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Rangel Hearings to Test His Party, Too
"New York Democrat's Ethics Case Will Showcase a Self-Policing System That Hasn't Faced Such a Trial in Many Years."
9/3/2010
Permalink ID:16550
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‘Government Efficiency’
" The “cost” of government is equal to the taxes extracted from the private sector to pay for government activities, plus the economic damage caused by extracting resources from the private sector. Taxes are involuntarily obtained through compulsion and force. Regardless of the value a citizen assigns to the services provided by government, a citizen must pay for those services, and at a price set by government. The price one pays for government is primarily a function of political factors, which are only indirectly influenced by economic considerations."
9/3/2010
Permalink ID:16549
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9/3/2010
Permalink ID:16548
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Too Bad - Dems can't blame Bush for Obam
"While the trifecta of stimulus/bailouts/ObamaCare is what is mostly touted as the explanation for the waning Democratic political fortunes, ObamaCare is the mother-lode of straws that broke the camel's back and crushed it. Democrats know this, but can't acknowledge it. Why? Because they can't blame ObamaCare on George W. Bush. And that leaves them with nothing, and nowhere to hide."
9/3/2010
Permalink ID:16547
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The New Face of the Union Movement: Government Employees
"Unions have been a familiar part of American working life for more than 70 years. Less familiar is the state of the union movement today: More union members now work for the government than for private employers. The above-market salaries and benefits that government employees receive are paid for by taxpayers. So, the union movement that began as a campaign to improve working conditions and salaries for workers in the private sector, now pushes for ever-higher taxes to increase the generous compensation that government employees enjoy. Heritage Foundation labor policy expert James Sherk details the changes in the union movement, and explains how Congress can react to this new reality."
9/3/2010
Permalink ID:16546
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Again, the Obama administration abandons the rule of law
"One month ago - without notice to Congress, without a word to the American people - the Department of Homeland Security began dismissing from U.S. immigration courts the cases of thousands of illegal aliens. The department says it will focus its efforts on removing criminal aliens. Aliens without serious criminal histories - 250,000 by some estimates - will be left alone."
9/3/2010
Permalink ID:16545
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Hugo Chavez: “Your Land is My Land!”
"Like all good socialists Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez believes private property is theft, so he wants to steal it back in the people’s name. Chavez remains on an expropriation roll, having gobbled up huge sections of the Venezuelan economy, reportedly $22 billion in transactions in the past four years. For the powerful and prominent he has offered compensation, drawing on Venezuela’s oil wealth, but for many promises and litigation lead only to misery and despair."
9/3/2010
Permalink ID:16544
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Recovery Autumn? - It's not as bad as it could've been
"True enough, 68,000 new private-sector jobs were created last month, showing that private businesses, though gasping for breath, aren't dead yet."
9/3/2010
Permalink ID:16543
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9/3/2010
Permalink ID:16542
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9/3/2010
Permalink ID:16541
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Why We Blink In Face Of Eco-Terror
"An environmental activist inspired by Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" takes hostages at the Discovery Channel headquarters. This isn't the latest example of eco-terrorism, just the latest to be ignored."
9/3/2010
Permalink ID:16540
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The Audacity of Failure
"In April, while campaigning in Pennsylvania, Vice President Joe Biden promised the American people: “I’m here to tell you, some time in the next couple of months, we’re going to be creating between 250,000 jobs a month and 500,000 jobs a month. …"
9/3/2010
Permalink ID:16539
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Jackson’s Caddy SUV was stripped while he was in town promoting green jobs
"Following the embarrassing news that Mayor Dave Bing’s GMC Yukon was hijacked by criminals this week, Detroit’s Channel 7 reports that the Reverend’s Caddy Escalade SUV was stolen and stripped of its wheels while he was in town last weekend with the UAW’s militant President Bob King leading the “Jobs, Justice, and Peace” march promoting government-funded green jobs."
9/3/2010
Permalink ID:16538
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9/3/2010
Permalink ID:16537
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Pakistani Minister wants Obama to be '"leader of all Muslims"
"A Pakistani minister wants US President Barack Obama to offer Eid prayers at Ground Zero in New York and become the "Amir-ul-Momineen" or Caliph of Muslims."
9/3/2010
Permalink ID:16536
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Make no mistake: Independent = Democrat
"The highest ranking Democrat in Florida’s state Senate on Thursday endorsed Republican-turned-independent Gov. Charlie Crist in his bid for the U.S. Senate…"
9/3/2010
Permalink ID:16535
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Taxpayers likely to face initial loss on GM IPO-sources
"..the question of whether taxpayers are ultimately madewhole on GM's $50 billion bailout could be left open for years,the people said."
