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Divine Religions started in French Chauvet Cave!

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:38:22 +0000

/EINPresswire.com/Over 30,000 years ago, a spectacular Story of Creation was finger-puttied into the cave wall of Chauvet's Hillaire Chamber. 'Genesis of the World' appears to be a foundational cornerstone for subsequent Scripture. Indeed, religious symbolism dawned in southern France with this six meter mural. The star of this magical scene is a Winged Horse! A Universal Holy Being who symbolizes the spiritual bodies of both God and man. The first religious artifact (predating Noah's Ark and Ark of the Covenant): details still found throughout Traditional Lore and Holy Books….
www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/arcnat/chauvet/en/owpt14.htm

*The Horse Cherub's front hoof (artfully tapered/pointed for emphasis) is shown symbolically striking a mountain- gushing forth a waterfall of Inspired Life/Being/Creation. 28,000 years later, the Bible's Book of Genesis records Adam being made from the earth's clay at basically the same time Pegasus of Greco-Roman Lore was credited with "using its front hooves to strike the ground of the earth and generate the Fountain of the Muses- Inspiring the root of all Creativity." (Origins and Consciousness, Erich Neumann)
*The Creator's Steed multitasks- urinating a white cloud of (most certainly) holy, life sustaining water, while fertilizing and seeding the earth. These streams ("previously unexplained parallel lines under the horse") clearly point back to the Steed's most male parts!
*This Inspired Parade of Creation continues with the Mammoth White Elephant- who symbolizes the Universal Monarch for Hindus/Buddhists. Incredibly- the Shaman drew a 'parade dress tassel' that springs forward from the high point of this Majestic Beast's front shoulders- indicating body adornment/jewelry, domestication and celebration! Very impressive.
*Resembling the ancient Tarpan wild horse, this Angel of the Lord demonstrates effort and wide eyed determination- its head is lowered and wing(s) swept back. The thick mane crests and falls to the far side of the neck, allowing full view of that stylized wing. Known by many names: Magic Carpet; Tree of Life; Conductor of Souls; Emblem of Atlantis; Wheel; Throne; Unicorn; Christopher (Christ Bearer); Burak; Kalki; Odin's Steed; Paraclete; Guardian Angel- the Holy Books honor this Living Angelic Creature from Creation to the Story of Judgment Day!
*A huge, snooted, earthbound pig/boar looks on facing/confronting this parade. The pig/boar has dual symbolism. This Adversary/Devil/Sloth of the Earth stands ready to tempt, but known in the Orient for luck, prosperity and fertility- it also welcomes/promotes life. Insightful!
*God's Steed is the Creator's Holy Spirit in this Chauvet masterpiece. Located by design in the Hillaire Chamber- it intentionally overlooks the cave's sinkhole. The Shaman used this site's geography, contours, reliefs and spectacular abyss to 'stage' a most complete creation story. This cave's water path exit and darkness are symbolic of the River Styx and Hades/Hell. A vivid reminder of our future and most certainly used for ceremonial burial- explaining the complete absence of human bones. Wow!
*The Angel of the Lord's presence at this original Story of Creation may help explain Genesis 1:26 from the Bible. "Let us make man in our own image after our likeness." Image/likeness here refers to spiritual being, not the temporary body. Angels indeed predate mankind, attending our Creation. The concepts of Angels; Trinity; The Creator's Holy Spirit and Judgment Day are also shared by the Holy Books!
*The Angelic Horse/Holy Spirit is truly the Big Wheel, who at times travels in that form- do we see it here? That impressive quite round sinkhole is the ceremonial portal to and from the hidden Spiritual world. Jesus Christ went 'down' to Hades first after dying! The Angelic Horse with Its Wheel are now the first Religious Symbol followed by: the Circumpunct/Solar Cross (tie); Hindu Swastika; Tree of Life/Paisley and many Crosses. No lost symbol!
*The Chauvet Grotto features a Noah's Ark variety of animals- appropriate for the Creation theme! Wooly Rhinoceros is the most numerous, but expected- as the single horn symbolizes eternal salvation by pointing the 'Way to Heaven'. Mentioned in the Bible, the legendary Unicorn was born right here, an inspired variation of God's Steed which honors The Creator. The Lone Centaur poses on a hanging rock- symbolizing ascension/enlightenment, the metaphysical unification of Soul and Spirit. Centaurs are present in all religions today. Inspired art of Divine Creation is on display at Chauvet. Enjoy!
*Immense credit and thanks to the Inspired and very Holy Shaman Artist who pushed back our earliest known comprehensive narrative composition another 15,000 years! The Shaman's lucid Vision of Creation while in a psilocybin powered, entranced altered higher state of consciousness (ASC) apparently opened the Channel to Heaven's Mysteries and Universal Cognitive Truth. Clan members could now be shown the Story of Creation and answer to the age old question we all seem to ask- "Why are we here?" This is a cornerstone for subsequent Traditional Lore! Many Spiritual, Religious and Academic/Scientific (Johns Hopkins University 2006) use Magic Mushrooms to amplify their spirituality- i.e. Take the Magic Carpet Ride; Stairway to Heaven; Vision Quest; and the Ascension Dream, which Stars our heart based Guardian Angel- the Winged Horse. These hunter/gatherers prized the Fungus among us Mushrooms which were painted/recorded in other French cave art. Their incredible, edible value is reflected in Chauvet by the prominence given to their sources- Wooly Rhinoceros and Wooly Mammoth. Picture a warm, fresh cow pie giving off apparent steam on a frigid day- now envision mammoth Patties insulating/incubating the ice age mushrooms. Imagine the glee felt by the tribe members who simply harvested them, with one hand. Truffles from Snuffles!
God's Steed- Key to World Peace (C) 2011 Breese/D′Aoust is a unique non-fiction that cites Scripture, Lore, science, many witnesses and a plethora of cherubim graphics- all confirming the existence of this fine Angelic Beast. Horsefeathers? January 3, 1994: God's Steed visited Breese's living room, who detailed a report to the Church and they Knighted him. Chauvet-Pont-d′Arc was discovered December 18th, 1994. This Holy Site may help dawn the predicted Age of Aquarius.
keytoworldpeace@hotmail.com Sir Knight Daryl Breese

