Rein in Government Spying: As Congress begins to consider renewing sections of the USA PATRIOT Act that are set to expire at the end of the year, we have a unique opportunity to press Congress for new civil liberties protections to shield ordinary Americans against government spying.
Once the party of fiscal sanity, the Republicans are now wailing that the Democrats health-care plan cheats seniors out of money.
Matt Miller on the rights shameless gambit.
Source:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-09-27/how-the-gop-scares-grandma/
Drunk guy decides burning a flag belonging to the VFW is a good idea.
VFW tracks him down and gives him several options. Man decides being duct-taped to a pole w/ a sign is much better than (what I would guess) getting his @ss beat and/or arrested for destruction of property/vandalism.
Source:
http://www.breitbart.tv/vfw-members-duct-tape-flag-burner-to-pole-in-front-of-kids-soccer-picnic/
A Republican member of the House of Representatives accused President Barack Obama of being "an enemy of humanity" during a conservative values forum this past weekend.
In a speech Saturday before the How to Take Back America conference, Rep. Franks (R-AZ) delivered a barn burner speech replete with inflammatory swipes at the president.
Source:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/29/gop-rep-trent-franks-call_n_302713.html
The unemployment rate for young Americans has exploded to 52.2 percent -- a post-World War II high, according to the Labor Dept. -- meaning millions of Americans are staring at the likelihood that
Source:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/business/the_dead_end_kids_AnwaWNOGqsXMuIlGONNX1K
It's hard for the lay person to wrap one's brain around the rise or fall of GDP, new residential sales, money supply, and other traditional economic indicators.
Ok, this doesn't mean serve food and drinks folks. This is equal opportunity, the way it should be. Nancy Duff Campbell, an advocate for expanding the role of women in the U.S. armed forces, said it would be easy to resolve problems associated with so-called "hot-bunking."
Source:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090928/od_nm/us_submarines_women_odd
