Jerry Brown says he'd be a frugal governor (Would Cut Public Employees' Pensions If Elected)
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Jerry Brown says he'd be a frugal governorCarla Marinucci, Chronicle Political Writer September 3, 2010 07:33 PM (09-03) 19:33 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- Jerry Brown said Friday that if elected governor he would have to "do things that labor doesn't like," including cutting pension benefits for public employees and asking labor leaders to "put everything on the table" to get California's bloated budget under control. "If you're looking for frugality, I'm your man," the California attorney general and former two-term governor said in a meeting with The Chronicle's editorial board. When he was governor from 1975 to 1983, he said,...
Published on Monday 6th of September 2010 08:12:42 AM
Is Jerry Nadler still a socialist?
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New York Democratic Congressman Jerry Nadler is chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. [caption id="attachment_768" align="alignright" width="162" caption="Rep. Jerry Nadler"][/caption] In 2009, while serving in that role Nadler effectively halted a bill to deny Federal funding to the besieged radical "community group" ACORN;, on the grounds that it was an unconstitutional "Bill of Attainder". A little while ago, the House passed an amendment to the bill that we were considering that says no contract or federal funds may ever go to ACORN, a named organization, or to any individual or organization affiliated...
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ABC Gives Jerry Brown Platform to Declare Whitman Dangerous, ‘Soul of California is at Stake'
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ABC anchor Diane Sawyer greeted Meg Whitman’s victory in California’s Republican gubernatorial primary by putting forward Democrat Jerry Brown as the savior protecting the nation against Whitman becoming Governor. “Jerry Brown told us today, he wants the country to know that he sees this as an epic duel in California between the politics of ideas and the power of money,” Sawyer warned from Los Angeles in setting up an interview with Brown aired on Wednesday’s World News. Sawyer later relayed how Brown “believes the soul of California is at stake.”Condemning Whitman’s spending on ads, Brown charged
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Pro-Jerry Brown groups opposing Meg Whitman join forces
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Two Democrat-backed groups formed to back Jerry Brown and oppose Republican Meg Whitman in the gubernatorial race announced today that they will join forces and combine resources ahead of the general election. The Democratic Governors Association, which had launched the anti-Whitman California Accountability Project is joining the effort of California Working Families for Jerry Brown for Governor, a committee backed by labor unions including California Professional Firefighters, SEIU State Council and the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California. "Now, as the primary draws to an end, we must turn our focus to ensuring Democrats take back the California...
Published on Monday 6th of September 2010 08:12:42 AM
Jerry Pearce The Radio Detective and Conservative
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Many of you remember The Radio Detective Show from KMJ radio in Fresno every Sunday night for years. Jerry now dows a daily 3 hour show from 12 AM to 3 AM. You won't find a more conservative voice anywhere. Jerry's over 70 and his show just started again. If his ratings improve, his time slot will improve. Pass this info around and check out his archive and download this morning's show. His guest is a real hero from Vietnam.
Published on Monday 6th of September 2010 08:12:42 AM
PETA Urges Ben & Jerry's To Use Human Milk
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VERMONT -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter to Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, cofounders of Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., urging them to replace cow's milk they use in their ice cream products with human breast milk, according to a statement recently released by a PETA spokeswoman. "PETA's request comes in the wake of news reports that a Swiss restaurant owner will begin purchasing breast milk from nursing mothers and substituting breast milk for 75 percent of the cow's milk in the food he serves," the statement says. PETA officials say a move to human...
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Fresh Hare ("cartoon animals who cheerfully wish tobe consumed")
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Is this the fate of Bugs Bunny? Suicide Food is a blog that tracks food marketing that depicts animals (usually cartoon animals) who cheerfully wish to be consumed, cataloging all the real life Cluckin’ Chicken’s out there. They’ve just done a post on a Spanish fresh rabbit meat market using a grotesque amateur sign picturing Bugs Bunny’s head on a skinned rabbit carcass as a come on. Yeeeeecccchhh! (Thanks, Doran Gaston)
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Ben and Jerry Endorse Barack Obama for President - (Let's name a new ice cream)
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In honor of the below article, which I've cut and pasted so we don't give him unnecessary hits, I suggest Ben and Jerry issue a new ice cream flavor. I also suggest we name it, along with the flavor, to help them in this endeavor.. Burlington, VT – Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, co-founders of Ben and Jerry’s, publically announced their endorsement of Barack Obama for President today. Joined by U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy, the former John Edwards supporters said they believe Barack Obama is the best candidate to unite America and finally tackle the challenges facing our nation. “Barack...
