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Stupak, Other House Dems, Vow To Kill Healthcare Bill Over Abortion Language - Personal Liberty Digest


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Stupak, Other House Dems, Vow To Kill Healthcare Bill Over Abortion Language
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Representative Bart Stupak (D-Mich.) said last week that he and 11 other Blue Dog Democrats in the House will not vote for the healthcare bill unless it includes language that clearly prohibits the use of federal money to fund abortion services.
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Stupak: Health bill abortion fight can be resolved - The Associated Press


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Stupak: Health bill abortion fight can be resolved
The Associated Press
TAWAS CITY, Mich. — Prospects are good for resolving a dispute over abortion that has led some House Democrats to threaten to withhold support of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, a key Michigan Democrat said Monday. Rep.
Abortion battle on health bill may endSeattle Times
Abortion could stymie healthcare reform legislationChristian Science Monitor
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Pennsylvania race could go national - Politico


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Pennsylvania race could go national
Politico
The special election to fill the House seat of the late Pennsylvania Democrat John Murtha will pit a candidate who fully embraces Murtha's legacy against a Republican political newcomer who's aiming to
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Health Care Endgame: Obama, Dems Duel Over Deadline - ABC News


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Health Care Endgame: Obama, Dems Duel Over Deadline
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It's crunch time for health care reform. The White House wants to see the health care bill passed in the House next week, but the speaker of the House is making no promises. White House wants the bill passed next week, but no promises are
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Health care reform deadlines: Dead on arrival? - CNN


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Health care reform deadlines: Dead on arrival?
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President Obama wants Congress to pass a health care reform bill before its Easter break. Washington (CNN) — President Obama has set them — and they've repeatedly been missed. But with Easter recess coming, Obama's latest deadline
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Democrats move toward grouping health reform with student-aid bill - Washington Post


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Democrats move toward grouping health reform with student-aid bill
Washington Post
Democratic leaders said Thursday that they were increasingly inclined to release a final health-care bill that could accomplish two of President Obama's top domestic priorities: guaranteeing coverage to 30 million
Democrats Poised To 'Finish The Job' On Health CareWall Street Journal
Dems look to health vote without abortion foesThe Associated Press
Reid says will use "reconciliation" on healthcareReuters
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Ballot measure would provide open primaries - San Francisco Chronicle

Ballot measure would provide open primaries
San Francisco Chronicle
A June ballot measure to change California's primary elections would eliminate write-in candidates in general elections and, opponents say, doom third parties in the state. Under provisions of Proposition 14, all qualifying candidates would be listed
Opponents not rushing to spend against 'top two' primary systemSacramento Bee
Open-primary ballot measure faces legal challengeSan Jose Mercury News
Open primary backers say secret deal derailedLos Angeles Times (blog)
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Obama ‘Fully Committed’ to Revising Immigration Laws - Wall Street Journal


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Obama 'Fully Committed' to Revising Immigration Laws
Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON — A pair of senators trying to put together a comprehensive immigration bill showed their outline to President Barack Obama Thursday and asked his help in recruiting additional Senate backers. But with a full plate already
Senators give Obama a bipartisan plan on immigrationLos Angeles Times
Obama Links Immigration Overhaul in 2010 to GOP BackingNew York Times
Immigration pushed back by other issuesUPI.com
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A frustrated caucus keeps complaints quiet - Washington Post


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A frustrated caucus keeps complaints quiet
Washington Post
Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II (D-Mo.), right, says some Congressional Black Caucus members concluded that the White House counted on them not to make too much trouble. (Jahi Chikwendiu/the Washington Post) By Michael Leahy A year ago, members of the
Black Lawmakers Downplay Obama Grievances — After Taking Them to the PressFOXNews
Obama lobbied on black unemployment, immigrationReuters
Black Leaders Ask: Where's Our President?NPR
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Hillary Rodham Clinton widens her circle at the State Department - Washington Post


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Hillary Rodham Clinton widens her circle at the State Department
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A year into her tenure at the State Department, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is expanding her often tight inner circle and focusing her agenda. By Lois Romano Hillary Rodham Clinton ran a presidential campaign notoriously insular and
Obama to meet with top war, science advisersThe Associated Press
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Walker favors splitting MPS into 10-12 smaller districts - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel


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Walker favors splitting MPS into 10-12 smaller districts
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker said Thursday that he favored splitting Milwaukee Public Schools into smaller schools districts. Speaking at the Marquette University Law School, Walker suggested that the
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Candidate For Governor Offers Controversial Plan To Fix MPSWISN Milwaukee
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Opponents not rushing to spend against ‘top two’ primary system - Sacramento Bee

