TEA Party Protest in DC on Yesterday

Go Tea Partiers

But the media isn't biased. WaPo's Milbank Decries 'Hateful and Gruesome' Hill Protest, Thrown by 'Party of No Taste'



Thousands Attend Pelosi-Care Protest: Ten Arrested at Capitol Hill Sit-In

Let's get some justice for TEA Partier Gladney! Obama’s Shock Troops: SEIU and Political Intimidation in St. Louis AND Eyewitness to an SEIU Assault: The Kenneth Gladney Incident



'Obscure Tea-Bagging Operation'

A Little Distracted

Sorry about not posting yesterday, I was a little distracted when my husband was told by Urgent Care to go to the Emergency Room because he may have had a heart attack.

He's home. He's stable. He's having more tests at the cardiologists today.

And if he ever scares me like that again...

Election News Round-Up

Ummm, yes it was. White House: Tuesday's GOP wins not about Obama

Obama Rolls the Dice and Craps Out in New Jersey

About Last Night. What the election results mean.

Lessons from the 2009 election results

Pelosi dismisses Dem losses in Virginia and New Jersey

Even safe Democrats feeling at risk



Young voters who helped elect Obama stayed home

Why the economy drove voters to the polls

Obama Watched HBO Special About Himself Instead of Election Results

Maine Agrees With Obama: No Same Sex Marriage AND Maine vote repeals gay marriage law

NY votes for inmate community organizing

The Impact of President Obama On Today's Elections

Steele: Voters Spoke on Obama Policies; White House Brushes Off GOP Victories

Six Election Day Lessons

Election 2009: The Strange Case of NY23 AND The GOP ‘Stalinists’ and Dede Scozzafava AND The Armies of the Right

Yes, Virginia! A Purple State Turns Red

9 Exit Polls: Voters Wary of Economy, Obama Not a Factor

Christie rode suburban finanical angst to win

The GOP Loses Three Times in NY-23

The Comeback Begins AND Anti-Incumbency vs. Anti-Democrat

Vote shows Obama team must listen up

The GOP elite’s $1 million object lesson — and the message of NY-23

Voters Roll Back Democratic Gains in New York Suburbs

NRSC pledges to stay out of contested primaries

An Exciting Win in the PA Suburbs

The Spin Wars

What Do Women Want? Bob McDonnell knows.

In Economic Woes 11-04

State of California is taking an extra 10% out of resident's paycheck but they "promise" to return it? WTF! Sacramento Reaches a New Low

Business Bankruptcy Filings Increased 7% in October

The Secret Message of Stimulus Spending AND Your Tax Dollars at Work

The Last Unsubsidized American

Why the economy drove voters to the polls



Pork Report November 3rd: Merry-Go-Round Edition

Fox Guarding Henhouse on Earmarks?

Obama administration: Raises count as jobs “saved” AND White House Tally Appears to Overstate Stimulus Jobs

Economic Myths and Irrelevancy

“California Dreamin’” becomes “I Got the Blue State Blues”

Senate Votes to Extend Benefits for Jobless, Homebuyers

Taxing the Rich

Obamacare Daily Round-Up 11-04

And yet we are expected to allow the government to have control of our bodies via Obamacare? Swine flu infection and vaccine, out of sync: official

Two House Health Care Bills AND House GOP pens 230-page health bill draft

Democrats Eye 6 p.m. Saturday Health Care Vote

Great Timing on Reid's part.

House Conservatives Break With GOP Leaders in Fight Against ObamaCare

Exclusive Poll of Likely Voters: Strong Opposition to Health Reform Plans

Senator Harry Reid’s Hide and Seek ObamaCare Bill

Exclusive: Rep. Michele Bachmann On Health Care


Women and Obamacare

Health Care Reform Assumes Millions Would Pay Fine Rather Than Get Coverage

Funding Health Care on the Backs of the Young

Joe Wilson Proposes Forcing Congress Onto Government Health Insurance Plan

The "Costs" of Medical Care

Swine Flu Swindle: Pols Aim to Lard It Over Us with State-Run Healthcare

The Health Care Disaster in Canada

Top Dems: No Health Care Bill in 2009

Health Care Update: Republican Reading Room

Can Washington Make You Buy Health Insurance?

