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(VIDEO) Gov. Palin talks politics and dinner with the President

JUNEAU, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said she will attend an exclusive club dinner in Washington this weekend because it could offer her an audience with President Obama.

In an impromptu, eight-minute meeting with reporters Wednesday outside the governor’s mansion, the former Republican vice presidential candidate also detailed reasons why she’s started her own political action committee and laughed off suggestions that she’s in line for an $11 million book deal.

“How often will I get an opportunity to have dinner with the president? I will take up that offer to do so,” Palin said.

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President Obama signed his first bill into law

Obama Signs Equal-Pay Legislation Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

WASHINGTON — President Obama signed his first bill into law on Thursday, approving equal-pay legislation that he said would “send a clear message that making our economy work means making sure it works for everybody.”

It is named for Lilly Ledbetter, who after years as a manager at Goodyear Tire & Rubber discovered she was being paid less than her male counterparts.

“It is fitting that with the very first bill I sign — the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act — we are upholding one of this nation’s first principles: that we are all created equal and each deserve a chance to pursue our own version of happiness,” the president said.(1)

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Court rules Gov. Schwarzenegger to implement furloughs

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger scored a victory Thursday over state Controller John Chiang when a Sacramento Superior Court judge ruled the governor has authority to implement furloughs and that Chiang must adjust pay accordingly.

http://www.sacbee.com/static/weblogs/capitolalertlatest/019062.html

The Democratic controller said last week in a legal filing that he sided with state worker unions and would refuse to implement the governor’s furloughs without a court order.

Superior Court Judge Patrick Marlette wrote Thursday that the court would in fact provide that order with its ruling. Chiang’s office was unavailable initially Thursday, but if he abides by his statement, he’ll carry out the furloughs.

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California Adopts Smoking Banned In Homes

Youtube | Thursday, Jan 29, 2009

In Belmont, Calif. it is now illegal to smoke in your own home and, as John Blackstone reports, the new law has angered one woman who’s now on a mission.

In America…

“I’m absolutely outraged,” said Frederickson, 72, pulling on a Winston as she sat on a concrete slab outside her single-room apartment. “They’re telling you how to live and what to do, and they’re doing it right here in America.”(1)

“Just the fact that somebody forces me to do something goes against my grain!” she said.

But Coralin Feierbach of the Belmont City Council says: “She’s gonna have to smoke outside, where everybody else smokes.”

Protecting the Neighbors
Feierbach pushed Belmont’s new law banning smoking inside apartments and condos to protect neighbors. “Overwhelming evidence shows that secondhand smoke is dangerous, even for a few seconds,” Feierbach claims

“This idea that I am killing other people is ridiculous!” Frederickson said. “Prove it!”

So What do You think is going to happen … will the law be enforce or overturn ?

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Obama: Stimulus Bill passes, After party at White House,

The Vote  244-188

President Obama won his first legislative victory as the House passed a $819 billion economic stimulus package adding to a projected $1.2 trillion deficit this year. Borrowing the money would add $347 billion to the bill’s costs over ten years, according to the Congressional Budget Office,Once it is passed, every American will be able to go the Web site recovery.gov and see how and where their money is being spent.”<1>

Not one Republican

President Obama bid to woo Republicans failed to convince even a single GOP member to join Democrats to back the bill. Eleven Democrats joined the entire 177-member House GOP caucus in voting “no”.<2>

President Obama and the 13 corporate executives

The president met with 13 corporate executives Wednesday morning to talk about the need there needs.

They need our money now

“The businesses that are shedding jobs to stay afloat — they cannot afford inaction or delay,” Obama said.

Than there you the American worker with no job only fear

“The workers who are returning home to tell their husbands and wives and children that they no longer have a job, and all those who live in fear that theirs will be the next job cut — they need help now.”<3>

Party at the Whote House
After the vote, he invited top House and Senate leaders of both parties to the White House for cocktails, hoping a little wine and schmoozing could grease the path for his signature economic initiative in the Senate.<4>

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