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Monday March 01, 2010 · 2:45 AM PST

2010/03/01 · 02:45

Retiring Republican Senator and former baseball player Jim Bunning (KY) giving the standard Republican excuses that he doesn't want to pay for a bill that isn't paid for (despite massive deficit spending under Bush and Republican Presidents and Cheney's declaration that deficits don't matter) decided to use the parliamentary maneuver of unanimous consent to hold up a bill that provided out of work Americans unemployment benefits. The bill in question also had appropriations for medicare reimbursements. The bill would increase the deficit by $10 billion from 2010 to 2020 with $7 billion of it for Americans that lost their jobs under the current recession by extending benefits.

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Wednesday September 30, 2009 · 2:46 AM PDT

2009/09/30 · 02:46

With all the controversy concerning the recent stern Schakowsky denials, Sibel Edmonds's interview in The American Conservative Magazine has some corrobation in recent comments by former FBI Counterintelligence and Counterespionage Manager John Cole. Setting aside the Schakowsky disagreements, it is worth noting and is another reason Congress should not stonewall any longer and should investigate how much our security has been compromised. The current healthcare debate alone should indicate how much money and connections influence decisions of those in office.

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Tuesday September 22, 2009 · 6:15 AM PDT

2009/09/22 · 06:15

Who's Afraid of Sibel Edmonds? An interview with Philip Giraldi in The American Conservative Magazine is out today and is available online. For those following her case, you are well aware she was able to finally testify under oath by deposition without interference from the F.B.I. or DOJ recently in the Schmidt v. Krikorian Case. This interview follows her long journey to get to this point. It has been a long hard road since Ashcroft made her the most gagged person in the United States

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Thursday August 06, 2009 · 11:59 AM PDT

2009/08/06 · 11:59

Sibel has run into a problem concerning her blog before she is about to give a deposition. The problem may be related to the spam-blog detector. The timing, of course, could not be more inconvenient. If anyone is aware of a solution, please let it be known. Read the following:

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Friday July 31, 2009 · 2:39 PM PDT

2009/07/31 · 14:39

It should be evident by now, even to the hardest to convince, that in these United States, the few control the many. The debate over healthcare in Congress shows that the common citizen's vote can be bought out by powerful interests with lobby money. This is in direct contradiction to the concept of representative government while the well being, wealth, and very lives of many are at stake.

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Monday June 08, 2009 · 10:42 AM PDT

2009/06/08 · 10:42

On Wednesday June 3rd, Sibel Edmonds’s account of events in her dealings with Newsweek’s Michael Isikoff concerning the details of her case and the Isikoff article "Lost in Translation" was presented at her blog 123 real change. It was the first entry in her "Project Expose MSM" which is to be a series where whistleblowers and others will present their experiences in dealing with the mainstream media. When one looks at the reply from Isikoff, is there a veiled answer to his response? One is left wondering in the way he presented the story if the final product was his decision and final work, editorial influences, or pressure from government officials. Is Isikoff a deep digging intrepid reporter or a "stenographic " reporter as described by CrooksandLiars.com creator John Amato in this Huffington Post entry titled "Michael Isikoff—The Fred Astaire of Stenographic Reporting" ? His reply is left "wanting". In my opinion, Isikoff and Newsweek are still "on the clock" as far as supplying a suitable answer.

Here is her entry again for those of you that missed it at her site or at The Brad Blog:

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Tuesday December 16, 2008 · 12:58 PM PST

2008/12/16 · 12:58

Ever since it was learned that Caroline Kennedy inquired about the Senate seat vacated due to Senator Clinton's appointment to the Obama administration, many have had their say on the issue and what they have had to say is mainly a disparaging caricature of Caroline's inquiry. Suddenly, a famous name and wealth deems one unfit where previously, it was a positive in the name of Hillary Clinton. Suddenly some were concerned about being represented by a native New York City dweller (not representative of the whole state) when previously, not even being in New York state was of no concern. And finally, the caricature of an empty suit unfairly possibly getting a seat she didn't earn (a free one) was born though whomever is appointed will not have gone through an election process either (never mind the hypocrisy of the argument) in order to fill out the term.

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Wednesday October 22, 2008 · 6:39 AM PDT

2008/10/22 · 06:39

In honor of my car having been vandalized this past week due to my Obama sticker, I thought it a good idea to retaliate with the truth.

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Sunday July 06, 2008 · 10:06 AM PDT

2008/07/06 · 10:06

The following two paragraphs are indicative of the problems and heated divide the United States and the Democratic Party finds itself in. They are from the late Benazir Bhutto's book, "Reconciliation-Islam, Democracy, and the West", Copyright 2008 by Benazir Bhutto, HarperCollins Publishers, 10 East 53rd St., New York, NY, 10022 pp. 109-109, Chapter 3-Islam and Democracy: History and Practice.

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