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came out. thats how tightly controlled the media there is. when word did finally arrive the dear leader was dead, his blinkered and brainwashed followers mourned him like the god theyve been told he was. the grieving, as youd imagine, is intense for a leader theyd been told first walked at 3 weeks of age, talked at 2 months and authored -- not read, but authored 1,500 books while in college. those who are not overcome were simply dumbstruck on receiving the news. like this gathering fo...

kim jong-il died two days ago. two full days went by before the a initial announcement came out. thats how tightly controlled the media is there. when it did arrive, his blinkered and brainwashed followers mourned him like the god they had been told he was. the grieving as you would imagine is intense for a leader they had been told first walked at three weeks of age. talked at two months and authored, not read but authored 1500 books while in college. those who are not overcome were s...

two full days went by before the official announcement actually came out. thats how tightly controlled the media there is. when word did finally arrive the dear leader was dead, his blinkered and brainwashed followers mourned him like the god theyve been told he was. the grieving, as youd imagine, is intense for a leader theyd been told first walked at 3 weeks of age, talked at 2 months and authored -- not read, but authored 1500 books while in college. those who are not overcome were ...

frankly terrifying. but if youre looking for what really sets the country known as the hermit kingdom apart from the rest of our socially net worked planet, consider this. kim jong-il died two days ago. two full days went by before the official announcement actually came out. thats how tightly controlled the media there is. when word did finally arrive the dear leader was dead, his blinkered and brainwashed followers mourned him like the god theyve been told he was. the grieving, as yo...

>> there they get wine very cheap. >> and i think barack obama wanted to take the focus off the economy, anything that looked like a hey, look over here move would be bad. >> it is part of the economy. >> i know, but it seems like a non sequitur. american people dont understand the contagion obviously comes over economically. but trying to refocus that, it would be -- >> my point is the president of the united states, if you look at george w. bush, who actually educated us on the middle east, wh...

>> politically, dont you think its a problem for you all to be backing the tax breaks that oil companies are getting while requiring seniors or asking that seniors pay more and have a different medicare system or seniors to come. i realize it wont affect seniors today. >> i would argue thats a non sequitur. the comparison of the two are infinitesimally different. medicare has tens of trillions of dollars of unfunded liabilities. it overwhelms any other thing such as small provisions like that. w...

money, there will be no increase in the debt limit. >> boehner wants $2 trillion in budget cuts before he agrees to raising the debt ceiling. and then theres the democrat-controlled senate. >> we shouldnt be drawing lines in the sand. we should be willing to work together. >> treasury secretary tim geithner says the u.s. could hit its $14.3 trillion debt limit tomorrow but he can keep the country out of default until august. so there is time. what they really lack on capitol hill is ...

The recession so to speak. this area did not get hit. we have been insulated by it. pennsylvania governor says shale could become important in his industry. opponents of drilling charge that he is in the pocket of the gas industry and criticized his refusal to tax gas exploration. >> if we start taxing one industry because they are bringing in a lot of money to pennsylvania, what does it say to other industries outside of pennsylvania that may look to pennsylvania to come here? >> the figures va...

$4 a gallon gas really hurts a lot of people around this country. its not because theyre wasteful but if you are driving 50-miles to work and that is the only job you can find, you cant afford some hybrid, so you are stuck with the old beater that you are driving around to get eight miles a gallon. the gas prices are killing you right now. so, this is the reason why i said that its so important for us to invest in new approaches to energy. >> president obama at the facebook event a short time ag...

Your offshore drilling. bizarre position to be in. >> bret: the video is file of the gulf oil clean-up soon after the spill. governor jindal in louisiana wants to point out that there is still oil off the coast there. but that video you saw is not today vid owe. charles? >> when the president spoke about the price of gasoline is high, therefore im doing what im doing on energy, non-sequitur. its, as jonah indicates, were not going to run our cars on windmills in our lifetime. we have the fuels t...