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Jay Murdock

Apr 26, 2013
1 min

Rent is TOO Damn High!

#economy #Entertainment #Video

Jay Murdock

Jan 15, 2013
3 min

Dead Cold Hands

Matthew Modine, Actor, Activist, Filmmaker Posted 01/14/2013 “I’ll give you my gun when you pry it from my cold, dead hands.” That line was barked by the man who portrayed Moses in Cecil B. DeMille’s epic film, The Ten Commandments. Moses was taking his orders from a higher power and since it was about 2,500 years ago, guns hadn’t even been invented yet. If they had been, Charlton Heston, the actor playing Moses, may have personally added an 11th Commandment, “Thou shalt bea

Crossroads GPS Releases New Ad Attacking Obama’s Fiscal Cliff Offer (VIDEO)

Jay Murdock

Dec 6, 2012
2 min

Crossroads GPS Releases New Ad Attacking Obama’s Fiscal Cliff Offer (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post – By Sarah Bufkin, Posted: 12/05/2012 5:03 pm EST Crossroads GPS, a nonprofit organization founded by conservative strategist Karl Rove, has bought its first television ad since the election, attacking President Barack Obama over his proposed plan to raise the marginal tax rates on the nation’s highest earners. The $500,000 ad buy is set to hit airwaves on national cable networks Thursday, as the negotiations over the so-called fiscal cliff come down to

CEO Council Demands Cuts To Poor, Elderly While Reaping Billions In Government Contracts, Tax Breaks

Jay Murdock

Nov 25, 2012
5 min

CEO Council Demands Cuts To Poor, Elderly While Reaping Billions In Government Contracts, Tax Breaks

Christina Wilkie and Ryan Grim – Huffington Post Posted 11/25/2012 10:11 am EST – Updated: 11/25/2012 10:312 am EST Lloyd Blankfein, chairman and CEO of The Goldman Sachs Group waits before a meeting with French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici at the French economy ministry in Paris on Nov. 20, 2012. (ERIC PIERMONT/AFP/Getty Images) WASHINGTON — The corporate CEOs who have made a high-profile foray into deficit negotiations have themselves been substantially responsible for

Warren Buffett On Fiscal Cliff: GOP Needs To Put ‘Country Over Party’

Jay Murdock

Nov 23, 2012
1 min

Warren Buffett On Fiscal Cliff: GOP Needs To Put ‘Country Over Party’

By Harry Bradford, – The Huffington Post Posted: 11/14/2012 5:32 pm EST /Updated: 11/14/2012 5:32 pm EST Rest assured. Despite the fiscal cliff hysteria currently gripping the nation, an Oracle has spoken, and he says there’s nothing to fear. Billionaire philanthropist and Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett, nicknamed the Oracle of Omaha for his investing prowess, says that no matter what happens in the fiscal cliff debate, the Americans won’t “permanently cripple oursel

Republicans Filibuster Everything, Romney Blames Obama for Not Working With Congress

Jay Murdock

Oct 26, 2012
5 min

Republicans Filibuster Everything, Romney Blames Obama for Not Working With Congress

The Romney campaign released a shockingly Orwellian commercial over the weekend, which perpetuates something Romney himself has been saying for months now. Honestly, there’s a book-length analysis to be written here, but I’ll keep it as brief as possible given the depth and breadth of what the Republicans have been able to accomplish on this front. The new ad blames President Obama for not reaching out and working with congressional Republicans to get things done. Yes, really

Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus || Spoken Word

Jay Murdock

Sep 13, 2012
1 min

Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus || Spoken Word

#JeffersonBethke #Islam #Religion #Entertainment #Video

Paul Ryan Address: Convention Speech Built On Demonstrably Misleading Assertions

Jay Murdock

Aug 30, 2012
3 min

Paul Ryan Address: Convention Speech Built On Demonstrably Misleading Assertions

Ryan Grim – ryan@huffingtonpost.com Posted: 08/30/2012 12:29 am Updated: 08/30/2012 11:19 am TAMPA, Fla. — Paul Ryan pledged Wednesday that if he and his running mate Mitt Romney were elected president, they would usher in an ethic of responsibility. The Wisconsin congressman and GOP vice presidential candidate repeatedly chided President Barack Obama for blaming the jobs and housing crises on his predecessor, saying that his habit of “forever shifting blame to the last adm

Gordon Warren Epperly, Alaska Man, Says Obama Is Ineligible To Be President Because Of His Race

Jay Murdock

Mar 1, 2012
2 min

Gordon Warren Epperly, Alaska Man, Says Obama Is Ineligible To Be President Because Of His Race

The Huffington Post | By Mollie Reilly Posted: 02/28/12 06:14 PM ET A new lawsuit filed by an Alaska man aims to remove President Barack Obama from the state’s ballot, arguing that Obama is not a “natural born citizen” because he is African-American. The complaint, filed last week by Juneau resident Gordon Warren Epperly, reads: As stated above, for an Individual to be a candidate for the office of president of the United States, the candidate must meet the qualifications s

Oil Slicks: Who Benefits From Gambling on Gas Prices?

Jay Murdock

Feb 23, 2012
6 min

Oil Slicks: Who Benefits From Gambling on Gas Prices?

Richard (RJ) Eskow – Consultant, Writer and Senior Fellow, Campaign for America’s Future Posted: 02/22/2012 5:29 pm Anybody who doesn’t believe that energy speculators can change election results might want to ask Gray Davis, the former Governor of California who was removed in a recall drive partly prompted by voter frustration over California’s ongoing energy crisis. Only afterwards did we learn that the crisis was caused by speculators who backed his opponents’ deregulato