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FOXNews.com: Rep. Stark Mocks Border Security Advocates: Who Are You Going to Kill Today?

Ballew — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:58:38 +0000

A California congressman known for edgy sarcasm mocked an opponent of illegal immigration during a town hall meeting last week, asking, “Who are you going to kill today?” before the constituent, a self-identified Minuteman, posed his question.

Rep. Pete Stark, D-Calif., no stranger to controversy, mocked the idea that the borders are not secure when asked about the federal government’s lack of activity on border security.

“We can’t get enough Minutemen armed. We’d like to get all the Minutemen armed so they can stop shooting people here,” Stark said.

via FOXNews.com – Rep. Stark Mocks Border Security Advocates: Who Are You Going to Kill Today?.

FOXNews.com: Former Justice Department Lawyer Accuses Holder of Dropping New Black Panther Case for Racial Reasons

Ballew — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:34:32 +0000

A former Justice Department attorney who quit his job to protest the Obama administration’s handling of the New Black Panther Party voter intimidation case is accusing Attorney General Eric Holder of dropping the charges for racially motivated reasons.J. Christian Adams, now an attorney in Virginia and a conservative blogger, says he and the other Justice Department lawyers working on the case were ordered to dismiss it.

via FOXNews.com – Former Justice Department Lawyer Accuses Holder of Dropping New Black Panther Case for Racial Reasons.

Washington Examiner: Sex complaint against Gore is detailed, credible

Ballew — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 21:21:04 +0000

The allegation that Al Gore sexually assaulted a woman in a Portland, Ore., hotel room nearly four years ago has dealt a serious blow to the former vice president’s story that he and wife Tipper simply “grew apart” after 40 years of marriage.The police report of the masseuse’s complaint is 73 pages long and extremely detailed. According to the document, she got a call from the front desk of the trendy Hotel Lucia on the night of Oct. 24, 2006. The hotel had a special guest. Could she come at 10:30 p.m.?

via Sex complaint against Gore is detailed, credible | Washington Examiner.

Reuters: ‘Genocidal’ Israel will be put in its place – Chavez

Ballew — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:51:19 +0000

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez described Israel on Saturday as a genocidal state that acted as an assassin for the United States, predicting the Middle East nation would one day be “put in its place.”

via ‘Genocidal’ Israel will be put in its place – Chavez | World | Reuters.

FOXNews.com: EXCLUSIVE: 10 of 17 Afghans Who Deserted U.S. Air Force Base Remain Missing

Ballew — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:36:16 +0000

Ten of 17 Afghan military deserters who walked away from a training program on a U.S. Air Force base in Texas remain at large, sources close to the situation told Fox News on Friday, and seven of the men have been accounted for. The 17 deserters went AWOL from Lackland Air Force Base, where foreign military officers who are training to become pilots are taught English, according to a “Be-on-the-Lookout” BOLO bulletin issued on Wednesda

via FOXNews.com – EXCLUSIVE: 10 of 17 Afghans Who Deserted U.S. Air Force Base Remain Missing.

The Associated Press: Toy soldiers run afoul of school’s weapons ban. Student’s patriotic hat supporting our troops banned from Rhode Island school.

Ballew — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 03:26:56 +0000

Christan Morales says her son just wanted to honor American troops when he made a hat decorated with an American flag and small plastic Army figures.But the hat ran afoul of the district’s no-weapons policy because the toy soldiers were carrying tiny weapons.

via The Associated Press: Toy soldiers run afoul of school’s weapons ban.

CNN.com: Language guru – Obama speech too ‘professorial’ for his target audience

Ballew — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:39:15 +0000

President Obama’s speech on the gulf oil disaster may have gone over the heads of many in his audience, according to an analysis of the 18-minute talk released Wednesday.

Tuesday night’s speech from the Oval Office of the White House was written to a 9.8 grade level, said Paul J.J. Payack, president of Global Language Monitor. The Austin, Texas-based company analyzes and catalogues trends in word usage and word choice and their impact on culture.

via Language guru: Obama speech too ‘professorial’ for his target audience – CNN.com.

RealClearPolitics: School Kids Chant: “I Am An Obama Scholar”

Ballew — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:14:52 +0000

School children are led by a teacher in a chant that begins with “I will be anything I want to be.”At one point during the incantation the teacher asks the students to repeat the phrase “I am an Obama scholar.

“from: Lincoln Bassett Middle School in New Haven, Connecticut

via RealClearPolitics – Video – School Kids Chant: “I Am An Obama Scholar”.

AP via Yahoo! News: Residents get 6 votes each in suburban NY election

Ballew — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:42:27 +0000

Arthur Furano voted early — five days before Election Day. And he voted often, flipping the lever six times for his favorite candidate. Furano cast multiple votes on the instructions of a federal judge and the U.S. Department of Justice as part of a new election system crafted to help boost Hispanic representation.

Voters in Port Chester, 25 miles northeast of New York City, are electing village trustees for the first time since the federal government alleged in 2006 that the existing election system was unfair. The election ends Tuesday and results are expected late Tuesday.

via Residents get 6 votes each in suburban NY election – Yahoo! News.

wcfcourier.com: If liberals don’t like it, they ban it

Ballew — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:15:17 +0000

There is a little piece making its way around the Internet. It has turned viral mostly because many see so much truth in it.

via If liberals don’t like it, they ban it.