Jolie & Voight End Family Feud

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The freeze began thawing in February at Jolie's initiative, according to a family friend. Jolie's love stud Brad Pitt "has been supportive - a key factor in her reaching out," the friend blabs.

Philly.com

Lou Dobbs Rumored to be Moving to Fox

Dobbs says he will continue to express his vocal opinions through "empirical thought and forthright analysis," which could mean he's landed a job opportunity at another network. Rumors have been swirling of a possible Lou Dobbs show at Rupert Murdoch's FOX Business Network, the new financial channel of sister-network FOX News Channel. Neither FOX News nor Dobbs have announced intentions for the reporter to move to the FOX News family.

KTXL, Fox 40, Sacremento

New Jersey: Christie Swallowing Up McGreevey's Sloppy Seconds?

Heading the team is David Samson. He was on McGreevey’s transition team in 2001 as well and went on to become his attorney general. Another veteran of the McGreevey transition is Al Koeppe, a former executive and current head of the Newark Alliance. And then there’s John McCormac, who was McGreevey’s treasurer and is now the Democratic mayor of Woodbridge. Also representing the Democratic Party is state Sen. Sandra Cunningham of Hudson County.

Paul Munshine

New Jersey: Former Eagles Star Runyon May Challenge Adler

Fun Fact!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Adler means "Eagle" in German.

Members of Congress Who Voted Against Health Care Scheme

Aderholt
Adler (NJ)
Akin
Alexander
Altmire
Austria
Bachmann
Bachus
Baird
Barrett (SC)
Barrow
Bartlett
Barton (TX)
Biggert
Bilbray
Bilirakis
Bishop (UT)
Blackburn
Blunt
Boccieri
Boehner
Bonner
Bono Mack
Boozman
Boren
Boucher
Boustany
Boyd
Brady (TX)
Bright
Broun (GA)
Brown (SC)
Brown-Waite, Ginny
Buchanan
Burgess
Burton (IN)
Buyer
Calvert
Camp
Campbell
Cantor
Capito
Carter
Cassidy
Castle
Chaffetz
Chandler
Childers
Coble
Coffman (CO)
Cole
Conaway
Crenshaw
Culberson
Davis (AL)
Davis (KY)
Davis (TN)
Deal (GA)
Dent
Diaz-Balart, L.
Diaz-Balart, M.
Dreier
Duncan
Edwards (TX)
Ehlers
Emerson
Fallin
Flake
Fleming
Forbes
Fortenberry
Foxx
Franks (AZ)
Frelinghuysen
Gallegly
Garrett (NJ)
Gerlach
Gingrey (GA)
Gohmert
Goodlatte
Gordon (TN)
Granger
Graves
Griffith
Guthrie
Hall (TX)
Harper
Hastings (WA)
Heller
Hensarling
Herger
Herseth Sandlin
Hoekstra
Holden
Hunter
Inglis
Issa
Jenkins
Johnson (IL)
Johnson, Sam
Jones
Jordan (OH)
King (IA)
King (NY)
Kingston
Kirk
Kissell
Kline (MN)
Kosmas
Kratovil
Kucinich
Lamborn
Lance
Latham
LaTourette
Latta
Lee (NY)
Lewis (CA)
Linder
LoBiondo
Lucas
Luetkemeyer
Lummis
Lungren, Daniel E.
Mack
Manzullo
Marchant
Markey (CO)
Marshall
Massa
Matheson
McCarthy (CA)
McCaul
McClintock
McCotter
McHenry
McIntyre
McKeon
McMahon
McMorris Rodgers
Melancon
Mica
Miller (FL)
Miller (MI)
Miller, Gary
Minnick
Moran (KS)
Murphy (NY)
Murphy, Tim
Myrick
Neugebauer
Nunes
Nye
Olson
Paul
Paulsen
Pence
Peterson
Petri
Pitts
Platts
Poe (TX)
Posey
Price (GA)
Putnam
Radanovich
Rehberg
Reichert
Roe (TN)
Rogers (AL)
Rogers (KY)
Rogers (MI)
Rohrabacher
Rooney
Ros-Lehtinen
Roskam
Ross
Royce
Ryan (WI)
Scalise
Schmidt
Schock
Sensenbrenner
Sessions
Shadegg
Shimkus
Shuler
Shuster
Simpson
Skelton
Smith (NE)
Smith (NJ)
Smith (TX)
Souder
Stearns
Sullivan
Tanner
Taylor
Teague
Terry
Thompson (PA)
Thornberry
Tiahrt
Tiberi
Turner
Upton
Walden
Wamp
Westmoreland
Whitfield
Wilson (SC)
Wittman
Wolf
Young (AK)
Young (FL)

