Jobless claims, March 19, 2010, Small decline, Little evidence companies are ready to hire, 457,000 from 462,000, Economists predicted 455,000

Jobless claims, March 19, 2010, Small decline

From Market Watch, March 18, 2010.

“Weekly jobless claims decline 5,000 to 457,000”

“The number of people applying for unemployment benefits fell by 5,000 in the latest week, marking the third straight drop, but there’s little evidence companies are ready to hire at a pace that would sharply reduce the nation’s high jobless rate.
In the week ended March 13, initial claims dropped to a seasonally-adjusted 457,000 from 462,000 in the prior week, the Labor Department said Thursday. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch predicted claims would subside to 455,000. See our complete economic calendar.
The four-week average of initial claims — a better gauge of employment trends than the volatile weekly number — fell by 4,250 to 471,250.”

“”Claims first reached their current level nearly four months ago, in late November, and the lack of progress since then is disconcerting,” Ian Shepherdson of High Frequency Economics wrote in an email.

Many companies are leery of hiring new workers until they see demand pick up. Some are also awaiting the outcome of legislative battles in Washington over issues such as health care, energy and taxes. Major changes in those arenas could significantly impact the cost of hiring new workers.

Jobless claims “are not yet at levels typically associated with payroll growth,” John Ryding of RDQ Economics said. Ryding estimates weekly claims would have to fall to 400,000 or lower to signify a hiring trend.

Meanwhile, the number of people who continue to get regular state unemployment checks rose by 12,000 to a seasonally-adjusted 4.58 million in the week ended March 6. That’s the most recent data available.”

Read more:

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/weekly-jobless-claims-decline-5000-to-457000-2010-03-18?dist=afterbell

133 responses to “Jobless claims, March 19, 2010, Small decline, Little evidence companies are ready to hire, 457,000 from 462,000, Economists predicted 455,000

  1. Seems Ogiggles’ theme of hope & change is beginning to spiral downward into a sense of reality & remorse. Have to admit though, he is a good talker.

  2. Howard Stern Blasts the FCC: Dems Are ‘Communists’
    http://www.breitbart.tv/howard-stern-blasts-the-fcc-dems-are-communists/

    “The fact that these democrats are the FCC are communists – they’re for communism. They don’t want to see companies — this is gangsterism.”

  3. Jacqlyn Smith's avatar Jacqlyn Smith

    I don’t know what planet Nazi PeLOUSY is living on but she can’t really believe that the American people buy any of the manure she is peddling every time she gets in front of a camera with her botox face…..she truly disgusts me more than anyone I know….and I know a lot of disgusting people!!!

  4. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    ‘Twas the Eve of State Health Care

    A political carol for the Obama era.

    March 19, 2010 – by Tom Blumer

    http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/twas-the-eve-of-state-health-care/?singlepage=true

    “‘Twas the eve of state health care, and all through the House
    The bill was unread, even by the head louse.
    The statists hung ’round with a faux-festive air,
    Hoping their awful “dream” would indeed soon be there.

    The USA’s children were snug in their beds,
    Unaware of the pain being laid on their heads.
    Everyday people opposed to this crap,
    Wondered when or if D.C.’s hypnosis would snap.”

    Continued…@ pajamasmedia.com

  5. Jacqlyn Smith's avatar Jacqlyn Smith

    Just called Titus office for the 10 th time in 2 weeks…..they say she still doesn’t know how she will vote…..I found out the other day that 75% of her constituents do not want this bill passed….I told the staffer to let her know that and if she votes for this unconstitutional bill she can look forward to being fired!

  6. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    Senators push Obama for biometric national ID card

    CNET ^

    Posted on Friday, March 19, 2010 8:17:00 AM by BobbyT

    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2474485/posts

  7. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    Job Offers Dwindle For MBA & Law School Grads

    WCPO ^ | 3/11 4:15 pm | DARRELL SMITH

    Posted on Friday, March 19, 2010 7:47:33 AM by MikeWUSAF

    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2474468/posts

  8. OT This relates to the Census. We received ours in the mail….the address (city) was incorrect. We sent it back with a note outside enevelope that it was mailed to incorrect address. The same form was mailed back to us with a note on the envelope, that ALL were sent that way, but since the zip code was correct they were resending back to us.

    I will check with some neighbors to see if they had same “wrong” city on their forms. After googling I noticed the same thing is happening in Colorado and Arizona. We live in Texas.

    With all the crap going in with Gov’t, I am very suspicious of this. There are a lot of migrant workers (probably illegals) in this area and I suspect more so in the incorrect town that was listed on our form. That town is full of dairies and they tend to hire migrant workers.

    I checked online and the Census bureau says to correct the city on the form and mail it in.

    How can we trust them to make an accurate geographic enumeration if they can’t even get the addresses correct??

    I smell an acorn

    Anyone else with same problems?

  9. Do you know anyone who is going to protest in D. C. tomorrow?

    Maybe they would be willing to pray for our country and walk around Congress seven times. Any trumpet players going? Wouldn’t you love to hear Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho as patriotic Americans walk around Congress?

    See Joshua, Chapter 6: 15 – 20…….
    On the seventh day, they got up at daybreak and marched around the city seven times in the same manner, except that on that day they circled the city seven times. The seventh time around, when the priests sounded the trumpet blast, Joshua commanded the people, “Shout! For the LORD has given you the city! The city and all that is in it are to be devoted to the LORD. When the trumpets sounded, the people shouted, and at the sound of the trumpet, when the people gave a loud shout, the wall collapsed.

    AND
    See Hebrews 11:30…….
    By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.

    We need the walls of deception and dishonesty to come tumbling down. The walls of arrogance and apathy need to fall. Also the walls of self-righteousness and dishonor.

  10. CW,

    Perhaps now would be an opportune time for you to call Howard Stern…

    Thanks,

    Benaiah

    Howard Stern
    http://www.sirius.com/howard100

    CALL HOWARD: 1-888-9-277-4653

    Howard Stern Blasts the FCC: Dems Are ‘Communists’
    http://www.breitbart.tv/howard-stern-blasts-the-fcc-dems-are-communists/

    “The fact that these democrats are the FCC are communists – they’re for communism. They don’t want to see companies — this is gangsterism.”

  11. NO TO OBAMAOCARE
    http://www.chooseliberty.org/hcaudio.aspx?pid=s01

    Wisconsin (Status: 8672 signatures)
    strongwisconsin.com/healthcare

  12. KUHNER: Impeach the president?
    The ‘Slaughter Solution’ would violate the Constitution

    http://washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/19/impeach-the-president/

  13. WAKE-UP AMERICA – THE ONLY WAY HE CAN BE STOPPED NOW IS TO PROVE HIS INELIGIBILITY.

  14. LIEberals are CLUELESS FOOLS.

    Howard Stern asks Harlem Idiots and they have NO CLUE.

  15. Red Skelton: The Pledge of Allegiance Like You’ve Never Heard it Explained Before
    http://jeffersonsrebels.blogspot.com/2010/03/red-skelton-pledge-of-allegiance-like.html

    This unique oration of the Pledge of Allegiance by Red Skelton brought back memories of a man who knew how to touch people’s hearts with humor and emotion. His oration brought tears to my eyes. In this short video, Red Skelton relives the story of a teacher who taught him and his classmates the meaning of every word in the Pledge of Allegiance.

    We now fear our lawmakers who are themselves ignoring the law; lawmakers who at best don’t understand the U.S. Constitution, or at worst, despise it.

    Remember Red Skelton’s profound and prescient words. I hope you will share this video with everyone you know who loves this country as much as you do, and who are fighting to return America to a constitutional republic.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZBTyTWOZCM&feature=player_embedded

  16. Red’s personal tragedy was losing his 9 year old son to leukemia.

  17. Great interview with Stern and Dr Manning
    4 parts.

  18. Serious Questions for Democrats

    Whether you call it “a despicable trick” or simply a “creative use of parliamentary procedure” – does not the dilution of the normal operations of the legislature bother you?

    You may like the current legislation and wish to see it get extra impetuous to pass, but what of the future. Cannot you see a time in the near future in which Republicans might wish to similarly expedite some legislation that you consider particularly divisive and onerous? Do you really want to set that precedent?