'Very, very close to zero' GOPers will vote for House health bill

Corruption Daily Round-Up 11-04

POLITICAL CORRUPTION
11 Uncovered Videos Show School Children Performing Praises to Obama AND Visions of Creepy

Please take the (insert bad word) down. Former HP CEO Fiorina targets Boxer's Senate seat

Lies, Damned Lies, and . . .



Even safe Democrats feeling at risk

Obama Says He Has Fulfilled Campaign's Vague Catchphrases

Jerry Brown: Doing His Best to Kill Voter ID in California

A Growing Sense of Unease

The Lordlings

Census Controversies and the Illegal Immigration Debate




JUNK SCIENCE/EVIRONMENTAL CORRUPTION
Obama "Bailing Out" Al Gore and Utilities. Obama Rewards Companies Supporting Cap-and-Trade with Over $600 Million in Grants, Says Free Enterprise Project AND Gore's 'Polar' Opposites: The Makers of 'Not Evil Just Wrong'

Copenhagen Consequences: What You Need To Know

SuperFreaking Out Over Climate Engineering



Lindsey Graham: For Cap and Trade, Except When He’s Not

Global Warming Fringe Is Coming For Your Pet




MEDIA CORRUPTION
L.A. Times Corrects Most Blatant Error in Op-Ed by ACORN Consultant, But Leaves Others Uncorrected AND For the record.

The Double Standard About Journalists' Bias

Newsweek Trashes Sexual Abstinence. Reporter Sarah Kliff uses extreme examples and leftist groups to promote comprehensive sex ed instead.

The Dede Media

Censored! The Truth About Hizb ut-Tahrir AND Noor Ignored

Wake Up Call: CNN’s Election Coverage Finishes Fourth AND CNN Closes Out October…Off The List Of Top 30 Cable Channels

Roland Emmerich is afraid of fatwas but not excommunications.




GENERAL CORRUPTION
Maine Agrees With Obama: No Same Sex Marriage

Honor Killings All Over America–Why Are the Islamists Suddenly Silent

North Korean defectors tell of torture and beatings

LA Doctor Allegedly Faked Exams For Immigrants. Levon Tebelekian is accused of falsifying the results of medical exams and lab tests.

SEIU and DoJ Corruption - a two-fer


Strategic Plan to Promote a Sexualized Culture

Who Are You Calling "Extremist"?

Comedians' Gag Rule: Obama Is Off-Limits

David Cameron Likely Britain’s Next PM, But He May Yet Blow the Chance

Two Parties, Two Attitudes Toward the Elderly

The ‘C’ in ACLU Is for Cowardice




FIGHTING CORRUPTION
If You Can Get to Washington On Thursday... AND Bachmann Calls on the American People to Bring the Town Hall To Washington

Tea Party Express Tour II Oct 25 - Nov 11

Iran's Courageous Dissidents Need Our Support AND Accomplice to Evil Redux AND Obama Speaks Appeasement to Evildoers AND Reformists vs. Democrats in Iran



Sessions Urges Colleagues to Oppose Obama Nomination of Radical Judge David Hamilton

It's the little things that make me happy. It's a 'Christmas' tree at the Ky. Capitol again.

Crist Faces Test From Right in Bid for Senate. After Big Role in New York House Race, Conservatives Back Ex-Legislator to Try to Take Down Florida's Republican Governor

Credit where credit is due. Is Obama inspiring black men to step up?

True Conservatives Just Want a Turn. Conservatives have had to put up with a lot of moderation and ideological flexibility.

Like A Harp Seal

From Politico -

"...and state Sen. Creigh Deeds in Virginia, who was clubbed like a harp seal in his 17-percentage point loss to GOP nominee Bob McDonnell."

Random Round-Up 11-03

Okay. So here's the deal. I've had Halloween, my husband's Birthday, my brother-in-law's birthdaty, two parent-teacher conferences, and helping my neighbor with a HUGE project to do and there's more in the next few days. So while I really, really want to do my normal Round-Ups, I have to take care of family, home, and friends first. In the meantime...




