Bills Blow Hole

The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. Government can’t pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our Government’s reckless fiscal policies. … Increasing America’s debt weakens us domestically and internationally. …

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http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jYnajhWrPEXihcCrpRNfUKN7rN-AD9EKTKIG0

Gap in health care law's protection for children
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR (AP) – 1 day ago

WASHINGTON — Hours after President Barack Obama signed historic health care legislation, a potential problem emerged. Administration officials are now scrambling to fix a gap in highly touted benefits for …

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Deere & Company, Iowa’s largest manufacturing employer, said in a statement this morning that the recently-passed health care legislation will cost the company $150 million after tax this year.

The company said the impact would be felt primarily in the second quarter, …

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http://www.foxbusiness.com/story/markets/industries/transportation/nd-update-caterpillar-health-bill-cost-company--million/

CHICAGO -(Dow Jones)- Caterpillar Inc. (CAT: 62.8, 0.72, 1.16%) said the proposed overhaul of the U.S. health-care system could increase its costs by $100 million, signaling disquiet in corporate America about the controversial plan.

The heavy-equipment maker's concerns …

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I found this online:

HOW LONG DO WE HAVE? (…or America too big to fall?)

About the time our original thirteen states adopted their new constitution in 1787, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic some 2,000 years earlier:

A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist …

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I recieved a call to join your town hall phone sesion a few days ago. However, when I answered I got a message that you had missed me? I can only conclude that you did not want to actually want me to be apart of the conversation, but then I don't think you want any conversation... And don't EVER, EVER, mistake my American Flag for a Swastika.

Say What! Oh, The White House says that the President was leaning over because he was taller that the King. Say What!!!
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What Would Our Fore Fathers Think of our Country today?

"To establish an orderly process that allows us to make wise decisions based on sound information, we need to set aside" the plan "and create our own timeline," Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced in a statement.

So get ready for $5 gas is what he really means!