No peace and no Justice in the Holy-Land

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 13:43:51 +0000

/EINPresswire.com/There is no peace in the Holy Land because the Palestinian Authority and Israel government do not negotiate and each party preconditions for entering direct talks. In such situation it is necessary to think "out of the box". In the website HarHoma.com/Confederation can be found a challenging solution: "The way to bring peace to the Middle East to establish a confederation which will include a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the State of Israel and the Kingdom of Jordan." There we found black on white a draft of confederation agreement and guideline for Middle East common market. People from all nations can comment on it and suggest modification. In many negotiations party didn't meet in office or prestigious hotel. They exchange drafts and arrived to agreement also if they didn't sympathies each other. The question remains if the international communities, during the discussing the sovereignty of Palestinian, will oblige the party to exchange drafts or to comment on the draft already presented in the web.

There is also no justice in the Holy Land because Israel supreme Judge Yoram Danziger sits in an appeal of Makor Company against Israel Land Authority (ILA) when Judge Danziger had financial interest and severe dispute with the same ILA, at the same time, in the same court about land that he leased from ILA. He was in conflict of interest and didn't disclose his interest to Makor. Here the details based on documents.

Makor Company has purchased in 1970 a large tract of land in Har Homa (Jabal Abu Ghneim) in Jerusalem from its owners. Makor Company wanted to develop residential housing on theirs portion and leave Palestinian owners to build on theirs. The company even planned to build on theirs land a Peace Center where people of different religions and nationalities could work together toward a peaceful relationship. In 1989, Makor and the Jerusalem Development Authority (JDA) (fully control by the government and the municipality) signed an agreement on developing the residential quarter. The JDA submitted zoning plans to the Jerusalem District Planning Committee (JDPC) before expropriation. Makor was sure that their vision was close to be realized.

However, the ILA rescinded the agreement between Makor and JDA, the zoning plans submitted to JDPC and confiscated in 1991 all Makor and Palestinian land, claiming that it needed to develop a larger area for immediate security reason. Such claim was false because during the last 20 Years the ILA sold to contractors only land purchase by Makor. As stated on one of Makor's websites, harhoma.com, "The question has never been to build or not to build. The question is should the owners build, or should the land be expropriated and given to government-designated builders. In 1991 the Government of Israel made use of Land Expropriation Law 1943, which is intended for land expropriations for public purposes, such as military bases, hospitals, etc. The law was not intended for seizing lands from enterprise companies…."
Makor, the Palestinians land owners and Pease Now Movement, protest the confiscation and suggest to leave each owner to build on his land. No doubted that the confiscation trampled cooperation between Israeli Jews and Palestinians who were ready to live side by side. The result is that the Israeli government ignored advantages to leave the land owners to develop the quarter and causing a huge international uproar and eliciting Palestinian.
After the expropriation became final Makor present a claim for just compensation. Makor brought thirteen expert witnesses - among them: prof. Zvi Eckstein, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Israel, Prof. Israel Zang, Vice Rector of Tel Aviv University, Prof Shemuel Zamir of Hebrew Univercity, prof. Shemuel Kandel from Tel Aviv University and architect Prof. Ram Carmi, Israel Prize Laureate, who testifided on the nature of Makor land and on the planning he and his team prepare and submit to JDPC, four appraisals and economists - who appraised the land at $600 per square meter. Judge Danziger ignores the contract with JDA and all thirteen experts of Makor. He rejects the appeal despite the fact that six Supreme Judges decided that Makor has presented plans to build a neighborhood and despite the fact that ILA declared that Makor has had an advantage comparing with neighbors land. He rejects the appeal based on one government employee witness who valued it at $25 per square meter. He compare parcel of 200 square meter with Makor parcel of 800,000 square meter; and ignore that the ILA leased an agriculture land near Makor land for $1,800 per square meter. He didn't use other valuation approaches.

