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Congressional Democrats Aim to Censor Twitter and Qik

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 04:07:17 GMT

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I’ve seen some discussion around the blogosphere that has correlated with an email I got this morning from the office of Representative John Culberson (the US House GOP leader) talking about a Democrat plan hatched to curtail free speech from members of Congress on the Internet’s various social media websites.

As Robert Scoble and Andrew Feinberg unmasked to us in the Web 2.0 crowd, there are a couple of members of congress who actually do get social media, and use it personally. John Culberson is one of those folks, and has actively used Twitter and Qik in the past to communicate not only with his constiuency but the general wilds of the web.

Rep. Michael Capuano, Chairman of the Congressional Commission on Mailing Standards, seeks to end this.

The upshot is that Michael Capuano for some reason is uneasy or afraid of the shift towards openness in access to our nations legislators made possible by social media, and rather than encourage the change, he aims to have it cut off at the head.

Tags: congress, politics, free speech, twitter

Dem answer to gas prices? "There ain't no answer"

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:45:04 GMT

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Clip Source: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com

A leading democrat says Americans need to get used to paying $5 to $6 a gallon for their gas.

Impeached judge and leading Democrat Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-Miramar) confessed this week that democrats have no answers to the skyrocketing gas prices.

I predict to you that gas prices will be as much as $5 before the end of this year and they will go to $6 at some point next year

"When they go to $6 it will fluctuate between $5 and $6 and more for some time to come. That's the harsh reality no matter what law we pass," he said.

"There ain't no answer, OK? ... All the talk is feel good talk."

LTC Allen West, the Republican candidate for Florida's 22nd Congressional District, offered this response:

His words

are the most pathetic and abyssmal response I have heard.

There can be no doubt as to why this Congress under the presumed leadership of Speaker Pelosi is a collection of whining losers, and we as the American people should not have to suffer for their lack of courage, competence, and character.

Tags: gas, oil, democrat, congress, politics, energy

Postage stamp on a football field.

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 20:14:38 GMT

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clipper's remarks: When the US is sitting on such vast energy reserves while it is experiencing an energy crisis, one can conclude that there are other forces at work here.

Clip Source: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com

Representative Devin Nunes (R-CA) talked about his trip to ANWR including and exposed the Democrat's big lie:

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"If the Arctic National Wildlife Area was a football field, the (area to be developed for oil) would be like a postage stamp on that football field... So it is totally outrageous what they say. What Americans forget too, is that the Republican Congress opened up ANWR every single year that we were in power. But, what happened was in the Senate, the democrats killed it every year in the senate."

"So, you had Clinton veto it in 1995, and then every single year after that you had the democrats kill it in the US Senate."

Last week author George Will explained why Democrats are against drilling

I believe that on the Left in this country what they want is a manufactured scarcity so that government can have the rationale to ration which gives the government what the Left wants, an ever more minute supervision of our daily choices... There's a fear that someone somewhere may make a profit

Tags: anwar, oil, gas, energy, politics

Dem delegate supports McCain

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:42:55 GMT

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Clip Source: www.jsonline.com

As an avid supporter of Hillary Rodham Clinton in the Democratic primaries, Debra Bartoshevich is not alone in her frustration over Clinton's defeat.

She’s not alone in refusing to support Barack Obama.

And she’s not entirely alone in saying she’ll vote this fall for Republican John McCain instead.

But what makes her unusual is that she holds these views as an elected delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Denver this summer.

Joe Wineke, chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, reacted with disbelief when first told Friday afternoon that one of his state party delegates is now a McCain supporter.

“Not a delegate? To the national convention?” said Wineke

“We have a Clinton national (convention) delegate who says she’s voting for John McCain?” Wineke repeated, for clarification. “I’ve never heard of such a thing.”

“No self-respecting woman should wish or work for the success of a party that ignores her — that’s by Susan B. Anthony,” said Bartoshevich

Tags: democrats, mccain, obama, clinton, women, politics

Dems not endorsing Obama

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 20:29:15 GMT

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Clip Source: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com

This can't be a good sign for Democrats, considering Far-Left Obama just won the nomination last week...

Rep. Travis Childers (D-MS), on left, and Rep. Heath Shuler (D-NC), on right, won't back Barack Obama.

This follows Tuesday's news that:
Dem Rep. Dan Boren Will Not Endorse "Liberal" Obama

Jewish Dem donor joins McCain team

UPDATE: Oops! There goes another one... Georgia Rep. Jim Marshall won't endorse Obama.

Rep. Jim Marshall (D-GA) won't endorse the most liberal senator for president.

Tags: obama, democrat, election, politics

Dean trying to remove Hillary from ballot at convention?

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 22:57:35 GMT

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Clip Source: clintondems.com

TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION! Howard Dean is working to remove Hillary from first ballot at the convention! I.E he is trying to have her stricken from the record…the annals of history, and diminish the gravity of her historic place in history. Remember, Obama had Alyce Palmur removed from the ballot here in Chicago so he had no one to challenge him….SEE A PATTERN?

