Major Blow to ‘War on Drugs’: Obama Tells Fed Prosecutors, Don’t Waste Your Time with Medical Marijuana Arrests Allen St. Pierre National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws: October 19, 2009. http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/143356/major_blow_to_%27war_on_drugs%27%3A_obama_tells_fed_prosecutors%2C_don%27t_waste_your_time_with_medical_marijuana_arrests/ Department of Justice memo formalizes what marijuana advocates had been pushing Obama to do for some time.

The CNN Washington Bureau’s morning speed read of the top stories making news from around the country and the world. WASHINGTON/POLITICAL For the latest political news: www.CNNPolitics.com. CNN: King: Monday Memo: Optional public option risky strategy It is a busy week ahead, to say the least, and perhaps a telling one in the health care debate. CNN: Obama declares H1N1 emergency President Obama has declared a national emergency to deal with the rapid increase in illness

When you get the AP doing fact checking, you have to know something’s amiss in Obama fantasyland. In the POTUS’s desperate attempt to simplify his demand for remaking America’s health care system, he reverts to the proven Alinsky techniques of finding a demon, targeting that demon and isolating it to stir up public discontent. His latest mantras have been focused on portraying those evil health insurers in the same light as Wall Street CEO’s. Trouble is, facts get in the way of the rhetoric

OBAMA’S CZARS CZAR Czar Position Summary Richard Holbrooke Afghanistan Czar Ultra liberal anti gun former Gov. of New Mexico. Pro Abortion and legal drug use. Ed Montgomery Auto recovery Czar Black radical anti business activist. Affirmative Action and Job Preference for blacks. Univ of Maryland Business School Dean teaches US business has caused world poverty.ACORN board member.Communist DuBois Club member. Jeffrey Crowley AI

Day By Day by Chris Muir The Country-Wide and Senator Chris Dodd scandal are symptoms of a “culture of corruption” that infects the Democratic Party. Now, that the Democrats have super-majorities in the Congress, the scandals are only magnified – as more banks fail. Indeed, Senator Chris Dodd may be sent packing from Washington in 2010, despite President Obama’s fundraising for him but the damage to our financial institutions will continue to sink the economy for many years. Where was t