Three
generations. One duck related Dynasty. The Robertson family story told
through the lens of Phil, Kay, Jep and Reed. From their humble
beginnings and struggle in keeping their family together to a behind the
scenes look into the Robertsons' continued commitment to faith, family
and ducks amidst their immense success.
Ian Bayne, 39, is running for the 11th District of Illinois in the US House of Representatives in 2014
He is not the first conservative politician to rush to 'Duck Dynasty' star Phil Robertson's defense
A Republican candidate for Congress
from Illinois says ‘Duck Dynasty’ patriarch Phil Robertson is the ‘Rosa
Parks of our generation.’
Ian
Bayne, 39, and running for the House of Representatives seat for the
11th District of Illinois, made the comparison to Ms Parks in an
official statement released Friday on his website.
Mr Bayne, from the Chicago suburb of Aurora, is running against a handful of other candidates in the 2014, according to the Daily Herald, which first flagged the remarks.
‘In
December 1955, Rosa Parks took a stand against an unjust societal
persecution of black people, and in December 2013, Robertson took a
stand against persecution of Christians,’ Mr Bayne said. ‘What Parks did was courageous,’ he added. ‘What Mr. Robertson did was courageous too.’ The GOP candidate’s comparison of the reality star to the famous civil rights activist came under immediate criticism. ' after the he came under fire for his racially charged remarks to GQ. ‘I
never, with my eyes, saw the mistreatment of any black person,’ he told
the magazine. ‘Not once. Where we lived was all farmers. The blacks
worked for the farmers.’ ‘They’re
singing and happy,’ he continued. ‘I never heard one of them, one black
person, say, ‘I tell you what: These doggone white people’—not a word.’ Mr Robertson was immediately suspended from ‘Duck Dynasty’ as several conservative politicians came to his defense.
Outspoken: 'Duck Dynasty' star Phil Robertson has ignited a firestorm with his comments to GQ
‘Phil Robertson and his family are great citizens of the State of Louisiana,’ Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal said in a statement.
‘The politically correct crowd is tolerant of all viewpoints, except
those they disagree with - I remember when TV networks believed in the
First Amendment.’ Even more damning footage emerged Thursday of an anti-gay sermon given by the 67-year-old born-again Christian. ‘They
have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and
depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice.
They are gossips, slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and
boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents and
they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless.'
Though he never directly calls out homosexuals, the implications are obvious. Fans of the show have completely bought out Walmart’s stock of ‘Duck Dynasty’ merchandise, showing that not everyone is upset with his controversial comments. The Robertson family is currently in discussions with A&E over the future of the show.
Breaking: XMAS Surprise everyone who wants ObamaCare is completely exempt. Obama just came out and said, sorry for the website anyone can get insurance for free if you want. '. Administration faces backlash over new ObamaCare exemptions: Original Story
FOXNEWS.
The Obama administration, in an 11th-hour change, announced
significant exemptions for people who recently lost their insurance
coverage and are struggling to get a new plan -- drawing immediate
criticism from the insurance industry and Republican lawmakers.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius confirmed the
changes, which include letting those individuals skirt the law's
individual mandate, in a letter to senators. She said she would allow
people who got cancellations and could not find affordable new coverage
to qualify for a "hardship exemption" in order to avoid a penalty next
year for not having insurance.
Further, she announced that those individuals will be able to
purchase bare-bones plans that until now were available only for people
under 30.
The move, though, to allow potentially hundreds of thousands of
people to sign up for "catastrophic" coverage plans was criticized by
the insurance industry as a shift that would cause "tremendous
instability.”
The administration, which made the announcement right before the
holiday break and as President Obama prepared to fly to Hawaii for
vacation, downplayed the sudden change, saying they expected it to
impact fewer than 500,000 people.
Health and Human Services spokeswoman Joanne Peters said, "This is a
common sense clarification of the law. For the limited number of
consumers whose plans have been cancelled and are seeking coverage, this
is one more option."
An insurance industry official told Fox News that while the
administration was playing down the significance of the move, it could
turn out to be a troublesome last minute change and the industry fears
far more than the 500,000 people will apply.
