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Weekend wrap-up …

02/21/2010 Nativegrl77

SUNDAY …

Team USA .. played and out scored the Canuks in a win for Team USA 5-3, it was obvious Miller, the goaly was truly the msvp of the evening, blocking over 40 shots from Canada. It’s well known that Team USA has quite a few young players and was not expect to win tonight. In the last 4minutes Canada managed to score but it just wasn’t enough for the night game. The rink was very quiet as Team USA celebrated on the ice. This is just one more game toward the gold, woo hoo Team USA.

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Posted on February 21, 2010 at 3:54 PM;complete article at http://www.king5.com

Washington State News …For years, federal law at National Parks allowed people to bring in unloaded weapons as long as they were stowed away. But starting Monday, that will change. Now anyone with a legal permit can bring in a loaded gun, concealed or otherwise, as long as it concurs with state laws.For years, federal law at National Parks allowed people to bring in unloaded weapons as long as they were stowed away. But starting Monday, that will change. Now anyone with a legal permit can bring in a loaded gun, concealed or otherwise, as long as it concurs with state laws.For years, federal law at National Parks allowed people to bring in unloaded weapons as long as they were stowed away. But starting Monday, that will change. Now anyone with a legal permit can bring in a loaded gun, concealed or otherwise, as long as it concurs with state laws/by ROBERTA ROMERO / KING 5 News.

Point/Pounterpoint: This news is very disappointing; only time will tell what impact this decision will have on the people using our Great Parks here in Washington State …

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Bills would make it easier to force mentally ill into care.

Washington State … complete article on seattletimes.nwsource.com

Legislation before a state Senate committee would make it easier to commit and treat potentially dangerous mentally ill people under the controversial Involuntary Treatment Act.

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news of Republican Senator Mitch McConnell still …trying to deny that Republicans are engaging in the art of obstructionist behavior on the Foxnews Sunday interview; i’d say he is well seasoned at what he does and practices obstructing quite often

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Terry Moran of ABC news interviewed Governor Schwarzenegger of California, who calls out the GOP for stating the stimulus money didn’t create jobs; as stated by our President and some reporters the GOP not only spent the money given to them; they went to ribbon cuttings, handed out some giant checks, took credit for it and some even went back for more. I find it disturbing that so many people are so willing to condemn the so-called back room deals Democrats did for Jobs and HCR when the Political Party of NO 110 of them have kept THEIR STIMULUS Money SPENDING a SECRET ; where is the outrage? It’s even more of an outrage to me that mainstream tv stations and cable news have conveniently avoided reporting the Republican Hypocrisy until people like Rachel Maddow and Keith Oberlmann actually showed pictures of various Republicans in action, such as: Gov Bobby Jindal, Eric Cantor, Kit Bond, mike Castle, Mark Kirk, John Boehner

Apparently, Gov Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania stated that President Obama botched the Stimulus Sales Job; Appearing on ABC’s This Week; Huffington Post reports that the Pennsylvania Democrat said it was ironic that “the best communicator in the history of political campaigning turned out in his first year in office to not communicate very well.” He was referring, specifically, to what went wrong when it came to selling the president’s stimulus package … read more on Huffingtonpost.com

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Some online reporters say they have low expectations on whatever will come out of the health-care summit; though the summit has yet to meet; everyone has a right to their opinion but it seems a bit cynical to be a naysayer before the fact, though it probably will likely get them more viewers; especially if they do a lot of cable and get paid; people need the facts not a whole lot of speculation and last, the tea party movement is discussed and analyzed further by R rep Tom Price.

The Hill: Low expectations on health summit

WaPo: Obama urges Dems, GOP to compromise

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what is and was on CSPAN this weekend …

Sec. of Education addresses Governors at Winter Meeting

Sec. of Education Arne Duncan will address education policy in the Obama Administration at the afternoon session of the Governors Conference. This year’s meeting is also focusing on health care issues facing the states and the morning plenary session will discuss health care and the economy.

NGA, Starting Shortly on C-SPAN
NGA website

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Health care and tea party movement focus of Newsmakers

This week on Newsmakers, Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) will discuss the upcoming health care summit and the his party’s perspective on health reform. He is a former orthopedic doctor. Rep. Price will also address the influence that the tea party movement has had on the GOP.

C-SPAN at 10AM & 6pm ET

entire program

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~ my 2cents ..., ~ politics petitions pollution and pop culture

Weekend round up …

02/21/2010 Nativegrl77

SATURDAY

CSPAWN … i mean CPAC ended their 3day conservative conference today. The 10,000 conference attendees, though, conservatives are calling themselves activists came together to i guess bash everything democratic and possibly everything right of center, maybe close to fringy. Personally, i do not believe true activists practice exclusion and worse.We all saw the CPAC speakers, it was not positive, it was not uplifting the only thing i saw was a lot of people talking at the issues, no solutions, no numbers and not much in the way of wanting bipartisanship. The group is of differing attitudes and by all accounts are practicing exclusion, discrimination , racism and embraced the party of NO slogan as a whole. On this 3rd and final day of Cpac, the number of participants being about 10,000; the group of what some say are the fringy, more violent and disturbing part of the Republican Party. There were Republican Politicians at this conference, which, makes you wonder exactly what liabilities should these Republican Politicians be forced to face or do we assume that everything said and done over the last three days are covered under our Constitutions 1st amendment. The last day brought these people together to make a final decision about who they want to run for President in 2012; and Ron Paul won their straw poll at CPAC, Mit Romney came in 2nd and Sarah Palin, who, chose not to even be there was came in 3rd. It was reported that a significant number of Ron Paul supporters were at this conference and made their voices heard, Ron Paul received 31% of the votes. i am not a supporter of CPAC or what they stand for; however, it is important that democrats; anyone to the left of center be well informed of all things CPAC and or the tea party movement.

Beck wraps up CPAC conference and part of his speech can be seen below,there are 6parts,see his speech for yourself …

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVaegVlDUPs

Newt Gingrich, Glenn Beck and Ann Coulter highlight the last day of the 2010 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). The three-day meeting promoted the conservative movement and advocated for conservative policies. This year’s conference also brought attendees and speakers who have been active in the Tea Party movement. Afternoon Session: Now on c-span.org

Morning Session: From Earlier Newt Gingrich: From Earlier

CPAC Day 1 CPAC Day 2

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Health Care Main topic of Governors Meeting

The nation’s governors gather in Washington, D.C., this weekend for the 2010 National Governors Association (NGA) Winter Meeting. The bipartisan group of governors from the U.S. states, commonwealths and territories will hold three days of meetings on a host of issues and challenges facing states. Today, First Lady Michelle Obama speaks on childhood obesity.

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White House to publish healthcare proposal Monday 2/22

By Ross Colvin and Jeff Mason Ross Colvin And Jeff Mason – Sat Feb 20, 3:20 pm ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The White House will unveil its latest healthcare reform proposals on Monday ahead of a bipartisan summit that President Barack Obama hopes will advance the stalled legislation, a senior administration official said on Saturday.

Obama urged Democrats and Republicans on Saturday to find common ground at a summit he will host on Thursday to help rejuvenate efforts to overhaul the $2.5 trillion healthcare system, one of his top domestic policy priorities. (complete article on REUTERS)

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