OK, I WON, IT'S SAFE NOW

Mr. President elect now says he will be sworn in using his full name, Barack Hussein Obama, because after all it is tradition.

story here

FILE UNDER VERY COOL

Mother-of-two becomes first transplant patient to receive an organ grown to order in a laboratory

A 30-year-old Spanish woman has made medical history by becoming the first patient to receive a whole organ transplant grown using her own cells...

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BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PROBLEMS

FROM THE DRUDGE REPORT

Democrats prepare to move forward with investigations of Bush administration...

...“The Bush administration overstepped in its exertion of executive privilege, and may very well try to continue to shield information from the American people after it leaves office,” said Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat of Rhode Island, who sits on two committees, Judiciary and Intelligence, that are examining aspects of Mr. Bush’s policies.
Topics of open investigations include the harsh interrogation of detainees, the prosecution of former Gov. Don Siegelman of Alabama, secret legal memorandums from the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel and the role of the former White House aides Karl Rove and Harriet E. Miers in the firing of federal prosecutors.....

the whole story here

OBAMA/EMANUEL CIVILIAN SECURITY FORCE?

ARE YOU READY?

DOWN THE MEMORY HOLE

EXCLUSIVE: Agenda disappears from Obama Web site
From the Washington Times

Over the weekend President-elect Barack Obama scrubbed Change.gov, his transition Web site, deleting most of what had been a massive agenda copied directly from his campaign Web site.
Gone are the promises on how an Obama administration would handle 25 different agenda items - everything from Iraq and immigration to taxes and urban policy - all items laid out on his campaign Web site,www.BarackObama.com.
Instead, the official agenda on Change.gov has been boiled down to one vague paragraph proclaiming a plan “to revive the economy, to fix our health care, education, and social security systems, to define a clear path to energy independence, to end the war in Iraq responsibly and finish our mission in Afghanistan, and to work with our allies to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, among many other domestic and foreign policy objectives.” ...

the rest here

The words and agenda may have disappeared but I doubt the policies have changed.

DO THE PEOPLE HAVE A SAY AT ALL?

Who will take Obama and Biden's senate seats? Well no one knows for sure yet, but it doesn't look like the voters will have anything to do with it.

from the Washington Times

..."In the Prairie State, Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich will name Sen. Barack Obama's replacement — that is, if the embattled governor, who is being investigated for corruption, manages to hold onto office. Mr. Blagojevich briefly flirted with the idea of creating a special commission to help make his pick, but appears to have abandoned the idea. The governor … may not announce anything before Christmas," the columnist said."...


..."Over in Delaware, it isn't even yet clear who will do the appointing. Joe Biden has suggested he's in no hurry to relinquish his seat, so the task might fall to incoming Democratic Gov. Jack Markell, rather than outgoing Democratic Gov. Ruth Ann Minner. Rumors indicate the Delaware political establishment is coalescing around the idea of appointing a placeholder who would carry the seat until 2010, when Mr. Biden's son, Attorney General Beau Biden, could run for the Senate. "...

I really feel like if you are going to run for President then you should give up your senate seat and let the people decide on your replacement, but hey that's just me.

AMERICA SERVES

Whether you like it or not.
















from the office of the President-elect change.gov

The Obama Administration will call on Americans to serve in order to meet the nation’s challenges. President-Elect Obama will expand national service programs like AmeriCorps and Peace Corps and will create a new Classroom Corps to help teachers in underserved schools, as well as a new Health Corps, Clean Energy Corps, and Veterans Corps. Obama will call on citizens of all ages to serve America, by developing a plan to require 50 hours of community service in middle school and high school and 100 hours of community service in college every year. Obama will encourage retiring Americans to serve by improving programs available for individuals over age 55, while at the same time promoting youth programs such as Youth Build and Head Start

I wonder if we get to choose the type of community service, or will obama just give us a list to pick from?

CHANGE THAT MIGHT BE HARD TO SWALLOW

The following is from Time for a new contract with America by Rahm Emanuel.

Obama's new Cheif of Staff.

Emanuel: Time for a new contract with AmerAugust 20, 2006

here's just a small sample

"...John Kennedy was right: A nation is defined not by what it does for its citizens but by what it asks of them. If your leaders aren't challenging you to do your part, they aren't doing theirs. We need a real Patriot Act that brings out the patriot in all of us by establishing for the first time an ethic of universal citizen service. All Americans between the ages of 18 and 25 should be asked to serve their country by going through three months of basic civil defense training and community service. This is not a draft, nor is it military. Young people will be trained not as soldiers, but simply as citizens who understand their responsibilities in the event of a natural disaster, an epidemic or a terrorist attack. Universal citizen service will bring Americans of every background together to make America safer and more united in common purpose..."

EDUCATION UNDER AN OBAMA ADMINSTRATION

From Hot Air

If this doesn't piss you off I don't know what will.

A SAD DAY FOR THIS COUNTRY

I'M VOTING DEMOCRAT

OBAMA GIVES MCCAIN THE BIRD

WAY TO STAY CLASSY BARACK

Video of Obama, coal bankruptcy

From Hot Air

Obama claims his word were taken out of context, I'll let you be the judge.

OBAMA CIVILIAN SECURITY FORCE

Don't forget to pick up your uniforms on Wednesday.

Obama: We’ll bankrupt any new coal plants

OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, VIRGINIA ARE YOU LISTENING?

