It’s Not Just Taxes In Obama’s Plan That Fills The Deficit Gap

A variety of fees for those who use government services are part of the Obama plan.

Airline passengers would see their federal security fees double from $5 to $10 for a nonstop round-trip flight and triple to $15 by 2017, raising $25 billion over the coming decade. Federal workers would face an additional 1.2 percentage point deduction from their paychecks to contribute $21 billion more for their pensions over the same period. Military retirees would pay a $200 fee upon turning 65 to have the government pay their out-of-pocket Medicare expenses. They’d also pay more for non-generic prescription drugs.…

Is Georgia About To Execute An Innocent Man?

Georgia has rejected clemency for Troy Davis.

Davis has captured worldwide attention because of the doubt his supporters have raised over whether he killed (off-duty Savannah police officer Marc] MacPhail. Several of the witnesses who helped convict Davis at his 1991 trial have backed off their testimony or recanted. Others who did not testify say another man at the scene admitted to the shooting.

The U.S. Supreme Court even granted Davis a hearing last year to prove his innocence, the first time it had done so for a death row inmate in at least 50 years. But in that June …

Tony Bennett On 9/11: “They Flew The Plane In, But We Caused It”

The legendary Tony Bennett appeared on Howard Stern’s radio show and talked about his antipathy to war,  borne out of having served in WWII.

“But who are the terrorists? Are we the terrorists or are they the terrorists? Two wrongs don’t make a right,” Bennett said.

In a soft-spoken voice, the singer disagreed with Stern’s premise that 9/11 terrorists’ actions led to U.S. military involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan.

“They flew the plane in, but we caused it,” Bennett responded. “Because we were bombing them and they told us to stop.”…

Chaz Bono Debuts On Dancing With The Stars; No Reports Of Americans Changing Gender

Will this, as some conservatives fear, encourage hoards of women to become men?

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Bachmann Distances Herself From Claim That HPV Vaccine Causes Mental Retardation

“All I was doing was relaying what a woman had said.”…

Obama Endorses Ending Saturday Mail Delivery

By Nancy Hennen

Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe says $3 billion can be saved…

Ralph Nader’s High Praise For Sarah Palin

Speaking to Salon, Ralph Nader praises Sarah Palin‘s anti-establishment  bona fides, and says “she’s a lot smarter than most people credit her.”

“When she was governor of Alaska she really did take on the oil industry, and [she also] approved a statewide referendum that resulted in the first state in the Union to regulate cruise lines and their pollution offshore,” he says. “So there is a precursor to these remarks.”

“It’s endlessly elaborative. She could elaborate it with all kinds of newsworthy examples — abuses, prosecutions, convictions,” he says.

That will apply especially if she jumps into the current …

On Monday’s Radio Show…

• “Class warfare,” or just asking the rich to pay their fair share? Alan analyzes President Obama’s tax plan.

• “We have the guns”?!? Alan responds to Andrew Breitbart’s talk of war between liberals and conservatives.

• Evangelist Anne Graham Lotz, author of Expecting to See Jesus: A Wake-Up Call for God’s People, tells Alan why she thinks we must return God to government and schools.…

GOP Congressman Complains That He Only Has $400,000 After Paying All His Bills

Louisiana Congressman John Fleming’s businesses bring in only $6.3 million a year but after he’s done doing payroll, paying rent, paying taxes, feeding is family and other personal expenses, he only has $400,000 left to invest.

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Linda McMahon To Announce U.S. Senate Run Tuesday

WWE CEO says she’s running to help entrepreneurs …

Bachmann Former Campaign Manager: She’s Done After Iowa

Ed Rollins says Michele Bachmann can’t survive the presidential race after Iowa.  Rollins also says that she hasn’t stood up to media scrutiny: “Sometimes you say things that are not appropriate and you shouldn’t say and I think to a certain extent that’s been part of her history.”

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