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10/10/2011 | Healthcare
Prostate cancer experts bash panel's PSA test recommendation
Associated Press
Prostate cancer specialists are pushing back against an expert panel's recommendation that healthy men shouldn't get PSA blood tests for detecting prostate cancer.
"We all agree that we've got to do a better job of figuring out who would benefit from PSA screening," said Dr. Scott Eggener, a prostate cancer specialist at the University of Chicago. "But a blanket statement of just doing away with it altogether ... seems over-aggressive and irresponsible."
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force had examined all the evidence and found little if any reduction in deaths from routine PSA screening, but it did conclude that too many men are diagnosed with tumors that never would have killed them and suffer serious side effects because of it.
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Michael Barry, Director of Pastoral Care, Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Phila.Twila Brase, President and Co-founder, Citizens' Council on Healthcare FreedomMarjorie Dannenfelser, President and Chairman of the Board, Susan B. Anthony ListColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USA10/10/2011 | Gun Control
Fast and Furious weapons were found in Mexico cartel enforcer's home
Associated Press
High-powered assault weapons illegally purchased under the ATF's Fast and Furious program in Phoenix ended up in a home belonging to the purported top Sinaloa cartel enforcer in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, whose organization was terrorizing that city with the worst violence in the Mexican drug wars.
In all, 100 assault weapons acquired under Fast and Furious were transported 350 miles from Phoenix to El Paso, making that West Texas city a central hub for gun traffickers. Forty of the weapons made it across the border and into the arsenal of Jose Antonio Torres Marrufo, a feared cartel leader in Ciudad Juarez, according to federal court records and trace documents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
10/7/2011 | Healthcare
Feds Designing Basic Health Insurance Package for Millions of Privately Insured Americans
Associated Press
The federal government is taking on a crucial new role in the nation's health care, designing a basic benefits package for millions of privately insured Americans. A framework was released on Thursday.
The report by independent experts from the Institute of Medicine lays out guidelines for deciding what to include in the new "essential benefits package," how to keep it affordable for small businesses and taxpayers, and also scientifically up to date.
Recommended Guests:
Michael Barry, Director of Pastoral Care, Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Phila.Twila Brase, President and Co-founder, Citizens' Council on Healthcare FreedomMarjorie Dannenfelser, President and Chairman of the Board, Susan B. Anthony ListColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USA10/7/2011 | Economy
World facing worst financial crisis in history, Bank of England Governor says
The Telegraph
The world is facing the worst financial crisis since at least the 1930s “if not ever”, the Governor of the Bank of England said last night.
Sir Mervyn King was speaking after the decision by the Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee to put £75billion of newly created money into the economy in a desperate effort to stave off a new credit crisis and a UK recession.
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Barry Asmus, Senior Economist, National Center for Policy AnalysisDavid Bossie, President, Citizens UnitedDan Celia, Host, "Financial Issues Live" Radio ProgramPhil Clements, Managing Director, Center for Christian Business Ethics Today, LLC.Ward Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights InstituteWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteJames Edwards, Cofounder, Olive, Edwards, & Cooper, LLCJoseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyJames Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of CommerceLou Giuliano, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (r, ITT CorporationColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USALowman Henry, Chairman & CEO, Lincoln Institute of Public Opinion Research, Inc.Larry Hunter, President, The Social Security InstitutePhillip Kim, Assistant Professor of Management and Human Resour, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of BusinessJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinGrover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR)Chuck Stetson, Co-founder and Managing Director, PEI FundsTony Strickland, Taxpayer AdvocateJohn Weiser, Board Member, Westminster Theological Seminary , In Medias Res10/4/2011 | Economy
House Majority Leader Cantor: Obama’s Jobs Package is Dead
CNS News
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said that President Barack Obama’s $447-billion American Jobs Act was dead, adding that Obama’s “all or nothing” approach would not work.
At a Capitol Hill briefing on Monday, a reporter asked Cantor whether the "jobs package as a package [was] dead?"
