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http://www.google.com/hoste... CHICAGO — Cell phone footage showing a group of teens viciously kicking and striking a 16-year-old honors student with splintered railroad ties has ramped up pressure on Chicago officials to address chronic violence that has led to dozens of deaths of city teens each year. The graphic video of the afternoon melee emerged on local news stations over the weekend, showed the fatal beating of Derrion Albert, a sophomore honor roll student at Christian Fenger Academy High School. His death was the latest addition to a toll that keeps getting higher: More than 30 students were killed last school year, and the city could exceed that number this year. Prosecutors charged three teenagers on Monday with fatally beating Albert, who was walking to a bus stop when he got caught up in the mob street fighting, authorities said. The violence stemmed from a shooting early Thursday morning involving two groups of students from different neighborhoods, said Tandra Simonton, a spokeswoman for the Cook County prosecutor's office. When school ended, members of the two groups began fighting near the Agape Community Center. The attack, captured in part on a bystander's cell phone video, shows Albert being struck on the head by one of several young men wielding wooden planks. After he falls to the ground an appears to try to get up, he is struck again and then kicked. Prosecutors charged Silvonus Shannon, 19, Eugene Riley, 18, and Eric Carson, 16, with first-degree murder, and they were ordered held without bond on Monday, said Andy Conklin, a spokesman for the Cook County prosecutor's office. The Cook County Public Defender's Office, which represented the three teenagers in court, had no immediate comment Monday. Chicago police said charges are pending against a fourth suspect and that they are looking for at least three more suspects, but would not discuss a possible motive for the attack. Simonton said Albert was a bystander and not part of either group. She said he was knocked unconscious when Carson struck him in the head with a board and the second person punched him in the face. Albert regained consciousness and was trying to get up when he was attacked a second time by five people and was struck in the head with a board by Riley and stomped in the head by Shannon, Simonton said. President Obama appeared in a promo for comedian George Lopez's new talk show Tuesday, AP reports. AP: "In a clip shown during a Tuesday meeting of the Television Critics Association, the comedian jokingly begs for a cabinet spot from the president. http://www.politico.com/pol...
The military general credited for capturing Saddam Hussein and killing the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq says he has only spoken to President Obama once since taking command of Afghanistan. “I’ve talked to the president, since I’ve been here, once on a VTC [video teleconferece],” General Stanley McChrystal told CBS reporter David Martin in a television interview that aired Sunday. “You’ve talked to him once in 70 days?” Mr. Martin followed up. “That is correct,” the general replied. This revelation comes amid the explosive publication of an classified report written by the general that said the war in Afghanistan “will likely result in failure” of more troops are not added next year. http://www.boston.com/news/... Can someone tell me why this multimillionaire's estate is not charged for this?? Budget chief contradicts Obama on Medicare costs
WASHINGTON — Congress' chief budget officer is contradicting President Barack Obama's oft-stated claim that seniors wouldn't see their Medicare benefits cut under a health care overhaul. The head of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, Douglas Elmendorf, told senators Tuesday that seniors in Medicare's managed care plans would see reduced benefits under a bill in the Finance Committee. The bill would cut payments to the Medicare Advantage plans by more than $100 billion over 10 years. Elmendorf said the changes would reduce the extra benefits that would be made available to beneficiaries. Critics say the plans are overpaid, while supporters say they work well. Obama says cuts to Medicare providers won't reduce seniors' benefits. Byrd is trying to find his good friend, submarine commander Ted Kennedy
But is anyone really surprised he has taken a page out of the Nazi playbook?? http://www.breitbart.tv/oba... We are a wealthy country?? Huh....How can you be a wealthy country when you owe every country on the planet?? The National Education Association denounced the speech, saying it "cannot endorse a president who spends $26,000 of taxpayers' money on a staged media event
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KUNDUZ, Afghanistan (AP) - A U.S. jet blasted two fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban in northern Afghanistan, setting off a huge fireball Friday that killed up to 90 people, including dozens of civilians who had rushed to the scene to collect fuel, Afghan officials said. The airstrike is likely to intensify concern over civilian casualties in the Afghan war. Top NATO commander, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, has ordered curbs on airstrikes after a strong backlash among Afghans over civilians killed in military operations. In Kabul, the NATO command said a "large number of insurgents" were killed or injured in the pre-dawn attack near the village of Omar Khel in Kunduz province. In Brussels, the alliance's chief said it was possible civilians died. Kunduz Gov. Mohammad Omar said 90 people were killed. A senior Afghan police officer, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the information, said that included about 40 civilians who were siphoning fuel from the trucks. Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced he was creating a panel to investigate the attack. "Targeting civilians is unacceptable for us," he said.
