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Sheriff Joe gets attention of media on Obama’s eligibility

From a report at the link below:

Poll after poll in recent months has indicated that Americans have a high level of concern over Barack Obama’s eligibility to be president, with one poll showing fully half of the nation wants Congress to investigate the question.

But reporters for the traditional media – networks, major newspapers, major news corporations and conglomerates – mostly have giggled when talk turns to the serious question of just what the U.S. Constitution requires of presidents.

Members of the media aren’t giggling now as they seek admittance to a news conference to be held by Sheriff Joe Arpaio (pictured) of Maricopa County, Ariz.

The event is tomorrow at 1 p.m. Mountain Standard Time in Phoenix, 3 p.m. Eastern.

The topic of discussion will be an investigation by Arpaio’s Cold Case Posse into concerns about Obama’s eligibility.

It’s the first time an official law enforcement report has addressed many of the allegations about the presumptive 2012 Democratic nominee for president.

Instead of giggling about challenges to Obama’s eligibility to be President members of the media are scrambling to attend Arpaio’s news conference.

Top national media organizations have indicated their plans to attend, and bookings for radio and television reports are in the works.

Expected are reporters from the Associated Press, Reuters, Univision, the Washington Times and NBC, CBS and ABC affiliates, as well statewide radio networks, among many others.

Will the media wave a photoshopped copy of a Hawaii birth certificate (shown above) bearing Obama’s name?

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Putting the media in proper perspective …

Country music resort town of Branson, Missuori hit by twister

A twister rolled through Branson just before 1 a.m. roaring up the main "strip", ripping roofs off hotels and damaging some of the city's famed music theaters.

This came dangerously close to the start of the heavy tourism season.

One week later and the story would have been different with a town full of tourists.

Ron Paul: winless but not giving up

Libertarian/Republican Ron Paul (pictured) continues to have supporters even though his win total is 0-11.

“Everyone keeps asking me about winning states,” said Paul. “We are winning delegates, and that’s what counts.”

Although Ron Paul is winning delegates, he is fighting a losing battle. He has only won 27 pledged delegates compared to 34 for Newt Gingrich, 43 for Rick Santorum and 142 for Mitt Romney.

It’s hard to be enthusiastic about backing a man for President of the United States who did not sponsor a single serious bill in his 24 years as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

In the eyes of many Ron Paul is nothing more than an entertaining distraction.

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One reason for a Leap Year wedding

Obama administration plan would kill barred owls to save the spotted owl

To save the endangered spotted owl (upper photo), the Obama administration is moving forward with a plan to shoot the much larger barred owls (lower photo), a rival bird that has shoved its smaller cousin aside.

Killing barred owls would not be the first time the federal government has authorized killing of one species to help another. California sea lions that feast on threatened salmon in the Columbia River have been killed in recent years after efforts to chase them away or scare them failed.

The plan to kill barred owls is the latest government attempt to protect the northern spotted owl, the meek, one-pound bird that sparked an epic battle over logging in the Pacific Northwest two decades ago.

The U.S. Agriculture Department kills thousands of wild animals each year — mostly predators such as coyotes — to protect livestock.

Other animals killed by the Ag. Dept. include bears, wolves and raccoons.

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Diabetes and memory loss warnings added to statin drugs

U.S. health regulators will add warnings to the labels of widely used cholesterol lowering drugs, such as Lipitor, saying they may raise levels of blood sugar and could cause memory loss.

The Food and Drug Administration announced the changes to the safety information on the labels of statins such as Pfizer Inc's Lipitor, AstraZeneca's Crestor and Merck & Co's Zocor that are taken by tens of millions of people.

The value of statins in preventing heart disease has been clearly established," Amy Egan, deputy director for safety in FDA's Division of Metabolism and Endocrinology Products, said in a statement. "Their benefit is indisputable, but they need to be taken with care and knowledge of their side effects."

Lipitor is the world's all-time biggest selling prescription medicine with cumulative sales in excess of $130 billion.

Late last year Lipitor became available in generic form as atorvastatin.

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Government wastes tens of billions of dollars annually

Duplication and overlap in dozens of areas of government is wasting "tens of billions of dollars annually," a new government report shows.

According to the Government Accountability Agency's 2012 annual report, nearly every department of the Executive Branch has room for improvement.

The report, which gives 51 areas and recommends 130 actions, follows a 2011 GAO report that showed 81 areas and 176 actions to be taken to "reduce or eliminate unnecessary duplication, overlap, or fragmentation or achieve other potential financial benefits."

The reports show that, if the actions are implemented, the government could potentially save tens of billions of dollars annually according to Gene Dodaro, comptroller general for the United States.

Sen. Tom Coburn estimated that waste and duplication costs taxpayers more like $100 billion per year.

"Not one corner of our daily life remains untouched by a government program or federal effort," Coburn said in testimony being delivered Tuesday.

"From what we eat and drink, to where we live, work, and socialize, nearly every aspect of human behavior and American society are addressed by multiple government programs."

More here.

Mitt Romney was big winner in Arizona and Michigan

A relieved Mitt Romney (pictured) hailed his big night Tuesday after winning crucial primaries in Arizona and his childhood home of Michigan to revitalize his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.

Romney needed to win both states, but especially Michigan to assert his ability to overcome the conservative challenge from former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.

Below is a chart showing the new delegate count:

Obama pushes ObamaCare on troops who will pay triple for health care

President Obama has already gutted the Army to help pay for his out of control entitlement programs and now he's going after military medical benefits in order to get more people on his ObamaCare rolls.

In Obama's latest budget, military families will be forced to pay substantially more for medical care through the military while civilian defense union workers will continue receiving the same benefits.

The disparity in treatment between civilian and uniformed personnel is causing a backlash within the military that could undermine recruiting and retention.

This is really no surprise as Obama has always shown a distain for the military while he has wholeheartedly supported unions.

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