Members of Congress Who Voted Health Care Grab

Abercrombie
Ackerman
Andrews
Arcuri
Baca
Baldwin
Bean
Becerra
Berkley
Berman
Berry
Bishop (GA)
Bishop (NY)
Blumenauer
Boswell
Brady (PA)
Braley (IA)
Brown, Corrine
Butterfield
Cao
Capps
Capuano
Cardoza
Carnahan
Carney
Carson (IN)
Castor (FL)
Chu
Clarke
Clay
Cleaver
Clyburn
Cohen
Connolly (VA)
Conyers
Cooper
Costa
Costello
Courtney
Crowley
Cuellar
Cummings
Dahlkemper
Davis (CA)
Davis (IL)
DeFazio
DeGette
Delahunt
DeLauro
Dicks
Dingell
Doggett
Donnelly (IN)
Doyle
Driehaus
Edwards (MD)
Ellison
Ellsworth
Engel
Eshoo
Etheridge
Farr
Fattah
Filner
Foster
Frank (MA)
Fudge
Garamendi
Giffords
Gonzalez
Grayson
Green, Al
Green, Gene
Grijalva
Gutierrez
Hall (NY)
Halvorson
Hare
Harman
Hastings (FL)
Heinrich
Higgins
Hill
Himes
Hinchey
Hinojosa
Hirono
Hodes
Holt
Honda
Hoyer
Inslee
Israel
Jackson (IL)
Jackson-Lee (TX)
Johnson (GA)
Johnson, E. B.
Kagen
Kanjorski
Kaptur
Kennedy
Kildee
Kilpatrick (MI)
Kilroy
Kind
Kirkpatrick (AZ)
Klein (FL)
Langevin
Larsen (WA)
Larson (CT)
Lee (CA)
Levin
Lewis (GA)
Lipinski
Loebsack
Lofgren, Zoe
Lowey
Luján
Lynch
Maffei
Maloney
Markey (MA)
Matsui
McCarthy (NY)
McCollum
McDermott
McGovern
McNerney
Meek (FL)
Meeks (NY)
Michaud
Miller (NC)
Miller, George
Mitchell
Mollohan
Moore (KS)
Moore (WI)
Moran (VA)
Murphy (CT)
Murphy, Patrick
Murtha
Nadler (NY)
Napolitano
Neal (MA)
Oberstar
Obey
Olver
Ortiz
Owens
Pallone
Pascrell
Pastor (AZ)
Payne
Pelosi
Perlmutter
Perriello
Peters
Pingree (ME)
Polis (CO)
Pomeroy
Price (NC)
Quigley
Rahall
Rangel
Reyes
Richardson
Rodriguez
Rothman (NJ)
Roybal-Allard
Ruppersberger
Rush
Ryan (OH)
Salazar
Sánchez, Linda T.
Sanchez, Loretta
Sarbanes
Schakowsky
Schauer
Schiff
Schrader
Schwartz
Scott (GA)
Scott (VA)
Serrano
Sestak
Shea-Porter
Sherman
Sires
Slaughter
Smith (WA)
Snyder
Space
Speier
Spratt
Stark
Stupak
Sutton
Thompson (CA)
Thompson (MS)
Tierney
Titus
Tonko
Towns
Tsongas
Van Hollen
Velázquez
Visclosky
Walz
Wasserman Schultz
Waters
Watson
Watt
Waxman
Weiner
Welch
Wexler
Wilson (OH)
Woolsey
Wu
Yarmuth

Top 10 Endangered Democrats in 2010

According to Politico.com

Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.)
Rep. Thomas Perriello (D-Va.)
Parker Griffith (D-Ala.)
Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.)
Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy (D-Ohio)
Sen. Chris Dodd (D-Conn.)
Rep. John Adler (D-N.J.)
Rep. Glenn Nye (D-Va.)
Rep. Bart Gordon (D-Tenn.)
Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.)