9/3/2010
Permalink ID:16534
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Intel Report Confirmed 18 Freed Gitmo Detainees Returned to Terror
"On Jan. 7, 2009, less than two weeks before Barack Obama was sworn in as president, a Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) report indicated that up until that date there had been 18 confirmed and 43 suspected cases of detainees who had been released from the Guantanamo Bay prison and who had returned to terrorism. The DIA released the report to CNSNews.com in response to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request"
9/3/2010
Permalink ID:16533
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9/3/2010
Permalink ID:16532
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Rahm Emanuel: "Fuck the UAW"
"Rahm Emanuel, former Democratic congressman and President Obama's chief of staff, gave the UAW the Gettelfinger during the GM and Chrysler rescue debate, according to former auto czar Steve Rattner's new book. This could get messy. Especially because there's more."
Via: Instapundit
9/3/2010
Permalink ID:16531
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The Choices Ahead For Big Labor
"the labor movement faces a choice, too. It can keep going down the road to political disaster, or it can wise up and realize that a "fundamentally different economy" is not really what people want."
"They want prosperity and jobs, not a government-led war against capitalists. And they have a bone or two to pick with the unions themselves."
9/3/2010
Permalink ID:16530
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'I Will Stand With the President of the United States Anywhere, Anytime, No Hesitation'
"When President Barack Obama visits Milwaukee on Labor Day to talk to working families and members of dozens of labor unions, one prominent politician won't be there."
"A Labor Day schedule released by the staff of U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) indicates that while Feingold will be in Milwaukee for a Laborfest pre-parade on Monday morning, he will not be in town when Obama is expected to arrive."
9/3/2010
Permalink ID:16529
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9/3/2010
Permalink ID:16528
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9/3/2010
Permalink ID:16527
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9/3/2010
Permalink ID:16526
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Soros/Obama/Democrat Connected "Veterans Group" Backs "Ground Zero Mosque"
"According to Joel Wendland, himself an army veteran and editor of the Communist Party USA newsite Peoples World, the organization VoteVets.org, believes that the proposed mosque should be supported on Constitutional grounds and will serve to enhance U.S. national security in the long term."
9/3/2010
Permalink ID:16525
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9/3/2010
Permalink ID:16524
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Obama to Campaign for Sestak in Pennsylvania
"Sestak defeated Obama-backed Sen. Arlen Specter, a longtime Republican who became a Democrat rather than face Toomey in a GOP primary. Organized labor and the White House both were embarrassed when Sestak won the Democratic nomination."
9/3/2010
Permalink ID:16523
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9/3/2010
Permalink ID:16522
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9/3/2010
Permalink ID:16521
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Wyoming Man Donates $1.5M to Defend Arizona Immigration Law in Court
"The contribution from Timothy Mellon of Saratoga is the largest to Brewer's defense fund, which has amassed more than $3.6 million from 41,000 donors nationwide. Mellon could not immediately be reached for comment."
9/3/2010
Permalink ID:16520
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9/3/2010
Permalink ID:16519
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U.S. Economy Lost 54,000 Jobs in August; Unemployment Rate Rises to 9.6%
"Nonfarm payrolls fell by 54,000 last month, matching the level of revised losses recorded the previous month, the U.S. Labor Department said Friday. The revision in July layoffs to 54,000 followed an original estimate of a 131,000 drop in payrolls."
9/3/2010
Permalink ID:16518
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Docs4PatientCare
"ObamaCare will bring major cost increases, rising insurance premiums, higher taxes, a decline in new medical techniques, a fall-off in the development of miracle drugs as well as rationing by government panels and by bureaucrats like passionate rationing advocate Donald Berwick that will force delays of months or sometimes years for hospitalization or surgery."
9/2/2010
Permalink ID:16517
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Bernanke Says He Failed to See Financial Flaws
"Ben S. Bernanke, who told Congress in 2007 that the subprime mortgage crisis was “likely to be contained,” said Thursday that he had failed to recognize flaws in the financial system that amplified the housing downturn and led to an economic disaster. "
9/2/2010
Permalink ID:16516
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Senate poll: Giannoulias, Kirk neck and neck
"In Washington, both parties are acutely aware of the symbolism in winning the president's former Senate seat during a midterm election that could decide control of Congress. The head of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., warned in a fundraising e-mail last week that Republican capture of Obama's seat would be the "ultimate political trophy."
