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		<title>Vetting Obama: ‘Born in Kenya and Raised in Indonesia and Hawaii</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 19:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Has the time finally come that we can now vet Obama? For so long you have been labeled a racist or something else when trying to. But, Breitbart felt so strongly about the importance of the vetting process. Before his death, he got started. Just a shame that he isn&#8217;t around to see the [...]]]></description>
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<p>Has the time finally come that we can now vet Obama? For so long you have been labeled a racist or something else when trying to. But, Breitbart felt so strongly about the importance of the vetting process. Before his death, he got started. Just a shame that he isn&#8217;t around to see the work being done.</p>
<p>You be the judge! Share your thoughts after jumping over to Breitbart.com and looking at the article they have up.</p>
<h1><a href="http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/05/17/The-Vetting-Barack-Obama-Literary-Agent-1991-Born-in-Kenya-Raised-Indonesia-Hawaii">The Vetting &#8211; Exclusive &#8211; Obama&#8217;s Literary Agent in 1991 Booklet: &#8216;Born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii&#8217;</a> - Breitbart.com</h1>
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		<title>SEALs Slam Obama for Using Them as ‘Ammunition’</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 11:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It comes as no surprise that Obama would use the SEALs as ammunition for re-election. It would also come as no surprise that the SEALs wouldn&#8217;t stand for it. And, NO, they are not happy with it. via DailyMail: Serving and former US Navy SEALs have slammed President Barack Obama for taking the credit for [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">It comes as no surprise that Obama would use the SEALs as ammunition for re-election. It would also come as no surprise that <a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2012/04/30/quotes-of-the-day-1012/">the SEALs wouldn&#8217;t stand for it</a>. And, NO, they are not happy with it.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">via <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2137636/SEALs-slam-Obama-using-ammunition-bid-credit-bin-Laden-killing-election-campaign.html">DailyMail</a>:</p>
<p style="text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;"><span>Serving and former US Navy SEALs have slammed President Barack Obama for taking the credit for killing Osama bin Laden and accused him of using Special Forces operators as ‘ammunition’ for his re-election campaign.</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify; padding-left: 30px;"><span>The SEALs spoke out to MailOnline after the Obama campaign released an ad entitled ‘One Chance’.     <em><strong><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2137636/SEALs-slam-Obama-using-ammunition-bid-credit-bin-Laden-killing-election-campaign.html">Continue reading full article</a></strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Even Arianna Huffington says the ad is &#8216;<a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2012/04/30/obamas-bin-laden-ad-despicable-says-arianna-huffington/">despicable</a>!&#8217;</p>

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		<title>Republican Weekly Address: House Budget, The Path to Prosperity</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan delivered the republican address this week and discussed responsible ways to work on the budget. Ways that “protect future generations from a crushing burden of debt.” Which, are outlined in The Path to Prosperity.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan delivered the republican address this week and discussed responsible ways to work on the budget. Ways that “<a href="http://www.gop.gov/media/weekly-republican-address/12/04/28/weekly-republican-address-42812">protect future generations from a crushing burden of debt</a>.” Which, are outlined in <a href="http://budget.house.gov/fy2012budget/">The Path to Prosperity</a>.</p>
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		<title>President’s Weekly Address: Helping our Veterans and Servicemembers Make Informed Decisions about Higher Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:34:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week President Obama talked about a new Executive Order designed to crack down on those who “prey on our veterans and service members” looking for higher education.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">This week President Obama talked about a new Executive Order designed to crack down on those who “<a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2012/04/28/weekly-address-helping-our-veterans-and-servicemembers-make-informed-decisions-about">prey on our veterans and service members</a>” looking for higher education.</p>
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		<title>Heritage Guide to the Constitution</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:15:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Highly acclaimed Heritage Guide to the Constitution is now available online! Click HERE to view]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Highly acclaimed Heritage Guide to the Constitution is now available online!</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.heritage.org/constitution">Click HERE to view</a></strong></p>

