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February 21, 2010

Texas: ‘Rebel Line’ Denigrates into Direct Attack

The waves of right-wing extremism wracking the United States peaked on February 18 when Joe Stack flew a plane into a government building housing Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ) offices. However, the nation continues rippling after “government haters [began] cheering suicide pilot Joe Stack and calling him a hero,” says Helen Kennedy, a New York Daily News staff writer.

“The concept of taxation appears to be particularly troublesome to them. While naming themselves after a colonial tax revolt, they appear not to have any appreciation that the taxation by King George was followed closely by levies for support of our brand new nation. The income tax, as we know it, was placed into effect by the Sixteenth Amendment in 1913.”
- Stephen Harrington, Huffington Post

February 12, 2010

President Obama Makes History as First President to Field Questions from Opposing Party Directly

What was novel and historic about this session was the president's fielding of questions from lawmakers across the political aisle, on their own turf - a Republican political meeting - in an effective and disarming manner. These are GOP politicians who would not ordinarily find themselves in a one-on-one venue with the Democratic president.

The nation and the world observed an amazing event in President Barak Obama's question and answer session at the GOP House Issues Conference, held in Baltimore, Maryland.

February 12, 2010

President Obama Makes History as First President to Field Questions from Opposing Party Directly

What was novel and historic about this session was the president's fielding of questions from lawmakers across the political aisle, on their own turf - a Republican political meeting - in an effective and disarming manner. These are GOP politicians who would not ordinarily find themselves in a one-on-one venue with the Democratic president.

The nation and the world observed an amazing event in President Barak Obama's question and answer session at the GOP House Issues Conference, held in Baltimore, Maryland.