The Keynoter newspaper reports that numerous countries have signed deals with Cuba that could result in some of these countries drilling rigs less than 60 miles offshore of the Florida Keys by the end of the year...
The Washington Times has an article reporting that the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is demanding why the Obama Justice Department recently dismissed the charges against three Black Panther members who obstructed voters during the last election.
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Its a good read but the real question is "Where is the ACLU" on this issue and clear use of voter intimidation in Philadelphia?...
Photos from the Staunton Tea Party this past Saturday that the local newspapers failed to cover. I did not attend but I understand there were approximately 300-325 people attending and the "Hands Off My Healthcare" bus from Americans for Prosperity was there also...
The Washington Times has an informative article today regarding how the Obama Justice department dropped all charges against the three New Black Panther members who were video taped intimidating voters in Philadelphia during the last presidential election...
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Turns out the No. 3 official in the Obama Justice department, Associate Attorney General Thomas Perrelli, made ultimately approved the decision to drop the charges against the guys in the above video...
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"Mr. Perrelli, a prominent private practice attorney, served previously as a counsel to Attorney General Janet Reno in the Clinton administration and was an Obama supporter who raised more than $500,000 for the Democrat candidate in the 2008 elections. He authorized a delay to give department officials more time to decide what to do, said officials familiar with the case but not authorized to discuss it publicly. He eventually approved the decision to drop charges against three of the four defendants, they said."
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Remember this from the campaign?
. "While the Obama administration has vowed a new era of openness, department officials have refused to answer questions from Republican members of Congress on why the case was dismissed, claiming the information was "privileged," according to congressional correspondence with the department."
. "If showing a weapon, making threatening statements and wearing paramilitary uniforms in front of polling station doors does not constitute voter intimidation, at what threshold of activity would these laws be enforceable?" Mr. Wolf asked.
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Here comes an interesting part...
What happens after Nov. 15th, 2015?
. "The injunction prohibits Mr. Samir Shabazz from brandishing a weapon outside a polling place through Nov. 15, 2012, and Ms. Schmaler said the department "will fully enforce the terms of that injunction."
. "Stephen R. Morse, a blogger hired by Republicans to be at the polls and who videotaped the confrontation, said the NBPP members blatantly used racial insults on would-be voters and other poll watchers, telling one man, "Cracker, you about to be ruled by a black man."
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Anybody want to sit in on that "Beer" in the Rose Garden?...
Energy Year in Review
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Despite occasional policy obstacles, the U.S. energy revolution continues
to enhance America’s economic and national security and deliver major
benefits to...