New Jersey: 2 Polls Show Christie Winning, Daggett Support Collapsing

New Jersey Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
October 29, 2009

2009 New Jersey Governor Race
Chris Christie (R)	46%
Jon Corzine (D)	43%
Chris Daggett (I)	8%
Not Sure	3%

Source: Rasmussen Reports

Republican Christopher Christie has a seven point lead, 43%-35%, over Gov. Jon Corzine among likely voters, with 8% for independent Christopher Daggett, according to a poll conducted by Neighborhood Research

Source: Neighborhood Research

New Jersey: Christie Leads Corzine in 2 polls

Chris Christie (R) 42%
Jon Corzine (D-inc) 38%
Chris Daggett (I) 13%
Source: Public Policy Polling

Chris Christie (R) 46%
Jon Corzine (D-inc) 43%
Chris Daggett (I) 7%
Source: Rasmussen Reports

New Zealanders Regret Lowering Drinking Age

It has been 10 years since New Zealand’s alcohol purchasing age was lowered from 20 to 18. Overall, do you believe this has had… ?

A positive effect on New Zealand society	5%
A negative effect	74%
No effect at all	17%
Both a positive and negative effect	1%
Don’t know	4%

The Law Commission has recently reviewed New Zealand’s alcohol laws. One of the recommendations they have made is a split purchasing age, where 18 year-olds can buy alcohol in bars and restaurants, but you have to be at least 20 to buy alcohol from liquor outlets and other off-license premises. Do you agree or disagree with this recommendation?

Agree	51%
Disagree	46%
Neither	2%
Don’t know	1%

Source: Research New Zealand
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 500 New Zealand voters, conducted from Sept. 8 to Sept. 10, 2009. Margin of error is 4.5 per cent.

British & Americans Resist Swine Flu Hype

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Are you planning on being immunized against the Swine Flu (H1N1)?

	CAN	USA	BRI
Yes	36%	26%	20%
No	39%	51%	50%
Not sure	24%	23%	30%

Source: Angus Reid Strategies
Methodology: Online interviews with 1,002 Canadian adults, 1,006 American adults, and 2,000 British adults, conducted from Oct. 22 to Oct. 26, 2009. Margins of error range from 2.2 per cent to 3.1 per cent.

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For 1st Time Voters Trust Republicans Over Democrats on all Top 10 Issues!

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Surveys of 1,000 Likely Voters
October 14-15 & 18-19, 2009

Issue	Democrats	Republicans
Health Care	40%	46%
Education	38%	43%
Social Security	37%	45%
Taxes	35%	50%
Economy	35%	49%
Abortion	35%	47%
Immigration	33%	40%
Nat'l Security	31%	54%
Iraq	31%	50%
Gov't Ethics	29%	33%

Source: Rasmussen Reports

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Florida: McCollum Leads Sink by 11 pts

McCollum and Rudy Giuliani munching. Image by Getty Images via Daylife

Survey of 1,000 Likely Voters
October 19, 2009

Election 2010: Florida Governor Race
Bill McCollum (R)	46%
Alex Sink (D)	35%
Some other candidate	5%
Not sure	15%

Source: Rasmussen Reports

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New Jersey: Christie Leads by 2

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Christie 41%
Corzine 39%
Chris Daggett 19%

Source: Survey USA

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Czech Republic: Support for Socialists Drops

What party list would you vote for in the next parliamentary election?

	Oct. 1	Sept. 1	Aug. 1
Civic Democratic Party (ODS)	30.7%	32.8%	31.4%
Czech Social Democratic Party (CSSD)	27.6%	34.4%	34.8%
Tradition Responsibility Prosperity 09 (TOP 09)	13.2%	8.3%	6.5%
Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM)	12.5%	13.9%	11.9%
Christian and Democratic Union - Czech People’s Party (KDU-CSL)	6.8%	3.5%	7.8%
Green Party (SZ)	3.1%	2.4%	2.4%

Source: Median
Methodology: Interviews with 1,180 Czech adults, conducted from Sept. 2 to Oct. 1, 2009. No margin of error was provided.

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• Why the Czech Republic's Václav Klaus Is Happy to Defy Europe on Treaty (time.com)

Britain: Only 26% Approve of Gordon Brown

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Do you approve or disapprove of Gordon Brown’s performance as Prime Minister?

Approve	26%
Disapprove	66%
Not sure	8%

Do you approve or disapprove of David Cameron’s performance as Leader of the Opposition?

Approve	48%
Disapprove	39%
Not sure	13%

Do you approve or disapprove of Nick Clegg’s performance as leader of the Liberal Democrats?

Approve	40%
Disapprove	29%
Not sure	32%

Source: Angus Reid Strategies
Methodology: Online interviews with 2,077 British adults, conducted on Oct. 15 and Oct. 16, 2009. Margin of error is 2.2 per cent.