ELECTION NEWS
Election Night Party With Jillian Bandes

**VIDEO** Terrified Voter says NJ Dems Using Gangbangers for GOTV



What's at stake in Tuesday's elections




OBAMACARE
House GOP pens 230-page health bill draft

Exclusive Poll of Likely Voters: Strong Opposition to Health Reform Plans



The "Costs" of Medical Care

Go ZoNation! Swine Flu Swindle: Pols Aim to Lard It Over Us with State-Run Healthcare

Health Care Plan: 43.6% Favor / 50.7% Oppose





CORRUPTION
Gore’s Dual Role: Advocate and Investor If you make money from claiming the sky is falling, then are you going to admit you were wrong?

Global Warming Fringe Is Coming For Your Pet



Democrats admit paying for pro-Daggett call; Obama records robocall for Corzine AND Chris Christie's Next Case: Who Stole My Election?

One Man's Judas, Another Man's Purged Moderate

Rev. Wright lives in the land of the greed and the home of the slave? In this video, Wright praises a magazine's "no nonsense Marxism" at about 1:25. But what many missed is that he ends by calling America "the land of the greed and the home of the slave." What a charmer.


Exclusive: New Poll Finds 59% of Likely Voters Say Nation Is on the Wrong Track

In Iowa, Second Thoughts on Obama

Skewed Priorities



IN ECONOMIC WOES
Up Against a Wall of Debt

The Big-Spending, High-Taxing, Lousy-Services Paradigm




GENERAL
Fathers Gain Respect From Experts (and Mothers)

HAIR OF THE DOG: Rush Ruffles Red-State Bluebloods while Axelrod Goes 'Marx'-ist

Geithner 'burned billions' on CIT


STILL GOING STRONG - Houston Tea Party rally draws more than 10,000 AND Schenley Park 'tea party' rally puts elected officials on notice

I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism.

Ronald Reagan said that during a 1975 interview with Reason Magazine - article here.

Gottal love those libertarians - I'm married to one. And today was his birthday. Hence the lack of round-ups (gotta pay attention to my sweetie) and the shout out to Reagan.

And read the article it is VERY illuminating.

Random Round-Up 11-01

Busy weekend, sorry.

What happened to Obamamania?

Obama Tells New Jersey Crowd to 'Work Hard' for Corzine on Election Day

A pay-to-play White House AND SEIU’s Stern Tops White House Visitor List


ObamaCare Vs. The Hippocratic Oath AND ObamaCare: Insurance Premiums Soaring Up, Up, and Away

Huge Texas Wind Farm's Turbines Will Be Made in China. To be quite frank, "green jobs" only mean something if they involve manufacturing.

British nuclear expert's 17th floor UN death plunge 'was not suicide'. Gee, I wonder who could have done it (Iran).

NYT columnist Frank Rich has the heebie-jeebies. It's Michelle's closing line that makes this work so well.

Pol stonewalls suit on WFP campaign AND to explain it all WFP/ACORN Takes The Fifth On Corruption Suit.


Boise And Provo Are The New Foreclosure Hot Spots

Then Why Does It Cost So Much?

According to this AP article, After all the fuss, public health plan covers few, the public option will only cover 2% of Americans. The article goes on to ask why is there a fuss over the public option when it will only impact 2% of Americans?

Because it costs over $1,000,000,000,000.00! That's freakin' why!

My 2009 Pumpkins

AND for better pumpkins to look at here's 20 Movie Villain Pumpkin Carvings

Just A Few More

Night of the Living Government ... DC Zombies Will Tax You To Death!!

GOP on health care: In 568 words, what's wrong with 1,990 pages I like the ideas contained in those 568 words a whole lot better than anything in Obamacare's 1,990 pages.

Dede Dumps Herself *UPDATES BELOW An excellent round-up and defense of the Dump Dede/Support Hoffman movement in NY23

‘Truth to Power’ The truth is the Obama administration is the power.

Jerry Brown Must Fire Flack Who Secretly Taped Reporters. AND original CalBuzz story here.

Right-wing women rock. Looking at the shoes tells a lot about a female's political persuasion.

