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POS Obuma Plans Campaign To Enlist Moms To Nag You
To Buy Insurance Through Obumacare

(The stench of desperation is overpowering)

Via Washington Post:

The Obama administration and its allies need lots of healthy young adults to sign up for insurance this fall to make the president's health-care law successful.

So they are going after their moms.

They put up Web ads on Facebook and Allrecipes.com alongside slogans such as "Moms know best: 'Get yourself health insurance.' " They have enlisted the help of parent-activist groups such as Moms Rising, which has already begun mobilizing its vast network of more than 1 million members and 3 million e-mail subscribers on behalf of the health-care law.

They are collaborating with Elle and Cosmopolitan magazines, organizing mom-oriented wine-and-cheese parties and preparing commercials that will run during shows popular with mothers, such as "Good Morning America." And soon, they plan to deploy first lady Michelle Obama, the nation's mother in chief, who has already put her stamp on health-care with her anti-obesity "Let's Move!" campaign. [...]

The White House is aiming initially to sign up 2.7 million healthy young adults for coverage. Young men especially are cheap to insure and are therefore critical to keeping the law on a good financial footing.

As it stands, however, advocates worry that young men will forgo insurance and instead pay the fine, which begins at $95 for the first year.

As a result, insurers, advocates, hospitals and others eager to see the law succeed are mounting costly campaigns to persuade people, particularly young and healthy ones, to buy insurance. And many see mothers as a potent part of that effort.

"In the end, it will be the moms of America who are going to decide if their families get coverage," said Celinda Lake, a Democratic pollster who has conducted focus groups for health exchanges in three states. "They will decide and then insist their children and husbands sign up."

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Headline Of The Day

Update: Obama's Brilliant Idea For A "Smarter" Government: Use Google

Does this mean he's going to step down?

Via Reuters

(Update: Brilliant... the man is a genius)

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Oh Boy... Good News!  White House Says Obuma Will Pivot
Back To The Economy For The 298th Time

(The CLOWN of a million pivots)

Via Washington Post:

With several controversies fading and a period of intense foreign travel over, President Obama is narrowing his focus this summer to two issues, immigration and the economy, that could help determine the success or failure of his second term. [...]

The president also plans a series of summertime events focused on steps the government can take to drive economic growth, aides said. Many in the White House see a Sept. 30 deadline to renew government funding as probably the last opportunity for Obama to scale back the deep domestic spending cuts known as sequestration before the 2014 midterm elections.

The two-pronged focus comes after months of firefighting and distractions for Obama, who spent the first half of the year forming a new Cabinet and zig-zagging from one issue to another, including an unsuccessful bid for new gun regulations. The spring also brought a spate of controversies that raised questions about the administration's credibility, forcing the president to address why IRS employees scrutinized conservative groups and whether the government was spying on millions of Americans.

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Obuma Bootlicker David Letterman In Ratings Freefall...
Falls To Third Place In Key Demo Behind Jimmy Kimmel

(I'm sure he lost more than a few viewers when he declared
MSNBC's pompous elitist Rachel Maddow
"the smartest person in all of journalism")

Via Variety:

He's a little more than six months away from passing the "Tonight Show" baton — again — but Jay Leno is very much still on his game ratings-wise.

In Nielsen numbers for the second quarter of this year, NBC's "Tonight Show With Jay Leno" was easily the top-rated hour in latenight. ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" ranked second in key demos for a second straight quarter in its new, earlier timeslot and remains the youngest-skewing of the 11:35 p.m. talkshows.

Letterman's "Late Show" on CBS, meanwhile, continues to head in the opposite direction and logged one of its weakest quarterly performances on record. The program was down from last year in virtually every category except adults 50 and older.

Overall, NBC remains dominant in latenight, with "Tonight Show" and "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" winning all four half-hours from 11:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. in all 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 demos as well as total viewers. Leno and Fallon beat their CBS competition head to head by their largest margins in four years.

Nielsen estimates that Leno, who will wrap his second stint as host of "The Tonight Show" in mid-winter, averaged 1.08 million adults 18-49 for the April 1-June 30 second quarter — up  8% from last year. "Jimmy Kimmel Live" (885,000 viewers in the demo) ranked second and was up 25% from its average in a later timeslot last year, while "Late Show with David Letterman" slid 13% to 777,000.

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("Smell?... I just sh!t my pants. They don't call me 'Dirty Harry' for nuthin'")

Senate Democrats are considering invoking the so-called "nuclear option," which would curb the minority party's use of the filibuster and prevent Republicans from blocking presidential nominations.

Senate Majority Leader [Dirty Harry] Reid, D-Nev., signaled privately to President Obama that he may change Senate rules this month so it would take only 51 votes — instead of the current 60 — to approve judicial and executive branch nominees.

Democrats now control 55 Senate votes. Republicans have 45, but the GOP often still asserts itself by using the filibuster to keep nominations or legislation from coming to a vote.

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PETA = "People for the Extermination Treatment of Animals"

(These are the same damn people who complain when someone swats a freakin' fly
and then they kill all the cats and dogs they can get their hands on)

Via Washington Times:

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals puts to sleep an estimated 2,000 dogs and cats each year, a new report finds.

The New York Times found that the animal rights group kills far more each year than it places for adoption. Last year, only 19 were adopted from its shelter; the year before, it was 24.

The statistic comes as no-kill shelters around the nation have made great gains in adoptions. In New York alone, for instance, the kill statistic for sheltered animals fell from 31,701 in 2003 to 8,252 in 2012 —  meaning that more and more animals are being placed in homes rather than euthanized, Newser reported.

BUT... PETA's shelters haven't made such great strides in the no-kill trend.

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$614,615 Of Your Tax Dollars Hard At Work...
Building A Smart Grid In.... Kazakhstan?