    And what about excessive use of Executive Orders and Signing Statements by the president? Would you be equally approving of a radical Republican president taking this much power unto themselves? (Note: I disapprove of Republican presidents doing this – do you join me in disapproving your Democrats?)

    Aren’t sound government concepts like strict separation of powers and significant majorities a “good thing”? For the good the nation, should not these concepts be protected at all costs? Wouldn’t it be better to even err on the safe side? To promote unity instead of internal factions and mutual hate?

    “Choose wisely, grasshopper”.

  19. Jacqlyn Smith's avatar Jacqlyn Smith

    Everyone….please call this number…I got an email from David Plouffe and this is the one they are trying to get to change his vote now!!!

    HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Did you reach your representative’s office?
    Rep. Nick J. Rahall, II (D-WV-03)
    CALL: (202) 225-3452

  20. MORE Obamalaya Propaganda and LIES.

    PLUS THEY CENSOR YOUR COMMENTS. I worte mor ethan 5 Comments and even thoug it says COMMENT POSTED it never posts.

    $1115 is what it costs for a family plan that is expensive BUT it is a Bargain considering what the Gov’t plan RIGHT NOW COSTS. A CONgressman’s Family Plan costs well over $2000 of which the CONgressman pays about $800 and the Taxpayer pay the rest.

    They say we will get the same paln as CONGRESS. That would cost more than DOUBLED what we pay now.

    NO THANKS.

  21. JS

    Try but BUSY BUSY.

    Our strategy should be to call all the YES votes and ask then if they got any pork for their YES VOTE and if they say no, ask them if they are stupid? Everyone else is getting pork and that he is gettign RIPPED off. Encourage them to change their VOTE TO NO and ask for Equal Pork.

  22. LISTEN TO RUSH.

    RUSH THE HALLS OF CONgress.
    RUSH the VOTE.
    Take over and do a SIT IN till they LISTEN.
    Disrupt the Vote.
    RUSH THE VOTE.

    http://www.rushradio1200.com/mediaplayer/

  23. http://grendelreport.posterous.com/barack-obamas-16-social-security-numbers

    Refer to the above to get some info re.
    different addresses and soc. sec. no’s for
    Obama. I rec’d info via e-mail from Western
    Center for Journalism, 3/19/10. Some
    is probably already known, but there is other
    stuff that may not be.

  24. Don in California's avatar Don in California

    http://biggovernment.com/capitolconfidential/2010/03/19/the-heat-is-on-congressmans-office-says-constituent-calls-are-harassment/

    The Heat is On: Congressman’s Office Says Constituent Calls Are ‘Harassment’by Capitol Confidential

    Yesterday, I decided to call Rep. John Garamendi’s (CA-10) office in Washington, D.C. He’s my representative and I wanted to voice my opposition to the Senate Health Care Bill. I spoke with a female staffer and politely told her that, while I support health care reform, I oppose the Senate Bill because it wasn’t true “reform.” She said the Congressman thinks it’s a good bill and that he campaigned on health care reform. I told her I knew that. I also mentioned that I voted for him. When I tried to give her specific reasons why the Senate Bill would harm our system rather than reform it, she refused to listen. She said she was very busy and hung up on me. Being the persistent person that I am, I kept calling back. Each time I tried to finish my point, she hung up.
    /////////////////
    Need to read. How the staff are threatening callers.

  25. The New “American” Neo-Commie DEEM ORDER.

  26. Barack Hussein Obama, Usurper in Chief

    “We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to [fundamentally transform the United States of America into an IslamoFascistMarxist Dictatorship]. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.”

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt2yGzHfy7s&feature=related

  27. From: http://www.redstate.com

    “Beyond Arrogance – Obama & Company’s Reckless Disregard for the Rule of Law

    Posted by hogan

    Friday, March 19th at 11:01AM EDT

    The United States of America is great for a number of reasons. Its commitment to liberty, dedication to charity, defense of its friends and freedom around the globe, historical reliance on the individual and on free markets, and in my opinion, national reverence for the Almighty, are among those things that make our nation the greatest the world has ever known. But perhaps second only to our collective Faith in God – our commitment to the rule of law sets us apart and serves as the foundation for our strength and prosperity. One need not look any farther than our southern neighbors in Mexico to see what the world looks like when the rule of law is abandoned.

    In America, the rule of law is under direct attack. And unfortunately the frontal assault comes primarily from the President of the United States, the Attorney General, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, to name a few.

    Example #1: The President and the Attorney General fraudulently and recklessly declare that terrorists can and should be convicted in civilian courts, yet will not say what will happen if these terrorists are found innocent – saying only that “this will not happen.” (see, e.g. Andy McCarthy here, and generally). By doing so, they make a mockery of the very rule of law they pretend to be protecting – and they weaken our national security in the process.

    Example #2: The President and the Speaker of the House are on the verge of colluding to pass a bill that will effectively nationalize 1/6 of our economy, turn our personal healthcare decisions over to bureaucrats, spend trillions of dollars – and they will do so without actually having passed the bill in both Houses. Even if one doesn’t think this is unconstitutional in the sense one might get the Court to strike it down (though sue we should – and kudos to Mark Levin and Landmark Legal for preparing to do so) – it definitively, most assuredly, turns the Constitution and the rule of law on its head – and dangerously so.

    Suffice it to say that President Obama and his minions arrogantly and callously barrel full steam ahead with total reckless disregard for the Constitution and the rule of law – and it’s not just our national security and healthcare that is at stake. It is our very way of life. The rule of law cannot be compartmentalized – when we weaken it in one respect, we weaken it in all respects – and thus property rights, faith in our system of justice, belief in our elected leaders and virtually every link between citizen and government is destroyed.

    So what to do? We continue to fight and we fight harder. We fight this weekend (see gopcodered and call Congress). We fight in the Senate. We get our states to pass laws contrary to this unconstitutional intrusion by the national government (see: 30 states have taken or are taking action… do more). We sue – and sue in multiple places for multiple reasons (see, e.g. Levin above, VA AG Ken Cucinelli preparing to sue, and numerous other states as well). We crush democrats in the fall (give money to conservative candidates like Marco Rubio, Mike Lee in Utah over establishmentarian and pro-government healthcare Bob Bennett), we repeal it (see: http://www.repealit.org)– and most of all, we all simply say, “hell no.”

    Like most Americans, I am committed to God, to liberty, to self-reliance and to taking care of my loved ones as I see fit. No one – and I really mean NO ONE – will ever get in the way of those things. I will fight with every ounce of my being to be able to give to my son his birthright – that of being an American – and to have that mean something. I will not allow a self-absorbed, narcissistic fool hell bent on creating a totalitarian state not even in the name of compassion, but rather, in the name of himself, to destroy the rule of law, and thus the nation. Game on.”

  28. Barack Hussein Obama, Usurper in Chief:

    “We are [2] days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America [into an IslamoFascistMarxistDictatorship]…”

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cqN4NIEtOY&feature=player_embedded

  29. Those SONS OF BITCHE$.

    CONgress Swithcboard # 877 -SOB – USOB

    Sometimes Reality RIGHT ON.

  30. Congressman’s Office Says Constituent calls are ‘Harrassment’
    http://biggovernment.com/capitolconfidential/2010/03/19/the-heat-is-on-congressmans-office-says-constituent-calls-are-harassment/

    Yesterday, I decided to call Rep. John Garamendi’s (CA-10) office in Washington, D.C. He’s my representative and I wanted to voice my opposition to the Senate Health Care Bill. I spoke with a female staffer and politely told her that, while I support health care reform, I oppose the Senate Bill because it wasn’t true “reform.” She said the Congressman thinks it’s a good bill and that he campaigned on health care reform. I told her I knew that. I also mentioned that I voted for him. When I tried to give her specific reasons why the Senate Bill would harm our system rather than reform it, she refused to listen. She said she was very busy and hung up on me. Being the persistent person that I am, I kept calling back. Each time I tried to finish my point, she hung up.

    quiet

    I called one more time. This time she said, “If you call one more time, we will notify Capital Police.” I asked why my conduct warranted involving federal law enforcement agents. She said I was “harassing” her. I tried to explain that trying to convince a representative to change his or her vote didn’t constitute “harassment.” Before I could fully explain, she hung up again.

