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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

U.S. Bailout Could Prove Less Effective, More Expensive Than Expected

The U.S. government's bailout has been less than effective in helping U.S. homeowners avoid foreclosure and could end up costing more than expected, according to a report from the Troubled Asset Relief Program's special inspector general.

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Breaking: Suspect Voting Machines in Nevada Are Serviced By SEIU

The suspect voting machines in Clark County Nevada are serviced by the SEIU.

The SEIU is the same corrupt union that is behind thousands of bogus voter registrations across the nation. The group is spending millions this year to help democrats win back their majorities in Congress.
The Washington Examiner reported:

Clark County is where three quarters of Nevada's residents and live and where Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's son Rory is a county commissioner. Rory is also a Democratic candidate for governor.

Since early voting started, there have been credible reports that voting machines in Clark County, Nevada are automatically checking Harry Reid's name on the ballot:

Voter Joyce Ferrara said when they went to vote for Republican Sharron Angle, her Democratic opponent, Sen. Harry Reid's name was already checked.

Ferrara said she wasn't alone in her voting experience. She said her husband and several others voting at the same time all had the same thing happen.

"Something's not right," Ferrara said. "One person that's a fluke. Two, that's strange. But several within a five minute period of time — that's wrong."

Clark County Registrar of Voters Larry Lomax said there is no voter fraud, although the issues do come up because the touch-screens are sensitive. For that reason, a person may not want to have their fingers linger too long on the screen after they make a selection at any time.

Now there's absolutely no independently verified evidence of chicanery with the voting machines (yet), but it is worth noting that the voting machine technicians in Clark County are members of the Service Employees International Union. The SEIU spent $63 million in elections in 2008 and is planning on spending $44 million more this election cycle — nearly all of that on Democrats. White House political director Patrick Gaspard is formerly the SEIU's top lobbyist, and former SEIU president Andy Stern was the most frequent vistor to the White House last year.








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Detroit Public School President sentenced for being illiterate, hurting children's education, and ma

When Detroit Board of Education President Otis Mathis  - a D-student in high school who went to Wayne State University in a program for the academically unqualified, sued for his degree because he couldn't pass a basic English test, became a community organizer, and eventually was unanimously elected President of the School Board despite his being unqualified (just like our Community Organizer-In-Chief) including being functionally illiterate - quit after being criminally charged for habitually masturbating right in front of the School Superintendent during official meetings, the void had to be filled? But how to fill a void left by an illiterate? Easy - hire the community activist that denies the reality of the school system entirely; a school system that graduates a paltry 1 in 4 students and is the wost in the nation (Great News! Detroit School Board replaces habitual masturbator with community activist that denies reality).


Nature's hair gel baby!
On June 17, Mathis handed in his letter of resignation, undoubtedly written by someone else, after it was revealed that he had a habit of masturbating right in front of school Superintendent Teresa Gueyser. He tried unsuccessfully to rescind his resignation and, as Detroit News' Laura Berman said: "The Detroit Public Schools board wiped clean its website of disgraced President Otis Mathis." That's pretty ironic since wiping is part of what Mathis got in trouble for as per Gueyser's letter:
During a discussion, President Mathis began to stroke his genital area with his right hand. This is a usual habit of President Mathis during any private meeting with me before he became President of the Board of Education and after...
...On this day, President Mathis continued to fondle his genital area for approximately 20 minutes, or the entire time I was talking...
He then re-zipped and unzipped his pants again; again placing the hand with the handkerchief inside the zipper area; this time moving his hand as if to be masturbating in front of me. ... appearing to wipe himself...
Anyway, Mathis surrendered to police after charges against him were filed. Yesterday, it was time to pay the piper and, err... clean up the mess. From The Detroit News: Ex-Detroit school board president sentenced to 2 years probation
Former Detroit Public School Board President Otis Mathis was sentenced today to two years probation for misconduct in office related to accusations he fondled himself during a private meeting with the woman who was then serving as the district's superintendent.

