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Add to EJ Playlist  Morning Meltdown June 28, 2012 ---- High court upholds key part of Obama health law The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul. The decision means the huge overhaul, still only partly in effect, will proceed and pick up momentum over the next several years, affecting the way that countless Americans receive and pay for their personal medical care. The ruling also hands Obama a campaign-season victory in rejecting arguments that Congress went too far in requiring most Americans to have health insurance or pay a penalty. The court said the mandate can be construed as a tax. "Because the Constitution permits such a tax, it is not our role to forbid it, or to pass upon its wisdom or fairness," Justice John Roberts said. http://hosted.a p.org/dynamic/s tories/U/US_SUP REME_COURT_HEAL TH_CARE?SITE=AP &SECTION=HOME&T EMPLATE=DEFAULT &CTIME=2012-06- 28-10-17-22 ---- Sep 20, 2009 9:00am - Obama: Mandate is Not a Tax President Obama signaled in our interview that he was prepared to address some of the concerns raised by key Senator Jay Rockefeller, who called the Baucus bill a "big middle class tax increase" this week. The President refused to accept the argument that a mandate to buy health insurance is equivalent to a tax. http://abcnews. go.com/blogs/po litics/2009/09/ obama-mandate-i s-not-a-tax/ ---- Stocks Tumble After Health-Care Ruling Stocks extended their losses Thursday, wiping out all of the previous session's gains, amid skepticism that European leaders would be able to form a solution to tackle the ongoing debt crisis and following the Supreme Court's ruling on the health-care bill. http://www.cnbc .com/id/4799409 0 ---- Supreme Court strikes down Stolen Valor Act for military medals The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday struck down the Stolen Valor Act, which made it a crime to lie about receiving military medals. By a 6-3 decision, the high court said the right to lie about medals and military service, while unattractive, is protected by the 1st Amendment. http://latimesb logs.latimes.co m/lanow/2012/06 /supreme-court- strikes-down-st olen-valor-law- .html ---- Contempt of Congress Vote After a last-ditch appeal by the White House fell flat Tuesday, House Speaker John Boehner told reporters this morning that he will proceed on a vote Thursday to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress for withholding certain documents related to the Fast and Furious gun-walking operation. http://news.yah oo.com/boehner- charges-ahead-c ontempt-resolut ion-holder-1557 37438--abc-news -politics.html

Add to EJ Playlist  Morning Meltdown June 27, 2012 ---- Jimmy Carter Accuses U.S. of 'Widespread Abuse of Human Rights' A former U.S. president is accusing the current president of sanctioning the "widespread abuse of human rights" by authorizing drone strikes to kill suspected terrorists. Jimmy Carter, America's 39 th president, denounced the Obama administration for "clearly violating" 10 of the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, writing in a New York Times op-ed on Monday that the "United States is abandoning its role as the global champion of human rights." http://news.yah oo.com/jimmy-ca rter-accuses-u- widespread-abus e-human-rights- 154057442--abc- news-politics.h tml ---- President Obama Booed After Thanking Boston For Kevin Youkilis Being booed was probably the last thing President Barack Obama expected from the crowd at a Symphony Hall fundraiser Monday night, but that happened when the president "thanked" Boston for Kevin Youkilis, who was just traded to the Chicago White Sox. "I'm just saying, he's going to have to change the color of his socks," the president said laughing. "I didn't think I was going to get any boos out of here," he said. "I should not have brought up baseball, I understand, my mistake, you got to know your crowd." Tickets for President Obama's fundraiser at Symphony Hall were between $250 and $2,500. http://boston.c bslocal.com/201 2/06/25/preside nt-obama-booed- after-thanking- boston-for-kevi n-youkilis/ ---- Romney says immigration law has become a 'muddle' Mitt Romney on Monday said the Supreme Court should have given states "more latitude" to deal with immigration than the justices allowed when they struck down key parts of Arizona's tough immigration enforcement law. http://hosted.a p.org/dynamic/s tories/U/US_ROM NEY_IMMIGRATION ?SITE=AP&SECTIO N=HOME&TEMPLATE =DEFAULT&CTIME= 2012-06-25-12-0 4-27 ---- After drunken driver kills son, mother billed for cleanup GREENVILLE, S.C. - A drunken driver killed an Upstate women's son last year, and if the grief wasn't enough, she's had to deal with bills associated with the wreck, even for the cost of cleaning up her son's blood. http://www.wyff 4.com/news/loca l-news/greenvil le-news/After-d runken-driver-k ills-son-mother -billed-for-cle anup/-/9654794/ 15178974/-/item /1/-/4jg4ro/-/i ndex.html ---- 'ALLAHU AKBAR': SHOCK VIDEO SHOWS MUSLIMS ALLEGEDLY 'STONING' CHRISTIAN PROTESTERS IN...MICHIGAN Recently, the city of Dearborn, Michigan, hosted the 2012 Arab International Festival. Naturally enough, the event drew demonstrators, specifically a group of Christian protesters who wanted to voice their discontent with what they saw as the predominately Muslim character of the event. Whatever you may think of this motive, the results of their behavior were unquestionably shocking. Video: fast forward to 9 minute mark if you are interested in the stoning. http://www.theb laze.com/storie s/allahu-akbar- shock-video-sho ws-muslims-alle gedly-stoning-c hristian-protes ters-in-michiga n/

