12812 - sen marco rubio r-fl delivers weekly gop address on the promise of america
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in the weekly republican address florida senator marco rubio explains the failures of the obama administration he contrasts those with the promise of america that he and republicans believe in if the government stops doing the wrong thingssen rubio says quotas you know earlier this week president obama delivered his fourth annual address to congress it was an opportunity for the president to talk about his accomplishments over the last three years and to lay out his plans for the year aheadquotand he missed on both countsquotyou didn039t hear much talk about the success of his administrationand that039s because there isn039t muchquotyes this president inherited a significant national debt but over the last three years he039s made it worse our national debt has grown by nearly 50 percent since he took over and now for the first time since world war ii our national debt is larger than our country039s economyquotyes this president inherited an economy where unemployment was too high but over the last three years he039s made it worse today our unemployment rate is higher than the day he took office in fact since he took over it039s been stuck over 8 percent every single monthquotthis president didn039t talk about his record for one simple reason he doesn039t want you to know about it but you do know about it because you feel the failure of his leadership every single day of your lifequotthe bottom line is this president inherited a country with serious problems he asked the congress to give him the stimulus and obamacare to fix it the democrats in congress gave it to him and not only did it not work it made everything worse quotpresident obama has a year left in the white house so what are his plans now to make things better what does he plan to do now that he didn039t do before well we got our answer tuesday night he plans to divide us against each other to pit americans against other americans in the hopes of generating enough votes to get re-elected quothe tells americans worried about their jobs that the way to help them is to raise their bosses039 taxesquothe tells those who are hurting that the only way they can be better off is for others to be worse offquothe tells all of us that the only way for some of us to climb up the economic ladder is for others to be pulled downquotthis divisive rhetoric this effort to gain political support by convincing some that they will be better off if we punish others this stuff has never worked anywhere it039s been triedquotpeople end up fleeing countries who adopt economic policies based on these flawed principles and more often than not they come herequotthey come here because this is not who we are quotamericans have always believed that all of us can succeedquotthat those who have made it fairly can stay there and those who are trying to make it will have a real chance to join themquotthis is what has made us different this is what has made us prosperous this is what makes us exceptionalquotand now for the first time in my adult life we have a president who039s asking us to abandon our economic heritagequotto become like the countries people come here to get away from quotto become like everybody elsequotyes people are hurting yes there is a growing gap between the rich and the poorquotbut the way to solve it is not to embrace the 039trickle up poverty039 economics of other nationsquotthe way to solve it is to embrace the american free enterprise systemquotno economic system is perfect but the american free enterprise system has empowered millions of people in the past i know because i saw it with my own eyes quotmy father was a bartender and i thank god every night that there was someone willing to risk their money to build a hotel on miami beach and later in las vegas where he could workquoti thank god that there was enough prosperity in america so people could go on vacation to miami or las vegas where people felt prosperous enough to have weddings or bar mitzvahs and by the way could leave tips in my dad039s little tip jar because with that money he raised us and he gave me the opportunity to do things he never had a chance to doquotnow we had help along the way i had student loans and grants from the government to help me get my education and i went to our public school system quotthat039s an important role for government to play and so i also thank god that we had an economy prosperous enough to afford to pay for these things as well quotso i039ll just close by saying i hope this year will be the beginning of our work towards a new and prosperous american centuryquotbecause i know that this idea of a nation where anyone from anywhere can accomplish anything it039s not just something i read about in history books i039ve seen it in my own life and there039s no reason why we cannot continue it here if only we do the right thingsquot

building a better ohio steals and then misrepresents victim039s words
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help pull their ad off the air now sign the petition: http:weareohiocomoffairthe anonymously-funded corporate-backed pro-issue 2 group building a better ohio appears to have illegally used the likeness of marlene quinn and images from we are ohio039s ad in their response advertisement

039bank transfer day039 - 56 million switch banks
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56 million americans have switched banks in the last 90 days in large part due to the occupy wall street movement039s call for a 039bank transfer day039 ana kasparian and cenk uygur break it downhttp:thinkprogressorgeconomy20120202417054americans-moving-banks-90-dayssubscribe to the young turks: http:bitlyewuu5ifind out how to watch the young turks on current by clicking here: http:wwwcurrentcomgettyt the largest online new show in the worldgoogle: http:wwwgplustotheyoungturksfacebook: http:wwwfacebookcomtytnationtwitter: http:twittercomtheyoungturks

