Vic Eliason presented the following stories for listener input:
--President Obama holds firm on tax hikes.
--John Boehner calls on President Obama to step up efforts to avoid spending cuts and
tax hikes that threaten to trigger a new recession.
--Russian leaders pleased to see that someone who sees them as an enemy won’t be the
president.
--Company blames county for “robocall” problem.
--Democratic congressional campaign head says the Tea Party is over.
--One Tea Party group says it’s tired of “weak kneed” Republicans.
--In the last 90 days leading up to the election, over 68 regulations and notifications were
posted per day by the White House.
--Harry Reid indicates that the debt limit should be raised to18.794 trillion.
--Canada Free Press article indicates that America has been relegated to the “dust bin” of
history.
--David Petraeus resigns from the C.I.A. citing an extramarital affair.
--Hate crimes bill would allow men to use women’s restrooms.
--Congress warns that drones would chill the rights of Americans.
--U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder may be stepping down.
--A government agency that oversees U.K. charities decides that a local Christian
congregation cannot be registered because it doesn’t open its communion to just any
outsiders.
--Philadelphia female ELCA pastor distributed condoms in her church and used the
metaphor of communion.
--Episcopalians vote to sell their headquarters in New York because of membership
losses.
--ELCA youth conference speaker touts her reputation.
--President Obama didn’t win a single state that fully required photo I.D.’s to vote.