WOMEN: Dean is also pressuring Hillary to release her delegates! THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED AND UNCALLED FOR AND MALICIOUS! For every delegate that he takes, he is diminishing the women’s movement and stripping us of the delegates we elected to represent our votes for HILLARY!

P.S HILLARY DID NOT NOR WILL SHE EVER RELEASE HER DELEGATES!

Tags: dean, clinton, obama, democrats, convention, politics, election

Puma PAC; democrats coming together

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 19:31:35 GMT

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Clip Source: blog.pumapac.org

On November 4, 2008, in private voting booths in every city and town across this huge country, alone and unwatched, as is our way, Pumas will carry out the Protest of the 2008 Presidential Election.

1,000 Reasons Puma Democrats Are Protesting the 2008 Presidential Election

We are protesting the 2008 Presidential Election because we refuse to support a nominee who was selected by the leadership rather than elected by the voters.

We will not support or vote for an illegitimate nominee. We will not be bullied, pandered to, sweet-talked, or manipulated. We will not succumb to appeals to our better natures, to our identities as democrats, as uniters, as healers, or as helpers.

WE WILL NOT VOTE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE

Some of us will stay home. Some of us will vote for a third-party. Some of us will write-in Clinton. Many of us will vote for John McCain.

The leaders did us wrong. They did Hillary Clinton wrong. They did our country wrong. But it’s still our party.

We want it back.

Tags: democrats, election, obama, clinton, politics

Media bias in election coverage

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:38:07 GMT

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Clip Source: www.rasmussenreports.com

Just 17% of voters nationwide believe that most reporters try to offer unbiased coverage of election campaigns

The perception that reporters are advocates rather than observers is held by 82% of Republicans, 56% of Democrats, and 69% of voters not affiliated with either major party

76% of voters believe the media has too much power and influence over elections

Eighty-seven percent (87%) of Republicans believe the media has too much influence along with 80% of unaffiliated voters and 65% of Democrats.

Voters have little doubt as to who is benefitting from the media coverage this year—Barack Obama

(54%) say Obama

(22%) say McCain

14% say that Hillary got the best treatment

44% believe most reporters will try to help Obama while only 13% believe that most will try to help McCain

Even Democrats tend to believe their candidate will receive better treatment—27% of those in Obama’s party believe most reporters will try to help him win while only 16% believe they will help McCain

Tags: media, msm, bias, election, obama, clinton, mccain, politics

Can you keep up?

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:32:57 GMT

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Clip Source: www.floppingaces.net

Percent of Democrats against	Percent of Republicans for
ANWR Exploration
86%	91%
Coal-to-Liquid
78%	97%
Oil Shale Exploration
86%	90%
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Exploration
83%	81%
Refinery Increased Capacity
96%	97%
SUMMARY
86%	91%

Democrats have blocked the development of new sources of petroleum.
Democrats have blocked drilling in ANWR.
Democrats have blocked drilling off the coast of Florida.
Democrats have blocked drilling off of the east coast.
Democrats have blocked drilling off of the west coast.
Democrats have blocked drilling off the Alaskan coast.
Democrats have blocked building oil refineries.
Democrats have blocked clean nuclear energy production.
Democrats have blocked clean coal production.

Tags: gas, oil, democrats, politics

Who's to Blame for High Gas Prices?

Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:42:09 GMT

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Clip Source: www.powerlineblog.com

For several decades, the Democratic Party has pursued policies designed to drive up the cost of petroleum, and therefore gas at the pump. Remarkably, the Democrats don't seem to have taken much of a political hit from the current spike in gas prices. Probably that's because most people don't realize how different the two parties' energy policies have been.

ANWR Exploration House Republicans: 91% Supported House Democrats: 86% Opposed

Coal-to-Liquid
House Republicans: 97% Supported
House Democrats: 78% Opposed

Oil Shale Exploration
House Republicans: 90% Supported
House Democrats: 86% Opposed

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Exploration
House Republicans: 81% Supported
House Democrats: 83% Opposed

Refinery Increased Capacity
House Republicans: 97% Supported
House Democrats: 96% Opposed

91% of House Republicans have historically voted to increase the production of American-made oil and gas

86% of House Democrats have historically voted against increasing the production of American-made oil and gas

Tags: gas, oil, politics, republicans, democrats

Dem says surge opposition was reverse psychology

Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:13:02 GMT

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Clip Source: minx.cc

Democratic Rep: By Opposing the Surge, We Actually Encouraged the President to Enact the Surge, Which in Turn Resulted in Victory... and You're Welcome

Great post from Jeff Emmanuel. This is the same Democrat Rep who recently admitted Democrats had "stretched the facts" about the feasibility and prudence of a quick withdrawal from Iraq, just to win the election.

