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Butthead Hatch Wants to Kick MoveOn.Org in the Teeth

By Lee Davidson
Deseret News
Published: Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009 2:14 p.m. MDT
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, told a national TV audience Thursday that he would like to kick the liberal MoveOn.org in the teeth for a protest it held against him outside his Salt Lake City office a day earlier.
"MoveOn.org is a scurrilous organization. It is funded by George Soros. He's about as left-wing as you can find in this country," Hatch told MSNBC about the protest. Soros is well known for spending huge amounts on efforts to campaign against George W. Bush in 2004.
Hatch added, "They are up to just one thing, and that is to smear good people. And frankly, they are not going to smear me without getting kicked in the teeth by me."
His comments came after about three-dozen protestors with the group staged a rally Wednesday outside the federal building in Salt Lake City, saying the insurance industry bought Hatch's vote against Democratic health-care reform by giving him nearly $1 million since he took office.
"Sen. Hatch took $913,000 — nearly $1 million — from health-insurance companies basically to purchase his vote against a health-care plan that would support everybody," said Lydia Olchoff, an organizer of the event.
The group stood along State Street holding signs with slogans such as "Whose side are you on?" "Don't side with big insurance" and "We need a public option."
Hatch told MSNBC he is not sure if the group's figures are correct, but he said the donations were spread out over the long 33 years he has served in the Senate.
He added that money has come from people on all sides of the reform debate. "I'm supported by people all over the health-care system, including doctors, hospitals, insurers, and liberal people and conservative people and moderate people," Hatch told MSNBC.
MoveOn.org executive director Justin Ruben responded that when Utah members of his group questioned the money Hatch took from insurance interests, "What did he do? Go on national TV and threaten to kick them in the teeth. Apparently this was easier than defending his ties to the insurance companies."
He added, "Hopefully whoever Sen. Hatch kicks in the teeth is independently wealthy, in case their claim is denied by one of the insurance companies who've been funding his campaign."
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President Obama Wins Nobel Peace Prize

(AP) WASHINGTON -- A beaming President Barack Obama said Friday he was both honored and humbled to win the Nobel Peace Prize and would accept it as a "call to action" to work with other nations to solve the world's most pressing problems.

Obama told reporters in the White House Rose Garden that he wasn't sure he had done enough to earn the award, or deserved to be in the company of the "transformative figures" who had won it before him.

But, he said, "I will accept this award as a call to action, a call for all nations to confront the challenges of the 21st century."

Obama will travel to Oslo, Norway, in December to accept the award.

"These challenges cannot be met by any one leader or any one nation," the president said. "That's why my administration wants to establish a new era of engagement in which all nations must take responsibility for the world we seek."

Obama acknowledged that, while accepting an award for peace, he was commander in chief of a country engaged in wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"We have to confront the world as we know it," he said.

He said he was working to end the war in Iraq and "to confront a ruthless adversary that directly threatens the American people and our allies" in Afghanistan.

"I'm also aware that we are dealing with the impact of a global economic crisis that has left millions of Americans looking for work," he said.

"This award must be shared by everyone who strives for justice and dignity," he added.
He said that some of his goals, including that of a nuclear-weapons-free world, might not be accomplished in his lifetime.

"I am both surprised and deeply humbled by the decision of the Nobel Committee," Obama said.
"Let me be clear, I do not view it as a recognition of my own accomplishments, but rather as an affirmation of American leadership on behalf of aspirations held by people in all nations."

Obama said he was aware that "throughout history, the Nobel Peace Prize has not just been used to honor specific achievement, it's also been used as a means to give momentum to a set of causes."

The award took the Obama and his staff by surprise. Press secretary Robert Gibbs learned from reporters that Obama had won the 2009 prize, and telephoned the White House early Friday to pass along the news to his boss.

"Well, this is not how I expected to wake up this morning," Obama said. He described his interaction with his two daughters.

"After I received the news, Malia walked in and said, 'Daddy, you won the Nobel Peace Prize, and it is Bo's birthday.' And then Sasha added, `Plus, we have a three-day weekend coming up.' So it's -- it's good to have kids to keep things in perspective."

Apple Tablet Rumored To Launch in Early 2010

Rumors surrounding the launch of Apple's mythical touchscreen Tablet computer have been swirling, and here's one more to add to the mix: the Tablet could hit markets as soon as the first quarter of 2010.

According to DigiTimes, which got the scoop:

Foxconn Electronics (Hon Hai Precision Industry) will be the manufacturing partner for an upcoming tablet PC device from Apple, according to market sources. The device is expected to hit the market in the first quarter of 2010, with initial shipments from Foxconn being in the 300,000-400,000 range, the sources said.

The device will have a 10.6-inch display, and the sources speculated that perhaps Foxconn could secure panels from its subsidiary Innolux Display.

DigiTimes' source also reports that the device will focus on e-reader capabilities, rather than music.

Among other rumors concerning the Tablet, the web has been buzzing with hints of the content deals it is reportedly negotiating with print publishers. Read more about that here.Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/07/apple-tablet-rumored-to-l_n_312560.html