Cantor said, "yes," and shortly thereafter said, “It seems as if the president is in full campaign mode. The president continues to say ‘pass my bill in its entirety.’ As I’ve said from the outset, this all-or-nothing approach is just not acceptable
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Barry Asmus, Senior Economist, National Center for Policy AnalysisDavid Bossie, President, Citizens UnitedDan Celia, Host, "Financial Issues Live" Radio ProgramPhil Clements, Managing Director, Center for Christian Business Ethics Today, LLC.Ward Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights InstituteWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteJames Edwards, Cofounder, Olive, Edwards, & Cooper, LLCJoseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyJames Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of CommerceLou Giuliano, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (r, ITT CorporationColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USALowman Henry, Chairman & CEO, Lincoln Institute of Public Opinion Research, Inc.Larry Hunter, President, The Social Security InstitutePhillip Kim, Assistant Professor of Management and Human Resour, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of BusinessJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinGrover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR)Chuck Stetson, Co-founder and Managing Director, PEI FundsTony Strickland, Taxpayer AdvocateJohn Weiser, Board Member, Westminster Theological Seminary , In Medias Res9/29/2011 | Healthcare
Supreme Court May Rule on Obamacare Before 2012 Election
Associated Press
President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul appears headed for a Supreme Court ruling as the presidential election season hits full stride in the coming year.
The health care law affecting virtually every American is sure to figure prominently in President Barack Obama's campaign for re-election. Republican contenders are already assailing it in virtually every debate and speech.
The administration on Wednesday formally appealed a ruling by the federal appeals court in Atlanta that struck down the law's core requirement that Americans buy health insurance or pay a penalty beginning in 2014. The administration said the appeals court decision declaring the law's central provision unconstitutional was "fundamentally flawed."
At the same time, however, the winners in that appellate case, 26 states and the National Federation of Independent Business, also asked for high court review Wednesday, saying the entire law, and not just the individual insurance mandate, should be struck down.
The Supreme Court almost always weighs in when a lower court has struck down all or part of a federal law, to say nothing of one that aims to extend insurance coverage to more than 30 million Americans.
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Michael Barry, Director of Pastoral Care, Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Phila.Twila Brase, President and Co-founder, Citizens' Council on Healthcare FreedomMarjorie Dannenfelser, President and Chairman of the Board, Susan B. Anthony ListColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USA9/29/2011 | Economy, Governmental Control
Obama admin approves 2 solar loans worth $1B
Associated Press
The Energy Department on Wednesday approved two loan guarantees worth more than $1 billion for solar energy projects in Nevada and Arizona, two days before the expiration date of a program that has become a rallying cry for Republican critics of the Obama administration's green energy program.
Energy Secretary Steven Chu said the department has completed a $737 million loan guarantee to Tonopah Solar Energy for a 110 megawatt solar tower on federal land near Tonopah, Nev., and a $337 million guarantee for Mesquite Solar 1 to develop a 150 megawatt solar plant near Phoenix.
The loans were approved under the same program that paid for a $528 million loan to Solyndra Inc., a California solar panel maker that went bankrupt after receiving the money and laid off 1,100 workers. Solyndra is under investigation by the FBI and is the focal point of House hearings on the program.
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Barry Asmus, Senior Economist, National Center for Policy AnalysisDavid Bossie, President, Citizens UnitedDan Celia, Host, "Financial Issues Live" Radio ProgramPhil Clements, Managing Director, Center for Christian Business Ethics Today, LLC.Chuck Colson, Prison FellowshipWard Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights InstituteTom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of RepresentativesWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteChuck Donovan, Senior Research Fellow-DeVos Center for Religion a, The Heritage FoundationJames Edwards, Cofounder, Olive, Edwards, & Cooper, LLCSteve Elliott, President, Grassfire.orgJoseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyFrank Gaffney, Founder and President , Center for Security PolicyJames Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of CommerceLou Giuliano, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (r, ITT CorporationRick Green, President, Torch of Freedom FoundationColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USALowman Henry, Chairman & CEO, Lincoln Institute of Public Opinion Research, Inc.Larry Hunter, President, The Social Security InstitutePhillip Kim, Assistant Professor of Management and Human Resour, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of BusinessCliff Kincaid, President, America's Survival, Inc.Jennifer Marshall, Director of Domestic Policy Studies, The Heritage FoundationGary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation NetworkRyan Messmore, William E. Simon fellow in Religion and a Free Soc, The Heritage FoundationJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinGrover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR)Phyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle ForumChuck Stetson, Co-founder and Managing Director, PEI FundsTony Strickland, Taxpayer AdvocateLorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources ProjectJohn Weiser, Board Member, Westminster Theological Seminary , In Medias Res9/27/2011 | Economy, Israel
Following Israel's 'economic miracle'
OneNewsNow
the White House and Congress are serious about creating jobs and reviving the economy, one senior fellow suggests that the U.S. look to Israel for examples.
