Tea Pot News 04/15/11

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****CORRUPTION****

“Improper” Entitlement Payments Why What GAO Found Matters to National Security  The Foundry Conservative Policy News.
http://blog.heritage.org/2011/04/13/%e2%80%9cimproper%e2%80%9d-enti...

Obama's $5 Billion Weatherizing Program Wastes Stimulus Funds, Auditors Find - FoxNews.com
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/04/14/obamas-5-billion-weather...

****DOUBLE OUTRAGE****(You don't have anything better to do!!)

Auctioneers in Congress want to celebrate profession with national holiday  The Daily Caller - Breaking News, Opinion, Research, and Entertainment
http://dailycaller.com/2011/04/13/auctioneers-in-congress-want-to-c...

****GIVE A CHEER****

Federal workers behind on taxes could be fired under bill endorsed by House panel - The Federal Eye - The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/2011/04/13/AFC...

****OUTRAGE****

Obama Guts Defense Who Will Speak for National Security?
http://www.aei.org/article/103460

Obama’s Stimulus Now Being ‘Paid For’ by America’s Military « The Enterprise Blog
http://blog.american.com/?p=30131

Questionable Visitors’ Log Reveals AFL-CIO Boss Made Four Dozen White House Trips  RedState
http://www.redstate.com/laborunionreport/2011/04/13/questionable-vi...

Bachmann Obama Committed to 'Class Warfare'
http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/bachmann-obama-debt-speech/2011/...

****TEA PARTY****

GOP Facing Tea Party Revolt
http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/TeaParty-RepublicanParty-BarackObam...

» Adamo Democrats’ Obsessive Efforts To Fracture Tea Party Commentary
http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/2011/04/14/adamo-democrats%e2%80%9...

TEA Party Senators Consider Filibuster Showdown on Debt Ceiling – Patriot Update
http://patriotupdate.com/5518/tea-party-senators-consider-filibuste...

ADMINISTRATION (OBAMA)

WSJ Was he serious « Hot Air
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/04/14/wsj-was-he-serious/

Obama Plays Politics on Deficit with Partisan Speech  The Foundry Conservative Policy News.
http://blog.heritage.org/2011/04/14/morning-bell-playing-politics-i...

Obama Administration Using Taxpayers To Fund Healthcare Campaign, Watchdog Group Claims  Personal Liberty Digest
http://www.personalliberty.com/news/obama-administration-using-taxp...

Another Obama Constitutional Grab in the Works - Page 1 - Brad O'Leary - Townhall Conservative
http://townhall.com/columnists/bradoleary/2011/04/14/another_obama_...

Barack Obama Fully Embraces Death Panels  RedState
http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/04/14/barack-obama-fully-embrace...

Obama Casts Lot in Middle of Decades-Old American Debate - Thursday, April 14, 2011
http://www.nationaljournal.com/whitehouse/obama-casts-lot-in-middle...

BANKING

Regulators Issue Weak Consent Orders to Whitewash Mortgage Abuses « naked capitalism
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2011/04/regulators-issue-weak-consen...

Financial Crisis With Few Prosecutions - NYTimes.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/14/business/14prosecute.html?_r=1&am...

Banks Face $3.6 Trillion 'Wall' of Debt IMF - CNBC
http://www.cnbc.com/id/42582344

G20 - Bankers Running Rings Around Regulators - CNBC
http://www.cnbc.com/id/42584640

BRICS Take Aim at Dollar - CNBC
http://www.cnbc.com/id/42584668

BUDGET

Budget could close the door on open government - The Federal Eye - The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/budget-could-c...

Conservatives should no longer be happy about budget deal  Philip Klein  Beltway Confidential  Washington Examiner
http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/04/co...

CONGRESS

DeMint If vote to raise debt ceiling is GOP's Waterloo, 'let it be' - The Hill's Blog Briefing Room
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/156015-demint-let-...

Bipartisan Mendacity  RedState
http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/04/14/bipartisan-mendacity/

CULTURE

From Culture Wars to Conscience Wars Emerging Threats to Conscience  The Heritage Foundation
http://heritage.org/Research/Reports/2011/04/From-Culture-Wars-to-C...

DEBT & TAX BOMB

Tax and Debt Bomb - Page 1 - Larry Kudlow - Townhall Finance
http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/larrykudlow/2011/04/14/tax_a...

The Chinese Own Us, and Other Fallacies – Patriot Update
http://patriotupdate.com/5540/the-chinese-own-us-and-other-fallacies

AP poll shows 6 in 10 Americans want spending cuts, not tax hikes « Hot Air
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/04/14/ap-poll-shows-6-in-10-america...

EDUCATION

Chris Hedges Why the United States Is Destroying Its Education System - Chris Hedges' Columns - Truthdig
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/why_the_united_states_is_destro...

GOVERNMENT

The Tax Code’s Burdens on Families and Individuals
http://www.aei.org/article/103457

GULF SPILL

Spillionaires’ are the new rich after BP oil spill payouts - The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/spillionaires-are-the-new-ri...

HEALTHCARE

Barack Obama Fully Embraces Death Panels  RedState
http://www.redstate.com/erick/2011/04/14/barack-obama-fully-embrace...

AAPS New Jersey State Chapter - OP-EDS - Medicaid Hurts The Poor, The Physicians and The Taxpayers
http://www.njaaps.org/op-eds/2011/4/12/medicaid-hurts-the-poor-the-...

JUSTICE DEPARTMENT

VON SPAKOVSKY Holder's Justice Department defies the Supreme Court - Washington Times
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/apr/13/holder-justice-depa...

Bringing the outside in at Eric Holder's Justice Department  The Examiner  Op Eds  Washington Examiner
http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/2011/04/bringing-outsi...

IRAN

U.S. Says Iran Helps Crackdown in Syria - WSJ.com
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704547804576261222747...#

MEDIA

Media Ownership  State of the Media
http://stateofthemedia.org/media-ownership/

MIDDLE EAST

The Next Declaration of Palestinian Statehood  FrontPage Magazine
http://frontpagemag.com/2011/04/14/the-next-declaration-of-palestin...

Iran More Nuclear Trouble Ahead « The Enterprise Blog
http://blog.american.com/?p=30125

STATES

Eligibility verification just 1 vote from governor
http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=286677

UNIONS

Teachers Pay as Union Chickens Come Home to Roost - Page 1 - Kyle Olson - Townhall Conservative
http://townhall.com/columnists/kyleolson/2011/04/14/teachers_pay_as...