Sarah Palin: Why Are The Muslims Choosing A Location ‘Just A Block Or Two Away From 9/11’

Now I finally get it. Thanks Sarah.

CBS News’ Richard Schlesinger speaks with U.S. attorney Kenneth Feinberg, who serves as the Special Master for Executive Compensation, commonly referred to as the “pay czar.”

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Child prodigy Adora Svitak says the world needs “childish” thinking: bold ideas, wild creativity and especially optimism. Kids’ big dreams deserve high expectations, she says, starting with grownups’ willingness to learn from children as much as to teach.

About Adora Svitak

A prolific short story writer and blogger since age seven, Adora Svitak (now 12) speaks around the United States to adults and children as an advocate for literacy.

via RNC “census” mailer offers phone sex number

I’m thinking the RNC and the Pope could really do some nice business together.

A couple weeks back, President Obama was in Philadelphia and I was able to score my parents some awesome tickets to the event. Here’s a picture (dad and mom on right side of picture):

My dad was also interviewed in the Montgomery County Times, one of the areas local newspapers. I wanted to share the article with the world.

VIA MontgomeryNews.com:

Concern about health care draws large audience to Obama’s speech

Published: Monday, March 08, 2010
By Thomas Celona, Staff Writer

President Barack Obama’s speech at Arcadia University March 8 brought out a large number of attendees from across Montgomery County and from many walks of life.

While some came out to support the president and his push for health care reform, others came out to hear firsthand how the proposed legislation would affect them.

As a crowd gathered outside the university’s Kuch Recreation and Athletic Hall, many said they were already onboard with Obama’s health care plan.

“I’m very partial to him, and whatever he offers, I’m willing to accept,” said Olivia Sanford of Mount Airy. “I believe in him. I think he’s the best [president] we’ve had so far.”

Don Slutsky of Lower Merion also came out to show support for the program.

“We’re great fans of Obama, and have great hopes for this health care venture. We’re very much in support of the president’s agenda,” he said, noting he felt the plan’s bullet points were basic and fair necessities for the American people. “It’s time for health care in our country to be a right.”

Christy Stephenson came out from Yardley in Bucks County to show her support for the health care issue, one she said she felt passionate about as the former CEO of a hospital.

“I think Obama’s making the right choices, and I want to support the reform effort,” she said. “I think it’s very important for health care to be available for everyone. I think health care is something vitally important like education. He’s making the right kind of changes.”

While many came out to the speech fully ready to support Obama’s platform, others came looking for answers.

Ron Rosen of Abington said he supports the president’s plan but went to the speech hoping to hear specifics on how it would play out if enacted.

“I know these are important moments, so whatever he has to say now is crucial,” Rosen said. “I’m here to support his effort. I’m also hoping he answers some specific questions on how we pay for parts of his proposed plan. Without everybody paying for it, I’m not sure how it gets funded.”

Abington Commissioner Steven Kline also expressed his concerns as he waited in line to hear the speech.

“I’m a small-business owner, so I’m interested in the health care issue,” he said. “I’d like to find some middle ground. I’m a little concerned. I have eight employees, six of whom I pay 100 percent [of their health insurance]. Each year, I’m facing 20 to 25 percent increases, which I have to pay all of. It’s hard enough as a small business owner right now.”

Kline said he came to hear the president’s speech to glean more information on how the plan would impact him and other small-business owners.

While happy to learn more from Obama himself, Kline also expressed concerns about the president’s appearance at Arcadia.

“I’d good because he’s educating people on his plan, but something has to be done,” he said, noting work should be going on in the nation’s capital instead of Glenside.

While most came out to educate themselves about the president’s policy, the Seligsohns of Merion Station saw the event as a good opportunity to educate their children and brought their son, Ben, 14, and daughter, Sophia, 11, to the speech.

“We took our kids out of school for this; we thought this was a good reason,” Seligsohn said. “This is kind of an educational day off. We thought it would be exciting.”

“I think it’s pretty awesome,” Sophia said of the opportunity.

After listening to the president’s speech, many Obama fans emerged saying their support had been reinforced after hearing him in person.

“I really liked how he laid it out,” Sam Lapin of Cheltenham said. “He made it very simple. He did make it clear it’s a complicated process and it’s going to cost a lot of money, but they’re trying not to make it a lot of tax money. I’m very happy I came out.”

“It was spectacular,” Bette Landman of Glenside said of the speech. “I believe in what he’s doing. It’s always good to hear it affirmed and affirmed so clearly so that everyone can understand it. Unlike some good speakers, he has something to say, so there’s substance. I don’t think I’ve heard it so concisely put and with clarity as he did.”

Staff writer Amanda Glensky contributed to this article.

The Washington Post today has a profile of Mike Vanderboegh, the 57-year-old former militiaman from Alabama who last week posted a call for people to throw bricks through the windows at Democratic offices around the country to protest their votes for Health Care Reform. Whether the people who actually did this over the last week did so in reaction to his call to arms is not clear. But he’s happy to take credit and others are crediting him too.

But Vanderboegh really is a classic exemplar of scream-at-your-TV tea-partyish extremism. A radical libertarian, champion of getting big government off the people’s backs, his day job? Vanderboegh lives on government disability checks down outside of Birmingham, Alabama.

President Obama used 22 pens to sign the health care bill this morning. Wonder who gets those pens? Here’s the list (via Jake Tapper):

1. Sen. Reid
2. Sen. Durbin
3. Sen. Baucus
4. Sen. Harkin
5. Sen. Dodd
6. Speaker Pelosi
7. Rep. Hoyer
8. Rep. Clyburn
9. Rep. Miller
10. Rep. Waxman
11. Rep. Levin
12. Rep. Dingell
13. Rep. Rangel
14. Joe Biden
15. Kathleen Sebelius
16. Vicki Kennedy
17. Nancy-Ann DeParle
18. Phil Schiliro
19. Sister Carol Keehan
20. Barack Obama
21. National Archives x 2