Obama & Sharpton: A Depressing Duo

Michael Meyers, NY Daily NewsBarack Obama's got a hex on him - he keeps palling around with race men. His 2008 presidential race almost got derailed because of friendship with the Rev. Jeremiah ("God Damn America") Wright and now, as he starts his bid for reelection, he's embracing America's biggest race huckster south of Louis Farrakhan, the Rev. Al Sharpton. It was bad enough when President Obama created a racial flap by siding with Harvard's Prof. Henry (Skip) Gates, agreeing without knowing the facts that his pal was a victim of a white police officer's racial insensitivity. This...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/04/08/obama_amp_sharpton_a_depressing_duo_253413.html

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With Portugal Plea, Europe Hopes Crisis Contained

A senior Portuguese official says the government is poised to send its formal request for a bailout to European authorities.

Cabinet Minister Pedro Silva Pereira told reporters the written request would be sent to Brussels later Thursday.

He said a delegation from the European Commission and the European Central Bank is expected "very soon" in Lisbon to begin negotiating the terms of a financial rescue package.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/04/07/135206413/with-portugal-plea-europe-hopes-crisis-contained?ft=1&f=1004

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It's the Tea Party vs. President Obama

Peter Ferrara, American SpectatorBefore Paul Ryan's 2012 budget released yesterday, the Liberal Establishment was telling us that what was needed was an adult conversation on the budget and entitlements. Now that they have got their adult conversation, they can't handle it.The Washington Post's E.J. Dionne began the brain-dead name calling, labeling the Ryan budget "radical," "irresponsible," and "extreme."

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/04/07/it039s_the_tea_party_vs_president_obama_253367.html

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Pride, Protest And Revolution 'In The Arab World'

The protests that erupted in the Middle East this past winter evolved quickly. To help you better understand the way the developments unfolded, Anne-Marie Slaughter recommends an e-book, compiled by the editors of Foreign Policy magazine, that delves deeper into the disruption than the media did.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/04/07/135039046/pride-protest-and-revolution-in-the-arab-world?ft=1&f=1057

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Essential Vs. Not: Which Jobs Wouldn't Shut Down?

In Washington, D.C., and at federal agencies across the country, the big question employees are asking on the eve of a possible government shutdown is: Am I essential or not? Workers and agencies that are deemed essential will be kept on the job if a shutdown occurs.

The Obama administration says the government agencies that will remain open fall into two broad categories. Most are those necessary for the protection of life and property — including the military, law enforcement such as the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, Border Patrol. The Federal Aviation Administration, whose air traffic controllers are essential to keep airlines flying, will be on the job, as will the Transportation Security Administration to screen passengers for those flights.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/04/07/135199130/essential-vs-not-which-jobs-are-exempt-to-shutdown?ft=1&f=1014

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At California Mental Hospitals, Fear Is Part Of The Job

When a psychiatric technician at Napa State Hospital was murdered last fall, allegedly by a patient, staffers began going public with their safety complaints. More than 80 percent of the patients at the hospital arrived by way of the criminal justice system ? deemed either not guilty by reason of insanity or just too dangerous to be paroled.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/04/07/134961467/at-california-mental-hospitals-fear-is-part-of-the-job?ft=1&f=1003

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Ahead Of Anniversary, Freedom Riders Remember

The Freedom Riders challenged segregation on buses and in waiting rooms throughout the South. Some of those riders are using their experiences to motivate students today ? to show them that the actions of one person can make a difference.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/04/07/135096701/ahead-of-anniversary-freedom-riders-remember?ft=1&f=1003

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Janitor Justice in Wisconsin

Margaret Carlson, BloombergMargaret Carlson"It isn't fair!" is a cry we try in kindergarten and never give up. To tamp down this thirst for instant justice, the nuns at my school invoked the sweet hereafter, where all wrongs would be righted, as a reason for us to suck it up at recess. As an adult, and a lucky one, the last thing I want now is fairness. I could be waiting on tables instead of being served at them, delivering the papers instead of writing for them. In that, I'm like Wisconsin's Republican governor, Scott Walker. He didn't want fairness to kick in after he...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/04/07/janitor_justice_in_wisconsin_253371.html

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