Dan Senor is an adjunct senior fellow for Middle East studies at the Council on Foreign Relations and co-author of Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle. He tells OneNewsNow a number of examples show why Israel is the model for success, namely its civilian research and development -- an area touted time and again by President Barack Obama.
"Israel has engaged in an aggressive campaign of privatization, of decentralization on the tech part of its economy," Senor notes. "It has brought down corporate tax rates; it has now one of the lowest unemployment rates as a result [and] one of the strongest currencies."
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Barry Asmus, Senior Economist, National Center for Policy AnalysisDavid Bossie, President, Citizens UnitedDan Celia, Host, "Financial Issues Live" Radio ProgramPhil Clements, Managing Director, Center for Christian Business Ethics Today, LLC.Ward Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights InstituteWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteJames Edwards, Cofounder, Olive, Edwards, & Cooper, LLCJoseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyPaul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsJames Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of CommerceLou Giuliano, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (r, ITT CorporationColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USALowman Henry, Chairman & CEO, Lincoln Institute of Public Opinion Research, Inc.Larry Hunter, President, The Social Security InstitutePhillip Kim, Assistant Professor of Management and Human Resour, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of BusinessPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinGrover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR)Walid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationChuck Stetson, Co-founder and Managing Director, PEI FundsTony Strickland, Taxpayer AdvocateWilliam Sutter, Executive Director, The Friends of IsraelJohn Weiser, Board Member, Westminster Theological Seminary , In Medias Res9/22/2011 | Healthcare
Health industry lacks patient data safeguards: poll
Reuters
New technologies are flooding into the healthcare world, but the industry is not adequately prepared to protect patients from data breaches, according to a report published on Thursday.
A vast majority of hospitals, doctors, pharmacies and insurers are eager to adapt to increasingly digital patient data. However, less than half are addressing implications for privacy and security, a survey of healthcare industry executives by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP found.
PwC's Health Research Institute interviewed 600 executives in the spring of this year and also found that less than half of their companies have addressed issues related to the use of mobile devices. Less than a quarter have addressed implications of social media.
"The health IT and new uses of health information are changing quickly and the privacy and security sometimes may not be moving in step," said Jim Koenig, a PwC director who is among the contributors to the report.
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Michael Barry, Director of Pastoral Care, Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Phila.Twila Brase, President and Co-founder, Citizens' Council on Healthcare FreedomMarjorie Dannenfelser, President and Chairman of the Board, Susan B. Anthony ListColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USA9/22/2011 | Economy, Governmental Control
Auto Dealers: Obama’s ‘Flawed’ Fuel Economy Plan Will Hurt Consumers, Car Quality
CNS News
The nation’s auto dealers gathered in Washington, D.C., this week, in part to lobby for less government regulations on the industry, including fuel economy mandates they say will cost consumers.
In a handout – “A Flawed Fuel Economy Structure Produces a Flawed Result” – distributed at the conference, details of those costs – based on the government’s own estimates – were summarized.
The cost of an average vehicle, for example, will increase by more than $3,000 in 2025 because of fuel economy and global warming vehicle mandates enacted by the Obama administration, according to the Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Bailey Wood, director of legislative affairs and communications with the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA), discussed the handout with CNSNews.com and called $3,000 a “softball estimate.” Wood said the Center for Automotive Research puts the cost increase to comply with fuel economy standards at as much as $10,000 per vehicle.
