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We Are Sick of "reach across the aisle" to Socialist Democrats

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:42:20 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: "We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times ... and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK. That's not leadership. That's not going to happen."
-- Barack Obama

Clip Source: www.gopusa.com

At a townhall meeting in Wisconsin on Thursday, Sen. John McCain came face to face with everything that is troubling grassroots conservatives. We are tired and frustrated with big-spending, big-government programs. We are tired of the corruption in Washington by both parties. We are sick of efforts to "reach across the aisle" to work with socialist Democrats.

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This man summed up our concerns perfectly... the socialists are taking over, and we need Sen. McCain to fight! Just look at what we are facing:

After the man in Wisconsin spoke, Sen. McCain said, "Well, I think I got the message." Did he? McCain went on to say how we need to all work together, blah, blah, blah. Working together with Democrats -- acting like Democrats -- is how we got into this mess! Wake up! Fight for conservative values! It's what the country wants and needs.

If I sound like I'm begging, I'm not the only one:

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It's time to fight! American values are at stake!

Tags: mccain, townhall meeting, socialist democrats, obama, pelosi, acorn, corruption

We Are Sick of "reach across the aisle" to Socialist Democrats

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 01:42:20 GMT

Clip Source: www.gopusa.com

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This man summed up our concerns perfectly... the socialists are taking over, and we need Sen. McCain to fight! Just look at what we are facing:

If I sound like I'm begging, I'm not the only one:

[Video]

It's time to fight! American values are at stake!

Tags: mccain, townhall meeting, socialist democrats, obama, pelosi, acorn, corruption

Judge Orders Ohio Sec of State to Comply with Federal Law

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:25:56 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: “Her refusal to comply with federal law raises serious concerns about her ability to objectively oversee this election. It’s especially troubling in light of her connection to ACORN and that group’s stunning confession this week of fraudulent registration activity happening right here in Ohio.”

Brunner’s effort to fight the court order comes just two days after the Democrat activist group ACORN admitted to the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections that the group engages in fraudulent voter registration activity.

Ohio ACORN officials “blamed the elections board for not scrutinizing ACORN’s suspicious cards,” claiming the group “can’t be expected to catch everything.”

Clip Source: michellemalkin.com

This is the second judgment against Brunner.

Court Finds Brunner in Violation of Federal Law

A federal court ruled tonight that Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner violated federal election laws by not taking adequate steps to validate the identity of newly registered voters.

The ruling from U.S. District Court Judge George C. Smith called the identification breakdown “a serious problem” and ordered Brunner to immediately comply with federal requirements to match voter registration data with the information in the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles and Social Security Administration databases. The court accused Brunner of failing to provide county election administrators with “an effective way to access and review mismatches.” She immediately appealed the ruling.

“For some reason, Jennifer Brunner does not want these new registrations checked,” said Ohio Republican Party Deputy Chairman Kevin DeWine.

Tags: u.s.district court judge, george smith, comply with federal requirements, soc sec database & dmv data

Pelosi says $150B economic stimulus plan needed

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:08:50 GMT

clipped by: jatfla
clipper's remarks: Holy Cow!!! Is there no end to this giving away our tax dollars? They haven't even won the White House yet and they're giving more of our $$ away. Can someone just calm down a few days and think things through? These people are only making things worse. Talk about scare tactics!!!

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

Pelosi says $150B economic stimulus plan needed

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday that a $150 billion economic stimulus plan is needed now because of the faltering economy and she may call the House into session after the election to pass it.

Pelosi told reporters that the stock market meltdown, which has caused an estimated $2 trillion loss from pension funds, was a factor in her recommendation

If Democratic nominee Barack Obama wins the White House and if Capitol Hill Democrats make gains in the elections as well, it might be easier to pass a stimulus measure over dispirited Republicans,

Pelosi said a stimulus package would create jobs by investing in public works, increasing food stamps benefits and extending unemployment insurance for the long-term jobless.

