Jobless Claims Up – Nero Fiddled While Rome Burned – National Freedom Forum
Thanks  to Heidi Smith for the link

While Socialist President Obama is vacationing on Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, new jobless claims for unemployment benefits spiked up again for the third straight week. New Application for benefits last week rose by 12,000 to 500,000 for the first time since last November.

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Obamas Take Vacation #6 for the Year
Friday, 20 Aug 2010 09:05 AM
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President Barack Obama, his wife and two daughter kick off their sixth holiday of the year today, an 11-day splash in Martha’s Vineyard, the fabled destination of the wealthy and elite, according to a report in the UK’s Telegraph newspaper.

A White House spokesman said that the president was “going to spend a little time recharging his batteries” at the Massachusetts island. Click here to read more

August 19, 2010
The Wall Street Journal
Deconstructing Harry Reid
The Senate majority leader’s inexplicable desire to debate taxes in September.
By KARL ROVE

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid can say the darndest things. He certainly did last week when he proclaimed: “I don’t know how anyone of Hispanic heritage could be a Republican.” That must have thrilled his son, Rory, who’s trailing a Hispanic Republican, Judge Brian Sandoval, in the Nevada governor’s race by 16 points in the most recent Mason-Dixon poll. Click here to read more