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Marine Corps Sgt. Dakota L. Meyer Receives Medal of Honor


“I didn’t think I was going to die, I knew I was.”
-Marine Corps Sgt. Dakota L. Meyer

President Obama awarded Dakota Meyer the Medal of Honor this afternoon. He is the first living Marine recipient to receive such an award since 1973.

Obama said Meyer, who is now 23 and was just 21 that day in Afghanistan, is “one of the most down-to-earth guys you will ever meet.”

When the president’s staff called the young Marine so the commander in chief could officially notify him of the medal, Obama said, Meyer was at work on his new civilian job at a construction site.

“He felt he couldn’t take the call right then because, he said, ‘If I don’t work, I don’t get paid,’” Obama said.

“So we arranged to make sure he got the call during his lunch break,” the president added.

Barack Obama / Congress / Economy / Energy / Environment / Global Warming / Media / MSM Bias / Obamanomics / Politics / Scandals / Science

Cronyism, Bailouts, and Media Bias inside the Solyndra Collapse

535 million dollars in taxpayer money, flushed down the drain by Obama and crew to fund a company that everyone knew was going bankrupt, will be just the tip of the iceberg if what the Washington Post is reporting is true:

If the 20 companies that have won loans so far deliver all the new jobs they have promised, they will hire a total of 8,050 new workers for permanent positions. Half of those 20 companies have neither created nor saved any permanent jobs yet; several won their loans only recently. Even the BrightSource project, which employs 700 construction workers now, will employ only 86 people on a permanent basis.

The cost for those 8,000 jobs? Close to 19 billion dollars of taxpayer money:

Media / MSM Bias / Politics / polls

Political Polls and the (Mis)Use of Statistics [Reader Post]

The political campaign season is upon us (Did Obama ever leave it?), and we are currently being inundated with polls about all kinds of subjects, such as debt ceiling compromise, or preidental approval polls, or who won the Republican debate, so being an informed citizen and knowing how to validly interpret poll results is imperative. With the MSM bias when reporting poll results, this guide is even more important. Being knowledgeable will have you screaming at your TV and/or newspaper.