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RandySF's JournalBoehner’s Office Says Obama Avoiding Personal Responsibility For Drought
On its website and in an email Monday, House Speaker John Boehner’s office said President Obama needs to take personal responsibility for the drought ravaging the Midwest.
Obama, “continues to blame anyone and everyone for the drought but himself,” reads a release from Boehner’s office posted online and distributed to reporters Monday. The quote was attributed to Boehner himself in a Financial Times story. The online post and the press release came from Boehner spokesperson Kevin Smith.
The drought became a centerpiece of the presidential race Monday after Obama accused Paul Ryan of being part of the reason a needed farm bill hasn’t passed Congress. Meanwhile, the White House announced $170 million in federal assistance aimed at alleviating farmers’ suffering from the lack of rain.
UPDATE:
The post on Boehner’s website was changed after this post was published, and this addendum added:
UPDATED @ 4:30 PM ET: Clarifies that the president is blaming others for failing to respond to the drought when he has yet to urge Senate Democrats to adopt a bipartisan drought-relief measure passed by the House.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/boehners-office-says-president-avoiding-personal-responsibility-for
The Pope even has a butler.
ROME – It doesn't get more symbolic than this: dark clouds hung over the Vatican on Monday morning after months of glorious sunshine, just as its spokesman announced the outcome of an investigation into one of the biggest conspiracies to emerge from the Holy See in years.
As explained in a 35-page document issued by the Vatican, a judge charged Pope Benedict XVI's former butler with "aggravated theft" for allegedly stealing and leaking private documents from the pope's apartment to the Italian media.
Paolo Gabriele must now stand trial in one of the biggest conspiracies to hit the Vatican in years.
The documents purporting to contain damaging details of alleged corruption and power struggles among the Church's hierarchy provide a rare peek through the keyhole of the secretive Vatican medieval walls.
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/13/13263124-vatican-says-the-butler-did-it-orders-trial?lite
Auburn Hills police: L. Brooks Patterson not wearing seatbelt at time of crash
PONTIAC, Mich. - Oakland County officials say Executive L. Brooks Patterson was in some pain Monday, but is recovering well since suffering serious injuries in a Friday evening car crash in Auburn Hills.
Patterson and the man who was driving the Chrysler 300 on Friday have both remained in the hospital since the two-car crash. Investigators say the driver of a Volkswagen Passat slammed into Patterson's vehicle at Walton Boulevard and Opdyke Road.
Patterson, 74, was a front-seat passenger. He suffered multiple broken bones.
Auburn Hills police say Patterson and his driver were not wearing seatbelts at the time of the crash. Police also say the driver of the Passat is at fault because he failed to yield at the intersection.
http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/news/Auburn-Hills-police-L-Brooks-Patterson-not-wearing-seatbelt-at-time-of-crash/-/4714498/16093570/-/og5b5kz/-/index.html
Craig Crawford: Romney is screwed.
Now we know Mitt Romney knows what we knew: He’s screwed!
He can’t win on his own. Why else pick a running mate who delights right wingers but risks losing one of the GOP nominee’s strongest demographic blocs – retirees.
WI Rep. Paul Ryan’s plan to privatize Medicare is about as politically toxic as it gets. In picking this darling of conservative elites Romney is spread eagle on the third rail.
Now we know he knows it. This decision shows just how insecure he is about holding his party’s base. He got bullied into this, the most telling sign yet that he is desperate.
http://craigcrawford.com/
Is it Bob McDonnell?
Romney desperately needs to win in Virginia. McDonnell is a right wing bible thumper. But isn't he too extreme?
Is Romeny's plea a sign of weakness a sign of weakness, or pretext for unleashing super PAC's?
I am not so sure Romney is scared so much as the Republicans are looking for their excuse to unleash the super PAC's between the conventions and election day. They used the 1988 Democratic convention to explain the attacks against Michael Dukakis. When John Mccain said that George W Bush 'Lies like Clinton', Rove cranked up the South Carolina smear machine. This smells like a similar setup. So let's not get cocky and assume Romney is crying 'No mas'.
Republican entertainer Randy Travis threatened to kill Texas state troopers.
Randy Travis threatened to shoot and kill the troopers who arrested him for drunk driving last night ... this according to the Grayson County Sheriff's Office.
The GCSO tells us ... officers received a call at 11:18 PM from a person who stated there was a man lying in the roadway. When cops arrived to the scene, they noticed Travis' 1998 Pontiac Trans Am had driven off the road and slammed into several barricades in a construction zone.
Travis was initially arrested for DWI -- but once he was inside the cop car, officials say the singer threatened to "shoot and kill the Troopers working the case."
As we previously reported, Travis was NAKED ... and rode bareback while he was being transported to the station.
http://www.tmz.com/2012/08/08/randy-travis-threatened-to-shoot-kill-kill-troopers-mug-shot-black-eye-dwi-arrest/?adid=hero3
Bachmann supporter Randy Travis Leaves Jail in Paper Suit After Naked DWI Arrest
Randy Travis left a Texas jail this morning in a brand new suit ... a paper suit ... after cops found the country singer NAKED at the scene of a DWI car wreck.
TMZ broke the story ... officials say Travis had no clothes on when they arrived to the scene of his car accident late last night. They also say Travis was drunk off his ass ... and arrested him for DWI.
After transporting a naked Travis to a nearby jail, officials forced Travis to put on the paper suit ... which he was allowed to wear home.
It's possible Travis wasn't entirely naked during the arrest -- since he was wearing a U of Texas hat on the way out of jail, it's possible he was also sporting the headwear at the crash scene.
http://www.tmz.com/2012/08/08/randy-travis-paper-suit-arrest-naked-dui-drunk-driving/
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