9/2/2010
Permalink ID:16515
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9/2/2010
Permalink ID:16514
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9/2/2010
Permalink ID:16513
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Obama Is Still AWOL on Sudan
"The country may soon return to war, and the perception of U.S. indifference isn't helping."
9/2/2010
Permalink ID:16512
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9/2/2010
Permalink ID:16511
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Car Czar: Obama 'seemed to have it in for for the automakers'
"Steven Rattner, Obama's handpicked car czar, has written a forthcoming new book, Overhaul, which makes some interesting admissions, according to a report in the HuffPo."
9/2/2010
Permalink ID:16510
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9/2/2010
Permalink ID:16509
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9/2/2010
Permalink ID:16508
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Is Mayor Bloomberg being wooed to join the Obama administration?
"Asked about last weekend's four-hour golf game with President Obama on Martha's Vineyard, Bloomberg told reporters yesterday, "The economy was the main subject, other than discussing golf."
"Now there are whispers that the president went even further and sounded out Bloomberg about whether he would join his foundering economic team as treasury secretary, replacing prime blame-target Timothy Geithner."
9/2/2010
Permalink ID:16507
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Tea Party Turning Into A Tidal Wave
"The defeat of Alaska's Lisa Murkowski by a little-known conservative lawyer is the latest evidence of a tidal wave building that may sweep aside an out-of-touch establishment. "We the people" won't be ignored."
9/2/2010
Permalink ID:16506
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Someone who asks what the rally (Beck's) has to do with the 2010 election is missing the point
"Beck is building solidarity and cultural confidence in America, its Constitution, its military heritage, its freedom. This is a vision that is despised by the people who have long held the commanding heights of the culture. But is obviously alive and kicking."
"Beck is creating positive themes of unity and patriotism and freedom and independence which are above mere political or policy choices, but not irrelevant to them. Political and policy choices rest on a foundation of philosophy, culture, self-image, ideals, religion. Change the foundation, and the rest will flow from that. Defeat the enemy on that plane, and any merely tactical defeat will always be reversible."
9/2/2010
Permalink ID:16505
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Washington Senate: Rossi (R) 48% Murray (D) 46%
"In Washington State, the U.S. Senate race remains one of the closest in the country. "
9/2/2010
Permalink ID:16504
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9/2/2010
Permalink ID:16503
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9/2/2010
Permalink ID:16502
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Dr. Christina Romer - Obama Economic Adviser: My Plan Failed
"Dr. Christina Romer’s economic speech today, marking her last speech as an administration official, is an admission that the fiscal stimulus package that she helped craft has failed."
Calling the economic recovery “insufficient”, she noted that a 0.6% drop in the unemployment rate still leaves unemployment unbearably high. “Real GDP is growing, but not fast enough to create the hundreds of thousands of jobs each month that we need to return employment to its pre-crisis levels,” she said.
9/2/2010
Permalink ID:16501
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All signs point to continuing Las Vegas exodus
"With emerging signs of economic recovery across the country, a slow but steady stream of Las Vegans is moving away in search of better luck, in stark contrast to the unprecedented influx of residents during the region’s boom years."
9/2/2010
Permalink ID:16500
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9/2/2010
Permalink ID:16499
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9/2/2010
Permalink ID:16498
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9/2/2010
Permalink ID:16497
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9/2/2010
Permalink ID:16496
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EPA to issue more rules in climate fight
"President Barack Obama, looking to play a leading role in global talks on greenhouse gas emissions, has long warned that the EPA would take steps to regulate emissions if Congress failed to pass a climate bill."
9/2/2010
Permalink ID:16495
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More Dems Buck Plan to Let Taxes Increase for Rich
"Worried about the fragile economy and their own upcoming elections, a growing number of Democrats are joining the rock-solid Republican opposition to President Barack Obama's plans to let some of the Bush administration's tax cuts expire."
9/2/2010
Permalink ID:16494
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9/2/2010
Permalink ID:16493
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More Arguments against a Value-Added Tax
"VATs provide a significant amount of revenue. …But do these significant revenues cause government spending to grow larger? Or is it the case that adoption of a VAT is evidence of the desire for a larger government so that the causal arrow runs from a taste for Leviathan to a VAT, and not the reverse? …we find a statistically significant dynamic relationship between the rate of VAT taxation and the size of government."