HE WANTS TO CHANGE YOUR WORLD

DON'T LET HIM




Thank God for football today, it will be a much needed distraction from the all the craziness. I have never in my life seen so many people in complete denial about a person. All the libs I talk to repeat the MSM garbage. They say Palin is stupid, or she scares me (I have even had republicans say that shit to me). That all of the stuff about Obama is just made up from the right. Some even are ok with socialism. If we somehow manage to dodge this bullet, it will only be that much harder next time. The generation that’s coming has no idea about hardships. They have every convenience, cars, computers, cell phones, everything. They are equalized at school; no one gets "F's" just an E instead. They are being taught that America is bad, selfish, mean etc...They read propaganda in the newspapers, they hear it on T.V. They get commentary from their teachers. I have had to fight the whole time my kids have been in school to keep them grounded and to not believe everything the teachers tell them, that they should find out for themselves if something the teacher tells them doesn't sound right to them. I have had to go to the school more times than I care to remember to complain about Bush bashing, Fox bashing, war bashing etc...The only hope we have to keep "Our America" is for Parents to never let their children forget where we came from, how we got here, and who died to protect us. If we do end up with an Obama administration, I will revisit the idea of homeschooling depending on how fast he tries to change things in our schools. I decided against it initially because I wanted my children to learn to fight against what they will no doubt have to face in the adult world. But for now, I will spend the next few days praying that God have mercy on us and not give us what we probably deserve, but to give us strong, honest leaders who will protect life, liberty and freedom.

STAND UP AND FIGHT!!

IS THERE ROOM UNDER THAT BUS?

He didn't know she was here illegally, and by the way throw the book at her. What a nice man that Obama is.

"CHICAGO (AP) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Saturday he didn't know that one of his relatives was living in the United States illegally and believes the appropriate laws should be followed"...

the whole story here

GET OFF MY PLANE

FROM DRUDGE

PURGE: SKEPTICAL REPORTERS TOSSED OFF OBAMA PLANE

Fri Oct 31 2008 08:39:55 ET**Exclusive** The Obama campaign has decided to heave out three newspapers from its plane for the final days of its blitz across battleground states -- and all three endorsed Sen. John McCain for president! The NY POST, WASHINGTON TIMES and DALLAS MORNING NEWS have all been told to move out by Sunday to make room for network bigwigs -- and possibly for the inclusion of reporters from two black magazines, ESSENCE and JET, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned. Despite pleas from top editors of the three newspapers that have covered the campaign for months at extraordinary cost, the Obama campaign says their reporters -- and possibly others -- will have to vacate their coveted seats so more power players can document the final days of Sen. Barack Obama's historic campaign to become the first black American president. MORE Some told the DRUDGE REPORT that the reporters are being ousted to bring on documentary film-makers to record the final days; others expect to see on board more sympathetic members of the media, including the NY TIMES' Maureen Dowd, who once complained that she was barred from McCain's Straight Talk Express airplane. After a week of quiet but desperate behind-the-scenes negotiations, the reporters of the three papers heard last night that they were definitely off for the final swing. They are already planning how to cover the final days by flying commercial or driving from event to event. Developing...

TRICK OR TREAT

Everything is free in an Obama Administration




"I never thought this day would happen. . . . I won't have to work on puttin' gas in my car. I won't have to work at payin' my mortgage.
You know. If I help him (Obama), he's gonna help me."

Iran threatens US with suicide bombers

Nothing to worry about, Obama will just sit down with him and ask him nicely not to do bad things.

From the Jerusalem Post

"...Referring to the US army's attacks in Pakistan and Syria, Larijani said they would not be answered with diplomatic protests.
"The US method and conduct, expressed by this aggression, will only be stopped by a clear-cut and unexpected response, whose grounds were set by the martyr Hussein Fahmida," Larijani said during a parliamentary session on Wednesday.
Fahmida was 13 when he detonated an explosive device he carried on him, destroying an Iraqi tank during the Iran-Iraq War in the 1980s."

AM I MY BROTHERS KEEPER?

JUST WORDS; JUST SPEECHES...

....Zeituni Onyango, the aunt so affectionately described in Mr Obama’s best-selling memoir Dreams from My Father, lives in a disabled-access flat on a rundown public housing estate in South Boston.

A second relative believed to be the long-lost “Uncle Omar” described in the book was beaten by armed robbers with a “sawed-off rifle” while working in a corner shop in the Dorchester area of the city. He was later evicted from his one-bedroom flat for failing to pay $2,324.20 (£1,488) arrears, according to the Boston Housing Court...


the whole story from timesonline

Introducing: Li'l Obama!

from Jimtreacher.com

CARPETBAGGER

Isn't this just the sweetest thing ever. I can't wait for Murtha to go down in flames. He deserves to lose his seat and a whole lot more for what he did.

IT'S OVER

At least according to this newspaper


Left-leaning bi-monthly is either prophetic or it's 'Dewey Defeats Truman' all over again.
The New Mexico Sun News -- not to be confused with the Las Cruces Sun-News or the Silver City Sun-News -- is going way, way out on a limb and declaring in its Oct. 26-Nov. 8 edition that's on newsstands now: "Obama Wins!" in what it calls a "special's collector's edition," according to CNNPolitics.com's "political ticker" blog.

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SPREADING THE WEALTH

IN HIS OWN WORDS

from LGF


ANY QUESTIONS?

STANDING UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE

There are 9 days before we go to the polls and vote. 9 days before the American People decide what direction to take their Country. 9 days left to fight for what we believe in. It's simple for us, all we have to do is talk to a few people;maybe donate; put up a sign in our yard, or maybe a bumper sticker on our car and finally just drive a few miles and vote. We have a great Country, a Country worth fighting for. So when you start to get discouraged think about what our forefathers went through, think about what the very people who signed the Declaration of Independence went though.

WHATEVER BECAME OF ... THE SIGNERS OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE?
by Mimi Brickmeyer, staff writer. [July 4, 2002]


[WeeklyUniverse.com] The 56 patriots who signed America's Declaration of Independence pledged "their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor" to the cause of freeing America from Great Britain -- the mightiest empire of the time -- and they meant it!
After the signing of July 4, 1776, many of the signers did indeed lose their homes, their life savings, and even their lives -- often after being sadistically tortured by the British!


These are the shocking historic facts contained in a report submitted anonymously to the Weekly Universe. In recounting the tragic fates of the courageous 56 signers, the report states:


Five signers were captured by the British as traitors and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons serving in the Continental Army; another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the Revolutionary War.
They had pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. And they meant it!