No need for transparency. Senator Harry Reid’s Vapor Bill

The Pelosi Plan ... and the Swine Flu Democrats.

I like the Big Government Website

And I'm glad their folks are getting play.

It's more sad than scary

Happy Halloween!

Our son is so ready, he's wearing last years costume to breakfast.

(Mean Mommy (me) won't let him were is new Transformer Bumblebee costume until this evening.)

Have a wonderful and safe time trick-or-treating and I'll post pictures of my 10 (that's right, ten) jack o'lanterns tomorrow.

Also - Be Very Afraid: 9 Oddest Phobias

Random Round-Up 10-31 Part Two

There was more stuff out there than I thought.

The Detroit 'Ummah' and Radical Islam in America

Because we need more czars in America - Pelosi bill creates Health Care Super Czar

Inquiry Launched Into Group That Sought to Disclose Voting Records

Obama DOJ shovels out more grist for foreign prosecutions of Bush officials

Schools Are Where Stimulus Saved Jobs, New Data Show AND Ms. Rhee on trial. The D.C. Council seems to worry about everyone but students

Job Creation, Transparency, and Mistakes

Capture and escape. What a kidnapped reporter reveals about the Taliban.

Investigators Dig for More Bodies at Ohio Sex Offender's Home After Possible Remains Found. The scary thing is this Sex Offender is still on the loose!

Malpractice in the Health-Care Bill

FROM MY HUSBAND
Cap 'n Trade Update Part I
Cap-n-Trade Update Part II
Cap-n-Trade Update: Part III

An Open Letter to Nancy Pelosi and Robert Gibbs

Random Round-Up 10-31 Part One

HOORAY!!BREAKING: Scozzafava suspends NY 23 campaign AND Hoffman Speaks On Dede Dropout, Siena Poll

In other election news - Man who claimed to be with Corzine's re-election campaign arrested on drug charges

And The CNN Winners Are… (these are hilarious!)





OBAMACARE
Dr. Ron Paul calls Obama's H1N1 swine flu program a 'total failure' But the running of all Americans' healthcare via that same government, that will work out just fine.

A 1,990-Page Medical Monstrosity AND Masterfleece Theater

Path clears for House to OK compromise health bill

The Pelosi-Reid train wreck

Eye opening videos about how Democrats view reform

Pelosi Health Care Bill Blows a Kiss to Trial Lawyers

Republicans Are Offering Better Solutions to Lower Health Care Costs

High-stakes healthcare

Government Still Trying to Take Over Health Care

BRILLIANT!


Memo: It's officially safe to criticize Barack Obama.

Flu Shot Shortage Shows Government Incompetence



CORRUPTION
Dozens of House members scrutinized, report shows

Newly disclosed emails link White House directly to NEA politicalization scandal AND Surprise! 'Kumar' in the Middle of NEA Scandal

ACORN Video Creates New Conservative Star AND AG opens probe into ACORN video flap

Too Small to Lead AND Breaking Promises

He Came, He Saw, He Kowtowed

To surge, or not to surge

Getting Radical

Obama Administration Invokes State Secrets Privilege…Again

A Tip On Using the White House Visitor Logs, Just Posted AND Obama names 110 White House visitors - Most guests still hidden
Iowahawk Endorses

Councilwoman Karin Uhlich apologizes to Tea Partiers for sexual slander. Good.

Falling fertility. This is not necessarily a bad thing when fertility falls due to rising income rather than the eugenic-like proposals environmentalists suggest. (Bonus, rising income = falling fertility wipes those enviro proposals off the board. Too bad the jokers at the Economist still feel compelled to bang that drum.) AND Exaggerated claims undermine drive to cut emissions, scientists warn.




ECONOMIC WOES
Boeing Heads South For Better Business Climate: Washington State Politicians Are Surprised?

he Great Depression And The Great Recession

What Do You Mean the Federal First-Time Home-Buyer Tax Credit Attracts Fraud?

Seriously, Stop Worrying About Hyperinflation

Pork Report October 30, 2009: A Caboose To Nowhere Edition

TIGTA: IRS Is Not Properly Monitoring $34b of Contracts

Politicians Fiddle While America’s Corporate Tax System Burns

Taxing the Middle Class with Soda Taxes

The Economy is Growing. Right. And I Don’t Have a French Accent.


