Month: September 2010

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Obama, like many of his presidential predecessors, is not a regular church-goer. Some, like Bill Clinton, used his sporadic church attendance as a political prop: Who can forget his great photo-op, when at the height of the Monica Lewinsky scandal, he got himself photographed coming out of church carrying a bible—a book he was never seen with before or after that occasion. Others, like the two Presidents Bush, made it a point to request that the press refrain from reporting or photographing their church attendance.

Barry’s trip to St. John’s Church Episcopal (where “G*d d*mn America!” is never heard from the pulpit) was perhaps merely coincidental to his gaff last Wednesday, when he quickly skipped over God in his speech to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. In the closing remarks of his speech, Obama recited part of the Declaration of Independence, and left out “by their Creator.” He recited “endowed with certain inalienable rights….” The Declaration of Independence gives credit to God as the Creator who has “endowed” all men with “certain inalienable rights…..”

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Read it here… Obama forgets to credit Creator for our endowed rights – Louisville Public Policy | Examiner.com.

Ally Financial Inc.’s GMAC Mortgage unit told brokers and agents to halt foreclosures on homeowners in 23 states including Florida, Connecticut and New York.

GMAC Mortgage may “need to take corrective action in connection with some foreclosures” in the affected states, according to a two-page memo dated Sept. 17 and obtained by Bloomberg News. Ally Financial spokesman James Olecki confirmed the contents of the memo. Brokers were told to stop evictions, cash-for-key transactions and lockouts, regardless of occupant type, with immediate effect, according to the document, addressed to GMAC preferred agents.

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via Ally’s GMAC Mortgage Halts Home Foreclosures in 23 States – Bloomberg.

More than a few Democrats have said they are wavering on supporting Pelosi as their leader next year. At least four House Democrats are running ads stating their opposition to the speaker’s agenda, and one Democrat running in Tennessee called for her resignation.

Edwards, rated by independent political analysts as one of the 10 Democrats whose seat is most endangered, goes further than most of his colleagues. He openly critiques his party’s entire agenda, saying its leaders “overreached” after the 2008 elections.

Now that the Democratic majority hangs in the balance, so, too, does Pelosi’s hold on power. No Democrat is challenging Pelosi for speaker – or minority leader, should the party lose power – and there is no plan underway for a leadership succession if she were to resign after an electoral rout.

Publicly and privately, Pelosi rejects any talk of losing the majority. Instead, she is focusing on a furious fundraising effort this fall to ensure that the very lawmakers openly running away from her have enough campaign cash to win reelection.

“We are going to win in November, so I don’t even accept your first question or premise and all the rest of that,” she said at her weekly news conference, when asked about potentially giving up power.

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via More House Democrats stressing independence from Pelosi, Obama.

“He’s a slum landlord. He’s always been a slum landlord. He’s someone who takes money out of a piece of property and never puts money back in,” Mayor Brian Stack said.

On Tuesday the Union City mayor showed Hickey the lawsuit the city filed against Sage Development, a company owned by the imam.

Rauf is accused of ignoring complaints by tenants and orders by the city on issues from moldy bathrooms to fire hazards.

The imam owns an apartment building on Central Avenue and another one around the corner… on 22nd Street. The second building has been padlocked since a fire two years ago.

The mayor has stationed a police car in front of the Central Avenue building since Friday when tenants complained the fire alarms in the hallways were broken.

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via N.J. Mayor: Ground Zero Mosque Imam Is A Slumlord « CBS New York- News, Sports, Weather, Traffic and the Best of NY.

“I need everybody here to go back to your neighborhoods, and your workplaces, to your churches, and barbershops, and beauty shops. Tell them we have more work to do. Tell them we can’t wait to organize. Tell them that the time for action is now,” he told the Congressional Black [i.e. Race-exclusive, sorta like a country club, or a mob] Caucus.

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Obama urges blacks to vote and “guard the change” – Yahoo! News.

Assemblyman Vito Lopez bullied and cajoled eight little old ladies during an arm-twisting session aimed at getting them to back his candidate in a Brooklyn judicial race, a shocking audiotape obtained by The Post reveals.

“I’m not a fool or stupid, all right?” the Democrat railed at the elderly community leaders. “I can’t always give and get smacked, give and get smacked . . . I am the political leader.”

The May 2005 conversation, captured on a hidden recorder, not only exposes the 69-year-old Lopez’s heavy-handed tactics in dealing with his core elderly supporters but also offers a rare glimpse into the backrooms of bare-knuckle Brooklyn politics where Lopez reigns.

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via Assemblyman Vito Lopez caught strong-arming elderly ladies over backing candidate – NYPOST.com.

US Rep. Gregory Meeks scolded immigration officials for questioning a terror-linked Muslim scholar – NYPOST.com.

YouTube – LaRouche supporter assaulted by Alaska State Fair Security.

John Boehner: the second of 12 kids from Ohio who is Barack Obama’s elitist target – Telegraph.