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But, claims Tweeden: “(Franken) repeated that actors really need to rehearse everything and that we must practice the kiss. I said ‘OK’ so he would stop badgering me. We did the line leading up to the kiss and then he came at me, put his hand on the back of my head, mashed his lips against mine and aggressively stuck his tongue in my mouth.
The United States allows 70,000 people from all over the world to obtain legal permanent residence through our Refugee Program--one of the most generous in the world. We also bring in another 40,000 or so through the Asylum program. Then there is the Special Immigrant Visa for people from Iraq and Afghanistan--about 10,000 in FY 2014--and a Cuban/Haitian Entrant program bringing in another 20,000 annually. That adds up to about 140,000.
It's about to get worse. The Syrian civil war--enabled at least partially by Obama's insane foreign policy--has created a refugee crisis, with approximately 2.9 million Syrians now living in refugee camps in surrounding countries. The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees wants the U.S. to accept 130,000 Syrians by the end of 2016. We have only taken 700 so far, but given the FBI's warning that it cannot guarantee ISIS or other terrorists are not among the refugees, even that is too many.
Not to be dissuaded from such silly national security concerns, a group of 14 U.S. senators, led by the indefatigable Illinois Senator Dick Durbin, have written a letter to Obama urging him to allow 65,000 Syrians in as refugees. This would require a dramatic expansion of the refugee program, and virtually guarantee that a sizable number of ISIS fighters would slip in among them. Frank Gaffney's Center for Security Policy has given them the moniker "Jihad Caucus" because practically speaking, Jihad is what this request will bring.
The 14 senators demanding this massive influx of Syrians are:
• Double registration: thousands of voters are double-registered and at least a hundred or more are thought to have voted twice in 2008.
If you want to register your displeasure, Secretary of State Mark Ritchie's contact number is 651-215-1440.The six-month election recount that turned former "Saturday Night Live" comedian Al Franken into a U.S. senator may have been decided by convicted felons who voted illegally in Minnesota's Twin Cities...
[The study] found that at least 341 convicted felons in largely Democratic Minneapolis-St. Paul voted illegally in the 2008 Senate race between Franken, a Democrat, and his Republican opponent, then-incumbent Sen. Norm Coleman.
The final recount vote in the race, determined six months after Election Day, showed Franken beat Coleman by 312 votes -- fewer votes than the number of felons whose illegal ballots were counted... furthermore, the report charges that efforts to get state and federal authorities to act on its findings have been "stonewalled."
It's common knowledge that liberals and Democrats are intellectually inferior to conservatives (studies prove it). Scientifically speaking, this means the more liberal you are, the less capable you are of rational thought and basic analytical skills.The rating agencies are paid by the Wall Street banks, the very same people who are asking them to rate securities. One of the main causes of the financial crisis was too many investors around the world were relying on poor-quality research from the ratings agencies...
...Senator Al Franken, a Democrat representing Minnesota, has proposed a new board of “wisemen” to oversee the ratings agencies and select which agency a Wall Street firm can use.
Although legacy media published roughly 24,000 stories alleging that Tea Party activists had spat upon Democrat representatives -- without evidence of any kind -- Spackle's calls to the Associated Press, CNN, MSNBC, the New York Times and Andy Rooney were not returned.
Over the last 20 minutes before the polls closed, a glut of rapid-fire trades pushed Brown up 10 points to a new high of 90.
One could surmise that Brown will win by a significant margin, because if it's close any rational person would assume that the Democrats would simply steal the election.
And in an eerie precursor to the Franken case, Republican Dino Rossi lost the governorship in Washington state after winning the vote and the initial recount in 2004. In a final recount, Rossi lost by 133 votes and subsequent investigations found rampant fraud involving (who else?) ACORN, 1,392 votes cast illegally by felons, 252 improperly counted provisional ballots, and at least 19 dead voters.
But just when you think the Democrats have actually hit bottom, they break out the pick-axes and start digging deeper. Such is the case with the 2008 election for a Minnesota senate seat that pitted the incumbent, Norm Coleman, against former comedian and talk-show host Al Franken.
Thanks to dozens of bizarre "coincidences" in Minnesota -- and a Democratic Secretary of State -- Franken may yet steal the Senate seat despite losing the election by 215 votes.