stephen cohen on russian protests and quotthe soviet union039s afterlifequot in the nation magazine
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wwwdemocracynoworg allegations of widespread fraud in the recent elections that gave prime minister vladimir putin039s united russia party a parliamentary majority have galvanized massive street protests in opposition to the russian political establishment this comes on the 20th year anniversary of the breakup of the soviet union quotthe reason that the people that control the financial oligarchy of russia don039t want free elections is they know that the people would vote for candidates pledging to confiscate their propertyquot which was privatized in the 1990s says stephen cohen professor of russian studies at new york university he notes quotthese elections were not free and fair but they were the freest and fairest and 15 yearsquot and that members of the country039s middle class make up the bulk of the protesters cohen also argues the american media has failed to report on the resurgence of the communist party supported mainly by working class voters in russia039s vast provinces which could challenge putin in the 2012 presidential race and force a run-off election his most recent book is titled quotsoviet fates and lost alternatives: from stalinism to the new cold warquot his latest article quotthe soviet union039s afterlifequot appears in the new issue of the nation magazineto watch the complete daily independent news hour read the transcript download the podcast and for more democracy now reports visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgfollow democracy now online:facebook: http:wwwfacebookcomdemocracynowtwitter: democracynowsubscribe on youtube: http:wwwyoutubecomdemocracynowlisten on soundcloud: http:wwwsoundcloudcomdemocracy-nowdaily email news digest: http:wwwdemocracynoworgsubscribeplease consider supporting independent media by making a donation to democracy now today visit http:wwwdemocracynoworgdonateyt

first orbit - the movie
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a real time recreation of yuri gagarin039s pioneering first orbit shot entirely in space from on board the international space station the film combines this new footage with gagarin039s original mission audio and a new musical score by composer philip sheppard for more information visit http:wwwfirstorbitorg

student at notre dame commits suicide after being molested by a nd football player - police do virtually nothing let039s get this out there reddit
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the parents of a northbrook teenager who killed herself a week after accusing a university of notre dame football player of sexually attacking her say they feel betrayed by the school they love and that several generations of their family have attended speaking publicly for the first time since their daughter

joey quits
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video by jori ketten featuring the what cheer brigade providence ri http:wwwwhatcheerbrigadecomi want to give a little context for the many of you who don039t know me:i worked in this hotel for 35 years i worked while going to school full time to pay my tuition and living expenses this was not a job i had for two weeks before quitting in a hissy-fit the working conditions in the hotel are horrendous in the kitchen workers are regularly forced to work 10 11 14 16 hour shifts that begin at 5:30am and last well into the night housekeepers are reprimanded if they fail to clean 16 rooms or more in a 9 hour shift anyone who speaks upespecially anyone who is openly pro-unionis disciplined or fired managers like jared scream down employees daily i worked extremely hard to change the conditions in the hotel my co-workers and i regularly organized ourselves to push back against management and demand respect i was also one of many workers who led the fight to organize a formal union at the hotel the hotel has yet to recognize our union and they continue a vicious union-busting campaign they punish and fire pro-union workers spread lies in captive-audience meetings and generally attempt to scare the workers out of joining the union still through just being organized and threatening to form a union we039ve won countless victories including raises new uniforms lower housekeeper room quotas etc this video is a hilarious byproduct of a long and ongoing struggle in the renaissance providence and hotels throughout the country

ron paul explains how iraq was made into an enemy in order to quotredesign the middle eastquot
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january 26 2011 c-spanhttp:moxnewscom

the view on the streets: the european union
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on the streets of walthamstow in east london we ask the public what they think about the european union it039s clear that opposition to the eu is not the preserve of bigoted 039little englanders039 far from it eloquent well informed citizens are seriously concerned at the eu039s undemocratic set up and want to have their say individuals backing the eu are hard to find and are against a referendum as they see their fellow citizens as ignorant and too ill educated to 039understand the issues039

michele bachmann039s tea party response to sotu rehearsal
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michele bachmann rehearses her sotu response for the tea party

039who runs greece bankers who pit poor vs poor039
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who will benefit from the new set of greek austerity measures which got a violent response from the crowd on sundayadrian salbuchi author and consultant talks to rt suggesting it039s the bankers who are responsible for the economic downturn in the first placert on twitter http:twittercomrt_comrt on facebook http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews

uk emergency alert - nuclear attack
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i039ve watched lots of these mock broadcasts and i find them weirdly exciting so i thought i039d give it a whirl i039ve tried to be realistic as in my opinion some other people039s attempts aren039t very realistic some of the content is not my own no copyright infringement intendedenjoy

best line delivery of all time
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this line is from quotthe boxquot it came out in 2007 do not confuse this with quotthe boxquot starring cameron diaz which came out in 2009 watch as giancarlo esposito rocks your world

lupe fiasco039s lasers invades union square
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lupe fiasco teams up with redlaser to promote his highly anticipated album lasers in stores and online march 8thincase you don039t have a smartphone qr code links to qrlaserslupefiascocom

20nupyd
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upyd adelanta los resultados de la noche electoral 20nupyd