Makor found out that Judge Danziger had his own dispute with the same ILA, at the same time, in the same court about land that he leased from ILA. The ILA cancel the lease and Danziger ask for compensation estimated $20 million.

Danziger Knew that the probability to win his appeal was very low after his case was totally rejected by the Tel-Aviv district court. By rejecting Makor's appeal for $320 million he expects to receive in return from ILA compensate estimated $20 million. The judge Danziger failed to recuse himself from Makor's case even though he himself had a similar dispute and case pending against the same ILA.

Makor, by prof. in law, Berachyahu Lifshitz from Jerusalem Hebrew University, appealed to Dorit Beinish, President of the Supreme Court, alleging bias by Justice Danziger, and asked her to void the verdict. Beinish ruled against Makor, stating - based on Danziger comment - "The proceedings of the appeal before me and the matter to which Judge Danziger is a party have no relationship, let alone the kind of relationship that may found a fear of partiality." But the law and the Israeli Code of Ethics for Judges passed by beinish on 2007 require recusal when the judge has a substantial financial or personal interest in "a party to the proceedings."

Makor present a criminal complaint to the General Attorney Yehuda Vienstein again Judge Danziger. Danziger conflict of interest damages the integrity of the Israeli legal system unless it will be investigated by the police to arrive to decision if he commits a crime when he abuse maliciously his power as Judge and sit in case when he has finance interest in the opposite party. In less severe cases it was considered - not only as conflict of interest and breach of trust - but also as bribe. In those cases public servants were charged and found guilty by the Israel Supreme court.

Israel prides itself on being a country of justice. Prof. Aharon Barak, former President of Israel Supreme Court state: "…the judge has neither sword nor purse…". Today, given the precedent established by Judge Danziger, everyone can say without hesitation that the Israel Supreme Judge has a purse and also a sword. Judge appropriate measures are not pure anymore, wherever they were stained with a judge's financial interests in a party. His behavior affected the judge's integrity. The prosecution's duty is to require a judge to respect the law and certain principles. If the crime was committed, to prosecute him.

No such precedent was found where a judge sat in court and writes judgment when he has financial interest and/or has a dispute with one of the parties. Judge Danziger precedent destroys the Israeli judicial system built in 60 years and presents it as the most dishonest, dangerous, crooked and corrupt legal system of any developed nation. Many Israeli layers encourage Makor to fight against Judge conflict of interest buy refuse to represent Makor for obvious reason. Makor hope that the international institutes that fight corruption will interfere and will not remain indifferent. Makor believe that the world will be watching to see if Israeli authorities correct this apparent miscarriage of justice and restore the Israeli judiciary.

The present complaint is related to the investigation already began against Judge Danziger by the police according to permission received from the Attorney General. He already was interrogated under caution about his relationship with Bat Yam Mayor Shlomo Lahiani. (http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/justice-yoram-danziger-interrogated-under-caution-1.377023 ).

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Contact: David Myr, CEO
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17 balfour st, Jerusalem, Israel 92102
tel: 972 2 673 4913, cell: 972 544 237187, fax: 972 2 673 4859
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San Francisco Board Votes to Restrict Fast Food Toys

Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:39:10 +0000

Nov. 4, 2010 /EIN Presswire/ -- San Francisco is taking the "happy" out of Happy Meals for McDonald's, and the company is pretty steamed about it.

With an 8-3 vote, the Board of Supervisors banned toys from meals that have more than 600 calories, 640 milligrams of sodium, and more than than 35 percent of calories are from fat. The vote is preliminary and requires a second vote.

Mayor Gavin Newsom says he will veto the bill, but there may be enough votes on the Board to override that veto.

If the measure passes it would be effective from December 2011 and would be the first ban of of its kind in the nation.

A McDonald's spokesperson said, "We are extremely disappointed with this decision. It's not what our customers want, nor is it something they asked for. Public opinion continues to be overwhelmingly against this misguided legislation. Parents tell us it's their right and responsibility, not the government's, to....to choose what's right for their children."

But Supervisor Eric Mar, who sponsored the measure, said, "This is a tremendous victory for our children's health. Our children are sick. Rates of obesity in San Francisco are disturbingly high, especially among children of color."

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One-Third of Voters Still Willing to Switch Vote

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 12:26:00 +0000

Oct 27, 2010 /EIN Presswire/ - With midterm elections less than a week away, a new Associated Press poll shows that up to one-third of voters have not fully committed to voting for one candidate.

In the most expensive midterm election in U.S. history, not even months of campaigning could satisfy a large number of the American electorate. The AP poll shows Republicans hold a 7-point lead over their Democratic opponents in blanket party vote polling.

