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| » Now they're after your car cellphone |
(I guess I'm just too stupid but I could NOT figure out how to post a new topic in a thread over at the new site. So, I came back here where I
know what the heck I am doing....sorta.)
Michelle Malkin
New York Post
November 19, 2010
I'm not a big cell phone user (21 minutes out of my 600 last month) and I almost NEVER use it while driving BUT I do use it when Mr. Maverick is
driving. If this idiotic idea becomes the law then I would not even be able to do THAT. Besides, I do NOT want the government telling me that I can
or cannot use my cell phone whenever and wherever I want.
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Making the cable-TV rounds to unveil a Public-service-announcement campaign against "epidemic" cellphone use and texting on the road, Transportation
Secretary Ray LaHood revealed bizarre and alarming plans on Wednesday to install devices in cars that would block a driver's ability to communicate.
"There's a lot of technology out there now that can disable phones, and we're looking at that," he warned. LaHood -- a liberal Republican and
pork-addicted Chicago crony who embodies Obama "bipartisanship" -- envisions centralized government mechanisms to shut off commuters' BlackBerries
and iPhones.
And that's just the start. "We need to do a lot more if we're going to save lives,"
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I didn't have the word space to quote it but check out the next to last paragraph listing some of the other idiotic ideas this guy wants to impose on
the country.
I predict that as addicted as MOST people are to their cellphones, blackberries etc. if this idea actually is placed into effect there will be
screaming to high heavens by people who normally love big government and their taking of personal rights because THIS would hit where it would hurt
and inconvenience THEM.
Link
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| » New Jersey Auditor Questions $27 Light Bulbs Billed Under Stimulus Program |
New Jersey Auditor Questions $27 Light Bulbs Billed Under Stimulus Program
By Dunstan McNichol - Nov 12, 2010 1:16 PM PT
Bloomberg.com
| Quote: | Contractors billed New Jersey $27 for light bulbs, and ran up tens of thousands of dollars in other “unreasonable costs” on a
$119 million weatherization program funded with U.S. stimulus money, the state auditor said.
Out of $613,600 in charges reviewed, $54,000, or 8.8 percent, was deemed unreasonable by Auditor Stephen Eells, according to a Nov. 8 report to
lawmakers. The audit examined program oversight by the state Community Affairs Department.
One contractor sought $27 for light bulbs, while another billed $1.50 for similar items, according to the report and Assistant Auditor Thomas
Meseroll. Another vendor charged $75 for carbon-monoxide detectors that it had provided to a different program for $22, the report said. Eells also
cited $32,700 in auditing fees when “no services had been performed” and $69,000 in construction costs that couldn’t be verified. |
And unlike the legendary $400 toilet seats for the space shuttle, these light bulbs didn't have to be space-qualified or work in zero gravity.
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| » Podesta calls on Obama to circumvent Congress |
By Matthew Boyle
The Daily Caller
Published: 2:47 AM 11/17/2010 | Updated: 4:49 AM 11/17/2010
Link to article.
| Quote: | Former President Bill Clinton’s chief of staff John Podesta, now the head of the Center for American Progress, called on
President Obama to push forward with his agenda using federal agencies and executive branch power Tuesday, even though Democrats were dealt a blow in
the recent midterm elections. Podesta said the American people want the president to move forward with his agenda.
“I think most of the conversation since the election has been about how President Obama adjusts to the new situation on Capitol Hill,” Podesta said.
“While that’s an important conversation, it simply ignores the president’s ability to use all levels of his power and authority to move the country
forward.”
Citing his experience in Clinton’s White House after the GOP House takeover of 1994, Podesta said Obama’s administration “can and should take” the
specific measures detailed in a report released by the Center for American Progress, utilizing all the tools at its disposal to circumvent Congress in
a way to keep his agenda moving forward. |
Outrageous??? YES.
Unexpected? NO.
 
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| » Obama's Prospects for Russia Arms Pact Fade |
Published November 17, 2010
| Associated Press / Fox News
Link to article.
| Quote: | WASHINGTON -- An agreement between the United States and Russia to slash their nuclear arsenals was in danger of collapse after
an influential Republican senator said Tuesday it should not be voted on this year.
With a terse statement, Sen. Jon Kyl dealt a major setback to President Barack Obama's
efforts to improve ties with Russia and to his broader strategy for reducing nuclear arms worldwide. The treaty, known as New START, had been seen as
one of Obama's top foreign policy accomplishments.
Without the support of Kyl, the leading Republican voice on the treaty, Democrats have little hope of securing at least eight Republican votes -- the
minimum they would need for ratification in the current Senate. |
Sen. Kyl's statement:
| Quote: | | “When Majority Leader Harry Reid asked me if I thought the treaty could be considered in the lame duck session, I replied I did
not think so given the combination of other work Congress must do and the complex and unresolved issues related to START and modernization. I
appreciate the recent effort by the Administration to address some of the issues that we have raised and I look forward to continuing to work with
Senator Kerry, DOD, and DOE officials.” |
SOURCE.
Good for Senator Kyl. It is time to put this talk of a START treaty to rest....
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| » Angry left to Obama: Stop caving on agenda |
By Sam Youngman
The Hill.com
11/16/10 06:00 AM ET
Link to article.
| Quote: | | Liberals furious with a White House they view as constantly telegraphing compromise with Republicans are pressuring President
Obama to get tougher, arguing that is the only way he will win both progressives and independents in 2012. |
| Quote: | The
White House “fundamentally” doesn’t get that “the only way to get Republicans to deal in good faith is to fight them, crush them and teach a lesson
that if Republicans are on the wrong side of an issue there will be consequences ... so it makes sense to negotiate,” Green said.
“Right now, every time Republicans are on the opposite side of an issue from the public, it’s the Democrats who cave and talk about ‘compromise.’ It’s
ridiculous.” |
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Even his own people don't like him anymore. 
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