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Barry Asmus, Senior Economist, National Center for Policy AnalysisDavid Bossie, President, Citizens UnitedDan Celia, Host, "Financial Issues Live" Radio ProgramPhil Clements, Managing Director, Center for Christian Business Ethics Today, LLC.Chuck Colson, Prison FellowshipWard Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights InstituteTom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of RepresentativesWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteChuck Donovan, Senior Research Fellow-DeVos Center for Religion a, The Heritage FoundationJames Edwards, Cofounder, Olive, Edwards, & Cooper, LLCSteve Elliott, President, Grassfire.orgJoseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyFrank Gaffney, Founder and President , Center for Security PolicyJames Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of CommerceLou Giuliano, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (r, ITT CorporationRick Green, President, Torch of Freedom FoundationColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USALowman Henry, Chairman & CEO, Lincoln Institute of Public Opinion Research, Inc.Larry Hunter, President, The Social Security InstitutePhillip Kim, Assistant Professor of Management and Human Resour, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of BusinessCliff Kincaid, President, America's Survival, Inc.Jennifer Marshall, Director of Domestic Policy Studies, The Heritage FoundationGary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation NetworkRyan Messmore, William E. Simon fellow in Religion and a Free Soc, The Heritage FoundationJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinGrover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR)Phyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle ForumChuck Stetson, Co-founder and Managing Director, PEI FundsTony Strickland, Taxpayer AdvocateLorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources ProjectJohn Weiser, Board Member, Westminster Theological Seminary , In Medias Res9/21/2011 | Homosexuality, UN
‘We Must Stand Up for the Rights of Gays And Lesbians Everywhere,’ Obama Tells U.N.
CNS News
In his speech to the U.N. General Assembly Wednesday, President Obama called for “open societies” that “empower their citizens,” including homosexuals and women.
“No country should deny people their rights because of who they love, which is why we must stand up for the rights of gays and lesbians everywhere,” Obama said one day after the United States started allowing homosexuals to serve openly in the U.S. military.
In a reference to women, Obama said, “no country can realize its potential if half its population cannot reach theirs.”
Obama noted that the United State this week signed a new Declaration on Women’s Participation. “Next year, we should each announce the steps we are taking to break down economic and political barriers that stand in the way of women and girls. That is what our commitment to human progress demands.”
Elsewhere in his speech, the president mentioned poverty that punishes children. “We must act on the belief that freedom from want is a basic human right,” he said.
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Major Eric Egland, Author, The Troops Need You, America: Six Ways to Help...Colin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USABishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchCliff Kincaid, President, America's Survival, Inc.Peter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryAlex McFarland, President, Southern Evangelical SeminaryJeff Myers, Incoming President, Summit MinistriesDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.com9/21/2011 | Israel, UN
Senior Palestinian official: UN bid is only alternative to violence
Haaretz.com
Senior Palestinian negotiator Nabil Shaath said Wednesday that the Palestinians' statehood bid at the United Nations is the only alternative to violence, stressing that the UN move will give the Palestinians the change to promote their rights.
"The UN is the only alternative to violence," Shaath said during a press conference on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly."It will be very costly to us and the Israelis. Our new heroes are Gandhi, Mandela and Martin Luther King."
Shaath also said that the Palestinians plan to give the UN Security Council time to mull its statehood bid, which they are due to submit on Friday, before turning to the UN General Assembly.
"President [Mahmoud] Abbas doesn't want [people] to suspect we are not serious by pleading to two committees," Shaath said. "We will give some time to the Security Council to consider first our full membership request before heading to the General Assembly."
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William Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteMajor Eric Egland, Author, The Troops Need You, America: Six Ways to Help...Paul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USACliff Kincaid, President, America's Survival, Inc.Peter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationWilliam Sutter, Executive Director, The Friends of Israel9/20/2011 | Homosexuality, U.S. Military
"Don't ask, don't tell" consigned to history
Associated Press
After years of debate and months of final preparations, the military can no longer prevent gays from serving openly in its ranks.
