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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - "Take Your Country Back"

Telling It Like It Is:

U S drug war has met none of its goals, Mexican cartels reaching farther into U.S. MEXICO CITY (AP) - After 40 years, the United States' war on drugs has cost $1 trillion and hundreds of thousands of lives, and for what? Drug use is rampant and violence even more brutal and widespread.

Americans' Support for Israel in U.S. at 63%, Near Record High
PRINCETON, NJ - In a recent poll and for the first time since 1991, more than 6 in 10 Americans - 63% - say their sympathies in the Middle East situation lie more with the Israelis than with the Palestinians.
The Second Annual 'Christians United for Israel' - May 23, 2010.- Christian support for Israel starts with the Bible.

The EU’s Greek Bailout Question?
The US is likely to kick in somewhere in the neighborhood of $3 billion dollars. Were the Europeans correct when, in 1992, they agreed they would not bail out members, or are they pursuing the correct policy now, with the bailout?

Poll - Broad Approval For New Arizona Immigration Law @ 73%. The Pew Research Center reports fully 73% say they approve of requiring people to produce documents verifying their legal status if police ask for them. 67% approve of allowing police to detain anyone who cannot verify their legal status, while 62% approve of allowing police to question anyone they think may be in the country illegally. Democrats are evenly divided on the law–45% approve of the law and 46% disapprove.

CBO Says Obamacare May Exceed $1 Trillion. Obama's new health-care law could potentially add at least $115 billion more to government health care spending over the next 10 years, if Congress approves all the additional spending called for in the legislation, congressional budget referees said on Tuesday.

Tax funding of abortionists facing criminal charges in Kansas.
Planned Parenthood is getting hundreds of thousands of tax dollars each year from Kansas even though it stands accused of over a hundred counts of criminal conduct. For the second year in a row, the KS legislature passed the Huelskamp Amendment that would stop tax dollars from funding Planned Parenthood in KS. This particular PP currently faces 107 criminal charges - 23 of which are felonies - all related to the commission of illegal late-term abortions.

Obama's iPod Flip-Flop: Does He or Doesn't He?
Last Year He Said He Had All Michael Jackson's Music on His iPod; Now He Says He Can't Use an iPod?

Conservative David Cameron is UK's New Prime Minister
Mr Cameron accepted the Queen's invitation to be prime minister. Conservative leader David Cameron is the new UK prime minister after the resignation of Gordon Brown.

Inspired by Arizona - States Considering Immigration Bills
The Arizona immigration law set off a national powder keg. But state lawmakers are not shying away from the issue – and some appear to be inspired by Arizona.

Elena Kagan Nominated For Supreme Court
Presently Solicitor General

Pakistani Taliban behind Times Square bomb attempt
Att. Gen. Eric Holder said Sunday that there is now conclusive evidence the Pakistani Taliban is to blame for last weekend's attempted car bombing in Times Square. “We’ve now developed evidence that shows that the Pakistani Taliban was behind the attack,” Holder said on ABC's “This Week.” “We know that they helped facilitate it. We know that they probably helped finance it. And that he was working at their direction.”

Unemployment Rate Rises to 9.9%
Unemployment rose to 9.9% again last month as the Obama administration’s $862 billion stimulus continues to be an albatross around the economy’s neck. April added 290,000 jobs, including 66,000 Census jobs. Most sectors saw growth, but the returning job seekers overwhelmed the opportunities:

Wisconsin Facility Abandons Late-term Abortion Plan
(MADISON, Wisconsin)—Pro-Life Wisconsin (PLW) have received official confirmation from the Wisconsin Attorney General's office that the Madison Surgery Center (MSC) has abandoned its plans to perform late-term abortions.

Debt Crisis From Greek Riots to Dow Dive
Dow down nearly 1,000 points at one point, as world reacts to crisis in Greece where protesters object to severe budget cuts aimed at securing European bailout.

Arizona-Style Rebellions Over Immigration Spreads
Legislators in nearly a dozen states are considering tough new laws against illegal immigration that mimic the Arizona measure that has triggered a firestorm of controversy nationwide.

Poll: 60% Favor New Arizona Immigration Law
Editorial pages may rage against the Arizona immigration law, but a solid majority of Americans support it, an IBD/TIPP poll found.

Feds didn't call all airlines to warn of N. Y. bomb suspect.

Democrat turnout 'fell off a cliff' in May 4 elections. By contrast, GOP turnout was up almost across the board.

Senate Democrats' financial-regulation bill could help feds' public surveillance, Republicans warn.
The consumer protection bureau, to be part of the Federal Reserve, and the financial research office, proposed within the Treasury Department, could gather information on financial transactions right down to consumers' loans, according to critics, who said this is the first time the government would cast such a wide net.

Gallup Poll: 9 Out of 10 Americans Say Secure the Border This Year.
A USA Today/Gallup poll conducted May 1-2 shows that 9 out of 10 Americans say it is moderately to extremely important to them for the federal government to take steps this year to secure the border against illegal immigration. Similarly, 61 percent of Americans say they are very concerned that illegal immigrants are putting an unfair burden on U.S. schools, hospitals, and government services.

Security Slip Let NYC Bomb Suspect on Plane.
Faisal Shahzad had boarded a jetliner bound for the United Arab Emirates Monday night before federal authorities pulled him back.