What kind of men were they?

Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants. Nine were farmers and large plantation owners. They were men of means, and well educated. Yet they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well the penalty would be death if they were captured!

* Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, saw his ships swept from the seas by the British Navy. He sold his home and properties to pay his debts, and died in rags.

* Thomas McKeam was so hounded by the British that he was forced to move his family almost constantly. He served in the Congress without pay, and his family was kept in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward.

* Vandals or soldiers looted the properties of Dillery, Hall, Clymer, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.

* At the battle of Yorktown, Thomas Nelson Jr., noted that the British General Cornwallis had taken over the Nelson home for his headquarters. He quietly urged General George Washington to open fire. The home was destroyed, and Nelson died bankrupt.

* Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months.

* John Hart was driven from his wife's bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. A few weeks later he died from exhaustion and a broken heart.

* Norris and Livingston suffered similar fates.

Such were the stories and sacrifices of the American Revolution.

These were not wild-eyed, rabble-rousing ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means and education. They had security, but they valued liberty more. Standing tall, straight, and unwavering, they pledged: "For the support of this declaration, with firm reliance on the protection of the divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor."

They gave you and me a free and independent America.

The history books never told you a lot about what happened in the Revolutionary War. We didn't fight just the British. We were British subjects at that time, and we fought our own government!

Some of us take these liberties so much for granted, but we shouldn't. So, take a few minutes while enjoying your 4th of July holiday and silently thank these patriots. It's not much to ask for the price they paid.

Remember freedom is never free! It's time we get the word out that patriotism is not a sin, and the Fourth of July has more to it than beer, picnics, and baseball games."

IF ONLY

HEADLINES FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE

Wizbang- America's Last Gasp &
A New Cabinet Level Department Under Obama Administration

Ace of Spades -Columbus Dispatch: Investigators Probing Searches of Government Computers for Derogatory Information on Joe the Plumber

Sweetness & Light-Obama’s Socialism - In His Own Words

RedState-Two more good Never Find Out Videos.

GOD LOVE YA BIDEN

From MyFox Colorodo.

Here's the money quote.

Biden took direct aim at executives who draw big salaries while reorganizing failed companies, telling a roaring crowd, "Their pensions go first."

So Biden if their Pension goes first, then whose pension goes second, third????


Just asking.

BACKDOOR REPARATIONS?

If it walks like a duck, and talks like a duck, well then...




story at Gateway Pundit

STEALING IN PLAIN SIGHT

HELLO ANYONE HOME IN OHIO?

Brunner disallows mismatch challenges

Elections officials cannot challenge voters on Election Day or reject absentee ballots based solely on discrepancies from verifying new voter registrations, Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner said yesterday in directives to counties.
It's the latest development from the controversy about what should be done when personal information from new voters doesn't match state motor vehicle or federal Social Security records in an automatic computer check.
.....
Ohio law no longer allows challengers at the polls, but poll workers have the power to question a voter's eligibility. One of Brunner's directives says voters may not be challenged based solely on mismatch data.
The other directive says county elections workers cannot uses mismatches as the basis for not counting an absentee ballot.
An estimated 200,000 of the nearly 786,000 new registrations in Ohio this year have mismatches, Brunner's office has said.

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originally posted at Ace

SACRIFICE AND HONOR

Thanks to the French for making it available

ASSOCIATIONS MATTER

From Ace of Spades

Weathermen planned planned death camps to exterminate 25,000,000 Americans

SOCIAL SECURITY PART DEUX

Can you smell the change coming? Smells like rotten eggs to me.

House Democrats Contemplate Abolishing 401(k) Tax Breaks

Powerful House Democrats are eyeing proposals to overhaul the nation’s $3 trillion 401(k) system, including the elimination of most of the $80 billion in annual tax breaks that 401(k) investors receive.

House Education and Labor Committee Chairman George Miller, D-California, and Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Washington, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee’s Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support, are looking at redirecting those tax breaks to a new system of guaranteed retirement accounts to which all workers would be obliged to contribute.
...

Under Ghilarducci’s plan, all workers would receive a $600 annual inflation-adjusted subsidy from the U.S. government but would be required to invest 5 percent of their pay into a guaranteed retirement account administered by the Social Security Administration. The money in turn would be invested in special government bonds that would pay 3 percent a year, adjusted for inflation. The current system of providing tax breaks on 401(k) contributions and earnings would be eliminated.


the whole story at workforce.com

ONE VOTE MATTERS

HERE'S HOW THE CANIDATES STAND


BARACK OBAMA

Protecting Infants born alive: Opposes
Prohibiting Partial Birth Abortion: Opposes
Constitutional Right to Abortion: Supports
Nominate Pro-Life Supreme Court Justices: Opposes
Teaching Homosexuality in Public Schools: Supports
Federal Protection of Traditional Marriage: Opposes
Homosexual Adoption: Supports

JOHN MCCAIN

Protecting Infants born alive: Supports
Prohibiting Partial Birth Abortion: Supports
Constitutional Right to Abortion: Opposes
Nominate Pro-Life Supreme Court Justices: Supports
Teaching Homosexuality in Public Schools: Opposes
Federal Protection of Traditional Marriage: Supports
Homosexual Adoption: Opposes

JUMPING THE SHARK?

Looks like Obama is believing his own hype, I wonder what that crowd will do when he has to give a concession speech?



Construction is underway for a massive stage in Chicago's Grant Park where Barack Obama could declare victory on election night.

the story here

MLK NEICE ENDORSES MCCAIN ?

She doesn't actually come out and say it, but the message is loud and clear.

PAY BABY PAY

Obama campaign selling Chicago election night coverage packages to news outlets

From the Chicago Sun-Times

WASHINGTON---The Obama campaign is putting a hefty price tag on the best camera and reporting positions for news organizations covering Barack Obama's outdoor election night activities in downtown Chicago. If a reporter wants access to the file center--which will be the best place to find Obama officials and spokesmen--be prepared to write a check for $935. The cheapest place a reporter could stand on a riser with a view is $880...