Repeal of a 1993 law that allowed gays to serve only so long as they kept their sexual orientation private took effect Tuesday at 12:01 a.m. EDT.
Some in Congress still oppose the change, but top Pentagon leaders have certified that it will not undermine the military's ability to recruit or to fight wars.
The Army was distributing a business-as-usual statement Tuesday saying simply, "The law is repealed," and reminding soldiers to treat each other fairly.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, scheduled a Pentagon news conference for later Tuesday to field questions about the repeal. And a bipartisan group of congressional supporters of allowing openly gay service planned a news conference on Capitol Hill.
Gay advocacy groups planned a series of celebrations across the country.
CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports President Bill Clinton first tried to repeal the ban on gays, but ran into the objections of then Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Colin Powell. A generation later, President Obama had the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs on his side. Mullen was the decisive voice calling for policy's repeal.
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Major Eric Egland, Author, The Troops Need You, America: Six Ways to Help...Frank Gaffney, Founder and President , Center for Security PolicyColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USABishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryAlex McFarland, President, Southern Evangelical SeminaryJeff Myers, Incoming President, Summit MinistriesDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.com9/20/2011 | Governmental Control
USDA Secretary: We Must ‘Create Appropriate Transition’ for What Americans Eat
CNS News
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told members of the National Restaurant Association on Monday that Americans need to “adjust” their tastes so that they like the kind of food the government believes they should eat—and “we have to make sure that what we do is create the appropriate transition.”
“You know, as we deal with this issue of reducing sodium and sugar, it sounds simple to do, but you all know better than I do, it’s not as simple as it sounds,” said Vilsack.
“It’s going to take time for people’s taste to adjust and they will adjust over time, but it will take some time,” he said. “So, we have to make sure that what we do is create the appropriate transition.
"At the end of the day, though, we've got to deal with this," said Vilsack.
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Chuck Colson, Prison FellowshipTom DeLay, Former House Majority Leader, United States House of RepresentativesWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteChuck Donovan, Senior Research Fellow-DeVos Center for Religion a, The Heritage FoundationSteve Elliott, President, Grassfire.orgJoseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyFrank Gaffney, Founder and President , Center for Security PolicyJames Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of CommerceRick Green, President, Torch of Freedom FoundationColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USACliff Kincaid, President, America's Survival, Inc.Jennifer Marshall, Director of Domestic Policy Studies, The Heritage FoundationGary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation NetworkRyan Messmore, William E. Simon fellow in Religion and a Free Soc, The Heritage FoundationJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinGrover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR)Phyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle ForumTony Strickland, Taxpayer AdvocateLorianne Updike, President & Executive Director, The Constitutional Sources Project9/19/2011 | Economy
Obama Predicts: His Plan Will Cost $235,263 Per Job
CNS News
President Barack Obama said at a fundraiser held in a private residence in Washington, D.C., on Thursday evening that the $447 billion American Jobs Act he has proposed will create 1.9 million American jobs—which works out to a cost of about $235,263 per job.
“It’s estimated that the American Jobs Act would add two percentage points to the GDP, and add as many as 1.9 million jobs, and bring the unemployment rate down by a full percentage point,” Obama said, according to the official White House transcript of his remarks.
Obama did not say who made the estimate in question, but his remarks mirrored the conclusions of an analysis made by Mark Zandi, the chief economist for Moody’s Analytics. “The plan would add 2 percentage points to GDP growth next year, add 1.9 million jobs, and cut the unemployment rate by a percentage point,” Zandi wrote.