Although most voters usually settle with the party they most often vote for when making a decision in the finals days before an election, the high number of competitive House, Senate and Gubernatorial elections leaves many analysts and commentators to guess. Many Independents makes up the undecided electorate, a bad sign for Democrats during this election cycle.

A year in which the economy is center stage, undecided voters at a margin of 59-to-39 believe that the country is headed in the wrong direction.

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A Chelsea Clinton Wedding "Rain Out" Now More Likely

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:18:55 +0000

With the weather forecast for Rhinebeck, New York calling for thunderstorms for five of the next seven days, the idea of a "rain out" for the July 31, 2010 Chelsea Clinton wedding is getting more attention. We are in a drought now but with changes coming this week what will the weather look like when presidential daughter Chelsea Clinton marries Goldman Sachs banker, Marc Mezvinsky? As we move deeper into July each weekly seven day forecast is being anticipated and for a very good reason. Weather can be a big deal at weddings. And it is the one thing that even Chelsea Clinton cannot control.

The wedding festivities between Marc Mevzinky's and Chelsea Clinton are believed to be taking place at the Astor estate in Rhinebeck, 90 miles north of New York City. Those familiar with the estate say that it was probably chosen as the site because it can easily accommodate a rain emergency. The event will reportedly all be under tents to keep inventive paparazzi at a distance. The sky above will likely be declared a temporary "no fly zone" by Homeland Security. And yet, no matter how complete the contingency plans, rain can make for a different wedding. Shuffling the 400 guests in and out during a New York downpour will require some expert planning. The wedding pictures, with the requisite sunshine, may have to take place under hot lights or even a day or two before.

Jenna Bush and Henry Hager had to sweat out the possibility of a Texas thunderstorm on their May 10, 2008 wedding day. There was lightning and rumbling thunder throughout the nighttime sky before the sunrise finally appeared. The skies held all day. If the storm had come the Bushes would have resorted to their "rain plan," but the ranch would have become a sea of mud, with cars coming and going, sometimes driving across lawn and open grasslands. Ladies would have been rushing into the tents, their high heels caked with mud.

Rain was a major consideration for the last White House wedding of a presidential child, June 12, 1971. Tricia Nixon was planning a Rose Garden ceremony. In the summertime, in Washington it rains every third day. As in the case of the Clinton's and the Bushes, the Nixon staff had to plan two weddings which was an enormous strain and burden on the White House. It is why the staff initially tried to talk Tricia Nixon out of her Rose Garden ceremony.

The morning of the Nixon wedding there were intermittent showers. President Nixon consulted the latest Air Force weather report which anticipated a break in the clouds around 4:30pm. The White House permanent staff said that Tricia Nixon had nerves of steel. She kept to plan-A. The break in the clouds came as predicted, the sun appeared, the plastic coverings were removed from the chairs and the only White House Rose Garden wedding ceremony in American history unfolded without a hitch.

Meanwhile, local residents in Rhinebeck, New York, are philosophical about the upcoming Chelsea Clinton-Marc Mezvinsky wedding. "Maybe rain this week is a good thing," I was told by a friend who has lived nearby most of his life. "If it rains enough, maybe the sun will come out next week in time for the wedding."

The Clinton's are a family who knows well the value of contingency planning and will likely be ready either way. And Chelsea, known for her poise and self-composure is not likely to be ruffled by a little rain.

Come to think of it, the Clinton's have had their share of rain in their lifetimes and come through just fine. A tent full of celebrating friends, trapped together, with a downpour outside, and good food and talented musicians inside, everyone dressed to the nines, at one of the most important social events in our lifetime, it might just make for a glorious, unforgettable moment for the history books. So rain or shine, Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky will tie the knot this July 31, 2010. The skies can do what they will.

By Doug Wead, New York Times Bestselling Author of "All the President's Children".

Doug Wead
dougwead@aol.com
http://www.chelseaclintonweddingwatch.com
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Prime Minister Salam Fayyad confirmed discussing with Israeli Minister, Ehud Barak

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:24:32 +0000

Press Release
Government Media Center
July 5th 2010

In his meeting with Israeli Minister Ehud Barak
PM Fayyad demands a speedy lift of the siege imposed on Gaza
And an end to Israeli violations in Jerusalem and incursions in the West Bank

Prime Minister Salam Fayyad confirmed discussing with Israeli Minister, Ehud Barak, in his meeting today a number of vital and fundamental issues related to Israeli violations of our people's rights in the West Bank, including Jerusalem and Gaza. The discussion focused on the following issues:

First- A speedy lifting of the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip and implementing the 2005 Agreement that includes the operation of the Safe Passage between the West Bank and Gaza, reopening all border crossings, with European presence and PNA supervision, which would guarantee the full abidance to agreements regulating the operation of border crossings, especially with regards to the free movement of individuals and flow of goods from and to the Gaza Strip.

Second - the need for an immediate freeze of all settlement activities, especially in Jerusalem, as well as stopping all oppressive measures against the Palestinian people, including the policy of house demolitions, tightening restrictions and the need to cancel deportation orders against Jerusalem PLC members.

