President Obama has accepted the resignation of Louis Caldera, the director of the White House Military Office responsible for the controversial low-altitude flyover of New York by a 747 plane used as Air Force One, the White House said Friday.
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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced today that the crown atop the Statue of Liberty will be open for public access beginning on July 4. The crown had been off-limits since the September 11, 2001 attacks.
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The Rev. Michael Pfleger has ordered the American flag at St. Sabina Church hung upside-down — a historic sign of distress — to symbolize the growing death toll among the city’s youngsters.
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Armed robberies of Washington State’s drugstores and pharmacies are on the rise. Now pharmacists are fighting back with heat of their own. Here is a clip from Seattle’s local King-5 news, including video of a pharmacist pulling a Glock on a would-be oxycodone robber.
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Just where is the screed that the office of the presidency of the United States requires faith? Where is that stated in the Constitution? Where is it written that faith is even a requirement for public office in this country? – Alan Combs
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Prepare to be awed by Odd Day. For the mathematically challenged, Thursday’s date, 5/7/09, is one of only six this century that will feature three consecutive odd numbers.
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Compassionate Conservatism Tip#245: Assume people who don’t agree with you are mad/angry/bitter/racist(?) and out to get you, then plan preemptive attack accordingly. God forbid someone disagree with your talking points.
“He’s just mad at me because I’m the one person in the country who had the guts to explain his endorsement of Obama,” the leader of the Republican Party Limbaugh said. “It was purely and solely based on race.”
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The Chariot – Daggers
Sky Eats Airplane – Numbers
Cry Of The Afflicted – Lift The Veil (oldie, but a classic!)
“I think there is a lot of demand out there for this band, they’ve been away for seven years,” Fermglich tells Billboard.com. “The last show they played was Dec. 31, 2002.”
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Wow…so that’s what they do out in the country, build short range missles…I see…
FULL STORY, PHOTOS, AND VID HERE.
