Sep 30, 2:13 PM EDT
High court to look at local gun control laws
By MARK SHERMAN
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Wednesday to decide whether strict local and state gun control laws violate the Second Amendment, ensuring another high-profile battle over the rights of gun owners.
The court said it will review a lower court ruling [...]
High court to look at local gun control laws-AP
September 30, 2009 By
Lawmakers worry about losing Internet influence in new deal – TheHill.com
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Lawmakers worry about losing Internet influence in new deal
By Kim Hart – 09/30/09 06:15 AM ET
The U.S. will lose influence over the Internet due to a new agreement expected to take effect Wednesday.
The deal, which appears to give foreign governments more say in how the global network is run, has come under criticism from lobbyists [...]
Liberals count Dem votes for public option – TheHill.com
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Liberals count Dem votes for public option
By Mike Soraghan – 09/30/09 11:03 AM ET
House liberals, challenged by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to prove they can pass their preferred public option, are surveying the rest of the Democratic caucus Wednesday.
In doing so, they may settle the key question facing House Democrats — whether there are enough [...]
Media Matters accepts “senior moment” excuse from ACORN’s Rathke
September 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Here’s the “gotcha” Media Matters is highlighting on its web site today: “Latest fact-check fail: Fox News runs with claim that White House official worked for ACORN”:
After Matthew Vadum wrote in The American Spectator that “[e]vidence shows that years before he joined the Obama administration,” White House political affairs director Patrick Gaspard [who now holds [...]
83% Say Congress Should Post Bills Online For All To Read Before Voting On Them – Rasmussen Reports™
September 30, 2009 By
83% Say Congress Should Post Bills Online For All To Read Before Voting On Them
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Eighty-three percent (83%) of U.S. voters say legislation should be posted online in final form and available for everyone to read before Congress votes on it. The only exception would be for extreme emergencies.
A new Rasmussen Reports national [...]
Stressing Hardcover Sales, Publisher Delays E-Book of Sarah Palin Memoir-WSJ.com
September 30, 2009 By
Stressing Hardcover Sales, Publisher Delays E-Book of Sarah Palin Memoir
By JEFFREY A. TRACHTENBERG
For the second time this month, a publisher has decided to delay the electronic-book release of a major new title in hopes of maximizing hardcover sales, as the beleaguered industry works out how e-books fit into its marketing strategy.
The Harper imprint of News [...]
David Frum Continues to Promote Big Government Conservatism
September 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
A number of NewsRealblog posts have recently taken David Frum to task because of his criticisms of Glenn Beck and his (Frum’s) quest to “rebrand conservatism.”
Frum appeared on MSNBC’s Morning Joe Tuesday to talk about his “new conservative brand,” where conservatism went wrong, and how to redefine conservative ideology so Republicans can win elections again.
The not-so-suprising conclusion: social conservatives should be told to take [...]
Ahmadinejad’s Lust for Blood
September 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
Glenn Beck did a superb job on his program last night discussing the horrifying belief system that shapes Ahmadinejad’s lust for wiping Israel off the face of the earth.
Beck refers to the Iranian despot as “the Twelver” because Ahmadinejad believes that he must purify the earth with as much human blood (and preferably of the [...]
The President Loses His Voice—Again
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Last June, when the Iranian regime’s Revolutionary Guards set upon pro-democracy demonstrators who were protesting the theft of that country’s presidential election by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a brutal crackdown, the world’s leaders were quick to express their condemnation.
Soon after the release of the first video footage of the carnage, presidents and [...]
Media Matters Freaks Out Over Coverage of White House Advisor’s ACORN Ties
September 30, 2009 By Leave a Comment
For amusement sometimes I read the Media Matters for America website.
If Media Matters, the left-wing character assassination factory with strong ties to liberal uber-funder George Soros, is denouncing something, chances are it’s something that ought not be denounced.
Take for example Media Matters’s apoplexy over the richly deserved pounding the radical activist group and crime syndicate ACORN [...]
