Archive for October 2010

Chris Matthews Slams Conway Over ‘Aqua Buddha’ Attack Ad

October 19, 2010

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/chris-matthews-slams-conway-over-aqua-buddha-attack-ad/ Chris Matthews Slams Conway Over ‘Aqua Buddha’ Attack Ad Not even liberal MSNBC host can get behind Kentucky Democrat Jack Conway’s latest attack on Republican Rand Paul… and when questioned, Conway himself has trouble defending it:

Obama: ‘Scared’ Americans Aren’t Thinking ‘Clearly’

October 18, 2010

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/obama-americans-aren%e2%80%99t-thinking-clearly/ Obama: ‘Scared’ Americans Aren’t Thinking ‘Clearly’ In his remarks at a Democratic fundraiser in Massachusetts Saturday evening, President Barack Obama said that Americans’ fear and frustration” are to blame for an intensely competitive midterm election season favoring Republican candidates. “Part of the reason that our politics seems so tough right now and facts and [...]

River once more?

October 17, 2010

http://www.saljournal.com/news/story/River-story-1-new River once more? 10/17/2010 By CHRIS HUNTER/Salina Journal Nearly 50 years after its water flow was mostly cut off by a bypass channel, the Smoky Hill River channel that winds through the center of Salina often is little more than a wide ditch. “We don’t have a river today,” Jason Gage, Salina city manager. [...]

Poll: Many Obama 2008 Supporters Are Defecting to GOP

October 17, 2010

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/poll-many-obama-2008-supporters-are-defecting-to-gop/ Poll: Many Obama 2008 Supporters Are Defecting to GOP WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama’s winning coalition from 2008 has crumbled and his core backers are dispirited. It‘s now Republicans who stand to benefit from an electorate that’s again craving change. Nearly two years after putting Obama in the White House, one-quarter of those [...]

AP Finds Missing Facts in Obama’s Claims That GOP Would Cut Education Funds

October 16, 2010

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/ap-finds-missing-facts-in-obamas-claims-that-gop-would-cut-education-funds/ AP Finds Missing Facts in Obama’s Claims That GOP Would Cut Education Funds WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama says almost every chance he gets that Republicans would cut education spending by 20 percent if their party wins control of Congress in the Nov. 2 elections. He also says they would repeal a new [...]

Climate Talks Tank, Global South Sinks Further

October 16, 2010

Published on Saturday, October 16, 2010 by ColorLines Climate Talks Tank, Global South Sinks Further by Michelle Chen The latest round of climate talks, in Tianjin, China, did nothing to break the stalemate of last year’s failed Copenhagen meeting—an outcome that was as predictable as it is maddening. The reality is that the most powerful [...]

A Tea Party Caucus?

October 15, 2010

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/a-tea-party-caucus/ A Tea Party Caucus? Tea Party candidates running on platforms to cut spending, reform the Republican Party, and stay true to the Constitution are faring well in the polls. So well, in fact, the New York Times believes that after November the group of winning candidates could form a caucus influential enough to make [...]

The Great Climate Sell-Out

October 14, 2010

Published on Thursday, October 14, 2010 by The Progressive The Great Climate Sell-Out by Ruth Conniff The unseasonably warm fall weather here in the Upper Midwest is spectacularly beautiful. Sunny and clear, it’s in the 60s and 70s, with humidity so low you can see the tiniest details of the shoreline across the lake near [...]

Pro-Prayer Principal Fights for Job After Video Flap

October 13, 2010

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/calif-lawsuit-alleges-principals-wrongful-termination-for-prayer-breakfast-endorsement/ Pro-Prayer Principal Fights for Job After Video Flap In a California lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court, an elementary school principal is alleging that the Goleta Union School District threatened to end his employment contract after he appeared in a short video promoting a community prayer breakfast honoring local teachers. Foothill School Principal [...]

The Next Sarah Palin? Meet South Dakota’s Kristi Noem

October 13, 2010

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/the-next-sarah-palin-meet-south-dakotas-kristi-noem/ The Next Sarah Palin? Meet South Dakota’s Kristi Noem She is a gun-toting, elk-hunting, dark-haired conservative. Some might say she even has a hint of a you-betcha twang to her voice. Sound familiar? “She” is U.S. House candidate Kristi Noem (pronounced “gnome”) from South Dakota, “a rancher, a mother of three, and a staunch [...]

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