We Will Need Honesty to Solve Debt Problem

Sen. Tom Coburn, RCPWith the 2012 elections casting a glow on the horizon, politicians in Washington are busy positioning their arguments and rallying their troops. Nowhere is this pandering more obvious than with Social Security. Apparently, Social Security is no longer going bankrupt and has been miraculously healed of any budget shortfalls until 2037."Social Security is a program that works, and it's going to be - it's fully funded for the next 40 years. Stop picking on Social Security," said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) at the beginning of session on Meet the Press....

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/03/16/entitlements_have_to_be_part_of_deficit_reduction_109246.html

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WH: Changing attitude toward US in Latin America (The Arizona Republic)

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House is touting a changing attitude toward the United States in Latin America as it seeks to minimize anti-American sentiments in advance of President Barack Obama's visit there later this week.... Share With Friends: | | Politics - Top Stories Stories, News Feeds and News via Feedzilla.

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'Win-Win': Tom McCarthy Wrestles With Morals

Director and screenwriter Tom McCarthy's film Win-Win stars Paul Giamatti as a high school wrestling coach struggling with a moral dilemma. McCarthy, a former wrestler himself, explains why he left the mats in high school and turned to improv comedy.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/03/15/134537960/win-win-tom-mccarthy-wrestles-with-morals?ft=1&f=1057

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Budget Cuts Put School Sports On Chopping Block

As many states seek to rein in their budgets, school districts across the country are facing cutbacks. One of the first things to be eliminated is often high school sports ? and that may even include football, a fan favorite.

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Nuclear energy lobbyists scramble on Cap Hill

Washington (CNN) -- Lobbyists for the nuclear energy industry rushed to Capitol Hill this week to try to reassure members of Congress and their aides, who are deeply concerned about the nuclear crisis in Japan and what it could mean for nuclear energy in the U.S.

As he walked the halls of Congress, going from meeting to meeting, Alex Flint, a top lobbyist for the Nuclear Energy Institute, told CNN that the industry's immediate goal was to give worried lawmakers as much information as possible.

"We're trying to make sure people understand exactly what's occurring -- understand the context under which they're going to be making decisions in the future about the way in which the Congress wants to treat nuclear energy," said.

Flint is careful not to sound like he's trying to pressure Congress at such a sensitive time, but there is no question that he and other industry representatives are working to prevent support for nuclear power from unraveling on Capitol Hill.

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Ramy Essam: The Singer Of The Egyptian Revolution

He put anti-Mubarak protesters' chants to music and became a sensation in Tahrir Square and on YouTube. But when soldiers were clearing out the square and jailing dissidents, he was just one of the crowd.

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U.S. military blocks websites to help Japan

Washington (CNN) -- The U.S. military has blocked access to a range of popular commercial websites in order to free up bandwidth for use in Japan recovery efforts, according to an e-mail obtained by CNN and confirmed by a spokesman for U.S. Strategic Command.

The sites -- including YouTube, ESPN, Amazon, eBay and MTV -- were chosen not because of the content but because

their popularity among users of military computers account for significant bandwidth, according to Strategic Command spokesman Rodney Ellison.

The block, instituted Monday, is intended "to make sure bandwidth was available in Japan for military operations" as the United States helps in the aftermath of last week's deadly earthquake and tsunami, Ellison explained.

U.S. Pacific Command made the request to free up the bandwidth. The sites, 13 in all, are blocked across the Department of Defense's .mil computer system.

"This is a response to a time of extreme demand for networks," Ellison said.

Ellison emphasized that it was a temporary measure.

"This blockage will be of a temporary nature and may increase or decrease in the size and scope as necessary," according to the message distributed to military announcing the move.

"We are doing this to facilitate the recovery efforts under way in Japan," Ellison explained. "We are trying to make sure we are giving them as many avenues and as much support as we can."

The blocked websites are:

* Youtube.com

* Googlevideo.com

* Amazon.com

* ESPN.go.com

* eBay.com

* Doubleclick.com

* Eyewonder.com

* Pandora.com

* streamtheworld.com

* Mtv.com

* Ifilm.com

* Myspace.com

* Metacafe.com

Source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_allpolitics/~3/u27b-gwXBBk/index.html

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Miami area mayor faces ouster in major recall vote (Reuters)

MIAMI (Reuters) - Voters in one of the most populous counties in the United States went to the polls on Tuesday for a recall vote, spearheaded by a billionaire anti-tax crusader, aimed at toppling a once-popular Republican mayor. Share With Friends: | | Politics - Top Stories Stories, RSS Feeds and Widgets via Feedzilla.

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