Wayne County Circuit Judge Vera Massey Jones accepted the terms of a plea-bargain agreement Mathis made with the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office earlier this month when he pleaded guilty to a felony misconduct charge. In exchange, a misdemeanor charge of obscene conduct was dropped.

"The actions here were disgraceful," Jones told Mathis in also ordering him to have no unsupervised contact with unrelated children during his probation. "The kind of disrespect you show to women will eventually be shown to children."

The felony charge carried a penalty of up to five years in prison. The misdemeanor had a sentence of up to 90 days.
Mathis' enablers are still 'serving' on the school beard, including 'Reverend' David Murray (and yes - he officially changed his legal name to include 'Reverend'), who had this to say of the 55-year old Mathis' habitual masturbation:

"It happens to a lot of young men. They engage in behavior they feel is harmless and it's offensive to certain people," Murray said. "... It could be deemed offensive, but some women are more sensitive to those types of things than others."

"I feel bad for him because he probably felt that it was something she would probably like or she got humor out of it."
And Detroit's children continue to be, err... in the best of hands?
Previously:
Great News! Detroit School Board replaces habitual masturbator with community activist that denies reality
Detroit School Board President Otis Mathis surrenders, charged with obscene conduct for habitually masturbating in front of School Superintendent
Detroit School Board President Otis Mathis charged with obscene conduct for habitually masturbating in front of School Superintendent
Now they tell us: Detroit School Board President Otis Mathis was a D-student in high school, went to college in a program for the academically unqualified, now resigned in disgrace after habitually masturbating in front of School Superintendent
Detroit School Board President Otis Mathis rescinds resignation, cites 'health problems' for habitually masturbating in front of Superintendent
Good news: Functionally illiterate Detroit School Board President now accused of habitually masturbating in front of school Superintendent







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Breaking: Suspect Voting Machines in Nevada Are Serviced By SEIU
The suspect voting machines in Clark County Nevada are serviced by the SEIU. The SEIU is the same corrupt union that is behind thousands of bogus voter registrations across the nation. The group is spending millions this year to help democrats win back their majorities in Congress.The Washington Examiner reported:Clark County is where three quarters of Nevada's residents and live and where Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's son Rory is a county commissioner. Rory is also a Democratic candidate for governor. Since early voting started, there have been credible reports that voting machines in Clark County, Nevada are automatically checking Harry Reid's name on the ballot: Voter Joyce Ferrara said when they went to vote for Republican Sharron Angle, her Democratic opponent, Sen. Harry Reid's name was already checked. Ferrara said she wasn't alone in her voting experience. She said her husband and several others voting at the same time all had the same thing happen. "Something's ...







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Court Strikes Down Ariz. Law Requiring Voters to Prove They Are Citizens

A federal appeals court has struck down a key part of Arizona's law requiring voters to prove they are citizens before registering to vote or casting ballots.









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AP sources: Power outage at Wyo. nuke site

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Military officials say a power outage caused a break in communication with 50 nuclear missiles at Warren Air Force Base in Wyoming....







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Bill Clinton tells Pennsylvania voters not to vote based on anger, asks patience with Obama’s polici



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New Video of ‘Violent Overthrow’ Comments Suggests Candidate Right About ‘Context’

New tape of a Texas congressional hopeful's interview with a Dallas TV station shows the candidate making it clear he was not advocating "violent overthrow" of the government in 2010, and suggests his claim of being taken out of context may have some merit.

Pastor Stephen Broden, running for a U.S. House seat in Texas's 30th district, came under fire last week for his comments that violent overthrow of the government is "on the table." And while he never denied making the comment, he did claim he made it clear to interviewer Brad Watson of WFAA-TV that such an option is only viable in extreme instances, after means such as voting have been exhausted. Just-released tape of the full interview seems to substantiate Broden's claims.

Toward the end of the raw tape (released by WFAA on it's website), Watson asks Broden to clarify comments made in 2009 that once constitutional remedies for governmental change have been exhausted, revolution is an option.

