Research request: Jan 13, 1967, Battle at Binh Duong, Vietnam

by: Clyde Middleton   posted: 2010-03-19 23:29:00
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A friend forwarded this and asked for posting:

Looking for survivors of a battle that took place on 1/13/67 in Binh Duong Vietnam. If you have any info it would be very much appreciated.

Thanks

Terry Downs

terryd@rochesterfamilyeyeclinic.com

Honk to stop Obamacare protest: 32 seconds of noise

by: Clyde Middleton   posted: 2010-03-19 19:36:00
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Thanks to PR friend Steve for getting this to us. Wow. Just, fricking wow:

Cantor does the math: Nancy is 7 short

by: Clyde Middleton   posted: 2010-03-19 17:16:00
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Source doc - CBO Estimates again: Deficit INCREASE

by: Clyde Middleton   posted: 2010-03-19 16:50:00
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Rep. Ryan asked CBO to give estimates for the changes being considered by the House reconciliation bill, and also for the changes most likely to occur afterward (rescinding the Cadillac tax and implementing the "doc fix," for example). The news is not good for Madam Pelosi. So much for "deficit neutral," Barry. Important chunks: You asked about the total budgetary impact of enacting the reconciliation proposal (the amendment to H.R. 4872), the Senate-passed health bill (H.R. 3590), and the Medicare Physicians Payment Reform Act of 2009 (H.R. 3961). CBO estimates that enacting all three pieces of legislation would add $59 billion to budget deficits over the 2010–2019 period. More ... CBO has therefore developed a rough outlook for the decade following the 10-year budget window. Under the analytic approach described in the agency’s previous ...

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Lying dems: Plan to do "doc fix" later; now would kill deficit picture

by: Clyde Middleton   posted: 2010-03-19 14:07:00
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We've identified this in our podcasts, and now the dems are telling their people to shut up about it. How pathetic: Democrats removed the so-called doc fix from the reform legislation last year because its $371-billion price tag would have made it impossible for Democrats to claim that their bill reduces the deficit. Republicans have argued for months that by stripping the doc fix from the bill, Democrats were playing a shell game. “Most health staff are already aware that our health proposal does not contain a 'doc fix.' … The inclusion of a full SGR repeal would undermine reform’s budget neutrality. So again, do not allow yourself (or your boss) to get into a discussion of the details of CBO scores and textual narrative. Instead, focus only on the deficit reduction and number of Americans covered,” the memo, sent Thursday to Democratic ...

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Purple Reign Ending: The Coming Resignation of Madam Pelosi

by: Clyde Middleton   posted: 2010-03-19 12:46:00
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BIG SHOT: Reps Gifford, Mitchell, Perriello vote to condemn Slaughter Rule

by: Clyde Middleton   posted: 2010-03-18 18:19:00
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These reps are thought by The Hill to be a "yes" and two "undecided." Sounds like three more "no" votes to me. Remember, we are within two votes of slamming it home (one, actually, but I like safety!). Details: The House just voted on the Cantor Resolution “That the House disapproves of the malfeasant manner in which the Democratic Leadership has thereby discharged the duties of their offices.” Those who voted against the resolution denounced Democrat leadership for their use of the “Slaughter Solution” to deceive the American people. Final Vote: 232-181 R: 0-171 D: 232-10 To put it more clearly, the following 10 Democrats just denounced Speaker Pelosi, Leader Hoyer, Whip Clyburn, Conference Chairman Larson, and DCCC Chairman Van Hollen and the rest ...

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WOW! Sen. Coburn lays it out: Sell your vote and we will publish it

by: Clyde Middleton   posted: 2010-03-18 13:57:00
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SEN. TOM COBURN (R), OKLAHOMA: I want to send a couple of messages to my colleagues in the House. If you voted no and you vote yes, and you lose your election, and you think any nomination to a federal position isn't going to be held in the Senate, I've got news for you. It's going to be held. Number two is, if you get a deal, a parochial deal for you or your district, I've already instructed my staff and the staff of seven other senators that we will look at every appropriations bill, at every level, at every instance, and we will outline it by district, and we will associate that with the buying of your vote. So, if you think you can cut a deal now, and it not come out until after the election, I want to tell ...