Instead of giving speachs, perhaps the commander in chief could better spend his time getting out of Afganistan... http://apnews.myway.com/art...
http://video.ap.org/?t=By%2... There's no "I" in "team," but there is definitely one in "Biden." With President Obama off on vacation, his second in two weeks, unofficial Acting President Joe Biden has stepped into the vacuum, claiming credit Thursday for the successes of the administration's $787 billion stimulus package and fielding questions on health care reform -- something his boss hasn't done in nearly two weeks. The vice president, borrowing Mr. Obama's teleprompter for a speech before a friendly audience at the Brookings Institution, said "I" more than a dozen times as he pointed repeatedly to progress on the economy and to his lofty role in the process.
There is also an "I" in incompetence and ignorance.... That's right parents. Mr. Obama is going to be giving a speech to all the kids from grade K-12 in the single payer public option school system at 10 am. What a wonderful time for the parents to become involved in their child's education. Inform the administrators and your child's teacher that you will be attending the speech with your child. Let them know that you would like to be actively involved in the discussions about the speech. Teach your child how to critically think and actively listen. Take notes. Write down key ideas or phrases that are personally meaningful. Draw pictures or write as appropriate. Record questions that you have while he is speaking and then discuss them after the speech. Teach your child how to be prepared and actively be engaged. Teach your child how to respectfully question authority and teach them that our elected leaders serve us, not the other way around. What a wonderful learning experience. Thank you Mr. Obama for making this possible...
Those morons can't even spell "School children" correctly... http://www.whitehouse.gov/t... They can't make their case with the grownups, so they resort to hanging out at grade schools like the town pervert... http://cbs2chicago.com/loca... Car Dealers Still Waiting On 'Clunkers' CashCHICAGO (CBS) ― Here's the figure: $2.878 billion. That's how much money the government owes car dealers for the "Cash for Clunkers" program.
More than $200 million of that is owed to dealers in Illinois and Indiana, so CBS 2's Mai Martinez checked with some of them to see how much money they've collected from Uncle Sam. Now that the popular program has ended, many dealerships are asking the federal government to "show me the money."  CAPTURE MY CHICAGO: Send us your pictures of Chicagoland. You could get published in a book."Out of 142 deals they owe us for, we've gotten paid on seven," Lou Tornabeni of Ettleson Hyundai said. "We had 102 cash for clunkers," Carm Scarpace of Westfield Ford said. "We've been paid for one." With each Cash for Clunkers deal worth between $3,500 and $4,500, many dealerships are anxiously awaiting their government payday. Some, like Advantage Chevrolet, which sold cars up until the last minute, have more than half a million dollars on the line. "It was chaotic towards the end," Jason Roberts said. Roberts says his dealership sold 142 cars under the program -- for a total of about $568,000 in government rebates. So far, the dealership has only been paid about $68,000 for about 17 of the deals, which means Uncle Sam still owes them roughly $500,000. "It's not crippling, but it definitely affects the cash flow on a regular basis," Roberts said. Roberts says his dealership can handle the cash crunch, but others may not be as lucky, especially if they didn't follow the government's strict guidelines for the program. "We know of one dealer that sold 40 cars under the Cash for Clunkers programs, and out of those 40 cars, he's expecting to get paid on eight," Roberts said. But even those who did follow the guidelines say they won't rest easy until they have the cash in hand. For Westfield Ford, that's about $400,000. "You're always nervous when the money's out there, but you've got to believe in the government," Scarpace said. "It should come back to us." The million-dollar – or should we say, billion-dollar -- question now is when? Dealers say they don't know, but it can't come soon enough. One of the dealers told us, originally, the government was supposed to pay them within 10 days of receiving their paperwork. But with more than 690,000 cars sold under the program, that dealer says he's not expecting payment for another 30 to 45 days. Overall, 45% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the President's performance. That’s down a point from yesterday and the lowest level of total approval yet measured for Obama. Fifty-three percent (53%) now disapprove. Be very afraid. Make sure you have an emergency kit and emergency plan. These guys can't believe how far they have fallen so fast. The ends justify the means. My advice is to stay out of tall buildings and populated areas...Although I think the manufactured crisis they will drop on us will be related to health care, like a mutation of the swine flu.....They are clearly losing the debate on healthcare and have no problem going to the nuclear option...
Playing solitare and watching baseball during work. I thought those were terminable offenses?? No, not in government?? |