Third - Israeli commitment to stop military incursions into West Bank towns and enabling official and permanent deployment of Palestinian security forces in all populated communities outside towns.

The meeting also discussed important issues, including the need to release political prisoners from Israeli prisons, primarily long-serving prisoners, who have been detained prior to the signature of the Oslo Accords, lifting the closure and the checkpoints inside and between West Bank towns and cities, removing restrictions imposed on implementing developmental projects in Area C.

The Prime Minister stressed the need for implementing those issues, while affirming the seriousness in ending the occupation and reaching a just and permanent peace, on the basis of full commitment to international resolutions

The Prime Minister stressed the need to implement those issues while confirming the importance the cabinet gives to ending the occupation and reaching a just and permanent peace on the basis of full commitment to international resolutions and the need for a substantial change in Israeli approach towards guaranteeing an end to occupation instead of manipulative media exploitation of the process.

Prime Minister Fayyad considered an Israeli commitment to those vital and fundamental issues and their implementation would grant the peace process as well as international efforts the credibility that would guarantee its progress and achieve its desired goals, primarily ending the Israeli occupation of 1967 occupied Palestinian land and enable Palestinian self determination and the establishment of the independent Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital.

The PM stressed that this would require an effective intervention from the international community, especially the United States, and taking direct responsibility for ending the Israeli occupation rather than leaving Israel, which is the occupying force to decide such matters.

END

Prime Minister Salam Fayyad confirmed discussing with Israeli Minister, Ehud Barak

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:24:29 +0000

The Israeli Army forces have committed a crime against international supporters

Mon, 31 May 2010 14:55:28 +0000

PRESS RELEASE
The Palestinian National Authority
Government Media Center
31\5\2010

The Israeli Army forces have committed a crime against international supporters on board the "Freedom" Flotilla early this morning, who were seeking peaceful means to deliver humanitarian aid and end the unjust siege imposed by Israel on our people in Gaza. This crime resulted in a high number of victims, killed or injured. Nothing can excuse this attack by armed forces on a humanitarian convoy.

The Palestinian government strongly condemns this crime, which portrays, once again, Israeli disrespect for the lives of innocent civilians, and its disrespect for international law. It also reveals the dire need to put an end to Israel's aggressive policy, by an unconditional and unlimited lifting of the siege on our people, mainly in Gaza.

The Palestinian government calls on the international community to condemn this crime, and reiterates the need to implement the repeated international calls for lifting the siege, including the international decision at the Sharm El Sheikh Conference for the Reconstruction of Gaza and the European Union Declaration last December and other international stands, calling for practical steps that commit Israel to lift the siege on the Gaza Strip and respect the unity of the Palestinian territories.

The government also considers the right Palestinian response to this crime to be in speeding an end to the internal division, and calls on all parties, especially Hamas movement, to positively respond to the efforts to achieve national reconciliation and reunite the homeland and unify the Palestinian efforts against the Israeli occupation policies of siege and settlements, and mobilize the energy of our people towards ending the occupation and building the homeland.

The Palestinian government offers its condolences to the families of the victims and to the Palestinian people as a whole and to all the freedom fighters in the world and calls for a three-day mourning. Following directions of the president, Palestinian flags will be put at half-mast at Palestinian official buildings.

END

U.S. Tax Burden Drops to Lowest Rate Since 1950

Wed, 12 May 2010 14:01:35 +0000

May 12, 2010 -- "The idea that US taxes are high now is pretty much nuts," according to Michael Ettinger, head of economic policy at the liberal Center for American Progress.

He points to a new report in USA Today that says in 2009 Americans paid their lowest level of taxes since 1950. That number includes federal, state and local income, property and sales taxes.

The facts are at odds with conservative political movements such as the "Tea Party" that have criticized federal spending as being out of control. The overall tax burden hit bottom in December at 8.8% of income.

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Seven More States Ready to Join Fight Against Healthcare

Wed, 12 May 2010 10:18:15 +0000

May 12, 2010 - Seven more states Friday will join a Florida lawsuit to try to stop the federal government from requiring citizens to buy health insurance, according to the Washington Post.

The seven new states would bring the number of states taking part in the Florida lawsuit to 20. Thirteen other states are also taking steps to challenge the legality of the federal healthcare mandate, stating that the federal government is infringing on states' rights.

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RNC Spending Comes Under Scrutiny

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 12:43:50 +0000

April 7, 2010 - The Republican National Committee's spending and fund-raising is coming under fire from all sides, putting further pressure on embattled party chairman Michael Stele.

The Associated Press writes that a finance report showed that the RNC spent $982 at a Vermont winery for what was termed "office supplies," which translated to five cases of wine.

Recently, the RNC picked up the tab for $2,000 spent at a sex-themed nightclub in California.