    I called back. This time, I asked to speak to her supervisor in order to report her repeated hanging up as well as the threat she made. I was placed on hold. Thinking I was holding for her supervisor, I was shocked when a Federal Agent with the Capital Police picked-up the telephone.

    At first, the Agent was curt with me. He claimed I was harassing Mr. Garamendi’s staff by continually calling after being told to stop calling. I asked him when it became a federal crime to lobby a congressman. He said that it wasn’t but it was a crime to “harass” congressional members and staff pursuant to 47 U.S.C. 223. I told him I was an attorney (which I am) and that I would research the statute he had cited.

    After researching 47 U.S.C. 223, I called Mr. Garamendi’s office again and asked to be transferred back to the Capital Police Agent. The Agent picked up the phone and I explained to him that the statute he cited was not controlling since it only prohibits people from calling with the specific intent to harass. I further explained that I was simply trying to voice my concerns with the intent of getting Mr. Garamendi to change his mind, not to harass his staff. The Agent eventually agreed with my position and said he would call Mr. Garamendi’s office and instruct his staff that I was within my rights to call my congressman and voice my concerns.

    After I hung up, I realized that this story should be told. Besides being an attorney, I’ve also had the privilege of serving this great country in the United States Marine Corps. Having seen the ugly legislative process the Senate Bill had been through, I saw this as not just another tactic to pass the Senate Bill at all costs, but also as an affront to our liberties.

    While I’m fortunate enough to be able to legally challenge what happened today, others aren’t. The sad part is the democrats know this. They know that Americans unfamiliar with federal jurisprudence can easily be silenced when threats to involve federal agents are made. They know that most Americans don’t want trouble and they’ll go away rather than face the possibility of having to explain themselves to federal agents. That’s why I found this tactic appalling, as a Marine, as an attorney and as a proud American.

    During my final contact with Mr. Garamendi’s staff, it was confirmed to me that he would vote for the Senate Bill no matter what. I was told that I was wasting my time by calling. Mr. Garamendi is a junior member of the House of Representatives. He was just elected via a special election last November. He has made it clear that he is willing to forsake his constituents in order to please the Speaker of the House.

    Speaker Pelosi has said that she will stop at nothing to get the Senate Bill passed. She publicly stated that she would “pole vault over a wall” if barriers stood in her way. While that may be an amusing spectacle, it is indicative of what happened to me today. Apparently, threatening Americans with federal crimes to silence them is the latest tool in Speaker Pelosi’s dirty bag of tricks.

    In the coming days, I’m sure more stories will develop illustrating the “win at all costs” tactics being employed by democrats. It’s these tactics that have appalled a majority of Americans to the point that the Senate Bill has overwhelmingly been rejected by the American people. When we try to explain that to Speaker Pelosi’s Caucus, we are threatened with criminal sanctions. We are told to shut up or face federal agents. Such treatment may be acceptable in the former Soviet Union, but it’s repulsive in the country I love and served. Is this hope and change?

  31. When I awakened this morning the word,
    “coup de tat” came to mind, because of something
    I had read last eve. The definition is, “sudden
    overthrow of a government by a usually small
    group of persons.”

    The article read last eve. mentioned that we
    are experiencing a coup de tat by the executive
    and legislative branch (P and R) who are trying
    to take control in a non-military, non-violent
    way by circumventing the Constitution.

    What scares me is a statement to the effect that
    “they” plan to use these underhanded tactics
    with other legislation. For example, cap & trade,
    amnesty for illegals, etc. They don’t need to
    abide by the rules, in their minds. If someone
    doesn’t stop this, someday we are going to wake
    up and realize that we are under a full-blown
    dictatorship.

    A quote by Sir John Harrington: “Treason doth
    never prosper; What’s the reason? For if it
    doth prosper, none dare call it treason.”

    I would pray and trust that the good, conserva-
    tive constitutional attorneys are getting their
    heads together to determine an effective plan
    of legal action, and sooner rather than later.

  32. Starla @ 11:58 am
    Obama-Pelosi and Reid assume the control of the government-fair means and foul (99 per cent foul) via what ever instrument Health Care Reform-on any given day-any old name will do with them. Did they ever consider a huge question mark? Who will control the American people who have now seen them at their very worst? Lies, bribes, stealth invented “rules” Slaughter (pretending something like this has been used before-in this manner). Change the three of them want, contrary to the will of most Americans who have voiced this position for almost a year-over and over again.
    Voted out in November will be the least of their problems-the word Democrat will be synonymous with Pariah of the First Order.

  33. Benaiah – What an experience! Thank you for
    sharing this story. You are so right about most
    of us not knowing what our rights are, and these
    enemies – rightly called so – are taking advantage
    of this fact.

    I hope this information which you have imparted
    goes far and wide!!! Thanks again.

  34. Don in California's avatar Don in California

    Benaiah // March 19, 2010 at 11:56 am

    Barack Hussein Obama, Usurper in Chief

    “We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to [fundamentally transform the United States of America into an IslamoFascistMarxist Dictatorship]. We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.”
    //////////////////
    Just a quick thought. Could this be why he has re-funded ACORN? They may be the base of his new civilian national security force.

  35. Chuck Grassley: Democrats Using ‘Devious Ways’ to Push Obamacare Through House
    Thursday, 18 Mar 2010 06:56 PM Article Font Size
    By: Jim Meyers

    Sen. Chuck Grassley tells Newsmax that the Democrats are “riding roughshod” over the will of the American people by employing “devious ways” to push healthcare reform through Congress.

    The Iowa legislator — the ranking Republican on the Senate Finance Committee — also says the tea party movement will expand greatly in response to the Democrats’ legislative maneuvering on the healthcare reform bill, which he maintains “has a lot to do with the redistribution of wealth in America.”

    The five-term senator was asked if …
    READ ON.

    http://newsmax.com/Headline/grassley-healthcare-house-votes/2010/03/18/id/353214?s=al&promo_code=99DD-1

  36. Benaiah @ 12:08 pm
    Very informative, but not shocking after all of their other assaults to the Constitution.
    One Ilse Koch was too much for the world, why would Pelosi want to imitate her?
    “When we try to explain that to Speaker Pelosi’s Caucus, we are threatened with criminal sanctions. We are told to shut up or face federal agents. Such treatment may be acceptable in the former Soviet Union, but it’s repulsive in the country I love and served. Is this hope and change?”

  37. TO:

    Benaiah // March 19, 2010 at 12:08 pm

    Congressman’s Office Says Constituent calls are ‘Harrassment’
    http://biggovernment.com/capitolconfidential/2010/03/19/the-heat-is-on-congressmans-office-says-constituent-calls-are-harassment/
    \\\\\\\\\\\[][][][][]///////////////

    Maybe there is a charge against the staffer here of False Accusation and Possibly a False report to Police

  38. “[ELIGIBILITY] That’s the elephant in the room… Until you address that, you’re not addressing what’s really going on in [CONGRESS] that country.”

    THE STONING OF [AMERICA] SORAYA M. – Official Trailer
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asH9sUD0A-s&feature=player_embedded

    Stone cold [in OBAMERIKA]
    http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1260930887300&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

    …The film, based on a book by Iranian-French journalist Freidoune Sahebjam, tells the true story of the stoning death of a woman [AMERICA] in [DC] a rural area of Iran in [2010] the mid-1980s.

    …The film opens when an Iranian reporter (Jim Caviezel) based in France has car trouble as he passes through a quiet Iranian village. Sure, the mechanic can fix his car, but it will take a couple of hours. As he waits, he is approached by a haunted-looking woman, Zahra (Shohreh Aghdashloo, who was nominated for an Oscar for her performance in The House of Sand and Fog), who tells him she has a story she must tell him urgently. The men in the village order her to stay away from him, but she manages to meet with him and the story she tells is both horrifying and shocking.

