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14 Steps to fixing our Federal System

14 Steps to fixing our Federal System

1) Our Govt needs to be giving tax credits to people who can prove they bought American to once and for all subsidize the GDP Cost that NAFTA AND CAFTA have created. We Must REBUILD our Manufacturing Foundation HERE in the USA. In Todays marketplace...

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RSS The Washington Post

  • Holder’s incorrect claim on the ‘Fast and Furious’ criminal citation decision May 17, 2013
    Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.): “In the AP [Associated Press] case you have appointed Ronald Machen, and I’m sure he is a fine U.S. attorney, but can he be considered to be independent when in fact when this Congress held you in contempt he was the individual who refused, on your orders, to prosecute the case? If he will obey your orders in not living up to a […]
    Glenn Kessler
  • Barbara Boxer’s claim that GOP budgets hampered Benghazi security May 16, 2013
    “I believe if we want to know what happened in Benghazi, it starts with the fact that there was not enough security. There was not enough security because the budget was cut.” — Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), speech on the Senate floor, May 14, 2013 Read full article >>     […]
    Glenn Kessler
  • How many pages of regulations for ‘Obamacare’? May 15, 2013
    “Obamacare is fully implemented January 1st, even though the regulations haven’t been written yet. And Brian, we’ve got 33,000 pages of regulations that they’ve already written. If we stacked it up here, it would be seven feet tall.” Read full article >>     […]
    Glenn Kessler
  • Obama’s claim he called Benghazi an ‘act of terrorism’ May 14, 2013
    “The day after it happened, I acknowledged that this was an act of terrorism.” — President Obama, remarks at a news conference, May 13, 2013 Read full article >>     […]
    Glenn Kessler
  • The claim that Senate Democrats have produced a ‘balanced budget’ May 13, 2013
    “I first want to thank the chair of our committee, the budget committee, for doing such a terrific job in bringing us all together. My colleagues on the committee, as we all know, we worked very, very hard together in order to be able to put together a balanced budget that reflects the values of the American people, that’s fair, that’s balanced in values and […]
    Glenn Kessler
  • An alternative explanation for the Benghazi talking points: Bureaucratic knife fight May 10, 2013
    From time to time, the Fact Checker writes an analytic look at news events, based on his three decades of experience covering diplomacy and politics, rather than a traditional fact check. This is one of those columns. Read full article >>     […]
    Glenn Kessler
  • Coburn’s claim that violence in national parks has declined ‘85 percent’ because of guns May 10, 2013
    “Remember, in 2010, everybody said you can’t dare let guns go into the national parks. And of course the rapes, murders, robberies and assaults are down about 85 percent since we did that.” — Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.), speaking on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” May 9, 2013 Read full article >>     […]
    Glenn Kessler
  • The Benghazi hearings: what’s new and what’s not May 9, 2013
    “I was stunned. My jaw dropped. And I was embarrassed” — Gregory Hicks, former U.S. deputy chief of mission to Libya, testifying on his reaction to U.N. Ambassador Susan E. Rice’s remarks on the terror attack in Benghazi, May 8, 2013 Read full article >>     […]
    Glenn Kessler
  • Cherry-picking one survey to discredit a survey of scientists on climate change May 8, 2013
    “There is also uncertainty regarding to what degree man is to blame for global warming. However, the claim that 98 percent of scientists agree that humans are the singular driver of climate change has been repeatedly discounted. This oft-cited statistic is based on an online survey with a sample size of only 77 people, and the survey didn’t even ask to what […]
    Glenn Kessler
  • The Benghazi talking points: What’s known and unknown May 7, 2013
    “I wasn’t involved in the talking points process.... As I understand it, as I’ve been told, it was a typical interagency process where staff, including from the State Department, all participated, to try to come up with whatever was going to be made publicly available, and it was an intelligence product.” Read full article >>     […]
    Glenn Kessler

