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Archive for February 8th, 2011
Harry Reid: Prime Minister – Brent Budowsky
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011Jay Cost, Weekly Standard – Whither the Obama Bounce?
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011NY Times – 80 percent of psychology professors are Democrats, outnumbering Republicans by nearly 12 to 1
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011Scholar – Christianity is overtaking the globe, led by spectacular, ongoing growth in Africa and Asia
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011US Gov’t – Unintended acceleration in Toyota Motor Corp. vehicles was rooted in mechanical flaws rather than electronic defects
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011Draft Saul Anuzis for Senate – Jim Geraghty
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011Most Voters Still Put Reducing Health Care Costs Ahead of Universal Coverage
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011Rasmussen – 45% Intend To Honor Black History Month, 42% Do Not
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011Eighty-eight percent (88%) of African-Americans plan to celebrate Black History Month in some way, compared to 39% of whites and 41% of adults of other races. Fifty-eight percent (58%) of blacks believe that the celebration of Black History Month helps improve racial tolerance in America, but a plurality (48%) of whites disagree. Those of other races are more narrowly divided.
By a 46% to 28% margin, blacks say every major racial and ethnic group in America should have a month set aside to honor its role in U.S. history. Sixty-nine percent (69%) of white Americans and a plurality (45%) of adults of other races think that’s a bad idea.
Rasmussen – 60% Recognize That Government Spending Has Increased Every Year Since 1954
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011That was also the last year that overall government spending in America declined from one year to the next. The numbers are documented in the Historical Tables of the U.S. Budget, but a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that only 60% of Americans believe it to be true. Seventeen percent (17%) say it’s false and probably assumed there must have been some year in between when government spending slipped. After all, we’re talking about years that included the tax revolt, the Reagan Revolution, the Perot movement and Bill Clinton’s declaration that the “Era of Big Government” was over.
Rasmussen – Voters Still Wary of Changes in Egypt, But 68% Say U.S. Should Not Get Involved
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011Rasmussen – 27% See UN As U.S. Ally, 15% As An Enemy
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011Seventy-eight percent (78%) of Democrats hold a favorable view of the international body. Sixty-seven percent (67%) of GOP voters and 50% of unaffiliateds regard the UN unfavorably.
Among Tea Party members, 81% view the UN unfavorably, and 43% see it as an enemy of the United States.
Dayton – Female gym teacher accused of sex acts with five students
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011USA Today – Americans owing more than home is worth
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011Next week – U.S. House of Representatives is likely to vote to block funding for ObamaCare
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011Philadelphia – The abortionist, accused of murders, made at least $1.8M a year
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011Saddam targeted Bush, Rumsfeld daughters
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011White House plans to inject $53 billion into high speed passenger rail
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011AOL purchase of left-wing site – A wager on the ability of co-founder Arianna Huffington to build an online media empire
Tuesday, February 8th, 2011Op-ed Cartoon, Diversity Lane: Cozying up with a good yarn
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