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Florida: Rubio Gaining on Crist

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The most persistent rumor this week: Gov. Charlie Crist 44 percent Marco Rubio 30 percent in the race for U.S. Senate. The poll allegedly is the Florida Chamber of Commerce’s, but president Mark Wilson isn’t calling us back.

Is it true? We have no idea. But Rubio people have told us about it. Crist people have told us about it. And the accounts of the five people from both camps to whom we spoke differ by only a percentage point or two.

Source: The Miami Herald Blog

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Illinois: Former Obama Senate Seat May Go Republican

Illinois Survey of 500 Likely Voters
September 14, 2009

Kirk (R)	41%
Giannoulias (D)	41%
Other	4%
Not Sure	13%

Kirk (R)	43%
Jackson (D)	39%
Other	4%
Not Sure	13%

Kirk (R)	43%
Hoffman (D)	33%
Other	8%
Not Sure	16%

Source: Rasmussen Reports

Spain: People Demand Their Prostitution

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Would you support or oppose regularizing prostitution?

Support	76%
Oppose	17%

Source: Instituto Noxa / La Vanguardia
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 2,000 Spanish adults, conducted from Sept. 28 to Oct. 1, 2009. Margin of error is 2.24 per cent.

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• 70 men charged in Toronto prostitution sting (cbc.ca)

Canada: Conservative Lead Grows, Breaks 40% Mark

If a federal election were held tomorrow, which one of the following parties would you be most likely to support in your constituency?

	Oct. 14	Sept. 30	Sept. 24	Sept. 2
Conservative	41%	37%	37%	33%
Liberal	27%	27%	29%	32%
New Democratic Party	16%	17%	16%	19%
Bloc Québécois	8%	11%	9%	9%
Green	6%	6%	8%	7%
Other

Source: Angus Reid Strategies / Toronto Star
Methodology: Online interviews with 1,003 Canadian adults, conducted on Oct. 13 and Oct. 14, 2009. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.

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2 New Jersey Papers That Endrosed Obama Endorse Christie!

Home News Tribune

"A vote for Chris Daggett is a vote for Jon Corzine," the editorial said. "Chris Christie should be the clear choice as the only candidate exhibiting the courage to meaningfully talk about what the state can't afford. He receives our endorsement."

Courier Post

"Earlier in the year Christie appeared a potential shoo-in for victory. He had built a reputation as a corruption-busting U.S. attorney, a resume that resonated with New Jerseyans terribly weary of dirty politicians in their midst. He also carried with him the promise of a cost-cutting Republican who could rein in the Trenton Democratic spending machine devouring the state.

"But that message has gotten lost. A few minor skeletons tumbled out of his closet — a poor driving record, an undisclosed loan to a co-worker. But the overriding negative perception of Christie is also entirely unfair, that he's a would-be tax cutter without a plan. Blame a poorly constructed campaign for that, not Christie.

"Fact is, Christie has offered many specific ideas on how to cut government spending, mirroring much of Gannett New Jersey's own 20-point plan to ease New Jersey's tax crush. Pension reforms, requirements for public employees to contribute more toward their benefits, a two-thirds legislative supermajority for all tax increases — they've all been proposed by Christie, along with many other initiatives."

Via PolitickerNJ

North Carolina: Obama Popularity Low

Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barack Obama is doing as President?
Approve – 44%
Disapprove –53%
No opinion – 3%

Source: Civitas Institute

New Jersey: Corzine's Negative Ad Blitz Shrinks Christie Lead

Jon Corzine has spent over 3 times the amount of money as Christie, mostly on attack advertising. Also, third party candidate Chris Daggett seems to be siphoning off more votes from Christie than Corzine.

New Jersey Survey of 750 Likely Voters
October 5, 2009 Rasmussen Poll

2009 New Jersey Governor Race
Chris Christie (R)	47%
Jon Corzine (D)	44%
Chris Dagget (I)	6%
Not Sure	3%

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Louisiana: Republicans Have Lead Over Lap Dog Democrat

Louisiana Survey of 500 Likely Voters
October 5, 2009

2010 Louisiana Senate Race
David Vitter (R)	46%
Charlie Melancon (D)	36%
Some Other Candidate	5%
Not Sure	13%

2010 Louisiana Senate Race
Jay Dardenne (R)	46%
Charlie Melancon (D)	33%
Some Other Candidate	6%
Not Sure	15%

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How to Stay Cool on a Hot Day

1. Hold a cold beverage against your neck.
2. Wear cotton clothes.
3. Wear linen clothes.
4. Wear loose clothing.
5. Keep a misting bottle in the refrigerator and use it a lot throughout the day.
   
