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Florida Gators beat FSU Semi-noles 45-15

Posted 30 Nov 2008 in Florida Gators

Five straight victories over FSU! How sweet it is! TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida State defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews walked into the interview room, said he was embarrassed and then left without taking questions. Coach, you’re not alone. Tim Tebow and No. 2 Florida have left many others feeling the same way the past two months. Tebow threw three touchdown passes, ran for 80 yards and another score, and the Gators thumped No. 23 Florida State 45-15 in sloppy conditions Saturday. It was the most points Florida has ever scored at Doak Campbell Stadium. “It was a good tail-whipping,” FSU coach Bobby Bowden said. “I didn’t think they would beat us like that here. The last time we had...

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Americans flunk civics test

Posted 25 Nov 2008 in economy, education, memes, stupidity, taxes, wise quotes

I find this extremely disturbing. No wonder Obama got elected! (h/t: Writemarsh) US elected officials scored abysmally on a test measuring their civic knowledge, with an average grade of just 44 percent, the group that organized the exam said Thursday. Ordinary citizens did not fare much better, scoring just 49 percent correct on the 33 exam questions compiled by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI). “It is disturbing enough that the general public failed ISI’s civic literacy test, but when you consider the even more dismal scores of elected officials, you have to be concerned,” said Josiah Bunting, chairman of the National Civic Literacy Board at ISI. “How can political leaders make informed decisions if they don’t understand the American...

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Holy Land Foundation convicted of funding terrorism

Posted 25 Nov 2008 in terrorism

After last year’s mistrial, this is especially good news! DALLAS – A jury convicted five former officials at the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF) on all counts in the Hamas-support case after 8 days of deliberations.  The men, Shukri Abu-Baker, Ghassan Elashi, Mohamed El-Mezain, Mufid Abdulqader and Abdelrahman Odeh, could face up to 20 years in prison for their convictions on conspiracy counts, including conspiring to provide material support to terrorists. The verdicts, read Monday afternoon, ended a two-year saga in what is considered the largest terror financing case since the 9/11 attacks. In the original trial last year, jurors acquitted El-Mezain on 31 of the 32 counts against him, but could not reach unanimous verdicts...

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Is Winston Smith heading Obama’s transition team?

Posted 24 Nov 2008 in Barack Obama, economy, media bias, taxes

More campaign promises down the memory hole. Obama’s transition is increasingly sounding like an episode of Mad TV‘s “Lowered Expectations.” Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for Obama backing off of policies that would hurt America. I just find it disingenuous that he ran on one platform and is now revising it to be closer and closer to George W. Bush’s positions – the very ones he promised to “change.” Triangulation, it isn’t just for breakfast anymore! Obama Advisers To Public: Temper ExpectationsPresident-elect Barack Obama and his inner circle fear that some voters expect him to turn around the economy, wind down the war in Iraq and, perhaps, cure cancer — all by the Fourth of July. They know...

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Hillary accepts Secretary of State position

Posted 21 Nov 2008 in Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton

Let the battle of egos begin! via The New York Times – Hillary Rodham Clinton has decided to give up her Senate seat and accept the position of secretary of state, making her the public face around the world for the administration of the man who beat her for the Democratic presidential nomination, two confidants said Friday. Mrs. Clinton came to her decision after additional discussion with President-elect Barack Obama about the nature of her role and his plans for foreign policy, said one of the confidants, who insisted on anonymity to discuss the situation. Mr. Obama’s office told reporters Thursday that the nomination is “on track” but Clinton associates only confirmed Friday afternoon that she has decided. “She’s...

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One step closer to SCOTUS review of Barack Obama’s birth certificate

Posted 21 Nov 2008 in 2008 election, Barack Obama, birth certificate, SCOTUS

Last week, I wrote a little about the Berg case pending before the Supreme Court regarding Barack Obama’s birth certificate. It appears the case may be coming to a head: A case that challenges President-elect Barack Obama’s name on the 2008 election ballot citing questions over his citizenship has been scheduled for a “conference” at the U.S. Supreme Court. Conferences are private meetings of the justices at which they review cases and decide which ones to accept for formal review. This case is set for a conference Dec. 5, just 10 days before the Electoral College is scheduled to meet to make formal the election of Obama as the nation’s next president.If four of the nine justices vote to...

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Obama campaign may have received $63,000,000 in illegal foreign donations

Posted 19 Nov 2008 in 2008 election, Barack Obama, corruption

For a while now, we’ve known that the Obama campaign deliberately disregarding address and security-code verification that would have ensured that online credit card donations were being made in compliance with election laws. Now, a new report shows just how much “change” Obama managed to rake in through his campaign’s fraudulent efforts. When Newsmax pored over the campaign finance records, more than 65,000 Obama donations appeared to be conversions of foreign currency. According to our analysis of the Obama campaign data, foreign currency donations could range anywhere from $12.8 million to a stunning $63 million. And the thing is, it’s just so obvious. For example: Someone named Good Will from Austin, Texas, had donated to...

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Obama’s change = politics as usual

Posted 19 Nov 2008 in Barack Obama, corruption, Democrats, socialism

Those of you who were deceived into voting for “change”, I hope you realize by now that you’ve been duped. You merely succeeded in electing an avowed socialist who is surrounding himself with the same lobbyists and political insiders he spent his entire campaign demonizing. When Obama said he’d “bring people together”, he must have been referring to re-assembling the old Clinton team. Because that’s what he’s doing. John Podesta, who is heading the president-elect’s transition team, was President Clinton’s chief of staff. In fact, many others being considered for top positions in an Obama administration are straight from the Clinton administration. Attorney General – Eric Holder, the Clinton administration’s last deputy attorney general. Much has been made, and...

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Will Obama’s inauguration be a big lie?

Posted 19 Nov 2008 in Barack Obama, socialism

On January 20, 2009, Barack Hussein Obama will recite the following oath, in accordance with Article II, Section I of the U.S. Constitution: “I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” How can Obama take the presidential oath of office with a straight face when he’s already expressed a desire for the Supreme Court to “break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the founding fathers in the Constitution”? Was he lying when he said he wants to change it to allow redistribution of wealth? Or will he be lying...

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How Obama got elected

Posted 18 Nov 2008 in 2008 election, Barack Obama, Democrats, stupidity

Back in October, Howard Stern demonstrated how voters in Harlem didn’t know the difference between Sen. Obama’s views and Sen. McCain’s. Now, HowObamaGotElected.com provides further evidence (shown in the clip above) of how the media’s blatant bias is enabling stupidity and damaging our country. Because interviewing a relative handful of Obama voters is hardly scientific proof of anything, filmmaker John Ziegler also commissioned a Zogby telephone poll which asked the same questions (as well as a few others) with similar results. 512 Obama Voters 11/13/08-11/15/08 MOE +/- 4.4 points97.1% High School Graduate or higher, 55% College Graduates Results to 12 simple Multiple Choice Questions 57.4% could NOT correctly say which party controls congress (50/50 shot just by guessing) 81.8%...

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