Nobody wants to pay for news online, buddy

That iPad app? Forget about it.

The AP has the dirty lowdown:

Getting people to pay for news online at this point would be "like trying to force butterflies back into their cocoons," a new consumer survey suggests.

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[kavorkian]

"Reports: US wants Israel to cancel building plan"

Also reported: Israel wants U.S. to cancel this insane Health Care plan.

Rots of ruck in both cases!

[AMERICA]

WASHINGTON — Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, had a little political
advice last week for President Obama and the Democrats: "Don’t pass the president’s
health care legislation because you would risk losing in the midterm elections."

"Health Care Reform Mr. Obama laughed about it afterward. “I generally wouldn’t take
advice about what’s good for Democrats” from Mr. McConnell, he told an audience in
Pennsylvania. But he conceded that “that’s what members of Congress are hearing
right now on the cable shows and in sort of the gossip columns in Washington.”
He went on to argue that the issue should be what’s right, not the politics. "

But this is Washington and politics are never far from the surface, especially at a decisive moment like this. If the schedule being mapped last week holds – and Mr. Obama’s senior adviser, David Axelrod, said on Sunday that it would — the fate of the president’s health care plan should be decided within the week. “I believe we will have” the votes, Mr. Axelrod said on ABC’s “This Week,” though Republicans and even some Democrats have questioned whether the votes are there now.