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• Zach Wamp on GOP Committee to Reform Earmarks

  BUT, he is one of 8 committee members who have requested...drum roll: EARMARKS! Only two members have not requested any earmarks.
  Maybe Zach hasn't heard about the small matter of a $1.4 TRILLION Deficit???
  Link HT: Insty
  On Nov. 19, 2008, House GOP leaders John Boehner and Eric Cantor' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 10:23pm EST
  by Ben Cunningham

• FY10 will be another VERY Bad Budget Year

  October Federal Government Revenue is down a stunning 18% from October last year. We are on track for another $1.4 trillion deficit.
  Link"Yet, we still expect a huge $115 billion October budget deficit that is consistent with a quadruple-digit budget gap in fiscal year 2010 of $1,370 billion.”[...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 11:14am EST
  by Ben Cunningham

• GOP Justice Elected to PA Supreme Court

  Interesting result for Tennesseans in favor of returning to elections for Supreme Court justices.
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  The 53-year-old Melvin beat 54-year-old Jack Panella in the general election Tuesday that will change the partisan balance of the seven-justice Pennsylvania Supreme Court.
  Both candidates are sitting judges on the Superior Court -- [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 8:09am EST
  by Ben Cunningham

• Are you a MetroTextual?

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  New research from mobile phone firm T-Mobile reveals nearly a quarter of men (22 per cent) regularly include a kiss on texts to their male mates, T-Mobile said in an emailed statement.
  
  "Metrotextuality" is most widespread among 18-24 year old males with three quarters (75 per cent) [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:57am EST
  by Ben Cunningham

• UK Govt Greenies says rent clothes instead of buying

  Ending an obsession with owning goods could be the secret weapon in meeting climate change targets, a UK Government report says.
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  Large wardrobes of seldom-used clothes are no longer environmentally acceptable and people should instead rent outfits and accessories, according [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 7:17am EST
  by Ben Cunningham