo	3 Recommendations Recommended By John Thehammer TideGlider Respond to of 224728

What time will you be posting that Cruz and Lee were right? (You don't have to pretend that you are not here just so you don't have to answer any questions.) Democrats expected to exempt staff from Obamacare As the Friday deadline approaches for Senate and House committees to determine if staffers will be swept into Obamacare like personal office aides of members, sources tell Secrets that several Democratic staffs will likely be kept out of the troubled health care system. Such a move to shield thousands of aides would be a blow to efforts to have all of Capitol Hill enrolled into the system the president and congressional Democrats created. Said a top Senate GOP staffer: “If Obamacare is so awesome, why the hell aren't Democratic committee chairmen giving their staff the gift of losing the insurance they have and be dumped into Obamacare like the rest of us?” Under the rules governing Obamacare, the personal office staffs of House and Senate members have to shift from the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program to Obamacare. They will continue receiving their federal contribution so that out of pocket expenses won't surge, though there is an effort to take that away. Staffs of Hill leadership members and committees, however, can be kept out of the health insurance exchange, and Friday is the deadline for committee chairs and ranking members to decide if their committee aides will be put into Obamacare. According to several sources, most or all GOP committee staffers in the Senate are expected to be shifted over to Obamacare. Many Democratic staffs, however, are not expected to be moved into Obamacare, though the final decision will be made Friday. One exception reported to Secrets is the majority staff working for Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., chair of the Senate Budget Committee. One source said that her decision could sway Democratic colleagues at the last minute. In the House, no moves have been revealed and a top GOP aide said the decisions won’t be made until Friday. According to Senate documents, keeping committee and leadership aides in the federal health insurance system requires no action. But pushing aides over to Obamacare requires committee chairs and ranking members to designate workers as being paid by their “official office” fund.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (161301)	10/25/2013 9:38:41 AM
From: locogringo	3 Recommendations Recommended By John lorne TideGlider Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 224728

What time will you be posting that Cruz and Lee were right? (you ARE going to apologize, aren't you?) Democrats Ask to Delay Obamacare Deadline House and Senate Democrats call for delay in the deadline for the individual mandatehttp://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/10/24/democrats-ask-to-delay-obamacare-deadline

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (161301)

10/25/2013 11:32:33 AM

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Exclusive: Feds confiscate investigative reporter’s confidential files during raid

Read more: dailycaller.com

A veteran Washington D.C. investigative journalist says the Department of Homeland Security confiscated a stack of her confidential files during a raid of her home in August — leading her to fear that a number of her sources inside the federal government have now been exposed.

In an interview with The Daily Caller, journalist Audrey Hudson revealed that the Department of Homeland Security and Maryland State Police were involved in a predawn raid of her Shady Side, Md. home on Aug. 6. Hudson is a former Washington Times reporter and current freelance reporter.

A search warrant obtained by TheDC indicates that the August raid allowed law enforcement to search for firearms inside her home.

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The document notes that her husband, Paul Flanagan, was found guilty in 1986 to resisting arrest in Prince George’s County. The warrant called for police to search the residence they share and seize all weapons and ammunition because he is prohibited under the law from possessing firearms.

But without Hudson’s knowledge, the agents also confiscated a batch of documents that contained information about sources inside the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration, she said.

Outraged over the seizure, Hudson is now speaking out. She said no subpoena for the notes was presented during the raid and argues the confiscation was outside of the search warrant’s parameter.

“They took my notes without my knowledge and without legal authority to do so,” Hudson said this week. “The search warrant they presented said nothing about walking out of here with a single sheet of paper.”

She provided TheDC with a photo showing the stack of file folders in a bag marked “evidence/property.”

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On Thursday, a spokesman for the Maryland State Police declined to address any specifics about the search.

“Due to the ongoing criminal investigation and the potential for pending criminal charges at the state and/or federal level, the Maryland State Police will not discuss specific information about this investigation at this time,” spokesman Greg Shipley said in a statement to TheDC.

At about 4:30 a.m. on Aug. 6, Hudson said officers dressed in full body armor presented a search warrant to enter the home she shares on the bay with her husband. She estimates that at least seven officers took part in the raid.

After the search began, Hudson said she was asked by an investigator with the Coast Guard Investigative Service if she was the same Audrey Hudson who had written a series of critical stories about air marshals for The Washington Times over the last decade. The Coast Guard operates under the Department of Homeland Security.

