Americans Still Regard Congress As Least Respected ProfessionWith mid-term elections just months away, Americans continue to view being a member of Congress as the least favorable of nine professions.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 23% of Adults share a favorable opinion of members of Congress. Seventy-two percent (72%) have an unfavorable view of congressmen. These findings include five percent (5%) who have a Very Favorable impression and 45% who have a Very Unfavorable view of the legislators.
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54% Oppose Health Insurance Requirement in New Health LawFifty-four percent (54%) of U.S. voters oppose the requirement in the new federal health care bill that every American must buy or obtain health insurance.
A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 43% favor the requirement, which was on the losing end of a vote in Missouri Tuesday and is being challenged in court by a number of states.
As on all questions involving the health care plan, the intensity is on the side of the opponents: 23% Strongly ... (more)
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Poll: Waning support for Obama on warsWASHINGTON — Public support for President Obama's Afghanistan war policy has plummeted amid a rising U.S. death toll and the unauthorized release of classified military documents, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll shows. Support for Obama's management of the war fell to 36%, down from 48% in a February poll. Now, a record 43% also say it was a mistake to go to war there after the terrorist attacks in 2001.
The decline in support contributed to the lowest approval ratings of Obama's pr... (more)
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President Obama calls African-Americans a ‘mongrel people’NEW YORK -- President Obama waded into the national race debate in an unlikely setting and with an unusual choice of words: telling daytime talk show hosts that African-Americans are "sort of a mongrel people."
The president appeared on ABC's morning talk show "The View" Thursday, where he talked about the forced resignation of Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod, his experience with race and his roots.
When asked about his background, which includes a b... (more) Imagine the reaction if Andrew Breitbart said this! |
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The engineer, accountant, chemist and a government workerFour men were bragging about how clever their cats were. They were an engineer, accountant, chemist and a government worker.
To show off, the engineer called to his cat: "T-Square, do your stuff." T-Square pranced over to a desk, took out some paper and a pen and promptly drew a circle, a square and a triangle.
Everyone agreed that was pretty good. But the accountant said his cat could do better. He called his cat and said, "Spread Sheet, do your stuff." Spread She... (more)
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Study: Journalists Starting To Accept The Fact That Their Print Publications Will Eventually FoldHow's this for optimism?
Half of journalists think the print publications (or TV/radio stations) they work for will eventually fold.
... (more) In other news, half of journalists are living in a bubble. |
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Record Low: Congress Ranks Last in Confidence in Institutions
PRINCETON, NJ -- Gallup's 2010 Confidence in Institutions poll finds Congress ranking dead last out of the 16 institutions rated this year. Eleven percent of Americans say they have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in Congress, down from 17% in 2009 and a percentage point lower than the previous low for Congress, recorded in 2008.
The Gallup poll was conducted July 8-11, shortly befor... (more) "You are so beautiful... to me!" /sings |
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Letter From 1930's Finally Delivered To StocktonNearly 73 years after it was mailed, a letter written back in the 1930's finally arrived at its intended destination in Stockton this week.
The letter was just delivered to the Women's Center of San Joaquin County at 620 North San Joaquin Street in Stockton. Seven decades ago, the building was used as a convent.
"The first think I noticed was the postmark. I siad 'No way'. It said December 23, 1937," said Women's Center director Joelle Gomez. "I kind of deliberat... (more) Just wait until the government is running your health care! ;) |
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Sniper Targets Oakland CopsOakland police have their hands full. In addition to a shootout on the freeway and a police-involved shooting at a BART station, officers are now on the hunt for an apparent sniper trying to take out officers.
"They hear gunshots and can feel the bullets pass by them," police spokesman Officer Jeff Thomason said. "They can hear them whizzing by."
The latest incident happened Sunday at about 11:30 p.m. Patrol officers were on a traffic stop near 8th and Adeline Stre... (more) Suuuuuuuuuure. Sorry, I won't believe this until we see some real evidence. This stinks of a staged event to elicit sympathy for their criminal protection racket. - Chris |
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23% Say U.S. Government Has the Consent of the GovernedThe notion that governments derive their only just authority from the consent of the governed is a foundational principle of the American experiment.
However, a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 23% of voters nationwide believe the federal government today has the consent of the governed. Sixty-two percent (62%) say it does not, and 15% are not sure.
These figures have barely budged since February.
There is no gender ... (more) 'Governing' without consent is just rulership. |
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Oakland fires 80 police officers, lists crimes cops will no longer respond toThe Oakland Police Department is feeling the burn of California's unending budget crisis, as 80 officers were laid off Tuesday night after negotiations between city and police union failed to reach an accord.
The department's chief had said in recent days that unless the city could meet the union's demands, officers would no longer respond in person to register sex offenders, or for reports of vehicle accidents, grand theft, identity theft, burglary, embezzlement, vandalism, stray... (more)
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