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The comprehensive argument against Barack Obama

Great rap up at Hot Air, read it and pass it on.

click here

TWILIGHT ZONE

Seriously people hide your money. They aren't even trying to hide it anymore, I guess they think America is ready for Socialism.

WHO WILL YOU VOTE FOR

GREAT VIDEO
posted over at Ace

GET READY FOR THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE

Get used to this if BHO becomes President, as we saw with Joe the Plumber, Obama doesn't like to be questioned and he certainly doesn't like opposing points of view. With a majority in the house and senate Obama will have no problem quickly passing this as well as many other hot button liberal issues.

From the New York Post

"SHOULD Barack Obama win the presidency and Democrats take full control of Congress, next year will see a real legislative attempt to bring back the Fairness Doctrine - and to diminish conservatives' influence on broadcast radio, the one medium they dominate.
Yes, the Obama campaign said some months back that the candidate doesn't seek to re-impose this regulation, which, until Ronald Reagan's FCC phased it out in the 1980s, required TV and radio broadcasters to give balanced airtime to opposing viewpoints or face steep fines or even loss of license. But most Democrats - including party elders Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry and Al Gore - strongly support the idea of mandating "fairness." ...

the rest of the story

SOCIALISM/OPPORTUNITY WHATS THE DIFFERENCE?

NOTHING if you Barack Hussein Obama.

Start hiding your money people, because when Obama becomes
President Government he's gonna take it.

Grab your boots and your barf bag before you watch this video, because the poop gets deep and lies will wanna make you puke. ENJOY!

From Breitbart.tv

CBS News: At a BBQ stop this afternoon, Obama received an unwelcome greeting from one woman who yelled “socialist, socialist, socialist – get out of here!” as he met with other customers.

INTEGRITY

FROM ACE OF SPADES

Press release from the New Mexico GOP:
Fraudulent Votes Cast in New Mexico

Obama’s ACORN Must Be Shut Down Before Election, All Activities Investigated
(Albuquerque, NM) – Public records released in New Mexico today confirm that fraudulent voter registrations are in fact turning into fraudulent votes. ACORN, currently under investigation by the FBI, is now confirmed to be responsible for producing fraudulent voter registrations and illegal votes in New Mexico. An inspection of public records has revealed that illegal votes were cast in New Mexico’s 2008 primary election.
“This is a bombshell. We now have undeniable proof that a significant number of fraudulent voters were cast in Democrat primary races for the New Mexico state legislature as a result of ACORN’s voter registration fraud,” remarked State Representative Justine Fox Young (R-Albuquerque). “No longer can ACORN argue that their phony voter registration forms don’t translate into fraudulent votes. They do and today we can prove it.”
...
“It is safe to say that the number of illegal votes being cast dwarfs the 366 votes that decided the 2000 Presidential election in New Mexico,” said Nina Martinez, Secretary for the Republican Party of New Mexico. “Barack Obama contributed $832,000 to ACORN, organized an ACORN subsidiary, represented them as their attorney, trained some of their members and received ACORN’s endorsement. Obama should withdraw his financial support from ACORN and come clean about what he knows of their activities. Every fraudulent vote cancels out an honest vote. We must ensure the integrity of this year’s election.”

I can't for the life of me figure out why every republican politician isn't out there talking about this. This is the very heart of America; if we can't trust our voting system then we are truly screwed. Without fair elections nothing else matters. Why bother having an election if the people "in charge" do not care about its integrity. This is just sickening to me. If I lived in Ohio, I would be gathering my friends and family with big signs and start picketing. We need to start screaming at the top of our lungs about this, we need to go out and make the media cover this. If enough people start showing up the media will have to cover it.

CHICAGO POLITICS?

Hmm, seems no one can find any proof that the "Kill him" statement was ever made. I'm shocked I tell you just shocked.

Here's the whole article from Timesleader

October 15 Secret Service says "Kill him" allegation unfounded
By Andrew M. Seder aseder@timesleader.comStaff Writer

SCRANTON – The agent in charge of the Secret Service field office in Scranton said allegations that someone yelled “kill him” when presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s name was mentioned during Tuesday’s Sarah Palin rally are unfounded.
The Scranton Times-Tribune first reported the alleged incident on its Web site Tuesday and then again in its print edition Wednesday. The first story, written by reporter David Singleton, appeared with allegations that while congressional candidate Chris Hackett was addressing the crowd and mentioned Oabama’s name a man in the audience shouted “kill him."
News organizations including ABC, The Associated Press, The Washington Monthly and MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann reported the claim, with most attributing the allegations to the Times-Tribune story.
Agent Bill Slavoski said he was in the audience, along with an undisclosed number of additional secret service agents and other law enforcement officers and not one heard the comment.
“I was baffled,” he said after reading the report in Wednesday’s Times-Tribune.
He said the agency conducted an investigation Wednesday, after seeing the story, and could not find one person to corroborate the allegation other than Singleton.
Slavoski said more than 20 non-security agents were interviewed Wednesday, from news media to ordinary citizens in attendance at the rally for the Republican vice presidential candidate held at the Riverfront Sports Complex. He said Singleton was the only one to say he heard someone yell “kill him.”
“We have yet to find someone to back up the story,” Slavoski said. “We had people all over and we have yet to find anyone who said they heard it.”
Hackett said he did not hear the remark.
Slavoski said Singleton was interviewed Wednesday and stood by his story but couldn’t give a description of the man because he didn’t see him he only heard him.
When contacted Wednesday afternoon, Singleton referred questions to Times-Tribune Metro Editor Jeff Sonderman. Sonderman said, “We stand by the story. The facts reported are true and that’s really all there is.”
Slavoski said the agents take such threats or comments seriously and immediately opened an investigation but after due diligence “as far as we’re concerned it’s closed unless someone comes forward.” He urged anyone with knowledge of the alleged incident to call him at 346-5781. “We’ll run at all leads,” he said.

