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• Bailouts For Eternity

  —CWA-NJ Conservatives with Attitude!

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  While the Senate has taken up debate on the destructive healthcare bill, the Democrat-led House has continued its all-out assault on our Constitution, our liberty and our capitalist system.

  The latest outrage is a bill that would give Congress broad powers to intervene in private enterprise and tyrannically impose their will [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 6:51pm EST
  by Mike Proto

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• Obama 'Support' Eavporates

  —Dan Cirucci

  From John Fund at the Wall Street Journal:
  On the very morning Senate Democrats claim to have reached a "broad agreement" on a health care bill that will allow Americans over age 55 to "buy" into Medicare, a new Quinnipiac poll shows just how little support the Senate efforts [...]

  Posted: December 10, 2009, 9:08am EST
  

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• Dirty Babies Have Healthier Hearts

  —Dan Cirucci

  From Debora MacKenzie at NewScientist:
  Affluent, modern babies live in a sanitised world. This has already been blamed for a high incidence of asthma and allergies, but might also up the risk of developing a host of other conditions common in rich countries, such as stroke and heart disease.
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  Posted: December 10, 2009, 8:04am EST
  

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• Farewell for Now

  —Matawan Advocate

  
  
  Due to health issues, we are suspending the Matawan Advocate until further notice. Now there are some who will be doing a "happy dance" and others who will truly miss us.
  
  
  
  To those who are busy doing a "happy dance" we [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 3:42pm EST
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• All We Want For Christmas

  —Dan Cirucci

  From Red State:
  It is becoming increasingly likely – indeed, possibly inevitable without either massive public outcry, a little luck, or both – that Americans will get a massive lump of coal in their stocking for Christmas this year – in the form of Washington-run healthcare.
  Sure, it is [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 9:08am EST
  

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• 'Sno Go For Snowe?

  —Dan Cirucci

  From Carrie Budoff Brown and Patrick O'Connor at Politico:
  Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), who is still being wooed by Democrats on health care, was highly skeptical of a proposal to expand Medicare and Medicaid — signaling Tuesday that her support for an emerging public option compromise will be difficult' [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 8:21am EST
  

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• Reid Stubbornly Compounds Error

  —Dan Cirucci

  From J. Taylor Rushing at The Hill:
  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Tuesday defended his remarks from Monday comparing congressional Republican opposition to healthcare to the 19th-century debate over slavery, accusing his GOP critics of "distorting" his intent.
  "At pivotal points in American history, the tactics of" [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 7:08am EST
  

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• Black Activists Condemn Senate Leader Harry Reid Playing the Race Card in Health Care Debate

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  Washington D.C.: Recent race-related comments made by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) are highly offensive and historically inaccurate, say members of the Project 21 black leadership group. "Harry Reid has resorted to the most... " [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 4:01am EST
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• Technology Gets Smarter Every Day

  —NJ Tax Revolution

  I use Thunderbird for personal email. I recently opened an email from Barack Obama about healthcare reform, and this is what I saw:In case you're having a hard time reading that, it says, "Thunderbird thinks this message might be an email scam."Maybe the citizens of Arizona, Illinois, California, and other' [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 3:21am EST
  

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• Health care reform, yes. But at what cost?

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  December 4, 2009 Senate’s excise tax proposal is the wrong approach By Barbara Keshishian, NJEA PresidentAmerica needs health insurance reform, and we need it now. But we do not need the kind of reform that... [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 12:59am EST
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• Dems Reach Agreement: No Public Option

  —Dan Cirucci

  From Greg Hitt and Janet Adamy at the Wall Street Journal:
  
  Senate Democrats reached tentative agreement Tuesday to abandon the proposed government-run health insurance plan at the heart of the Senate's sweeping health overhaul legislation, as part of a broader compromise aimed at speeding action on the White [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 9:56pm EST
  

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• Barack Obama: The Teflon President...NOT

  —NJ Tax Revolution

  Barack Obama today blamed the GOP for the economy and anything else that would make his life difficult (from Reuters):U.S. President Barack Obama packed an economic speech with a political punch on Tuesday, blaming Republicans for creating high deficits, mismanaging bank bailouts and obstructing efforts to reform healthcare.I am not [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 6:30pm EST
  

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• Pallone demands probe on distribution of H1N1 vaccines to Goldman Sachs, other corporations

  —Politicker NJ

  House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chairman Frank Pallone (D-Long Branch) is calling on the Center for Disease Control to explain why some large corporations like Goldman Sachs received large quantities of H1N1 Swine Flu vaccines that were not easily available to the public.  "This confirms my greatest fears [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 3:12pm EST
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• Senator Thune Conference Call On Healthcare

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  Senator John Thune held a conference call today to discuss the ongoing debate over Obamacare - aka the healthcare destruction bill.