Opponents not rushing to spend against 'top two' primary system
Sacramento Bee
Critics of Proposition 14 are eager to assail the ballot measure that would change California's primary system as a "backroom deal" that would derail the democratic process. But with less than three months until voters decide whether
Ballot measure would provide open primariesSan Francisco Chronicle
Open-primary ballot measure faces legal challengeSan Jose Mercury News
Prop. 14 fight comes down to wordsLos Angeles Times
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Health bill draws protests on both sides as pressure grows - MiamiHerald.com


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Health bill draws protests on both sides as pressure grows
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WASHINGTON — Thousands of liberal public-option backers and conservative tea partiers launched last-chance campaigns Tuesday in the nation's capital to persuade Congress to pass - or reject - sweeping health care
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Health reform and Obama hurting Carnahan? - Kansas City Star


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Health reform and Obama hurting Carnahan?
Kansas City Star
Republican Rep. Roy Blunt continues to hold a "slight lead" over Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan in the battle for the Senate. The latest Rasmussen survey remains little changed from a month ago: Blunt 47 percent, Carnahan, 41 percent.
Missouri's leading US Senate candidates join movement against congressional fox4kc.com
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Is abortion your moral bottom line on health reform? - USA Today


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Is abortion your moral bottom line on health reform?
USA Today
The conflict over the Catholic church's influence in US health care reform is intense: Will the church's efforts to shut off all access to insurance coverage for abortion, even if people want to pay for it themselves, trump its strong desire to offer
Doerflinger profiled as 'powerful Catholic' shaping health care debateCatholic Culture
Abortion debate must not stop healthcare reformThe Hill
Powerful Catholic Quietly Shaping Abortion, Health Bill DebateNPR
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Fiorina: More competition needed for health care - San Jose Mercury News

Fiorina: More competition needed for health care
San Jose Mercury News
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—The federal government should promote choice and competition to lower health care costs while rejecting a wholesale overhaul of the nation's medical system, Republican US Senate candidate Carly Fiorina said
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Va. assembly approves bill to bar health-insurance mandate - Washington Post


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Va. assembly approves bill to bar health-insurance mandate
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RICHMOND — The Virginia General Assembly has given final approval to a bill that would make it illegal for the government to require individuals to purchase health insurance, a measure intended to conflict with Democratic
Virginia: Opting to Refuse Health OverhaulNew York Times
Va OKs 1st bill banning mandated health coverageThe Associated Press
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Ex-Obama adviser: Democrats may get ’slaughtered’ in fall - CNN


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Ex-Obama adviser: Democrats may get 'slaughtered' in fall
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Washington (CNN) — Steve Hildebrand was one of the top advisers who helped put President Obama in office, but he has a stark warning for his old friends at the White House and on Capitol Hill.
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Rasmussen and Schoen: Why Obama Can’t Move the Health-Care Numbers - Wall Street Journal


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Rasmussen and Schoen: Why Obama Can't Move the Health-Care Numbers
Wall Street Journal
One of the more amazing aspects of the health-care debate is how steady public opinion has remained. Despite repeated and intense sales efforts by the president and his allies in Congress, most Americans consistently
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Baker: I’m no Mitt Romney - Boston Globe


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Baker: I'm no Mitt Romney
Boston Globe
The ghost of Mitt Romney, a polarizing figure in the Massachusetts electorate, continues to haunt Bay State Republicans. To wit: GOP gubernatorial candidate Charles D. Baker visibly grimaced and recoiled this week when
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Panel on Compromises to Pass Health Care; What’s Next in Afghanistan? - FOXNews


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Panel on Compromises to Pass Health Care; What's Next in Afghanistan?
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This is a rush transcript of "Special Report With Bret Baier" from March 9, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. SENATOR LAMAR ALEXANDER: What the president is doing is asking House Democrats to hold hands, jump off a cliff,
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Analysis: Note to Washington: Voters say talk jobs - The Associated Press


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Analysis: Note to Washington: Voters say talk jobs
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WASHINGTON — They just don't get it in Washington. There's a gaping disconnect between what Americans care about and what President Barack Obama and Congress, Democrats and Republicans are actually doing. A new Associated Press-GfK poll tells the
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Rep. Mark Kirk and ex-wife jointly earned $239 K in 2008 - Chicago Sun-Times


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Rep. Mark Kirk and ex-wife jointly earned $239 K in 2008
Chicago Sun-Times
US Rep. Mark Kirk and his now ex-wife jointly earned $239000 in 2008 and paid nearly $49000 in taxes, according to tax returns the Republican senatorial candidate released Wednesday. The bulk of the couple's income came from
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Obama Gets Tough on Health Care Fraud - New York Times