MOB RULE

Look what happens if you dare support McCain/Palin in PG County Maryland. As a Maryland resident I have to say that I'm not surprised.

The sign went up Sunday evening, bold black letters against the stark white background of the marquee at the Colony South Hotel & Conference Center in Clinton: "Country First. McCain/Palin."
By daybreak, pandemonium had broken loose all across heavily Democratic Prince George's County. Many local supporters of Democrat Barack Obama, jolted by the message as they headed down Branch Avenue on their Monday morning commutes, grabbed cell phones and Black Berrys to notify friends. Operators of neighborhood e-mail group lists cried foul to their memberships. The NAACP logged calls. Community leaders demanded boycotts of the hotel, a common venue for Democratic events.
"Businesspeople have to be mindful of the sentiments and sensibilities of their market trading area, and Prince George's County is overwhelmingly for Obama," said community activist Arthur Turner of Kettering, who was among those advocating a boycott. "People I have talked to look at the sign as a slap in the face. They feel it was blatant disrespect. . . . I have heard people say they will no longer patronize Colony South because of that disrespect." ...

Seriously how is it disrespectful to have an opposing point of view?

the whole story here

THANKS FOR THE HEADS UP OBAMA

FROM THE DRUDGE REPORT

OBAMA CAMPAIGN ISSUES TALKING POINTS TO MEDIA AHEAD OF DEBATE
Wed Oct 15 2008 11:13:03 ET

The Obama campaign issued a set of debate 'talking points' to media on Wednesday morning, the DRUDGE REPORT can reveal. Press Secretary Sean Smith issued the directive in an email from Pennsylvania, 12 hours before the debate.The memo oddly mirrors much of the main press analysis and theme of the current campaign:

-------- Original Message -------- Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:37:27 -0500 From: Sean Smith [s***mith@barackobama.com] To: Sean Smith [s***mith@barackobama.com]

* This is John McCain's last chance to turn this race around and somehow convince the American people that his erratic response to this economic crisis doesn't disqualify him from being President.
* Just this weekend the weekend, John McCain vowed to "whip Obama's you-know-what" at the debate, and he's indicated that he'll be bringing up Bill Ayers to try to distract voters.
* So we know that Senator McCain will come ready to attack Barack Obama and bring his dishonorable campaign tactics to the debate stage. Obama continues to lead on the economic crisis with a rescue plan for Main Street.
* Over the course of the campaign, Barack Obama has laid out a set of policies that will grow our middle class and strengthen our economy.
* But he knows we face an immediate economic emergency that requires urgent action - on top of the plans he's already laid out - to help workers and families and communities struggling right now.
* That's why Barack Obama is introducing a comprehensive four-part Rescue Plan for the Middle Class - to immediately to stabilize our financial system, provide relief to families and communities, and help struggling homeowners.
* This is a plan that can and should be implemented immediately.
* Obama has shown steady leadership during this crisis and offered concrete solutions to move the country forward - and his Rescue Plan for the Middle Class builds on the plans to strengthen the economy and rebuild the middle class that he's laid out over the course of this campaign.
* Already in this campaign, he's unveiled plans to give 95 percent of workers and their families a tax cut, eliminate income taxes for seniors making under $50,000, bring down the cost of health care for families and businesses; and create millions of new jobs by investing in the renewable energy sources.
* John McCain has been erratic and unsteady since this crisis began - staggering from position to position and trying to change the subject away from the economy by launching false character attacks. END
Developing...

BIDEN ROUTES $2 MILLION TO FAMILY MEMBERS

This is a story from the Washington Times, but any links to it have now all disappeared, not sure why, but this is all I got from it before it vanished.

UPDATE LINK ADDED HERE

By Jim McElhattonWednesday, October 15, 2008The Washington Times

Democratic vice-presidential candidate Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. has paid more than $2 million in campaign cash to his family members, their businesses and employers over the years, a practice that watchdogs criticize as rife with potential conflicts of interest.
The money largely flowed from the coffers of Mr. Biden’s failed presidential campaign during the past two years to a company that employs his sister and longtime campaign manager, Valerie Biden Owens, according to campaign disclosure filings.
The senator from Delaware also directed campaign legal work to a Washington lobbying and law firm founded by his son R. Hunter Biden, the disclosures show.
Putting family members and their companies on the political payroll is legal if the work is legitimate and charged at market rates, according to the Federal Election Commission. Still, public watchdog groups have long criticized such arrangements.
“Even though legal within restraints, it’s not something I view as completely ethical,” said Craig Holman, legislative director for Public Citizen, a campaign finance watchdog organization. “Any candidate ought to shy away from that.”

JOHN MCCAIN HANOI HILTON INTERVIEW BLOCKED

Warner Brothers won't show McCain interview until after the election. They say they don't want to have an effect on the election. Really?


LOS ANGELES — If Sen. John McCain has more to say publicly about his time in a North Vietnamese prison before next month's election, it will not be with help from Warner Brothers.
The studio moved quietly over the last few weeks to block any promotional showing of an interview — tied to the release of the first DVD version of the 1987 film Hanoi Hilton — in which McCain spoke of his imprisonment in the Hoa Lo prison during the Vietnam War. The studio is concerned that any pre-election showing might embroil the project in electoral politics...

the story here

OBAMA AND HIS FRIENDS

Great piece by Stanley Kurtz, here's just a taste.

It looks like Jeremiah Wright was just the tip of the iceberg. Not only did Barack Obama savor Wright’s sermons, Obama gave legitimacy — and a whole lot of money — to education programs built around the same extremist anti-American ideology preached by Reverend Wright. And guess what? Bill Ayers is still palling around with the same bitterly anti-American Afrocentric ideologues that he and Obama were promoting a decade ago. All this is revealed by a bit of digging, combined with a careful study of documents from the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, the education foundation Obama and Ayers jointly led in the late 1990s....

read the whole thing here

IT'S RAINING ACORNS

Remember this every time you hear a story about ACORN. Pass it on, because the MSM isn't covering this and the American People really need to know.

