Missouri Billboard Calls for ‘Revolution’ and ‘War’ Against the Government
November 20, 2009
(ChattahBox)— An inflammatory billboard appearing on I-70 in Missouri declares that American citizens should “PREPARE FOR WAR” against the government. And the Lafayette County Republican Central Committee is so impressed with the treasonous message, that it has an image of the billboard prominently displayed on its website. Read more
Breitbart: ‘This Message is to Attorney General Holder,’ Investigate ACORN ‘Or Else’
November 20, 2009
(ChattahBox)—Right-wing activist Andrew Breitbart of BigGovernment.com and other conservative anti-Obama websites, made a bizarre appearance on Fox News’ Sean Hannity Thursday night, issuing a direct threat, approaching blackmail, to the United States Attorney General, Eric Holder. Breitbart is angry that Attorney General Holder has not opened a federal investigation into ACORN and he issued a threat of releasing more tapes during the 2010 elections, unless Holder complies with his demands.
Breitbart together with conservative operatives James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles, released another heavily edited ACORN tape this week, which seems to show an ACORN employee assisting the two with an illegal prostitution scheme. Read more
Reid’s Health Care Bill Sweetened for Landrieu and Nelson
November 20, 2009
(ChattahBox)—-ConservaDem Senators Mary Landrieu (LA), Ben Nelson (NE) and Blanche Lincoln (AR) have been threatening to vote against the procedural motion of cloture to even allow the Senate’s health reform bill to come to the Senate floor for debate. But in recent days, they have seemingly backtracked from their original positions and now seem willing to at least allow the historic health care reform legislation to proceed forward to the debate process. Why the change? Well, besides outrage from their own party, and a majority of their own constituents supporting a public option, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has dangled a couple of carrots in front of the obstructionist lawmakers. Read more
Majority of Delusional Republicans Think ACORN Stole Election for Obama
November 20, 2009
(ChattahBox)—Fox News conspiracy theorist-in-chief, Glenn Beck and his merry band of paranoid 9/12 teapartiers, have made ACORN the proverbial Republican bogeyman. And in a new poll, the beleaguered organization that helps the poor, is believed by a majority of Republicans to have “stolen” the election for Barack Obama. As, impossible and ludicrous as such a belief is, defeated NY-23 tea party candidate Doug Hoffman is now jumping on the “ACORN did it” bandwagon and blaming his loss on “ACORN and the unions,” without a shred of evidence. Read more
Man Executes Son After Admission Of Molesting Sister
November 20, 2009
Michigan (ChattahBox) - A 37-year-old man is in custody after executing his 15-year-old-son, who had admitted to molesting his 3-year-old sister, in a vacant lot.
Paul-Grayson’s Audit the Fed Measure Added to Bill
November 20, 2009
(ChattahBox)– Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) together with Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) were successful in securing approval for their audit the Fed amendment, which was tacked on to the bill to overhaul our nation’s financial-system. Since Paul first proposed the auditing of the secretive Federal Reserve in the wake of its controversial bailout decisions, the measure has gained momentum, drawing 300 co-sponsors to his original measure. Read more
Senator Lugar’s Wife and Senator Kerry’s Daughter Both Arrested for DUI’s
November 19, 2009
(ChattahBox) — The daughter of former US presidential candidate, Senator John Kerry was arrested early Thursday in Hollywood, after being stopped on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, police said. Alexandra Kerry, 36, a film producer and director, was pulled over and eventually arrested by officers after she allegedly “violated a traffic law which got their attention. They then conducted a field sobriety test and it appeared she was under the influence of an intoxicant.” Kerry reportedly refused to take Breathalyzer test, according to TMZ’s source but a later blood alcohol test showed a level of 0.06, under the legal limit of 0.08.
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Republicans Turn Scrooge: Block Dem Bill to Freeze Credit Card Hikes
November 19, 2009
(ChattahBox)—Happy Holidays from the GOP. Yesterday, Senate Republicans made sure Americans would only have a big lump of coal in their holiday stockings this year. At a time of a deep recession with record-high unemployment rates, many Americans are suffering this holiday season, struggling just to put food on their tables.
And Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT), Chairman of the Banking Committee sought to ease the hardships imposed on consumers with the outrageous hikes in credit card interest rates and fees, by seeking consent to immediately introduce a bill to freeze increases, until the Credit CARD Act protections take effect in February. The Republicans objected, siding as usual, with corporate profits at the expense of ordinary Americans. Read more
Fox News Caught AGAIN Using Fake Video
November 19, 2009
(ChattahBox)—Fox News continues to act like a conservative propaganda outlet and not a legitimate news organization. Earlier in the month, Sean Hannity was caught using fake footage, when he misleadingly showed video of the DC 9/12 tea party protest held in September, when reporting on Rep. Michele Bachmann’s (R-MN) anti-health care rally on Nov. 4. The crowds during the DC rally were considerably larger than the 4,000 protesters that showed up on the Capitol steps.
And once again, Fox News was caught using old footage to support its reporting of large crowd numbers. During a report yesterday, by Gregg Jarrett on Sarah Palin’s book tour in Michigan, he showed footage from the 2008 McCain/Palin campaign, stating on air that the old campaign video was “just coming into us.” Read more
CBO Score on Senate Health Bill: Costs $849 Billion, Reduces Deficit
November 18, 2009
(ChattahBox)—Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is very happy today, as the Congressional Budget Office has finally released its score of the Senate’s health care reform bill. The cost of the bill comes under the magic number of $900 billion at a cost of $849 billion over 10 years. And better yet, the CBO score shows that the bill would substantially reduce the deficit. Read more