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Am I and about 40k of my readers and America to understand that Obamacare will pass? You mean to tell me that after all the polls that state that America does not want this bill, Obamacare will pass? You mean to tell me that after all the Townhall meetings that America told their elected officals that they don't want Obamacare will pass? You mean to tell me that day after day and week after week of Tea Parties stating they don't want this bill, Obamacare will pass? You mean to tell me that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is asking all female Democratic Members to attend a hastily called meeting Wednesday morning to agree with Obamacare and that Obamacare will pass? Tou mean to tell me that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi , still shoring up support for Obamacare that America has been vocal about not passing and Obamacare will pass? You mean to tell me that Rep. John Larson, the chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, said he thinks Democrats already have the votes needed to pass ...

The Jenner and Block report on Lehman just keeps on giving. Today I am going to focus on FRBNY's culpability in the apparent Lehman fraud - that is, the role that FRBNY (and thus Tim Geithner) played in keeping an insolvent institution afloat through the use of fraudulent artifices. We must look first to what the PDCF, or "primary dealer credit facility" was created to be. The report does this for us: Under the PDCF, the FRBNY would make collateralized loans to broker ‐ dealers, such as LBI, and in effect, act as a repo counterparty. Unlike a typical counterparty, though, with the creation of the PDCF, the FRBNY was generally understood by market participants to be the “lender of last resort to the broker ‐ dealers.” 5332 Reflecting the fact that broker ‐ dealer liquidity had become increasingly dependent on overnight repos to obtain short ‐ term secured financing, 5333 the PDCF was structured as an overnight facility. Pursuant to the F...

The chief of staff for former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell will deliver a keynote address Wednesday at a symposium at Nova Southeastern University , examining accountability for crimes against humanity. Retired Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, who served as chief of staff from 2002 to 2005, is set to speak at 6 p.m. at the Alvin Sherman Library on the school's main campus at 3100 Ray Ferrero Jr. Blvd. Wilkerson's address will focus on the war against terrorism, including the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 and the Patriot Act. The symposium will run from March 9 to March 11 and is free and open to the public. For more information, call 954-262-6329.

Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush tells Newsmax.TV in an exclusive interview that the Obama administration is charting a “dangerous course” as it pushes for a dramatic expansion of government. Bush predicted a “tsunami” of opposition will sweep away Democratic candidates this November , and a popular “uprising” is under way.

Snoozing refreshes the brain's capacity to learn, study finds By Randy Dotinga HealthDay Reporter SUNDAY, Feb. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Want to ace that next test? Try taking a mid-afternoon siesta. While the findings are preliminary, new research raises the prospect that sleep, specifically a lengthy afternoon nap, prepares the brain to remember things. Think of it as similar to rebooting a computer to get it to work more smoothly. "Sleep is not just for the body. It's very much for the brain," said study author Matthew Walker, an assistant professor at the University of California at Berkeley. Walker and colleagues divided 39 young adults into two groups. At noon, all the participants took part in a memory exercise that required them to remember faces and link them with names. Then the researchers took part in another memory exercise at 6 p.m., after 20 had napped for 100 minutes during the break. Those who remained awake performed...

By Clive Cookson in San Diego Published: February 22 2010 01:29 | Last updated: February 22 2010 01:29 Public trust in science as a whole has suffered from recent attacks on climate research, the head of the senior US scientific body admitted at the weekend. “There is evidence that the corrosion in the public attitude to climate science has spread over to other areas of science,” said Ralph Cicerone, president of the National Academy of Sciences , citing public opinion surveys in the US and elsewhere. Speaking at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in San Diego, Prof Cicerone and other research leaders said scientists must work to regain public trust by being more open about their findings. “We need to be more transparent and provide more access to our research data,” he said. In the “climategate” scandal at University of East Anglia in the UK, emails showed researchers at the Climatic Research Unit refusing to release da...

• NBC's Meet the Press : General David Petraeus, Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-MN), WaPo's E.J. Dionne , WSJ's Peggy Noonan , Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN), Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD). • CBS' Face the Nation : Exclusive interview with former Secretary of State Colin Powell. • ABC's This Week (with Terry Moran) : Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA), Gov. Edward Rendell (D-PA)and roundtable with George Will , Donna Brazile , Matthew Dowd and Arianna Huffington . • CNN's State of the Union (with Candy Crowley now) : • Fox News' Fox News Sunday : Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY), Governor Haley Barbour (MS-R), Gov. Jennifer Granholm, (D- Michigan) and Steve Grove, Head of News and Politics at YouTube. • CNN's Reliable Sources with Howard Kurtz : • Washington Week with Gwen Ifill and National Journal : Alexis Simendinger of National Journal, CNN's Gloria Borger , Jackie Calmes of The New York Times and Politico's Eamon Javers . • CNN...