Watson: "What do you mean by revolution?"

Broden's initial response includes nothing about violent overthrow:

Revolution is a part of the statement that is made, that when governments become destructive … to the end of protecting the liberties and the freedoms that we have, … it is the right of the governed to alter or abolish it. … And the abolishment of that is through change, through reform, through revolution.

Watson continues to prod: "Are you implying that if a change at the ballot box can't be made to your satisfaction, you're urging some violent uprising or overthrow of the government?"

Broden: "No. I am not saying to my satisfaction at all. I'm saying that if in fact we have a government who becomes destructive to the end that the founding fathers identified with in the Declaration — and that has to deal with our liberties, our unalienable rights, those rights that are given to us by our Creator –  if in fact government becomes destructive to that end, it is the right of the governed to alter or abolish it, and abolishment there means to change to it, and change has to do with revolution."

Watson : "What do you mean by revolution? Do you mean a violent overthrow of the government?"

Broden: "It doesn't have to be violent at all. It can happen at the ballot box when we change our leadership."

Watson: "But you've kind of excluded that where you say 'we have a constitutional remedy' — the ballot box — 'and the framers said if that that don't work, revolution.'"

Broden goes on to reiterate that only if government becomes destructive and tramples on citizens' liberties should it be changed, and at that point the American people have the right to "get rid of it by any means necessary." Watson uses that statement to try again to have Broden admit he's in favor of violent revolution.

Watson: "So you would include a violent overthrow of the government by saying, if the framers said that don't work, revolution?"

Broden: "No, I would say that to whatever extent that we can alter, or adjust, or abolish it –"

Watson: "Well, what does by any means necessary — doesn't that include violence?"

Broden: "Well that's part of the scenario, but that is not the first option. And it obviously wasn't the first option with the Declaration of Independence."

Watson: "So you would include some kind of violent overthrow of the government by including revolution?"

Broden: "It is not the first option –"

Watson: "It is an option, though, in your eyes –"

Broden: "The first option is to alter it or abolish it, it is a part of the scenario. And we as Americans must understand that our founding fathers included that in the scenario."

Watson: "But violence is an option as you view –"

In response to that question, Broden offers the quote included in Watson's original story — the quote that has now become infamous.

Broden: "Our nation was founded on violence. We violently resisted King George, and revolted against his tyranny."

Watson: "In 2010 you would urge that as an option, though?"

Broden: "The option is on the table. I don't think that we should ever remove anything from the table as relates to our liberties and our freedoms."

Watson's news story ends the quote there. However, Broden continues on, attempting to make it clear that violence isn't the first option and there are other means to affect change:

However, it is not the first option as the founders framed. And I think what we have in the Constitution is a process through which we can alter what may be tyranny that's happening in our nation, at that ballot box.

On the video, Watson seems to end the the interview after Broden finishes that quote. But the camera keeps rolling and Watson asks some more questions, including one that could be the the most relevant of the interview:

Do you think some of your remarks could hurt you in this election?

Broden's response seems prophetic given his later claims:

If it's not given the context, and if someone like you would lift it out and make it seem as if I'm some kind of radical, I think it could potentially.

This afternoon, Broden sat down and watched the full interview. After finishing, he e-mailed his reaction to The Blaze:

It appears that my remarks were misrepresented and were a distraction from the real issues. I hope I can share my vision for the 30th District, which includes economic development, supporting small business growth, and educating a workforce to take advantage of a 21st century economy.

Ambushed?

In an interview with The Blaze over the weekend, Broden suggested that his campaign was unaware that the interview was going to take the format it did. Broden said he and his campaign were under the impression that it was going to be a question-and-answer regarding his views on health care, social security, and entitlement reform.

So when he showed up and was greeted by a TV monitor playing his former remarks, he was shocked.

The Blaze has new information regarding how the interview was set up that could explain the confusion.