Another industry official, America's Health Insurance Plans spokesman
Robert Zirkelbach, said, “This type of last-minute change will cause
tremendous instability in the marketplace and lead to further confusion
and disruption for consumers."
Democrats praised the steps as a common-sense backup in a difficult
situation while Republicans panned the administration action as another
patch to an unworkable law.
"Holding a fire sale of cheap insurance is not a responsible fix for a
broken program. This is a slap in the face to the thousands of
Americans who have already purchased expensive insurance through the
ObamaCare exchanges," Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., said in a statement.
House Energy and Commerce Committee Vice Chairman Marsha Blackburn,
R-Tenn., described the move as "another major policy shift" from the
Obama administration.
"We asked Secretary Sebelius point blank what would be the next
holiday surprise, and she was silent. Yet, here we are with another
major policy shift. The sad reality is that when the law takes effect
come January 1, more Americans will be without coverage under Obamacare
than one year ago," Blackburn said in a statement released Thursday
evening.
"Less than two weeks from going live, the White House seems to be in
full panic mode. Rather than more White House delays, waivers, and
exemptions, the administration should provide all Americans relief from
its failed law."
On Thursday, the administration estimated at less than 500,000 those
who have not yet found other coverage in the wake of seeing their
coverage canceled.
Obama was roundly criticized for reneging on a longstanding promise
that if you liked your plan, you would be able to keep it under his
health care law. The president apologized, and then said insurers could
extend those plans for one more year. Most state regulators followed
Obama's lead and gave insurance companies the additional latitude, but
it's unclear whether the problem has been fully resolved.
Insurers are concerned that healthy customers who potentially would
have bought full coverage may now stay out of the market, leaving the
companies with a group of patients in worse health overall.
Fox News Ed Henry and The Associated Press contributed to this report
Peter
O'Toole dies at 81: Film legend and Hollywood hellraiser who shot to
fame as Lawrence
of Arabia had suffered from long illness
The actor was at a London hospital when he died on Saturday. Born in
Ireland, O'Toole was as well-known for his hard drinking and
hell-raising lifestyle as for the stupendous talent which set the screen
alight. In a statement, his daughter Kate said the family was
completely overwhelmed by the outpouring of 'real love and affection'
after the announcement of his death. 'In due course, there will be a
memorial filled with song and good cheer, as he would have wished', she
said. O'Toole is pictured, left and centre, as Lawrence of Arabia and
right, with Meryl Streep after receiving an honorary Oscar for lifetime
achievement.
President Barack Obama’s appearance at
Nelson Mandela’s memorial service this week was subject to a “Saturday
Night Live” skit that targeted the stage’s fake interpreter and the
president’s now infamous selfie.
The skit opened with an actor playing
Obama delivering an address on the “series of unfortunate events” that
occurred at the Mandela memorial.
“First, I got roped into taking a
selfie with the blonde female Danish prime minister,” the Obama actor
said. “Some people said Michelle was angry at me for that. But, I talked
to her afterwards and I can assure you, she was furious.”
“Some people said Michelle was angry at me for that….she was furious.”
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As “Obama” transitioned his speech to
detail some “exciting” updates to the health care website, a sign
language interpreter appeared behind him, offering some bizarre gestures
to the audience.
Dan Bongino just wrote this open letter and I second it:
An open letter to the establishment GOP.
I am serving you with divorce papers. For those who are unaware of
what happened, the establishment wing of the Party has openly declared
war on the grassroots.
For those who say this fight is hurting the Republican “brand” I
reply; it is those on both sides of the aisle who have betrayed their
principles in the name of Party, that have destroyed their “brands”.
As for the GOP, we used to stand for something; a lean, effective
government, vibrant and robust individual liberty, and a passionate
defense of the value of hard work and a commensurate respect for your
wages by consistently fighting for your right to keep more of them.
Where do you stand now? I know where the grassroots does.
This is our Party and we will demonstrate to the people we hope to
represent that there is a group of people out there who refuse to be
part of any “managed decline”. We will only be part of a spectacular
American resurrection.
America’s best days are ahead and you and your fellow insiders and
cronyists and “Party before country” loyalists, on both sides of the
aisle, can bathe in your titles and power now but understand that I, and
many others, have dedicated our lives to draining the dirty water from
the bathtub.
Consider yourself served.