    Her niece, Soraya (Mozhan Marno), was murdered the day before by the men in her village. In their justice system, she was found guilty of adultery and was given the punishment: death by stoning. This would be awful enough, if it were true. But Zahra tells a far more complicated story. Soraya’s husband, Ali (Navid Negahban), wanted to divorce her and marry a 14-year-old girl (he gets the girl’s parents’ permission for the match because her father has been accused of a crime and Ali promises to get him out of jail). But Soraya must agree to a not-very-generous offer of support for her and her four children that Ali proposes and she refuses. The mullah (Ali Pourtash) comes to her, trying to bully her into taking it, and offers another incentive – she can become his mistress by a loophole called temporary marriage and he will help support her.

    She is disgusted by this and tells off the cleric. Her enraged husband [USURPER] now has the support of [CONGRESS] the local religious authority, and they persuade the [MEDIA] mayor that she must be found guilty of a crime. Since she is helping out the recently widowed local mechanic, the father of a disabled boy, they press the mechanic into confessing to an affair with her. He knows it is wrong – but they threaten to take away his son and place him in a poorly run state mental hospital.

    Now the die is cast. No appeal is possible, and no one listens to her. The last third of the film is an excruciating account of the stoning. She [AMERICA] is buried up to the waist, and all the village boys [CONGRESS] are enlisted to find stones that are big enough to hurt her but not so big that they will kill her quickly. Soraya’s father and her sons [CONGRESS] are encouraged, virtually ordered, to hurl some of the first stones. Of course, her husband [USURPER] is the most eager participant. The sequence takes about 20 minutes but it feels like hours, or days. Nowrasteh does not spare us an instant of Soraya’s agony.

    “I wanted people to respond to it as powerful drama,” he said. “I wanted audiences to become aware of what stoning is. I don’t elongate the experience. Everything you see, including the circus troupe coming along during the stoning and then playing music as it goes on, is from the account in the book. All the men in the village really were cheering as they stoned her. My responsibility is to tell this story as honestly and truthfully as I can.”

    What is most fascinating in the film are the details of how ordinary men become complicit in the ghastly murder of a blameless woman [AMERICA] whom they have known their entire lives. “It’s very much about mob rule. The husband [USURPER] is ruthless, but the mayor [CONGRESS] is conflicted… There is plenty of questioning going on, but there’s no moment when someone [WE THE PEOPLE] steps up and says, ‘We’re not going to do this.’”

    …Zahra, the victim’s aunt, fights for her niece. “She’s passionate about seeking justice, but she doesn’t have power,” said the director. At one point, as the men in the village try to stop the journalist from leaving with a tape of his interview with Zahra about the killing, she taunts them, saying, “If everything was according to Islam, why are you worried that word will get out?”

    … the issue of the grotesque human-rights abuses against women (and, often, against men accused of homosexuality), including and especially stoning, which, until 2002, was sanctioned by the country’s legal code and continues to this day according to many reports, has been conspicuously absent on screen.

    “[ELIGIBILITY] That’s the elephant in the room,” said Nowrasteh, and noted that cast members got messages from family and friends in Iran about stonings that had taken place during filming. “Until you address that, you’re not addressing what’s really going on in [CONGRESS] that country.”

    The United States of America – 3/21/2010

  39. Comment on Sheriff Joe Story above.

    ANIMAL CRACKA 12 hours ago Report Abuse From the L. A. Times
    1. 40% of all workers in L. A. County ( L. A. County has 10.2 million people)are working for cash and not paying taxes. This is because they are predominantly illegal immigrants working without a green card.
    2. 95% of warrants for murder in Los Angeles are for illegal aliens.
    3. 75% of people on the most wanted list in Los Angeles are illegal aliens.
    4. Over 2/3 of all births in Los Angeles County are to illegal alien Mexicans on Medi-Cal, whose births were paid for by taxpayers.
    5. Nearly 35% of all inmates in California detention centers are Mexican nationals here illegally.
    6. Over 300,000 illegal aliens in Los Angeles County are living in garages.
    7. The FBI reports half of all gang members in Los Angeles are most likely illegal aliens from south of the border.
    8 Nearly 60% of all occupants of HUD properties are illegal.
    9. 21 radio stations in L. A.. are Spanish speaking.
    10.. In L. A. County 5.1 million people speak English, 3.9 million speak Spanish.
    (There are 10.2 million people in L. A. County . )

    (All 10 of the above facts were published in the Los Angeles Times)

    HEY Deem-o-crats this is why most of your LIEberal states are BANKRUPT and now you want the rest of teh country to pay for it.

    HELL NO

  40. Another Must Read Article:

    KUHNER: Impeach the President?

    http://washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/19/impeach-the-president/

  41. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    The Red Queen Does Not Have the Votes

    Posted by Dan Perrin (Profile)

    Friday, March 19th at 1:07PM EDT

    http://www.redstate.com/dan_perrin/2010/03/19/the-red-queen-does-not-have-the-votes/

  42. Some comments I’ve read

    “lel2007:

    America needs three good Generals sworn to uphold the Constitution to lead a military coup, impose martial law and hold national elections.”

    # # # #

    “Ohiolad:

    Does campaigning under false pretenses and then, once elected, orchestrating what amounts to a left-wing coup constitute an impeachable offense? Can an impeachment case be made for breaking one’s oath to protect and defend the constitution? Realistically, with Democrats in firm control Congress, not much can be done on the impeachment front until after the next election. By then we may have already been force-fed socialized healthcare, citizenship for illegals, national ID cards, cap and trade, and who knows what else. Assuming we haven’t broken out in open rebellion, voters are going to have to decide decisively, once and for all, in a free and fair election next November whether they want to preserve what we have left of a constitutional republic or continue on our current path to a one-party socialist dictatorship, disguised as an all-caring, but all-powerful, nanny state.”

    # # # #

    VinceP1974:

    “YES! FINALLY! I demand this enemy’s removal from office ASAP.. even if it takes a coup to do it!!”

    # # # #

    cayla99:

    “If this unconstitutional bill passes using unconstitutional measures, I think it is more than fair to have the promise of impeachment as a campaign tool. I just hope that those who use it will have the integrity to follow through. IF Reid and/or Pelosi should lose their elections this year, I also believe that even as civilians they should be charged with high treason.”

  43. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    Beyond Arrogance – Obama & Company’s Reckless Disregard for the Rule of Law

    Posted by hogan (Profile)

    Friday, March 19th at 11:01AM EDT

    http://www.redstate.com/hogan/2010/03/19/beyond-arrogance-%E2%80%93-obama-companys-reckless-disregard-for-the-rule-of-law/

  44. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    Michelle: Where’s the Bishop?

    Pure Evil… Pelosi Prays to St. Joseph to Help Her Pass Abortion-Funding Bill

    Friday, March 19, 2010, 11:39 AM
    Jim Hoft

    http://gatewaypundit.firstthings.com/2010/03/evil-monster-pelosi-prays-to-st-joseph-to-help-her-pass-her-baby-killing-bill/

  45. Fernley Girl's avatar Fernley Girl

    http://www.chicagobreakingbusiness.com/2010/03/caterpillar-health-care-bill-would-cost-it-100m.html

    Dow Jones Newswires | Caterpillar Inc. said the health-care overhaul legislation being considered by the U.S. House of Representatives would increase the company’s health-care costs by more than $100 million in the first year alone.

  46. Harrassment???? Hey those suckers don’t know what harrassment is! They are going to feel the wrath of US NATURAL BORN CITIZENS.

    God Bless America

    Please Lord take down some more of them! Kennedy and Burtha is gone…. get some more for us.

    Sorry people it is just the way I feel right now1 Angry and betrayed by the people who are supposed to protect us and not take us down!

  47. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    Tea Partiers should know—you will not be alone in DC this weekend

    Posted by: acorcoran | March 19, 2010

    Tea Partiers should know—you will not be alone in DC this weekend

    “There are two huge demonstrations that have been scheduled for months involving demonstrators that will not see eye-to-eye with Tea Party activists.”

    First there is the International ANSWER anti-war demonstration tomorrow, Saturday, the 20th. The organizers are primarily Marxists, labor union, immigrant advocates and Muslim activists. They are an angry group often calling themselves anarchists (although they don’t understand the definition of anarchist!).