Now he makes this curious claim:

In February 2007, Kanjorski went to the floor of the House to say:

Ms. Speaker, I rise today to join the overwhelming majority of the American people, the Congress, and many top U.S. military commanders to voice my opposition to President Bush's ill-conceived plan to send more American troops into the middle of an ongoing Civil War in Iraq.
Then, in an interview from just days ago, Kanjorski said:

We've taken public positions which have now forced the president to go into the surge mentality, which is somewhat working.

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Tags: democrat, surge, iraq, war on terror, politics, wtf

How McClellan's book came to be

Fri, 30 May 2008 20:59:19 GMT

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clipper's remarks:

We’d merely note that the book’s publisher is PublicAffairs, an imprint founded by left-wing editor Peter Osnos and which has published six books by George Soros. PublicAffairs is owned by Perseus Books, which is owned by Perseus LLC, a merchant bank whose board includes Democrats Richard Holbrooke and Jim Johnson, who is now doing Barack Obama’s vice presidential vetting. One of Perseus’s investment funds, Perseus-Soros Biopharmaceutical, is co-managed with Mr. Soros.

Clip Source: www.floppingaces.net

First, take a look at the preface to his book….speaks volumes:

Writing it wasn’t easy. Some of the best advice I received as I began came from a senior editor at a publishing house that expressed interest in my book. He said the hardest challenge for me would be to keep questioning my own beliefs and perceptions throughout the writing process.

Many of the conclusions I’ve reached are quite different from those I would have embraced at the start of the process.

Whose that publisher?

the book’s publisher is PublicAffairs, an imprint founded by left-wing editor Peter Osnos

And now we find that the original book was quite boring and turned down by publishers until the Soros company got into the mix

this has only dawned on Scott since he started writing his book, years after the fact

Scott not only never raised any objections contemporaneously, in meetings or with his superiors; in fact, he said almost nothing at all, at any time, about anything of consequence.

Tags: mcclellan, soros, osnos, book, politics

Media 'racist against whites' says frmr dem VP candidate

Thu, 29 May 2008 08:10:05 GMT

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Clip Source: gatewaypundit.blogspot.com

The former Democratic VP Candidate says she does not know if she will vote for Barack Obama in the fall. She says like Michelle Obama she will make up her mind when the time comes.

"I intend to do precisely what Michelle Obama said when she was asked that exact same question if Hillary were the nominee. I intend to think about it and I'm going to look at a whole bunch of issues... And, obviously the Democratic Party felt that was a good idea because nobody objected to her saying that in February."

I think the press has been absolutely, unbelievably sexist and in some instances racist; not racist against blacks but in some instances racist against whites; picking up everything that was said and running with it as if it's true; attacking people for speaking up.

I hear people... they come up to me and say they're worried. They're worried about what the future has because anytime anyone who speaks up who's white, it's a problem... Again, I don't think it's racism, it's racial resentment.

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Tags: democrats, media, msm, race, racism, politics

Reporter spins for Obama by defending Hitler

Sat, 17 May 2008 05:38:34 GMT

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Clip Source: littlegreenfootballs.com

Seattle Times editorial writer Bruce Ramsey, in an effort to defend Barack Obama against President Bush’s “appeasement” speech, actually ends up defending Nazi Germany, Adolf Hitler, and the Anschluss (the annexation of Austria): Bush, and His Use of ‘Appeasement’.

Democrats are rebuking President Bush for saying in his speech to the Knesset, here, that to “negotiate with terrorists and radicals” is “appeasement.” The Democrats took it as a slap at Barack Obama. What bothers me is the continual reference to Hitler and his National Socialists, particularly the British and French accommodation at the Munich Conference of 1938.

What Hitler was demanding was not unreasonable. He wanted the German-speaking areas of Europe under German authority. He had just annexed Austria, which was German-speaking, without bloodshed. There were two more small pieces of Germanic territory: the free city of Danzig and the Sudetenland, a border area of what is now the Czech Republic.

Tags: obama, hitler, politics, msm, bias

Hillary quits

Wed, 07 May 2008 15:18:42 GMT

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Clip Source: www.scrappleface.com

(2008-05-07) — Sen. Hillary Clinton aborted her White House bid today blaming what she called a “vast mathematical conspiracy” that secretly works to keep women out of positions of power.

The former First Lady said she would return to the U.S. Senate and introduce legislation to help female presidential candidates “breakthrough the math ceiling.”

Party insiders pressured her to pull out after Tuesday’s crushing defeat in the North Carolina primary and her surprisingly thin victory in Indiana.

“It’s beyond coincidence that Barack Obama has more votes, more delegates and more money than I do,” said a tearful Sen. Clinton at a news conference announcing her withdrawal from the race. “It would take a willing suspension of disbelief to think that I was forced out of this race because a majority of Democrats don’t want me to be president.”

“I’ve always heard that figures don’t lie,” she said, “but apparently they’ll do whatever it takes to crush the hopes and dreams of American women.”

Tags: clinton, politics, humor, satire