6. Wear light-colored clothes because they reflect light. Dark colors absorb light, and therefore heat.
7. If you live in an area with low humidity, you can stay cooler by wearing more clothing. This will block the sun's rays.
8. Stay in your basement or lowest level of your house since hot air rises and cool air sinks.
9. Keep your curtains or blinds closed during the daytime, especially the ones on the windows which get the most sunlight.
10. Turn off any electrical appliance you are not using.
11. Don't drink alcohol on a hot day.
12. Don't you go near that stove!
13. Enjoy some cold fruit.
    
14. Avoid caffeine.
15. Eat smaller, more frequent meals instead of three big meals.
    
16. Drink a lot of water.
17. Put cucumbers over your eyelids.
    
18. Smear some rubbing alcohol onto your skin.
19. During the hottest part of the day, go to the mall, book store, library, church or movie theater.
20. Plan your most difficult work or play for the early morning. late afternoon or early evening.
21. Do not spend any time on hot asphalt surfaces.
22. In the morning, shut your windows before you leave home to keep cooler night air in and hot day air out.
    
23. Soak a pair of socks in water and wear them.
    
24. Splash water on your face throughout the day and let it evaporate.
25. Run some cold water on your wrists or hold ice or a cold beverage against them.
    
26. Wear a water-soaked headband or wristbands.
27. Stay in your cool tub for a long, long time.
28. Wash your hair, no blow dryer.
29. Buy an air conditioner, maybe?
    

Wisconsin: Thompson Leads Feingold, 43 to 39

Just over 43% of respondents said they would vote for Thompson – the former Republican governor who served from 1987 to 2001 before accepting an appointment from President George W. Bush to become secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Just over 39% said they would vote for Feingold, the Democratic senator who was first elected in 1992. Feingold’s current term expires next year and, so far, his sole announced challenger on the Republican side is David Westlake, a small business owner from Watertown.

Wisconsin Policy Research Institute

New Hampshire: Ayotte Leads by 7

Hungarian Citizens Party has Huge Lead Over Socialists

If an election were held today, what party would you support? (Decided Voters)

	Sept. 2009	Apr. 2009
Hungarian Citizens Party (Fidesz)	67%	70%
Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP)	18%	18%
Movement for a Better Hungary (Jobbik)	10%	4%
Politics Can Be Different (LMP)	1%	n.a.
Alliance of Free Democrats (SZDSZ)	1%	2%
Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF)	1%	2%

Source: Median
Methodology: Interviews with 1,200 Hungarian adults, conducted from Sept. 4 to Sept. 8, 2009. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

New Zealand: Conservative National Party Holds 21pt Lead

Thinking about the Party Vote, which is for a political party, which political party would you vote for?

	Sept. 2009	Jul. 2009	Apr. 2009
National	54%	56%	57%
Labour	33%	31%	31%
Green	4%	7%	7%
Maori Party	3%	3%	2%
ACT	3%	1%	2%
New Zealand First	2%	2%	1%

Source: Colmar Brunton / One News
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 1,001 New Zealand voters, conducted from Jul. 25 to Jul. 29, 2009. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.

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Brazil: Serra Lead Still Large

Which of these candidates would you vote for in the next presidential election?

	Sept. 2009	Mar. 2009	Jan. 2009
Jose Serra (PSDB)	39.5%	45.7%	42.8%
Dilma Rousseff (PT)	19.0%	16.3%	13.5%
Heloisa Helena (PSOL)	9.7%	11.0%	11.2%
Marina Silva (PV)	4.8%	n.a.	n.a.
None / Blank ballot	14.4%	16.7%	16.5%
Not sure / Undecided	12.8%	10.3%	16.1%

Source: Instituto Sensus
Methodology: Interviews with 2,000 Brazilian adults, conducted from Aug. 31 to Sept. 4, 2009. Margin of error is 3 per cent.

