Archive for February 2009

Let’s get this Tea Party started; Update: DC Tea Party now at Lafayette Park

admin • February 27th, 2009 • national news

By Michelle Malkin  •  February 26, 2009 06:48 PMIt’s really on. Tomorrow, thousands of sick and tired taxpayers on the ground and online will participate in “Tea Parties” across the country. Go here for links and locations. Chuck Simmins also has a handy thumbnail guide, as does Little Miss Attila, whose list I’m reprinting below [...]



The Severe Economic Costs of Cap-and-Trade in Oregon

admin • February 27th, 2009 • local news

By Todd Wynn
Policymakers in Oregon have concluded that global warming is a crisis, that the use of  fossil fuels is the primary cause of warming, and that state policies must be enacted to stabilize the global climate. Because of this, Oregon has adopted one of the most ambitious greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals in the [...]



Byrd: Obama in power grab

admin • February 25th, 2009 • national news

By JOHN BRESNAHAN, Politico
Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), the longest serving Democratic senator, is criticizing President Obama’s appointment of White House “czars” to oversee federal policy, saying these executive positions amount to a power grab by the executive branch. source >>>
Good for Byrd…..TM



Supreme Court hears immigrant’s ID theft case

admin • February 23rd, 2009 • illegal immigration news

By MARK SHERMAN, Associated Press Writer – Sun Feb 22, 8:19 am ET
WASHINGTON – Ignacio Carlos Flores-Figueroa, an undocumented worker from Mexico, made a curious and undeniably bad decision. After working under an assumed name for six years, he decided to use his real name and exchanged one set of phony identification numbers for another. [...]



Under fire

admin • February 23rd, 2009 • local news

Despite his past, chief’s backers say he’s the right man
By Jolene Guzman, Staff Writer
Friday, February 20, 2009
An explosion took the sight in his left eye, severely injured his face and took some of his memory and decision-making ability. source >>>
Thank You World News Paper for an objective unbiased report.



Rebel Yell: Taxpayers Revolt Against Gimme-Mania

admin • February 23rd, 2009 • national news

By Michelle Malkin  •  February 20, 2009 09:01 AMMy syndicated column reports on the growing, grass-roots movement against porkulus/spending binges/the entitlement culture from Seattle to Denver toMesa, Arizona and beyond. Why aren’t you hearing about it in the MSM? Because it doesn’t fit the victim mentality/government savior narrative. We don’t exist, remember? source >>>
Washington fat [...]



Sen. Specter Jeered For Voting For Stimulus Plan

admin • February 23rd, 2009 • national news

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) ―U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter was greeted with jeers at a press conference in Cranberry Township.
Conservatives are fuming after Specter cast the deciding vote that led to the passage of President Barack Obama’s stimulus plan.  source >>>
Like I said RINO (Republican In Name Only) politicians like Arlan Specter need to worry about the voter [...]



VIDEO: Group counters stimulus with Jesus in TV ad

admin • February 23rd, 2009 • national news

By JONATHAN MARTIN, Politico
After watching liberal allies of President Barack Obama flood the airwaves in support of the stimulus bill, a conservative third-party group is countering with a provocative new commercial using Jesus Christ to emphasize the scale of the $787 billion package.  source .>>
Now that is putting it to em’.  TM



Diane Downs’ father offers $50K reward for help getting her released

admin • February 18th, 2009 • local news

By kgw.com and AP Staff
SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — The father of an Oregon woman convicted of shooting her three children 25 years ago and killing one of them is offering $50,000 for information leading to his daughter’s release. source >>>
So sad, parents not able to except the truth and who can blame them.  TM



Conyers seeks DoJ probe into controversial sheriff

admin • February 18th, 2009 • national news

By Reid Wilson
Posted: 02/15/09 03:06 PM [ET]
House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) and three fellow Democrats want the Department of Justice to investigate civil rights complaints against controversial sheriff Joe Arpaio. source >>>
Doesn’t this just figure, the guy is re-elected over and over again because he does his job and delivers.  The Dems [...]



Public Education and Social Justice

admin • February 11th, 2009 • editorial

William Hatch
Public education has been the cornerstone of freedom in the United States for 150 years.  Today it is in a sad state of disrepair. The history of American education began with the first colonists to set foot in the New World. These colonists recognized the importance of educating their young and established religious schools [...]



United Nations’ threat: No more parental rights

admin • February 6th, 2009 • national news

Expert: Pact would ban spankings, homeschooling if children object
By Chelsea Schilling
© 2009 WorldNetDaily
A United Nations human rights treaty that could prohibit children from being spanked or homeschooled, ban youngsters from facing the death penalty and forbid parents from deciding their families’ religion is on America’s doorstep, a legal expert warns. source >>>
This isn’t the hope [...]