http://www.wethepeoplenews.com News by the people for the people Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:41:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As much as $9.5 million in federal stimulus dollars went to 14 zip codes in Virginia that don’t exist or are in other states, Old Dominion Watchdog (http://virginia.watchdog.org) reports. The fake zip codes were listed on Recovery.gov, the federal Web site that is supposed to track how the stimulus money ... http://www.wethepeoplenews.com/2010/01/06/government-waste-14-phantom-zip-codes-receiving-fed-stimulus-money/ THIS IS THE MOST UNBELIEVABLE, THUG RUN ADMINISTRATION I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFETIME...Thought Jimmy Carter WAS BAD?   GET THEM OUT...How do we get OBAMA impeached?  THERE IS NOTHING IN THE CONSTITUTION THAT WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO INSURE THE uninsured....Freedom, which we used to have, is for the ... http://www.wethepeoplenews.com/2010/01/06/no-government-runsocialized-medicine-in-the-us/ Despite four years, millions of dollars in planning and a last-ditch pitch from President Obama, the Chicago 2016 Olympic bid ultimately fell short. The City of Chicago was eliminated in the first round of voting, before any host city was selected. An expert called it the "biggest shock in IOC history." Supporters gathered ... http://www.wethepeoplenews.com/2009/10/02/obama-michelle-x-oprah-zero-chicago-loses-2016-olympics/ Chicago was eliminated in the first ballot of voting for the 2016 Olympics on Friday, a stunning defeat for the city that was expected to be one of the two finalists. Tokyo was also eliminated, leaving Rio de Janeiro and Madrid as the finalists. Obama + Michelle x Oprah= Zero Read full ... http://www.wethepeoplenews.com/2009/10/02/world-rejects-obamachicago-eliminated-from-the-2016-host-city-vote-obama-michelle-x-oprah-zero/ WASHINGTON – An innovative new campaign to alert Congress of widespread grass-roots opposition to massive new spending plans as well as other objectionable and intrusive legislation is already responsible – in the first 24 hours – for the distribution of 500,000 "pink slip" notices to members of the House and ... http://www.wethepeoplenews.com/2009/09/26/the-power-of-we-the-people500000-pink-slips-on-their-way-to-capitol-youre-putting-congress-on-notice/ California’s unemployment rate in August hit its highest point in nearly 70 years, starkly underscoring how the nation’s incipient economic recovery continues to elude millions of Americans looking for work. While job losses continue to fall, the state’s new unemployment rate — 12.2 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics ... http://www.wethepeoplenews.com/2009/09/19/california-joblessness-reaches-70-year-high-welcome-to-obama-nation/ U.S. Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, the top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, is demanding a straight up-or-down vote on a bill dedicated to removing ACORN from the list of recipients of federal largesse, or says he'll force the issue. And a key conservative vote, U.S. Rep. Michele ... http://www.wethepeoplenews.com/2009/09/19/disgraced-acorn-still-eligible-for-billions-of-tax-dollars-expose-acorn-now/ The Senate voted Monday to block the Department of Housing and Urban Development from giving grants to ACORN, a community organization under fire most recently after workers in Baltimore were videotaped giving advice on evading tax laws to a couple posing as a pimp and prostitute. The 83-7 vote would deny ... http://www.wethepeoplenews.com/2009/09/15/victory-for-america-tax-payerssenate-votes-to-block-acorn-housing-funds/ The raging debate over healthcare continued Saturday with the two major political antagonists trumpeting their arguments for and against changes in policy that could impact every American. That would be President Obama and — no, not Congressman Joe “You Lie!” Wilson — conservative broadcast dynamo Glenn Beck. On his Saturday morning radio ... http://www.wethepeoplenews.com/2009/09/12/obama-takes-on-glenn-beck-and-%e2%80%98tea-party%e2%80%99-critics-over-healthcare/ With a political arms race in full force, Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) has raised almost $750,000 in less than 48 hours since his shout of "You lie!" to President Obama during the Wednesday address to Congress, almost matching the Internet-fueled haul of his likely Democratic opponent.A senior GOP official said ... http://www.wethepeoplenews.com/2009/09/11/no-lie-south-carolina-republican-joe-wilson-rakes-in-750000-in-less-than-48-hours/