(Very nice!  Your hard earned Tax Dollars at work)

Via AmSpec:
The United States Trade and Development Agency is currently offering a number of exciting business opportunities for private companies interested in spending public dollars on projects in foreign countries! My personal favorite is the $614,615 grant to develop smart grid technology for make benefit glorious nation of Kazakhstan. Very nice! And $455,000 for something called "Mexico: Puebla ITS Technologies Feasibility Study."

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Obuma Wishes His Fellow Muslims A Happy Ramadan

(Sorry, couldn't resist with the headline)

"What the hell is that, Dafiya?"

POS Obuma today issued a statement commemorating the Muslim holiday of Ramadan, offering his "best wishes" to communities celebrating across the globe.

Via The Hill:

"For the world's 1.5 billion Muslims, Ramadan is a time for thoughtful reflection, fasting and devotion.  It is also an opportunity for family and friends to come together and celebrate the principles that bind people of different faiths – a commitment to peace, justice, equality and compassion towards our fellow human beings," Obama said. "These bonds are far stronger than the differences that too often drive us apart."

The president added that the month "reminds us that freedom, dignity and opportunity are the undeniable rights of all mankind," subtly acknowledging the strife in Egypt and the Middle East. On Monday, more than 50 protesters were killed and 300 more were injured in a showdown between Muslim Brotherhood supporters and military forces in Egypt.

"We reflect on these universal values at a time when many citizens across the Middle East and North Africa continue to strive for these basic rights and as millions of refugees mark Ramadan far from their homes," Obama said. "The United States stands with those who are working to build a world where all people can write their own future and practice their faith freely, without fear of violence."

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Major Newspapers Reject Pro-Life Ad,
Image Of Baby "Too Controversial"

(The baby... yes, that's a REAL baby... in the ad (seen above) is 20-weeks-old, the same age POS TX Demo-rat Wendy Davis filibustered for 12 hours to ensure could still be aborted)

Via LifeSiteNews:
http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/major-papers-reject-pro-life-ad-image-of-baby-too-controversial?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+LifesitenewscomLatestHeadlines+%28LifeSiteNews.com+Latest+Headlines%29

July 3, 2013 (LiveActionNews) - A national pro-life organization is outraged after three major American newspapers rejected a pro-life ad as "too controversial."

The Chicago Tribune, USA Today, and the LA Times refused to run an advertisement created by Heroic Media.

The ad features a hand holding a 20- to 24-week-old baby with the quote, "This child has no voice, which is why it depends on yours. Speak Up."

Heroic Media Executive Director Joe Young said he was shocked and angered that the media outlets were willing to talk about the issue but were unwilling to show the reality of life at 20 weeks.

"I am disturbed that these papers would run article after article promoting the notion that abortion is a victimless act without consequences," Young said. "The fact remains, children who are unique individuals – never again to be duplicated – are being killed in the most violent way imaginable and they feel the excruciating pain of that death."

The newspapers took issue with the image of the baby.

"It seems as though it is okay to talk about the issue in general, but when you actually put a face to the discussion, then it becomes controversial," Young said.

Last week after the House passed the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act, Heroic Media put out a statement requesting that the pro-life community contact their senators and encourage them to consider and support the Act.

"Americans deserve to know the truth about the children sentenced to die for no fault of their own and that we have a chance to spare some of them through this legislation," Young said.

The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act prevents an abortionist from performing an abortion at or after 20 weeks, based on empirical scientific medical evidence that proves that unborn babies can feel pain. Science shows that at eight weeks after fertilization, the unborn child reacts to touch, and at 20 weeks, the unborn baby responds to what would be felt as pain.

The image shows a 20- to 24-week-old baby in a person's hands. Heroic Media's goal was to show what life looks like at 20 weeks. The non-profit organization has resubmitted the ad with a different image, now one of a 20-week-old baby in utero.

The Chicago Tribune has now agreed to run the ad with the second image as long as Heroic Media indicates that it is an advertisement.

"Our hope is that the American public begins to advance this debate with both the mother and child in mind," Young said.

Heroic Media is a non-profit whose mission is to educate the public in general and reach women facing unplanned pregnancies with life-affirming alternatives through the use of mass media, such as television commercials, internet outreach, and billboards.

"This issue, the late-term killing of developing children, is one that should be addressed in the U.S. Senate, and we encourage our fellow citizens to let their Senators know our desire to see that happen," Young said.

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NAACP Demands Florida Country Remove Painting Of Robert E. Lee, Calls Him A "Symbol Of Racism"

(Never mind the fact that Lee is considered one of the greatest military minds in history and who opposed slavery.  Lincoln offered Lee command of a Union army,btw.  James X. Muwakkil... name sounds very suspicious... I do know he has two arrest records and a bankruptcy.  Typical of the southern NAACP)

Via Washington Times:

The president of an NAACP branch in Florida has petitioned members of the Lee County Commission to take down a painting of Gen. Robert E. Lee, calling the former Confederate leader a historic symbol of racism.

Lee County was named after the general in 1887 — 22 years after the Civil War wrapped, the Fort Myers News-Press said.

But James X. Muwakkil, of the Lee County chapter of the NAACP, said the painting, which has hung in the county commission's meeting room for years, divides the community.

"That painting is a symbol of racism. It's a symbol of divisiveness, and it doesn't unify Lee County. It divides Lee County," Mr. Muwakkil said in a letter, the News-Press reported.

County Commissioner Larry Kiker said the commission would have to hold a public meeting on the issue.

"I would be looking for thoughtful conversation based upon the historical value and why it was put there to begin with, mainly because I don't know too much about it," he told the News-Press reported.

The painting hails back decades. The county's commissioners in 1929 asked Virginia lawmakers to help them get a portrait of Lee, the paper reported.