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For Health Care and Politics Maybe This Isn't 1994 After All, Or 1984, Either

Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:35:56 +0000

March 24, 2010

By Joe Rothstein
Editor, EINNEWS.COM

The health reform bill is now the health reform act. The issue takes on an entirely new profile---but don't expect it to go away. Not for a while. The Republican opposition will continue to test both its politics and its constitutionality. The politics likely will be settled this year. The court challenges? Who knows.

The final hours of debate in the House brought into sharp focus these two parallel narratives ---political and substantive---that over the past year of debate often seemed so diffuse and muddled.

The partisan politics flew out of the box early. Before the measure had even been considered in any congressional committee North Carolina Senator Jim DeMint exhorted Republicans to oppose it on the grounds that it would be President Obama's "Waterloo," weakening him for the remainder of his term in office. It was hardly a subtle way to kick off the debate, and had little to do with substance. How could it? There wasn't yet a line of substance on paper.

That set the tone for much of what followed. Congressional Republicans quickly became invested in regimenting their troops to enforce total opposition. Visions of 1994 danced in their heads. Solid Republican resistance to President Clinton's health care reform efforts had helped bring on the 1994 GOP takeover of both houses of Congress. Why wouldn't the same strategy work again?

In retrospect, President Obama's hands-across-the-aisle quest for bi-partisanship seems so quaint. It was never reciprocated in the House. In the Senate, tedious negotiations with Republican Senators Grassley, Enzi and Snowe killed whatever momentum existed for finishing the bill while the Democrats still had 60 Senate votes.

For Republicans, polls showing increasing opposition to the bill were like political catnip. They got very heady with each new taste, each new pundit column seeming to confirm that total resistance was a wildly successful political strategy this year, as it was in 1994.

With delicious irony, the very week that the Democrats managed to pull health reform across the finish line the widely read (in political circles) National Journal featured Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Minority Leader John Boehner on its cover with this headline: "Movin' On Up? John Boeher and Mitch McConnell discuss the prospect of Republican control." The story began: "Measuring for curtains?......"

On the night of the final vote partisanship was under full throttle. Democrats cheered Democratic speakers. Republicans cheered Republicans. There was one House, but two teams. Nearly every Republican marched to the microphone to repeat, almost word for word, "I ask unanimous consent to revise and extend my remarks in opposition to this flawed health care bill. " It wasn't enough for Republicans to vote against it. Each had to stand up and call it "flawed," for those watching on C-Span. What discipline!

Just think of it. All of those Republican members, representing urban and rural areas, rich and poor districts, every region in the country----and not a one of them could see any merit in a bill that mirrored the one Mitt Romney presided over in Massachusetts, and not unlike the one Richard Nixon proposed 35+ years ago. Why? Because to kill the bill would be President Obama's Waterloo. That was the politics of it.

But there was another narrative, and it was just as important. For many Republicans, the substantive differences were very real and deeply felt.

Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan, one the House Republicans' rising stars, gave an impassioned closing speech that framed the health bill as a defining expression of what kind of country America is and will be.

America has been built on personal self-reliance, not "paternalism," thundered Ryan. To turn health care into a right managed by the state is foreign to who we are and compromises everything we've become through our history of unique individualism.

Boehner and minority whip Eric Cantor, another Republican star, echoed that theme. Both were genuinely moved by what they felt to be a horrendous departure from the nation's self-reliant past. Boehner sees this as nothing less than an "apocalypse" for America.

In expressing these views they were channeling the feelings of tea party protesters and many other concerned Americans. The substantive opposition saw the health reform proposal as 1984, not 1994. For Boehner and many House Republicans, there was no space between substance and politics. They anguished over the prospect of 1984 Big Brother, while at the time relishing what they believed would be the 1994-like political opportunity in November.

But how much of a departure is the new health care act for America? As Democratic Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said in his closing argument, if Republicans really believe the new health act is a government takeover of health care, to be consistent they should offer proposals to repeal Medicare. Medicare, after all, is a government program. Everyone pays taxes into it. The government handles all the money, sets all the rules and rates and pays all the bills.

There were dozens of speeches Sunday night about missed opportunities for bi-partisanship. Perhaps the biggest missed opportunity of all was that the Republicans didn't try to improve the health care system when they had both the White House and both houses of Congress. Democrats rarely move in lockstep. Surely some would have supported a Republican proposal.

Republicans missed the opportunity to reform health care their way. The substance of reform got away from them. And it's possible, maybe even likely, that before the year is over the politics will have eluded them as well.

Is Total Resistance and Talk of 'Revolution' A Winning Strategy for the GOP In 2010? Not Likely.

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:49:24 +0000

Is Total Resistance and Talk of 'Revolution' A Winning Strategy for the GOP In 2010? Not Likely.

March 8, 2010

By Joe Rothstein
Editor, EINNEWS.COM

Current political commentary has it that voters will flee from the Democrats this year driven by fears that Democrats are spending too much and are too inclined to exercise government control over a myriad of areas best left to the private markets.