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Tank on joining Cowboys: 'I know that I'm not a risk'
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IRVING, Texas (AP) -- There was no vow to become "Man of the Year" this time. Tank Johnson simply said Wednesday he is looking forward to resuming his career with the Dallas Cowboys. "I know that I'm not a risk," he said. "I'm a highly intelligent person and I take pride in a lot of things I do in life. Just like any other human being, I'm going to make mistakes and I've made mistakes. As far as the risk goes, I'm coming to Dallas to be a productive defensive lineman and to solidify what (team owner) Jerry Jones thinks...
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Statement from Pat Robertson Regarding the Passing of Jerry Falwell
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My wife and I have sent our condolences to Macel Falwell and her family. Jerry has been a tower of strength on many of the moral issues which have confronted our nation. Liberty University is a magnificent accomplishment and will prove a lasting legacy. Jerry’s courage and strength of convictions will be sadly missed in this time of increasing moral relativism. I join with the tens of thousands of his friends to mourn the passing of this extraordinary human being.
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Judge tosses suit against Jerry Brown (Attorney General Moonbeam alert)
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Judge tosses suit against Jerry Brown Greg Lucas, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau Saturday, February 10, 2007 (02-10) 04:00 PST Sacramento -- A Superior Court judge tossed out a lawsuit Friday claiming Jerry Brown was not qualified to serve as state attorney general because he had not practiced law for all of the five years prior to his election in November. Superior Court Judge Gail Ohanesian rejected the lawsuit, saying that while Brown had chosen to let his membership in the State Bar of California be "inactive" from 1997 through April 2003, he was still eligible to practice law and had been...
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Howie Carr Column & Live Thread 12/22/06
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Today's Howie Carr column follows. Howie's last show of this year is today--I believe he's taking all of next week off to go to Florida (including a Christmas Day gig on Fox and Friends, IIRC). Maybe fill-ins and best ofs next week. WRKO listeners: I've heard Mo Lauzier is scheduled to play Jerry Williams' reading of A Child's Christmas in Wales tomorrow (Sat 23rd) between 9 and 10 am. I don't know if Howie would play it though he may have in the past. (It's 22 minutes long)
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Kerry Blasts Name-Calling by Wal-Mart Backer
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Democrats are calling on Wal-Mart to repudiate a statement by a talk show host and Wal-Mart proponent likening the party's leading lawmakers to members of a terrorist group, Hezbollah. In a column published Tuesday, the commentator, Herman Cain, repeatedly used the term "Hezbocrats." Mr. Cain defined them as "a roaming band of militant guerrillas seeking their party's 2008 nomination for president" and said they were lobbing "rhetorical bombs at Wal-Mart."
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Republican Liberty Caucus (RLC) of Texas 2006 Convention
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| Home | Principles | Purpose | Newsletter | Events | Candidates | Contact Us | Join Us | REPUBLICAN LIBERTY CAUCUS (RLC) OF TEXAS 2006 CONVENTION - SUNDAY 8/20 - TEXAS CITY, TEXAS (Near Houston and Galveston) Please renew your RLC membership! So that you may attend the RLC Convention - Vision for the Future and Officer Elections... toward the end of the Ron Paul BBQ Bash. RENEW OR BECOME member! The Republican Liberty Caucus (RLC) of Texas is holding its scheduled convention on Sunday, August 20th in conjunction with Congressman Ron Paul's annual BBQ Bash in Texas City, Texas. This is our 2006 RLC Convention and elections will be held toward the end...
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FBI looks into Crow Canyon horse boarders' 'ALF' graffiti incidents
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CROW CANYON - Alameda County Sheriff's deputies are trying to find out who sprayed the initials "ALF," along with some other graffiti, first discovered Saturday at a Castro Valley horse boarding ranch. "ALF" could stand for Animal Liberation Front, a group that goes after organizations and corporations they suspect of animal abuse. ALF has been called a terrorist group by the FBI. But Sheriff's Lt. Bill Gaudinier said neither his office nor the FBI have yet connected group members to the vandalism. Sheriff's investigators also have not ruled out involvement by that group. The first example of graffiti was reported...
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They came for Jerry first
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I guess I’m sort of glad that the mullahs from Iran have finally outed Tom and Jerry and the real meaning behind their intrepid hijinx, dialogue and Jerry’s episodic escapes from Tom’s sadistic clutches.
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Mom Left Children Alone for Springer Show
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A woman got a 30-day jail sentence for leaving her three young children home alone for several hours while she and her boyfriend attended a videotaping of "The Jerry Springer Show." Shannon Cook, 25, pleaded guilty earlier this week to misdemeanor child endangerment. She also was placed on probation for a year. The two girls and one boy, all under the age of 4, have been placed in foster homes... Police said Cook left the children alone at a suburban home Oct. 19 while she and her boyfriend went to Chicago for the taping. About five hours later, the two...
