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

Telling It Like It Is:

Wall Street Journal Poll - Confidence Waning in Obama, U.S. Outlook
Americans are more pessimistic about the state of the country and less confident in President Barack Obama's leadership than at any point since Mr. Obama entered the White House, according to a new Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll. Sixty-two percent of adults in the survey feel the country is on the wrong track, the highest level since before the 2008 election. Just one-third think the economy will get better over the next year, a 7-point drop from a month ago and the low point of Mr. Obama's tenure.

"You Can't Fire Me, I'm Outta Here."
Gen. Stanley McChrystal resigns, Obama nominates Gen. David H. Petraeus to lead the war in Afghanistan. The friction between the military leadership and the Obama administration began almost immediately after the president took the office last year and has grown as the situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated.

Judge blocks Gulf offshore drilling moratorium
NEW ORLEANS – A federal judge struck down the Obama administration's six-month ban on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, saying the government rashly concluded that because one rig failed, the others are in immediate danger, too.

Senator: 'Obama Says No Border Security without Amnesty'
On Friday, Arizona Republican Senator Jon Kyl told the audience at a North Tempe Tea Party town hall meeting that during a private, one-on-one meeting with President Obama in the Oval Office, the President told him, regarding securing the southern border with Mexico, “The problem is, . . . if we secure the border, then you all won’t have any reason to support ‘comprehensive immigration reform."

Gallup: Majority Doesn't Want Obama Re-elected
A majority of Americans do not think President Barack Obama should win re-election, according to a new Gallup poll. Gallup says that 51 percent of the registered voters surveyed say "no," 46 percent say "yes" and 3 percent don't know.

GAO Audit Explores Use Of Taxpayer Funds By Family Planning Groups
Hearst Newspapers/San Antonio Express: "Anti-abortion lawmakers in Congress have determined that federal taxpayers poured at least $967 million into family planning organizations such as Planned Parenthood over the last eight years - money they said potentially freed the health-service enterprises to use other donations to perform abortions.

Pelosi's New District Office Costs $18,736 a Month
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's district office in the new federal building in San Francisco costs a whopping $18,736 a month -the highest rental paid by any member of the House - or, more precisely, the highest rental paid by taxpayers on behalf of a member of the House.

Oil Spill Should Revive ANWR Drilling Push We continue to need oil. US drilling will help the economy and help American workers.
Rep. Senator Kyl said the Gulf of Mexico oil spill lends credibility to proposals to drill in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). “You are not in 5,000 feet of water. You have a got a pipeline nearby. You have experience drilling in that area just a few miles away,” Kyl told reporters Tuesday.

24% Strong Approval For Obama
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 24% of the nation's voters Strongly approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. 44% Strongly Disapprove,giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -20. Republicans hold a ten-point edge on the Generic Congressional Ballot.

Debt Surpases Joblessness In polls

Gulf Oil Leak - BP Was Not Prepared for Deep-Water Oil Spill: CEO.
Jun 4, 2010 ...BP did not have all the equipment needed to stop the leak from its Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico in the aftermath of the explosion.

BP: Not prepared for Gulf oil spill; pipe awaits cut
"What is undoubtedly true is that we did not have the tools you would want in your tool kit, - Considering how big this has been, very little [oil] has gotten away from us." said BP CEO Tony Hayward.

Israeli Defense Battle Leaves 10 Dead The IDF attempted to head off a number of boats attempting to run the blockade on Gaza, a blockade necessitated by Hamas’ repeated attacks on Israel. The commandos, who intercepted the Turkish ferry Mavi Marmara after it ignored orders to turn back, said they encountered violent resistance from activists armed with sticks and knives. According to the soldiers, the activists threw one of their comrades from the upper deck to the lower after they boarded.

"Some Success" and "Wait and See" Reported So Far in Stopping Gulf Oil Gush.

Animal Advocates against Cruelty To Animals
U.S. Representatives Diane Watson and Elton Gallegly have introduced the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act (H.R. 4733), an ASPCA-supported bill that would require the federal government to purchase animal products only from entities that do not keep animals cruelly confined in gestation crates, veal crates or battery cages.

Bank of England: "U.S. Is heading for a financial “meltdown.”Like Greece,"
Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England, has warned the U.S. is heading for a financial “meltdown.”

Missouri becomes 5th state to opt out of taxpayer-funded abortion
Today, Americans United for Life was victorious in the passage of SB 793, a MO bill which will prohibit insurance plans participating in new state health insurance exchanges from providing abortion coverage. The bill also enhances the state's existing informed consent law to ensure that women receive essential information about health risks and alternatives before choosing abortion.

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 10Americans - 63% - say their sympathies in the Middle East situation lie more with the Israelis than with the Palestinians