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Experts Say White House 'Misrepresented' Views to Justify Drilling Moratorium

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The seven experts who advised President Obama on how to deal with offshore drilling safety after the Deepwater Horizon explosion are accusing his administration of misrepresenting their views to make it appear that they supported a six-month drilling moratorium -- something they actually oppose.

The experts, recommended by the National Academy of Engineering, say Interior Secretary Ken Salazar 'modified' their report last month, after they signed it, to include two paragraphs calling for the moratorium on existing drilling and new permits...

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A Ban On Truth

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Energy Policy: The advisory board on offshore drilling says it never endorsed a moratorium, which was added later by the interior secretary.

Experts brought together by the Obama administration to review offshore drilling safety were asked to review recommendations in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. They did not give their blessing to the six-month drilling moratorium announced by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and have accused him of deliberately appending their report to make it seem like they did.

The only thing transparent about this administration is its lies.

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40% See Obama Administration As Less Ethical Than Most Past Administrations

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Dem majority rejects move to block EPA power grab in Senate

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The Senate has rejected a bid to stop the Obama administration from imposing regulations on CO2, giving a boost to President Barack Obama as he pursues broader clean energy legislation. Senators turned back a resolution that would have rescinded the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate CO2 under the Clean Air Act.

Supporters of the measure, mostly Republicans, argued that the EPA had usurped the authority of Congress to set climate policy and that the EPA regulations would increase energy costs and kill jobs...

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[Damn. Thanks to those who joined me yesterday in trying, it matters.

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Publisher Provides Disclaimer With U.S. Constitution, Will Media Notice?

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Copies of the U.S. Constitution put out by Wilder Publishing and being sold on Amazon.com come with an odd disclaimer on the first page of the pamphlet, in part declaring:

"This book is a product of its time and does not reflect the same values as it would if it were written today."

On Wednesday's America Live on FNC, host Megyn Kelly reported the controversy, will the rest of the media follow? [Click on image for larger view of disclaimer]

In an example of political correctness run amok, the disclaimer goes on to warn parents of the literary material to follow:

"Parents might wish to discuss with their children how views on race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity and interpersonal relations have changed since this book was written before allowing them to read this classic work."

The provocative pamphlet also includes the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation.

On FNC, correspondent Trace Gallagher concluded: "You know, it's one thing when you republish 'Lady Chatterley's Lover,' its another when you slap that thing on the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence 'Warning children'"

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BP Rage: Aided and Abetted by 'Kick-A**' Rhetoric?

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Instapundit's Glenn Reynolds employed sarcastic irony this morning when he wrote that

"Obama’s hate speech is promoting violence against BP."

Well, it's at least clear that the blame game out of Washington isn't helping the situation.

Reynolds is referring to a report from TV station WREG in Memphis about an incident involving property damage at a local BP station, and other instances that have occurred in other parts of the country (video is at the link):

Bullets Shatter Glass at BP Gas Station

(Southaven, MS) -- Windows at the BP Gas Station on Highway 51 at Custer Drive were shot out overnight. Folks who work at the store believe the suspects were expressing anger over BP and how it's handling the oil spill.

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CNN Highlights 'Big Oil' Cash to Republicans, Omits Obama's

[Meanwhile, in our professional media...]

On Wednesday's Rick's List, CNN's Rick Sanchez twice highlighted how "several Republicans want to keep the cap on what oil companies pay for spills at $75 million" and how apparently that's about "how much they [oil companies] spend on campaign contributions to politicians each year,"...

but omitted that President Obama was the top recipient of money from BP during the 2008 election cycle...

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Iran Unbowed

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The UN Security Council approved a resolution yesterday (Wednesday, June 9th) imposing a fourth round of sanctions on Iran in response to its continued nuclear enrichment program, which is in violation of prior Security Council resolutions. The vote was 12 in favor, 2 against (Brazil and Turkey) and 1 abstention (Lebanon)...