    Also, happening this weekend on Sunday is a demonstration expected to draw tens of thousands of Open Borders advocates with a large contingent of immigrant marchers. This demonstration has also been organized for some time by this front group of George Soros and the Tides Foundation. It involves many church groups—Catholics, Lutherans and the crop walk people—Church World Service. Obviously I wouldn’t expect them to be threatening but they are also being organized by LABOR UNIONS (we have seen what their thugs can do) and I suspect that many of the “anarchists” from the Saturday demonstration will be staying over to help their immigrant advocate friends.”

  48. I’m thinking I may give up my citizenship and tell them all to go you know where. Bunch of Kooks.! That way I won’t have to pay anything!

  49. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    Obama buys Hispanic Caucus’ votes for ObamaCare in return for promising amnesty for illegals

    Fox News Channel | 3/19/10

    Posted on Friday, March 19, 2010 1:10:11 PM by pabianice

    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2474729/posts

  50. Lord-I hope this is accurate
    An Urgent Message From Our Sponsor, The League of American Voters
    Democrats Don’t Have the Votes for Healthcare Takeover
    From a top-level source in the House comes the news that the Democrats are still short of the 216 votes they need to pass Obamacare.
    They have decided, however, to go for broke on Sunday and attempt to pass it whether or not they have enough support. They feel that only by forcing a vote can they force members off the fence.
    They hope that by employing all means at their disposal, they can round up enough votes for passage. But, if they don’t have the votes, they will allow the measure to be defeated. One source called it a “suicide run.”
    The League of American Voters is strengthening its efforts to get the word out about President Obama and Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s healthcare takeover, which includes healthcare rationing and skyrocketing taxes.
    Help the League continue their fight — Click here to donate.
    Even the Chamber of Commerce is now running new ads linking healthcare to the deficit and America’s possible loss of an AAA rating on its bonds.
    Keep on phoning and keep on working!
    League of American Voters | 722 12th Street N.W. | Fourth Floor | Washington, D.C. 20005

  51. Linda from NY // March 19, 2010 at 1:31 pm (edit)

    Tea Partiers should know—you will not be alone in DC this weekend
    ————

    I know Linda. I hope Tea Partiers outnumber them 10 to 1 and don’t wear purple. Well, if they plan to act up they should wear SEIU purple.

    Gotto to go now. Just checking in and checking the news.

    Have a great day! Zach

  52. Benaiah……………………………………..

    Anyone who does not feel a special feeling with regard to the Red Skelton pledge of Allegiance would have to have something very wrong with him/her. We need to keep this in the forefront of the CW blog. Perhaps CW will consider making it permanent on this blog.

  53. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    While An Anxious Nation Is Transfixed By The Healthcare Debate, The Obama Administration R

    big government ^ | 3/19/10 | Matthew Vadum

    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2474725/posts

  54. oldsalt78 // March 19, 2010 at 1:50 pm

    I agree with you Old[School]Salt78…

    Benaiah

  55. Fernley Girl's avatar Fernley Girl

    Dina Titus from Nevada has just announced she will vote yes for HCR.

  56. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    ST. LOUIS TEA PARTY LAUNCHES OPERATION DEM RESCUE

    Vows to Aid Democrats Who Vote NO on Health Control

    March 19, 2010

    Press Release for Operation Dem Rescue

    “ST. LOUIS — Yesterday the St. Louis Tea Party launched Operation Dem Rescue, an initiative to give support to Democrats who are standing against President Obama and his health control government grab. The President has said that he will not campaign for, or otherwise help, Democrats who refuse to vote “yes” on the health control bill. The President may “forsake those who stand against tyranny, but not those in the tea party movement.

  57. Fernley Girl's avatar Fernley Girl

    Emperor Hussein Obama calls his minions to the palace.
    ________
    March 19, 2010 | 1:23 PM ET
    UPDATE: Breaking – Obama Meets With Democrats

    President Obama will host the entire House Democratic Caucus at the White House Saturday, in an eleventh-hour meeting on health care ahead of Sunday’s crucial vote. The President has summoned the caucus for a 4 p.m. “rally” which Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is also expected to attend.

    http://whitehouse.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/03/19/breaking-obama-to-the-hill/

  58. Some Comments I read:

    “We could be in for some extremely interesting times.

    qixlqatl Friday, March 12th at 9:17AM EST

    “Batten down the hatches and secure for heavy weather, shipmates.”

    # # # #

    “10th Amendment, Nullification!

    GJ Merits Friday, March 12th at 5:49PM EST

    Now we are talking the same language.

    Nullification can be done very peacefully. It can and should be done against a number of Executive Orders we have seen from Obama. Great post.

    Once we do it once with something big like healthcare, then Obama and his progressive, liberty stealing agenda are toast. The problem is, not a lot of people understand it, nor do they understand that it is actually constitutional. What it is not is secession. I wish more people thought like you.

    We are in for some interesting times.

    Read Nullification, Our Nuclear Option.

    http://www.redstate.com/gman2008/2010/03/05/nullification-our-nuclear-option/

    If you want to go fast – go alone. If you want to go far – go together.”

    # # # #

    “New Federalism, Old Illusions

    GJ Merits Tuesday, March 16th at 4:18PM EDT

    Read Dr. Hunter, former policy advisor to President Ronald Reagan and current CEO of the Social Security Institute. His words underscore the very foundation of the issues facing us today:

    http://socialsecurityinstitute.com/news/essays/new-federalism-old-illusions/

    This is a must read for anyone truly wanting to begin to understand the genesis of tyranny in this country and what to do about it. Read his other posts as well on the subject:

    http://socialsecurityinstitute.com/news/state-sovereignty/

    Interesting times indeed.”

    # # # #

  59. Linda from NY @ 1:15 pm
    Linda-Nancy is an excommunicated Catholic-praying to St. Joseph for her evil bill-that’s not a prayer it is an insult. God is not mocked-she mocks the Constitution and WE THE PEOPLE, but she cannot mock God. I forgot to tell you: the hillbuzz guys went to church the other night and lit every candle they could find, but they thought it was safe since there was a lot of holy water around-to defeat the Health Care Reform Bill (one of their best essays yet).
    So I went nuts and sent an e-mail to the Holy Father to have every Catholic in the world to pray for our country and to have the usurper be found out-God can do that. Is there anything too hard for the Lord? That’s a lot of prayers.
    http://www.catholic.com/library/Abortion.asp
    “The Catholic Church has always condemned abortion as a grave evil.”
    The Apostolic Constitutions
    “Thou shalt not use magic. Thou shalt not use witchcraft; for he says, ‘You shall not suffer a witch to live’ [Ex. 22:18]. Thou shall not slay thy child by causing abortion, nor kill that which is begotten. . . . [I]f it be slain, [it] shall be avenged, as being unjustly destroyed” (Apostolic Constitutions 7:3 [A.D. 400]).

  60. Jacqlyn Smith's avatar Jacqlyn Smith

    #

    Fernley Girl // March 19, 2010 at 2:02 pm

    Dina Titus from Nevada has just announced she will vote yes for HCR.
    ********************************************

    Thanks FG….when I called earlier they said she was still undecided…..guess she didn’t heed the voice of her constituents…..75% are against…..these Progressives think we are going to forget this come election time…..I have news for you Titus….I will be on your front door getting you FIRED!!!!

  61. Linda from NY // March 19, 2010 at 1:52 pm

    Hey Linda(r),

    Loved this comment 🙂
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    Liberty1970
    Note to any Rogue States listening in: now would be a great time to lob a nuke at our capitol… sigh…

    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

    Botox San Fran Nanny ain’t got the votes.

  62. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    March 19, 2010

    Dems Explain Why ObamaCare Must Be Stopped

    Posted by Van Helsing at 11:57 AM |

    http://www.moonbattery.com/

  63. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    Obama Care: Tax Dollars Will Fund Abortions At Community Health Centers

    Friday, March 19, 2010

    http://www.riehlworldview.com/carnivorous_conservative/2010/03/obama-care-tax-dollars-will-fund-abortions-at-community-centers.html

  64. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    Friday, March 19, 2010

    Obama, Strickland Sold HCR, Not Jobs, As OH Unemployment Shot For 11%

    http://www.riehlworldview.com/carnivorous_conservative/2010/03/obama-strickland-sold-hcr-not-jobs-as-oh-unemployment-shot-for-11.html

  65. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    March 19, 2010

    Smoking gun: Democratic memo instructs staffers to mislead voters and media on “doctor fix” (Updated)

    http://www.hyscience.com/archives/2010/03/re_democratic_m.php

  66. Howard “SCUM” is just that. I listened to his interview of Manning and he took every verbal opportunity to try to set Manning up for ridicule. Howard “SCUM” remains a PERVERT, which is the primary reason why he was literally DRIVEN off of cable tv. I personally believe that Manning is now an honest man, and certainly is doing everyone a service by speaking out with regard to the SLIMEY LEADER, who by the way fits right in with HOWARD “SCUM’S” SICK IDEOLOGY.

