Harry Reid is asked about the possibility that Joe Lieberman might keep his chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs.
Make your views known at the http://LiebermanMustGo.com/ website.
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One good thing about Joe-The-Lieberman...
He was not the VP candidate. If he had been, we would talking about President Elect McCain.
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PRESIDENTIAL PARDONS FOR TORTURE?
President Bush is asked about the report that he may pardon those involved in torture.
Read more about it here ..
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/barackobama/3464442/George-W-Bush-could-pardon-spies-involved-in-torture.html ...
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~ JAMES DOBSON ~
After spending over half a million dollars to help pass Proposition 8, banning gay marriage in California, James Dobson and Focus on the Family fires 202 workers.
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~ JAMES DOBSON ~After spending over half a million dollars to help pass Proposition 8, banning gay marriage in California, James Dobson and Focus on the Family fires 202 workers.
-citizen1
What? Now it's un-christian to have to manage your workforce ?
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LOL
Those are probably the ones that didn't donate.
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Business is business. When you have all that overhead you have to cut something and maintain appearances.
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"After spending over half a million dollars to help pass Proposition 8, banning gay marriage in California, James Dobson and Focus on the Family fires 202 workers.
-citizen1
What? Now it's un-christian to have to manage your workforce ?
-Republikin"
I have no idea what is or is not Christian, but it is certainly shameful.
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The below article explains it a little better than the video did.Focus on the Family Lays Off 202 Workers
By Michelle Garcia
11/17/2008
Focus on the Family will eliminate 202 jobs, making it the biggest layoff in the history of James Dobson's Christian ministry based in Colorado Springs. The non-profit's budget has been adjusted from $160 million in the 2008 fiscal year down to $138 million, according to the Colorado Springs Gazette.
The cuts were made after a fall in donations, and officials expect finances to fall even harder between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Coincidentally, layoffs were announced just after California voters passed Prop. 8, banning marriage between same-sex couples. Focus on the Family contributed a total $622,000 of non-monetary support to pass California's marriage ban, making it the seventh-largest donor in the country for the cause, according to the Colorado Independent.
Fifty three vacant positions will not be filled, and 149 employees will be laid off, bringing the staff down to 950 employees.
Spokesman Gary Schneeberger said Monday that the organization has notified the effected employees, and the will hear about transition packages this week.
At the height of its popularity, Focus on the Family employed more than 1,500 people in 1991. Monday's announcement marks the third time that the ministry has had to make large cutbacks. Nearly 80 employees were reassigned or laid off in September 2005, and in September 2007, Focus on the Family laid off 30 workers.
For more breaking news, visit www.Advocate.com.
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The below article explains it a little better than the video did.Focus on the Family Lays Off 202 Workers By Michelle Garcia 11/17/2008 Focus on the Family will eliminate 202 jobs, making it the biggest layoff in the history of James Dobson's Christian ministry based in Colorado Springs. The non-profit's budget has been adjusted from $160 million in the 2008 fiscal year down to $138 million, according to the Colorado Springs Gazette.The cuts were made after a fall in donations, and officials expect finances to fall even harder between Thanksgiving and Christmas.Coincidentally, layoffs were announced just after California voters passed Prop. 8, banning marriage between same-sex couples. Focus on the Family contributed a total $622,000 of non-monetary support to pass California's marriage ban, making it the seventh-largest donor in the country for the cause, according to the Colorado Independent.Fifty three vacant positions will not be filled, and 149 employees will be laid off, bringing the staff down to 950 employees.Spokesman Gary Schneeberger said Monday that the organization has notified the effected employees, and the will hear about transition packages this week.At the height of its popularity, Focus on the Family employed more than 1,500 people in 1991. Monday's announcement marks the third time that the ministry has had to make large cutbacks. Nearly 80 employees were reassigned or laid off in September 2005, and in September 2007, Focus on the Family laid off 30 workers.For more breaking news, visit [url].-citizen1
Looks like they are headed in the same direction as Liberal Newspapers !
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~ The Big Three Owner's Manual ~
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In the first two weeks since the election, President-elect Barack Obama has broken with a tradition established over the past eight years through his controversial use of complete sentences, political observers say.
Millions of Americans who watched Mr. Obama's appearance on CBS's 60 Minutes on Sunday witnessed the president-elect's unorthodox verbal tic, which had Mr. Obama employing grammatically correct sentences virtually every time he opened his mouth.
But Mr. Obama's decision to use complete sentences in his public pronouncements carries with it certain risks, since after the last eight years many Americans may find his odd speaking style jarring.
According to presidential historian Davis Logsdon of the University of Minnesota, some Americans might find it "alienating" to have a president who speaks English as if it were his first language.
"Every time Obama opens his mouth, his subjects and verbs are in agreement," says Mr. Logsdon. "If he keeps it up, he is running the risk of sounding like an elitist."
The historian said that if Mr. Obama insists on using complete sentences in his speeches, the public may find itself saying, "Okay, subject, predicate, subject predicate -- we get it, stop showing off."