Add to EJ Playlist  Morning Meltdown June 25, 2012 ---- Supreme Court upholds key part of Arizona immigration law The Supreme Court rebuffed the Obama administration' s law suit and upheld a key part of Arizona's tough anti-illegal immigration law, called SB1070, on Monday that allows police officers to ask about immigration status during stops. That part of the law, which never went into effect because of court challenges, will now immediately be enforced in Arizona. Other parts of the law, including a provision that made it a state crime for illegal immigrants to seek work, will remain blocked. http://news.yah oo.com/blogs/ti cket/supreme-co urt-upholds-key -part-arizona-i mmigration-law- 141927514.html ---- More Than Half a Trillion Dollars Spent on Welfare Despite an unprecedented increase in federal anti-poverty spending the national poverty rate has not declined. Since President Obama took office, federal welfare spending has increased by 41 percent, more than $193 billion per year. Federal welfare spending this year now totals $668 billion, spread out over 126 programs, while the poverty rate that remains stubbornly high at nearly 15 percent. http://cnsnews. com/news/articl e/study-more-ha lf-trillion-dol lars-spent-welf are-poverty-lev els-unaffected ---- STUDENTS SEVERELY SUNBURNED AT SCHOOL FIELD DAY BECAUSE OF LITTLE-KNOWN STATE SUNSCREEN LAW Jesse Michener is outraged after her two daughters returned home from a school field day with what she described as "hurts to look at" sunburns because they weren't allowed to put on sunscreen. http://www.theb laze.com/storie s/students-seve rely-burned-at- school-field-da y-because-of-li ttle-known-stat e-law-banning-s unscreen/ ---- Well, This Explains It. Video that shows people believe anything a person dressed in a suit holding a microphone says. The man says Kardashian is running for office, Germany is invading Poland, English will pay part of our debt if we let them have a state or two, etc. http://chickson theright.com/20 12/06/25/well-t his-explains-it /

Add to EJ Playlist  Morning Meltdown June 21, 2012 ---- Manufacturing, Jobs Reports Add Up to More Bad News U.S manufacturing grew in June at its slowest pace in 11 months and hiring in the sector slowed as overseas demand for U.S. products waned. A total of 5.83 million people were claiming unemployment benefits during the week ending June 2. http://www.cnbc .com/id/4790209 4 ---- $9 Billion in 'Stimulus' for Solar, Wind Projects Made 910 Final Jobs The Obama administration distributed $9 billion in economic "stimulus" funds to solar and wind projects in 2009-11 that created, as the end result, 910 "direct" jobs -- annual operation and maintenance positions -- meaning that it cost about $9.8 million to establish each of those long-term jobs. http://cnsnews. com/news/articl e/9-billion-sti mulus-solar-win d-projects-made -910-final-jobs -98-million-job ---- Pelosi rips Holder contempt charges: 'I could have arrested Karl Rove on any given day' House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi attacked House Republicans for pursuing contempt of Congress charges against Attorney General Eric Holder on Wednesday. "I could have arrested Karl Rove on any given day," Pelosi said on Wednesday, The Huffington Post reports. "I'm not kidding. There's a prison here in the Capitol. If we had spotted him in the Capitol, we could have arrested him." http://dailycal ler.com/2012/06 /20/pelosi-rips -holder-contemp t-charges-i-cou ld-have-arreste d-karl-rove-on- any-given-day/ ---- Question of the Day: what did the president know and when did he know it? President Obama's attempt to invoke executive privilege to forestall contempt-of-Con gress proceedings against Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. failed. Instead, the claim elevates the dispute between the administration and Capitol Hill to a new and troubling level. The operative question now is, what did the president know and when did he know it? http://www.wash ingtontimes.com /news/2012/jun/ 20/holders-cont empt-and-obamas -privilege/ ---- Yesterdays Question of the Day: Does the 13th Amendment Apply to Animals? An animal rights group (PETA) has sued SeaWorld, accusing the aquatic theme park chain of violating the rights of captive killer whales under the 13th Amendment of the US Constitution, which abolished slavery. http://www.tele graph.co.uk/new s/worldnews/nor thamerica/88523 84/SeaWorld-sue d-for-enslaving -killer-whales. html