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Barry Asmus, Senior Economist, National Center for Policy AnalysisDavid Bossie, President, Citizens UnitedDan Celia, Host, "Financial Issues Live" Radio ProgramPhil Clements, Managing Director, Center for Christian Business Ethics Today, LLC.Ward Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights InstituteWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteJames Edwards, Cofounder, Olive, Edwards, & Cooper, LLCJoseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyJames Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of CommerceLou Giuliano, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (r, ITT CorporationColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USALowman Henry, Chairman & CEO, Lincoln Institute of Public Opinion Research, Inc.Larry Hunter, President, The Social Security InstitutePhillip Kim, Assistant Professor of Management and Human Resour, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of BusinessJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinGrover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR)Chuck Stetson, Co-founder and Managing Director, PEI FundsTony Strickland, Taxpayer AdvocateJohn Weiser, Board Member, Westminster Theological Seminary , In Medias Res9/19/2011 | Israel, Radical Islam
French FM: Status quo between Israel and Palestinians risks 'explosion of violence'
Reuters
French FM said on Monday that the status quo between Israel and the Palestinian is neither acceptable nor tenable, and "posed a risk of an explosion of violence." Alain Juppe added he is scheduled to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas later on Monday.
Juppe asked what would happen after the Palestinians go to to the Security Council. "If there is an American veto, nothing will happen on the ground except maybe the resumption of violence," he said. He mentioned the Quartet's frantic efforts to find a way out of the deadlock, saying that there are still "three, four days to negotiate in the Quartet and to find a solution, a balanced solution, acceptable both by Palestinians and Israelis, to resume negotiation."
Juppe added that "things are changing all around Israel. Egypt has changed. Syria is in the situation we said before. Turkey has not in very good relations with Israel today. There are tensions… when everything is changing around you, you can stay rigid and say wait and see. I think it's better to take in account the change and to try to move".
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Zakariah Anani, Shoebat FoundationWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteMajor Eric Egland, Author, The Troops Need You, America: Six Ways to Help...Paul "Dave" Gaubatz, Owner-Director, Wahhabi CT PublicationsColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USAPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJan Markell, President, Olive Tree MinistriesKamal Saleem, Shoebat FoundationWalid Shoebat, President, Shoebat FoundationWilliam Sutter, Executive Director, The Friends of IsraelDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.com9/14/2011 | Homosexuality, Politics, Pro-Family
Upset Win: Republican Takes Weiner’s Seat GOP upset win in NY portends challenge for Obama
Associated Press
It sounded improbable on the surface that a New York City congressional district where Democrats have a 3-1 registration edge and have held office for nearly a century could even come close to electing a Republican to the U.S. House.
But voter frustration over the sour economy and President Barack Obama's policies made the improbable a reality, as a Republican political novice, Bob Turner, scored an upset victory in a special election Tuesday over David Weprin, a Democratic assemblyman from a prominent local political family.
The surprising results in the Brooklyn and Queens-area district portend a perilous national environment for Obama as he prepares to seek re-election next year.
Turner said as much when he stepped before cameras to claim victory Tuesday night.
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Michael Barry, Director of Pastoral Care, Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Phila.Phil Burress, President, Citizens for Community ValuesAlan Chambers, President, Exodus InternationalRev. Clenard Childress, Jr., Assistant Director, Life Education and Resource NetworkPhil Clements, Managing Director, Center for Christian Business Ethics Today, LLC.Chuck Colson, Prison FellowshipWard Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights InstituteScott Davis, Director of Student Ministries, Exodus InternationalLen Deo, President, New Jersey Family Policy CouncilWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteChuck Donovan, Senior Research Fellow-DeVos Center for Religion a, The Heritage FoundationJessica Echard, Executive Director, Eagle ForumTim G. Echols, President/Founder, TeenPactJoseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyTodd Friel, Radio Host, Way of the MasterFrank Gaffney, Founder and President , Center for Security PolicyMike Gottfried, Founder, Team FocusRick Green, President, Torch of Freedom FoundationColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USALowman Henry, Chairman & CEO, Lincoln Institute of Public Opinion Research, Inc.Dr. Janice Hollis, Bishop, Progressive Believers MinistriesBishop Harry R. Jackson, Senior Pastor, Hope Christian ChurchPeter Lillback, President, Westminster Theological SeminaryJennifer Marshall, Director of Domestic Policy Studies, The Heritage FoundationGary Marx, Executive Director, Judicial Confirmation NetworkAlex McFarland, President, Southern Evangelical SeminaryJoe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinJeff Myers, Incoming President, Summit MinistriesElizabeth Racine, Founder, Moralert.comPhyllis Schlafly, President and Founder, Eagle ForumChristopher Slattery, Founder and President, EMC Frontline Pregnancy CentersDavid Smith, Executive Director, Illinois Family InstituteRandy Thomas, Executive Vice President, Exodus InternationalDavid Wheaton, Author, Speaker, Radio Talk Show Host, TheChristianWorldview.com9/14/2011 | Economy, UN
U.N. Reform Advocate Questions What U.S. Is Getting for Its $7B Contribution
CNS News
House Foreign Affairs Committee chairwoman Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen acknowledged Tuesday that legislation aimed at making U.S. funding to the United Nations contingent on reforms lacks bipartisan support but said it was important to make a stand for “the principles that we believe in.”