  67. Jacqlyn Smith's avatar Jacqlyn Smith

    I love RED EYE….Greg is a blast!! 🙂 🙂 🙂

  68. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    Friday, March 19, 2010

    The Boccieri Backflip

    http://hughhewitt.com/blog/

    “Here’s the list of “on the fence” Democrats sent to me by a friendly House office. All of them can be reached via the Hill switchboard at 202-225-3121 or 202-224-3121. Their individual office numbers are listed below. Hit them hard with a demand for a “no” vote.”

    Harry Teague (NM-2)
    D.C. Phone: (202) 225-2365
    Hobbs: (575) 393-0510
    Las Cruces: (575)-522-3908

    Michael McMahon (NY-13)
    D.C. Phone: (202) 225-3371
    Staten Island: (718) 351-1062
    Brooklyn: (718) 630-5277

    Brian Baird (WA-3)
    D.C. Phone: (202) 225-3536
    Olympia: (360) 352-9768

    Marion Berry (Arkansas-1)
    D.C. Phone: (202) 225-4076
    Jonesboro: (800) 866-2701

    Stephen Lynch (MA-9)
    D.C. Phone: 202-225-8273
    Boston: 617-428-2000

    Jerry McNerney (CA-11)
    D.C. Phone: (202) 225-1947
    Pleasanton: (925) 737-0727

    Jim Costa (CA-20)
    D.C. Phone: 202-225-3341
    Bakersfield: 661-869-1620
    Fresno: 559-495-1620

    Nick Rahall (W.VA-3) – Is now leaning ‘No’
    D.C. Phone: (202) 225-3452
    Huntington: (304) 522-6425

  69. Pingback: Tea Party Protest in Washington Tomorrow! Opposition Will Be in Town So We Need Thousands. Make the Effort If You Are In The Area! Please – The BOPAC Report « “The BOPAC Report” & Larry Sinclair’s Allegations – Zach

  70. Patient Out Op – Of Obama/Pelosi/Reid Death-Care:

    http://wms.patientoptout.com/

    “National ObamaCare Opt Out Registry

    Your Tools to Help

    Opt Out of Government-Run and Government-
    Mandated Healthcare

    President Obama and the Congress are racing toward government-run and government-mandated healthcare. If they succeed, YOU no longer will be able to keep your insurance, choose your own doctors or control your own health and well being. You will be forced into a government-mandated healthcare system run by bureaucrats.

    You will be forced to pay for the government-mandated healthcare before you pay your mortgage, put food on your table for your family and put gas in your car. You will have few or no options to shop for what is best for you and your family’s health needs. Doctors will be chosen for you. Doctors will become virtual bureaucrats like employees at the DMV and IRS.

    Your healthcare will be rationed. Rationing means if you are too sick, too old, too frail, too over-weight, too high risk and so forth — YOU MAY BE DEEMED BY BUREAUCRATS TO BE UNTREATABLE.

    Thanks but, no thanks. OPT ME OUT!

    “I, the undersigned citizen of the United States, demand that the U.S. Congress keep the government out of my healthcare decisions. Furthermore, if government-mandated healthcare should be enacted in any form by Congress and signed into law by President Obama, I insist that I be excluded from any government-run or mandated healthcare program and exempt from any and all taxes, fees and mandates imposed to pay for it.”

    More At The Link Above

  71. Starla // March 19, 2010 at 2:27 pm

    Thanks, Starla….saved the link to ‘favorites’-it may be needed.

  72. CW,

    Can you fix the time on the posts to reflect Daylight Savings Time?

    The posts are still reflecting Standard time.

    Thanks.

  73. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    Hannity Live…

    http://www.rushradio1200.com/mediaplayer/

    Dems avoiding pp and his minions ducking the “wind tunnel.” Politico article…

    Dems ducking Obama’s reform calls

    By GLENN THRUSH | 03/19/10 3:09 PM

    http://www.politico.com/politico44/perm/0310/busy_signal_79e06a9d-554a-495b-9d4b-cbbf5f75160f.html

  74. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    Obamacare’s Imaginary Savings [Real Cost Over 10 Years= $2.5 Trillion Say National Review Editors]

    National Review ^ | March 19, 2010

    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2474714/posts

  75. CabbyAZ………………….
    The problem is the perpetrators have taken control of THREE of our branches of government. But he and his SLIMEY friend are not yet in control of the FOURTH BRANCH OF GOVERNMENT……….WE THE PEOPLE! They may think this, but I am confident that in Novembr of 2010, and again in 2012 we are going to witness the wholesale slaughter of the LIBERALS, and the Democratic party as a whole. I look forward to witnessing it with relish. Who knows to quote RUSH LIMBAUGH it all might even give me an ORGASM. After which we can all band together in the US and throw the a$$holes out of office and form a new government. It says we can right in the Declaration of Independence.

  76. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    FYI…

    Southern NJ & DE Patriots Buses To D.C. Saturday

    Posted on Friday, March 19, 2010 12:08:42 PM by Williams

    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2474685/posts

  77. Found at hillbuzz
    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2474787/posts
    Impeachment FormJefferson Memorial Form
    ? | Jefferson (2nd POTUS)
    Posted on Friday, March 19, 2010 2:12:31 PM by jongaltsr
    Do-It-Yourself Impeachment
    This is much more than just a petition. This is a way for individual citizens to initiate the impeachment process themselves, directly.
    There’s a little known and rarely used clause in the rules for the House of Representatives that sets forth the various ways in which a power abusing federal official can be impeached.
    Only the House Judiciary Committee puts together the Articles of Impeachment, but before that happens, someone has to initiate the process.
    That’s where we come in. One of the ways to get impeachment going is for individual citizens like you and I to submit a memorial. This memorial was originally created and based on one that was successful in impeaching a federal official in the past.
    To initiate impeachment, send in your letters today.

  78. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    It’s a start…

    Federal Reserve Must Disclose Bank Bailout Records (Update4)

    By David Glovin and Bob Van Voris

    http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a2rzjENZQV5k

  79. I find myself really angered by the idea of re-distribution of wealth in America. First those who entertain such ideas are SLIME who do not want to work hard for what they get. They think that everybody else should hand a complete living to them for free, and that the people who worked hard and became well off should give it all to them. This notion is part and parcel to the ideas of our SLIMEY leader. Well what will happen is that America will become a desolate and barren land because the people who operate small businesses will go where they can operate their businesses THEIR WAY, earn a reasonable profit, and a comfortable living. Those who think that everything should be GIVEN to them can go straight to HELL.

  80. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    Michelle // March 19, 2010 at 2:53 pm

    Hey, Chelley…Thanks for all of the good info.

    Those HillBuzz guys are really busy…real fighters, too.

    Happy Day…Linda

  81. APNewsBreak: SC AG set to sue on health care deal
    By MEG KINNARD
    Associated Press Writer
    COLUMBIA, S.C. — Top prosecutors in South Carolina and Florida said Friday they are ready to sue if health care reform legislation passes this weekend as expected.
    South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster said he and Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum will file a federal lawsuit challenging the bill’s constitutionality.
    “We are ready to kill it,” McMaster said. “When the national government and Congress start going wild, it’s up to the states to rein them in.”
    The U.S. House plans to vote on the plan Sunday. McMaster and McCollum will argue that it violates state sovereignty because it requires that all Americans have some form of health insurance
    Read more: http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/03/19/1537431/apnewsbreak-sc-ag-set-to-sue-on.html#ixzz0iedsNytz

  82. Linda from NY @ 2:59 pm
    not only are the hillbuzz guys real fighters, but they know how the system works.
    One of their plans is to call all the heavy hitters Democratic party and tell them not to donate to the DNC and they know all of them.