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'Isolated' Iran Seems To Have Lots Of Friends

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In announcing the passage of a U.N. Security Council resolution imposing sanctions on Iran, President Obama stressed not once but twice Iran's increasing "isolation" from the world. This claim is not surprising considering that after 16 months of an "extended hand" policy, in response to which Iran actually accelerated its nuclear program — more centrifuges, more enrichment sites, higher enrichment levels — Iranian "isolation" is about the only achievement to which the administration can even plausibly lay claim.

"Isolation" has failed to deflect Iran's nuclear ambitions, but it does enjoy incessant repetition by the administration....

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Israel targeted in U.N. nuclear debate

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[Yup, that should be the focus of the middle eastern nuke threat: Israel.]

[The organization is worse the worthless.]

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Taliban Hangs 7-Year-Old Boy in Grisly Warning

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As thousands of American troops pour into southern Afghanistan, insurgents have launched a vicious offensive against the Afghans supporting the surge. In the last day a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a wedding hosted by an anti-Taliban tribal leader, and insurgents publicly hanged someone who they labeled a spy for local troops.

The Afghan accused of spying was a 7-year-old boy.

[Our enemy.]

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Debt Spreading 'Like a Cancer'

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The economic situation today is drastically worse than a couple years ago, and the euro is doomed as a concept, Nassim Taleb, professor and author of the bestselling book ''The Black Swan,'' told CNBC on Thursday. ''We had less debt cumulatively (two years ago), and more people employed.

Today, we have more risk in the system, and a smaller tax base,'' Taleb said. ''Banks balance sheets are just as bad as they were'' two years ago when the crisis began and "the quality of the risks hasn't improved," he added.

[I.e., northing's been fixed.]

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Bernanke: ‘Things Will Come Apart’ If Entitlements Are Not Reformed and Spending Controlled

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(CNSNews.com) – Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered a frank assessment to Congress on the fate of the economy if entitlement programs are not restructured. On Wednesday, Bernanke warned that “things will come apart” if Congress allows the federal entitlement programs and the deficit spending they cause to continue on their current unsustainable path...

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Video: Bernanke Says There's 'NOTHING on the Table at this Point' to Tackle Fiscal Crisis

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While appearing before Congress, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke was asked by newly-elected Rep. Charles Djou (R-Hawaii) whether or not the federal government has a plan to tackle the continuing financial crisis. Check out his answer:

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POLL: Plurality Oppose Kagan's Confirmation To Supreme Court

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely Voters shows 33% think Kagan should be confirmed as a Supreme Court justice. But 41% do not think she should be confirmed, up eight points since President Obama announced her nomination in early May. Another 26% remain undecided.

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CBS: Memos Show Kagan ‘Stood Shoulder to Shoulder with the Liberal Left’

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[Evidently 'news' to CBS - but every bit helps I guess.]

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What Bias? Re: WaPo Devotes 60-Paragraph Front Page Story to Workaholic Kagan, Pays Little Attention to Her Philosophy

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Borrowing a line from one of her Harvard colleagues, the Washington Post entitled its June 10 front-page profile of Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, "Her work is her life is her work."*

But the 60-paragraph story by staff writers Ann Gerhart and Philip Rucker shed barely any light on the judicial philosophy that Kagan's life work demonstrates. Instead, Gerhart and Rucker presented a gauzy profile that rehashed the usual trivia -- Kagan loves poker and the opera -- while painting Kagan as a workaholic who still has time to lend an ear or a shoulder to cry on to friends in distress:

She has arrived at the age of 50 in a blaze of accomplishment. But her achievements can obscure how relatively narrow her world has been...

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Michelle Obama to women planning a pregnancy: ‘No fatties’

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U.S. Moves Toward 'Majority Minority'

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Whites are on the verge of becoming a minority among newborn children in the U.S., marking a demographic shift that is already reshaping the nation's politics and economy.

The Census reported Thursday that nonwhite minorities accounted for 48.6% of the children born in the U.S. between July 2008 and July 2009, gaining ground from 46.8% two years earlier. The trajectory suggests that minority births will soon eclipse births of whites of European ancestry.

[This isn't counting 'immigration' {of various forms}.]

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