Add to EJ Playlist  Morning Meltdown June 20, 2012 ---- Grand jury: No indictment against father who killed daughter's alleged abuser A Lavaca County, Texas, grand jury did not return an indictment against a father who killed a man he found allegedly sexually abusing his daughter, officials said Tuesday at a press conference in Hallettsville, Texas. http://www.cnn. com/2012/06/19/ us/texas-abuser -father/index.h tml?eref=mrss_i google_cnn ---- How The World Works Video: http://www.yout ube.com/watch?v =Rvy5xP83Syc ---- Stop stand-up urination for men, Swedish politicians urge A Swedish political party is taking a stand against upright urination. At a county council meeting Monday, the Left Party, or Vänsterpartiet, tabled a motion that would require office washrooms with a sit-down-only requirement. Party speakers cited medical research they said shows men empty their bladders more efficiently while seated. Improved bladder evacuation reduces the risk for prostate problems, according to the party. It also helps men who sit rather than stand achieve a longer and healthier sex life, it said. http://www.cbc. ca/news/yourcom munity/2012/06/ stop-stand-up-u rination-for-me n-swedish-polit icians-urge.htm l ---- Cambridge considering ban on large sugary drinks The mayor of Cambridge has proposed a ban on larger sizes of sugary drinks. Monday night, the city of Cambridge agreed to study the possibility of banning large sugary drinks at restaurants in Cambridge. "When people are served these gigantic portions of soda in bottomless cups, sometimes it's just more than people are able to resist," said Cambridge Mayor Henrietta Davis. http://www1.whd h.com/news/arti cles/local/metr o-west/12007777 395970/cambridg e-considering-b an-on-large-sug ary-drinks/ ---- Sens. Reid, McCain push bill to combat fraud, corruption in professional boxing Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., who boxed while at the U.S. Naval Academy, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., a former middleweight boxer, are pushing the measure establishing the U.S. Boxing Commission, an entity that would carry out federal boxing law, work with the industry and local commissions and license boxers, promoters, managers and sanctioning organizations. Under the legislation, all referees and judges participating in a championship or a professional fight lasting 10 rounds or more would have to be fully registered and licensed by the commission. A sanctioning organization could provide the names of judges and referees it considers qualified for that caliber bout, but only the commission could appoint judges and referees to participate in the matches. http://www.foxn ews.com/politic s/2012/06/18/se ns-reid-mccain- push-bill-to-co mbat-fraud-corr uption-in-profe ssional-boxing/ ---- Yesterdays Question of the Day: WW3? Iran, Syria, Russia and China are planning the "biggest-ever wargames in the Middle East," the four countries are preparing 90,000 troops, 400 aircraft and 1,000 tanks for the massive joint maneuvers, which are to take place along the Syrian coast within a month. http://www.time sofisrael.com/i ranian-news-age ncy-reports-joi nt-syria-iran-r ussia-and-china -wargames/ ---- Question of the Day: Does the 13th Amendment Apply to Animals? An animal rights group (PETA) has sued SeaWorld, accusing the aquatic theme park chain of violating the rights of captive killer whales under the 13th Amendment of the US Constitution, which abolished slavery. http://www.tele graph.co.uk/new s/worldnews/nor thamerica/88523 84/SeaWorld-sue d-for-enslaving -killer-whales. html

Add to EJ Playlist  Morning Meltdown June 19, 2012 ---- Taliban to ban polio vaccinations for children until US stops drone strikes A Taliban leader in Pakistan said that until ...

