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Silly Christians Praying For Cheap Gasoline

Radiofreeeuropa — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:01:07 EDT

Rockville preacher Rocky Twyman started this goofiness in April, annoying station owners and managers in D.C.- and prices began rising rapidly. Undeterred, he has spread his dumb movement to places like Florida and Ohio. Wherever his prayerful dupes show up, gas prices rise even faster. Guess how he tops this!

Channel: Religion Tags: Religion Oil Idiocy Buffoonery Get a brain pal

Fourth of July care packages en route to soldiers

AlphaGnosis — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:49:30 EDT

The effort raised $1.5 million for packages for the tens of thousands of soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, which will mean "thousands and thousands" of packages being dispatched so they arrive in time for the 4th of July.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: Fourth of July care packages en route soldiers 1.5 million

Romney: Obama Shows 'Frightening Naivete'

AlphaGnosis — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:36:37 EDT

Barack Obama's approach to the war on terror shows "frightening naivetÃ;Â©. Even the peaceniks of the last decade have recognized that the pre-911 thinking of the early 1990s was wrong," Romney says.

Channel: Politics Tags: Mitt Romney Obama shows frightening naivete

EXCLUSIVE: Rush Signs thru 2016; $400Mil deal shatters records

AlphaGnosis — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:40:12 EDT

The American broadcast industry is rocked, realigned and blasted into a new orbit, yet again, by Rush Limbaugh, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.

Channel: Celebrities Tags: Exclusive Rush Limbaugh signs 2016 400 million deal shatters broadcast records

Gallup Poll Finds Lowest Confidence Numbers Ever

bigurn — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:44:48 EDT

A recent Gallup Poll showed the level of confidence of average people in various groups and institutions. The current Congress finished dead last, and broke the record for the lowest level of confidence ever found.

Channel: Do No Evil Tags: gallup poll congress confidence

Fort Myers gas station melee reportedly started at Cape Coral teen night

libsRfunny — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:24:21 EDT

A 200-person melee at a Fort Myers gas station early Monday morning started over a pack of cigarettes... Six people, including two teenagers, were arrested in connection with the incident, in which the large crowd gathered to watch as at least five females and one male were using sticks, pipes and other blunt objects to strike a vehicle...

Channel: News Tags: Fort. Myers stolen cigarettes teen night melee arrests

Barack Obama, Male Chauvinist Pig

AlphaGnosis — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:33:17 EDT

Obama's for Equal Pay, yet pays female staffers less than males.

Channel: Politics Tags: Barack Obama male chauvinist pig

Climb Aboard The Bush Bus!

Radiofreeeuropa — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:55:33 EDT

The "Bush Legacy Bus", an enormous bio-fuel-powered mobile museum is set to tour the country for the next several months and showcase an exhibit on the missteps and abuses of the Bush administration.

Channel: Politics Tags: Bush Buffoonery Republican failures The Tragic Bus Bush Legacy

McCains Defaulted On Home Taxes For Last Four Years, Newsweek Reports

TheVisionary — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:41:06 EDT

Newsweek is set to publish a highly embarrassing report on Sen. John McCain, revealing that the McCains have failed to pay taxes on their beach-front condo in La Jolla, California, for the last four years and are currently in default, The Huffington Post has learned.

Channel: Politics Tags: john mccain republicans taxes tax breaks

Let Muslims share the stage

omerazam — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 16:35:56 EDT

Recently two Muslim women in headscarves were moved from their seats behind Barack Obama's stage where they would have been visible on video monitors.

Channel: Politics Tags: Barack Obama Muslims

The Worst Day of Hillary's Life

Nixie — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:39:27 EDT

Hillary Clinton standing off to the side while Obama is at the podium up there in Unity, New Hampshire, and she's got her hands clasped, and she is just looking at him so admiringly, and I don't believe for a minute she is admiring or enjoying whatever is going on. This is all about $10 million being raised.

Channel: Politics Tags: Hillary Clinton Barack Obama Money Unity Bad Day

Warren Buffett Knocks Obama Over Oil Profits Tax

bigurn — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:15:31 EDT

Warren Buffett is a liberal, and a capitalist. He's here in video explaining the fallacy of the oil company windfall profits tax that was supported by Barack Obama

Channel: Politics Tags: oil Obama Warren Buffett profit tax

Bill Clinton 'committed to' Obama

SunnyDays — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:24:19 EDT

Former US President Bill Clinton has announced for the first time his support of fellow Democrat Barack Obama's bid for the White House.

Channel: Politics Tags: Bill Clinton committed Obama

Obama's Presidental Seal Thrown Under The Bus

bigurn — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 17:14:57 EDT

OK, who called it first? Obama drops the Presidential-looking seal after the press politely tells him it looks a skosh egotistical. This is what the Germans call "schadenfreude" - enjoying someone else's misfortune.