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Obama Gets Tough on Health Care Fraud
New York Times
ST. CHARLES, Mo. — President Obama continued his drive for a health care overhaul on Wednesday, ordering a crackdown on Medicare and Medicaid waste and fraud, while in Washington, House leaders said they hoped to have a
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Senate votes to extend parts of stimulus plan - Kansas City Star


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Senate votes to extend parts of stimulus plan
Kansas City Star
WASHINGTON | The Senate voted Wednesday for a $137.9 billion package extending parts of last year's economic stimulus measure, including help for the jobless and money to help states pay for health care for the poor.
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Obama bin Biden

You have to remember that smart people don’t make slips like this.
I wonder if he has had his daughters circumsized yet?
Is Michelle his only wife? You decide.

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Most awesome video on Earth

This video made my day. Please share this with as many people as you can.

The force is strong with this one.

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Wes Clark is a human turd!

If you ever wondered what a piece of sh/t of a half o’ man puke Wes Clark is, listen to this video.

At 3:50 he starts laying out a scenario about the agony, he as a commander has had to go thru in making critical decisions.

At 4:00 in to it, he really lets us in to his soul with the key words “what about your reputation, How do you handle it publicly?”

That shows you that he is a real “cover your ass kind of guy”. Wessy boy is. A real leader never has a concern about his reputation, you do what is right because it is just that right, reputation be damned!

He is truly an ass bag, kiss ass, bottom feeder.

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Christopher Hitchens on Freedom of Speech

Part I

Part II

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Comic Relief: Remember St. Ted Haggard?

With all of the political hooplah going on, we all could use a good laugh. This is a parody of Richard Dawkin’s interview with Ted Haggard. As you may remember, Super-Evangalist Haggard was accused of buying Meth and frequenting a male prostitute. Haggard was ousted from his Pastorship in the Church that he had created some years ago. Enjoy!

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I am not interested

You have to watch this.

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Ted Nugent for President!

This is my kind of guy.

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So you’re worried about toxins?

This video may allay your fears caused by the uninformed media.

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The Kid from Brooklyn “Speak English”

This is great!

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So you want to recycle?

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Growing Earth Theory Wow!

This is pretty awesome, I knew that the Earth grew just from the dust and meteorites etc. but this is is freaky!

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Henry’s Law explaining Co2 and Libs explain their agenda

What the non scientist either forgets or doesn’t have a clue of in the first place, is Henry’s Law. Henry’s law, simply put is that liquids (the oceans) dissolve gas ( Co2 ) as they cool and release it back in to the atmosphere as the warm. You will note a lagging correlation on any co2/temperature chart. As temps go up so does the atmospheric co2 and thusly as the temperature lowers so does the Co2.
The Suns output is the main driver of our temperature, as it is on Mars. Unfortunately Mars does not have enough of the most powerful and prevalent greenhouse gas of them all; water vapor.

But there is no way to enlighten the Church of Global Warming zealot, for he “believes” the high Reverend Al Gore. You can always be sure of this, when someone believes, as opposed to actually knowing something, no amount of proof will ever persuade him.

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Why we use foul language

Steven Arthur Pinker (born September 18, 1954) is a prominent Canadian-American experimental psychologist, cognitive scientist, and author of popular science. Pinker is known for his wide-ranging advocacy of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of mind.

Pinker’s academic specializations are visual cognition and language development in children, and he is most famous for popularizing the idea that language is an “instinct” or biological adaptation shaped by natural selection rather than a by-product of general intelligence. He is the author of five books for a general audience, which include The Language Instinct (1994), How the Mind Works (1999), Words and Rules (2000), The Blank Slate (2002), and The Stuff of Thought (2007). Pinker’s books have won numerous awards and been New York Times best-sellers.

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Pat Condell tells it like it is.

This guy makes a lot of great points.

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali Bitch slaps Canadian TV sissy.

The Jabroni don’t even realize that he is being shown the pimp hand over and over.

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Natalee Holloway case solved?


This is a preview of Peter R. de Vries’s video to be released tonight.

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States of Fear

Michael Crichton talks about how over blown things are due to the media and peoples innate ability to believe the worst case scenario.

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How Libs think


I have often pondered how Liberals see the world and why they come up with such skewed ideas. This video of Evan Sayet helps explain.

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22 minutes of happiness

When you watch this video, (22 Minute) think about the relative happiness of Britney Spears vis-à-vis some impoverished kid in Africa.

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Violence, just when thought it wasn’t safe.

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