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Oil Lobby Fights Libya Sanctions
Oil Lobby Fights Libya Sanctions Suzy Khimm at Mother Jones writes: As Muammar Qaddafi's violent backlash against protestors has intensified, the US has swiftly taken action to punish his brutal response to Libya's popular uprising. Earlier this week, President Obama announced …
"My Generation Owes the Young More Sympathy"
I’m not a recent graduate, but also came of age in a recession. My generation was also unfairly denigrated by adults blind to economic reality. With the release of new employment numbers on Friday March 4th, we at Frum Forum decided that it was time to listen to the voices of the young as they …Hands Off Our Oil Reserves
Democrats in Congress are pushing Obama to tap our Strategic Petroleum Reserve to drive down pump prices. But the plan's a bad deal for taxpayers. Democrats in Congress are clamoring for President Obama to open the stopcocks at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and let the crude splash into the …Newt Expects to 'Be in the Race'
Newt Expects to 'Be in the Race' ABC News reports: Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich says he expects to be a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012. Gingrich announced Thursday that he's exploring a run for president, launching a website to collect donations…
Sherrod Brown Sorry for Hitler Comparison
Sherrod Brown Sorry for Hitler Comparison CNN reports: Democratic Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown is apologizing for invoking Hitler and Stalin on the Senate floor. "I should not have mentioned the hostility of tyrants, like Hitler, to unions," he said in a statement released Friday. "I …
Cuba Convicts U.S. Aid Worker
Cuba Convicts U.S. Aid Worker BBC reports: The trial of US aid worker Alan Gross for crimes against the state in Cuba has ended, with the verdict yet to be formally announced. There was earlier confusion over the wording that concluded the trial, with suggestions Mr Gross was …
Michael Moore: 'Madison is Only the Beginning'
Michael Moore: 'Madison is Only the Beginning' The AP reports: Liberal filmmaker Michael Moore urged Wisconsin residents Saturday to fight against Republican efforts to strip most public workers of their collective bargaining rights, telling thousands of protesters that "Madison …
Saudi Govt: No Protests Allowed
Saudi Govt: No Protests Allowed Reuters reports: Saudi Arabia warned potential protesters on Saturday that a ban on marches would be enforced, signaling the small protests by the Shi'ite minority in the oil-producing east would no longer be tolerated. "The kingdom's regulations …
Romney: My Health Care Plan 'Wasn't Perfect'
Romney: My Health Care Plan 'Wasn't Perfect' Politico reports: Mitt Romney repeatedly called for the repeal of “Obamacare” in a Saturday night speech to New Hampshire Republicans, even as the former Massachusetts governor admitted his own state’s health care program “wasn’t …
"I Just Want to Start at the Bottom and Work Hard"
During my long search, I've often psyched myself into believing I'm about to land a job. That's when it hurts the most: when you glimpse what should be. With the release of new employment numbers on Friday March 4th, we at Frum Forum decided that it was time to listen to the voices of the …British SAS Unit And Diplomat Captured By Libyan Rebels
British SAS Unit Captured In Libya Sky News reports: Up to eight members of an SAS unit and a British diplomat have been detained in Libya, it has been reported. According to the Sunday Times, the elite soldiers are believed to have been escorting the junior diplomat through a …
Egyptians Storm Secret Police HQ
Egyptians Storm Secret Police HQ The BBC reports: Egyptian protesters have stormed the headquarters of the secret police in Cairo, demanding that the organisation be dismantled. It followed rumours that officials were destroying documents that could be used in court to prove human …
ATF Agent: I Was Ordered To Let Guns Into Mexico
ATF Agent: I Was Ordered To Let Guns Into Mexico img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-30402" title="gun rack" src="/files/wxrimport/2011-03/gun-rack.jpg" alt="" width="205" height="105" />Heavy Gunfire Heard Throughout Tripoli
Heavy Gunfire Heard In Tripoli The BBC reports: Heavy and sustained gunfire has broken out in the Libyan capital, Tripoli. A BBC correspondent said machinegun and heavy weapons fire could be heard across the city. It is not clear what the source of the fire was or who started …
Lowry: Obamacare's Ingenious New Justification
Lowry: Obamacare's Ingenious New Justification Rich Lowry writes in National Review : "I can take care of my enemies all right, ” Warren Harding once said. “But my friends, my damn friends, they’re the ones that keep me walking the floor nights!” In the sense that so irked …
Obama Praises Jeb Bush On Education
Obama Praises Jeb Bush On Education Politico reports: MIAMI – Seeking support for increasing the country’s investment in education, President Barack Obama appeared at a high school here on Friday with an unlikely ally he described as a “champion of education reform” - Jeb Bush, …
Egyptian Military's Business Endeavors Complicate Aid
Egyptian Army Profits Complicate US Aid The New York Times reports: In the late 1990s, the Pentagon announced that it would contribute tens of millions of dollars to a 650-bed International Medical Center that the Egyptian military was building in the desert outside Cairo. The …