  As I mentioned yesterday, Senate Republicans have embarked on a strategy of delay (by coming forward with an endless number of amendments) [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 1:01pm EST
  by Mike Proto

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• Safe Drinking Water Act violated and ignored for millions

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  After watching the Bush administration ignore countless other laws that negatively impacted people and the environment, it's not much of a surprise. As the article says, this is yet another health care issue. The cost of treating Americans for illnesses [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 12:22pm EST
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• Tiger's Mother-In-Law In Hospital

  —Dan Cirucci

  From Tamara Lush at the Associated Press:
  Tiger Woods' mother-in-law was admitted to a hospital with stomach pains early Tuesday, a hospital spokesman said.
  Someone called 911 from the golfer's Orlando-area mansion about 2:35 a.m.
  Barbro Holmberg was taken by ambulance to Health Central Hospital, where she was in' [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 12:03pm EST
  

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• Healthy Hoboken - December 2009

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  12/7/2009: [Every month, Hoboken411 will be posting a column to give answers to Hobokenites’ most frequently asked health questions. The column is written by Dr. Laura Brayton of Hoboken Chiropractic + Wellness. Please send all health-related...
  
  [[ Want to see the rest of the story? Visit Hoboken411.com to find out [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 12:00pm EST
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• Enough with the Trenton mandates

  —Politics Patrol: Bob Ingle

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  The state Senate's health committee is tyrying to cram fluoride down the people's throat and it shouldn't get by with it. Assemblywoman Nellie Pou will probably not hold a hearing on the bill because of the costs involved. Good on her. Dave Pringle of the New Jersey Environmental Federation says' [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 11:00am EST
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• What's McConnell's Game Plan?

  —Dan Cirucci

  From Erick Erickson at Red State:
  Since coming to Capitol Hill, current Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has been recognized by some in the media as a master strategist when it comes to playing the legislative rules for all they’re worth. But, with amendments to the Obama government health [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 9:01am EST
  

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• From Glenn Thrush at ...

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  From Glenn Thrush at Politico:
  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) upped the rhetorical ante this morning by comparing opponents of health care reform to conservatives who tried to block emancipation and equal rights -- prompting the Republican national chairman to question his sanity.
  Speaking on the [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 8:20am EST
  

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• Woods Admitted To Intensive Care

  —Dan Cirucci

  From Courtney Hazlett at MSNBC:
  When Tiger Woods was brought to the Health Central Hospital in Ocoee, Fla., his condition was more serious than previously reported. According to a person with knowledge of Woods’ hospital admission, the star golfer had to be admitted directly to the hospital’s intensive care [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 7:37am EST
  

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• State Capital News for Tuesday

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  December 7, 2009 Pennacchio Responds to Menendez The following statement was released by State Senator Joe Pennacchio (R-Morris/Passaic) regarding the government takeover of health care: “Senator Menendez, rather than showing facts to defend his support... [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 3:16am EST
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• Was Democrats’ Health Care Strategy Written In Federal Prison?

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  Image via Wikipedia by Joel B. Pollak While in prison—or “forced sabbatical,” he called it—Creamer wrote a lengthy political manual, Listen to Your Mother: Stand Up Straight! How Progressives Can Win (Seven Locks Press, 2007).... [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 1:28am EST
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• Why Stop There?

  —Aquaman, Questing for Atlantis

  I found it a bit hard to believe, but for once I’m pretty much in agreement with Ezra Klein. In an op-ed published today he highlights the fact that one of the biggest problems with our current healthcare system is the employer provision of health insurance. Mostly he focuses on the [...]

  Posted: December 08, 2009, 1:14am EST
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• FOXNews.com - Reid Compares Opponents of Health Care Reform to Supporters of Slavery

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  Image via Wikipedia Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took his GOP-blasting rhetoric to a new level Monday, comparing Republicans who oppose health care reform to lawmakers who clung to the institution of slavery more than... [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 8:08pm EST
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• amednews: Senate debates health reform bill with 1-year Medicare pay patch

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  Foremost was apprehension about the bill's lack of a permanent Medicare pay solution. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act would increase physician Medicare pay by 0.5% in 2010 but allow a projected 23% cut... [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 4:17pm EST
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• EPA Declares CO2 Hazardous & Democracy An Endangered Concept

  —Politics 24/7 Weblog

      Today the Obama Administration makes it official. Our democracy is an endangered form of governance. Today the Environmental Protection Agency officially declares greenhouse gas emissions to be hazardous to our health. The announcement is not exactly a disputed revelation. What is disputed is the degree to which greenhouse gasses may [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 2:40pm EST
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• Obamacare’s Broken Promises

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  With the Democrat’s health care destruction bill now in the Senate, GOP Senators have embarked on a strategy of using every parliamentary trick at their disposal to stop it. This includes proposing amendment after amendment. Last week, Republican Senators successfully proposed amendments that put Democrats on record in [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 12:12pm EST
  by Mike Proto

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• Public Option Vigil to be Held in Bloomfield

  —Baristanet

  Move On will hold a vigil tomorrow night (Dec. 8) in Bloomfield to encourage Representatives Donald Payne and Bill Pascrell to keep fighting for a public option in the health care reform bill. The last vigil, pictured, that was held in Bloomfield was in September. [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 10:30am EST
  

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• They Call THIS Transparency?

  —Dan Cirucci

  From Fox News:
  Senate Republicans accused President Obama of backroom arm-twisting on Sunday, speaking at a press conference just steps away from the room where the president met with divided Democrats on an $848 billion health care plan.
  Lawmakers spent the weekend in Washington trying to hash out amendments [...]

  Posted: December 07, 2009, 7:02am EST
  

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