I agree with Obama when he said the ACORN doesn't fall far from the tree.

THE NEW OBAMA WELFARE PROGRAM

More HOPE AND CHANGE Paid for, of course, by higher-income taxpayers.

...Barack Obama says he will give 95 percent of all American workers a tax cut but does not mention that his plan would send checks to tens of millions of tax filers who pay no personal income taxes - payments that critics say look "suspiciously like welfare." ...

...Because the IRS says that nearly 46 million tax filers - one-third of all filers - had no tax liability in 2006, there is the question of how millions of Americans can receive an income "tax cut" when they pay no taxes....

the whole story from The Washington Times
Donald Lambro (Contact)Monday, October 13, 2008

BOMBERS COULD BE EXECUTED NEXT WEEK

If only this was a headline from the United States. But nevertheless, lets hope justice gets served Indonesian style.

...THREE key Islamic militants on death row over the 2002 Bali bombings could be executed as early as next week.The Indonesian Government today took the unusual step of announcing that an announcement about the executions will be made on Friday, October 24. Indonesia typically announces executions after they have been carried out...

more

INDOCTRINATION

DISGUSTING

First Graders Taken To San Francisco City Hall For Gay Wedding


SAN FRANCISCO, October 11 – In the same week that the No on 8 campaign launched an ad that labeled as “lies” claims that same-sex marriage would be taught in schools to young children, a first grade class took a school-sponsored trip to a gay wedding. Eighteen first graders traveled to San Francisco City Hall Friday for the wedding of their teacher and her lesbian partner, The San Francisco Chronicle reported. The school sponsored the trip for the students, ages 5 and 6, taking them away from their studies for the same-sex wedding....

the rest of the story here

PALIN ON ABORTION

MORE OF THIS PLEASE

WE MIGHT NEED MORE THAN KEVLAR!

Funny, I haven't hear this on the major networks yet. They're to busy calling McCain/Palin and their supporters racists. from Protein Wisdom Pair arrested after large McCain sign torched in Sellwood yard ...PORTLAND, Ore. - Authorities have arrested two men after a Molotov cocktail was thrown at a 4-foot by 8-foot campaign sign for Republican presidential candidate John McCain in a southeast Portland yard. Karen Scrutton said she was asleep inside her home at 7956 S.E. 17th Ave. in the Sellwood neighborhood when she saw her sign go up in flames after 1 a.m... the whole story here

OBAMA AND ACORN 2007

HEADLINE FROM ACE OF SPADES

2007: Obama Says He Will Invite ACORN to

"Shape the Agenda" as President

P.U.M.U. AND THE POLLS

I came across this at the P.U.M.U. site, I wonder if that's why the polls are so crazy. Looks like they're doing their own little operation chaos. Good for them.

From the P.U.M.A site:

...PUMAs,
If and when you get polled, remember to let the pollster know that not only do you intend to vote, but that you are strongly committed to voting for:Barack Obama
It is extremely important we keep on doing this. Let Obama and his surrogates keep on being lulled into a false sense of security at having a lead in the national polls.
So far this strategy seems to be working, polls show Obama to be up…
Of course on election day, as PUMAs we all know that no way, no how, we shall not vote for Obama. We might write in Hillary’s name, we might vote for John McCain, heck we might even write in our own names, but to give our vote on Barack Obama is simply not something we shall do.
Rock On,
PUMA Pundit

CHICAGO POLITICS IN ALASKA

They call it troopergate, why to make it seem worse then it is I suppose; but nevertheless here's the headlines from the MEDIA and the picture that MSNBC is running with it.

MSNBC - Ethics probe: Palin abused power

CNN- Palin abused power in trooper case

FOXNEWS- Panel: Palin Abused Her Power in Firing of Commissioner

It clearly states in the Report that Palin did not break the law, See Finding Number Two.

Finding number one said she abused her power, but then goes on to say it was in within her right to fire him. Confused? Well don't be, just look at finding number 4. Sarah Palin refused to answer his questions, for obvious reasons, and the poor little man didn't like that. So the poor little man thought he'd get her. Only thing is he didn't. She won't be charged or censured. He did accomplish one thing though; this will run in the news cycle for the remainder of this election. I think what he doesn't understand is that this will only make people who like Palin, like her even more.

NOW HERE'S THE ACTUAL REPORT:

FINDINGS:
Finding Number One
For the reasons explained in section IV of this report, I find that Governor Sarah Palin abused her power by violating Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act. Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a) provides
The legislature reaffirms that each public officer holds office as a public trust, and any effort to benefit a personal or financial interest through official action is a violation of that trust.

Finding Number Two
I find that, although Walt Monegan's refusal to fire Trooper Michael Wooten was not the sole reason he was fired by Governor Sarah Palin, it was likely a contributing factor to his termination as Commissioner of Public Safety. In spite of that, Governor Palin's firing of Commissioner Monegan was a proper and lawful exercise of her constitutional and statutory authority to hire and fire executive branch department heads.

Finding Number Three
Harbor Adjustment Service of Anchorage, and its owner Ms. Murleen Wilkes, handled Trooper Michael Wooten's workers' compensation claim property and in the normal course of business like any other claim processed by Harbor Adjustment Service and Ms. Wilkes. Further, Trooper Wooten received all the workers' compensation benefits to which he was entitled.

Finding Number Four The Attorney General's office has failed to substantially comply with my August 6, 2008 written request to Governor Sarah Palin for information about the case in the form of emails.

ACORN AND OBAMA

If it matters...

TO RISKY

McCain comes out swinging this morning. Watch the video.

OPEN BLOG

FEEL FREE TO PONTIFICATE

UPDATE
Thanks for the reminder from one of our commenters
Joe St. Ours MSGT, USAF RET

Who caused the financial crisis?

OBAMA STILL SMOKING

Obama Admits Bumming Cigarettes on the Campaign Trail

Hey Obama, don't you know smoking causes cancer. I think we need to look into his medical records a little deeper???

