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Wow ..... what the hell is going on here? Even with a friendly media, suddenly there are tons of scandals surrounding the Obama White House.

Lightsquared: Attemping to suborn perjury from a General to help a campaign donor? Putting military men and women in harm's way by disrupting military GPS .... including missile targeting? Unbelievable.

Solyndra: (and other big donors) Billions and billions of dollars given to "green" companies .... that just happen to be owned by big donors and/or bundlers. Now these companies are turning up belly up ....... and the money has vanished into thin air ..... Incredible.

Fast and Furious: Guns illegally sold to Mexican gangs ...... that wound up on the streets of American cities, in the hands of criminals ....... Astonishing.

This administration is not only incompetent, they are one of the most corrupt we have seen in some time. There better be indictments on the horizon.

If what was discussed during the closed door sessions with the insurance companies prior to the health care bill ever gets out, I think we'll see another scandal. And this was supposed to be the most transparent administration of all time.

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I don't see this administration as any more or less corrupt than Bush or Clinton.

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I never thought that you would.

The GOP's best bet as it stands is Romney, IMO ... I didn't think he'd have a chance a few months ago, but the rest of the field seems to be weeding itself out.

Perry is a complete idiot, but that never hindered anyone's electability ... he would certainly have a chance.

Huntsman might have a chance, but he won't get it.

Yeah, I heard about this yesterday. It's sounds like a project like this wouldn't even be allowed to get started.



GOP lawmakers scrutinize LightSquared

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“I’ve been in politics for 14 years. I have never seen an agency advocate so strongly for something like this, unless there was pressure from above or a relationship that was not being disclosed,” Scott said.

In a statement, NTIA said: “As we’ve consistently stated since January, LightSquared should not begin offering commercial service until harmful interference concerns are resolved. Our job is to serve as an honest broker of the facts and data and we owe it to all parties to resolve these issues promptly and conclusively.”

Some criticized the GOP lawmakers for attempting to “politicize” LightSquared’s GPS problem.

Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.), ranking member of the subcommittee, said she wasn’t troubled by Genachowski’s decision not to come.

“He sent a letter and everyone can see what the chairman of the FCC has to say about this issue at this point,” Sanchez said. “So we don’t have to poke fingers or try to figure out people’s motives or intentions.”

At issue is a waiver granted by the FCC in January that allows LightSquared to operate mass-market cellphones on its network. Competitors, the GPS industry and some federal agencies warned that LightSquared’s devices would interfere with signals for GPS receivers used by everyone from the military to soccer moms for navigation.

“We were caught off guard,” Shelton said in the hearing. “The network was originally space-based . . . this is a very significant shift.”

The FCC has downplayed the significance of the waiver, vowing that it won’t allow LightSquared to operate its network until it has resolved interference problems.

LightSquared, which said it wasn’t invited to attend the hearing, has since revised its business plans and said it will operate on a different part of the satellite spectrum so it won't crowd out nearby GPS receivers.

But the new plan, Shelton said, will require billions of dollars in fresh testing of antennas and receivers that could take as long as a decade.

Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) on Thursday said he was troubled by allegations that the White House had tried to influence Shelton’s testimony. “The White House shouldn’t be telling a four-star general what he can and can’t say before a congressional committee on a matter of national security, especially to help the profitability of a private company,” Grassley said.

The senator also has criticized the FCC for what he sees as fast-tracking LightSquared’s regulatory process without settling concerns about interference with the GPS system. He said the FCC has refused to hand over documents and communications related to the company.

The FCC , however, said Grassley’s Judiciary Committee doesn’t oversee the agency and that it isn’t proper congressional protocol to comply with such requests.

The strategic forces subcommittee wanted to explore similar issues Thursday, and Turner had asked the chairman of the FCC to appear and address the concerns.

“I consider the chairman’s failure to show up today to be an affront to the House Armed Services Committee,” Turner said at the hearing.

The FCC disagreed. “The chairman never refused to testify, nor did his staff make any such suggestions,” said Tammy Sun, an FCC spokeswoman, in an e-mail. “To the contrary, the committee explicitly told FCC staff that they would accept a designee. We are pleased that our top technical expert was able to respond to questions today.”