Republicans Try to Close Voting Centers.

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:40:32 GMT

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clipper's remarks: While the Republicans make false charges against a group called ACORN, for doing voter fraud...here's a real fact we can hang our hats on:

Republicans - went - to - court - to - try - to - close - voting -- places.

Republicans are trying to close these early-voting centers because they are near poor and minority areas. If they were near their Wall St. supporters there would be no complaint.

It is true, though, BTW, that these new voting centers approved last year by a majority vote of an election board, might help Democrats...that's why the majority of Democrats on this election board voted in favor.

BUT - Such actions are a non-stop battle between all the parties all the time. And this is mild compared to the non-stop efforts at gerrymandering, where the boundaries of election districts and distorted in favor of one party.

Since Republicans have been in power the last eight years they are Much More guilty of this.

Clip Source: abcnews.go.com

Ballot Battle Popping in Indiana

Republicans went to state court and won a temporary restraining order against opening the voting places,

Tags: gerrymandering

Pelosi says $150B economic stimulus plan needed

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:08:50 GMT

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

Pelosi says $150B economic stimulus plan needed

Pelosi told reporters that the stock market meltdown, which has caused an estimated $2 trillion loss from pension funds, was a factor in her recommendation

If Democratic nominee Barack Obama wins the White House and if Capitol Hill Democrats make gains in the elections as well, it might be easier to pass a stimulus measure over dispirited Republicans,

Pelosi said a stimulus package would create jobs by investing in public works, increasing food stamps benefits and extending unemployment insurance for the long-term jobless.

HDR: snow, ice, water

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:32:52 GMT

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Clip Source: docs.google.com

Some Good News: The U.S. Dollar Strengthens

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:25:07 GMT

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Clip Source: current.newsweek.com

The dollar is making a comeback. It’s now somewhat cheaper for Americans to visit many foreign countries than it has been in a while

euro is $1.37, as of this morning. That's down from $1.44 when I was in Munich about a month ago and from record highs of around $1.60 earlier this year

Mexico is the cheapest it's been since 1993 with the peso at .08 cents (roughly 12 pesos to $

Canadian dollar, which crept above $1 in 2007, is back at 91 cents. The British pound is $1.76, and the Australia dollar has plummeted to 73 cents, just in time for spring down under

Among major currencies, only the Japanese yen has bucked the trend and strengthened against the dollar

even in a climate of panic, ongoing job cuts, and wildly fluctuating markets—triggered by the U.S. and now spreading across the globe—the dollar is still viewed as the safest currency. The New York Times recently provided helpful context, crediting the phenomenon partially to faith in America’s economic and political systems

Pelosi says $150B economic stimulus plan needed

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:08:50 GMT

Clip Source: news.yahoo.com

Pelosi says $150B economic stimulus plan needed

Pelosi told reporters that the stock market meltdown, which has caused an estimated $2 trillion loss from pension funds, was a factor in her recommendation

If Democratic nominee Barack Obama wins the White House and if Capitol Hill Democrats make gains in the elections as well, it might be easier to pass a stimulus measure over dispirited Republicans,

Pelosi said a stimulus package would create jobs by investing in public works, increasing food stamps benefits and extending unemployment insurance for the long-term jobless.

Indianapolis Achieves 105% Voter Registration

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:59:08 GMT

clipped by: ColoradoRight
clipper's remarks: ACORN comes through

Clip Source: www.ogdenonpolitics.com

It's the elephant in the room that Indiana election officials don't talk about. Voter registration numbers in the counties have been growing dramatically far above what is possible given the population. In today's Indianapolis Star, Brendan O'Shaughnessy reports that as of Monday evening 677,401 people in Marion County have registered to vote.

So we have 644,197 people eligible to be registered in Marion County/Indianapolis, and 677,401 people registered. Congratulations go to Indianapolis for having 105% of its residents registered!