According to phone calls with campaign officials and an an e-mail obtained by The Blaze, the interview with WFAA was setup up through a third-party public relations firm familiar with, and frequently used by, Broden's campaign.

A phone call to the firm  which produced both of Broden's TV commercials, confirmed that WFAA did contact them to set up the interview. The company official who worked as the contact person confirmed he was told by WFAA that Watson wanted to play back old remarks and have Broden respond to them.

Yet in that official's e-mail to the Broden campaign,  he leaves out any mention of old remarks or playing them back.

"Brad Watson at Ch 8 wants to interview Pastor Broden tomorrow AM around
11:30AM at Ch 8 studios," the official writes on October 20. "Knows that he has some strong views on the health care bill, social security, the mortgage and banking crisis, end of life counselors, etc."

The e-mail ends shortly after that with no mention of format.

Debbie Georgatos, who heads media for Broden's campaign, told The Blaze that she and others based their interview preparation on that e-mail. Accordingly, they never prepared anything regarding revolution or violent overthrow.

The failed communication between the third-party firm and the campaign, then, could be why Broden thinks he was misled about the interview.

Even so, that misunderstanding doesn't explain why his numerous clarifications and caveats regarding revolution were never included in WFAA's final story.








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FBI Investigates: Who is Targeting U.S. Military Installations in N. Virginia?

WASHINGTON (AP) — The same gun was used to shoot at the Pentagon and the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Northern Virginia earlier this month, the FBI said Tuesday.

A third military office — a Marine Corps recruiting station in Chantilly, Va., outside Washington — was shot at overnight Monday; Marines who work there discovered the shooting Tuesday morning, the FBI said. Investigators are conducting ballistics tests to determine whether the recruiting station shooting is related to the previous incidents.

No one was injured in any of the shootings.

Investigators haven't determined a motive or identified a suspect, said Lindsay Godwin, spokeswoman for the FBI's Washington field office.

Though all three shootings have targeted offices with links to the military, Godwin said the FBI has not issued any specific advisories or warnings to recruiting stations or other military buildings.

Early on Oct. 19 shots were fired overnight into two windows at the sprawling Defense Department across the Potomac River in suburban Virginia. Two days earlier, bullet holes were discovered in the windows at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Va., 30 miles south of the Pentagon.

Federal investigators were at the recruiting station in Chantilly Tuesday, "trying to link anything they can to what has already been proven," Godwin said.

The FBI declined to identify the type of weapon or ammunition used in the first two shootings in order to avoid compromising its investigation.

Marine Museum officials said that building had been hit by at least 10 rounds. Gwenn Adams, a museum spokeswoman, said last week that officials at the museum, which is associated with the Quantico Marine Base, did not receive any threats or warnings before the shooting.

On the morning of the Pentagon shooting security officers heard five to seven shots about 4:55 near the south parking lot. Bullet fragments were later found lodged in two windows of unoccupied offices on the third and fourth floor.

The civilian Pentagon Force Protection Agency's director, Steven Calvery, said last week that the Pentagon shooting appeared to be "a random event" involving a high-velocity rifle.

On Tuesday, protection agency spokesman Chris Layman said that initial description was preliminary, though officials still don't believe there is a specific threat against the Pentagon.

"We are still trying to pursue as many leads as possible," Layman said, adding that he did not have any details on the type of gun used.

Virginia authorities in Fairfax and Prince William counties, along with the Pentagon police, joined in the investigation.

On the evening of March 4, a Hollister, Calif., man with a history of severe psychiatric problems opened fire at a Pentagon security checkpoint. John Patrick Bedell, 36, wounded two police officers before he was shot by police. Bedell died hours later.








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MoveOn.org Ad Ties GOP Success With Terminator-Style Apocalypse

According to the latest MoveOn.org ad encouraging liberals to get out and vote next Tuesday, the future of the world is at stake. Apparently a future President Sarah Palin will declare war on the Pacific Ocean and Blackwater clone robots will hunt down a human resistance…

And they accuse the GOP of using "politics of fear"? Ha.








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