Read more: dailycaller.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (161301)	10/25/2013 11:37:24 AM
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Kenny...Another of your kind doing what dems do.. Gansler: ‘I think I probably should have done more’ to check for drinking at party By Meredith Somers The Washington Times Thursday, October 24, 2013 washingtontimes.com Instagram photo of Maryland’s Attorney General Doug Gansler at a teenage party. Maryland Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler said Thursday he “probably should have done more” to determine whether alcohol was present at a teen house party he briefly stopped by this summer, a retreat from his previously defiant stance that he had no “moral authority” to intervene. The admission came during a news conference held to address a report in the Baltimore Sun that the gubernatorial candidate was present at the party in June at a beach house in South Bethany, Del. Mr. Gansler said he stopped in to tell his son what time they were leaving in the morning. A photo shows the Democrat at the party, and several teens who attended told The Sun that the gathering involved underaged drinking. “Maybe I should have been more observant,” Mr. Gansler said Thursday. “In this case, I could have done something differently.” Mr. Gansler said the incident happened at the height of the high school graduation season. The home had been rented by a group of parents, including Mr. Gansler, as a place for their recent high school graduates to stay for the week, according to The Sun. A list of house rules included a prohibition on “hard liquor” and requirements that chaperones be present. Mr. Gansler said his name was not on the rental agreement for the house nor was he one of the adult chaperones assigned to the home. “I wasn’t there as a police officer,” Mr. Gansler said. “I was there to talk to my child.” In Delaware, the legal drinking age is 21, although the law has exceptions that allow those underage to drink in a private home with parental consent. Mr. Gansler, who previously won Mothers Against Drunk Driving’s Hero award and the Victims’ Rights Foundation Champion of Children award, originally told The Sun he did not have the moral authority over other people’s children to intervene if he had observed widespread drinking. But he backed off those comments during the Thursday news conference, saying there was no question he has a moral responsibility over other people’s children. “If I’d seen anything that looked dangerous, risky, or someone in a bad situation I would have done something about it,” he said. Mr. Gansler last year recorded a public service announcement for the Century Council, a Virginia-based nonprofit sponsored by liquor companies that campaigns against drunken driving and underage drinking. Council CEO Ralph Blackman told The Associated Press he expects the spot will be pulled off the organization’s YouTube channel. “We talk a lot about the mixed messages that parents sometimes send to kids. It’s a bit of a mixed message for us,” he said. The scrutiny continues what has been a bumpy campaign thus far for Mr. Gansler ahead of the June Democratic primary. Early poll numbers released last week by Gonzales Research & Marketing Strategies show Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown ahead in the race, with 40.7 percent support from polled voters, compared to 21.1 percent for Mr. Gansler, and 5.2 percent for Delegate Heather R. Mizeur of Montgomery County. Just this week, Mr. Gansler reportedly paid $400 to settle an overdue speed camera violation ticket from the District that was issued to his state-assigned vehicle in June 2012 for going 21 to 25 mph over the speed limit. The incident reinforced earlier news reports suggesting Mr. Gansler was reckless on the roads, ordering Maryland State Police troopers to drive him around with lights and sirens on, and to speed and run red lights on the way to appointments. Mr. Gansler suggested the involvement of Mr. Brown and Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, who has endorsed the lieutenant governor in the race, after that incident but stopped just short of that Thursday. In August, even before he formally declared his candidacy, Mr. Gansler was forced to defend comments to supporters about how Mr. Brown was short on accomplishments and was running on the basis of becoming the state’s first black governor. In an interview with The Sun, Matthew Crenson, professor emeritus of political science at Johns Hopkins University, wondered “can things get any worse” for Mr. Gansler’s campaign for governor. “He’s just had one mistake after another,” Mr. Crenson said. “I just can’t believe people are going to put up with this.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (161301)	10/25/2013 7:03:44 PM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Recommended By locogringo lorne Respond to of 224728