RSS The Huffington Post

  • Selena Gomez Billboard Awards Dress Looks Like A 'Spring Breakers' Costume (PHOTOS) May 20, 2013
    Surely Selena Gomez knew all eyes would be on her at the Billboard Music Awards. While the whole world wondered why the singer would be seated next to her on-again, off-again boyfriend, we were a little more distracted by her outfit.Selena showed up in a skintight white Atelier Versace gown... accessorized with glow sticks? On closer inspection, we realized […]
    The Huffington Post News Editors
  • Parade Car Crash: Driver Likely Had Medical Condition, Official Says May 19, 2013
    DAMASCUS, Va. -- Authorities believe the driver who plowed into dozens of hikers marching in a Virginia mountain town parade suffered from a medical condition and did not cause the crash intentionally, an emergency official said Sunday.Officials did not have a formal confirmation or any specifics on the condition, but based on the accounts of authorities and […]
    The Huffington Post News Editors
  • Climate Change Study Shows Pace Is Slowing, But Extreme Action Still Vital May 19, 2013
    OSLO, May 19 (Reuters) - Extreme global warming is less likely in coming decades after a slowdown in the pace of temperature rises so far this century, an international team of scientists said on Sunday. Warming is still on track, however, to breach a goal set by governments around the world of limiting the increase in temperatures to below 2 degrees Celsius […]
    The Huffington Post News Editors
  • Ke$ha Billboard Music Awards Dress Is 'More Naked Than Usual' (PHOTOS) May 19, 2013
    You never know what you're going to get with Ke$ha, who's as famous for her unpredictable fashion sense as she is for her unfiltered personality. At the 2013 Billboard Music Awards, Ke$ha showed up in what appeared to be a low-key black Givenchy dress with a conservative top... and a nearly bare bottom. As the singer said to red carpet host Michell […]
    The Huffington Post News Editors
  • Conductor James Levine Returns To Lead Metropolitan Opera Orchestra After Partial Paralysis May 19, 2013
    NEW YORK — James Levine rolled onto the Carnegie Hall stage in his black motorized wheelchair and into a 6-by-6-foot mechanical podium constructed by the Metropolitan Opera.Belted into the wheelchair, Levine and two aides waited while the podium hoisted him about 3 feet in the air and its interior rotated 180 degrees to leave him facing the audience. Given a […]
    The Huffington Post News Editors
  • Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Why the Public Should Yawn Over Alleged Obama Scandals May 19, 2013
    there's the almost ritual expectation by the public that second term presidents will be dogged by some scandal. This was the case with Eisenhower, Nixon, of course, Reagan, Clinton and George W. Bush. This shouldn't surprise. […]
    Earl Ofari Hutchinson
  • Tracey Harnish: Leviathan: A Watery and Brutal un-Documentary May 19, 2013
    There should be a warning for this movie, because while it's labeled a documentary, with its chiaroscuro lighting, it could be called an impressionist kaleidoscope dream, culled from real-life footage. […]
    Tracey Harnish
  • Kansas, Oklahoma Hit By Tornadoes, No Injuries Reported May 19, 2013
    EDMOND, Okla. -- A powerful storm system rumbled through the Plains and upper Midwest on Sunday, spawning tornadoes that damaged homes and buildings near Oklahoma City and put the Tulsa area on high-alert.There were no immediate reports of injuries caused by any of the tornadoes that touched down in Oklahoma and Kansas, including one that hit the Oklahoma Ci […]
    The Huffington Post News Editors
  • Billboard Awards Red Carpet: 2013 Music Stars Shine In Las Vegas (PHOTOS) May 19, 2013
    The Billboard Awards (you know, the music awards show that's not the Grammys and not the MTV Video Music Awards) are here! That means it's time yet again to honor the biggest names in the music biz, from Taylor Swift and Maroon 5 to fun. (each nominated in 11 categories). Also finalists: Rihanna, Carly Rae Jepsen and One Direction -- cue the T-Swif […]
    The Huffington Post News Editors
  • Murray Lipp: Public Protests and Pride Parades: The Power of Participation May 19, 2013
    One of the defining characteristics of the LGBT community is our resilience and refusal to accept oppression. We're also known for our capacity, as a community, to put on a grand party when the situation demands it. […]
    Murray Lipp