Liberals Love Hijacking Conservative Charities

Carnegie Corporation
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Ford Foundation
MacArthur Foundation
Mellon Foundation
Pew Charitable Trusts
Robert Woodruff Foundation

New Hampshire: Ayotte Leads Hodes by 7

2010 US Senate	Ayotte	Hodes	Undecided
All voters	41%	34%	25%
Republicans	84%	8%	8%
Democrats	9%	83%	9%
Undeclared	34%	17%	49%
Men	37%	32%	31%
Women	44%	36%	20%

Source: American Research Group

Pennsylvania: Toomey Leads Specter, Sestak

Delaware: Castle Leads Baby Biden

Delaware Survey of 500 Likely Voters
September 30, 2009

2010 Delaware Senate Race
Christine O'Donnell (R)	40%
Beau Biden (D)	49%
Some Other Candidate	3%
Not Sure	8%

2010 Delaware Senate Race
Mike Castle (R)	47%
Beau Biden (D)	42%
Some Other Candidate	5%
Not Sure	6%

Source: Rasmussen Reports

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Peru: President Garcia Still Unpopular

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Do you approve or disapprove of Alan García’s performance as president?

	Sept. 2009	Aug. 2009	Jul. 2009
Approve	28%	27%	27%
Disapprove	67%	69%	68%

Source: Ipsos, Apoyo, Opinión y Mercado / El Comercio
Methodology: Interviews with 1,000 Peruvian adults in 15 cities, conducted from Sept. 16 to Sept. 18, 2009. Margin of error is 3.1 per cent.

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New Zealand: National Party Continues to Hold Large Lead

If an election were held today which party would receive your party vote?

	Sept. 13	Aug. 30	Aug. 16
National	51.5%	56.5%	53.5%
Labour	33.5%	29.5%	32.5%
Greens	7.5%	8%	8.5%
Maori Party	2.5%	1.5%	2%
New Zealand First	2.5%	1.5%	2%
ACT	2%	1%	1%
Progressives	0.5%	0.5%	--
United Future	--	0.5%	0.5%

Source: Roy Morgan International
Methodology: Telephone interviews with 854 New Zealand voters, conducted from Aug. 31 to Sept. 13, 2009. No margin of error was provided.

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Greece Ready to Lurch Backwards

What party would you support in Greece’s next general election?
(Decided Voters)

Pan-Hellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK)	42.3%
New Democracy (ND)	34.8%
Communist Party of Greece (KKE)	8.2%
People’s Orthodox Alarm (LAOS)	6.2%
Coalition of the Radical Left (SYR)	4.1%
Ecologist Greens (OP)	2.3%
Other parties	2.1%

Source: MARC / Alpha TV
Methodology: Interviews with 1,001 Greek adults, conducted from Sept. 14 to Sept. 17, 2009. No margin of error was provided.

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The Bill of Rights

Bill of Rights

Amendment I

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

Amendment II

A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.

Amendment III

No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

Amendment IV

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Amendment V

No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Amendment VI

In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed, which district shall have been previously ascertained by law, and to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; to be confronted with the witnesses against him; to have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, and to have the assistance of counsel for his defense.

Amendment VII

In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.

Amendment VIII

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

Amendment IX

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

Amendment X

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

The Declaration of Independence

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IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America,

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.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice, by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary powers.
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone, for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harrass our people, and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
For Quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial, from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences
For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies:
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws, and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.

In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.

Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our Brittish brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.

We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.

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The 56 signatures on the Declaration appear in the positions indicated:

Column 1
Georgia:
Button Gwinnett
Lyman Hall
George Walton

Column 2
North Carolina:
William Hooper
Joseph Hewes
John Penn
South Carolina:
Edward Rutledge
Thomas Heyward, Jr.
Thomas Lynch, Jr.
Arthur Middleton

Column 3
Massachusetts:
John Hancock
Maryland:
Samuel Chase
William Paca
Thomas Stone
Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Virginia:
George Wythe
Richard Henry Lee
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Harrison
Thomas Nelson, Jr.
Francis Lightfoot Lee
Carter Braxton

Column 4
Pennsylvania:
Robert Morris
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Franklin
John Morton
George Clymer
James Smith
George Taylor
James Wilson
George Ross
Delaware:
Caesar Rodney
George Read
Thomas McKean

Column 5
New York:
William Floyd
Philip Livingston
Francis Lewis
Lewis Morris
New Jersey:
Richard Stockton
John Witherspoon
Francis Hopkinson
John Hart
Abraham Clark

Column 6
New Hampshire:
Josiah Bartlett
William Whipple
Massachusetts:
Samuel Adams
John Adams
Robert Treat Paine
Elbridge Gerry
Rhode Island:
Stephen Hopkins
William Ellery
Connecticut:
Roger Sherman
Samuel Huntington
William Williams
Oliver Wolcott
New Hampshire:
Matthew Thornton