OBAMA HIDING RADICAL PAST

A MUST READ STORY FROM NO QUARTER

...Did you know that Barack Obama was affiliated with a leading national socialist party? Barack Obama didn’t include in his 2008 resume that he entered politics in the mid-1990s endorsed by Chicago’s leading socialists. This just keeps getting better and better. Barack Obama was an active participant in the 1990s, and a direct political beneficiary, of the Chicago New Party and, importantly, the Chicago DSA, a group of socialists affiliated with the Democratic Socialists of America...

READ IT ALL

GET OUT THE KEVLAR

Here comes the bullets folks.

Obama is running scared, I fully expect this to get good and ugly.


FROM THE AP

McCain linked to group in Iran-Contra affair

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Barack Obama has his William Ayers connection. Now John McCain may have an Iran-Contra connection. In the 1980s, McCain served on the advisory board to the U.S. chapter of an international group linked to ultra-right-wing death squads in Central America.

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THE MISSING SNL BAILOUT SKIT

Take a look at this story posted over at Michelle Malkin

THOUGHTS ABOUT THE POLLS

Rasmussen 52 Obama 44 McCain

Gallup Poll 50 Obama 42 McCain

What I've noticed is that Obama's numbers aren't necessary going up, but McCains are defiantly going down. In my opinion this is because McCain is angering the conservative base. The base is SCREAMING for him to fight; to point out the truth on the economy; to point out the questionable associations of Obama. They want him to fight, and he doesn't. He passes every opportunity to point out the truth. He must know that he barely has the conservative vote as it is, that the reason he was up in the polls once upon a time was because he picked Sarah Palin. I believe that the polls reflect this anger. I don't think Obama is going to get anymore votes then he has already, but I do believe that McCain will continue to lose support if he continues down this passive path. What I don't think the polls reflect is that on election day, even though conservatives may not like McCain, they will vote for him because their love for their Country is greater than their anger for McCain.

OBAMA TRIES TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT

From Politico

It looks like Obama may be a bit nervous. He has decided to throw the Keating Issue out there in response to the McCain attacks about Ayers. There's only one problem with that Obama, McCain has been out in the open about that; It happened over 17 years ago, and a the Democratic special counsel in charge recommended that Senator McCain be completely cleared. This shows how worried Obama is about Ayers and his other associations. This is going to get really ugly in the last 4 weeks. I expect more cries of racism and a lot more attacks from Obama.
I say Bring it on, the truth is on our side.

WILLIAM AYERS AND BARACK OBAMA

GREAT NEW AD FROM From: AmericanIssueProject

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Palin told a group of donors at a private airport, "Our opponent ... is someone who sees America, it seems, as being so imperfect, imperfect enough, that he's palling around with terrorists who would target their own country." She also said, "This is not a man who sees America as you see America and as I see America."

Read the whole story at Breitbart.com

"WHAT JUST HAPPENED?"

FROM THE NRCC

SOCIALISM! BAILOUT PASSES

Way to go guys, you have now nationalized our banks and quite possible the real estate market. This is the first of many steps into socialism. I am disgusted, and quite suspicious of the timing of this whole debacle. I almost puked when I saw all those dems at the press conference smiling ear to ear. They know what just happened, but sadly many Americans do not. Pelosi actually had the nerve to say Barney Frank was going to be in charge of looking into who is behind this. Really Nancy, Did that really just come out of your mouth? The facts are clear on this issue, but the silence from the Republicans and McCain camp is deafening.

Here is what others are saying...

FROM MICHELLE MALKIN: Bottomless bailout: Now, they tell us it’s not enough

FROM THE JAWA REPORT: Is John McCain Trying to Win this Election?

FROM ACE OF SPADES: Sadly, Snopes Must Report That Viral Email Noting Warnings of Fannie Trouble in 2003, and Bush's Insistence on Greater Reguation, Only to be Blocked by Barney Frank, is Status: True

FROM REDSTATE: "WHAT JUST HAPPENED?"

GAME ON

CLEARLY READY TO BE VICE PRESIDENT

No doubt the MSM will spin this for Biden, but they cannot erase what America saw tonight. Palin was smart and on point and in my opinion won this debate hands down.

Biden's 14 Lies from Ace of Spades

PALIN/BIDEN DEBATE THREAD

Consider this an open thread for the debate.

INDOCTRINATION?

READ THE WHOLE STORY FROM THE WASHINGTON TIMES

here are just a few excerpts from the story.

...An e-mail distributed by a Virginia teachers union encouraged members to bring politics into the classroom by wearing blue in support of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama and simultaneously suggested that the union's voter registration efforts include those "you teach." ...

The e-mail said teachers should wear blue Tuesday for "Obama Blue Day" and to "register two voters or talk to two people who may be on the fence/or a McCain supporter and sway them to become a Obama supporter."
The e-mail also states: "There are people out there not yet registered. You teach some of them." ...

Are we really surprised by this? I have to check on a daily basis what my kids bring home from school and what kind of statements are being made by their teachers. It's a constant battle. The liberal/Democrat talking points and philosophies are being taught to our children starting in Kindergarten. We have to be vigilant and vocal about things like this.

SENATE PASSES $700 BILLION BAILOUT

BOTH OBAMA AND MCCAIN VOTE YES

SENATE VOTE TONIGHT ON "RESCUE"

You can watch it live by clinking the link, if you have the stomach for it.

http://www.c-span.org/


Read it here
Financial Bill H.R. 1424

GREAT NEW AD

FROM GATEWAY PUNDIT

DAILY REMINDER OF WHOSE TO BLAME FOR THE FINANCIAL "CRISIS"

PLEASE PASS THIS ALONG TO ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND ENEMIES!

FAIR AND BALANCED???

READ THE WHOLE STORY FROM MICHELLE MALKIN

This is the woman who will moderate the Biden/Palin debate

WHO'S TO BLAME

YouTube took this down, I wonder why?