Add to EJ Playlist  Heckle - Definition from dictionary .com - Interrupt (a public speaker) with derisive or aggressive comments or abuse. ----- Reporter Heckles Obama During Im...

Add to EJ Playlist  Morning Meltdown June 15, 2012 ---- GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD LABELING Advocates of labeling collected more than half a million signatures supporting the str...

Add to EJ Playlist  Morning Meltdown June 14, 2012 ---- Jobless claims on the rise The number of Americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits climbed last week, indicat...

Add to EJ Playlist  Morning Meltdown June 13, 2012 ---- Active U.S. Wildfires 19 active large fires were burning in nine states, "including one of the largest wildfires in New M...

Add to EJ Playlist  Race War in America? - http://youtu.be /nYSacQOiO-s What is your most favorite disliked video? - http://youtu.be /jpEqVIik_BI http://www.yout ube.com/user/ba bal...

Add to EJ Playlist  Morning Meltdown June 12, 2012 ---- Kings win the Stanley Cup with a 6-1 victory in Game 6 Los Angeles scores three times in the first period and turns back ...

Add to EJ Playlist  Morning Meltdown June 7, 2012 ---- Bilderberg 2012: were Mitt Romney and Bill Gates there? What a Bilderberg it's been. Big names, big money, big decisions, ...

Add to EJ Playlist  Morning Meltdown June 6, 2012 ---- Walker survives recall election in Wisconsin Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker beat back a recall challenge Tuesday, winning bot...

Add to EJ Playlist  Morning Meltdown June 5, 2012 ---- Dems cry foul early into Election Day; Sen. Taylor demands investigation With only about four hours into the Election Day ...

Add to EJ Playlist  Question for you: How do you ask someone with a heavy southern accent to slow down so you can understand what they are saying?

Add to EJ Playlist  Ask me any questions you have about where I stand on issues or positions I take on things that are happening. I have no problem letting you know how I feel. ...

Add to EJ Playlist  Morning Meltdown June 1, 2012 ---- US economy added 69K jobs in May, fewest in a year The U.S. economy suddenly looks a lot weaker. U.S. employers created on...

Add to EJ Playlist  OH YEAH!!! So, in Detroit two crews were fighting about who makes the best Kool-Aid and ended up pulling out their guns and shooting at each other. They ende...

Add to EJ Playlist  Update on my garden.

Add to EJ Playlist  Morning Meltdown May 31, 2012 ---- Chagas Disease, an incurable infection, called the 'new AIDS of the Americas' A parasitic infection called Chagas Disease ...

Add to EJ Playlist  Who is Chris Hayes? He is the guy that said he is uncomfortable calling fallen military "heroes". ColonelRichardH unter: http://www.yout ube.com/watch?v =1vhDyO...

Add to EJ Playlist  Morning Meltdown May 30, 2012 ---- 'CITIZEN MILITIAS': ARIZONANS VOW TO TAKE MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS TO PROTECT BORDER Arizona militias say they are don...

Add to EJ Playlist  Morning Meltdown May 29, 2012 ---- Homes Prices Drop 2% to Post-Crisis Lows Home prices fell in the first quarter to new post-crisis lows, but prices were up...

Add to EJ Playlist  So, I went to Save-A-Lot and bought enough food for 7 days for 7 dollars. Let's see what happened.... SaltyShellback Contest Entry Video: http://youtu.be /UzW...

Add to EJ Playlist  My entry for a chance to win a spyderco manix 2 translucent blue! Link to contest video: http://youtu.be /MQWtHv3NROI Link to Channel: http://www.yout ube.com/...

Add to EJ Playlist  Morning Meltdown May 25, 2012 ---- California tops states in teen unemployment As summer break approaches and school seasons conclude, teens in California wi...

Add to EJ Playlist  Dogs Dead from Treats Made in China Purina, a Nestle' company, seems to be the blame for 900+ deaths of illnesses in dogs that consumed a variety of their do...

Add to EJ Playlist  Is my tomato plant contagious?