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Date Sent: 2010-03-22
Freedom's Phoenix Global Edition for Monday, March 22, 2010 |
Healthcare "passes" House -- European Debt Crisis to Soon Hit America
Pot Protesters get arrested and Crowd gets ANGRY! -- US Air no longer
accepts cash -- General Petraeus Starts His Run for the GOP Nomination
-- Do we need a biometric ID card to work in America? -- Iceland: Private Foreign Army Wants to "Help" Government -- Obama: Dramatically Expand the Powers of The Fed -- Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians -- $6 billion later, the Afghan National Police can't begin to do their jobs right -- 16 Year Old Arrest in NJ Walmart racial comment case -- Latvia government collapses amid economic crisis -- Democrats to California Democrats : VOTE FOR THE BILL OR NO WATER FOR YOU -- Credit scores can drop after getting loan help -- More Government Won't Help - by Ron Paul -- Newly Released FBI Documents Support Explosive Claims by Former FBI Translator Sibel Edmonds
AZ: Pearce's National ID Bill HB2632/SB1071 Back to the House Floor Tuesday, March 23, 1pm
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News Link • Healthcare
Healthcare "passes" House
03-21-2010
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AP
For the first time, most Americans would be required to purchase insurance, and face penalties if they refused. Much of the money in the bill would be devoted to subsidies to help families at incomes of up to $88,000 a year pay their premiums.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Economy - International
European Debt Crisis to Soon Hit American Shores
03-20-2010
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ZeroHedge.com
- "the EU is in dire position", on the precipice of shattering into default and civil unrest;
- the sovereign debt crisis materializing across Europe will soon reach US shores;
- the CFTC will curtail currency speculation by slashing leverage...
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Reported by:
Jack Gregson
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News Link • Healthcare
Senate's "Dr. No" Warned Vote-Switchers on Health Care
03-21-2010
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The New York Times (blog)
Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK), appeared at a news conference Thursday with 10 fellow Republican lawmakers and vowed to scour upcoming spending bills for any special projects that may be given to lawmakers who reluctantly back the health care bill.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Healthcare
Get Ready for the Senate's Health Vote Slog
03-21-2010
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National Public Radio
The Senate will take up the health bill within days. Republicans will try any and all strategies to delay and, if possible, derail this legislation. For anyone who follows the Senate on a regular basis, the process is going to feel familiar.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Healthcare
Can the Constitution stop Obamacare?
03-20-2010
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The Washington Post
Libertarian constitutional lawyer and author Randy Barnett discusses the potential legal ramifications of the Democrats' health care legislation.
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Reported by:
Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Politics: General Activism
ACORN on the Verge of Bankruptcy
03-20-2010
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The New York Times
Souces inside the community organizing group Acorn suffering from mismanagement along with a severe loss of government and other funds state the group is on the verge of filing for bankruptcy.
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Mike Renzulli
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News Link • Property Rights
Says it all
03-21-2010
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Cafe Hayek / Russ Roberts
[CNN story] about a top-down govenrment initiative that sounds good"giving more broadband access to Americans. Who’s against more Americans getting broadband? The FCC has a plan to get it done. Go Broadband!
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Humor
Could Airborne Bears Catch Bin Laden?
03-21-2010
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military.com
The Defense Department provided Stars and Stripes a sampling of some of the more bizarre feedback it gets through its Web site, www.defense.gov. The authors' names were withheld, but all spelling, grammar and paranoia are authentic.
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Propaganda
Toyota Hybrid Horror Hoax
03-21-2010
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Forbes / Michael Fumento
The lack of skepticism from the beginning was stunning. I combed through haystacks of articles without producing such needles as the words "alleges" or "claims."
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Property Rights
Why Ban Divorce?
03-21-2010
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rescuemarriage.org
Who are the people supporting a ban on divorce? Just hardworking Americans with traditional values.
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Brock Lorber
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Black Hole of Debt: We Have Passed The Economic Event Horizon
03-21-2010
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Market-ticker.denninger.net/
We are risking severe civil unrest and the possible destruction of our republic by our continued refusal to face the mathematical facts, not just a "double dip" recession. What Greece and other nations are seeing now is nothing compared to what is..
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Scariest Chart of 2010: Debt Saturation and Negative Return on New Debt
03-21-2010
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economicedge.blogspot.com/
This is because total income can no longer support total debt. In the third quarter of 2009 each dollar of debt added produced NEGATIVE 15 cents of productivity, and at the end of 2009, each dollar of new debt now SUBTRACTS 45 cents from GDP!
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Activism
Libertarians, MMA, Freedom Fighters and Revolution!!!