Tags: vote, registration, fraud

St. John's Wort effective for depression: study

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:12:48 GMT

clipped by: jatfla
clipper's remarks: This was very interesting. Anyone taking this or knows of someone who is? Wonder how it would interfere with other drugs.

Clip Source: www.reuters.com

St. John's Wort effective for depression: study

The herbal remedy St. John's Wort effectively treats symptoms of major depression, an analysis of previous studies found

St. John's Wort extracts tested in the different trials were better than placebos and as effective as standard antidepressants with fewer side effects,

"The studies came from a variety of countries, tested several different St. John's Wort extracts, and mostly included patients suffering from mild to moderately severe symptoms,"

The treatment, which belongs to a class of compounds called selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), is now off patent and widely available generically as fluoxetine.

Change you can believe in - change for the worse

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:33:09 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Do you like paying taxes, then watch government become bigger and more incompetent? Do you like discovering your family doesn't have enough income and start looking for a second job, only to find there are none? Do you really want a health care system like Canada's (ask any Canadian what they think of their health care - they wait over a year for an MRI, for example..) Did you like Carter's sky high inflation with a downward spiraling productivity? Then you will LOVE the change Obama brings you.

Clip Source: washingtontimes.com

Instead, he rides a populist wave of economic pessimism and panic that appears ready to buy his "change you can believe in" mantra, despite an economic plan few voters understand.

At that plan's core is a raft of draconian tax increases on critical components of the nation's economy - tax increases that have been an integral part of his party's "grow the government" prescriptions for decades.

University of Maryland economist Peter Morici, a sharp critic of the Bush administration's economic policies, says about Mr. Obama's plan: "Obama's tax and redistribute policies will not resurrect jobs, wages or the price of stocks in American retirement accounts. ... Obama's policies may make economic conditions worse,"

Barack Obama thinks raising taxes to enrich government is the answer to all our troubles when it will only weaken a severely anemic, overtaxed economy desperately in need of capital and tax relief.

Tags: obama is a trojan horse

Ayers, Rezko, Wright and the Economy

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:22:09 GMT

clipped by: ColoradoRight

Clip Source: hughhewitt.townhall.com

As more details emerge on the Obama-Ayers connection (here's a short story from 1997 on Ayers that features both Obamas and which suggests that Michelle Obama organized the program that featured both Ayers and her husband), the Obama talking heads are hysterical with outrage, which is a clear signal to Team McCain to keep digging and swinging on the subject of Obama's judgement.

The message also has to be targeted at the reality that the dizzying declines in the markets cannot be arrested and reversed with tax hikes and unemployment benefit extensions. Even as people shudder at the rapid decline in their savings and retirement accounts, they have to be trusted to know that anti-growth polices of the sort being pushed by Obama will simply drive business, jobs and growth overseas. A tax hike agenda of the sort pushed by Obama right now is economic suicide, and John McCain has to forcefully say so.

Tags: obama, economy, ayers, rezko, wright

Change you can believe in - change for the worse

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:33:09 GMT

Clip Source: washingtontimes.com

Instead, he rides a populist wave of economic pessimism and panic that appears ready to buy his "change you can believe in" mantra, despite an economic plan few voters understand.

Barack Obama thinks raising taxes to enrich government is the answer to all our troubles when it will only weaken a severely anemic, overtaxed economy desperately in need of capital and tax relief.

Tags: obama is a trojan horse

US Debt Clock Runs Out of Digits

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:16:39 GMT

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Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

The US government's debts have ballooned so badly the National Debt Clock in New York has run out of digits to record the spiralling figure.

The digital counter marks the national debt level, but when that passed the $10 trillion point last month, the sign could not display the full amount.

The board was erected to highlight the $2.7 trillion level of debt in 1989.

The clock's owners say two more zeros will be added, allowing the clock to record a quadrillion dollars of debt.

Some economists believe the $700bn bail-out plan for ailing US financial institutions could send the national debt level to $11 trillion

Tags: economics