REALLY RANDOM STUFF
Shariah and "Marriage"

Why This Liberal Democrat Wants Corzine to Lose

I'm a wimp and don't watch scary movies (weirdly I can handle pscho-dramas like Henry, Portrait of a Seriel Killer) but my husband like 'em so here - The 100 Top Horror Movies of All Time from Best-Horror-Movies.com.
Hollywood Comrades. Why the Soviets were such lovable movie villains.

Europe’s Selective Outrage about Anti-Semitism

More Conservatives, But No Republicans

Olympics Committee or Athletic Nanny State?

In Economic Woes 10-30

Pork Report October 29,2009: National Science Foundation Edition

Pork Report October 28, 2009: Taxpayer Subsidies All Around Edition

Actually, Case-Shiller Shows That The Housing Crash Has Already Resumed

"Distress Index" Says Things Still Terrible Despite GDP Bump

White House: Data Likely to Credit Stimulus for 650,000 Jobs. That's IT?!? That's the government taking a billion tax dollars and only creating one louse job. ARGHHH!

Some more idiotic things All Financed By The American Taxpayer

Death Cometh for the Greenback

George Soros launches a $50 million effort to purge economics of its free-market. What a terrible thing to do.



The GDP Mirage. By overlooking cuts in research and development, product design, and worker training, GDP is greatly overstating the economy's strength.

Celebrating and Capitalizing on Our Misery

All Falling Down . . .

That's gonna cost us. Government Takeover of Charities Next

Gasparino Skewers Government Policy As a Major Contributor to the Financial Crisis AND Fannie and Freddie’s Starring Role in the Housing Debacle

Reinflating the Housing Bubble: Making the Same Mistake Again

Here's to hoping. Growth Figures Demonstrate Economy’s Ultimate Resilience



Stimulus dollars going to accused contractors. More than $1.2 billion awarded to firms on watchdog's list.

From Coast to Ghost: Is the California Dream Dead?

Any Economic Recovery Will Likely Be Ephemeral

‘Jobs Created or Saved’ Is White House Fantasy AND Stimulus jobs overstated by thousands

Corruption Daily Round-Up 10-30

POLITICAL CORRUPTION
Democrats Ask New Jersey Secretary of State to Ignore Mismatched Signatures on Absentee-Ballot Requests. WHAT?!? AND Voter Fraud in New Jersey

Speaking of voter fraud. More Census: While Dems Block Citizenship Question, the Mexican Government Urges Mexicans To Participate.

A Two-fer - Obamacare issue AND corrupt-thinking. At key moment, Obama leaves health post unfilled.

Three Envelopes. Actually there's lots of stuff Obama is leaving unfulfilled.

ObamAmerica: Reign of the Czars AND The Pay Czar Is Unconstitutional. Kenneth Feinberg hasn't been confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

Apparently there is one way to get into Obama's administration - The Chicago way. Top Obama fundraisers get posts.

Taxpayer-Funded Research Helps Congressmen Become More Popular. Yup, that's exactly how I want my tax dollars used.

7 on defense panel scrutinized. Separate probes focus on ties to lobbying firm founded by Hill aide AND Dozens in Congress under ethics inquiry AND Ethics panel starts probes of 2 Dems, gets hacked

Net Neutrality For Campaign Donors

Reason.tv's Nanny of the Month for October 2009

The White House Stupidly Goes To War With Car Web Site Edmunds.com What can I say? They're dumbasses.

Now if they only had a brain. The Straw Men of the Left

Jeb Bush: Obama trying to 'attack capitalism'

He's a class act that Holder. Attorney General Eric Holder Tries to Kill a TV ad for School Vouchers.

A Self-Sacrificing Soldier, a Self-Interested President

The Obama White House: Bundlers' Paradise

We're Governed by Callous Children

New Hampshire Spends Stimulus Money on Arts Programs

Ditherer-in-chief.

Gasparino Skewers Government Policy As a Major Contributor to the Financial Crisis

I loved this scene from Coupling (didn't care for the series itself overall though) when I first saw it on BBC America.

