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Obama’s Air Force One flight to Chicago and back Monday to cost $236,000

As President Barack Obama flies Monday to Chicago for a midday speech on health-care reform, the round trip on Air Force One will run about $236,000, according to government estimates of the operating costs for one of the top symbols, and perks, of the presidency.

Barack H. Obama: Administrator

Barack H. Obama will forever be known as the first black president of the United States. This fact will likely be the least impressive item about him in tomorrow’s history books. The first four months of his administration strongly suggest that he will most likely be known as the president who transformed America’s system of government.

Palin Vs. Biden

Speaking before Congress in February, President Obama proudly named Vice President Biden to run what he called "a tough, unprecedented oversight effort" of his administration's economic program, "because nobody messes with Joe."

Dog alerts local family to fire, dies in blaze

PIQUA — Glenda Moss saved Jeter after an early life of abuse.

Beware of blood lust on the Left

Scratch a global warming fanatic these days and you may find a wannabe executioner.

Dem mutiny on climate bill grows, says Peterson

More and more Democrats are ready to vote against Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s climate change bill, according to a congressional committee chairman who opposes his leader.

‘Carbon Cops’: Australian Police to prosecute a new range of ‘climate offenses’

Excerpt: FRONTLINE police will be forced to become "carbon cops" under the Government's blueprint to cut greenhouse emissions. The Herald Sun can reveal Australian Federal Police agents will have to prosecute a new range of climate offences. But they are yet to be offered extra resources, stretching the thin blue line to breaking point. "The Government is effectively saying to us, 'Ignore other crime types'," Australian Federal Police Association chief Jim Torr said. The group had been trying for months, without success, to discuss the issue with Climate Change Minister Penny Wong, he said. Interpol has warned the carbon market will be irresistible to criminal gangs because of the vast amounts of cash to be made. Possible rorts include under-reporting of carbon emissions by firms and bogus carbon offset schemes. "If someone is rorting it by even 1 per cent a year, we're talking about many, many millions of dollars," Mr Torr said.

Paedophile snubs Madeleine grilling

Final attempts by private detectives searching for Madeleine McCann to interview a convicted British paedophile about her disappearance have failed.

Canadian Fantasy

A guy named Vince Li sits down beside a stranger on a Greyhound bus, pulls out a big knife and decapitates him. A review board is asked to decide whether Li should be locked up, or given a conditional or absolute discharge.

CFP Joke of the day

Caller to Toronto fire station: Help! My house is on fire! Dispatcher: How do we get there, sir?

Liberals: Museum Shooting Right Wing Hate

Something doesn't seem right here, pardon the pun. The instantaneous, collective kneejerk from liberal pundits to blame the Holocaust Museum shooting on "right wing hate" stinks. It's as if this is a preemptive strike to cover something that may be soon be revealed about them...

White House had long planned GM and Chrysler bankruptcies

While the Obama administration publicly claimed it was seeking to avoid bankruptcy filings by Chrysler and General Motors, behind the scenes the White House was determined to throw the two Detroit automakers into the bankruptcy courts.

PC firms face China decree

The government, which has told international PC makers of the requirement but has yet to publicly announce it, says the effort is aimed at protecting young people from "harmful" content.

Conservatives raced toward victory in the EU

BRUSSELS – Conservatives raced toward victory in some of Europe's largest economies Sunday as initial results and exit polls showed voters punishing left-leaning parties in European parliament elections in France, Germany and elsewhere.

Classified government documents

When a high-ranking politician, or his or her secretary, loses a sensitive government document he, or she, should be severely reprimanded. But when the politician fails to miss the lost document for a few days he, or she, should be fired.

Obama’s Health Care Reform “Paints the Roses Red”

Painting the roses red; And many a tear we shed; Because we know; They'll cease to grow; In fact, they'll soon be dead; And yet we go ahead… [Alice:] Oh, pardon me; But mister three; Why must you paint them red?

GM reaches deal to sell Saturn to Penske

General Motors Corp has a reached a preliminary agreement to sell its Saturn brand to Penske Automotive Group in a deal that could preserve more than 350 dealerships and 13,000 jobs, the companies said Friday.

D-Day and the value of freedom

This Saturday, Canadians will commemorate the 65th anniversary of D-Day, the Day when Allied troops began the final push to free Europe from Hitler’s tyranny. On that day, 15,000 young Canadians swept ashore at Juno Beach to give their all for their country.

Paedophile Raymond Hewlett demands thousands to answer Maddie questions

Paedophile Raymond Hewlett has issued a brazen demand to be paid thousands of pounds to answer questions about the night Madeleine McCann went missing.

“Bail-Out” Bernanke Demands Fiscal Restraint

June 4, 2009 (LPAC)—Sometimes you don't know whether to laugh or cry. Such a moment occurred today when Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke addressed the House Budget Committee and urged fiscal restraint. Imagine that! Bail-out Ben, whose Fed has spent, lent, and guaranteed trillions of dollars to zombie banks to delay them from suffering the inevitable consequences of the most monumental financial stupidity in history, actually has the nerve to lecture others on fiscal responsibility! Absolutely shameless.