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CBO: Actually, those defict reduction figures are pretty much guesses

by: Bill Dupray   posted: 2010-03-18 12:07:00
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Dems are touting how this huge new government entitlement is actually and magically going to reduce the deficit over the next two decades. As for the first decade, remember the Democrats gamed the bill so that all of the taxes and fees kick in immediately, but the benefits don't come for four years. So of course, when you collect revenue for ten years and only have to pay benefits for six of them, it would be hard not to make that look "deficit neutral." As for the claim that the deficit would go down in the second decade, a cursory glance at the preliminary CBO scoring letter from Elmendorf letter brings to mind two words: Pure speculation.

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Katie Packer, Exec Dir, Workplace Fairness Institute: “High Road”

by: Clyde Middleton   posted: 2010-03-18 11:14:00
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I spoke with Katie about the yet-to-be-unveiled Obama policy called the “High Road Contracting Policy.” This proposed policy will “score” all federal contractors before the contents of a bid are viewed using criteria designed to maximize the likelihood of an eventual union award: hourly workers with a “living wage”, health insurance, an employer-funded retirement plan and paid sick days.

The net effect will be to compel workers to join unions in order to get work.

Yet another payback in the works by the Obama Administration.

Pop over to Liberty Pundits dot com to hear the audio - runs a little less than 15 minutes.

Homeowner introduces two robbers to 2nd Amendment: One dead, one fled

by: Bill Dupray   posted: 2010-03-18 10:37:00
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Okay, this will be the best story you read all day. Via Instapundit.

Police said the homeowner, Dave Henry, had just returned home from work and was pulling into his garage when he saw a suspicious car near his home. That's when they said two suspects got out of the car and tried to rob the homeowner. However, Henry pulled out his own gun and a shootout started. One of the suspects, identified as David Lee Butler, 37, was shot and killed by Henry. The other suspect got away. Police said Henry had a concealed weapons permit and is not facing any charges.

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Survey of latest HC whip counts

by: Clyde Middleton   posted: 2010-03-17 21:49:00
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We'll start with a lib source - Fire Dog Lake: Original post yesterday. Update is not dated. No - 206 Leaning No - 3 Undecided - 17 Leaning Yes - 15 Yes - 191 Democrats need 26 of a combination of the 13 potential No-Yes flip votes and the 22 potential Yes-No flip votes. So they need 26 out of the remaining uncommitted 35. If you’re counting leaners, Democrats need 11 of the last 17 uncommitted. Next - Washington Examiner: Dated today (3/17/10) at 4:31PM 209 no, 204 yes, 18 undecided There are 431 members of the House, 253 Democrats and 178 Republicans. All the Republicans oppose the bill. At the moment, GOP sources believe that more ...

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Mark Levin: I will immediately sue the president if they use the Slaughter Rule

by: Bill Dupray   posted: 2010-03-17 17:52:00
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Don't think he won't. These liberals are battling the modern day version of the Founding Fathers, who, of course, stomped tyranny into the Atlantic Ocean.

Landmark will immediately sue the President, Attorney General Eric Holder and other relevant cabinet members to prevent them from instituting this unconstitutional contrivance. “Landmark has already prepared a lawsuit that will be filed in federal court the moment the House acts. Such a brazen violation of the core functions of Congress simply cannot be ignored. Article I, Section 7 of the Constitution is clear respecting the manner in which a bill becomes law. Members are required to vote on this bill, not claim they did when they didn’t. The Speaker of the House and her lieutenants are temporary custodians of congressional authority. They are not empowered to do permanent violence to our Constitution.”

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CBO's latest: TARP to cost us $109 Billion

by: Clyde Middleton   posted: 2010-03-17 17:08:00
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Barry then: "In the first round of repayments" from financial institutions that received TARP money, "the government has actually turned a profit." Barack Obama on Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 in a statement at the White House.

Reality now: $109 Billion loss.

5 minutes with your mom and her doc: HC reform is gonna hurt

by: Clyde Middleton   posted: 2010-03-17 16:39:00
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This video is particularly interesting to me. The patient is very typical of an elderly person, and the doc is just explaining the facts of HC. Add this to the mix: New England Journal of Medicine reports that 46.3% of primary care physicians feel that the passing of health reform will either force them out of medicine or make them want to leave medicine.