03/21/2010
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www.sangamoncountylibertarians.com
I saw a fight poster for a mixed martial arts event being put on by local fighter/promoter and owner of Warrior Concepts. The event was called don't tread on me. It got me thinking of how government once tried to stop law abiding people, like Mr. Wa
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Tom Ansell
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News Link • Housing
Double Dip: Mark Hanson's Update on the California Housing Market
03-21-2010
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mhanson.com
The market can’t clear when new distressed supply is hitting faster than the distressed supply is leaving " remember less than half of CA sales in Feb were from the distressed stock.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Drug War
WATCH THIS! NEW Amazing footage of Pot Protesters being arrested by police.
03-20-2010
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www.LCLReport.com
This is amazing frontline footage of the 420 celebration arrests. Warning this video will make you mad, and is disturbing! This Catherine Bleish's Actual footage of a 17 year old local kid,David Krause and Her getting Arrested.
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Tarrin Lupo
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News Link • Military
Medicating the military. Use of psychiatric drugs has spiked; concerns surface about suicide, other
03-21-2010
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Army Times
At least one in six service members is on some form of psychiatric drug. And many troops are taking more than one kind, mixing several pills in daily “cocktails” " for example, an antidepressant with an antipsychotic to prevent nightmares, plus an an
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Found Zero
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
New excuses for state & Federal ID laws & databases
03-21-2010
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Papers Please
But the key problem with any of these schemes isn’t the excuse that is offered to justify their creation, but the potential they create for abuse and the inevitability that they will be used in ways that the public never imagined when they allowed th
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Terry Bressi
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News Link • Drug War
Pot Protesters get arrested and Crowd gets ANGRY!
03-20-2010
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www.LCLReport.com
Undercover police raid the 420 Celebration outside of Liberty Forum 2010. Catherine Bleish, David from Keene and local all arrested. Protestors storm jail to demand release. Four armed police question Mike Tiner for smoking and more!
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Tarrin Lupo
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Russian Firm to Bid on Air Force Tanker Program
03-20-2010
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PETER SANDERS, Wall Street Journal
In another twist to the ongoing saga to replace the Air Force's aging fleet of aerial refueling tankers, United Aircraft Corp. of Russia is planning to bid on the $40 billion contract, according to a person familiar with its plans. United Aircraft,
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Entertainment: Music
Top 10 Music Festivals Around the World
21-03-2010
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worldsbiggests.com
Our top ten list of music festivals worldwide includes the most spectacular and diverse locations, the broadest spectrum of artists, and the above all, the most interesting events, all of which are accessible to backpackers and budget travellers.
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Veljko Rauski
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
ATS Leaves Building Unlocked, Open
3-20-2010
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CameraFRAUD
A corporate security breach at American Traffic Solutions was uncovered by CameraFRAUD volunteers Saturday night. The photo radar ticket processing facility, located in the Phoenix-suburb of Ahwatukee, was left unlocked and unattended.
Numerous bu
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Camera FRAUD
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News Link • Events: Arizona
RTA Polltape Trial Monday March 22 To Enforce Transparent Release of Pima County Public Election Rec
03-20-2010
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AUDIT-AZ
Judge Ted Borek, on Thursday, May 18, set a trial for Monday March 22, that is expected to lead to a court-ordered transparent process for copying these vital records.
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • NeoCons
Is Sean Hannity the scammer or the scammee?
03-20-2010
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www.debbieschlussel.com
For several years, Sean Hannity and the Freedom Alliance “charity” have conducted “Freedom Concerts” across America. They said they are raising money to pay for the college tuition of the children of fallen soldiers and to pay severely wounded war ve
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Chip Saunders
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News Link • Transportation: Air Travel
US Air no longer accepts cash...WTF!
03-20-2010
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FlyTalk
Starting April 2, 2010, US Airways will go cashless on all domestic mainline flights. Everything bought on the a/c will require a visa/mc credit card or debit card. Please plan accordingly.
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Drug War
Marijuana: Daily 4:20 Protests Spark Saturday Arrest in Keene, New Hampshire
03-20-2010
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StopTheDrugWar.org
On Saturday, 2010-03-20, a 420 rally will be taking place at 4:20 in the center of Nashua, to coincide with the Free State Project’s Liberty Forum (BREAKING NEWS - 1 pepper sprayed and arrested, two others arrested for complaining)
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Ernest Hancock
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News Link • Revolutions, Rebellions & Uprisings
CNN, Huffington Post Urge Violence Against Republicans
3/20/10
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Big Government
Two of the most popular liberal news sites are calling for violence against Republicans for obstructing the radical agenda of President Barack Obama.....
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Anonymous Watchman
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News Link • Politics: Republican Campaigns
General Petraeus Starts His Run for the 2012 Republican Nomination
03-20-2010
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telegraph.co.uk/news
Gen. Petraeus will deliver a speech at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire next week, a traditional staging post in the state where the first presidential primaries are held every four years. Each of the last eight presidents has spoken at the coll
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Israel
Squeeze Israel by cutting US aid? Not likely
03-20-2010
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AP
Israel spends the bulk of its aid on warplanes such as F-15s and F-16s, jet fuel, high-end munitions and missile defense systems - weaponry their military would find difficult to replace or do without. [Maybe they could spend their own money?]