Michelle Obama’s Princeton classmate is executive at company that built Obamacare website Nothing to see here. The federal govt doesn't work on cronyism. Patrick Howley First Lady Michelle Obama’s Princeton classmate is a top executive at the company that earned the no-bid contract to build the failed Obamacare website. Toni Townes-Whitley, Princeton class of ’85, is senior vice president at CGI Federal, which earned the no-bid contract to build the $678 million Obamacare enrollment website at Healthcare.gov. CGI Federal is the U.S. arm of a Canadian company. Townes-Whitley and her Princeton classmate Michelle Obama are both members of the Association of Black Princeton Alumni. Toni Townes ’85 is a onetime policy analyst with the General Accounting Office and previously served in the Peace Corps in Gabon, West Africa. Her decision to return to work, as an African-American woman, after six years of raising kids was applauded by a Princeton alumni publication in 1998 George Schindler, the president for U.S. and Canada of the Canadian-based CGI Group, CGI Federal’s parent company, became an Obama 2012 campaign donor after his company gained the Obamacare website contract. On the government end, construction of the disastrous Healthcare.gov website was overseen by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), a division of longtime failed website-builder Kathleen Sebelius’ Department of Health and Human Services. CGI Federal did not immediately return a request for comment. dailycaller.com ht tom clarke

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (161301)	10/25/2013 8:38:07 PM
From: longnshort	5 Recommendations Recommended By locogringo lorne Sedohr Nod TideGlider Wayners Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224728

35000 signed up in Washington state, 87% for medicaid, so Washington state is also a failure

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (161301)	10/26/2013 11:39:02 AM
From: locogringo	3 Recommendations Recommended By John Sedohr Nod TideGlider Respond to of 224728

Yo, kenny, wanna talk about global warming or John Edwards or something? Zogby Report Card: Obama has lost our trust (when you lose the liberal pimp Zogby, hang it up) Pollster John Zogby reports in our weekly White House report card that President Obama has put himself in a horrible position with the failed Obamacare website and indefensible spying on foreign allies. "There is no positive spin for the president this week. A weak jobs report and record numbers out of the workforce. “Plus the worst imaginable rollout of a website in the history of website rollouts. Am I correct that the U.S. paid $600 million for [its] Affordable [Care Act] web presence? At least the $400 hammers and $600 toilet seats worked, I presume. “Listening in on German Chancellor Angela Merkel's mobile phone calls? That isn't a violation of privacy, it is an affront to all decency. And now the Saudis are angry at us too. I am not sure how Mr. Obama wins back trust from our key allies. “While his polling numbers are not horrible this week, his life certainly is." Grade -- F

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (161301)	10/26/2013 11:41:43 AM
From: locogringo	1 Recommendation Recommended By John Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224728

Did George Bush do this? ObamaCare: More policy cancellations in 3 states than enrollees in all 50 Read More At Investor's Business Daily: news.investors.com top that off with this: REPORT: 500,000 to Lose Health Plans in CA... This is getting so lopsided, kenny may never show his face here again..........OH GOODY!!

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (161301)

10/26/2013 11:58:15 AM

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NO BID CONTRACT: Michelle O's Princeton classmate is executive at company that built Obamacare site...

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (161301)	10/27/2013 9:38:15 AM
From: locogringo	3 Recommendations Recommended By Honey_Bee John Sidney Reilly Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224728

Now I know why you are pretending not to be here!!! Posted by KLP on another site: Message 29192909 'If you like your health plan, you can keep it' not true for many Washingtonians Hundreds of thousands of people in Washington state are receiving letters in the mail from their insurers, informing them "your health insurance plan will no longer be available" under the Affordable Care Act. This is despite a promise President Obama repeated campaigning for his health care reform plan, where he stated, "if you like your plan, you can keep it." Nikki Gibson, a hair stylist in Seattle, is among the 290,000 people in the state who pay for their own health insurance. She received the letter from Regence a month ago. "It's not the truth," said Gibson. "You don't get to keep your premiums. You don't get to keep anything." Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler admits the promise was broken, but for good reason. "It's a bit of a trade off," said Kreidler. "Yeah, you're not going to be able to keep this plan that was probably inadequate and maybe a lousy plan, and now you're going to have a new plan that is much more robust in its coverage." ( I heard this crap on FOXNEWS already...........the new talking point) Kreidler explains that part of the Affordable Care Act forced insurance companies to raise standards for their policies, requiring coverage for so-called essential benefits, like prescriptions, emergency services, and maternity. Regence offered Gibson a comparable plan, at almost double the premium and triple the deductible. "I couldn't believe how much it went up," said Gibson. "I was like 'what?' The deductible too, to go up triple that's insane." One consolation, Kreidler estimates about half of the people forced to get new plans will qualify for subsidy on the exchange. Gibson doesn't know yet if she's one of them. Republican Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin says he will propose a new amendment next week to the Affordable Care Act called "If you like you health plan you can keep it."