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Hall of Fame Phony
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Hall Of Fame Phony By Jason Maoz For those who still — despite nearly three years’ worth of examples that prove the contrary — are inclined to believe that the Democratic party and the mainstream media (but the Monitor repeats itself) are not guilty of crass political maneuvering on the Iraq war, perhaps this week’s column will serve to pierce the fog. Liberal Massachusetts senator and failed presidential candidate John Kerry spoke earlier this month to the Council on Foreign Relations and delivered the now familiar Democratic talking points against the war and for a significant withdrawal of U.S. troops...
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Falwell’s faithful put Hub on notice: Don’t diss Christmas
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Jerry Falwell and an army of conservative lawyers drew a line in the snow yesterday, warning Boston and other cities: Don’t mess with Christmas. And even before the first volley was fired, City Hall caved. Just after a top lawyer for the conservative Liberty Counsel blasted the Hub’s annual “holiday tree” ceremony, a Menino administration official scrambled to do damage control. “This is a Christmas tree,” Boston Parks Commissioner Toni Pollak insisted about the Nova Scotia spruce the city will light Dec. 1 on historic Boston Common. “It’s definitely a Christmas tree.” However, the city’s official Web site refers to...
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U.S. Marine Rtd. Jerry Patterson (TX CHL) is in Crawford. Hoo-yah!
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Anymouse saw and talked to Jerry Patterson walking up the road in Crawford. Born in Houston, Texas on November 15, 1946 Jerry Patterson has devoted his life to public service. He served his country as a U.S. Marine for over twenty years and served as state Senator for six. Recently, he has also served as state relations director for the American Red Cross. As State Senator from District 11, Patterson’s major legislative successes included passage of the historic concealed handgun law, a constitutional amendment allowing home equity lending, the state coastal management plan and the creation of the Texas State...
Published on Monday 6th of September 2010 08:12:42 AM
Ethnic Cleansing At Air America Radio
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I guess this should be filed in the "Washington Politics" thread ... I'm an African American registered Democrat. I don't mind giving conservative Republicans hell when they deserve it. But unlike many conservative, I don't mind speaking out against my Party when I think they are wrong and encouraging them to do the right thing. Anyway, white liberals are having fits about the article posted below, which was written by me and published on my blog, in Black newspapers across the country, and at the liberal Daily Kos blog. I'm posting the article here because I'd like to have some...
Published on Monday 6th of September 2010 08:12:42 AM
Jerry Falwell in Critical Condition
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Jerry Falwell in Critical Condition U.S. National - AP By BOB LOWRY, Associated Press Writer LYNCHBURG, Va. - The Rev. Jerry Falwell was hospitalized in critical condition Tuesday, battling his second case of viral pneumonia in just five weeks, hospital and church officials said. Falwell, 71, was admitted to Lynchburg General Hospital shortly before midnight Monday suffering from "respiratory arrest," the hospital said in a statement. He was put on a ventilator and stabilized but remained in critical condition, the hospital said. "He's resting comfortably and in stable condition," said Ron Godwin, Falwell's executive assistant. "It's a recurrence of the...
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Robert Strong Offered CBS No Support for Memo Claims
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On Wednesday CBS 60-Minutes II had a former friend and colleague of Col. Jerry Killian suggesting the "Killian memo's were genuine. "They are compatible with the way business was done at the time. They are compatible with the man that I remember Jerry Killian being," says Strong. "I don't see anything in the documents that is discordant with what were the times, what was the situation and what were the people involved." On a Friday Mr. Strong said he did not see anything in the memos that made him think they were forgeries. Mr. Strong noted he's not a...
Published on Monday 6th of September 2010 08:12:42 AM
Compare this Democrat.com Doc with the CBS Fakes
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Would appear some democrat by the name of coldfeet has made very similar documents as those CBS used. Notice the use use of the superscript in the below sample document. A article on Bush AWOL on democrat.com that was written in 2000 links to it (a href=http://www.democrats.com/display.cfm?id=157>Click Here.) Let me paste a background quote from the page here: As Marty Heldt points out in TomPaine.com, a document entitled "Military Biography of George Walker Bush" shows that Bush was subsequently assigned to headquarters in Denver from October 2, 1973 to November 21, 1974. He concludes that Bush was "punished" with 6...
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Watch out for "Bad Humor" Man coming to your town
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"Bad Humor" Man Coming To Your Town... came to mine last nite! I happened to see this scary DemoFascist thing drive through my town, Kennebunk, ME, twice last night. Once down at our beach and once near the center of town. No doubt it made its way to Kennebunkport past Walkers Point as well. Only thing missing was gigolo John driving it. It is sponsored/paid for by Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry's. There are actually TWO of these "PantsOnFire"-mobiles driving around. Here's the schedule of where they are going next: http://www.pantsonfire.net/itinerary.htm I didn't hear anything coming out of it...
Published on Monday 6th of September 2010 08:12:42 AM
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