  83. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    Obama’s cousin to speak at Tea Party rally against health bill

    By Eric Zimmermann – 03/19/10 02:53 PM ET

    “President Obama’s second cousin will speak at a Tea Party rally opposing healthcare reform tomorrow, organizers announced today.”

    http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/87921-obamas-cousin-to-speak-at-tea-party-rally-against-health-bill

  84. Nancy-insulting St. Joseph and Catholic both at the same time.
    http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/theanchoress/2010/03/19/pelosi-doesnt-know-from-st-joseph/
    I am disgusted to see this woman -in the same remarks where she sullies a Catholic saint and thumbs her nose at Catholic understanding, to then giddily talk about how she and her cohorts have deployed children “children as young as six, talking about what health care means to them” as propaganda shields.
    This video makes me want to vomit. I try not to hate anyone, but this woman is tempting me mightily.
    After all of that -and in a direct attempt to smackdown the Catholic bishops who rightly oppose this bill- the Pelosi ends with yet another slander of all Catholic religious woman, with the assistance (it must be admitted) of a few perpetually adolescent useful idiots who, as I said yesterday, “delight in poking into the eyes of authoritative teaching.” Not only does Pelosi exaggerate the number of religious women who support this bill, she frankly lies when she says that “just about every order you can think of” wants “to pass this life-affirming legislation.”
    What an abominable woman; what a power-mad, ruthless, mendacious grotesque she is.

  85. Starla…………………………

    Worse yet if the HCbill is passed by DEEM ,and is then allowed to stand without SCOTUS test it will establish PRECEDENCE, which is NOT what we want.

  86. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    Boehner warns Dems the healthcare debate won’t end with vote

    By Molly K. Hooper – 03/19/10 12:44 PM ET

    http://thehill.com/homenews/house/87889-boehner-warns-dems-the-healthcare-debate-wont-end

  87. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    March 19, 2010

    About those CBO numbers…

    Rick Moran

    http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/03/about_those_cbo_numbers.html

  88. Ginger………………………………………
    That is exactly how you should be feeling now!

  89. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    Phone Calls Continue to Batter Congress (100,000 Calls Per Hour To Congress…)

    Roll Call ^ | Emily Yehle

    Posted on Friday, March 19, 2010 3:29:58 PM by RobinMasters

    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2474834/posts

  90. Fernley Girl's avatar Fernley Girl

    JS,
    When I called Titus’ office I told them I would be donating to & campaigning for her opponent. When the time comes I’d like your input. She needs to be retired.

  91. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    DC Tea Party Organizer Amy Cramer on Hannity Live coming up…

    http://www.rushradio1200.com/mediaplayer/

    Please listen…Thanks

  92. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    March 19, 2010

    President Ahab and Moby ObamaCare

    Thomas Lifson

    http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/03/president_ahab_and_moby_obamac.html

  93. Sue K & Linda: Re the jousting event with our medical devices – crutches vs. cane ( on the previous thread.) We would both end up with even more injuries. You made me laugh Sue, Thanks! Hope you find some answers soon to your aches & pains. Any progress with your knee? Did you see the ortho. dr.?

  94. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    March 19, 2010

    Stupak’s Last Stand

    Jeannie DeAngelis

    http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/03/stupaks_last_stand.html

  95. Linda from NY………………………………
    If Soetoro chooses to forsake the Dems who voted NO he will have cut off his nose to spite his face further down stream. If he does this they will either join the Republican party,or perhaps the newest, the Constitution Party. He will find them VOTING AGAINST HIM AND HIS SLIMEY FRIENDS in 2010,and in 2012.

  96. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    NancyDrew // March 19, 2010 at 3:28 pm

    Can we “joust” sitting down? I am not good at standing without cane; thus, I will have no weapon!

    Hope you are doing okay…awaiting to hear from SueK watt’s up with her “knee” problem, too.

    Happy Day…Linda

  97. NancyDrew // March 19, 2010 at 3:28 pm

    Hi Nancy,

    Add one more cane and one attack hamster to the joust…

    Ortho will be on Tuesday; still working on others.

  98. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    oldsalt78 // March 19, 2010 at 3:30 pm

    His “threat” is empty because most of them do not want him to campaign for them, anyway.

    He is getting to be real “toxic,” don’t you think?

    Peace…Linda

  99. I just heard minutes ago on Neil Cavuto at Fox
    that Harry Reid has announced that the
    public option will be taken up soon.

    The audacity, the wickedness of these people
    is beyond comprehension. None of the
    legislation passed or to be voted on has, as far
    as we know, the “public option” feature.

    So……..what is Prince Harry referring to??

    Does anybody know?

  100. Has anyone discovered what MMMSSS.Pelosi done to get excommunicated from the Catholic Church? I think that I already know but need to confirm my suspicions before I say what I think.

  101. Linda from NY @ 3:26 pm
    Here is another Ahab article from earlier in the week.
    http://www.tothepointnews.com/
    Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler
    Friday, 12 March 2010
    Isn’t it supposed to be just about springtime now? In Florida last week, I heard no end to grousing about how it’s been the coldest winter in memory. Back in Washington where there are still piles of snow left over from last month’s Snowmageddon, everyone is looking forward to three inches of cold rain and flooding this weekend.
    Enough already. Enough of crazy cold weather – and enough of crazy Democrat politics. The political climate on Capitol Hill is so bad now that certain GOP Senators and Congressmen are privately (although not publicly) expressing a genuine worry about the sanity of the President of the United States.
    Zero’s obsession with “health care reform” is being likened to the deranged Captain Ahab’s obsession with harpooning the White Whale in Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. That didn’t turn out so well for Ahab.
    To compound their concern, Zero began yet again this week (3/10) demanding “climate change legislation” that would “cap greenhouse gas emissions” – acting as if the unending exposure of ClimateGate frauds never happened.
    The common image the Capitol Hill GOP invokes is to joke about the Democrats’ “circular firing squad.” Yet there is real concern behind the jokes. “Neither Obama nor Reid nor Pelosi is playing with a full deck anymore,” one Senator tells me.

  102. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    SueK // March 19, 2010 at 3:31 pm

    No fair, Suey! You will just sit back and laugh while watching us defend ourselves against your “howling, hungry hamster!”

    Nancy, call the referee! Get out the rule book! Suey’s cheating! Please bring “treats!”

    LOL…Linda

  103. Linda from NY // March 19, 2010 at 3:33 pm

    Hi Linda(r),

    Sure, a sit-joust will work; we can’t stand up for longer than 3 minutes, anyway.

    Barky’s toxic already; I’m reading about congresspeople dodging his DeathCare calls. They don’t wanna hear from him.

    No matter, though-the fact that they were on board with him since he was (illegally) sworn in is the death knell for them.

    I e-mailed Rep. Niki Tsongas’ office during lunch and told her it wouldn’t be too early to get her resume posted on monster.com; I told her she’s gonna need it come November and that it’s a tough job market. She *should* take that to heart…

  104. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    Michelle // March 19, 2010 at 3:38 pm

    Read that article…Thanks. Amazing how pp is seen as insane as Captain Ahab!

    Guess we aren’t the only ones who want to admit him to the “Loony Bin!”

    Yikes…Linda

  105. Linda from NY // March 19, 2010 at 3:39 pm

    Angel is a beast, Linda-all 60 grams of him. I’ll bring Vitakraft milk/honey yogurt treats. He likes those and will stop snarling until y’all regroup :).

  106. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    oldsalt78 // March 19, 2010 at 3:34 pm

    Her “home” Bishop is a “Whimp!” The very fact that she supports abortion should have excommunicated her long ago IMHO.

    So what’s your opinion?