Good morning, Health Care!

by: Clyde Middleton   posted: 2010-03-17 11:25:00
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Tough day at the presses for HC:

Newspapers Report Bad News For Dem Efforts On The Health Care Process, The Premiums, The Deficit Reduction, The Popularity, The Pressure Tactics, The Timing, And The Votes

The Process: Dems “Struggled Tuesday To Defend Procedural Shortcuts”

THE NEW YORK TIMES: “Democrats Struggled Tuesday To Defend Procedural Shortcuts They Might Use To Win Approval For Their Proposals In The Next Few Days.” (“Democrats Consider New Moves For Health Bill,” The New York Times, 3/17/10)

ROLL CALL: “House Republicans Had Democratic Leaders Tied In Knots Tuesday Trying To Defend A Special Rule To Enact The Senate’s Health Care Bill Without A Separate Vote, even as Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) insisted she had not yet decided whether to use it.” (“Plans In Flux On Health Vote,” Roll Call, 3/17/10)

THE NEW YORK TIMES: “House Democrats Are So Skittish About The Piece Of Legislation That Is Now The Vehicle For Overhauling The Health Care System — The Bill Passed By The Senate In December — that they are considering a maneuver that would allow them to pass it without explicitly voting for it.” (“Democrats Consider New Moves For Health Bill,” The New York Times, 3/17/10)

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Cowboy AG Holder: We's gonna keel dat bin Laden

by: Clyde Middleton   posted: 2010-03-17 08:57:00
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Image President Bush saying these words: "We will be reading Miranda rights to the corpse of Osama bin Laden. He will never appear in an American courtroom." And for a bit of backtracking, but still on message: "He will be killed by us or he will be killed by his own people so he won't be captured by us." Yes, those sounds echoing through the cavernous newsroom of the NYT are the cackles of liberal journos guffawing about another story that wrote itself:

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Patriot Room Radio #60 Slaughter House Rules

by: Clyde Middleton   posted: 2010-03-16 20:08:00
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The circumvention of the Constitution brewing in the House is simply beyond understanding. So we explain in 27 minutes, including a detail vote count. We also touch on a some polls, the further collapse of the NYT, and a few other fun topics. Every episode of our podcasts is here and on iTunes. You can subscribe on either site. You can also hear us on the Liberty Pundits Network (on demand) and on Radio for Conservatives (Weekday edition broadcast 8:00PM ET Tuesdays and 10:00AM Wednesdays; Weekend edition at 9:30AM-11:00AM ET Saturdays and Sundays). If you're looking to jump right in, pop over to Liberty Pundits here. Send questions for our next podcast to Bill ...

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Remember Reagan Billboard

by: Scott Martin   posted: 2010-03-16 19:09:00
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This can be found on I-94 at the northwest edge of the Twin Cities. In Minnesota. Interestingly enough, the only state that did not support Reagan in 1984.

What is an earmark, and why are the pubs jumping off this cliff?

by: Clyde Middleton   posted: 2010-03-16 18:46:00
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There's a short-sighted battle on Capitol Hill right now, and it may come to a vote tomorrow. Republicans are "swearing off" earmarks for a year. Excited? Don't be. It will save no money, it will shift power to the Executive Branch, and will ignore a practice that began in the First Congress. Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is going to bring to a vote tomorrow a one-year moratorium on earmarks. No, the dems won't agree - and then the pubs will do it unilaterally. Even if the dems do agree, it will not reduce the budget. It will merely leave the identification of where to allocate those monies to the Executive Branch. This is not the Appropriation and Authorization system established in the Constitution. This is (and I am being kind) a red herring. ...

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Obama as Seinfeld

by: Scott Martin   posted: 2010-03-16 16:53:00
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Maybe this is what his act needs... a laugh-track. H/T Instapundit.

Air Force Pilot MIA From Vietnam War is Identified

by: Clyde Middleton   posted: 2010-03-16 16:34:00
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The Department of Defense announced today that the remains of a U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Vietnam War, have been identified and will be returned to his family for burial with full military honors. Air Force Maj. Curtis Daniel Miller of Palacios, Texas, will be buried on March 29 in the Dallas-Ft. Worth National Cemetery. Miller was part of a 14-man aircrew, all of which are now accounted-for. Remains that could not be individually identified are included in a group that will be buried together in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. On March 29, 1972, 14 men ...