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		<title>Keep American Oil Domestic?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Marita Noon, via EnergyTibune With gasoline prices continuing to climb, there is an ever-increasing quest for ways to find a culprit that can carry the blame. More and more, the finger pointing is focused on the overseas sale of US petroleum product—with the belief being that selling American resources to the highest bidder increases [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">by Marita Noon, via <a href="http://www.energytribune.com/index.cfm">EnergyTibune</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">With gasoline prices continuing to climb, there is an ever-increasing quest for ways to find a culprit that can carry the blame. More and more, the finger pointing is focused on the overseas sale of US petroleum product—with the belief being that selling American resources to the highest bidder increases the price of gasoline at the pump. This idea has made strange bedfellows of Fox News host Bill O’Reilly and Congressman Ed Markey (D-MA).</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Addressing gas prices, <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/oreilly/2012/02/23/bill-oreilly-oil-prices-reach-critical-mass" target="_blank">O’Reilly claims</a>: “They are much higher because the oil companies are shipping their products overseas.” Representative Markey (of the <a href="http://thinkcarbon.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/the-waxman-markey-bill-at-a-glance/" target="_blank">Waxman-Markey</a> cap and trade fame) has “introduced legislation that would end the exportation of oil extracted from taxpayer-owned lands, and the exportation of refined fuels like gasoline produced from America’s oil.” <a href="http://markey.house.gov/press-release/markey-holt-owens-introduce-bill-keep-america%E2%80%99s-oil-fuel-america" target="_blank">Markey’s bill</a>is called the “Keep America’s Oil Here Act.”    </p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The idea has gained traction. Letters to the editor have <a href="http://times-news.com/opinion/x1690511828/Sending-our-oil-overseas-isn-t-helping-the-price-of-gasoline" target="_blank">popped up</a> echoing the sentiments—with <a href="http://articles.mcall.com/2012-03-14/news/mc-gas-prices-lynott-20120314_1_fuel-oil-heating-oil-prices-oil-industry" target="_blank">one</a>even proposing “a massive letter-writing campaign to Congress insisting it creates a law that prevents the export of our gasoline and fuel oil.”</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">I was alerted to the trend by “Chip” who wrote the following in response to <a href="http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/maritanoon/2012/04/01/the_amazing_flexible_president" target="_blank">one of my columns</a>: <em>“So why is no one suggesting a tax on domestically produced oil, natural gas, or coal if sold overseas. With all of our natural energy resources, why let it count for so little if global demand will dictate that we pay the same general rates for oil, coal, and gas as anywhere else&#8230;”</em></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Whether we have a bill like Markey’s that mandates that resources extracted from federal lands be sold in the US or a tax as Chip suggested, the idea that selling domestically produced resources overseas is driving up prices is being propagated from someone, somewhere and is accepted as fact.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">With the Obama re-election campaign being staked on <a href="http://timesfreepress.com/news/2012/apr/12/president-obama-on-taxes/?opinionfreepress" target="_blank">raising taxes</a>, it may well be coming straight from the White House. Markey’s “Keep America’s Oil Here Act” tells us that the Democrats have bought into the theme of discouraging exports of US product—whether through regulation or tariff.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Wherever this “protectionism” idea is coming from, it is wrong on many counts. While keeping American oil here sounds like it would lower prices, it will not impact the price and could hurt the overall economy.     <em><strong><a href="http://www.energytribune.com/articles.cfm/10393/Keep-American-Oil-Domestic?">Continue reading . . .</a> </strong></em></p>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Michael Reagan, via Townhall Who should we tar and feather for the scandalous spending spree at that General Services Administration “conference” in Nevada two years ago? Whose fault is it that a bunch of GSA bureaucrats wasted money on $44 breakfasts, a clown and a $75,000 bicycle-building exercise? Not the GSA’s bosses. Not the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">by Michael Reagan, via <a href="http://townhall.com/">Townhall</a></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Who should we tar and feather for the scandalous spending spree at that General Services Administration “conference” in Nevada two years ago?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Whose fault is it that a bunch of GSA bureaucrats wasted money on $44 breakfasts, a clown and a $75,000 bicycle-building exercise?</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Not the GSA’s bosses. Not the Obama administration. I pin the blame on Watergate and Congress.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">This week Congressional hearings all over Washington have been grilling past and current GSA officials about a $850,000 conference that blew thousands of dollars on things like a mind-reader and “yearbooks” and commemorative coins for the 300 participants.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Everyone from the president to Republican Congressman Darrell Issa of California has expressed outrage at the GSA, which manages the federal government’s property and purchases goods and services for other agencies.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">But the source of this scandal isn’t the GSA or its inattentive bosses. They were behaving badly, but they were only doing what they were supposed to &#8212; spend every dime Congress gave their agency to spend.     <em><strong><a href="http://townhall.com/columnists/michaelreagan/2012/04/19/blame_congress_for_the_gsa_scandal">Continue reading . . .</a></strong></em></p>

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