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Medicare: Bill signed sparing docs from Medicare payments cut (for now)

By Alissa On June 26, 2010 · Leave a Comment

President Barack Obama has signed a bill that temporarily spares doctors from a 21 percent cut in Medicare payments.

The measure delays cuts through the end of November while lawmakers work on a more permanent solution.

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Where is Arizona? Don’t ask Peggy West

By Alissa On June 25, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Where is Arizona?

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Milwaukee County Board Member Peggy West does not know Arizona is on the Border

By Alissa On June 25, 2010 · 2 Comments

The result of taking US history out of the school textbooks has finally come to fruition. A supposedly educated woman, sitiing on the Milwaukee County Board claimed that she would give a little more credit to the Arizona law if Arizona actually bordered the Mexican border. I am sure she is feeling rather dumb tonight.

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Obama Says McChrystal’s Remarks Showed Poor Judgement

By Alissa On June 23, 2010 · Leave a Comment

“I think it’s clear that the article in which he and his team appeared showed a poor — showed poor judgment,” the president said Tuesday, surrounded by members of his Cabinet. “But I also want to make sure that I talk to him directly before I make any final decisions.”

Really Mr. President? You [...]

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Gen Stanley McChrystal Out

By Alissa On June 23, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Gen. Stanley McChrystal is no longer the top U.S. commander and strategist for Afghanistan, reportedly being told Wednesday by President Obama that he is out of a job following a scathing article in which McChrystal and his aides were quoted criticizing the commander-in-chief over his leadership in the Afghan war.

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Did the Libertarians Cause Upset in the Nevada Primary Vote?

By Alissa On June 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Before anyone had even heard the name Sharon Angle, Sue Lowden was the candidate of choice for most conservatives in Nevada. Lowden seemed to have what it would take to beat Harry Reid. She had money, she had experience as the GOP chairwoman and she had support. She led the poles in Nevada for months. So what happened?

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Where is President Obama Today?

By Alissa On June 4, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Where is President Obama today? I will give you three guesses (you will get them, don’t worry.)

1.Running from the White House to the Gulf Coast because he knows his administration is going to prison for election fraud.

2. Running from the press to the Gulf Coast because he does not want to explain why Israel is in the midst of a war and we are waging on the side of Palestinian terrorists.

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Let’s have a Beer Summit on the Gulf Coast

By Alissa On June 1, 2010 · Leave a Comment

President Obama gave a press conference yesterday, which seemingly brought down the spirits of the American people, and in tow, the Dow Jones. Blaming everyone under the sun, and still not really knowing how to convince the world that he knows what he is doing, Obama seemed to loose some of his ambiance today as he fumbled through the conference and left with no questions.

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