PELOSI SAYS NO WITCH HUNT

Here's part of the article

...Further, according to House Oversight Committee staff, Emanuel has received assurances from Pelosi that she will not allow what he termed a "witch hunt" to take place during the next Congressional session over the role Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac played in the economic crisis...


I bet she doesn't want a witch hunt, because we know who in this congress will be burnt at the stake.

read it all...

From The American Spectator

THIS IS SCARY

From Exurban League

2004 HEARING ON FANNIE/FREDDIE

BUMPED
JUST A REMINDER OF HOW THIS WHOLE FINANCIAL "CRISIS" STARTED

This video is from Gateway Pundit

DOES OBAMA PLAY THE GAME BETTER?

Obama Proposes Hiking FDIC Limit: Reports

We know how this will play out don't we. The Democrats will adopt this plan from Obama and give him all the credit, the republicans will have no choice but to vote for the Bill this time around. Obama will claim to have done it all without going to Washington. The end result will be that McCain looks like a failure. Never mind that the Dems could have passed the original Bill, they do after all have the majority. But that fact is lost on many. Could this whole thing have been planned by Pelosi? If so she's must be a genius, of course we know she's really just a partisan idiot so it's not possible for her to have thought this all ahead.

I really don't believe that McCain is a failure but it is clear that Obama is much better at playing this game called Politics, and Obama played this one well and unfortunately in elections perceptions matter.

SCOTT GARRET ON CSPAN

Watch Barney Frank try to "correct" the record at the end of this video

OBAMA TRIES TO STOP THE RAIN

Funny Picture of the Day

THE ADS OBAMA DOESN'T WANT YOU TO SEE

...The Obama camp has been threatening television and radio stations to keep them from airing anti-Obama ads... read the whole story...
From Newsmax.com

PUT IT ON THE INTERNET!!!

a must read

Advocates Demand Congress Put Bailout Details on Internet

thanks to wired.com

DEAL REACHED?

You know I'm not an economist so I won't pretend to know the ins and outs of this monster. But what I do know is that McCain should come out and say this:

My friends, the original bill was loaded with pork, and it was my goal to make sure that this was a clean bill. Like I said in the debates, I'm going to name the names of the people in this congress who tried to add pork to this bill. I'm glad that with the help of the Republican House, we were able to clean it up and get it passed for the good of the American People. I have distributed a list of people along with a list of pork they tried to add. But for the sake of getting it on the record I will be reading it on the floor tomorrow.

That would make me happy, but alas I know I'm dreaming.

WHO WON THE DEBATE?

In my opinion, McCain showed himself to be much more in tune with what needs to be done in Washington; He acted much more Presidential then did Obama. Although I don't agree with McCain on a lot of things, I know this man loves his Country and will do whatever it takes to protect her. He has the experience and the wisdom to handle a variety of issues, including the economy but even more so the War on Terror. I like the fact that he wants to get rid of the spending in Washington, I wish him luck with that especially if their is a veto proof Majority. I like that he's tough on terror, our enemies need to know not to mess with him. They will think twice before taking action with him as President.

Obama didn't do a bad job debating, he didn't seem to lose his composure, although he looked frustrated and interrupted several times. I think the Obama camp will be happy that he didn't make any obvious mistakes. I don't think he lost any votes with his performance, but I also don't think he got any. Half the time I didn't know what the hell he was talking about, and I'm not sure he knew himself. On the economy it was clear to me that he leans towards socialism or worse. I'm not sure the general public gets that though. They hear someone who seems to know a lot about different issues and is able to talk about them seemingly "intelligently." On the War on Terror he failed miserably, he has no idea how to present himself to our enemies. They will see him as weak and naive. This is one of the scary things about Obama; I really believe if he gets elected we will see more attacks, and a lot of what has been accomplished by the Bush Administration will be undone.

Overall, I thought it was a good debate to watch, I wasn't bored and learned a few things about each guy. The media will spin this as a draw or win for Obama because he didn't fall on his face. I believe the average American will see it differently. My hope is that the media affords to Governor Palin the same set of standards when she debates next week, but I'm not holding my breath.

SARAH PALIN SWIMSUITE COMPETITION

SARAH PALIN SWIMSUIT COMPETITION!!!! Miss Alaska Pageant 1984 ...

Here it is folks the October Surprise

Statement By McCain Campaign On Negotiations

McCain's Statment

John McCain’s decision to suspend his campaign was made in the hopes that politics could be set aside to address our economic crisis.
In response, Americans saw a familiar spectacle in Washington. At a moment of crisis that threatened the economic security of American families, Washington played the blame game rather than work together to find a solution that would avert a collapse of financial markets without squandering hundreds of billions of taxpayers’ money to bailout bankers and brokers who bet their fortunes on unsafe lending practices.
Both parties in both houses of Congress and the administration needed to come together to find a solution that would deserve the trust of the American people. And while there were attempts to do that, much of yesterday was spent fighting over who would get the credit for a deal and who would get the blame for failure. There was no deal or offer yesterday that had a majority of support in Congress. There was no deal yesterday that included adequate protections for the taxpayers. It is not enough to cut deals behind closed doors and then try to force it on the rest of Congress — especially when it amounts to thousands of dollars for every American family.
The difference between Barack Obama and John McCain was apparent during the White House meeting yesterday where Barack Obama’s priority was political posturing in his opening monologue defending the package as it stands. John McCain listened to all sides so he could help focus the debate on finding a bipartisan resolution that is in the interest of taxpayers and homeowners. The Democratic interests stood together in opposition to an agreement that would accommodate additional taxpayer protections.
Senator McCain has spent the morning talking to members of the Administration, members of the Senate, and members of the House. He is optimistic that there has been significant progress toward a bipartisan agreement now that there is a framework for all parties to be represented in negotiations, including Representative Blunt as a designated negotiator for House Republicans. The McCain campaign is resuming all activities and the Senator will travel to the debate this afternoon. Following the debate, he will return to Washington to ensure that all voices and interests are represented in the final agreement, especially those of taxpayers and homeowners.