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Karl Denninger: Bernanke Speaks With Forked Tongue (Again)
03-20-2010
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Market-ticker.denninger.net/
So unconscionable actions taken by Bernanke must then be defended to the point of maintaining secrecy - perhaps so that the true nature of the outrage - that is, the actual impact, effect, and reality of those unreasonable and unscrupulous acts...
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
Iceland: Private Foreign Army Wants to "Help" Government
03-20-2010
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grapevine.is/News/
Campaign Against Militarism " an Icelandic group originally founded in opposition to the NATO base " is strongly against the idea. They point out that the comany’s background is shrouded in mystery, and that they amount to a mercenary group.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Federal Reserve
Obama: Dramatically Expand the Powers of The Fed
03-20-2010
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RawStory.com
US President Barack Obama on Saturday urged senators to grant the Federal Reserve a dramatic expansion of its' regulatory powers and to establish a new consumer protection committee to help safeguard Americans from Wall Street's excesses.
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Jack Gregson
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News Link • Corruption
Judicial Watch Announces List of Washington's "Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians" fo
03-20-2010
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Judicial Watch
Judicial Watch, the public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released its 2009 list of Washington's "Ten Most Wanted Corrupt Politicians." The list, in alphabetical order, includes:
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Dave Hodges
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News Link • Military Industrial Complex
$6 billion later, the Afghan National Police can't begin to do their jobs right"never mind relie
03-20-2010
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T. Christian Miller, Mark Hosenball, and Ron Morea
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight - America has spent more than $6 billion since 2002 in an effort to create an effective Afghan police force, buying weapons and hiring defense contractors to train the recruits"but the program has been a disaster
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Leon Felkins
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News Link • Criminal Justice System
Police: Arrest in NJ Walmart racial comment case
03-20-2010
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AP
Police said they made an arrest in the case of a racial comment being made over the public-address system at a Walmart. A male voice came over the PA system and announced: "Attention, Walmart customers: All black people, leave the store now."
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Powell Gammill
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News Link • Healthcare
THE HUFFINGTON POST EXPOSES OBAMACARE LIES
03/20/2010
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godlikeproductions.com
Fact Sheet: The Truth About the Health Care Bill
The Firedoglake health care team has been covering the debate in congress since it began last year. The health care bill will come up for a vote in the House on Sunday, and as Nancy Pelosi works to
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Phennommennonn GLP
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News Link • Healthcare
Democrats to California Democrats : VOTE FOR THE BILL OR NO WATER FOR YOU
03/20/2010
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godlikeproductions.com
DEAL WATCH: Code Red Moves Cardoza and Costa to “Yes” Votes on Gov’t Healthcare Takeover After Water Deal
Is this Another Backroom Deal to Force Obama’s Bill Down the American People’s Throats?
As a vote approaches on Obama and Pelosi’s governmen
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Phennommennonn GLP
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News Link • Economy - International
Latvia government collapses amid economic crisis
03/17/2010
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By Matthew Day, telegraph.co.uk
The People's Party, the largest group in a five-party coalition, walked out amid disputes over how to cope with the country's severe problems.
Unemployment has now hit 20 per cent and the economy contracted by 18 per cent last year.
The People's
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Lauren Roseman
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News Link • Economy - Economics USA
Nasty Surprise: Credit scores can drop after getting loan help
03/19/2010
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By Alan Zibel, AP, Yahoo News
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Some homeowners who sign up for the government's mortgage assistance program are getting a nasty surprise: Lower credit scores.
For borrowers who are making their payments on time but are on the verge of default, the Obama admini
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Lauren Roseman
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News Link • Arizona's Top News
Needy Arizona children to lose health care, medicine coverage
03/20/2010
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by Alia Beard Rau, The Arizona Republic
This summer, Arizona will become the only state in the nation that doesn't provide health-care coverage under a federal program to insure children of the working poor.
State lawmakers last week eliminated Kids- Care, which serves nearly 39,000 c
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Lauren Roseman
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News Link • Healthcare
Republican attorneys general threaten health care suits
3/19/10
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Politico
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Numerous Republican state attorneys general announced Friday that they are prepping to file a federal lawsuit protesting the so-called “deem and pass” proce
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Anonymous Watchman
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News Link • Corruption
Obama, Clinton Money Man Guilty Of Major Fraud Scheme
3/19/10
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Judicial Watch
The shady Iranian fundraiser who for years donated lucrative sums to top Democrats"including the president, vice president and secretary of state"has pleaded guilty to a major bank-fraud scheme that could land him in jail for nearly two decades.
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Anonymous Watchman
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News Link • Healthcare
More Government Won't Help - by Ron Paul
03-19-2010
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Ron Paul
Government has been mismanaging medical care for more than 45 years; for every problem it has created it has responded by exponentially expanding the role of government. Points to consider: .....
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Ernest Hancock
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