The president-elect's stubborn insistence on using complete sentences has already attracted a rebuke from one of his harshest critics, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska.
"Talking with complete sentences there and also too talking in a way that ordinary Americans like Joe the Plumber and Tito the Builder can't really do there, I think needing to do that isn't tapping into what Americans are needing also," she said.
By:Andy Borowitz, who is a writer whose work appears in The New Yorker
Millions of Americans who watched Mr. Obama's appearance on CBS's 60 Minutes on Sunday witnessed the president-elect's unorthodox verbal tic, which had Mr. Obama employing grammatically correct sentences virtually every time he opened his mouth.
But Mr. Obama's decision to use complete sentences in his public pronouncements carries with it certain risks, since after the last eight years many Americans may find his odd speaking style jarring.
According to presidential historian Davis Logsdon of the University of Minnesota, some Americans might find it "alienating" to have a president who speaks English as if it were his first language.
"Every time Obama opens his mouth, his subjects and verbs are in agreement," says Mr. Logsdon. "If he keeps it up, he is running the risk of sounding like an elitist."
The historian said that if Mr. Obama insists on using complete sentences in his speeches, the public may find itself saying, "Okay, subject, predicate, subject predicate -- we get it, stop showing off."
The president-elect's stubborn insistence on using complete sentences has already attracted a rebuke from one of his harshest critics, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska.
"Talking with complete sentences there and also too talking in a way that ordinary Americans like Joe the Plumber and Tito the Builder can't really do there, I think needing to do that isn't tapping into what Americans are needing also," she said.
By:Andy Borowitz, who is a writer whose work appears in The New Yorker
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Just shows how out of touch Obama is with the average American worker, who doesn't NEED to answer in a complete sentence when he hears somebody say, "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help."
Hey, may we'll get lucky and he'll pass a law REQUIRING all of us to speak in complete sentences. I never did understand what, "Yo, homey" means anyway.
You know, Bill Clinton spoke in complete sentences sometimes, too. "I did not have sex with that woman - Ms. Lewinsky - not a single time." 
Yo! Righhhttttttt! 
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In the first two weeks since the election, President-elect Barack Obama has broken with a tradition established over the past eight years through his controversial use of complete sentences, political observers say.Millions of Americans who watched Mr. Obama's appearance on CBS's 60 Minutes on Sunday witnessed the president-elect's unorthodox verbal tic, which had Mr. Obama employing grammatically correct sentences virtually every time he opened his mouth.But Mr. Obama's decision to use complete sentences in his public pronouncements carries with it certain risks, since after the last eight years many Americans may find his odd speaking style jarring.According to presidential historian Davis Logsdon of the University of Minnesota, some Americans might find it "alienating" to have a president who speaks English as if it were his first language."Every time Obama opens his mouth, his subjects and verbs are in agreement," says Mr. Logsdon. "If he keeps it up, he is running the risk of sounding like an elitist."The historian said that if Mr. Obama insists on using complete sentences in his speeches, the public may find itself saying, "Okay, subject, predicate, subject predicate -- we get it, stop showing off."The president-elect's stubborn insistence on using complete sentences has already attracted a rebuke from one of his harshest critics, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska."Talking with complete sentences there and also too talking in a way that ordinary Americans like Joe the Plumber and Tito the Builder can't really do there, I think needing to do that isn't tapping into what Americans are needing also," she said.By:Andy Borowitz, who is a writer whose work appears in The New Yorker-pappy
But Pappy, speaking in riddles, dream-circles and hypothesis are so much more fun. Oh, of course, you know that. Silly me.
Here's a sample of some Obama complete sentences. " 95% of working Americans will get a tax break, yuk,yuk."
"Hiliary Clinton is too tied to old Washington politics, hee, hee." "Washington is ready for a change, wink, wink." "I think when you spread the wealth around, everybody benefits, especially my friends." On and on... . with the complete sentence lies.
I hope I don't have a complete sentence above. ;-)
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But Pappy, speaking in riddles, dream-circles and hypothesis are so much more fun. Oh, of course, you know that. Silly me.
Here's a sample of some Obama complete sentences. " 95% of working Americans will get a tax break, yuk,yuk."
"Hiliary Clinton is too tied to old Washington politics, hee, hee." "Washington is ready for a change, wink, wink." "I think when you spread the wealth around, everybody benefits, especially my friends." On and on... . with the complete sentence lies.I hope I don't have a complete sentence above. ;-)
-republikin
"...yuk,yuk" ? ? "...hee, hee" ? ? "...wink, wink." ? ? "...especially my friends." ? ?
Silly you !
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"...yuk,yuk" ? ? "...hee, hee" ? ? "...wink, wink." ? ? "...especially my friends." ? ?Silly you !-pappy
Hey, Pappy has a sense of humor. Silly him !
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Hey Pappy! The president-elect of change is bringing back all the Clinton people. I'm wondering if they'll bring back all the silverware, sheets and stuff they left with last time?
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