http://www.gopusa.com Conservative news, information, and commentary Copyright 2009 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:08:45 EDT http://www.gopusa.com/images/gopusa_logo_sm.gif http://www.gopusa.com http://www.gopusa.com/news/2009/july/0703_health_fines1.shtml Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:08:33 EDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans who refuse to buy affordable medical coverage could be hit with fines of more than $1,000 under a health care overhaul bill unveiled Thursday by key Senate Democrats looking to fulfill President Barack Obama's top domestic priority. news http://www.gopusa.com/news/2009/july/0703_sotomayor_docs1.shtml Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:08:33 EDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- The top Republican on the Senate committee that will consider Sonia Sotomayor's Supreme Court nomination says a Puerto Rican civil rights group's papers could shed light on her judicial approach, particularly her view of racial preferences in hiring. news http://www.gopusa.com/news/2009/july/0703_marines_afghan1.shtml Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:08:33 EDT NAWA, Afghanistan (AP) - U.S. Marines moved into villages in Taliban strongholds in southern Afghanistan on Friday, meeting little resistance as they tried to win over local chiefs on the second day of the biggest military operation here since the fall of the Taliban government in 2001. news http://www.gopusa.com/news/2009/july/0703_crist_race.shtml Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:08:33 EDT TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) -- The Florida Supreme Court says Gov. Charlie Crist can't reject an all-white list of appeals court nominees, even though he wants to appoint someone who will make the judiciary more diverse. news http://www.gopusa.com/news/2009/july/0703_obama_pref.shtml Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:08:33 EDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Thursday the Supreme Court is "moving the ball" to limit affirmative action, but he stressed that its ruling in favor of white firefighters still allows employers and educators to take race into account in hiring, promotions and admissions. news http://www.gopusa.com/news/2009/july/0703_teacher_pay.shtml Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:08:33 EDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Education Secretary Arne Duncan challenged members of the National Education Association Thursday to stop resisting the idea of linking teacher pay to student achievement. news http://www.gopusa.com/news/2009/july/0703_obama_gitmo.shtml Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:08:33 EDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Thursday he's uneasy about his own proposal to indefinitely imprison some of the most dangerous terror suspects being held now at Guantanamo Bay. He called it "one of the biggest challenges of my administration." news http://www.gopusa.com/news/2009/july/0703_obama_putin1.shtml Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:08:33 EDT WASHINGTON (AP) - Days from his first Moscow summit, President Barack Obama declared Thursday that former Russian President Vladimir Putin "still has a lot of sway" in his nation and needs an in-person reminder the Cold War is over. news http://www.gopusa.com/news/2009/july/0703_korean_rocket.shtml Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:08:33 EDT WASHINGTON (AP) - With concerns rising about a possible North Korean long-range missile test this weekend, two independent scientists say the regime may be using an old Soviet ballistic missile to boost a rocket capable of reaching the West Coast of the United States. news http://www.gopusa.com/news/2009/july/0703_obama_jobs.shtml Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:08:33 EDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Thursday that he remains confident the economy will turn around in the short term and the nation will prosper in the long term despite another dose of bad unemployment news. news http://www.gopusa.com/news/2009/july/0703_cyber_security.shtml Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:08:33 EDT WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration is moving cautiously on a new pilot program that would both detect and stop cyber attacks against government computers, while trying to ensure citizen privacy protections. news http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/mmalkin/2009/mm_0703.shtml Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:08:45 EDT By Michelle Malkin -- The White House sure likes to put on a show. Fresh off its joint stage production with ABC News, the Obama administration broadcast another health-care propaganda play this week under the guise of a citizen "town hall." commentary http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/lkudlow/2009/lk_07031.shtml Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:08:45 EDT By Lawrence Kudlow -- After nine months of explosive monetary and fiscal stimulus, you'd think economic recovery would be upon us. But the June jobs report tells a much different story. commentary http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/fsalvato/2009/fs_07031.shtml Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:08:45 EDT By Frank Salvato -- "When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation." -- The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 commentary http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/guest/2009/ro_0703.shtml Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:08:45 EDT By Richard Olivastro -- This year marks the 233rd anniversary of the Declaration of Independence and the birth of the United States of America. commentary http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/dlimbaugh/2009/dl_07031.shtml Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:08:45 EDT By David Limbaugh -- All right already. I won't call Obama a Marxist in this column. Instead, I'll point to some signs that indicate that Barack and Karl might well be soul mates. At least, they have similar attitudes about capital, labor and profits, er, surplus value. commentary