    Happy Day…Linda

  107. oldsalt78 // March 19, 2010 at 3:34 pm
    I hope this helps-Nancy comes under Automatic Excommunication and” One who actually procures an abortion and all accomplices ” not only is she an accomplice but she is responsible for every abortion due to her legislature. Don’t forget the Catholic Church also has the sacrament of Penance, she would have to make a good confession (sincere, and a genuine sorrow for her sins) she has also brought scandal to the Church, in her lies-she has led many souls astray she has a heap of troubles before God and mammon.
    http://www.knowledgerush.com/kr/encyclopedia/Excommunication/
    Roman Catholicism
    Excommunication is considered automatic for some sins within the Roman Catholic but can also be a formal affair, generally reserved for renegade clerygymen and such.
    The word literally means “out of communion”; the outward sign of this loss of community involves barring the person from participating in Communion, i.e., receiving the Eucharist, and as a consequence losing their status as members of the church. Certain other rights and privileges normally resulting from membership of the church are revoked. Excommunication is often intended to be only temporary, a “medicinal” procedure intended to provoke repentance. In the Roman Catholic church excommunication is usually terminated by repentance and absolution. For minor excommunications the absolution may be pronounced by a confessor (a Priest). More serious offences must be absolved by a more senior official.
    Automatic excommunication
    There are seven sins for which Roman Catholics are automatically excommunicated:
    Apostasy, Heresy, or Schism
    Desecration of the Eucharist
    Physical force against the Pontiff
    One who actually procures an abortion and all accomplices
    Priest who absolves a partner in adultery
    Priest who directly violates the sacramental seal of confession
    Both parties to the consecration of a bishop without a pontifical mandate

  108. My guess is that Pelosi has had an abortion,and her church found out about it.That is why the excommunication in my own view.

  109. Linda from NY @ 3:41 pm
    I thought he was insane from the first moment I saw him. He talks like a South Side pimp-cesspool of corruption-acts like one too.
    I’m from the suburbs-we would go down there-these idiot pimps are so weird-and they think they are God’s gift, really bold and obnoxious-so a suburbanite immediately goes into shock. You don’t see anything like that in the suburbs-at least not open in the streets, a royal bunch of creeps.

  110. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    SueK // March 19, 2010 at 3:43 pm

    “Angel is a beast, Linda-all 60 grams of him.”

    Angel [?] is a beast…hahahaha!

    How is Lucy Lou doing? And M… [?…sleep deprivation]…how is she doing?

    Peace…Lindar

  111. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    oldsalt78 // March 19, 2010 at 3:47 pm

    Hmmm…never thought of that.

    But, as Michelle says, she is promoting it so she is culpable in the “sin.”

    Yikes…Linda

  112. oldsalt78 @ 3:47 pm
    That’s possible old salt, but if she went to confession and was contrite and did penance she could be forgiven. I believe Nancy had 6 children. So many women in the anti-abortion movement had abortions themselves and are genuinely sorry, and are actively promoting Right to Life. One of the most famous is the girl from Roe v Wade-she had the baby and now she is a Right to Life spokesperson.

  113. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    Michelle // March 19, 2010 at 3:51 pm

    No question on the insanity defense…

    Did, however, think he was a bit too effeminate so am not surprised about Larry’s story. Also, his wife is too masculine for a female, don’t you think?

    It was definitely a marriage of convenience, too. I have wondered, too, if those children are his.

    Hmmm…Linda

  114. CitizenWElls's avatar citizenwells

    **** New Post ****

  115. Linda from NY @ 3:55 pm
    Yes, Linda serious sin-like mortal sin, not venial.
    We should say a prayer for Ms Pelosi her immortal soul is in peril. Remember Dr. Faustus and his contract with the Devil? Money, power, fame-bad trade-off for your soul.

  116. Michelle and Linda from NY at 3:36 pm,

    People are waking up to the truth: “Neither Obama nor Reid nor Pelosi is playing with a full deck anymore,” one Senator tells me.

  117. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    Michelle: This is unconscionable!

    Friday, March 19, 2010

    Obama’s Tricks and Balances

    http://lamecherry.blogspot.com/2010/03/obamas-tricks-and-balances.html

  118. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    Starla // March 19, 2010 at 4:15 pm

    I sure hope so…it appears many are still “fooled” or is that, too, just HYPE!

    God Bless You…Linda

    PS Love your posts!

  119. Washington Times is calling for Impeachment today??

    Truth??

  120. oldsalt78 // March 19, 2010 at 3:12 pm

    “Worse yet if the HCbill is passed by DEEM ,and is then allowed to stand without SCOTUS test it will establish PRECEDENCE, which is NOT what we want.”

    There can’t be ANY PRECEDENCE, because really, Everything about the Obama/Pelosi/
    Reid Death-Care can only be called 100% Illegal and 100% Unconstitutional, and this encompasses and includes the Illegal Alien Usurper Insane Barack Hussein Obama who is Illegally using an Alias, and his Legal name is Barry Soetoro; who is Illegally using a stolen Social Security Number 042-68-4425 out of Connecticut; as Obama Illegally & Unconstitutionally enthrones himself after spending all of his time on the campaign trail living deliberate constant lies and speaking and writing Illegal False Swearings and Perjuries, and Illegally setting forth and participating in an Illegal campaign with Illegal Foreign campaign donations; to Illegally collect an Illegal federal paycheck; in Illegal social security fraud, and Illegal identity theft.

    As Usurper Obama sits Illegally posing as a Usurper Non-Legal POTUS & a CINC in White House, we are being forced to Illegally pay for Insane Obama’s DOJ lawyers against the diligent USA’s lawyers perfect lawsuits against the Serial Criminal Obama that clearly show the mountains of legal evidence against the Serial Criminal and Insane Barck Hussein Obama; while the DOJ are Illegally representing the Illegal Alien Usurper Foreign & Domestic Enemy Soetoro/Obama against the Sovereign American Citizens, leaving us open to endure and livein a perpetual Immediate and Urgent Emergency National Security Breech.

    The DOJ’S positions are to PROTECT THE USA CITIZENS against people who are psychopath Serial Criminals like Usurper Barack Hussein Obama/Barry Soetoro is, while We The People are being attacked by Barack Obama who has openly Illegally Declared WAR on ALL 310+ USA Citizens, the USA Constitution, the USA Rule Of Law, and the United States Of America, Illegally and Unconstitutionally!!

  121. Linda from NY's avatar Linda from NY

    JJ // March 19, 2010 at 4:31 pm

    This is what I found…Linda

    KUHNER: Impeach the president?

    The ‘Slaughter Solution’ would violate the Constitution

    Friday, March 19, 2010

    http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/19/impeach-the-president/

  122. The jobless rate doesn’t include those whose unemployment ran out. So really, the jobless rate is a lot bigger than those bogus figures. They are trying to make the usurper look good.

  123. I asked St Joseph for the bill not to pass.

  124. In a March 16 memo Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director Peter Orszag quietly ordered federal agencies to resume funding the group whose employees were caught on hidden camera videos last year condoning a variety of crimes including child prostitution and tax evasion.

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Let me tell you about this idiot in charge of the national budget…….
    This idiot was advisor to Bank of Iceland in 2008……can you say fraud and embezzlement??
    This idiot was behind the $800 bailout here..can you say fraud and embezzlement???
    This idiot was economic advisor for Russia in 92-93 when rampant financial criminality was happening…..can you say fraud and embezzlement??
    So the Communist in Charge put this idiot in charge of the nation’s budget……
    ANY QUESTIONS???

  125. “This bill represents a giveaway to the insurance industry. $70 billion dollars a year, and no guarantees of any control over premiums, forcing people to buy private insurance, five consecutive years of double-digit premium increases.” — Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Just so we don’t forget…….never trust a Democrat……they change their convictions like they do their underwear.

  126. Linda from NY // March 19, 2010 at 2:46 pm

    FYI…

    Southern NJ & DE Patriots Buses To D.C. Saturday

    Posted on Friday, March 19, 2010 12:08:42 PM by Williams

    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2474685/posts
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    Kentucky has buses leaving 7:00 tonight for DC….stopping at Frankfurt and Lexington on the way for pick-ups.
    GO KENTUCKY !!!

  127. The common image the Capitol Hill GOP invokes is to joke about the Democrats’ “circular firing squad.” Yet there is real concern behind the jokes. “Neither Obama nor Reid nor Pelosi is playing with a full deck anymore,” one Senator tells me.
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    See, Oldsalt, you knew it all along!!

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