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Thing is, with Obama being unable to do anything good for the country, and the economy not getting any better, Republicans don't need an all star to win.

With every passing month, Obama looks weaker, less capable, and even incompetent. I cannot see him getting re-elected.

For him to get re-elected he would have to get his base out in force. He got about every vote he could have possibly got from his base in the last election.

He would need to get white, middle class "soccer moms".

He would need to get independents.

He would need to get the Hispanic vote in force.

He would need to get the Jewish vote in force.

The Hispanic and Jewish votes already seem to be peeling away. Independents are running away in droves in all of the polls. Soccer moms care about the deficit .... because it affects their kids. If this is a major campaign issue, then he will lose the soccer mom vote.

If the trends continue ....... 72% think that the country is heading in the wrong direction. That's a direct Presidential question. 53% think that the country is heading towards another recession. Unemployment is at a decades high level. Houses are being lost to foreclosure .... the US credit rating has been downgraded for the 1st time in our history .....

Oh ... and the full (un)employment impact of ObamaCare has yet to be felt.

If this guy gets re-elected ...... then the country is stupider than I could ever imagine.

Nothing wrong with what you are saying, but I'm sure Obama can be re elected if there is an overwhelming feeling that he's the lesser of two evils.. Looking at the republican field of candidates, with the exception of Huntsman, it's possible he could very well be considered the lesser of two evils.

That's why I say that a weak Republican will all but assure an Obama re-election.

I sort of fit into those. I'm white, middle class, and an independant (but not a soccer mom ) The only way I know for sure that I'd vote for Obama would be if Perry got the nod on the Republican side. I want absolutely no part of him as our president.

Then again, I voted for Ron Paul in the last election so what do I know Perhaps because one of his goals was to try and reduce the roles of the national government. It really does not matter who wins the election, until the Democrats and Republicans stop trying to sabotage each other to make their own parties look good, we can never make any progress. It sure seems as though our country was far more succesfull when things were run at the state level and the federal government served as ambassedors and over-seers.

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Then again, I voted for Ron Paul in the last election so what do I know

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You knew who the best candidate for our country was. I still think he is.

VOTE FOR RON PAUL! Enough of this garbage!

Yeah, it's just funny how all the news organizations like to pretend that he doesn't exist. I think it was john stewart who did a segment on it after that first debate in iowa.

Also, to add to that ... I like Ron Paul. I think the board knows that by now.

But he would get SMOKED in debates by just about anyone, as far as the average American's standards are concerned.

Look no further than the last debates when he was caught in the headlights regarding a question about whether or not he would let a 30 year old in a coma who canceled his health insurance die.

His belief system is open to a great deal of gotcha questions that he can't answer. Some of that is flaws in an overly simplistic set of ideals, and some of that is general stupidity stemming from a media that prefers sensationalism over substance.

But with that said ... Ron Paul would get smothered in just about any one-on-one debate ... Obama would kill him. Hell, even Dubya would obliterate him.

Any valid point or criticism he would have would be drown out by debate gotchas such as 'under Ron Paul, the 30 year old in the coma would be dead'.

Again, part of that is Paul's stance, which is firm but cloudy, and part of it is the intellect of the media and country.

But for those who clamor for him to get more pub - be careful what you wish for.

And, again, I like Ron Paul.

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Lightsquared: Attemping to suborn perjury from a General to help a campaign donor? Putting military men and women in harm's way by disrupting military GPS .... including missile targeting? Unbelievable.

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YT...imagine that..Republicans pretending that they care about our military men and women being in harms way.

All one has to do is look at the stand Republicans took on the "phoney WMD War" Bush pulled off. Tell us again, how much you care about the troops!

The Iraq War did actually put troops in harms way needlessly and cost thousands of young men and women their lives...yet Republicans continue to make excuses for "that scandal".

You can stop acting like you care now.

ma .... with all due respect ..... stuff it.

I'll stop acting like I give .000000001% of a damn about you now.