A corollary to that theory is that the Democratic base will sit this one out, disappointed that the big majorities they helped to elect in 2008 haven't delivered on the promises of progressive change.

All that could happen. But five bucks says it won't.

For that to happen non-partisan, independent voters would have to see the Republicans as a better alternative. For most, the Republicans would have to be convincing as a party that seems better able to govern and take care of the country's most pressing problems----like jobs, and health costs. The Republicans would have to grab the political center, where most independents and moderates live.

But none of that is happening. Instead, Republicans are putting on their fright wigs and scampering to the far right just as fast as their speeches, congressional votes and public appearances will take them there. In their effort to harness the runaway tea party movement, they are embedding themselves on the scary right, leaving the center wide open for the Democrats to recapture.

We're not talking fringe Republicans here. Virtually the entire Republican House leadership lined up, hat in hand, to woo delegates to the recent Conservative Political Action Committee conference in Washington, D.C., a conference notable for its theme that American freedom is in danger and that extreme measures are needed to save it.

CPAC's keynote speaker was Fox commentator Glenn Beck who used the occasion to denounce Teddy Roosevelt (that's right---Teddy Roosevelt, not Teddy Kennedy) for starting the progressive movement. Included among CPAC's sponsors were the John Birch Society and the Oath Keepers, a militia group organized to militarily combat what it sees as the U.S. government's plans to declare martial law and disarm the citizenry.

Into this group marched House Minority Leader John Boehner, talking "revolution," a theme he's been pushing since the first tea partier screamed "I want my country back" last summer. Republican leaders Eric Cantor and Mike Pence were there, trying to outdo each other with one liners about the dangers facing America because of the Democrats. Newt Gingrich, as usual, trumped them all. He packaged everyone's fears into a perceived "Secular Socialist Machine," that he said posed the greatest threat to America he's ever known.

This is the language of people who see the opposition as mortal enemies, not political opponents.

To raise campaign money, the Republican National Committee produced a 72-page Powerpoint presentation designed to capitalize on this theme. Before it could go to the party's heavy financial hitters, the Powerpoint found its way out of a Florida hotel room and into the light of day. Once exposed, the odor got too intense for even the party's chairman Michael Steele.

But it's far too late into the 2010 campaign season for Steele or anyone to redirect the GOP's veer toward the hard right. There's an old Indian saying that "He who rides the tiger sometimes winds up inside." Boehner and his Republicans grabbed onto the tea party tiger last summer and now it's carrying them to places they might want to go.

The more GOP leaders play ball with their fringe extremists, the more tension they raise in the primaries between experienced, mainstream conservatives and tea party outriders. Worst of all for the Republicans, the primary contests and congressional GOP intransigence as naysayers will do nothing to assure voters that the GOP is a better governing alternative than the Democrats.

Ray Blunt, a long-time GOP House leader, is desperately trying to curry favor with the hard right in Missouri to fend off a bunch of rivals for Missouri's U.S. Senate nomination. Governor Charlie Crist, who looked like a cinch to hold a Florida U.S. Senate seat for the Republicans might well loose the nomination to a right wing opponent who in turn will lose the political center to a Democrat.

The Republicans lost their Pennsylvania Senate seat when Arlen Specter saw a political tsunami coming at him from his state's far right. The far right is disenchanted with Rob Portman in Ohio, who once had a virtual lock on that state's Senate seat for the GOP. The same is true in Delaware with Mike Castle and Illinois with Mark Kirk.
It could well be the far right Republican voters who stay home on election day and withhold votes from what they see as centrist candidates.

And the threat from the right is having another impact: It's stirring the unhappy left into action.

The coalitions and grass roots workers who made the current Democratic majority possible may no longer believe that helping the Democrats will answer their prayers for health reform, energy reform, massive job programs and withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan. But they do know they don't want the Tea Party Right getting its hands on the levers of government. That's plenty of incentive to rouse them from their funk and bring them out to the streets again.

Elections in the U.S., for better or worse, almost always come down to a choice between two people, one a Democrat, one a Republican. In most congressional districts it isn't a fair fight. The fix is in. Friendly apportionment committees have seen to it that Republicans and Democrats have such a head start in terms of party registration that they have to be convicted ax murderers to lose.

But there are other districts, maybe 100 of the 435 in all, where the strength of the candidate and his or her party's "brand" makes a difference. These are not districts that go readily for political extremists or extremism. Calls to reason count for more than calls for revolution. These districts may be swayed by arguments that the Democrats are on the wrong track, but not by claims that they are enemies of the state.

The Republicans have a clear shot at a lot of these districts. At least they would have a clear shot if they offered reasonable alternatives to acknowledged problems. But defined by their votes as the party of "no," talking about "revolution" and tolerating noisy extremist foot soldiers isn't a formula for success.

No matter what the polls say now, my $5 bucks says that by Halloween the Republicans will look scarier than the Democrats as a political party worth trusting with the reins of power.