As she prepares to mark up her bill in committee, Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) faces mounting opposition from the Obama administration and advocacy groups supportive of deeper U.S. engagement with the U.N.
The U.N. Transparency, Accountability, and Reform Act (H.R. 2829) also lacks the support of a single House Democrat. The number of co-sponsors has climbed from 57 on Aug. 30 – the day the bill was introduced – to 74 as of Tuesday; all 74 are Republicans.
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Barry Asmus, Senior Economist, National Center for Policy AnalysisDavid Bossie, President, Citizens UnitedDan Celia, Host, "Financial Issues Live" Radio ProgramPhil Clements, Managing Director, Center for Christian Business Ethics Today, LLC.Ward Connerly, Author/Founder and Chairman, American Civil Rights InstituteWilliam Devlin, National President, Redeem The VoteJames Edwards, Cofounder, Olive, Edwards, & Cooper, LLCMajor Eric Egland, Author, The Troops Need You, America: Six Ways to Help...Joseph Farah, CEO, Founder, WorldNetDailyJames Gelfand, Senior Manager of Health Policy, U.S. Chamber of CommerceLou Giuliano, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer (r, ITT CorporationColin Hanna, Colin Hanna, President, Let Freedom Ring USALowman Henry, Chairman & CEO, Lincoln Institute of Public Opinion Research, Inc.Larry Hunter, President, The Social Security InstitutePhillip Kim, Assistant Professor of Management and Human Resour, University of Wisconsin-Madison School of BusinessCliff Kincaid, President, America's Survival, Inc.Joe Murray, Columnist, The BulletinGrover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR)Chuck Stetson, Co-founder and Managing Director, PEI FundsTony Strickland, Taxpayer AdvocateJohn Weiser, Board Member, Westminster Theological Seminary , In Medias Res9/13/2011 | Governmental Control, Healthcare
HHS Trying to Boost Public Confidence in ‘Personal Health Records’
CNS News
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Monday announced “new rules” intended to make Americans more confident about gathering and storing their personal medical information on the World Wide Web.
One new regulation announced Monday creates a standardized template so consumers can compare the privacy and security policies of medical facilities and other companies offering Web-based Personal Health Records.
First, some history: The Democrats' 2009 stimulus law called for doctors’ offices and other medical providers to utilize an electronic health record (EHR) "for each person in the United States by 2014." The EHR is a key element of the Democrats' attempt to lower health care costs. Theoretically, EHRs will reduce paperwork, administrative burdens and medical errors.
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Israel facing 'diplomatic tsunami' with Arab neighbors
McClatchy Newspapers
The attack on the Israeli embassy in Cairo has brought into sharp relief Israel's increasing isolation in a still region grappling with the changes of the Arab Spring.
Israel was forced to evacuate its ambassador and most of its diplomatic staff from Cairo this weekend after hundreds of Egyptian protesters tore down a security wall protecting the Nile-side embassy, ransacked its files and burned an Israeli flag. It came less than a week after Turkey, Israel's other major ally in the Muslim world, announced it was expelling the Israeli ambassador and downgrading its relationship to the lowest possible level after a deadly skirmish involving a Turkish aid vessel that was attempting to deliver supplies in defiance of Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip.
With another potential predicament brewing later this month when the Palestinians are expected to request membership and statehood at the United Nations, Israeli-Arab relations appear to be plunging to their lowest point in years.
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