Government Takeover of Charities Next

Fair Justice.

Senator Alexander: Obama's Enemies List & How Not to Make Friends in Washington

Obama's Man at the NEA

We Are Living in an Ayn Rand Novel

Thomas Sowell - Dismantling America: Part II

President Obama has had only a minimal impact on race relations

Who's Pulling Obama's Strings? Is a new narrative starting to build? Is David Axelrod beginning to emerge as Geppetto to President Obama’s Pinocchio?


MEDIA CORRUPTION
Time Inc. Pink Slips. It's pink-slip Time 6% of workforce to be gone by Thanksgiving

New CNN Slogans Cheap

CNN: We Report, You Turn On FoxNews To Find Out What Really Happened
CNN: Where Glenn Beck Used To Work
CNN: The Most Trusted Name In Sniggering Denigrations of Normal Americans
CNN: Because No News Is Good News
CNN: The President Likes Us; He Really, Really Likes Us

And there's more.
These Are the Times That Try Men’s Blogging Souls

Why Liberal Journalists are Joining the Obama Administration’s Attack on Fox News

About damn time. Democrat defends Fox News

Gray Lady Sings the Blues: NY Times Leads Newspapers in Death Spiral

Is Dissent ‘Legitimate’? Not According to Campaign Finance Laws

Why Did You Bypass These Juicy ACORN Nuggets?

TV's Increasing Female Body Count


ACORN/UNION CORRUPTION
Bertha Lewis and the Campaign to DeFox America

Alleged Corruption In Obama’s Working Families Party: ‘Inside The DFS Experience’

NUTBUSTERZ Launched To Expose Working Families Party/ACORN Scam

How about FOREVER with no federal funds? ACORN – 50 More Days Without Federal Funds This isn't going away and if you don't kill ACORN, your political career won't look so healthy in 2010.

Big Labor’s Selfish Healthcare Motivation Another two-fer, bad Obamacare decisions coupled with all the honesty Big Labor brings.

Why You Should Care About CAIR….



JUNK SCIENCE/ENVIRONMENTALISM CORRUPTION
C-SPAN Video of my husband's Senate testimony. Senate Environment Cmte. Hearing on Climate Bill - Day 3 He comes in at 18:15. (I love him!) And by the way Boxer is spectacularly wrong. Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.

My husband's Testimony at the Legislative Hearing on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act

Cap 'n Trade Update AND Cap-n-Trade Update Part II

AstroTurfing and Global Warming: The Testimony You’re Not Supposed to Hear

Senior House Democrat questions role of White House in EPA chemical testing



GENERAL CORROPTION
Terrific - Obama's State Department just forced a democracy to re-install a thief and thug. Outrgeous, wrong, and despicable. Honduran government caves into US pressure, agrees to Zelaya’s restitution. AND Deal Reached in Honduras to Restore Ousted President

Takes one to know one. Gore Vidal: Thirteen-year-old Roman Polanski rape victim was a 'hooker'

Here's Some Real Hate Speech for You

Dem Yankees: Taking the Obama-rometer to the Sidewalks of New York

Open Season on Jews: Two Men Shot At Prayer in Los Angeles

Another Nail in the Coffin of Russian Democracy

The Turks, the Supreme Leader, and the Iranian people

Democracy is Shrinking in DC



FIGHTING CORRUPTION
New York 23: When a Nation Calls I was inspired and slightly moved to tears by Mr. Hennessey's description of the power of the TEA Party movement. Thank you sir.

Tea Parties Strike Back Edition


Hoffman, Owens, Scozzafava Debate AND GayPatriot endorses Hoffman - Doug Hoffman for Congress AND Pataki endorses Hoffman AND more here.

Virginia GOP Poised for Big Comeback From your lips to God's ears please. AND Too small to lead

Governor’s Race Neck and Neck in High Tax New Jersey. Go Christie Go! AND Chris Christie: 'Man up and say I'm fat'

Pew Political IQ Poll: Republicans Consistently More Knowledgeable. Now tell me something I don't know.

From MyCongressmanIsNuts.com