The bawdy Fox cartoon "Family Guy" features a mentally disabled girl whose mother is governor of Alaska, and Palin, naturally, responds : People are asking me to comment on yesterday’s Fox show that felt like another kick in the gut. Bristol was one who asked what I thought of the show that mocked her baby brother, Trig (and/or others with special needs), in an episode yesterday. Instead of answering, I asked her what she thought. Here is her conscientious reply, which is a much more restrained and gracious statement than I want to make about an issue that begs the question, “when is enough enough?”: “When you’re the son or daughter of a public figure, you have to develop thick skin. My siblings and I all have that, but insults directed at our youngest brother hurt too much for us to remain silent. People with special needs face challenges that many of us will never confront, and yet they are some of the kindest and most loving people you’ll ever meet. Their live...

I believe the American people are looking for a government that will bring the honor of being an American back to its citizens. With a firm adherence to its peoples Judeo Christian morals. Where the rest of the world looks to America with homage and reverence as the light.

It is very sad what happened to Haiti. The US military presence – 2,000 additional airborne troops were due to arrive on Tuesday to join 1,000 already on the ground – will focus on securing aid delivery points in advance and then ferrying in supplies. Mr Gates has said US soldiers are under orders to defend themselves, as well as Haitians and foreigners who face a threat. US troops ramped up their operation to ferry food and other supplies by helicopter to victims of the disaster. My question is this, what is the U.S. doing there? Nation building? Should this operation be under U.N. control only? Why are we doing this? We are not saving people. What are we doing? I thought we were there to help not build.

I think we went to far in our expectations of Scott Brown. While I am happy that he won, I think it is wrong for us to say he is presidential material. Let us see what he can do. Let him compile a resume first.

I had a argument this week with a pro-Obama female. No one who knows me would be surprised that I had an argument (hell I earn a living arguing). This black, middle aged woman, stated "It is time the white people recognize there are well spoken, Harvard educated black people like Obama and the white people just can't handle it". Along with that came the regular Bush was a thief and so on. She was saying these things at the top of her lungs hoping that the people around her (blacks) would join in with her. I said nothing because it is a lost cause with theses brain washed people. What she does not understand and never will is that so called "white" people like me have always been under black American rule. My early adult working years were in Detroit. Affirmative action followed by white blight and a total black electorate. What does people like her think it is for me here in Miami? Where not only are you the minority in color but language too.

• NBC's Meet the Press: Gov. Haley Barbour (R-MS), Gov. Ed Rendell (D-PA), NYT's David Brooks, WaPo's E.J. Dionne, MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, Republican strategist Ed Gillespie and NBC's Tom Brokaw • CBS' Face the Nation: Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Rep. Ike Skelton (D-MO), Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) and Republican political consultant Ed Rollins • ABC's This Week: DNC Chairman Tim Kaine, RNC Chairman Michael Steele and a roundtable with Democratic strategist Donna Brazile, Republican Pollster and Consultant Frank Luntz and ABC's Sam Donaldson, Cokie Roberts and George Will • Fox News Sunday: Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) and a panel with Fox's Brit Hume, Fox/NPR's Mara Liasson, Fox/Weekly Standard's Bill Kristol, Fox/New York Post's Kirsten Powers • CNN's State of the Union: Virginia Governor-Elect Bob McDonnell (R), Republican pollster Bill McInturff, Democratic pollster Peter Hart...

The 1970 Census was the first time that a "Hispanic" identifier was used and data collected with the question. The definition of "Hispanic" has been modified in each successive census. The 2000 Census asked if the person was "Spanish/Hispanic/Latino" The United States Department of Labor - Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs encourages the same self-identification. As a result, any individual who traces his or her origins to part of the Spanish Empire may self-identify as Hispanic, because an employer may not override an individual's self-identification. The term Hispanic is derived from Hispanicus, which derived from Hispania (Iberian Peninsula), both of them Latin terms. Hispania may in turn derive from Latin Hispanus , or from Greek Hispania and Hispanos , probably from Celtiberian or from Basque Ezpanna. The words Spain, Spanish, and Spaniard are of the same etymology as Hispanic, ultimately. Hispanus was the Latin name given to a person...