Channel: Politics Tags: Obama Presidential Seal Called Egotistical

3 in 10 Americans Admit to Race Bias

Aidenag — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 03:08:14 EDT

As Sen. Barack Obama opens his campaign as the first African American on a major party presidential ticket, nearly half of all Americans say race relations in the country are in bad shape and three in 10 acknowledge feelings of racial prejudice, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Channel: Politics Tags: Barack Obama Race Bigotry Racism 2008 election Politics

The Two Obama

bigurn — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 17:27:38 EDT

The New York Times thinks Republicans are running against the wrong Obama.

Channel: Politics Tags: Obama New York Times general election campaign

McClellan under oath: I Dunno

pc25 — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:16:48 EDT

Well, I'm sure Congress feels like they accomplished something today with their interrogation of former White House press secretary Scott McClellan. After making a series of inflated allegations in his memoirs, What Happened, he told Congress that he really doesn't know what happened

Channel: Politics Tags: congressional testimony valerie plame george bush scott mcclellan

Lawsuit Filed Over 'I Believe' License Plates in S.C.

Neophile — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:05:27 EDT

A group that advocates separation of church and state filed a federal lawsuit Thursday to prevent South Carolina from becoming the first state to create "I Believe" license plates.

Channel: Religion Tags: license plates separation church and state lawsuit

Overlooked: Obama's Anti-Smear Site

Dakota — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:30:47 EDT

Last week, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's campaign launched a new website solely dedicated to debunking untruths about his life. Called Fight The Smears, the site is laid out in a clean, simple style: it lists each rumor, then neatly debunks it.

Channel: Politics Tags: obama

Muslims barred from picture at Obama event

AlphaGnosis — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:36:37 EDT

Two Muslim women at Barack Obama's rally in Detroit Monday were barred from sitting behind the podium by campaign volunteers seeking to prevent the women's headscarves from appearing in photographs or on television with the candidate.

Channel: Politics Tags: Muslims barred picture Obama event discrimination

'This is our version of Katrina,' Iowa resident says

hotdrhot — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:08:31 EDT

In Iowa City, more than 200 homes were evacuated as the Iowa River jumped its banks. "This is our version of Katrina," Johnson County Emergency Management spokesman Mike Sullivan said in Iowa City.

Channel: News Tags: iowa city homes evacuate river banks version katrina spokesman management

Global Warming and $4 Gas

AlphaGnosis — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 10:54:23 EDT

You may want to give credit where credit is due to Al Gore and his global warming campaign the next time you fill your car with gasoline, because there is a direct connection between Global Warming and four dollar a gallon gas.

Channel: Science Tags: Global warming four dollar gas Al Gore fraud scam

Army Spreads Partisan Attacks Against Obama

Aidenag — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:00:26 EDT

The Army's public affairs office publishes a daily roundup of Army-related news called "Stand To". Tuesday's edition contained an entry that struck me as unusual -- both for its headline and its patent political bias: "Obama: World peace thru surrender."

Channel: Politics Tags: Barack Obama Military Army Partisan Politics 2008 election

It's Getting Crowded Under Obama's Bus

AlphaGnosis — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:46:21 EDT

On Tuesday, Barack Obama faced the glare of the cameras and tried to deal with what was rapidly becoming one of those "distractions" he so despises.

Channel: Politics Tags: getting crowded under obamas bus

Michelle Obama, Cindy McCain are study in contrast

libsRfunny — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:44:19 EDT

Michelle Obama and Cindy McCain share a dislike of rough-edged U.S. politics. Each tried to talk her spouse out of running for the White House.

Channel: Politics Tags: Cindy McCain Michelle Obama

Obama Supports Housing Bill Creating National Fingerprint Registry

libsRfunny — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 16:31:48 EDT

Sens. Diane Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) authored a bill (with 11 co-sponsors, including Sen. Barack Obama) that was incorporated into a housing bill passed by the Senate Banking Committee 19-2 before the Memorial Day recess Ã¢â;¬" a bill that creates a national fingerprint registry.

Channel: Politics Tags: Obama Feinstein National Fingerprint registry U.S. Senate

Oil Prices Average Sets New Record

dailynewsus — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 09:57:53 EDT

Oil prices average up 2 cents overnight. In California a gallon can cost up to $4.43.

Channel: Autos Tags: oil prices gas prices fuel prices auto economy

Obama denies a rumor and questions the question

Aidenag — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:28:54 EDT

Sen. Barack Obama on Thursday batted down rumors circulating on the Internet and mentioned on some cable news shows of the existence of a video of his wife using a derogatory term for white people, and criticized a reporter for asking him about the rumor, which has not a shred of evidence to support it.

Channel: Politics Tags: Barack OBama Michelle Obama 2008 election Politics False Rumor