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The Tax Deal Could Fall Apart
"Liberal Democrats Trying to Prevent a House Vote on the Tax Deal," says Fox News. PMSNBC says liberals are getting angrier and angrier and may vote to scuttle the whole deal, that they don't like using jobless benefits as a bargaining chip. It simply isn't right. There's some lib Democrat on MSNBC right now saying that. It's a bargaining chip. "Using unemployment benefits and extension as a bargaining chip for tax cuts for the rich, why, that just can't..." Opposition is said to be mounting. The White House has today e-mailed reporters that the following Democrats support the deal: "Sen. Jim Webb, Rep. Gary Peters, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell, and Charlotte, NC, Mayor Anthony Foxx." Five Democrats support the deal, and Obama has e-mailed their names to the media.
Source: http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_120810/content/0...
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Who's Being Held Hostage Here?
Obama said that he didn't want to negotiate with Republican hostage takers, but he had to. Remember, this is the same guy who's still bending over backwards to negotiate with Iran and North Korea, and he has no problem negotiating with them. But the Republicans are hostage takers. And that mantra has been picked up. We have a montage of this, and, you know, if a talk show host says Imam Obama, or makes a joke about Driving Miss Nancy, it becomes national news; it's horrible; it's insensitive; it's rotten. Well, where's the outrage over this? All these Democrats, elected and media types, referring to Republicans as terrorist hostage takers.
Source: http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_120810/content/0...
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Obama's Operation Wet Diaper
Operation Wet Diaper. That's what the Obama press conference was yesterday, ladies and gentlemen. In fact, Operation Wet Diaper is what the entire Democrat Party is going through. It's amazing to watch all this. You know, I'm not all that convinced that the deal is gonna hold up. It could fall apart over something as innocuous as the death tax. It could fall apart over that just as easily as it could fall apart over the extension of tax cuts for the rich, and if it falls apart, Obama will be happy. Make no mistake. He would love to be able to blame this falling apart on Republicans. He would love to be able to blame the fact that there is going to be a tax increase on the middle-class on Republicans. He would love to do so. Obama's an ideologue. He doesn't care about the middle-class. He doesn't care about any class. He cares about himself.
Source: http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_120810/content/0...
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Small PA town removes nativity scene
It's time for the annual war on Christmas - a town in Pennsylvania has relented and removed an ever so offensive nativity scene from (gasp!) public property! All this after one, count em, one person complained and said they wanted the display taken down. Of course, the town caved and moved it somewhere else.
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House Passes DREAM Act Immigration Measures
The House of Representatives approved a bill that would grant thousands of young, illegal immigrants the chance to become American citizens Wednesday night.
Called the DREAM Act, the proposal would permit young people brought illegally into the U.S. by their parents the opportunity for citizenship. However, that's contingent on them completing two years of college or military service.
The vote was 216 to 198.
The White House lobbied hard for the bill's passage, lauding it as a step towards a comprehensive reform of the nation's immigration laws.
Supporters say the measure would strengthen the U.S. economy and boost military readiness.
Critics contend that the legislation offers what they call "amnesty" for illegal immigrants.
Source: http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/12/08/house-passes-dr...
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Unions That Fought for Health Law Get a Pass
The Obama administration has allowed 222 employers, insurers and unions to opt out of a key mandate in the new health care law
– a number that has grown exponentially in the past two months.
Employers like McDonald's, Waffle House and Universal Orlando are among the companies that have received a one-year waiver, allowing them to maintain minimal coverage below the new law's standards.
The list has grown significantly since October, when 30 companies had waivers, and has doubled since early November. Taken together, the companies cover more than 1.5 million people, including 34 unions with more than 140,000 members.
Source: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/12/08/big-companies-uni...
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Assange could Face Espionage Trial in US
Informal discussions have already taken place between US and Swedish officials over the possibility of the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange being delivered into American custody, according to diplomatic sources.
Source: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/assange-could-fac...
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Khloe Kardashian: Going through airport security is like being raped in public
Khloe Kardashian is the latest frequent flier to speak out against the TSA, and she doesn't want airport security touching her junk ever again.
"They basically are just raping you in public," the reality star said Monday on "Lopez Tonight."
Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2010/12/08/2010-12-08_khlo...
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Video: How many people does it take to put up a Christmas tree for the Obamas? Small army of White House minions takes four days at height of economic crisis
He may have suffered a blow after being forced to compromise with the Republican party over tax cuts but President Obama has not let the setback affect his Christmas.
A new time-lapse video released by the White House reveals the sheer scale of the operation to erect the official Christmas Tree of the First Family with hundreds of workers visible as the Douglas fir begins to take shape.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1336470/Obamas-Christmas-tree-takes-4-days-height-economic-crisis.html#ixzz17WkZUydn
Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1336470/Obamas-Chris...
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E pluribus buffoonum? Congress slams Obama - Lawmakers say president's omitting of God undercuts American history
Members of the Congressional Prayer Caucus have written to President Obama asking him to correct a speech he gave in Indonesia incorrectly replacing the nation's motto of "In God We Trust" with "E pluribus unum."
The letter also cites a series of situations in which Obama has failed to include the reference to the "Creator" when quoting the Declaration of Independence.
WND has reported on numerous situations where the president quotations have left out references to God or the Creator.
Classic book on USA's Christian heritage: New edition of 100-year-old treasure reveals nation's true religious history
In the newest development, U.S. Rep. J. Randy Forbes of Virginia and 42 bipartisan members of the Congressional Prayer Caucus have dispatched a letter over Obama's statement to a Jakarta audience that "E Pluribus unum" is the national motto.
Actually, it's "In God We Trust."
Source: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=237349