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Chris Christie Proposes Budget: NY Times and Teachers Unions Hardest Hit

by: Scott Martin   posted: 2010-03-16 16:21:00
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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's latest budget proposal is striking fear into all the right people. First up is this panicked report from New York Times op-ed writer (my bad, this is actually what passes for straight news reporting at the Times) David Halbfinger.

Christopher J. Christie took office as governor of New Jersey two months ago vowing a sharp change of direction for a state battered by the recession and choked by its tax burden.

On Tuesday, he made clear that what he had in mind was a U-turn.

Actually, Christie today simply followed through on the promises than won him an overwhelming mandate from the people of New Jersey. The fish-hack continues (read this using your best Dan Rather/Ted Koppel voice):

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3 videos: Inhofe has his way with Gore on the Floor

by: Clyde Middleton   posted: 2010-03-16 14:09:00
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So very worth the watch - "Don't worry about Al Gore. He's doing quite well"

Illinois Pub Leadership trashes HC over Medicaid

by: Clyde Middleton   posted: 2010-03-16 13:13:00
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U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, St. Sen. Christine Radogno, Illinois Senate Republican Leader, St. Rep. Tom Cross, Illinois House Republican Leader, Kristina Rasmussen, Executive Vice President, Illinois Policy Institute U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam hosted conference call with leading Illinois Republicans and policy experts to discuss what the Democrats’ healthcare bill will cost the state of Illinois. The current healthcare overhaul before Congress achieves the majority of its coverage of the uninsured through an expansion of Medicaid. Medicaid’s problems in Illinois and across the country are numerous. The estimated Illinois budget deficit for FY2011 is one of the largest in the nation at $12.8 billion. In FY2009, Medicaid represented about one-third of the Illinois budget, making it the largest item in the budget. It is also the fastest-growing budget item, having increased 65% from 2001 to 2008. Illinois’ Medicaid Director has ...

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Sen. Inhofe is right - Earmarks are child's play

by: Clyde Middleton   posted: 2010-03-16 09:59:00
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I come from the Ronald Reagan school - Thou shalt not blast fellow conservatives. But now I have a quandary. Methinks a fellow conservative (Sean Davis, publishing on Red State) is blasting another fellow conservative, Sen. Inhofe. It just so happens I have direct information on this topic. Lock and load.

Sean's a good writer. But his latest piece, "Jim Inhofe’s Fiscal Folly," is guilty of the worst kind of criticism: Sean focuses on one aspect of Sen. Inhofe's statement, pulls some "inconsistency" argument from a statement made on the same topic at a different time and place, and completely ignores the heart of what Inhofe proposes.

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Two more "yes" move to "no": Toast

by: Clyde Middleton   posted: 2010-03-15 11:44:00
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Driehaus and Costello. Driehaus: "While I certainly support this initiative ... I will not bend on the principle of federal funding on abortion," Driehaus said in an interview with The Enquirer. "They are going to have to do it without me and without the other pro-life Democrats." Costello: "I'm opposed to the Senate bill in its current form." His concerns with voting for the Senate bill are that it would allow public funding for abortions, that the congressional budget office has yet to determine the cost of the bill, and that partially funding the bill by slowing the growth of Medicare by $500 billion would adversely affect senior citizens. "I don't like the process at all - I think the White House and the leadership has bungled this from the start," ...

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Patriot Room Radio #59 Exclusive Interview Sen. Inhofe - Tearing up the Senate

by: Clyde Middleton   posted: 2010-03-13 09:38:00
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Exclusive interview with Sen. Inhofe. We discuss government spending, cap and trade, GITMO, and more with the only senator to be given a perfect conservative score by National Journal – The Number One Conservative Senator. Bill and Clyde go on to discuss health care and share what House dems will do when this legislation goes down in flames. Plenty more – jammed-packed show this week. Every episode of our podcasts is here and on iTunes. You can subscribe on either site. You can also hear us on the Liberty Pundits Network (on demand) and on Radio for Conservatives (Weekday edition broadcast 8:00PM ET Tuesdays and 10:00AM Wednesdays; Weekend edition at 9:30AM-11:00AM ET Saturdays and Sundays). If you're looking to jump ...

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