Obama salutes veterans for 'extraordinary burden'

MINNEAPOLIS — Recalling "those awful attacks," President Barack Obama saluted the 9/11 generation of veterans Tuesday and publicly relished the prospect of U.S. forces getting out of both Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Dog mourns at casket of fallen Navy SEAL

Navy SEAL Jon Tumilson lay in a coffin, draped in an American flag, in front of a tearful audience mourning his death in Afghanistan. Soon an old friend appeared, and like a fellow soldier on a battlefield, his loyal dog refused to leave him behind.
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We are are utterly grateful for your service and sacrifice - RIP- BillPhill

Ron Paul Wins Young Republicans Straw Poll

NEW CASTLE, N.H. -- Several Republican candidates attended the New Hampshire Young Republicans Straw Poll in New Castle, N.H., on Saturday, including Herman Cain, Thaddeus McCotter, Gary Johnson, Fred Karger and Buddy Roemer.

U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, dominated the straw poll with 45 percent of the votes cast. Mitt Romney was the only other candidate in double digits, picking up 10 percent of the votes. Both did not attend the straw poll.

Roemer said his mission was to get his name into the minds of Granite Staters.
"Most people don't know me. I've got to meet them three, four times, five times and these other boys better watch out," said Roemer.

Organizers said most of those who attended were already committed to one presidential candidate or another.


Texas Gov. Rick Perry finished third in the straw poll with 8 percent, ending in a tie with McCotter, who showed off his guitar skills at the lobster bake by playing songs for the crowd.

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Huntsman in the ‘middle’ in 2012 Republican field

Jon Huntsman is counting on right-of-center politics to give him an advantage in the race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, despite polls showing him trailing far behind the favorites in a crowded field.

He says Democrat Barack Obama is too far to the left and the president’s other Republican opponents are too far to the right.

“This country is crying out for a sensible middle ground. This is a center-right country; I am a center-right candidate,” the former Utah governor said in an interview on ABC’s “This Week with Christiane Amanpour.”

“We’ve found ourselves at the extreme ends of the political spectrum, and people are crying out for us to get back to some level of sensibility,” said Huntsman, Obama’s former ambassador to China. more...

NJ: With Bachmann vs. Perry, a Romney advantage - politics - Decision 2012 - msnbc.com

It’s now three on a match atop the 2012 Republican presidential race, an inherently unstable dynamic that could singe each of the party’s leading contenders. more...

Rick Perry: Middle Income Americans Don't Pay Enough Income Taxes - Forbes

Nashua, NH - Forbes, "a family of four earning $30,000 may pay no federal income tax, but it pays $4,590 in payroll taxes (including the employer’s share, which economists believe is ultimately paid by the employee in the form of lower wages). Payroll taxes are much bigger than income taxes for most families."more...

Perry Calls Man-Made Climate Change Unproven Theory - Politics - Commitment 2012 News Story - WMUR New Hampshire

BEDFORD, N.H. -- GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry told New Hampshire voters Wednesday that he does not believe in man-made climate change, calling it a scientific theory that has not been proven.

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Obama Gives a Pass to Rick Perry

Nashua, NH - Obama’s recent comments about Rick Perry‘s, “treasonous” gaff, “He has only been at it a couple of months” may not be entirely true, ok, but it seems a unfair assumption for the longest-serving governor in Texas history.

Perry, of course became governor Dec. 20, 2000, when Gov. George W. Bush resigned to be president. Perry won full terms in 2002 and 2006.

While be groomed by President Bush to take over the Governorship who would thought he would try to fill the Presidential shoes also? Perry is backed by big oil companies, as was the Bush family.

The similarities of these two men is eerily similar, and the more Rick Perry talks the more the Dems will embrace him. Trying to tell the Fed chairman how to do his job was the worst of mistakes. The Fed operates indepedately of any political party. Bernanke, was groomed for his position as Fed chairman and it would be wise to leave the economic decisions to the experts.

It seems the GOP is afraid the economy will recover before next election and Obama will seize the credit.

WARREN BUFFET BACKS OBAMA’S TAX PROPASALS

WARREN BUFFET BACKS OBAMA’S TAX PROPASALS

The more you make the more you should pay says Warren Buffett, one of the world’s richest men, in a New York Times article. Buffet paid,  $6,938,744 in taxes last year,

"That sounds like a lot of money. But what I paid was only 17.4 percent of my taxable income - and that's actually a lower percentage than was paid by any of the other 20 people in our office. Their tax burdens ranged from 33 percent to 41 percent and averaged 36 percent," he said." Americans are rapidly losing faith in the ability of Congress to deal with our country's fiscal problems. Only action that is immediate, real and very substantial will prevent that doubt from morphing into hopelessness," Buffett said.

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