They Were For the Stimulus After Being Against It: GOP Lawmakers Decry Stimulus Bill, Yet Request Earmarks

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:14:06 +0000

They Were For the Stimulus After Being Against It: GOP Lawmakers Decry Stimulus Bill, Yet Request Earmarks

February 10, 2010 /EIN PRESSWIRE/ According to the Washington Times, a number of the federal stimulus' biggest, most vocal opponents are maneuvering behind the scenes for their shares of the handouts.

More than a dozen GOP lawmakers who oppose the stimulus have petitioned the US Department of Agriculture, seeking money for projects in their home states. According to the Times, the letters, obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, "expose the gulf between lawmakers' public criticism of the overall stimulus package and their private lobbying for projects close to home."

In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Missouri Sen. Christopher Bond, who is seeking $50 million for two projects in his state, said the money would "create jobs and ultimately spur economic opportunities."

Bond told the Times, "I strongly opposed the stimulus, but the only thing that could make it worse would be if none of it returned to the taxpayers of Missouri."

The train is leaving the station, and it appears more and more people are willing to jump on it.

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The State of The Obama Presidency

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:11:34 +0000

The State of The Obama Presidency
January 28, 2010

By Joe Rothstein
Editor, EINNEWS.com

Some notes and thoughts this night of President Obama's first State of the Union speech.

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A year ago the nation's economic system was far more desperate than it is today. But the people were more hopeful. Turn that thought around. Today the economic situation is vastly improved, but the people are more despairing.

What happened to hope and trust? Can it be recovered?

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Mixed signals tonight from the House and Senate members gathered to hear the President. Inside the House chamber, not evident to the TV audience, clucks and catcalls bubble up from the Republican side of the aisle with some frequency during the speech. Not "you lie," but audible and churlish. These folks don't appear to be buying the bi-partisanship the President is trying to sell.

More evidence. Republicans largely sit on their hands and cans during most of the President's applause lines. Even when he celebrates tax cuts. Even when he urges an increase in taxes on big banks to pay for the bailouts---which you'd think would be popular given the public's pitchfork level anger at the big banks. Even when the President proposes to eliminate capital gains taxes on small business---a long cherished GOP goal.

But…..the Republicans are on their feet when the President exhorts Congress not to give up on health reform. Since congressional Republicans so far have been locked in a death grip to derail health reform, how do you explain that? A promising omen?

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Other thoughts:

The President's words were direct and powerful, his delivery masterful. But you don't talk a stuck truck out of the muck and mire, and a good speech is not likely to move his agenda. It's frustrating and embarrassing that Democrats haven't been able to enact the big stuff with their big Senate and House majorities. What will change this year? More direct presidential involvement in negotiations? Harry Reid stepping down as Senate leader to focus on his reelection campaign and yielding the post to Dick Durbin, a much tougher cookie?

In 2009 the President and the Democrats managed to get stem cell research back on track, strike a blow for equal pay for women, place a strong new advocate on the Supreme Court, kick start some major initiatives in education and green energy, restore America's leadership role in the world, vastly improve openness and transparency of government operations and government records, all while staving off a second great economic depression.

Not a bad year's work, but hardly any of it has generated thank you notes from the public. Instead, public trust and confidence continued to ooze from what should have been a winning team. And this team wasn't playing the Yankees. The Republican answer to most everything was "no." When it wasn't "no" the Republican alternative was an evil twin to the Bush policies of tax cuts and rampant deregulation that resulted in huge deficits and economic collapse.

As the President correctly pointed out, he inherited a $10 trillion deficit before he walked through the door of the White House, the legacy of two wars, two tax cuts, a big new Medicare drug program and an economic meltdown.

It shouldn't have been all that hard for the Democrats to get things done and to get some serious credit for it. But last year's strategies didn't connect with the public. Beyond making speeches, what does the President do now? Fire a few of his political coaches and bring in new management? Will we see a new strategy from the old team----or a whole new team?

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The media's been focusing on those "is the nation on the right track" numbers which are hovering around the mid 30% range. Not great, to be sure. But during Bush's second term those numbers bounced between the teens and the twenties. In October 2008, only 7% thought the country was on the right track.

It's way too early for anyone to be relegating this President and this Congress to the political scrapheap. What we are seeing is deep disappointment. Many saw a modern political savior when they voted for Obama. That's a view he didn't do a lot to discourage. Tonight, having failed to deliver instant salvation, the President essentially abdicated the savior role and admitted that to accomplish great goals it takes a village: a lot of other public officials, a lot of engaged citizens and a media that doesn't spend most of its time diddling with the trivial.

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While the halo may be gone, the President tonight reminded those who elected him that he remains Obama the Good Guy. Obama the Articulate. Obama the Embodiment of America's Highest Shared Values And Instincts. He certainly didn't look, sound or feel like a danger to the republic.

Most Americans still like Barack Obama. The question for 2010 is whether, despite the setbacks of 2009, he has it in him to still be the nation's positive change agent.