9/2/2010
Permalink ID:16492
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Verizon Wireless Adds $30/Mo Prepaid Unlimited Data Plan
"The venture of Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ: 30.01 ,-0.27 ,-0.89%) and Vodafone Group PLC (VOD.LN, VOD) added a package that allows unlimited data on certain 3G phones for $30 a month as well as another package that allows for 25 megabytes of data for $10. The new packages, for various BlackBerry and Droid smartphones among others, are available in Verizon stores starting Thursday and online beginning Sept. 28."
9/2/2010
Permalink ID:16491
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9/2/2010
Permalink ID:16490
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Justice Dept. Sues Arizona Sheriff in Civil Rights Probe
"It's the latest action against Arizona by the federal government, which earlier sued the state to stop its strict new immigration law that requires police officers to question people about their immigration status."
"The actions of the sheriff's office are unprecedented," said Thomas Perez, assistant attorney general for the department's civil rights division. "It is unfortunate that the department was forced to resort to litigation to gain access to public documents and facilities."
9/2/2010
Permalink ID:16489
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U.K.: Muslim parents arrested for honor killing of daughter who balked at arranged marriage to cousin
"Qur'an 4:34: "Good women are obedient...." And it's just downhill from there. The letter and spirit of Qur'an 4:34 open the door for attempting to control women with violence in Muslim households: Allah says you can hit if you feel you need to."
9/2/2010
Permalink ID:16488
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Democrat Candidate for NY State Senate Arrested for Stalking Ex-Girlfriend
"David Mejias, a former Nassau County legislator and current state senate candidate, was arrested on charges of stalking Wednesday night."
9/2/2010
Permalink ID:16487
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9/2/2010
Permalink ID:16486
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Not Illegal, Just Unauthorized
"That is how the Pew Research characterizes illegal aliens. No doubt the Obama administration will take these numbers as an affirmation that thier immigration policies are the correct ones and tout them to the high heavens while ignoring thee real reason people ain't all that eager to come to America anymore."
9/2/2010
Permalink ID:16485
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NY appeals court halts Indian cigarette tax plan
"The latest in a tangled series of state and federal court decisions has halted New York state's plan to collect taxes on cigarettes sold by Native American retailers to non-Indian customers."
9/2/2010
Permalink ID:16484
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9/2/2010
Permalink ID:16483
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9/1/2010
Permalink ID:16482
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David Limbaugh: Obama is a Narcissist
"In his new best-selling book, Crimes Against Liberty: An Indictment of President Barack Obama, author David Limbaugh argues that Obama is a “narcissist” whose ego is outsized even compared to others who have sought and won the presidency of the United States."
9/1/2010
Permalink ID:16481
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Charlie Crist’s Ally Hosted Hamas Fundraiser
"A key Muslim ally of Florida Governor and US Senate candidate Charlie Crist, Imam Muhammad Musri, hosted a fundraiser in Orlando for the terrorist group Hamas in June 2009, and a camera crew from ACT for America infiltrated the event held at Masjid Al-Rahman, Musri’s mosque, to record the proceedings. Imam Musri, head of the Islamic Society of Central Florida, serves on Crist’s Faith-Based and Community Advisory Council and was appointed by Crist to his 2010 Sunshine Census Committee."
9/1/2010
Permalink ID:16480
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Cristifying Florida
"Florida Gov. Charlie Crist's ditching of the Republican Party was supposed to liberate him in his run for U.S. Senate. Now he's frantically trying to escape identification with the Democrats' dismal record."
9/1/2010
Permalink ID:16479
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Fulfilling his oath of office requires more than ending combat in Iraq
"The president may have re-imaged the Oval Office with modernistic lamps and a rug made from recycled fibers, but his ego remained a big part of the decor as he announced on Tuesday night the withdrawal of combat brigades from Iraq."
9/1/2010
Permalink ID:16478
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US forces still in fight at end of combat mission
"Even as President Barack Obama was announcing the end of combat in Iraq, American soldiers were sealing off a northern village early Wednesday as their Iraqi partners raided houses and arrested dozens of suspected insurgents."
9/1/2010
Permalink ID:16477
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Obama's September Surprise: A Shock Reversal On Tax Cuts?
"Obama would need to find a way to walk back all his previous administration's previous comments about not extending the tax cuts in a way that didn't make him a waffler. That's the challenge -- we're not sure how that will work."
9/1/2010
Permalink ID:16476
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Sheriff: Mexican Cartels Control Parts of Arizona
"The federal government has posted signs along a major interstate highway in Arizona, more than 100 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, warning travelers the area is unsafe because of drug and alien smugglers, and a local sheriff says Mexican drug cartels now control some parts of the state."
9/1/2010
Permalink ID:16475
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9/1/2010
Permalink ID:16474
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