After a recount fraught with challenged ballots, county officials attempting to discern voter "intent" and mysteriously appearing and disappearing ballots, Franken leads by 225 votes. And now that he leads, Franken is demanding the recount process stop altogether! Some of the problems that have benefited Franken include:
Hugh Hewitt once wrote a book called If it's not close, they can't cheat (subtitled "Crushing the Democrats in Every Election and Why Your Life Depends on It").
That’s my vote. I tried to write in Karl Rove.
Powerline's three-part series (Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3) is a must-read.Al Franken and a highly partisan Secertary of State are collaborating to steal the Senate race in Minnesota. Though an official recount has not yet begun, in the days since the election, new Franken votes have appeared in a few counties, and Norm Coleman votes have disappeared. Much like landslide Lyndon Johnson's victory in the 1948 Senate race in Texas, some of the incremental vote tallies provided by Democratic leaning counties are 100% for Franken. Remarkable. Maybe as with Johnson, the voters signed in to vote in alphabetical order. Minnesota is not like Washington State, where the Governor's race was stolen in 2004, or Illinois, stolen by Mayor Daley for JFK in 1960. Maybe the good citizens will be upset by what is going on. And maybe not. In the meantime, you can help Norm Coleman attempt to insure an honest recount by contributing through the site linked below. It would be hard to imagine a greater mismatch in experience, judgment and character than Coleman versus Franken. Franken is a bad guy, and I know no better way to put it.
...Over the past few weeks, with his failure to pay workers' compensation insurance in New York and his failure to pay corporate tax returns in California... [t]oday's Star Tribune reports that a new round of financial questions dogs Franken. Franken's campaign said Thursday that his accountant is trying to sort out whether he owes taxes in California."Al feels that because his name is at the top of the organization, he takes ultimate responsibility for everything that goes on," Barr said. "But if there's a mistake that's been made, he's pretty insistent that the accountant fix it. He's been pretty vocal with [the accountant] on this point."
Rumor has it that this photo depicts Franken calmly discussing the situation with his accountant.
Democratic Senate candidate Al Franken’s personal corporation didn’t file corporate income tax returns in California from 2003 to 2007. He now owes more than $4,000 in back taxes, penalties and fees. Franken campaign spokeswoman Jess McIntosh said if Franken’s business owes the money it will pay up, which is nice, given that it is illegal to not file or pay corporate taxes.The AP adds:
Franken looks like he's been working out.AFI was in the headlines in recent weeks after it emerged that New York state had fined Franken $25,000 for failure to pay workers’ compensation insurance while employing people from 2002 to 2005. Franken paid the penalty and an $833 fine for failing to pay disability insurance.
Late today, President Bush commuted Scooter Libby's sentence of 30 months for perjury. While it is true that no one was ever charged with violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act or the Espionage Act -- the subjects of the investigation -- this is further proof that the Bush administration is completely out of control. Consider the following impeachment-worthy conspiracies foisted upon us by Chimpy and "Dick":
The Iraq War occurred for one reason: to steal oil from the Iraqi people and enrich Exxon-Mobil.
The Diebold Voting Machine customer service center takes direct orders from the Rethuglican National Committee.
The NSA's international wiretapping program was used to perform surveillance on leftist blogger Markos "Screw 'em" Zunigag; this diabolical plot resulted in losses by almost every candidate he backed.
The Bush administration's incessant lies have spread needless fear to drum up neocon support. So-called "terror" attacks in Manhattan, Washington, Bali, Beslan, Madrid, London, Iraq, Uzbekistan, Israel, Mumbai, Kashmir, Thailand, Darfur, Somalia, Australia, Indonesia, and the Philippines are not connected in any way. And Bush is lying when he says so.
The Iraq War occurred for one reason: to enrich Dick Cheney, who benefits directly from his immense holdings in Halliburton.
Diebold and AC Nielsen have conspired to falsely depress Keith Olbermann's ratings, preventing him from reaching even a third of the audience of Fox News' Bill O'Reilly.
Dick Cheney's top secret mind-control device was used to convince Al Franken that he could win a Senate seat.
The Iraq War occurred for one reason: to invigorate the economy, the neo-cons, and America's military-industrial complex.
A top secret organization controlled by Dick Cheney leveled World Trade Center 7 through a carefully orchestrated series of explosions.
Diebold and AC Nielsen have conspired to artificially depress Air America's ratings, resulting in an undeserved bankruptcy filing by the ill-fated radio venture.
Bush lies when he says that the recent terror attacks in London are linked to extremists, they are Salman Rushdie's fault.
Do I hear heads exploding in the distance?
