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States to pledge to refuse illegal orders – including "state of
emergency" orders that could include disarming or detaining American
citizens – has struck a chord, collecting more than 100,000 website
visitors in a little over a week and…
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Soldiers pledge to refuse disarmament demands
Ex-Pa. senator convicted of 137 corruption counts
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Vincent Fumo, once one
of the most powerful figures in Pennsylvania politics, was convicted
Monday of more than 130 counts of corruption for schemes that defrauded
the state Senate and others of more than $3.5 million and allowed him
to live a lavish lifestyle.
The 65-year-old f…
Truck ban prompts Mexican retaliation
Mexico has announced a decision to increase tariffs on 90 U.S.
products in retaliation for a congressional decision last week to
remove the funds for the Department of Transportation's Mexican truck
demonstration project, making it clear the NAFTA trucking is by no means finished.
WND reported one …
American Legion 'deeply concerned' by Obama plan
President Obama's plan to require private insurance carriers to
reimburse the Department of Veterans Affairs for the treatment of
troops injured in service has infuriated veterans groups who say the
government is morally obligated to pay for service-related medical care.
Calling it a "desperate sear…
State considers return to gold, silver dollars
A bill being considered in the Montana Legislature blasts the
Federal Reserve's role in America's money policy and permits the state
to conduct business in gold and silver instead of the Fed's legal tender notes.
Montana H.B. 639, sponsored by State Rep. Bob Wagner, R-Harrison, doesn't require the …
Lose your property for growing food?
Some small farms and organic farm
growers could be placed under direct supervision of the federal
government under new legislation making its way through Congress.
House Resolution 875, or the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009, was introduced by Rosa DeLauro, D-Con…
Push to audit Federal Reserve gains steam
A bill calling for the comptroller general of the United States to audit
the private Federal Reserve is gaining momentum in Washington, D.C., as
more and more representatives add their names to its bipartisan support.
As WND reported, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, introduced last month H.R. 1207, th…
Obama: Block AIG bonuses
Harnessing public outrage over lavish bonuses for bailed-out executives
at insurance giant AIG, President Obama said Monday that he will
“pursue every single legal avenue to block these bonuses and make the
American taxpayers whole.”
Obama made his forceful remarks at a small-business event at…
Obama Signs Law Banning Federal Embryo Research
On Wednesday, only two days after he lifted President Bush’s executive
order banning federal funding of stem cell research that requires
the destruction of human embryos, President Barack Obama signed a law
that explicilty bans federal funding of any "research in which a
human embryo or embryos are …
Obama Breaks Own Signing Statements Standard
On Monday of this week, President
Barack Obama issued an order to the Executive Branch that all
presidential signing statements issued by the Bush Administration are
to be ignored unless specifically instructed by Attorney General
Eric Holder. Obama said that the move was necessary because of the Bu…
‘Fusion center’ data draws fire over assertions
Tim Neal of Miller County was shocked recently when he heard a radio
program about a strategic report compiled by state and federal law
enforcement agencies to combat terrorism.
Titled “The Modern Militia Movement,” the report is dated Feb. 20 and designed to help police identify militia members or …
Cheney: Obama detainee policies make US less safe
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Vice President Dick
Cheney said Sunday that Americans are less safe now that President
Barack Obama has overturned Bush terrorism-fighting policies and that
nearly all the Republican administration's goals in Iraq have been
achieved.
"There is no prospect" that Iraq will re…
Obama aides change their rhetoric on economy
WASHINGTON (AP) - One of President Barack
Obama's economic advisers said Sunday that the economy is fundamentally
sound, a striking reversal from the Democrat's campaign rhetoric as his
administration now guides the nation's financial health amid dire
conditions.
Obama's Democratic allies pleaded f…
White House slams AIG over bonuses
President Obama's economic advisers expressed outrage and anger Sunday over revelations that bailed-out insurance giant
American International Group was going ahead with plans to pay executives tens of millions of dollars in new bonuses.
"I don't know why they would follow a policy that's re…
Biden announces stimulus funds for Amtrak
Vice President Joe Biden, once a regular rail commuter, said Friday
that $1.3 billion for Amtrak in the economic stimulus package will go
toward long-overdue infrastructure upgrades and expanded passenger rail
capacity.
Speaking at Union Station, Biden said $105 million will be spent to replace a 10…
Senate Moves Toward Ratification of U.N.'s LOST
The Senate is gearing up to ratify a Nixon-era U.N. treaty meant to create universal laws to govern the seas -- a treaty
critics say will create a massive U.N. bureaucracy that could even claim powers over American waterways.
LOST -- the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, also called the L…
Parents sue state over babies' DNA
Nine families have filed a lawsuit against Minnesota's health department over its practice of collecting DNA from newborns
The announcement was made by the Citizens' Council on Health Care, which said the department has been violating the state'…
Obama reverses opposition to Mexican trucks
One day after signing the $410 billion omnibus funding bill into law, along with provisions ending the Department of Transportation's Mexican truck demonstration project, the Obama Administration has announced intentions to restart the program as soon as possible.
Debbie Mesloh, a spokeswoman for t…
Obama racks up list of broken promises
Liberal filmmaker Michael Moore taken to court
MICHAEL Moore may wind up in
court with a prize-winning journalist who claims the mountain-size
moviemaker ripped off his most famous photo to use in a George W. Bush-bashing rant.
Last year, to illustrate one of his anti-administration bombasts, the portly polemicist posted on his michaelmoore.co…
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